Tales of Vesperia ~ Schooling Guard Artes Skill Review

Small video to help with Neutral State in Vesperia

Abuse it well.

For repositioning, safely approaching, getting out of pressure

next video is probably an in-depth look about Vesperia's OVL or uhh learning about downed hit

Extra note
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Don't confuse this manual cancelling. It's a starter, if you used this aggressively the base arte you used has been registered to the natural combo chain. Base - Altered - Arcane. So, your next course of action would be either to see how the boss reacts, or go into an Arcane or Altered arte. Also varies depending on what character you play.

If you are using this to escape. You can follow up with a manual cancel or free run cancel to swiftly maneuver around the field.