Monoco is the de facto help unit in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He’s arguably probably the most versatile playable character within the recreation — due to the sheer breadth of his moveset — however he shines among the many different damage-focused characters.
Monoco is supposed to arrange advantageous eventualities for 2 different DPS get together members to capitalize on. Monoco can refill the enemy’s Break bar and even assist maintain shields. He’s additionally in a position to match injury, ought to the necessity come up, as he’s like Lune — a personality who works simply as nicely in a help position as a DPS position.
In the event you’re concerned with one of the best on your gestral buddy, this Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 information will break down the greatest Monoco construct, together with his greatest weapons, attributes, and abilities to prioritize.
Finest Monoco construct in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
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Monoco can act as a DPS unit, however his abilities are better-used in a help position. Not like Lune — who can undoubtedly go toe-to-toe with the opposite damage-focused models — Monoco can’t fairly compete at that prime of a stage, which is okay; he isn’t designed to. A workforce with Monoco on help is completely different from a workforce with Lune on help, as it’s nonetheless offense-focused.
The perfect Monoco construct in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is:
- Attributes: Agility and Protection
- Weapon: Joyaro
- Abilities: Potier Vitality, Benisseur Mortar, Chevaliere Piercing, Stalact Punches, Sakapatate Explosion, and Portier Crash
- Pictos: Immaculate, Energising Parry, and Empowering Parry
Monoco joins your get together in Act 2, and as quickly as you’ll be able to allocate his attributes, you need to totally put money into Agility. His greatest weapon in Act 2, the Nusaro, scales very nicely with Agility, and you’ll enhance your assault, pace, and protection abruptly. Additional factors ought to go to Vitality for survivability.
In Act 3, Agility continues to be one of the best attribute to prioritize as a result of Monoco’s total greatest weapon, the Joyaro, additionally scales nicely with Agility. Leftover factors ought to go into Protection as a result of it scales nicely with the weapon, and Agility and Protection are nice stats, irrespective of the way you determine to make use of Monoco.
Finest attributes for Monoco
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Your attribute unfold for Monoco will look fairly related throughout Acts 2 and three, with one key distinction.
In Act 2, prioritize Agility. You’ll need him to assault early, if not first, and be capable of survive lengthy sufficient to help your workforce with injury or utility.
In Act 3, fully max out Agility as it’s nonetheless his greatest attribute. Protection comes into play in Act 3 with the Joyaro weapon, as Agility and Protection are each used for scaling. On prime of that, Agility and Protection are the help attributes and are essential for any help unit.
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The perfect weapon for Monoco is the Joyaro.
This weapon is missable, however fortunately, you’ll be able to obtain it from two areas. You may defeat the Lampmaster in Flying Manor (to not be confused with the Lampmaster boss on the finish of Act 1) or you will get it from the Final Sakapatate in Infinite Evening Sanctuary.
The weapon scales nicely with Agility and Protection, Monoco’s greatest attributes, and has good passive talents. Joyaro permits Monoco to start out the battle in his Almighty Masks kind, permitting for an enhanced model of no matter ability you decides to make use of on flip one.
Nevertheless, since you have to beat endgame tremendous bosses to obtain it, you’ll most likely dangle on to the Nusaro till then. The Nusaro has related advantages because the Joyaro as a substitute, it rewards you for parrying and permits you to entry enhanced variations of your abilities as nicely.
Finest Pictos and Luminas for Monoco
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The perfect Pictos for Monoco are people who present a good mixture of well being and offensive stats and one thing to offset his major weak spot — the excessive AP price of his abilities. To that finish, one of the best Pictos for Monoco are Immaculate, Energising Parry, and Empowering Parry. Under are the detailed descriptions of what these Pictos do and the stats they grant bonuses to.
- Immaculate — Velocity and Crit Fee. 30% elevated injury till a success is obtained.
- Energising Parry — Well being. +1 AP on profitable Parry.
- Empowering Parry — Velocity and Crit Fee. Every profitable Parry will increase injury by 5% till finish of the next flip. Taking any injury removes this buff.
Whereas these Pictos cowl Monoco’s weaknesses, they do require a stage fight prowess to essentially work. Full cease: If you wish to use Monoco to his fullest in your workforce, your parries should be on level. As for Monoco’s Luminas, you need ones that grant extra AP, parry results, Break, or a injury enhance.
We suggest utilizing the next Luminas, relying on what number of Lumina Factors you will have.
- Useless Vitality II
- Energising Begin II
- Rewarding Mark
- Marking Pictures
- Auto Rush
- Breaking Counter
- Breaker
- Full Energy
- Inverted Affinity
- Augmented First Strike
- Augmented Counter II
- Candy Kill
- Painted Energy
- Exposing Assault
- Longer Highly effective
- SOS Energy
- Glass Canon
- Teamwork
- Tainted
- Warming Up
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The perfect abilities for Monoco are the next:
- Potier Vitality: Provides 1-3 AP to all allies. Caster Masks: Provides 1 further AP.
- Benisseur Mortar: Offers medium single goal Ice injury. 3 hits. Change to Almighty Masks if goal is Marked. Caster Masks: Elevated injury.
- Chevaliere Piercing: Offers single goal Bodily injury by Shields. 6 hits. Injury elevated for every Protect on the goal. Agile Masks: Elevated injury.
- Stalact Punches: Offers medium single goal Ice injury. 4 hits. Excessive Break injury. Heavy Masks: Elevated injury.
- Sakapatate Explosion: Offers medium Lightning injury to random enemies. 3 hits. Crucial hits set off an extra hit. Caster Masks: Elevated injury.
- Portier Crash: Offers excessive Bodily injury to all enemies. 1 hit. Can Break. Heavy Masks: Elevated injury.
Unlocking Monoco’s greatest abilities takes a bit extra effort than it does for characters, since you have to discover and defeat requisite enemies with Monoco in your get together to unlock these abilities. For some time, you’ll must play with a lower-powered Monoco earlier than you’re in a position to unlock his full potential (although you’ll get there in time, don’t fear).
Potier Vitality is your greatest help ability, whereas your different abilities are for filling in any gaps in your offense. Monoco is ideal within the first place of your workforce setup as he’s in a position to dictate the tempo of the match, both with a robust damaging begin or by granting AP to your foremost injury deal — whether or not Maelle, Lune, or Sciel — to allow them to arrange their one-shots.
For extra Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 construct guides, take a look at our greatest builds for Lune, Maelle, Sciel, and Verso.
