Sword Drive (Nene)

Sword Drive
User	Nene
Type	Physical Art
Colour	Red
Target	Single enemy
Effect(s)	Damage, damage, damage
Description	Smack an enemy with full force, dealing a large amount of damage.
First available	Available from start

Sword Drive (そーどぱいる, Sword Pile) is one of Nene's physical Battle Arts in Xenoblade Chronicles: Future Connected, and a clone of Reyn's art of the same name. It involves a quick but powerful stab with her weapon, dealing a massive amount of damage along with some knockback.

Overview

Sword Drive is the strongest non-Talent Art attack of all party members by a decent margin. The big damage helps Nene generate lasting aggro rather than temporary aggro, and it's often combined with Magnum Starch for even more pain. Its main downside is its long cooldown, so Nene doesn't get to benefit from its damage much. And as a Future Connected character, she doesn't get to have fun spamming it in Chain Attacks either.

Data

Art

Damage type	Physical
Category	Physical
Talent gauge used	0%
Cooldown	90.0s
Accuracy	+5%
Obtained	Level 16

Power

Power	4.50
Hits	1
Element	Slash

Timing

	Frames	Seconds
Hit	n/a	n/a
Duration	n/a	n/a

Range

Target	Opponent
Area	Single target
Range	4.00m

Status

Effect	None
Duration	—

Miscellaneous

AI type	Normal
Aggro	0
Knockback	Pushback, level 2
Flags	Anti-air: False Single effects: False Monado art: False

Battle text

Original	—
DE	A single high-powered blow.

Levelling

	Basic				Intermediate			Advanced
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X
AP cost	0	340	680	1,360	2,720	4,080	6,120	8,840	12,240	16,320
Power	4.50	4.67	4.84	5.01	5.18	5.35	5.52	5.69	5.86	6.03
Cooldown	90.0	86.4	82.8	79.2	75.6	72.0	68.4	64.8	61.2	57.6
Accuracy	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%	+25%	+25%	+25%	+25%	+25%
Accuracy (DE)	+5%	+10%	+15%	+20%	+25%	+30%	+35%	+40%	+45%	+50%

Advanced art book

Sell price	1,000 G
Shops	Arts Manual Shop (1 Arts Coin)

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In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Sword Drive	—
Japanese	そーどぱいる	Sword Pile (same as Reyn's, but in hiragana instead of katakana)
French	Lame tatouilleuse	Tattooist Blade
German	Schwertschramme	Sword scratch
Spanish	Barrena oyoyoy	Oyoyoy auger
Italian	Infilzamento
Chinese (simplified)	剑剑驱动
Chinese (traditional)	劍劍驅動
Korean	소드 파일	Sword Pile