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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Maelle Best Builds and Attributes

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Maelle Best Builds and Attributes

Maelle is a playable character who uses the Rapiere - Fleuret in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. See Maelle's best builds, weapon, attributes, playstyle, skills, and character profile here!

Best Maelle Build

Maelle Best Attribute Priority

Act 1 Act 2 Act 3
Vitality 5 5 0
Might 15 0 0
Agility 0 45 99
Defence 0 35 81
Luck 25 5 0

The values in red are the ones to be prioritized.
Act 1 is calculated with 45 points at level 15.
Act 2 is calculated with 90 points at level 30.
Act 3 is calculated with 180 points at level 60.

The primary stat you want early game is Luck, as this will increase your critical strike chance and will increase your overall DPS with the Brulerum since the weapon has a B scaling on Luck. Your next priority should be investing in Might, as this will flat out increase your DPS.

In Act 2, you can use the Medalum since it allows you to enter the Virtuose stance immediately. It scales with Agility and Defence, so you'll want to prioritize investing into those stats. Increasing Agility also increases Maelle's other stats thanks to the Medalum's attribute scaling.

For Act 3, the Medalum is still a great choice since because of the instant Virtuose stance. It lets you deal immense damage on your first turn right away which is almost enough to one-shot most enemies.

All and Best Attributes Guide

Maelle Best Weapon

Act 1 BrulerumBrulerum Max Power: 2744
Element: Fire
Attribute Scaling:
Agility - A
Luck - S
Act 2 MedalumMedalum Max Power: 2906
Element: Physical
Attribute Scaling:
Agility - A
Defense - S
Act 3 MedalumMedalum Max Power: 2906
Element: Physical
Attribute Scaling:
Agility - A
Defense - S

All Weapons and Stats

The Brulerum is the best early-game weapon for Maelle, primarily due to the high Luck scaling, in which you would want to invest to get consistent critical hits. Furthermore, this weapon allows you to apply Burn on critical hits, which is extremely potent during the early sections of the game.

In Act 2, the Medalum excels since you have more attribute points to work with. You can dump your points into Defense which increases Maelle's Crit rate and Attack also due to the scaling. Combine this with high Agility and you'll get a lot of turns. This works really well with a Burn build.

For Act 3, the Medalum is still the best choice since it lets you start in the Virtuose stance. In the late game, the damage boosts you get is more than enough to synergize with this and can let you one-shot most enemies with ease.

Weapon Details
Clierum A great alternative to Medalum during Act 3 since it has the same scaling and allows you to restore AP when your Skills crit. Also, it gives a damage boost to Lightning which can be used by her abilities that use the weapon's element.

Maelle Best Skills

Skills
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3

For skills, keep Swift Stride and Percee. These two skills can net you the early max critical damage of 9999 with a proper setup. You would also want to get Fleuret Fury for breaking enemies and Breaking Rules to destroy enemy shields.

For Act 2, you'll keep Percee and Fleuret Fury since they're really powerful damaging skills, especially when you're starting in the Virtuose stance. Since the Medalum's passives also gives bonuses to Burn, take Rain of Fire to inflict a lot of Burns and pop it with Combustion.

In Act 3, you gain access to better Skills like Stendhal, Payback, and Sword Ballet. The Virtuose stance with Stendhal alone can be enough to defeat enemies with ease in Maelle's first turn. If you need to switch to Virtuose again, use Last Chance to do it and then finish off the enemy.

Maelle Best Lumina and Pictos

Early Game

Pictos
Luminas
Augmented Attack
Dead Energy II
Energising Break
Rewarding Mark
Marking Shots
Burning Shots
Staggering Attack
Energising Start II
Dodger
Total Lumina Point Cost 35

The best Pictos to equip early game are Critical Burn, Breaker, and Attack Lifesteal. These Pictos will give you a lot of critical strike chance, allowing you to consistently hit those big yellow numbers.

For Luminas, it's recommended to go for those that will increase your Break damage, since this will help stagger enemies more with Fleuret Fury. You would also want to get Marking and Burning Shots so that you can apply Burn or Mark yourself if you need to trigger conditional effects from Swift Stride or Percee.

The rest will be for obtaining as much AP as you can, as there are cases where 1 AP can be the difference between winning or losing the battle.

Mid Game

Pictos
Luminas
Burning Shots
Empowering Attack
Energising Start II
Rewarding Mark
Critical Burn
Marking Shots
Dodger
Energising Start III
Burning Mark
Total Lumina Point Cost 67

In Act 2, the best Pictos to equip in the mid game are Augmented First Strike, Energising Start IV, and SOS Power. These Pictos give you some health, crit chance, and speed which can help you land that massive Percee on Maelle's first turn.

For Luminas, you'll want to increase your synergy with Burn since it'll be your main source of damage after the first turn Percee. Having Burning Shots and Critical Burn is a must for this build. The rest can be for AP economy.

Late Game

Pictos
Luminas
Burning Shots
Auto Powerful
In Medias Res
Rewarding Mark
Critical Burn
Painted Power
Weakness Gain
Tainted
Full Strength
Greater Powerful
Shortcut
First Strike
Confident Fighter
Marking Shots
Powerful Shield
Shield Affinity
Teamwork
Augmented Counter III
Energising Parry
Roulette
Warming Up
Burn Affinity
Energising Turn
Energy Master
Cheater
At Death's Door
Total Lumina Point Cost 294

In Act 3, the best Pictos to equip in the late game are Immaculate, Glass Canon, and Inverted Affinity. These Pictos give Maelle some health, crit chance, and more speed. The damage boost from this is massive as long as you don't get hit. Dodge or parry to keep yourself alive while dealing tons of damage.

For Luminas, take ones that increase your damage even further. You can also strengthen your parries by taking ones that synergize with it like Augmented Counter. An important one is Painted Power since it removes the damage cap. The rest can be for more damage to guarantee that you kill with Stendhal or AP economy.

All Pictos and Luminas Guide

Maelle Best Team

Support Sub DPS Main DPS
Clair Obscur - Gustave IconGustave Clair Obscur - Lune IconLune Clair Obscur - Maelle IconMaelle

Character Details
Clair Obscur - Verso IconVerso A great alternative to Gustave during Act 2 and Act 3 since he pretty much does what Gustave does but better. He has more utility and supportive capabilities which can help Maelle's setup.
Clair Obscur - Monoco IconMonoco A great alternative to Lune during Act 3 since at that point, Monoco has a lot of supportive skills from the enemies he encountered. His skills can help Maelle deal more damage and increase her survivability.

For Gustave, you would want him to be focused on applying debuffs such as Mark and Defenseless through his Marking Shot and Exposing Attack Pictos, respectively. You also want to take advantage of his Powerful skill, which raises the attack power for all your team if you time the QTE perfectly.

For Lune, you would want her to act as your secondary DPS, primarily applying Burn on enemies to activate your Swift Stride's Virtouse swap. She can also act as your secondary support through her Healing Light skill or apply debuffs through Luminas, such as Marking Shot or Exposing Attack.

Best Party

How to Play Maelle

How to Play Maelle


Master Cycling Through Her Stances

Stance Description
Defensive Stance
Defensive
The defensive stance allows you to take less damage and gain 1 AP per Parry or Dodge. This is best used when the enemy will be attacking consecutively as this can help you help you survive or gain tons of AP for your next turn.
Offensive Stance
Offensive
The offensive stance increases your damage by 50% but also increases the damage you take also by 50%. This stance, as good as it might sound, isn't as good since you have the option to immediately just jump to Virtouse, which will let you deal more damage without any draw backs. The only use of the offensive stance is its synergy with skills like Spark, which can apply more Burn to the enemies.
Virtouse Stance
Virtouse
The Virtouse stance let's you deal an additional 200% damage for your attacks. This is arguably Maelle's best stance since it has the highest amount of damage multiplier without any draws back, aside from the fact that most of the skills related to this move requires a good amount of AP to cast.

Stance swapping is the core of Maelle's kit. You must understand what they do, when best to use them, and how to swap through them. In summary, your skills will have certain special mechanics that will allow you to swap through her stances.

Defensive stance is best used when ending a turn and an enemy is next to attack, while Offensive and Virtouse stances are used offensively as they provide extra damage. In most cases, you would want to skip immediately to Virtouse Stance to apply the highest amount of damage in the shortest amount of time.

Use Your Teammates to For Stance Swapping

To take full advantage of Maelle's kit you must learn to incorporate your teammates' offensive and support capabilities. A great example is using Lune to cast Immolation to apply Burn to enemies. This will allow you to immediately swap to Virtouse upon hitting the burning enemy using your Swift Stride skill.

Early Virtouse Mark Combo

A strong combo you can use at the beginning of the game is to cast a fully buffed Percee during your Virtouse Stance. You can perform this as early as two turns by following this steps:

  1. On the first round, use Gustav to cast Poweful on your team.
  2. Cast Immolation using Lune to burn enemies. This will allow you to switch to Virtouse Stance as early as the first round upon using Swift Stride.
  3. On the second round, use Gustav's Marking Shot skill to apply Mark, or you may opt for a Basic Attack if you have Exposing Attack Lumina equipped. It is still possible to apply Mark using a Marking Shot Lumina on either Lune or Maelle herself.
  4. Lastly, use Maelle's Percee skill on the marked enemy and watch the devastating damage unfold!

Practice Playing Offensively

One of the tricks to playing Maelle is to commit to playing offensively, as her kits are mostly focused on dealing tons of damage. This means that to fully utilize her abilities, you must practice parrying or dodging attacks so you can continue investing in her offensive stats.

However, this is not to mean that Maelle does not have any support capabilities or survival options. Looking at her kit, it is possible to build around the Defensive Stance combined with Burn, letting you survive for a long while watching your enemies burn over time. The only downside is this requires more investment in her as compared with sticking to pure damage.

All Maelle Skills

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Skill Details
Offensive Switch Skill Effect: Deals low single target damage and applies Defenceless for 3 turns. 1 hit. Uses weapon's element.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 0SP | 1AP
Percee Skill Effect: Deals medium single target Physical damage. 1 hit. Increased damage to Marked targets. Virtuose Stance: Costs 2 AP
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive
Cost: 0SP | 5AP
Spark Skill Effect: Deals low single target Fire damage. 1 hit. Applies 3 Burn. Offensive Stance: Applies 2 more Burn.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive
Cost: 0SP | 3AP
Degagement Skill Effect: Deals low single target Fire damage. 1 hit. Target becomes weak to Fire damage for 2 turns.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 2SP | 2AP
Guard Down Skill Effect: Applies Defenceless to all enemies for 3 turns.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 4SP | 3AP
Guard Up Skill Effect: Applies Shell, reducing damage taken, to up to 3 allies for 3 turns.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 2SP | 3AP
Swift Stride Skill Effect: Deals low single target Physical damage. 1 hit. Switches to Virtuose Stance if target is burning. Regain 0 to 2 AP.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Virtuose
Cost: 1SP | 3AP
Mezzo Forte Skill Effect: Reapplies current stance and increases AP
Special Mechanic: None
Cost: 4SP | 1AP
Fleuret Fury Skill Effect: Deals high single target Physical damage. 3 hits. If in Virtuose Stance, stay in Virtuose Stance. Can Break.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Stanceless
Cost: 2SP | 6AP
Breaking Rules Skill Effect: Deals low single target Physical damage. 2 hits. Destroys all target's Shields. Gain 1 AP per Shield destroyed. If target is Defenseless, play a second turn.
Special Mechanic: None
Cost: 4SP | 3AP
Rain of Fire Skill Effect: Deals medium single target Fire damage. 2 hits. Applies 3 Burn per hit. Defensive Stance: Applies 2 more Burn per hit.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 4SP | 5AP
Combustion Skill Effect: Deals medium single target Physical damage. 2 hits. Consumes up to 10 Burn for increased damage.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 6SP | 4AP
Virtuose Strike Skill Effect: Deals high single target Physical damage. 5 hits.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Virtuose
Cost: 1GC
Phoenix Flame Skill Effect: Applies 10 Burn to all enemies and revives all allies with 50 to 70% Health
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 2GC
Payback Skill Effect: Deals very high single target Physical damage. 1 hit. Reduced AP cost for each attack parried since last turn. Can Break.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive
Cost: 8SP | 9AP
Momentum Strike Skill Effect: Deals high single target damage. 1 hit. Uses weapon's element. Increased damage to Marked targets. Virtuose Stance: Costs 4 AP
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive
Cost: 6SP | 7AP
Fencer's Flurry Skill Effect: Deals medium damage to all enemies. 1 hit. Uses weapon's element. Applies Defenceless for 1 turn.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 4SP | 3AP
Sword Ballet Skill Effect: Deal extreme single target damage. 5 hits. Uses weapon's element. Critical hits deal double damage.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive
Cost: 8SP | 9AP
Revenge Skill Effect: Deals high single target Fire damage. 1 hit. Damage increased for each hit received since the previous turn. Can Break.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive.
Cost: 6SP | 5AP
Pyrolyse Skill Effect: Deals extreme single target Fire daamge. 3 hits. Applies 5 Burn per hit. Offensive Stance: Applies 2 more Burn per hit.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive.
Cost: 8SP | 9AP
Phantom Strike Skill Effect: Deals very high Void damage to all enemies. 4 hits. Also gives 35% of a Gradient Charge.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Defensive
Cost: 4SP | 7AP
Burning Canvas Skill Effect: Deals high single target Void damage. 5 hits. Applies 1 burn per hit. Damage increased for each Burn on the target.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Offensive
Cost: 6SP | 5AP
Stendhal Skill Effect: Deals extreme single target Void damage. 1 hit. Removes self-Shields and self applies Defenceless.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Stanceless
Cost: 4SP | 8AP
Gustave's Homage Skill Effect: Deals high single target Lightning damage. 8 hits. Increased damage to Marked targets. Doesn't remove Mark.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Virtuose
Cost: 8AP
Gommage Skill Effect: Kills weak targets. Otherwise deal extreme Void damage. 1 hit.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Virtuose
Cost: 3GC
Last Chance Skill Effect: Change stance to Virtuose Stance. Reduces self-Health to 1 but refills all AP.
Special Mechanic: Switch to Virtuose
Cost: 6SP | 1AP

List of All Skills

Maelle Gradient Attacks

Gradient Attack Details
Virtuose Strike Skill Effect: Deals high single target Physical damage. 5 hits.
Cost: 1GC
Phoenix Flame Skill Effect: Applies 10 Burn to all enemies and revives all allies with 50 to 70% Health
Cost: 2GC
Gommage Skill Effect: Kills weak targets. Otherwise deal extreme Void damage. 1 hit.
Cost: 3GC

How to Use Gradient Attacks

Maelle Character Information

Maelle Basic Profile

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - Maelle
Weapon Rapiere - Fleuret
Background A shy loner, eager to fly. Maelle sees the expedition as her chance to escape Lumière and explore the world beyond.

Maelle's Voice Actors

Voice Actors EN: Jennifer English
French: Adeline Chetail

List of Voice Actors

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22 Daovinity Daovinity 3 days

For Gustave's / Verso's 'Powerful' skill: You only need to do the standard successful QTE for the whole team buff (both prompt inputs). Perfect isn't necessary here. Fun Fact: The QTE for the 'Recovery' skill doesn't effect the healing amount at all cause it is hard-fixed to 50%.

17 Anonymous Anonymous 6 months

these guides are bad

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