★ DLC Expansion Pass Wave 2 out now!
┗ New Hero: Ino | New Class: Noponic Champion
┗ New Mode: Challenge Battles | New Outfits: Swimsuits
★ List of All Hero Quests | List of All Ascension Quests
┗ Ino's Hero Quest: Champion of the Nopon
★ Best Hero Tier List | Best Arts | Best Classes
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!
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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 |
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. |
Attack | Defense | Healing | Support |
---|---|---|---|
A | S | D | A |
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.
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.
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+.
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
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.
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%. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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.
List of All Playable and Recruitable Characters
Main Characters | ||
---|---|---|
Noah | Lanz | Eunie |
Mio | Taion | Sena |
Heroes | ||
---|---|---|
Ethel | Valdi | Zeon |
Teach | Riku and Manana | Gray |
Isurd | Juniper | Ashera |
Alexandria | Monica | Fiona |
Triton | Ghondor | Miyabi |
Cammuravi | Segiri | Nia |
Melia | Ino | - |
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