Driver

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Drivers (Japanese: ドライバー, Doraibā) are characters in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Torna ~ The Golden Country. They are linked to Blades, special lifeforms they create and summon by touching a Core Crystal. Blades endow their Driver with power and a weapon. By collecting and attaching different Blades to the playable Drivers, the player chooses and selects Blades companions and the kind of role desired given to each Driver.^[1]

List of Notable Drivers[]

※1 Tora is not a Driver but he controls Poppi α, Poppi QT and Poppi QTπ as artificial Blades.

※2 Initial values. Poppi's role and element, and other stats can be changed in Poppiswap, and can be set differently for each of her three forms.

Torna ~ The Golden Country[]

Driver Class[]

The Driver's Class is determined by the combination of roles of the Blades currently equipped. Each class has associated benefits, which can include boosting the damage dealt to enemies, reducing damage received, increasing or reducing the amount of aggro gained by auto-attacks, Arts, and Specials, and increasing the effect of HP Potions. The Driver's class will also affect their behaviour when controlled by the AI.

In the following table, Blade roles are abbreviated as ATK=Attacker, TNK=Tank, and HLR=Healer.

Driver Arts[]

Main article: Battle Arts (XC2)#Driver Arts

Drivers can use Arts that are special techniques with a variety of effects.

Affinity lines[]

A short blue Affinity line between Pyra and Rex.	Medium yellow Affinity lines between Finch and Rex, and between Dromarch and Nia.

During the battle, a glowing Affinity line displayed on the screen connect a Driver and a Blade. This line shows the power sent from the Blade to the Driver. It looks like the blue line connecting members when a Chain Attack is available, but the Affinity line can glow with different colors and can have different lengths. Various things will happen depending on the color and the length of the line.

List of Driver enemies[]

Main article: Driver (enemy)

In Xenoblade Chronicles 3[]

In Xenoblade Chronicles 3, After the party meets Ino, an Artificial Blade, Ino decides to make Noah her Driver. The two of them fight as Driver and Blade when fighting the Nopon Eater during The Hope of Noponkind.

Gallery[]

Playable Drivers[]

Drivers and Blades relationship

Rex, Driver of the Aegis

Rex as the Master Driver

Nia, Driver of Dromarch

Tora, Driver of Poppi

Vandham, Driver of Roc

Mòrag, Driver of Brighid

Zeke, Driver of Pandoria

Lora, Driver of Jin and Haze

Addam, first Driver of Mythra

Hugo, previous Driver of Brighid and Aegaeon

Screenshots[]

Rex driving Mythra

Rex wielding Pneuma's sword

Nia with her Blade, Dromarch

Mòrag with her Blade, Brighid

Lora driving Haze

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