How to Beat Chromatic Lancelier in Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Chromatic Lancelier is an early-game side boss that is extremely hard for the area in which it is found. This enemy will first appear for players at around level 3 or 4, making it extremely hard to defeat. Chromatic Lancelier’s every attack can destroy your characters in the early game. However, you can still defeat it with so many things stacked against you, as long as you follow our guide. So with that, here is a complete guide on how to beat Chromatic Lancelier in Clair Obscur Expedition 33.

Chromatic Lancelier Attack Patterns

In Clair Obscur Expedition 33, Chromatic Lancelier has three distinct attacks: Attack, Slow Attack, and Quick Attack. Each of the three attacks has different dodge or parry timing, so it can become confusing for players if they don’t identify the attack correctly. You will see a message at the top stating the attack type that Chromatic Lancelier is using during the attack.

Follow the attack name and use the dodge/parry timings given below to avoid or counterattack Chromatic Lancelier. If you don’t know, then learn how to dodge in Expedition 33 first.

• Parry/Dodge timing for Chromatic Lancelier’s Attack:

• Parry/Dodge timing for Chromatic Lancelier’s Slow Attack:

• Parry/Dodge timing for Chromatic Lancelier’s Quick Attack:

One thing to note here is that only the ‘Attack’ of Chromatic Lancelier has a two-hit combo, while the slow and quick variants only have one. This is important to remember, or you might forget to parry or dodge twice while it’s being used against you.

If you are fighting Chromatic Lancelier in the early game, each of his attacks will one-shot your characters. This means that you must get your parry and dodges perfectly if you want any chance of winning the battle against it. Once you have the parry or dodge timing memorized, let’s look at Chromatic Lancelier’s Weaknesses.

Chromatic Lancelier’s Weaknesses in Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Chromatic Lancelier has one elemental weakness and one weak point. Let’s take a look at them:

• Chromatic Lancelier Elemental Weakness: It is weak to Ice elemental attacks.

• Chromatic Lancelier Weak Point: Use the Free Aim to hit the Blue flame on the head to hit the weak point.

Hitting the weak point can deal a ton of damage to the Chromatic Lancelier for one time. On the other hand, you deal double damage to Chromatic Lancelier while using Skills or attacks of the Ice element. Lune has a couple of Ice skills early on in the game, which you can use to deal a lot of damage. Other than that, you can use weapons with Ice affinity to do the same.

How to Defeat Chromatic Lancelier in Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Now that you have learned the weaknesses and memorized the dodge/parry timings of Chromatic Lancelier, it is time to defeat it. This boss’s difficulty mainly comes down to its one-shot attacks. As the boss is found when your characters are around Level 3, any hits from the boss can knock them down.

You can always come back to this boss at a later time if you are struggling with it; however, if you don’t like running, then here are some tips to defeat the Chromatic Lancelier boss in Clair Obscur Expedition 33:

• Parry all of his attacks: The quickest way to defeat Chromatic Lancelier is simply parrying all his attacks and dealing counterattack damage. Perfect your parry timings by following the gifs given above and you should be able to obliterate the boss quickly.
• Start by hitting the weak spot: Although you can hit the weak spot any time during the fight, it is best to start with it to deal a good amount of damage early on.
• Use Overcharge at max charges: If you are fighting Chromatic Lancelier with a level 3 character like I did, your best bet is to use the Overcharge skill of Gustave at full charges. This deals a ton of damage even early on and can melt through the massive HP bar of Chromatic Lancelier.

Chromatic Lancelier Boss Rewards in Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Defeating the Chromatic Lancelier boss will reward you with a ton of important early-game weapons and items. Here is everything you can get by defeating the Chromatic Lancelier boss:

• Weapon: Lanceram for Gustave
• Pictos: Augment Attack
• Chroma Catalyst: 2
• Colour of Lumina: 5

Lanceram is a level 2 weapon for Gustave, and it can be beneficial against enemies in the early game. The Augment Attack Pictos increases the Base Attack damage by 50% for the equipped character. Other than that, the Chroma Catalysts can be used to upgrade weapons, and the Colour of Lumina can be used to upgrade Lumina points of characters.

So, this is how you can defeat the Chromatic Lancelier boss in Clair Obscur Expedition 33. If you have any questions related to this boss guide, ask us below, and we will try to help you out.