Xenogears/Battle Basics

Human Battle
Much of the game's first disc is spent on foot, and much of it translates to Gear battle, so here are some of the basics of battling with your characters.

Attack
This command allows your character to physically attack the enemy. You can choose from a weak, 1 Attack Point (AP) psx: t attack, a medium, 2AP psx: s attack, or a strong, 3AP psx: x attack. You may attack as many times as you want so long as you have the AP to do so, or cancel early with psx: c and put your remaining AP into your Combo stack (more on that later).

This is also where Deathblows are used. Let's say that Fei knows his psx: tpsx: x Deathblow, and he has 5 AP. You select the Attack command, press psx: tpsx: X, he uses the Deathblow, and the last AP is put into the Combo stack.

Ether
Ether is the magic of Xenogears, and it can be VERY powerful later in the game. It's fairly simple to use: select Ether command, select what spell you want to use, and select a target (or targets). As long as you have Ether Points (EP), you can use spells.