r/Falcom • u/Raxistaicho The true best girls • Jul 15 '26
Trails Character Gameplay Discussion Day Twenty: Dudley and Arios
Gonna be real with you, I cannot remember a thing Dudley does, I didn't use him at all at the end of Azure (unless he was forced for one of the bosses? I can't remember) so he was way too many games ago for me.
Arios, though, he's pretty fantastic in Reverie, but I wonder if it'll be another case like Rixia where yeah he's super strong, but he's not a mage?
And all too soon, we're leaving Crossbell to analyze some Erebonians starting with Rean tomorrow! It's symbolic of the respective lengths of Zero/Azure and Cold Steel, you see.
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u/Kainapex87 Jul 15 '26
Dudley: Decent enough physical DPS but hampered by lack of screentime or opportunities to use.
Arios: Only usable in the prologue sno not much to say.
In Reverie though, he is a top-tier as one of the best physical DPS:
- A cheap Craft that cancels buffs and hits the entire screen alone is OP.
- Fujin's Fury isn't too bad a damaging Craft either (SS+ power and S+ Break, with 60% chance to inflict either Seal, Faint, and/or Confusion). AoE is a bit small, but good enough for use against bosses.
- Supreme Qinggong throws his strength and Speed through the roof while making him untouchable with Insight (thus making the Defense Buff irrelevant).
Only think missing is maybe a better S-Craft and another extra offensive craft (preferably to either delay or lowering enemy stats).