Genshin Impact

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Doesn't help that Sumeru and fontaine were super innovative and fun with dendro and diving but Natlan's main gimmick is dinosaur mode and vehichles which is cute but not thaaat fun.

Natlan is also very mountainous with large plains. It's a pain how much waiting there is for stamina. Wuwa has spoiled me on unlimited stamina outside of combat and fast climbing.

Edit: spelling

 

[Mysterious Girlfriend X]

Nathan is also very mountainous with large plains. It's a pain how much waiting there is for stamina. Wuwa has spoiled me on unlimited stamina outside of combat and fast climbing.

Well, I don't know who this Nathan fellow is, but that's a very objectifying way of describing him.

 

[Clancee]

Mavuika is kinda janky, exploration is a worse mix of natlan units and she needs her burst (and xilonen) to do a super strong spin for 7 seconds. Off field she's kinda of a better dehya with much better aoe, uptime and range.

Mavuika is weird for an archon. All the others, you could fit them into teams and they would work just fine. You actually need to build a team AROUND Mavuika and if you don't have Xilonen (I don't) she won't be as efficient. If they had pushed this fighting spirit mechanic earlier maybe we'd have more options for charging her burst.

I think I'll just tough it out and snag Arlecchino and wait for Mavuika's rerun.

(Is it just me being a tard or does Mavuika's bike not have a "fast" mode? I've only Mualani but she has a faster travel speed for her surfboard that consumes NS faster.)

 

[WS2812B]

We got lucky today(after smashing into soft pity)

Weapon to follow as I also hit soft pity on rolling(At least I have an amos bow for da goat)

 

[LucasSomething]

Mavuika is weird for an archon. All the others, you could fit them into teams and they would work just fine. You actually need to build a team AROUND Mavuika and if you don't have Xilonen (I don't) she won't be as efficient. If they had pushed this fighting spirit mechanic earlier maybe we'd have more options for charging her burst.

I think I'll just tough it out and snag Arlecchino and wait for Mavuika's rerun.

(Is it just me being a tard or does Mavuika's bike not have a "fast" mode? I've only Mualani but she has a faster travel speed for her surfboard that consumes NS faster.)

I mean, it depends. Venti, zhongli, furina and nahida are general supports and it matches their personality. Raiden is a warrior and wants a team that works both around her and that gets buffed by her, but she doesnt need them to function at a basic level. Her being the best hyperbloomer feels like an intentional but happy coincidence.

Mavuika makes sense thematically because Phlogiston literally can't work outside of natlan so "logically" the pyro archon literally can't work without natlan units. Mavuika is also a war godess so "logically" she is a on field hypercarry first and support second (even tho she's also touted as this super charismatic leader).

That being said, Raiden's kit is much more "elegantly" designed. Your burst buffs her hers and hers fuels yours, creating an eternal energy cycle which is peak story and game integration. Mavuika on the other hand is crippled without a natlan unit (can't even burst per rotation) and doesn't offer anything unique in return. She's a standard pyro dps with a simple scaling self buff or a subdps with generic off field damage for the sake of "value" (without it she's argueably worse than arlechino).

She also has retarded imperfect sinergy with both natlan sets. Her burst stops fuel consumption so she doesn't have permanent Codex uptime (WHY), while Cinder city energy refund is wasted on her. Imagine if Nahida couldn't fully utilize the dendro and EM sets.

And i can confirm you can sprint with Mavuika's bike and jump very far but it burns through your fuel in 1s. Not worth it unless you're following fuel balls on the way.

We got lucky today(after smashing into soft pity)

Weapon to follow as I also hit soft pity on rolling(At least I have an amos bow for da goat)
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I wouldn't risk the weapon unless you got citlali too cause that catalyst is only good on her and copium on baizhu.

Mav's C1 gives her +50% more fuel, 40% atk (for no reason) and 25% fighting spirit efficiency which heavily improves her skill uptime and lets her burst per rotation without a natlan unit. It's still not perfect but helps cover her flaws by a lot. Good job there.

 

[WS2812B]

My weapon banner fate points are 1/1 and I think it's safe to push the rolls, too bad I play like absolute ass on mobile(far away from pc) and I can't into the abyss.Need to wrap up fontaine first,though as I only grinded comissions and artifacts for the last 6 months(with only a single good artifact to show for it, lol)

 

[Noebel]

that catalyst is only good on her and copium on baizhu

It's arguably better for Nahida than her own lamp. It gives you +32 EM for every other dendro char in the party, but you usually only would have one. Citlalis gives flat 100.

 

[Hammr2]

I got Citlali at 84 pity, probably the highest pity I've ever had. Last one was 81 (C0 Neuv), at least it was a 50/50 won.
I wish my artifact didn't upgrade that much into DEF rather than ER, otherwise ER could have been better.


Here is damage comparison with her (Cinder) and Zhongli (ToTM), no Bennett buff. Just pure resistance shred between the two..
The lower number is Lyney's full charged arrow, the bigger one is his cat arrow damage.
It's 37k and 45k.





This one is scuff, best scenario for both. Citlali one is missing Lyney full charged arrow at 37k damage.
Zhongli case is keeping boss withing his pillar stone.

You are trading a kinda "meh" shield (worse than Layla, kinda similar or a tiny bit better to Kirara without stack) for higher possible damage But between Cinder and ToTM artifact, Cinder wins because you can swap Citlali to even spam normal attack to trigger elemental effect without requiring the e skill on hit (Zhongli pillar). Cinder buff is also last longer, 20 sec of damage buff vs 3 sec if ATK buff.

New world boss farm, you can use Citlali and Ororon (I assume) special vision to stun boss's clones.

I'd say, she's neat for me. Since she actually makes my Lyney team with Furina - Siggy being able to Tenebros boss Nightsoul shield and fighting against other mobs with Nightsoul shield much more easier.

 

[RIPRhongoBongo]

No Argus, No Marcus, No Vila. At least Nikke felt bad for me

 

[Troon Whisperer]

Finished the Archon quest and I really enjoyed it. The Captain threatening the god of death and telling them to fuck off was pretty hype.

Took about 150 wishes and a failed 50/50, but I got Mavuika. While I kinda want Citlali because waifu, I didn't click with her in her combat trial, so I might just skip for now and try to get Arlecchino.

 

[LucasSomething]

It's arguably better for Nahida than her own lamp. It gives you +32 EM for every other dendro char in the party, but you usually only would have one. Citlalis gives flat 100.

Lamp gives 30% elemental damage (solo dendro) or 20% + 32 EM (2 dendros) then 40 EM for the rest of the team (imagine 2 electro dps or haitham + kuki). This is way better than flat +100 em imo, especially if you're already nearing 1k with her.

You are trading a kinda "meh" shield (worse than Layla, kinda similar or a tiny bit better to Kirara without stack) for higher possible damage But between Cinder and ToTM artifact, Cinder wins because you can swap Citlali to even spam normal attack to trigger elemental effect without requiring the e skill on hit (Zhongli pillar). Cinder buff is also last longer, 20 sec of damage buff vs 3 sec if ATK buff.

1-Did you use TTDS with citlali or another weapon? Assuming yours is already built, do you think the shield can survive with TTDS over sac frags?

2-Can you confirm if Sacrificial fragments works with her? can you do a E Q E with her and get 10 particles and extra nightsoul?

New world boss farm, you can use Citlali and Ororon (I assume) special vision to stun boss's clones.

This boss will be coming next abyss and i have no ororon or citlali oh boy, i'll have to see how important this mechanic is.

I'll be doing the archon quest and report how good or bad pyro traveler feels. He should feel hard copium compared to mavuika but even mediocre pyro off fielder with cinder city can be viable.

edit: Mizuki art leaked



(Don't be tricked by her colors, she's anemo)

 

[Keine]

This boss will be coming next abyss and i have no ororon or citlali oh boy, i'll have to see how important this mechanic is.

I haven't used Ororon or Citlali to farm that boss yet but I imagine it'll shave a few seconds off killing each clone at most. Pyro attacks from Arlecchino or someone else will make short work of them already provided you can chase them down.

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

HSR stream for 3.0 was today. Be sure to grab the codes:

HSR320250115
HSR3AMPHOREUS
HSR3DAWEISGIFT

1st phase is The Herta with Feishiao, Lingsha and Jade. 2nd phase is Aglaea with Boothill, Robin and Silver Wolf.

Free March 7th outfit, but only for Preservation March.
New relics, new LCs for Remembrace, Immersifier (tokens from SU) cap increased to 12, TB power (resin) increased to 300.

 

[Girl Named Sandoz]

I haven't used Ororon or Citlali to farm that boss yet but I imagine it'll shave a few seconds off killing each clone at most. Pyro attacks from Arlecchino or someone else will make short work of them already provided you can chase them down.

worth noting that arlecchino's skill also only marks the real one so it makes it way easier to find without having to bother with the boss mechanics

 

[DenseDeerFather]

gonna drain my savings for the kino gameplay alone

Welcome to Club Carlotta.

(Don't be tricked by her colors, she's anemo)

Yun Jin should be an example of why you can't always trust colors.

1st phase is The Herta with Feishiao, Lingsha and Jade. 2nd phase is Aglaea with Boothill, Robin and Silver Wolf.

Aw damn. Well I do have Feixiao but I will have to skip on Es for Herta's Megaevolution. Feels necessary with the amount of stuff they are feeding us now. Lingsha is back which makes me happy so I'll try my luck to get her.

Pulling double duty for Aglaea and Boothill because fuck me. I'll try to get Robin too but think I'm gonna skip SW.

No Firefly still but I'm at 50-ish pity. If I lose the 50/50, I'll just save the guarantee for Mega Herta.

Trying to get Citali too but if I lose the 50/50, I'll just save it for Arle.

Free March 7th outfit, but only for Preservation March.

Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't March, paths not counting, gotten two outfits? I remember she wore one during Belobog 2 and she wore another outfit at the end of the recent photography event.

So does this mean they are introducing costumes now?

Spoiler: HSR event shit

Also I did that bartender event in Penacony and it's weirdly fun. I present; Lung Cancer's Charm.

 

[Daddy's Little Kitten]

Correct me if I'm wrong but hasn't March, paths not counting, gotten two outfits? I remember she wore one during Belobog 2 and she wore another outfit at the end of the recent photography event.

It's that one:

 

[DenseDeerFather]

Aw that's adorable. Yeah she wore that during the photography event.

Edit: Okay so an artist I follow because I am a weeb uploaded a music video for something called the Hoyofair. It seems to be a giant love letter to Inazuma. Regardless, I love it but I also love Kuroneko so....

 

[Amaranthy]

I got E1 Fugue within 10 pulls of getting a bailu before so that was really nice, also managed E1 Sunday this patch, gonna hurt going for both Herts and Aglaea in 3.0

 

[Hammr2]

1-Did you use TTDS with citlali or another weapon? Assuming yours is already built, do you think the shield can survive with TTDS over sac frags?

2-Can you confirm if Sacrificial fragments works with her? can you do a E Q E with her and get 10 particles and extra nightsoul?

I use Sac on her rather than TTDS, for more EM and less strict rotation swapping. Yes, Sac EQE does give her extra nightsouls when second E proc and extra particles.
Testing with Lv 105 Stonehide Lawachurl jumping slam, with my Neuvilette having 39k HP. For Citlali, her shield breaks every case.
915EM, Neuv will have 34k HP left. (Sac + EM sand)
807EM is 33k HP left. (Sac + ER sand)
700ish EM is 32k HP. (TTDS + EM sand)
586EM is 31.1k HP. (TTDS + ER sand)
So no, I don't trust TTDS is enough for tanking.
Comparison with my Kirara (Lv80, 46k HP and Deepwood). No stack shield will have 27k HP Neu, with stack is 32k.
Layla lv 90, 42k HP and ToTM can tank (no shield break) Lawachurl jumping slam.

 

[ZMOT]

I haven't used Ororon or Citlali to farm that boss yet but I imagine it'll shave a few seconds off killing each clone at most. Pyro attacks from Arlecchino or someone else will make short work of them already provided you can chase them down.

from what I remember half-asleep it stuns them in their place, otherwise they float fucking everywhere (giving me wuwa ptsd how far some mobs can fuck off) and otherwise keep attacking. with arle they need 3-4 hits iirc and there are a handful of them. abyss probably boosts the hp and general annoyance tho, but nuking the boss directly I think ends the phase (there's probably an achievement for it too, haven't checked yet).

Finished the Archon quest and I really enjoyed it.

it redeemed natlan for me quite a bit, as a whole in hindsight some stuff looks much better being capped off like that. otoh for me leaned a bit too much into animu-tropes at the end with thrusting weapons real hard together with the power of friendship, but I take what I can get. also loom dancing minigame which will spawn endless memes and reaction images.
new players who play it closer together in one go should have a better experience of natlan I think. although some sidequests are integrated which people did just to finish the content of 5.0-5.2, hoyo can either require them to do first which would annoy people or have npcs and stuff show up that makes no sense to them yet.

when the angel explains the rules started with her I fully expected capitano to yeet her to reset them, instead "fuck your rules" was more based. plus additional loredrops that he's even more hardcore than anyone thought

got both booze granny and mauvika winning the coinflip each time in around 150 rolls (and c6 kachina as well which is nice), which might color my enjoyment a bit. probably spend all my luck now before wuwa 2.0...