Gustave Skills Guide
Last Updated:April 24, 2025|Changelog
Gustave is an engineer and the inventor of the Lumina Converter. He wields a blade and pistol, but his true weapon is hidden within his mechanical arm. After most of Expedition 33 is wiped out on the beach, he becomes the group's de facto leader. This guide details each of Gustave's skills, with notes on how to use them, then continues on to suggested synergies and team compositions.
Gustave's unique mechanic is Charge. He builds Charges by attacking, dodging, parrying, and building skills. When used with 10 Charges, his Overcharge ability deals massive damage and is very likely to Break enemies, stunning them for a round.
Skill Breakdown
| Skill | Notes |
|---|---|
| Lumière Assault | Great for building charges. Because it has 5 hits, there are plenty of opportunities to crit, so you generate 6-7 Charges on average. |
| Overcharge | Gustave's nuke skill. At 10 Charge, this is very likely to break the enemy. Use Lumière Assault, or Parrying to rebuild Charges. |
| Powerful | Hit both Perfects to apply the buff to your entire party and generate 2 Charges. The buff lasts 3 turns, making it very valuable. |
| Marking Shot | Use Marking Shot before another party member uses a highly damaging skill. Since this only costs 2 AP, you can save up for another skill or fire off some Free Aim shots. |
| Recovery | This skill is pretty useful on lower difficulties but less effective on high difficulties, where it becomes more difficult to build Gustave as a tank. |
| From Fire | A good way to add a bit of health sustain while doing damage. You want enemies to always be burning to enable many synergies across Expedition 33's characters. |
| Shatter | An excellent AoE Break skill, use this to set up an Overcharge or take out an entire group of enemies all at once. |
| Strike Storm | If you can manage the hefty AP cost, this skill does excellent damage while efficiently building Charges for your next Overcharge. |
NOTE: Because Gustave only has 8 skills unlocked at the start of the game, and no early weapons with special effects, his builds are simpler than the other characters.
Build Synergies
Gustave can provide the Powerful buff, deal high burst damage with Overcharge, and efficiently break multiple enemies. His skills mostly deal Lightning damage, Physical damage, or use his Weapon's element, you get a wide variety of weapons to use in the early game making, it pretty easy to match an enemy's weakness. He benefits a lot from Critical Hits and has some Burn synergy, but no skills that inherently apply Burning. Gustave doesn't have many support options. He provides Powerful, but aside from that, he can only heal himself, and cannot apply many statuses.
Gustave is not available as a playable character after Chapter 1, therefore, this guide only explains his skills and synergies in the early game.
Summary
- Gustave's skills excel at dealing damage and breaking enemies.
- Overcharge is a massive nuke and Shatter is an AoE break.
- His build choices are limited because he only has 8 skills unlocked at the start of the game.
- There are also no weapons with special effects available in the early game for Gustave.
Credits
Written by: Tenkiei