Play Dead (XC1)

Play Dead is one of 's aura s in Xenoblade Chronicles. It involves him pretending to die, which removes all aggro from him. Once he gets up after 5 seconds, he gains HP as if he were revived and gains Physical Arts Plus for 15 seconds.

Overview
While Riki usually doesn't mind having aggro for a short time, if it's getting too much or he's losing a lot of HP, Play Dead is a good way to remove the heat entirely. Since he's then starting from zero again, the extra damage afterward probably won't be much trouble. However, if Riki is the tankiest of the party he probably does not want to have Play Dead equipped.

Additional data
While Play Dead is active, Riki can take damage from debuffs, but is otherwise completely invincible. Enemies may still attempt to attack him if they already started using their art before Play Dead activated, but the art will have no effect. Riki is equally immune to area-of-effect arts. Conversely, allies cannot target Riki with arts either, and will miss any healing or buffs from arts like Peerless or Summon Aqua.

If Riki is the only party member standing, he cannot use Play Dead. If Riki uses Play Dead and everyone else falls, or he uses Play Dead when the enemy is not yet participating in battle, the battle ends in a successful escape.

If Play Dead is used during a chain attack, it ends immediately, gives Riki the physical arts boost, and does not heal him.