Ane of the cool new features in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is the ability to equip the main characters (Drivers) with a number of living weapons known as Blades. A finely tuned set of Blades gives a Driver a myriad of options for performing devastating combos during battle. There are a skilful number of Blades that tin can exist establish throughout the game, but some serve the Drivers meliorate than other Blades, and some serve sure Drivers better than other Drivers. This can brand choosing the right Blades a lilliputian bit tricky. Fear not! For the following ten Blades and Driver pairings are some of the best in the game.

Delight Note: Characters Tora and Vandham accept been omitted as they do not equip traditional Blades. Legendary Blades that outset appear with the characters volition be omitted. It's advisable that each grapheme's Legendary Blade is in every 3-Blade roster.

Updated on May nineteen, 2021, by Reyadh Rahaman:  Each Blade varies from others by possessing unique stats and skills, particularly their Blade Specials, Blade Arts, Boxing Skills, and Field Skills. These aspects help to determine which Bract is the right fit for a given Commuter, though a player's personal preferences are also crucial factors. In improver to combat-related traits, be certain to accept note of a Bract's non-combat ones, equally they can be quite helpful while traveling and exploring.

10

Zenobia Rex Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Equip To: Rex

Information technology'south very lucky for a histrion to find this rare Blade early on in a random core. Zenobia is by far 1 of the best Blades that can be equipped to Rex also his Legendary Blades Pyra or Mythra. Zenobia's an incredibly potent Attack type which suits Rex'south Fighter grade perfectly. Her weapon of choice is a greataxe and her wind element won't create any overlap with King's Legendary Blade. If her character design seems a chip familiar, that's considering she was designed by Minoru Iwamoto of Tales of Vesperia.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Diabolic Zephyr - Gently raise the axe overhead then bring information technology downward crashing
  • Lv. ii: Adamantine Axe - Rapidly raise the axe overhead and assault apace
  • Lv. 3: Ascent Bract - Fly around cutting up the enemy with powerful slash attacks
  • Lv. 4: Twixt Sky & Hell - Strike downwards on the enemy from on high with a powerful weapon

Bract Arts

  • Recharge Boost - Boosts Commuter recharge for an auto-set on
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the next Driver Fine art
  • Critical Up - Increase critical hit rate

Battle Skills

  • Carnage - Increases the damage dealt when battling a boss or unique enemy
  • The Dogged - Increases the damage dealt to higher-level enemies
  • Greatest Warrior - Increases the damage dealt for each enemy in the battle

Field Skills

  • Lv. 5: Current of air Mastery - Determines proficiency with the wind element
  • Lv. 5: Superstrength - Extraordinary physical force. Used to interruption things, lift them upward, etc
  • Lv. v: Leaping - The power to spring. Used to reach high places

ix Agate

Equip To: Rex

It might seem a scrap repetitive to get with another greataxe user, but that particular Bract weapon of choice is a good fit with King. If it'due south preferable to mix it up, by all ways, exercise so. There aren't really any wrong choices in Xenoblade Chronicles two, there are just some that are amend than others making for a smoother feel. Agate is likewise a user of the Earth element, and so you lot won't have any overlap in a Character Party with Mythra and Zenobia.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. ane: Heliodor Passion - The thrown weapon spins and cuts upwardly the enemy
  • Lv. 2: Star Beryl Courage - Swing the weapon down with all your forcefulness as if excavation
  • Lv. 3: Rhodochrosite Might - Attack the enemy by smashing upwardly a crystal
  • Lv. 4: Invincible Moldavite - Launch an set on while spinning the weapon around

Blade Arts

  • Critical Up - Increases disquisitional hit rate
  • Accurateness Upward - Increases accurateness

Battle Skills

  • Razor-Sharp Iolite - Increases damage dealt by the political party by 25% to 50% at max Affinity
  • Tanzanite Pursuer - Increases damage dealt to toppled enemies by 50% to 150%
  • Tiger'due south Heart Wrecker - Increases damage dealt to insects by 40% to 80%

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Prospecting - Discover never-before-seen precious stones (sectional to Agate)
  • Lv. 3: Mineralogy - Possesses knowledge related to minerals
  • Lv. 3: Keen Eye - The ability to meet things conspicuously. Used to notice pocket-sized changes, etc

8 Roc

Equip To: King (or Zeke)

If a playstyle calls for a little more variety for Team Rex than three scantily clad females, look no farther than Roc. Roc volition not be establish right away or in a random core. This Legendary Bract only becomes bachelor at a certain spoiler-heavy portion of the principal story. Since he uses the element of Wind, it's best to sub him for Zenobia's spot to keep your elements varied. If Roc is someone a player would similar on the roster, but not with Rex, he's a good pick for Zeke likewise.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Expiry Fly - Combine the Dual Scythes and throw them at the enemy
  • Lv. 2: Burdensome Twister - Take the enemy by surprise with acrobatic movements
  • Lv. 3: Feather Typhoon - Create a giant vortex to suck upwards the enemy in 1 go
  • Lv. iv: Crimson Tempest - Roc follows upwards a Commuter set on with an assault from the air

Blade Arts

  • Back Attack Up - Increases backstab harm and halves aggro
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the next Driver Art

Battle Skills

  • Sickle - Reduces aggro build-up from attacks by 20% to 40%
  • Storm and Stress - Increases damage dealt past threescore% to 100% for xxx seconds after the kickoff of a boxing
  • Dive - Increases harm dealt from the back past twenty% to 100%

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Wind Mastery - Determines proficiency with the air current element
  • Lv. one: Miasma Dispersal - Disperse toxicant gas emitted by Titans (exclusive to Roc)
  • Lv. 3: Lockpicking - The power to open diverse things. Works on doors, treasure troves, etc

7 Nim

Equip To: Nia

Nia has a lot of slap-up Blade options here considering all of her best Blades expect so unique. Keep in mind that Nia is the main Healer and if you want to max her to Master Healer, it'southward going to be imperative to make sure she'due south using three Healer type Blades. Nim fills that Healer role and also brings the Earth element to the political party.

Notice that Earth hasn't shown up in Rex'southward Blade roster. This is most definitely by design; it'southward best to continue the element types every bit varied equally possible.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Fierce Healer - Shoot out your own ether as a shockwave
  • Lv. two: Wild Grappler - Blitz in wielding a weapon of full-bodied ether
  • Lv. three: Organic Automata - Kit and Sunny emit a laser beam
  • Lv. 4: Earth Priestess - Later a series of attacks, striking the enemy with a high-ability light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation shot

Blade Arts

  • Accuracy Upwardly - Increases Accuracy
  • Back Attack Up - Increases backstab damage and halves aggro

Battle Skills

  • Restorative Fusion - Restores party'southward HP on starting Fusion Combo with the effect improving on higher difficulty
  • Synthesis Lore - Boosts Fusion Combo outcome by 50%
  • Wild Familiars - Increase the damage dealt to beasts by 80%

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Earth Mastery - Determines proficiency with the earth element
  • Lv. iii: Ichthyology - Possesses knowledge related to fish
  • Lv. 3: Phonex Linguistics - The power to speak with Phonexes (exclusive to Nim)

6 Ursula

Equip To: Nia

Equally stated, information technology'due south all-time to keep Elemental types as varied as possible, and so equipping Nia with this Ice-blazon Healer is a bully idea. Earlier it was mentioned that Nia will have a pretty unique-looking party. Nim looks like a human and deer hybrid, and Ursula comes to the party with her very ain polar bear familiar that will make a seasoned JRPG player remember dorsum to Ni No Kuni, but more importantly, it makes for a rather dynamic Character Menu screen!

Bract Specials

  • Lv. 1: Beary Strong - Beary swipes his ice claws and mows down the enemy
  • Lv. 2: Beary Helpful - Beary attacks the enemy with an ice shockwave
  • Lv. 3: Beary-Go-Round - Beary spins round and overwhelms all enemies in range
  • Lv. 4: Ursine Phantasm - Set on with an uppercut while Beary rushes the enemy

Blade Arts

  • Debuff Cancel - Cancels debuffs on allies

Battle Skills

  • Snow Charm - When Affinity reaches max, grants the political party a damage barrier
  • Beary Healing - Heals party'south HP upon performing a Blade Switch
  • Hide and Seek - Reduces aggro drawn from Specials and Driver Arts

Field Skills

  • Lv. v: Harmony - Have fun playing beautiful music (sectional to Ursula)
  • Lv. 3: Ichthyology - Possesses knowledge related to fish
  • Lv. 3: Fortitude - The power to suffer hardships. Information technology even helps with slow jobs

5 Boreas

Equip To: Nia

Nim, Ursula, and Dromarch are Nia'south ideal roster. Unfortunately, well-nigh Blades are found randomly in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 by opening cores. In that location's never a guarantee whatsoever of these Blades will actually be found unless what might corporeality to hundreds of hours are sunk into the game. Boreas, a gigantic ball with the head of a rabbit, is a Current of air type.

It might require some moving around with other characters if you decide to put him on your roster and keep elemental abilities varied.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. i: Open up Broad! - Encompass your whole body with wind ether and charge
  • Lv. ii: Snack On This! - Chew a Bitball and shoot out assurance of energy
  • Lv. three: Gobble 'em Upwards! - Shoot out a laser while in the air and eradicate your enemies
  • Lv. 4: Gobble Gobble! - Jump after a spinning attack to burn a hail of bullets

Blade Arts

  • Accuracy Up - Increases Accurateness
  • Recharge Boost - Boosts Commuter recharge for an auto-attack

Boxing Skills

  • Tasty Snack - Heals party for forty% to 60% of max HP when defeating an enemy
  • Expect Out! - Increases evasion charge per unit by 13% to 45% when Affinity is at max
  • Twang! - Adds a 30% to l% take a chance of Knockback when attacked by an enemy

Field Skills

  • Lv. iii: Nopon Wisdom - Knowledge related to Nopon. Decode writing, speak Nopon, etc
  • Lv. iii: Salvaging Mastery - Possesses noesis related to salvaging
  • Lv. iii: Fleet of Foot - Motion faster than the eye can run across (sectional to Boreas)

4 Electra

Equip To: Morag

Morag is the 2nd option for the team's Defender. Information technology's best to stick with Tora and Poppi for that role but information technology'south a bad idea to totally neglect any graphic symbol. Part of the strategy involved with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is swapping Drivers and Blades in and out of the party line-upwards for sure battles. Electra merely has ane Aux Cadre, but her Electricity element is unused at this point and she'southward a very powerful Tank type Bract.

Bract Specials

  • Lv. i: Bang-Bang Bound - Hitting the ground while cheerfully jumping and bounding
  • Lv. two: Shocking Assault - Accuse frontward later charging upwards electric ether
  • Lv. iii: Rolling Thunder - Create thunder clouds and assault enemies in range with lightning strikes
  • Lv. iv: Electrifying Show - Electra hits her weapon like a drum to trigger a shockwave

Blade Arts

  • Absorb Damage - Erects a barrier that absorbs a fixed amount of damage
  • Describe Aggro - Draw aggro from enemies in battle

Battle Skills

  • Sparky Girl - Counters attacks with ether damage
  • Zappy Daughter - Increases aggro every second
  • Clangy Girl - Increases cake rate

Field Skills

  • Lv. 5: Electric Mastery - Determines proficiency with the electricity element
  • Lv. 3: Focus - The power to focus on one thing. Also used to command one'south ability
  • Lv. 5: Mastery of Thunder - The power to control electricity (exclusive to Electra)

iii Kasandra

Equip To: Morag

Since regular Blades tin't exist equipped to the go-to Defender (Tora), there's no reason not to stick this tremendously powerful Tank type Blade with Morag. Kasandra has a superhero-like alter-ego that comes along when performing specials, adding a scrap of fun to any battle she'south a function of.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Sentimental Outburst - Condense dark ether until it explodes
  • Lv. 2: Hidden Emotion - Hit the shield while in the air, and emit a large amount of healing
  • Lv. 3: Secret Desire - Enter unconscious state with the mask and draw out your true power
  • Lv. 4: Melancholic Break - Offer prayers to your shield, so release a large number of bandages

Blade Arts

  • Draw Aggro - Draw aggro from enemies in battle
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the ability of the next Commuter Art

Battle Skills

  • Calamity - Slightly raises aggro every second and increases all attack aggro
  • Fortune - Absorbs critical impairment dealt as HP
  • Stability - Increases damage dealt from the forepart

Field Skills

  • Lv. three: Nopon Wisdom - Knowledge related to Nopon. Decode writing, speak Nopon, etc
  • Lv. 3: Agronomy - Possesses knowledge related to vegetables
  • Lv. 3: One Lucky Gal - Chase luck, just find only misfortune (sectional to Kasandra)

ii Vale

Equip To: Zeke

It'southward unlikely that Zeke is going to meet much use. He doesn't become playable until late game and fills the Fighter function that it'southward best to keep Rex in. Since it's still advisable to make sure Zeke is useful in a pinch, definitely give him Vale if she'southward found in a cadre. She's a powerful Assault type that uses the rather uncommon element of Darkness.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Blood Altar - Slap the enemy with the side of your weapon, and then keep the attack
  • Lv. 2: Tainted Palace - Seal enemy movements and pierce with the lance every bit far as possible
  • Lv. 3: Accursed Prison house - Throw your weapon twice, then hit the enemy with a drop attack
  • Lv. iv: Nighttime Drama - Lose control completely and concoction the enemy with the lance

Blade Arts

  • Back Assail Up - Increases backstab impairment and halves aggro
  • Critical Up - Increase critical hit rate
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the next Driver Art

Battle Skills

  • Violence Machine - Increases harm dealt each time a Special is used
  • Void Lance - Increases impairment dealt from the side
  • Overture of Claret - Increases damage dealt to launched enemies

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Night Mastery - Determines proficiency with the darkness chemical element
  • Lv. 3: Weaving - Use looms to weave gorgeous fabrics (exclusive to Vale)
  • Lv. 3: Girl's Talk - Talk openly, girl-to-girl

i KOS-MOS

Equip To: Zeke

KOS-MOS is very powerful and it might be tempting to stick her with Male monarch. It may too be tempting to experiment with other Drivers whose class she doesn't directly compliment. Continue in mind in that location are other Blades already well-suited for Rex, but KOS-MOS is then powerful. Get her into the roster by equipping her to Zeke. Having her Calorie-free element available to round out the party's elements is a expert boon.

Bract Specials

  • Lvl. i: R-Bract - Charges energy within the cannon and unleashes it past cutting the enemy downwardly
  • Lvl. 2: H-Effect R - Develops the Hilbert Result and changes the class of battle
  • Lvl. three: F-G-Shot - After charging energy, shoots out scattered laser beams
  • Lvl. 4: X-Buster - Fires powerful concentrated laser beams, simply only when energy reserves are total

Bract Arts

  • Recharge Heave - Boosts Commuter recharge for an machine-attack
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the adjacent Driver Art
  • Critical Up - Increases critical hit charge per unit

Battle Skills

  • Stage Transition Tech - Annuls enemy defense and increases Special damage dealt by lx% to 100%
  • Hyperclock - Deal 60% to 100% more harm and takes x% to 30% less damage at max Analogousness
  • Encephalon - Reduces aggro build-up from attacks by 20% to 40%

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Light - Determines proficiency with the light element
  • Lv. 3: Lockpicking - The power to open various things. Works on doors, treasure troves, etc
  • Lv. 3: Mental Arithmetic - Perform circuitous calculations at speed (exclusive to KOS-MOS)

All of these options are non set in stone. It'due south possible these Blades won't be found on a first play-through. Like whatever practiced JRPG, the system is rather intricate and will take some experimenting.

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