Stagger

Stagger is a mobility debuff in Xenoblade Chronicles X. An enemy or party member inflicted with Stagger will be shoved back a short distance. If they are in the middle of casting an Art, the animation will be interrupted. Enemies cannot act until Stagger wears off.

Similar to Break in Xenoblade Chronicles, an enemy or party member inflicted with Stagger will lose their resistance to Topple. If the enemy is sufficiently large, a Skell can Bind them.

Distribution

Arts

• Balance Breaker (Javelin, signature Art of Lao) - Inflicts Stagger in a melee combo.
• Blossom Dance (Longsword, signature Art of Nagi) - Inflicts Stagger on the last hit. Not mentioned in the Art descriptions.
• Shadowstrike (Dual Swords, signature Art of Elma)

Skell Arts

• Breaker Crush (G-Buster)
• Collapsar Edge (G2-Buster)
• Goliath Piledriver (G-Piledriver) - Inflicts Stagger if the enemy is too big to Launch. Not mentioned in the Art description.
• Gravity Shield (SHD-Gravity)
• Noise Cannon (N-Cannon) - Inflicts Stagger when targeted by an enemy.
• Tornado Shot (Javelin) - Inflicts Stagger if used from the side.
• Zweihand Quarterer (Zweihand-Q) - Inflicts Stagger on the final hit if the enemy is too big to Launch. Not mentioned in the Art description.
• Wing Blade (W-Blade)

Soul Voice

• Draw Melee - Dialogue B

Enemies (by Art name)

Astriad

• Deva Caladar

Beam Needle

• Millepods

Beam Needle II

• Shuravas, the Enraged

Bionic Mortar

• Potamuses

Blade Dance (on foot)

• Nahum, the Red Hare

Blade Flurry

• Prog Ares

Body Press

• Arenatects
• Gerrids
• Lepyxes
• Tectinsulas

Drill Attack (on foot)

• Terebras

Ether Field

• Pharsis, the Everqueen

Ether Snipe

• Thalluses

Ether Mortar

• Gradivus, the Headless Emperor

Ether Velocity Ray

• Aeviters

Flame Cannon (ground Skell)

• Enhanced Attack Range Zig
• Howitzer Barrager Zig
• Howitzer Gunner Zig
• Howitzer Launcher Zig
• Mortar Gunner Zig
• Mortar Launcher Zig
• Mortar Sniper Zig
• Unlimited Output Zig

Flame Launcher (ground Skell)

• Damaged Zig
• Assault Barrager Zig
• Assault Gunner Zig
• Assault Launcher Zig
• Experimental Compact Zig
• Strike Barrager Zig
• Strike Gunner Zig
• Strike Launcher Zig

Flame Stomp

• Dagahn

Fin Slash (on foot)

• Lophids
• Purgovents

Ganglion Railgun

• Barbed Queen Qmoeva
• Barbed Remote Qmoeva
• Barbed Rook Qmoeva
• Buster Emperor Qmoeva
• Buster Kaizer Qmoeva
• Chief Qmoeva
• Cross Qmoeva
• Daril's Qmoeva
• Duel Emperor Qmoeva
• Infantry Support Qmoeva
• Qmoeva Divider
• Talon King Qmoeva
• Talon Knight Qmoeva
• Talon Queen Qmoeva
• Sadar's Qmoeva

Horn Charge

• Aetrygons
• Xiphias

Hyper Charge (on foot)

• Caecuses
• Evellos
• Insidias

Lethal Plane

• Vita

Lightning Fist

• Goetia

Lightning Spear

• Duoguills
• Scintimures

Mantis Pile

• Vivohasts

Massive Stomp

• Sabulas

Mega Bite

• Diluses
• Tersquals

Megaton Punch

• Cantors
• Simius

Meteor Launcher

• Blood Despair

Over Charge

• Fal-swos

Palm Laser

• Vita

Piercing Beam

• Armed Recon Galdr
• Lyla's Galdr
• Red Master Galdr
• Talon Raptor Galdr
• Talon Eagle Galdr

Punch

• Pyotr, the Shepherd

Punchity Punchaton

• Dadaan, the Strongest Prone

Rising Bird (on foot)

• Liceors
• Saltats

Serpent Beam

• Rexoskell

Sky Savage

• Sphinxes

Speed Blade (on foot)

• Milsaadi

Spiral Lance

• Auravises
• Jaculs

Stomp

• Ciniculas
• Coronids
• Falsaxum
• Millesaurs (except Luciel, the Eternal)

Tail Swing

• Millesaurs (except Luciel, the Eternal)

Tentacle Riot

• Colubrims (except Vortice, the Deific Blast)

Velocity Ray

• Seidrs

Notes

• In the Japanese version, it is called Break (崩し), keeping in line with earlier games of the Xeno series.