#Tips on how to discover and defeat the Chromatic Lancelier in Clair Obscur Expedition 33 – Destructoid

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is stuffed with elective bosses you’ll be able to battle to acquire particular rewards, grind some EXP on your get together, or show that you would be able to beat any enemy you encounter. The Chromatic Lancelier could also be an early-game boss, however it’s actually no pushover.

If something, it’s the other. The Chromatic Lancelier can wipe your get together in only a few turns, particularly early in your playthrough whenever you’re nonetheless exploring your characters’ expertise and attribute choices. Listed here are some suggestions for defeating the Chromatic Lancelier in Expedition 33.

Chromatic Lancelier boss location in Expedition 33

You could find the Chromatic Lancelier elective boss in Spring Meadows. After coming into Grand Meadow and interacting with its Relaxation Level flag, run alongside its path till you attain two branching factors. One will carry you up a cliff, whereas the opposite brings you to the Chromatic Lancelier.

Though it seems to be like an everyday enemy you discover on this area, it gained’t assault you immediately. Even when you stroll as much as it, it’ll solely take a look at you, however it gained’t make any strikes to harm you. This offers you the proper probability to provoke a primary strike, letting Gustave and Lune hit first in the course of the encounter.

Tips on how to defeat the Chromatic Lancelier boss in Expedition 33

Since you bought the primary strike on the Chromatic Lancelier, Gustave and Lune will assault earlier than the boss can retaliate. The inexperienced orb the place its head would usually be is its weak spot, so use one among your characters—ideally Gustave—to hit it. This’ll inflict round 700 injury, reducing a considerable chunk out of the boss’ well being. With the straightforward half out of the way in which, let’s get into the remainder of the combat.

The Chromatic Lancelier is a hard-hitting boss that may one-shot your characters with its assaults. It’s additionally weak to Ice, making Lune’s Ice Lance significantly helpful throughout this combat.

The Chromatic Lancelier has three assault sorts it’ll use, differentiated utilizing the next on-screen textual content prompts:

• Chromatic Lancelier assaults.
• Chromatic Lancelier assaults shortly.
• Chromatic Lancelier assaults slowly.

The boss’ common assault begins with a gradual buildup earlier than launching its spear ahead, adopted by a fast second hit. Even when you dodge or parry the primary, the second can nonetheless one-shot your characters. Your greatest guess is to dodge this one except you’re assured in your parrying, because the second hit can catch you off guard when you’re unfamiliar with its timing.

The second possibility the Chromatic Lancelier will use is attacking shortly. It’ll solely thrust ahead as soon as, however you’ll solely have round two seconds earlier than it hits your character. When it does this, it’ll stroll ahead barely, carry its spear again, and take a small step again earlier than hitting you. Be ready to dodge or parry because it’s taking this step, as you’ll have a couple of half-second to react.

Lastly, the Chromatic Lancelier could assault slowly. Like the short variant, the boss will solely hit you as soon as, making it splendid for parrying if you may get the timing. Nevertheless, in contrast to the short assault, it’ll wind up its spear for just a few seconds earlier than launching ahead shortly. You’ll understand it’s about to hit whenever you see its arm swing again barely. At this level, you might have lower than a second to react, supplying you with an opportunity to dodge or parry simply in time.

General, the combat in opposition to the Chromatic Lancelier is a take a look at of your dodging and parrying expertise. Lacking a dodge will often result in the boss one-shotting your character, so getting its assault patterns down is the way in which to go. Thankfully, it gained’t stray away from these three choices, letting you construct up your assaults till you’ll be able to provoke Gustave’s Overcharge and some Ice Lance photographs to defeat it.

You’ll obtain the next rewards for defeating the Chromatic Lancelier:

You’ll additionally discover some Chroma on the bottom close by that you would be able to solely entry after beating the boss, supplying you with some extra cash to make use of later in your Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 playthrough.