| AndrewWK said: I was lvl. 37 when I killed th telethia now I am 39And the new girl is kinda useless, or do I not know how to fight with her on my side. |
It's worth going over the tutorial for her, because she functions like no other character. Keep in mind that you'll actually get a brief forced tutorial on how to use her a bit later, but it's worth digging through the game's menus to find it now. In essence:
1) Unlike other characters, her gray bar (the name escapes me right now: it's the talent in the center that other characters besides Sharla have to fill up before they can use it) does not have to be maximized to pull off her special move. She can use it anytime she has summoned at least one element.
2) Selecting a summon acts as a buff for the party. I believe these buffs do not stack with each other. For example, summoning Thunder increases everyone's Ether attacks by a certain percentage, depending on how many levels you've pumped into the Summon Thunder talent.
3) She can summon up to three elements at a time. They can be identical, each be unique, or whatever combination floats your boat.
4) As earlier alluded to, using her gray talent art uses these buffs as an offensive weapon: she "throws" the summoned element at the target, which deals ether damage. Obviously, you lose whatever buff that element granted you. This is the key to dealing damage with her!
5) Important thing to note: most enemies have little to no real Ether Defense, so she can tear through foes with high physical defense. I believe these attacks are also impossible for the enemy to dodge. Nebulae in particular illustrate how valuable she can be to the team.
6) Like all ether arts, she draws lots of aggro when summoning/attacking. Make sure to give her Arts Stealth gems/skills!
So to recap: she can summon elements to buff the party, then use those elements offensively to deal ether damage. It's important to note that the AI has zero clue how to use her, but if you take control of her most fights will end quickly. Her Summon Earth attack deals high, if not the highest DPS in the game, Summon Fire is a nice DPS backup, and Summon Thunder does the most outright damage, plus it recharges ridiculously quickly. Just try to keep at least one Thunder element around, as it boosts her Ether by up to 20%. You can safely ignore Summon Aqua: it's HP absorbtion rate is pathetic, and it does paltry damage.
