Tales of the Abyss

Raine707 · Joined: 30 Jan 2011 Posts: 14

Why does Tear know the good healing moves and Natalia support magic? But in TOS Raine knows both. Why is That???????? Mad

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Ryuuka of the 7th Flame · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:46 pm Post subject:

It's simple really. Raine is a pure healer while Natalia and Tear both dabble in more offensive artes.
As such, Raine can do the only thing she really does better.
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Yume Hanabi · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 5883

They work well (and better) together. I prefer Natalia as the (controlled) main healer, because she can attack a little from afar when no healing is required, and because Tear has more potential in offensive spells. Though she's also good to keep for some back-up healing if the situation requires it.
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feder · Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 1085 Location: S. Korea

Why is it called "Tales of the Abyss" if there is Raine there?

I usually just use Tear for in battle healing and Natalia for out of battle healing.

Ethlin · Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Posts: 1140

Natalia is the better healer for regular battles because Tear's Healing Circle sucks. I use both Tear and Natalia in boss battles and later in the game in regular battles too, because Tear gets really broken later on.

LightningTigerBlade · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject:

I'll have to go with what Yume Hanabi said.
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Ryuuka of the 7th Flame · Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2011 5:33 pm Post subject:

I kept Tear out of my party as much as possible because of the annoying singing. Occasionally though, I liked to play as Tear and melee attack everything because the range of her basic attacks is rather nice.
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Ziggaway · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 12:48 am Post subject:

Yume Hanabi · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 5883

Funnily, I thought Symphonia was the only game where one healer was enough (because the AoE of Raine spells are so damn big that she heals everyone plenty. Plus the casting time is decent if she's the only spellcaster.
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Ziggaway · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject:

Ryuuka of the 7th Flame · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject:

Kratos/Zelos do a decent job of backing up Raine's healing.
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Falunel · Posted: Thu Feb 24, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject:

The one thing that irratates me in TotA is that though Tear has better area heals (good in emergencies), Natalia is the only one with status heals (and I'm an item miser). I really should get around to using Angel's Breath more often, but I'm too lazy to build the FoFs except in major fights.

I generally use both in my party- they complement each other well and with Spirit Symbols I don't have to worry about TP.
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GMAleksandrov · Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 10

Yume Hanabi · Joined: 24 Dec 2006 Posts: 5883

Angel Bless is only useful against bosses imo. The casting takes a while, so you'd better use Heal or something, and you don't need the Revive effect against simple monsters. But I love to use it when fighting bosses, especially Van because he gives you plenty of brown and purple FoFs =)
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Lewnatic · Posted: Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:22 pm Post subject:

I love using Angel Bless (though I dislike the name Breath, since it was obviously meant to Bless), it looks great and has the best effect out of any other spell in the game.
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