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c1 Varesa is already a bigger upgrade.
the IT element buffs could make him useful
but c6 isnt really something that really helps
2) Imaginarium Theatre is a new monthly endgame mode, sort of a rogue-like mode where you have to collect characters and buffs as you progress through several stages. Wolfy is the NPC that manages the mode.
3) Miliastra Wonderland is the new User-Generated Content mode for Genshin. Imagine Roblox or Fortnite Creative, but with Genshin stuff. Has basically nothing to do with the actual game, but allows users to create and share minigames.
4) Nod Krai essentially does have a Statue of the Seven, just instead of being one of the Seven Archons, it's a statue of the Moon Goddess. Nod Krai is sort of a whole new area added to the story, so it's like an '8th nation' essentially, so the statues are mostly just a gameplay consistency thing.
5) Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan each would take like 25-30 hours of main quests to get through, plus already like 20 hours of Nod Krai so far. So yeah... a lot to get through. Plus all the side content, some of which is pretty relevant. You CAN quick-start to jump straight to Nod Krai's quest, but imo you'll be missing out on a lot of the call-backs and pay-offs that they've got, since Nod Krai was added to sort of clarify and wrap up a lot of loose threads from previous nations.
increases Lunar charged too, so i see no problem with that
And the second half of the C4 is +100% MV to your mini-burst, from 855% at Lvl 13 to 955%.
TLDR; start combat with full burst if you want (and have the ER to still mini-burst afterwards), otherwise just more damage on mini bursts.
for Varesa youd prefer the Chevreuse overload team, more than having Xilonen for Varesa
if you want Xilonen for another team, mention that
Arlecchino Skill -> Xingqiu Skill + Burst (+ Skill if on Sac Sword) -> Bennett Skill + Burst -> Sucrose Skill + Attack + Burst -> Arlecchino Charged Attack + many Attacks
And the thrilling tales of dragons slayers book is only available from wishing. I recommend getting one or two to r5 and keeping them locked.
Sucrose's goals in this team are:
* Use Skill or Burst for team EM buff on her passive.
* Swirl Pyro to activate Viridescent Venerer artifact set resist shred (and further EM share passive)
* Give TTDS buff to Arlecchino by swapping to her (which is fine because VV set buff is also very short)
So, in order to do all of those;
* You'd start with Arle skill to set up her mark >
* Xingqiu Burst and Skill to set up his Hydro application, and get a Vape on his skill for a bit of damage >
* Bennett Burst and Skill to set up his burst, as well as put a Pyro aura on the enemy after Xingqiu's Vape removed it >
* Sucrose E to Swirl Pyro, then N1 to Swirl away the rest of the Pyro and trigger Xingqiu's Rainsword to apply Hydro to the enemy. Burst is optional in this team, it won't completely screw you over unlike in a Melt team, but it's also a fairly minor buff if you don't have the energy for it >
* Arlecchino Charged attack to absorb her mark (which should be fully charged by now) and then normal attack the enemy to trigger Vaporises and keep applying Hydro with Xingqiu's Rainswords. A 3-hit or 5-hit combo followed by a dash to reset the combo is your best bet for Arlecchino.
* Once her skill is off cooldown (and you're nearly out of Bond of Life to fuel her damage), you start again.
get primogems later
thats about it
All my built characters rn are Xilonen (fav), Kazuha (sig), Jean (amenoma), Alhaitham (black sword), Nilou (sig), Ayato (sig), Layla (fav), Kaeya (lion's roar), Kuki (iron sting), Kirara (fav), Xingqiu (durin's) and Bennett (sapwood blade)
Kaeya has lion's roar R5 because I use him with Diluc in a reverse melt team.
Thanks!
If you've got decent builds and are more in the endgame, I'd swap Kaeya for Bennett, more Pyro energy for Xiangling.
I'd also recommend you pre-farm the Pyro boss for Xiangling before you ascend your world level again, so you don't get stuck trying to deal with it before you can level XL up.
you want to pick ONE pyro that vapes
but youd need to sometimes normal attack between his plunges for hydro from Xingqiu
not that great honestly
you can use Xiangling with someone else on field. which can be anemo like Sucrose, normal attacking and applying hydro from Xingqiu
What basically happened was when I logged in it went through the cutscene of traveler first entering teyvat, I also noticed that the UID was different.
I logged out and logged in again but it still was the same. I double checked if I was on the right server and using the same email address by searching through my emails in the past 2 years.
I further checked using my brothers account to search my main acc and while it did exist with the same UID and username, it was a blank slate, like a new players profile.
Does anyone know what happened? I left after fontaine and I have pictures that proved that my main acc did exist
I know it doesn’t very well ‘matter’ early, but I’d like to start on a good foot. Considering things like overworld comfort to begin with, compatibility with free characters, the value of any 4* on the banner, ascension material accessibility, etc.
Otherwise, Ineffa is probably a safer general pickup, especially if you turn out not to be a fan of Zibai's gameplay when we see it tomorrow. Even on her own, though ideally also with Columbina.
Also, I’m wondering if Illuga’s performance particularly depends on his C6.
Other 4th slots would probably be a healer of some sort. Barbara could work fine for Hydro resonance. Gorou or Kachina as Geo buffers could work, but idk if they're very 'good'.
C2 is apparently kinda important for Illuga, and C6 IS a boost, but if you're on a brand new account you should probably just use him even at C0.
C6 Illuga is 15k-17k DPS, Gorou C6 is 12k more. Team with both c6 is 150k so even with the losses it's good.
Columbina alone is fine if you plan to pick-up any other Nod Krai units in the future. She won't be that strong at the start, but will still be fine for clearing things as you work toward your next Nod Krai unit.
Not sure if you're interested in Varessa, but since you're asking about new accounts specifically, I gotta give her a shout out. Varessa is a great stand-alone unit and her banner has some of her best teammates in Chevy and Iansan. She's not a top tier DPS like Mavuika or Skirk, but she's no slouch either, probably making it to top 5 in most content. Purely from a gameplay perspective, if I were starting an account now I'd try for Varessa, then worry about Columbina in a future rerun banner.
55% hydro bonus easily makes pyro traveler superior to durin.
You're only on guarantee after you pull an off-banner 5-star. If you get Capturing Radiance, you get the banner 5-star, so you're not on guarantee afterward.
that should get Starfell Valley to 100%!
Does anyone know what that was about?
> When nearby party members trigger Frozen, Superconduct, Cryo Swirl, or Cryo Crystallize reactions against opponents, a Void Rift will be created near this opponent. **This effect can be triggered once every 2.5s.** 3 Void Rifts created by Skirk herself can exist on the field at once.
You can’t really generate them faster than the time limit. They are generated a bit by you during your setup as your supports rotate or by you being on field. You can’t try to change the rotation so that you have more uptime on freeze, or you can change your rotation to consume when you do eventually generate three.
Choices are;
Collei c2, gaming c0, Candace c4, Barbara c3, keqing c0, aino c0, dahlia c1, ororon c5, sethos c5, Dori c0, kuki c5, Thoma c3, beidou c3, amber c1, razor c3, Lisa c1.
Kuki is the best of those, since she can heal + help any dendro comps (and even some cope electro-charge comps).
Keqing won't have a good time in later chambers, but I really like her for earlier chambers since she can serve as a solid unit on those so you don't have to waste your better characters.
Collei, Barbara, Aino, Ororon, and Thoma are all reasonably useful at low investment and can fill slots in teams easily. Pick whichever element you think you'll need the most of.
The rest are a bit more cope, but can be fine for early chambers just to fill slots. I'd prioritize others unless you really like one of them or want to deal with very specific mechanics (like Amber's pyro app being good for some things).
Collei is lvl 60, hyperbloom may be useful for the protecting ley line.
Kuki also I thought is the best option, useful for hyperbloom.
Barbara purely because she's the closest to lvl 70, although being lvl 40.
although he has an annoying boss
and Beidou, kind of for the same reasons. shields and off field reactions
even later chambers
I'd go with Kuki, Ororon, and either Collei or Aino, depending on whether you play any lunar teams. If you pick Collei, you can run her with Kuki for a hyperbloom team.
It doesn't matter how many wins you had, your counter can't go lower than 0.
Used S23 phones with warranty should cost around 300 bucks too, but no-one should recommend buying 2 year old phones, it's not a bad option though.
Secondly, I'm only starting Genshin, and getting through the second act of the plot/archon quests.
I've opened Spiral Abyss, got to the 4th floor too. The question here: the inventory is blocked ,right? So I can't heal with food. However sometimes I'm getting prompt to eat something reviving for a character. I can't tell what or why it happens. Is there some special condition?
And happy new year to you too,
Thank you.
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I only have one guarantee for the next little while.
They’d replace either Aino or Fischl respectively. I like both of them as characters pretty much equally
and try for Ineffa with the rest you gather
the alternative Fischl and Sucrose should be quite strong but sustainless
What Joe mentioned might be worth it though in fishing for Columbina and then hoping you can get Ineffa with what you have left over.
Context: went from C2 iansan to C6 iansan. Currently with R4 fav and 4pc scroll. Would like to now use her in mavuika melt w/ Bennett (noblesse) + citlali (scroll), replacing xilonen (petra).
I have durin so thinking of going for varka directly.
I've been playing since launch and never have I experienced this 1-sided of artifact drops, I was curious if they might have changed something going int this patch and I was unaware
Iansan has a lower cost Burst than Pyro Traveller, it's easier to meet her ER requirements especially with her C1 dropping it even further.
Chevy can get by without any ER on SODP since her healing and buffs won't require her Burst.
Ideally you'll want to catch Chevy's Hold E energy particles with Traveller to help ensure you have enough energy.
However, since Pyro Traveller doesn't do a lot of damage in comparison to Varesa, it's fine if you use ER sands & ATK Goblet on Traveller. Should prioritize good stats and levels on Varesa first, then optimize Traveller later
This is about making her do the most damage, not about increasing overall team dps. I am not using adding characters like Xiangling/Kinich since it is not the point
I have a 4th team slot that I don't really know who to put (Emilie-blank-Durin-Bennett). I do want to jam nightsoul buffs into this, but I feel that Pyro MC might not be sufficient (I don't have Mauv) or than Durin would "steal" chances to activate Scroll buffs in later rotations.
Would ZL be an option, too? He does shred dendro by just having his shield up.
Anyway off-field kits are just EQ swap so you don't have to feel too bad about it if it makes an on-fielder you like work better.
I just played her for the first time in IT today and I found her really fun. Namely her burst and I was thinking with some like off field pyro app maybe she can do some big vape numbers idk. But my will to get her whenever she rolls back around has been reignited. (People told me she’s not worth as a support so maybe DPS is the play lol)
Ex: 1 Off Field Pyro, 1 Off Field Electro, 1 Anemo Swirl Driver
And if you add an Anemo character... Chevreuse doesn't work. So it's a double bad idea.
Check either the Youtube or Twitch channels. The trailer should be in it, or not long after.
What weapon do I give to him based on calcs?
R5 Moonweaver's Dawn
R1 Wolf-Fang
R1 Splendor of Tranquil Waters
~~Personally would like it if Splendor is the one to be calculated the best choice cause really no one else can use this thing but yeah what is the best choice though based on the given weapons~~
Splendor buffs HP and Skill damage, Durin does ATK-scaling Burst damage. And cuz it's a HP scalers weapon, it's got low base ATK for a 5\*.
Hypercarry DPS usually denotes LOTS of on field time and rest of team is supports with little to no sub DPS.
Classic example would be Raiden Hypercarry (Raiden+Bennett+Sara+Kazuha, 1 on field DPS+3 supports) vs Raiden National (Raiden+XQ+XL+Kazuha, 1 on field DPS, 2 sub DPS, 1 support)
Here's the DPS breakdown of certain Hu Tao, Skirk, and Mavuika teams as an example: https://i.imgur.com/hg8YBtX.png
In these teams, Hu Tao is clearly not a hypercarry, she is only barely doing more damage than Yelan. Skirk is doing notably more than half of the team damage, but Furina and Escoffier's damage stats are still mattering a little bit. And in Mavuika's team, only Citlali is just barely managing to appear; Mavuika is clearly a hypercarry in this team.
Compare that to a Mualani team, which uses Mona, Sucrose and Pyro Traveler all to buff Mualani and not focus on their own damage, so this would make Mualani a 'Hypercarry' by the other definition used. But the team archetype is still called a 'Vaporise' team, because the majority of your damage is done via the Vaporise reaction, and having the Pyro aura to consistently Vaporise is a big deal.
Ningguang because I could make use of her with Kachina and Gorou, and have Xiangling as a fourth slot
or Yanfei/Gaming because I am in need of a pyro DPS
Photo of my characters:
[https://imgur.com/a/jG9v3LC](https://imgur.com/a/jG9v3LC)
Not sure how good Gorou is for Ning, since most of his power at C0 is in DEF buffs, which Ning doesn't use. And I doubt you have C6 Gorou if you don't use the gacha, where he gets a lot more Geo damage buffs. But again, probably still a good option out of the ones you have.
I could run
Sucrose Aino Ororon Lisa
Gaming Xingqiu Lanyan(?) and another pyro
I guess if you have Flins, you could put it on him, and do a Flins+Aino team and a Columbina+Ineffa team, to use both at once. But again, seems very contrived.
Again, it's a good statstick worth keeping for any DPS. But I think the LC buff passive that requires a shielder is pretty irrelevant, so trying to force it to be usable with Zhongli doesn't seem practical.
As someone who has saved enough pulls for columbina and ineffa together,how good are their respective signatures on a flins premium team.How much better would they be against the weapons I already own,i.e,deathmatch on ineffa,staff of homa on flins and prototype amber on columbina.
Is it worth pulling on this weapon banner or should I save primogems for other future characters???
But, if you do have pulls and you really just want a good Flins team, it's probably as good a weapon banner as you could hope for. Columbina sig is apparently +35% personal damage, and Ineffa's sig was originally calced as 25% better than Deathmatch, but in a team like this it's probably even better because it buffs LC damage for the whole team. So yeah, if you got both, I could see it as maybe a 30-40% team DPS increase.
Their weapons have lower priority and behind their own constellations.
Of course, their calculations may not be accurate. The content creator server will release more videos and calculations next week.
BUT, my point is that the only people who will pick C6 before R1 are absolute leviathans. Most whales or long-time savers will go to C2, then consider R1s. Because an R1 is a much more attainable and cost-effective goal than jumping straight to C6.
I wouldn't recommend spending willy-nilly before you've got an understanding of the game and what you enjoy playing, but if you're worried about pulling a character now and them being powercrept later, that's pretty much always going to happen eventually.
Technically the optimal thing to do would be wait for the game to announce EOS (end of service), then you'll know exactly who the best DPS units in the game are and always will be, pull them C6 with your arduous years of savings, and then the game will EOS and you won't be able to play them anyway. But much more enjoyable to live in the moment, pull a character you like and is strong now, and if you get bored of them, get someone new later.
Also, going for a character is generally pretty safe, because 'pity' carries over between banners. So you don't lose 'progress' towards getting a 5\* character if you don't get them in time. That's not the case for the weapon or Chronicled Wish banners though, so don't pull on them unless you have 150+ pulls saved up and can guarantee you get what you want before the banner ends.
\- the guarantee carries over
\-the fate point doesn't, how ever, if i loose, then i dont get a fate point anyway but instead a guarantee, which carries over?
thank you and happy new year!
- If you get a standard weapon, your next one is **Guaranteed** to be a limited weapon A or B. This carries over between banners.
- If you pick weapon A, and you get a 5* weapon that isn't weapon A, you get a **Fate Point** that guarantees the next 5* you get is weapon A. The Fate Point disappears after the banner ends.
- So, if you get a standard, then don't get weapon A, the Guarantee stays and Fate Point doesn't. So next banner, you have a 50:50 between weapons C and D, but if you just want C, you may still lose to D and have to spend another 80 pulls for C. So losing a fate point can still be like losing 80 pity worth of value.
thx!
If you want a guarantee for next banner, just saving for then and having 100% is a lot better than aiming for 50/50.
appreciate the warning though, thank you!
Skirk premium.
With Columbina's release soon, Flins and Nefer premiums will shoot up a lot. Think I heard somewhere that Flins will now have one of the best teams overall even.
1) Mavuika Melt
2) Any Lunar Duo with Columbina
3) Skirk Premium
4) Mualani Mona
5) Varesa Durin
6) Any Lunar Duo with Aino, no Columbina
Cuz you can't have a Flins+Ineffa+Columbina team for endgame, AND a Nefer+Lauma+Columbina team on another side. So on an account that has everyone, Skirk will still likely be your best 3rd team.
i won 50/50 on mualani first banner when 5.0 came out and then mavuika when she came out beginning of 2025
but i later lost on skirk then guaranteed lauma, lost on durin and guaranteed durin, and im pulling for xilonen soon is there a chance it’ll appear or nah ?
Will Sandrone be playable ? i thought she would belong to the list of new character
i want to see the duo with her big daddy
who are the 5 others reflexion ?
Voltei a jogar recentemente, depois de muito tempo, e gostaria de saber como que a gente consegue personagens antigos, se tem algum método diferente ou só esperando a sorte, porque desde aquela época sempre quis a Kokomi, mas checando aqui vi que ela não tem banner desde agosto de 2023... Ela é tão rara assim?