Monado Cyclone (XC1)

Monado Cyclone
User	Shulk
Type	Talent art
Colour	Black
Target	Enemies near user
Effect(s)	Topple
Description	The Monado's power attacks enemies all around its wielder.
First available	After destroying the Apocrypha Generator

This article is about the Battle Art in Xenoblade Chronicles. For the Special in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, see Monado Cyclone (XC2).

Monado Cyclone (モナドサイクロン, Monado Cyclone), often shortened to just Cyclone (サイクロン, Cyclone), is one of Shulk's Monado Arts in Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected. It involves Shulk using the Monado to create a vortex of ether energy surrounding him, inflicting Topple on any enemies near him suffering from Break.

The character used in the Art is 轟 (ごう), which means "thunderous roar" in both Japanese and Chinese.

Overview

Monado Cyclone is one of Shulk's most useful Monado Arts for one simple reason: it allows him to Break, Topple, and Daze foes by himself, and unlike other such party members the only extra condition is "requires full talent gauge". Combined with Stream Edge he can also feasibly topple multiple enemies by himself, which can only be matched by Final Cross and Demon Slayer, both of which have a challenging condition to meet first.

Other notable benefits include that Cyclone deals high ether damage, which is useful against enemies that are resistant to his preferred physical Arts, and that it hits all enemies around him, which can be great if the party has to deal with a large number of enemies. Cyclone is especially strong during a Chain Attack, both for the usual reason that Talent Arts are able to be used as a wild-card to keep the Chain Attack multiplier going while changing colours, and also because the long animation time before it hits is effectively cut out by the Chain Attack stopping time for enemies, which can make it easier to use to Topple an enemy.

The main downsides of Monado Cyclone are that it uses 100% of the Talent Gauge, which can potentially leave the player unable to use another Monado Art at a critical moment, it deals ether damage and thus will usually do less damage than Buster or another physical Art unless the player uses gems and skill links to compensate for Shulk's other arts boosting his physical damage, and that the long animation before Cyclone hits can both leave him vulnerable to enemy attacks and prevent it from inflicting Topple before the enemy's Break wears off. Also, because it hits all enemies within a certain radius of Shulk and has a high aggro value, it can lead to him drawing a lot of unwanted aggro when he wouldn't otherwise, though this is a potential drawback of all area-of-effect Arts.

Data

Art

Damage type	Ether
Category	Talent
Talent Gauge used	100%
Cooldown	—
Accuracy	+5%
Obtained	Event

Power

Power	3.00
Hits	1
Element	Wind

Timing

	Frames	Seconds
Hit	95	3.167
Duration	152	5.067

Range

Target	Opponent
Area	Circle around user
Range	20.00m

Status

Effect	Topple
Duration	3.0s

Miscellaneous

AI type	Normal
Aggro	30
Knockback	None
Flags	Anti-air: False Single effects: False Monado Art: True

Battle text

Original	Topples enemies suffering Break.
DE	Topples () enemies suffering Break ().

Levelling

	Basic				Intermediate			Advanced
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
AP cost	0	640	1,280	2,560	5,120	7,680	11,520	16,640	23,040	30,720
Power	3.00	3.12	3.24	3.36	3.48	3.60	3.72	3.84	3.96	4.08
Accuracy	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%	+25%	+25%	+25%	+25%	+25%
Accuracy (DE)	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+35%	+40%	+45%	+50%

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Cyclone	—
Japanese	サイクロン	Cyclone
French	Cyclone	Cyclone
German	Zyklon	Cyclone
Spanish	Ciclón	Cyclone
Italian	Ciclone
Chinese (simplified)	大地飓风	Earth Hurricane
Chinese (traditional)	大地颶風	Earth Hurricane
Korean	사이클론	Cyclone

Gallery

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  Shulk using Monado Cyclone