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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
Elma Heart to Hearts and How to Recruit
★ Missions: Normal | Basic | Affinity
☆ Tier List: Characters, Classes, Skells
★ Best Divisions | How to Change Divisions
☆ Character Customization and Fashion Gear
★ 104 FN Site Locations | 99 Lobster Locations
☆ All Heart to Heart Locations
Elma is a Playable character in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Read on to learn more about Elma, including how to recruit Elma, her Arts and Skills, how to unlock her Alien Form, her Heart to Hearts, Questline of Affinity missions, and more!
| Elma Guides | |
|---|---|
| Elma Character Guide | Elma Best Build |
List of Contents
Elma Character Overview
Basic Information
 Elma
|
Class | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Reclaimers | ||
| Age | 29 | ||
| Voice Actor |
Caitlin Glass (EN)
Houko Kuwashima (JP) |
||
| Melee | Ranged | ||
Signature Arts
| Signature Arts | Description |
|---|---|
 Shadowstrike
|
Acquired Rank: 1 Effect Range: Target: Single Enemy Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Stagger, Boosts damage from behind. |
 Ghost Factory
|
Acquired Rank: 13 Effect Range: Target: Nearby Allies Requires TP, Grants Decoy |
Elma Tier Rating
| Character | Tier Rating | |
|---|---|---|
|
Elma |
▶ |
 Great
|
Elma is good due to one of her arts, Ghost Factory. This art grants Decoy which grants total evasion from certain number of attacks. What holds Elma back from being great is her inconsistent damage and also relies on repositioning her to get more out of her but Ghostwalker makes up for her shortcomings
Best Characters Tier List
Elma Heart to Hearts
Heart to Hearts and Requirements
| Lv. | Event and Location | Map Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Techie | Industrial District, West Gate |
|
Time: Afternoon |
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| 2 | Petting Zoo | Residential District, Water Purification Plant |
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Time: Night Requirements: Pet Cat Unavailable until Chapter 5 |
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| 3 | Driving Force | Commercial District, East of East Melville Street |
|
Time: Morning |
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| 4 | Friendship Treatise | Ma-non Ship, Starboard |
|
Time: Evening |
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| 5 | Going Home | BLADE Barracks, Barracks Interior |
|
Time: Night |
||
Heart to Heart Guide and Locations
Elma Alien Form
Unlock Her True Form After Chapter 12
Elma's Alien Form or True Form is an alternate appearance that can be unlocked after the events of Chapter 12. You can switch to Elma's Alien Form by navigating to Menu > System > Settings > Visual > Elma's Appearance, and selecting True Form. If you want to revert to her human appearance, switch it back to Mimeosome.
Chapter 12 Walkthrough: Into the Core
How to Recruit Elma
Automatically Joins During Prologue
Elma is recruited and automatically joins the party during the Prologue.
Prologue - Awakening Walkthrough
Elma Arts
All Unlocked Arts and Effects
| Rank | Arts | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shadowstrike
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Stagger, Boosts damage from behind. |
| 1 |
 Sliding Slinger
|
Deals weapon damage, From the side: Boosts TP |
| 2 |
 Stream Edge
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Requires TP, Deals Weapon damage, boosts damage in ranged combos |
| 3 |
 Upper Hand
|
Grants Critical Power |
| 4 |
 Early Bird
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Requires TP, Raises Critical Power tier, Boosts Crit chance, boosts evasion. |
| 5 |
 Side Slash
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Deals weapon damage, inflicts Fatique, From the side: Boosts damage |
| 6 |
 Shadowrunner
|
Requires TP, Boosts potential, From Behind: Boosts damage and disables enemy detection |
| 7 |
 Primer
|
Grants Critical Power, Boosts TP |
| 8 |
 Thirsty Edge
|
Requires TP, Restores HP when landing melee attacks |
| 9 |
 Violent Streak
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts TP with crits |
| 10 |
 Killing Machine
|
Requires TP, boosts Melee Accuracy, Boosts Melee Attack, Boosts Potential |
| 11 |
 Blood Sacrifice
|
Sacrifice 50% of current HP to gain 1000 TP |
| 12 |
 Electric Surge
|
Deals Ether damage, increases damage with lower HP |
| 13 |
Ghost Factory
|
Requires TP, Grants Decoy |
| 14 |
 Executioner
|
Requires TP, Deals Weapon damage, boosts damage in ranged combos |
| 15 |
 Hundred Shells
|
Requires TP, deals weapon damage, Boosts Damage from behind |
Elma Skills
All Unlocked Skills and Effects
| Rank | Skill | Effect & Class |
|---|---|---|
| 7 |
 Agile Gunslinger
|
Boosts evasion while wielding a ranged weapon. |
| 9 |
 Steady Hand
|
Boosts ranged accuracy |
| 11 |
 Background Noise
|
Boosts damage when using melee Arts from behind. |
| 13 |
 Master Edge
|
Boosts critical rate when using a melee weapon |
| 15 |
 Mortal Enemy
|
Increases damage against Humanoids |
| 16 |
 Hellhound
|
Extends the duration of Overdrive |
| 17 |
 Crisis Catalyst
|
Increases critical hit rate when max HP is less than 50%. Double when max HP is less than 25% |
| 18 |
 Phantom Counter
|
Adds to the counter upon starting Overdrive |
Elma Soul Voices
All Soul Voices and Effects
| Soul Voice | Voice Line | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Draw Melee | “They're off guard. Stagger them with a melee attack!” | Inflict Stagger 1 |
| Draw Ranged | “Engaging! Lay down some fire for me!” | +50% extra damage |
| Opening Art | “Get in close and land a blow!” | +100% extra damage, or +200% if hitting from behind |
| HP Risk | “They're tough. Patch me up!” | +50% extra healing from soul voice |
| HP Peril | “I'm in trouble. Heal me!” | +100% extra healing from soul voice, or 300% on rare occasions |
| Last Words | “Just... one more...” | +500 TP per hit |
| Heavy Hitter | “Now! Melee attacks!” | +50% extra damage |
| Dismemberer | “Appendage destroyed! Move in and strike!” | +150% extra damage, or +400% if hitting from behind |
| Underdog | “We're up against a big target. Buff up now!” | Buff art has a +1 Tier increase, and grants Invincibility I |
| Artful Execution | “Nice! Move in and strike!” | +50% extra damage, or +100% if hitting from behind |
| Aura Ready | “Use an aura! Get control of the battle!” | +50% extra healing from soul voice, and cooldown of activating art reduced by 20% |
| Activate Overdrive | “Follow me! Overdrive!” | +10 seconds to Overdrive |
| Finishing Blow | “Hostile neutralized. Switch to close-range combat!” | Art cooldown duration is halved |
| Untouchable | “Now that's how to evade. You can do it!” | Grants Decoy III |
| Critical Combination | “That put a dent in 'em. Move in and keep the rhythm going!” | +10% critical chance boost, and grants Critical Power II |
| Daredevil | “I have to stay in this. Help me!” | +25% extra damage and +100 TP per hit |
Elma Questline
Affinity Missions and Requirements
| Mission | Unlock Details |
|---|---|
| A Day in the Life |
Location: Administrative District Requirements: ・The Ganglion Menace |
| Spy Games |
Location: Administrative District Requirements: ・Treachery |
| Prospective Partners |
Location: Administrative District Requirements: ・Warriors of Wroth ・Spy Games ・Survey 18% of Planet Mira |
| A Challenger Approaches |
Location: Administrative District Requirements: ・The Zu Pharg Menace ・Prospective Partners |
| Lionhearted |
Location: Cauldros Requirements: ・Into the Core ・A Challenger Approaches |
| Then and Now |
Location: Administrative District Requirements: ・Into the Core ・We Were Soldiers ・Affinity: Elma (4 hearts) |
Xenoblade Chronicles X Related Guides
List of All Characters
| List of Characters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Cross
|
Elma
|
 Lin
|
 Nagi
|
 Irina
|
 Gwin
|
 Doug
|
 Lao
|
 L
|
 Frye
|
 Boze
|
 Celica
|
 Alexa
|
 H.B.
|
 Mia
|
 Murderess
|
 Phog
|
 Yelv
|
 Hope
|
 Neilnail
|
 Liesel
|
 Ga Jiarg
|
 Al
| |
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