Aegis Sword

Category:Weapon classes (TTGC)
The Aegis Sword is a type in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country. In the former, it is unique to the Aegis; as such, only has Driver Arts using it. These Driver Arts are identical in animation and name, although not necessarily in stats, to those of the Broadsword. In Torna ~ The Golden Country, it is 's weapon.
==Story==
==Overview==
The Aegis Sword is a balanced weapon focused on attack power, boasting values on the higher end of weapons (especially among those not exclusive to ). It has a slightly-below-average rate, rate, and stability.
The Driver Arts of the Aegis Sword are mostly physical, with the exception of which is -based. They have medium ratios, draw and cooldown, and relatively fast animations. The Arts' special effects provide a mixture of positional damage, aggro reduction, and HP Potion healing, with inflicting .
==Strategy==
In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, the four Driver Arts available to Rex with this weapon are relatively well-balanced in their capabilities. The standout is , an excellent which is inflicted in under a second (although the Art's animation lasts somewhat longer, making it more difficult for Rex to capitalise immediately). Anchor Shot also causes the enemy to drop HP potions, which can be useful as an emergency source of healing; for these reasons, it is wise to always have it as one of Rex's available Arts with the weapon. The other three Arts are all damage-oriented, although provides additional utility with reducing aggro and AOE. and are directly comparable: the former has a much faster animation (especially when cancelled out of using ), less cooldown, and a stronger conditional effect, while the latter does more damage and its conditional damage is easier to fulfil. It also deals two hits, either of which may activate on-hit effects like .
Optimal loadouts tend to vary depending upon situation. Anchor Shot is a must, except for edge cases where neither healing nor Toppling are beneficial, in which case it may be omitted. When Rex is controlled by the player, Sword Bash is generally excellent for its short cooldown and animation. If high Driver Art AOE damage is needed (most relevant in the earlygame and on difficulty), or if the aggro reduction is strongly desirable (also most relevant in earlygame), Rolling Smash is the best third option; otherwise, Double Spinning Edge is better for its greater gain and spammability. If Rex is on control, Double Spinning Edge and Rolling Smash give the best damage per second; however, replacing Rolling Smash with Sword Bash results in the AI using Anchor Shot more often, if healing is a concern.
When using the above Driver Arts with or (at maximum Art level and ) and with 1.0 Arts recharge per second from Pouch Items, it is possible to cancel Sword Bash -> Anchor Shot -> Rolling Smash -> Sword Bash -> Anchor Shot -> Sword Bash using Arts Chain without the need to in between. This is enough to charge the Special Gauge to level from empty. The process is even faster with , as Sword Bash's animation is substantially shorter than the others; 6 flurried Sword Bashes in a row takes significantly less time than the above sequence. Should Sword Bash fail to crit, pressing another art button at almost the same time will ensure that the chain is preserved by canceling into something else.
The base critical hit rate of the Aegis Sword is not incredible, especially among attack-focused weapons, but both Pyra and Mythra perform particularly well with higher crit rates (due to Flaming Edge and Lightspeed Flurry respectively). Therefore, focusing on Core Chips that provide a higher crit rate may be more effective than focusing on auto-attack or block rate. The best such chip for postgame is the Moon Matter Chip. Pneuma is unaffected by equipped Core Chips; her weapon is instead fixed as being the Tertiary Sword.
==Attacks==
===Base game===
====Auto-Attacks====
====Driver Arts====
===Torna===
==Core Chip effects==
==In other languages==
==Gallery==
Aegis Sword Art list.jpg|List of Aegis Sword's Arts
Mythra Vanguard Arts.jpg|Mythra's Vanguard Arts
Mythra Rear Guard Arts.jpg|Mythra's Rear Guard Arts
Rex finds Aegis Sword.jpg|Rex finds the Aegis Sword
Aegis Sword breaks.jpg|The Aegis Sword breaks
Third Aegis Sword illustration.jpg|Illustration of the third Aegis Sword
Addam holding third Aegis Sword illustration.jpg|Illustration of Addam holding the third Aegis Sword
Addam seals third Aegis Sword illustration.jpg|Illustration of Addam and Pyra sealing the third Aegis Sword
Sealed third Aegis Sword.jpg|The third Aegis Sword sealed at the Vault of Heroes
Third Aegis Sword breaks down.jpg|The third Aegis Sword becomes dust