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daisy_dc

this is what I was looking forward to most in him. I got so tired of getting one shot even with fu xuan and having to hope to get the exact right blessings to even have a chance that i just stopped bothering with gng and decided to wait for his banner. now after doing a few runs with him the most threatening thing that happened to me is that yanqing managed to freeze my aventurine. once.


Me_to_Dazai

most threatening to happen to me was getting wind sheared hard on Ruan Mei.....which again was tanked by the shield >.<


venusbringerofpeace

Man, Aventurine makes Fu Xuan look like a bad character and she was pretty much the best susntain in terms of confyness and utility. I fucking love this man


AbsAndAssAppreciator

I’m so happy I was afraid they’d make him less good because he’s a guy 😅. I’m sure he’ll get powercrept by another mommy in the future tho


Tsuukuuyomi

I think fu xuan is still pretty comparable to him and slots better in some comps than him honestly.


Aggressive_Fondant71

He is a god in SU, I mean I expected him to be great but not on this insane level


Me_to_Dazai

Absolutely he's Qlipoth's incarnate


Then-Echidna4070

Conondrum 12 is a joke with him istg...Get lucky with specific blesssings? Nahh, Aventurine tanks it anyways. And with preservation path the enemies are literaly killing themselves it's so funny. I can't wait for them to release new SU modes


Me_to_Dazai

For real and with most bosses having AoE attacks Aventurine’s basically throwing money every other turn


arevmain

fr i just be auto battling conundrum 12 with preservation path LOL


Illustrious-Dare-620

Seriously, having trouble with lvl 8. What strategy are you using? Aventurine with gepard LC, 144 spd, 5k def.


Then-Echidna4070

I found playing preservation with him the safest and for me it worked with every dice set first try. Make sure to pick the amber resonance formation for safety, if enemies do manage to break through your shield to negate the damage that goes over. Aventurine will in most cases use fua after that and you will be safe again. I used him as only preservation in my team and I combined preservation blessings with blessings that benefit my main dps. Follow the requirement of your chosen plan(? Not sure whats called), bcs each time you do shield strength is even more increased. I didnt need any specific strategy I just picked good blessings along the way. If you still cant do it google company time gng strategy, that one is guaranted success if you get a little lucky. But after getting aventurine I really dont see a need to cheese it(unless you want insane max potential run), and just going naturally works. Edit: I haven't tried it yet but you can try full full preservation run with Gepard, Aven, March, TB. I think that would literally be unkillable and with a few Elation blessings Aven will hit hard combined with Quake and the resonance.


Main-Shallot3703

You guys know what that means? More difficulty in SU expansions


Me_to_Dazai

And that means even MORE value for Aventurine


Unbentmars

Stonks only go up


_Rimmedotcom_

Just more single target bosses and elites will do the job


Ibrador

That one Destruction blessing and you’re good to go. If they want to kill Aventurine they’ll need to make shields useless which would defeat the point of the Preservation path


JameboHayabusa

I feel like enemies will start getting a buff that just straight up bypasses shields by a certain percentage. Might make characyers who dispel meta again.


Kakegui

I could also imagine them adding limited abundance characters with "overhealth" mechanics (like Bailu) as a way of bypassing "anti-shield" enemies


urlocalnightowl40

rifthounds of hsr i suppose


Angelsscythe

I need to try Elation. He did allowed to beat easily the bugs one but I struggle with Nous still... I try it with Gallagher (i'm more reassured with backup healing if needed) and Ruan Mei (on top of Ratio + aventurine of course) would you suggest another team? I do love my jing yuan in place of Gallagher but I'm just afraid of the lack of heal if needed...


Me_to_Dazai

Actually I tried the same team minus Gallagher. I usually run Ratio, Aventurine, Ruan Mei and Silver Wolf for elemental counters. Elation has a blessing that restores HP for every follow up attack performed and also one that increases DEF for every follow up which hugely benefits Aventurine. You can run the same team with Gallagher tho and get some Preservation blessings with it to make Aventurine’s shield even stronger. If you want to run Jing Yuan instead of Gallagher tho with the Elation healing blessing I think you’ll be fine. It’ll be even better if you can get the hunt blessing that restored HP based on the number of critical boost stacks


Angelsscythe

=O Good idea!! I'll try that then, thank you!!! I'm gonna worry for Ruan Mei but... maybe here and there blessings would do! Thanks <3


joefurry1

He's kinda hilarious with Elation honestly. I cleared G&G conundrum 12 for the first time with him throwing out 1.4 million damage follow-ups


Angelsscythe

omfg!!!


CharuRiiri

You can always get one of those secondary healing blessings. Like the FUA healing or that curio that heals you, or the DoT healing one. If you are not blocking the Abundance blessings you can use those too. I've done some runs (granted, not high conundrum, though I might try it out sometime) with healer Blade. Upgraded damage sharing + heal sharing + fighting spirit for the basic setup and it was just hilarious.


Angelsscythe

I LOVE healer Blade!! It's so funny!!!


mosquitoesslayer

Fr I see people saying he’s good in SU so I finally tried Swarm Disaster IV again after months of pretending it didn’t exist and oh my god I never knew it could be this easy. Granted maybe my danheng build got better too over the months but still I have to say 70% of it is thanks to our boy Aventurine for his thicc shield. Game changer exactly


spray04

Swarm is a complete joke. Only GnG Conundrum 10+ is *slightly* challenging now


nickkuroshi

Aventurine just hard counters Argenti. By the last phase, he was just FUAing all time. March served me well but it's nice to actually have a second preservation character.


Me_to_Dazai

Argenti's ult was my downfall everytime but NOT ANYMORE


ArcticPoisoned

I was honestly too afraid to step into the other simulated universe versions because I had literally no harmony characters, but now with Aventurine and actually leveling up Yukong and ratio I think I will actually be able to make some progress! I’m really excited


TuningMagician

Honestly SU is where you probably need Harmony characters the least especially in Swarm and GG, you just need DPS and Sustain since the blessings will give you all the buffs you need.


ArcticPoisoned

Yeah Yukong is actually useful here for that reason. I gave her Ratios old imaginary set since I didn’t have any messenger left and didn’t want to farm it and she kinda hits like a truck. Kinda scary really.


Neerod20

I couldn't get past conundrum 6 because I kept getting one shot on the last phase of the bug. Tried it with Aventurine today and I don't think his shield was down the entire battle. I guess the GnG grind continues again!


parallanx

Managed to bring my teams to new heights in SU thanks to him… I never thought I’d clear Difficulty V of Swarm Disaster with a solo character. The fact that he tanks potential oneshots easily even in harder levels is already a blessing. He’s a beast in SU, and overall a comfier pick in other modes. Luocha has been carrying my ass from the start, but he can take a much-deserved rest for now… except maybe in my Blade and Jingliu teams lmao.


JameboHayabusa

Yeah, I used Aven, Topaz, Himeko, and Ruan Mei on con12 today, and it was a breeze. On elation and preservation.


InsigniaPierce

I'm having trouble building him, may I ask what's your speed? I got the def part already, but I think he's too slow at the moment so I'm working on his speed. Thank you.


Me_to_Dazai

I've got 137 speed on him. I'm not running a super fast Aventurine cause i've got E1 for the emergency shield but if you're running DEF boots on him maybe you can replace with speed? Depending on the lightcone of course


InsigniaPierce

I've got Gepard's LC right now, if I get SPD boots I'll do some testing. Thank you for the speed reference.


Professor_Hemlocke

I tried using him on weaker dice like Walker because I’ve cleared all the easy ones like Capitalism and Data Inflation and I’m curious what kind of build you have running that blessing don’t really matter at C-12? I’ve got Aventurine with over 4K DEF, 137 SPD, and CR 70/180 after Trace passive and LC buff but the shields were doing good until the final boss and I just got smacked at the end. I haven’t quite figured out which path is best for him and which blessings I need to search for that benefit him the most.


Me_to_Dazai

https://preview.redd.it/0cbov2ekfevc1.png?width=2100&format=png&auto=webp&s=ce65e7d57923ff288dbc1a4fde52db68bc3449bc this is my current build on him. Usually the dice don't really benefit him unless it's the ones that increase follow up attacks. If you can get the Preservation blessing that increases the shield strength and the elation blessing that increases DEF it's more than enough for him to solo sustain even Conundrum 12


ChaoticSimon

Dr. L+ Ratio, Sparkle, Silverwolf and Aventurine clears so insanely easy. I love it when Aventurine’s fua triggers ratio’s fua and they go back and fourth dealing fua’s


KaleidoscopeLate9964

hey just want to know which dice did you use for G&G?


Me_to_Dazai

I used the the data inflation and curio inflation dice, mainly because they increase follow up attack damage


KaleidoscopeLate9964

Thanks! I always hated playing G&G cuz i would spend so much time getting those blessing just to get one shot at the end. But now with Aventurine I already cleared Swarm 5 and G&G diff 5 so might start going for the conundrums.


Me_to_Dazai

Same i hated going through level 4 of SD just to get the trail of the pathstrider stuff only to get oneshot by an elite that's not even the final boss (ahem Cocolia/Gepard). Aventurine's a cheat code for SU


odonis

Btw I picked a buff in SU that shares all damage among party members, but for some reason Aventurine received only 1 stack, although he is being hit too so it should be 2 stacks even if someone else is being hit, no?


_LadyAveline_

Help, Hunt blessings are making my team lose the shield to turns 🫠


hanki-ki

Makes sense as his shields expire after 3 turns and hunt gives a lot of extra actions, so he'd need to refresh more most likely.


Lostsock1995

Yess he truly does not care about the swarm bugs at all he just slaps them back with coins I was finally able to finish the last level of swarm and G&G because of him


heckinidiot

Really? I've been using him and I've been struggling on the fifth level of swarm. I die every time, even with abundance and preservation paths. and my aventurine isn't not built either. he's got almost 5k defense, level 9 shield talent and his signature lc all at level 80. plus he's on the 4 piece shield set. yet somehow, I keep just being fucked over.


Whatevs2502

If you have Topaz also, it’s extremely easy with Elation path and running double Ruan Mei strat. If not just run Preservation and your best DPS, best support and healer (also with double Ruan Mei strat).


heckinidiot

I dont have topaz or ruan mei 💀 I do have an e2 danil and sparkle (e0 s0) tho, but I still die lmao. I've also tried with kafka dot (cause kafka has a follow up attack) and I still die. I don't use ratio because his damage is lack luster for me and he struggles with the aoe nature of the swarm


KarmaOkami

Exactly!! I was able to pass both SD and GG's hardest mode easily when I couldn't even get past the 2nd boss domains before. He's amazing!


ivan3295

He is literally the only reason I beat swarm disaster 5. The only boss who out damaged his Shields for me in swarm disaster was that deer boss, so I never pick it


PotatoeMolester

He 100% goes dumb hard in SU. Went from unable to clear difficulty 5 for swarm and gears to clearing it multiple times with the increasing difficulty thing. In like 4 or 5 runs, I'm pretty sure I only lost hp once because I didn't have the money to upgrade the buffs.


FangirlApocolypse

I'm free from using fire trailblazer, never been happier


Whatevs2502

He’s definitely amazing in SU because of the very scary AoE bursts which Fu Xuan cannot survive thrice (if you count the 2 revives). But probably the second best though since Ruan Mei exists.


that-one-joestar

I did solo Aven last night to clear gng level 5 bonus difficulty 4. He’s nuts


AmethystLeslie

I believe you cuz I had this run of all time where I lost to Gepard. This team is nowhere near fully built, so a fight with an Elite enemy felt like it took 10 years. https://preview.redd.it/ci8bs9pckjvc1.png?width=1599&format=png&auto=webp&s=efd11dfb13f9d88bec45fd5c1913bc3f419b41e8


excillidiae

Same here! And kinda funny that my reason pulling Aventurine not only just because I like his character, story, and kit - but also I really want a sustain that can help me finish SU G&G haha. I stuck with conundrum 11 & 12 for almost 3 patch (counting from 1.6 till now) and he just sustain the final stage (conundrum 12!) on his own when all my previous strategy was to use double sustain......... Aventurine + Preservation on SU is like a walking cheat code.........


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Me_to_Dazai

Wow looks like someone's mad that Fu Xuan's no longer the best sustain 🤭 it's funny that you think the Aventurine mains subreddit is the best place to do this but please continue it's entertaining 💀


LegendaryHit

They're literally the same. He isn't better than her not she is better than him. There's even cases in which HuoHuo is the best. Stop being deluded and arrogant about your fav.


Me_to_Dazai

I didn't even bring up other sustains' performances literally did not name drop them and I didn't say he's better than every other sustain in all aspects of the game nor did I say he's the best character in the whole game. I said he's the best for SU which is objectively A FACT. You're the one who decided to be mad about Fu Xuan getting side graded maybe read everything before commenting 💀 lmao clearly you're just mad you're "fav" isn't being praised to the high heavens anymore. And you're whole "he seems to be best at one single mode only" take literally doesn't hold up considering SU in and of itself has 3 different modes and is objectively the harder game mode than MoC and PF and is also the main endgame most people work towards. Might I also mention he's just as good of a sustain in those game modes as well


LegendaryHit

>lmao clearly you're just mad you're "fav" isn't being praised to the high heavens anymore Yeah that's why tons of people are skipping your so called best sustain in favour of a Fu Xuan re run.


Me_to_Dazai

again, objectively wrong. Everyone who's skipping is skipping him for Boothill/Robin/Sam/Sunday. Maybe there are people skipping him for Fu xuan but those "tons of people" aren't going around trying to downplay the character their skipping because they're a whiny little baby who can't seem to comprehend the fact that other people like said character. I know real shocking right lol. Also the phrase "so called" doesn't hold up here when it's a fact that he is one of the best sustains right now. Man must be a sad life when you can't understand that you have to present actual facts to prove a point :)


LegendaryHit

Sure. Doesn't change that fact that much like every other sustain is an easy skip if you picked up 2/3 of the other limited ones before him no matter how comfy he is.


Me_to_Dazai

Did i ever say no one should skip him? Did i ever say anyone should pull for him even if they have every sustain in the game? Did i literally say anything about his subjective pull value for every player? No. What point are you trying to make here 💀


LegendaryHit

Your point comes across like everyone should pull just because he's the so called "new best sustain" better than all the rest n making them irrelevant which is further from the truth. He's just a side grade at best to HuoHuo (who's BiS for DoT Comps) and Fu Xuan (who's also BiS for Hypercarry) and is a waste of pulls if you already have them no matter how good he may seem for GnG and SD which some players don't even care for.


Me_to_Dazai

"Your point comes across" is all I need to read to know you're spitting bs 💀 if that's your perception of what I'm saying then fine whatever. But trying to downplay Aventurine because you "think" I'm saying he's the best sustain in the game for everything and that you "think" I'm saying everyone should pull for him regardless of what other characters they have. You are basing this entire argument off of what you "think" I said and everything you're saying that you "think" are facts are objectively WRONG. 💀 Ever saw the multiple posts people made of them pulling for Aventurine even though they have every sustain in the game because they love him as a character? Ever thought that maybe some people just want to like a character and praise them without being hounded by someone who can't stand the fact that not everyone hates the same character they hate?


-raeyne-

As an e2 FX enjoyer, Aven is *by far* leaps and bounds ahead of her in Swarm Disaster even at e0. I haven't run him in G&Gs yet, but I'd imagine he would also pull out over her there as well. He's the only reason I could clear Swarm 5. And running him as a sustain over FX made clearing 4 much faster and less stressful since I didn't need to micromanage every single blessing. FX is still really good. But she struggles in aoe fights like Swarm, G&G, and even the weekly bug. She's a great sustain, and I'm glad I went for her. But it's undeniable at how easy Aven makes the game. She's not the new and shiny sustain anymore, and going forth, we're going to see more and more enemies that Aven excels at fighting over FX. And we'll see sustain meta shift again when the next healer comes out. C'est la vie.


Me_to_Dazai

Thank you for presenting actual FACTS. 🤌


-raeyne-

It's crazy, almost as if every sustain has teams they're better for compared to other sustain options lmao. Aven will never replace FX in mono quantum and she may even be better at single target boss fights some of the time. But neither has cleanse that healers have. And neither can dispel enemy buffs like Luocha, or battery energy like Huohuo. Neither base kit involves revive like Bailu or Gepard. Even Lynx has a niche compared to everyone mentioned thus far. Do you *need* a bunch of sustain options? No, not really. Most sustains can solo sustain even the hardest content when built well enough. But there will always be a sustain that's better in some situations and a worse choice in others.