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These guides are gonna be crucial for preserving xc2 for the future. Even decades later these guides will be here to help give an idea of what the game was like when it was still fresh.
I also really like that the reason she started weaving is because she thought that the tapestry designs made by a certain old lady in Fonsett Village could be made better, and the old lady essentially challenged her.
I used her in the Spirit Crucible because her additives didn't need max affinity or high level specials and just mashed level 1 specials, kinda worked!
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I love how hard Monolith Soft went in on making her extra edgy and goth. She feels so perfectly over-the-top and exaggerated so I find her hilarious. Also she does a JoJo's pose sooo.
I feel like her specials were designed with Violence Machine in mind. Her lvl 1-3 specials are intentionally not great because the idea was for her to spam these crappy specials until she's maxed out and then slam them with the big lvl 4. It might even be designed with a big chain attack in mind, if you get the big break thign and finish with Vale you'll get the huge lvl 4 and with a maxed out Violence Machine in an elemental break the damage will be really big. Not he best setup for postgame but i don't think they had postgame in mind with a lot of their designs.
Thank you for this guide. I recently discovered your channel and your content on the Xeno series is really good and helpful. I started using Vale only a few days ago and this guide really came into my rescue.
Vale will always have a special place in my heart, because she was my first ever Rare Blade. She was a mainstay on my team for a very long time, and I still use her a lot nowadays because she's just very reliable. I also think she's got an incredibly cool design, although the *physics* are a little unnecessary.
How to make Vale really good 1. Her damage increases by 100% per special, instead of 50%. This means it is feasible to get the max damage in just one blade combo. 2. Her damage increase does not reset upon blade switch.(It's strange that is does for other blades too, to be honest. Affinity does not reset, but those additives do) 3. Her specials now have above average damage ratios and hits. 4. Give her specials better effects. Lvl 1 is +100% damage when above 90% health instead of +150% when below 30% health Lvl 2 is +150% damage when attacking from the back instead of a 5% chance to fell non-unique/boss beast monster. Lvl 3 is a 100% chance to deal a defense and guard-annulling attack, rather than just a guard-annulling attack. And now you have a really good blade. Feel free to leave any further suggestions.
*Talks about the skill tree normally* Me: Ah yes very informative. *Begins adding numbers that aren't on screen for blade specials* Me: And now im on Mars while your on Earth, what just happened???
Still have quite a few Blade Guides left, from what I can tell; the seven NG+ Blades, Gorg, Boreas, Dagas, Perun, Newt, Floren, and Elma. Fourteen left.
I was waiting for this, thanks. How I use Vale is I spam the LV1 Special asap until I get 6 of them in a row, wait for a Launch and use a Lv4 Special. Then I can get the 150% Launch boost, the 300% boost and maybe the 100% side boost boost on 4 hits. If I can't do that I go for mostly Smashes She's no Wulfric but she can still deplete a health bar in no time once you set up everything well.
i feel like vale is so close to being broken but her skills just fall a little short, and her specials are pretty meh which makes me sad because i love her design so much :( thanks for the video though because i like forcing her into my party anyway heh
Until this video I thought she was a very good attacker, but now I feel a little sad. Not too much though, she is still pretty cool with her design and specials, and her blade quest was a favorite of mine. A Nopon death cult is just as unexpected as a Nopon drug trade, but just as real. If only her specials just had an above average damage ratio and a few more hits...
@@PenguinSage totally agree! her design and then her heart to heart and especially her quest made vale a favorite of mine, so im pretty sad about her being just okay in combat, especially knowing that they probably intended for her to be super good. at the end of the day though she could be a lot worse and you can use just about anyone and still have fun with the game so i guess it's alright
Thing is. This is mostly post game ranked tier lists. I'd argue she's really good in the story. Especially for a first time player who likely isn't switching for optimal blade combos
I like using Vale on Nia. I just look at the requirements of the situation, and go "Right, best on Nia." I know that my tendency to chase full burst is not a good strategy, but I can't help it. I mentally go "Right, I need to cover each element, she's a darkness blade on Nia, and gives ether boost".
Vale is really weird cause she has 3 aux cores and her battle skill of specials is easy to meet, just a odd case Edit: never mind I heard the flaw of violence machine and her specials
Seeing how the passives of Vale and some others work, it almost makes me wonder if the devs thought Specials would be the best way to go, maybe during testing they focused on using Special Recharge foods and an almost special spam approach. While I know that ended up not actually being the best, with that kind of setup, Vale ends up looking like she's incredibly powerful, with her specials being the balancing point. Like they'll do massive damage with each hit, but as a result they don't hit a lot or have much in terms of secondary effects. Instead, however, arts recharge and arts spamming ended up being one of the better methods, alongside saving up specials for the level 4's invincibility to avoid powerful hits and even chain attacks being of mixed value, a great alternative to arts spam if you go all in on them with equipment, but otherwise not the best option for damage. With arts spamming out classing special recharge so much, it ruins Vale's power.
I Wonder, if the stack for violence machie aplies before or after the special. If before, it at least guarantees a 50% multiplier on any special in any fight.
Honestly, I sometimes wonder what the devs in Monolith were thinking when they put such a great cooldown on Vale but her best skill resets if you swap her, it doesn't make much sense to me. Vale is an ok blade but that's it, you have to work hard to make her decent and some battles are too frenetic for this long setup.
I think I got her chapter 3 on my first play through. But I didn’t use her because I believe I also had Azami. Having 2 goth dark blades seemed overkill to me, so I just used Azami
Enel I have a question. In the land of the challenge, does night vision work? does the time inside the challenge area change or does it stays as day/night as when you enter it?
To be honest, it feels like they made her abilities first, then decided "wait that's too good" and then overdid it with the tuning. Really cool idea for a damage blade but as you said, all the conditions you have to meet with her make it painstaking to min- max in battle.
@@giusoriano the 150% more damage if you are at 30% HP or lower. She's a heavily nerfed version of Azami or T-elos. She's the typical blade you pick up from the gatcha, you test her out in 3-4 battles and you will be disappointed because there's not something really awesome about Vale.
For the level 6 Aux Cores does increasing luck affect the drop rates from the challenge mode chests? I spent most of the past weekend trying to get Affinity Max Attack cores and haven't had a single one drop.
she may not be the strongest blade but she's definitely got one of the coolest designs!
These guides are gonna be crucial for preserving xc2 for the future. Even decades later these guides will be here to help give an idea of what the game was like when it was still fresh.
"probably not a blade you think about"
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My favourite thing is that Vale is really good friends with Mythra (not Pyra), and that they stay up at night, talking.
I feel like Vale and Wulfric would get along extremely well
I use vale and wulfric on Rex all the time
She would absolutely make him some kind of cute accessory that would make him howl and then in his super gentle voice say “I feel pretty.”
@@beoreon1 well, I never knew I needed a piece of fanart depicting a scene more than I need a piece of fanart depicting this scene
I also really like that the reason she started weaving is because she thought that the tapestry designs made by a certain old lady in Fonsett Village could be made better, and the old lady essentially challenged her.
IT'S OKAY ENEL! Take all the time you need to feel better :>
Oii Kazuha
Joining Kasandra in the "dark Blades with great designs that deserved to be better" club...
I used her in the Spirit Crucible because her additives didn't need max affinity or high level specials and just mashed level 1 specials, kinda worked!
HOW DARE YOU NOT POST VIDEOS MORE FREQUENTLY
Oh wait m8, you're a real person with actual obligations, worries, and issues? nbd, thanks for making awesome content.
Yeah she might not be the best Blade but damn if her Heart-to-Heart isn't relatable.
I love how hard Monolith Soft went in on making her extra edgy and goth. She feels so perfectly over-the-top and exaggerated so I find her hilarious. Also she does a JoJo's pose sooo.
Glad you're back with more Blade Guides! Vale was one of my last blades, so I haven't really used her. Love you and your content Enel!
I feel like her specials were designed with Violence Machine in mind. Her lvl 1-3 specials are intentionally not great because the idea was for her to spam these crappy specials until she's maxed out and then slam them with the big lvl 4. It might even be designed with a big chain attack in mind, if you get the big break thign and finish with Vale you'll get the huge lvl 4 and with a maxed out Violence Machine in an elemental break the damage will be really big. Not he best setup for postgame but i don't think they had postgame in mind with a lot of their designs.
Look at Nia. They absolutely didn't think about the post-game.
I love being able to send these videos to people online who are getting into xenoblade 2 in order to help them build their blades
Vale is actually one of my favorite blades. Great to see her get a guide!
This was perfectly timed. Vale was the first Rare blade I pulled in my playthrough I just started.
Thank you for this guide. I recently discovered your channel and your content on the Xeno series is really good and helpful. I started using Vale only a few days ago and this guide really came into my rescue.
Vale will always have a special place in my heart, because she was my first ever Rare Blade. She was a mainstay on my team for a very long time, and I still use her a lot nowadays because she's just very reliable. I also think she's got an incredibly cool design, although the *physics* are a little unnecessary.
She was my first rare blade I ever pulled, good memories.
I imagine the specials being so weak is a "balancing" of her main passive
Keep up the good work Enel, but please don't worry about how long it takes, we'll always be glad to watch this series whenever it comes out!
love your Xenoblade guides Enel :)
That’s wild. I’ve been bingeing Enel’s blade guides cause I like the content and was sad that vale didn’t have a guide. Here we are. Thanks Enel!
Glad to see yet another guide. Always enjoy watching them and bringing out the most potential of all the rares.
Good to see you back and feeling better.
Glad your feeling better man. Dont over work yourself and get burned out.
Glad to see you back. I've enjoyed these videos.
How to make Vale really good
1. Her damage increases by 100% per special, instead of 50%. This means it is feasible to get the max damage in just one blade combo.
2. Her damage increase does not reset upon blade switch.(It's strange that is does for other blades too, to be honest. Affinity does not reset, but those additives do)
3. Her specials now have above average damage ratios and hits.
4. Give her specials better effects.
Lvl 1 is +100% damage when above 90% health instead of +150% when below 30% health
Lvl 2 is +150% damage when attacking from the back instead of a 5% chance to fell non-unique/boss beast monster.
Lvl 3 is a 100% chance to deal a defense and guard-annulling attack, rather than just a guard-annulling attack.
And now you have a really good blade. Feel free to leave any further suggestions.
Finally... the REAL Best Girl!
*Talks about the skill tree normally*
Me: Ah yes very informative.
*Begins adding numbers that aren't on screen for blade specials*
Me: And now im on Mars while your on Earth, what just happened???
take your time, good to see more xeno content
Vale is a whole lot of fun once you get used to her
Also can’t wait for a how to use Elma video:)
Glad your back Enel!
Welcome back! Thanks for all the great guides
Thanks man, I was looking forward to this one. Relatively new player.
Vale when it’s morning:
-“Wake me up when I care”
Still have quite a few Blade Guides left, from what I can tell; the seven NG+ Blades, Gorg, Boreas, Dagas, Perun, Newt, Floren, and Elma.
Fourteen left.
I'm gonna hopefully have them all done before april ends. Been slacking with this too long
Vale was the last pacha blade I got, so I thought about her alot
I remember she was the last I got in the main story, got her from a legendary core in the chest you find right at the start of chapter 10
She may not be the best, but I’m always happy when I do get her (which is good ‘cause she’s one of the harder rare blades to pull).
I love ur videos and how u dumb stuff down. Vale is really cool and one of my favs
I was waiting for this, thanks.
How I use Vale is I spam the LV1 Special asap until I get 6 of them in a row, wait for a Launch and use a Lv4 Special. Then I can get the 150% Launch boost, the 300% boost and maybe the 100% side boost boost on 4 hits. If I can't do that I go for mostly Smashes
She's no Wulfric but she can still deplete a health bar in no time once you set up everything well.
Ah vale, the busty goth edge queen!
Another informative guide. Glad you are feeling better.
Thanks Enel, i just recent got really hooked into XC2 and im 90 hours in, and i just realized you could swap fourth arts and its not a passive...
First rare blade i maxed out affinity chart on. Her blade quest was quite funny!
Loving blade guides being I’m still new to the game
I'm gonna be honest. I don't think I've ever used Vale. She was one of the blades that fell by the wayside as I was farming cores to get all of them.
I thought the title said Vess so when I was listening to the opening monologue about how she's a good attacker blade I was like WTF
When you realize the Pyra/ Mythra in smash means they might be planing me xc2 content
i feel like vale is so close to being broken but her skills just fall a little short, and her specials are pretty meh which makes me sad because i love her design so much :( thanks for the video though because i like forcing her into my party anyway heh
Until this video I thought she was a very good attacker, but now I feel a little sad. Not too much though, she is still pretty cool with her design and specials, and her blade quest was a favorite of mine. A Nopon death cult is just as unexpected as a Nopon drug trade, but just as real. If only her specials just had an above average damage ratio and a few more hits...
@@PenguinSage totally agree! her design and then her heart to heart and especially her quest made vale a favorite of mine, so im pretty sad about her being just okay in combat, especially knowing that they probably intended for her to be super good. at the end of the day though she could be a lot worse and you can use just about anyone and still have fun with the game so i guess it's alright
Thing is. This is mostly post game ranked tier lists. I'd argue she's really good in the story. Especially for a first time player who likely isn't switching for optimal blade combos
yeah she's not the best blade but she was my first rare blade and has a special place in my heart
15:28 i cant do that on the youtube comment section i dont think, sorry enel
The Persona Blade.
idk why but Vale is the most forgettable Rare Blade to me. Whenever I see her I am shocked and go "oh yeah she exists"
Facts: Girls with spears as their weapons are great at pole dancing. And Vale is clearly no exception. (level 3 special)
Ayyyy magnificent guide!!!!!
I still appreciate what u do
Lol Literally was looking for a blade guide for Vale yesterday....
Hope you are doing better!
after watching this video, i think i finally understand how to use roc in XC2!!!
I like using Vale on Nia.
I just look at the requirements of the situation, and go "Right, best on Nia."
I know that my tendency to chase full burst is not a good strategy, but I can't help it. I mentally go "Right, I need to cover each element, she's a darkness blade on Nia, and gives ether boost".
Vale is really weird cause she has 3 aux cores and her battle skill of specials is easy to meet, just a odd case
Edit: never mind I heard the flaw of violence machine and her specials
Yeah but have you seen vales jiggle physics
IMO the main appeal of vale is the fact that she has 3 aux cores and she buffs Ether, she exists to make KOS-MOS even s t r o n g e r
Seeing how the passives of Vale and some others work, it almost makes me wonder if the devs thought Specials would be the best way to go, maybe during testing they focused on using Special Recharge foods and an almost special spam approach.
While I know that ended up not actually being the best, with that kind of setup, Vale ends up looking like she's incredibly powerful, with her specials being the balancing point. Like they'll do massive damage with each hit, but as a result they don't hit a lot or have much in terms of secondary effects.
Instead, however, arts recharge and arts spamming ended up being one of the better methods, alongside saving up specials for the level 4's invincibility to avoid powerful hits and even chain attacks being of mixed value, a great alternative to arts spam if you go all in on them with equipment, but otherwise not the best option for damage. With arts spamming out classing special recharge so much, it ruins Vale's power.
I Wonder, if the stack for violence machie aplies before or after the special. If before, it at least guarantees a 50% multiplier on any special in any fight.
God, I had no idea this blade existed-
Am I just imagining things or has the microphone quality gone down again recently?
Good guide regardless tho as always :3
When you are done with the blade analysis vids will you go into post content such as Challenge mode?
When in chain attack, I always send Vale in Rex turn, and she can did 999999 damage per 1 hit, even element ball only 5.
If only one of her skills was like a party wide night vision at max affinity
She was my first rare blade
Enel content good
Honestly, I sometimes wonder what the devs in Monolith were thinking when they put such a great cooldown on Vale but her best skill resets if you swap her, it doesn't make much sense to me. Vale is an ok blade but that's it, you have to work hard to make her decent and some battles are too frenetic for this long setup.
I think I got her chapter 3 on my first play through. But I didn’t use her because I believe I also had Azami. Having 2 goth dark blades seemed overkill to me, so I just used Azami
Enel I have a question. In the land of the challenge, does night vision work? does the time inside the challenge area change or does it stays as day/night as when you enter it?
finally, best girl
still waiting for mik and patroka, ma dude
I've replayed this game at least 10 times and have never seen her
10 not 20 lol
To be honest, it feels like they made her abilities first, then decided "wait that's too good" and then overdid it with the tuning. Really cool idea for a damage blade but as you said, all the conditions you have to meet with her make it painstaking to min- max in battle.
Vale is my worst enemy. I have gotten every other non new game plus/ challenge mode blade except for her. I get the feeling she hates me.
Vale was my first Rare blade, and I prolly never actually used her in battle.
Yes hello youtube headquarters why the fuck wasnt i subbed to enel when i clicked on this video from his discord?????
I always see Vale as the perfect blade for Zeke
Despite Zeke having the worst lance set
Woah I’ve never seen this blade
So, her specials aren't good damage wise. Were they reduced in power because of her passive?
What's her passive?
@@giusoriano the 150% more damage if you are at 30% HP or lower. She's a heavily nerfed version of Azami or T-elos. She's the typical blade you pick up from the gatcha, you test her out in 3-4 battles and you will be disappointed because there's not something really awesome about Vale.
@@giusoriano Said that she gets a damage bonus for every special used.
@@ekimmak oh, I thought you meant another ability
I wonder how good smash would be in this game if the damage cap was that of 3's
I do have to ask, what is enel planning on doing after blade guides? 🤔🤔
Her top is not C tier though.
You should do a best party video again in light of your recent guides
I have plans to when I finish this up!
Are you gonna continue this series with the Torna blades? Maybe even the drivers from that game?
Gud stuff thanks for your work, I was wondering if she was good
I forgot... Is it Vale or the money-grubber (Hera? haven't played in a while) who gets to kick a Nopon? Whoever it was is #BestBlade by default.
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@@EnelXC Ah. Right, that's her name. Thanks.
For the level 6 Aux Cores does increasing luck affect the drop rates from the challenge mode chests? I spent most of the past weekend trying to get Affinity Max Attack cores and haven't had a single one drop.
I agree
thanks
Anyone been able to find a physical copy of this game for normal retail price?
...Do they ever stop moving around?