Mastering Chromatic Glissando: Tips for Conquering Expedition 33 in Clair Obscur

In
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
, you have to fight Chromatic Glissando before you can find out what happened to Lune’s parents. While this is an optional fight, it isn’t something you want to miss, as it gives you a chance to learn more about her.

This giant worm doesn’t have any hands to throw, but that doesn’t stop it from smashing its head or swiping its giant tail at you. And if you aren’t careful, it can even eat up your expeditioners and make you regret showing up unprepared.

Luckily, most of its moves are just variations of each other, and with the help of the right skills and a little bit of practice, you will be done with this boss in no time. So, here is a full guide on where you can find the Chromatic Glissando, its moveset, weaknesses, and how to defeat it.

Where To Find The Chromatic Glissando?

You can find Chromatic Glissando at Sirene’s Dress.

Like most chromatic bosses, you will need Esquie’s flying ability to get here.

Sirene’s Dress is at the other end of the dessert, and you can get there by flying around Sirene.

You know you are at the right place if you find the NPC Pearo outside the entrance.

Once inside, walk forward and you will find an Expedition 46 Flagpost. Interact with the immovable gate, then choose the option to look around.

Next, choose “Playing Music” to open the door.

After the door opens, continue going straight.

You can rest at the Glissando Expedition flag 46 to
upgrade your weapons
or attributes, or to learn new skills.

Once you are ready for the fight,

keep going ahead, and Chromatic Glissando will jump from the sky and land between you and the 46 Journal

. Attack the boss to start the fight.

How To Prepare For The Chromatic Glissando Fight

The Chromatic Glissando is weak to Ice and Dark damage.

So, Lune and Sciel are the best party members for this fight.

Best Gestral Monoco is ideal for this fight as it has some pretty strong skills that cover both Ice and Dark elements. You could also go with Verso if you have a good Ice or Dark weapon, as he has several skills that deal damage using the element of his weapon.

As for Maelle, I wouldn’t recommend her as most of her skills deal Fire, Physical, or Void damage. So, only use her if she is your best damage dealer.

Chromatic Glissando has a handful of attacks, but some that you must absolutely be wary of when choosing whether to dodge or parry. So, to help you get better prepared for this fight, here are the moves it can use against you and the best party members and their skills for this fight:

Best Party Members

My team for this fight consisted of Lune, Sciel, and Monoco at levels 71, 71, and 79, respectively.

In this team comp, I didn’t align a specific role of support or damage dealer to any particular character; instead, all of them had skills that could fulfill both roles.

Starting with
Lune
, she will be the one who deals Ice damage in this fight. So her best skills are Ice Lance and Typhoon.

For her support abilities, Rebirth can be useful during the second phase of the fight. You should equip Revitalization or Healing Light for emergency healing. As for her weapon, I used a level 15

Potierim

.

Sciel
has plenty of Dark damaging skills, and I used them with a level 15

Chation

. You could also use an

Algueron

or a

Blizzon

.

Her best skills for this fight are Final Path, Dark Wave, and Marking card for extreme, high, and medium dark damage, respectively. You should also equip Grim Harvest to heal herself and the party.

Finally, for
Monoco
, you can use him for either Ice or Dark damage. I used a level 15

Nusaro

, but a

Sidaro

or

Chromaro

will also work for this fight.

As for his skills, Obscur Sword and Sapling Absorption are good for Dark damage. Alternatively, you could also go for Chevaliere Ice or Stalact Punches for Ice damage. Be sure to also equip Pelerin Heal to heal the party whenever needed.

Best Skills

Chromatic Glissando Attack Breakdown

This boss has two phases. In the first phase, you fight the worm, and in the second phase, you fight 3 Dark Ballet dancers. The Glissando has 6 moves, meanwhile the dancers have only 3.

How To Beat Chromatic Glissando In Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

To beat Chromatic Glissando, you should attack it with your strongest Dark or Ice skills.

You can make the fight easier by free aiming and shooting its tail to weaken it.

The weakened tail not only makes Chromatic Glissando perform an easier tail combo, but it also reduces its damage. However, breaking its tail does consume a lot of your AP, so if your character has a strong skill ready, you should use that and attack the tail with another party member.

If you are confident about your parries, you can skip the tail and focus on attacking the worm. This is also good for generating AP, as its normal tail combos are much longer.

Unlike the tail swipes, the head smash combo is much easier to parry, so always try parrying it. Though be careful, if you fail, it can break the Break meter of a party member. This is risky because the next time it does its tail combo, your stunned party member can die due to being unable to parry or dodge.

Try as much as possible to ensure that a character doesn’t die. Once an expeditioner dies, Chromatic Glissando gobbles them up. This restores its 62,367 HP.

At the start of the fight, Chromatic Glissando applies Powerful to itself and applies Rage when its health dips below 25%.

After you deplete its health completely, it perishes and reveals the dancers, which starts the second phase of the fight

.

This part of the fight is rather easier.

Free aim and shoot at the dancers to eliminate them

, as they can dodge when you attack them normally or use skills.

Chromatic Glissando Rewards

For defeating the Chromatic Glissando, you get the following loot:

• 567,000 XP
• 13,724 Chroma
• 
  Choralim
  
  (Level 20)
• 
  Ballaro
  
  (Level 20)
• 
  Grandiose Chroma Catalyst
  
  x2
• 
  Colour of Lumina
  
  x5

Choralim is the best Fire weapon for Lune. At level 33, its power is 3551 and has an S scaling for Defense and an A scaling for Agility.

Its passives include a 100% critical chance when you have 4 Stains simultaneously active at level 4. This weapon at level 10 gives you 20% increased damage for each consecutive turn that you go without taking any damage. It can stack up to 5 times. And at level 20, your critical hits apply burn.

If you don’t like the above passives, you can still use Braselim or Angerim for Fire with Lune.