Xenoblade Chronicles 3

How to Unlock Ino: New DLC Hero Guide

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Ino 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

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Expansion Pass Ino Hero Quest

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
Ino
Class Role
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Noponic Champion IconNoponic Champion Defender ImageDefender
Tier Rank Nation
A Rank Icon 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

Attack Defense Healing Support
A S D A

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

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Inoswap Ability

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

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Sunny Engardo Pass Camp

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 BeatStarry Beat Physical Attack One Target None
Photon StormPhoton 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 IllusionDazzling 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 BeatStarry Beat Area of Effect One Target Power Multiplier 110%
Buff/ Debuff - Reaction Break
Recharge Type Auto-Attack Recharge Recharge Gauge 9
Effect None
AfterglowAfterglow 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 StormPhoton 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 FlashDual 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 IllusionDazzling 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 RefrainShining 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 TatTit for Tat Whenever an ally in a fixed radius is attacked, boosts recharge of one Art at random by 10%.
Nanomachine RepairNanomachine Repair Adds 25% chance to restore HP by 6% when evading.
Velocity GearVelocity Gear All Arts except Talent Art gain 6% recharge when evading.
OverclockOverclock 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 SupportGear Support Boosts Agility by 20%.
2 Engineer GlovesEngineer Gloves Boosts evasion by 15% while Arts is active.
3 Champion RingChampion Ring When an attack is evaded, increases attacker's aggro towards user.

List of Accessories

Default Gems

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

All Gems and Their Effects

Ino Chain Attack Effects

Ino Unlimited
Initial TP 25
Completion Bonus Increases damage ratio by 265 percentage points.
Heroic Chain When Hero completes and order, adds 30 to TP of the character with the least TP, and reactivates them.

Chain Attack Guide

Who is Ino?

Artificial Blade Made by a Great Nopon

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 - Who is Ino

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

Xenobalde Chronicles 3 - List of All Playable and Recruitable Characters

List of All Playable and Recruitable Characters

Main Characters

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List of Main Characters

Recruitable Heroes

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List of Recruitable Heroes

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