Dunban Build, Best Arts, Skill Trees, and Usage Guide

This is a profile and usage guide for Dunban, a character from Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition for the Nintendo Switch. Here you can find Dunban's roles, builds, stats at Lv. 99, best Arts, best skill trees, and official artwork.

Dunban Basic Information

Dunban Profile

Quick Facts
Name	Dunban
Age	30
Race	Homs
Height	180cm
Gender	Male
Weapon Type	Sword
Voice Actor (Eng.)	Rufus Jones
Voice Actor (Jp.)	Ryo Horikawa

Dunban Introduction

Dunban is brave and heroic, as well as responsible and mature. A year prior to the game's beginning, Dunban fought in a war against the Mechon, weilding the Monado to drive them off. However, this took a serious toll on him, leaving his right arm paralyzed. After Shulk inherits the Monado, Dunban begins to fight using regular swords.

Dunban Stats at Lv. 99

Dunban's Stats at Lv. 99

HP	Strength	Ether	Agility
5530	541	350	148

Stats Explained

Dunban Build and Usage Guide

Dunban Strengths and Weaknesses

Physical Attacks	Ether Attacks	Tanking
Buffing	Debuffing	Healing

Note: A C Rank indicates that the character is either very poor in this role or cannot do it at all.

How to Play Dunban

Though his HP is much lower than Reyn's, Dunban can absorb enemy aggro and tank attacks thanks to his very high agility stat. Several Arts can be used after Gale Slash for additional effects, so this is an essential art for Dunban, and should be one of the first that you level up.

After Gale Slash, use Worldly Slash to lower the enemy's defense and strength, or Electric Gutbuster to inflict break, which can be followed up with Steel Strike to topple the foe. Peerless and Spirit Breath are both excellent auras, which raise Dunban's strength and remove debuffs/give him haste respectively. All of these are excellent arts that you should level up accordingly.

Blossom Dance, his Talent Art, requires you to time your B presses for full effect. For the most damage, save this Art for a Chain Attack, and unleash it after the damage multiplier has grown large enough.

Dunban's equipment (gems) should prioritize high agility, critical rate, double attacks, and haste. Enthusiasm (strength) is his best Skill Tree, followed by Wisdom (agility).

Dunban as an AI

When Reyn isn't in the party, Dunban does a great job of absorbing the enemy's aggro. He will use Gale Slash to combo with his other arts like Electric Gutbuster, Worldly Slash, etc. Gale Slash > Electric Gutbuster > Steel Strike allows him to topple foes, so make sure these are all set.

In chain attacks, he can be used to topple a foe with break inflicted, or deal massive damage through his physical arts and talent art.

Dunban Arts

Name	Lv. Learnt	Effect	Power (%)	CD (sec.)
Blossom Dance	1	Physical Art Unleash the power within, slicing for as long as your focus endures.	150	-
Blossom Dance (2nd Strike)	1	Physical Art A follow-up for Blossom Dance triggered by timing a B press at the right time.	200	-
Blossom Dance (3rd Strike)	1	Physical Art Follows up Blossom Dance 2nd Strike, and hits twice.	125	-
Blossom Dance (4th Strike)	1	Physical Art Follows up Blossom Dance 3rd Strike, hits enemies within a close range and draws aggro.	450	-
Gale Slash	1	Physical Art Stab an enemy quickly and deeply inflicting Bleed damage.	100 ~ 208	15 ~ 12.3
Electric Gutbuster	1	Physical Art Deal a devastating kick. Inflicts Break if used after Gale Slash.	60 ~ 186	8 ~ 6.6
Peerless	1	Ether Art Aura of high spirits cures party of Confuse and increases strength.	-	45 ~ 24.8
Worldly Slash	1	Physical Art Combo lowering physical defence. After Gale Slash, lowers strength.	80 ~ 161	30 ~ 19.2
Battle Eye	1	Ether Art Fix your gaze firmly on a single enemy, creating an Aura of focus.	-	75 ~ 41.2
Steel Strike	1	Physical Art Pulverise the enemy with a precise attack, inflicting Topple.	200 ~ 353	30 ~ 16.5
Serene Heart	28	Ether Art A peaceful and focused Aura that increases Accuracy and Evasion.	-	45 ~ 24.8
Final Flicker	52	Ether Art Sacrifice HP to refill the Talent Gauge.	-	60 ~ 33
Jaws of Death	48	Ether Art Aura that recovers HP just before Incapacitation.	-	120 ~ 66
Tempest Kick	32	Ether Art Air waves deal damage. Removes enemy buffs after Gale Slash.	150 ~ 303	30 ~ 19.2
Heat Haze	36	Ether Art An inscrutable Aura removes all aggro and increases Critical Rate.	-	90 ~ 65.7
Spirit Breath	22	Ether Art Aura that removes debuffs and grants Haste.	-	45 ~ 20.7
Soaring Tempest	44	Physical Art Spin up into the air, striking foes all around with shockwaves.	60 ~ 114	90 ~ 49.5
Thunder	40	Ether Art A pulse attacks enemies behind. If used with an Aura, forces Daze.	250 ~ 403	40 ~ 22
Demon Slayer	56	Physical Art A powerful attack on one enemy reverberates to all others.	300 ~ 453	120 ~ 87.6
Blinding Blossom	24	Ether Art Impressive exploits draw aggro from a party member to Dunban.	-	30 ~ 21.9

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Dunban Skill Trees and Skills

Bravery Skill Tree

Bravery

Wisdom

Prudence

Enthusiasm

Obstinance

Effect		How to Unlock
Counter Rate Up		Default Skill Tree unlocked when Dunban becomes playable.
0	1	2	3	4	5
2%	4%	6%	8%	10%	15%

Bravery Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Medium Equipment	Allows medium weight armour to be equipped.	-	10
Invincible Hero	In battle, boosts strength when HP is at max (10%).	700	6
Warrior's Ambition	Increases tension after successful Battle Start Affinity (25).	1000	8
Overwhelming	Increases aggro drawn by when dealing damage (10%).	2000	2
Hero's Valour	Grants HP Up buff at start of battle (20%, 40 sec).	3500	3

Wisdom Skill Tree

Bravery

Wisdom

Prudence

Enthusiasm

Obstinance

Effect		How to Unlock
Agility Up		Default Skill Tree unlocked when Dunban becomes playable.
0	1	2	3	4	5
2	5	8	10	12	15

Wisdom Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Spiritual Awakening	Greatly increases aggro when no armour is equipped (25%).	300	2
Reckless Abandon	Increases agility when HP is at half (15%).	700	8
Twin Swords	Increases chance of a double attack (5%).	1000	18
Natural Born Warrior	Reduces weight of equipment (5).	2000	5
Inner Peace	Greatly increases agility with no armour equipped (30%).	3500	18

Prudence Skill Tree

Bravery

Wisdom

Prudence

Enthusiasm

Obstinance

Effect		How to Unlock
Block Rate Up		Default Skill Tree unlocked when Dunban becomes playable.
0	1	2	3	4	5
2%	4%	6%	8%	10%	15%

Prudence Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Sustained Spirit	Extends the duration of auras (10 sec).	300	28
Steel Protection	Reduces the effects of Spike attacks (20%).	700	30
Mind of the Warrior	Reduces depletion rate of Party Gauge outside of battle (1).	1000	2
Lightweight Expert	Improves physical and ether def. of light equipment (15%).	2000	28
Critical Drain	Restores HP when dealing a critical hit (2%).	3500	50

Enthusiasm Skill Tree

Bravery

Wisdom

Prudence

Enthusiasm

Obstinance

Effect		How to Unlock
Strength Up		Acquired through completing the Stunted Growth Side Quest.
0	1	2	3	4	5
10	30	40	50	70	100

Enthusiasm Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Charge Acceleration	Grants Haste buff at start of battle (30%, 15 sec)	200	8
Counter Rage	Increases chance of a counter-attack (10%).	500	6
Ardent Strike	Increases tension gained after a critical hit (10).	800	7
Deadly Determination	Increases tension gained when using Arts (10).	1000	48
Blazing Aura	Fills Party Gauge when activating an Aura (20).	1500	43

Obstinance Skill Tree

Bravery

Wisdom

Prudence

Enthusiasm

Obstinance

Effect		How to Unlock
Physical Defense Up		Acquired through completing the The Balance of Power Side Quest.
0	1	2	3	4	5
5	10	20	30	40	50

Obstinance Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Equipment Expert	Greatly reduces weight of equipment (10).	200	10
Gentleman's Valour	Grants HP Up buff at start of battle (30%, 40 sec).	500	12
Heavy Equipment	Allows heavy weight armour to be equipped	800	15
Body of Steel	Reduces physical damage taken (15%).	1000	49
Solid Foundation	Grants immunity to Blow-Down attacks.	1500	45

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Best and Worst Gifts For Dunban

Best Gifts for Dunban

Collectable	Affinity Points	Area
Love Source	100	Other
Prairie Dragonfly	20	Colony 9
Death Bangle	18	Bionis' Leg
Angel Engine Y	18	Other
Gold Condenser	18	Sword Valley
Blue Gear Shard	18	Satorl Marsh

Worst Gifts for Dunban

Collectable	Affinity Points	Area
Ether Plum	-20	Valak Mountain
Soft Sea Cucumber	-16	Makna Forest
Blood Worm	-16	Bionis' Interior
Cute Parsnip	-16	Satorl Marsh
Death Lychee	-14	Prison Island
Dark Grape	-14	Tephra Cave

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Dunban Artwork

The following official artwork for Dunban from Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition was released by the official Nintendo Twitter Page and Japanese Xenoblade Twitter Page.

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Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition Characters

List of Playable Characters

Xenoblade Characters
Shulk	Reyn	Fiora	Dunban
Sharla	Riki	Melia	-