Finally finished archon quest from the most recent patch. A whole lot of filler leading to an unexciting dungeon capped by a boring boss fight I just mashed buttons to beat.
Did 5.3 have any content that was good? I can't remember anything that hasn't been a nothingburger. Granted I got annoyed at lantern rite wasting my time and just started skipping dialog as fast as possible.
It had the free 20 anniversary fates. That was good content /sneed
Also the 5.5 beta is starting and kits are leaking.
Varesa = 5* electric Catalyst
There is no gameplay yet but Varesa is a plunge dps that plays kinda like super gaming. She has 2 skill stack that charge her attack into a rising launcher that you can plunge after, and using her burst puts her in a firey state that resets her skills. Her burst can be used AGAIN while in her burst for a cheaper cost, reseting her skill further. If you got no energy, her base charge attack also works as the launcher into plungee.
Her exploration skill is some sort of "rapid state" where her sprint is simply different from other characters, being much faster and consuming plhogiston.
Varesa Catalyst = High atk low crit dmg
Varesa catalyst gives free atk% and plunge crit damage, giving a much larger crit dmg after casting skill or burst.
>Iansan = 4* electro spear
Iansan is basically the 4* version of Varesa but her burst is support focused. Her skill puts her in a dashing state that your next attack launches you up and you plunge. Once in nightsoul you can charge attack with her to do this launcher. Her burst buffs active character attack based on her own attack and nightsoul but it has a weird gimmick. Her burst is a "pedometer" that recharges her nightsoul as you move around.
This means Iansan is obviously designed to support natlan DPS because all of them move while attacking. Her passive gives a mediocre slow heal, c4 gives a atk% buff and c6 gives dmg buff.
>New artifact set PLUNGE
2pc: +25% plunge
4pc: Plunge attack gives 15 plunge bonus up to 5 stacks
This set is obviously made for Varesa but it will be funny if its Xiao's new BiS
>New artifact set Cryo without energy
2pc: Cryo dmg bonus
4pc: When character has
no energy, gain +60% burst damage and 60% normal damage. Hitting normal/burst will stop the other buff for 6 seconds.
This set makes no fucking sense
unless it's foreshadowing for how Skirk will work. "No energy" doesnt necessarily mean no burst but
no standard energy, aka having a different energy system like mavuika fight spirit. This would mean Skirk most likely has a different energy system and is a normal attacker with a transformation burst that does no damage OR a burst dps. Alternatively, she could be both and have different bursts like Childe does.
People are already theorizing this will also be capitano's set so the cope never ends!
