Hero Time

Hero Time is one of 's aura s in Xenoblade Chronicles. When activated, it applies a buff to nearby allies that prevents tension from decreasing for the aura's duration. In addition, a random stat of Riki's is increased by a large amount for the duration.

Overview
Hero Time is just blanketly a good aura to have up as much as possible, which is easily possible due to its 2:1 uptime ratio, and at level 6 its duration matches its cooldown. The tension protection is very strong, not only halting any negative snowballing from starting or continuing, but keeping the team at high or very high tension despite things that might drop it back down to normal. Next to that the stat boost is almost a sidenote, since its randomness makes it hard to plan around - but its sheer power manes that Riki will be jumping between being a powerhouse, a beefcake, and an unhittable mirage.

Additional data
The buff Riki receives appears to be an even chance between five options:, , , , and.