Truly Understanding Combat in Xenoblade 2

แชร์
ฝัง
  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
  • XENO THEMED MERCH TO SUPPORT ME: teespring.com/stores/enels-sh...
    Please stop saying the combat is slow. Xenoblade 2 has some of the fastest and most interesting combat in the series.
    Tier lists and discussing blades in more detail: • Official Community Bla...
    Blade combos: cdn.discordapp.com/attachment...
    Xenosaga video: • Why You Should Play Xe...
    Here's my personal discord server if you want to join:
    / discord
    Watch me live on twitch: / enei
    Feel free to follow me on twitter (giveaway will be here):
    / xc_enel
    Join this really large xeno discord to discuss all the games (including Saga and Gears) with us:
    / discord
  • เกม

ความคิดเห็น • 882

  • @EnelXC
    @EnelXC  3 ปีที่แล้ว +572

    To all the new people watching this vid I apologize for my poor mic quality in the past LOL

    • @davidenren6496
      @davidenren6496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It’s still a great vid, thanks
      ( T_T)\(^-^ )

    • @Gameboy-2007-yt
      @Gameboy-2007-yt 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidenren6496 Yeah

    • @gachalibra9243
      @gachalibra9243 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Mic quality means nothing when a video is good

    • @blackhammer5035
      @blackhammer5035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Does the job. I've been watching some of your newer vids (just finished up my XB1DE run, so bought XB2 and waiting for it to install) and am still pretty satisfied with content & quality here. Also appreciate that you avoid spoilers or at least warn for them usually. Looking forward to getting far enough into XB2 to check out some of your vids on specific blades.

    • @DS_DoggerX
      @DS_DoggerX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mic quality doesn't matter when the content is this essential. Thanks for your contribution!

  • @sinom
    @sinom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1108

    "doing more damage will increase your damage"
    Thanks. I understand the combat system a lot better now!

    • @hylianfelldragon1308
      @hylianfelldragon1308 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      This floor here is made out of floor

    • @zaos7321
      @zaos7321 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Every 60 seconds in africa a minute passes

    • @wasupman2284
      @wasupman2284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      If I pee on the side of the.bowl, i'll make less noise.

    • @treykelly3396
      @treykelly3396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Death is fatal

    • @chrisfair3538
      @chrisfair3538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      People die when they are kill

  • @123goofyking
    @123goofyking 4 ปีที่แล้ว +395

    "Intros are really stupid"
    *starts monologuing*

  • @fel_7264
    @fel_7264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +546

    The most rewarding thing is when you’re setting a driver + stage 3 blade combo and you get it at the exact moment the music drops harder than pianos in 80’s cartoons

    • @mattcool1046
      @mattcool1046 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      true

    • @jontybugg1311
      @jontybugg1311 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Last time something dropped that hard the war ended

    • @minimik75
      @minimik75 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jontybugg1311 took me a second

  • @darrendsouza6903
    @darrendsouza6903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +551

    Those who stand still for Auto Attack
    The Drifting Joycon: Try me

    • @conorb.1901
      @conorb.1901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Oof, I feel this one. Both of my left joy cons drift on the least convenient times, but it's not severe enough to warrant buying new ones.

    • @classroomdweller9620
      @classroomdweller9620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I haven't been able to play games on my switch because of my broken left joycon

    • @nvrmltice
      @nvrmltice 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My Joycon started to drift for the first time playing this game, it was awful

    • @capricorncharger518
      @capricorncharger518 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      My left joycon stopped drifting for no reason at all now my right one is drifting which makes open world exploration hard when the direction I’m moving changes with the camera angle and i have to fight it to use fast travel as well

    • @ariannocollana5872
      @ariannocollana5872 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ahahah i used the drift to cancel the auto attack animation sometimes

  • @gavinerickson9392
    @gavinerickson9392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1222

    Just like all the Xenoblade games, if you don't understand the secret sauce, the combat is miserable, but if you fully understand it, it's piss easy.

    • @nickolascrousillat4265
      @nickolascrousillat4265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      I didnt know what chain attacks were until chapter 8

    • @gavinerickson9392
      @gavinerickson9392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +199

      @@nickolascrousillat4265 People have beaten X and are also like, "What's Overdrive?"

    • @NepheneeGyattRizz
      @NepheneeGyattRizz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      @@gavinerickson9392 that was me tbh. Even without knowing what overdrive was though I absolutely loved X

    • @lightbrand_
      @lightbrand_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Infinite chain topple locking in Xenoblade 1 let’s go

    • @gavinerickson9392
      @gavinerickson9392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lightbrand_ Evasion!??!!!

  • @dmender7882
    @dmender7882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +652

    Good Xenoblade 2 content in 2020.........truly, a blessing.

    • @smashster1787
      @smashster1787 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Just goes to show how much some people love this game.

    • @loto8052
      @loto8052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Blossom Dancing in the face of Xenoblade X titan lv130!

    • @keeysOST
      @keeysOST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@smashster1787 Xc2 deserves more credit.

    • @krispybowgod9656
      @krispybowgod9656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed. I just started playing this game for the first time and found a lack of good TH-cam content to help me learn

    • @dmender7882
      @dmender7882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@krispybowgod9656 You came to the right place, Enel is the best

  • @WarrenValion
    @WarrenValion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    The combat system is literally the main reason why I liked the game, lmao.
    In-game tutorials were hella ass though.

    • @faithjolley6034
      @faithjolley6034 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I played a whole 100 hours of the game and finished the story without understanding driver and blade combos. The tutorials are very bad, even though I admit I can be a bit dense.

    • @potatooolatke
      @potatooolatke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@faithjolley6034 it doesn't help that you read through them, play, then go wait what did it say? I wish you can re-read them.

    • @mightygalhupo8947
      @mightygalhupo8947 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I went through the entire game and not only did I never find fusion combos (like I wasn’t even aware they existed), I also never realized that to do level 4 specials you had to be at max affinity and close to the blade for a while, I just thought level 4 specials happened when the game felt like it. The tutorials suck ass

  • @baronhdl5861
    @baronhdl5861 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    “This video is probably 2 years too late”
    Actually you’re right on time

    • @angairbender
      @angairbender 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      watching this in 2022 😅

  • @Frog276
    @Frog276 4 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    i LITERALLY started playing again today. this is exquisite timing Enel

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Glad to help!

    • @bakhurr
      @bakhurr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You will like it

    • @cumekira70
      @cumekira70 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

  • @rocrod430
    @rocrod430 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    Imagine if nintendo just left a link to this video in the Pyra presentation

  • @Drewsefer89
    @Drewsefer89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    17:56 Even after watching the full video & being able to execute most of the combat I'm still in utter awe at how you were able to take him down so fast.

  • @josiahgarber3761
    @josiahgarber3761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    So, in essence, always make sure to break before doing a blade combo, break/launch/topple/smash as much as possible, vary your combos to get several orbs, break again, and then do a devastating chain attack that you choose which attacks you do intentionally to break as many orbs as possible. Got it...I think

    • @golfer435
      @golfer435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep, you got it!

    • @camredding
      @camredding 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep, this is what i am gathering. Plus art recharge specials and damage accessories and aux cores. I also seem to basically always have party gage so i have been using it to avoid nasty enemy attacks even when i have no orbs set. I have watched this guide like 5 times now. Every time i get better at combat. Before i used to think you had to full burst every enemy. Now they all die to a few fusion combos :p

    • @RPGeenius
      @RPGeenius ปีที่แล้ว +8

      thanks for the tldr. Even after watching the video I was like... what?

  • @soul1795
    @soul1795 4 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    I remember it taking me 3 months to fully understand every mechanic in the game
    *Now all that time compacted into am 18 minute and 44 second video*

    • @notreal5826
      @notreal5826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm in for about 2 or 3 years and still have 0 clue as to what I am doing, the main things I get are driver and blade combos other than that I'm pretty hopeless

    • @redcloud7447
      @redcloud7447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@notreal5826 Main thing is you're having fun and beating enemies. I've put in about 300 hours into the game and have comfortably beaten all endgame bosses, but I'm fairly certain my party setups are still not the most optimal lmao.

    • @notreal5826
      @notreal5826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@redcloud7447 if I'm honest I just finished beating all the endgame bosses like last month

    • @frosticle6409
      @frosticle6409 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I played for about two months and was only at the base level of Xenoblade 2 combat. Then I got torna and I started hitting arts every second and chaining them together and finishing with a special. It was torna that basically cleared everything up for me.

    • @jellycore1316
      @jellycore1316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@frosticle6409 Ooh, I'm excited to see how Torna'll be for me when I get it! ^^

  • @christopherpoussin3948
    @christopherpoussin3948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    I see people saying “those who say the game is slow didn’t go past the intro” comments.
    And it’s true, but it’s the game fault for taking ages to explain the system... and it’s not even clear. I mean bot everybody wants to look for videos on TH-cam to understand the game. It’s a shame because it’s all really good once you really understand it.
    Nice video tho 👌🏾

    • @GNashG
      @GNashG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      but since theres a decent amount of depth to the combat showing it all at once would be completely overwhelming, although i agree it should be better at explaining things in general

    • @heidilebredo6901
      @heidilebredo6901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well it's an open world game... you're meant to explore and investigate to get stronger and better at the game

    • @christopherpoussin3948
      @christopherpoussin3948 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@heidilebredo6901 And i understand that. My problem is that its really hard to fully understand the *core* mechanics of the game without tuning out of it and looking for information elsewhere (videos/forums).
      It kinda break the experience imo.

    • @heidilebredo6901
      @heidilebredo6901 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@christopherpoussin3948 I respect that opinion but for me it is fun to constantly experiment over and over to find out a game's mechanics.

    • @moose-mancer
      @moose-mancer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@GNashG But it's also not fun if it takes too long.

  • @ExtraExtraBig
    @ExtraExtraBig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +335

    This makes xenoblade 1’s combat system look like a walk in the park.

    • @asain3586
      @asain3586 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@jeagerist4072
      The combat is weak, but goddamn the story is good. Its not jrpg if we not ended up fighting god or demon lord lmao

    • @redwolf6213
      @redwolf6213 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@asain3586 just because the combat system is simple does not mean its weak. Its just different.

    • @Ayeato
      @Ayeato ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@asain3586 xenoblade 1 has great combat

    • @sultan_3864
      @sultan_3864 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Ayeato honestly didnt rlly like it tbh. felt really slow for me and in 2 feels fast when you understand the combat

    • @tristanneal9552
      @tristanneal9552 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honestly XC1 feels like a tutorial for XC2...

  • @themojogamer75
    @themojogamer75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    2:34 Something about Tora auto-attack cancelling with QT Pi looks hilarious.

  • @FayoreiRPGMmag
    @FayoreiRPGMmag 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    I love this game, but I am absolutely guilty of not using pouch items enough! Rectified that immediately starting up my Torna playthrough this week. I immediately saw the art recharge dessert recipe and was like "OOOOH right this exists".

    • @jonmcknight18
      @jonmcknight18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Same but thank to cuggaaconroy making a lp of this game has help me out like how special\arts recharge and max up harder items are the best you can get and to stay stocked up on narcpear jelly.

  • @RaptorPotato
    @RaptorPotato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    As someone who has recently beat the game and is prepping for NG+, I appreciate this guide a lot because it condenses a huge amount of information that other guides tend to drag out too long. After almost 200 hours I completely disregarded fusion combos and felt that I was missing on a huge part of this games great combat because I couldn't wrap my head around it. I like that you not only explain the mechanics concisely but also point out bad habits and what to do instead. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

  • @MiguelHernandez-lo5lg
    @MiguelHernandez-lo5lg 4 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    So I've recently been going through xenoblade 2 to mentally hype myself for xenoblade Definitive Edition. I've pretty much mastered the game mechanics, went into regular new game and proceeded to beat every single boss on the first try because orb chain attacks are hilariously op.

  • @skeletor959
    @skeletor959 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enel videos make me happy, I'm glad to hear you're going to be making more :)

  • @StarkVS
    @StarkVS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    War cry : for glory
    Nia's : "Scottish cat fights sound"

    • @milo6169
      @milo6169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      It's *WELSH*

    • @maycontainnuts3127
      @maycontainnuts3127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      She's fucking Welsh. Morag is Scottish.

    • @thefakeollie3417
      @thefakeollie3417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@maycontainnuts3127 Meanwhile I played the whole game in Japanese and don't know what your talking about.

    • @maycontainnuts3127
      @maycontainnuts3127 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thefakeollie3417 In the English dub, all of the characters have different British accents depending on which titan and kingdom they're from. Mor Ardain is Scottish, Gormot is Welsh, Uraya is Australian, and Tantal and Lefteria are both English, just by Southern and Northern pronounceation respectively.

    • @gutsxgriffith6950
      @gutsxgriffith6950 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ngl ... i have to play in japenese . i find toras voice in the english cringe lmao

  • @Scerttle
    @Scerttle 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great vid. Brings all together the stuff that I had a vague idea of together and solidified it. Good timing too since I’m considering a replay now I’m quarantined lol

  • @FSSmash
    @FSSmash 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am curious.. During the QE events, why do you just click before they reach their inner circle (Sorry for the akward phrasing)

    • @Gl00mAsx
      @Gl00mAsx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm not 100% sure, but I think the reason is that he capped out on the amount of damage he could do. There would be no reason to succeed the qte's when you wouldn't get anymore additional damage

  • @EternitynChaos
    @EternitynChaos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this, it's cleared up a lot of things I was wondering about

  • @alexstewart9592
    @alexstewart9592 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    While I WILL admit to going for 8-orb chain attacks during my playthrough, I wasn't doing it because I thought I had to, or because I thought it was how you get damage. I was doing it because I was trying to get lots of overkill, and I was only going for it against bosses and UMs. I was also trying to get damage from everything else, and was trying to get a bunch of overkill bonus after using a Chain Attack on foes whose HP was as close to 0 as I could get it without killing them.
    Incidentally, I have also spotted a small mistake in your video. Upon performing a Full Burst, ALL party members perform a level IV special, but they do it simultaneously and you only have the QTE prompts for the pair you are controlling at the point of the Full Burst, while the AI handles the other two pairs doing their level IV special.
    Also, you didn't cover healing, and while I know it is pretty simple, there are some people who don't understand how you are supposed to do it, and at least one idiot who was trying to get all their healing from potions, presumably after unequipping their direct-heal Arts (I saw them in the recorded chat in a VOD of a stream once).
    Finally, while they're not particularly useful for endgame content, the masks that continuously generate aggro are quite useful while normal enemies are a threat, as they work even while your weapon is not drawn and cause enemies that spot you to aggro onto your tank instead of you, making it easier to run (and if you draw and sheath your weapon, the AI will stop and fight, and since the battle ends as soon as the player gets out of aggro range and dead party members revive and heal as soon as battle ends, this makes running even easier), and there are also specific UMs where running certain pieces of equipment can prevent big issues, like running spike damage reduction for foes with high counter damage, or reflect prevention/the item that saves you and gives Unbeatable once per battle against Artifice Ophion to prevent a full wipe to Barrier Field at the wrong moment (incidentally, using a level IV special on Barrier Field will actually cause an invincible effect tag to appear on your driver whenever they hit Ophion if they are not protected against the damage reflection, so you are ACTUALLY invincible during such specials, not just intangible or evading).
    Finally, while most Special Recharge pouch items are pretty bad, there is one item with 2 per second and two with 1.5 per second, which is enough to enable near-continuous use of level I specials (after the bonus charge from getting a Perfect) without ever using an Art when combined, and can thus be used to spam them. Not sure how good the DPS is, but it works decently well, and on Mythra (and sometimes Finch, if she feels like it) you can spam level II specials, which on Mythra is the really good one for AOE damage and general damage.

  • @laynerowland1497
    @laynerowland1497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    not gonna lie, im too much of a brainlet for your other guides to help me haha, its too much to think about at one time. i still liked this games combat even if i didn't fully understand it. this video helps immensely so thank you!

  • @callibr8
    @callibr8 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great info on fusion combos! I felt like I was sort of doing this when selecting an art with the metered element but wasnt sure. Love this game! Looking forward to XC DE.

  • @jonnydarkfang2816
    @jonnydarkfang2816 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just bought this yesterday so great timing dude!

  • @leifbarnes5662
    @leifbarnes5662 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yay Enel is back! And he's reading my mind as I was just thinking about replaying this game in anticipation for XC1 🙃

  • @shawnmcmillan4438
    @shawnmcmillan4438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Here after the Mythra/Pyra smash bros reveal. Thinking of giving this game a second chance

    • @KenLaKen
      @KenLaKen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      its a fantastic story with so many loveable characters and well worth enjoying. It's such a shame how poorly the tutorials explain the mechanics

    • @Schlawga
      @Schlawga 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I did and I don't regret it at all. XBC2 is my new favorite game.

  • @Sarnahanfi
    @Sarnahanfi ปีที่แล้ว

    I love that you did all these xc1 and xc2, I just finished xc1 and am now playing xc2 and really enjoying your videos :) all the best tips for the game, ty

  • @lordnoxx9512
    @lordnoxx9512 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    wow, I just started watching your videos like 2 weeks ago to help me be good in the late game and I thought it was a shame that you were not active, cool to see you back :D

  • @plushbrothers1284
    @plushbrothers1284 ปีที่แล้ว

    Man thanks for the video I always wanted to play this game and I really wanted to understand the combat this helped a lot! Even tho some parts are still a little confusing. Thanks again!

  • @_GLXC
    @_GLXC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    my brain when doing schoolwork vs my brain building my next xenoblade strategy

  • @geraldgreen6794
    @geraldgreen6794 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I stopped after wrapping up the story mode but found your channel cause I decided to finally try Torna to get ready for Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive edition. Holy crap this video has opened my eyes. I knew all that stuff about blade and driver combos but the thing that blew me away more then anything is how effective break was. Seeing you down these enemies with only level 2 blade combos and only having break active is blowing my mind.

  • @TerminaSavior
    @TerminaSavior 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I shall watch this in just a little while. I still have to get Elma and I'm sure there are some combat aspects Im not quite brushed up on.
    Loved your Blade ranking list!~

  • @pokalplayer6236
    @pokalplayer6236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Currently playing through the story, and I'm definitely trying to tackle post game, this video is immense help

  • @corteze91
    @corteze91 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This video is EVERYTHING 🔥💯💪🏾

  • @krispybowgod9656
    @krispybowgod9656 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Subbed and thanks for the great content. For someone just jumping into this game in 2020 I need all the help

  • @joshshackelford889
    @joshshackelford889 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    glad you’re finally back :]

  • @kazutrash6419
    @kazutrash6419 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was always wondering dang why do I have to find so many different blade elements and then this video showed up and god this made xbc2 so much more fun

  • @jlb5287
    @jlb5287 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’ve just watched the tutorial and I still don’t get it. I think someone needs to do a tutorial showing specific parts on screen and buttons they press, because a lot of the names are hella confusing.

    • @pranavk8293
      @pranavk8293 ปีที่แล้ว

      I couldn’t agree more Im hella lost on this stuff even after watching this. Feels like i’m hearing a bunch of names and they all sound the same. I understand up to “blade specials” but i don’t understand anything past the skill tree

  • @PedroVictor-ck3ez
    @PedroVictor-ck3ez 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice breakdown of the combat system, thank you!!

  • @TheBandoBandito
    @TheBandoBandito 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I lost my saved data while backing up my games last year and just recently started getting back into Xenoblade. I'm aiming to get all the blades this time and really enjoy all of the expansion pass content I never touched, thanks for the upload.

  • @ShadowChaosKrystal
    @ShadowChaosKrystal 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm doing my first playthrough right now and there is so much depth to this combat. I feel like I have a decent understanding thanks to this and chuggaconroys let's play but it's so easy to forget things

  • @gigglez3036
    @gigglez3036 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome back! Wanna see more guides and speedrun attempts soon!

  • @tle398
    @tle398 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just bought this game yesterday to get through lockdown. Thank you so much for explaining the combat system so clearly!

  • @charlescaulkins8306
    @charlescaulkins8306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I actually just started playing this game (after going through my backlog and getting this last christmas) so it's really helpful to get this guide out so relevant, especially when the tutorials in-game just TELL you things and don't SHOW you, which was especially jarring since I lost the first Brigid fight and didn't do any of the cool stuff you just did at the beginning. Thank you!

  • @christianmario9753
    @christianmario9753 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpfull as a refresher on how everything works as I'm planning on replaying the game on bringer of chaos

  • @Thegodofskytidus
    @Thegodofskytidus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video! Helped me beat level 90 field enemies early at level 50 something during chapter 5 with some of the tips in this video :D sadly the hardest difficulty is still too much for me despite that accomplishment T^T

    • @Thegodofskytidus
      @Thegodofskytidus 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also helped with farming Gold Chips right after that too so thanks for helping me completely roll through a good chunk of the story before stopping for side quests in a few casual hours XD

  • @r34dood
    @r34dood 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Alright so...
    I have to auto attack, use my arts, use my level 4 super punch, cancel my arts, chain attack, fuse my combos, open kingdom hearts, travel through the mushroom kingdom, save Zelda, use a water type move with squirtle to get a same type attack bonus, then I use an all out attack with wonder guard as my ability, sacrifice my monsters to summon my blue eyes white dragon in attack mode with exp share as my held item so my personas get more experience, and have my power bounce badge equipped so I can do a total of 2,780,736,375 damage to the enemy, right?

  • @keeysOST
    @keeysOST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +154

    How to know someone only played the intro
    "the gameplay is slow"

    • @babyjiren9676
      @babyjiren9676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      yeah lol it's an instant facepalm moment and completely invalidates said person's opinion of the game

    • @TKBadMoon
      @TKBadMoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@babyjiren9676 Not particularly. It's a fault of the game that it takes several hours for combat to be interesting. The game would be objectively better if the opening hours were more interesting combat wise.

    • @babyjiren9676
      @babyjiren9676 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It doesn’t take hours. If you had the attention span of anything other than a three year old it wouldn’t be a problem for you. Also, I didn’t personally think the combat was slow, not even at the start. Then again, I’m used to Xenoblade.
      In my experience the people complaining are people too dumb to figure out the combat system. I was experimenting with augments and combos within the first hours.

    • @TKBadMoon
      @TKBadMoon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      @@babyjiren9676 Ah yes, I forgot. Your elite gamer brain and heightened jrpg gamer awareness and ability to sit through cringy anime dialogue with repetitive combat is superior. I concede. Thank you for your wisdom, Baby Jiren.
      Get a fucking life lmao. Online gamers are so pathetic. Biggest complaint about the game overall is it's slow start, but shiver me fucking timbers, not to this ELITE gamer Baby Jiren! I should have known they were all just too stupid to fully understand the full scope of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. With your absolutely massive brain you were experimenting with pressing an entire two to three buttons after auto attacking? Good god. Without access to your weapon chains, skills, etc? Lord have mercy.
      It takes the any% speedrun of the damn game like 40 minutes to even get to 3 characters while skipping literally everything and this dumb fuck is over here talking about iT dOeSnT tAkE hOuRs

    • @keeysOST
      @keeysOST 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@TKBadMoon dude you're arguing online, doesn't make you better than you claim he is.
      Plus my comment was about how to tell people who finished the game from those who didn't. How did this happen?

  • @stigurna
    @stigurna 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm not the most experienced player of this game (I'm 60 hours in)
    But one thing that reaaaally peeves me about this game is... it doesn't feel interactive.
    I can see that there is a lot that you can do in this battle system, and pulling off combos is very satisfying.
    But I feel like a lot of the time against bosses (at least at this point in the game) they do a really powerful AOE attack with little warning, and it wipes out my team.
    Also, you can't pick up your friends after they have been toppled which just makes me feel powerless when it comes to defense. At least you can equip break/topple resist, but that's still not the most reliable thing.
    I guess I just need to get good, but I just liked XC1's visions and how they were telegraphed (except for that AOE vision bug)
    I'll admit, I may be a bit "elitist." I can apprecciate Monolith going for something different though, and I'm glad people have enjoyed it. It's just been a difficult transition
    Sidenote: I think a big part of why people are calling it slow is that the pace you are taught things and given new options is pretty slow at the start. You're stuck with Poppi a for quite a while being tora's only blade, it took the game 30 hours to give Rex his topple art, when in XC1 you're taught it in the first 5 minutes.
    Excuse the wall of text. I'm not meaning to hate on XC2. These are just things that peeve me so far.

  • @JordiumZ
    @JordiumZ 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good guide I needed a refresher since I haven't played since 2018

  • @hiimarandomweebwithanezuko1317
    @hiimarandomweebwithanezuko1317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m getting the game for my birthday soon so this is realy helpful

  • @fearlv1rattata
    @fearlv1rattata 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm definitely going to need to watch this a few times to make sure I understand it. I'm not crazy far into the game because I've just been grinding salvage for no reason.

  • @harriedavies3940
    @harriedavies3940 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is super helpful, thanks!

  • @soundest8768
    @soundest8768 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You sound so excited when talking about the more complex details of art canceling and combat techniques, and the tone perfectly conveys the feelings I have for this game’s battle system. I thought it was going to be a joke video when I clicked, (memes like “use poppi qtpi and you’ve already won the game!) but it was actually a very descriptive and understandable guide on how to properly play the game (which I hope newcomers will come to and find out that the game is worth playing after all). Even if I didn’t need it, I’d like to thank you very much for this, because I think that a video presentation with speech like this can teach someone much more effectively than a few scattered read tutorials that don’t seem to matter much when they’re presented.

  • @calderdouglas8707
    @calderdouglas8707 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just starting playing again after a year because I got stuck on malos at the cliffs of morytha, and your other videos really helped me get back into it, and I beat malos and malos and jin. I'm stuck again now on the boss after that (I can't remember its name the giant thing in the land of morytha that likes to explode a nd kill your whole party, and think that knowing all this stuff in the video is going to be really helpful.

  • @MaNameizJeff
    @MaNameizJeff 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    even as an XC2 vet who has cleared all but like one boss, and most of the trials, I learned a thing or two from this video. During my initial run I was all about the orbs, but I see that if I just capitalized on driver combos I probably would have a better time of it. Although I will say, I am not a fan at all of the tiger shark game so as soon as morag was a choice for tanking, I dropped tora like a bad habbit. Now we have other ways of getting crystals and poppi 3 is just a terminator.

  • @rostikproduction2460
    @rostikproduction2460 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Enel, welcome back! Also, even though I have got xenoblade 2 since release, I am a quite slower player and I still did not complete every challenge battle (during those 2 years, I also completed xeno 1 and xeno X, because I really liked xenoblade 2! - I absolutely love the series) and without you, I would not probably complete half of the challenges where I used skills that I learned from you, really thank you!
    And do not worry, this video is not the lost of your time (at least for me), because I still sometimes turn the game on and try to complete the remaining challenges :DD

  • @kylegutstadt8883
    @kylegutstadt8883 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the video I have been looking for since the game came out, so glad I found it on my second playthrough.

  • @kirbyatethanos
    @kirbyatethanos 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Still my favorite game on the Switch

  • @Youngbloodb
    @Youngbloodb 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very helpful!

  • @jaimitox91
    @jaimitox91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks man! I knew that there was something that i was missing when my six orb combos weren't´t enough to kill the super bosses. The fusion combo explanation was amazing!

  • @drewholiday5085
    @drewholiday5085 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best Xenoblade related channel on TH-cam 😁

  • @bionicallyacomputer292
    @bionicallyacomputer292 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    HE SPITTIN

  • @roxasreturns2183
    @roxasreturns2183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Xenoblade definitive:"Now it's show time"
    Xenoblade 2: "I'm *not* really feeling it"

  • @christianhartselle108
    @christianhartselle108 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ahh xc2 best game ive ever played. im still finding new stuff in it cuz I haven’t 100% it. hope theres more content of it or a sequel or something

  • @Foogi9000
    @Foogi9000 ปีที่แล้ว

    With xc3 coming out soon I'm replaying xc2 and watching a bunch of guides. I'll definitely have to rewatch this as there's so much info it's overwhelming my brain.

  • @xaviorffviii
    @xaviorffviii ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My brain exploded after the orbs, too much

  • @bamrazley
    @bamrazley 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video and I wish I had this when I bought it. I'm playing again in anticipation of XC1: DE coming out and this has made life a lot easier. Thanks!
    Also Reddit's poisoned me because all I can think when looking at 14:34 is 'nice.'

  • @leifster7762
    @leifster7762 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally late,but I’m really thankful for this video,Enel

  • @DICEBOY22
    @DICEBOY22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I've thought about it and have come to this philosophical conclusion that Xenoblade 2 is the Smash Melee of JRPG Battle Systems.... It truly seperates the weak from the strong willed/minded

    • @asadhus
      @asadhus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is the game worth it? I’m thinking of getting it.

    • @DICEBOY22
      @DICEBOY22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@asadhus of course.
      The only thing though, tutorials can be annoying but don't let them derail your enjoyment of the game.
      Story yes... You are going to have absolutely nonsense tropes, but the actual focused narritive is really good.

    • @jalalal8056
      @jalalal8056 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nah, Tales of vesperia has insanely complex combat while still being quite difficult

  • @NotTerravin
    @NotTerravin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm surprised this was 18 minutes long with how everything was explained it felt no longer than 5 and yet I still feel incredibly informed on my weak points in battle. Thanks for this, I'm gonna try grinding my team to max and taking on the challenge mode and finally unlocking Shulk hopefully.

  • @miniwheatz100
    @miniwheatz100 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm glad you're still making videos

  • @alphabulblax1649
    @alphabulblax1649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I am 140 goddamn hours into this game and I'm only just now learning a lot of this.
    I don't think a game has ever made me feel like an idiot as much as this one did.

    • @canadianbacon3846
      @canadianbacon3846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I forgot the inn exp mechanic after leaving the game for a month or so.... I was wondering in chapter 7 why the difficulty spiked so hard... I had 20 levels per character that I had to rest at an inn to gain... Me too man

    • @ryuki7685
      @ryuki7685 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i learned all of this after beating the game i never understood how to use chain attacks and i never understood how to use pneuma so i was basically only using steam bomb with pyra and nia

  • @anzack2551
    @anzack2551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm kinda proud to know that I kinda got the hang of the game's mechanics without a guide for half my playthrough.

  • @mr.mrowmusic8255
    @mr.mrowmusic8255 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    also, I think that combat in this game held me back at the end of Act 3, with the Malos Akhos fight, but after learning it I found it super fun

  • @mysticunvale8235
    @mysticunvale8235 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you, Enel very cool.

  • @symmetricalface3970
    @symmetricalface3970 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Appreciate the detailed explanations, I played this 2 years ago and appreciate the re-explanation of it. Could I make a request/suggestion? When talking about specials, combos, upgrades, could you make a box around what you are talking about on the screen, or go to that menu specifically. It makes it a lot easier to understand what you are talking about. You do show menus in parts of the video, but sometimes not while talking about them, such as the upgrades for arts. I don’t mean to be a critic, your stuff is great.

  • @xetrint
    @xetrint 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good video, my man! I absolutely loved taking on post-game, since I really delved into the mechanics at that point, and I'm sure there are many who missed out on a good time because they just couldn't understand or make use of the game's intricacies. Hopefully this will encourage newcomers to really experiment with the options available to them. I wish I had a guide like this when my friend went through the game a year ago.

  • @dryanaa4474
    @dryanaa4474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How do you start chain attacks with like a 900% damage ratio?

    • @EnelXC
      @EnelXC  3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Burst symbols are very nice!

  • @TrvisXXIII
    @TrvisXXIII 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I might consider buying this since I’m enjoying the first game, That’s of course if I’m sold on the convoluted combat

    • @escapetherace1943
      @escapetherace1943 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      first game is shulk doing backslash 1X1000000 times.
      while I enjoyed the characters and adore fiora and think xb1's story was..... a bit more enjoyable
      xb2's freaking good... the combat is insanely good and just gets better as u level up/grow the blades

  • @andyvasquez470
    @andyvasquez470 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it starts off very slow is probably more accurately put. But becomes much deeper and more involved as you get further into the game

  • @jstar3382
    @jstar3382 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how to do the combat: use narcipear jelly lol

  • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
    @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great video. One thing you didn't mention was moving around mid-combat - it's not as important postgame but it's still relevant, even more so in the main game, and I see a lot of people wasting time moving inefficiently.
    If you ordinarily move around during combat, it'll be very slow. Moreover, you'll be wasting time you could otherwise be spending attacking. Fortunately, there is a way around both of these issues: Blade specials. When you send the weapon to the Blade for a special attack, the Driver is able to move freely at their maximum speed, and they also won't be wasting attacking time because the special attack will happen while you're moving around. ALWAYS use this time to reposition and collect HP pots.

    • @buddymmx3936
      @buddymmx3936 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alex M. I did that since chapter 2 and I never thought that someone might not do that or think of that :/

    • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
      @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@buddymmx3936 You'd be surprised. It's also one of my two main complaints with Torna's battle system - you can't move during Specials at all, so this method of repositioning doesn't work.

  • @supersonicfan7
    @supersonicfan7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When you think you “generally” understand how to make decent builds, and then see how far damage can be pushed, it’s kinda eye opening.

  • @tiedie
    @tiedie 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    i just got this game, never heard of this channel and got the video recommend to me. this is great, thank you!

  • @dpeters119
    @dpeters119 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Liked and subed it was a good video if possible I would liked the video time bar to be a little bit more see through but other than that good tips and nice to see a vid of this in 2020

  • @olderythia
    @olderythia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video! I like how you started from the basics to keep it accessible to new players. I'll definitely be sharing this with my friends when they hopefully get this game with their new switches they bought for animal crossing.

  • @yolokingboi
    @yolokingboi 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just started the game, I know I’m gonna love it!

  • @olecram_4224
    @olecram_4224 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I only realized what the driver combo on the top right was when i did new game plus since i skipped the tutorial on my first time

  • @Nakix4
    @Nakix4 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm on NG+ and when you started with the driver combos blade combos and fusion combos at the same time my head was about to explode LMAO

  • @dannyg88
    @dannyg88 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I loved the combat. Among the best I’ve played. Admittedly it took many hours before I fully grasped all the mechanics, but once I did it became immensely satisfying and fun. For me it helped to break it down into parts. There’s driver combos, elemental blade combos, and chain attack. Those are the 3 major things and it’s essential players get comfortable with it. From there all the other stuff like blade switching and fusion combos becomes second nature.

  • @nitrotoxy
    @nitrotoxy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The combat is pretty complex but it's worth learning. Only when I got to know both the combination of blade specials and elemental bursts I found myself truly intrigued with the battle system and learned to love it. Next time playing X I'll need to look into one of your videos to dive into those mechanics as well.

    • @escapetherace1943
      @escapetherace1943 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      it's simpler than it seems too, once it all clicks it feels like crack, 10/10 combat

  • @GhoulishGhastly
    @GhoulishGhastly 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    People talking about the combat is the one reason I haven't bought it ,but your "late" explanation was perfect to convince me to get it, thanks!

  • @SkywardSquittle
    @SkywardSquittle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I kid you not, like many other people, I've just gone back to this game to get at the superbosses, so this was a treat to see.

  • @jupiter843
    @jupiter843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hey, looks like this vid will be popping off after more people check out xc2 cause of smash, which is great