Strength Down (debuff)

Strength Down is a debuff in Xenoblade Chronicles. It lowers the user's by a percentage, thereby lowering the amount of damage done by physical attacks.

As a percentage-based boost, the power of Strength Down scales with the user's natural strength. Having low strength means that even a large penalty is not much of an issue; having high strength means even a low penalty can be a huge problem. This is especially so for playable characters, who often are biased towards physical or ether damage - someone who only uses ether attacks is almost entirely unaffected by having strength lowered.