Pyra and Mythra are the core protagonists in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and while you get Pyra pretty early in the game, players can unlock Mythra at the end of Chapter 3. However, players won’t be able to switch between Pyra and Mythra since the beginning of Chapter 5. True Form of Mythra, Pneuma is first achieved in Chapter 8 by reaching maximum affinity and reaching the maximum gauge bar of your party.
This guide will cover all the details about Mythra in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, like its location, stats, uses, heart-to-hearts, favorite items, affinity chart, and costumes.
Mythra Stats
- Role: Attack
- Auto-Attack: 1573
- Block Rate: 2%
- Critical Rate: 54%
- Physical Defense: 5%
- Ether Defense: 10%
- Strength: 49
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Mythra Build
Mythra has a pretty good skill tree; the higher your level in each skill, the better it would be. Below you will find details about building Mythra Aegis Sword in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
First of all, ensure battle skills, including Glint, Lightspeed Flurry, and Foresight, are at the highest level you can take them to. This skill will help you to bump up critical hit and evasion rates which are important.
- Glint: This will boost the critical hit rate by 5% to 15%.
- Lightspeed Flurry: This will boost your special or recharge art by 20 to 100% after a successful critical hit.
- Foresight: It increases evasion and accuracy rate by 30 to 50% at max affinity.
For Special skills, we will focus more on the first three level skills: Ray of Punishment, Photon Edge, and Lightning Buster. Take them to the highest level you can.
The fourth special, Sacred Arrow, is not a must, but if you have it you can also benefit from it. When choosing the Blade Arts, check your stats and see what you need to boost.
You can increase your critical hit rate using the Critical Up and boost arts recharge using the Recharge boost. The same is the case with the cores. You will be selecting them according to the build you are focusing on.
If you are going with a critical damage build, you will focus more on the skills and cores that boost the critical hit rate and the evasion.
Use Core Chips such as Moon Matter to amplify your critical hit, but if you feel you have enough critical hit stats, then use Tachyon to increase defensive stats. For your Aux Cores, it is best to go with Affinity MAX Attack to boost your affinity damage by up to 55% and Evasion Focus, which increases evasion when at 30% health.
Rex can be equipped with 3 accessories, and the best combination for any situation will be using Abyss Masque, Crimson Headband, and Avant-Garde Medal. The Crimson Headband increases critical hits by 60%, and Abyss Masque increases damage dealt by 110% while also increasing damage taken by 55%. To counter that disadvantage, we will use the Avant-Garde Medal, which absorbs damage taken by 22%.
Mythra Heart to Hearts
Mythra Heart to Hearts is not available in the first portion of Xenoblade Chronicles 2. That’s why she will participate in less heart to hearts than Pyra. Below, you can see all Heart to Hearts Mythra take part in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
- A Love Too Deep
- Addam’s Appetite
- Family Ties
- Mythra Vs. Brighid
- Patroka’s Predilections
- Stronger than Light
Mythra Favorite Pouch Items
In Xenoblade Chronicles 2, Mythra’s favorite pouch items include Desserts and Meats. Mythra has no favorite dessert, but she loves desserts in general more than anything. Second are paintings. If you want to know some specific desserts, you can say these include Miracle Parfait, Bunnit-Stuffed Peppers, and Cloud Sea Crab Sticks.
For maximum benefit from pouch items, use Clicky-Clacks and Lush Moonbeam Mask. The former decreases Affinity cooldown, and the latter increases Affinity recharge time and rate. Using these two items in sync will have you spamming Lightning Buster at your enemies.
Mythra Affinity Chart Unlocks
Key Affinity
- Level 2: Trust increases by 100.
- Level 3: Trust increases by 1300.
- Level 4: Trust increases by 3800.
- Level 5: Trust increases by 8800.
Ray of Punishment
Damage done to toppled enemies will increase by 100 to 150%.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after Using Ray of punishment 10 times.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after defeating Novl Ories Level 36-40 in Tantal.
- Tier 4: Unlocked after defeating Valt Ropl level 49 in the Cliffs of Morytha.
- Tier 5: Unlocked after defeating Crimson Derrick level 58 in the Cliffs of Morytha.
Photon Edge
The chances of dealing with a guard annulling attack will increase by 60% to 100%.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after defeating 5 Novl Flamii Level 32 in Leftheria.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after defeating 5 Peng enemies Level 38-40 in Tantal.
- Tier 4: Unlocked after Using Photon Edge 9 times.
- Tier 5: Unlocked after performing 12 Blade Combos.
Perform 12 Blade Combo’s
Lightning Buster: Increases damage dealt by 100% to 150% When HP is 30% or less.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after defeating 5 Buma Hiln Level 33 in Leftheria.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after Using Lightning Buster 6 times.
- Tier 4: Unlocked after performing 10 Blade Combos.
- Tier 5: Unlocked after defeating Perplexed Stoyan Level 47 in Leftheria.
Foresight
This will increase the evasion and accuracy rate of the team by 30 to 50%.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after evading 5 attacks.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after raising affinity 5 times.
- Tier 4: Unlocked after dealing with 8 critical hits.
- Tier 5: After viewing the heart-to-heart event “Mythra Vs. Brighid” at the ruined office building in Morytha.
Lightspeed Flurry
This will boost special or art used by 20-100% after landing a critical hit.
- Tier 1: Unlocked automatically upon joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after raising affinity 2 times in combats.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after dealing with 7 critical hits.
- Tier 4: Unlocked after helping 20 incapacitated allies.
- Tier 5: Unlocked after raising affinity 100 times in combats.
Glint
Glint will increase the critical hit rate by 5 to 15%.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after evading 5 attacks.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after evading 7 attacks.
- Tier 4: Unlocked after evading 9 attacks.
- Tier 5: Unlocked after walking a lot.
Light Mastery
A field skill that is used in some skill checks.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after going shopping 50 times.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after going shopping 100 times.
Focus
A field skill that is used in some skill checks.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after using 4 dessert category items.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after using 2 Final Chorus items.
Girls’ Talk
That is used in some skill checks.
- Tier 1: Unlocked at the time of joining.
- Tier 2: Unlocked after talking to 50 different people.
- Tier 3: Unlocked after talking to 100 different people.
Mythra Costumes and Outfits
For Mythra’s alternate costumes and outfits, you have 4 options in Xenoblade Chronicles which are as following:
- Carbon Mythra
- Massive Melee Mythra
- Pyra-Style Mythra
- Radiant Beach Mythra
Among these, Massive Melee Mythra can be obtained for free with update 2.0.2. The other three were made available via DLC, and you can unlock them after completing certain challenges in the game. All of these costumes/outfits come with their respective Aux Cores. Once you equip a relevant Aux Core, Mythra’s appearance will change as well.
How to play with Mythra in Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Mythra The Aegis performs best in an evasion situation with a high critical hit rate and evasion skills like Foresight. This will help increase your accuracy and evasion rate, which means you will land more hits without missing chances. With all the skills associated, you have to ensure you are landing hits that will be well-spent. Foresight makes sure of that by increasing your accuracy rate. Take this skill to level 5, and then get into battles, and you will become a true destroyer.
