Pause Buff Timer

Pause Buff Timer is a in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. For the duration, the timer on the affected character's other active buffs will not decrease.

At base, Pause Buff Timer lasts 20 seconds; this can be increased to 40 seconds with buff-duration-increasing effects. Effects that increase buff strength, such as Swelling Blessing, do not affect this buff. Using Pause Buff Timer on a character with Pause Buff Timer will not result in the first Pause Buff Timer being paused; instead, the usual rules for buff-overwriting will occur (the buff will be overwritten only if the new buff's duration is longer than the total duration remaining on the current instance). However, Unceasing Blessing does pause the timer on Pause Buff Timer.

Pause Buff Timer is without doubt extremely useful. Most buffs last only approximately half a minute before expiring, and many of the best ones — and  in particular — come from sources that cannot be easily refreshed. Pause Buff Timer allows for these to last entire fights, and since Resonant Flag carries over buff expiry, it is typically necessary for flagging setups to be as effective as possible.

By party members

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