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Xenoblade Chronicles 3: The Best Classes & Heroes – How To Unlock Them
By Team KKP| July 31, 2022| 0 Comment
Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is out for Nintendo Switch right now and it’s clearly 2022’s best de facto epic JRPG experience. With a lush world to explore, a deep story to go through, and a pretty awesome combat and class-changing system to play around with, it’s a game that’s going to keep you busy for the rest of 2022.
That said, you will be overwhelmed by the majority of classes you get to use as well as the plethora of heroes you can recruit. Here’s a guide on the best classes and heroes you should recruit and acquire.
The core cast of Xenoblade 3 is just six characters, and each has a set class role that they fulfil that cannot be changed. However, you can have a seventh body on the battlefield, non-playable, by deploying a hero character to the fight. Heroes are entirely optional and must be recruited, however. Each hero has a specific and unique class – and this can then be passed to your cast of playable protagonists.
When you first recruit a hero to your cause, one of the main characters will be marked as their ‘Class Inheritor’. This is the character that will immediately unlock the ability to use that hero’s class straight away, without any additional hoops to jump through. For example, Ethel’s Class Inheritor will be Noah.
For other characters, you’ll need them to build an affinity with the selected class; just have them fight alongside other characters using the target class. The more characters using that class in battle, the faster the affinity will grow. You’d want to have both the hero and class inheritor in battle (as the hero class) to speed things up so that everyone can access the hero class.
Basically, you want to unlock as many classes as quickly as possible, and then find your favourite. We have our picks in the paragraph below.
Generally, you want 2 Attackers, 2 Defenders, and 2 Healers in your party. You can mix and match depending on the extra hero you can recruit, but this would be the safest to use.
While the default ones you have from the main 6 characters should suffice and fall back to (Swordfighter, Zephyr, Medic Gunner, Tactician, Heavy Guard, Ogre), here are some suggestions for the best ones to pivot to early and mid-game:
Now we’re going to spoiler territory with the classes and heroes search. Here’s your warning:
How To Unlock: Obtained as part of automatic story progression in Chapter 3 in the quest “No Want of Courage”.
How to Upgrade: Take Cammuravi to the rear of Colony Omega in Chapter 7.
Talent Art: Saber Strike [Smash] War Medic (Healer)
How To Unlock: Obtained as part of automatic story progression in Chapter 3 in the quest “The Kind Right Hand”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Valdi’s Ascension Quest “I’m a Mechanic” in Chapter 6. This requires filling several of Repapa’s item request lists in Colony 30.
Talent Art: Technical Heal [Heal Party].
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 3 by revisiting Colony 9 and completing the quest “Where the Heart Is”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Zeon’s Ascension Quest “Reasons to Evolve” in Colony 9 in Chapter 5. Make sure to have Zeon in your party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Deflector Field [Absorb damage/Awaken] Thaumaturge (Healer)
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 3 by revisiting Colony Gamma and completing the quest “Going Beyond Power”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Teach’s Ascension Quest “Shadow of Enmity” in Colony Gamma in Chapter 6. You have to have completed the various “Teach’s Teachers” requests on the job board there. Make sure to have Teach in your party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Demise Thrust [Burst].
How To Unlock: Obtained as part of automatic story progression near the end of Chapter 3 in the quest “A Nopon’s Counsel”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Riku & Manana’s Ascension Quest “Culinary Repertoire” in Chapter 6 by placing the duo in your party and heading to Camp Inlet in Erythia Sea.
Talent Art: Sword of Valor [Damage Link] Full Metal Jaguar (Attacker)
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 3 after gaining the Wall Climb field skill and completing the “A Gray Matter” quest past the vines in the eastern part of Aetia.
How To Upgrade: Complete Gray’s Ascension Quest “Payback for Treason” in Chapter 5 in City.
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 4 in Colony Lambda by completing the quest “Unwavering Resolve”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Isurd’s Ascension Quest “Effervescent Heart” in Colony Lambda in Chapter 6. Make sure Isurd is in your party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Soulfire [Heal all on hit/Atk down] Stalker (Attacker)
How To Unlock: Obtained as part of automatic story progression in Chapter 4 in the quest “Natural Selection”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Juniper’s Ascension Quest “Survivors” in Colony Tau in Chapter 6. Make sure Juniper is in your party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Refreshing Rain [AOE/Wounded enemy ?].
How To Unlock: Obtained near the end of Chapter 4 in the Keves Castle Region in the quest “The Wrath of Ashera”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Ashera’s Ascension Quest “A Deep-Seated Scar” in Chapter 7 by placing Ashera in your party and heading to Old Kana Battlefied in Fornis Region.
Talent Art: Blossom Dance [High aggro/Pierce].
How To Unlock: Can be obtained as early as Chapter 3 in Colony Iota by completing the quest “Her Reasons”. We suggest you tackle this questline when in Chapter 4 and when you’re close to level 40. Here’s the breakdown.
How To Upgrade: Complete Alexandria’s Ascension Quest “Inescapable Past” by heading to Colony Iota in Chapter 5 with Alex in your party. You may have to have completed previous Colony Iota quests and have delivered Colony Iota Goods to other Colonies using the Collectopaedia Card system.
Talent Art: Supreme Sword [Launched?].
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 5 in City with the quest “Vandham’s Heir”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Monica’s Ascension Quest “Promise to the Future” in Chapter 7 in City. Make sure Monica is in your party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Thunder Steel [AOE/Bind/Machines ?] Signifer (Healer)
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 5 on the western side of Erythia Sea after the quest “Transparent Dreams”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Monica’s Ascension Quest “A Farewell Reset” in Chapter 6 in Colony Mu. Make sure Fiona is in your party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Cry of Faith [2 random buffs (party)].
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 5 on the eastern side of Erythia Sea after the quest “Doing it My Way”.
How To Upgrade: Complete Triton’s Ascension Quest “My Memories” by cooking at any campsite with Manana while Triton is in the party. Some prior Colony 15 related quests are also required.
How To Unlock: Gained automatically as part of story progression at the beginning of Chapter 6.
How To Upgrade: After Side Story: Noah in Chapter 6, complete Ghondor’s Ascension Quest “Knowing Your Family” by heading to Castle Agnus with Ghondor in your party.
Talent Art: Raging Force [Deplete Arts: Boost dmg].
How to Unlock: Gained automatically as part of story progression in Chapter 6 after the quest “Side Story: Mio”.
How to Upgrade: Complete Miyabi’s Ascension Quest “Happiness” in City in Chapter 7. Make sure Miyabi is in your party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Glittering Melody [Gain charge/Pause buffs].
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 6 after Side Story: Mio by revisiting Colony Omega and completing the quest “A Twist of Fate”.
How To Upgrade: Take Cammuravi to the rear of Colony Omega in Chapter 7.
How To Unlock: Can be obtained in Chapter 6 in Upper Aetia by completing the quest “Inhumanity”. You need to complete a previous quest called “Severed Connection” first though.
How To Upgrade: After refurbishing the Prison area for the Colony 0 residents, complete Segiri’s Ascension Quest “Invisible Bond”. Make sure Segiri is in the party for the quest to appear.
Talent Art: Vital Vector [AOE/2 random debuffs] Lifesage (Healer)
Hero: Nia (from Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
How To Unlock: After beating the game and seeing the end credits, visit Cloudkeep in the post-game.
How To Upgrade: In the post-game, visit the four spots marked on the map (Founder Shrine in City, Agnus Castle, Saffronia Tree at Fornis Region, Tower Camp in Pentelas Region). Get Mio to Rank 10 in Lifesage. Then discuss the information. Complete Nia’s Ascension Quest “Grasping My Future”.
Talent Art: Divine Sword [Heal all on Hit/Pierce].
Hero: Melia (from Xenoblade Chronicles)
How To Unlock: After beating the game and seeing the end credits, visit Keves Castle 1F in the post-game.
How To Upgrade: In the post-game, raise Noah to rank 10 in the Royal Summoner class. Then visit Keves Castle Throneroom with Melia in the party for her Ascension Quest “From Atop Her Throne”.
Talent Art: Element Genesis [AOE/Elem. Discharge dmg+].
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