Shionne's most powerful artes?

[chromatic]

I was wondering which of Shionne's artes deals more damage? If you play as her, what are your thoughts?

[DosDeosos]

Shionne is more like a support class in party, average in every aspect. But since you asked for it then I strongly recommend using Freeze Lance since its spammable and can deal the most damage if you level its proficiency to 5 stars. Keep in mind, this is just my opinion.

[chromatic]

Originally posted by ❄Dos❄:

Shionne is more like a support class in party, average in every aspect. But since you asked for it then I strongly recommend using Freeze Lance since its spammable and can deal the most damage if you level its proficiency to 5 stars. Keep in mind, this is just my opinion.

Thanks! I unlocked this one but just tested it a little bit. I'll try to use it more to also increase the proficiency.

[Admod, the Equivocal]

No no. It's Magna Ray. :)

[chromatic]

Originally posted by Admod, the Equivocal:

No no. It's Magna Ray. :)

Thank you, I use this one too (already in proficiency 5)

[Xengre]

I have mainly played Alphen, however, I've seen Shionne destroy with her meteor spell. I also tried Shionne in the solo training grounds arena (she was by far the most interesting to play there actually so far) and her triple meteor attack (forget the name, its one of her earliest abilities) and her counter attack are really good. None of her other skills seemed to even come close either due to less damage, longer delays/cast time, or other problematic nuances like missing even at point blank if enemy moves slightly (freeze lance was the most notable offender and paled compared to the meteor attack).

Looked it up just now and it was Burning Strike. Note, I'm not done with the game so there could be better ones later on, but at least so far this one has been noticeably superior in a reining slash kind of way.

[Sofia]

Shionne's most powerful arte by far is Tres Wind/Zephyr Trident. It's the final gun arte you'll unlock with her and absolutely wrecks things from a distance, unless they resist wind damage.

Not far behind is her final grenade (the light elemental one).

Her spells aren't bad, but you won't get accessories to reduce casting time until the very endgame, so they're more difficult to abuse. By endgame though, you can equip an accessory that gives -20% cast time and tack on 4 -5% skills onto it, to total -40% cast time.

It's real good then to use Freeze Lancer, Burning Strike, etc.

[chromatic]

Originally posted by Xengre:

I have mainly played Alphen, however, I've seen Shionne destroy with her meteor spell. I also tried Shionne in the solo training grounds arena (she was by far the most interesting to play there actually so far) and her triple meteor attack (forget the name, its one of her earliest abilities) and her counter attack are really good. None of her other skills seemed to even come close either due to less damage, longer delays/cast time, or other problematic nuances like missing even at point blank if enemy moves slightly (freeze lance was the most notable offender and paled compared to the meteor attack).

Ohhh nice hint, thanks! I'll try to use this one more.

Originally posted by Dri:

Shionne's most powerful arte by far is Tres Wind/Zephyr Trident. It's the final gun arte you'll unlock with her and absolutely wrecks things from a distance, unless they resist wind damage.

Not far behind is her final grenade (the light elemental one).

Her spells aren't bad, but you won't get accessories to reduce casting time until the very endgame, so they're more difficult to abuse. By endgame though, you can equip an accessory that gives -20% cast time and tack on 4 -5% skills onto it, to total -40% cast time.

It's real good then to use Freeze Lancer, Burning Strike, etc.

Thanks for the tips. I just unlocked her light grenade and I love using it! For me, it's the best grenade arte so far. Is Tres Wind that aerial arte that launches three wind orbs? If so, I love using it. I think I didn't unlock Zephyr Trident yet... But since you're saying that is her final gun arte, I'll probably unlock it by endgame, right?

[Sofia]

Originally posted by Gabriel:

Originally posted by Xengre:

I have mainly played Alphen, however, I've seen Shionne destroy with her meteor spell. I also tried Shionne in the solo training grounds arena (she was by far the most interesting to play there actually so far) and her triple meteor attack (forget the name, its one of her earliest abilities) and her counter attack are really good. None of her other skills seemed to even come close either due to less damage, longer delays/cast time, or other problematic nuances like missing even at point blank if enemy moves slightly (freeze lance was the most notable offender and paled compared to the meteor attack).

Ohhh nice hint, thanks! I'll try to use this one more.

Originally posted by Dri:

Shionne's most powerful arte by far is Tres Wind/Zephyr Trident. It's the final gun arte you'll unlock with her and absolutely wrecks things from a distance, unless they resist wind damage.

Not far behind is her final grenade (the light elemental one).

Her spells aren't bad, but you won't get accessories to reduce casting time until the very endgame, so they're more difficult to abuse. By endgame though, you can equip an accessory that gives -20% cast time and tack on 4 -5% skills onto it, to total -40% cast time.

It's real good then to use Freeze Lancer, Burning Strike, etc.

Thanks for the tips. I just unlocked her light grenade and I love using it! For me, it's the best grenade arte so far. Is Tres Wind that aerial arte that launches three wind orbs? If so, I love using it. I think I didn't unlock Zephyr Trident yet... But since you're saying that is her final gun arte, I'll probably unlock it by endgame, right?

Tres Wind is the wind orbs arte yes. She shouts Zephyr Trident when using it though. The translation team must have been high.

[chromatic]

Originally posted by Dri:

Originally posted by Gabriel:

Ohhh nice hint, thanks! I'll try to use this one more.



Thanks for the tips. I just unlocked her light grenade and I love using it! For me, it's the best grenade arte so far. Is Tres Wind that aerial arte that launches three wind orbs? If so, I love using it. I think I didn't unlock Zephyr Trident yet... But since you're saying that is her final gun arte, I'll probably unlock it by endgame, right?

Tres Wind is the wind orbs arte yes. She shouts Zephyr Trident when using it though. The translation team must have been high.

Oooooh I see, so that's it. haha

[AlliedKhajiit]

honestly I just jump in the air and spam Aqueous Impact, can cast it like 4 times before touching the ground and it does maybe 2.5kish per cast and it ramps up a ton of combo, letting you super easily trigger finishers on the enemy. All in on arte attack, use Grouper Flood weapons for enhanced water artes, and look for water damage on your accessory. I believe it's the arte you can unlock after healing a bunch of people in the overworld

[Treskittle]

Tres Vento/Aqueous Impact are both super good. She's the safest character in the game to play as imo, and even if something resists the Wind attribute, Tres Vento is still some of her easiest ranged DPS options. The downside is it's kinda hard to see what the enemy is doing without moving the camera a lot.

Her ground arts didn't wow me (which is a shame, I love Max from Tales of Eternia and he was an absolute gun powerhouse, tho he waas a glorified caster really...), and her bombs were also kinda eh for me. If you can get lucky with ailment application she can deal way more damage with Toxicity (poison) and her paralysis bomb stuff, those do apply to every enemy but very low chances.

Her spells are pretty good tho, Freezelancer is spammable, Burn Strike REALLY spammable and gets more bombardments with proificiencey iirc? Also she's defacto the best healer, so that's good.

[chromatic]

Originally posted by AlliedKhajiit:

honestly I just jump in the air and spam Aqueous Impact, can cast it like 4 times before touching the ground and it does maybe 2.5kish per cast and it ramps up a ton of combo, letting you super easily trigger finishers on the enemy. All in on arte attack, use Grouper Flood weapons for enhanced water artes, and look for water damage on your accessory. I believe it's the arte you can unlock after healing a bunch of people in the overworld

Originally posted by Treskittle:

Tres Vento/Aqueous Impact are both super good. She's the safest character in the game to play as imo, and even if something resists the Wind attribute, Tres Vento is still some of her easiest ranged DPS options. The downside is it's kinda hard to see what the enemy is doing without moving the camera a lot.

Her ground arts didn't wow me (which is a shame, I love Max from Tales of Eternia and he was an absolute gun powerhouse, tho he waas a glorified caster really...), and her bombs were also kinda eh for me. If you can get lucky with ailment application she can deal way more damage with Toxicity (poison) and her paralysis bomb stuff, those do apply to every enemy but very low chances.

Her spells are pretty good tho, Freezelancer is spammable, Burn Strike REALLY spammable and gets more bombardments with proificiencey iirc? Also she's defacto the best healer, so that's good.

Thanks for the tips, I'll keep them in mind and I'll sure test the artes both of you mentioned :)

[stray]

I play Shionne as healer mainly but otherwise stick to her gun abilities and bombs; her casting kit is too underwhelming. I really like her sidestep shots.