{"id":1196873,"date":"2026-02-18T06:30:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5vfNwikHS5tg5ep6pV7xJb"},"modified":"2026-02-18T06:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:30:41","slug":"clair-obscur-expedition-33s-first-patch-reveals-the-sword-that-was-part-of-a-2-billion-nuke-build-was-doubling-all-damage-by-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/clair-obscur-expedition-33s-first-patch-reveals-the-sword-that-was-part-of-a-2-billion-nuke-build-was-doubling-all-damage-by-mistake\/","title":{"rendered":"Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s first patch reveals the sword that was part of a 2 billion nuke build was doubling all damage by mistake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s got its first proper hotfix patch, and as promised<\/a>, the 2 billion damage build is well and truly dead. Stendhal’s been de-juiced, and a second, surprise nerf to Medalum will also tone down Maelle’s damage just a bit.<\/p>\n

Overall, the update’s relatively minor<\/a>\u2014it has a bunch of fixes to ultrawide support and mouse and keyboard controls (which the game doesn’t quite recommend. People who parry with their mouse button are different beasts, and I fear them).<\/p>\n

The world map should have less geometry for you to get stuck on, whether you’re hoofing it on foot or riding on best boy and certified weewee\/woowoo expert Esquie. A couple of softlocks have been stamped out, too, including one where you could accidentally permanently banish most of your party to the shadow realm.<\/p>\n

The big changes here are in the weapons and balance tuning. Both Lune’s Lithelim and Sciel’s Blizzon have had their attribute scalings fixed, but the real tweaks are to Maelle’s sword Medalum, and her big nuke Stendhal.<\/p>\n

Stendhal’s just had its damage flat reduced by 40%\u2014meanwhile, Medalum was apparently bugged. All weapons in Clair Obscur have three passive perks, and the max-level perk for Medalum, which doubled your burn damage while in Virtuose Stance, was apparently doubling all damage. <\/em>Which, uh, yeah. That’s less of a nerf and more of a bug fix.<\/p>\n

Again, I’m all in favour of these changes, which goes against my usual philosophy with single-player games. But there’s a difference between a build being slightly broken, and it just allowing you to run over every single endgame challenge with a shank-wielding 16 year old.<\/p>\n

Besides, I beat Simon without Stendhal, and I am now pleased everyone else will have to suffer in the same way I did: A 16-minute knockout brawl with over 190 parries, just like the Paintress intended.<\/p>\n

You can find the full patch notes below:<\/p>\n

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Patch 1.2.3<\/h2>\n
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