Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Mio – everything we know so far

Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is out any day now, so why not get to grips with some of the characters you’re bound to spend around a hundred hours with? One of the most important characters is Mio, a cat-eared soldier from Angus who sends off the spirits of the dead with sweet tunes from her flute.

She seems sweet on the surface, but just like the whole party, they’re a force to be reckoned with in battle. Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s Mio plays the role of the defender at first, but can change her class to change her role.

We learned all this in the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 direct, so be sure to check that out. We’ve also got Xenoblade Chronicles 3 pre-orders ready for you, as well as a whole host of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 trailers to get you hyped for this mighty big RPG. Check out the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 release date if you’re wondering when you can get your hands on it.

Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s Mio

Who is Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s Mio?

Mio is a warrior of Agnus, a rival colony to Noah’s colony of Keves. She wields two ring-shaped weapons that glow yellow – at least in her starting class. Her buddies are Taion and Sena, and they become embroiled with the other characters after a strange encounter.

In the story trailer we saw at the beginning of the Nintendo Direct, she seems to have the most lines. There’s even one moment that made me tear up, even though I don’t know anything about any of these characters. I dunno, maybe I’ve got too much on, but it looks like she could be at the emotional core of the game.

She and Noah are both off-seers. They send the dead off by playing songs on their flute. What this actually means is unclear, but the two are bound to bond over something so morbid. I wonder what their relationship will look like 80 hours in?

Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s Mio in combat

We got a little look at Mio’s combat moves in the direct, too. She starts as a zephyr and has multiple arts she can use to do more damage than a standard auto-attack. Here are the ones we got to see:

• Butterfly blade – high aggro
• Air fang – increase aggro
• Wide slash – evade
• Gemini strike – high aggro / evade

There are also master arts, which are attacks transferred from different classes. Assumedly, Mio can wield any arts from any class given she’s met whatever pre-requisites there are, but we only got to see one in the direct:

• Multi blast – area heal on hit

These master arts can be combined with standard arts to pull off powerful fusion arts, but we haven’t seen Mio using any yet. Just like all characters, as she can change her class, she can change her arts. We’re yet to see how far that system goes, however.

Here’s what each of the Ouroboros forms look like when Mio, Sena and Taion take the lead in their respective pairs. Which one do you like the most? #XenobladeChronicles3 pic.twitter.com/DIJn8hH2Rb

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) June 24, 2022

Mio can also interlink with Noah into a powerful form known as Ouroboros. Either character can take the lead, but we only saw Noah as the leader in the direct. You can see her form as the leader in the tweet above, but sadly no combat moves. Check out our Xenoblade Chronicles 3 Ouroboros guide to learn more.

That’s all we’ve got on Xenoblade Chronicles 3’s Mio. For something different, check out our Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes review to see if you want to return to the world of Fódlan.