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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

How to Beat Gargant

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Clair Obscur Expedition 33 - How to Beat Gargant

A guide on how to beat Gargant, an Optional Boss in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. See Gargant's weaknesses, attack patterns, and how to dodge and counter its attacks.

Gargant Stats and Overview

Weaknesses and Stats

Gargant
Gargant
Weak Resist Immune Absorb
Fire (Ice Stance), Ice (Fire Stance) None None Fire (Fire Stance), Ice (Ice Stance)
Weakpoint None
Quest Optional
Location

Rewards

All Gargant Rewards
EXP EXP 144780
Items Resplendent Chroma Catalyst x3

Gargant Location

Frozen Hearts

Frozen Hearts Gargant.png
The Gargant is first encountered in Frozen Hearts as the final boss of this optional area. The player is advised to level their characters up first before returning as most of the enemies here are dangerous to players who have only recently finished Monoco's Station.

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Located in The Monolith

Monolith Entrance

The Gargant can be found in The Monolith location. From the Tainted Hearts Expedition Flag, continue under the arch until you see a path branching off to the left. Take it to find the boss.

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Endless Tower

Stage 6-3

You will also find the Gargant inside the Endless Tower as the notable enemy for Stage 6, Trial 3. These bosses must be taken down to aid the expedition's ascension into the tower.

Endless Tower Guide

How to Beat Gargant

Gargant Switches Elemental Stances

Gargant Switching Stances

The Gargant has the gimmick of being able to switch stances between Fire and Ice, which affects what Element it is weak to, and what it absorbs. In either form, it absorbs the Element of its stance, and is weak to the other element.

Pay attention to the color of the visual effects surrounding Gargant's lower half. A red coloring indicates it's in its Fire stance, while blue instead means it's in its Ice stance.

Can Freeze Your Team Members

Gargant Freezing a Target

Gargant may attempt to Freeze a single target with an ice beam, inflicting the status if the attack lands. This will make the affected character vulnerable to attacks as they cannot dodge or parry due to being Frozen.

Equip the Anti-Freeze Picto or Lumina, or run effects like Cleansing Tint to protect your characters from the status effect.

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Gargant Attack Patterns

Multiple Punches

Gargant throws even more punches, striking one character 6 times.
How to Dodge Dodge as soon as he starts swinging his first punch, and continue to dodge quickly for the next three hits. Then, wait for him to finish winding up before dodging the last two hits.
How to Counter Parry all six strikes to counter.

Freeze Beam

Gargant freezes a character, shooting a beam of ice that hits once at one target.
How to Dodge Dodge when the swirls of energy move quickly towards its head.
How to Counter Parry when the beam finishing charging to counter.

Fire Yell

Gargant yells, expelling a fiery projectile that hits once at a single target.
How to Dodge Dodge as the projectile nears your character, as it has a slow arc.
How to Counter This attack is usually applied on a Frozen character, and the attack cannot be countered normally this way. If the character is not Frozen, parry on the projectile's downward arc to counter.

Arm Swing

Gargant tears up the field with his arms, attacking the entire party 4 times.
How to Dodge Wait for it to swing to dodge the first hit, then dodge the second and third hit quickly as they come in back to back. Then, wait for Gargant to start his slam to dodge the last attack.
How to Counter Parry all attack strings to counter.

Havoc Smash

Gargant wreaks havoc, attacking with both arms for a total of 5 strikes towards the entire party.
How to Dodge Dodge five times when the arms are nearing contact with the party. The fourth attack has a delay and the fifth attack has the boss recover before striking.
How to Counter Parry all five attack strings to perform a team counter.

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