{"id":1194596,"date":"2026-02-17T23:12:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/J8RuH5acoqCKU5cacsJDXK"},"modified":"2026-02-17T23:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T23:12:41","slug":"clair-obscur-expedition-33-players-find-a-way-to-do-2177438000-damage-which-is-enough-to-kill-the-hardest-endgame-superboss-over-45-8-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-players-find-a-way-to-do-2177438000-damage-which-is-enough-to-kill-the-hardest-endgame-superboss-over-45-8-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 players find a way to do 2,177,438,000 damage, which is enough to kill the hardest endgame superboss over 45.8 times"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s endgame is pretty nutty\u2014for good and for ill. In case you’re unfamiliar, the game allows you to equip Pictos (equipment that you have three slots for), each which come with their own passives. It also <\/em>allows you to unlock those passives as “Luminas” for all your characters.<\/p>\n

This requires spending points from a pool to equip them\u2014a point pool that can go into the hundreds. Imagine, if you will, your average RPG. Then imagine being able to (with a bit of grinding) equip dozens of passive effects from all the gear you collected in your run at the same time. That is how Expedition 33 does it.<\/p>\n

Players have stumbled across the peak of this maze of systems-based nonsense in the character of Maelle, a teen duelist and, apparently, walking nuclear weapon. There’ll be some very minor spoilers for Act 3 of the game <\/strong>to follow.<\/p>\n

So, here’s the basic concept. Maelle has a skill called Stendhal. Stendhal does a lot of damage. Maelle also has a stance called Virtuose, in which she deals 200% more damage. You put her in Virtuose stance, slap enemies with Stendhal, and then watch as they explode.<\/p>\n

There’s a whole laundry-list of Luminas that make this actually work, <\/em>but the key ones are Cheater, which gives you a second turn, and Shortcut, which gives you a turn when you drop below 30% hit points. As for how to get into Virtuose stance? It’s a combination of Medalum, which has you start each battle in Virtuose stance, as well as her skill Last Stand, which puts you into Virtuose stance and reduces you to one hit point.<\/p>\n

Once you have these pieces assembled, you do this:<\/p>\n