I know this is basically a postgame class and most people watching will be in postgame before worrying about it and I did say it may have some location spoilers and such but gonna give this warning just in case despite not seeing any comments on this video about it yet. Around 4 :40 in the video a character that could be considered a spoiler is in the party for about a 10 second clip and I didn't even catch it myself. Just be aware and maybe only look to the right side of the screen or close your eyes for a bit if you haven't beaten the game yet.
I was wondering if at some point you were going to do a type of spoiler discussion/final thoughts type thing with the end of the game. I’ve just completed it and……I’m just wondering how others are feeling. Cuz like. Yeah.
Don't know if this will get seen, but if you use Cross Impact skill from flash fencer as a fusion on signifer with Resonant Flag it will give the team power charge
So just in case anyone ever has this issue, because I sure as hell know I did, there is a specific UM in Cadensia known as 4 Blades in the Dark. A lot of guides and stuff out there don't really give any stipulation as to how this particular UM spawns, basically just says "hey it's in this location go here". Well, for the longest time it just . . . wasn't there for me and it was incredibly frustrating, however I did eventually find out how to spawn it. You have to go to the City with Triton in your party, and then there will be a quest known as A Young Noble's Request. I think this quest spawns after chapter 6, but I could be slightly wrong on that front. Once you complete the quest, go back to the location of when 4 blades should spawn and you'll be set.
THANK YOU. FINALLY. The actual last monster I need to complete the Soulhacker Dex. GIVE THIS KIND ONE YOUR UPVOTES. Literally NO ONE else thus far has explained this! This should be the pinned comment instead.
Just unlocked this class, what a cool hero. Would’ve preferred if you started with everything you could learn from unique monsters you’ve already beaten
understandable but then that would also defeat the purpose of even unlocking the skill to be able to kill a unique monster as another class and still get the soul hack from it if you could just get it before you unlock the hero class
Agreed on both points. The hero is fantastic, and I instantly fell in love with the character. And I wish the unique monster's skills were granted retroactively. It just feels kinda bad to get a new class and realize that it's not great until you go back and re-kill all the unique monsters you already beat.
No idea if this’d be practical, but I’d love to see people do a full team of Soul Hacker (with an actually balanced role spread) and just annihilate Superbosses or even some of the harder challenge battles when we get those.
Gotta say, for a unique class that you upgrade in a completely separate way, this is WAAAAAAAAY better than upgrading Poppi Making it a part of the unique monster grind is surprisingly ingenious The grind is a bit much, but at least it’s a part of the core gameplay I honestly didn’t expect it to give me unique skills and arts for literally every gravestone boss so thats sick
Agreed. I love the idea of an extremely flexible class like this, but I hated Tiger Tiger, so I just never bothered customizing Poppi much. Tieing class progression to fighting unique monsters makes way more sense than tieing it to some minigame.
I agree. Having to grind Tiger! Tiger! that much was probably the most annoying/aggravating thing I've done in any video game (and I've played Hollow Knight). This is so much better, and the fact that anyone can use it instead of just the 1 character also makes it so much better
Thank you so much for providing all your guides and work for the xenoblade community. I know it can be hard being a creator for a relatively small niche genre, let alone a specific game, but I can't put into words how much you've done for me, and pretty much all of us, across all 3 games. I'm super excited to see how much you can really customize the soul hacker!
I can't believe a game already as big as this one added in a Blue Mage class with the most optional abilities I think I've ever seen, more than *the MMO* even.
Indeed. The only Blue Mage I've seen that had more options was the one in FFXI, as that one had literally hundreds of spells, and putting together certain specific combos of spells unlocked traits that helped support the style of gameplay you were going for with those spells. It's the most definitive version of the Blue Mage concept I've ever seen, but this one comes pretty close!
Can I just say about the Soulhacker's owner... I love how after we learned D's name, the community went from "Wild Ride" to "Wil D. Ride King of the Pirates" and they already had a Pirate Consul made! I just love it.
Using the lifesage outfit on Mio (or other characters I haven't tried) while using either soulhacker or the martial artist class makes the weapon not load in. Makes it so it looks as if Mio is just punching and shooting beams out of her hand.
of all the classes in this game, Blue Mage was definitely not one that I was expecting. A whole team of Soulhackers sounds like fun even though it's likely a slog to get everything.
I’m so happy there’s a guide for this. This class looks fun to optimize and makes encountering UM’s even more exciting! I cannot wait to max out this class and obtain one of the most busted movesets in Xenoblade history. Awesome work dude!
QUEENS RUFFLES I was not expecting this so soon! I cannot begin to imagine how long this took to complete, but you my good sir are to be commended! Definitely watching this entire thing to get as good a setup as I can!
I definitely took some shortcuts when I could have probably shown off more but people really wanted this guide so I tried my best to get something out.
@@EnelXC Any recommendations to add to maybe the description or pinned comment for a Defender or Healer version? I started yesterday collecting all the arts and skills with the intent to put together a full team of Soulhackers
Ah btw, you mentioned that AOE Power Charge was hard to come by, and that Signifier has to pull it randomly, but you can actually reliably grant teamwide Power Charge by using Fusion Art Resonant Flag and Cross Impact. Even not using the Fusion Art will still grant it to the whole party, but the caster will consume Power Charge immediately afterwards. Not sure if you already knew and I misunderstood what you meant but might be helpful for anyone looking for ideas.
What do you mean the caster will consume power charge? As long as cross impact is the only damage dealing art the signifer has, they will have permanent uptime on power charge (unless you get their chain order completion bonus)
I haven’t even touched this class yet because I knew you would come out with a great guide for it. Thank you, contributing member to Xenoblade society!
Thumbs up for the crazy amount of work that went into this video. Well done. Hopefully this encourages people to try out some unique combinations with Soul Hacker.
I've just scrapped the surface of this video but after seeing 3:59, I had to laugh. That really really sums up the ridiculousness of trying to level up this class 😅 Good Stuff Enel, looking forward to the rest of your guides and content.
ngl, I thought Enel would have made this guide last lol Thanks for doing it early so we don't have to comment 'can't wait for Soulhacker' on every video.
For this class in particular, could we get a guide on how to set up the hero for the class as well? Triton builds so differently from party members reclassed into Soul Hacker, so it could probably be its own guide, but it'd be very much appreciated.
tbh, heroes are overwhelming and are only useful for their chain attack orders and his combo arts(break topple launch...) only exception being buffers like fionna
I just got this class today. Thank you so much for the map part of the guide! This class is amazing! Rest In Peace my story progress. I’m going hunting!
hey enel, i have the exact same soul hacker setup but on taion. why do I feel like the talent art on the lucky 7 is much more burst than the combo at the end? Am I doing something wrong? P.S big fan, love your XB2 speedruns!
Can't believe ther's already a guide for this class. Kudos to ya I'd also like to mention what a curveball it was to find that the Hero who's class name and concept screams edgelord turned out to be an ol Jolly Roger
After three vids on the base 6 classes, I was expecting pone of those. But happy to see this class get a video so fast. Thank you for all of your work on this game, love your videos.
Didn't realize there was a class that needed a 1 hour guide compared to the ones you have done previously. I need to get further in this game so I can see all it has to offer. Just got to the forest
The class is insanely customizable but if youre just trying to get through the story I'd say just get it to lvl 10 on one character and keep its skill on them for all the optional bosses. It's very much an endgame class to mess around with
Comment to please the algo xD I appreciate the quality of your content, you are the only one making content for both new players and post game players, most other videos that get suggested have 0 new information in them >.< I appreciate trying to keep this short but I would have loved seeing the tank and healer version of this class, maybe you can revisit this when these builds are more attractive? Cheers
One thing I'm a bit confused by. Is the list of hacked skills shared, or does every character have to learn/upgrade all the skills just so they can use them? For instance, if I had Triton as my hero for every unique monster in the game, would that allow anyone with the Soul Hacker class to use those skills, or just Triton?
Great video! Really helped me understand the intricacies of this class that I didn't use for a while after getting it, and now it's a core part of my team! I do have a small question though: when it comes to the Attack/Defense/Healing Mastery skill(s), does upgrading each Soulhacker art/skill also contribute to increasing their effects, or do you only need to obtain all the arts/skills (i.e. once you kill all unique monsters the class reaches its peak)? Thanks again for the incredible video!
mmm, that is not the guide I was expecting next but now that I heard the premise of the weapon I am looking forward to it with careful enthusiasm. I enjoy the hunt for for unique monsters but this sounds like a lot of sub tasks for the upgrades. That said I'll still be looking forward to the next base part weapon guides. edit: "I can't believe I'm saying dying is a viable strategy but here we are" Fortify skill from Monster Hunter says hi. (not a meta skill but one of the highest boosting skills in the series when active)
me personally i just fought unique monsters on the way to completing actual story tasks, I didnt go back to defeat that many that were in earlier areas and by the end of the game i'd say i had a decent amount of options
Why is Ashera important for the combo? Is it because she's the attack defender or she has some unique skill that's good? I'm on NG+ and want to do something OP too haha
@@akirawang6275 mostly because her ability when she finishes an order pushes it for 200% automatically while disabling herself for the rest of the chain, allows for dmg ratio buildup up to 500/600% in round 1 which is great if you want to try and off a superboss with about 60-70% left
Enel, I have a question. I am encountering trouble by getting soulhacker on my other characters even tho I have both soulhacker hero and Lanz having the class. I still don't get any points for getting the class teached to others. What am I overlooking?
You need to be fighting enemies at least 5 levels below you or higher for it to build up towards class unlocks, with overkill bonuses stacking with it. Try fighting elites around your level for the best effect.
Beast Howl may not be the best art for SH tanks (at least after you fill out the roster a bit) but you can't deny how hilarious it is to run. Just opening every fight with a big aoe AWOOOOOOO!
do this Setup with an Evasion/Tank Soulhacker and switch some Accessoires and Jewels for Aggro/Evasion Build. The Key is the Skill Underworld Rage, with this Skill, my Evasion Tank Mia does the same Damage as my Attackers and hold the aggro. Thanks a lot for your hard work Enel. If i look for Xenoblade Builds, your Chanel is the way to go.
Do you have to upgrade each skill and art for the mastery skills to be at their full potential, or can you just unlock all of them without having to upgrade them?
Sacrificial heal is a great meme. Make one of your dps soul hackers take reckless attack to half their hp, and then take sac heal and another damage skill, they will basically die to every part wide hit, but also fully heal the party, so you dont need to worry about people being out of range of your healers
hi, thx you for this video, only have a question, im already finished the game, up to lvl 96 and no try yet to kill CONQUEROR DEEPWAN, question is; wich area can i go for lvl up to 102 for can battle with that unique boss??
Oh I was actually looking forward to seeing the defender and healer classes 😅 in any case awesome video. I didn't use this much in the beginning but after a while I started giving it a shot and killed some UMs and it's really incredible but takes an insane amount of work so thanks for the breakdown
I played a ton around this class and unlocked all of the arts and skills. Honestly one of my favourite things about Xenoblade 3, I defeated all of the Superbosses with relative ease with this class. It's like a snowballing class, the more you get it going and understand it, the more crazy combos you can pull off by working together with other classes like Signifier.
While the offensive set is great, I personally think Buffer Soulhacker is the best set, and really one of the best sets of any class in the game (skip to the bottom past the set for details). Those who are fully optimizing their teams for the land of challenge and such probably already know what it is and why it's so good, but for those who don't, here's the set: Arts: Dragon Decree+Snake Eyes Battle Pheromone+Desperate Charge Butterfly Dust+misc Skills: Large-Scale Shock Strength Support One with the Land/Breath of an Era Gems: Swelling Blessing X Refined Blessing X Soothing Breath X Accessories: Devotional Necklace Gust Bracelet Shield Belt Buffer Soulhacker aims to give the party as many buffs as possible as quickly as possible, and reliably. Sounds like a different version of Signifier, right? Well, Buffer Soulhacker is significantly better than Signifier, in actuality. While it doesn't give as many buffs as Signifier, Buffer Soulhacker does give you buffs without relying on RNG (and long animations), it instantly gives the entire party buffs (meaning it doesn't give them to itself and then has to share them), can clear the entire party of debuffs, and it gives you all of the buffs that you'll really want anyway: Attack Up, Critical Up, Critical Plus, Power Charge, Fast Charge, and Defense Up). It does all of this with just four arts, meaning there are two slots left for you to be able to clear enemy's buffs, set a regenerate field, or potentially set the enemy's arts recharge to 0. With the set seen above, it can give your entire party every buff mentioned at the very start of the battle, something Signifier can't even dream of. Offensive Soulhacker is great, but I personally think Buffer Soulhacker is the best use of Soulhacker.
This is probably a dumb question, but do you have to learn each art/skill separately for each character, or is doing it on one enough? Same question for the upgrades too.
When you use the Soul Hack skill on other classes, do you need to acquire it at the same time? I just finished rounding up all the UMs with interesting arts, but trying to transfer those arts after the fact didn't seem to work
2 things- Firstly, are you able to clarify the Damage Formula with regards to "Deal X additional % to foes with Y condition" and the Damage ratio? taking Thunderclap for example, one would assume it would have an effective Damage ratio of 850% (340 x 2.5), but you make it sound like it isnt that simple. and 2nd, are you sure Underworld Rage works like that if the person equipped dies? unless im mistaken, If the equipped character dies, it instead drops to 0, not gains 100% because all scaling abilities (Incursor, FMJ, Royal Summoner, etc.) reset to 0 if the character dies. I could easily be wrong though.
For for those who need to change the weather, I think I found a reliable way to change the weather that I don't see a lot of people talking about. I find that if you save then quit to the title screen, then reload you save file, the weather will change. I tested this briefly but when I miss the boss in Cadenza I reloaded my save file and noticed it was a completely different weather than before, I did it once more and got it to thunder storm again. Let me know if that helps you.
Hey thanks for this guide. I have been using this while using different strategies from the invincible guide and been having a lot of fun with the crazy things I can do now
I just got this class and am getting the intelligence for the jail break right now, how much longer of the game to do I have to go through? Or like, what % am I at for finishing the game story wise. The story feels like it's going to conclude soon and I think I only have 2 or so chapters to go through (I think I'm near the end of chapter 5?) But I still have a lot of things that have barely been leveled up like Gems and classes which I have only gotten the Colony 9 Hero class to lvl 20 but still haven't done so for any other classes and am missing a few
Not really on topic of the video but i see that your erythia sea map is filled in, did this happen automatically when you got all the teleports or did you do this manually?
I will not be watching this quuiitte yet, because I only just completed the first required Side Story, and thus have not actually seen all of the game yet! (I'm currently finishing up Seraph's unlock quest, if that helps) however....KNOW THIS IS TOTALLY STAYING IN A TAB. i spent *almost an entire day* running around to get JUST the uniques below lv 50 right after getting this class because of how few I'd killed. Enel how bloody long did it take for you to compile all this?! WHAT SORT OF GOD LEGEND ARE YOU!! Seriously, I know your the top speedrunner but that is an understatement! your the premier leader on xenoblade 3 info and ITS AWESOME! just please dont overwork yourself for our sakes. make sure to take a break every now and then, okay?
This video was in my recommendations right before I got the Soulhacker class, so when I saw the length of the video compared to your other guides I was a bit puzzled. Though, after unlocking it I immediatly was like "ooooooh, this is why... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" lmao!
Quick question, hopefully you didn't already explain this and i just missed it. But any particular reason you're not using smashes in your chain attacks? I know launch gives a damage bonus but once the damage% is high enough the damage from smash gets absurd. In some instances where i managed to pull off two smashes in the same chain attack (plus getting lucky with other things in the chain attack) i got almost 20M total damage on the chain attacks and that was before lvl 70 (i hadn't even beaten the game yet!). I can only imagine the numbers you'd manage to pull off with the same strategy, i'm sure it could get pretty absurd. Either way thank you so much for all the guides! I've been a big fan for a few years now and the knowledge you've provided me about combat in this franchise actually makes the games that much more exciting. Can't wait for more of your content!
Oh yeah smashes in chains are good but in these instances, I have plenty of damage and am just trying to show off the damage of the arts of the classes themselves so keeping the enemy launched is better for that purpose. Smashing the enemy will increase total chain damage for sure and smashing can easily hit cap damage but it doesn't really show off the damage capabilities of soul hacker. (though soulhacker does have a smash art so maybe I could have used that to finish a chain? lol)
@@EnelXC Ah fair enough! It def made sense in this case with showcasing the soulhacker, but i had wondered this as well during your chain attack guide. Thank you!
@@GraekTarmikos Chain attack guide was day 2 and I didn't realize how good smashes in chains were at the time sadly. That vid has a couple other things I wish i'd known about like if you just don't run an attack on signifer you only need 1 to infinitely pass power charge.
@@EnelXC Ooooh that's really smart! Do they keep power charge even if you complete their order? (And damn, it only now hit me how many high-quality guides you've pumped up in such a short amount of time! Literally one a day and now an hour long one. Really appreciate the dedication
This is unrelated but I couldn’t find any info about online so here goes. I just got the stalker class and I have no idea what the art staying power does. It sets a field that gives art follow-up as a buff and I have no idea what it does. Do you know what it does?
what is faster farming for KOSMOS X2 or Farming this class artsX3? I did kosmos and wasn't worthty. Just got Soulhacker class I ain't doing none of this.
How effective is soulhacker as a tank? Would you say evade tank soulhacker is better than guard/big hp tank soulhacker, and do you have any skills/arts you recommend for those?
Quick question since you never mentioned it, does each character need to learn the arts and skills individually or if one character learns them it applies to everyone's soul hacker skill list?
Do you permanently unlock the skills and arts for all characters? Like, if I killed a UM with Lanz being on soulhacker, would I also have the skill/art if I switched to another character. Sorry if this is a stupid question
So have a request / suggestion. After the class guides would you consider doing an ultimate team guide? You talked about this in the super boss video but I was thinking more something in depth like which character to have as each class and why. Some what of a deep dive that would be easier to reference than digging through the super boss video. I don’t know just a suggestion.
another question, the complements are upgraded or something?? what is that star in they??? and sorry my english is not good and cant understand when talking, but, where u can see the upgraded of all skills and arts of soul hacker?? ilready search and cant see that menu, please and sorry for noob question
I know this is basically a postgame class and most people watching will be in postgame before worrying about it and I did say it may have some location spoilers and such but gonna give this warning just in case despite not seeing any comments on this video about it yet. Around 4 :40 in the video a character that could be considered a spoiler is in the party for about a 10 second clip and I didn't even catch it myself. Just be aware and maybe only look to the right side of the screen or close your eyes for a bit if you haven't beaten the game yet.
at this point is peoples responsibility to avoid spoilers you already did the guide and provided the warnings.
Enel you are a legend. i wasn't expecting to see this particular guide so in depth or as early as you did. Thank you sir
I was wondering if at some point you were going to do a type of spoiler discussion/final thoughts type thing with the end of the game. I’ve just completed it and……I’m just wondering how others are feeling. Cuz like. Yeah.
Don't know if this will get seen, but if you use Cross Impact skill from flash fencer as a fusion on signifer with Resonant Flag it will give the team power charge
@@StrokeConnoissuer i think enel showcased this specific interaction in the chain attack guide video.
i can’t believe they made Poppi qtpi a man of the sea
I LOVE THE SEA
BECAUSE I AM
A MAN
OF THE SEA
So just in case anyone ever has this issue, because I sure as hell know I did, there is a specific UM in Cadensia known as 4 Blades in the Dark. A lot of guides and stuff out there don't really give any stipulation as to how this particular UM spawns, basically just says "hey it's in this location go here". Well, for the longest time it just . . . wasn't there for me and it was incredibly frustrating, however I did eventually find out how to spawn it. You have to go to the City with Triton in your party, and then there will be a quest known as A Young Noble's Request. I think this quest spawns after chapter 6, but I could be slightly wrong on that front. Once you complete the quest, go back to the location of when 4 blades should spawn and you'll be set.
THANK YOU. FINALLY. The actual last monster I need to complete the Soulhacker Dex. GIVE THIS KIND ONE YOUR UPVOTES. Literally NO ONE else thus far has explained this! This should be the pinned comment instead.
I did that quest in chapter 5 just fyi
Is that the one that spawns at the colony 15 ferronis?
I dont know what a UM is but will find out pist game. upvoted.
@@PunkarellaOG UM is just short hand for "Unique Monster"
This was the only hero I didnt really see coming when I originally met him
Yeah I looked through the hero list and was super confused as to why they were wearing consul armor
Why? You should always to get an antagonist to be playable in these games. Happens in every one.
@@mrbubbles6468 Triton isn’t an antagonist though.
@@mrbubbles6468 with how much of an asshole every other consul had been, it surprised me
@@stevecelera8435 technically he is part of the antagonist group but he is never an antagonist to the party itself cause he's a bro
Just unlocked this class, what a cool hero. Would’ve preferred if you started with everything you could learn from unique monsters you’ve already beaten
understandable but then that would also defeat the purpose of even unlocking the skill to be able to kill a unique monster as another class and still get the soul hack from it if you could just get it before you unlock the hero class
Agreed on both points. The hero is fantastic, and I instantly fell in love with the character. And I wish the unique monster's skills were granted retroactively. It just feels kinda bad to get a new class and realize that it's not great until you go back and re-kill all the unique monsters you already beat.
@@VCXZ883 at least it's not as bad as blue mage where the monster has to use the arts/skill in battle and then it being rng if you learn it or not
This class is the Poppi of Xenoblade 3, with Zenobia’s affinity chart! Customizability is definitely this class’ biggest strength!
And the character you get it from is a Xenogears reference.
No idea if this’d be practical, but I’d love to see people do a full team of Soul Hacker (with an actually balanced role spread) and just annihilate Superbosses or even some of the harder challenge battles when we get those.
full attacker soulhacker, fight ends in 5 seconds
@@jstar3382 If it doesn't, you die...but that's a big IF
“What if poppi qtpi but 6 of them”
Im planning on doing this as soon as i get more arts and skills 🥺
@@zaxtonhong3958 seven
Gotta say, for a unique class that you upgrade in a completely separate way, this is WAAAAAAAAY better than upgrading Poppi
Making it a part of the unique monster grind is surprisingly ingenious
The grind is a bit much, but at least it’s a part of the core gameplay
I honestly didn’t expect it to give me unique skills and arts for literally every gravestone boss so thats sick
Agreed. I love the idea of an extremely flexible class like this, but I hated Tiger Tiger, so I just never bothered customizing Poppi much. Tieing class progression to fighting unique monsters makes way more sense than tieing it to some minigame.
I agree. Having to grind Tiger! Tiger! that much was probably the most annoying/aggravating thing I've done in any video game (and I've played Hollow Knight). This is so much better, and the fact that anyone can use it instead of just the 1 character also makes it so much better
@@VCXZ883right? Its like getting a Magatama for beating Puzzle boy in SMTIII. Important gameplay elements shouldnt be locked behind a magatama
Can’t say I expected this class guide so early in this series, but I welcome it all the same.
I look forward to your guide on Lone Exile.
Is was highly requested so he thought he'd just get it out of the way.
Thank you so much for providing all your guides and work for the xenoblade community. I know it can be hard being a creator for a relatively small niche genre, let alone a specific game, but I can't put into words how much you've done for me, and pretty much all of us, across all 3 games. I'm super excited to see how much you can really customize the soul hacker!
I can't believe a game already as big as this one added in a Blue Mage class with the most optional abilities I think I've ever seen, more than *the MMO* even.
Indeed. The only Blue Mage I've seen that had more options was the one in FFXI, as that one had literally hundreds of spells, and putting together certain specific combos of spells unlocked traits that helped support the style of gameplay you were going for with those spells. It's the most definitive version of the Blue Mage concept I've ever seen, but this one comes pretty close!
Ffxiv has a blue mage with tooons of abilities, but I don't know the exact number
Me: "Captain, I want Poppiswap"
Triton: "Ye have Poppiswap back at the colony"
The Poppiswap back at the colony:
Can I just say about the Soulhacker's owner...
I love how after we learned D's name, the community went from "Wild Ride" to "Wil D. Ride King of the Pirates" and they already had a Pirate Consul made! I just love it.
Using the lifesage outfit on Mio (or other characters I haven't tried) while using either soulhacker or the martial artist class makes the weapon not load in. Makes it so it looks as if Mio is just punching and shooting beams out of her hand.
She's gonna beat the life outta you
When I was playing Martial Artist on Sena w/ the signifier outfit it wouldn't load the fists either. Glad to know it works on soulhacker as well lol
Kinda hope they never fix this since I just want to see Mio throwing hands
Fitting considering that moment in chapter 4
I want to see Mio deck Z in the face
of all the classes in this game, Blue Mage was definitely not one that I was expecting. A whole team of Soulhackers sounds like fun even though it's likely a slog to get everything.
But don't you only have to get the arts and skills once? Still a slog.
I feel like a lot of these skills are going to become far more useful as challenge battles come out, and will probably make this the meta
DUDE I LOVE SOULHACKERS 2 BY ATLUS THIS GAME LOOKS SO COOL!!!!
I’m so happy there’s a guide for this. This class looks fun to optimize and makes encountering UM’s even more exciting! I cannot wait to max out this class and obtain one of the most busted movesets in Xenoblade history. Awesome work dude!
QUEENS RUFFLES I was not expecting this so soon! I cannot begin to imagine how long this took to complete, but you my good sir are to be commended! Definitely watching this entire thing to get as good a setup as I can!
I definitely took some shortcuts when I could have probably shown off more but people really wanted this guide so I tried my best to get something out.
@@EnelXC Any recommendations to add to maybe the description or pinned comment for a Defender or Healer version? I started yesterday collecting all the arts and skills with the intent to put together a full team of Soulhackers
Ah btw, you mentioned that AOE Power Charge was hard to come by, and that Signifier has to pull it randomly, but you can actually reliably grant teamwide Power Charge by using Fusion Art Resonant Flag and Cross Impact. Even not using the Fusion Art will still grant it to the whole party, but the caster will consume Power Charge immediately afterwards. Not sure if you already knew and I misunderstood what you meant but might be helpful for anyone looking for ideas.
What do you mean the caster will consume power charge? As long as cross impact is the only damage dealing art the signifer has, they will have permanent uptime on power charge (unless you get their chain order completion bonus)
This is insane. Like legit insane work Enel. Thanks a lot!
The thumbnail is godlike please don’t change it
I never thought I would see an hour long video on a single class. I’ll have to rewatch the whole video once I actually unlock it.
I haven’t even touched this class yet because I knew you would come out with a great guide for it. Thank you, contributing member to Xenoblade society!
Thank you for this. No info anywhere on this class so its good to finally see the hype.
Thumbs up for the crazy amount of work that went into this video. Well done. Hopefully this encourages people to try out some unique combinations with Soul Hacker.
I've just scrapped the surface of this video but after seeing 3:59, I had to laugh. That really really sums up the ridiculousness of trying to level up this class 😅
Good Stuff Enel, looking forward to the rest of your guides and content.
ngl, I thought Enel would have made this guide last lol
Thanks for doing it early so we don't have to comment 'can't wait for Soulhacker' on every video.
For this class in particular, could we get a guide on how to set up the hero for the class as well? Triton builds so differently from party members reclassed into Soul Hacker, so it could probably be its own guide, but it'd be very much appreciated.
would be nice to see that too
tbh, heroes are overwhelming and are only useful for their chain attack orders and his combo arts(break topple launch...) only exception being buffers like fionna
@@bandi642you mean *underwhelming
Thank you so much for your guides. Your time , knowledge, and dedication is greatly appreciated. Awesome thumbnail.
Perfect timing on the guide! I just got the class today and was looking up the best builds. Thanks Enel!
Same for me can't wait to start getting all the arts and skills and then grinding the powered up version of said arts and skills
Blue Mage archetype is my fave in RPGS. So glad this class exists in XC3.
Thanks a lot for the guide
I just got this class today. Thank you so much for the map part of the guide! This class is amazing! Rest In Peace my story progress. I’m going hunting!
Never even knew this was a class gotta get to the end of the game to get keep up the videos enel
Legit insane guide lol Ty for this. I dunno if I wanna mess up with this class, seems to be a pain to optimise
Wow! Enel is EXTRA handsome for this amazing guide for this amazing game! Thank you for always teaching us you absolute unit!
Enel is a true man of the sea
The only thing that might be better than the amount of content in this video is that thumbnail. Enel's truly outdone himself.
hey enel, i have the exact same soul hacker setup but on taion. why do I feel like the talent art on the lucky 7 is much more burst than the combo at the end? Am I doing something wrong?
P.S big fan, love your XB2 speedruns!
Can't believe ther's already a guide for this class. Kudos to ya
I'd also like to mention what a curveball it was to find that the Hero who's class name and concept screams edgelord turned out to be an ol Jolly Roger
After three vids on the base 6 classes, I was expecting pone of those. But happy to see this class get a video so fast. Thank you for all of your work on this game, love your videos.
Once again, Blue Mage haunts me in another game lmao
Also thank you for putting so much effort into this. Makes my life ALOT easier :)
Trying to watch your content as I unlock it all in game. Thank you for making it as spoiler free as you can!
Thank you for working so hard Enel these videos are amazingly helpful
For the talent art, do I need to upgrade arts and skills? Or is it just learning the arts? I'm about halfway through my UM list for the class.
Didn't realize there was a class that needed a 1 hour guide compared to the ones you have done previously. I need to get further in this game so I can see all it has to offer. Just got to the forest
The class is insanely customizable but if youre just trying to get through the story I'd say just get it to lvl 10 on one character and keep its skill on them for all the optional bosses. It's very much an endgame class to mess around with
Quick Reference
Soulhacker
Arts: 1:03:42
Dino Flash/Dragon Decree
Toxic Gas/Transient Bond
Wild Wave/Elimination Beam
Skills: 1:04:40
Dangerous Claws
Attack Mastery
Terran Warrior/Underworld Rage
Gems: 1:05:15
Steelcleaver
Analyze Weakness
Empowered Combo
Accessories: 1:05:37
Saturni Rings/Boost Attack
Lunae Rings/Boost Fusion Art Damage
Gust Bracelet/Fiber Wraps
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I appreciate the quality of your content, you are the only one making content for both new players and post game players, most other videos that get suggested have 0 new information in them >.<
I appreciate trying to keep this short but I would have loved seeing the tank and healer version of this class, maybe you can revisit this when these builds are more attractive?
Cheers
The fact you have the Captain of the Thames in the preview 💯✊🏼
One thing I'm a bit confused by. Is the list of hacked skills shared, or does every character have to learn/upgrade all the skills just so they can use them? For instance, if I had Triton as my hero for every unique monster in the game, would that allow anyone with the Soul Hacker class to use those skills, or just Triton?
Soul Hacker arts and skills can be used by anyone except Triton when unlocked.
@@JoeThomas-lu6fy So you'd need Triton and another Soul Hacker around for every unique enemy to learn em for the whole party.
@@otakudaikun Triton is entirely unnecessary.
@@otakudaikun
Triton doesn’t need to be there.
Great video! Really helped me understand the intricacies of this class that I didn't use for a while after getting it, and now it's a core part of my team!
I do have a small question though: when it comes to the Attack/Defense/Healing Mastery skill(s), does upgrading each Soulhacker art/skill also contribute to increasing their effects, or do you only need to obtain all the arts/skills (i.e. once you kill all unique monsters the class reaches its peak)? Thanks again for the incredible video!
Thanks i was Waiting for this one, Subscribed
Really hope you do a Defender and Healer Soulhacker setup guide at some point. Your guides are awesome!
Not watching this guide until post-game (or NG+ if that exists), but thanks for putting this together, it'll be a huge help!
Thanks Enel, great thumbnail too.
That map guide is really good for finding any I’m missing later on
mmm, that is not the guide I was expecting next but now that I heard the premise of the weapon I am looking forward to it with careful enthusiasm. I enjoy the hunt for for unique monsters but this sounds like a lot of sub tasks for the upgrades.
That said I'll still be looking forward to the next base part weapon guides.
edit:
"I can't believe I'm saying dying is a viable strategy but here we are"
Fortify skill from Monster Hunter says hi. (not a meta skill but one of the highest boosting skills in the series when active)
me personally i just fought unique monsters on the way to completing actual story tasks, I didnt go back to defeat that many that were in earlier areas and by the end of the game i'd say i had a decent amount of options
Thank god! I was about to search for a Soulhacker guide and your video was in my TH-cam home hahah
Superbosses: “I fear no man, but that thing…“
*Signifer + 5 Soul Hackers + Ashera combo*
Superbosses: “It scares me”
Why is Ashera important for the combo? Is it because she's the attack defender or she has some unique skill that's good? I'm on NG+ and want to do something OP too haha
@@akirawang6275 bc of chain attack that’s about it
@@akirawang6275 mostly because her ability when she finishes an order pushes it for 200% automatically while disabling herself for the rest of the chain, allows for dmg ratio buildup up to 500/600% in round 1 which is great if you want to try and off a superboss with about 60-70% left
How convenient that I see this video after literally just unlocking the Soul Hacker Class haha, this will be a very useful guide
Enel, I have a question. I am encountering trouble by getting soulhacker on my other characters even tho I have both soulhacker hero and Lanz having the class. I still don't get any points for getting the class teached to others. What am I overlooking?
You need to be fighting enemies at least 5 levels below you or higher for it to build up towards class unlocks, with overkill bonuses stacking with it. Try fighting elites around your level for the best effect.
@@QwixLF ah thank you, I knew I did something wrong! Thnx for the help
Beast Howl may not be the best art for SH tanks (at least after you fill out the roster a bit) but you can't deny how hilarious it is to run. Just opening every fight with a big aoe AWOOOOOOO!
i don't even have this class yet but i'm gonna like this video because the Captain is on the thumbnail. We are MEN! OF! THE SEA!
do this Setup with an Evasion/Tank Soulhacker and switch some Accessoires and Jewels for Aggro/Evasion Build. The Key is the Skill Underworld Rage, with this Skill, my Evasion Tank Mia does the same Damage as my Attackers and hold the aggro. Thanks a lot for your hard work Enel. If i look for Xenoblade Builds, your Chanel is the way to go.
o fuck its finally time, thank you so much i was holding out on a UM grind for this
So i couldn’t help but notice you had every art and skill upgraded. Is there a gameplay benefit to this or did you just do it for shits and giggles?
I dunno if you said it somewhere in the video as i'm just skimming though for UM locations, is it not worth trying to run more than one Soul Hacker?
You can for sure, you can have an entire team of them and be fine lol
Do you have to upgrade each skill and art for the mastery skills to be at their full potential, or can you just unlock all of them without having to upgrade them?
Thank you! I'l check it out when I unlock the class.
Sacrificial heal is a great meme. Make one of your dps soul hackers take reckless attack to half their hp, and then take sac heal and another damage skill, they will basically die to every part wide hit, but also fully heal the party, so you dont need to worry about people being out of range of your healers
hi, thx you for this video, only have a question, im already finished the game, up to lvl 96 and no try yet to kill CONQUEROR DEEPWAN, question is; wich area can i go for lvl up to 102 for can battle with that unique boss??
You cranked this out so fast. Thank you so much Enel. We really do appreciate all of your Xenoblade guides. Without you I'd be a fish out of water.
Oh I was actually looking forward to seeing the defender and healer classes 😅 in any case awesome video. I didn't use this much in the beginning but after a while I started giving it a shot and killed some UMs and it's really incredible but takes an insane amount of work so thanks for the breakdown
I played a ton around this class and unlocked all of the arts and skills. Honestly one of my favourite things about Xenoblade 3, I defeated all of the Superbosses with relative ease with this class. It's like a snowballing class, the more you get it going and understand it, the more crazy combos you can pull off by working together with other classes like Signifier.
While the offensive set is great, I personally think Buffer Soulhacker is the best set, and really one of the best sets of any class in the game (skip to the bottom past the set for details). Those who are fully optimizing their teams for the land of challenge and such probably already know what it is and why it's so good, but for those who don't, here's the set:
Arts:
Dragon Decree+Snake Eyes
Battle Pheromone+Desperate Charge
Butterfly Dust+misc
Skills:
Large-Scale Shock
Strength Support
One with the Land/Breath of an Era
Gems:
Swelling Blessing X
Refined Blessing X
Soothing Breath X
Accessories:
Devotional Necklace
Gust Bracelet
Shield Belt
Buffer Soulhacker aims to give the party as many buffs as possible as quickly as possible, and reliably. Sounds like a different version of Signifier, right? Well, Buffer Soulhacker is significantly better than Signifier, in actuality. While it doesn't give as many buffs as Signifier, Buffer Soulhacker does give you buffs without relying on RNG (and long animations), it instantly gives the entire party buffs (meaning it doesn't give them to itself and then has to share them), can clear the entire party of debuffs, and it gives you all of the buffs that you'll really want anyway: Attack Up, Critical Up, Critical Plus, Power Charge, Fast Charge, and Defense Up). It does all of this with just four arts, meaning there are two slots left for you to be able to clear enemy's buffs, set a regenerate field, or potentially set the enemy's arts recharge to 0. With the set seen above, it can give your entire party every buff mentioned at the very start of the battle, something Signifier can't even dream of.
Offensive Soulhacker is great, but I personally think Buffer Soulhacker is the best use of Soulhacker.
This is probably a dumb question, but do you have to learn each art/skill separately for each character, or is doing it on one enough? Same question for the upgrades too.
Thanks for another great guide, I have been looking forward to this one.
When you use the Soul Hack skill on other classes, do you need to acquire it at the same time? I just finished rounding up all the UMs with interesting arts, but trying to transfer those arts after the fact didn't seem to work
2 things- Firstly, are you able to clarify the Damage Formula with regards to "Deal X additional % to foes with Y condition" and the Damage ratio? taking Thunderclap for example, one would assume it would have an effective Damage ratio of 850% (340 x 2.5), but you make it sound like it isnt that simple.
and 2nd, are you sure Underworld Rage works like that if the person equipped dies? unless im mistaken, If the equipped character dies, it instead drops to 0, not gains 100% because all scaling abilities (Incursor, FMJ, Royal Summoner, etc.) reset to 0 if the character dies. I could easily be wrong though.
What's the benefit to running two Power Charge arts? Does the buff stack if you apply it multiple times or something?
For for those who need to change the weather, I think I found a reliable way to change the weather that I don't see a lot of people talking about. I find that if you save then quit to the title screen, then reload you save file, the weather will change. I tested this briefly but when I miss the boss in Cadenza I reloaded my save file and noticed it was a completely different weather than before, I did it once more and got it to thunder storm again. Let me know if that helps you.
Thanks for not having spoilers in the thumbnail!!! Legend!!
Hey thanks for this guide. I have been using this while using different strategies from the invincible guide and been having a lot of fun with the crazy things I can do now
I just got this class and am getting the intelligence for the jail break right now, how much longer of the game to do I have to go through? Or like, what % am I at for finishing the game story wise. The story feels like it's going to conclude soon and I think I only have 2 or so chapters to go through (I think I'm near the end of chapter 5?) But I still have a lot of things that have barely been leveled up like Gems and classes which I have only gotten the Colony 9 Hero class to lvl 20 but still haven't done so for any other classes and am missing a few
Not really on topic of the video but i see that your erythia sea map is filled in, did this happen automatically when you got all the teleports or did you do this manually?
When you find all locations it automatically fills
@@EnelXC Yess thats amazing! Thank you so much! I really appreciate these class guides as well
I will not be watching this quuiitte yet, because I only just completed the first required Side Story, and thus have not actually seen all of the game yet! (I'm currently finishing up Seraph's unlock quest, if that helps)
however....KNOW THIS IS TOTALLY STAYING IN A TAB.
i spent *almost an entire day* running around to get JUST the uniques below lv 50 right after getting this class because of how few I'd killed. Enel how bloody long did it take for you to compile all this?!
WHAT SORT OF GOD LEGEND ARE YOU!!
Seriously, I know your the top speedrunner but that is an understatement! your the premier leader on xenoblade 3 info and ITS AWESOME!
just please dont overwork yourself for our sakes. make sure to take a break every now and then, okay?
This video was in my recommendations right before I got the Soulhacker class, so when I saw the length of the video compared to your other guides I was a bit puzzled. Though, after unlocking it I immediatly was like "ooooooh, this is why... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?" lmao!
Quick question, hopefully you didn't already explain this and i just missed it. But any particular reason you're not using smashes in your chain attacks? I know launch gives a damage bonus but once the damage% is high enough the damage from smash gets absurd. In some instances where i managed to pull off two smashes in the same chain attack (plus getting lucky with other things in the chain attack) i got almost 20M total damage on the chain attacks and that was before lvl 70 (i hadn't even beaten the game yet!). I can only imagine the numbers you'd manage to pull off with the same strategy, i'm sure it could get pretty absurd.
Either way thank you so much for all the guides! I've been a big fan for a few years now and the knowledge you've provided me about combat in this franchise actually makes the games that much more exciting. Can't wait for more of your content!
Oh yeah smashes in chains are good but in these instances, I have plenty of damage and am just trying to show off the damage of the arts of the classes themselves so keeping the enemy launched is better for that purpose. Smashing the enemy will increase total chain damage for sure and smashing can easily hit cap damage but it doesn't really show off the damage capabilities of soul hacker. (though soulhacker does have a smash art so maybe I could have used that to finish a chain? lol)
@@EnelXC Ah fair enough! It def made sense in this case with showcasing the soulhacker, but i had wondered this as well during your chain attack guide.
Thank you!
@@GraekTarmikos Chain attack guide was day 2 and I didn't realize how good smashes in chains were at the time sadly. That vid has a couple other things I wish i'd known about like if you just don't run an attack on signifer you only need 1 to infinitely pass power charge.
@@EnelXC Ooooh that's really smart! Do they keep power charge even if you complete their order?
(And damn, it only now hit me how many high-quality guides you've pumped up in such a short amount of time! Literally one a day and now an hour long one. Really appreciate the dedication
This is unrelated but I couldn’t find any info about online so here goes. I just got the stalker class and I have no idea what the art staying power does. It sets a field that gives art follow-up as a buff and I have no idea what it does. Do you know what it does?
just a small extra attack when you use an art
When you get the upgrade goals requirements, does the art/skill upgrades automatically or is there something else that needs to be done?
upgrades automatically and you should get a little notification when it happens
what is faster farming for KOSMOS X2 or Farming this class artsX3?
I did kosmos and wasn't worthty.
Just got Soulhacker class I ain't doing none of this.
How effective is soulhacker as a tank? Would you say evade tank soulhacker is better than guard/big hp tank soulhacker, and do you have any skills/arts you recommend for those?
My maxed out Soul Hacker is ready! Thank you
Dang everyone talking about the soulhacker class and no one talking about Enel's sick thumbnail game
And this goes right into watch later. Excited but it has to wait.
Woe, this is perfectly timed when I got him, which happens to right now
Quick question since you never mentioned it, does each character need to learn the arts and skills individually or if one character learns them it applies to everyone's soul hacker skill list?
Everyone will get it once you learn the ability.
@@EnelXC Sweet thanks, I couldn't find the info anywhere else and unlocking classes takes forever since I got scammed by Bonus Exp
Do you permanently unlock the skills and arts for all characters? Like, if I killed a UM with Lanz being on soulhacker, would I also have the skill/art if I switched to another character. Sorry if this is a stupid question
So have a request / suggestion. After the class guides would you consider doing an ultimate team guide? You talked about this in the super boss video but I was thinking more something in depth like which character to have as each class and why. Some what of a deep dive that would be easier to reference than digging through the super boss video. I don’t know just a suggestion.
another question, the complements are upgraded or something?? what is that star in they??? and sorry my english is not good and cant understand when talking, but, where u can see the upgraded of all skills and arts of soul hacker?? ilready search and cant see that menu, please and sorry for noob question
Press Y in the Hero menu.