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Skills provide character's with a passive effects during battles. Here is a list of all Skills available in Xenoblade Chronicles X. Read on for a full list of all Skills and know their effects and how to unlock them!
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| Skill | Effect | Characters & Level | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
 Steel Flesh
|
Increases maximum HP |
 Alexa (7) Cross (2) H.B. (7) L (7) Lin (7) Nagi (7) |
Striker |
 Unwavering Courage
|
Boosts melee accuracy |
Cross (3) Frye (7) Gwin (7) |
Striker |
 Agile Gunslinger
|
Boosts evasion while wielding a ranged weapon. |
Cross (2) Elma (7) Murderess (7) Phog (7) |
Commando |
 Steady Hand
|
Boosts ranged accuracy |
 Celica (7)Cross (3)Elma (9)Phog (9) |
Commando |
 Background Noise
|
Boosts damage when using melee Arts from behind. |
Cross (5)Elma (11)Phog (11) |
Commando |
 Master Edge
|
Boosts critical rate when using a melee weapon |
 Boze (7)Cross (9)Elma (13)Phog (13) |
Commando |
 Mortal Enemy
|
Increases damage against Humanoids |
Cross (3)Elma (15)Phog (15) |
Winged Viper |
 Hellhound
|
Extends the duration of Overdrive |
Cross (10)Elma (16)Murderess (17)Phog (16) |
Winged Viper |
 Crisis Catalyst
|
Increases critical hit rate when max HP is less than 50%. Double when max HP is less than 25% |
Cross (7)Elma (17)Phog (17) |
Full Metal Jaguar |
 Phantom Counter
|
Adds to the counter upon starting Overdrive |
Cross (10)Elma (18)Phog (18) |
Full Metal Jaguar |
 Flame Trigger
|
Boosts Blaze Damage |
Cross (5)Gwin (9) |
Striker |
 Mighty Muscle
|
Boosts Melee attack |
Cross (7)Frye (9)Gwin (11)H.B. (9)L (9)Lin (9)Nagi (9) |
Striker |
 Combat Presence
|
Extends Taunt Effect |
Cross (9)H.B. (11) |
Striker |
 Dismantler
|
Grants chance of dealing more appendage damage with melee Arts |
Cross (10)Lin (11) |
Striker |
 CQC Master
|
Boosts crit chance when triggering Melee Combo |
Cross (2) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Auto Melee Boost
|
Boosts Melee Auto attack damage |
Cross (3)Gwin (13) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Iron Knuckle
|
Boosts Physical Damage |
Cross (4)Frye (11) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Healing Aura
|
Recovers HP when you use an aura |
Cross (5)Gwin (15) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Weapon Guard
|
Boosts physical res when wielding melee weapon |
Cross (6)Frye (14)Gwin (16) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Blazing Auto
|
Grants chance of inflicting Blaze 1 with Melee auto attacks |
Cross (7)Frye (16) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Theroid Slayer
|
Boosts Damage to Theroids |
Cross (9)Gwin (17) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Yamato Spirit
|
Boosts TP when using Melee Arts, bonus doubled if used with active aura |
Cross (10)Nagi (14) |
Samurai Gunner |
 Conflagrant Edge
|
Boosts Thermal Damage |
Cross (2)Gwin (18) |
Duelist |
 Aggro Boost
|
Boosts Damage to Taunted Enemies |
Cross () |
Duelist |
 Fortified Flesh
|
Boosts Max HP |
Alexa (14)Cross (5)Nagi (15) |
Duelist |
 Grand Procession
|
Boosts Party TP when activating Overdrive |
Cross (7)Nagi (17) |
Duelist |
 Thermal Shield
|
Boosts Thermal Resist when wielding a melee weapon |
Cross (2) |
Shield Trooper |
 Topple Topper
|
Reduces enemy Topple resist |
Cross (3)H.B. (13) |
Shield Trooper |
 Shield Screen
|
Reduces damage when wielding Shield |
Cross (4)H.B. (14)L (11)Lin (13) |
Shield Trooper |
 Rising Renewal
|
Boosts HP recovery when revived |
Cross (5)Frye (13)Nagi (13) |
Shield Trooper |
 Long Topple
|
Extends Topple duration |
Cross (6)H.B. (15)L (13)Lin (15) |
Shield Trooper |
 Trauma Tension
|
Grants 15% Chance to receive TP when damaged |
Cross (8)Frye (15)H.B. (16)Nagi (11) |
Shield Trooper |
 Dirty Fighter
|
Boosts melee Arts damage to Toppled enemies |
Cross (9)Lin (16) |
Shield Trooper |
 Stand Strong
|
Boosts Stagger, Topple, Knockback, and Launch resistance when wielding Shield |
Cross (10)L (15)Lin (17) |
Shield Trooper |
 Boosted Bullets
|
Boosts ranged attack |
Cross (4)Murderess (9) |
Commando |
 Combo Gunner
|
Boosts damage when triggering ranged combos |
Cross (7) |
Commando |
 Third Eye
|
Boosts TP when using ranged art; doubles gain with active aura |
Cross (8) |
Commando |
 Aura Burst
|
Extends aura timer |
Celica (11)Cross (10) |
Commando |
 Machine Gunner
|
Boosts ranged damage when fighting 2 or more enemies |
Cross (2)Frye (17)Lin (18)Nagi (16) |
Bastion Warrior |
 Heatseeker
|
Boosts critical chance when attacking enemies with Blaze |
Cross (5) |
Bastion Warrior |
 Double Spike
|
Boosts spike damage |
Cross (9)H.B. (17) |
Bastion Warrior |
 Double Reflect
|
Boosts reflect damage |
Cross (10)L (18) |
Bastion Warrior |
 Deep Fang
|
Reduces enemy debuff resistance when attacking from the side. |
Cross (2) |
Winged Viper |
 Trigger Happy
|
Reduces Arts cooldown when triggering ranged combo. |
Cross (5)Murderess (14) |
Winged Viper |
 Lifeline
|
Recovers HP when you use an aura if HP is below 50% |
Cross (7)Murderess (16) |
Winged Viper |
 Mindscape
|
Boosts Max TP |
Celica (16)Cross (9) |
Winged Viper |
 Night Vision
|
Boosts damage during nighttime |
Cross (2) |
Full Metal Jaguar |
 Zero Lapse
|
Reduces melee auto-attack cooldown |
Cross (3) |
Full Metal Jaguar |
 Red Zone
|
Boosts critical chance during Overdrive |
Celica (18)Cross (5) |
Full Metal Jaguar |
 Blood Carnival
|
Gives chance of converting portion of melee auto-attack damage to HP |
Cross (9) |
Full Metal Jaguar |
 Killshot
|
Boosts crit chance for ranged auto-attacks |
Boze (9)Cross (2) Lao (7) |
Partisan Eagle |
 Electric Guard
|
Boosts electric resist when wielding melee weapon |
Boze (11)Cross (3) |
Partisan Eagle |
 Electric Boost
|
Boosts electric damage |
Alexa (11)Boze (13)Cross (5)Lao (9) |
Partisan Eagle |
 Knock 'n' Shock
|
Chance to inflict Shock when using melee Arts |
Boze (14)Cross (7)Lao (11) |
Partisan Eagle |
 Fleet Feet
|
Boosts evasion when wielding melee weapon |
Celica (13)Cross (9) |
Partisan Eagle |
 Piscinoid Slayer
|
Boosts damage to Piscinoid enemies |
Cross (10)Lao (13) |
Partisan Eagle |
 Long Shot
|
Boosts ranged weapon range |
Cross (2)Lao (15) |
Astral Crusader |
 Unstoppable
|
Boosts resistance to Stagger, Knockback, Topple, and Launch while sprinting |
Cross (3) |
Astral Crusader |
 Quick Reload
|
Reduces cooldown for ranged auto-attacks |
Alexa (13)Boze (15)Cross (5)Lao (16) |
Astral Crusader |
 Conductive Strike
|
Boosts electric damage to Shocked enemies |
Boze (16)Cross (7)Lao (17) |
Astral Crusader |
 Electric Flesh
|
Grants 30% chance to deal electric spike damage when hit |
Cross (9) |
Astral Crusader |
 TP Overdrive
|
Boosts TP when using Arts while in Overdrive |
Alexa (15)Boze (17)Cross (10) Hope (17)Lao (18) |
Astral Crusader |
 Inner Search
|
Boosts potential |
Celica (9)Cross (2) Doug (7)Hope (7) Irina (8) Mia (7) Yelv (7) |
Enforcer |
 Beam Boost
|
Boosts beam damage |
Cross (4)Doug (9)Mia (9)Yelv (9) |
Enforcer |
 Beam Guard
|
Boosts beam resist when wielding ranged weapon |
Cross (6) |
Enforcer |
 Buff Heal
|
Recovers HP when receiving buffs |
Cross (8)Hope (9) |
Enforcer |
 Healing Touch
|
Boosts HP recovery of party members when you revive |
Cross (9)Irina (11) |
Enforcer |
 High Tension
|
Boosts maximum TP |
Alexa (9)Cross (10)Doug (11)Irina (13)Murderess (11)Yelv (11) |
Enforcer |
 Beauty Sleep
|
Extends sleep effects |
Cross (2)Irina (15)Mia (11) |
Psycorruptor |
 Brain Wall
|
When aura is active boosts Sleep, Control, Slow Arts resistance |
Cross (3) |
Psycorruptor |
 Gentle Approach
|
Chance to prevent waking Sleeping enemies when auto-attacking |
Celica (15)Cross (4) |
Psycorruptor |
 King's Decree
|
Increases Debuff Tier +1 on enemies, reduces Control res |
Cross (5)Hope (14)Irina (16) |
Psycorruptor |
 Extra Armor
|
Boost damage absorption from Barrier |
Cross (6)Mia (14) |
Psycorruptor |
 Feather Touch
|
Chance to prevent waking Sleeping enemies with Arts |
Celica (17)Cross (8)Irina (9) |
Psycorruptor |
 Unpleasant Dream
|
Boost damage to sleeping enemies |
Cross (9)Irina (17) |
Psycorruptor |
 Core Crusher
|
Removes appendage damage from Ether attacks but increases primary damage |
Cross (10) |
Psycorruptor |
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Ether Guard
|
Boosts ether resist when wielding ranged weapon |
Cross (2) |
Mastermind |
 Gravity Boost
|
Boosts gravity damage |
Cross (3)Mia (15) |
Mastermind |
 Well-Weathered
|
Boosts TP when taking weather damage |
Cross (4)Hope (11) |
Mastermind |
 Appendage Erosion
|
Boosts appendage damage for every debuff on enemy |
Cross (5) |
Mastermind |
 Resistant Flesh
|
Boosts all debuff resist |
Cross (6)Mia (16) |
Mastermind |
 Tactical Analyst
|
Reduces enemy debuff resist when connecting with attack |
Cross (7)Mia (17) |
Mastermind |
 King's Boon
|
Grants All Abilities Up to Controlled Enemies |
Cross (9)Irina (18) |
Mastermind |
 Secondary Accelerator
|
Reduces secondary cooldown |
Cross (10)Yelv (16) |
Mastermind |
 Ether Boost
|
Boosts ether damage |
Cross (2)Mia (13) |
Blast Fencer |
 Mechanoid Slayer
|
Boosts damage to Mechanoid enemies |
Cross (3)Doug (13)Hope (13)L (16)Murderess (13)Yelv (13) |
Blast Fencer |
 Knight's Soul
|
Boosts maximum TP |
Cross (5)Doug (15)Hope (15)L (17)Yelv (14) |
Blast Fencer |
 Aura Assault
|
Boosts melee attack, melee accuracy with active aura |
Cross (7)Doug (16)Murderess (15) |
Blast Fencer |
 Buff Extender
|
Extends buff duration |
Cross (9) |
Blast Fencer |
 Supreme Sword
|
Boosts damage when triggering melee combo |
Cross (10)Doug (17)Hope (16)Yelv (15) |
Blast Fencer |
 Gravity Guard
|
Boosts gravity resistance when wielding ranged weapon |
Cross (2) |
Galactic Knight |
 Fast Forward
|
Reduce Arts cooldown when triggering melee combo |
Cross (5) |
Galactic Knight |
 Stellar Entry
|
Boosts GP when boarding Skell while in Overdrive |
Alexa (16)Cross (9)Doug (18) |
Galactic Knight |
 Synchrony
|
Boosts Skell melee, ranged attack and accuracy, potential, evasion |
Alexa (17)Cross (10)Yelv (17) |
Galactic Knight |
In Xenoblade Chronicles X, Skills can be equipped to any character as long as they have Skill Slots avaiable. Unlike other characters, Cross can learn any skill in the game.
Increasing a character's Class Rank is the main method of unlocking more Skills. Once unlocked, any character can equip their unlocked skill regardless of what class they are.
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