What was the biggest misjudgment you had about a character?

I start. When i was early to the game, i accidentally got Chevreuse from the standard banner, and i was like, darn it, she only shots a bullet and that's it? So useless (at the time, i thought characters that apply their element frequently, or even better, from off-field, are what i should look for).

Later, i found out i can form an overload comp with her, Raiden and Xiangling, so i started actually using her.

But it wasn't until i found out how many people don't have her on their accounts that realized how lucky i was getting her from standard banner and didn't take her for granted anymore, specially since Mavuika's overload team was my favorite team at the time.

Fast forward to this patch, I actually went for Xilonen and then Varesa (although I didn't actually want them) just to get her C6. And now, Varesa has become my favorite character to play and i'm glad pursuing Chevreuse made me get her. Chevy just never disappoints.

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thisiskyle772026-01-04 12:55

Probably Kazuha. Thought he was 5 star sucrose. Skipped him first and eventually pulled on his first rerun. Did serve well for years but unfortunately he is deadweight now.

The_Maedre2026-01-04 12:57

It's sad how he's 3* Sucrose in the current meta.

Andromeda_Violet2026-01-04 12:57

didn't expect gaming to be the best plunge dps that he is

The_Maedre2026-01-04 13:07

What is this Xiao scandal

Andromeda_Violet2026-01-04 17:12

Wdym? With all my love for Xiao, hes sadly not the best plunge dps right now. Hopefully he'll get buffed..

isshinari2026-01-04 12:59

Kazuha but the other way around

Got him when I started on his first rerun after being told he fits in almost any team just to find out soon he didn't fit in my first teams (Mono Geo, Cyno Hyperbloom, Wanderer hypercarry) and before I got to play the teams he's actually great in he got pushed out of them (Xilonen, Escoffier, Lunar Charge etc.).

The_Maedre2026-01-04 13:04

Damn that's sad.

I started the game right before Inazuma chronicled banner, and my friend was pouring Kazuha propaganda down my throat. I'm glad i didn't have enough pulls to go for him at the time.

isshinari2026-01-04 13:10

It's okay. He's still a very handsome boi. I'll find a spot for him eventually.

The_Maedre2026-01-04 13:12

Inazuma buffs when (my Raiden is also too pretty to be benched).

Vonmoondk2026-01-04 13:30

Will my boi kazuha get buff? If they just extend the duration of his buffs both his passive and VV and make him strong against mutliwave..

SF-UberMan2026-01-04 14:15

You'd probably have better luck with the lottery, given Sino-Japanese relations as of late.

Fishuman2026-01-04 13:08

Misjudgement goes both ways right? I'd say Cyno. I just thought he looked cool and was already used to selfish hyper carry type characters like Razor, Xiao, and Itto.

But for some reason, he just feels so damn awful to use and somehow he's not killing as fast as I expected him to or kill too fast? Especially after all the power up buffs wear off and he's still in his burst mode. Or he swaps off early to reapply dendro and the rotation becomes all awkward. Especially if I kill too fast and one E totally misses, usually means he cannot get his burst back properly.

I never use him anymore.

The_Maedre2026-01-04 13:14

My condolences.

Unique-Recognition972026-01-04 14:15

Loved his character and his JP VA so I pulled for c2 on the day of his release. He was already benched a few months after, he feels horrible to play. One of my only regretted pull.

Mikauren2026-01-04 18:30

If genshin starts doing what hsr is doing with novaflares, cyno is definitely someone i consider a contender on that list just because of how bad he feels to play and how little damage he does. the fact that he feels bad even when he does damage due to his lack of burst uptime is just sad.

aqbac2026-01-06 04:50

I mean the hexenrei buffs were the nova flare. Since some of them are active even without another hex member

Vusdruv2026-01-04 21:38

I think the problem with Cyno was that he's not designed for overworld use at all. He's very Burst reliant but how the heck are you gonna charge it in open play when the mobs die before you cen even get a full combo in?

ozush2026-01-04 13:12

Escoffier. When she released I was still kinda new and thought “oh she only heals applies cryo and shreds some res” plus I didn’t have any good hydro or cryo units to play with her so it was an easy skip. And then Skirk came out whom I ended up getting with the weapon and boy was I wrong about Esco. Where is my chef now? I still wouldn’t change my pulls though. Even without Esco and Furina, r1 Skirk was the main contributor in my abyss clears +I got some handy weapons from the banner

The_Maedre2026-01-04 13:16

I skipped both Escoffier and Skirk since they didn't interest me at the time, but her team slowly grew on me specially since i really like Furina, and i will get them on their rerun.

z0kuuu2026-01-04 14:01

hoh boy, Emilie definitely.

I was collecting all Fontainians for my collection and so ofc Emilie, being Fontainian, was included in the list. Ngl, I wasn't really hyped about her nor do I have any original attachment to her since she was just generally released at the tail end of Fontaine/4.x era.

But after pairing her with Arle which started my Burn Arle Agenda, she was so soooo good as an off-fielder that now she's my literal dark horse that I always use with Arle in the Abyss. With Kinich too, she got spread out to multiple teams and glad to say, I am super happy I went with her rather than save up and try for Natlan units (which ironically, Mualani, as much as I love her character, had the absolute worst controls especially for high pings so I would have skipped her either way)

The_Maedre2026-01-04 17:25

This is the first time i see someone being so happy with Emilie.

SanicHegehag2026-01-04 14:25

Navia

I went into Fontaine with zero hype for her. She had an interesting design, but I wasn't really sold on it. During the story, she really grew on me. I figured I'd give her a pull as a "C0/R1collectable".

After playing her for an hour, I upped her to C2.

After another hour or so, she joined the C6 club.

Now, she's triple Crowned and Level 100.

Her gameplay is fantastic, and she's just so satisfying to use. Watching her fire off a round and absolutely obliterate a boss is incredible.

The_Maedre2026-01-04 17:24

That escalated quickly.

I tried her on a friend's account and she was really fun!

Dokrabackchod2026-01-04 14:34

Beidou. Didn't think much of her at first, then accidentally one shot that big samurai dude by parrying him and started maining her, she was especially useful against Automata boss which drops mauvika ascension items since I haven't build kachina and no character could climb up the pillar, she absorb that one shot attack of that boss like a champ without losing single hp

chyrp2026-01-04 16:10

Ineffa. Got her for the shield, never imagined the rest of her kit would prove so enduringly deadly.

Apparently I'm not alone. Of the 7 players who borrowed one of my characters for this IT, 6 picked my C0DeathmatchR5 Ineffa, and only 1 picked my C2R1 Akasha top 4% Arlecchino.

The_Maedre2026-01-04 17:23

Not getting her is one of my regrets, definitely will grab her next patch.

OrbitalSong2026-01-04 16:17

Ineffa. Not exactly a misjudgment, but I thought I would wait and see how the other Nod-Krai characters play out and whether she would provide enduring value or kinda disappear like Emilie did.

I've now gotten to see how the other Nod-Krai characters play out, and I'm definitely pulling Ineffa this time around. Would have made my roster much stronger if I'd had her since her first banner, but hindsight is 20/20.

The_Maedre2026-01-04 17:22

We're in the same boat. I will definitely get her next patch, even if it means i can't get Bina.

Cormacolinde2026-01-04 21:08

Same, I didn’t like her much, and didn’t see her as that good. Regretted that on a gameplay level, and storywise I REALLY enjoyed her role in the NK story. I am set for getting her C0R1 next patch.

tuncii3222026-01-04 16:46

Mualani

I initially liked her design a lot and i eventually got her on update day. I thought shes clunky and she missed a lot in 5.0 on release so i forgot about her until xilonen's rerun when i got her and started using her again

Now shes my favorite character and can clear most endgame content with her easily. They had also patched her normals missing so she feels pretty nice to play. I also got C1R1 afterwards and shes destroying everything

The_Maedre2026-01-04 17:17

I wasn't a fan of Mualani's design, personality or playstyle, but when i actually played Natlan's Archon quest, i ended up really liking her design and personality. She's really pretty and isn't the all rainbow and sunshine character i thought she was. The playstyle is still not for me, but doing those big vapes was fun.

tuncii3222026-01-04 17:19

I did a 2.3 million shark hit this theater

The_Maedre2026-01-04 17:21

Damn.

BandicootFar41262026-01-05 15:10

Actually I think she is better than Neuvi and more fun to use.

SavingWagyuPork2026-01-04 17:59

Tighnari. Hes strong af.

Breaditos2026-01-04 18:05

Bennett. Then, I got to endgame and spiral abyss. My dude is still carrying me since patch 1.x

Advendra2026-01-04 18:45

Furina

UmbraNightDragon2026-01-04 18:57

I started properly playing in 2.1, and for a while I was convinced that Ayato wouldn’t be playable (or would likely be an NPC).

Over the course of 3 years, I got him to C6 and level 95 through standard (non-whale) primogem income, and he clears most content faster than my Mavuika, Skirk, and Flins teams, all C0R0 of course.

when-icarus-flew2026-01-05 14:13

How are you running him? I've been wanting to pull him off the bench, I used to enjoy him a lot. But definitely sticking to C0 (I'm BP/welkin only). I think he's got a c3 black sword right now, and I'd be willing to work towards a c5 BP for him.

UmbraNightDragon2026-01-05 16:29

He does struggle without decent vertical investment (i.e. C2R1), but generally I run him on a team with Bennett, Yun Jin, and Kazuha/Xilonen to maximize his personal damage (I personally don’t love timing forward vaporize with Xiangling or similar).

Wheelchair teams with Escoffier or Ineffa are almost certainly more effective nowadays, so at a low investment I would moreso recommend building him to burst every rotation and such in those teams instead of forcing him into a hypercarry (where I wouldn’t expect much beyond 30k/slash; higher investment is closer to 50-60k/slash). In general, he should have his burst active as much as possible even if he’s not being built as a burst support. One useful mechanic is that his burst scales quadratically depending on the number of enemies hit by his burst attacks (similar to Ganyu), which gives him a strong synergy with Venti. I haven’t looked into how Hexerei affects this in teambuilding.

His main issue is that his cooldowns don’t match many other characters’. I find that putting him in teams with shorter, flexible rotations tends to be more effective than strict ones in endgame content, but there are websites like gcsim that can help with identifying some niche synergies.

Responsible_Tale24502026-01-04 20:08

Lyney, I am a pyro collector and I saw him and was like ( duh? Not even a new playstyle, guess I am pulling anyway)

Ending up as my main, my most loved character, and the one I cherish the most

His character stroy is everything for me, and I wait for any content about him day after day

I love my femboy magician

cinammon-2026-01-04 20:35

I didn’t think Xianyun would be worth it to pull for my Hu Tao when she came out. Eventually realized that wasn’t the case, but by then it was becoming clear that she was getting power crept anyway.

When I was still new to the game, I thought Thoma (got him on his debut) and Sayu were great lol.

Lastly, I thought Ganyu was more meta than Ayaka for the longest time.

DueOstrich93642026-01-04 21:25

Kuki Shinobu

Took a long time to learn that building her with EM makes her a good sub dps in addition to her already constant electro skill uptime.

Now she's a staple in many teams due to all the roles she can fill at once.

Vusdruv2026-01-04 21:36

I don't follow the meta so any talks about team comps and such usually go right above my head and I mostly pull for characters I like and/or find fun in the overworld.

When Kazuha released, everyone was like "Sucrose sidegrade at best" and I ignored him. His trial didn't convince me to pull for him either. When I tried him out on a friend's account though, OH MY GOODNESS, using his E in the overworld literally blew me away. Never have I felt such regret skipping a character.

This is purely from a gameplay perspective.

Mystic_bean542026-01-05 00:08

Originally I only leveled Rosaria so I had someone to use to farm the pyro set in Liyue for Yanfei. Now, Rosaria is 3x crowned and by far my most consistent character with her normal attack cracking 30k while buffed by c5 Mika and ç6 yunjin

KataklysmGI2026-01-05 02:38

Cyno. Loved his design, how his kit looked, and his characterization.
Never played him due to Scarabs. After leveling him up, I never played him because he just feels awful to play. He feels even worse since I don't have Baizhu.

Sirlatin962026-01-05 11:58

This is funny because i keep seeing people put that chev girl with a gun everywhere, and i really didnt understand why. She wasn't applying a lot of pyro, she wasnt doing all that much damage, her burst didn't really stick... so why?

Well i just today i decided to check her talents and wouldnt you know it? She gives a max 40% increase to pyro and electro damage! WTF?!?!? SINCE WHEN?!?!?!

Thats literally another Bennet, lmao

Her skill gives 1% per 1k health up to 40%. So 40k health gives 40% DMG. Easy enough to do. Wow. Im gonna need to build her

The_Maedre2026-01-05 12:19

I'm afraid you still haven't grasped her kit fully.

When a party member triggers overload, Chevreuse's hold E gives the whole team up to 40% atk, not damage bonus.

And, when your team only consists of pyro and electro teammates, for 6 seconds after an overload reaction is triggered, she shreds pyro and electro resistance by 40%.

Plus, with her C6, she can provide up to 60% pyro and electro damage bonus (20% per healing tick, max 3 stacks).

And yeah she heals.

She's one of the best, if not the best, 4 stars in the game.

BandicootFar41262026-01-05 15:09

Neuvillette but the other way.

When I pulled him back in 5.2, I was "yeah I have finally a broken dps". But it was too early for my account, I didn't have Furina and I wanted to Focus on other characters at that time.

Now 1 year later in 6.x he's finally built, he feels underwhelming. And I also realized I didn't really like his hydro pump gameplay... I'm a normal attack sucker I guess.

Well regarding a character I slept on... surely Mona. She is an amazing freeze and vape support if understood and equipped properly.