Aegis Sword

Aegis Sword
The Aegis Sword icon in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
Animation type	Aegis Sword
Role	ATK
Just Range/Sweetspot	3m — 7m

The Aegis Sword icon in Torna ~ The Golden Country.

The Aegis Sword is a weapon type in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country. In the former, it is unique to the Aegis; as such, only Rex has Driver Arts using it. These Driver Arts are identical in animation and name, although not necessarily in stats, to those of the Broadsword. In Torna ~ The Golden Country, it is Mythra's weapon.

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Overview

The Aegis Sword is a balanced weapon focused on attack power, boasting Auto-attack values on the higher end of weapons (especially among those not exclusive to DLC). It has a slightly-below-average Critical hit rate, block rate, and stability.

The Driver Arts of the Aegis Sword are mostly physical, with the exception of Rolling Smash which is Ether-based. They have medium damage ratios, aggro draw and cooldown, and relatively fast animations. The Arts' special effects provide a mixture of positional damage, aggro reduction, and HP Potion healing, with Anchor Shot inflicting Topple.

Strategy

In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the four Driver Arts available to Rex with this weapon are relatively well-balanced in their capabilities. The standout is Anchor Shot, an excellent Topple which is inflicted in under a second (although the Art's animation lasts somewhat longer, making it more difficult for Rex to capitalise immediately). Anchor Shot also causes the enemy to drop HP potions, which can be useful as an emergency source of healing; for these reasons, it is wise to always have it as one of Rex's available Arts with the weapon. The other three Arts are all damage-oriented, although Rolling Smash provides additional utility with reducing aggro and AOE. Sword Bash and Double Spinning Edge are directly comparable: the former has a much faster animation (especially when cancelled out of using Arts Chain), less cooldown, and a stronger conditional effect, while the latter does more damage and its conditional damage is easier to fulfil. It also deals two hits, either of which may activate on-hit effects like Lightspeed Flurry.

Optimal loadouts tend to vary depending upon situation. Anchor Shot is a must, except for edge cases where neither healing nor Toppling are beneficial, in which case it may be omitted. When Rex is controlled by the player, Sword Bash is generally excellent for its short cooldown and animation. If high Driver Art AOE damage is needed (most relevant in the earlygame and on Bringer of Chaos difficulty), or if the aggro reduction is strongly desirable (also most relevant in earlygame), Rolling Smash is the best third option; otherwise, Double Spinning Edge is better for its greater Party Gauge gain and spammability. If Rex is on AI control, Double Spinning Edge and Rolling Smash give the best damage per second; however, replacing Rolling Smash with Sword Bash results in the AI using Anchor Shot more often, if healing is a concern.

When using the above Driver Arts with Pyra or Pneuma (at maximum Art level and Affinity) and with 1.0 Arts recharge per second from Pouch Items, it is possible to cancel Sword Bash -> Anchor Shot -> Rolling Smash -> Sword Bash -> Anchor Shot -> Sword Bash using Arts Chain without the need to auto-attack in between. This is enough to charge the Special Gauge to level III from empty. The process is even faster with Mythra, as Sword Bash's animation is substantially shorter than the others; 6 flurried Sword Bashes in a row takes significantly less time than the above sequence. Should Sword Bash fail to crit, pressing another art button at almost the same time will ensure that the chain is preserved by canceling into something else.

The base critical hit rate of the Aegis Sword is not incredible, especially among attack-focused weapons, but both Pyra and Mythra perform particularly well with higher crit rates (due to Flaming Edge and Lightspeed Flurry respectively). Therefore, focusing on Core Chips that provide a higher crit rate may be more effective than focusing on auto-attack or block rate. The best such chip for postgame is the Moon Matter Chip. Pneuma is unaffected by equipped Core Chips; her weapon is instead fixed as being the Tertiary Sword.

Attacks

Base game

Auto-Attacks

	Driver	Auto-attack	Type	Damage ratio	Target	Aggro	Hitframes
※	Rex	1	Physical	50	Opponent, single target up to 5m away	2	16
※	Rex	2	Physical	80	Opponent, single target up to 5m away	2	30
※	Rex	3	Physical	120	Opponent, single target up to 5m away	2	33

Driver Arts

Art	Driver	Effect
Anchor Shot	Rex	HP Potion
Double Spinning Edge	Rex	Side attack↑
Rolling Smash	Rex	AOE / Aggro down
Sword Bash	Rex	Back attack↑

Torna

	User	Auto-attack	Type	Damage ratio	Target	Aggro	Hitframes
※	Mythra	1	Physical	50	Opponent, single target up to 5m away	2	15
※	Mythra	2	Physical	80	Opponent, single target up to 5m away	2	14
※	Mythra	3	Physical	120	Opponent, single target up to 5m away	2	15

Type	Art	User	Effect
Vanguard Arts	Lightning Buster	Mythra	AOE / Critical boost
	Ray of Punishment	Mythra	AOE / Toppled↑
	Photon Edge	Mythra	AOE
Talent Art	Glimpse the Future	Mythra	Evade next X attacks (party)
Switch Art	Blinding Flash	Mythra	Smash
Rear Guard Arts	Aureole	Mythra
	Radiance Bomb	Mythra
	Spectral Halo	Mythra

Core Chip effects

Name	Appearance	Rank	Base damage	Stability	Crit rate	Block rate	Effect
Accelerator Sword※		18	811	10%	15%	9%	none
Adamant Sword※		9	424	13%	24%	3%	none
Agarthan Sword※		11	524	11%	11%	10%	none
Ancient Sword※		8	370	11%	11%	10%	none
Battle Sword※		5	179	6%	6%	15%	none
Blessed Sword※		8	394	16%	9%	8%	Increases Luck by 50.
Breaker Sword※		5	188	8%	16%	8%	none
Cavalry Sword※		4	150	11%	14%	9%	Increases Agility by 50.
Ceramic Sword※		9	416	10%	17%	13%	none
Clockwork Sword※		6	266	6%	11%	10%	none
Custom Sword※		6	231	8%	8%	19%	none
Delta Sword※		12	522	8%	11%	12%	none
Duelist's Sword※		5	204	11%	12%	10%	none
Eater of Souls※		20	891	15%	23%	5%	Restores 8% HP of damage dealt after a successful auto-attack.
Elder Sword※		8	352	8%	6%	18%	none
Energy Edge※		9	445	10%	15%	7%	Increases Strength by 50.
Eternal Sword※		14	665	5%	14%	10%	none
Final Sword※		14	608	3%	9%	16%	none
Flatform Sword※		3	71	8%	11%	10%	none
Godspeed Sword※		12	570	10%	14%	7%	Adds a 25% chance of attacking again after a successful auto-attack.
Guardian's Sword※		4	136	12%	12%	8%	none
Holy Sword※		10	445	7%	8%	14%	none
Insect Slayer※		16	724	10%	14%	11%	Increases damage dealt to insects by 50%.
King of Sharks※		19	800	10%	4%	21%	Increases damage dealt to aquatic organisms by 50%.
Knight's Sword※		4	124	10%	15%	10%	none
Legendary Sword※		19	833	15%	11%	9%	none
Machine Slayer※		18	795	8%	8%	18%	Increases damage dealt to machines by 50%.
Mechanized Sword※		9	399	5%	6%	16%	none
Meteorite Sword※		20	908	10%	19%	8%	none
Mutinous Sword※		13	577	18%	29%	2%	Counters attacks with 150% physical damage.
Orichalcum Sword※		19	850	12%	14%	8%	none
Ornate Sword※		15	714	10%	15%	8%	Increases the enemy gold drop rate by 50%.
Paladin's Sword※		10	482	9%	12%	7%	none
Plain Sword※		1	26	8%	11%	10%	none
Primitive Sword※		1	20	8%	11%	10%	none
Saintslayer Brand※		19	825	20%	24%	3%	Increases damage dealt to Titans by 50%.
Satellite Sword※		20	865	3%	15%	23%	none
Shooting Star※		20	900	2%	20%	15%	Counters attacks with 50% ether damage.
Sigma Sword※		12	538	14%	25%	3%	none
Snare Sword※		15	680	5%	8%	22%	Increases the enemy item drop rate by 50%.
Sword of Banishing※		20	874	18%	30%	2%	none
Sword of Chaos※		13	612	13%	17%	4%	none
Sword of Despair※		13	560	10%	14%	8%	none
Sword of Eden※		11	489	15%	14%	8%	none
Sword of El Dorado※		11	479	9%	6%	18%	none
Sword of Origin※		14	627	9%	21%	8%	none
Sword of Thanatos※		20	856	10%	15%	22%	none
Sword of Valor※		10	454	13%	19%	5%	none
Sword of the Dingo※		2	49	13%	19%	8%	none
Sword of the Fox※		2	38	13%	19%	8%	none
Sword of the Jackal※		16	753	15%	19%	5%	none
Sword of the Jaguar※		7	335	11%	16%	6%	none
Sword of the Lycaon※		3	96	13%	19%	8%	none
Sword of the Lynx※		7	284	9%	12%	12%	none
Sword of the Puma※		7	305	15%	23%	3%	none
Technical Sword※		6	240	12%	18%	8%	Increases Dexterity by 50.
Tertiary Sword※		20	1,298	10%	23%	25%	none
Turbine Sword※		9	424	8%	11%	13%	none
Valkyrie's Sword※		17	794	12%	17%	8%	none
Wootz Sword※		9	411	8%	11%	11%	none
Zephyr Sword※		17	763	9%	12%	20%	Increases damage dealt to aerial creatures by 50%.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Aegis Sword	—
Japanese	聖杯 (せいはい)の剣 (けん)	Sword of the Holy Grail
French	Épée de l'Aegis	Sword of the Aegis
German	Aegisschwert	Aegis sword
Spanish	Espada de la Égida	Sword of the Aegis
Italian	Spada Aegis	Aegis Sword
Chinese (simplified)	圣杯之剑	Sword of the Holy Grail
Chinese (traditional)	聖杯之劍	Sword of the Holy Grail
Korean	성배의 검	Sword of the Holy Grail

Gallery

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  List of Aegis Sword's Arts

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  Mythra's Vanguard Arts

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  Mythra's Rear Guard Arts

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  Rex finds the Aegis Sword

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  The Aegis Sword breaks

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  Illustration of the third Aegis Sword

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  Illustration of Addam holding the third Aegis Sword

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  Illustration of Addam and Pyra sealing the third Aegis Sword

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  The third Aegis Sword sealed at the Vault of Heroes

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  The third Aegis Sword becomes dust