How to Unlock Ino: New DLC Hero Guide

Ino is a new unlockable Hero from Wave 2 of the DLC Expansion Pass of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Read on to learn about Ino's stats, Arts, skills, chain attack bonuses, and her unique ability called Inoswap, as well as how to unlock Ino's Hero Quest and Ascension Quest!

How to Unlock Ino

Complete Her Hero Quest After Getting the Expansion Pass

Ino is a new Hero added in Wave 2 of the DLC Expansion Pass of Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Just like other Heroes, you'll first need to complete her Hero Quest before unlocking her as a Hero.

After downloading the DLC and updating the software, you can start her Hero Quest by opening up the in-game menu, selecting Expansion Pass, and choosing Vol. 2. Receive the DLC contents by pressing Y and select Champion of the Nopon to start the quest.

DLC Expansion Pass Wave 2 Guide

Ino Profile and Voice Actor

Basic Information

Ino	Class	Role
	Noponic Champion	Defender
	Tier Rank	Nation
		Agnus
Voice Actors
ENG: Ina Marie Smith	JP: Aoi Koga
Description
An Artificial Blade that is said to be invented by a Great Nopon. Her lighthearted personality as well as her able to consume Ether makes Noah and his allies suspicious of her.

Ino Hero Rating

Ino Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

Ino has incrediblly high agility even compared to other high-agility characters like Mio. This makes her a great defender that focuses mainly of evading attacks. However, when she does get hit, her decent HP and defensive stats allow her to take some damage before going down.

Weaknesses

Many of Ino's Arts and Skills require her to become incapacitated before they activate. If you wish to use some of these skills, you'll need a few Healers on your team that can quickly help her up when she's down.

Unlike other Heroes, Ino does not start out with already boosted Art and Skill effects. Instead, you will need to use her unique Inoswap ability, which relies of HD Ether Cylinders+, to enhance their effects. If you want her to reach her full potential, you will need to spend some time and effort to upgrade her.

How to Use the Inoswap Ability

Use Ether Cylinders to Enhance Arts and Skills

Inoswap is a unique ability that can only be used by Ino. Unlike other Heroes, Ino does not start off with boosted Art and Skill effects, instead you need to upgrade them with Inoswap. These upgrades will cost a varying amount of HD Ether Cylinders+.

Inoswap Guide

Unlock More Upgrades by Completing Ino's Ascension Quest

Half of the upgrades for Ino will remain locked until you complete her Ascension Quest. This means that there is a cap for how strong Ino can get until this quest is completed.

Ino's Ascension Quest: The Hope of Noponkind Walkthrough

Ino Best Arts

Art	Attack Type	AoE	Base Effect
Starry Beat	Physical Attack	One Target	None
Photon Storm	Physical Attack	One Target	Evades attacks. Also boosts aggro generated when using Art by 50% at the cost of a low Critical Rate.
Dazzling Illusion	Stance	Self	Boosts evasion by 20% and boosts aggro drawn when attacking by 25%.

Ino benefits greatly from increasing her evasion since evading is her primary way of defending the team, and it also activates many of her skills. Arts that increase both her aggro and evasion work well for her while Starry Beat allows her to help out in team combos with Break.

Ino Arts and Skills

Arts List

Combat Arts

Base Art Information
Starry Beat	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	110%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	Break
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	9
	Effect	None
Afterglow	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	145%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	8
	Effect	Boosts damage dealt by 50% each time the character is incapacitated (to a maximum of 250%).
Photon Storm	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	220%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	9
	Effect	Evades attacks. Also boosts aggro generated when using Art by 50% at the cost of a low Critical Rate.
Dual Flash	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	180%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Role Action Recharge	Recharge Gauge	5
	Effect	Boosts aggro generated when using Art by 50%.
Dazzling Illusion	Area of Effect	Self	Power Multiplier	0%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	12
	Effect	Boosts evasion by 20% and boosts aggro drawn when attacking by 25%.

Talent Art

Base Art Information
Shining Refrain	Area of Effect	One Target	Power Multiplier	145%
	Buff/ Debuff	-	Reaction	None
	Recharge Type	Auto-Attack Recharge	Recharge Gauge	8
	Effect	Evades attacks. Boosts damage by 50% each time the character is incapacitated (to a max. of 250%).

Arts Guide: List of All Arts and Effects

Skills List

Skill	Base Effect
Tit for Tat	Whenever an ally in a fixed radius is attacked, boosts recharge of one Art at random by 10%.
Nanomachine Repair	Adds 25% chance to restore HP by 6% when evading.
Velocity Gear	All Arts except Talent Art gain 6% recharge when evading.
Overclock	Boosts recharge rate by 10% each time the character is incapacitated.

List of All Skills

Ino Default Equipment

Default Accessories

Slot	Accessory	Effect
1	Gear Support	Boosts Agility by 20%.
2	Engineer Gloves	Boosts evasion by 15% while Arts is active.
3	Champion Ring	When an attack is evaded, increases attacker's aggro towards user.

List of Accessories

Default Gems

Slot	Gem	Effect
1	Doublestrike	Adds a chance to strike twice per auto-attack by a certain percentage.
2	Steelcleaver	Increases Attack.
3	Tailwind	Increases Agility by 10.

All Gems and Their Effects

Ino Chain Attack Effects

Chain Attack Guide

Who is Ino?

Artificial Blade Made by a Great Nopon

According to the official Japanese Twitter of Xenoblade Chronicles, Ino claims to be an Artificial Blade, which are weaponized lifeforms that were pravelent during the events of Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Additionally, it is said that she was made by a so-called Great Nopon, which can potentially be a nod to Tora of Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the creator of the Artificial Blade, Poppi.

Xenoblade Chronicles 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