Vertical investment advice

Hi everyone, I currently have no Nod Krai units and I plan on making a Nod Krai team. I have enough wishes to C6R1 two characters. The things I care about are meta (DPS), longevity and ease of use. Which of the following options would you recommend?

1) C6R1 Zibai, C6R1 columbina

2) C2R1 columbina, C2R1 Ineffa, wait for C6R1 Flins

3) C2R1 columbina, C2R1 Lauma, wait for C6R1 Nefer

4) C6R1 columbina, C6R1 Ineffa (Is this the best option for longevity? Right now this can wheelchair my C6 Neuv or C3 Raiden)

Bear in mind I am a low skill player, so all of these teams will be used with Zhongli for comfort.

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Charles1Morgan2026-01-11 15:14

>Bear in mind I am a low skill player, so all of these teams will be used with Zhongli for comfort

Read the characters kits. Any team variation with Ineffa has a shield; so there's no need to bring Zhongli.

Sharp-Sport-32932026-01-11 18:27

lol well tbf, not reading is also low skill

tomato_cheese_cake2026-01-11 15:17

I dunno, I will say I have c6 r1 arlecchino with c2 citlali and she holds up (like you'd hope) anyway, point being any c6 r1 character should be good for pretty much ever since they are all so strong. But I don't know that's just my 2 cents

tomato_cheese_cake2026-01-11 15:18

Do you have a preference for the character or their play style or not really care?

jajanbakso2026-01-11 15:19

How about c2r1 4 characters instead?

ankitjad2026-01-11 15:25

U don't need C6, C2 for columbina and zibai is enough if using Zhongli. + Illuga. get ineffa as well... Wait for FLins..

Lunar reactions are very restrictive so get as many of the nodkrai chara u want, there might be 2 new lunar 5* releasing soon, Linnea and a Special focus like columbina...
And that would be it for nod krai, I doubt they'd release more of it, If they did that'd be in SNezhnaya Main land maybe 1-2.

harshithreddy072026-01-11 15:48

For low skill and wanna play with zhongli go for 1st option you will get full premium team with it. And zhongli and zibai go well to gether .

But for longetivity go for columbina ineffa lauma and use them with nuevillette pure comfort.

Titanium702026-01-11 16:00

\#4 certainly offers the highest longevity at the lowest skill floor.
But efficiency wise it's quite a waste as C2/R1 is quite a sweetspot for them to sit in very comfortably and it's not like they become completely insane past that. They're good but Carry-Cons just hit different, literally.

So I'll say #2.
Although I'd probably split up the C6 into two different Carrys or pick another one to C6.

DaSpood2026-01-11 18:16

In terms of "longevity", main DPSes are the characters that get powercreeped the fastest while supports and sub-dps tend to stay relevant longer. That being said, you need a main DPS at some point.

Also consider this: is there any character that you are interested in getting eventually ? Two C6R1's worth of primogems is a big budget, that's basically 3 individual C0 teams with a signature weapon on each main DPS. You could get a decent meta team now that will last you for the rest of the Nod Krai cycle and have enough primos left to be ready for a meta team for next cycle.

C2R1 Columbina and Ineffa will already take care of most of the challenging content on their own. You could throw in any C2R1 main DPS on top (Flins and Zibai mainly, Nefer wants Lauma no matter what) and be set for a while. No need to go C6. If you want to keep your Zhongli, you can even drop Ineffa for a Zibai team, so only two C2R1's.

If you're dead set on going for a pair of C6, Columbina + Ineffa will probably be the most useful since Columbina enables all lunar reactions and Ineffa provides the most utility with her shield (no need for Zhongli), but Columbina alone is not enough, and her best duo for a sub-DPS role is Ineffa.

TLDR: C2R1 Bina, then either C2R1 Zibai or C2R1 Ineffa (or both if you really want), and save the rest for future meta characters. There is no point in going C6 just for the sake of meta because it won't last that long anyway, C6 should be for characters you enjoy first, because it trivializes the combat so much you end up having no reason to play anything else (and after investing so much, you won't want to anyway).

Alternatively, C6R1 Mavuika with C2R1 Citlali and C2R1 Xilonen is probably going to last longer since Mavuika can provide strong off-field damage and application and buff the on-field character, and she has good value for overworld traversal.