I tried to clear Stygian D5 with Ganyu. It was a complete disaster.
Skip to [4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0wLfSgW70&t=291s) :51 if you want to see the fail.
Context: Up until now, for every Stygian at Fearless+, I have cleared at least one, usually multiple, bosses per cycle with C0-C1 Ganyu w/ 4\* and C0 supports, sometimes even with 4\* weapons, with no more than 3-4 cost, and no use of wheelchairs. Some of those clears have taken hours of resets, but they were possible, and so I persisted.
This cycle was a massive ramp up of powercreep and shill. The minimum HP of a boss was 9m. In past cycles, you'd see around 6-7m on Fearless. Every boss had a shill mechanic to block like 80% of characters in the game. It was completely impossible to clear at my normal (low) investment. There were no Drakes, Turtles, or Herras this time, bosses which allowed for any semblence of creativity and diverse teams.
I borrowed an account with supports cons like C3 Furina, and attempted to clear what I could. I cleared two bosses easily (unfortunately melt is not possible due to Crab requiring hydro slot, and Fatui white shield negating reactions), but then still could not clear even the Fearless Lunar-Shill boss with Ganyu. 8 cost Ganyu freeze with all the premium units, is now unable to clear even Fearless. This is compared to 3-4 cost cheap teams like in the last cycle and every cycle before.
I used fall damage strats, quadratic scaling, and all the tech I could possibly think of, and nothing worked. The boss simply has too much HP at the end of the day for old characters (pre-fontaine DPSs) to be able to scratch. 13m HP in Fearless (a lot more due to the mechanic) is absurd beyond belief.
Higher quality on YT: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0wLfSgW70&lc=UgzkgfDW-0jnQt3EkGR4AaABAg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0wLfSgW70&lc=UgzkgfDW-0jnQt3EkGR4AaABAg)
Context: Up until now, for every Stygian at Fearless+, I have cleared at least one, usually multiple, bosses per cycle with C0-C1 Ganyu w/ 4\* and C0 supports, sometimes even with 4\* weapons, with no more than 3-4 cost, and no use of wheelchairs. Some of those clears have taken hours of resets, but they were possible, and so I persisted.
This cycle was a massive ramp up of powercreep and shill. The minimum HP of a boss was 9m. In past cycles, you'd see around 6-7m on Fearless. Every boss had a shill mechanic to block like 80% of characters in the game. It was completely impossible to clear at my normal (low) investment. There were no Drakes, Turtles, or Herras this time, bosses which allowed for any semblence of creativity and diverse teams.
I borrowed an account with supports cons like C3 Furina, and attempted to clear what I could. I cleared two bosses easily (unfortunately melt is not possible due to Crab requiring hydro slot, and Fatui white shield negating reactions), but then still could not clear even the Fearless Lunar-Shill boss with Ganyu. 8 cost Ganyu freeze with all the premium units, is now unable to clear even Fearless. This is compared to 3-4 cost cheap teams like in the last cycle and every cycle before.
I used fall damage strats, quadratic scaling, and all the tech I could possibly think of, and nothing worked. The boss simply has too much HP at the end of the day for old characters (pre-fontaine DPSs) to be able to scratch. 13m HP in Fearless (a lot more due to the mechanic) is absurd beyond belief.
Higher quality on YT: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0wLfSgW70&lc=UgzkgfDW-0jnQt3EkGR4AaABAg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0wLfSgW70&lc=UgzkgfDW-0jnQt3EkGR4AaABAg)
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