Summary
Shield is a status effect inClair Obscur: Expedition 33that allows the character affected by the shield status to completely negate a single attack. While there are not many skills in the game that allow players to use this status effect to their advantage, there are plenty of enemies in the game who can stack up shields, making them invincible to the mightiest attacks.
The easiest way to take down the shield off enemies is via aiming and shooting them. While the strategy is a viable one, it does simply waste the character’s turn to deplete the stacks of shields as each shot consumes 1 AP. Instead, players can utilize different attack skills which, when utilized smartly, can not only break the stacked shieldsbut also provide an advantage to the character or the team. This list mentions the best attack skills players can use for breaking shields inClair Obscur: Expedition 33.
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Required Skill Points
Sealed Fate is a skill that can deal high damageto enemies. It also consumes one foretell per hit to deal more damage to the enemies. With this information, it is kind of a bad idea to waste such a skill to break enemy shields, but due to its moderate AP cost and a high number of hits, this attack skill can be considered to remove enemy shields from them.
The skill can hit an enemy up to five to seven times, making it effective against enemies who can stack many shields on them in a single turn.
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Required Relationship Level
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Gradient Skills are later unlocked in the gameas special skills that can only be obtained as players work through the relationship levels of each character. Maelle’s first gradient skill, Virtuose Strike, can be used to break enemy shields as it hits enemy five times, dealing high single-target damage.
While it is not advised to use a gradient skill to deplete enemy shields as they can do some serious damage, players can consider it as a last resort if found in an unprecedented situation. Because gradient skills do not cost a turn, it opens the possibility of using the skill to deplete enemy shields followed by a lethal attack, but the cost of using a gradient skill to break enemy shields must be determined by the players in battle.
Another gradient skill on this list is Sciel’s Shadow Bringer. Much like Maelle’s Virtuose Strike, this skill also deals high damage to enemies, but when dealing with enemies with a shield, the high damage loses its meaning. However, the number of hits performed when using this skill makes it a good option to use to break enemy shields.
While the skill targets enemies randomly, it hits up to 10 times, making it especially useful against multiple enemies who can shield themselves. Additionally, it also applies one foretell per hit, which latercan be used by Sciel to deal the final blow to the enemies.
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Rocher Hammering isan attack skill used by Monocoto deal medium single target physical damage to an enemy. The skill hits an enemy four times, making it a decent choice for breaking shields inExpedition 33.
The skill comes with a low AP cost, making it a good option that can not only break the shields when required but also deal a solid punch to the defenseless foes. This skill goes further as it can break enemies as well, which can help players take down the opponent quickly.
There are plenty of enemies in the game that stack the shield statuson themselves to make themselves invincible from the player’s attacks. One way to prevent enemies from stacking shields is to reduce the frequency of their turns in the battle. to achieve that, players can apply the rush buff, which increases the speed of the character by 33%.
Luster Slices is one such skill that Monoco can use to deal not only with the shield stacks available on enemies but also lower its number. The skill hits a single target three times while applying rush to self for three turns, helping players take care of the armored enemies.
The final member of the expedition is a unique one, but carries an entire arsenal of skills that have their utility in different situations. Among them, Gault Fury is one skill that players can use against shield-bearing enemies to effectively strip them of their strong defense.
Gault Fury consumes three AP to hit a single target four times consecutively. The skill also applies Mark on the target, ensuring the targeted enemy receives increased damage for the next instance, which further helps players deal with defense-oriented enemies quickly.
Lune is the all-purpose character in the teamwho can do everything. From healing or reviving allies to unleashing a barrage of attacks on enemies, leading them to their inevitable doom. While Lune does not possess a skill that specifically deals with breaking enemy shields, her attack skill, Electrify, can do a solid job of breaking enemy shields.
With a bare minimum AP cost, Electrify deals 3 single target hits on an enemy, dealing low lightning damage. Due to its low AP cost, it becomes a nicer way to crack enemy shields rather than shooting enemies and burning AP away. The skill also grants Lune 2 lightning stains, which she can utilize later to summon thunder on enemies.
During the first act of the game, there is a lack of options that specifically revolve around breaking enemy shields, but Gustave’s starting skill, Lumiere Assault, makes for one of the best attack skills that players can utilize to fight enemies that can generate shields.
Coming with a low AP cost, the skill can be used often in battle. The skill hits the selected enemy five times, dealing low single target damage. With a high number of hits, it not only removes multiple shields from the enemybut also generates charges for Gustave’s best skill, Overcharge, which can later be used to finish off the enemies in a swift single blow.
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Verso’s Paradigm Shift is a good example of an attack skill that works well when fighting against enemies equipped with multiple shields. The skill not only removes three shields from a target, but also gives one to three AP back to Verso, with an additional AP if Verso’s perfection level is at rank C. Paradigm Shift costs only one AP, making it extremely viable to break enemy shields rather than the conventional way of shooting the shield down.
The skill is beneficial in situations when the characters are facing enemies equipped with shields whilethe expedition members are running low on APand, since there are not many options in the game to break enemy shields with an attack skill,Paradigm Shift becomes a reliable optionto equip on Verso if players are taking him on the battlefield.
Verso’s combat mainly revolves around his gameplay mechanic, Perfection. The exclusive status effect requires players to play as Verso without getting hit by enemy attacks to increase his output damage. Keeping this information in mind, Assault Zero is the best attack skill to use when playing Verso against shield using adversaries.
Assault Zero proves its usefulness straight from its low AP cost. The skill also hits enemies five times, allowing Verso to scrape off a good number of shields stacked on an enemy. The best part about this skill is that with each critical hit, it generates one additional perfection, allowing Verso to maximize his damage potential faster, thuskilling two birds with one stone.
