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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

How to Beat Chromatic Hexga

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 How to Beat Chromatic Hexga
A guide on how to beat Chromatic Hexga, an Optional Boss in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. See what to do when Chromatic Hexga is not taking damage as well as its weaknesses and attack patterns in here!

Chromatic Hexga Stats and Overview

Weaknesses and Stats

Chromatic Hexga
Chromatic Hexga
Weak Resist Immune Absorb
Ice Fire All, (Red Crystal) None
Weakpoint Shoot the crystal multiple times to stun Chromatic Hexga.
Quest Optional
Location

Rewards

All Chromatic Hexga Rewards
EXP 19410 XP
Items Energising Revive
Confident

Chromatic Hexga Location

Stone Wave Cliffs Cave

Chromatic Hexga Location

Chromatic Hexga can be found in the Stone Wave Cliffs Cave, east of Stone Wave Cliffs. Swim towards the eastern shore to find a beach with a Gestral on it. Land on the beach and head up the slope to find the entrance to the Stone Wave Cliffs Cave.

Note that swimming with Esquie is unavailable until the start of Act 2.

Act 2: Verso Walkthrough

How to Beat Chromatic Hexga

Shoot the Crystal

Chromatic Hexga Crystal Glow Colors
No Glow (Break) → White → Yellow → Orange → Red (Invulnerable)

Chromatic Hexga will stop taking damage once its crystal turns red. Use Free Aim to shoot the crystal until it changes color to remove its invulnerability.

Players can continue spending AP shooting the crystal until it breaks. This will stun Chromatic Hexga, giving players some breathing room to either dish out some damage or heal up.

Use AP Restoring Skills, Energy Tints, and Parry

Paradigm Shift and Thermal Transfer

The difficulty of the fight will fully revolve on paying attention to the crystal's color and keeping it from turning red. Players may run into AP management issues due to this mechanic, as each shot requires 1 AP to perform.

Use AP restoring skills such as Verso's Paradigm Shift or Lune's Thermal Transfer to mitigate the AP requirements of the fight, and use Energy Tints when necessary. Performing successful parries is preferred as well, as each successful parry restores 1 AP for the character.

How to Parry and Counter

Use Maelle's Breaking Rules Skill

Breaking Rules Skill Description

Using Maelle's Breaking Rules skill to remove Chromatic Hexga's shields is key to winning the fight. The crystal will be unaffected by Free Aim shots—unless Piercing Shot is equipped—when its shields are up, further draining the party's AP, in addition to increasing the hit count of its Shield-Powered Combo.

It is recommended to conserve Maelle's AP to cast Breaking Rules whenever necessary. The additional AP gained from this skill can be used to shoot the crystal at a later turn as well, provided it did not start stacking its shields again.

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Chromatic Hexga Attack Patterns

Shield-Powered Combo

Chromatic Hexga performs a shield-powered combo. Can vary between 3 to 11 hits depending on the number of its shields.
How to Dodge Dodge as soon as Chromatic Hexga swings its weapon.
How to Counter Watch the weapon. Parry as soon as it approaches the party member.

Slam Attack

Chromatic Hexga readies its weapon, jumps, then slams it down.
How to Dodge Watch out for its feints. Dodge when it slams its weapon after it jumps.
How to Counter Focus on its weapon, but watch out for its feints. Parry before the weapon hits a character, shortly after it jumps.

Strange Crystal Power

Chromatic Hexga's crystal changes colors and will grant itself shields. It will stop taking damage once the crystal starts glowing red.
How to Dodge N/A
How to Counter Shoot the crystal until it is no longer red. This will remove Chromatic Hexga's invulnerability.

Power Up

Chromatic Hexga powers up and grants itself shields. If performed while the crystal is colored red, it gains the Rage status.
How to Dodge N/A
How to Counter Prevent its crystal from turning red. Use Maelle's Breaking Rules skill to remove the shields.

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