Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Clea Unleashed Guide – How to Defeat & Location

Summary

• • An optional endgame boss found in the Endless Tower, testing your combat mechanics through a unique counter-based fighting style.
  • Players cannot deal damage unless they successfully dodge or parry all hits during her combo attacks. 
  • Get 22,500,000 EXP alongside exclusive items including Clea’s Death weapon and other high-tier crafting materials. 

One of the challenging encounters you’ll face in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is Clea Unleashed. This will test your skills and combat mastery by stripping away the turn-based mechanics. You can get exclusive rewards from completing Clea Unleashed in Expedition 33!

Clea Unleashed Location and Access

You have to complete the main story encounter with Clea in the Flying Manor to find Clea Unleashed. After defeating, it becomes available as an optional challenge in one of the endgame areas, Endless Tower. Then, you will need to reach her portrait and initiate the battle as follow:

1. 1. Climb the stairs past the canvas.
   2. Afterwards, use the grappling hook to reach the next platform. 
   3. Turn right to see where her portrait is. 
   4. Interacting with this portrait will start the match against the boss.

The Endless Tower usually tests your skills with its multiple challenging boss encounters beside Clea Unleashed. It becomes available during the post-game content where you can revisit powerful enemies and face enhanced bosses. 

Clea Unleashed’s Unique Combat Mechanics

What makes Clea Unleashed challenging is her unique battle system. It doesn’t use the traditional turn-based mechanics where you exchange turns in dealing damage. Rather, you cannot take offensive turns or deal direct damage until you avoid every hit in her combination attacks. 

You can either dodge or parry, as getting hit will grant her another turn. Meaning, you can only get your turn if you manage to achieve a perfect defense execution. Also, this mechanic turns into a sort of rhythm game where you have to learn about the attack patterns. 

Plus, Clea Unleashed has no elemental weaknesses, resistances, or immunities. So, your victory depends entirely on player skill instead of team composition or any advantages. Plus, her attack patterns mainly consist of combinations drawn from various Nevrons encountered in the main campaign. 

Essential Pictos and Build Recommendations

It is best to have builds focused on counter damage and defensive mastery when up against Clea Unleased. Your Picto loadout should maximize counter attack potency by having Augmented Counter I, II, and III. Meanwhile, Empowering Parry and Gradient Parry enhances your defensive capabilities while dealing damage. 

Add Immaculate, Full Strength, In Medias Res, Painted Power, Powerful Shield, and Shield Affinity for Pictos. These should provide you the perfect gameplay since it translates your defensive mechanics to offensive power. 

Solo Strategy and Team Composition

Although you can fight Clea Unleashed with a full party, it is best to play against this boss during Solo combat. While in fight, she can summon creatures of the deep and forcibly remove party members from the battle. So the encounter prolongs when Clea uses the attack against your primary damage dealer. 

Meanwhile, fighting solo eliminates this mechanic entirely and relies on consistent damage instead. Here’s an ideal Pictos build for solo gameplay against Clea Unleashed:

Rewards and Conclusion

Defeating Clea Unleashed will grant you significant rewards after the extremely difficult encounter. It rewards you with 22,500,000 EXP to massively boost your character progression, alongside item rewards such as:

• • Cleim Currency
  • Exclusive Clea’s Death Weapon
  • 20 Colour of Lumina
  • 5 Grandiose Chroma Catalysts
  • 1 Perfect Chroma Catalyst

Conclusion

Get ready to defeat Clea Unleashed once you arrive in the Endless Tower in Expedition 33. You only need to interact with Clea’s portrait after defeating her in the Flying Manor. While it is great to have party members with you, it is best to play against her in solo mode. 

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