Daily Questions Megathread (January 20, 2026)

for the nefer team, anything that let's you survive is good enough. ineffa would be better than raiden, but imo not worth getting if she would be just for this team. since you really like zibai, probably get zibai

Kachina, to hold Cinder City and give a 3rd Geo for Gorou then.

For geo it's geo + Furina, Xilonen, Columbina (she just replaces Yelan in doublehydro wheelchair).
Geo dps is Navia, Noelle, Itto or even Zibai without Illuga C2+.

i know Escoffier c1 > Skirk c1
but id consider weapon depending on what else is on the banner.

lvl8 and no extras

Lvl 8 with 0 left over

Do the quests?

I would say it's almost worth going for Columbina first in your case. You can make a few interesting teams with just her, and if you pull Zibai as well on the next half, you'll have a top-tier DPS team with who you have. Even if you don't get Columbina, if you like Zibai, you can still probably make her work with Aino+Furina+Xilonen.

Ineffa would also be a good pull for you, ideally with Columbina but even without. Raiden and Childe may not be meta, but having Ineffa backing them up would be pretty good if you wanted to play them, and Columbina as well brings the team to 'meta' levels regardless of who the on-fielder is.

Otherwise, Escoffier could be one to keep an eye out for if you want to play Ayaka. Or just keep an eye out for someone else upcoming that you might want to play as a new team. Most Natlan DPSs are still pretty good, Fontaine ones are usable but a bit more borderline (meaning if powercreep continues much they might become hard to clear with). But also, if you aren't too fussed about endgame, just pull whatever and have fun! The amount of the game that needs 'meta' teams is like 2-3%, there's plenty to do even with a casual team.

you are literally choosing between teams to focus on
so not much point asking us. you didnt say what you would be using Ineffa with, atm

supposedly Flins might rerun sooner, so you could try for both.
but if you want to get c1 Lauma though, youd better skip Flins

Nefer bloom cores does not explode or drain HP so there is no need for it if you run Bina + Nefer + Lauma. If you are not facetanking enemies then Bina with Prototype Amber alone can keep the team alive.

I'd say Ineffa Lunar-Charge is solid with Bina alone (the infamous wheelchair) while Nefer is kinda stifled without Lauma so I'd go for Lauma C0 then Flins C0. Then you can vertical the team you like more (either Flins C2 or Lauma C2).

no crit rate on weapon, crit rate circlet, its kind of that easy
better than PJWS cause it doesnt trigger off field so you can only get a few stacks that will expire before skill does

No. Her passive only gives her 15%, so you aren't overcapped.

you want 35k HP, or more
and ER to burst
any crit after that is ok. passive gets you 15%, you arent overcapping atm. but you forgot to mention crit damage. not much point getting close to 100% crit rate if crit damage is just some 130 or something

Night artifact gives you crit rate for the holder which is Flins, not team

Yes, the damage of the Swirl reaction (whatever element it becomes) scales with level and EM stat.

dont care about team? literally just continue the archon quest at your own pace
maybe some world quests
id also recommend reputation quests cause getting compasses got somewhat easier

Just take it a little bit at a time, doing whatever you find most fun. Should be Inazuma next if you want to follow the Archon Quests (main story), or you can just explore the new areas if you prefer. You're probably nowhere near ready for endgame, but if you want to give it a try and see what rewards you CAN get, that might be worth doing. Just don't stress about it.

Also, depending on what old units you have, you should probably do the Witches' Homework quests, those are buffs to old characters, and depending on who you have, they might become the strongest units on your account. (Though for story and exploration, any decent team should be fine)

Definitely follow the Archon quests and maybe explore the regions based off of where you are in story (i.e. exploring Sumeru while you go through that part of the story). Genshin has definitely gotten to the point where if you aren't up to date it becomes incredibly convoluted and all the terms, exposition and world building can get really confusing, especially with how most of the exploration in regions nowadays require you to do some sort of world quest or something similar.

Definitely take your time though, play it at your own pace and you'll just naturally catch up especially with patches where nothing much happens.

I mean Flins is the main driver for Lunar-charge atm but it sounds like you never even planned on getting him so why bother? Ineffa can definitely handle her own especially with Bina now, Flins just adds to it but Imo I'd prioritise pulling for whatyou actually want instead of keeping up with the meta as eventually Flins will just be pushed aside with how powercreep is going with this game.

Flins team f2p should hit 150k DPS. Bina carry with Lauma and Furina should hit about 150k DPS but leaves you half HP. Wheelchair teams run 100-120k. Less than f2p Skirk usually. You can test vs the dummy and see where you're at.

The main gimmick is its immunity, when it charges it takes X hits (don't remember the number) , then becomes immune to and infused with the element that hit it most over those hits. 


There's  3 ways to deal with it. 


Option A: Lunar shenanigans. (or physical). If you hit it most with Lunar or physical dmg during the charging, it won't have an element for infusion or immunity. 


Option B: Dual DPS. Just keep hitting it. After it becomes immune to element 1, just go hit it with element 2 (and get free reactions from the infusion). 


Option C: Careful workaround. Basically same as option B. Swap out the main DPS while it is charging, let support elements fill the bar and get the immunity/infusion, then go back hitting with main DPS when it is immune to something else. 

Make it absorb a different element and start blasting it. It's pretty much just a glorified slime.

If you just do the main quest, 80 ish hours to reach nod krai act 8. If you also include side quests and exploration, hundreds of hours.

I don't know how much of the map you've explored but with those 20k primogems you can easily make it back with exploring the rest of the map and through doing the events and dailies you do over time. I feel like with how the first few regions Archon quests are considerably shorter than what we have now it'll only take you a few days but at the same time you also have to count the world quests, story quests, and overall exploration that you've already done which will add even more days to that.

With how most of those primogems were most likely from the past events and you doing dailies I'd say it's not worth it to restart since it was so long ago but at the same time you're not at a point where restarting would be too inconvenient if you're willing to put in the hours cause it'll definitely take you a while.

Certainly not bricked. And while that 20k primogems sounds like a lot, that's really only like 2 (maybe 3) patches max worth of limited time rewards (dailies, events, mail freebies, etc). Unless you've been playing for less a patch/month, restarting wont "get back" what you lost (not to mention throwing away all the Resin you've accumulated since starting). Sure, you get back the maybe 30-50 wishes from redoing exploration/story, but you'll permanently lose the other 70-90 or something wishes that came from limited time dailies/events that you can't redo. So consider most of those wasted primos to have come from sources that you can't get back. The only fix is just playing and time waiting for dailies/weeklies/Resin.

There's about 700+ wishes in game plus another 700 per year for limited time stuff. You wasted like 125ish. Being about 1 limited 5-star behind where you should be will not be a deal breaker. Plenty of players have wishes on more than 1 limited character that just sits on the bench and is never used (RIP my Yae Miko and Skirk, Dehya no regrets). But I'm not gonna restart just because I made a couple bad choices in hindsight.

No comment on how long it'd take to return to your current spot, but from a resource perspective it's never worth it. 


You'd lose more primo's from wasted dailies, events and other unretrievable stuff than you'd gain from being able to redo pulls. Your new account would be in a worse state than your current one by the time you get to where you are now. 

Her model is special. It's sort of an in-between of the 2 different adult girl models.

Her character model is a unique one that only she has so yes and no lol.

I don't remember the context but memories are stored in Irminsul and Irminsul can be manipulated. Also Descenders aren't stored in Irminsul.

you dont refill with resin, you only spend them with resin
you refill by doing any quest, event or exploration

The number you're looking at is "Long-Term Encounter Points", not "Encounter Points". You convert Long-Term Encounter Points to regular Encounter Points by spending resin. You cannot replenish your stock of Long-Term Encounter Points by spending resin.

Encounter Points let you claim commission rewards without doing commissions. Event rewards, quests, and exploration give you Encounter Points, or if you don't need any more that day, you get Long-Term Encounter Points instead. This is the only way to replenish your stock of Long-Term Encounter Points.

I think you did misread something. It doesn't actually cost the resin, the spending resin (on other stuff) is the requirement to use the points. 




You get points for doing various content (chests/quests/events etc.), and use up to 4 points to claim dailies a day. If you earn extra points, those get put into storage. 


While you have stored points, spending resin on anything lets you take those points out and use them for that day. Which is what you're doing already with the yellow flowers. (Note that this doesn't generate new points.)

No, there is potentially one more map expansion for the "base" NK map.

Albedo, Klee, Venti, Mona Fischl, Razor, Sucrose(quite minor), Fischl, the new Durin, and expecting Varka too, and the obvious actual witches, whenever we get them. Nicole is expected for now
some got separate buffs too but all of them got something where you need to have at least two of these

With Lantern Rite being this patch I'd say yeah you can get a lot more pulls on average this patch. The Hexerei buffs have been alright but they are a little restrictive with how you can only gain the buffs if you put said characters together (i.e. Sucrose and Fischl both being buffed but you can only have their buffs take effect if they are in a party together) but overall now is a pretty good time.

right now is actually one of the better times to come back because it's lantern rite patch and there's currently a login event which gives 10 fates

Lauma. Her C1 gives healing and C2 is a 40% Lunar Bloom boost for the team and extra damage for on-field Columbina.

In the main menu's Take Picture mode, press square (on Ps4) and go to the character poses

Pause > Camera pretty sure

ineffa > bina > c1 > r1

Use Primordial. The only 4* better than this would be Sacrificer's Staff. 

It plays during act 8, during the cutscene.

Mualani/Durin/Sucrose/Kachina - Mavuika/Citlali/Bennett - Ifa/Ineffa/Xingqiu/Fischl

yes it works

With minimal vertical investment her teams are hitting 200k. With strategic c2s they're pushing 350k+. Shes not versatile, but she's not getting pushed out for damage reasons probably ever.

noone can predict future longevity

The nice thing about her is that she can make any lunar reaction happen, so she is decent option to get multiple reactions off the ground. She's at her best with at least one other Nod Krai unit, but she's not just locked to bloom, crystallize, or lunar charged.

Meta is not defined by raw damage. It depends on the types of enemies available. She'll be worth it any time that Nod Krai enemies show up in end game. She also has decent off field hydro application.

Depends on what you consider relevant. Probably yes, at the very least the wheelchair with Ineffa should be good for a while. 


But it is impossible to really know. We don't know how much power creep there will be next region, or how niche or restrictive those region's themes and metas will be. 


Honestly, I don't think any character is ever worth thinking of in such long-term plans. Every meta shifts, and the most recent characters will always be the most relevant. Which doesn't stop non-meta characters from still being playable anyway. Pull characters because you like them now. If you want characters for future meta, save for future characters. 

For account power, Flins team doesn't need vertical investment yet. Skirk isn't worth getting without escoffier, and vice versa. Probably sit on your pulls and see what comes down the line, grabbing a full high value team.

If you just like Skirk or escoffier? Get them anyways. They just won't do super great damage without each other. Escoffier is a bit more versatile, but with 150k being the new normal....

Bina just doesn't do much damage in that team, and her damage is getting buffed by Lauma too.

Lunar bloom is somewhat scaled around the additive damage bonus that Lauma provides. Since both Nefer and Columbina use those additive sources, and they provide a large bonus, it warps the build path into trying to maximize for Lauma’s EM. You can almost think of it like Bennett where fav should be a decent weapon on him, but because his buff scales on attack and fav doesn’t have a high base attack comparatively, it makes it a “worse” option

That team doesn't work. Bina on field which would be for Bina Lauma Raiden does charge attacks. She won't proc Yelan. You'd want night sky Bina, sms Lauma, deepwood on Aino/Kokomi/Nilou/Furina and then Raiden can use the hyperbloom set who's name escaped me.

Is that the Meeting Place thingy at Nicole's? It's like Minesweeper I guess? Take away the bad blocks until only good blocks remain. You have numbers on them which indicate how many in their row are supposed to be. If you see a 0 you can delete that block. Check the numbers on several sides of your block to act accordingly.

Pyro is the best, the best carry team for traveller should be the Bina wheelchair with Bennet or sucrose.

It was Pyro, and it's still Pyro. The buffs don't really change why the other travelers weren't being used. DMC has long since been powercrept and isn't considered the optimal Dendro choice anywhere.

As On-field:
GMC:
GMC, Columbina, Zhongli, [Chiori/Albedo]

PMC:
PMC, Chevreuse, [2 of Fischl, Durin, Ororon, Bennett, Iansan]
PMC, Furina, Bennett, Xianyun

As a support unit:
PMC is still commonly used a Mualani Vape Support right now. They're generically used as a Natlan DPS Pyro off-field applicator/Scroll. They've had niche use in Stygian onslaught vs Hydro Tulpa(Pyro Scroll for Mavuika), Lava Dragon Statue, & Papilla(Nightsoul + Hit Count).

The [sheet DPS](https://youtu.be/IIS48SGnfrQ?si=-R0iCUBs_U0FV5Hp) is 167k for c1 Flins premium with no sigs. Thats probably in all your non crowned talents and Binas questionable gear.

Talk to her (she's indoors, in the hall) and after the conversation it'll put you into the photo minigame.

edit: There are a couple of in-progress quests that can stop her from appearing; try teleporting to her from the event UI, it should say which quests are a problem if any.

I'm hoping Navia will be.

I recently completed the Fontaine arc and fell in love with her.

If we get it this year Esco would probably not be on it. She has the entire freeze reaction on her back so I doubt they'd make her that accessible. My guess is Lyney, Emilie, Wrio, Navia, Sigewinne, and maybe Clorinde.

I'd be shocked if esco was on it. I actually think arle is unlikely but not completely impossible, more likely than esco at least.

so far most prefer attack or em, the whole nod krai theme is lunar reaction based so im pretty sure there wont ever be a nk character that prefers element dmg

pretty much none of them use damage goblets
unless youre doing something like using Ineffa in a team without hydro specifically (even then atk goblet might be better)
or Columbina without dendro, electro, geo. for some reason
then you might consider damage goblets
Lauma prefers EM anyway
Flins outright wants clouds
similarly Nefer needs blooms to happen for her kit (although she stops actual bloom from happening)
ZIbai herself, outright has lunar crystalize in her kit without hydro, just better with (like a Kinich without burning)

Columbina can use Hydro DMG; she technically prefers HP%, but the numbers are so close that substats are way more important. Of course, since HP% goblets are much commoner than Hydro DMG ones you will probably have better substats on them anyway.

Otherwise, none of the released Nod-Krai characters want DMG goblets outside of very specific off-meta teams.

Yes, except that Illuga won't be able to enable Lunar-crystallise either (no 4\*s can enable lunar reactions). Zibai (despite being a Liyue character) will enable Lunar-crystallize.

Yes, Columbina is the only character right now with lunar crystallize conversion (all party members can trigger it).

No, Illuga will not be able to do the same. He is in the same boat as Aino. It's only the 5\*s that have these conversion passives, and for crystallize that will be Zibai.

No.

No

Aubade provides a lot of lunar dmg% for the wearer only. Aino does zero lunar damage.

Put her on serenade instead and Lauma on whatever gives her the most possible EM, usually 2p2p.

Not at all. Aubade only buffs the wielder's own damage, and Aino's own damage is negligible to to worth to consider.

I feel "s*hould*" is a wrong word. Skirk *can* use MH if Furina is in the team, because Furina will drain everyone's HP, and the 4pc set bonus of MH requires HP change to work. Skirk *can* always use Finale regardless whether her team has Furina or not.

MH is usually a little bit better with Furina, but the difference is not big, and it is useless without Furina. Finale could be better in some certain situations even with Furina. MH is easier to build because it starts with 36% CR so your overall crit ratio looks better.

Marechausse Hunter set gives crit rate when your hp changes (either up or down) while you are on field. This is not consistent in teams that don't use Furina, but if you do use Furina and a healer then it is pretty consistent. If you don't have MH, then you would want another set that gives Skirk consistent buffs and finale is the other common alternative.

Finale is the better set regardless her teammates. MH is an option because of the 4 piece bonus which gives up to 36% CR making it easier to build CR on her and it's only recommended when Furina is on the team because she drains HP and MH 4 piece bonus requires HP fluctuations to trigger.

No

Nope. You also shouldn't tell them someone else has access to your account. Doesn't matter if it's your brother. It's against the TOS.

No. You can contact CS if you mistakenly converted primos into blue fates instead of pink ones to have them exchanged, but once used to actually pull with, you're out of luck.

Unfortunate, but 20 pulls isn't the end of the world.

If you just bought some blue fates using your primos/crystals/star glitter but have not spent them, it is possible to ask them to do refund. But if you have already did the pulling, they will not do any kind of refund at all.

yes, you can ask the customer support trough the Paimon Menu > Feedback > "Accidentally Redeemed..".

(restrictions apply or something the like)

No. Also would be problematic if you could refund pulls like that. Anyone could just fish for early 5-stars and refund pulls without them.

Don't let others on your account. No exceptions.

Dunno, but do spoiler tag lore questions.

>!Everyone was forced to evacuate remember? He was covering up NK with his domes.!<

sucrose or nahida, 100-30(4pc notsu)-10(lauma a1)-10(columbina a1)=50

220 cv from artifact main + secondaries is a typical benchmark for a very well built character. That's what it takes to get a character with no other sources of crit to 70/140.

But Columbina gets a whole bunch of crit from other sources. Between 5 base + 14.2 ascension + 15 a1 passive + 10 Lauma a1 + 30 4pc sky, you're starting off with 74.2 cr. Add another 220 cv on top of that and you're looking at something like 100/240 (25 * 2 into cr, 120 into cd + 20 from Lauma a1).

Nilou works real good with lauma i would go for nilou

[keqingmains.com](http://keqingmains.com) has most of them

if you want a full team with both bina and lauma, go for neuvilette. flins is quite picky with his teammates (coming from a premium flins player), and lauma wouldn’t do amazing in a team with him.

neuvilette can be your on field dps, bina as a supporting lunar unit, lauma for dendro application (hence triggering lunar bloom), and either sucrose or another dendro unit. slot 4 is flexible in depending what you need (sustain, em booster, heals, etc…)

Get Flins. Flins Columbina Fischl Sucrose is a strong team even without Ineffa.

Neuvillette is very replaceable as a hydro option for dendro reaction teams, and he falls pretty flat as a carry unless you have enough of his best 5 star teammates to build around. Actually, I'm not sure whether Neuvillette's full C0R0 premium hypercarry even beats Ineffa-less Flins + Columbina.

You can also pull Ineffa and do DPS Bina. It's similar DPS to Nefer or Flinns, depending on your last spot hydro. Way more than enough to do abyss and fearless.

https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Stygian_Onslaught/2026-01-21 near the top of the page it lists the start time for each region. 5 hrs 42 minutes ish from now

https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Treasure_Compass

> ... chest, Mora Chest (after area's exploration progress reaches 90%), Time Trial Challenge, Seelie, or Monetoo ...

Depends on the team.

That depends on the team and if she's playing as a support or DPS. SMS for support and teams with Lauma+C2 Nahida. Audabe or SMS on Lunar Charged teams. And NoSU on DPS Columbina teams without Lauma and/or C2 Nahida.

Tomorrow. You can check in game.

Yes.

get near the 1 critrate to 2 critdmg ratio. without a critrate weapon and set, probably critrate circlet.

whichever gets you closer to 1:2 crit rate to crit damage ratio (assuming substats are similarly good)

4pc SMS on ineffa with 1:2 crit ratio; prioritizing ATK and/or EM. on the circlet run either crit rate or dmg (depending what you need more of to get to the 1:2 ratio). ineffa needs at minimum 2000atk to max her passive, so after you reach that threshold you can balance EM & Crit.

weapon wise, again anything with crit but an easy f2p option is prospectors shovel (obtainable via nk crafting).

you can use ineffa as a off field lunar unit with chasca if you run a hydro unit along with her. eg) chasca, ineffa, aino, [insert another hydro unit, so chasca can swirl]

definitely try for ineffa the remainder of the banner run time. ineffa and bina together open many teams, so I would suggest still trying for her. if you don’t end up getting her, you can always get skirk since you’ve increased your pity trying for ineffa.

Each character only comes in one rarity. Either they are 4 stars or they are 5 stars.

Eula meme team? Nothing any good though for sure.

Hyperbloom works but citlali will do negligible damage their anyway.

Cryo plus electro makes superconduct which is meme now. You can try escoffier plus ineffa plus some hydro.

It's not needed, but it's nice for sure. You will need another shielder/healer that won't mess up lunar charged reactions, or your Flins will die fast.

Kokomo could work. Zhongli would be okay (you would get some meh lunar crystalize in there, but there's enough other reactions that could make it okay). MAYBE Diona if you find a way to clear her initial cryo hit from her shield. If you're okay at dodging, Barbara holding TTDS before switching to Flins may work and also buff his damage.

Each character will have their own gilded buffs but the buff from gilded is only for the equipping character

No. The general rule is: unless the description says it has some kind of team buffs that can stack, the buff of the same source on different characters do not stack. None of the artifact sets has such statement.

Also, glided set does not even provide any team buff at all. There is another rule: unless the description says it buffs something for "all nearby party members" (or similar words), the set bonus only works for the wielder.

https://keqingmains.com/q/lauma-quickguide/ has a weapons section with blackmarrow and fruit of fulfillment being decent options.

The most optimal build would be to have Columbina on Silken/Amber , Nahida on dw/fav/em focus, and Lauma on max EM/ER. But as long as you have consistent deepwood holder and a consistent silken holder with Lauma built for EM you should be cooking

Artifacts (and breakdowns on why):

Nahida: 4pc deepwood
- nahida holds this instead of lauma because of lauma’s lunar mechanics, which make her a better candidate for the SMS set. give nahida lots of EM

Lauma: 4pc SMS
- increases lunar output dmg … just give her lots of EM as well…
- for laumas weapon, a good f2p is also the nod krai craftable catalyst!

Nefer: 4Pc Night Sky
- she will be your on field dps. both main dps’ of nk (nefer and flins) hold this set because their party members will be proccing lunar dmg for nefer to get those crit stacks.

Columbina: 4pc Aubade
- people are still iffy on which set to put on bina, so you can check the dedicated bina mains subreddit to really get into the nitty gritty. in this team, you want bina SOLELY as an off fielder. but aubade will increase lunar dmg with all the NK characters in the party.

Somewhere in between; to perform at her best she wants a team of only hydro and geo characters, and she wants at least one other moonsign character, so that means one of Aino, Illuga or Columbina specifically (and Aino offers a lot less than the other two would). So while she doesn't quite want specific other 5\*s, it's close.

Whatever the characters' kit says. Most characters create constructs that do something, Zhongli and Chiori have kits that interact with other constructs.

On their own? Nothing. Some units utilize the fact that constructs are a thing, like Chiori to give her another doll if C0, or Zhongli for his resonance pulses.

There's also technically a hard cap on constructs allowed on the field at any time, though there are so many exceptions to this rule that it largely doesn't matter

Generally nothing on their own (some of them can weigh down pressure plates or be climbed on in the open world, but that's usually not relevant in combat). In combat they only do something relevant when a character's talent says they do something - Zhongli and Chori are the main examples of characters who care about geo constructs other people created.

Probably Ineffa. 

We don't even have any data on whether or not a Fontaine Chronicled banner will happen any time soon. Neuvillette is rerunning in the second half of this patch though if you want him.

Firstly, there is no news of a Fontaine CW. I would be shocked if they did that anytime soon, before re-visiting Mondstadt and Liyue at least.


Second, if they did, then it might be okay. Fontaine DPS units are still viable in endgame, though usually with at least one newer 5* or C1 to give them a bump up. But there's no real reason you *need* to pull a Fontaine character/team, unless you just like one of them.


~~But if you just care about endgame, pulling on reruns is rarely a smart move, and Chronicled Wish is definitely not. Pretty much all characters on CW are far from 'meta' these days, and you should only pull on them if you simp for a specific character.~~ 


If you play casually as you said below, just pull whatever you want. No 5* is so bad they're literally unplayable in casual content.

Codashop is the only official way

Level 100 can only be reached by using special items that you get from pulling a copy of a 5 star character that you already have C6. So for the majority of players, it isn't worth giving much of a thought since it won't be attainable for a long time, and the game isn't balanced around it. Just proceed like before.

Just build same way as before they added level 100.

Level 90 is still the cap for all practical purposes. 


Lvl 95/100 aren't normally available, only from having a C6 5-star and getting extra copies. They're not 'real' levels, it's mostly a special badge you can give a favourite in the rare case you do get a c7 somehow. 

Thanks for the responses everyone.

Ignore Lv100. For all intends and purposes, the level cap hasn't really changed. Getting someone to Lv100 (by getting THREE repeats on 5-stars beyond C6) is usually harder than getting a Limited Character to C1 or C2 (and this is often a more noticeable buff to them and their damage/utility).

The Level "caps" are:

- Lv20/40 > I really don't care about this character AT ALL, and I don't want to spend ANYTHING towards them, so let's just grab the very cheap first Acquaint Fate for upgrading them, and forget about them).

- Lv70/70 > I need more characters for IT... I will level some to Lv70/70.

- Lv70/80 > Since I have them leveled to 70 for IT, I might as well ascend them towards 80 to get their 3rd and last free Acquaint Fate.

- Lv80/90 > I use this character a lot and/or in some of my main teams; so I want them to be able to access their last ascension buff and talents.

- Lv81-89 > I use this character a lot, but since I keep playing with them and earning XP, I don't want to waste all that XP by leveling them straigth to Lv90 using books.

- Lv90 > I really like this character, it benefits from straight levels in some shape or form, and I don't care that they won't be earning XP while playing with them... and/or I want to be able to get their "Echo Trail" from IT.

- Lv95+ > I played for so long and/or pulled so much that I got elixirs to get people to Lv95 or Lv100... I will use this on either my favorite or strongest characters, just because, like a little ribbon on top of their heads. It very sightly increases their damage and/or survivability, but that's not why I did it: I just love them so much!

For starters, you also want the new artifact set.

A lot of ER, some CR if using favonius, enough HP to not die by a single enemy strike. No other stats needed. Silken moon if no one else uses it, or instructor.

no, she actually buffs reaction instead of just dealing more damage in presence of them

No, Ineffa with EC/LC fits that kind of description better. A strong off field dps who is tied to a reaction, not because they make the reaction meaningfully better but because it's just a condition for them to do high talent damage.

Columbina is more of a general lunar buffer + off field hydro.

https://youtu.be/Yc_J8Yd37F8?si=WJpfm9Xb83IhAVRG I have heard good things and currently use this route

not bannable and you wouldn't be the one banned​ for it even if it was

Safest option is claim it, but simply don't spend the primo's for a while.


You can't get banned for merely getting gifted stuff. The only way it can cause issues is if a gift gets refunded after you spend it, and you don't have enough primo's to cover the 'debt' after the gifted primo's get deducted again. 

Usually it would be Silken Moon on Columbina and 2pc EM 2pc EM on Lauma.

Illuga doesnt really need SM.
besides the 2p ER
it very much makes no difference who on a team holds the set

videos mostly
thats your only real choice
recently, they added some backlog of main quests you can read through but it wont feel the same

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5Nn7s0YiC8jbguvfoAWwZVyEYzvQCk0C&si=vOU8in44W5mwP5Iz

Did you also double check the one time domains? [This one](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Hidden_Palace_of_Guizang_Formula) has two different domains in it that each give a key.

Furina EQ, Xilonen E2NQ, Columbina EQ, Navia combo while lunar field is up.

Navia, Xilonen (Scroll + PPS/Fav), Columbina (Aubade + Fav/PAmber), Furina (Tenacity + Fav)

Furina ED Q > Xilonen EN2 Q > Navia Q > Columbina EQ > Navia hE N3D N2 > Xilonen EN2 > Navia hE N3D N2

Navia, Albedo (Husk/Golden Troupe + DEF weapon), Columbina (Tenacity/Aubade + Fav/PAmber), Mona (Noblesse + TTDS)

Columbina EQ > Albedo EQ > Mona QN4 E > Navia Q hE N3D N2 hE N3D N2

Serenade and Night of the Skies Unveiling provide different Gleaming Moon effects. If you're using both on a team you'll get +20%, if you're only using one you'll get +10%.

Clear one of those bosses with a different team first, then put Columbina and Ineffa on the other.

Depends on what you have for the other. The Lunar Dog is much harder apparently

No one can determine if it's "worth it" besides you. If you like how it looks, get it, if you don't then don't.

You do you. If you really like (love?) the skin, and would enjoy having it, go for it. Personally; I'm a big Neuvillette fan; but lately I use him less and less... and honestly, that skin in particular is not my cup of tea, so I'm passing on it.

Maybe if it was something I personally found cool; I would go for it, with the saved up crystals I got from buying Welkin by time to time; but I honestly don't like it that much myself.

VV is more of a support set, Winds is a DPS set, so if you're going for DPS, then Winds will be better

Sounds fine, noting that without Lauma his DPS isn't gonna be great. If they don't have a good Instructor for Kuki, you can run Kuki on Serenade/DW, and either have Lauma (specifically, not Nahida) on 2pc EM/EM, or Bina on Aubade.

Zhongli also works well enough as defense (+PAmber Bina), and can hold DW or Serenade (Instructor not really possible), Nilou works on her typical HP build for EM share but in a Nefer team is very replaceable unless C2, and Sucrose or C6 Diona can also work as EM buffers, again on DW or Serenade not Instructor. Jamie put out a [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEEJGodFvU&pp=ygULamFtaWUgZGlvbmE%3D) on how Sac Frag Nefer and Diona can make a solid team, but if they have Nefer R1 then it's not as good.

Yes, the only thing Ineffa gains from Ascendant Gleam is the new Aubade artifact set bonus. But as a consequence of that, Ineffa alone actually can't deal with the Wild Hunt enemies, you need to add Aino to the team for AG. Other Lunar shill, Ineffa solo can manage, though keep in mind you do need Hydro auras on the enemy for her to deal big damage, so depending on the enemy or your team, you might not get her full value. Even without that though, say in Overload or Quicken teams, Ineffa is still an EM-buffing shielder with consistent Electro app, and even a decent Hyperbloom trigger (though building both EM for HB DMG and ATK for shield strength and EM buff is difficult, and if you're doing a 2 Hydro HB team, just build her ATK for Lunar DMG and treat the HB as a minor side benefit tbh.

yes, if theres 4 charas it distributes equally, which is why i never claim as a chara i already have lvl 10 bc i feel its a waste of friendship xp

yes, if u claim with one chara they get all the xp themselves.