Surely this will defeat him!

can’t believe they gave us hydro traveller for this battle, I can’t take it seriously.

Commentaires

Amazing_Doughnut_1972026-01-17 14:11

first time i actually used hmc lol. tbh i'm glad they gave hydro over pmc to enable lunar reactions

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-17 14:13

Yeah, I get why they picked him, I guess, but god that finger gun.

Aside from Aino’s skill he did no damage at all

The_Flail2026-01-17 14:15

I mean they gave him the buff he needed.

Aino's burst.

Amazing_Doughnut_1972026-01-17 14:19

lmao yeah it took me like 3 rotations to realise its prolly better if i just tapped hmc's E lol

Khoakuma2026-01-17 14:46

Yep just tap E is needed to summon Aino’s duck.

BakuGO20062026-01-17 14:40

I love my blue lantern mc

Offduty_shill2026-01-17 15:08

not only does his kit suck he looks goofy af while doing his shit

Dreadwyrm_Bahamut2026-01-17 14:15

They gave us HMC against Rerir too for the same reason

DDSNIPERDD2026-01-17 14:26

Thankfully the one from this AQ had Aino's burst on skill but my god the 6.0 combat sequences that locked your characters were a slog

Llodym2026-01-17 14:29

The fact that Aino's burst is what makes him bearable for the fight is both hilarious and feels like a lampshade on how bad he is.

Squildo2026-01-17 16:08

There was a certain fight that I can’t remember where it was raining. That also made it leagues more tolerable

Crimson_Raven2026-01-17 17:38

I hate team locks. Most of the time the teams are absolutely nonsensical.

Like this one. At one point, we had 3 onfielders (Nefer, Flins, Arle) and no sustain.

Flins was at best a cheerleader.

_Carcinus_2026-01-17 17:44

To be fair, I'm kinda glad they didn't let us use our regular teams. My usual Mavuika premium team wouldn't give me enough time to look at the bosses, I'm afraid.

ugur_tatli2026-01-17 14:26

It was Aino's burst that was carrying the fight. Not which element the traveler they gave us in the fight

cym1042026-01-17 14:50

fun fact: it wasn't until the end of act 8 did i realize my mc has never unlocked the hydro form.

Amazing_Doughnut_1972026-01-17 15:34

lmaooo, i think i got hmc early cos i needed a fontainian to do those dolphin dives, but that was me with pmc

Stellin692026-01-17 15:10

Hydro MC is so shit that I automatically read it as Harmony MC from HSR

Amazing_Doughnut_1972026-01-17 15:23

valid cos so did i when i reread and i haven't played hsr in ages

SquishyBruiser2026-01-17 14:15

They gave you Ainos ult on the HMC skill and hydro is kinda necessary to do any sort of lunar stuff, so what did you expect ?

Did you want Dendro, so the only thing you could do is Quicken/Aggravate with Flins only ? Pyro, so you could only do Burning/OL ? Electro, which is almost as much of a meme as Hydro, without the benefit of interacting with the team to do Lunar-based stuff ? Geo and its wonky boulder placements ? Anemo ?

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-17 14:16

“Can’t believe” wasn’t the right word, I’m not complaining (that much) just think the visual of the finger gun against a boss is funny.

SquishyBruiser2026-01-17 14:21

Fair enough. I guess I was also kinda rant-y there. I just see posts like that, usually whinging about HMC (rightfully) being ass and how dare they give us this unit as a trial and I just think, do they understand that you kinda need Hydro for any lunar stuff and the only other unit that would "make sense" in a trial team would be Aino (which won't be there because of obvious story reasons)

hikarinaraba2026-01-17 14:23

"what is my purpose?"

"to summon Aino's robot"

BurrakuDusk2026-01-17 14:29

Honestly, that's the only reason why Hydro Traveler was at least tolerable in this fight.

Tap the button, swap the Traveler out to a character with a better kit.

...Until it's just the Traveler solo, then it's just tap the button, dodge, attack, tap the button again. Maybe burst and watch as that sad bubble slowly flies right by the target.

Wayfinder52026-01-17 16:43

Additionally, the skill cooldown is significantly reduced in this fight

Sweet-Zoey2026-01-17 17:15

2 second cooldown or something was really a life saver. the boss fight was fun unlike with rerir holy shit

aliskyart2026-01-17 23:24

The sad bubble slowly flying away 😭😭

BurrakuDusk2026-01-17 23:26

Really makes Dottore's offer tempting, doesn't it. lmao

Then again, I don't know if even he would be able to fix that mess.

Puzzleheaded_Roll3202026-01-18 06:21

“I know I promised you that but holy shit bro”

DistributionEasy52332026-01-18 00:50

When it was just Traveler vs the Doctor I kinda did enjoy just hitting him with a sword. No magic anything, just straight up mashing NAs and hitting him

ESPECIALLY when Columbina buffed us, the joy of wracking him and doing a bunch of DMG ughh

Kyrion5302026-01-17 14:54

Ngl i highkey wish that the robot is perma implemented to their kit but we cant have nice things sometimes lol

Izanagi322026-01-17 15:03

from dogshit to S tier in the meta

Adaline_maybe2026-01-17 18:53

i mean they'd still just be Aino prime

ze_SAFTmon2026-01-17 22:05

Prime you say?

*Warframe intensifies*

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-17 15:18

I mean then it’d just be aino

Blanche_Cyan2026-01-17 15:31

Not exactly as in the AQ Traveler summons Cool-your-jets Ducky with their skill instead of burst which makes it easier to put hydro on the enemy...

E1lySym2026-01-17 15:35

Let's not act like Miss "I can guarantee favonius crit procs by being a lunar reactio contributor and also build full on ER without losing out on anything" Aino has the most expensive burst cost requirements

Step_Starlet2026-01-17 15:44

Really? I never really had issues with getting her burst

SirMcDust2026-01-17 15:50

That's what they said

Step_Starlet2026-01-17 16:13

Sounds like the opposite to me

SirMcDust2026-01-17 16:16

They are describing that Aino has easy access to Favonius (easy energy) and can build into ER without her kit suffering (easy energy). The sentence reads: Let's not pretend Miss (easy energy) has the highest Burst requirements.

Aka pretending she has high Burst requirements would be false.

Step_Starlet2026-01-17 16:19

Ooohh ok

ArcfireEmblem2026-01-17 16:26

But Traveler doesn't count as a Nod-Krai character.

Grand_Protector_Dark2026-01-17 15:27

>wish that the robot is perma implemented to their kit

That's just Ainos elemental burst though.

And you already get Aino for free anyway.

mp65212026-01-17 15:00

Oh my god…

Meettherubbish2026-01-17 15:05

I'm blooming!

Superbgamer52252026-01-17 17:31

Excuse me! That's Cool Your Jets Ducky! Put some respect on it's name.

Axheron2026-01-17 21:43

This was the most embarrassing thing. How you have Hydro Traveler SO TRASH that he needed to borrow the WEAKEST Hydro character's skill? Aino is amazing at applying Hydro but her multipliers are buns and she's a CHILD lol. They couldve made it so, "oh yeah I remembered my training with Skirk here's a Boss exclusive form of my Hydro kit" like they did for Pyro Traveler...but no...Let me just borrow a child's toy...

SlayerOfTears2026-01-17 14:27

Didn't expect to waterboard a doctor with a God complex, but here we are.

MREAGLEYT2026-01-17 14:55

Waterboarding? Nah, You mean surprise baptism!

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-17 16:13

The one voice line of Dahlia I actually like

Zek7h35an52026-01-17 18:40

Sometimes I consider building Dahlia then I remember his fuck ass popcorn idle, then he goes back in the vault

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-18 00:07

I remember pulling him for the first time a week or two ago, checking him out, and immediately seeing that idle and never clicking that character profile again.

Dziadzios2026-01-17 21:38

The worst thing to do to a heretic.

__breadstick__2026-01-17 14:28

Cuphead ass attack

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-17 14:33

Except cuphead did damage

__breadstick__2026-01-17 16:34

TRUE

Efficient-Cook74012026-01-17 14:30

The hydro traveler is so ass that they even gave him Aino's ult.

They acknowledge it but won't do anything about it.

dadofwar932026-01-17 14:41

Too scared that making one actually good traveler kit might affect their sales of featured characters(it will not).

Efficient-Cook74012026-01-17 14:49

The traveller really feels like a 3 star charecter. They should at least make his kit good enough to be a good 4 star of a region.

dadofwar932026-01-17 14:52

Woah woah. Calm down buddy. You are asking too much from Hoyo.

Watch them butcher cryo as well. It will be utter trash.

Efficient-Cook74012026-01-17 14:56

I can totally see them butchering cryo 😭

WastePermission96202026-01-17 15:00

Superconduct kit with no actual buff to superconduct

DarkPhoenixMishima2026-01-17 15:05

Cyro Traveler will be Physical DPS/Eula Lite

And no, we will not receive Physical buffs. In fact, Physical is getting nerfed harder.

_Carcinus_2026-01-17 17:40

That would at least justify them using Prototype Rancour in cutscenes

nlopnlipa2026-01-17 14:56

tbf Pyro Traveler isn't all that bad, great for Mualani and can even be a serviceable DPS.

abasem0982026-01-17 15:40

the problem is that his talents are mostly subdps oriented but his cons are all dps oriented, if they gave him better cons he would be a great subdps

Grand_Protector_Dark2026-01-17 15:29

>Too scared that making one actually good traveler kit

Pyro MC is actually somewhat serviceable.

DMC is also not that bad once you get enough ER

ZacdelaRocha2026-01-17 15:45

Yup, I doubt making HMC and RMC in HSR not only good, but actually META did a single dent in their sales on limited characters (probably even boosted them).

curious_human212026-01-17 18:44

Can someone explain what these acronyms mean?

Cosmonerd-ish2026-01-17 18:50

Harmony Main Character and Remembrance Main Character.

DeltaOmegaEnigma2026-01-17 18:52

Harmony MC and Remembrance MC in Honkai Star Rail

abattleofone2026-01-18 01:00

They ironically found a way to make it MAKE them money most likely. They now release the MC replacement/upgrade for that path at the end of each patch cycle and you find tons of comments and YouTube videos basically saying “Replace X MC with this new character so your team isn’t useless when Y MC comes out next patch cycle!”

Jeromethy2026-01-17 16:21

Dendro traveler was very much meta for awhile

dadofwar932026-01-17 16:21

Because there were too few Dendro units. It was a unique situation.

Beginning_Drag56792026-01-17 17:18

nah his kit is actually serviceable, big AoE with ok uptime and small buffs, if he had the same aoe/application as dendro for hydro/pyro/cryo he would be much more useful, although pyro is ok

HorribleDat2026-01-17 20:08

Even as more get added dendro traveler was still the one with off field pulsing dendro.

For any wave content, especially waves with multiple enemies, dendro traveler was the best choice until Lauma came out.

pacientKashenko2026-01-17 16:23

Pyro and dendro are usable. Anemo and geo are unique/fun and even sometimes have their uses. Hydro is just dogshit allround.

a-sad-goose2026-01-17 16:52

Notice how Electro doesn't even make the list because it's just that bad

_Carcinus_2026-01-17 17:41

Can't compete with the 6* Electro character we get in Monstadt (Fischl)

Aerie1222026-01-18 00:44

Electro Traveler kit on paper isn't bad, it's the gameplay

Like the amulet is basically unobtainable against fat boss and they are a battery that can't battery themselves

komandos452026-01-17 17:19

Pyro and Dendro Traveler kits are Good.
Geo has been revived with Columbina now.

Anemo and Electro are Okish, would probably need to be retested after recent buffs and bug fix for Electro.

Hydro is trash.

So yea Traveler has 2 Good kits at least and with Geo aspiring to be 3rd

nebneb4322026-01-17 15:37

They would have let us bring Aino if she wasn't a kid.

AsterJ2026-01-17 18:30

I liked that Aino could contribute even though it was not reasonable to bring her to the fight.

paradox_valestein2026-01-17 18:32

Imagine being so ass they had to give them another character burst as their elemental skill extension to be usable. This is just sad at this point

Personal-Mess45022026-01-17 20:58

They should give them the hydro pump ability from that one cutscene. Mini neuv

Orio_n2026-01-17 14:38

travellers kit is so fucking ass they needed to give ainos kit to make them usable

Aerie1222026-01-18 00:45

Whoever designed Hydro Traveler and that one standard pyro woman should get fired or atleast I hope they already got fired because Pyro Traveler is useful

dadofwar932026-01-17 14:39

Kit so bad that they had to give Aino's burst as the skill.

Frudwinks2026-01-17 14:40

I truly hate the fact that they are just shoving these teams down our throats and not even giving us the options to use the team i worked hard on obtaining and building

Next_Investigator_692026-01-17 14:45

you can fight him as the weekly boss though lol wdym. I'm sure the fight would've been nowhere near as exciting if we could pull out our mavuika or whatever and kill him in one hit like tartaglia, god that sucked.

Offduty_shill2026-01-17 15:10

I get that feeling a bit but at the same time the fight wouldnt fit the story much if I could just rat from the skies and one shot him

I mostly wish they gave the traveller non-ass kits. Like when we get forced to use dendro or pyro traveller I feel slightly less bad about it because while theyre not good, they do something.

Hydro traveller is legit useless and the only reason they're useful here is they get Aino burst

JohnHanner2026-01-17 15:39

the fights are rigged, you will never die, nor the boss will never die until they die in the scene that is scripted, at least lets us play who we want and make the fight enjoyable

Grand_Protector_Dark2026-01-17 15:30

It's a story fight bruh. It's not "shoving it down your throat".

Bean_there22026-01-17 14:40

I really don't like the forced teams for boss fights. I guess you can argue with story immersion, but the traveler just feels extremely weak. Like horrible. Like what do you mean this person is considered strong?! Are we just gaslighting people of teyvat?!

reyzaburrel932026-01-17 14:43

Have you heard about Go Beyond?

Schlectify2026-01-17 14:44

Shouldve given us apples to throw at him. Wouldve been more helpful. At least aino helped us.

the_dark_artist2026-01-18 04:08

Dottore would have legit won if Aino didn't give us her Ducky xD

lawlianne2026-01-17 14:45

Aino’s main contribution to the finale.

cartercr2026-01-17 14:54

What’s hilarious is that Hoyo recognizes how dogshit hydro traveler is, but refused to give us a Lunar Traveler that fixes it.

Instead they just gave us Aino’s burst on skill cast for the AQ. 😂

Nero_PR2026-01-17 14:58

I wish I could have used my own Traveler as he is pretty decked out. Still hits like the Traveler, but way more than his story counterpart.

Ok-Entrepreneur-85262026-01-17 14:59

Why there aren't pyro-lunar reaction tho, It gonna be 100x better with pryo MC

caucassius2026-01-17 14:59

"go boy give us nothing"

Sonoreal2026-01-17 15:02

And they reduced CD of his E to 2 sec, but out of AQ it's still fucking 8-10 or how much there. I fucking hate it

rusms1232026-01-17 15:02

Hydro traveler is so ass they have to give him Aino's duck lol.

Beelzebuuuuub32026-01-17 15:08

Pew pew water splash!

gbzhn11yne2026-01-17 15:15

Dottore: I am a new God of this world!!

Aether: Haha my hand goes pew pew!

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-17 15:16

Perfect summary

Commercial_Life51452026-01-17 15:59

Aether: Damn neuvillete, if u can do it i can too!
Also Aether: My stream ain't coming out too good pellets it is!

coffeeaddictfromcebu2026-01-17 15:33

To be honest, I kind of feel this was the reason why Dottore kept offering to help us.

See he wasn't all that bad, right? He just felt sad seeing us with a water gun

Apart-Performer-3312026-01-17 15:42

I’m definitely turning against my friends if it means I don’t have to go pew pew anymore

Adorable-Indication72026-01-17 15:35

"I'm gonna kill you through the magic of friendship and this duck I found." - Traveler

HoshiAndy2026-01-17 15:41

I wish they reworked kits.

They purposefully made Hydro traveler bad. And COUDKNT even go the Natlan route by making things story and overworld exclusive.

idan_da_boi2026-01-17 15:48

lol I actually have never even resonated with hydro, and I was reminded of it in the end of the quest when >!you get the traveler buffs!<, and by now I’m committed to the bit and will resonate with cryo first

_Carcinus_2026-01-17 17:47

Same. It also helps that 20% more HP isn't a useful buff for any other elements.

Ill_Cardiologist_2122026-01-17 15:51

Because he is pyro resistant duh

PiveteDoBosque2026-01-17 15:54

"I'm gonna get Dottore wet and ready you guys to bloom all over him"

- The Traveller, probably

OmniOnly2026-01-17 16:00

You get to pew pew him when he floats up. Nefer just demolishes him but it’s all
Scripted.

Bey_Element2026-01-17 16:08

The difference between lore hydro traveler and playable hydro traveler is crazy to think about, not gonna lie.

LeAstra2026-01-17 16:12

“I’ll get him this time! Water Beam Attack!l”

“I’ll get him this time! WaterAAAA—-“

DrakonofDarkSkies2026-01-17 16:26

I was so hoping that the buff at the end would make Hydro MC proc Lunar Reactions at least? Still wouldn't be great but at least it's something.

TSAxrayMachine2026-01-17 16:29

yeah i kept shooting him in the face even before the fight lol

AleixRodd2026-01-17 16:37

It really shows how awful the traveler was designed to be when Hoyo has to buff them in the enforced gameplay sections just so the experience isn't ruined.
At some point you'd assume they'd learn...

GoWKratos2026-01-17 16:39

At one point I just stood there and let him beat me up while I still had a couple of team members left. Fight had no real consequences and the story/fight progressed til it was just me and then bina showed up lol

Bashoopa2026-01-17 16:41

I haven't been able to take the traveler seriously for most of the game. They try to hype them as this powerful, multi-element using badass in the cutscenes, while in gameplay they are terrible.

Case in point: \* sad pew pew pew noises \*

ItaJohnson2026-01-17 16:46

They gave us hydro at most of the boss fights so far.

a-sad-goose2026-01-17 16:54

I mean when you think about it, at the end of the day it did in fact defeat him...

Shopworn_Soul2026-01-17 17:48

True, all it took was being granted another character's ability and being made immortal

a-sad-goose2026-01-17 23:37

A win’s a win

Appropriate_Gate11292026-01-17 17:07

That will make Dottore more wet than he is (for traveler) 😭

_TravelerAether_2026-01-17 17:15

Hydro traveler is so ass that they had to give him Aino’s bot to carry his ass and even gave him like a 1 second cooldown on his skill

Freedom_scenery2026-01-17 17:31

Spamming Tap E is the play it has 2 sec cooldown in the fight. I feel bad for people who pew pew’d

willmustcando2026-01-17 19:50

Pew pew pew pew pew - Aether EN VA

PiusTheCatRick2026-01-17 19:54

Dottore doesn't deserve the honor of facing an actually decent traveller. Killing him with a water gun is the greatest insult we can impart.

Ineedmemesplzkty2026-01-17 20:03

PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP

GET HYDRATED GET HYDRATED GET HYDRATED

TheIndoraptor1232026-01-17 20:13

Hydro Traveller's best use is healing the team by grabbing his balls

Atomic_Cody-212026-01-17 22:22

This right here why I hated the boss fight with Dottore. This epic encounter was ruined because I am stuck using Hydro Traveler, which by all accounts is the the worst element because all he can do is pew-pew.

Volarevia292026-01-18 10:31

They gotta stop making us play with these sorry ass trial teams I swear