One 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 be found throughout the game, just some serve the Drivers improve than other Blades, and some serve sure Drivers meliorate than other Drivers. This tin brand choosing the right Blades a little bit tricky. Fearfulness not! For the following ten Blades and Driver pairings are some of the best in the game.

Please Notation: Characters Tora and Vandham have been omitted equally they practise not equip traditional Blades. Legendary Blades that showtime appear with the characters will be omitted. It'south advisable that each character'due south Legendary Bract is in every three-Blade roster.

Updated on May 19, 2021, past Reyadh Rahaman:  Each Blade varies from others by possessing unique stats and skills, particularly their Blade Specials, Blade Arts, Battle Skills, and Field Skills. These aspects assist to determine which Blade is the right fit for a given Commuter, though a player'due south personal preferences are as well crucial factors. In addition to gainsay-related traits, be certain to take note of a Bract'south non-combat ones, every bit they can be quite helpful while traveling and exploring.

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Zenobia Rex Xenoblade Chronicles 2

Equip To: Male monarch

Information technology's very lucky for a actor to find this rare Blade early in a random core. Zenobia is by far ane of the best Blades that tin exist equipped to Rex likewise his Legendary Blades Pyra or Mythra. Zenobia's an incredibly strong Assail type which suits Rex'southward Fighter course 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 flake familiar, that'southward because she was designed by Minoru Iwamoto of Tales of Vesperia.

Bract Specials

  • Lv. 1: Diabolic Zephyr - Gently raise the axe overhead then bring it down crashing
  • Lv. two: Adamantine Axe - Chop-chop raise the axe overhead and set on quickly
  • Lv. 3: Ascent Blade - Fly around cutting upwards the enemy with powerful slash attacks
  • Lv. 4: Twixt Sky & Hell - Strike downward on the enemy from on high with a powerful weapon

Blade Arts

  • Recharge Boost - Boosts Driver recharge for an automobile-attack
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the side by side Driver Art
  • Disquisitional Up - Increment critical hitting rate

Battle Skills

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

Field Skills

  • Lv. 5: Wind Mastery - Determines proficiency with the wind element
  • Lv. 5: Superstrength - Extraordinary physical forcefulness. Used to break things, lift them upwardly, etc
  • Lv. v: Leaping - The power to leap. Used to reach high places

nine Agate

Equip To: Male monarch

It might seem a bit repetitive to become with another greataxe user, but that particular Bract weapon of choice is a good fit with Rex. If it's preferable to mix it up, by all ways, do so. There aren't really any wrong choices in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, at that place are merely some that are better than others making for a smoother experience. Agate is also a user of the Earth element, then you won't accept any overlap in a Character Party with Mythra and Zenobia.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. ane: Heliodor Passion - The thrown weapon spins and cuts up the enemy
  • Lv. ii: Star Beryl Backbone - Swing the weapon down with all your strength as if digging
  • Lv. 3: Rhodochrosite Might - Set on the enemy by smashing up a crystal
  • Lv. 4: Invincible Moldavite - Launch an attack while spinning the weapon effectually

Bract Arts

  • Critical Up - Increases disquisitional hit rate
  • Accuracy Up - Increases accuracy

Battle Skills

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

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Prospecting - Discover never-earlier-seen precious stones (sectional to Agate)
  • Lv. iii: Mineralogy - Possesses knowledge related to minerals
  • Lv. 3: Bully Eye - The ability to see things clearly. Used to notice small changes, etc

8 Roc

Equip To: Rex (or Zeke)

If a playstyle calls for a little more variety for Team Rex than 3 scantily clad females, look no further than Roc. Roc will not be plant correct away or in a random core. This Legendary Blade only becomes bachelor at a certain spoiler-heavy portion of the main 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 thespian would like on the roster, but not with Rex, he's a good option for Zeke as well.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Expiry Wing - Combine the Dual Scythes and throw them at the enemy
  • Lv. two: Crushing Twister - Take the enemy by surprise with acrobatic movements
  • Lv. three: Feather Typhoon - Create a behemothic vortex to suck upwards the enemy in ane become
  • Lv. 4: Crimson Storm - Roc follows upwards a Driver assault with an assault from the air

Blade Arts

  • Back Attack Up - Increases backstab damage and halves aggro
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the next Driver Fine art

Boxing Skills

  • Sickle - Reduces aggro build-upwardly from attacks by xx% to 40%
  • Tempest and Stress - Increases damage dealt by lx% to 100% for thirty seconds after the commencement of a boxing
  • Dive - Increases damage dealt from the back by 20% to 100%

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Wind Mastery - Determines proficiency with the current of air element
  • Lv. 1: Miasma Dispersal - Disperse toxicant gas emitted by Titans (exclusive to Roc)
  • Lv. 3: Lockpicking - The power to open various things. Works on doors, treasure troves, etc

vii Nim

Equip To: Nia

Nia has a lot of great Blade options here considering all of her best Blades await so unique. Go on in mind that Nia is the main Healer and if yous desire to max her to Principal Healer, it's going to be imperative to make sure she'southward using three Healer blazon Blades. Nim fills that Healer role and too brings the Globe chemical element to the political party.

Notice that World hasn't shown up in Male monarch'due south Blade roster. This is most definitely past pattern; it'southward best to keep the element types as varied as possible.

Bract Specials

  • Lv. 1: Vehement Healer - Shoot out your own ether as a shockwave
  • Lv. 2: Wild Grappler - Rush in wielding a weapon of concentrated ether
  • Lv. 3: Organic Automata - Kit and Sunny emit a laser beam
  • Lv. 4: Earth Priestess - After a series of attacks, hit the enemy with a high-ability light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation shot

Bract Arts

  • Accuracy Up - Increases Accuracy
  • Back Assault Up - Increases backstab damage and halves aggro

Battle Skills

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

Field Skills

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

6 Ursula

Equip To: Nia

Every bit stated, it's best to proceed Elemental types as varied as possible, so equipping Nia with this Water ice-type Healer is a great idea. Earlier it was mentioned that Nia volition take a pretty unique-looking party. Nim looks like a human and deer hybrid, and Ursula comes to the party with her very ain polar acquit familiar that will make a seasoned JRPG player remember back to Ni No Kuni, but more than importantly, it makes for a rather dynamic Character Carte du jour screen!

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Beary Stiff - 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 - Attack with an uppercut while Beary rushes the enemy

Bract Arts

  • Debuff Cancel - Cancels debuffs on allies

Battle Skills

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

Field Skills

  • Lv. 5: Harmony - Have fun playing beautiful music (exclusive to Ursula)
  • Lv. three: Ichthyology - Possesses noesis related to fish
  • Lv. iii: Fortitude - The power to endure hardships. It even helps with boring jobs

5 Boreas

Equip To: Nia

Nim, Ursula, and Dromarch are Nia'south ideal roster. Unfortunately, most Blades are found randomly in Xenoblade Chronicles ii past opening cores. At that place's never a guarantee whatsoever of these Blades volition actually be institute unless what might amount to hundreds of hours are sunk into the game. Boreas, a gigantic ball with the head of a rabbit, is a Air current type.

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

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Open Wide! - Cover your whole body with wind ether and charge
  • Lv. 2: Snack On This! - Chew a Bitball and shoot out assurance of energy
  • Lv. iii: Gobble 'em Up! - Shoot out a laser while in the air and eradicate your enemies
  • Lv. 4: Gobble Gobble! - Jump after a spinning set on to burn down a hail of bullets

Bract Arts

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

Battle Skills

  • Tasty Snack - Heals party for forty% to sixty% of max HP when defeating an enemy
  • Await Out! - Increases evasion rate by 13% to 45% when Affinity is at max
  • Twang! - Adds a xxx% to 50% chance of Knockback when attacked by an enemy

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Nopon Wisdom - Knowledge related to Nopon. Decode writing, speak Nopon, etc
  • Lv. three: Salvaging Mastery - Possesses noesis related to salvaging
  • Lv. 3: Fleet of Human foot - Move faster than the eye can see (exclusive to Boreas)

4 Electra

Equip To: Morag

Morag is the second option for the team's Defender. It's all-time to stick with Tora and Poppi for that role just it'south a bad idea to totally fail any graphic symbol. Function of the strategy involved with Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is swapping Drivers and Blades in and out of the party line-up for certain battles. Electra just has one Aux Core, but her Electricity chemical element is unused at this point and she's a very powerful Tank type Blade.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Bang-Bang Bound - Hitting the footing while cheerfully jumping and bounding
  • Lv. 2: Shocking Set on - Charge forrard after charging upwards electric ether
  • Lv. 3: Rolling Thunder - Create thunder clouds and attack enemies in range with lightning strikes
  • Lv. 4: Electrifying Show - Electra hits her weapon like a drum to trigger a shockwave

Blade Arts

  • Blot Harm - Erects a bulwark that absorbs a stock-still corporeality of damage
  • Draw Aggro - Draw aggro from enemies in battle

Battle Skills

  • Sparky Daughter - Counters attacks with ether impairment
  • Zappy Girl - Increases aggro every second
  • Clangy Girl - Increases block charge per unit

Field Skills

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

3 Kasandra

Equip To: Morag

Since regular Blades can't be 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-similar alter-ego that comes along when performing specials, adding a fleck of fun to any battle she'due south a part of.

Blade Specials

  • Lv. 1: Sentimental Burst - Condense dark ether until it explodes
  • Lv. ii: Hidden Emotion - Hit the shield while in the air, and emit a large amount of healing
  • Lv. three: Surreptitious Want - Enter unconscious land with the mask and draw out your true power
  • Lv. 4: Melancholic Break - Offering prayers to your shield, and so release a large number of bandages

Blade Arts

  • Draw Aggro - Draw aggro from enemies in battle
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the next Driver Fine art

Battle Skills

  • Calamity - Slightly raises aggro every 2d and increases all attack aggro
  • Fortune - Absorbs critical damage dealt as HP
  • Stability - Increases damage dealt from the front

Field Skills

  • Lv. iii: Nopon Wisdom - Noesis related to Nopon. Decode writing, speak Nopon, etc
  • Lv. 3: Agronomy - Possesses knowledge related to vegetables
  • Lv. 3: One Lucky Gal - Chase luck, but notice only misfortune (sectional to Kasandra)

2 Vale

Equip To: Zeke

Information technology's unlikely that Zeke is going to see much use. He doesn't become playable until tardily game and fills the Fighter role that it's best to keep Rex in. Since it's withal advisable to make sure Zeke is useful in a pinch, definitely give him Vale if she's found in a cadre. She's a powerful Attack type that uses the rather uncommon chemical element of Darkness.

Bract Specials

  • Lv. i: Blood Chantry - Slap the enemy with the side of your weapon, and so go on the attack
  • Lv. 2: Tainted Palace - Seal enemy movements and pierce with the lance as far equally possible
  • Lv. 3: Accursed Prison - Throw your weapon twice, then hit the enemy with a driblet attack
  • Lv. 4: Dark Drama - Lose command completely and concoction the enemy with the lance

Blade Arts

  • Back Assail Up - Increases backstab damage and halves aggro
  • Critical Up - Increment disquisitional hit rate
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the power of the adjacent Commuter Art

Battle Skills

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

Field Skills

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

1 KOS-MOS

Equip To: Zeke

KOS-MOS is very powerful and it might be tempting to stick her with King. It may also be tempting to experiment with other Drivers whose class she doesn't straight compliment. Keep in mind there are other Blades already well-suited for Rex, but KOS-MOS is then powerful. Become her into the roster past equipping her to Zeke. Having her Lite element available to round out the party's elements is a good boon.

Blade Specials

  • Lvl. one: R-Blade - Charges energy inside the cannon and unleashes it by cut the enemy down
  • Lvl. 2: H-Effect R - Develops the Hilbert Event and changes the course of battle
  • Lvl. 3: F-M-Shot - After charging energy, shoots out scattered laser beams
  • Lvl. 4: X-Buster - Fires powerful concentrated laser beams, only only when energy reserves are full

Blade Arts

  • Recharge Boost - Boosts Commuter recharge for an auto-attack
  • Arts Plus - Boosts the ability of the next Commuter Art
  • Critical Upwardly - Increases critical striking charge per unit

Boxing Skills

  • Stage Transition Tech - Annuls enemy defense and increases Special damage dealt by 60% to 100%
  • Hyperclock - Deal 60% to 100% more damage and takes 10% to xxx% less damage at max Affinity
  • Encephalon - Reduces aggro build-upward from attacks by xx% to 40%

Field Skills

  • Lv. 3: Lite - Determines proficiency with the light chemical element
  • Lv. three: Lockpicking - The power to open diverse things. Works on doors, treasure troves, etc
  • Lv. 3: Mental Arithmetic - Perform complex calculations at speed (sectional to KOS-MOS)

All of these options are not set in rock. It's possible these Blades won't be found on a first play-through. Similar whatsoever adept JRPG, the system is rather intricate and volition take some experimenting.

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