What do you think will be the role of the cryo traveler?
I think it's obvious they're going to be a dps similar to pyro. Maybe their main damage will come from their burst though and then maybe an infusion or it might be stronger than pyro. Back then I used to think they would be a support lol. I just hope they don't give them the hydro treatment.
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Anemo is hard carried by VV — teams just want a warm body holding it — and those stonks are *waaay* down these days between Lunar reactions, Xilonen and Overloaded teams.
Pyro seems fine but I've never seen any use for it on a team. It might be usable but it's kind of a 'why would you bother.'
Hopefully with this stack of buffs there might actually be a reason to play traveller *over* other characters from time to time, instead of as a substitute you're forced to settle for because you lost 50/50 to someone that does the same thing but better.
Anemo Traveler provides an extra 20% Shred for Lunar-Charged, an effect that can't really be found anywhere else, and Ineffa also doesn't care when enemies get whisked away.
It's not as good as Sucrose' EM buff, but not everybody has Sucrose; there's no good 5\* buffer to replace them either, so Traveler is effectively 2nd best after Sucrose C0 (Jahoda C6 doesn't count, that's too many cons for a 4\* released just a patch ago)
Pyro Traveler makes so many teams playable, and wouldn't be properly replaced until Durin; putting Mavuika in their slot would make the team deal more damage, but putting Mavuika anywhere would do that.
Dendro Traveler was outright BiS for Nilou Bloom for some team comps, since they take less field time than Collei and have an EM buff built into their base kit
Imo for traveler
Pyro > dendro >>> geo >>>>>>>> electro/anemo
edit: A "Decent Cryo DPS". i guess i need to point it out since hydro MC has a DPS kit
If cryo traveler ends up being a dps, they'll most likely just be a recolor of pyro traveler but their abilities will just be attacks rather than persisting effects. They won't be any more fun to play.
Or maybe you like the hydro traveler? She has a dps on fielder kit that's unique even lol.
Also you said "fun", not "good". Those are 2 entirely different things.
The traveler will never be a GOOD dps with the same base atk stat as Yao yao lol. They would need to buff that first.
Even looking at Star Rail, the only good MCs are the two buffers Harmony and Remembrance (who is just another Harmony in disguise). Destruction MC, the only offensive one, is bad compared to the 30+ other DPSes they have in that game.
Making Traveler a good DPS in today’s day and age (100+ characters) is a tall ask. I’d much rather have a support anyways because they last longer in the meta.
I also don't think that making the traveler good by limited C0 5* standard would make hoyo lose money either so I legit don't understand why they're so adamant about making them so bad/mid
They legit made us get hyped about the pyro traveler for 3 patches just for a mid pyro dps / fine off field pyro applicator for teams that don't need a lot of pyro application
But who knows, they already gave them at least 2 direct buffs in back to back regions so maybe once we get all the elements they'll get a big upgrade to make them actually sort of good.
And hydro traveler doesn't have an ounce of support in their kit.
So, if we want Cryo Traveler to be useful, the best we can hope for is for Cryo Traveler to have lots of Cryo application. Anything else - damage, heals, buffs, shields, whatever - are a distant secondary consideration, as they will be too low-quality for them to matter.