Talent Art (XC1)

For other articles titled "Talent Art", see Talent Art (disambiguation).

Talent Arts are unique Battle Arts in Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected. These Arts are special moves that are unique to the character using them. Every major party member has a Talent Art located in the centre of their Arts palette. Guest party members do not have Talent Arts.

Talent Gauge

Unlike normal Battle Arts, Talent Arts work off the Talent Gauge. For most characters, this gauge is charged through auto-attacks and filling it allows the player to use their Talent Art. However, Sharla's Talent Gauge monitors her rifle's heat, so it increases by using other Battle Arts and she can use Cool Off at any time. Also, Melia's Talent Gauge is built up by uses of Elemental Discharge, which can be used whenever her elementals are active.

Ways of filling the Talent Gauge

Any character

• The gem Talent Boost fills the Talent Gauge by an additional 1-12% per auto-attack at the cost of half auto-attack damage.
• When most characters are warned of a vision, their Talent Gauge will max out. Sharla's, however, will empty so she doesn't have to cool off.

Shulk

• Shulk's auto-attack boosts the gauge by 20% per hit.
• These Arts boost Talent Gauge:
  • Stream Edge
  • Battle Soul
• These skills boost Talent Gauge:
  • Glorious Future
• Activate Monado can be used to toggle between Shulk's standard Arts and the Monado Arts without depleting the Talent Gauge.
• Each Monado Art expends a varying amount of the Talent Gauge when used, ranging from 50% to 100%:

Monado Art	Talent Gauge used
Monado Enchant	50%
Monado Buster	100%
Monado Shield	50%
Monado Speed	75%
Monado Purge	75%
Monado Eater	75%
Monado Armour	100%
Monado Cyclone	100%

Reyn

• Reyn's auto-attack boosts the gauge by 25% per hit.
• These arts boost Talent Gauge:
  • Bone Upper
  • Rage
  • War Swing
  • Lariat
• Additionally, Magnum Charge acts like an alternative Talent Art as it can only be used when the Talent Gauge is filled. However it has a separate cooldown.
• These skills boost Talent Gauge:
  • Channelled Pain

Fiora

• Fiora's auto-attack boosts the gauge by 10% per hit, but her auto-attack hits twice.
• These skills boost Talent Gauge:
  • Vital Force

Sharla

• Each of Sharla's Arts fills the Talent Gauge by a certain amount depending on the Art. As the gauge fills, the amount of damage dealt by Sharla's Arts increases, while the HP recovery of her healing arts decreases. When the gauge is full, she will automatically be forced to use Cool Off. When used, the gauge drains by 35% per second if used normally, or 15% per second if used when overheated.
• Sharla typically does not want her Talent Art to fill up, since Cool Off takes longer when fully charged. Instead, the gem Heat Sink is used to slow the Talent Gauge fill rate.
• If Sharla's Talent Gauge is maxed during a Chain Attack, it will reset to 99% after her turn.

Dunban

• Dunban's auto-attack boosts the gauge by 5% per hit.
• These Arts boost Talent Gauge:
  • Battle Eye
  • Soaring Tempest
  • Jaws of Death
  • Final Flicker

Melia

• Melia's Elemental Discharge boosts the gauge by 10% per use (15% if she previously discharged a different elemental in the last 5 seconds). When the gauge is filled, Melia will gain an aura called Element Burst, increasing the damage of her Elemental Discharge and enabling the use of certain Arts.
• While Element Burst is active, Elemental Discharges have a chance to reset the Talent Gauge to 0. The chance that it won't reset is based on her current tension level, as shown in the following table:

Burst aura maintain rates

Tension	Chance of burst aura continuing
Very high	90%
High	75%
Normal	60%
Low	50%
Very low	0%

• If Melia's aura is deactivated by other means, such as through Daze, Incapacitation, or the battle concluding, her gauge is set to 90%.

Riki

• Riki's auto-attack boosts the gauge by 10% per hit.

Seven

• Seven's auto-attack boosts the gauge by 4% per hit. However, two of her auto-attacks hit twice and one of her auto-attacks only hits once.
• Her Talent Art can be changed by modifying the foot (drone) armour.
• These Arts boost Talent Gauge:
  • Lock-On
• These skills boost Talent Gauge:
  • Vital Force

Kino

• Each of Kino's Arts fills the Talent Gauge by a certain amount depending on the Art. As the gauge fills, the amount of damage dealt by Kino's Arts increases, while the HP recovery of his healing arts decreases. When the gauge is full, he will automatically be forced to use Cool Off. When used, the gauge drains by 35% per second if used normally, or 15% per second if used when overheated.
• Kino typically does not want his Talent Art to fill up, since Doze Off takes longer when fully charged. Instead, the gem Heat Sink is used to slow the Talent Gauge fill rate.

Nene

• Nene's auto-attack boosts the gauge by 25% per hit.
• These Arts boost Talent Gauge:
  • Bone Upper
  • Feather Swing
  • Hangry
  • Lariat
• Magnum Starch acts like an alternative Talent Art as it can only be used when the Talent Gauge is filled. However it has a separate cooldown.

Additional mechanics

• During a Chain Attack, Talent Arts will increase the multiplier and change the chain multiplier's colour to white. This is a wildcard colour: any Art type used at this point will increase the multiplier.

Enemy Talent Arts

Enemies may have their own version of Talent Arts, which operate similarly to the party members' Talent Arts in that their Talent Gauge must generally be filled to a certain amount before they can be used. Certain enemies have more than one Talent Art, and other types of enemy Arts may also require a certain amount of Talent Gauge charge in order to use. Each enemy Talent Art has a level from I to X, with higher levels typically being more powerful. When Shulk uses Monado Shield and the Art's level is greater than or equal to the enemy's Talent Art, the enemy's damage is reduced to 1 and all debuffs are prevented.

List of Talent Arts

Character	Art	Description
ShulkShulk	Activate Monado Activate Monado Activate Monado	Unleashes the power of the Monado.Unleashes the power of the Monado. ()
ShulkShulk	Turn Strike Turn Strike Turn Strike	Attack inflicts Break.Attack inflicts Break ().
ReynReyn	Mad Taunt Mad Taunt Mad Taunt	Temporarily increases aggro.Temporarily increases aggro.
FioraFiora	Butterfly Step Butterfly Step Butterfly Step	Four-hit combo that deals massive damage.Four-hit combo that deals massive damage.
DunbanDunban	Blossom Dance Blossom Dance Blossom Dance	Chance of delivering a combo attack.Chance of delivering a combo attack.
SharlaSharla	Cool Off Cool Off Cool Off	Cools down an overheated weapon.Cools down an overheated weapon.
RikiRiki	Yoink! Yoink! Yoink!	Steals something from an enemy.Steals something from an enemy.
MeliaMelia	Earth Discharge Earth Discharge Earth Discharge	Inflicts Poison on one enemy.Inflicts Poison on one enemy.
MeliaMelia	Electric Discharge Electric Discharge Electric Discharge	Deals ether damage to one enemy.Deals ether damage to one enemy.
MeliaMelia	Elemental Discharge Elemental Discharge Elemental Discharge	Attack using a summoned Elemental.Attack using a summoned Elemental.
MeliaMelia	Fire Discharge Fire Discharge Fire Discharge	Blaze damage to enemies in range of target.Blaze damage to enemies in range of target.
MeliaMelia	Ice Discharge Ice Discharge Ice Discharge	Chill damage to enemies in range.Chill damage to enemies in range.
MeliaMelia	Water Discharge Water Discharge Water Discharge	Drains HP from one enemy.Drains HP from one enemy.
MeliaMelia	Wind Discharge Wind Discharge Wind Discharge	Ether damage to enemies in range.Ether damage to enemies in range.
SevenSeven	Cannon Drones I Cannon Drones I Cannon Drones I	Beam that attacks enemies in a straight line.Beam that attacks enemies in a straight line.
SevenSeven	Cannon Drones II Cannon Drones II Cannon Drones II	Beam that attacks enemies in a straight line.Beam that attacks enemies in a straight line.
SevenSeven	Gun Drones I Gun Drones I Gun Drones I	Beams that attack enemies in range.Beams that attack enemies in range.
SevenSeven	Gun Drones II Gun Drones II Gun Drones II	Beam that attacks enemies in range.Beam that attacks enemies in range.
SevenSeven	Shield Drones I Shield Drones I Shield Drones I	Grants Shield to [the user].Grants Shield () to [the user].
SevenSeven	Shield Drones II Shield Drones II Shield Drones II	Grants Debuff Immunity to [the user].Grants Debuff Immunity () to [the user].
SevenSeven	Sword Drones I Sword Drones I Sword Drones I	A 10-hit combo that hits one enemy.A 10-hit combo that hits one enemy.
SevenSeven	Sword Drones II Sword Drones II Sword Drones II	A 10-hit combo that hits one enemy.A 10-hit combo that hits one enemy.
SevenSeven	Sword Drones X Sword Drones X Sword Drones X	A 10-hit combo that hits one enemy.A 10-hit combo that hits one enemy.
KinoKino	Doze Off Doze Off Doze Off	Reduces Talent Gauge build-up.Reduces Talent Gauge build-up.
NeneNene	Glad Taunt Glad Taunt Glad Taunt	Temporarily increases aggro.Temporarily increases aggro.

Trivia

• All characters have a voice line for their Talent Gauge reaching 50% and 100%. The famous phrase "Now it's Reyn time" triggers when Reyn's Talent Gauge reaches 100%.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Talent Art	—
Japanese	タレントアーツ	Talent Arts
French	Art spécial
German	Spezialtechnik
Spanish	Arte personal
Italian	Tecnica speciale
Chinese (simplified)	天赋战技	Innate Art
Chinese (traditional)	天賦戰技	Innate Art
Korean	탤런트 아츠	Talent Art

Gallery

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  Talent Art tutorial, part 1

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  Talent Art tutorial, part 2

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  Sharla's Talent Art tutorial, part 1

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  Sharla's Talent Art tutorial, part 2

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  Melia's Talent Art tutorial, part 1

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  Melia's Talent Art tutorial, part 2