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Battle Arts are your character's special abilities used during combat in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Read on for a full list of all Battle Arts and know their effects in this guide!
List of Contents
| Arts | Class | Effect |
|---|---|---|
Flame Grenade
|
Drifter
|
Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Blaze + VS. Toppled Targets: boosts damage |
Assault Hammer
|
Drifter
|
Deals physical damage, Inflicts Topple |
Chrome Armor
|
Drifter
|
Grants Physical Res. Up |
Slit Edge
|
Drifter
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage from side |
Infuriate
|
Drifter
|
Inflicts Taunt |
Recuperate
|
Drifter
|
Boosts Evasion, Heals HP over time |
Rising Blade
|
Striker
|
Deals weapon damage, boosts damage when taunted |
Defensive Stance
|
Striker
|
Reduces damage taken, restores HP over time, reduces total melee attack |
Power Dive
|
Striker
|
Grants Supercharge, Grants total evasion during execution |
Tornado Blade
|
Striker
|
Deals weapon damage, With an aura: Boosts TP |
Furious Blast
|
Striker
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage in melee combos |
Magnum Edge
|
Striker
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Physical Res Down |
Shadowstrike
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Stagger, Boosts damage from behind. |
Ghost Factory
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Requires TP, Grants Decoy |
Offensive Stance
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Requires TP, boosts Melee Accuracy, boosts Melee Attack, Increases Damage Taken |
Burst Grenade
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Requires TP, deals Thermal Damage, Inflicts Blaze, +Damage to Toppled |
Decoy Round
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Inflicts Taunt, Boosts TP with Morale |
Flash Grenade
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Deals Electric Damage, Inflicts Blackout |
Medic Free
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Requires TP, boosts Debuff Resist, Revives on Incapacitation |
Assault Breaker
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Deals Physical Damage, Stuns when behind |
Burning Slash
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Deals Thermal Damage, Inflicts Thermal Res Down |
Incendiary Edge
|
Duelist
|
Requires TP, Deals Thermal Damage, Boosts Melee Combo damage |
Gunforce
|
Duelist
|
Requires TP, boosts Ranged Attack, critical chance, reduces secondary cooldown |
Takedown Shot
|
Duelist
|
Deals Weapon Damage, Inflicts Topple vs. Mechanoids |
Samurai Soul
|
Duelist
|
Requires TP, adds AOE damage to melee auto attacks, increases auto-attack damage, reduces secondary cooldown. |
Last Stand
|
Duelist
|
Requires TP, boosts Ally TP |
Wild Down
|
Shield Trooper
|
Requires TP, deals weapon damage, Inflicts Topple |
| Missile Volley |
Shield Trooper
|
Deals Thermal Damage, Inflicts Thermal Res Down |
Flame Cloak
|
Shield Trooper
|
Grants Thermal Res Up |
Iron Prison
|
Shield Trooper
|
Requires TP, Grants Physical Res Up, Enables Proximity Spike Damage |
Wild Smash
|
Shield Trooper
|
Deals weapon damage, boosts damage vs toppled targets |
Trash Talk
|
Shield Trooper
|
Inflicts Taunt, Boosts TP with Morale |
Bullet Storm
|
Shield Trooper
|
Deals Weapon Damage, inflicts Flinch on Humanoids |
Hellfire
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Requires TP, deals weapon damage, with an aura: boosts damage |
Shield Wall
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Grants Barrier |
Enhanced Stand
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Requires TP, boosts auto-attack damage, continually restores HP |
Reality Rift
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Deals Weapon Damage, Inflicts Slow Arts |
Thermal Payload
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Requires TP, deals Thermal Damage, Boosts Damage vs. Toppled |
Bombardier
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Deals Thermal Damage, Inflicts Blaze |
Cool Off
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Removes debuffs, With an aura: Consumes Aura to yield TP |
Supershield
|
Bastion Warrior
|
Requires TP, Reflects Physical Attacks, reduces damage taken, Nullifies Stun |
Back Slash
|
Commando
|
Deals Weapon Damage, From Behind: Boosts Damage |
Early Bird
|
Commando
|
Requires TP, Raises Critical Power tier, Boosts Crit chance, boosts evasion. |
Stream Edge
|
Commando
|
Requires TP, Deals Weapon damage, boosts damage in ranged combos |
Sliding Slinger
|
Commando
|
Deals weapon damage, From the side: Boosts TP |
Upper Hand
|
Commando
|
Grants Critical Power |
Shadowrunner
|
Commando
|
Requires TP, Boosts potential, From Behind: Boosts damage and disables enemy detection |
Side Slash
|
Winged Viper
|
Deals weapon damage, inflicts Fatique, From the side: Boosts damage |
Thirsty Edge
|
Winged Viper
|
Requires TP, Restores HP when landing melee attacks |
Violent Streak
|
Winged Viper
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts TP with crits |
Blood Sacrifice
|
Winged Viper
|
Sacrifice 50% of current HP to gain 1000 TP |
Killing Machine
|
Winged Viper
|
Requires TP, boosts Melee Accuracy, Boosts Melee Attack, Boosts Potential |
Primer
|
Winged Viper
|
Grants Critical Power, Boosts TP |
Electric Surge
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Deals Ether damage, increases damage with lower HP |
Ghostwalker
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Grants Decoy, grants total evasion during execution |
Executioner
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Requires TP, Deals Weapon damage, boosts damage in ranged combos |
Combat Limbo
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Grants Effect Stasis |
Hundred Shells
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Requires TP, deals weapon damage, Boosts Damage from behind |
Arcing Horn
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals electric damage, Inflicts Electric Res Down, Boosts damage in melee combos |
Shrapnel
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts appendage damage |
Eagle Eye
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Grants Ranged Accuracy Up, Grants Ranged Attack Up |
Raijin
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Requires TP, Boosts critical chance, Restores HP when using Arts, Reflects electric attacks. |
First Down
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Topple vs. humanoids |
Spiral Horn
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Physical Res Down, Boost damage in melee combos |
Intercept
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Stun |
Overwhelm
|
Astral Crusader
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Fatigue, Increases damage at High HP |
Hawkeye
|
Astral Crusader
|
Grants Critical Power |
Speed Demon
|
Astral Crusader
|
Requires TP, reduces cooldown when sprinting, restores HP |
Sidewinder
|
Astral Crusader
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Debuff Res Down |
Hair Trigger
|
Astral Crusader
|
Grants Supercharge |
Ghost Sniper
|
Astral Crusader
|
Requires TP, boosts crit chance, boost TP with criticals, boost ranged accuracy |
Trident Buster
|
Astral Crusader
|
Requires TP, Deals electric damage, Inflicts Shock, Boosts damage in Ranged Combos |
Beam Barrage
|
Enforcer
|
Deals weapon damage, With an aura: Boosts damage |
Repair
|
Enforcer
|
Removes debuffs, Restores HP |
Myopic Screen
|
Enforcer
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Blackout |
Full Specs
|
Enforcer
|
Requires TP, boosts potential, Boosts Ranged Attack, Boosts Ether Resistance |
Screamer
|
Psycorruptor
|
Inflicts Sleep |
Subterfuge
|
Psycorruptor
|
Inflicts Debuff Res Down |
Absorber Skin
|
Psycorruptor
|
Grants Barrier |
Ether Blast
|
Psycorruptor
|
Requires TP, Deals Ether Damage, With an Aura: Boosts Damage |
Brainjack
|
Psycorruptor
|
Requires TP, Seizes control of target enemy and turns it friendly |
Dispel
|
Mastermind
|
Requires TP, Deals Ether damage, randomly removes one buff from target |
Gravity Blast
|
Mastermind
|
Deals Gravity Damage, inflicts Topple |
Gravity Cloak
|
Mastermind
|
Grants Gravity Res Up |
Servant Sacrifice
|
Mastermind
|
Boosts HP and TP when controlling a target, Sometimes destroys target |
Energy Source
|
Mastermind
|
Requires TP, Boosts TP boosts potential |
Black Butterfly
|
Mastermind
|
Deals Ether Damage, Inflicts Ether Res Down, Shortens Aura Effect Time |
Pathogen Blast
|
Mastermind
|
Inflicts Virus |
Starfall Blade
|
Blast Fencer
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage in melee combos |
Stellar Ray
|
Blast Fencer
|
Deals weapon damage, Inflicts Beam Res Down, With an Aura: Boosts Damage |
Geolibrium
|
Blast Fencer
|
Requires TP, Boosts Beam Resistance, Continually restores HP, Nullifies Terrain Effects |
Lightning Cloak
|
Blast Fencer
|
Grants Electric Res Up |
Starfall Rondo
|
Blast Fencer
|
Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage in melee combos |
Jetstream
|
Blast Fencer
|
Deals Ether Damage, inflicts Stun |
Astrolibrium
|
Blast Fencer
|
Requires TP, Reflects Beam Attacks, Boosts Beam damage |
Shooting Star
|
Blast Fencer
|
Deals Electric Damage, Inflicts Shock |
Astral Heal
|
Galactic Knight
|
Requires TP, Restores HP, Restores Appendage HP when in Skell |
Astral Protection
|
Galactic Knight
|
Requires TP, Boosts all Attribute Resistance, Restores HP when using Arts |
Starfall Blossom
|
Galactic Knight
|
Deals Weapon Damage, Boosts TP from Front |
Astral Purge
|
Galactic Knight
|
Removes Debuffs |
Novalibrium
|
Galactic Knight
|
Requires TP, Grants Supercharge on taking damage, enable counter spike damage |
Starlight Kick
|
Galactic Knight
|
Requires TP, deals Gravity Damage, Inflicts Topple |
Astral Horizon
|
Galactic Knight
|
Requires TP, Grants Astral Heal and Astral Purge to all Allies, Expands AOE radius |
Galactic Cataclysm
|
Galactic Knight
|
Requires TP, deals Beam Damage, With Aura: Boosts Damage |
Master Gunner
|
Blast Fencer
|
Boosts appendage damage, potential, ranged attack |
Essence Exchange
|
Blast Fencer
|
Swaps current HP and TP values |
Sky High
|
Winged Viper
|
Deals physical damage, inflicts Stun, deals more damage when triggering melee combo |
Crisis Zone
|
Winged Viper
|
Reduces auto-attack cooldown, inflicts damage over time, damage scales with low HP |
True Stream Edge
|
Duelist
|
Deals weapon damage, grants TP when at morale level 1 or higher |
Blossom Dance
|
Duelist
|
Deals weapon damage, inflicts stagger, ignores enemy attribute resistances |
Seventh Edge
|
Winged Viper
|
Deals weapon damage, increases TP when triggering melee combo |
Gravity Lunge
|
Winged Viper
|
Deals gravity damage, inflicts Topple, does more damage when triggering melee combo |
Beam Bomber
|
Psycorruptor
|
Deals weapon damage, increased damage with active aura |
Clarity Ray
|
Psycorruptor
|
Grants Ether Res Up |
Drum Roll
|
Shield Trooper
|
Deals weapon damage, inflicts Physical Res Down, does more damage when triggering melee combo |
Fire Carnival
|
Shield Trooper
|
Deals thermal damage targeting random appendages |
Balance Breaker
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, inflicts stagger when triggering melee combo |
Afterburner
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, deals more damage when triggering ranged combo |
Dual Dynamo
|
Shield Trooper
|
Boosts Melee and Ranged Attack and Potential |
Mindstorm
|
Shield Trooper
|
Grants Potential Up |
Quick Cannon
|
Psycorruptor
|
Deals thermal damage, inflicts Blaze, deals more damage when triggering melee combo |
Smooth Recovery
|
Psycorruptor
|
Restores HP, Grants Evasion Up |
Tacit Censure
|
Psycorruptor
|
Inflicts Virus |
Secondary Speed
|
Psycorruptor
|
Reduces Secondary and Auto-Attack Cooldown |
Flamehand
|
Shield Trooper
|
Boosts debuff resist, adds Ether counter range spike damage, immunity to terrain damage |
Atomic Hit
|
Shield Trooper
|
Deals weapon damage, deals additional damage to appendages |
Grenade Blitz
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Deals thermal damage |
Ultraslash
|
Samurai Gunner
|
Deals weapon damage |
| Titan Recharge |
Samurai Gunner
|
Negates enemy damage reflection, reduces secondary cooldown, recovers HP when expiring |
| Bullet Twister |
Samurai Gunner
|
Does weapon damage, increases TP with active aura |
Phenomenon
|
Blast Fencer
|
Does Ether damage, inflicts Ether Res Down |
Starlight Duster
|
Blast Fencer
|
Does weapon damage, inflicts Gravity Res Down, deals more damage when triggering melee combo |
Black Bane
|
Psycorruptor
|
Does Ether damage, multiplying per debuff on the enemy |
Zero Zero
|
Psycorruptor
|
Deals weapon damage, increases TP when triggering melee combo |
| Slayonet |
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals Weapon damage, does additional damage when triggering melee combo |
| Vortex |
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals electric damage, Inflicts Stun in Melee combos |
Maximum Voltage
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Requires TP, Deals weapon damage, Boosts damage after losing Skell |
Overclock
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Requires TP, Restores HP when using Arts, boosts fuel recovery of parked skills |
Effect Charge
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, Ensures special effect of next positional or combo-based Art |
Mind Shift
|
Partisan Eagle
|
Deals weapon damage, Removes enemy debuffs and boosts TP based on debuff tiers |
Conduction Rise
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Deals ether damage, Boosts Blaze and Shock damage inflicted on enemies |
Heroic Tale
|
Full Metal Jaguar
|
Inflicts Control, Raises enemy level, Sometimes raises treasure rank |
Bahamut Wave
|
Galactic Knight
|
Deals weapon damage, spreads status debuffs |
Sky Sunder
|
Galactic Knight
|
Requires TP, Deals Beam Damage, More Debuffs on Target Increases Damage |
Howling Soul
|
Duelist
|
Deals weapon damage, Lower HP = higher damage |
Hercules Blow
|
Duelist
|
Requires TP, Boosts melee attack, ranged attack and potential, Revives random incapacitated ally |

Arts are similiar to active abilities, where you have to activate them to apply their effects. Arts are acquired upon reaching a certain class rank.

Sometimes, your teammates will call out to you, indicated by a dialogue pop-up above them. Use the corresponding Art that matches their call, indicated by the color of the dialogue's borders, to gain additional effects!

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