Xenoblade Chronicles 3: How To Unlock The Machine Assassin Class, Segiri

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Just how many classes are there in Xenoblade Chronicles 3? You can seek the precise answer, which we think is 25 — do correct us — or you can say "a lot," which we reckon gets the point across just fine.

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In our continuing coverage of this massive JRPG's unlockable classes (and their respective recruitable Heroes), we now turn our writerly gaze to Segiri, the Machine Assassin. What, beyond its obvious titular implication, is the Machine Assassin capable of in combat? Who is Segiri, and what makes her such a valuable member of the team? All will be revealed.

The Machine Assassin is an Attacker-based class, and it's the kind of class that focuses on debilitating foes before ravaging them outright. This is good not only for the wielder of Machine Assassin, but for the rest of the party as well, since every character who attacks a debuffed enemy gains that same advantage over them.

Does that make Machine Assassin a more support-oriented Attacker? Well, yes and no. You see, it's kind of a damage-building class above all, and what we mean by that can be summed up tidily with one of its major Class Skills: Chaos Chain increases the amount of damage the Machine Assassin inflicts per debuff, stacking to a total of 150 percent per hit. Right off the bat, that's kind of monumental.

It gets better. Courtesy of the Tyrant Cross Combat Art, Machine Assassin can strike whilst also inflicting a randomly-chosen debuff upon the enemy.

Think of it like this: if you can keep stacking random debuffs every time you choose this Art, and you can combine it with Chaos Chain as well as Master Skill Cursed Edge (which enhances damage dealt to debuffed enemies even further), you're very