Honestly, I feel like if you want to use Dromarch, all you have to remember is that flora heals an aching soul.

I...I didn't realize blade combos were a mechanic for enemies.

Nia: It's over, Dromarch. Dromarch: But... my lady.. Nia: FRIENDSHIP BEGINS WITH KOSMOS, DROMARCH.

Sucks too, because I really love Dromarch as a character. He's so classy and his voice actor did an amazing job. I always use you Dromarch!! Even if there are a lot of better alternatives XD

I see you did the strongest rare twin rings blade in existence. He's invaluable for fighting groups of drivers. Taking less damage from blade combos is no joke. Not even I can take myself seriously.

The fastest blade in the universe!!!

Dromarch: "I am Nia's main blade". *DLC comes out* Dromarch: "Who are you?" Crossette: "I'm you, but better"

How to actually use Dromarch: 1. Open the menu 2. Go to "Characters" > Nia/Rex (whoever is he asigned to) 3. Equip any other rare blade available. Some common blades work too. This can only be done in NG+. You can still make it work in a normal run, but it requires some extra steps and you have to beat Chapter 8 first.

If you're doing the strong blades anyway now, do Electra next.

Ah yes, the S+ tier Blade Dromarch. How else will I reduce the amount of Blade Combo damage I take from enemies? Oh yeah, Algorithm

Looking at Dromarch's Affinity Chart in comparison to other Blades, it makes me wonder if he was one of the first ones they made a chart for, then forgot to go back a rebalance him in proportion to other Blades. Or he was made to be a Tank role originally, possibly even for Morag, since she has an unused voice clip calling Dromarch I still have a big ol' soft spot for him, tho

I personally think the main issue with Nia/Dromarch is that all the early party members get upgraded forms (like mythra and poppi qt/qt pie) morag and zeke come at a point later in the game so they don't need upgrades, the only upgrade Nia gets is her blade form on Rex which means dromarch is left in the dust. My idea for a better dromarch would be if Nia used her blade form with dromarchs weapons/ skills for stronger attacks/skills

I see you did a guide on the most useful blade for speedruns. His speeds allow for optimal times and is the only reason you got the best time for DLC Him being the only rare twin rings shows his strength and how unique he is Truly an amazing blade

Dromarch is fast asf , he definitely carried your speed run :)

Poppi QTpi who? Me and the boys use Dromarch

Really disappointed about not hearing any memes about dromach's speed... What happened to you Enel?

“If you desire warmth, why not take some from me?”

I still love his voice, personality and appearance though. Plus, he is technically Nia's mount!

Dromarch still has a niche because you can't ride QTPi in the overworld, though that's only because the ESRB wouldn't let Tora put that functionality in.

Oh Dromarch, they did him dirty by boxing him into only one role...

when I first started to explore Dromarch, I loved his fully party heal from special 2, but then I realized every healer + their mother has their ability lol

Dromarch is such a good boy. He deserves better.

Dromarch crushes his "role," which is to be Nia's companion and protector as long as she is on her own. The sad fact is, though, by the time you meet her in the story, he's kind of obsolete. Not as a character, but as a guardian. She goes from walking around with Jin and an Aegis to forming a party with a driver who will become superior to Addam and who is accompanied by another Aegis. So Dromarch is basically a back story character who gets to hang around past his usefulness, as Nia isn't exactly living hand to mouth by the time you meet her. But he does function as a voice of reason and wisdom, and his relationship with Gramps has an interesting way of balancing out their characters, as having either on their own would make them somewhat out of place as the "Boomers" of the group. Overall, I have a soft spot for Dromarch but not to the point that I would ever choose to use him regularly in combat anymore. I think it speaks more to the depth of the game as a whole and just how well they created the other top tier blades to have such personality that people would want to use them more than some of the main characters.

The speedy boy got his own guide already

Now that you mentioned all of the worst blades, I'm curious to see how Electra and Dromarch would synergize. I mean, electrolysis is an AOE special, but beyond that....

I love keeping dromarch as a water/breaker/healer pure option on Nia. I don't use Nia often, and he isn't her primary when I do, but I like keeping the matching blades with their drivers in useful ways.

Wow. I actually didn't expect Dromarch to be next, but he is the best twin-ring rare blade though

Never realised exactly HOW bad celestial gift was. So whens the Finch Electra Dromarch team challenge mode videos coming out? (

Dromarch might not be that great in combat but riding him around is still the best way to travel.

Dromarch was designed specifically to trick the player into thinking Geoffrey was a good pull.

The funny thing about enemy Blade Combos is that they have a chance to resisted, so even if you get hit by enemy Driver Specials, it's very unlikely you'll actually end up getting hit with a Blade Combo effect. Also, Blade Combo damage works differently when enemies do it, as their damage is a percentage of your HP. So even if you get hit with a stage 3 combo, it'll never take more than half of your health away. In other words, Celestial Gift is even more useless than it sounds. Though it is also noteworthy that this skill also affects DOT damage received from a couple of enemy arts, like Ophion's Falak Buster, the Ardainian soldier's grenades and the rare times Malos' Buster inflicts Gravity on you. That's neat I guess.

I know Finch is Bad, but she was my first rare blade. So when you make the Finch guide, I will be celebrating.

Last time I was this early, I wasn’t spending all my time indoors

Really looking forward to the *CATALYST SCIMITAR* video. She’s one of my favorite blades to use in the game, story only obviously since she’s not exactly built for Challenge Battle.

Always sad that my favorite blades character wise are awful in combat

I swear this man is gonna make a guide for even the actual characters themselves.

Nice! I was waiting for a guide like this haha. I'm glad that you found a somewhat good(????) use for Dromarch despite his many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many shortcomings.

Dromarch: Nia’s Ride For real though, I wish we had other unique movement animations, i.e. Roc always flying, Boreas always Rolling, and maybe even, hear me out here. Poppi QTpi carrying Tora like she did in her quest.

You obviously put a lot of work into these videos and it shows, great vid as always, keep it up dude

I'm so glad you're doing these.

I'm actually at work so I can't watch this right now, but I'm just commenting and giving watch time to help Enel in the algorithm. I'll watch it again for real when I get home

Ey Enel vid! Gonna have to put this aside for a bit cause I'm busy now, but I'll definitely come back and watch the guide of best girl's blade! ;>

I'm glad that in all these videos you are telling us how to better use QTpi and Dagas. Keep up the great work!

The only boy Nia's gonna ride ever. :'(

Gotta say, I was NOT expecting a Dromarch guide following the last three lol Blade aside, great work, I've been loving the guide videos!

Should have named the guide “how to use Bromarch” missed opportunity smh lmao

Thumbnail genuinely shocked me. Awesome to see a weaker blade get some of the spotlight. Quick edit - keeping doing these videos, they’re great!

Ladies and gentleman we have found a Xenoblade Character worse(gameplay wise) than Sharla😨

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He doesn't even have a unique looking weapon, its the same twin rings every other animal blade has.

Oh shit a xc2 video in 2020? You love to see it

Sweet! I love optimizing the lesser used blades.

I know this is an old video but I love the fact you showed off Dromarch in a powerful light

I’m pumped to see a video on the most powerful rare twin ring blade

1:48 "...pretty reek for a ware blade" 🥺

I wanted to like Dromarch more in this game, especially as his voice actor also voice Vesemir in The Witcher 3. For the first skill I would have it reduce damage to the party by 10%. The second one would be replaced by an ability where every hp option gotten would increase damage and healing up to 90%. His last skill would be a revival after the driver loses all hp and hp is restored by 35%. Raging Tiger would have a flat 20% crit chance boost. Aqua Wave would have a damage ratio of 610 at max affinity. Dark maelstrom would spawn 3 hp potions after finishing.

Top notch! Keep it up!

They could have done something like this with Dromarch to make him less painful to use/not completely overlooked for BoC playthroughs: - boost his default crit rate ffs - make lv.1 special create a damage absorb shield when it crits instead of healing, so it's actually useful at full HP (maybe tweak numbers). - make Celestial Gift reduce Blade *Special* damage taken *by the entire party* (Not combo damage that happens .001% of the time, maybe tweak numbers). - make Nia's Gemini Loop an evasion art. (Cats are supposed to be agile so why not allow Nia/Dromarch to dodge attacks? Also fits with Dromarch's duty to protect Nia, a role in which he is currently outclassed by many blades, including Boreas, who's just here for the free food.) After ch.7 midpoint: - Dromarch's phys defense increases from 5% to 10% - When used by Nia, his ether mod increases from 10% to 20%, and he also gets a 30% agility mod. - Nia's Twin Rings break art is now an evasion art, and can break on all hits of the attack, not just the last one (This only applies to Dromarch and not common Ring blades). - New additions to battle skills: River's Blessing now increases damage dealt by 10/15/20/25/30% for each attack evaded using evasion arts (max 150%). Damage bonus is retained upon returning to Dromarch after blade switches. Howl Of Calm reduces aggro generated from attacks by 10/20/30/40/50%. Lastly, when Nia is at max affinity with Dromarch, you can push some unused button combination to trigger what is basically an enhanced shield block art for the entire party. It reduces damage taken and provides immunity to all reactions and debuffs for up to 5 seconds. Nia has to stand still and channel for the duration, but her allies can act normally (You can move to cancel the shield early if you're playing Nia). Blade combo damage dealt by the party is increased during this time, and combos that don't normally inflict DoT damage now can. Heck, I'd even have blade combo damage bypass the damage cap if it wouldn't be a technical nightmare to retroactively implement. All damage taken by the party while the shield is active is also reflected back to the attacker at 2x or 3x damage. This ability has a 90 second cooldown instead of only being available once per fight. Catalyst Scimitar deserves its own improvements, but that's for another time.

See the sharla guide enel did for the best advice on how to use dromarch. It's not a coincidence that that video showed up in my recommended tab.

Not only is wide slash the most quickest art in the game, but Dromarch is the most quickest blade in the game!

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Me watching this video made me question why I never took Dromarch off of Nia. Seriously, I bet I still have Dromarch on Nia (I was about to boot up Xenoblade 2 to check, but it turns out that I may have archived an update or something at some point so I'm re-downloading it).

this video is great i love your content enel. even if you are being condescending to poor dromarch....but can the tiger handle bringer of chaos? main story wise yes ....but challange mode...?

Yeah but he wears a cute-ass nightcap

I mean, hes got decent field skills? And I guess rex has decent arts and auto attacks? Gonna be honest here I dropped nia as soon as zeke existed.

It seems like the biggest issue is he has the yellow's of a tank, but no way to utilize it.

OMG I always wanted to know how to use the BEST blade.

This reminds me of the Pinocchio "You have potential" commercial

Obligatory algorithm boosting comment, thank you based Enel

Dromarch Guide this will be interesting (maybe)

I wouldn't have been able to finish this game if it weren't for Dromarch... thank you Dromarch i love you

Dromarch is still the best rare twin rings

Tora feel bad for Dromarch...he so calm and amazingly cool, Tora wants to be cool and calm too. Can't wait to see guide on Poppi!

I was really hoping they would give him something like Eye of Shining Justice, but nope, only S P E E D

It’s funny that a common dog Blade can be better than Dromarch by a sizable margin.

Let's put this video on trending

Dromach is the Sharla of XC2

Is it true that you heart every comment?

Dromarch has a charm to him. And hes. a good character. Makes his bad kit an easy pill to swallow. Nia screaming out Healing halo has saved my ass when I screw up far to much for me to hate him.

Ahhhh, Dromarch. The faster runner in the game. It is totally proven

if sharla was a pupper

I don’t care how bad he is, he’s a tiger, tigers are big cats, and I love cats. Also that hat he had during the Mythra sleepwalk scene was so cute

Is this a Dromarch guide or a speedrun guide? Dromarch’s so fast!

it's late, commenting so the architec may bless us

Dromarch is awesome

That opening statement is definitely applied to Finch as well, it's kinda depressing.

I'm bummed our poor tiger boy is so bad. Rip Dromarch.

Good video - now I know there are much better options than dromarch. Quick question: does Xenosaga work on a Ps2 emulator? If so, should I play it or not (I don’t have a ps2)

When are you doing the Dromarch solo challenge run?

Awe, you see Enel? People would’ve gotten the Speed Joke

Dromarch goes brrrrr :feelsfastman:

If you want to engage Dromarch just remember that flora heals an aching soul

Dromach the real mvp

to be fair I kind of hate the bitball's moveset. But yeah, I dropped Dromarch on NG+. I'm glad you showed reasonably functional support builds with him at least.

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Flora heals an aching soul

I still use Pyra and brighid. They’ve helped me with some of the harder challenges like the Gogol and Ken. Using pneuma has come in clutch for chain attacks too

enemies doing blade combos in this game is like enemies doing chain attacks in the first game so... basically they don’t exist lol

In my replay of XC2 from scratch, ever since I put Crosette on Nia, I've been wishing I could disengage Dromarch. I don't wanna play as Nia the whole time, cuz I just got Zeke's Corvin 4/5 Affinity filled out and he's breaking the game in a more fun way, but man I get sad whenever I see Nia swap off Crosette to Dromarch. At least if she swaps to her knuckles, I can wonder if she might actually use Launch on time. She won't, but hey, that's what Pandy's for, right?

Fast Tiger go brrr!