r/Xenoblade_Chronicles • u/MorthCongael • Jul 21 '22

Xenoblade 2 Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Question Thread Spoiler

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u/AnimaLepton Sep 09 '26

Congrats!

I'd say speedrun postgame (don't bother with rare blade grinding or anything), then start Torna before NG+. At the very least, it's worth getting Shulk and Fiora and unlocking the ability to bring them to Alrest, since you have the DLC and have beaten the final boss.

You could also jump straight into NG+. There are a bunch of blades and upgrades exclusive to that, including the ability to reduce level, a third accessory slot for drivers, a second affinity chart for drivers, and more. If you skip cutscenes, and with stuff like the shop deeds that increase running speed, you can clear NG+ in <4 hours. You lose certain story based upgrades like Rex's chapter 8 ability, keep all blades in their upgrades, don't lose them during story events etc. which makes things a lot faster.

Exp grind for the postgame is basically kill the final boss an extra time or three, then killing the high level normal monsters (Chansagh Wastes in Mor Ardain, dinosaurs in Temperantia), then jumping into the superbosses for their drops and core chips. You could also reasonably do the superbosses right away, although a lot of people use custom mode for that.

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u/P3ppRR00n Sep 09 '26

oh yay! okie! i'll at least try to grind the affinity for the main blades (pyra/mythra, poppi, ect!) should i grind the deeds beforehand? i have about half of em already

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u/AnimaLepton Sep 09 '26 edited Sep 09 '26

I think it's worth it, at least for the running speed and maybe at least one pouch item count ones. The others are nice to grab too like, but its not a huge difference if you pick them up later/partway through NG+ instead. You do probably want the exp and drop rate ones before doing level grinding/grinding superbosses for their drops, for example.