I wish that there was an option to allow you to keep the default weapon appearance regardless of core chip. I intentionally didn't use core chips for most of my playthrough because I didn't want to lose the unique weapon appearances (then Chugga started his LP and I realized why I was losing battles to enemies more than 10 levels lower than me (I was stuck on chapter 7 for so so long...))
@@Eclipsed_Embers It took you until chapter 7 to realize that 14 auto attack dmg. is worse than 300? Surely, you must have used Morag and Zeke, as they come with a much higher standard auto attack to match the level you are expected to be at when you get them. For real though, I see it as a bonus that the core chips change the weapons' appearance. There are so many great looking weapon designs other than the originals. Btw, if you don't want to put core chips on your blades, you should try using blades with "[enemy category] slayer" skills, as they have a small chance of intantly killing monsters on attack. When I first discovered this, I used this to kill Tirkins in Tantal that were waaaaay above my level, getting be some good loot and loads of exp.
The irony is that she's the only Greataxe that the Moon Matter Chip is actually good on since it always uses the same model regardless of chip. Every other Greataxe in the game requires the Tachyon Chip just to keep the cool designs.
@@angeldude101 all greataxes get extra critical damage for having a tachyon chip, and crit damage is the best possible effect in the game. The appearance being that of their original weapon is just a bonus.
Normally, I'd say around 85% of the time Moon Matter chip is by far the best choice. In this case I preferred to use the Preon chip but considering her critical damage, Tachyon seems to be the best.
I didn't fully understand just how massive her damage boosts can be until I was doing the "Reinventing the Gogol" challenge, and during my final chain attack, she was doing like ten times the damage of any other blade. I took a closer look at her skills, and realized that because I was incapacitated more than five times and the fight started with a bunch of smaller enemies, she had a 900% damage multiplier at the end. Jesus Christ.
^This. I give it a HELL YEAH out of 10. The choreography in this game frankly is like, one of the things that sets it apart. True that it's almost a hallmark of Monolithsoft in general, but it's a standout performance. Now if only they didn't cheap out on the _voice acting_ ....... **shudders.**
Something interesting about KOS-MOS and T-elos is that a few of their Specials are abbreviated names, but they'll call out the full name during use. For KOS-MOS, these are; H-EFFECT R = 'Hillbert Effect Refrain' _[Refrain is also where 'KOS-MOS: Re' and 'T-elos: Re' comes from in Japanese, and 'Refrain' is visibly written on T-elos' headset.]_ F-G-SHOT = 'Full Gatling Shot' And for T-elos: T-SKYLLA = 'Triple Skylla' and U-TENERITAS = 'Ultimum Teneritas', a latin name which translates into 'Ultimate Kindness', which is pretty creepy as it implies that granting the enemy death _is_ T-elos' idea of being kind.
I like that T-elos gained such a huge following despite only appearing in one game and was really just a one note villain. And all of her "character development" came from cross overs.
I actually really like the Heaven's Tracker ability, it really gives you the chance to strike back brutally after struggling earlier during a fight. When Challenge Mode first came out, I actually played as Tora with a Resurrection Symbol equipped to make frailer party members dying much less of a deal if I had the party gauge at max, and T-elos worked great with this strategy, given her ability and her massive chain attack damage. Suboptimal, sure, but I still liked the strategy.
I like T-Elos a lot, but I think before Challenge Mode her abilities were highly situational and didn't really activate often, there weren't many superbosses with multiple enemies surrounding them aside from Tyrannotitan Kurodil at the time and dying is obviously risky and usually wouldn't occur if you were good. But she's an absolute beast in Challenge Mode because of how it works and is now the best axe in terms of raw DPS (Sorry Zenobia).
I like that her level 2 just has her whip out a pistol and blast the enemy a few times. In a game all about flashy over-the-top super moves it's funny to see something as relatively mundane as that.
Huh. Didn’t know that the lvl3 had a different animation in the original game... it seems that we of the T-elos Step On Me association have suffered a great loss...
i literally can’t wait to see you do godfrey. i know he sucks but he’s my favorite and i love his design and i love the ice element so i just can’t wait to see you make him look decent
Hey look, it's our first Calamity Scythe! T-elos is another stellar blade that I just don't use very much. I don't have any particular issue with her, but I just prefer using other Axe blades like Dagas and Zenobia than her. She's a very good blade and I don't have much to say otherwise.
Telos's axe makes me wish that we could equip weapon appearances. I guess this is more of a complaint about KOS-MOS and Corvin having Moon Matter as their best core chip because I like the Zohar cannons and prefer when Halteclere matches Durandal.
T-Elos always comes in early when you reset your file, which has... interesting results, especially since most of her chart is sealed behind a few highly dangerous enemies (at least, dangerous early on). However, she is a very dangerous Axe blade, and few other axes are necessary if her chart is maxed, and Dagas, the main exception, is a utility blade, not a damage one. Now, if only you didn't have to jump 6,000 times...
Funny story, I've got 3 times more weapon experience on Greataxe with Rex than the Aegis Sword (300,000 vs 100,000 WP). The reason why is because I keep putting Dagas and T-elos on Rex (Dagas for the skill, T-elos for chain attack damage). I guess I should mention that I typically play as Zeke, so I'm not *that* crazy for dealing with Greataxes on Rex.
For some reason, I always read T-elos's "A driver must die to get damage buff" as "the driver she's on must die to get damage buff". Having it pointed out that it can be any driver makes my Demon Orb build much more interesting
Yeah. I thought it was only yourself to get the additive damage but I didn't know it also included other drivers dying to increase your own damage. We are talking about an increase of 800% damage. That's flat damage without counting the 100% annul from specials and other blades like Dagas. I guess Monolith kind of nerfed her a bit regarding the number of hits with her specials but still she hits like a truck.
Recently replayed XC2 and pulled T-Elos early (if I remember correctly she has an unusually high pull rate) and proceeded to absolutely wreck shop with her for the rest of the game - major favorite blade!
I think it was smart to make telos and kosmos really strong blades in the base game and honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept them in there for free just to get more people interested in xenosaga so they can eventually do a remaster. I mean it worked for me because I probably wouldn’t even be that interested in xenosaga if they weren’t put in xc2, but now I would play it whenever given the chance.
Thanks for all of your guides. Because of them I went back to XB2 and got the dlc. I've managed to beat 2 super bosses which is two more than before I stopped playing. I also managed to summon Telos today. 😄
doesn't the additive stack for the other driver's deaths? If so then you could just have a level 1 Nia with that accessory that starts battles with aggro and the resurrection symbol so you can pop her up everytime you chain attack and just use Tora and Zeke with a sacrificial Driver that just exists to give you damage? If you wanted to go full memes then bring Morag and Zeke with Perun and Telos respectively and just keep killing Nia over and over again for the murder meme strats.
Zeke himself could be level 1. He would have less Strength but it doesn't matter so much since T-Elos has a high auto-attack. Only useful for chain attack builds though, otherwise that's just dangerous.
I was waiting for this video after the Kos-Mos one seeing you're a huge Xenosaga fan and T-elos being such a powerful blade from a sheer brute force damage stage point. Tier lists and optimal play aside though, T-elos is my favourite blade in the entire game. Hell, she's one of my favourite characters in the Xeno series/Monoliths games. The funny thing is, the first time I even heard of T-elos and Kos-Mos was in Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier (never released in my region but I had my methods XD). Keep up the videos man, really itching to play this game again despite having other things to do and these videos are managing to fill that void for now 👍
thank you for the guides now if only I knew the power of the Xeno series as now I really want to play Xenosaga but it's almost impossible to find online and I don't feel like paying a fortune.
Axes are so much fun in this game! Three of them are high/top tier and the others uh have cool designs I guess I thought they were trash until I got Zeke and holy shit
I will be co lately honest. Barring T-elos I dont use axes. Like at all. I just dont find their slower fighting style helpful usually. T-elos not withstanding as her damage output makes her worth the slower fighting style
Find your channel just in time since am finishing the dlc and I was planning to return to the main game again since I didnt take the time to do all the challenge for the customs or learn the best ways to use the blades.
Man... I really hope Xenosaga gets some kind of a re-release some day. Would love to add the games to my collection, but can't afford them and don't like my odds of winning. XD
On this my second play through I started to randomly add jumps whenever I’m travelling anticipating that node on her chart. 300+ hours later I reach end game and got her and discovered I’m still like 1000 short 😂. I deliberately pulled her on Rex so I can have her for my NG+ Thanks to this guide I think I will try the dying strategy to keep at a low level to get more SP for the new and very expensive driver charts 🤔🤔🤔
3:24 Instead of "guaranteed critical hits", how about "increased critical damage"? Like, say, copying T:TGC Jin's Mind's Eye skill - the best crit-buff skill, maxing out at 80% instead of a 'measly' 50%?
I think T-Elos being the second most popular xenosaga character definitely has to do with her accompanying Kos-Mos in every crossover appearance. Of course this also applies for xenoblade 2. The two of them are just in more games total than any other xenosaga characters. I remember first meeting kos-mos and t-elos in x zone 2 and then the first one and then next met them here when i finally got around to playing this game. It ended up being one of my all time favorites tho so I may eventually play a xenosaga game. But my point is that before playing xenosaga i have played 3 games where T-Elos appears and none with Shion for example who is like the only other xenosaga character i can name and who is apparently the main character??
you know i just thought about how funny it is that T-elos' max additional special damage is 4.5x KOS-MOS'. I wonder if they thought 4.75 exactly was too messy
I’m on my first playthrough and can’t wait to try her and KOS-MOS it’s not a big deal if it takes me forever to get them game has a lot of great character designs
Maybe for a modding xc2 sequel, give telos guaranteed crits via heaven’s tracker? Or just give her the “the aegis” skill from pneuma’s skill tree lol. Also speaking of pneuma, what if you made pyra, mythra, and pneuma’s skill trees all active at once, as well as maxing out pneuma affinity with a good core chip? I wanna see that crazy dps potential, lol
My experience with T-elos is weird, I played xenoblade 2 LONG before I got around to playing xenosaga 3, so after all the buildup I figured T-elos must be ultra super duper important and then she just kinda... showed up, like, three times and then died. So yeah, somehow the blade version who's both optional and ng+ only is a more interesting character than the original she's based on.
out of curiosity but I was wondering if we'd eventually see a video going in-depth with SKELLs as you did with overdrive in XCX (I am mostly curious but would also be nice if they eventually port it to Switch....god I hope so, that soundtracked slapped the hardest for me). Also, reading into Heaven's Tracker skill I couldn't help but think of that one scene in TFS's Android 13 movie. "Android 14 and Android 15 are dead?!?!.............good!!!" *proceeds to get jacked*
boy imagine if damage caps weren't a thing, we'd be having xenoblade x infinite overdrive damage levels which lets be honest nothing in alrest would survive more than 10 seconds with that level of damage.
@@maxechilsemptyspace7184 true though at least X had gradivus (and the co op telethia and Yggralith bosses but lets be real their just damage sponges) which nothing from 2 comes close to the amount of HP that thing had
Is there any possibility that you would ever do a full timeline/how the games are connected video once you finish all the series? I really wanna grasp the whole scope of the universe (universes?) and I can't think of anyone better to make me understand everything thats going on.
While it would be cool, there aren't any real connections aside from cameos and references between each series. Each series is separate from each other, and despite how long fans have been trying there is no connected timeline/universe. I think a lore video might be cool though since Enel is one of the highest profile Xeno youtubers out there. (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink) If you want a better understanding of the game's universe I highly recommend checking out Miik's channel. He has some long but in-depth videos on both Xenogears/Xenosaga and Xenoblade (he is still reuploading his older videos so we will have to wait and see if the rest get put out again).
Telos is also one of the easiest blades to pull because she has to be the opposite of Kosmos in that regard too. With how OP she can be, I guess monolithsoft thought it fair to leave her in NG+ only.
She's got a base probability of 5%. By the time you're able to pull her after beating the final boss, you can easily have a 1 in 3 chance to get her, it's ridiculous.
@@conorb.1901 I managed to get cressidus as my first NG+ rare blade pull and I think I used a legendary core crystal too. So, even at 5%, which becomes 17% I believe with more luck modifiers, I had to wait a while.
@@goldmemberpb I got Telos as I was doing a few things before I went to new game plus, but my first new game plus blade was Sever who I think was engaged the entire time, but I didn't use him very much
Great guide as always enel but on an unrelated note is it possible to one shot super bosses with perun’s defender skill and level one special in a chain attack (kinda like herald)
Probably gonna piss people off by saying this but I have T-elos equipped to Nia. And KOS-MOS on Rex. To be fair I havent had time to use KOS-MOS as I have only had her for maybe 5 hours of gameplay and had no way left to swap her to Zeke but I will be switching her over eventually. But T-elos can start on Nia for me. It gets the job done
@@maxechilsemptyspace7184 nothing wrong with that. I have no overdrive protocols left I my defence. But even when I di get em. Imm leaving on nia. I usually have T-elos Dromarch and Fiora on Nia. So it just works for me
Enel, what happens to Heaven's Tracker and Heartbreaker stacks when you switch to another Blade and switch back to T-Elos? Do you lose them? Keep 'em? Thanks!
Question: Does T-elos Heaven tracker passive reset when u switch her to another blade ? *Ex: U died 2 times, switch her to Elma => switch to Telos -> Does Heaven tracker reset or still the same ?
minor question - why is it that you pause between rounds on the challenge mode? I've seen it in other videos, and it seems like there's probably a reason for it - if so, what is that reason?
this is slightly off-topic, but i got this huge book of lead sheets for video game music, and it had music from xenogears and xenoblade, but no xenosaga o:
I did those jumps in Fonset. Just go to the back of Rex's house and there's a little section where the ceiling is extremely low, the jumps are easily like three times faster.
This blade is the perfect example of hitting like a truck. T-elos can easily do like 800% or more damage easily if you include the 100% annul with her specials so yeah...She's my favorite blade in the game along with Kos-Mos but this blade is so broken it makes the game a joke.
I just started a new game where i cap myself on what i can use... I'm playing on Normal. I can only play as Rex. I MUST use a Master build of three of the same role blades. Only the AI can use their forced blades. Pouch items are banned, and i MUST overdrive and use a blade to the character that has the role the blade matches... This is all well and good, but i got T-elos as my first rare blade on Rex, and it banned me from using pyra, and since i also could only get one new rare blade per titan/new area, i ended up stuck with JUST using T-elos until i got to Tantal, where i FINALLY got a third attacking rare blade on Rex. As good as T-elos get late in the game, she can be absolute TORTURE to use in the early stages...
Can merc missions fill out her lvl 3 jump field skill or do I actually need to spam the B button thousands of times? >_> Update: Screw it. I bought a turbo controller. I have it set and I'm gonna leave it for a few hours lmao.
We did the math out and moon matter was better than tachyon if you're running crimson headband. Only thing I didn't account for is crit up blade art but I didn't know the exact crit rate adjustment
So I did it once for KOS-MOS, so should I do it twice? ... yes, why is this even a question? Heartbreaker - Passive Skill - Same Heaven's Tracker - Team Skill - Against Higher LV enemy, Crit +40% PTT - Solo - Same Hidde 4 Skill - Unique - If KOS-MOS is equipped in the same driver all skills and aux core are active when either one is on the field... yes, Im making Blade pairs that broken, tough there are very few of them to begin with, and as mentioned, KOS-MOS version is changing LV4 Special, thus, here it is to the massacre LV4 Special (I cant think of a name in specific, currently Im thinking in something mentioning Nephilim or Resonance) Ether, 950 (+500) ratio, 10 hits, 20 Radius, 60% Crit Mod, 30% Crit Damage Mod , Pierce, 100% Guard-Annul and Limit Break 1 and yes, with this Im adding a new effect that only extreamly few Blades can have and only in Specials LV 4, Limit Break, with each level adding another 0 to the max damage cap, the max being Limi Break 3 and only being on Pneuma, the reason this is only 1 is because I made it a 10 hit, already more than sixtupling the max possible damage when damage Capped as for the apperance, basically KOS-MOS and T-elos clashing with their abilities with the poor enemy trapped in the middle of the onslaught
I'm sorry but i still don't get it. Why specials like 10 hits better than 2 hits? If damage is the most important? 20000 damages divided by 10= 2000 damages each hit Divided by 2, then 10000 damages each hit
because there exists a cap in this game so more hits is more damage for chain attacks. also more hits can be more overdrive count and party meter as well.
But the most important thing: She's of the few Blades who retain their weapon's appearance regardless of core chip. Fashion > utility.
I wish that there was an option to allow you to keep the default weapon appearance regardless of core chip. I intentionally didn't use core chips for most of my playthrough because I didn't want to lose the unique weapon appearances (then Chugga started his LP and I realized why I was losing battles to enemies more than 10 levels lower than me (I was stuck on chapter 7 for so so long...))
She uses tachyon regardless tho
@@Eclipsed_Embers It took you until chapter 7 to realize that 14 auto attack dmg. is worse than 300? Surely, you must have used Morag and Zeke, as they come with a much higher standard auto attack to match the level you are expected to be at when you get them.
For real though, I see it as a bonus that the core chips change the weapons' appearance. There are so many great looking weapon designs other than the originals. Btw, if you don't want to put core chips on your blades, you should try using blades with "[enemy category] slayer" skills, as they have a small chance of intantly killing monsters on attack. When I first discovered this, I used this to kill Tirkins in Tantal that were waaaaay above my level, getting be some good loot and loads of exp.
the power of fashion is forever
"DO NOT USE ANYTHING ELSE"
>quietly boots up xenoblade 2 and swaps moon matter for tachyon
Lol. I dont even know which chip I have on her
The irony is that she's the only Greataxe that the Moon Matter Chip is actually good on since it always uses the same model regardless of chip. Every other Greataxe in the game requires the Tachyon Chip just to keep the cool designs.
Preon chip gang.
P.S. I don't do this, so I'm not a member :(
@@angeldude101 all greataxes get extra critical damage for having a tachyon chip, and crit damage is the best possible effect in the game. The appearance being that of their original weapon is just a bonus.
Normally, I'd say around 85% of the time Moon Matter chip is by far the best choice. In this case I preferred to use the Preon chip but considering her critical damage, Tachyon seems to be the best.
I like how they gave her glasses... It's a cute design addition
T-elos in a nutshell:
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
Sex is cool and all but imagine being the Indoline Warrior Monk dude she steps on toward the beginning of her Blade quest
Wait, doesn't she cave his chest in though?
@@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020 Worth.
@@maagic2031 you want her to leave you breathless, huh? *(and unable to breathe but whatever)*
@@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020
Yes *Excessive nodding*
@@thisimagelooksslightlybett1020 as a masochist, hell hea
Zeke is getting all the girls lol. I wouldn't expect anything less from the owner of the mighty Turters!
Rex when he dies multiple times after beating all enemies around Ice Cube man:
-" Call an ambulance, call an ambulance **BUT NOT FOR ME!** "
"On the upside..."
😃
"But on the downside..."
🙁
"And on the upside.."
😀
"But the downside is that you have to die, man"
🙃
And of course, the 6,000 Jumping requirement for Jumping lvl 3, perfect for a Sadist like her
Thank god I had a turbo controller for that skill lol
I squeezed myself in a stall in tantal and fried my brains doing it
Imagine not just using Ursulas merc missions to fill her chart.
Not me. The full 6,000 presses 😫
@@pyranitar alas, I didn't have Ursula back then. All 6000 presses 😞
I didn't fully understand just how massive her damage boosts can be until I was doing the "Reinventing the Gogol" challenge, and during my final chain attack, she was doing like ten times the damage of any other blade. I took a closer look at her skills, and realized that because I was incapacitated more than five times and the fight started with a bunch of smaller enemies, she had a 900% damage multiplier at the end. Jesus Christ.
The biggest problem with T-elos is that her animations keep distracting me from the button prompts.
^This. I give it a HELL YEAH out of 10. The choreography in this game frankly is like, one of the things that sets it apart. True that it's almost a hallmark of Monolithsoft in general, but it's a standout performance. Now if only they didn't cheap out on the _voice acting_ ....... **shudders.**
Something interesting about KOS-MOS and T-elos is that a few of their Specials are abbreviated names, but they'll call out the full name during use.
For KOS-MOS, these are;
H-EFFECT R = 'Hillbert Effect Refrain'
_[Refrain is also where 'KOS-MOS: Re' and 'T-elos: Re' comes from in Japanese, and 'Refrain' is visibly written on T-elos' headset.]_
F-G-SHOT = 'Full Gatling Shot'
And for T-elos:
T-SKYLLA = 'Triple Skylla'
and U-TENERITAS = 'Ultimum Teneritas', a latin name which translates into 'Ultimate Kindness', which is pretty creepy as it implies that granting the enemy death _is_ T-elos' idea of being kind.
For U-TENERITAS, it also means that if she were really angry, she would give a slow and painful death.💀
I like that T-elos gained such a huge following despite only appearing in one game and was really just a one note villain.
And all of her "character development" came from cross overs.
Like Shadow?
@@JReds-bw9kg Shadow did have character development throughout his first appearance, Sonic Heroes, and even Sonic 06.
I actually really like the Heaven's Tracker ability, it really gives you the chance to strike back brutally after struggling earlier during a fight. When Challenge Mode first came out, I actually played as Tora with a Resurrection Symbol equipped to make frailer party members dying much less of a deal if I had the party gauge at max, and T-elos worked great with this strategy, given her ability and her massive chain attack damage. Suboptimal, sure, but I still liked the strategy.
I'm sure someone in Monolith was tempted to make Mary Magdalene a blade.
*Very. Tempted.*
Considering Mythra is the Virgin Mary in the Japanese version of XC2 you are not far off mate.
..............Haze? No? Arite, I guess she doesn't count since you can't even play her outside of TGC. Which is kinda bad IMO.
I like T-Elos a lot, but I think before Challenge Mode her abilities were highly situational and didn't really activate often, there weren't many superbosses with multiple enemies surrounding them aside from Tyrannotitan Kurodil at the time and dying is obviously risky and usually wouldn't occur if you were good.
But she's an absolute beast in Challenge Mode because of how it works and is now the best axe in terms of raw DPS (Sorry Zenobia).
Yeah T-Elos kinda killee Zenobia's only niche. Zenobia still gets point for being the closest we'll get to having shulk and goku in the same game.
I like that her level 2 just has her whip out a pistol and blast the enemy a few times. In a game all about flashy over-the-top super moves it's funny to see something as relatively mundane as that.
Hey, don’t diss those pistols. They blasted through what appeared to be either artificial blades or artifices no problem during her awakening.
enel’s back to *t-elos* all how good this blade is
Huh. Didn’t know that the lvl3 had a different animation in the original game... it seems that we of the T-elos Step On Me association have suffered a great loss...
Hey, if you really want to see it, Lingering Resentment features it plenty.
It looks like she still steps on something in the animation, and the blaster is pointed at it too.
Best Level 4 special in the game. Not because of damage obviously
I never noticed that T-elos axe is a Vessel of Anima wtf
i literally can’t wait to see you do godfrey. i know he sucks but he’s my favorite and i love his design and i love the ice element so i just can’t wait to see you make him look decent
Ah yes, a blade that doesn't take thousands of years to get
Hey look, it's our first Calamity Scythe! T-elos is another stellar blade that I just don't use very much. I don't have any particular issue with her, but I just prefer using other Axe blades like Dagas and Zenobia than her. She's a very good blade and I don't have much to say otherwise.
Telos's axe makes me wish that we could equip weapon appearances. I guess this is more of a complaint about KOS-MOS and Corvin having Moon Matter as their best core chip because I like the Zohar cannons and prefer when Halteclere matches Durandal.
That's fair.
I absolutely hate not being able to have the Zohar cannons. God it’s dissatisfying
T-Elos always comes in early when you reset your file, which has... interesting results, especially since most of her chart is sealed behind a few highly dangerous enemies (at least, dangerous early on). However, she is a very dangerous Axe blade, and few other axes are necessary if her chart is maxed, and Dagas, the main exception, is a utility blade, not a damage one. Now, if only you didn't have to jump 6,000 times...
@Barley does that really work? If so, then I’ve been wasting so much time.
Funny story, I've got 3 times more weapon experience on Greataxe with Rex than the Aegis Sword (300,000 vs 100,000 WP). The reason why is because I keep putting Dagas and T-elos on Rex (Dagas for the skill, T-elos for chain attack damage).
I guess I should mention that I typically play as Zeke, so I'm not *that* crazy for dealing with Greataxes on Rex.
For some reason, I always read T-elos's "A driver must die to get damage buff" as "the driver she's on must die to get damage buff". Having it pointed out that it can be any driver makes my Demon Orb build much more interesting
Yeah. I thought it was only yourself to get the additive damage but I didn't know it also included other drivers dying to increase your own damage. We are talking about an increase of 800% damage. That's flat damage without counting the 100% annul from specials and other blades like Dagas. I guess Monolith kind of nerfed her a bit regarding the number of hits with her specials but still she hits like a truck.
I love running Telos and Zenobia on Zeke. 2 badass axe waifus slapping big bosses around
Recently replayed XC2 and pulled T-Elos early (if I remember correctly she has an unusually high pull rate) and proceeded to absolutely wreck shop with her for the rest of the game - major favorite blade!
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She only shot KOS-MOS in the face, I see nothing wrong with it
Dagas is so hard to use, i need a guide.
Cough cough kaiser zone
I think it was smart to make telos and kosmos really strong blades in the base game and honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if they kept them in there for free just to get more people interested in xenosaga so they can eventually do a remaster. I mean it worked for me because I probably wouldn’t even be that interested in xenosaga if they weren’t put in xc2, but now I would play it whenever given the chance.
Legit T-elos was my first rare blade i awakened and idk how lucky I got
Thanks for all of your guides. Because of them I went back to XB2 and got the dlc. I've managed to beat 2 super bosses which is two more than before I stopped playing. I also managed to summon Telos today. 😄
T-elos is pretty cool. I can’t decide if I like her design more than KOS-MOS. They both look pretty cool!
Though Chocco's characters are oversexualized, I really like his work. (I have got the Xenosaga Emission artbooks.) Giving T-Elos glasses is genius. 😍
doesn't the additive stack for the other driver's deaths?
If so then you could just have a level 1 Nia with that accessory that starts battles with aggro and the resurrection symbol so you can pop her up everytime you chain attack and just use Tora and Zeke with a sacrificial Driver that just exists to give you damage? If you wanted to go full memes then bring Morag and Zeke with Perun and Telos respectively and just keep killing Nia over and over again for the murder meme strats.
The resurrection symbol has to be on a different driver. It won't work if they're incapacitated.
Zeke himself could be level 1. He would have less Strength but it doesn't matter so much since T-Elos has a high auto-attack. Only useful for chain attack builds though, otherwise that's just dangerous.
This comment section is filled EXACTLY with what I figured it would be filled with
I mean you can't blame them tho
I was waiting for this video after the Kos-Mos one seeing you're a huge Xenosaga fan and T-elos being such a powerful blade from a sheer brute force damage stage point. Tier lists and optimal play aside though, T-elos is my favourite blade in the entire game. Hell, she's one of my favourite characters in the Xeno series/Monoliths games. The funny thing is, the first time I even heard of T-elos and Kos-Mos was in Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier (never released in my region but I had my methods XD). Keep up the videos man, really itching to play this game again despite having other things to do and these videos are managing to fill that void for now 👍
thank you for the guides now if only I knew the power of the Xeno series as now I really want to play Xenosaga but it's almost impossible to find online and I don't feel like paying a fortune.
Axes are so much fun in this game! Three of them are high/top tier and the others uh have cool designs I guess
I thought they were trash until I got Zeke and holy shit
I will be co lately honest. Barring T-elos I dont use axes. Like at all. I just dont find their slower fighting style helpful usually. T-elos not withstanding as her damage output makes her worth the slower fighting style
I can see why they changed her level 3 special to what it is in Xenoblade 2 lol that was brutal
My favorite Blade is Azami, and T-elos' skill tree sounds like it would work great with Azami with her risky 1 hp playstyle.
Well, she appeared in crossovers so maybe that’s why she’s popular
Wow, Telos and Kosmos seem really similar. I wonder if they’re related in any way to kosmos. 🤔
7:48
*This part of the animation makes me uncomfortable*
That Chibi T-elos saying she will step on your wallet with these new designs is so cute and wholesome I cant stand it lol
If this was Xenoblade 3, Heaven's Tracker would be OP as fuck!
3:54 "This skill literally requires you to play poorly" Guess i'll (die) play poorly then. *shrugs*
"I'll die every other time I die."
*Hmmm yes, the floor here is made out of floor.*
*(People die when they're killed.)*
speaking skills 1000
Just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right!
REJOICE, YOUNG MAN!!!
but does a minute pass every 60 seconds in Africa?
Find your channel just in time since am finishing the dlc and I was planning to return to the main game again since I didnt take the time to do all the challenge for the customs or learn the best ways to use the blades.
Man... I really hope Xenosaga gets some kind of a re-release some day. Would love to add the games to my collection, but can't afford them and don't like my odds of winning. XD
Bandai Namco apparently doesn't think it would be profitable. :/
On this my second play through I started to randomly add jumps whenever I’m travelling anticipating that node on her chart. 300+ hours later I reach end game and got her and discovered I’m still like 1000 short 😂. I deliberately pulled her on Rex so I can have her for my NG+ Thanks to this guide I think I will try the dying strategy to keep at a low level to get more SP for the new and very expensive driver charts 🤔🤔🤔
Ohhh Telos! Great character and I love her design :)
3:24 Instead of "guaranteed critical hits", how about "increased critical damage"? Like, say, copying T:TGC Jin's Mind's Eye skill - the best crit-buff skill, maxing out at 80% instead of a 'measly' 50%?
I think T-Elos being the second most popular xenosaga character definitely has to do with her accompanying Kos-Mos in every crossover appearance. Of course this also applies for xenoblade 2. The two of them are just in more games total than any other xenosaga characters. I remember first meeting kos-mos and t-elos in x zone 2 and then the first one and then next met them here when i finally got around to playing this game. It ended up being one of my all time favorites tho so I may eventually play a xenosaga game. But my point is that before playing xenosaga i have played 3 games where T-Elos appears and none with Shion for example who is like the only other xenosaga character i can name and who is apparently the main character??
When do we get that T-elos design on merch!?
you know i just thought about how funny it is that T-elos' max additional special damage is 4.5x KOS-MOS'. I wonder if they thought 4.75 exactly was too messy
Meh. Tora find T-elos scary but she very powerful and yes... Tora use her on Zeke! Tora not that dumb. Right friends?
Tora is not dumb. Tora is almighty!
Does phase transition tech go through buffs like Monado armor?
no, damage reduction still works sadly.
I’m on my first playthrough and can’t wait to try her and KOS-MOS it’s not a big deal if it takes me forever to get them game has a lot of great character designs
Maybe for a modding xc2 sequel, give telos guaranteed crits via heaven’s tracker? Or just give her the “the aegis” skill from pneuma’s skill tree lol. Also speaking of pneuma, what if you made pyra, mythra, and pneuma’s skill trees all active at once, as well as maxing out pneuma affinity with a good core chip? I wanna see that crazy dps potential, lol
My experience with T-elos is weird, I played xenoblade 2 LONG before I got around to playing xenosaga 3, so after all the buildup I figured T-elos must be ultra super duper important and then she just kinda... showed up, like, three times and then died. So yeah, somehow the blade version who's both optional and ng+ only is a more interesting character than the original she's based on.
I love this channel
You just gained one more subscriber
out of curiosity but I was wondering if we'd eventually see a video going in-depth with SKELLs as you did with overdrive in XCX (I am mostly curious but would also be nice if they eventually port it to Switch....god I hope so, that soundtracked slapped the hardest for me).
Also, reading into Heaven's Tracker skill I couldn't help but think of that one scene in TFS's Android 13 movie.
"Android 14 and Android 15 are dead?!?!.............good!!!" *proceeds to get jacked*
not in the plans rn, I dont like skells that much
boy imagine if damage caps weren't a thing, we'd be having xenoblade x infinite overdrive damage levels which lets be honest nothing in alrest would survive more than 10 seconds with that level of damage.
I mean, nothing on Mira could either
@@maxechilsemptyspace7184 true though at least X had gradivus (and the co op telethia and Yggralith bosses but lets be real their just damage sponges) which nothing from 2 comes close to the amount of HP that thing had
@@mectainea5575 Cloud Sea King Ken from challenge mode has more HP than Gradivus in boc.
'The second most popular character from Xenosaga for some reason' FOR SOME REASON
Lmao IKR. A cool evil version of the most popular character would obviously score high as well.
@@shihoblade It's more that she just ... looks like she'll set on you.
Is there any possibility that you would ever do a full timeline/how the games are connected video once you finish all the series? I really wanna grasp the whole scope of the universe (universes?) and I can't think of anyone better to make me understand everything thats going on.
While it would be cool, there aren't any real connections aside from cameos and references between each series. Each series is separate from each other, and despite how long fans have been trying there is no connected timeline/universe.
I think a lore video might be cool though since Enel is one of the highest profile Xeno youtubers out there. (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink)
If you want a better understanding of the game's universe I highly recommend checking out Miik's channel. He has some long but in-depth videos on both Xenogears/Xenosaga and Xenoblade (he is still reuploading his older videos so we will have to wait and see if the rest get put out again).
Telos is also one of the easiest blades to pull because she has to be the opposite of Kosmos in that regard too. With how OP she can be, I guess monolithsoft thought it fair to leave her in NG+ only.
She's got a base probability of 5%. By the time you're able to pull her after beating the final boss, you can easily have a 1 in 3 chance to get her, it's ridiculous.
@@conorb.1901 I managed to get cressidus as my first NG+ rare blade pull and I think I used a legendary core crystal too. So, even at 5%, which becomes 17% I believe with more luck modifiers, I had to wait a while.
@@goldmemberpb I got Telos as I was doing a few things before I went to new game plus, but my first new game plus blade was Sever who I think was engaged the entire time, but I didn't use him very much
Great guide as always enel but on an unrelated note is it possible to one shot super bosses with perun’s defender skill and level one special in a chain attack (kinda like herald)
you can do that with perun but setting her up to do it requires a lot of effort.
@@EnelXC well that’s a guide I can’t wait for
Probably gonna piss people off by saying this but I have T-elos equipped to Nia. And KOS-MOS on Rex. To be fair I havent had time to use KOS-MOS as I have only had her for maybe 5 hours of gameplay and had no way left to swap her to Zeke but I will be switching her over eventually. But T-elos can start on Nia for me. It gets the job done
lol
Let us ignore for a moment that I also have T-elos on Nia because I never bothered to overdrive her over to Zeke...
@@maxechilsemptyspace7184 nothing wrong with that. I have no overdrive protocols left I my defence. But even when I di get em. Imm leaving on nia. I usually have T-elos Dromarch and Fiora on Nia. So it just works for me
never knew how to use this blade thank you so much
t-elos is s+ tier in my heart
Enel, what happens to Heaven's Tracker and Heartbreaker stacks when you switch to another Blade and switch back to T-Elos? Do you lose them? Keep 'em?
Thanks!
Keep them
Every Beta-masochist man's favorite Blade, the sassy, the abusing, the bespectacled beauty: Edgy Dark KOS-MOS.
Random, but will this series be going over optimizations to the Torna DLC blades like Minoth, Haze, and the reworked Mythra and Brighid?
possibly but not in the plans currently
Question: Does T-elos Heaven tracker passive reset when u switch her to another blade ? *Ex: U died 2 times, switch her to Elma => switch to Telos -> Does Heaven tracker reset or still the same ?
minor question - why is it that you pause between rounds on the challenge mode? I've seen it in other videos, and it seems like there's probably a reason for it - if so, what is that reason?
saves time waiting for enemies to spawn in LOL
this is slightly off-topic, but i got this huge book of lead sheets for video game music, and it had music from xenogears and xenoblade, but no xenosaga o:
Ah yes...Middle Eastern Dom GF
"greataxe" greatscythe more like
6,000 jumps you say... *pulls out turbo controller*
I did those jumps in Fonset. Just go to the back of Rex's house and there's a little section where the ceiling is extremely low, the jumps are easily like three times faster.
One day we will accomplish optimal death and t-elos will become god.
This blade is the perfect example of hitting like a truck. T-elos can easily do like 800% or more damage easily if you include the 100% annul with her specials so yeah...She's my favorite blade in the game along with Kos-Mos but this blade is so broken it makes the game a joke.
that feeling when you draw t-elos on nia :cry:
I just started a new game where i cap myself on what i can use...
I'm playing on Normal. I can only play as Rex. I MUST use a Master build of three of the same role blades. Only the AI can use their forced blades. Pouch items are banned, and i MUST overdrive and use a blade to the character that has the role the blade matches...
This is all well and good, but i got T-elos as my first rare blade on Rex, and it banned me from using pyra, and since i also could only get one new rare blade per titan/new area, i ended up stuck with JUST using T-elos until i got to Tantal, where i FINALLY got a third attacking rare blade on Rex. As good as T-elos get late in the game, she can be absolute TORTURE to use in the early stages...
Can merc missions fill out her lvl 3 jump field skill or do I actually need to spam the B button thousands of times? >_>
Update: Screw it. I bought a turbo controller. I have it set and I'm gonna leave it for a few hours lmao.
Does anyone know what those purple and pink blade light things that appear around kosmos and telos during combat are
technology I guess
They are Gravity Shells
@@SPARTAcross29 could you explain gravity shells and what they are
MAGDALENE-16!
I think a lot about how U-Teneritas is uh, fanservice-y
Probably the only case of fanservice alongside D-Teneritas in Xenosaga. There was worse in Xenogears lol
Shion best girl - Enel
I literally just finished watching the kosmos video 💀
We did the math out and moon matter was better than tachyon if you're running crimson headband. Only thing I didn't account for is crit up blade art but I didn't know the exact crit rate adjustment
okay coward
@@EnelXC miyabi pfp
Finally my favourite blade!
I dont like using attachments as accessories. I like swapping blades occasionally and i cant be bothered to swap out accessories each time.
So I did it once for KOS-MOS, so should I do it twice?
... yes, why is this even a question?
Heartbreaker - Passive Skill - Same
Heaven's Tracker - Team Skill - Against Higher LV enemy, Crit +40%
PTT - Solo - Same
Hidde 4 Skill - Unique - If KOS-MOS is equipped in the same driver all skills and aux core are active when either one is on the field...
yes, Im making Blade pairs that broken, tough there are very few of them to begin with, and as mentioned, KOS-MOS version is changing LV4 Special, thus, here it is to the massacre
LV4 Special (I cant think of a name in specific, currently Im thinking in something mentioning Nephilim or Resonance)
Ether, 950 (+500) ratio, 10 hits, 20 Radius, 60% Crit Mod, 30% Crit Damage Mod , Pierce, 100% Guard-Annul and Limit Break 1
and yes, with this Im adding a new effect that only extreamly few Blades can have and only in Specials LV 4, Limit Break, with each level adding another 0 to the max damage cap, the max being Limi Break 3 and only being on Pneuma, the reason this is only 1 is because I made it a 10 hit, already more than sixtupling the max possible damage when damage Capped
as for the apperance, basically KOS-MOS and T-elos clashing with their abilities with the poor enemy trapped in the middle of the onslaught
Someone's going for a theme.
I'm sorry but i still don't get it. Why specials like 10 hits better than 2 hits?
If damage is the most important?
20000 damages divided by 10= 2000 damages each hit
Divided by 2, then 10000 damages each hit
because there exists a cap in this game so more hits is more damage for chain attacks. also more hits can be more overdrive count and party meter as well.
need t-elos merch in that shop
Why we put everything on zeke???
Beserker slash