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For other uses, see Party Gauge.
Chain attack on Junk Bunnit

The full Party Gauge allowing a Chain Attack

The Party Gauge is a battle mechanic in Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected. It is a blue three-bar gauge displayed on the top left corner of the screen. A full bar is necessary to revive an incapacitated member. The full gauge is necessary to initiate a Chain Attack in Xenoblade Chronicles and a Union Strike in Future Connected. The Party Gauge is filled during battles whenever a "B" prompt is successful. The energy gathered in a full bar is necessary to revive an incapacitated member and the full gauge is necessary to initiate a Chain Attack/Union Strike. The party leader can also use up one bar to warn a party member about a Vision and force them to use one of their arts in response to the incoming attack.

Battle Flow[]

It can be filled by performing well on Burst Affinity prompts and triggering an Art's conditional or "Chance" effect, like what happens with a successful side or back hit on arts like Slit Edge or Back Slash. Certain arts such as Riki's Happy Happy can boost the Party Gauge considerably.

Landing a Critical Hit increases the Party Gauge slightly, and simple Auto-Attacks from a character will also fill the Party Gauge step by step when their Tension is high. Defeating an enemy during a Chain Attack restores the gauge by a full bar.

Each action fills the Party Gauge by a different amount:

Action Gain
Auto-Attack (Very High Tension) 5
Inflict a Critical Hit 10
Trigger Art's Chance effect 20
"Good" Burst Affinity 50
"Excellent" Burst Affinity 75

A full Party Gauge requires 300 points to fill up completely.

When not in battle, the Party Gauge will slowly deplete. This effect can be lessened through the "Mind of the Warrior" Skill granted by Dunban's Prudence Skill Tree. Loading the game will completely deplete the Party Gauge.

Skills[]

The following skills affect the Party Gauge:

  • Shulk - Cheer of a Friend (Humanity) - Causes Burst Affinity to fill more of the Party Gauge (+15).
  • Dunban - Blazing Aura (Enthusiasm) - Fills Party Gauge by 20 when activating an Aura.
  • Riki - Kissy Kissy! (Heroism) - Reduces Party Gauge usage when reviving an ally by 50%
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