

*Apprentice / Boxer / Hero / Divine Vambraces Hunter's Chemistry (for other form support)

Post-Game: Dilation (Ophion>Sealed Bulkhead, World Tree)

Physical-based, 500 (+500) dmg ratio, 1 hit, 20% critĬampaign: high auto-attack and/or block rate III: Physical-based, 714 dmg ratio, 1 hit II: Ether-based, AOE, Knockback, 580 dmg ratio, 6 hits I: Physical-based, AOE, 480 dmg ratio, 4 hits Usable Element Cores: Earth, Electric, Wind, Ice Not super recommended if you're not controlling Tora, though. Her Role CPU boost carries over across the other forms. You should really equip an Aggro Draw Art Card if you want her to be an effective tank.Īlternatively, and probably better to do, Poppi α can be built to support the other forms and vice versa. Her Specials also have some of the lowest damage ratios even though they’re generally pretty fast with a lot of hits. This is even worse when you realize that the Drill Shield has a slow auto-attack rate, Art animations, and cooldown. Although she has an Art with an aggro-drawing bonus effect, her base attack is the worst of any Tank and her critical hit tier is the third-lowest in the game, so she’s not a very strong damage dealer. Now while she’s amazing at taking hits, α’s not so great at the thing she needs first to take them: aggro. On top of all that, she has access to Topple. Combined with Tora having the highest HP of any party member, Poppi α can become near impossible to incapacitate with the right set-up. With the right Role CPU, she can have the highest combined defenses of any normally usable Blade, which ALSO gets a flat buff from her Affinity Chart. Her block rate tier is the highest in the game on its own, but it gets even better with the flat increase from her Affinity Chart, and if her health falls to 30% or lower, it only gets even higher, making her the best blocker in the game. While not overall better than Poppibuster, Poppi α is the best Blade in the game for sponge tanking. You do have to go out of your way to get equipment for her and search for specific secret treasure troves if you want that equipment to be good in the long run, but it's absolutely worth your time. She also has access to Aux Cores that no other Blade can have and her later two forms can even equip more than the maximum of the average Blade. You're allowed to change her element, Stat Mod, Blade Arts, and the bonus effects of her Specials. Poppi is by far the most customizable Blade in the entire game.
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 2 POPPI ELEMENTS DRIVER
But even with those low offenses, he can become one of the best attackers in the game if not the best as early as halfway through Chapter 8.Īs an AI partner, he focuses on Driver Combos. He has the highest HP of the five Drivers, which really helps him take more hits, although his lowest combined offenses make him less effective at drawing aggro and, therefore, not a completely effective tank.

He technically only has access to three Blades, the three forms of Poppi, who by default are a sponge tank, a dodge tank, and an attacker respectively. Tora is the most unique party member in Xenoblade 2.
