Upcoming Stendhal Balance Changes

Maelle's Stendhal ability is by far the most powerful skill in Expedition 33 due to its massive damage multiplier. In fact, Stendhal is so strong that the developers at Sandfall Interactive have announced some balance changes for the skill.

Stendhal Balance Changes

Expeditioners, a quick note on Stendhal and balance changes:

We hadn’t planned to make any balance changes this early—just bug fixes, unless something clearly stood out.

Well, Stendhal did.

It was underwhelming for most of development, so in our final pre-release balance pass, we gave it a big damage boost—and clearly overdid it. It ended up overshadowing most other options.

We still want you to be able to break the game—and you absolutely still can—but Stendhal was making it a bit too easy.

You’ve got one more day to enjoy it in its current form and set some wild records. The adjustment will be included in our first full hotfix set, going live tomorrow. The patch will roll out on Steam first, and other platforms will follow.

After the change, it’ll still be a strong single-hit skill with great synergy potential... just more in line with everything else.

Will Stendhal Survive?

Currently, the answer is unknown, but based on the update, it sounds like it will. Good news is that there are plenty of endgame builds that don't rely on Stendhal, for example, this burn stacking setup can 1-shot bosses using Burning Canvas.

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Written by: Tenkiei