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Tales of Xillia 2 eGuide 2 Characters Rowen Ilbert

Character Evolution

Suggested Growth Plan

Focus Your Extraction on Water Element

Rowen can learn artes in many elemental types, so you’ll want to equip him with a variety of extractors. But you should lean most heavily on Water so that you can learn the Tidal Wave arte—which hits every enemy on the battlefield—as early as possible. The second most important type of element is Earth, which allows you to learn the Conductor series of skills that improve Rowen’s Arte Tuning ability.

Development chart

Learn Artes of Four Damage Types

In order to effectively exploit a wide variety of enemy weaknesses, you should learn the four artes below as early as possible. As an added bonus, the path to Shimmering Toll will also net you the Intelligence skill, which will boost the power of your artes and their odds of inflicting ailments.

Shimmering Toll
Fireball
Wind Lance
Blue Sphere

Learn the Skills Related to Arte Tuning

Learning the Conductor skill will allow you to perform Arte Tuning freely by removing its TP cost. Also of note is Speed Cast, which reduces casting times by 10%. Since it’s a Linked Arte, it will be equally beneficial for any partner who specializes in casting artes.

Speed Cast
Queued Spellcasting
Conductor
Conductor 2

Extract Water Element to Learn Tidal Wave

Normal battles will pose little challenge once Rowen has mastered Tidal Wave, so from the mid-point of the game on, you’ll want to focus heavily on Water extractors to earn that arcane arte early. If you mix in some Earth element, you can also pick up Conductor 3 and Conductor 4 to further augment the Arte Tuning ability.

Dagger Rhapsody
Rage Crescendo
Tidal Wave
Conductor 3
Conductor 4

Empower Your Artes with Late-Game Skills

Two late-game skills will make your artes-casting smoother and more effective. Continued Channeling can double the power of Rowen’s artes while Abrupt Cast eases their post-casting Recovery time.

Continued Channeling
Abrupt Cast
Allium Orbs - Skills and Artes
Points Light Light-Earth Earth Earth-Water

15

Marche Waltz

50

Intelligence

Dexterity

100

HP Gain

160

Severed Fate Lv.1

230

Shimmering Toll

Level Restore

Conductor

310

Rock Trine Lv.1

400

Life Up

Freeze Lancer

500

Conservation

610

Stamina

Marche Waltz Lv.1

730

Over Extension 2

Freeze Lancer Lv.1

870

Intelligence 2

Dexterity 2

1030

HP Gain 2

Rock Trine Lv.2

Conductor 2

1210

Shimmering Toll Lv.1

Meteoric Waltz

Freeze Lancer Lv.2

1410

All Guard

1630

Over Extension

Air Pressure

1880

Over Extension 3

Meteoric Waltz Lv.1

Rock Trine Lv.3

Freeze Lancer Lv.3

2160

Severed Fate Lv.2

2470

Stamina 2

Flash Guard

2810

Meteoric Waltz Lv.2

Freeze Lancer Lv.4

3180

Tightening Chains

Marche Waltz Lv.2

3590

HP Surge

Roche Waltz

Air Pressure Lv.1

Conductor 3

4040

Shimmering Toll Lv.2

Severed Fate Lv.3

4530

Linked Action

Meteoric Waltz Lv.3

HP Restoration Guard

5060

Rock Trine Lv.4

Glacial Core

5630

Tightening Chains Lv.1

Roche Waltz Lv.1

Marche Waltz Lv.3

6250

Shimmering Toll Lv.3

Air Pressure Lv.2

Conductor 4

6920

Intelligence 3

Perfect Guard

Glacial Core Lv.1

7640

Meteoric Waltz Lv.4

8410

Tightening Chains Lv.2

Severed Fate Lv.4

9230

HP Surge 2

Roche Waltz Lv.2

Air Pressure Lv.3

Glacial Core Lv.2

10110

Shimmering Toll Lv.4

11050

Tightening Chains Lv.3

Marche Waltz Lv.4

12050

Roche Waltz Lv.3

Glacial Core Lv.3

13110

Tightening Chains Lv.4

14230

Air Pressure Lv.4

15420

Roche Waltz Lv.4

Glacial Core Lv.4

16680

Points Water Water-Dark Dark Dark-Wind

15

Solid Guard

50

Vitality

Psyche

100

TP Gain

160

Splash Lv.1

230

Hidden Target

Fury Stoke

310

TP Combo Support

400

Overclocked

Mind Up

Mage Stun

500

Blue Sphere

610

Splash Lv.2

Spirit

730

Mind Reversal

870

Vitality 2

Psyche 2

1030

TP Gain 2

1210

Spectral Purge

1410

Blue Sphere Lv.1

Queued Spellcasting

1630

Water Guard

Combo Siphon

1880

Casting Window

Spectral Purge Lv.1

2160

Splash Lv.3

Spirit 2

2470

Blue Sphere Lv.2

Mind Share Plus

2810

Rage Crescendo

3180

Hidden Target 2

Spectral Purge Lv.2

3590

Splash Lv.4

TP Surge

4040

Diffusional Drive

4530

Tidal Wave

Fury Stoke 2

Rage Crescendo Lv.1

5060

Support Shift

5630

Heal Share Plus

Diffusional Drive Lv.1

Rage Crescendo Lv.2

6250

Spectral Purge Lv.3

6920

Blue Sphere Lv.3

Grace

7640

Tidal Wave Lv.1

Diffusional Drive Lv.2

TP Surge 2

8410

Abrupt Cast

Rage Crescendo Lv.3

9230

Damage Control

Spectral Purge Lv.4

10110

Tidal Wave Lv.2

Rage Crescendo Lv.4

11050

Blue Sphere Lv.4

Anti-Magic

12050

Diffusional Drive Lv.3

13110

Tidal Wave Lv.3

14230

15420

Diffusional Drive Lv.4

16680

Tidal Wave Lv.4

Points Wind Wind-Fire Fire Fire-Light

15

Wind Lance

50

Agility

Strength

100

Strong Arm

160

Knife Revenge

Speed Cast

230

Soaring Symphony

Fireball

310

Momentary Gain

Healing Etude Lv.1

400

500

Jump Cancel

610

Fireball Lv.1

730

Mirage Step

870

Agility 2

Strength 2

1030

Healing Etude Lv.2

1210

Wind Lance Lv.1

Fireball Lv.2

1410

Speed Cast 2

1630

Soaring Symphony Lv.1

Fireball Lv.3

1880

Absolute Reduction

2160

Wind Lance Lv.2

Divine Streak

2470

Soaring Symphony Lv.2

Point Conversion

2810

Dagger Rhapsody

Healing Etude Lv.3

3180

Wind Lance Lv.3

Momentary Gain 2

3590

4040

Soaring Symphony Lv.3

Prelude

Speed Cast 3

4530

Dagger Rhapsody Lv.1

5060

Charismatic Stance

Fireball Lv.4

Divine Streak Lv.1

5630

Continued Channeling

6250

Wind Lance Lv.4

Prelude Lv.1

Divine Streak Lv.2

6920

Dagger Rhapsody Lv.2

7640

Tetra Spell

Prelude Lv.2

Healing Etude Lv.4

8410

Dagger Rhapsody Lv.3

9230

Alternate Dash

Prelude Lv.3

Divine Streak Lv.3

10110

Chain Spell

11050

Soaring Symphony Lv.4

Dagger Rhapsody Lv.4

12050

Divine Streak Lv.4

13110

Prelude Lv.4

14230

15420

16680