Battle Art (XCX)

For other articles titled "Battle Art", see Battle Art (disambiguation).

Battle Arts are the abilities that form characters' movesets in Xenoblade Chronicles X whilst on foot. They are available via a horizontal selection at the bottom of the screen when a character's weapon is drawn. They are used in combat (although a small handful have out-of-combat utility as well); many are attacks (generally stronger than auto-attacks), while others aid the player in other ways such as healing or providing temporary buffs. AI party members automatically use Arts in battle.

Up to 8 Battle Arts may be available in combat at once. These 8 may be chosen from a larger selection in the menu via the "Arts" option under the "Party" submenu. The full selection available to a character depends upon the weapons the character uses (and, by extension, their class); some may only be unlocked at specific class levels. Each character other than Cross has access to a maximum of 16 Arts, two of which are unique to that character. Cross may learn regular Arts through class level-ups, and may also learn any other character's unique Arts by completing the character's Affinity Missions.

Enemies may also attack using their own Battle Arts. These function similarly to playable characters' Battle Arts. Skell Arts, which may be used by playable characters while in Skells, also function similarly, although with several significant differences.

Overview

Every Battle Art has several properties that distinguish it from others.

• Target: Every Art affects a specific set of combatants. This may be the currently targeted enemy, all enemies within a certain range of the targeted enemy or of the user, (for beneficial Arts) the user themselves, the user and their allies, etc.
  • While most Arts strike all targets within range, some instead have each hit strike a single random target within range. For such Arts, they will never choose the same target twice until all other targets have been selected, at which point all future hits will repeat the same target order.
• Damage: Most Arts inflict a certain amount of damage on the target, while some provide healing instead. The total power is determined both by the Art's "hit scaling" and by a multitude of other effects such as the stats of the user; see Damage (XCX) § Damage formula for details.
• Cooldown: Most Arts cannot be used repeatedly; the user must wait a certain period of time until it may be used again.
• Type: Each Art is assigned to three categories. The attack type determines the stat the Art uses to deal damage or heal; the combo type determines whether the Art contributes to a melee or ranged Combo; and the Soul Voice type, indicated by the colour of the Art icon, determines which Soul Voices the Art contributes to and its effects during Overdrive. The three types will typically correspond to one another.
• Weapon: Each Art uses a specific weapon. For example, Decoy Round uses an Assault Rifle. This applies to all Arts, including buffs and auras.
• Attribute: Each Art is attributed with a specific element: physical, thermal, ether, beam, electric, or gravity. This affects several things, such as the target's resistance to the Art's damage. Some Arts' attribute is "Weapon", which takes on the elemental attribute of whatever weapon is currently equipped. Arts that deal no damage or heal have no attribute.
• Hits: Each Art hits the target a certain number of times. This is relevant when raising the Overdrive count.
• Additional effects: Many Arts, primarily offensive Arts, have some sort of additional effect beyond simply dealing damage. This is often conditional (e.g. dealing more damage when the Art is used from behind the target). Common additional effects include inflicting a buff on the user, a debuff on the enemy, a mobility debuff that affects enemies below a certain size, and so on.
• Range: Arts can only be used when their target is within a certain distance. This primarily affects offensive Arts; it naturally does not affect Arts which target the user.
• Animation duration: Each Art takes a certain amount of time to execute, during which no other action may be performed (besides scrolling to select another Art). Some Arts' animations themselves have additional effects; for example, the character will evade all attacks during the Ghostwalker animation. The hits of the Art occur at specific points during this animation.

Cooldown

Once an Art has been used, a certain amount of time must pass until it may be used again. This is marked by the Art's icon being darkened after use. As time passes, an increasingly large circular sector of the icon lights up. When the entire icon has lit up, the Art may be used again.

Once an Art's standard cooldown has completed, it will continue to charge beyond this, marked by a green line (yellow in the Definitive Edition) surrounding the Art icon. By default, this "secondary cooldown" takes 25% less time to complete than the primary cooldown. The Art may be used again before the secondary cooldown has completed, but if one waits until the secondary cooldown completes before using the Art, it will provide a bonus. For offensive Arts, this often means more damage or a more potent additional effect; for buffs, debuffs, and auras, it usually results in increased effect duration and an increased buff/debuff tier. Other Arts may have "immediate reuse" as their cooldown bonus, which simply allows the Art to be used again without delay, consuming only the secondary cooldown and allowing it to be either used immediately or charged again.

Unlike primary cooldown, which occurs unconditionally, secondary cooldown only occurs when the Art's associated weapon is currently being used. This means that an Art which uses the character's melee weapon will not undergo secondary cooldown if the character is currently auto-attacking with or using an Art that uses the ranged weapon, and vice versa. When the other weapon is being used, secondary cooldown pauses without resetting, and resumes when the appropriate weapon is switched back to.

The exception to the above is in Overdrive, during which secondary cooldown will occur regardless of whether the Art's weapon is currently being used or not. Overdrive also unlocks "tertiary cooldown", which functions very similarly to secondary cooldown (and also occurs regardless of whether the Art's weapon is being used). Tertiary cooldown is marked by a white line surrounding the Art icon once secondary cooldown has completed. Using an Art with completed tertiary cooldown almost always provides a greater version of the secondary cooldown bonus, or in the case of "immediate reuse" Arts, another immediate reuse which consumes the tertiary cooldown but not the secondary one.

In Soul Voices

Main article: Soul Voice

Soul Voices are very closely linked with Battle Arts. Almost every Soul Voice represents a call from the character that initiated the Soul Voice to use a certain category of Art. indicated by the colour of the Art icon. If any other character uses any Art in that category before the Soul Voice expires, both the character who initiated it and the one who used the Art will recover a certain amount of HP, and the Art will have an extra bonus effect. What effect this is, as well as the required category of Art, depend on the Soul Voice.

Art Types

Battle Arts each have three associated types: an attack type, a combo type, and a Soul Voice type.

The attack type determines the effect of the Art's hit scaling. In most cases, the hit scaling of the Art is multiplied by a certain stat when calculating how much damage or healing it deals:

• Melee attacks deal damage using the Melee Attack stat. These usually use the melee weapon.
• Ranged attacks deal damage using the Ranged Attack stat. These use the ranged weapon.
• TP melee and ranged attacks deal damage using Potential. These are (unsurprisingly) always TP Arts.
• Healing Arts heal using Potential.
• Other attack types, such as buff and cleanse-type moves, do not consider the hit scaling.

The combo type determines whether using another Art afterwards counts as a melee vs. a ranged combo (see below). This is almost always equal to whether the weapon used in the Art is melee or ranged, although exceptions such as Assault Hammer exist. All Arts either contribute to a melee or ranged combo.

The Soul Voice type is marked by the colour of the Art icon. This broadly corresponds to the Art's main function, and determines both what Soul Voices they correspond to, and what happens when they are used in Overdrive.

• Orange Arts are melee attacks or melee TP attacks, and usually (but not always) use the melee weapon. They tend to have relatively short range.
• Yellow Arts are ranged attacks or ranged TP attacks, and use the ranged weapon. They tend to have longer range than orange Arts.
• Green Arts are used for support. They target the user and/or one or more of the user's allies, either healing the target or providing temporary buffs or other beneficial effects. In Overdrive, they increase the Overdrive duration by 0.05s * the number of targets * the Overdrive count.
• Purple Arts are primarily used to inflict debuffs on the enemy. They may also deal damage, and if so will be of the melee or ranged attack type. In Overdrive, they restore TP to the user (10 TP * the number of hits * the Overdrive count).
• Blue Arts provide the user with an Aura, which is a temporary buff with several beneficial effects. All such Arts are TP Arts. In Overdrive, they increase the Overdrive duration by 0.1s * the Overdrive count. Some Auras may provide out-of-combat utility; for example, Shadowrunner prevents enemies from attacking the character out-of-battle, and Overclock boosts Skell fuel recovery.

The three types typically correspond to one another, though a number of exceptions exist in each case.

TP Arts

Some Battle Arts require 1000 TP to use (marked by the letters 'TP' on the Art's icon). This is true of all Auras, and each weapon also has one or two melee/ranged offensive Arts that require TP. Such Arts tend to be significantly more powerful than other offensive Arts. A small number of buff Arts also require TP (generally those that provide allies with TP themselves).

Whereas the damage dealt by non-TP Arts is proportional to the character's Melee or Ranged Attack stat, the damage dealt by TP Arts instead uses the character's potential. This makes potential particularly important for dealing damage, as the power of the strongest attacks depends upon it.

Combos

A combo is when a character uses a Battle Art within 5 seconds of another Battle Art. Several conditional effects rely on an Art being used in a certain type of combo, e.g. Stream Edge which "boosts damage in ranged combos". This condition is satisfied if Stream Edge is used shortly after another Battle Art which is of the ranged combo type (almost all Arts using the ranged weapon; such an Art need not be offensive). Likewise, conditional effects which apply in "melee combos" apply when the Art in question is used after another Art of the melee combo type.

For combo-related conditional effects that apply to the hits of the Art (such as increasing damage or granting TP on hit), any hit of the second Art must be with 5 seconds of the end of the first Art's animation to have the conditional effect. For those that affect the Art's cooldown, only the start of the second Art need be within 5 seconds of the end of the first Art; the timing of the hits within the animation is irrelevant. In both cases, this 5-second window can be extended with Effect Stasis.

During Overdrive, there are several effects conditional upon combos containing Arts of certain Soul Voice types. For example, comboing a green Art into a yellow Art will result in the Overdrive count increasing by two per hit instead of the usual one. In all of these cases, the 5-second limit does not apply; the Arts simply must be used consecutively, with any duration of time between them.

Art levels

Arts can be levelled up in the menu, from level 1 to a maximum of level 5. Doing so costs BP. Levelling up an Art decreases its cooldown, increases its damage (if applicable), and often increases the potency of its additional effect(s).

An Art either has a cheap upgrade path which costs 124 BP in total or an expensive one which costs 186 BP. Typically, non-TP Arts have the former while TP Arts have the latter, but there are a few exceptions like Mindstorm which has the expensive upgrade path, despite being a non-TP Art.

In the Definitive Edition, it is possible to reset an Art's level back to 1 in order to get BP back. This costs extra Credits, though.

List of Battle Arts

Art	Weapon	Attribute	Description	Target
Absorber Skin	Knife	None	Grants Barrier	One Ally
Afterburner	Sniper Rifle	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + Boosts damage in ranged combos	Enemy Vicinity
Arcing Horn	Javelin	Electric	Deals electric damage + Inflicts Electric Res Down + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Assault Breaker	Assault Rifle	Physical	Deals physical damage + FROM BEHIND: Inflicts Stun	Single Enemy
Assault Hammer	Assault Rifle	Physical	Deals physical damage + Inflicts Topple	Single Enemy
Astral Heal	Photon Saber	None	(TP) Restores HP + WHEN IN SKELL: restores appendage HP	One Ally
Astral Horizon	Photon Saber	None	(TP) Grants Astral Heal and Astral Purge to all allies + Expands area-of-effect attack range	Self
Astral Protection	Psycho Launchers	None	(TP) Boosts all attribute resistances + Restores HP when using Arts	Self
Astral Purge	Photon Saber	None	Removes debuffs	One Ally
Astrolibrium	Photon Saber	None	(TP) Reflects beam attacks + Boosts beam damage	Self
Atomic Hit	Shield	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts appendage damage	Single Enemy
Back Slash	Dual Swords	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + FROM BEHIND: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Bahamut Wave	Raygun	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Spreads status debuffs	Enemy Vicinity
Balance Breaker	Javelin	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Stagger in melee combos	Single Enemy
Beam Barrage	Raygun	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + WITH AN AURA: boosts damage	Enemies Ahead
Beam Bomber	Raygun	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + WITH AN AURA: boosts damage	Enemies Ahead
Black Bane	Knife	Ether	Deals ether damage + More debuffs on target = higher damage	Single Enemy
Black Butterfly	Knife	Ether	Deals ether damage + Inflicts Ether Res Down + Shortens aura effect time	Single Enemy
Blood Sacrifice	Dual Swords	None	Halves current HP to boost TP by 1000	Self
Blossom Dance	Longsword	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + nullifies target's attribute resistances	Single Enemy
Bombardier	Shield	Thermal	Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Blaze	Nearby Enemies
Boost Barrel	Multigun	None	(TP) Reduces secondary cooldown + Reduces auto-attack intervals + Boosts potential	Self
Brainjack	Knife	None	(TP) Seizes control of the targeted enemy and turns it into an ally	Single Enemy
Bullet Storm	Gatling Gun	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Flinch on humanoids	Enemies Ahead
Bullet Twister	Gatling Gun	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + WITH AN AURA: boosts TP	Nearby Enemies
Burning Slash	Longsword	Thermal	Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Thermal Res Down	Enemies Ahead
Burst Grenade	Assault Rifle	Thermal	(TP) Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Blaze + VS. TOPPLED TARGETS: boosts damage	Enemy Vicinity
Cannon Barrel	Multigun	Gravity	(TP) Deals gravity damage + Inflicts Topple + Boosts damage in ranged combos	Enemy Vicinity
Chrome Armor	Knife	None	Grants Physical Res Up	One Ally
Clarity Ray	Raygun	None	Removes debuffs + Grants Ether Res Up	Nearby Allies
Combat Limbo	Dual Guns	None	Grants Effect Stasis	Self
Conduction Rise	Psycho Launchers	Ether	Deals ether damage + Boosts Blaze and Shock damage inflicted on enemies	Single Enemy
Cool Off	Gatling Gun	None	Removes debuffs + WITH AN AURA: consumes aura to yield TP	Self
Crisis Zone	Dual Swords	None	(TP) Reduces auto-attack intervals + Lower HP = higher damage + Continually reduces HP	Self
Decoy Round	Assault Rifle	None	Inflicts Taunt + WITH MORALE: boosts TP	Single Enemy
Defensive Stance	Longsword	None	(TP) Reduces damage taken + Continually restores HP + Reduces total melee attack	Self
Dispel	Knife	Ether	(TP) Deals ether damage + Randomly removes one buff from the target	Single Enemy
Drum Roll	Shield	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + Physical Res Down + IN MELEE COMBOS: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Dual Dynamo	Psycho Launchers	None	(TP) Boosts melee attack + Boosts ranged attack + Boosts potential	Self
Eagle Eye	Sniper Rifle	None	Grants Ranged Accuracy Up + Grants Ranged Attack Up	Nearby Allies
Early Bird	Dual Guns	None	(TP) Raises Critical Power tier + Boosts critical chance + Boosts evasion	Self
Effect Charge	Dual Guns	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Ensures special effect of next positional or combo-based Art	Single Enemy
Electric Surge	Dual Swords	Ether	Deals ether damage. Lower HP = higher damage	Enemies Ahead
Energy Source	Knife	None	(TP) Boosts TP + Boosts potential	One Ally
Enhanced Stand	Gatling Gun	None	(TP) Boosts auto-attack damage + Continually restores HP	Self
Essence Exchange	Photon Saber	None	Swaps current HP and TP	Self
Ether Blast	Raygun	Ether	(TP) Deals ether damage + WITH AN AURA: boosts damage	Enemies Ahead
Executioner	Dual Guns	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + Boosts damage in ranged combos	Single Enemy
Fire Carnival	Gatling Gun	Thermal	Deals thermal damage	Single Enemy
First Down	Sniper Rifle	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Topple on humanoids	Single Enemy
Flame Cloak	Shield	None	Grants Thermal Res Up	Nearby Allies
Flame Grenade	Assault Rifle	Thermal	Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Blaze + VS. TOPPLED TARGETS: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Flamehand	Shield	None	(TP) Boosts debuff resistances + Nullifies terrain effects + Enables counter spike damage	Self
Flash Grenade	Assault Rifle	Electric	Deals electric damage + Inflicts Blackout	Enemy Vicinity
Full Specs	Knife	None	(TP) Boosts potential + Boosts ranged attack + Boosts ether resistance	Self
Furious Blast	Assault Rifle	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Galactic Cataclysm	Photon Saber	Beam	(TP) Deals beam damage + WITH AN AURA: boosts damage	Enemies Ahead
Geolibrium	Photon Saber	None	(TP) Boosts beam resistance + Continually restores HP + Nullifies terrain effects.	Self
Ghost Factory	Dual Guns	None	(TP) Grants Decoy	Nearby Allies
Ghost Sniper	Sniper Rifle	None	(TP) Boosts critical chance + Boosts TP with criticals + Boosts ranged accuracy	Self
Ghostwalker	Dual Guns	None	Grants Decoy	Self
Gravity Blast	Raygun	Gravity	Deals gravity damage + Inflicts Topple	Single Enemy
Gravity Cloak	Raygun	None	Grants Gravity Res Up	Nearby Allies
Gravity Lunge	Psycho Launchers	Gravity	(TP) Deals gravity damage + Inflicts Topple + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Grenade Blitz	Assault Rifle	Thermal	Deals thermal damage	Enemies Ahead
Gunforce	Assault Rifle	None	(TP) Boosts ranged attack + Boosts critical chance + Reduces secondary cooldown	Self
Hair Trigger	Javelin	None	Grants Supercharge	Self
Hawkeye	Sniper Rifle	None	Grants Critical Power	Self
Hellfire	Gatling Gun	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + WITH AN AURA: boosts damage	Enemies Ahead
Hercules Blow	Longsword	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Lower HP = higher damage	Single Enemy
Heroic Tale	Psycho Launchers	None	Inflicts Control + Raises enemy level + Sometimes raises treasure rank	Single Enemy
Howling Soul	Sniper Rifle	None	(TP) Boosts melee attack, ranged attack and potential + Revives random incapacitated ally	Nearby Allies
Hundred Shells	Dual Swords	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + FROM BEHIND: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Incendiary Edge	Longsword	Thermal	(TP) Deals thermal damage + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Infuriate	Assault Rifle	None	Inflicts Taunt to draw the target's attacks	Single Enemy
Intercept	Sniper Rifle	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Stun	Single Enemy
Iron Prison	Shield	None	(TP) Grants Physical Res Up + Enables proximity spike damage	Self
Jetstream	Psycho Launchers	Ether	Deals ether damage + Inflicts Stun	Enemies Ahead
Killing Machine	Dual Swords	None	(TP) Boosts melee accuracy + Boosts melee attack + Boosts potential	Self
Last Stand	Assault Rifle	None	(TP) Boosts allies' TP	Other Allies
Lightning Cloak	Psycho Launchers	None	Grants Electric Res Up	Nearby Allies
Magnum Edge	Longsword	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Physical Res Down	Enemies Ahead
Master Gunner	Raygun	None	(TP) Boosts ranged attack + Boosts potential + Boosts appendage damage	Self
Maximum Voltage	Javelin	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + AFTER LOSING SKELL: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Medic Free	Assault Rifle	None	(TP) Boosts debuff resistance + Auto-revives on incapacitation	Self
Mind Shift	Javelin	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Removes enemy debuffs and boosts TP based on debuff tiers	Single Enemy
Mindstorm	Shield	None	Restores HP + Grants Potential Up	Nearby Allies
Missile Barrel	Multigun	Electric	Deals electric damage + Inflicts Shock + WITH AN AURA: boosts damage	Enemies Ahead
Missile Volley	Gatling Gun	Thermal	Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Thermal Res Down	Enemies Ahead
Myopic Screen	Raygun	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Blackout	Enemies Ahead
Novalibrium	Photon Saber	None	(TP) Grants Supercharge upon taking damage + Enables counter spike damage	Self
Offensive Stance	Longsword	None	(TP) Boosts melee accuracy + Boosts total melee attack + Increases damage taken	Self
Overclock	Assault Rifle	None	(TP) Restores HP when using Arts + Boosts fuel recovery of parked Skells	Self
Overwhelm	Javelin	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Fatigue + Higher HP = higher damage	Single Enemy
Pathogen Blast	Raygun	None	Inflicts Virus	Enemies Ahead
Phenomenon	Photon Saber	Ether	Deals ether damage + Inflicts Ether Res Down	Enemies Ahead
Power Dive	Assault Rifle	None	Grants Supercharge + Grants total evasion during execution	Self
Primer	Dual Guns	None	Grants Critical Power + Boosts TP	Self
Quick Cannon	Assault Rifle	Thermal	Deals thermal damage + Inflicts Blaze + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Raijin	Javelin	None	(TP) Boosts critical chance + Restores HP when using Arts + Reflects electric attacks	Self
Reality Rift	Shield	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Slow Arts	Enemies Ahead
Recuperate	Knife	None	(TP) Boosts evasion + Continually restores HP	Self
Repair	Knife	None	Removes debuffs + Restores HP	One Ally
Rising Blade	Longsword	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + WHEN TAUNTED: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Samurai Soul	Longsword	None	(TP) Adds AOE to melee AAs + Boosts AAs upon taking damage + Reduces secondary CD	Self
Screamer	Knife	None	Inflicts Sleep	Enemy Vicinity
Secondary Speed	Knife	None	(TP) Reduces secondary cooldown + Reduces auto-attack intervals	Self
Servant Sacrifice	Knife	None	Boosts HP and TP when controlling a target + Sometimes destroys the target	Self
Seventh Edge	Dual Swords	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts TP in ranged combos	Nearby Enemies
Shadowrunner	Dual Swords	None	(TP) Boosts potential + FROM BEHIND: boosts damage + Disables enemy detection	Self
Shadowstrike	Dual Swords	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Stagger + FROM BEHIND: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Shield Wall	Shield	None	Grants Barrier	Nearby Allies
Shooting Star	Psycho Launchers	Electric	Deals electric damage + Inflicts Shock	Enemies Ahead
Shrapnel	Sniper Rifle	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts appendage damage	Single Enemy
Side Slash	Dual Swords	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Fatigue + FROM THE SIDE: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Sidewinder	Sniper Rifle	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Debuff Res Down	Single Enemy
Sky High	Dual Guns	Physical	Deals physical damage + Boosts damage in melee combos + Inflicts Stun	Single Enemy
Sky Sunder	Photon Saber	Beam	(TP) Deals beam damage + More debuffs on target = higher damage	Single Enemy
Slayonet	Sniper Rifle	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Sliding Slinger	Dual Guns	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + FROM THE SIDE: boosts TP	Single Enemy
Slit Edge	Knife	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + FROM THE SIDE: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Smooth Recovery	Knife	None	Restores HP + Grants Evasion Up	Nearby Allies
Sniper Barrel	Multigun	Ether	Deals ether damage + VS. SHOCKED TARGETS: Inflicts Stun	Enemies Ahead
Speed Demon	Javelin	None	(TP) Reduces cooldown when sprinting + Restores HP	Self
Spiral Horn	Javelin	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Physical Res Down + Boosts damage in melee combos	Enemies Ahead
Starfall Blade	Photon Saber	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Starfall Blossom	Photon Saber	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + FROM THE FRONT: boosts TP	Single Enemy
Starfall Rondo	Photon Saber	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Starlight Duster	Photon Saber	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Gravity Res Down + Boosts damage in melee combos	Single Enemy
Starlight Kick	Psycho Launchers	Gravity	(TP) Deals gravity damage + Inflicts Topple	Single Enemy
Stellar Ray	Psycho Launchers	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Beam Res Down + WITH AN AURA: boosts damage	Nearby Enemies
Stream Edge	Dual Swords	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + Boosts damage in ranged combos	Single Enemy
Subterfuge	Raygun	None	Inflicts Debuff Res Down	Enemies Ahead
Supershield	Shield	None	(TP) Reflects physical attacks + Reduces damage taken + Nullifies Stun	Self
Tacit Censure	Psycho Launchers	None	Inflicts Virus	Enemies Ahead
Takedown Shot	Assault Rifle	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Topple on mechanoids	Single Enemy
Thermal Payload	Gatling Gun	Thermal	(TP) Deals thermal damage + VS. TOPPLED TARGETS: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Thirsty Edge	Dual Swords	None	(TP) Restores HP when landing melee attacks	Self
Titan Recharge	Gatling Gun	None	(TP) Negates damage reflection + Restores HP when aura expires + Reduces secondary CD	Self
Tornado Blade	Longsword	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + WITH AN AURA: boosts TP	Nearby Enemies
Trash Talk	Shield	None	Inflicts Taunt + WITH MORALE: boosts TP	Nearby Enemies
Trident Buster	Javelin	Electric	(TP) Deals electric damage + Inflicts Shock + Boosts damage in ranged combos	Enemies Ahead
True Stream Edge	Longsword	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + WITH MORALE: boosts TP	Nearby Enemies
Ultraslash	Longsword	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + FROM BEHIND: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Upper Hand	Dual Swords	None	Grants Critical Power	Self
Violent Streak	Dual Guns	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts TP with criticals	Nearby Enemies
Vortex	Javelin	Electric	Deals electric damage + Inflicts Stun in melee combos	Nearby Enemies
Wild Down	Shield	Weapon	(TP) Deals weapon damage + Inflicts Topple	Single Enemy
Wild Smash	Shield	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + VS. TOPPLED TARGETS: boosts damage	Single Enemy
Zero Zero	Dual Guns	Weapon	Deals weapon damage + Boosts TP in melee combos	Single Enemy

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Art	—
Japanese	アーツ	Arts
French	Art	—
German	Technik
Spanish	Arte
Italian	Tecnica
Chinese (simplified)	战技
Chinese (traditional)	戰技

Gallery

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  Lin explaining how to level up Arts