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Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition
Elma Best Build
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This is Elma's Best Build guide for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. See the best build for Elma, check out the best arts and skills for Elma, as well as her best role during combat in this guide!
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Elma Best Arts and Skills
Best Arts for Elma
※ Hover over the arts and skills to see their names and effects
| Arts (Left) |
 Thirsty Edge Requires TP + Restores HP when landing melee attacks (Unlocked at Class Rank: 2)
 Primer Grants Critical Power + Boosts TP (Unlocked at Class Rank: 8)
 Electric Surge Deals Ether damage + increases damage with lower HP (Unlocked at Class Rank: 1)
 Shadowstrike Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Stagger + Boosts damage from behind. (Unlocked at Class Rank: 0)
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| Arts (Right) |
 Hundred Shells Requires TP + deals weapon damage + Boosts Damage from behind (Unlocked at Class Rank: 8)
 Sliding Slinger Deals weapon damage + From the side: Boosts TP (Unlocked at Class Rank: 2)
 Side Slash Deals weapon damage + inflicts Fatique + From the side: Boosts damage (Unlocked at Class Rank: 1)
 Ghost Factory Requires TP + Grants Decoy (Unlocked at Class Rank: 0)
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These arts focus on Elma's melee capabilties, allowing her to fully utilize her role as a DPS, but requires strategic positioning during combat. Thirsty Edge gives her survivavbility, restoring her HP upon hitting enemies with melee attacks. This can be swapped out for Killing Machine if you need more melee damage and accuracy.
Her Ghost Factory art improves her overall efficiency as a party member, as it grants Decoy to nearby allies, essentially allowing the whole party evade a certain number of attacks.
Best Skills for Elma
| Rank | Skill | Effect & Class |
|---|---|---|
| 11 |
 Background Noise
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Boosts damage when using melee Arts from behind. |
| 13 |
 Master Edge
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Boosts critical rate when using a melee weapon |
| 15 |
 Mortal Enemy
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Increases damage against Humanoids |
| 17 |
 Crisis Catalyst
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Increases critical hit rate when max HP is less than 50%. Double when max HP is less than 25% |
These skills will synergize well with her selected arts above, enhancing her combat prowess when using melee weapons. Crisis Catalyst synergizes well with Electric Surge upon getting Elma's HP lower than 25% if possible.
Mortal Enemy can be swapped to Hellhound to increase Overdrive duration.
List of All Skills and Effects
Best Role During Combat
Decoy Spam and Average DPS
Elma is heavily reliant on positioning to deal damage, as her arts and skills center around maximizing damage when attacking from the side or from behind. One of her use cases would be to spam Ghost Factory to grant Decoy, but will require her to sustain TP for this art.
This makes her a hit-or-miss as a party member, since there will be times where she fails to position herself properly, losing the damage boosts. Her kit also consists of abilities that allow her to increase her damage when her HP is below 50%.
Best Characters Tier List and Party Members
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