History GameBreaker / XenobladeChroniclesX

* For those who don't want to run the Ether Blossom Dance build, there's also the combination of Potential XX + Ghostwalker that's just as good as the former build by using the dual gun setup, as shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXu5GUVhRU here.]] (Feel free to just skip to 6:51.) Any build with Ghostwalker abuse can be broken.

* For those who don't want to run the Ether Blossom Dance build, there's also the combination of Potential XX + Ghostwalker abuse that's just as good as the former build by using the dual gun setup, as shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXu5GUVhRU here.]] (Feel free to just skip to 6:51.) Any build with Ghostwalker abuse can be broken.

* The Skells. There's a ''very'' good reason why the game holds off for so long on giving you one after completing Chapter 6, as once you ''do'' get one, you have very little reason to ever leave it again outside of situations where you flat-out ''can't'' take it with you. Any enemies that weren't designed with Skells in mind become complete {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s for your team, which a shocking amount of the story bosses ''weren't''. Even the basic model you start out with can curb stomp any small enemy with ease that isn't level 40 and up, and even take on level 30 or so bigger enemies rather easily with a well-leveled party for support. The fuel that supposed to balance them almost never runs out unless you go out of your way for it, and it's easy to refuel them at the base since the miranium needed isn't a lot. And outside of battle, their mobility and speed are a ''godsend'' in navigating the huge world, and once the flight ability is unlocked, there's nothing holding you down. Even with [[ScrappyMecahnic Skell Insurance]] in mind and being outclassed by Ether Blossom Dance upon entering the endgame, Skells can still be uber-powerful tools when setup right.

* The Skells. There's a ''very'' good reason why the game holds off for so long on giving you one after completing Chapter 6, as once you ''do'' have one, you have very little reason to ever leave it again outside of situations where you flat-out ''can't'' take it with you. Any enemies that weren't designed with Skells in mind become complete {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s for your team, which a shocking amount of the story bosses ''weren't''. Even the basic model you start out with can curb stomp any small enemy with ease that isn't level 40 and up, and even take on level 30 or so bigger enemies rather easily with a well-leveled party for support. The fuel that supposed to balance them almost never runs out unless you go out of your way for it, and it's easy to refuel them at the base since the miranium needed isn't a lot. And outside of battle, their mobility and speed are a ''godsend'' in navigating the huge world, and once the flight ability is unlocked, there's nothing holding you down.
** To really kick it up a notch in breaking the game, combine mass data probing (see above) AND traveling almost every area with your newly beginner Skell. Given that you don't approach very dangerous areas recklessly, you can run and explore as much of Mira with your Skell as possible; you gain a lot of experience doing so to the point that you will hit Level 30, which is enough to buy you a Level 30 Skell and upgrade as much as possible. Then, you can level up your other characters to reach level 30 so that they can get Skells upgraded as much as possible. You can then have 4 Level 30 Skells take on very powerful enemies that are Level 55 or higher. A big example to quick leveling up would be FN Site 322; fight enemies like Rebel Kaizer Qmoeva from behind and gang up on it 4-on-1; then recharge and fight another enemy alone. You should quickly reach Level 50 to get even better Skells. By this point, you should be able to complete the rest of the chapters in the main game and hopefully max out some classes in the process.
* Skells, despite being outclassed by Ether Blossom Dance, still have some uber-powerful kits in their own right.

** To really take it UpToEleven in breaking the game, combine mass data probing (see above) AND traveling almost every area with your newly beginner Skell. Given that you don't approach very dangerous areas recklessly, you can run and explore as much of Mira with your Skell as possible; you gain a lot of experience doing so to the point that you will hit Level 30, which is enough to buy you a Level 30 Skell and upgrade as much as possible. Then, you can level up your other characters to reach level 30 so that they can get Skells upgraded as much as possible. You can then have 4 Level 30 Skells take on very powerful enemies that are Level 55 or higher. A big example to quick leveling up would be FN Site 322; fight enemies like Rebel Kaizer Qmoeva from behind and gang up on it 4-on-1; then recharge and fight another enemy alone. You should quickly reach Level 50 to get even better Skells. By this point, you should be able to complete the rest of the chapters in the main game and hopefully max out some classes in the process.

* Three TP Gain XX augments. When you use an art, your TP will increase by 200+ for each gem you have equipped. With three of these equipped, even arts where you'd normally lose TP will have you ''gain'' more than you use. With these gems, you'll be able to spam Overdrives and arts that normally have lengthy cool downs to them for days and become a NighInvulnerable [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1JGo9uDwfw Apocalyptic force of destruction]].
* The Ether Blossom Dance build takes the above and puts it into [[{{Pun}} Overdrive]]. Ether Blossom Dance is a build that combines the dual gunner class with the basic swordsman class to create a NighInvulnerable LightningBruiser that would make [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Dunban]] proud. There is a skill called Core Crusher that gives a huge damage buff to Ether attacks when targeting an enemy's appendage. Blossom Dance is a weapon-damage art that takes on the element of the equipped weapon and bypasses any elemental resistances, so with an Ether longsword, it's treated as an Ether attack. As a TP art, it's boosted by the Potential stat. The dual gunner class has access to arts that buff Ether and TP, as well as the game breaking in its own right Ghostwalker, which grants decoy, which makes every attack that hits you miss for a short while. If you're going up against anything that reflects ether, just slap on a Nullify Ether Reflect XX augment for them. By using this with the three TP Gain XX above to overdrive spam, this set is capable of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-0jssqB98A taking out enemies only thought possible to beat with a Skell]], and is [[UpToEleven even better than Skells in that regard!]]

* Skell Gear.

** Overdrive on Skell, while not as busted as above due to the lack of multipliers, buffs from stacking said multipliers, and inconsistent duration, grants you much higher chances of Cockpit time, which makes you invincible to damage for a certain amount of time.

** Overdrive on ground creates a lot of multipliers that can easily overpower just about any enemy (even bosses). You can setup the overdrive mechanics very early in the game and deliver game-breaking results. Some prefer this method to defeat the {{superboss}}es over Skells due to those reasons, in addition to not having a Skell be destroyed.
** Overdrive on Skell, while not as busted as above due to the lack of stacking, grants you much higher chances of Cockpit time, which makes you invincible to damage for a certain amount of time.

** Overdrive on ground creates a lot of multipliers that can easily overpower just about any enemy (even bosses). You can setup the overdrive mechanics very early in the game and deliver game-breaking results. Some prefer this method to defeat the superbosses over Skells due to those reasons, in addition to not having a Skell be destroyed.

** The Lailah line of Skells is rather famous for its NighInvulnerability. Its Overdrive increases its defense to sky-high levels, allows it to regen health while in Overdrive, makes it immune to debuffs, ''and'' doesn't use any fuel while in Overdrive. Give it a lot of weapons to increase TP quickly and a few attribute resist augments, and you have a Skell that'll ''never'' die. Another bonus is the line also has crazy high accuracy on its weapons, so even if an enemy puts up an evasion spike, it'll ''still'' be able to hit them with little problem. It's so crazy that it's been proven that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRhpd5lWSgI even the level 30 version is capable of soloing]] [[BonusBoss Telethia, the Endbringer]].
** Meanwhile, the Mastema line is blessed with excellent ranged attack, and there's a physical-attribute ranged superweapon called the EM Zenith Cannon that ignores enemy resistances. Level 60 versions of both, combined with as much ranged and physical-boosting equipment as possible, result in a machine that can even punch through [[BonusBoss ultrafauna]] in only two or three hits. The aforementioned M-Missiles - which also run off the Mastema's superior ranged stats - can be added to make the cannon's extreme fuel consumption a complete non-issue.
** Naturally, the game's InfinityPlusOneSword, the Antimatter-R Skell Superweapon. Against the toughest Tyrants, it will take off a quarter of their health at the very least, and outright slaughter anything else (in the general area). Best of all, it only takes up the two back slots, leaving you with space for some normal weapons (like those Merideth missiles) for lesser foes or parts grinding.

* The Drifter Class, once all skills have been maximized. Having that extra 5th Skill Slot that no other class does not have will tremendously change your character for the better. See below for all of the combinations possible.
* The Enforcer class line, specifically: the Psycorruptor and Mastermind. Their stats and weapons may be lackluster compared to the other job classes, but the advanced Arts and Skills they learn [[WeakButSkilled more than make up for it.]]

** Brainjack + Servant Sacrifice enables you to [[OneHitKill insta-kill]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uKTQQu7zW4 virtually any non-boss/non-Tyrant enemy]] and receive up to 50% HP + TP at the same time. Which can be supplemented by the King's Decree Skill. Even if Servant Sacrifice misses, the enemy is still rendered immobile until Brainjack wears off.

* The Ether Blossom Dance build takes the above and puts it into [[{{Pun}} Overdrive]]. Ether Blossom Dance is a build that combines the dual gunner class with the basic swordsman class to create a NighInvulnerable LightningBruiser that would make [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Dunban]] proud. There is a skill called Core Crusher that gives a huge damage buff to Ether attacks when targeting an enemy's appendage. Blossom Dance is a weapon-damage art that takes on the element of the equipped weapon and bypasses any elemental resistances, so with an Ether longsword, it's treated as an Ether attack. As a TP art, it's boosted by the Potential stat. The dual gunner class has access to arts that buff Ether and TP, as well as the game breaking in its own right Ghostwalker, which grants decoy, which makes every attack that hits you miss for a short while. If you're going up against anything that reflects ether, just slap on a Nullify Ether Reflect XX augment for them. By using this with the three TP Gain XX above to overdrive spam, this set is capable of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-0jssqB98A taking out enemies only thought possible to beat with a Skell]], and is [[UpToEleven even better than Skells in that regard!]]

** The Diskbombs take advantage of a [[GoodBadBugs glitch]] to turn them into handheld weapons of mass destruction. These sidearms fire three little projectiles in each volley. One potential built-in augment for salvaged Diskbombs is [=Custom.MSL-MAG=], an augment that increases the number of shots missile-based weapons fire at the cost of reducing their damage. On Diskbombs, the bonus is applied to each ''individual'' missile. So with a rank I [=Custom.MSL-MAG=], instead of firing four bombs in a single auto-attack, the weapon fires '''six'''. With a rank IX or X augment? MacrossMissileMassacre doesn't even ''begin'' to describe it. But it doesn't end there. If you equip another Diskbomb in the right sidearm slot and the Diskbomb with [=Custom.MSL-MAG=] and/or has been modified with an augment(s) for the aforementioned effect in the left (''not'' vice-versa, as the boost will not apply but the penalty will)... the right Diskbomb ''inherits the boost, without the damage penalty''. The end result is a pair of sidearms that can outdamage most Skell weapons and build up GP with ease.

* Core Crusher is a skill that makes any ether-based attack deal more damage, at the cost of not being able to break appendages. Core Crusher, unlike other skills, is an independent multiplier that multiplies ''overall'' damage instead of being addititive like the similar Ether Boost, which is affected by overall modifiers. No other attribute has such a bonus. If that wasn't enough, there's the Appendage Crusher augment, which increases damage dealt to appendages. This gives ether such a massive advantage that nearly any weapon that isn't ether-based might as well not exist.

** To really take it UpToEleven in breaking the game, combine mass data probing (see above) AND traveling almost every area with your skell once you first get your Skell. Given that you don't approach very dangerous areas recklessly, you can run and explore as much of Mira with your Skell as possible; you gain a lot of experience doing so to the point that you will hit Level 30, which is enough to buy you a Level 30 Skell and upgrade as much as possible. Then, you can level up your other characters to reach level 30 so that they can get Skells upgraded as much as possible. You can then have 4 Level 30 Skells take on very powerful enemies that are Level 55 or higher. A big farm area to level up quickly would be FN Site 322; fight enemies like Rebel Kaizer Qmoeva from behind and gang up on it one by one; then recharge. You should quickly reach Level 50 to get even better Skells. By this point, you should be able to complete the main game's story.

* The Skells. There's a ''very'' good reason why the game holds off for so long on giving you one, as once you ''do'' have one, you have very little reason to ever leave it again outside of situations where you flat-out ''can't'' take it with you. Any enemies that weren't designed with Skells in mind become complete {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s for your team, which a shocking amount of the story bosses ''weren't''. Even the basic model you start out with can curb stomp any small enemy with ease that isn't level 40 and up, and even take on level 30 or so bigger enemies rather easily with a well-leveled party for support. The fuel that supposed to balance them almost never runs out unless you go out of your way for it, and it's easy to refuel them at the base since the miranium needed isn't a lot. And outside of battle, their mobility and speed are a ''godsend'' in navigating the huge world, and once the flight ability is unlocked, there's nothing holding you down.
** To make the game much simpler to level up, once you obtain your first Skell, you can use your basic Skell to explore as much of the map as possible, given that you don't approach very dangerous areas. As long as you land on the spot where you have explored a new area, you and your teammates gain the experience. By the time you are done exploring, you may have likely reached at least level 30, which is enough to buy you a Level 30 Skell. Once you get your Level 30 Skell, you can level up your other characters to reach level 30 so that they can get Skells as well. If you have been getting a lot of resources with mining, you can practically upgrade your level 30 Skell at the highest stats possible, as well as buy 3 more Skells fully equipped.

** If you have been getting a lot of resources with mining, you can practically upgrade your level 30 skells at the highest stats possible.
** To make the game much simpler to level up, once you obtain your first Skell, you can use your basic Skell to explore as much of the map as possible, given that you don't approach very dangerous areas. As long as you land on the spot where you have explored a new area, you gain the experience.

* Skell Gear

* The Ether Blossom Dance build takes the above and puts it into [[{{Pun}} Overdrive]]. Ether Blossom Dance is a build that combines the dual gunner class with the basic swordsman class to create a NighInvulnerable LightningBruiser that would make [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade}} Dunban]] proud. Blossom Dance is a weapon-damage art (used with an Ether-based weapon) that deals more damage in a melee combo and bypasses any elemental resistances, and the dual gunner class has access to arts that buff Ether and TP, as well as the game breaking in its own right Ghostwalker, which grants decoy, which makes every attack that hits you miss for a short while. If you're going up against anything that reflects ether, just slap on a Nullify Ether Reflect XX augment for them. By using this with the three TP Gain XX above to overdrive spam, this set is capable of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-0jssqB98A taking out enemies only thought possible to beat with a Skell]], and is [[UpToEleven even better than Skells in that regard!]]
* For those who don't want to run the Ether Blossom Dance build, there's also the combination of Potential XX + Ghostwalker abuse that's just as good as, [[UpToEleven if not better than]], the former build by using the dual gun setup, as shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXu5GUVhRU here.]] (Feel free to just skip to 6:51.)

* Too early to do Ether Blossom builds? Last Stand Ramjet Rifle is there for you. The Ramjet Rifle is a normally terrible assault rifle with horrid stats, but the incredibly redeeming quality of giving you 300 TP per shot (with 3 shots). Last Stand is the last skill in the Duelist class, a pretty mediocre class otherwise. Once at level 5, Last Stand takes 1000 of your TP to grant everyone else 2000 TP. Combine the two, and you're giving every other party member a constant flow of TP for their skills while building up your own TP rapidly until launching Overdrive to (you guessed it) spam the Ramjet Rifle and Last Stand even more. The main drawback with this build is completely destroying your ranged damage... which doesn't matter THAT much if you're playing support/have good melee arts. Have fun.

* One can also use the Ramjet Rifle in conjunction with 'Last Stand', as the Ramjet's auto attack is more than enough to fill up TP for both it and Overdrive.

* The height and distance afforded by the game's sprint jump physics allows you to reach areas that're meant to be accessible only by flight; effectively allowing you to reach late game areas early. Once you get the hang of it, you'll find yourself trying it everywhere just to see what out of the way bluffs (and treasures) you can reach next.

** Brainjack + Servant Sacrifice enables you to [[OneHitKill insta-kill]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uKTQQu7zW4 virtually any non-boss/non-tyrant enemy]] and receive up to 50% HP/TP at the same time. Which can be supplemented by the 'King's Decree' support skill. Even if Servant Sacrifice misses, the enemy is still rendered imobile until Brainjack wears off.
** And at Max lvl.5, Black Bane damage scales for an additional 300% per debuff the victim has. Five or more debuffs is enough for Black Bane to to lop off anywhere from ½ to nearly 2/3 of the target's HP in one hit. And since it's an ether Art, you can further increase its power with Ether Attack Plus XX augments.

* For those who don't want to run the Ether Blossom Dance build, there's also the combination of Potential XX + Ghostwalker abuse that's just as good as, [[UpToEleven if not better than]], the former build by using the dual gun setup, as shown [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXu5GUVhRU here.]] (Feel free to just skip to the last two minutes.)

* The Enforcer Class, specifically: the Psycorruptor and Mastermind. Their stats and weapons may be lackluster compared to the other job classes, but the advanced Arts and support skills they learn [[WeakButSkilled more than make up for it.]]
** Want a dedicated group healer? Learn Irina's 'Smooth Recovery' art, or Astral Horizon + Astral Heal, and you'll rarely need to bother with Soul Voice challenges again, except for building affinity.

* The Ether Blossom build has been outdone with a combination of Potential XX + Ghostwalker abuse, using the dual gun setup (skip to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXu5GUVhRU the last two minutes).]]

** The Diskbombs take advantage of a [[GoodBadBugs glitch]] to turn them into handheld weapons of mass destruction. These sidearms fire three little projectiles in each volley. One potential built-in augment for salvaged Diskbombs is [=Custom.MSL-MAG=], an augment that increases the number of shots missile-based weapons fire at the cost of reducing their damage. On Diskbombs, the bonus is applied to each ''individual'' missile. So with a rank I [=Custom.MSL-MAG=], instead of firing four bombs in a single auto-attack, the weapon fires '''six'''. With a rank IX or X augment? MacrossMissileMassacre doesn't even ''begin'' to describe it. But it doesn't end there. If you equip another Diskbomb in the right sidearm slot and the modded Diskbomb in the left (''not'' vice-versa, as the boost will not apply but the penalty will)... the right Diskbomb ''inherits the boost, without the damage penalty''. The end result is a pair of sidearms that can outdamage most Skell wepaons and build up GP with ease.

* The Skells. There's a ''very'' good reason why the game holds off for so long on giving you one, as once you ''do'' have one, you have very little reason to ever leave it again outside of situations where you flat-out ''can't'' take it with you. Any enemies that weren't designed with Skells in mind become complete {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s for your team, which a shocking amount of the story bosses ''weren't''. Even the basic model you start out with can curb stomp any small enemy with ease that isn't level 40+ or so, and even take on level thirty or so bigger enemies rather easily with a well-leveled party for support. The fuel that supposed to balance them almost never runs out unless you go out of your way for it, and it's easy to refuel them at the base since the miranium needed isn't a lot. And outside of battle, their mobility and speed are a ''godsend'' in navigating the huge world, and once the flight ability is unlocked, there's nothing holding you down.
* In addition, there's a weapon level thirty plus Skells can equip called the [[{{BFS}} G-Buster]]. It's pricey but well worth it to purchase. Why? Because, against most normal enemies, this thing can usually knock off ''half'' to near half of their health when used, as well as deal a large chunk of damage against most bosses. If that's not enough, it often inflicts Stagger, which, for larger enemies, opens up a nice window to bind them and make them vulnerable to other attacks. Give each Skell one of these babies and watch as your team tears through the enemies HP. The Verus Skell frame also comes with a level thirty version of it which still has no problems taking off large chunks of health off of enemies HP. The only real drawback it has is having a very long cool down and fuel consumption and even then it doesn't matter too much when it can be used to make battles against normal enemies take almost no time at all and the skells having a mechanic which makes all arts usable again despite how much cool down time was left, as well as the generous amounts of Miranium one can acquire in the game and the ability to ''refuel'' when binding a giant (which is often the result of a G-Buster attack).
** The G2 variant is slightly weaker, but far more effective because it's the game's only mid-ranged melee weapon and it's the only melee weapon that has [=AoE=]. In addition, it hits all enemies [[InstantDeathRadius within its range]] twice, giving it a much higher chance to inflict stagger ''and criticals'' at the same time.
* An alternative option is the M-Sniper. The Mastema Skell starts off with it, and there will be little need to replace it (except with the G-Buster above). It deals a good amount of damage in its own right, and is more capable of inflicting topple on enemies.
* The [[MacrossMissileMassacre Meredith M-Missiles]] are absolutely devastating against appendages; they target all the appendages on a target, even the ones that a Skell can't normally target. Combined with a ton of appendage crushing augments, and it's easy to see why they're essential for grinding tickets off the Global Nemesis. In addition, every enemy appendage broken by a Skell grants a not-insignificant amount of fuel, meaning you'll never have to buy fuel with miranium again.
* The Phoenix Wings are the go-to weapon when it comes to destroying multiple targets. Push the button and watch nearby enemies get launched away, if not killed outright!
* The Lailah line of Skells is rather famous for its NighInvulnerability. Its Overdrive increases its defense to sky-high levels, allows it to regen health while in Overdrive, makes it immune to debuffs, ''and'' doesn't use any fuel while in Overdrive. Give it a lot of weapons to increase TP quickly and a few attribute resist augments, and you have a Skell that'll ''never'' die. Another bonus is the line also has crazy high accuracy on its weapons, so even if an enemy puts up an evasion spike, it'll ''still'' be able to hit them with little problem. It's so crazy that it's been proven that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRhpd5lWSgI even the level 30 version is capable of soloing]] [[BonusBoss Telethia, the Endbringer]].
* Meanwhile, the Mastema line is blessed with excellent ranged attack, and there's a physical-attribute ranged superweapon called the EM Zenith Cannon that ignores enemy resistances. Level 60 versions of both, combined with as much ranged and physical-boosting equipment as possible, result in a machine that can even punch through [[BonusBoss ultrafauna]] in only two or three hits. The aforementioned M-Missiles - which also run off the Mastema's superior ranged stats - can be added to make the cannon's extreme fuel consumption a complete non-issue.

* Naturally, the game's InfinityPlusOneSword, the Antimatter-R Skell Superweapon. Against the toughest Tyrants, it will take off a quarter of their health at the very least, and outright slaughter anything else (in the general area). Best of all, it only takes up the two back slots, leaving you with space for some normal weapons (like those Merideth missiles) for lesser foes or parts grinding.
* Core Crusher is a skill that makes any ether-based attack deal more damage, at the cost of not being able to break appendages. Core Crusher, unlike other skills, is an independent multiplier that multiplies ''overall'' damage instead of being addititive like the similar Ether Boost, which is affected by overall modifiers. No other attribute has such a bonus. If that wasn't enough, there's the Appendage Crusher augment, which increases damage dealt to appendages. This gives ether such a massive advantage that nearly any weapon that isn't ether-based might as well not exist.
* The Diskbombs take advantage of a [[GoodBadBugs glitch]] to turn them into handheld weapons of mass destruction. These sidearms fire three little projectiles in each volley. One potential built-in augment for salvaged Diskbombs is [=Custom.MSL-MAG=], an augment that increases the number of shots missile-based weapons fire at the cost of reducing their damage. On Diskbombs, the bonus is applied to each ''individual'' missile. So with a rank I [=Custom.MSL-MAG=], instead of firing four bombs in a single auto-attack, the weapon fires '''six'''. With a rank IX or X augment? MacrossMissileMassacre doesn't even ''begin'' to describe it. But it doesn't end there. If you equip another Diskbomb in the right sidearm slot and the modded Diskbomb in the left (''not'' vice-versa, as the boost will not apply but the penalty will)... the right Diskbomb ''inherits the boost, without the damage penalty''. The end result is a pair of sidearms that can outdamage most Skell wepaons and build up GP with ease.

** The G2 variant is slightly weaker, but far more effective because it's the game's only mid-ranged melee weapon and it's the only melee weapon that has [=AoE=]. In addition, it hits all enemies within its range twice, giving it a much higher chance to inflict stagger ''[[ForMassDamage and criticals]]'' at the same time.

** The G2 variant is slightly weaker, but far more effective because it's the game's only mid-ranged melee weapon and it's the only melee weapon that has [=AoE=]. In addition, it hits all enemies within its range twice, giving it a much higher chance to inflict stagger ''[[ForMaximumDamage and criticals]]'' at the same time.