Clair Obscur Expedition 33 All Character Builds: Stats, Squads, and Builds

В Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 It is important to assemble character builds based on their individual fighting styles and advanced abilities in order to maximize the fighter's potential at any stage of progression. When choosing skills to learn, equipping pictos and lumina, and selecting a team, it is necessary to consider the priority role of the fighter, his key mechanics, and synergy with partners.

In the guide, we will examine in detail what to equip for each hero, what skills to pay attention to and the priority of attributes for investing points, and we will also examine the best squads for all expedition participants.

How to Unlock New Characters in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

To unlock new heroes, you only need just move along the plot, and immediately after receiving them, they can be added to the active team. Characters that will be hired later will receive a level corresponding to the active heroes, and will also have an identical number of skill points and characteristics.

• Gustave — joins in during the prologue.
• Lune — joins during Act 1.
• Moscow - joins in Act 1 after inspecting the Mansion.
• Ciel - joins in Act 1 after meeting the Gestral Village.
• Verso - joins in Act 2 after exploring the Rock Wave cliffs.
• Monoco — to be specified.

Gustave's Build

The man plays for a team in support roles, for which it is important to have good survivability and speed in order to walk more often and support allies. In battles, the hero can inflict basic damage, but his advanced skills are best used to increase the damage of allies and weaken enemies.

Leveling

Points should be invested in Gustave's stats, giving preference to agility and endurance:

What skills to learn

At the beginning of the game the best skills are:

• Lumiere's Onslaught.
• Discharge.
• Power.
• Aiming shot.
• Recovery.
• Out of the fire.

Pictos and Lumines

The male will benefit from auxiliary pictos to apply debuffs to enemies before allies make their move:

• Revealing attack - weakens the enemy for 1 turn.
• Armor to the rescue - applies a shield when losing 50% HP.
• Rewarding Mark - Grants 2 AP for dealing damage to an enemy with the mark.

Gustav needs marks to boost his shots and increase his debuffs to give his teammates more room to move. Some of the most useful ones include:

• Ignite: Searing Shots, Critical Ignite.
• Getting AP: Dodger, Invigorating Start, Dead Energy.

Best Teams

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3
Gustave Verso	Lune	Moscow

Gustave has good support skills, the mage girl is able to apply burn and prepare the enemy for Maelle's fencing strikes. This team is played like this:

1. Use "Shooting Shot" to apply a debuff to an enemy, increasing the next attack on the target.
2. Dodge and parry to gain more charges.
3. In aiming mode, shoot at the weak points of your enemies.
4. Inflict status effects with Lune.
5. Finish off the young fencer by constantly changing stances.

Build Lune

The heroine acts as a secondary damage dealer in the team, dealing most of the damage and supporting her allies with healing. Her best weapon directly depends on her stamina and luck parameters and requires having a large amount of health and frequently crit.

Leveling

The power of the best Trebyushim weapon directly depends on the parameters endurance and good luck, which is why it is worth paying special attention to these two parameters, pumping them evenly.

Invest your points in a little later agility and defense, to increase survivability and walk more often. The remaining points can be spent on strength to increase damage. At the end of the game, it is better to redistribute Lune's parameters exclusively in favor of endurance and good luck, to develop maximum weapon power.

What skills to learn

For a mage, balanced skill combinations are important, using the pigment mechanic to constantly absorb different elements and benefit from additional effects.

If Lune is needed as a support, then the best choice would be skills from the thunder tree "Electrify", "Rebirth", "Heal Wounds", as well as inexpensive ice skills to slow down enemies and fire skills to help the team with burns.

Pictos and Lumines

Priority is given to artifacts that work on statuses, in order to deal more damage with burns and use passives. It is advantageous for a girl to have a lot of AP in reserve and constantly spend them:

• Invigorating Move - +1 AP at the start of the turn.
• Bonds of Fire - Targets with burns take 25% more damage.
• Searing Shots - 20% chance to inflict a burn with a targeted shot.

Given the specifics of "Trebyushim", the girl's build can also be built around aimed shots. Otherwise, you can rely on standard sets of items for general strengthening or lumines for healing:

• Damage Boost: Enhanced First Strike, Devastating Attack, Teamwork.
• Gaining AP: Dodger, Invigorating Jump, Invigorating Start, Dead Energy, Combo Attack.
• Shot enhancements: Burning, Aiming, Breaking, Piercing shots.
• Healing: Healing Parry, Sweet Kill, Regrowth, Accelerated Healing, Shielded Healing.

Best Teams

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3
Gustave Verso	Lune	Moscow

At the initial stages of the battle, it is enough to use skills that are enhanced by current pigments - they are highlighted in yellow. Later, the girl appears to be an extremely flexible fighter who can perform several tasks in the squad at once.

• As a sub-DD, focus on applying burns and performing attacks that opponents are vulnerable to.
• If you use a build for aimed shots and your main goal is to strengthen Mael, then leave a mark on enemies with Lune. In this case, it is also advisable to slow down enemies with ice skills.
• To play the role of a healer with a set of appropriate luminas and when going through high-level content, you will have to spend AP on Electrify or Heal Wounds every turn and always make sure that you have enough Thunder Pigments for Rebirth.

Build Mael

The girl plays the role of the main damage dealer, moving between the racks to get various bonuses. Because of the weapon, it is important for her to distribute skills into strength, dexterity and luck.

Leveling

At the start of the game, it is important to invest in luck to increase damage and get crits. In the second act, the heroine can use Medalum, in which case it is important to develop agility and defense to maximize weapon buffs and raise other characteristics due to coefficients.

For Act 3, Clerum is a good choice, as it scales with Agility and Defense, making it worth investing in these stats for Mael as well.

What skills to learn

A fencer should keep most of her basic skills, because when properly set up they can do massive damage:

Pictos and Lumines

The best pictos should increase your critical strike chance, allowing you to consistently rack up high damage numbers:

• Enhanced First Strike - The first strike deals 50% more damage once per battle.
• Invigorating Start 4 - at the beginning of the battle, 1 more AP is given.
• Might to Save - If health drops below 50%, Might is activated.

As for lumines, it is recommended to take those that will increase penetration and overall damage, and also impose burning:

• Burns: Searing Shots, Critical Burn, Searing Mark.
• Receiving OD: Invigorating Start 2, Invigorating Start 3, Rewarding Mark, Dodger.
• Overall Damage: Targeted Shots, Boosting Attack, Sharpshooter.

Best Teams

At the start, the girl will not have a wide choice of allies, she will have to be content with only those that were opened earlier. However, this team is the most effective for her.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3
Gustave Verso	Lune	Moscow

The male should apply marks and other debuffs to enemies, as well as buff allies with "Might". The mage deals damage and applies burns, providing the fencer with a field for acceleration. Mael will stick to her personal rotation:

1. Go through all the stances, it is important to understand their mechanics and get into a defensive stance before the attacking phases of bosses. The "Attack" and "Virtuoso" positions should be at the moment with the maximum buff from allies.
2. Don't forget to spread burns and marks for better performance of active skills.
3. Practice playing more aggressively, using parry instead of dodge. The girl needs a lot of action points, and if you don't change position every turn, she will simply reset and the buffs will disappear.

Build Ciel

The new ally is positioned as the main damage dealer, applying Prediction stacks to enemies for a powerful explosion and instant depletion of their health. In this regard, it is important to pump the heroine with agility for frequent moves, and also not to skimp on luck for crits.

Leveling

The best stat for the heroine is agility, after which it is important to invest in luck so that the girl often attacks and deals good damage. As soon as you find yourself in the middle of the game, get Rangeron, which scales from protection and agility, these are the parameters Ciel needs to invest in.

In the late game, you can replace Rangeron with Tisseron, as it enhances the twilight state. This weapon also requires high stats from the character. protection and agility.

What skills to learn

The girl does not have a shortage of action points if you correctly alternate her attacks "Sun" and "Moon". In the first act, you can stop at the following set of skills:

Pictos and Lumines

Ciel's extra gear should contain a lot of speed and critical hit chance, allowing her to act more often and hit harder:

• Penetration Counter - Increases penetration during counterattack by 50%.
• Accelerating Healing - Increases healing of an ally by 1 turn.
• Penetrating Shots - Aimed shots increase penetration by 50%.

Lumines should give Ciel AP and increase damage, while giving her the opportunity to live as long as possible:

• Gaining AP: Dodger, Invigorating Parry, Invigorating Start 2, Dead Energy 2.
• Healing: Restoration, Healing Parry, Sweet Kill.
• Total Damage: Critical Burn, Stun Attack.

Best Teams

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3
Lune	Ciel	Moscow

The heroine acts as the main damage dealer in the team, displacing Mael from this position. She applies stacks and detonates them with "Moon" skills, while using the statuses imposed by her teammates.

1. Alternate between solar and lunar skills.
2. Keep an eye on your opponents' Prediction stacks, this will prevent you from accidentally using a Lunar skill against a monster without charges.
3. Activate Twilight's benefits when they become available for use.

Build Verso

The man deals decent damage, gradually increasing the rank of his moves. The new ally joins the squad in the second story act and is a versatile fighter who can both focus on supporting his allies and become the basis of the attack.

In a separate manual we collected Verso build for endgame content alone and with the support of supports.

Leveling

Special priority in pumping the hero should be given dexterity, so that the character acts more often and scales the damage of some weapons. The second most important parameter is good luck, as it provides a critical hit chance.

In the third act, you can continue the strategy and pump the same parameters Verso to bring the stats to maximum, increasing weapon damage and critical chance.

What skills to learn

The presented skills can be combined into consecutive combinations, increasing the overall damage and efficiency:

Pictos and Lumines

Since the man needs critical hits and many moves, choose pictos with increased crit. chance. Otherwise, you can look at health and defense boosts:

• Might to Save - When half of your health is lost, Might is activated.
• Enhanced First Strike - Increases the first strike's damage by 50%.
• Sweet Kill - Restores health when killing an enemy.

As a lumina, it's worth focusing on increasing damage:

• Overall Damage Level: Colorful Power, Boosting Parry, Burning.
• Additional moves: Sharpie, Auto-acceleration.
• Survivability: Healing Parry, Death's Edge.

Best Teams

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3
Lune	Verso	Moscow

At the beginning of the battle, the man offers his companions buffs, while gradually increasing his damage by increasing his rank. When playing as a member of the first expedition, follow this plan:

• Try to reach S rank as soon as possible for maximum damage increase.
• Parry attacks to gain action points, increase your rank and maintain it.
• Using the yellow highlight as a guide, use the most advantageous moves with the ability to use the passive of the current rank.

Build Monoco

The Warrior Gestral can be assembled in a variety of ways, but most of them still require action points. The character sacrifices his health and scales damage from lost HP, and the hero's skills directly depend on which enemies the squad managed to defeat.

Leveling

It is worth developing agility first, as it greatly increases attack power, speed and defense at the same time. These parameters of Monoko allow him to be a versatile fighter, setting the tone of the battle.

In Act 3, it's still useful to increase agility, as Ballaro and Joyaro scale well with it. Use the remaining points on defense, as it's the second stat that increases the effectiveness of both weapons.

What skills to learn

One of the strongest builds increases damage at the expense of health consumption, the following skills are suitable for this:

Pictos and Lumines

Since Monoko sacrifices health for damage, boost his health and defense with these and the Pictos:

• Flawlessness - Increases damage by 30% before taking damage.
• Invigorating Parry - 1 more AP when parrying.
• Empowered Parry - Each successful parry increases damage by 5% until damage is taken.

As for lumines, it's worth paying attention to the overall increase in damage, receiving bonuses for parrying and additional AP:

• More actions: Dead Energy 2, Invigorating Start 2, Rewarding Mark.
• Damage Boost: Colorful Power, Enhanced First Strike, Saving Power, Glass Cannon, Corrupted.

Best Teams

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3
Monoco	Moscow	Verso

Monoko's mechanics can be confusing, but there is a certain logic to it: the mask wheel only spins when a skill is used and by exactly as many segments as the action points were spent. In this regard, the creature requires not only AP management, but also thinking ahead. Follow additional recommendations when fighting on the same side with a gestal:

• Use the yellow glow of your preferred skills as a guide, but remember to adapt to the battle conditions. For example, use multi-hit skills against shielded enemies, even if it is currently more advantageous to use single-hit skills.
• While developing the agility of your squad members, make sure that Monoko remains the fastest. The monster has many useful abilities for the squad, and it is worth him to go first in battles.

We hope that this guide helped you choose strong builds for all characters in Claire Obscurus: Expedition 33. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in commentswe will definitely answer.