XCX Aerial Skell build help
Okay long post explaining some thoughts process stuff with a bit of prelude so brace ^^`.
Since pretty much the start of the game, I kind of always envisioned myself piloting a Skell and treating it as more of a manueverable aerial unit. Obviously we have limitations that keep that from going as far as it COULD, but I do want some ideas to bounce off of the general thoughts I have now that I've fully beaten everything short of a few remaining side quests and some affinity quests.
So, to the actual point, what weapons would really fit this concept? I do have a couple ideas.
Number one: the ME M-Missiles. These actively encourage being ABOVE your target in order to do increased damage. While there are augments that achieve this same thing, having a weapon dedicated to it baked right in to its base ability IS very appealing to me for this concept. I only say the ME M-Missiles specifically because they're the only weapon I know of that has this effect built right in. If there are more weapons that innately deal more damage from above (especially back weapons for reasons related to my second idea), please let me know, as these are the only ones that I know of at the moment!
And Number two: Shoulder weapons that specifically resemble wings. This is sort of what I've really wanted to go for, while all Skells get a flight module (asterisk Ares and Hraesvelg series. They get one but it doesn't look the same at least.), having a weapon that specifically invokes the image of wings REALLY sells the idea! There's only 3 weapons that I know of that do this, the Barrage Cloak, the Voltaic Tusk, and the Night Cage. The Barrage Cloak very blatantly resembles wings when unfurled, but are an absolute eyesore when they aren't, especially in vehicle mode. The Voltaic Tusk and Night Cage both work, but being Electric focused, are much harder to build for. So if anyone has good Electric Skell builds that could allow me to take advantage of these two weapons, I would SUPER appreciate it. Alternatively, if there are other weapons you think invoke a blatant wing-like appearance, please let me know as well!
Thanks in advance, hopefully we can figure something out eheh.
Posted Aug 10, 2025, 7:28 PM UTC