Tales of Xillia 2 General [In Stores Now]

Is that the really tiny one? I accidentally walked into that underleveled and underprepared because I couldn't see it on the map and got wiped really hard.

yep, it looks like a cat, it even meows at you and walks up slowly, without a (!) to indicate it may be an enemy. plantain move.

I've started going through every character, testing every skill, and disabling all the terrible ones from autousage for AI/keying them appropriately on arte setting for manual, so far I've only finished Ludger though...though I guess he has the most, what with 3 weapons and dozens of mystic artes. Hammer seems to be the most powerful for everything but fights where you are gimped if you aren't at range, it has a lot of aoe with ailments and high stun with decent speed with the right skills activated. For a lot of fights I can just spam Hammer Flail and jugglestun them for long periods of time, Flame Tunnel does pretty good damage, Wave Smasher has amazing guardbreak, and Freezing Eruption seems to be aoe/tracking/seal/stun/midrange, one of the better Arcanes in my opinion.

One question actually, can AI use Flash Guard?