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Contents

  • 4 Character Stories
    • Character Stories
      • Jude's Story
      • Milla's Story
      • Alvin's Story
      • Elize's Story
      • Rowen's Story
      • Leia's Story
      • Gaius's Story
      • Muzét's Story
      • Bonus Chapter
  • 5 Side Quest
    • Side Quests
      • Event Quests
      • Elite Monsters
      • Sting of Terror: Scorpactus!
      • Terror of the Skies: Veywind Eye!
      • Claws of Steel: Heavy Claw!
      • Giant Insect: Radiant Horn!
      • Face of Death: Greater Demon!
      • Wings of Light: Siennabronc!
      • The Insectoid Terror: Moralzamm!
      • Merciless Render: Graddic Claw!
      • The Buzz of Doom: Arrow Folzam!
      • Grimacing Tree: Ghastly Stump!
      • Raging Bull: Bluetaur!
      • Fire Down Below: Dark Teagle!
      • Fungus Gone Wild: Exoplasma!
      • Deceptive Beauty: Veywind Stinger!
      • Croak of Doom: Fortune Stepper!
      • Speed Demon: Wind Racer!
      • Ravenous Insect: Hammerzamm!
      • Giant Insect: Krudis Eye!
      • Touch of Death: Goddess Touch!
      • Cold-Blooded Beast: Hydro Blade!
      • Bloodsucking Tree: Vampiric Plant!
      • Infernal Call: Cthulhu Demon!
      • Burning Intensity: Magma Dragon!
      • Frozen Gaze: Snow Cougar!
      • Kitty Dispatch
      • Poker
      • Coliseum
      • Illusionary Darkness
      • Endings
  • 6 Data
    • Data
      • Shop Data
      • Custom Order
      • Enemty Data
      • Trophies and Title Data
      • Skits (long)
    • Item Data
      • Consumables
      • Dishes
      • Weapons
      • Headgear
      • Body Armor
      • Accessories
      • Fashion
      • Fashion (Personal)
      • Materials
      • Valuables
      • Extractors
  • 8 Videos
    • Side Quests Videos
      • Elite Monsters Part 4
      • Elite Monsters Part 3
      • Elite Monsters Part 2
      • Elite Monsters Part 1
    • Character Stories Videos
      • Bonus Chapter
      • Muzet's Story
      • Gaius's Story
      • Leia's Story
      • Rowen's Story
      • Elize's Story
      • Alvin's Story
      • Milla's Story
      • Jude's Story
    • Walkthrough Videos
      • Chapter 16
      • Chapter 15
      • Chapter 14
      • Chapter 13
      • Chapter 12
      • Chapter 11
      • Chapter 10
      • Chapter 9
      • Chapter 8
      • Chapter 7
      • Chapter 6
      • Chapter 5
      • Chapter 4
      • Chapter 1
  • 3 Walkthrough
    • Walkthrough
      • World Map
      • Walkthrough Tips
      • CHAPTER 1: The Cogs of Fate 1
      • CHAPTER 1: The Cogs of Fate 2
      • CHAPTER 1: The Cogs of Fate 3
      • CHAPTER 2: New Friends, New Debts
      • Chapter 3: It All Falls Apart
      • Chapter 4: The Monster in the Alleyway 1
      • Chapter 4: The Monster in the Alleyway 2
      • Chapter 5: Spyrite Goes Haywire
      • CHAPTER 6: Spirius Corporation 1
      • CHAPTER 6: Spirius Corporation 2
      • CHAPTER 7: Destroy the Fractured Dimension 1
      • CHAPTER 7: Destroy the Fractured Dimension 2
      • CHAPTER 7: Destroy the Fractured Dimension 3
      • CHAPTER 7: Destroy the Fractured Dimension 4
      • CHAPTER 7: Destroy the Fractured Dimension 5
      • CHAPTER 7: Destroy the Fractured Dimension 6
      • CHAPTER 8: A Song Echoes Through the Falls 1
      • CHAPTER 8: A Song Echoes Through the Falls 2
      • CHAPTER 9: Gaius Trial 1
      • CHAPTER 9: Gaius Trial 2
      • CHAPTER 9: Gaius Trial 3
      • CHAPTER 10: Distant Thunder 1
      • CHAPTER 10: Distant Thunder 2
      • CHAPTER 10: Distant Thunder 3
      • CHAPTER 11: Milla Maxwell 1
      • CHAPTER 11: Milla Maxwell 2
      • CHAPTER 12: Elle and I 1
      • CHAPTER 12: Elle and I 2
      • CHAPTER 12: Elle and I 3
      • CHAPTER 12: Elle and I 4
      • CHAPTER 12: Elle and I 5
      • CHAPTER 13: The Promised Land Appears
      • CHAPTER 14: The Mission Complete 1
      • CHAPTER 14: The Mission Complete 2
      • CHAPTER 14: The Mission Complete 3
      • CHAPTER 15: Brothers Forever 1
      • CHAPTER 15: Brothers Forever 2
      • CHAPTER 16: The Gates of Judgment
      • Post-Game
  • 1 Game System
    • Game System
      • Game Progression
      • Exploration
      • Side Quests
      • Character Episodes
      • Repaying Your Debt
      • Debt Repayment Rewards
      • How Your Choices Affect the Game
      • The Affinity System
      • SkitsChat With Your Party Members
      • Earn Titles to Amass Grade
      • Kitty Dispatch
      • Having Cats Get Items
      • Custom Orders
      • Character Stats and Abilities
      • Allium Orb
      • Combat Basics
      • Combat Actions
      • Mobility Actions
      • Normal Attacks
      • Use Artes for Powerful Attacks
      • Blocking Attacks by Guarding
      • Taunt to Recover TP
      • Understanding Weakness and Resistances
      • Ailments
      • Use Links to Team Up With Allies
      • Support Abilities
      • Linked Artes
      • Using Over Limit
      • Transformation
      • Enemies
  • 7 Strategy Guide Q&A
    • Interview
      • Tales of Xillia 2 Strategy Guide Q&A
  • 2 Characters
    • Character Skills & Artes
      • Skills
      • Mystic/Linked Mystic Artes
    • Muzet
      • Overview: Master of the Artes
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Gaius
      • Overview: Master of the Physical
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Leia Rolando
      • Overview: Agile and Well-Balanced
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Rowen Ilbert
      • Overview: A Nimble-Fingered Genius
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Elize Lutus
      • Overview: An Artes-Defense Prodigy
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Alvin Vint Svent
      • Overview: A Focused Power Hitter
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Milla Maxwell
      • Overview: Intelligent and Well-Balanced
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Use Aerial Skills to Strike from the Heavens
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Jude Mathis
      • Overview: Unmatched in Close Combat
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Evolution
    • Ludger Will Kresnik
      • All-Purpose Fighter with Strong Stats
      • Character Abilities
      • Artes
      • Chromatus
      • Chromatus Artes
      • Tactics
      • Recommended Combos
      • Character Development

Tales of Xillia 2 Guide › 1 Game System › Game System

Using Over Limit

When you fill the fifth area of the Linked Artes Gauge, you’ll temporarily enter Over Limit.

Over Limit Properties
  • Over Limit lasts 10 seconds, but skills and time-related bonuses with your linked partner can extend it.
  • You can’t get staggered while in Over Limit and actions do not consume AC or TP.
  • You can use Linked Artes at the cost of one Linked Artes Gauge region.
  • You can use Linked Artes chains.
  • If you know the right skill, you can use mystic artes and linked mystic artes.
  • Your linked partner gains all of the above bonuses as well.

Finish Your Over Limit with a Mystic Arte

If you set the Special skill, you can perform a mystic arte during Over Limit. Mystic artes are attacks that always hit and deal large amounts of type-less damage.

Additionally, the Special Linked Artes skill lets you perform linked mystic artes with a character with which you have a high enough level of affinity, and Jude and Milla can use a special linked mystic arte with the Special skill.

  • If the player character has the Special skill set, you can press and hold during a Linked Arte in Over Limit to perform a mystic arte.
  • If your partner also has the Special skill set, press and hold + to perform the partner’s mystic arte.
  • If you have the skills Special and Single Artes set, during an Over Limit you can hold after performing an arcane arte to perform a mystic arte. Note that this won’t work if the arcane arte was blocked or missed.
  • If Ludger and his partner both have the Special skill equipped, press and hold during a Linked Arte performed during Over Limit to perform a linked mystic arte with Ludger. You can also do this if you’re playing as a character with those skills set and are linked with Ludger as your partner.
  • Milla and Jude can do a linked mystic arte together if both have the Special skill equipped.
  • Performing any mystic arte will end Over Limit.

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