Rear Guard Art

Jin uses Frostbreak while in the Rear Guard.

Rear Guard Arts are a combat mechanic in Torna ~ The Golden Country. They are performed by the characters in the Rear Guard, and occur automatically without character input. The main-game Xenoblade Chronicles 2 equivalent are Blade Arts.

Overview

Rear Guard Arts provide a variety of effects: several are direct attacks on the currently-targeted enemy, while others directly debuff the enemy or buff the Vanguard character.

Rear Guard Arts, like Vanguard Arts, come in six levels, and can be levelled up to level 5 using WP. The effective level of a Rear Guard Art goes up by one when the Driver and Blade are at maximum Affinity; this (in conjunction with a level 5 Rear Guard Art) is the only way of using Rear Guard Arts at level 6. Rear Guard Arts at higher levels typically have lower cooldown (albeit still substantially greater than that of Vanguard Arts), deal greater damage, and/or have more effective special effects.

List of Rear Guard Arts

Art	Character	Type	Effect (level 1)	Effect (level MAX)
Moondance	Lora	Ether	Lowers enemy resist rate.	Lowers enemy resist rate.
Sundance	Lora	Buff	Increases backstab dmg; halves aggro.	Increases backstab dmg; halves aggro.
Spindle Step	Lora	Physical	No special effects.	No special effects.
Fury Wave	Addam	Ether	No special effects.	No special effects.
Shadow Thrust	Addam	Physical	Reduces 20% of aggro toward user upon landing a hit.	Reduces 30% of aggro toward user upon landing a hit.
Edgestrike	Addam	Physical	Increases damage dealt to toppled enemies by 50%.	Increases damage dealt to toppled enemies by 75%.
Adamant Arm	Hugo	Physical	Increases damage dealt to enemies targeting user by 50%.	Increases damage dealt to enemies targeting user by 100%.
Imperial Challenge	Hugo	Buff	Draw aggro from enemies in battle.	Draw aggro from enemies in battle.
Banishment	Hugo	Buff	Cancels debuffs from enemies.	Cancels debuffs from enemies.
Freezebomb	Jin	Ether	Increases damage dealt to toppled enemies by 50%.	Increases damage dealt to toppled enemies by 75%.
Skycleave	Jin	Ether	Increases damage dealt to launched enemies by 50%.	Increases damage dealt to launched enemies by 75%.
Frostbreak	Jin	Ether	No special effects.	No special effects.
Baric Blast	Haze	Ether	Lowers enemy ether defense.	Lowers enemy ether defense.
Fierce Tempest	Haze	Ether	Adds a 60% chance of dealing a guard-annulling attack.	Adds a 100% chance of dealing a guard-annulling attack.
Gentle Zephyr	Haze	Buff	Cancels debuffs from enemies.	Cancels debuffs from enemies.
Radiance Bomb	Mythra	Ether	No special effects.	No special effects.
Spectral Halo	Mythra	Buff	Increases critical hit rate.	Increases critical hit rate.
Aureole	Mythra	Buff	Boosts Arts recharge from auto-attack.	Boosts Arts recharge from auto-attack.
Libre	Minoth	Ether	Reduces 20% of aggro toward user upon landing a hit.	Reduces 30% of aggro toward user upon landing a hit.
Dorso	Minoth	Buff	Increases accuracy.	Increases accuracy.
Hilo	Minoth	Buff	Boosts power of next Art.	Boosts power of next Art.
Crucible	Brighid	Ether	No special effects.	No special effects.
Dance of Flame	Brighid	Ether	Increases aggro drawn from Arts and Specials by 50%.	Increases aggro drawn from Arts and Specials by 100%.
Shadowflare	Brighid	Ether	Lowers enemy physical defense.	Lowers enemy physical defense.
Waterspout	Aegaeon	Ether	Increases damage dealt by 100% when HP is 90% or higher.	Increases damage dealt by 150% when HP is 90% or higher.
Quicksilver	Aegaeon	Buff	Erects a barrier that absorbs fixed dmg.	Erects a barrier that absorbs fixed dmg.
Becalm	Aegaeon	Buff	Nullifies one reaction.	Nullifies one reaction.

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Gallery

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  The screen for enhancing Jin's Rear Guard Arts.