Atrocious Hermes

Atrocious Hermes is a Unique Monster in Xenoblade Chronicles 2. He is a member of the Igna family and a Driver, and can be found at level 58 at the Bastion of Varrac, West of Toxbloom Spring in the Central Plain area of Temperantia.

It must be defeated in order to unlock Finch's level 5 Whoopsie Crazy, and Zenobia's level 5 "Greatest Warrior" on their affinity charts.

He can be fought at level 106 during Humanoid Alliance, a Challenge Battle, available as downloadable content from the Challenge Battle Mode Pack of the Expansion Pass.

Arts

Art	Type	Element	Hits	Range	Damage Ratio	Reaction	Effect
Auto-Attack	Physical	-	2	One Target	100	-	-
Dragon Gas	Ether	-	1	One Target	150	Break	-
Dragon Rush	Physical	-	3	One Target	300	-	Increases damage from the back by 200%

Trigger	HP has been reduced.
Effects	Strength and agility increased by 30%. Counters attacks with 20% physical damage.
Element	Electric

Hermes drives an Animal Water Common Blade with Twin Rings. It increases Hermes' strength by 10%.

Element	Weapon	Auto-attack	Stability	Critical Rate	Block Rate
Water	Twin Rings	384	6	4%	10%

Art	Type	Element	Hits	Range	Damage Ratio	Reaction	Effect
Ripple Drive	Physical	Water	4	Circle	270 - 300	-	When landing a hit, restore 30% - 35% of the damage dealt.
Dual Fang	Ether	Water	3	Ahead	360 - 400	-	When landing a hit, restore 30% - 35% of the damage dealt.
Screw Edge	Ether	Water	3	One Target	475 - 520	-	-

This Blade is able to use Accuracy Up and Recharge Boost.

Name	Type	Rate
Common Core Crystal	Core Crystal	20%
Rare Core Crystal	Core Crystal	13%
Legendary Core Crystal	Core Crystal	3.9%
Nano-Metal Gauntlet	Accessory	7.2%
Nano-Metal Gauntlet	Accessory	4.8%
Affinity MAX Evade IV	Aux Core	7%
Critical Up IV	Aux Core	8.4%
Ether Defense Up IV	Aux Core	7%
Specials Lv 4 Plus IV	Aux Core	9.8%

Hermes, alongside Demon King Gilbert, uses a green Igna model rather than the correct red one during this Challenge Battle.

As with all Challenge Battle Enemies, no items are dropped.