Driver

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Drivers (Japanese: ドライバー, Doraibā) are characters in 异度神剑 2. They are linked to Blades, special lifeforms they create and summon by touching a Core Crystal. Blades endow their Driver with power and a 武器. 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

Driver	Plot	Special Blade	Role	Given 武器	Element
Rex	Protagonist	Pyra	Attacker	Aegis Sword	Fire
		Mythra	Attacker	Aegis Sword	Light
		Nia	Healer	Catalyst Scimitar	Water
Nia	Protagonist	Dromarch	Healer	Twin Rings	Water
虎 ※1	Protagonist	Poppi α	Tank ※2	Drill 盾	Earth ※2
		Poppi QT	Tank ※2	Mech Arms	Fire ※2
		Poppi QTπ	Attacker ※2	Variable Saber	Ice ※2
Zeke	Protagonist	Pandoria	Attacker	大爆炸 Edge	雷电
凡达姆	Protagonist	Roc	Attacker	Dual Scythes	Wind
Mòrag	Protagonist	Brighid	Tank	Whipswords	Fire
Niall		Aegaeon	Tank	Chroma Katana	Water
Akhos	Antagonist	Obrona	Attacker	看起来很聪明 Twinblades	雷电
Malos	Antagonist	Sever	Tank	Sword Tonfa	Wind
Patroka	Antagonist	Perdido	Attacker	Various	Fire
Mikhail	Antagonist	Cressidus	Tank	rockrending Gauntlets	Earth

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

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

Torna - The Golden Country

Driver	Plot	Special Blade	Role	Given 武器	Element
Lora	Protagonist	Jin	Attacker	Nodachi	Ice
Lora	Protagonist	Haze	Healer	Crosier	Wind
Addam	Protagonist	Mythra	Attacker	Aegis Sword	Light
雨果	Protagonist	Brighid	Tank	Whipswords	Fire
雨果	Protagonist	Aegaeon	Tank	Chroma Katana	Water
Amalthus	Antagonist	Minoth	Attacker	Gunknives	Dark

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 敌人, 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 Class	Blade Roles	Effects	AI Behaviour
Fighter	ATK	Boosts damage dealt (+10%)	—
Defender	TNK	Reduces damage taken (-10%), Boosts auto-attack aggro (+1), Boosts Arts/Specials aggro (+4)	—
Healer	HLR	HP Potion effect up (+30%), Lowers Arts/Specials aggro (-4)	collects HP potions
Elite Fighter	ATK - ATK	Boosts damage dealt (+15%)	—
Warrior	ATK - TNK	Reduces damage taken (-10%), Boosts damage dealt (+10%), Boosts Arts/Specials aggro (+4)	—
Cavalier	ATK - HLR	Boosts damage dealt (+10%), HP Potion effect up (+30%), Lowers Arts/Specials aggro (-4)	collects HP potions, focuses on healing
Elite Defender	TNK - TNK	Reduces damage taken (-15%), Boosts auto-attack aggro (+2), Boosts Arts/Specials aggro (+8)	—
knight	TNK - HLR	Reduces damage taken (-10%), HP Potion effect up (+30%)	collects HP potions, focuses on healing
Elite Healer	HLR - HLR	HP Potion effect up (+40%), Lowers Arts/Specials aggro (-8)	collects HP potions, focuses on healing
Master Fighter	ATK - ATK - ATK	Boosts damage dealt (+20%)	—
Wild Warrior	ATK - ATK - TNK	Reduces damage taken (-10%), Boosts damage dealt (+15%), Boosts Arts/Specials aggro (+4)	—
Wild Cavalier	ATK - ATK - HLR	Boosts damage dealt (+15%), HP Potion effect up (+30%), Lowers Arts/Specials aggro (-4)	collects HP potions
Master Defender	TNK - TNK - TNK	Reduces damage taken (-20%), Boosts auto-attack aggro (+3), Boosts Arts/Specials aggro (+12)	—
Royal Warrior	TNK - TNK - ATK	Reduces damage taken (-15%), Boosts damage dealt (+10%), Boosts Arts/Specials aggro (+8)	—
Royal knight	TNK - TNK - HLR	Reduces damage taken (-15%), HP Potion effect up (+30%), Boosts Arts/Specials aggro (+4)	collects HP potions
Master Healer	HLR - HLR - HLR	HP Potion effect up (+50%), Lowers Arts/Specials aggro (-12)	collects HP potions, focuses on healing
Holy Cavalier	HLR - HLR - ATK	Boosts damage dealt (+10%), HP Potion effect up (+40%), Lowers Arts/Specials aggro (-8)	collects HP potions, focuses on healing
Holy knight	HLR - HLR - TNK	Reduces damage taken (-10%), HP Potion effect up (+40%), Lowers Arts/Specials aggro (-4)	collects HP potions, focuses on healing
Jack-of-all-Trades	ATK - TNK - HLR	Reduces damage taken (-10%), Boosts damage dealt (+10%), HP Potion effect up (+30%)	collects HP potions

Driver Arts

Main article: Battle Arts (XC2)#Driver Arts

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

Xenoblade_Chronicles_2_–_Driver_Arts_(Nintendo_开关) — 异度神剑 2 – Driver Arts (Nintendo 开关)

Driver Arts mechanism

牵绊 lines


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

During the battle, a glowing 牵绊 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 牵绊 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.