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Verso has a lot of great build options inClair Obscur: Expedition 33thanks to his huge arsenal of swords. Weapons can dramatically change how a character plays, and Verso has access to some really exciting loadouts, especially late in the game.
As it turns out, you can deal massive amounts of passive damage via Burn as Verso, eclipsing even Maelle and Lune. Working together with the rest of the team, Verso can rack up multiple hundreds of Burn stacks on a target, turning their health bar to ash in no time. Here’s how to do it.
Best Weapon And Attributes For Verso
The key to Verso’s Burn build isequipping him with the sword Corpeso. This Fire-elemental blade lets himapply Burn based on his Perfection Rankwhenever he lands a Base Attack. Since its scaled Attributes are Vitality and Agility, be sure to max out those two first before putting points into a third.
A high Agility means Verso will act more often in combat, leading to more Burn overall. You can help speed him up further byputting the remaining points into Luck, which slightly increases Speed as well as Critical Rate.
Corpeso Traits (At Level 20+)
Since Verso can apply so much Burn and increase the damage that it deals,look for ways to pair him with other party members to take advantage of this.For example, Maelle’sBurning Canvasdeals more damage based on the number of Burn Stacks on the target; if that number is in the hundreds, Maelle’s already-prodigious damage output skyrockets.
Best Skills For Verso
Since this buildrelies primarily on Base Attacks, Skills are secondary. However, you’ll still want to have some key options for emergencies and specific situations.
From Firelets Verso take a break from lighting enemies on fire to get a minor heal, provided his target is already Burning. If you don’t have any Burning targets, or if you need a bigger heal,Perfect Recoveryrestores more Health and removes status effects at the same time.
Assault Zerocan help Verso increase his Perfection Rank quickly. It becomes less useful as Verso’s level gets into the 80s and 90s, though, as he’ll have enough Lumina Points by then that he canuse rapid-fire Free Aim shotsfor largely the same effect.
It pays to always have at least one Breaking Skill, andPerfect Breakis easily the best in Verso’s arsenal. While it can be tempting to just equip the Breaking Attack Lumina and keep swinging with Base Attacks to Break enemies, Perfect Breaktakes Verso straight to S Rankwhen it Breaks a foe, making it a very efficient choice in combination with Corpeso.
Like Sciel’s Rush, it can pay to have Versoopen a fight with Powerfulto give the team an attack buff. Your last slot can be whichever Skill you like; we pickedSteeled Strikefor our build, as it offers a powerful single hit that combos well with theCheaterPictos
Best Pictos And Lumina For Verso
Just like the rest of the team, Verso should haveCheater and Second Chanceequipped as soon as he has the Lumina Points to pay for them. A free revive and double turns is too good to pass up, especially when it doubles the amount of Burn that he can inflict.
Speaking of which,Double Burnis critical for this build, allowing Verso to apply20 Burn per hitat S Rank. Combine it withLonger Burnto extend their duration by two turns, and Corpeso’s passive powers will do the rest.
The keys to this build, though, are theCombo Attack Luminas.Equip Verso with as many as you can find; each onelets him strike one additional time with his Base Attack, applying more Burn through Corpeso each time. Even better, if Verso’s Rank increases in the middle of the combo, the subsequent hits will apply the new, higher Burn amount as a result.
Any Lumina with “Attack” in its name also enhances Base Attacks, making them good picks for this build as well since that’s how Verso will spend most of his turns.
Finally,take Luminas like Augmented Aim, Marking Shots, and Burning Shots.When Verso’s turn comes up,unload all of his AP into Free Aim shotsat your target before unleashing his Base Attack Combo. Not only does this potentially Mark them and add extra Burn stacks, but it alsopushes Verso’s Perfection Rank upwith each successful shot, letting Corpeso work more effectively on the actual attack.
