Fun fact Riki’s hp was originally supposed to be the lowest of the party. In one test build they accidentally made it really high and testers loved it so they kept.
Rimalogo it was an old interview with takahashi on the development of the game. I believe it was the same one he talked about physical modeling to convey his ideas.
I should be listening to the explanation of how to use Riki in battle, but I can't stop just watching that CPU Melia storing up 3 Summon Bolts then auto-attacking for the rest of battle.
@@EnelXC Seriously. I'm at Mechonis on my file right now, running Seven, Sharla, and Melia (trying to build Seven's affinities), and Melia just keeps auto-attacking the freaking Mechon like an idiot. 'Cause, you know, I guess ether attacks are for wusses.
@@HopperDragon I get that, but I'm trying to play as everyone for a while. I wanted to do Mechonis as Seven, then I was gonna do my final party setup afterwards.
"You Can Do It is an Art that completely invalidates Sharla's existence until the late-game" truer words have never been spoken, You Can Do It is a surprisingly amazing Art
I use her only if I need items from flying monsters. It's easier to initiate combat with them other than the fact she always rips off a shield bullet first if at is in control.
Up until I got Riki I was just using Shulk Reyn and Sharla, and I decided to swap out Sharla with Riki but was worried that he wouldn’t have enough healing power to support Reyn. That was the day I realized that Sharla’s healing is just overkill. You Can Do It does the job just as well if not even better
One important thing about Yoink! is the fact that it can steal stats from the enemy. It’s possible to steal HP, Strength, Ether, Agility, and AP or EXP (once you unlock the respective skills for them) and also item drops. If it hits a stat, it’ll increase that stat by 10% (maximum increase to Riki's stat is 50%) while decreasing the enemy’s by 10% as well (enemy can lose a maximum of 30% for Strength, 30% for Ether, and 50% for Agility). What makes this significant is that the buffs will last until either Riki is incapacitated or the battle ends, and the debuff will last indefinitely as well unless removed by Say Sorry. That means you can potentially Yoink! a bunch of stats and permanently hinder the enemy for the rest of the battle while giving Riki some pretty substantial increases. Also if it hits HP, it’ll heal Riki for 50% of his max HP while dealing the same amount healed as damage.
Only thing about this is i think my entire playthrough i maybe saw this happen myself once or twice funnily enough. If it's that rare it's hard to really count it as "useful" in a sense
Riki is probably the most flexible character. He can work with pretty much any party, can be built to do Physical or Ether damage (or a mix of both), has multiple support options and debuffs, and also has one of the best auras in the game Hero Time.
A cool fact that makes Hero Time even better: in DE, you lose tension not only if your attack misses or is blocked, but if your debuffs are resisted. I.e., Shulk uses Air Slash, doesn't break the enemy, his tension is lowered. So that's another reason to use it.
Spamming ailments -> Bedtime -> Guaranteed critical Say Sorry is one of my favorite enormous damage combos in any RPG. I've actually soloed some boss battles with Riki by letting the DoT run over the duration of Sleep and then using Say Sorry right at the end for mega burst damage.
When I first started back on Wii I made Riki my tank. Riki is angry, lots of aggro up for Riki and stealth arts/autos for the team. Riki just goes in, casts a bunch of debuffs, say sorry, while under Riki is angry and I dunno... I just wiped out everything almost. I know I wasn't optimal but I loved making a fluff ball like Riki be my big tank boi. He is one of my favorites and has some of the best dialog with the team. Sharla, Riki, and Melia has to be one of my favorites.
Personally, I have put all my running gems on Ricky and then use him for exploration. There is just something extremely satisfying to see someone with super short legs outrun everyone else in the party.
Your character guides have been really helpful because now I actually know what I should do because in my play through I didn’t know how to use Riki so I had 3 of his 4 red arts on at all times.
Scott Elder yeah exactly but there are still much things to be explained like i would really want to see a showcase at ALL the appereances or gear, just to see all the outfit sets and WHERE to get them. Or and video like explaining all the unique monster and where to find them. Or some explaining about future connected and new things. That sort of stuff.
I played Xenoblade on the Wii and got up to the seventh party member joining but I never quite understood the combat or how to properly equip and use characters so I dropped it out of frustration. When I decided to try Definitive Edition now that I'm much older your guides really helped me understand how to build characters. Since unlocking Riki he's quickly become my favourite. He reminds me of a Bard with his support skills and while he doesn't do amazing DPS, he's still so useful.
Guys I think he is linking ether skills from the two ether based characters to his ether centric Riki build, to increase his ether damage on his ether attack arts. Also, why have you not talked about Riki having the best idle animations? That instantly makes him S++
I love Riki. He adds exactly all the fun stuff to the game: Yoink to steal, DoT arts of all kind, a skill based healing art and some party gauge boosts to have fun with chain attacks.
Gotta say, as a returning vet to this game, these guides that you did really opened my eyes about how much potential every character can actually have. And since watching these, I've been employing them as I can, though I'm still only just past Central Factory
I'm SUPER glad you made a guide on how to use Riki since I just started using him today and was wondering what I should be investing the most into when it comes to his arts. So far I'm a fan of him since he can heal and support almost as well as Sharla, but isn't as limited and can still deal decent damage without having to use a gimmick set-up.
Now that every character guide is done, it would be interesting to have a quick runthrough of good options for AI partners. Specifically, how to get the AI to do good things with each character. It seems quite hard to get AI Melia to do what you want for example.
8:52 this is probably the wrong video, but linking the skill(heavy/medium) uses a star slot. Which character has no star slots? Medium/heavy equip skills may be the reason
Riki is my favorite character, he's the only one I never switch out because he fits every comp so well. I hate his voice but he's probably my favorite character to use. Reminds me of from Pokemon back in the day, just fat, poisoning, burning or freezing you and stalling you out while healing itself lol.
Now that you've finished your character guides, I have an idea that could be interesting for future videos. In some ocasions through this guides you have mentioned how certain arts or set ups don't really work if the character is AI controlled. That's why I think it would be very helpful to talk about how to build the different characters so that the AI can use them as effectively as possible.
Nice video. Riki is definitely a Xenoblade hero. Noticed you have Riki geared for endgame and ether arts, but earlier on he makes a serviceable ether tank for Shulk- or Melia-led teams, just need to gear more defensively, add-in an Aggro Up gem and Riki is Angry aura.
Yes and there we have it. RIKI THE HEROPON. I was waiting for this the whole day and YES. But yes maybe Ether Riki is better when you are lvl 99 and at superboss lvl, but Physical Riki is early on in the game in my opinion way better especially at areas like sword valley and on the whole Mechonis, but INDEED later on, is this a better option. But Riki is some kind of all around character, you can pretty do anything with him what you want, he only doesnt have a daze art but i dont think that would be that necessery for him. Very thanks for all these guides
Riki can reliably be an ether attacker, physical attacker, healer/support, and with some aggro up gems a tank. He's sort of the jack of all trades master of none in the game
@Tyler Davis lets be realistic, every video being made is then a "spoiler". A guy named shulk in the game? Spoiler. Gems are a thing in this game? Spoiler. There's a straight up guide for fiora herself... Come on. These videos are targetted primarily towards endgame players, hence why the enemies being fought are unique while having the best equipment in the game. Assuming somebody happens to get spoiled by my zanza comment, they've still been exposed to 7/fiora, dunban, and uniques/supermonsters. And to close, all I gave was his name. It could've been a unique monster, supermonster or anything else. I just gave the name, you mentioned it being a spoiler which indicates it's relevance to the plot. So basically, by bringing it to "attention" you've made it more of a "spoiler" than I did. Congratulations, you played yourself.
I gotta admit, I absolute love your guides. I am one of the forbidden ones that started this game on the 3DS, and honestly your videos convinced me to buy the game and fall in love with it all over. Immediate subbed
Thanks helping make sense of the aura's, I'm still a fan of the spike damage one, the name alone is hilarious 😆 but seeing the ether build setup is just as tempting, currently in the fallen arm & going up the other Mechonis sections.
Riki is awesome. I really like using Say Sorry in chain attack, first I debuff the enemy as much as possible, wait a little, activate chain attack and use Say Sorry on the second round, the damage is amazing. Thanks for the guides!
th-cam.com/video/YBxNKvZdDrc/w-d-xo.html&frags=pl%2Cwn He is just not strongest in damage , but he is only char can actually Nearly solo supber boss at minimal level
@@thelegendaryjanitor2008 it was just a joke about how he's not as powerful as his (non-Sharla) sidekicks at first glance. He's definitely pretty capable on his own
I've enjoyed these guides for using these characters. I am wondering though what's the best way to use them when not playing as them? Would really like a guide video where you go over good setups for using people as second or third party members.
How to use Riki: Step 1: Have him as the party leader Step 2: Have him wear something cute Step 3: *BECOME BEST TANK IN THE GAME! ENEMIES CANNOT HARM SUCH CUTENESS!*
You overlook Riki's Yoink ability. For enemies 10 levels or higher against Riki, he only steals stats of the enemy. Those debuffs last all battle. I put on Glory Gauntlets and Talent Boost. It fills up very quick. The enemy can suffer a hilarious -50% agility. A few other things to note: Riki does not require Enlightenment if he attacks from the back. Surprisingly his 50% accuracy skill behind enemies also weirdly accounts Ether accuracy. Peekaboo is a pretty solid art. Low cooldown and same base damage as Say Sorry. I do use Ether arts on Riki, but I prefer specializing more in physical Riki. He can chain better with other members and can make more use of those def down debuffs, especially with spamming Yoink.
Yoink is also another source of debuffs. Riki can steal stats from enemies and add them to his own. He can also do a lifesteal equal to half his max HP, or lower enemy strength, ether, or agility and raise his own stat by the same amount, 10% at a time, up to 30 or 50%, 30 for strength and ether and 50 for agility. What's very notable about Yoink debuffs is that they are PERMANENT. Which means they could help squeeze out extra damage in a huge max power Say Sorry.
It's disappointing that my favorite character (Sharla) is constantly the one character everyone acts like they don't want on the team. I really think her concept is neat and it's frustrating that everyone throws her off the team like garbage. 🥺😭 Its upsetting that Monolith didn't just scrap the overheat mechanic.
I was showing my friend the joys of xenkblade and he just got riki and when ever he used rikis talent art we would botb scream as loud as we could YOINK!!!
It should be noted that Bedtime also puts Riki to sleep unless you have a sleep resist or debuff resist gem equipped. I used to use it to help get affinity with Riki by waking him up when he puts himself to sleep.
So I just wanted to tell y´all a cool trick I thought of just today. So I was in Biology class and realized to myseld "Wow, this kinda works like the Bionis" so I got way more interested into the subjet. Also Riki´s talent art has *the best* name
riki could be like the worse party member in the game and id still speed run the game to when he joins the party and make him the leader frame 1 because... *its riki* also the talent art is callled yoink and that proves that xenoblade has the best localization of any video game ever
Something not mentioned in the video is that Yoink! actually has a chance of stealing enemy stats, incurring permanent debuffs to the enemy and a permanent buff to Riki according to the stat "stolen."(Permanent in refernce to the stats in battle, of course) The effect is only 10%, but it can actually be stacked with itself, for, say 50% agility buff/debuff. Granted, no battle should take long enough to accumulate that, but I think its funny that it's a possibility.
All of these guides are super awesome and helpful! Could you make a guide on how to grind for the more annoying achievements, like happy new year and the 500 revives? With how much detail you put in these videos, I'm sure it would help a lot of people, myself included.
I come from germany and heres a funfact: I play the game obviosly on german and some art names are really funny "play dead" ist "Riki dead!" or "happy-happy!" Mayer you can Look about it somewhere this is absoluteley funny.
Been looking forward to this one, he’s the one I use the least because I favour a master of one trade to a jack of all but from seeing the comments on other vids it sounds like I’ve been overlooking some things
I actually love using riki as a tank from the midgame towards endgame, Riki is angry is stupidily powerful at times and with all the aoe he has he has no trouble with aggro. Once you hit postgame it drops off though but going through the game it destroys packs of enemies.
Fun fact Riki’s hp was originally supposed to be the lowest of the party. In one test build they accidentally made it really high and testers loved it so they kept.
I love that he's basically just a Chansey lol
I heard that that the test build thing was intentional for that one build as a "let's just try it and see what happens" kind of thing.
Callmesenpai 1337 it was a mistake but they went “.....let’s see how this works. I mean hell its a test build for a reason”
sauce?
Rimalogo it was an old interview with takahashi on the development of the game. I believe it was the same one he talked about physical modeling to convey his ideas.
Riki:*appears*
Reyn: *Volleyball spike*
"Take that furball!"
You're thinking of the wrong type of spike tardises
Well if he didn't want to be spiked, he shouldn't've been volleyball-shaped.
No amount of Spike Resist Gems could’ve prepared him for that one!
I should be listening to the explanation of how to use Riki in battle, but I can't stop just watching that CPU Melia storing up 3 Summon Bolts then auto-attacking for the rest of battle.
a textbook example of AI melia being trash
@@EnelXC Seriously. I'm at Mechonis on my file right now, running Seven, Sharla, and Melia (trying to build Seven's affinities), and Melia just keeps auto-attacking the freaking Mechon like an idiot. 'Cause, you know, I guess ether attacks are for wusses.
@@GURGLEGUY12345 control her problem solved
@@HopperDragon I get that, but I'm trying to play as everyone for a while. I wanted to do Mechonis as Seven, then I was gonna do my final party setup afterwards.
I wish this game had an FFXII-style programming mechanic.
You forgot to mention that pineapple Riki has a 200% up taste buff.
I'm a fan of stacking debuffs and then using say sorry with max chain attack boost because it can delete health bars lmfao
Riki owns
Wait, this isn't Xenoblade X
Same
This is how I beat my first XC1 run in 35 hours. Physical Riki deletes HP.
"You Can Do It is an Art that completely invalidates Sharla's existence until the late-game"
truer words have never been spoken, You Can Do It is a surprisingly amazing Art
I use her only if I need items from flying monsters. It's easier to initiate combat with them other than the fact she always rips off a shield bullet first if at is in control.
Up until I got Riki I was just using Shulk Reyn and Sharla, and I decided to swap out Sharla with Riki but was worried that he wouldn’t have enough healing power to support Reyn. That was the day I realized that Sharla’s healing is just overkill. You Can Do It does the job just as well if not even better
Riki/Melia/Sharla comp: "Are we a joke to you?"
Yoink is the best talent art you cannot change my mind
bUt WHat AbOuT CoOl oFF
@@kathrynrovito6855 I was thinking exactly the same
@@lionblaze4422 Don't forget Glorious Future Cool Off
I prefer turn strike
People that don't think Yoink is the best talent art are in New Game+ and have forgotten how many pointless fetch quests this game has.
One important thing about Yoink! is the fact that it can steal stats from the enemy. It’s possible to steal HP, Strength, Ether, Agility, and AP or EXP (once you unlock the respective skills for them) and also item drops. If it hits a stat, it’ll increase that stat by 10% (maximum increase to Riki's stat is 50%) while decreasing the enemy’s by 10% as well (enemy can lose a maximum of 30% for Strength, 30% for Ether, and 50% for Agility). What makes this significant is that the buffs will last until either Riki is incapacitated or the battle ends, and the debuff will last indefinitely as well unless removed by Say Sorry. That means you can potentially Yoink! a bunch of stats and permanently hinder the enemy for the rest of the battle while giving Riki some pretty substantial increases. Also if it hits HP, it’ll heal Riki for 50% of his max HP while dealing the same amount healed as damage.
If this is true it's a remarkable piece of info. Thanks.
Only thing about this is i think my entire playthrough i maybe saw this happen myself once or twice funnily enough. If it's that rare it's hard to really count it as "useful" in a sense
@@EnelXC Maybe you just didn't use it enough lol.
EspeonScottie or maybe hes busy murdering everything so fast that it doesn't matter how many stats you steal
@Tyler Davis
What do you mean, do you just always get items with Yoink?
Riki is probably the most flexible character. He can work with pretty much any party, can be built to do Physical or Ether damage (or a mix of both), has multiple support options and debuffs, and also has one of the best auras in the game Hero Time.
I mean he doesn’t have the flexibility skill tree for no reason
Right! No matter what set up you give Riki, he can do anything whether it’s ether and physical as well as support. He’s fantastic
“Riki like fighting easy monsters!”
With riki, any monster is easy monster
Riki bullies the weak
@Tyler Davis wait WHAT!? I need to look for those comments because RIKI. IS. BEST. BOY.
Look out everyone there's a furball on the loose!
A cool fact that makes Hero Time even better: in DE, you lose tension not only if your attack misses or is blocked, but if your debuffs are resisted. I.e., Shulk uses Air Slash, doesn't break the enemy, his tension is lowered. So that's another reason to use it.
This is great. Can you make a guide on juju next?
Yeah but why did you spoil the 7th party member????
Party member seven is the character in face nemesis
@@jis11 Hello Mr. Don't get the joke
@@jis11 You clearly didn't get the joke 🤦🏻♂️
@@jis11 -_-
Now Riki time to shine! Sidekicks, watch Heropon go!
How to use Riki: Just spam your arts, lol.
That's probably how I got so far in this game but still admittedly suck at it.
"Riki better make enough money"
"If our standard of living go down any more, Oka want separation!"
"Got it?"
Spamming ailments -> Bedtime -> Guaranteed critical Say Sorry is one of my favorite enormous damage combos in any RPG. I've actually soloed some boss battles with Riki by letting the DoT run over the duration of Sleep and then using Say Sorry right at the end for mega burst damage.
When I first started back on Wii I made Riki my tank. Riki is angry, lots of aggro up for Riki and stealth arts/autos for the team. Riki just goes in, casts a bunch of debuffs, say sorry, while under Riki is angry and I dunno... I just wiped out everything almost. I know I wasn't optimal but I loved making a fluff ball like Riki be my big tank boi. He is one of my favorites and has some of the best dialog with the team. Sharla, Riki, and Melia has to be one of my favorites.
Personally, I have put all my running gems on Ricky and then use him for exploration.
There is just something extremely satisfying to see someone with super short legs outrun everyone else in the party.
Your character guides have been really helpful because now I actually know what I should do because in my play through I didn’t know how to use Riki so I had 3 of his 4 red arts on at all times.
No pineapple Riki 0/10
Jokes aside, your content is wonderful, thank you for these guides
Sad to see these videos come to an end, they’ve been really interesting
Scott Elder yeah exactly but there are still much things to be explained like i would really want to see a showcase at ALL the appereances or gear, just to see all the outfit sets and WHERE to get them. Or and video like explaining all the unique monster and where to find them. Or some explaining about future connected and new things. That sort of stuff.
Play Dead is actually really useful for canceling visions though. That’s how I use it most of the time.
It is really useful. It’s one of the arts I use
I played Xenoblade on the Wii and got up to the seventh party member joining but I never quite understood the combat or how to properly equip and use characters so I dropped it out of frustration. When I decided to try Definitive Edition now that I'm much older your guides really helped me understand how to build characters.
Since unlocking Riki he's quickly become my favourite. He reminds me of a Bard with his support skills and while he doesn't do amazing DPS, he's still so useful.
I need a guide on alvis next
And Dickson. He is such a cool party member and is totally 100% without a doubt trustworthy
@@manaphy0993 I'd trust Dickson with my life, just like Archbishop Rhea, Lusamine, and Amalthus
Conor B. Lao too, he’s a reliable guy!
Conor B. You forgot Chairman Rose
Guys I think he is linking ether skills from the two ether based characters to his ether centric Riki build, to increase his ether damage on his ether attack arts.
Also, why have you not talked about Riki having the best idle animations? That instantly makes him S++
Omg THIS. When he fly hovers or dances i can’t help but get super giddy because it’s so cute 😭😭❤️❤️❤️
If you can and are interested, you should do a guide on how to get all the appearance options in the game.
That or one for Nene and Kino.
I love Riki. He adds exactly all the fun stuff to the game: Yoink to steal, DoT arts of all kind, a skill based healing art and some party gauge boosts to have fun with chain attacks.
Gotta say, as a returning vet to this game, these guides that you did really opened my eyes about how much potential every character can actually have. And since watching these, I've been employing them as I can, though I'm still only just past Central Factory
People paying attention to Xenoblade 1 and making high quality videos about it makes me happy to a ridiculous degree. These are amazing!!!!!!!
So is the next video "How to Use Mumkhar, Dickson and Alvis"? Also these guides are great btw!
Blizzard Belgazas: *REX POISON*
Mythra: "I'm sorry, what did you say?"
I'm SUPER glad you made a guide on how to use Riki since I just started using him today and was wondering what I should be investing the most into when it comes to his arts. So far I'm a fan of him since he can heal and support almost as well as Sharla, but isn't as limited and can still deal decent damage without having to use a gimmick set-up.
Now that every character guide is done, it would be interesting to have a quick runthrough of good options for AI partners. Specifically, how to get the AI to do good things with each character. It seems quite hard to get AI Melia to do what you want for example.
Riki: the living embodiment of a jack of all trades.
8:52 this is probably the wrong video, but linking the skill(heavy/medium) uses a star slot. Which character has no star slots? Medium/heavy equip skills may be the reason
Seven doesn't have Star slots and she has a unique equipment type
The developers only wanted seven to have 1 equipment type. So they gave seven no star slots. But that's just a theory
@@jis11 A GAAAAAME THEORY THANKS FOR WATCHING
@@jis11 Sadly, as a side effect that removed access to some very powerful skills
@@ShermTank7272 yeah
The alternate tile for this video could be how to use best girl in Xenoblade: definitive edition
Riki is a dude
Riki is my favorite character, he's the only one I never switch out because he fits every comp so well. I hate his voice but he's probably my favorite character to use. Reminds me of from Pokemon back in the day, just fat, poisoning, burning or freezing you and stalling you out while healing itself lol.
Well you can change his English voice to Japanese.
Now that you've finished your character guides, I have an idea that could be interesting for future videos. In some ocasions through this guides you have mentioned how certain arts or set ups don't really work if the character is AI controlled. That's why I think it would be very helpful to talk about how to build the different characters so that the AI can use them as effectively as possible.
I'll cover AI when talking about the characters as a whole
As far as I'm concerned, Riki is Status Conditions/Debuffs: The Character.
I find tantrum very good for combo scaling. At 4 chain it’s can do a ton of damage to groups.
Another great video dude! I stayed up all night waiting for this lmao
Nice video. Riki is definitely a Xenoblade hero. Noticed you have Riki geared for endgame and ether arts, but earlier on he makes a serviceable ether tank for Shulk- or Melia-led teams, just need to gear more defensively, add-in an Aggro Up gem and Riki is Angry aura.
Enel: "And Kissy-Kissy here"
Me: 😳
These guides have all been fantastic! Always love the Xenoblade content. Also, thanks for answering my poison questions ;)
Yes and there we have it. RIKI THE HEROPON. I was waiting for this the whole day and YES. But yes maybe Ether Riki is better when you are lvl 99 and at superboss lvl, but Physical Riki is early on in the game in my opinion way better especially at areas like sword valley and on the whole Mechonis, but INDEED later on, is this a better option. But Riki is some kind of all around character, you can pretty do anything with him what you want, he only doesnt have a daze art but i dont think that would be that necessery for him. Very thanks for all these guides
Of course he is all aROUND
What makes you say physical Riki is better mid game? I don’t know too much about how Riki works as a physical-based character, that’s why I ask.
Riki can reliably be an ether attacker, physical attacker, healer/support, and with some aggro up gems a tank. He's sort of the jack of all trades master of none in the game
@@TARDISES dear god, if water didn't exist the heropon would rival zanza himself
@@TARDISES thank you for typing out my exact thoughts
@Tyler Davis lets be realistic, every video being made is then a "spoiler". A guy named shulk in the game? Spoiler.
Gems are a thing in this game? Spoiler.
There's a straight up guide for fiora herself... Come on. These videos are targetted primarily towards endgame players, hence why the enemies being fought are unique while having the best equipment in the game.
Assuming somebody happens to get spoiled by my zanza comment, they've still been exposed to 7/fiora, dunban, and uniques/supermonsters.
And to close, all I gave was his name. It could've been a unique monster, supermonster or anything else. I just gave the name, you mentioned it being a spoiler which indicates it's relevance to the plot.
So basically, by bringing it to "attention" you've made it more of a "spoiler" than I did. Congratulations, you played yourself.
I gotta admit, I absolute love your guides. I am one of the forbidden ones that started this game on the 3DS, and honestly your videos convinced me to buy the game and fall in love with it all over. Immediate subbed
Riki just fits in any party. His debuffs will help regardless of party, and he has damn good healing
And now the character guide is complete, thank you.
HEROPON RIKI BESTEST!!!!!!
If you had a team of three human-controlled characters, Riki would be so much fun to play.
I have been waiting on this! Thanks so much.
Enel: "We like ether, we like doing ether attacks"
He's right though, look at Crosette and KOS-MOS
Personally, I don’t care if he’s powerful, Riki in my opinion is one of the most fun.
That's a godlike description
Thanks helping make sense of the aura's, I'm still a fan of the spike damage one, the name alone is hilarious 😆 but seeing the ether build setup is just as tempting, currently in the fallen arm & going up the other Mechonis sections.
This is the start of the story of the legendary heropon!
Riki is such a entertaining character to play as
Riki is awesome. I really like using Say Sorry in chain attack, first I debuff the enemy as much as possible, wait a little, activate chain attack and use Say Sorry on the second round, the damage is amazing. Thanks for the guides!
Thank you for this guide. Have a sub. Don’t forget rikki cures depression and inflicts a happiness aura on the player.
Riki: *HEROPON IS UNSTOPPABLE*
needs to fight a water enemy
Riki: F
Funga!
So the Nopon isn't bar none the strongest party member? 0/10, not enough Poppi
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He is just not strongest in damage , but he is only char can actually Nearly solo supber boss at minimal level
@@thelegendaryjanitor2008 it was just a joke about how he's not as powerful as his (non-Sharla) sidekicks at first glance. He's definitely pretty capable on his own
I love the heropon.
He's great, im just having trouble getting good chain attacks
This has been incredibly helpful for helping me know the characters....I used to only run shulk (controled), sharla, Dunban... so ty for doing this
I've enjoyed these guides for using these characters. I am wondering though what's the best way to use them when not playing as them? Would really like a guide video where you go over good setups for using people as second or third party members.
How to use Riki:
Step 1: Have him as the party leader
Step 2: Have him wear something cute
Step 3: *BECOME BEST TANK IN THE GAME! ENEMIES CANNOT HARM SUCH CUTENESS!*
These are very helpful, thank you so much
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16:07
riki: why are you running. WHY ARE YOU RUNNING
MORE DOTS!
You overlook Riki's Yoink ability. For enemies 10 levels or higher against Riki, he only steals stats of the enemy. Those debuffs last all battle.
I put on Glory Gauntlets and Talent Boost. It fills up very quick.
The enemy can suffer a hilarious -50% agility.
A few other things to note:
Riki does not require Enlightenment if he attacks from the back. Surprisingly his 50% accuracy skill behind enemies also weirdly accounts Ether accuracy.
Peekaboo is a pretty solid art. Low cooldown and same base damage as Say Sorry.
I do use Ether arts on Riki, but I prefer specializing more in physical Riki. He can chain better with other members and can make more use of those def down debuffs, especially with spamming Yoink.
Now the character guide is complete.👍
Yoink is also another source of debuffs. Riki can steal stats from enemies and add them to his own. He can also do a lifesteal equal to half his max HP, or lower enemy strength, ether, or agility and raise his own stat by the same amount, 10% at a time, up to 30 or 50%, 30 for strength and ether and 50 for agility. What's very notable about Yoink debuffs is that they are PERMANENT. Which means they could help squeeze out extra damage in a huge max power Say Sorry.
It's disappointing that my favorite character (Sharla) is constantly the one character everyone acts like they don't want on the team. I really think her concept is neat and it's frustrating that everyone throws her off the team like garbage. 🥺😭 Its upsetting that Monolith didn't just scrap the overheat mechanic.
I wish she was able to revive someone for free for her talent art it would've been amazing but nope! We have to have a ok party member
I was showing my friend the joys of xenkblade and he just got riki and when ever he used rikis talent art we would botb scream as loud as we could YOINK!!!
I really liked Ricky during my playthrough, he gets extra items and he can put himself to sleep for easy extra affinity.
It should be noted that Bedtime also puts Riki to sleep unless you have a sleep resist or debuff resist gem equipped. I used to use it to help get affinity with Riki by waking him up when he puts himself to sleep.
Friendship with pinecone Riki ended. New friendship with pineapple Riki made.
Why do I have a sudden urge to play volleyball with Riki as the ball?
Watching the Melia AI in the first battle...
**shudders**
Aggro Up and Spike gems + Riki Is Angry is a fun meme strat I used in an older playthrough.
Not hearing "Roger, Masterpon!" While using him somehow makes me feel empty inside.
So I just wanted to tell y´all a cool trick I thought of just today.
So I was in Biology class and realized to myseld "Wow, this kinda works like the Bionis" so I got way more interested into the subjet.
Also Riki´s talent art has *the best* name
My favourite thing abuot Riki is when you buffer so many arts you that don´t know what´s coming next
riki could be like the worse party member in the game and id still speed run the game to when he joins the party and make him the leader frame 1 because...
*its riki*
also the talent art is callled yoink and that proves that xenoblade has the best localization of any video game ever
You are the best man.
16:08
Lmao Shulk really was trynna run the hell away from Riki
Thank you for all these great guides.
Something not mentioned in the video is that Yoink! actually has a chance of stealing enemy stats, incurring permanent debuffs to the enemy and a permanent buff to Riki according to the stat "stolen."(Permanent in refernce to the stats in battle, of course) The effect is only 10%, but it can actually be stacked with itself, for, say 50% agility buff/debuff. Granted, no battle should take long enough to accumulate that, but I think its funny that it's a possibility.
I run Say Sorry over Behave on player-controlled Riki with Seventh in the party to paralyse enemies, that way it's used as a nuke in chain attacks.
All of these guides are super awesome and helpful! Could you make a guide on how to grind for the more annoying achievements, like happy new year and the 500 revives? With how much detail you put in these videos, I'm sure it would help a lot of people, myself included.
Let's go enel on that grind
I come from germany and heres a funfact: I play the game obviosly on german and some art names are really funny "play dead" ist "Riki dead!" or "happy-happy!" Mayer you can Look about it somewhere this is absoluteley funny.
Every single time I watch these videos I realize I’m playing the game wrong
RIKI THE HEROPON IS FINALLY HERE! HE NO LIKE DINOBEASTS!
Been looking forward to this one, he’s the one I use the least because I favour a master of one trade to a jack of all but from seeing the comments on other vids it sounds like I’ve been overlooking some things
If by Party setup videos in the future you mean a video covering some of the best/most fun team combinations that'd be really interesting.
Fuck yes I’ve been waiting for this
You dare challenge Heropon!
I actually love using riki as a tank from the midgame towards endgame, Riki is angry is stupidily powerful at times and with all the aoe he has he has no trouble with aggro. Once you hit postgame it drops off though but going through the game it destroys packs of enemies.