Tales of Xillia 2 Guide 1 Game System Game System

Ailments

Triggering Elemental-Type Ailments

When you use an attack with a damage type against a foe, that foe gains ailment points. When it hits 100 ailment points, it will get an ailment corresponding to each damage type of the attack. This same system works on enemy attacks against your characters, although the effects of the ailments you give may differ from the effects of the ailments you receive.

Ailment Effects

Ailment	Type	Effect on Your Team	Effect on Enemies
Burn	Fire	Receive damage equal to 1.5% of max HP every 0.5 seconds for 20 seconds.	Same but percentage of damage received varies by foe.
Skillseal	Water	All skills are negated for 20 second (only a few enemies even have skills.)
Paralysis	Wind	For 10 seconds, 30% chance of becoming staggered when attacking
Petrify	Earth	Can take no action for 3 seconds
Confusion	Light	For 10 seconds character cannot be controlled and attacks allies instead, but deals only 1/3 of usual damage
Poison	Dark	Receive damage equal to 1.5% of max HP every 0.5 seconds for 20 seconds.	Same but percentage of damage received varies by foe.
Bleeding	Slashing	Receive damage equal to 3% of max HP each time you attack for 10 seconds.	Same but percentage of damage received varies by foe.
Weakness	Strike	For 10 seconds, any attack can break block
Nausea	Shot	Cannot use artes combos for 10 seconds

Special State Changes

Other Ailments	How You Get Them	Effects
KO	HP = 0	Can’t act, not cured at end of battle
Stun	Inflicted by some attacks	Can’t act for 3 seconds or until attacked one time
Instant KO	Inflicted by some attacks	KO’d regardless of remaining HP
Revive	From Elize’s Revive Spell	Automatically cures KO once
Ailment Proof	From Syrup Bottle	Can’t catch negative ailments

Status AILMENTS Effecting Stats

Type	Effect
Physical Attack	Stat raises or drops - if icon is blue, that stat is boosted. If red, that stat is weakened
Magical Attack	Stat raises or drops - if icon is blue, that stat is boosted. If red, that stat is weakened
Physical Defense	Stat raises or drops - if icon is blue, that stat is boosted. If red, that stat is weakened
Magical Defense	Stat raises or drops - if icon is blue, that stat is boosted. If red, that stat is weakened
Movement Speed	Stat raises or drops - if icon is blue, that stat is boosted. If red, that stat is weakened

How Ailment Points Work

Ailment Points Properties

As mentioned before, you get ailment points when attacked, and the same system affects foes.
The amount varies based on attack. When you get 100 ailment points you get the ailment corresponding to the type of damage.
When the ailment is cleared, your ailment points are reduced to 0.
These are NOT cleared at the end of battle, but are reduced to 0 if you stay at an inn.
Accessories that protect you from an ailment 50% of the time actually protect you from accruing ailment points 50% of the time.

Dexterity Makes It Easier to Stun

The odds of inflicting stun are affected by the attack used and the Dexterity of the user. If Ludger uses a strong attack (hold + or + ), that attack has a 15% stun rate. Multiply that times 1 + user’s Dexterity divided by 1000 to get the odds of a successful stun.

Actions That Can Lessen Ailment Duration

You can recover more quickly from ailments by taking specific actions. You can reduce the duration of ailments by up to half if you know how to deal with them.

Ailment Recovery

Type	Method of Recovery
Burn	Free Run
Skillseal	Guard
Paralysis	Wait in same spot
Petrify	Press any button rapidly
Confusion	Press any button rapidly
Poison	Wait in same spot
Bleeding	Wait in same spot
Weakness	Front-step and Back-step
Nausea	Perform a taunt
Stun	Press any button rapidly