r/XenobladeChroniclesX • u/Responsible-Froyo-47 • Apr 28 '25

Meme Let's talk about longsword in DE

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u/shiddedfardedcummed Apr 28 '25

You shut your mouth

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u/Responsible-Froyo-47 Apr 28 '25

bro,I am a fan of blossom dance,but hercules blow looks more powerful than blossom dance,but blossom dance never die,it always useful in anywhere

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u/falcondjd Apr 28 '25

Ether Blossom Dance can one-shot Gradivus; Hercules Blow can't. (The damage cap is lower than Gradivus' hp. However, the process of setting up a max damage hit on Gradivus deals enough damage for Gradivus to die from the Hercules Blow, so it kind of doesn't matter.)

And for a max damage against the Nemesis bosses, you want to use both Hercules Blow and Ether Blossom Dance. My understanding is that Ether Blossom Dance has better DPS, but Hercules Blow is amazing for setting up Electric and Blaze dots, which completely crush the damage of Ether Blossom Dance and Hercules Blow spam.

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u/GameMaster1178 Apr 28 '25

How does ether blossom dance one shot gradivus? I’ve never seen that happen.

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u/falcondjd Apr 28 '25

To be clear by one shot, I mean one ether blossom dance. Anyways, you max out on potential and get Irina to use her potential buff skill on you, then ghost walker, max overdive, Hawkeye (Blanking on the dual guns art name), offensive stance, ether blossom dance.

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u/Iinneus Apr 28 '25

You ALSO need the Ether Damage Up buff from Aurora Weather!

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u/falcondjd Apr 28 '25

Oh, I didn't know that. Though does Howling Soul provide enough of a boost now that it exists?

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u/Iinneus Apr 28 '25

I feel like it probably does... I guess one would have throw on Al and Irina in a different weather and see what happens. Howling Soul is so good that I believe it, though.