Expedition 33 Best Weapons Tier List (All Characters)

TL;DR: the best weapon for each character

Weapons in Expedition 33 are character-locked. There is no shared pool and no single "best weapon" across the party, so the only answer worth giving is one best-in-slot pick per character plus the progression weapon you run until it comes online. Our rule for every pick is the same: the Level 20 passive decides the weapon, not the raw Power number.

Character	Best weapon	Element	Why it wins
Maelle	Medalum	Physical	Opens every battle in Virtuose Stance for a turn-1 burst
Sciel	Charnon	Void	Guaranteed crits while in Twilight
Verso	Chevalam	Physical	Starts every fight at Rank S, up to +300% damage
Monoco	Joyaro	Lightning	Opens every battle in Almighty Mask
Lune	Scaverim	Dark	Dark Stains stack +50% skill damage each, multiplicatively
Gustave	Lanceram	Physical	Highest accessible Power in his pool

For where each character fits across the party, see our character tier list.

How weapons actually work

Each character has their own pool of 14 to 28 weapons, 141 across the party, and a weapon one character uses cannot be equipped by anyone else. Every weapon scales with exactly two of the five attributes (Vitality, Might, Agility, Defense, Luck), each graded from D up to S. A higher letter means more of that attribute converts into Attack Power.

Weapons level to 33, with passives unlocking at Levels 4, 10, and 20. That Level 20 passive is the weapon's identity, and it is why the "best" pick almost never matches the highest Power stat. Upgrade your main weapon to 20 at The Curator's bench before you spend a single Chroma Catalyst on an alternative.

Maelle: Medalum

item:medalum opens every battle in Virtuose Stance, handing Maelle +200% damage on the opening turn and doubling Burn application while the stance holds. That deletes the one-to-two turn ramp other Maelle weapons make you suffer through. item:stendhal, her single-hit Void skill, soaks the entire multiplier stack, so the Virtuose opener lets that hit land turn 1 instead of three turns deep. Our Maelle Stendhal build guide walks the full one-shot setup.

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Before you reach it, item:brulerum (Fire, applies Burn on crits, Agility A / Luck S) carries Act 1 with early crit-burn pressure.

Sciel: Charnon

item:charnon guarantees 100% critical hits while Sciel is in Twilight State, and at Level 10 each crit applies Foretell. Twilight is her burst window, adding +25% damage per consumed charge with the Foretell cap doubled, all multiplicative. Charnon strips out the crit variance so every Twilight hit lands as a guaranteed 1.5x crit on top of that stacked multiplier. Pair it with item:sealed-fate for guaranteed-crit finishers. Scaling runs Luck S / Defense A. You pick it up from the Renoir's Drafts merchant in Act 3. The full window is mapped in our Sciel Twilight build guide.

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Until then, item:rangeson (Act 2) gives you balanced damage and support.

Verso: Chevalam, Simoso, Dualiso

Verso is the one character where the answer splits three ways, so here is the order.

Chevalam is the practical pick for almost everyone. It starts every fight with Verso already at Rank S for +200% damage, adds up to +100% more while you avoid taking hits, and auto-applies Rush at combat start for a near-guaranteed first move. Scaling is Agility S / Luck A.

Simoso is the absolute ceiling, dropped by the superboss item:simon. Every skill attack hits twice and summons a phantom blade that adds Light damage and Burn to each skill. If you clear Simon, this is your weapon.

item:dualiso is the build-enabler you run early. Its Level 4 passive grants an extra turn after a basic attack, and at Level 20 a base attack generates 4 Perfection, doubling your Perfection-building rate until the one-shot pieces come online. See the Verso Perfection build guide for the rotation.

Monoco: Joyaro

Joyaro opens every battle in Almighty Mask, which guarantees the bonus effects of every skill and forces variable-magnitude skills to hit their maximum. At Level 10 it adds +20% damage per consecutive turn without taking damage, up to +100% across five turns. At Level 20 it doubles Break damage while the mask holds, and Monoco is a Break specialist. This is his Medalum: it front-loads the best state every single fight. Scaling is Agility S / Defense A. Grab it from the Flying Manor (item:lampmaster) or Endless Night Sanctuary (item:ultimate-sakapatate).

In Act 2, Nusaro (Dark) deals 30% more damage when your skill matches the wheel.

Lune: Scaverim

item:scaverim generates Dark Stains, and each Stain adds +50% skill damage multiplicatively. Two Stains push you to roughly 2.25x, three to roughly 3.375x. That is the cleanest sustained-damage curve in Lune's pool. If your party leans on Burn synergy through Sciel or Maelle, item:choralim (Fire) is the co-top option: it guarantees crits once Lune holds four Stains and those crits apply Burn, with scaling at Agility A / Defense S.

Both come online in Act 3. Earlier on, item:trebuchim (Act 2) generates two random Stains on a base attack at Level 20, and item:kralim keeps the engine fed.

Gustave: Lanceram

Gustave's weapons carry no passives, so his pick comes down to Power and scaling alone. item:lanceram holds the highest accessible Power in his pool and drops at Spring Meadows (from Lancelier), Coastal Cave, or the Flying Manor. If you want a tankier line, item:abysseram (Vitality S / Defense A, +2 Vitality) is the alternative.

One fact outweighs the weapon choice itself: Gustave leaves the party for good after Act 1. Do not sink rare Chroma Catalysts into his weapon when those materials belong on the five characters who stay.