Struggling with Nod Krai enemies especially these guys which at my fastest take over 2mins each

I don't attempt any of the combat endgame content and I never get the highest rewards for combat events. I'm okay with this since I'm not willing to spend money on character's weapons and as a F2P player, I only manage to get a new character every 3 or 4ish banners since I'm really unlucky. Regardless, I do not mind skipping the combat content, but these guys are just in the overworld and are such time sinks I hate fighting them. Any Tips or just help in general? I have Flins and Aino as my Nod Krai characters and both are C1 with 4\* weapons

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The_Great_Ravioli2026-01-23 16:52

> I have Flins and Aino as my Nod Krai characters

You should be tearing through them like coffee paper with those two. Are you using Flin's special burst?

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 16:58

Yes. I haven't maxed his talents yet and I think my build is okay with 75% Crit Rate, 134% Crit Damage, and over 2000 base attack, with a R1 Skyward Spine which apparently is the best weapon I have to put on him. But my Burst does around 3rd of the health bar. My World Rank is 8. Like, I play Monster Hunter so I'm used to enemies taking awhile to fall, but not enemies that most people I see blend through in seconds and move on

The_Great_Ravioli2026-01-23 17:03

Your flins is STRONGER than mine, and I can kill one of these in 30 seconds with a team of Flins and Aino, and no one else.

I will ask again, are you using his **special** burst?

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:07

Yes I am! I assume you mean the Cutscene one where it's a cinematic and is followed up with diagonal purple dashes in front of him.

The_Great_Ravioli2026-01-23 17:12

No. That is not the special burst.

When you activate his skill that giving him electro infusion, activating the skill again will make him shine his lantern and temporarily convert his burst into a special burst that consumes less energy. He will fly into the air and crash down dealing massive lunar charged damage. All his damage comes from this attack and your rotation involves spamming it while he is infused with electro.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:16

Thats my main one I'm using since the cinematic one takes a bit to be full. Thats my most used one yeah.

The_Great_Ravioli2026-01-23 17:21

Hold on.

When I asked you about if you are using his special burst, your response was "Yea! The one with the cutscene!"

But after I explained there exists a special burst that exists after his skill, you pivoted and went "Yea! That's the main one I am using!"

Did you just lie to save face for missing an integral part of his kit? Lmao.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:24

No I didn't. I am using his cutscene burst, but to get to that point I use multiple of the other one. I was confused initially but my point still stands and I'm not trying to lie

The_Great_Ravioli2026-01-23 17:26

I suggest you look up Flins gameplay videos, because I still believe there is something you don't fundamentally understand about his kit.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:32

I will do that again. Thanks for the advice. In the end, if I have to take 2mins on these enemies, I'm used to it anyway lol

aebinafan2026-01-23 16:53

Not giving us lunar traveller was so greedy of hoyoverse. Like bruh, you quite literally destined new combat animation and a burst animation just for it to be a one time thing in archon quest and slapped us with a CA buff with 15 sec cooldown and terrible scaling and super specific requirements. 🤡 Giving out one good character kit won't suddenly collapse your sales.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:05

I really wish they did. I have no Idea why not. Dendro Traveller and Collei carried me through Sumeru when I didn't have any good Dendro characters at that point. I really want to defend Genshin, there's so much I love about the game and have been consistent missing less than 200 days since release (I took a break during the Inazuma early game and have just missed days here and there) but I don't feel rewarded or respected. In no point of this game have I felt that way unless it's me finding cool things to do in the overworld like get an Oculus that isn't normally available yet or something. But everything wish and combat wise I just do not like. These things become a huge problem if they severely are impacting normal gameplay for your dedicated F2P players. I've been loving P5X for example because you get rewarded so often and I feel incentivized to get at least a copy of each character and maybe a weapon for them too since the game is well balanced imo. But Genshin is so greedy in that department. I feel like Ineffa should have been free since she's the cornerstone of every team. Trying to go for her so hopefully I pick her up before she's gone with no hope of return soon

DemaraOnahole2026-01-23 16:56

Flins should melt this thing's HP like butter XD.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:06

Crazy Title lmao but yeah mine just doesn't even though I've tried to build him well

Fleur_Hiiroluvr2026-01-23 17:02

What are your other teammates and how do you play them? Cause I have Flins and I remember easily defeating those with Flins back in 6.0 when he wasn't even fully built yet nor did I have Ineffa.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:15

I try to have Aino on my party when fighting these but if I run into an encounter accidentally, I usually have Kokomi instead since I prefer healing for just overworld stuff. I usually go with xilonen as well, or zhongli if I'm facing a group and don't want to take damage. Not the best option there but I want to play without worrying about dying or spamming inventory meals. And I try to use Sucrose but she is only C2 I think and not too well built since I've been pretty unlucky. I do try to have her tho. So just kinda shuffle those 3 types around for my usual fights. But again these are just in the overworld so I may accidentally run into a group and I have a team like, Mavuika for the traversal, Kokomi for Heals, Zhongli for Shields and Flins. But I will not do this if I see them coming but Nod Krai makes this sorta hard by having quests and enemies spawn in every few seconds it seems lol

Fleur_Hiiroluvr2026-01-23 17:21

Oh then yeah definitely one issue I see is that you sometimes play Flins as only nod-krai, he's easily losing like over 50% of his damage when you don't play him in double nod-krai team. Especially if you're saying you have C1 of Flins which allows him to do 3 mini bursts. If you're exploring with Flins just keep Aino on the team, trigger lunar charged and make sure to use his mini bursts and you should be fine.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:33

Oh no I meant C0 sorry I was thinking of Aino while I typed it and She is definitely C1 sorry. I'll definitely continue with Aino on my team. Thank You!!!

LeThiVan2026-01-23 17:40

You don't need Kokomi for heals if you have Zhongli as your shielder and vice versa. I get that you want to play comfortably but having both in the same party is an overkill. I would recommend replacing either Kokomi or Zhongli for Aino.

After Aino burst, switch to Flins and tap E twice (if full energy) to enable his mini burst; if you're not at full energy then tapping E once should be good enough. Burst as soon as it becomes available. Do not burst at full energy.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:43

Gotcha I will only use the other bursts from now on!

Sylent0o2026-01-23 17:30

put fishl on ur team if u dont have ineffa for electro resonance
and then ur 4th slot is flex cuz now u dont ahve shield from ineffa so u might struggle with sustain

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:35

I'll definitely try that out! Maybe Zhongli for the Shielding so the team goes Aino, Fishl, Zhongli, Flins. I know Geo is kinda trash still, but best shield in the game that I have. Thank You!

what-the-helll2026-01-23 19:23

If you’re using Fischl, Sucrose is awesome as a fourth slot since they get the Hex buff when on a team together.
And Sucrose is Flins BIS anyway.

It is a very squishy team without any heals or shields but does lots of damage and should be fine for overworld or the abyss lower levels

irllyshouldsleep2026-01-23 17:39

C1 Flins and ur struggling? I'm sorry but there must be something rlly wrong with ur gameplay/build. Basic Flins rotation is after using ur supports skills/ults u swap to Flins and do E,E,Q,spam NA,E(as soon as available),Q,spam NA,E(as soon as available),Q and then swap back to supports and restart. Don't bother with Flins big burst (cutscene one) unless yk what ur doing.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-23 17:43

C0 Flins actually I wrote the wrong thing and have since edited it. Thank you so much for the actual movement guide. I'll stick to using that now.

irllyshouldsleep2026-01-23 17:56

With C0 Flins it's E,E,Q,spam NA,E(as soon as available),Q but yea np. If u give me ur whole team I can give u a full team rotation (and maybe build advice too). Ideally u should be playing Flins/Sucrose/Fischl or Kuki if u need heal and can't dodge/Aino team tho. Also build ur Aino with Favonius claymore if she isn't alr on it and give her Silken Moon's Serenade artifact set. The only artifact stats that matter on her are energy recharge and crit rate(for fav weapon) cuz she does like no dmg anyway.

00sparky2026-01-23 18:00

I suggest crafting a showel (nod-krai spear) for comrade ratnik. It should work well since he doesn't need er. As for his damage, it seems, you go with incorrect rotation. I'm damaging like this:
E-skill then two normal attacks, then e+q (modified skill and mini-burst, which requires only portion of energy capacity), 4 normal attacks, dash, 4 normals, eq again, and at the end again normal attacks sequence.
Kirill's power lies in mini-burst which accessable after he uses skill replacement ability.
It might happen so you don't need second mini-burst, if fighting regular zombies. For big ones full rotation should be enough.
And of course all other teammates should use their abilities before onfield DPS starts to wreak havok.
I remember taking a lot of time getting used to Kirill's play style after several month of Clorinde overload only. But now he is my weapon of destruction.

Arrownaut_korokhero2026-01-25 13:05

Crazy this is how I learnt Flins' first name lol. But I read your comment and have been using this method for a couple days. Thank you so much you genuinely described it so well and it was a huge help!!!

Tamamo_was_here2026-01-23 18:12

Sounds like you don’t know how to play Flins.

newplayer1352026-01-23 19:05

saw this post and thought i time-traveled forwards to 2/16

if you know, you know