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Clair Obscur Expedition 33: How to Beat Sprong

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How to Find Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

How to Beat Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Sprong is an optional boss in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 that can be found in the overworld. With a massive health pool and attacks that hit like a truck, this boss can be very challenging to take down.

It’s recommended to attempt fighting Sprong in the later parts of the game, preferably after Act 2. The reason for this is that there’s a specific Picto that you get after defeating the final boss of Act 2 that will make a huge difference in this fight.

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This guide has everything you need to know about defeating Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.

How to Find Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Sprong can be found in the overworld of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He is located in a body of water northwest of Stone Wave Cliffs and southwest of Forgotten Battlefield. The image attached shows Sprong’s exact location.

Luckily, Sprong is very difficult to miss due to his massive size. To reach Sprong’s location, you’d have to at least unlock Esquie’s ability to break through coral. Players unlock this ability after completing Old Lumiere during the main mission.

How to Prepare for Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Preparing Pictos for Sprong Clair Obscur Expedition 33

To defeat Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, you will want to prepare by getting the Painted Power

This Picto will allow your party members to exceed 9,999 attack damage, which is crucial in this boss fight.

Players can get the Painted Power Picto by defeating The Paintress, the final boss of Act 2. After defeating her, Painted Power will automatically be added to your inventory.

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Before attempting to fight Sprong, make sure to master the Painted Power Picto by completing four fights with it equipped. Afterward, extract its Lumina for all party members, allowing each to exceed 9,999 attack damage.

Best Party Composition

The three best party members to bring into the Sprong boss fight are Verso, Sciel and Maelle. Remember, each one of these party members should extract the Lumina from the Painted Power Picto so they can deal more than 9,999 damage.

Verso is a good choice here due to his skills that deal high Light damage and allow for consecutive attacks. Sciel should be your primary healer here, and Maelle will be used to buff your party members and debuff Sprong. Sciel and Maelle will also be focusing on dealing damage.

Best Skills

To ensure you deal the highest damage possible to Sprong, it’s important to choose skills that help fill Verso’s Perfection meter and apply Sciel’s Foretell quickly. Additionally, we want Sciel to be able to heal the entire party and Maelle to apply buffs and debuffs.

Party Member	Skills	Description
Maelle	Guard Up	Applies Shell, reducing damage taken, to up to 3 allies for 3 turns.
	Guard Down	Applies Defenceless to all enemies for 3 turns.
	Burning Canvas	Deals high single target Void damage. 5 hits. Applies 1 Burn per hit. Damage increased for each Burn on the target.
	Payback	Deals very high single target Physical damage. 1 hit. Reduced AP cost for each attack parried since last turn. Can break the enemy.
Verso	Overload	Increases Rank to A and refills all AP but sets self-Health to 1.
	Phantom Stars	Deals extreme Light damage to all enemies. 5 hits. Can break enemy. S Rank: Costs 5 AP.
	Perfect Break	Deals very high single target Light damage. 1 hit. Can Break an enemy. Rank S on Break. B Rank: Costs 5 AP.
Sciel	Grim Harvest	Deals medium single target Dark damage. 1 hit. Heals all allies by 30%. Consumes Foretell to increase Heal by 5% per Foretell.
	Fortune’s Fury	Targeted ally deals double damage for 1 turn.
	Twilight Dance	Deals extreme single target Dark damage. 4 hits. During Twilight, extends Twilight duration by 1 turn. Consumes all Foretell to deal additional damage.
	Final Path	Deals extreme single target Dark damage and applies 10 Foretell. 1 hit. Can break enemy.

The protagonist from Clair Obscur Expedition 33 overlooking the landscape of the game.

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Attack Breakdown

Sprong Attack Pattern Clair Obscur Expedition 33

Sprong doesn’t have the most complex attack pattern, but one failed parry or dodge could lead to your party members fainting. As previously mentioned, Sprong deals a ton of damage.

Let’s take a look at his attack pattern and the best choice of action for each.

Attack Indicator	Description	Action
“Stage 1: Sprong strikes the Expedition.”	Sprong raises his fists and slams them down one time on the entire party.	Parry
“Stage 2: Sprong sabotages the Expedition.”	Sprong shoots four laser beams, with each one targeting a different party member. The first three lasers have a second between each, while the fourth one has a long delay.	Parry
“Stage 3: Sprong performs a 4-hit combo.”	Sprong slams his fist four times in a row.	Parry
“Stage 4: Sprong charges its Extermination Boom”	Sprong charges up for his next attack.	Nothing, prepare for his following attack.
“Stage 5: Sprong uses its Extermination Boom.”	Sprong shoots two blasts of energy at the entire party, back to back.	Parry

After Sprong completes his Stage 5 attack, he will repeat his attacks in the same order mentioned. However, at each quarter health, the number of times Sprong will attack on Stage 1 and Stage 3 increases.

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For example, once you drain a quarter of Sprong’s health, Stage 3 will now consist of a 5-hit combo, instead of four. When Sprong’s health is half, this will increase to a 6-hit combo, and then finally, with a quarter of his health left, it will turn into a 7-hit combo.

How to Beat Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

To beat Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, it’s important to have each character play their role and do it well.

For starters, we want to get Verso’s Perfection Rank to S as quickly as possible. This can be done through his Overload skill, which will instantly shoot him to Rank A. Then use basic attacks to reach S Rank and gain AP.

When Verso is in S Rank, his Phantom Stars skill will deal a very high amount of damage, especially with the Painted Power Picto we discussed earlier.

Keep in mind that using Overload will reduce Verso’s health to 1, so it’s essential to have Sciel on deck to use her Grim Harvest skill. Not only will this deal damage to Sprong, but it will also heal all party members.

You can also use Verso’s Perfect Break skill, which has the potential to Break Sprong and stun him for a couple of turns. If you manage to Break Sprong, Verso skyrockets to S Rank.

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For Maelle, have her use Guard Up on your party and Guard Down on Sprong when she gathers enough AP. The former will help protect your party if they miss a parry, and the latter will have them deal more damage on Sprong. Keep using these two skills when the effects wear off.

Maelle is very helpful with her Burning Canvas and Payback skills. Burning Canvas deals high Void damage and applies Burn, a great way to deal passive damage, and Payback deals high Physical damage with a reduced AP consumption for each attack parried last turn.

Considering Sprong attacks a ton, there is potential for plenty of parries, making Maelle’s Payback a perfect skill for this fight. This will result in her being able to use her skills more often.

Lastly, don’t forget about Gradient Attacks. I found Verso’s Striker Gradient Attack to deal the most damage. Use Sciel’s Fortune’s Fury on Verso before he uses Striker to deal double damage.

Sprong Rewards

After defeating Sprong in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, players will earn valuable rewards for their efforts. Below are all the rewards for defeating Sprong.

Cheater

Picto: Always play twice in a row.
3x Grandiose Chroma Catalyst.
“Sprong” Trophy.

The Cheater Picto is one of the best in the game. It essentially allows the user to continuously deal double damage, considering they always play twice.

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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Released: April 24, 2025
ESRB: Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Developer(s): Sandfall Interactive
Publisher(s): Kepler Interactive
Engine: Unreal Engine 5
Cross-Platform Play: No