Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition - Complete Overdrive Guide

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition's combat system is complex, incorporating numerous mechanics. While largely based on its predecessor, it introduces unique systems, one of the most significant being Overdrive. This guide explains how to unlock and master this powerful, real-time combat mechanic.

Unlocking Overdrive:

Overdrive isn't immediately available. To unlock it, you must complete Chapter Five, "Ma-non Maneuvers." After completing this chapter, Overdrive, along with other features, becomes accessible. Practice battles in the Blade Barracks' Customization Center provide a safe environment to learn Overdrive.

Using Overdrive:

Unlike previous games' pause-based Chain Attacks, Overdrive operates in real-time, lasting only a few seconds. With 3,000 Tension Points (TP), activate Overdrive via the central button on your Arts Palette. A countdown begins; maximize your Arts usage within this timeframe.

Overdrive offers several advantages:

• Initial damage burst.
• Access to tertiary cooldowns.
• Reduced cooldown times for all Arts.
• Weapon-agnostic Art cooldowns.
• Increased damage output and reduced enemy debuff resistances.

Strategic Overdrive use amplifies these benefits. The key is to extend Overdrive duration as long as possible.

Color Combinations:

Each Art has a color signifying its type:

• Orange: Melee attack
• Yellow: Ranged attack
• Blue: Aura
• Purple: Debuff
• Green: Buff/Healing

These colors are crucial for Soul Voices and Overdrive. Specific Art color sequences trigger unique effects:

Color Combos	Effect	Description
Green - Any Color	Double Overdrive Count	The 'Any Color' Art increases the counter by double the hits.
Purple - Any Color	Appendage Damage Up	The 'Any Color' Art deals 50% more appendage damage.
Blue - Green	HP Recovery	Restores 10% HP.
Blue - Purple	Debuff Time Extended	Extends debuff duration by 25%.
Orange - Orange - Orange	EXP Up	Increases EXP earned by 10% (stackable to 200%).
Yellow - Yellow - Yellow	Class EXP Up	Increases Class EXP earned by 10% (stackable to 200%).

These bonuses are in addition to the Arts' standard effects.

Building the Counter:

The central button displays a timer and the Hits Counter. This counter increases with each hit (an Art dealing five hits adds five points). Using the same type of attack Art consecutively builds the counter. To maintain the combo when switching attack types (e.g., from Orange to Yellow), use a Blue, Green, or Purple Art in between.

The Hits Counter (maxing at 100) provides escalating bonuses: increased damage, reduced cooldowns, decreased enemy debuff resistances, extended Overdrive duration, and TP bonuses. Delaying powerful Arts until a higher Hits Counter maximizes their impact.

Refreshing Overdrive:

While the Hits Counter extends Overdrive, a more powerful method involves accumulating another 3,000 TP during Overdrive. Reactivating Overdrive adds 20 seconds, preserving existing bonuses. Reactivate as soon as 3,000 TP is available.

Party Overdrive:

Each party member can activate Overdrive independently. Simultaneous Overdrive activation provides party-wide bonuses:

• Two members: Soul Voices trigger 50% more often.
• Three members: 50 TP per Art hit.
• Four members: 50% damage reduction and Super Armor.

Using Overdrive in a Skell:

Skell Overdrive is similar, but with differences:

• No Skell fuel is consumed for Arts.
• Higher Cockpit Mode activation chance.

Skell Overdrive has a round-based system (up to six rounds). Cockpit Mode appearances (each increasing the chance of another round by 20%) significantly influence the number of rounds.

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