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

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

Sharla Basic Information

Sharla Profile

Quick Facts
Name	Sharla
Age	21
Race	Homs
Height	168cm
Gender	Female
Weapon Type	Ether Rifle
Voice Actor (Eng.)	Kellie Bright
Voice Actor (Jp.)	Akeno Watanebe

Sharla Introduction

A survivor of the Colony 6 Mechon invasion. Sharla is the older sister of Juju, who she is very protective of. Sharla is a medic, and in battle she is able to restore HP to party members and cure status ailments.

Sharla Stats at Lv. 99

Sharla's Stats at Lv. 99

HP	Strength	Ether	Agility
4542	359	379	111

Stats Explained

Sharla Build and Usage Guide

Sharla 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 Sharla

Sharla is one of the harder characters to play as, due to her low offensive ability, and her Talent Art, which fills up as she uses Arts. Once the Talent Gauge fills up, she will be forced to use Cool Off, which will heal her, but prevent her from moving, attacking, or using arts. Cool Off can be used any time, and it will take more time when at 100%, so we recommend using it much sooner to reduce the amount of time Sharla is a sitting duck.

Heal Blast (or Heal Bullet) and Heal Round will be used to heal teammates, and Cure Bullet / Aura Bullet will be used for support. After leveling up the healing skills, be sure and spend some AP leveling up Drive Boost, since it reduces cooldown on all other arts. Due to her range, Sharla can attack from far away, even if Bind is inflicted on her. her main offensive Arts are Thunder Bullet, Head Shot, and Metal Blast. Be sure and level these up, particularly Thunder Bullet.

Recovery Up, Ether Up, and HP up are all good gems for boosting her support, and Electric Plus is essential for maximizing the effect of Thunder Bullet. Devotion or Affection are her best skill trees, and be sure to link skills that shorten cooldown. Link to Fiora's skill Explosion of Energy, which will increase tension each time the Talent Art is used.

Sharla as an AI

Sharla as an AI will focus on healing members and providing support, as well as keeping her aggro down. Make sure to have Heal Blast (or Heal Bullet) and Heal Round set, as well as Cure Bullet and Aura Bullet for support, initially prioritizing leveling up the healing skills. If set, Sharla will also use Tranquilizer to inflict sleep on enemies that aren't targeted, or ones that come after her.

In chain attacks, Head Shot Metal Blast will be the best damage options. If Shield Bullet is set, you can warn Sharla to use it on a party member targeted in a vision to reduce the damage.

Sharla Arts

Name	Lv. Learnt	Effect	Power (%)	CD (sec.)
Cool Off	1	Ether Art Cools an overheated Ether gun.	-	-
Heal Bullet	1	Ether Art A shot of recovery ether, restoring some HP to target.	198 ~ 549	25 ~ 18.2
Thunder Bullet	1	Ether Art Two-hit combo, critical against flying enemies.	90 ~ 207	20 ~ 11
Shield Bullet	1	Ether Art Releases a special barrier of ether that absorbs some damage.	-	90 ~ 49.5
Cure Bullet	1	Ether Art Removes debuffs from target and grants temporary debuff immunity.	-	30 ~ 16.5
Drive Boost	50	Ether Art Reduces cooldown of all Arts except Drive Boost.	-	120 ~ 66
Heal Blast	14	Ether Art A shot of recovery ether, restoring a large amount of HP to target.	330 ~ 924	90 ~ 33.3
Heal Round	18	Ether Art Shoot recovery ether into the air, restoring HP to the entire party.	220 ~ 616	60 ~ 49.2
Head Shot	42	Physical Art A critical hit, inflicting Instant Death on enemies suffering Daze.	300 ~ 453	120 ~ 33.6
Metal Blast	16	Physical Art Shoot a powerful bullet in a straight line, inflicting Break.	120 ~ 255	60 ~ 49.2
Aura Bullet	34	Ether Art A special ether bullet that extends the duration of an Aura.	-	60 ~ 38.4
Heat Bullet	22	Ether Art Releases special ether bullet that increases the tension of the party.	-	30 ~ 16.5
Head Shaker	30	Physical Art Pistol whip the enemy, inflicting Daze.	200 ~ 380	90 ~ 57.6
Covert Stance	26	Ether Art Aura that stops you gaining aggro, reducing attacks from enemies.	-	45 ~ 32.8
Heal Counter	38	Ether Art Create a special ether barrier that restores HP when attacked.	-	60 ~ 43.8
Tranquilliser	12	Ether Art An ether bullet with hypnotic qualities, inflicting Sleep.	-	40 ~ 22
Cure Round	46	Ether Art Removes debuffs, grants a period of debuff immunity to the party.	-	45 ~ 24.8

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Sharla Skill Trees and Skills

Devotion Skill Tree

Devotion

Perseverance

Confidence

Affection

Reliance

Effect		How to Unlock
Ether Up		Default Skill Tree unlocked when Sharla becomes playable.
0	1	2	3	4	5
5	10	20	30	40	50

Devotion Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Medium Equipment	Allows medium weight armour to be equipped.	-	10
Medical Knowledge	Greatly boosts power of Healing Arts in chain attacks (25%).	700	12
Long-Range	Extends range of long-distance Arts (5).	1000	-
Always Ready	Increases agility (10).	2000	14
Rapid Healing	Reduces cooldown of Healing Arts (15%).	3500	-

Perseverance Skill Tree

Devotion

Perseverance

Confidence

Affection

Reliance

Effect		How to Unlock
Physical Defense Up		Default Skill Tree unlocked when Sharla becomes playable.
0	1	2	3	4	5
5	10	20	30	40	50

Perseverance Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Firm Defence	Boosts physical defence (5%).	300	18
Ether Expansion	Increases ether (25).	700	8
Solid Defence	Grants Physical Defence Up buff at start of battle (20%, 30 sec).	1000	6
Ether Unleashed	Increases ether when HP is at half (15%).	2000	2
Ultimate Sniper	Reduces the duration of Cool Off (50%).	3500	-

Confidence Skill Tree

Devotion

Perseverance

Confidence

Affection

Reliance

Effect		How to Unlock
Strength Up		Default Skill Tree unlocked when Sharla becomes playable.
0	1	2	3	4	5
10	30	40	50	70	100

Confidence Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Ether Assault	Increases damage dealt by ether Arts attacks (20%).	300	20
Initial Endurance	Grants Physical Protect to party with Battle Start Affinity (20%, 30sec).	700	7
Middleweight Expert	Improves phys. and ether defence of medium weight armour (10%).	1000	47
Adrenaline	Increases tension when taking damage (5).	2000	48
Heavy Equipment	Allows heavy weight armour to be equipped.	3500	30

Affection Skill Tree

Devotion

Perseverance

Confidence

Affection

Reliance

Effect		How to Unlock
HP Up		Acquired through completing the Stopping the Elopement Side Quest.
0	1	2	3	4	5
2%	5%	8%	10%	12%	15%

Affection Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Vote of Confidence	Improves Healing Arts after being warned of a vision (25%).	200	-
Bedside Manner	Healing Arts restore more HP (10%).	500	5
Hearty Cry	Heals the party slightly after a successful Burst Affinity (10%).	800	44
Shield of Kindness	Grants Ether Protect buff with Battle Start Affinity (25%, 30 sec).	1000	10
Miracle of Love	Heals remaining party members when Incapacitated (20%).	1500	25

Reliance Skill Tree

Devotion

Perseverance

Confidence

Affection

Reliance

Effect		How to Unlock
Ether Defence Up		Acquired through completing the Avenge a Mamapon's Death Side Quest.
0	1	2	3	4	5
5	10	20	30	40	50

Reliance Skills

Skill	Effect	SP	Coins
Memory of Gadolt	Improves block rate (10%).	200	-
Vendetta	Increases chance of a counter-attack (15%).	500	11
Decisive Follow-Up	Grants Ether Up buff when an ally defeats an enemy (20%, 30 sec).	800	10
Revenge	Strength Up and Phys Def Up when an ally is Incapacitated (50%, 30 sec)	1000	11
Ether Explosion	Greatly increases ether (75).	1500	25

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Best and Worst Gifts For Sharla

Best Gifts for Sharla

Collectable	Affinity Points	Area
Love Source	100	Other
Sour Gooseberry	24	Bionis' Leg
Fire Apple	22	Valak Mountain
Spicy Nut	18	Frontier Village
Bright Fig	18	Tephra Cave
Fire Pepper	18	Sword Valley

Worst Gifts for Sharla

Collectable	Affinity Points	Area
Wheel Lurker	-14	Galahad Fortress
Water Boatman	-14	Mechonis Field
Ultramarine Ant	-12	Galahad Fortress
Shield Bug	-12	Makna Forest
Brown Butterfly	-12	Tephra Cave
Mud Squirrel	-12	Valak Mountain

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Sharla Artwork

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

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