History GameBreaker / TalesSeries

*** It gets broken even further. Once Pow Hammer has been used 200 times, her Pow Pow Hammer and Hammer Rain skills will randomly include at least one Toss Hammer. If the tech glitch has been used to get Hammer Rain alongside Para Ball...

** Even Natalia is broken beyond all degree. With the right set-up, she becomes a beast; already the second fastest AND the second most durable, along with having a very spammable ranged move, it's very easy to make the princess an unbeatable, unhittable Goddess of death. If an enemy gets close? She has quite a few moves to keep the distance. Or, she can run. Incredibly fast. That's not even going into her Mystic Artes...she's one of only three characters who has an UNDODGABLE mystic arte, and her second is one of the most damaging in the game. Add to the fact she has healing magic, her artes are VERY easily spammed, and her physical power is ironically really good, she could solo the bonus boss just as easily.

** The [=PS3=] version makes Yuri even ''more'' broken with the addition of his [[spoiler:Vesperia No. 2]] weapon, which gives him a second Mystic Arte, Tenshou Kouyokuken. With the Combination skills, Yuri can build up a 100x multiplier to be applied to the next attack that hits the enemy. Tenshou Kouyokuken is one of the strongest single-hit attacks in the game, probably second only to Indignation. Throw in the Barbatos Ring, which gives an incredible stat boost at the cost of not being able to use items, and painful destruction ensues - imagine {{One Hit KO}}ing ''every boss in the game''.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'': Max equipped with the Canceler accessory is broken beyond belief. The Canceler gives him the ability to charge a weak spell, then cancel the spell and cast a high level one in its place. His best skill, Elemental Master, counts as a high level spell with no other requirements other than a long charge time (and a long sidequest to get it). Elemental Master covers the screen and shoots around sixteen laser beams. Have fun spamming it.

*** As can any character with access to any sort of spell. That's all of them except Lloyd and Presea, though Genis won't be making much use of it because of his already slow attack speed and strength. However, it's very possible for WhiteMage Raine to solo the BonusBoss Abyssion using this tactic, combined with the fact that for ''some'' characters, it's ridiculously easy to get immunity to the elements. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi0yTKwXvig here.]] They tried to fix it in the PS2 UpdatedRerelease, but it still works if you have a spell you've used [[{{Cap}} 999]] times.

** Estelle is the real game breaker. Due to an unintended oversight (which was fixed in the updated PS3 release), the spell Force Field makes the target invincible for a few seconds, but with the Eternal Support skill, there's a chance it'll last for the ENTIRE BATTLE. Put the skill on, spam Force Field until it sticks, and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qALhG3bFaVo&feature=related you can't lose]].

** The {{PS3}} version makes Yuri even ''more'' broken with the addition of his [[spoiler:Vesperia No. 2]] weapon, which gives him a second Mystic Arte, Tenshou Kouyokuken. With the Combination skills, Yuri can build up a 100x multiplier to be applied to the next attack that hits the enemy. Tenshou Kouyokuken is one of the strongest single-hit attacks in the game, probably second only to Indignation. Throw in the Barbatos Ring, which gives an incredible stat boost at the cost of not being able to use items, and painful destruction ensues - imagine {{One Hit KO}}ing ''every boss in the game''.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfGraces'' on the Wii gave Hubert a combo capable of one-shotting the giant BonusBoss Rockgagong, netting the party around 30 levels in one shot. Patched out in the PS3 version.

** Also from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' is Anise's Ant Lion Man doll. It restores her HP and TP by 8% every 2 seconds or so. On paper, this doesn't look like much, but in practice this is an insane amount of healing. Imagine a mage who ''never runs out of TP'', and who is also a MightyGlacier that can only die to a OneHitKill.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', all elemental damage has a chance to inflict status effects on enemies. Light-element attacks have the chance to inflict the Confused status, which makes a combatant attack their allies. Milla gets a powerful Light element spell late in the game, a little bit before she can pick up the Aerial Casting skill. With her DoubleJump, Aerial Casting is a game breaker on its own, since Milla can jump ''too high for enemy AIs to detect and attack her'', and Aerial Casting keeps her floating there until the spell resolves. But once you boost her chances of inflicting status effects on enemies (usually by boosting her Intelligence stat), Milla is an absolute monstrosity against any group of multiple opponents, as she can get them to kill each other with ease. What's worse is that most of the powerful boss fights in the storyline (including the [[spoiler:final battle against Gaius and Muzet]]) have them come at you in groups. Difficult boss battles become hilariously trivial when you can confuse them into using their [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]] on one another.

* While not exactly useful against bosses, assigning [[VideoGame/TalesOfPhantasia Sylph and Arche's]] weaker spells to your hotkeys basically ensures an instant win against the incredibly powerful monsters in Shadow's cave. Being able to cast high level spells much faster than your characters can is not as useful as you'd think when the other guy is constantly knocking you out of your casting with a puny little ice needle. Of course, everyone should thank [[BigBad Dhaos]] for showing it to us with his Tetra Assault spell, which basically fires all three of the weakest spells in the game at you at once, knocking you off balance for the truly epic ass-kicking he's following it up with.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia2'', Ludger's signature Corpse Shell mode is absurdly powerful, as it allows for combos that are only limited by the duration of the mode itself (Which is extremely long once you get all of the abilities that extend it), but most notably, maintains the damage bonus you get from exploiting an enemy's weakness for as long as you can maintain the combo, meaning it's entirely possible to almost a minute of time to exploit a 5X damage multiplier when it would normally fade away after a few seconds. Not even the strongest bosses in the game can live through it if you can activate it while the damage bonus is at its max.

* The Director's Cut version of ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny'' Remake gives Leon the Demon Lance Zero spell. He's hard to stagger out of casting, and on release it fires a massive, screen-filling attack and also grants him immunity to the next seven hits.

* ''VideoGame/TalesOfEternia'': Max equipped with the Canceler accessory is broken beyond belief. The Canceler gives him the ability to charge a weak spell, then cancel the spell and cast a high level one in its place. His hi ougi, Elemental Master, counts as a high level spell with no other requirements other than a long charge time (and a long sidequest to get it). Elemental Master covers the screen and shoots around sixteen laser beams. Have fun spamming it.

** Harold at high levels is incredibly powerful against solo bosses, able to combo-lock them with either speed-cast Divine Saber spam (her highest-level Light spell) or her base melee techniques Raigashou (Light elemental) or Chouishou (Dark elemental).

** For a two-player tactic, Rowen and Leia linking together can use the Linked Arte Stop Flow (Stops time for a few seconds). Have one player distract whatever you're fighting and the second do nothing but cast Tightening Chains while paired with Leia, and depending on how many hits player one can get in the Overlimit bar will always be high enough to at least start casting another Stop Flow before the first one ends. With careful timing nothing will ever be able to move again.

* The Director's Cut version of TalesOfDestiny Remake gives Leon the Demon Lance Zero spell. He's hard to stagger out of casting, and on release it fires a massive, screen-filling attack and also grants him immunity to the next seven hits.

** You have to work a bit to get [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFgcaHH8WoQ Yuri's infinite combo]] going, it requires the enemy to be stunned (with the spinning stars) early on so they can't break out of it, and it only works against solo enemies, but once you get the hang of it and remember to reset the fallen enemy with his free-run slash, Yuri becomes ''impossible to stop,'' especially against human enemies. There are videos of [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss Alexei,]] [[DuelBoss Flynn,]] [[BigBad Duke,]] and [[BonusBoss Kratos]]]] all being brought to their knees by an infinitely-comboing Yuri.

* TalesOfGraces on the Wii gave Hubert a combo capable of one-shotting the giant BonusBoss Rockgagong, netting the party around 30 levels in one shot. Patched out in the PS3 version.
** The Killer attribute (which deals additional damage to humanoids, including many bosses) can be obtained early by fusing Richard's Steel Sword with a Darkshine Crystal to create the Fame and Faith sword, then transferring the quality onto a gem anyone can use. This is highly advantageous as the Killer attribute is otherwise very hard to obtain and hitting weaknesses is vital on higher difficulties.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', magic in general is usually this, due to how much more damage it inflicts compared to melee, but special mention goes to Harold's full Crazy Comet hi-ougi ''chain''. It's usually a OneHitKO, dealing much more damage than any other attack in the game ''and'' healing your party, and is only balanced by how little she goes into overlimit.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2'', magic in general is usually this, due to how much more damage it inflicts compared to melee, but special mention goes to Harold's full Crazy Comet hi-ougi ''chain''. It's usually a OneHitKO, dealing much more damage than any other attack in the game, and is only balanced by how little she goes into overlimit.

* The Director's Cut version of TalesOfDestiny Remake gives Lion the Demon Lance Zero spell. He's hard to stagger out of casting, and on release it fires a massive, screen-filling attack and also grants him immunity to the next seven hits.
** Lion's Chaltier also has the highest critical chance of any Swordian (plus a chance to petrify) in a game where criticals restore CC, letting you continue your combo as long as you keep getting them.

** The Combo Spell ability is another extremely potent ability, as it reduces the character's casting time proportionate to the number of hits they've scored. This basically means that characters with it can keep casting spells back to back to gradually decrease their cast time until everything they use triggers instantly, allowing you to completely fill the battlefield with spells that can keep even bosses locked down indefinitely due to the status ailments some of them can inflict.

*** As can any character with access to any sort of spell. That's all of them except Lloyd and Presea, though Genis won't be making much use of it because of his already slow attack speed and strength. However, it's very possible for WhiteMage Raine to solo the BonusBoss Abyssion using this tactic, combined with the fact that for ''some'' characters, it's ridiculously easy to get immunity to the elements. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi0yTKwXvig here.]] They tried to fix it in the PS2 UpdatedRerelease, but it still works if you have a spell you've used [[{{Cap}} 999]]] times.

*** As can any character with access to any sort of spell. That's all of them except Lloyd and Presea, though Genis won't be making much use of it because of his already slow attack speed and strength. However, it's very possible for WhiteMage Raine to solo the BonusBoss Abyssion using this tactic, combined with the fact that for ''some'' characters, it's ridiculously easy to get immunity to the elements. See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi0yTKwXvig&fmt=18 here.]]

*** ''VideoGame/TalesofVesperia'' includes a marginally weaker version of this in the Final Symbol. It's remarkably easy to gain seven of them.

** Jade has his fonic powers sealed due to plot reasons, and he takes a while to build back up and unlock his various spells. If you give him a Capacity Core that boosts the Enhancement stat, he will eventually learn the AD Skill "Glory". Glory makes a character completely ''immune to stagger/flinching''. Jade will then be able wreak havoc from afar, tossing out spells left and right with no fear of his incantations being interrupted.

* In ''VideoGame/TalesOfXillia'', all elemental damage has a chance to inflict status effects on enemies. Light-element attacks have the chance to inflict the Confused status, which makes a combatant attack their allies. Milla gets a powerful Light element spell late in the game, a little bit before she can pick up the Aerial Casting skill. With her DoubleJump, Aerial Casting is a game breaker on its own, since Milla can jump ''too high for enemy AIs to detect and attack her'', and Aerial Casting keeps her floating there until the spell resolves. But once you boost her chances of inflicting status effects on enemies (usually by boosting her Intelligence stat), Milla is an absolute monstrosity against any group of multiple opponents, as she can get them to kill each other with ease. What's worse is that most of the powerful boss fights in the storyline (including the [[spoiler:final battle against Gaius and Muzet]]) have them come at you in groups. Difficult boss battles become hilariously trivial when you can confuse them into using their [[LimitBreak Mystic Artes]] on one another.

*** Even more disgusting is the [[spoiler:Jewel of Lorelei]], which you get automatically through story events, and gives the same benefits to Luke. So you can have ''two'' effectively unkillable fighters on the team, one of whom is a combo fiend and frontline fighter.