Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Guide OP Rex Evasion build

AGILITY BUILD GOT BUFF AGAIN IN 1.3.1. REJOICE CHIP STACKING IS BACK
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this is just simple guide. It does not contain full detail of everything. Additional build info in the description. Drop a question and The Community/I can try to answer...

All of this info are prior to patch 1.3. Take with grain of salt.
What can this build do?
well lets just say i can kill super boss with these low level characters

whats a low level challenge?
Clearing post game UM. Player level should not be above Final boss level which is 70. Farming Route is very strict as killing high level monster nets huge exp. High level monster will resist break, topple and launch. Killing them in chain attack even further adds bonus exp on top of drop rate.

Whats the difference between low level and lv 99.
The damage modifier for this game is determine by players level.
At level 99, player gains huge damage reduction from monsters.
eg. Arduran will not kill a lv 99 easily. However below lv 70, she can easily one shot the whole party.
However most super boss have static damage regardless of players level eg. Tyrannokurodil.

Why do you still bring Morag
Morag is the main tanking. Rex is sort of second defense if Morag falls. I see alot of people emphasize on Morag and the moment she drops, The party is dead. Having Rex survive the battle is the key to Morag's evasion. Without Mythra's Buff, she is just slightly better with block rate than Rex with High agility.

But Morag cannot DPS
this is where most player get it wrong. Nobody Forcing Morag to have 3 Agility Blades. Her Agility is high enough with 2 blades. She can have DPS as her third blade for chain attack. The key is to understand how much Agility is needed for the fight. Some boss requires high agility, some dont.

My Morag cannot tank against Mythra
if your Mythra is S+ rank...make sure Brighid is also S+ rank. Rolling smash a few times. Some monster just refuse to change agro until that character is dead. Eg Orion.

But i can kill superboss within seconds why should i run evasion builds.
At level 99 its better off just to go for a DPS oriented. You dont even need a tank. This build is more cater for low level character and good luck trying to burst high level monster with a low level character. The first butt slam from Immovable Gonzales will hit 20k+ damage. Orion sword dance does 4k on lv 99 but 20k on lv 60 character and its a guard annulling attack. No blocking, no reflect, no absorb.

can I replace the party member with Tora?
sure but the main build depends on Rex/Mythra 50% evasion buff
Rex AI is just bad and will only stick to Mythra if you have light path blade combo.

Whats overclock bangle?
it shortens cooldown of blade switch relative to arts not under cooldown, if you have 3 arts ready, whenever you switch to another blade, it will immediately charged to ~75% of its CD.

Must i use common katana blade?
You can substitute them with Agi Knuckle blade with Aubrite chip that also gives 50 agi.
However the advantage of katana is that two of them have evade arts which can save Rex life. Especially if you switch them to do a blade combo for elemental orb.

Why not rare blades?
Common blades can have up to 24% (so far ive seen) agility.
lets take morag for eg.
if you give her 3 rare blade @15% agi.....A Rex with 2x 23% will still surpass that value.
Some of them have absurd battle skill tree that even surpass rare blades. Eg. Critical life heal, 100% affinity damage, 150% special damage, 100% damage if enemy target player, Treasure sensor, 100% , orb master, etc.

Canon blade for eg can be stronger than even Sheba/Herald.
Ive seen one with 80+100+100 and 150% special 2 and 3 AUX slot.
some even have arts boost and critical buff. Its all about Gatcha..
Anyone who plays MMORPG for years will understand this...

hunter chemistry V does not instantly gives me max affinity.
To be exact, yes it does not...its nearly max affinity. Therefore initiate a battle with an Art. It should easily reach max level after that

What if a monster initiate the battle first..
use shoulder to shoulder AUX instead. This time, when a monster ambushes the player, it will gives the party 250 affinity.

Some Merc mission rewards
Hunter Chemistry V
Shoulder to Shoulder V
Fast blade switch III, IV V

shoulder to shoulder V = Insectivor Malcom colley lake gormott
Affinity Attack Max V = beast hunter william in Uraya (chain of
quest)
Legendary World tree drop = Behemoth in Aegishammer
Temperentia

some of the materials not listed in the guide
Affinity MAX Evade V :
Necromanta Ray : spirit Crucible (quite rare)
Warning Lamp: Salvage in spirit Crucible Canyon husk. Requires
Quest from king of tantal.

Music: Xenoblade Chronicles 2/ Monolith Soft Copyright
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