Burly Chain


 * For the equivalent Driver Skill on other Drivers, see Arts Chain (disambiguation).

Burly Chain is one of 's Driver Skills in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

The window for cancelling a Driver Art into another Driver Art typically consists of the freeze frames when the last hit of the Art lands. Doing so will build the Special gauge by 1/2 of a level (equivalent to cancelling the second into a Driver Art).

Overview
This is Vandham's most useful Driver Skill — it greatly speeds up the rate at which Driver Arts may be used, resulting in more damage and more support with the Driver Combo. In particular, it drastically increases the rate at which the Special gauge may be increased. Without Burly Chain, the most effective way to increase the Special Gauge is to twice and cancel the second into a Driver Art. With Burly Chain, cancelling a Driver Art into a Driver Art produces the same outcome at a much faster rate, as it bypasses the period of time spent auto-attacking.

This skill becomes much more effective still when used in conjunction with Desserts and other Pouch Items which recharge Driver Arts over time; the two effects in conjunction almost eliminate the need to auto-attack entirely, allowing for near-continuous cancelling of Driver Arts into Driver Arts and s.

Execution of cancelling a Driver Art into another Driver Art is very easy; as Driver Arts cannot interrupt other Driver Arts except during the cancel window, one may simply mash the button for an Art off cooldown, and it will automatically cancel any Driver Art currently being executed. The same is true for cancelling a Driver Art into itself.

As this is a level 1 Driver Skill, Vandham can (and should) acquire it very early on — almost immediately after he joins the party, and likely much sooner than the other party members. It is worth making this the first Driver Skill Vandham gets.