All Buffs & What They Do in Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Good stats are usually a strong determinating factor of characters in RPGs and the same is true in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. However, a good buff here or there can even make an underleveled character just strong enough to pull out a victory. Here’s everything you need to know about all buffs and what what they do in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.

All Buffs & What They Do in Xenoblade Chronicles 3

Down below, you’ll find a list of every buff in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 along with the effect it has on player characters, heroes, and enemies. Many of them are standards across multiple RPGs like Attack Up and Defense Up. While some others are not so obviously understandable just from their names like Ether Anchor or Awakening.

• Crit Rate Up
  • Increases Critical Hit chance
• Accuracy Up
  • Increases Accuracy stat
• Power Charge
  • Boosts damage of next Art
• Armor Veil
  • Absorbs fixed amount of damage
• Ether Anchor
  • Nulls set number of combo reactions
• Attack Up
  • Increases Attack stat
• Crit Hit Plus
  • Increases Critical Hit damage
• Recovery Up
  • Increases amount of Healing
• Delayed Healing
  • Heals HP when below set value
• Fast Recharge
  • Improves rate of Recharge

• Counter Heal
  • Heals HP when hit for set number of hits
• Pause Buff Timer
  • Stops Buff counter temporarily
• Invincible
  • Cannot take damage
• Awakening
  • Improves Attack, Defense, and Recharge Rate
• Defense Up
  • Increases Defense stat
• Decoy
  • Evade attacks for a set number of times
• Debuff Barrier
  • Nullifies a set number of enemy Debuffs
• Evasion Up
  • Increases Evasion stat
• Regenerate
  • HP is restored over time

That’s all there is to know about all buffs and what what they do in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. If you’re running into some trouble with an enemy’s or boss’ debuffs, and you can’t quite tell what they’re doing, then check out our full list of debuffs.