Lock-On (debuff)

Lock-On is a debuff in Xenoblade Chronicles. It forces the victim to attack the user, preventing them from changing targets to any other opponent for the duration. Enemies still generate in all the normal ways, they simply cannot act on it. Being locked to an opponent also does not stop area-of-effect attacks from operating as usual.

For party members' arts, all arts that can inflict lock-on are auras that only have their additional effects trigger if the lock-on is successfully applied. Such effects also end early if the debuff is cleared or the foe dies.

For enemies' arts, lock-on usually lasts 20 seconds, though for some it is 10 or 30.