Artes — Tales of Xillia 2 eGuide

Selecting the Right Arte for the Job

Arte Tuning allows you to deal greater damage and ensnare additional foes with Rowen’s artes. But using it does add to the arte’s TP cost and execution time, causing a longer period of vulnerability. So make sure to consider factors like your current TP and the number of enemies you’re facing when deciding whether an arte is worth tuning.

Rowen has access to plenty of Water-, Earth-, and Light-type artes, but only a few that are Fire- or Wind-type, and none that are Dark-type. When you don’t have the right arte to exploit an enemy’s weakness, attack with an arte that has no elemental type or provide support with Healing Etude instead.

Healing Etude

TP Cost	10	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Start

Power	—	# of Hits	—	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	—	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	—
Properties	HP Recovery 5% ×3			Count	[100/200] HP Recovery +6%					Gauge	0

Severed Fate

TP Cost	4	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Start

Power	153	# of Hits	3	Phys. to Magic Ratio	7:3	Iron Stance	12	Guard Break	12	HP Recovery	12
Properties	—			Count	[100] Increased Area of Effect					Gauge	6

Marche Waltz

TP Cost	6	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Earth 15

Power	200	# of Hits	2	Phys. to Magic Ratio	7:3	Iron Stance	8	Guard Break	8	HP Recovery	8
Properties	—			Count	[100] Prop Up					Gauge	10

Soaring Symphony

TP Cost	8	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Wind 230

Power	300	# of Hits	5	Phys. to Magic Ratio	10:0	Iron Stance	20	Guard Break	20	HP Recovery	20
Properties	—			Count	[100] Can Use in Mid-air					Gauge	10

Meteoric Waltz

TP Cost	12	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Light-Earth 1210

Power	400	# of Hits	1	Phys. to Magic Ratio	7:3	Iron Stance	4	Guard Break	4	HP Recovery	4
Properties	Juggle			Count	[100] Can Use in Mid-air, [200/400] Hits +4/+5					Gauge	5

Prelude

TP Cost	12	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Fire 4040

Power	400	# of Hits	2	Phys. to Magic Ratio	6:4	Iron Stance	8	Guard Break	8	HP Recovery	8
Properties	Knockdown/Pull-in			Count	[100] Can Use in Mid-air, [200] Pull-in Enemy Stabilize					Gauge	10

Spectral Purge

TP Cost	16	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Dark 1210

Power	600	# of Hits	4	Phys. to Magic Ratio	8:2	Iron Stance	16	Guard Break	16	HP Recovery	16
Properties	Juggle			Count	[100] Speed Up					Gauge	25

Dagger Rhapsody

TP Cost	24	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Wind-Fire 2810

Power	900	# of Hits	5	Phys. to Magic Ratio	10:0	Iron Stance	20	Guard Break	20	HP Recovery	20
Properties	—			Count	[100] Ailment Points+20, [200] Stagger Extended					Gauge	10

Rage Crescendo

TP Cost	36	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Dark-Wind 2810

Power	1200	# of Hits	8	Phys. to Magic Ratio	10:0	Iron Stance	32	Guard Break	32	HP Recovery	32
Properties	Knockdown			Count	[100] Ailment Points+16, [200] Guard Break+16					Gauge	11

Fireball

TP Cost	6	Casting Time	1 Sec.	Learned From	Fire 230

Power	250<1000>	# of Hits	1<4>	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20<80>	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	20<80>
Properties	—			Count	—					Gauge	10<40>

Rock Trine

TP Cost	8	Casting Time	1 Sec.	Learned From	Start

Power	204<284>	# of Hits	3<5>	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	21<35>	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	21<37>
Properties	Juggle/Knockdown			Count	—					Gauge	10.5<17.5>

Wind Lance

TP Cost	8	Casting Time	1.3 Sec.	Learned From	Wind 15

Power	300<600>	# of Hits	1<2>	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20<40>	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	20<40>
Properties	—			Count	—					Gauge	10<20>

Splash

TP Cost	12	Casting Time	1 Sec.	Learned From	Start

Power	740	# of Hits	6	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	30	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	30
Properties	—			Count	—					Gauge	12

Shimmering Toll

TP Cost	12	Casting Time	2.2 Sec.	Learned From	Light 230

Power	400<600>	# of Hits	4<6>	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20<30>	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	20<30>
Properties	Stun (20%)			Count	—					Gauge	10<15>

Freeze Lancer

TP Cost	13	Casting Time	2 Sec.	Learned From	Earth-Water 400

Power	525<840>	# of Hits	10<16>	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20<32>	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	20<32>
Properties	—			Count	—					Gauge	10<16>

Air Pressure

TP Cost	26	Casting Time	2 Sec.	Learned From	Earth 1630

Power	918<1278>	# of Hits	3<4>	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	21<28>	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	21<28>
Properties	<Knockdown>			Count	—					Gauge	6<10>

Blue Sphere

TP Cost	26	Casting Time	2 Sec.	Learned From	Water 500

Power	900	# of Hits	1	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	30
Properties	Knockdown			Count	—					Gauge	15

Divine Streak

TP Cost	28	Casting Time	3.5 Sec.	Learned From	Fire-Light 2160

Power	1000	# of Hits	10	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	20
Properties	—			Count	—					Gauge	10

Glacial Core

TP Cost	34	Casting Time	3.3 Sec.	Learned From	Earth-Water 5060

Power	1320	# of Hits	5	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	40
Properties	Knockdown			Count	—					Gauge	10

Tightening Chains

TP Cost	36	Casting Time	2 Sec.	Learned From	Light 3180

Power	585<845>	# of Hits	2<3>	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	10<15>	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	10<15>
Properties	<Pull-in-Knockdown>			Count	—					Gauge	5<10>

Roche Waltz

TP Cost	40	Casting Time	3 Sec.	Learned From	Light-Earth 3590

Power	1440	# of Hits	3	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	28	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	114
Properties	Prop Up (Roll) /Knockdown Critical (Roll)			Count	—					Gauge	20

Diffusional Drive

TP Cost	40	Casting Time	3 Sec.	Learned From	Water-Dark 4040

Power	1100	# of Hits	10	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	10	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	10
Properties	HP Recovery 10%/Ignore Knockdown Damage			Count	—					Gauge	10

Tidal Wave

TP Cost	52	Casting Time	3 Sec.	Learned From	Water 4530

Power	672	# of Hits	8	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	20	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	80
Properties	Pull-in/Rotate Enemy/Reduce Movement Speed			Count	—					Gauge	12

Grand Finale

TP Cost	0	Casting Time	—	Learned From	Skill Special

Power	7500	# of Hits	2	Phys. to Magic Ratio	0:10	Iron Stance	—	Guard Break	—	HP Recovery	—
Properties	Accuracy/Knockdown			Count	—					Gauge	0