I think Dagas' blade quest was one of the most interesting. I'd personally like to think that with his signature ability being Kaiser Zone, that he is referencing the Kaiser of Kislev from Xenogears with how his whole sidequest goes.
He's an interesting one, but man, having to max his affinity chart just to get to his "real" chart is a drag needing more trust than any other blade when accounting for both charts since it resets after awakening. Still better than ursula though, in maxing the chart and battle usefulness.
Wow, I'm currently playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2, with all dlc, because of Pyra/Mythra being announced for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and I'm currently in chapter 5. I got lucky by getting Dagas at chapter 3, but I had no idea he has a second chart?! Sheesh.
Huh...for some reason I always read it as "Increases damage of all aoe attacks." Then again never paid attention to details and just went with my favorites. Thank you for telling me this. (no sarcasm, actually fascinated.)
I got an unbelievable sense of dread after I completed Dagas’s. I had fully completed his affinity chart and when I found out I had to do it AGAIN I just kinda stopped using him because I didn’t want to fill a full chart again.
Oh wow. I started playing as well, and am currently in chapter 5, and got Dagas on chapter 3. I had no idea he has a second chart, but I still seldom use my rare blades anyway, since I have them constantly doing merc missions, and I can just keep Dagas doing those until he is ready.
Grinding his true affinity chart atm! Dagas is a king (when it comes to AOE)! Thank you for your video! It helped appreciate Dagas more! Haha, now I want to draw Dagas and Sheba as rivals in royalty!
Dagas was my original blade husbando. He’s so cool. And goes perfectly with morags design. Being an axe user makes him super slow though and it kinda hurts his dps, but he’s amazing for chain combos
Heh, my latest run went in a direction. The first Blades I pulled were Finch, Electra, and Godfrey, and I was seriously contemplating scraping the run. Then I pulled a few more of the DLC cores, and got Dagas. As far as I'm concerned, that run has already won the game.
So as I see it, he's more useful than he looks in fights against one or two enemies, but his real power shines against multiple enemies. Others could do the same or better against just one enemy, like the Relentless Arduran, but not against hordes like challenge mode tends to give
Oh sure, he may have the best skill in the game, but that didn't stop me from releasing him first time I got him. And I still don't regret my decision. Just because he has one good battle skill, doesn't justify that sorry attitude I have to tolerate
I know this isn't the right video to comment this on, but seeing an axe blade made me think of it again: why didn't you use Akhos in the BoC Poisoned Paradise to get rid of his ridiculous defense? You could put him on player control and spam his specials, and use tora on AI for fusion combos.
You have to player control tora to setup the combo and dot as fast as I did. Even with transmigration akhos doesn’t have high enough damage to make up for the tora control dot even if you try to setup with someone else. I tried something similar with kosmos and telos who null defense.
Hello Enel, is there any losses in any benefit of not completing the first affinity chart? I did the quest without knowing that he has reseted his chart. I am kind of worried if I had lost any bonuses to his old chart before it was reseted to a new one. Hope to get a response, thanks!
Ok so I'm almost at 100% in ng+ , I have a few blades to max out and the extra affinity for the drivers. Fiora is one of the blades I need to max out but I literally can't do anything against Godzilla Kong in reinventing the gogol
@@brogchamp6106 I'd say if you're just trying to beat it focus on omega drive/burst symbol based strategy and just chain attack spam for immunity. use screw edge to charge up your party meter.
The AoE increase is what really sets Dagas above. Pneuna has the best combination of support skills but none of them will save as much time or be as useful as Kaiser Zone.
@@EnelXC Is this taking into account that '100% crit rate, -50% break resist, +50% evasion and accuracy, x2 item drop' is all technically one skill of Pneuma's, or is it only counting the crit rate?
@@EnelXC Sorry for the confusion, I meant that does Zenobia's "Greatest Warrior" skill stack with the damage increase Dagas gives. I'm kind of uncertain how the damage stacking works in this game
Yes. That is correct! They are both additive skills so the damage increases will add together before multiplying everything else in the damage formula.
@@EnelXC Hm, so you could attack multiple enemies at once, gain increased damage the more enemies there are, and probably hit all of them at once due to the AoE increase
I haven't played in over a year and I'm basically lost here, do you have a guide to achieve such amazing numbers besides Dagas support skill? (I haven't played since before the content packages were released)
His skill is really useful but I don't use male Blades. lol. By the way does Dagas is the only Blade Morag use in this video? Are there any other way to prevent your teammate from switching the Blades?
@@stripedrajang3571 Probably late, but try doing Dagas's Blade Quest as soon as possible. He's absolutely useless without it--everything about him is weaker until he gets the second affinity chart, even his specials are weaker than they usually are.
No, you're not late at all. I just finished the story mode on the last week of March, but I had to place the game on hold because of Monster Hunter: Rise. However, I want to continue to do the trial modes and attempt to get all blades, and do Torna: The Golden Country as soon as I'm done with Monster Hunter: Rise.
@@gabegonzalez9733 Most setups I've seen tend to run affinity boosters on stat sticks - also higher trust = reach max affinity faster. But if you can switch blades 10 times before you hit max affinity then there may be a case for WTD. But you still need to spend time switching out blades to charge it, while Dagas is constant 120% while he is active. Also Dagas is a blade skill compared to an accessory. Better acc choice would be something with instant damage - things die too fast to make wtd useful tbh.
Oh honey, do ursala's quest; its _technically_ easy but boy, persistance is the name of the game and time will be consumed. Optimal time is 13 hours, have fun
I get why you say that's the best skill in the game but there's one thing that you see that doesn't make sense to me. Why is 120% additive damage better than potentially 500% additive damage or however more damage Zenobia and T elos gives?
How fitting.
A king's greatest strength is getting others to win for him after all.
Yes, Dagas is our king. All praise Monarch Eyepatch HB.
I still remember when Azami and Dagas were considered trash tier in the games early days
azami is not trash???
@@saw4106 bro read
azami still is
I think Dagas' blade quest was one of the most interesting.
I'd personally like to think that with his signature ability being Kaiser Zone, that he is referencing the Kaiser of Kislev from Xenogears with how his whole sidequest goes.
tl;dw stop underestimating support abilities
He's an interesting one, but man, having to max his affinity chart just to get to his "real" chart is a drag needing more trust than any other blade when accounting for both charts since it resets after awakening.
Still better than ursula though, in maxing the chart and battle usefulness.
Wow, I'm currently playing Xenoblade Chronicles 2, with all dlc, because of Pyra/Mythra being announced for Super Smash Bros Ultimate, and I'm currently in chapter 5. I got lucky by getting Dagas at chapter 3, but I had no idea he has a second chart?! Sheesh.
@@stripedrajang3571 it's really good, Dagas is also a good character imo
@@gachalibra9243, yeah, I've heard he was an S tier. I'm definitely working on him.
not exactly, you just have to get cavalier attitude to level 4 and spam pouch items, rest could be done with ursulas merc missions
Honestly getting Dagas' second affinity chart is really easy 2 love sources or 10 max batches of Noponchos
Huh...for some reason I always read it as "Increases damage of all aoe attacks." Then again never paid attention to details and just went with my favorites. Thank you for telling me this. (no sarcasm, actually fascinated.)
I got an unbelievable sense of dread after I completed Dagas’s. I had fully completed his affinity chart and when I found out I had to do it AGAIN I just kinda stopped using him because I didn’t want to fill a full chart again.
Oh wow. I started playing as well, and am currently in chapter 5, and got Dagas on chapter 3. I had no idea he has a second chart, but I still seldom use my rare blades anyway, since I have them constantly doing merc missions, and I can just keep Dagas doing those until he is ready.
5:52 "Gorillas"? I don't see any "gorillas" here; all I see are Gogols. What are these "gorillas" you speak of?
😂
Grinding his true affinity chart atm! Dagas is a king (when it comes to AOE)! Thank you for your video! It helped appreciate Dagas more!
Haha, now I want to draw Dagas and Sheba as rivals in royalty!
My brother and I both play xenoblade 2 on different devices and we both opened Dagas on the same day.
4:33 Dagas basically goes, "Screw you guys, I'm outta here."
tbh I prefer Dagas over TElos and Zenobia just because I like his personality and design
Also I still don't have Zenobia.
Man I hate dagas' personality
I've got a soft spot for characters who are assholes lmao
Zenobia has amazing personality but i just find Dagas adds way more to builds
@Mason Abney I think Sheba would like Dagas because of his Gold Effect ability
Dagas was my original blade husbando. He’s so cool. And goes perfectly with morags design. Being an axe user makes him super slow though and it kinda hurts his dps, but he’s amazing for chain combos
I've never used Dagas before but this video makes me want to for some reason. Great thumbnail btw.
Kaiser Zone is super nice, he isn’t the best as a controlled blade but great AI blade
Enel: Guys Dagas is so good I'm gonna show you guys. Time to prove yourself, Dagas!
Dagas: 4:33
lmao what the fuck is he doing.
xenoblade chronicles 2 pathfinding at its finest
Dagas: "Fuck this shit, I'm out."
Dagas is my favorite blade from his appearance to usefulness, good to see you proving his worth
Heh, my latest run went in a direction. The first Blades I pulled were Finch, Electra, and Godfrey, and I was seriously contemplating scraping the run. Then I pulled a few more of the DLC cores, and got Dagas. As far as I'm concerned, that run has already won the game.
Yeah, I pulled him in chapter 3. I'm currently in chapter 6, on his second affinity chart.
I just got this last night. Trying to grind up the affinity chart now. One of the best designed blade in game
The simple solution to this problem is to just run Dagas, Zenobia, and Telos at the same time
So as I see it, he's more useful than he looks in fights against one or two enemies, but his real power shines against multiple enemies. Others could do the same or better against just one enemy, like the Relentless Arduran, but not against hordes like challenge mode tends to give
Well sorta, on an ally he's still probably more valuable against single targets than a lot of blades would be.
I have got Dagas so late randomly while grinding that i never used him :/
This seems so similar to when the fire emblem community learnt that the early game high level units are actually amazing
I never played Fire Emblem: Three Houses. The game starts you off with strong units already?
@@stripedrajang3571 not sure if you learnt this yet, but three houses is not one of the fire emblem games with conventional pre promotes
@@AGuy-vq9qp, I see. I can't wait to try it out. This game is in my backlog lol.
@@stripedrajang3571 yeah most fire emblem games start you off with a strong unit or “Jagen” as the community calls them, 3h doesn’t
Hi Enel, I'm glad you still uploaded content about this game. I just beat new game plus today :D!
You have a lot to go through
tomoko :)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Thanks, Enel, for all your videos and hard work - we do watch them out here in the twattersphere!
Twattersphere?
@@stripedrajang3571 Twitter’s full of twats lol! Not Enel, though... But possibly my good self 😅🤫🤪
Well that's it...Dagas is best girl
Edit: does Kaiser Zone work in Chain Attacks too?
Yes
@@EnelXC ok, I always wondered why my aoe abilities were only really good sometimes, really helpful vid
I detect a hint of Ire in Enel's commentary on this one. Anyone else? XD
Where?
But the affinity reset after Lost Kingdom was a fucking troll lmao
Dont sleep on Dagas! He helps you wreck stuff. Got it!
You’re so amazing. Thanks for the video
I know this is really late, but for kaiser zone to be active does dagas have to currently be on the field?
yes
I was trying to figure this out as well
Hail to the Dagas baby.
Nice vid eel
Oh sure, he may have the best skill in the game, but that didn't stop me from releasing him first time I got him. And I still don't regret my decision. Just because he has one good battle skill, doesn't justify that sorry attitude I have to tolerate
Man, I actually like his personage and mannerisms. 😂
I Just got Dagas the blade today is
April 6 ,2023 still working on collecting more blade & Torna Blade as well
Dagas has such a Persona5 vibe to him. I love his design
I reamber in the games early day's Dagas was considered trash but then that quickly Changed.
Is it just better to have him on Morag period? I don’t have EOSJ on Zeke but I’ll switch him once I get it. Not new game + atm.
Enel, in the Challenge vs Elma, is it better to use Patroka and Adenine and use Corvin or is it better to have Dagas + Adenine/Patroka +Corvin?
do you have to do dagas' blade quest in new game plus if you have alredy done it in the prevoius playthrough
No you don't
I know this isn't the right video to comment this on, but seeing an axe blade made me think of it again: why didn't you use Akhos in the BoC Poisoned Paradise to get rid of his ridiculous defense? You could put him on player control and spam his specials, and use tora on AI for fusion combos.
You have to player control tora to setup the combo and dot as fast as I did. Even with transmigration akhos doesn’t have high enough damage to make up for the tora control dot even if you try to setup with someone else. I tried something similar with kosmos and telos who null defense.
@@EnelXC Ah okay, makes sense really.
Makes me a bit sad that he makes Agate useless, she's my favorite rare blade T_T
Hello Enel, is there any losses in any benefit of not completing the first affinity chart? I did the quest without knowing that he has reseted his chart. I am kind of worried if I had lost any bonuses to his old chart before it was reseted to a new one. Hope to get a response, thanks!
nah it doesn't effect it at all
super late but yea
Cool video! Is there any skills/ combo of skills similiar to this that you can get on a common blade?
Not really, the only party support abilities common blades have are ultimate combo and orb master
Ok so I'm almost at 100% in ng+ , I have a few blades to max out and the extra affinity for the drivers. Fiora is one of the blades I need to max out but I literally can't do anything against Godzilla Kong in reinventing the gogol
I hit enter too early but anyway, what's the best strategy for it while fiora is in the party?
@@brogchamp6106 I'd say if you're just trying to beat it focus on omega drive/burst symbol based strategy and just chain attack spam for immunity. use screw edge to charge up your party meter.
@@EnelXC thank you very much I will try this later
Who has the better ability, Dagas or Pneuma? I feel like Pneuma gives so much more and is “better”, but is obviously time limited.
The AoE increase is what really sets Dagas above. Pneuna has the best combination of support skills but none of them will save as much time or be as useful as Kaiser Zone.
@@EnelXC Is this taking into account that '100% crit rate, -50% break resist, +50% evasion and accuracy, x2 item drop' is all technically one skill of Pneuma's, or is it only counting the crit rate?
For most people they see 500% extra damage=good and everything else=bad
Question, how well does the Dagas AoE buff work with Zenobia's multiple-enemy-damage-buff?
It..increases the range of it. Damage buff and aoe buff are different things lol
@@EnelXC
Sorry for the confusion, I meant that does Zenobia's "Greatest Warrior" skill stack with the damage increase Dagas gives.
I'm kind of uncertain how the damage stacking works in this game
Yes. That is correct! They are both additive skills so the damage increases will add together before multiplying everything else in the damage formula.
@@EnelXC
Hm, so you could attack multiple enemies at once, gain increased damage the more enemies there are, and probably hit all of them at once due to the AoE increase
Could someone explain why My Kaiser zone at max only give 60% boost? Do I need to finish quest?
Kamil Kociołek Yes. Finish the quest and Dagas gets much stronger.
Does dagas need to be fighting to get his passive Bonus or can he just be in the party but not fighting?
Dagas needs to be on the field and at max affinity.
Oh ok thx tought its enough to just have him in the Party :)
Hello! can you please tell me which is the best party and equipment to exploit this Skill at its best? Thank you Enel!
I haven't played in over a year and I'm basically lost here, do you have a guide to achieve such amazing numbers besides Dagas support skill?
(I haven't played since before the content packages were released)
Is he only good as ai or can the controlled character use him too
His skill is really useful but I don't use male Blades. lol.
By the way does Dagas is the only Blade Morag use in this video? Are there any other way to prevent your teammate from switching the Blades?
Remove all their blades, don't use blade combos for female drivers. Besides that not really.
How do you not have more subs.
Because I sucked at making videos when the game first came out lol
Well when the next one comes out, everybody better be flocking over here.
Honestly the only thing I don't like about Dagas is because he gets moved to the bottom of the Blade list after his quest for no reason
I just used him because he's hot
I know this might sound off topic a bit, but should I do his Blade Quest during chapter 6 or after?
Well I'm in chapter 6 currently, and working on Dagas's second chart.
@@stripedrajang3571 Probably late, but try doing Dagas's Blade Quest as soon as possible. He's absolutely useless without it--everything about him is weaker until he gets the second affinity chart, even his specials are weaker than they usually are.
No, you're not late at all. I just finished the story mode on the last week of March, but I had to place the game on hold because of Monster Hunter: Rise. However, I want to continue to do the trial modes and attempt to get all blades, and do Torna: The Golden Country as soon as I'm done with Monster Hunter: Rise.
Does the blade have to be active to have the battle skill apply or can he just be in the party?
Needs to be active for battle skill to work
Dagas get a 50% nerf or its only full afinity thats 120% ? mine 60%...
his second chart after doing his quest is more powerful
Your the tier zoo of blades
Who is better for chain attack builds: KOSMOS or herald (or anyone else except mythra & QTpi)? Thx
I'd say KOSMOS just because herald only has a level 1 special and it's only good in very specific scenarios
maybe I am dumb + don't understand tier lists but why doesn't this put Dagas in the top 3 then if he is on the best possible team?
On BOC titan battleship assault is not complete. Why is that? I would have thought you would have completed all of them and have good times.
That mission is very boring and not worth spending 45 minutes to do
I like his skills but i think hes a bit boring to use... and there are still better options. But surely hes the best axe blade
Dagas is my favourite blade
How are you pulling those numbers with Zeke?
Kaizer zone is so underrated it’s not even funny
So is Kaiser zone still the best skill a year later?
absolutely
Wait did he get nerfed? For me it says it gives 60% at max.
Dagas has 2 affinity charts. It is kinda weird. Look it up.
I literally only need dagas and zenobia to be done
Doesn't world tree drop give 250% damage at full power
Yes it does but it takes way too long to fully charge compared to Dagas instant 120%.
It's not instant without affinity boosters
@@gabegonzalez9733 Most setups I've seen tend to run affinity boosters on stat sticks - also higher trust = reach max affinity faster. But if you can switch blades 10 times before you hit max affinity then there may be a case for WTD. But you still need to spend time switching out blades to charge it, while Dagas is constant 120% while he is active. Also Dagas is a blade skill compared to an accessory. Better acc choice would be something with instant damage - things die too fast to make wtd useful tbh.
So over all what is the best ability Is it Kaiser zone or something else ?
Kaiser Zone IMO
@@EnelXC cool thanks
Mate I love Dagas the but the blade quest is the most annoying shiz of ALL TIME DUDE
Only worse thing i can think of might be Zenobia and her seals
Oh honey, do ursala's quest; its _technically_ easy but boy, persistance is the name of the game and time will be consumed. Optimal time is 13 hours, have fun
I get why you say that's the best skill in the game but there's one thing that you see that doesn't make sense to me. Why is 120% additive damage better than potentially 500% additive damage or however more damage Zenobia and T elos gives?
It effects the entire party.
Dagas is a demoman.
T-elos probably still better solo blade though
I still think Warrior Valkyrie is better though.
Crit rate is good but not AoE good. Besides pneuma gives 100% to the party so that’s even better than warrior valkyrie.
@@EnelXC Didn't realize Kaiser Zone improves AoE. That's gonna be some serious Heat Haze.
Dagas > zenobia
Good skill.
Insufferable character.
Sadly they nerfed to 60%
They didn't. His blade quest unlocks a second affinity chart
uwu first!!