Summary
This article contains minor location spoilers forClair Obscur: Expedition 33.
Despite being a relatively linear game,Clair Obscur: Expedition 33has a wide variety of optional content for players to find, including boss battles, cosmetics, and helpful skills in the form of Pictos. Players who are dedicated to seeing allClair Obscur: Expedition 33has to offer will likely scour the map searching for hidden areas that contain these secrets. However, exploration-minded players have likely come across one hidden boss fight and decided against engaging once they realized what they would be up against.
Like most RPGs,Expedition 33features a spectrum of enemy difficulty, made even more distinct by the game’s reactive turn-based combat that allows players to dodge, parry, and even jump over incoming enemy attacks. Learning the timing for these abilities is a huge part of finding success inExpedition 33, but some enemies provide a far greater challenge in this regard than others. And there is one fight in the game that can cause players major headaches in this regard, leaving many players to skip it entirely.
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Perhaps three of the most tedious enemies to fight inExpedition 33are a Clair, an Obscur, and a Mime. There is one optional boss battle located within the late-game location ofThe Monoliththat features all three of these foes in one fight. While players are likely familiar with fighting each one individually throughout their journey through the Continent, a battle against all three is enough to make many pull their hair out.
What makes theseNevrons inExpedition 33so annoying is the difficulty in dodging their attacks, combined with their tendency to buff one another. Both Clair and Obscur have slow, drawn-out attack patterns that are difficult to dodge or parry with perfect timing. Clair also tends to shield its allies, while Obscur will cast Enrage on its allies to allow them to act twice in one turn, with both being able to debuff the player’s party. The only upside is that each has a distinct weakness to either Light or Dark damage, running counter to their primary elemental type.
A solo fight against a Mime inExpedition 33can be a pain on its own due to the Mime’s high defense prior to being stunned and its tendency to shield itself on turn one. Combine this shield ability with Clair’s ally-shielding skill and the Mime’s similarly tricking window for parrying or dodging attacks, and players could be left fighting this trio for quite some time.
Players can use Maelle’s Breaking Rules skill orMonoco’s Chevaliere Piercing skillto get around enemy shields.
The Reward for Beating this Expedition 33 Boss is Hardly Worth the Hassle
For players bold enough to see these Nevron and decide to engage them in battle, the reward may be slightly underwhelming. Players can earn theVoluminous haircut for Maelleby defeating this trio of Clair, Obscur, and a Mime. While players hunting for every cosmetic in this game might be happy to receive this reward, others who commit to the painstaking effort to defeat these enemies only to receive a cosmetic item may be disappointed.
For players who have battledall the Mimes inExpedition 33up to this point, encountering the Mime in The Monolith flanked by a Clair and Obscur, knowing that a new cosmetic is the likely reward, is enough for many to turn tail and leave. This fight could be more appealing if it also offered a reward that improved gameplay, such as a new weapon or Pictos. However, the tedium of learning the tricky timing of these enemies' attacks and dealing with their buffs, combined with a lackluster reward, makes them a clear battle that players will want to avoid.
