Why you shouldn't use Maelle

[Garvi]

Clair Obscur is a fantastic game with striking visuals, amazing animation and a great soundtrack. However, from the end of Act 2 onwards the game looses all sense of balance.

Perhaps, like me, one of the aspects that drew you to the game was the engaging combat system. The sense of accomplishment from overcoming a tough boss fight, akin to that of a souls like is rare in today's gaming scene. Maelle, without optimisation, can and will trivialise content in the game. I was intensely disappointed to one shot the final story boss. All of the build up, the epic setting and sound track, simply deleted with a button press. I was level 55 (when i entered the zone) at the time, far from the level cap. I had made no effort to farm for optimal weapons or pictos.

TLDR:

If you want to maintain the challenge presented in the first act and the early part of act 2 - Don't use Maelle or at least her late game abilities.

[magickmynd]

I mean, if you want to use Maelle and still have a challenge, try using her in a solo party :) I'm doing it from the moment I get her in the first act and loving the crap out of it lol

Of course until you unlock her break ability there are rare occasions where you have to have another party member like gustave available, but holy crap is it fun to just steamroll everything with 1 party member XD