@@angeldude101 KOS-MOS could be a good choice, due to her Hyperclock skill & Level 2 Special being an AOE + teamheal (Poppibuster might also work, what with its solid defences & Hyperaffinity Circuit also having the same max affinity buffing values as KOS-MOS)
There aren't nearly enough Blades with glasses or giant Dark Matter-esque eyeballs in places eyes have no business being, and I truly appreciate the visual diversity Newt brings to the cast. And I am now convinced that her damage reduction skill is just her stretching out her giant arms to shield the rest of the party. Thanks for the wonderful video!
@@theprokoking7156 I was curious too, and managed to find some people talking about it on a forum. Sounds like it was a mistranslation of “Memory Locket”. Apparently, there have been a lot of examples of L’s being translated as R’s in this game, which makes sense considering it was Japanese
@@patroka Also just all of the field skills translating knowledge as wisdom is weird too. It's like they used a thesaurus to translate. Nopon knowledge and nopon wisdom are two pretty different concepts.
I always wondered why Newt was ranked so low by people due to this skill. I always read it by what it apparently actually does, but I can definitely see why lots of people thought otherwise.
Important for everyone, Newt "Last Line Of Defense" DOES NOT work on her driver, i tested it with a lot of different enemies, it works ONLY on the other drivers you are near enough.
so glad I stumbled upon your channel - I started XC2 some time ago and Newt is one of my first rare blades I pulled. I adore her character and I'm glad to learn how to use her better!
Now I can't help but imagine what would happen if Dagas' "Kaiser Zone" were bugged/modded into buffing the radius of Newt's "Last Line of Defence" skill... Throw in Gorg, and you'd practically be able dance circles around Cloud Sea King Ken without the worry of your squishier positional attackers getting OHKO'ed
I always loved newt's design, her off color skin, her pair of massive satellite arms, her military theme bikini outfit she has going on, (though honestly I think I would have liked her to dress more like morag, now there's and idea have her switch clothes with morag for a bit, she gets to look professional and morag gets some sex appeal) her red eyes and glasses look good together I think, and the absolute best thing is the large eye on the back of her head because it's always a discovery or easter egg for everyone. You never see it coming until you see the 👁️. One of my favorite post battle quotes is her and zenobia trashing what the other is wearing.
Oh wow. That is an interesting skill. Definitely makes for a good blade to help new players go through the story. I was never a big fan of her design. The arms are cool, I just thought she needed more clothes. But cool video. Probably the most I learned about a blade in these videos so far
I’ve recently secured myself a brand new UK copy of Xenoblade 2 for $70! I can’t wait to start playing while watching your very useful videos simultaneously! Although, there hasn’t been any estimate delivery date as of me typing this so I’m gonna have to play the waiting game, lol.
i can't tell you how ironic it is that the blade i find the most ascetically pleasing is also the ONLY blade i have never found.. i pulled kos-mos earlier today and i've had zenobia for months now ffs... just gimmi newt... i'll be ya friend.
I can't help but think of her as a military version of Cerebella from Skullgirls. I wouldn't be surprised if whoever designed her got that idea from that game.
No disrespect to the team that worked on the localization, but man can you feel the time crunch in some areas, especially in skill and Affinity Chart descriptions. Of course, a thought of mine on that is also that they may have been limited to the same text box sizes the Japanese version uses, which is quite a pinch, since in Japanese, a small handful of letters can convey an entire thought or concept, while in English and languages that use the same alphabet... you can get a few words in at most
funny you post this today since i just started Newt's quest ... only to get blocked since i need her level 3 in her unique skill but i dont have enough trust to get it so she's on a merc mission while im during Dargus's quest
You know I kind of wonder if Newt would've synergized well with Vales more damage for using specials ability. Since she has a team support tanking ability, she's kind of meant to be used in longer fights, so she'd get more of an opportunity to build up damage.
Another challenge that Newt's reaction resistance can come in super useful is the Chickenheart Dagmara fight. With auto-attacks that force topple and an art that takes you through the entire Driver combo, being highly resistant to those effects can really limit the amount of time you spend on your ass
uh apparently I knew more about newt than anyone else did until today because I just assumed that that's what newts 40% damage reduction thing did and promptly never used her.
Not having firemastery on this fire blade was surely a surprise when playing through the leftherian archipelago. Couldn't burn the spider webs to advance so I had to open like 12 core crystals to get enough fire mastery common blades to progress
I actually pulled Newt on Nia and I always wondered why she is just so so quick to get her level 2 blade special over everyone else. It might have to do with tranquil guard and the insane damage reduction preventing her from getting interrupted.
Honestly Newt was one of the few blade designs in this game outside of the story blades that i just ADORE. She looks rad, and 40% less damage to the party as long as they're close is magic too.
I actually knew about Last Line of Defense. That's just how I read and understood that description. I didn't know people thought it meant something else. Maybe I should have said something?
6:11 and of course, the description box doesn't mention everything it does. goddamn do I despise XC2's tutorials and UI. by far my biggest criticism of an otherwise great game.
I got a question Her reduction passive, do allies take less damage when Newt is standing 5m next to the allies or does this count to the driver? Since walking with the driver to the allies is easier than letting the CPU walk to them because Newt is a little bit away from the driver.
Yeah as long as Newt is standing 5m away from any other driver they'll take less damage. I don't know if its technically newt's driver or newt herself but it isn't a huge difference.
Sometimes being a tank is valuable. Not everything is about dps. Newt is awesome just because she wont let you die. Now that big ass eye on the back of her head still creeps me out.
I can't help but wonder just how face tanky one could potentially get. Something like a Master Tank Mod, Every relevant element down/damage type up Poppi with Gorg and Newt maybe.
Great video and love that one of my fav blades is actually underrated thanks to that stupid typo. Enel you seemed really bored or tired in this video everything alright chief?
Did I? People said that about the last video too and I don't think I did anything different than usual. Maybe it's because both today and yesterday I was able to record entire script in nearly a single sitting instead of having to split things up so towards the end I might have started to get thirsty or something hahaha
@@EnelXC I figured the you were kinda acting bored or tired to emphasize how uninteresting you found Florens kit but this guide felt particularly like you were out of it especially near the end. I hope I was just over analyzing and you are doing ok chief, just remember to take care of yourself. Love your content but I do want to know at the end of the day you are making these guides out of love for the blades or for spreading information to the community to appreciate the blades in the game and not out of a sense of obligation. Take care of yourself.
i think this was the one of the first rare blades i got and i was very confused as to why her arms are so big... i’m still very confused as to why her arms are so big but i’ve come to accept that that is just xenoblade 2 character design.
I’m over here trying to pull this blade on Morag. I’m at the start of chapter 8 and I only need two more blades and one being newt. I’ve opened up over 200 core crystals with luck accessories on Morag. She just doesn’t want to come out.
I would like to tell RUclips that I have just been 1% wiped By Gradivus, the Headless Emperor I went through eight loops of uncontrollable and several more of wir fliegen for nothing Pain
This is the only Rare Blade I'm missing. After beating the game I got T-elos and KOS-MOS fairly quickly. But Newt evades me, no matter how many rare and legendary crystals I burn.
I feel like Newt is the most unfortunately designed blade in the game... She's really good, but is ultimately rather pointless because of there existence of Brighid, what with evasion tanking almost always being better and Brighid just... Being Brighid. It almost feels like she should be a different element- and honestly, I think that she would be best as an Earth blade instead, since Cressidus is the only Earth tank in the game (Except Poppi but she doesn't count).
Gonna be honest, I actually forget Newt exists sometimes. I don't know why. I guess this massive mistranslation is big reason to not do this anymore. Makes me wonder if this warrants a slight tier change...
I think its time for Perun, the character whose kit makes 0 sense. Also any chance we can see some challenge mode farming videos for the best challenge mode version of items? I've gotten too good at NOT getting chests with S+ blades.
@@dylanheywood2144 oh wait lol i meant to say perun, i was thinking about who my last blades were and i was thinking kasandra was my last blade but perun was my last gacha blade but i didnt really pay attention and just typed kasandra because i was thinking of her lmao
I love this game to death but if I have one very big problem with it this is one. It's combat system and gameplay is very fun in some of the best I've seen in any RPG which is the reason why it's one of my favorites but for some reason it has a very hard time telling you anything.
Quick question. I am doing the common only challenge and one of my blades affinity skill is swift strike: increases damage dealt by 90% 30 seconds after the start of a battle. Is it a translation error like rocs storm and stress?
Newt and Gorg both embody something people often forget: sometimes the ability to just not die ever is an extremely valuable asset.
This comment right here Enel.
especially in a nuzlocke
I didn't even know this mistranslation on Newt was a thing. I barely used her but at times just for fun. This is quite the discovery.
I wonder who the best third Blade would be to just get complete party immortality.
@@angeldude101 KOS-MOS could be a good choice, due to her Hyperclock skill & Level 2 Special being an AOE + teamheal
(Poppibuster might also work, what with its solid defences & Hyperaffinity Circuit also having the same max affinity buffing values as KOS-MOS)
Wonky translations and JRPGs. Name a more legendary combo
Swords and anime
@@gachalibra9243 I think you mean Swords and Smash Bros
@@anonymouss1270 same thing in my eyes
Chuggaaconroy and ProtonJon
@@Xenowolf8 how did I not think of that.
There aren't nearly enough Blades with glasses or giant Dark Matter-esque eyeballs in places eyes have no business being, and I truly appreciate the visual diversity Newt brings to the cast. And I am now convinced that her damage reduction skill is just her stretching out her giant arms to shield the rest of the party. Thanks for the wonderful video!
Looked for this a day ago when I pulled her and it didn't exist. Now it does.
Hey junko
Ah yes, 2's phenomenal translation.
Real ones remember asking themselves "wait what the hell is a Memory Rocket"
Please explain
@@theprokoking7156 I was curious too, and managed to find some people talking about it on a forum. Sounds like it was a mistranslation of “Memory Locket”. Apparently, there have been a lot of examples of L’s being translated as R’s in this game, which makes sense considering it was Japanese
@@patroka Also just all of the field skills translating knowledge as wisdom is weird too. It's like they used a thesaurus to translate. Nopon knowledge and nopon wisdom are two pretty different concepts.
Only Perun, Dagas, and all the the Torna blades left
I'm hype for Dagas. I love him. I relate to him so much to the point of kinning. Help me.
Ohh, you mean Kaiser Zone. I expect a nice thumbnail from Enel with Dagas sitting imposing in his throne.
kaiser zone and amazon laday
Newt: A reject ARMS/skullgirls character
Rewatching this, Newt seems to have been the inspiration for Xenoblade 3's tank effect fields
Anyone else think her artwork kind of makes her look a little like Midna or am I just crazy?
Yeah a little bit but I also see her as a military version of Cerebella from Skullgirls.
I always wondered why Newt was ranked so low by people due to this skill. I always read it by what it apparently actually does, but I can definitely see why lots of people thought otherwise.
Same. Within 5 metres sounds to me like it is from her. Why would it be the enemy?
While she may be another Fire Tank, her design is still amazing and her field skills are really good. Very useful guide!
With arms as big as those, it IS weird that she doesn't do more damage.
My first reaction to seeing her was "Why are you not knuckle claws?" Can you imagine she just gives those arms to her driver as the weapon
@@Cragma That would be AMAZING!
@@pronounjow I actually just pulled her too!
@@Cragma Nice! Congratulations! 😃
BAYONEWTTA WITH THE WICKED WEAVES LET'S GO
I always thought Azami was the most Bayonetta-like blade.
BOOM! NICE TRY! SEE YA!
@@Xenowolf8 if newt and azami had a child, she would be like bayonetta
When I first got her I was very confused about her arms
waiting for a "How to use Chapter 8 Jin" video
Important for everyone, Newt "Last Line Of Defense" DOES NOT work on her driver, i tested it with a lot of different enemies, it works ONLY on the other drivers you are near enough.
so glad I stumbled upon your channel - I started XC2 some time ago and Newt is one of my first rare blades I pulled. I adore her character and I'm glad to learn how to use her better!
What about her strongest feature:
Ignoring gravity by sitting in her own hands
Now I can't help but imagine what would happen if Dagas' "Kaiser Zone" were bugged/modded into buffing the radius of Newt's "Last Line of Defence" skill...
Throw in Gorg, and you'd practically be able dance circles around Cloud Sea King Ken without the worry of your squishier positional attackers getting OHKO'ed
I always loved newt's design, her off color skin, her pair of massive satellite arms, her military theme bikini outfit she has going on, (though honestly I think I would have liked her to dress more like morag, now there's and idea have her switch clothes with morag for a bit, she gets to look professional and morag gets some sex appeal) her red eyes and glasses look good together I think, and the absolute best thing is the large eye on the back of her head because it's always a discovery or easter egg for everyone. You never see it coming until you see the 👁️. One of my favorite post battle quotes is her and zenobia trashing what the other is wearing.
morag does not need sex appeal
Always nice to learn about a new Blade. Especially when that Blade can bench press a tank and defend others from one with her beefy arms.
i’ve never been more in love with a series other than your blade tier list hahaha keep it up man
That Last Line of Defense skill is really good and a major translation goof, wow.
Oh wow. That is an interesting skill. Definitely makes for a good blade to help new players go through the story.
I was never a big fan of her design. The arms are cool, I just thought she needed more clothes. But cool video. Probably the most I learned about a blade in these videos so far
I was waiting for this guide. Now I got to try that gorg combo.
I’ve recently secured myself a brand new UK copy of Xenoblade 2 for $70! I can’t wait to start playing while watching your very useful videos simultaneously! Although, there hasn’t been any estimate delivery date as of me typing this so I’m gonna have to play the waiting game, lol.
Newt is a blade I constantly forget even exists due to all my drivers each have a good fire blade already.
The fire-element bias is strong with this game.
i can't tell you how ironic it is that the blade i find the most ascetically pleasing is also the ONLY blade i have never found.. i pulled kos-mos earlier today and i've had zenobia for months now ffs... just gimmi newt... i'll be ya friend.
I can't help but think of her as a military version of Cerebella from Skullgirls. I wouldn't be surprised if whoever designed her got that idea from that game.
No disrespect to the team that worked on the localization, but man can you feel the time crunch in some areas, especially in skill and Affinity Chart descriptions. Of course, a thought of mine on that is also that they may have been limited to the same text box sizes the Japanese version uses, which is quite a pinch, since in Japanese, a small handful of letters can convey an entire thought or concept, while in English and languages that use the same alphabet... you can get a few words in at most
funny you post this today since i just started Newt's quest
...
only to get blocked since i need her level 3 in her unique skill but i dont have enough trust to get it
so she's on a merc mission while im during Dargus's quest
Newt was the first rare blade I pulled, so I’m glad to finally see a blade guide on her
Love using Newt. I have her on Morag though. Another great video. Thank you
I think Enel truly is the god of lightning. That was a fast upload after Floren.
You know I kind of wonder if Newt would've synergized well with Vales more damage for using specials ability. Since she has a team support tanking ability, she's kind of meant to be used in longer fights, so she'd get more of an opportunity to build up damage.
"I hope you guys have learned something"
I think we've ALL learned something with this guide, you included Enel haha. What a botched translation LOL
Blade I'm the most unfamiliar with, plus her design is... Something!
Great timing! Got Newt this morning
That's a crazy mistranslation and definitely changes up her utility.
dang this man seriously liked all the comments.
that's friking commitment
Another challenge that Newt's reaction resistance can come in super useful is the Chickenheart Dagmara fight. With auto-attacks that force topple and an art that takes you through the entire Driver combo, being highly resistant to those effects can really limit the amount of time you spend on your ass
uh apparently I knew more about newt than anyone else did until today because I just assumed that that's what newts 40% damage reduction thing did and promptly never used her.
The ultimate defense party support driver : running Newt, Gort and Ursula.
Gort doesn't exactly seem like the supportive type...
Gort??? This is countered by Lora
o wait...
Not having firemastery on this fire blade was surely a surprise when playing through the leftherian archipelago.
Couldn't burn the spider webs to advance so I had to open like 12 core crystals to get enough fire mastery common blades to progress
I actually pulled Newt on Nia and I always wondered why she is just so so quick to get her level 2 blade special over everyone else. It might have to do with tranquil guard and the insane damage reduction preventing her from getting interrupted.
Honestly Newt was one of the few blade designs in this game outside of the story blades that i just ADORE. She looks rad, and 40% less damage to the party as long as they're close is magic too.
I actually knew about Last Line of Defense. That's just how I read and understood that description. I didn't know people thought it meant something else.
Maybe I should have said something?
6:11 and of course, the description box doesn't mention everything it does. goddamn do I despise XC2's tutorials and UI. by far my biggest criticism of an otherwise great game.
I have never summoned Newt. I completely forgot she was even in the game.
Does this new discovery mean newt moves up on the tier list?
She probably would tbh
2:21 Prime example of a statement that is technically correct, but very, VERY misleading.
I've waited for this
Newt Hips Sink Ships
Newt was the last Rare Blade I got. KOS-MOS was the Rare Blade I got before her. So I always forget she exists.
She looks like a Skull Girls representative
I got a question
Her reduction passive, do allies take less damage when Newt is standing 5m next to the allies or does this count to the driver? Since walking with the driver to the allies is easier than letting the CPU walk to them because Newt is a little bit away from the driver.
Yeah as long as Newt is standing 5m away from any other driver they'll take less damage. I don't know if its technically newt's driver or newt herself but it isn't a huge difference.
Newt is my favorite Blade from a "design" standpoint, so it's good to hear that she's also kinda good too. Yay me!
Sometimes being a tank is valuable. Not everything is about dps.
Newt is awesome just because she wont let you die.
Now that big ass eye on the back of her head still creeps me out.
Dang, was hoping this would be Perun.
I like her design and shes a morag fangirl and thats always good
I got Newt fairly early on. She’s surprisingly good on Rex for regular gameplay.
Well, Rex is considered the second best Chroma-Katana user, behind Morag of course.
I can't help but wonder just how face tanky one could potentially get.
Something like a Master Tank Mod, Every relevant element down/damage type up Poppi with Gorg and Newt maybe.
Bit of a sidenote, I always found It funny that Tora is the best driver lmao
I've been misreading Newts damage reduction ability as it doing what it actually does and not what it says it does...
Here I am pulling kosmos from a random common and still don't have newt or agate when I can farm legendaries right now
Great video and love that one of my fav blades is actually underrated thanks to that stupid typo. Enel you seemed really bored or tired in this video everything alright chief?
Did I? People said that about the last video too and I don't think I did anything different than usual. Maybe it's because both today and yesterday I was able to record entire script in nearly a single sitting instead of having to split things up so towards the end I might have started to get thirsty or something hahaha
@@EnelXC I figured the you were kinda acting bored or tired to emphasize how uninteresting you found Florens kit but this guide felt particularly like you were out of it especially near the end. I hope I was just over analyzing and you are doing ok chief, just remember to take care of yourself. Love your content but I do want to know at the end of the day you are making these guides out of love for the blades or for spreading information to the community to appreciate the blades in the game and not out of a sense of obligation. Take care of yourself.
Me when I get Newt.
Abs
i think this was the one of the first rare blades i got and i was very confused as to why her arms are so big...
i’m still very confused as to why her arms are so big but i’ve come to accept that that is just xenoblade 2 character design.
Woah so poppi buster and newt would be an unkillable team lol especially if you put gorg in their as well
After 245 hours, the one rare blade that I have yet to unlock
Ironically, this was the first rare blade I got when playing.
Even those of us who get lucky with KOS-MOS always have that one blade that refuses to drop. For me, and a lot of other people, that was Patroka.
Stacking Newt and Gorg with Poppibbuster so that I can take 1000 damage from the final boss' prometheus.
Newt is a rejected ARMS character made to fit in with XC2, change my mind.
actually I just got the blade and yeah since i'm playing it in japanese idk how they made that mistake with that description
Newt's design is awesome
I’m over here trying to pull this blade on Morag. I’m at the start of chapter 8 and I only need two more blades and one being newt. I’ve opened up over 200 core crystals with luck accessories on Morag. She just doesn’t want to come out.
I have never pulled her and I forget she exists
I was Newt expecting this one
i need a video on items, where to get them and the most use items please
I would like to tell RUclips that I have just been 1% wiped
By Gradivus, the Headless Emperor
I went through eight loops of uncontrollable and several more of wir fliegen for nothing
Pain
I’ve been trying to get Newt in core crystals and her silhouette keeps mocking me.
She has very big...... Arms
This is the only Rare Blade I'm missing. After beating the game I got T-elos and KOS-MOS fairly quickly. But Newt evades me, no matter how many rare and legendary crystals I burn.
I feel like Newt is the most unfortunately designed blade in the game... She's really good, but is ultimately rather pointless because of there existence of Brighid, what with evasion tanking almost always being better and Brighid just... Being Brighid. It almost feels like she should be a different element- and honestly, I think that she would be best as an Earth blade instead, since Cressidus is the only Earth tank in the game (Except Poppi but she doesn't count).
What should I do in Xenoblade while i’m
waiting for more Xenoblade games to get announced??
Arm goals
Newt is pretty lewd
Gonna be honest, I actually forget Newt exists sometimes. I don't know why.
I guess this massive mistranslation is big reason to not do this anymore. Makes me wonder if this warrants a slight tier change...
At last!!! My favorite blade! The one that does the ORA ORA thing!
I think its time for Perun, the character whose kit makes 0 sense.
Also any chance we can see some challenge mode farming videos for the best challenge mode version of items? I've gotten too good at NOT getting chests with S+ blades.
Last blade for me to get, I actually got Kosmos way before finding her haha
Fun fact: my first playthrough, Newt was the very last Gacha Blade I obtained.
Mine was perun
@@johannesboomsma4680 kasandra isn’t a gacha blade
in my current play through I just need Floren and KOS-MOS.
@@dylanheywood2144 oh wait lol i meant to say perun, i was thinking about who my last blades were and i was thinking kasandra was my last blade but perun was my last gacha blade but i didnt really pay attention and just typed kasandra because i was thinking of her lmao
Mine was Agate
I've never known this blade existed until today
Yeah, if I remember, she's one of the more rare blades in the game
@@isaiah204 To think I got kos-mos and T-elos before this.
@@popajohn24 to be fair, T-elos is really, really common
@@JlBUNROCK I didn't actually know that until someone else explained that to me. I just assumed I got lucky.
@@popajohn24 dw I thought she was also super rare
I love this game to death but if I have one very big problem with it this is one. It's combat system and gameplay is very fun in some of the best I've seen in any RPG which is the reason why it's one of my favorites but for some reason it has a very hard time telling you anything.
Blame the tutorials, man. Blame the tutorials.
Admit it, you think Newt looks cool because of her perfect well toned BOD!
Quick question.
I am doing the common only challenge and one of my blades affinity skill is swift strike: increases damage dealt by 90% 30 seconds after the start of a battle.
Is it a translation error like rocs storm and stress?
switch strike is the first 30 seconds. That's how it works with the QTpi skill ram slot
@@EnelXC thx
TBH, I completely forgot her xD
"Reduces damage taken by 40% for party members within a 5m radius"
Would be much better.
Holy shit that was fast
Does this mean that Pneuma has 100% damage reduction with Newt? Or does the 40% apply after Pneuma's 60/60 defense?
I dont think defense values can exceed 90% but I might be remembering wrong.
It isn't an additive damage decrease, just decreases the damage you would normally take by another 40%
So would you change the tier list now? Where would Newt's new place be?
slightly higher lol