Shulk/Gameplay (XC1)

Shulk is the first party member in Xenoblade Chronicles (discounting the prologue) and a starting party member in Future Connected. He is mostly a physical positional attacker, with most of his arts dependant on not being the target of the enemy's , and has overall average stats. With the Monado in his hands, he grants the whole party an easy way to damage Mechon, and gains a variety of arts with unique effects that are best-suited for dealing with the visions he receives in battle.
==Stats==
During the Battle of Colony 9, Shulk's weapon is changed to the .
In Future Connected, Shulk immediately starts at level 60 and has different default equipment:
Weapon	
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Torso 	
Arms 	
Legs 	
Feet 	
==Arts==
 	Talent art (Junk Sword only)	Deals a large amount of damage and applies Break for a long duration. Lost upon obtaining the Monado.
Activate Monado	Talent art 	Switches between normal arts and Monado Arts.
 	 	
 	Physical art 	Deals extra damage from behind.
Light Heal 	Support art 	Does a small amount of healing to one character.
 	Physical art 	Does minor damage; lowers physical defence if used from side.
 	Break art 	Hits all enemies in front, generates extra talent gauge, and inflicts Break.
 	Support art 	Reduces aggro and improves damage of next physical art.
 	Break art 	Inflicts Break, as well as Slow on a side hit.
 	Daze art 	Inflicts Daze.
Battle Soul 	Support art 	Sacrifies half of current HP to fill a chunk of talent gauge.
 	 	
 	Monado Art (Main game only) 	Allows normal weapons to damage Mechon.
 	Monado Art 	Deals damage in a line; does double damage to Mechon.
 	Monado Art 	Nullifies enemy talent arts of equal or lesser level.
 	Monado Art 	Drastically improves one character's evasion.
 	Monado Art 	Ether attack that nullifies enemy auras and temporarily blocks any new ones.
Monado Eater 	Monado Art 	Ether attack that hits multiple enemies in front, removes their buffs, and inflicts Bleed.
Monado Armour 	Monado Art 	Reduces damage taken from non-talent arts.
 	Monado Art 	Deals damage in a large range and inflicts Topple.
===Strategy===
* Using Shadow Eye just before a is a tactical way to increase his damage, as like all buffs its duration will be paused for the whole chain attack. Of course, this will increase the aggro gained, and he won't have it to get the heat off afterward.
* Not playing as Shulk allows being able to warn him of visions, thus filling his talent gauge and ensuring that he will always have the Monado ready, at the cost of party gauge. This can even result in Shulk choosing to use a Monado Art and, due to the warning, immediately being able to use another.
* The Monado essentially allows Shulk to have more arts equipped at a time than anyone else, which is counterbalanced by many of them being more situational than most arts. It also means he can't really change his playstyle, as unlike anyone else he only has 8 normal arts to pick from.
==Skill trees==
===Skills===
===Skill links===
====Outgoing====
These are the skill shapes that Shulk can use to link to other party members' skills.
====Incoming====
These are the skill shapes that other party members can use to link to Shulk's skills.
==Gifting preferences==
Shulk's likes include blue things, bitter food, dogs, rodents, reptiles, and all sorts of parts. His dislikes include yellow things, sweet food, cats, rabbits, caterpillars, mantises, and fuzzy/furry objects.
==Dialogue==
==Gallery==
===Tutorial===
XC1 Tutorial Battle Tactics Shulk - 1.png|Pre-Monado, page 1
XC1 Tutorial Battle Tactics Shulk - 2.png|Pre-Monado, page 2
XC1 Tutorial Battle Tactics Shulk - 3.png|Pre-Monado, page 3
XC1 Tutorial Battle Tactics Shulk 2 - 1.png|Post-Monado, page 1
XC1 Tutorial Battle Tactics Shulk 2 - 2.png|Post-Monado, page 2
XC1 Tutorial Battle Tactics Shulk 2 - 3.png|Post-Monado, page 3
===Tension icons===
XC1 tension icon Shulk normal.png|Normal tension
XC1 tension icon Shulk high.png|High tension
XC1 tension icon Shulk low.png|Low tension
XC1DE tension icon Shulk normal.png|Normal tension (Definitive Edition)
XC1DE tension icon Shulk high.png|High tension (Definitive Edition)
XC1DE tension icon Shulk low.png|Low tension (Definitive Edition)
XC1DE FC tension icon Shulk normal.png|Normal tension (Future Connected)
XC1DE FC tension icon Shulk high.png|High tension (Future Connected)
XC1DE FC tension icon Shulk low.png|Low tension (Future Connected)
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