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Xenoblade Chronicles |OT| Man, what a bunch of jokers.
- Thread starter Sadist
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Lvl. 94
227 hours
I've just been completing some heart-to-hearts and various quests in
Oh and killed a handful of unique monsters such as the one standing next to the warp point of Spiral Valley, a turtle monster below one of the hovering reefs, and some other creature (probably bunniv or something) in Tephra Cave. I got my ass kicked by a lvl. 96 unique flying monster in the island at Great Makna Falls but I was at lvl. 93 then as the last part of the quest for the Nopon sage.
Still need to get Melia's last art manuel for her lightning elemental which already does pretty crazy damage with 100% electric up gems and increased topple damage.
227 hours
I've just been completing some heart-to-hearts and various quests in
Colony 6, Frontier Village, Alcamoth, and Satorl Marsh and also found the last High Entei Treasure location.
Still need to get Melia's last art manuel for her lightning elemental which already does pretty crazy damage with 100% electric up gems and increased topple damage.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
ivysaur12 said:
what nonsensepon!
Riki is not only adorable but my favourite tank. He destroys Reyn as far as I'm concerned
There are some holes (but it seems at least a few of those are filled by sidequests or random dialogue/ heart-to-hearts/ environmental storytelling), but I certainly didn't notice any asspulls or stupid stuff going on for no reason. And that is something in itself. Shulk instinctively trusting Zanza for example makes perfect sense, considering *ENDGAME SPOILERS*ElTopo said:
he is Zanza. Why wouldn't he trust himself?
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
what's your level? I overleveled him by a couple
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Those floating element enemies don't have high ether defense, so it's a good time to main Melia and knock those out first. They should go down pretty quick and save you a lot of headache. Try to take that unique one out first, before you fight the main enemy. That might help if you can draw it away.Anabuhabkuss said:
Tank+Sharla for the other two characters, that's almost always the solution for these types of battles. At least for the first 2/3 of the game or so. And as always double check your gems, skill links and armor to make sure you're prepped against whatever you're having the most trouble with.
Lol, japanese :3iamaustrian said:
For my reference
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...Gd5Wm1uS25ub2FDeE5BekE&hl=en_US&f=true&gid=11
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Melia isn't a debuff character at all, actually. She's more a DPS, but with the added benefit of being able to throw up buffs for the whole party. Her summons do great damage (especially thunder, since you can increase the damage output with a skill and lightning damage up gems, and the cooldown is really short). Plus fire/wind/ice are AoE and fire/ice/earth deal long term damage with poison and whatnot.Anabuhabkuss said:
And the spear break+starlight kick combo is the fastest and easiest way to topple enemies in the game. Her only real downside is that you have to control her yourself for her to be of any use at all. The AI has a bad habit of summoning some elementals and then just standing around instead of spamming them for damage.
Can't speak much for Riki, have hardly used him at all.
SecretMoblin
Member
Melia's much more than a buff character -- at that point in the game her attacks are extremely strong, she has can topple almost all non-flying enemies in the game by herself, and she can improve the accuracy and evasion (through agility), strength, ether, or defense of the entire team. She's really superb.Anabuhabkuss said:
Bel Marduk
Banned
OOOOOOOK I changed my mind about Melia. I'm using her with Shulk and Dunban and they're tearing things apart...
Question though. I'm using her right by using her Summon Bolt or whatever, getting that buff, and immediately releasing the summon for damage then copying it again for more damage right? There isn't some sort of super efficient way to use here right? I'm using her Topple combo too, but when should I topple enemies? At the beginning of the fight, after Bolt?
Also, I'm not using her Wind or Fire/Flare move...is that OK? Should I replace Reflection for one of them?
Question though. I'm using her right by using her Summon Bolt or whatever, getting that buff, and immediately releasing the summon for damage then copying it again for more damage right? There isn't some sort of super efficient way to use here right? I'm using her Topple combo too, but when should I topple enemies? At the beginning of the fight, after Bolt?
Also, I'm not using her Wind or Fire/Flare move...is that OK? Should I replace Reflection for one of them?
magicalsoundshower
Member
Anyone think (huge spoiler)
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Zanza-ified Shulk kind of looks like the main character of FFCC: The Crystal bearers? Plus, good to know that I get to kill God at the end after all!
I've grown to like Summon Earth quite a bit, it's nice to have both Melia's Poison ability together with Riki's as well as Burninate and Freezinate nibbling away at every enemy's health. But maybe this strategy sucks and is the reason for my doing so poorly during the part I mentioned earlier!Man God said:
Bel Marduk
Banned
Man God said:
Would you recommend Flame or Wind more? Or should I ditch Healing Gift and use both? Or ditch Aqua?
Wind for higher level fights, Flame for regular fights.
Earth is fantastic in a lot of circumstances actually, but it really doesn't shine until you can get poison up and max out ether and arte level as its cooldown is ridiculously long. Wind/Flame are more spammable.
Aqua depends on your party. If you're running no other healing then you're gonna need aqua/healing gift, but usually with riki Shulk you can get away with their patch healing.
My normal toolkit for melia is, from left to right:
Summon Flame, Summon Wind, Summon Copy, Summon Bolt, Spear Break, Starlight Kick, and then the two purple skills.
You can replace the Summon Flame/Wind that you aren't using for Reflect (very situational) or the aura that expands your summon's area of effect.
Earth is fantastic in a lot of circumstances actually, but it really doesn't shine until you can get poison up and max out ether and arte level as its cooldown is ridiculously long. Wind/Flame are more spammable.
Aqua depends on your party. If you're running no other healing then you're gonna need aqua/healing gift, but usually with riki Shulk you can get away with their patch healing.
My normal toolkit for melia is, from left to right:
Summon Flame, Summon Wind, Summon Copy, Summon Bolt, Spear Break, Starlight Kick, and then the two purple skills.
You can replace the Summon Flame/Wind that you aren't using for Reflect (very situational) or the aura that expands your summon's area of effect.
Looking for some input/recommendation. I am lvl 28 and in the Swamp.. should I replace Reyn with
I feel like I need a tank very clearly and the possible replacement has much better in the way of aggro control but his HP seemingly won't come close so I'm on the fence. The replacement would do more damage so maybe fights wouldn't last as long I suppose..
Dunban?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Man God said:
Do you forget Peerless?
In any event, I prefer his high agility + much, much higher damage output compared to Reyn. His available auras are well suited for different kinds of situation too, in particular Serene Heart where he enjoys a massive 50 to 75% boost to hit and evade (incredible boon against late game uniques where massive hp like Reyn doesn't really help since they attack so fast and so hard anyways)
Laughing Banana said:
I did, even though its the only aura I used constantly.
Reyn is still way better at tanking multiple enemies at once, which almost never comes up in a useful fashion unless you are severely underleveled!
More HP always helps though, so does more defense. The fact that the other guy is also top three melee damage while tanking just fine though is the real reason he's better overall at the end, though if you do it right nobody actually needs to tank!
Witchfinder General
punched Wheelchair Mike
Question!
I just got the 7th character at level
.
Which moves should be equipped and leveled at this point?
Cheers.
I just got the 7th character at level
59
Which moves should be equipped and leveled at this point?
Cheers.
UltimateIke
Member
Riki's heart-to-hearts are the best.
His introductory cutscene is my favorite too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-bJlZ3A7c
His introductory cutscene is my favorite too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF-bJlZ3A7c
So I'm at the Eyrth Sea and
I just defeated the Horde leader, fixed the Ether windmill, and stopped the other guys. Yet when I go to the lighthouse, Sirlean says that the guy I got isn't the right guy and won't give me the quest even though there's a gray ! over her head. What gives?
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Witchfinder General said:
Double Blade, Spear Blade, Lock On, Air Fang, Healing Energy, Double Wind, and especially Final Cross (this one is unlocked through story progression so you might want to save your AP). I recommend you spend your AP on these first. In general I feel her other arts are not worth wasting points in.
Speed Shift is ok and seems very lucrative but its effects can be easily replaced with Haste and Double Attack gems later on (without the -25% defense), so I advise against it.
ivysaur12 said:
The end of that quest is not at the lighthouse but at the ether plant, if I am not mistaken so I am not sure about you're going to the lighthouse....? He's hiding beneath the ether plant.
Edit: I am thinking you are thinking about the
additional skill tree
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
Riki is seriously the strongest character in game. More than once I've had him facing a overleveled Unique by himself while me and Sharla struggling to kill the adds.
Riki's sidekicks! indeed
a sidenote: for those who want to level from 87-88s to 92-95 easily, Tephra Cave is the best place. You can easily defeat enemies 4-5 levels above you there
on another completely unrelated sidenote: I've watched Thor yesterday and man, that movie is GREAT
Riki's sidekicks! indeed
a sidenote: for those who want to level from 87-88s to 92-95 easily, Tephra Cave is the best place. You can easily defeat enemies 4-5 levels above you there
on another completely unrelated sidenote: I've watched Thor yesterday and man, that movie is GREAT
Melhisedek
Member
Guys,
in Shulk, Melia Dunban team... how do you manage healing? I tried this trio but get owned (am lvl 30 something) so I got back to Shulk, Rayne and Sharla but I see that everyone thinks they are inferior to the other trio.
So how do you do it?
in Shulk, Melia Dunban team... how do you manage healing? I tried this trio but get owned (am lvl 30 something) so I got back to Shulk, Rayne and Sharla but I see that everyone thinks they are inferior to the other trio.
So how do you do it?
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
Melhisedek said:
I played the whole game while always being underleved(my fault for never doing quests) with Shulk/Dunban/Sharla
I only had problems with two bosses in the WHOLE game, and all I did was put Melia in those battles.
Melhisedek
Member
instead of?
Summon Aqua and Healing Gift turn Melia into a passable healer on point, but she definitely benefits from support like Shulk's Light Heal or Riki's You Can do It. Melia/Shulk/Dunban shouldn't really have much trouble with healing, especially since the latter two should be dodging most attacks anyway.Melhisedek said:
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Unless I've been playing wrong, skill links and arts(/auras) stack on top of gems and can go over the gem caps. In that case it's absolutely worth it and speed shift is her best art. The defense penalty is pretty minimal due to high agility, the character is competitive with Dunban as a speed tank.Laughing Banana said:
I'm not sure what the maximum stacking for haste is, but it's damn nice to have haste gems, then haste on battle start, haste from speed shift, and haste from burst affinity (for the whole party!). Plus the increased double attack rate is very nice since all of them will be criticals, and you can link up a skill to make those criticals heal.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Needs to be raining I think. Better place isCoolS said:
distant fingertip
I didn't find any where you're looking after 15 minutes or so, but I got all 3 I needed in the other place in about half the time.
What's good advice on doing or ignoring sidequests? I've done every single one so far and at the 29 hour mark I'm level 39/40 and after just unlocking the
I decided to go ahead a little with the story and it seems like every single enemy is 8-10 levels below me. I perhaps mistakenly decided to comeback to colony 9 when I hit level 33 and gank all the level 35-40 monsters hidden there and now I'm over-leveled and over-equipped. Did I just screw myself out of having fun with the story progression? Can I come back to help Juju out much later in the story? Or would the quest rewards only be useful if I help out now?
rebuilding of colony 6 with Juju
SecretMoblin
Member
If you want to make life a little easier for you, finish at least the first level for every category, then talk to the gem man in Colony 9. The rest can be put off indefinitely.kagete said:
Anabuhabkuss said:
After you summoned her elementals, use the middle button to unleash them, works if its gray. When it fills up, it's Melias burst state which does extra damage and opens up a special attack
ivysaur12 said:
ivysaur12 said:
Somebody already answered this for you, but talk to her with Melia as the party leader
The Talent Art is the elemental attack. Stack elemental summons (up to 3), and the Talent Art will use the last summoned elemental to attack (usable at any time if you have an elemental summoned). You don't need to wait until the gauge is full - when it does fill up, she enters Elemental Burst (can't remember what it actually does, but there's some skills you can only use during it).Anabuhabkuss said: