How to Unlock Monica and Ascension Quest Conditions

Monica is a recruitable hero in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Read on to learn more about Monica's stats, Arts, skills, and chain attack bonuses as well as how to unlock Monica's Hero Quest and Ascension Quest!

How to Unlock Monica

Complete Vandham's Heir Hero Quest

To unlock Monica as a Hero, you first need to complete her Hero Quest: Vandham's Heir. To accept this quest, you must listen to a conversation in the City near the War Room elevator then discuss the topic, Guernica Vandham, at a Rest Spot.

Monica's Hero Quest: Vandham's Heir Walkthrough

Monica Profile and Voice Actor

Monica	Class	Role
	Lost Vanguard	Defender
	Tier Rank	Nation
		Agnus
Voice Actors
ENG: Pippa Bennett-Warner	JP: Akeno Watanabe
Description
Monica is the daughter of Guernica Vandham and monter of Ghondor. She is an elder and defender in the City found at Swordmarch.

Though Monica is not affiliated with either Keves or Agnus, her class is offically classified as an Agnus class.

Monica Hero Rating

Monica Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Monica has extremely high HP and Defenses making her one of the sturdiest defensive Heroes in the game. She draws in aggro very well and can withstand plenty of blows before she goes down so needs minimal attention from Healers.

Weaknesses

Monica does not have very high Attack or Agility, which means she is often unable dodge enemies or inflict significant damage. Eventually, even her high HP will whittle down, so you'll need to keep enemies at bay with Attackers or other Defenders.

Monica Ascension Quest Unlock Conditions

Promise to the Future

After recruiting Monica, they and their class will be capped at Rank 10. To break the class limit and rank them up to Rank 20, you must first complete their Ascension Quest: Promise to the Future.

Promise to the Future Walkthrough

Monica Best Arts

Best Combat Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Geo Breaker	Physical Attack	Frontward AOE	Boosts aggro generated when using Art by 70%.
Taunt Pulse	Stance	Self	Deals continuous damage to enemies in a fixed radius and draws in more aggro.
Lightning Strike	Physical Attack	One Target	Boosts aggro generated when using Art by 70%.

The best Arts for Monica are those that increase her aggro so that more enemies are drawn to her. In particular, Taunt Pulse is a great Art for Monica as it does incremental damage as she defends against enemies.

Monica Arts And Skills

Arts List

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Shockwave	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	180%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Knockback
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	7
	Effect	Enemies performing Arts will be knocked back.
Geo Breaker	Area of Effect	Frontward AOE	Power Multiplier	195%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Smash
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	3
	Effect	Boosts aggro generated when using Art by 70%.
Taunt Pulse	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	12
	Effect	Deals continuous damage to enemies in a fixed radius and draws in more aggro.
Bolt Flinger	Area of Effect	AOE around User	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	Armor Veil	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	8
	Effect	Field range of effect - medium
Lightning Strike	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	325%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Blowdown
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	7
	Effect	Boosts aggro generated when using Art by 70%.

Talent Art

Base Art Information
Thunder Steel	Area of Effect	Frontward AOE	Power Multiplier	500%
	Buff/ Debuff	Bind	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	3
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt to Machines by 70%.

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

Skills List

Skill	Base Effect
Com an' Get Me!	When blocking, deals 100% of Attack damage to enemy drawing aggro.
Now That's Tactics!	At start of Chain Attack, increase TP by 5.
Never Again!	Grants 10% chance to absorb attack dealt to allies within range.
Stay Right There	When taking damage, 10% chance to inflict Knockback on assailant.

List of All Skills

Monica Default Equipment

Default Accessories

Slot	Accessory	Effect
1	Soldier's Headband	Increases Physical Defense by 5 percentage points.
2	Iron Temple Guard	Boosts maximum HP by 25%.
3	Berserker's Armor Vest	Boosts Physical Defense by 20%

List of Accessories

Default Gems

Slot	Gem	Effect
1	Ironclad	Increases maximum HP.
2	Ultimate Counter	Deal a percentage of Attack damage when you take damage.
3	Perilous Presence	Start each battle with aggro.

All Gems and Their Effects

Monica Chain Attack Effects

Chain Attack Guide

Xenoblade Chronicle 3 Related Guides

List of All Playable and Recruitable Characters

Main Characters

Main Characters
Noah	Lanz	Eunie
Mio	Taion	Sena

List of Main Characters

Recruitable Heroes

Heroes
Ethel	Valdi	Zeon
Teach	Riku and Manana	Gray
Isurd	Juniper	Ashera
Alexandria	Monica	Fiona
Triton	Ghondor	Miyabi
Cammuravi	Segiri	Nia
Melia	Ino	-

List of Recruitable Heroes