Are you feasting for a hard-working Hero Class? Do you need to see Noah and Eunie with Riku's fantastic hair? If you answered yes to either of these questions, you're in the right place, because today we're going to go over how to unlock the Yumsmith Class, Riku and Manana's special setup, in Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
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Riku and Manana are all about debilitating your foes so that they're primed for the main cast to wipe them out in just a few relaxing swings. Given the size of Xenoblade Chronicles 3's playable cast, you'll be rough-and-tumbling with quite a few enemies at once at times, making this "crowd control" approach a welcome one.
At the very beginning of Xenoblade Chronicles 3, you'll be introduced to Riku, a supporting character in Noah's Colony 9 squad. (It's a touch odd that he doesn't have any spoken lines whatsoever in the game's first stage, but then, the Nopon are mysterious creatures.) He won't actually assist in battle yet, but he does offer words of wisdom here and there.
The same applies to Manana, whom you'll meet once Mio's squad is introduced. Manana is a great cook, you'll soon learn; whereas Riku is terrific at forging gems and maintaining the team's equipment. What do you get when you combine culinary skills with the hard life of a blacksmith? A Yumsmith, of course.
Yumsmith is classified as an Attacker class, which tracks... more or less. As we mentioned earlier, it's more akin to slow-roasting your enemies so that the main party can obliterate them. Debuffs are the name of the game here, and the playstyle reflects that. Damage over time in an area of effect; a side strike that inflicts Break; and a move that prevents the target from
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