Sandfall Interactive introduced Thursday that Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s multi-billion-damage Maelle builds are ending. The 1.2.3 patch notes are full of different bug fixes and scaling changes, however the Stendhal capability’s whopping 40% harm nerf is stealing the present.
In a put up on X (previously Twitter), Sandfall explained the reasoning for the change, with replies torn between assist, disappointment, and criticism. “We nonetheless need you to have the ability to break the sport—and also you completely nonetheless can,” the put up reads. “However Stendhal was making it a bit too straightforward.”
Some people within the replies puzzled whether or not a change like that is needed for a single-player RPG; overpowered weapons, playstyles, and abilities are elective in a single-player context. However the very best argument in favor of the nerf is how straightforward Stendhal is to entry.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s combat is designed and balanced round combos and setups between get together members, Pictos, and weapons. Stendhal is simply the tip of the iceberg for these combos; others would possibly learn these patch notes and anticipate different overpowered combos to be subsequent on the chopping block.
Practically each character within the sport has a technique to obtain sufficient harm to trivialize boss fights, so does it matter if one-shots exist in Clair Obscur when two- and three-shot choices exist as properly? It is a single-player sport, and extra choices to tailor issue are often factor — however a nerf like this most likely doesn’t matter in the long term.
Whereas it looks like Maelle getting nerfed is the primary level of dialog concerning the patch, she nonetheless has entry to extraordinarily excessive harm choice, together with one that may be accessed from the start of the sport. Utilizing virtuoso stance, Percee, and an ally’s capability to mark can trivialize all of Act 1, and on the finish of Act 1, you obtain the Medalum, which makes this three-turn one-shot right into a one-turn one-shot.
Extra updates are coming for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 in response to the patch notes, which may imply extra nerfs to robust setups and mixtures. However don’t fret, there are nonetheless plenty of ways to break the game if that’s your modus operandi.
Listed here are the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Patch 1.2.3 notes, in full:
Fastened areas of the world map the place you will get caught:
Fastened conditions the place Esquie particularly would get caught (poor man):
Weapon and talent fixes and tuning:
That is the primary in a collection of patches we wish to do over the approaching months. We’re nonetheless investigating many function requests and points for future updates.
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