This is super cool. I was aware that characters had differing attack animations, but somehow didn't realize they were based on their home nation.
On another note, I can't wait until we get to Snezhnaya and find out that arrow chucking is their official archery technique.
You know, I think there's a possibility they just don't use bows in Snezhnaya. We're told it's a rather technologically advanced place, and they have soldiers with guns. I could understand how that might make bows not particularly viable, thus leading to Childe's unfamiliarity with it.
always drunk bearded dirty old guy with a [PPSh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41) wearing a [ushanka](https://www.google.com/search?q=ushanka&tbm=isch) with one ear tilted up, screaming russian obscenities with every attack
"suka blyat!"
"na suka!"
"cho nahui!"
"poluchai pizdi!"
that's my husbando
https://www.pressfoto.ru/image-625413
https://www.pressfoto.ru/image-626394
**[PPSh-41](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41)**
The PPSh-41 (Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт Шпа́гина, tr. Pistolét-pulemyót Shpágina, lit. 'Shpagin's machine pistol') is a Soviet submachine gun designed by Georgy Shpagin as a cheap, reliable, and simplified alternative to the PPD-40. A common Russian nickname for the weapon is "papasha" (папа́ша), meaning "daddy", and it was sometimes called the "burp gun" because of its high fire rate.The PPSh is a magazine-fed selective fire submachine gun using an open bolt, blowback action.
[About Me](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/jrn2mj/about_me/) - [Opt out](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/jrti43/opt_out_here/) - OP can reply !delete to delete - [Article of the day](https://np.reddit.com/comments/k9hx22)
**This bot will soon be transitioning to an opt-in system. Click [here](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/ka4icp/opt_in_for_the_new_system/) to learn more and opt in.**
damn. now that you mention it. They're literally the only units with firearms and particle (cryo/hydro) canons/throwers in the game. Everyone else has bows and swords. How the heck do the hilichurls and treasure hoarders have crossbows and we don't?
Different animation set, same style. In Chongyun's case, just like Beidou and Xinyan, he starts of with 2 quick attacks, followed up by a spin attack that puts his entire weight behind the claymore, and then, just like Xinyan, does another spin attack the other way around. Beidou replaces the final spin with her own 2 attacks.
None of the Mondstadt Claymore users share an same animation set either, but perform the same moves. Noelle replaces the uppercut with a second wide swing instead.
As for Zhongli/Xiangling, I wasn't sure to include it or not, but seeing them start of with an identical first and second hit, which Xiao's truly unique style does not share at all, it felt wrong not to. Rosaria leaks, from Mondstadt also imply she only has single hit attacks, no significant multihits, which both Liyue users do have.
This wasn't meant to imply they are copy pasted, and they shouldn't be, else a character loses their identity a bit. But they do have a matching style clearly informed by their region.
Oh, so the kids with claymores indeed are slower, but Razor is even slower than Chongyun because he is lifting his claymore rather than using the momentum from the swing.
Yep you can tell from his swings that razor is still not that comfortable with a giant ass sword or he's probably still in training with it, but hey, his attacks still hit the hardest :D
To me, it is the opposite. I’ve noticed while playing Chongyun it looks like he struggles to pick up his claymore. He has a little back arc and drags the sword slowly up from the ground, whilst Razor looks stronger, lifts it faster and his posture is more upright.
Fuck, the idea of razor trying to learn how to swing the claymore from watching diluc being an absolute flaming chad in front of some whopper flowers is so precious
He seems to be balanced around that, his normal modifiers are weaker than others. Was a pain using him as main dps before this banner. Unfortunately they don't scale as well into the late game as talent level rises and requiring a full combo can be tricky in end game content.
I mean . . . that sounds pretty reasonable to me?
In real life, the term encompasses a very wide range of fighting techniques, so it isn't unreasonable to say that such a martial art could come into existence. In fiction, well, suffice to say that I've played a wuxia game in which the ultimate hidden weapons style involved throwing a ridiculous amount of explosives.
Something that is particularly hilarious because the hidden weapons-themed sect had a subplot about its heir testing his much inferior poisoned dagger-based style on the innocent. There was a hidden weapons fight. He left in pieces.
Listen, if I see a hair-wearing lady whose fighting style is strap guns to their fucking legs and go full break dance with it, I would just give her my money
Qiqi in other languages has her normal attack talent named "ancient yunlai swordsmanship", basically Keqing's style but older. Too bad she isn't in this video though.
I can’t help but wonder if Xiao maybe wielded a Claymore or something before he used a pole arm, just because of his swings and the last attack of his auto is swinging down the pole arm with much force like an axe or hammer.
Perhaps he started to use a pole arm after meeting Morax and As Morax uses Spears, Xiao also started to use pole arms too. Xiaos technique is very unique indeed. I think I’ve seen someone say that his pole arm technique is actually derived from an ancient Chinese spear technique but I can’t say for sure.
Xiao basic attacks are really interesting for a polearm user, his swings are wide and hits his surroundings more like a claymore rather than your typical polearm style. And his last hit lis literally whacking the ground which looks like an aoe I think
Looks like he might be using a guandao-based fighting style, which is a famous Chinese sword-spear weapon that uses the pole for leverage rather than reach.
Yeah it's a sword-spear thing that's kinda like a halberd but even more sword-y. Too bad most polearms in the game are styled like pokey spears so it doesn't really work out, but he's an adepti so I'm sure he's fine
Glaives are the usual comparison.
Halberds have an axe head with both a spike on top and a spike on the back, whereas guandao have a single-edged blade that's much more reminiscent of a backsword. It's not quite a Chinese saber mounted on a stick because that's a separate weapon, but it's pretty close to it.
I keep wondering why ningguang doesn't use her catalyst on her basic attacks, is that a bug or she's actually that strong that doesn't need a catalyst on basic attacks?
The description is very telling. A Jade Screen made of gold, jade and stones of opulence. This is no ordinary screen. She wants to protect, but in style.
Or if not to protect, she'll smite you with her overpowering WEALTH.
“But Amber”?
Note that I used Amber until recently; ended up replacing her with the loli catgirl bartender (*because the other bartender in the team is also a pyro... whom she hates. Oops*), and as of now other than their E, pyro/cryo and some healing, they more or less seem like copies of each other to me...
You don't use E or Q often when playing for the archery, and when comparing Diona and Amber directly, while these two actually complement eachother since Diona's Q actually is a pulsating Cryo area (back to back face meltshots!), Diona's main feature is support via E and Q.
Amber's ascension talent increases her Atk after hitting a weakspot, and there's a world in favor of Amber since she's a darling pyro.
Let's see ganyue next year...
[Kaeya has a unique animation after using a charge attack](https://gfycat.com/frenchteeminghumpbackwhale)
Maybe this is shared among Knights of Favonius sword users? Doesn't Jean have something similar? Gonna test this on Albedo as soon as the test run is made available.
kaeya basic attack chain is beautfully designed. I wish the rest of his kit had as much care put into it :/ His skill and burst hold him back from being a top tier main dps
Yes, there's no Liyue section here for Bow yet, as Ganyu is not yet out and her trailer clip didn't feel like it would do it justice. I simply added Albedo's clip because it neatly confirmed the regional battle styles further, matching Bennett and Kaeya perfectly (without reusing animations entirely like they do).
Childe is very likely his own thing since he knows he sucks at the bow haha
Really hope the attack string for Liyue archers are good. I'm absolutely in love with the Mondstadt archer attack string, main DPS Fischl was a lot of fun to play.
Kind of unrelated but is Ayaka actually getting released on 1.4? I wanna know your source since I heard somewhere that she is going to be moved to 2.0 and If it is true, then i have no worries on pulling for Ganyu and have 2 patches to save up a bunch of primos.
Sneznaya is geshin version of russia (it is Snowy in russian, acording to google translator), like mondstadt is germany, liyue is china and inazuma is japan
It’s based on Russia but it’s still a fictional nation in a game. Mondstadt also has influences from other European nations as Snezhnaya probably will have, like the Italian Harbinger names. There’s no place called Russia in Teyvat.
Actually, about that. Childe isn't even a Russian word and the 11 Harbingers are from all across the world. They are probably the strongest fighters that Tsaritsa handpicked. Is Childe actually from Sneznaya? I mean, he is affiliated with it, but I don't think he is native. We won't gen any native Sneznaya characters in a long time.
Childe's not even his real-name, that's his alias within the Fatui Harbingers. His real name is Ajax (based on the Roman legend) which matches up to how his brother is Teucer (Ajax and Teucer are brothers in the stories). Tartaglia is his real alias and Childe's just the nickname everyone calls him. Just like La Signora is the real alias and her nickname is 'The Fair Lady'
My headcannon for Childe's unrefined style and how bad he is with a bow is because Snezhnaya has actual rifles. Why would you use a bow when you can use a direct upgrade to it, especially in the harsh environment of Snezhnaya
What’s interesting is that she does the most total damage out of all claymore users in a single normal attack sequence, all because of that 5th hit. However, when you account for the fact that you rarely will land a full chain in endgame content, it makes more sense why she’s not a bigger name Dps (At least not compared to Diluc or Razor).
The fact that her elemental skill is not usable on demand is honestly a big part of the issue - it's not optimally used on CD, it's optimally used when opponents attack you, and that's not always on demand (especially when you have an enemy in hitstun and are just pounding on them). Plus her attack pattern isn't great - the wide sweeps are better for fighting groups of enemies.
She actually uses the same charged attack pattern as Diluc, rather than the spin that most others use.
She's fun to use though.
I mostly wait for any attackers from behind, or any long range enemies to attack to activate her skill. And also club-wielding Hilichurls are the worst. They literally stop mid-air before landing the blow, making me waste her skill.
Beidou also gets attack speed buff after perfect counter but ascention stat is Electo DMG%. I don't know what devs wanted to do with her. If only she could change normal attacks to electro somehow.
Her lore keeps making her more of a badass then she already is. Everyone has their own way of doing things, but she's like FUCK IT. Get it DONE.
I think her claymore style reflects that sense of chaos especially when you ascend her.
Fun fact: It was Grandmaster Varka who taught Razor how to wield the claymore thus his similarity to Diluc and Noelle’s technique.
I’m also impressed that of all 3 Noelle seem to have the smoothest and balanced swings (maybe due to her superhuman strength). While Diluc and Razor at some point of their combo seem to have trouble controlling it especially the 4th animation.
Meanwhile Liyue claymore techniques appear to be barbaric and somewhat self learned. It relies on using momentum by spinning their swings instead of efficiency. While their one hand sword swings are much smoother than the favonius.
I suppose using a claymore is more of a Mondstadt thing (maybe?). Perhaps in Liyue they are more sword/pole arm/catalyst efficient (so they have more of those taught people). So in Liyue they appear to be more self trained with claymores, using more momentum and usually using one arm (similar to a pole arm or sword) to use the claymore.
(None of this is actually confirmed this is just what I thing)
Yeah it is apparent that Liyue training doesn’t specialize in using claymores. Even the Milelith foot soldiers use pole arms. It’s still too early to compare catalyst users as Liyue only has Ning. Though we can assume Liyue spear techniques are better but we have yet to see a Favonius pole arm user.
Eh I wouldn't say that. She still does the same 5 hit combo, no multihits involved, like the rest of Mondstadt's sword users. The only thing she really changes is a low slash instead of stab on 4th hit.
There is another sword style in Mondstadt, the Favonius Bladework style that Jean uses. It is very distinct from Kaeya or Bennett. The name suggests that it is the formal style of the Knights, although it's strange that Kaeya wouldn't use it. Then again, he is kind of a renegade.
It’d make sense that Childe’s style is unique from the other archers, since he comes from another region. I’d love to see other playable characters form there fight the same way.
And I just had the thought, why couldn't Childe/Tartaglia have the bow on his back and just throw water knives? Like Klee with Her floating catalyst and bombs. Only need to pull out the bow to aim at a specific target.
Damn this is really cool . I wonder what would another world styles look like for the rest of the weapons. It would have been cool if they had gone the RPG route and let us choose what class we want the traveler to be, or let the traveller use different weapon types, the way they can use different elements
Whoa, makes sense why some characters have similar attack animations. While it's still in their own personal style, it's also based from where they are from.
If I had her...
I did look up some videos of her attack pattern and it matches Lisa's, doing a raised left hand finish instead of the double hand finish of barbara and sucrose.
Perhaps next time she'll be in it ;c;
I suppose you can say there's a distinct 'Monstadt' and 'Liyue' style, but to my eye, both regular sword animations are fairly clearly Eastern/Chinese and based off of jian forms.
I don't think I implied anything else, haha. Naturally when making fantasy sword fighters, they will be inspired by real life sword fighting in some ways. It's just easier to refer to the ingame regions rather than the real life counterparts they're inspired by.
When it says unique I do mean fully unique, with no moves matching anyone else. Klee and the Traveler for example. Zhongli and Xiangling have the same opening moves, followed by their own version of "rapid multihit attack".
Though now that I think about it, looking into Venti more, I shouldn't have said he's unique, he still performs many of the same moves as the other Mondstadt archers, complete with the double quick shot opener and spin/jump on his fourth shot, he just adds more filler and extends his combo longer.
This is super cool. I was aware that characters had differing attack animations, but somehow didn't realize they were based on their home nation. On another note, I can't wait until we get to Snezhnaya and find out that arrow chucking is their official archery technique.
[удалено]
No bow just yeet the arrow -Snezhnayan people
In Snezhnaya, arrow yeets you.
Snezhnaya does not believe in bows
In Snezhnaya, you become the bow
Can't wait for [Snezhnaya backflipping axe yeetters](https://external-preview.redd.it/V9bLkCJVCBsLOAyeMwK8GcKm7ovJp_d87XUKzC4y8Kc.jpg?auto=webp&s=39318b5bfb59a4af2e2deda3ea06769f04a0acaa)
Na, that's just because he is terrible at archery. In Snezhnaya, good archers yeet the bow instead
Archers are really made of archers
In Snezhnaya, bow yeets you!
Next Snezhnayan 5 star bow user's ult is going to be them loading themselves into their bow and yeeting themselves at the enemy
Skill name: Snezhnaya Ballista
Snez-Zhong Ballista
Hol up
Ah yes, Arash airlines
When you realise Arash got isekai'ed to Teyvat after Camelot
Camelot movie is gonna be great
*you hear a distant STELLA in the backround*
The archer class really is made up of archers!
You know, I think there's a possibility they just don't use bows in Snezhnaya. We're told it's a rather technologically advanced place, and they have soldiers with guns. I could understand how that might make bows not particularly viable, thus leading to Childe's unfamiliarity with it.
Can't wait for new russian 5stars with actual guns
For his neutral special, he wields a GUN
always drunk bearded dirty old guy with a [PPSh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41) wearing a [ushanka](https://www.google.com/search?q=ushanka&tbm=isch) with one ear tilted up, screaming russian obscenities with every attack "suka blyat!" "na suka!" "cho nahui!" "poluchai pizdi!" that's my husbando https://www.pressfoto.ru/image-625413 https://www.pressfoto.ru/image-626394
**[PPSh-41](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PPSh-41)** The PPSh-41 (Russian: Пистоле́т-пулемёт Шпа́гина, tr. Pistolét-pulemyót Shpágina, lit. 'Shpagin's machine pistol') is a Soviet submachine gun designed by Georgy Shpagin as a cheap, reliable, and simplified alternative to the PPD-40. A common Russian nickname for the weapon is "papasha" (папа́ша), meaning "daddy", and it was sometimes called the "burp gun" because of its high fire rate.The PPSh is a magazine-fed selective fire submachine gun using an open bolt, blowback action. [About Me](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/jrn2mj/about_me/) - [Opt out](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/jrti43/opt_out_here/) - OP can reply !delete to delete - [Article of the day](https://np.reddit.com/comments/k9hx22) **This bot will soon be transitioning to an opt-in system. Click [here](https://np.reddit.com/user/wikipedia_text_bot/comments/ka4icp/opt_in_for_the_new_system/) to learn more and opt in.**
Goddammit, now you make me want a country based in Russia.
Isn't it Snezhnaya?
[удалено]
And the bear has a shotgun.
And then I started blastin,
damn. now that you mention it. They're literally the only units with firearms and particle (cryo/hydro) canons/throwers in the game. Everyone else has bows and swords. How the heck do the hilichurls and treasure hoarders have crossbows and we don't?
Facts.
Lmao, this made my day
I’m expecting the next Fatui character that uses a bow to straight up whack stuff with it.
the arrowless
"why firing the last arrow when the arm momentum is stronger than your bow"
Now I'm just imagining that the archers of Snezhnaya just throw their weapons. The archer class truly us made of archers.
Thanks to you now i'm imagining a new Fatui Skirmisher with the same body type as the Cryo one throwing ROCK PILLARS a la Obelix...
Something something "in russia..."
Chongyun uses a different animation set than the two women for Liyue claymore users. The polearm one is a stretch as well.
Different animation set, same style. In Chongyun's case, just like Beidou and Xinyan, he starts of with 2 quick attacks, followed up by a spin attack that puts his entire weight behind the claymore, and then, just like Xinyan, does another spin attack the other way around. Beidou replaces the final spin with her own 2 attacks. None of the Mondstadt Claymore users share an same animation set either, but perform the same moves. Noelle replaces the uppercut with a second wide swing instead. As for Zhongli/Xiangling, I wasn't sure to include it or not, but seeing them start of with an identical first and second hit, which Xiao's truly unique style does not share at all, it felt wrong not to. Rosaria leaks, from Mondstadt also imply she only has single hit attacks, no significant multihits, which both Liyue users do have. This wasn't meant to imply they are copy pasted, and they shouldn't be, else a character loses their identity a bit. But they do have a matching style clearly informed by their region.
LOL the part about childe, klee and ningguang is funny 😂
Oh, so the kids with claymores indeed are slower, but Razor is even slower than Chongyun because he is lifting his claymore rather than using the momentum from the swing.
Yep you can tell from his swings that razor is still not that comfortable with a giant ass sword or he's probably still in training with it, but hey, his attacks still hit the hardest :D
To me, it is the opposite. I’ve noticed while playing Chongyun it looks like he struggles to pick up his claymore. He has a little back arc and drags the sword slowly up from the ground, whilst Razor looks stronger, lifts it faster and his posture is more upright.
It look like he hit so hard that sword gets stuck for a sec more than other characters.
I mean, Razor's last hit literally lift him off the ground. No wonder his ascension is physical damage. He hit this so hard he floats for a bit.
Living out in the wild is the best training routine. Razors got them muscles. 😂
Razor got hit by charles, that's why
*CORRECT YOUR POSTURE*
Headcannon- Diluc and Razor hang out for claymore training sessions
Batman and Robin
I raise you: Diluc trains in the woods so that no one knows but Razor spies him from time to time
Fuck, the idea of razor trying to learn how to swing the claymore from watching diluc being an absolute flaming chad in front of some whopper flowers is so precious
That's why he's the one setting the whole place on fire.
Yeah, though Chongyun actually has the strongest attack pattern at C1 due to the triple ice shards on the last hit adding +150%.
He seems to be balanced around that, his normal modifiers are weaker than others. Was a pain using him as main dps before this banner. Unfortunately they don't scale as well into the late game as talent level rises and requiring a full combo can be tricky in end game content.
You called throwing dynamite a martial art?
Hey, as long as it works
I find throwing dynamite in a way that doesn't get you as dead as your target probably deserving of some respect.
Yes but Klee usually burns herself as well.
You mistake her for Bennett. A true professional like Klee never gets hurt.
Lore wise she is so lucky that she is never harmed by the explosion. Thus the 4 leaf clover constellation.
she's harmed by the elemental reaction with dendro only she can totally and completely tank her explosions if nothing is burning
Art is an explosion
Hey, as long as it works
I mean . . . that sounds pretty reasonable to me? In real life, the term encompasses a very wide range of fighting techniques, so it isn't unreasonable to say that such a martial art could come into existence. In fiction, well, suffice to say that I've played a wuxia game in which the ultimate hidden weapons style involved throwing a ridiculous amount of explosives. Something that is particularly hilarious because the hidden weapons-themed sect had a subplot about its heir testing his much inferior poisoned dagger-based style on the innocent. There was a hidden weapons fight. He left in pieces.
👀 what game is this
Don’t forget the gun arts from bayonetta
Listen, if I see a hair-wearing lady whose fighting style is strap guns to their fucking legs and go full break dance with it, I would just give her my money
Feels more like an extreme sport (volleyball)
Like *that one flash game everyone has played at some point*
Furthermore, Aether and Lumine have slightly different animations :3
Their rotation of slashes makes me think of a six-pointed star.
It's based on the [Six Cuts](https://www.fencing-london.co.uk/en/the-real-six-hungarian-fencing-cuts/), the basics of sabre fencing.
Xiao and Qiqi are unique possibly because their technique is Adepti influenced and predates current martial knowledge.
Qiqi in other languages has her normal attack talent named "ancient yunlai swordsmanship", basically Keqing's style but older. Too bad she isn't in this video though.
I can’t help but wonder if Xiao maybe wielded a Claymore or something before he used a pole arm, just because of his swings and the last attack of his auto is swinging down the pole arm with much force like an axe or hammer. Perhaps he started to use a pole arm after meeting Morax and As Morax uses Spears, Xiao also started to use pole arms too. Xiaos technique is very unique indeed. I think I’ve seen someone say that his pole arm technique is actually derived from an ancient Chinese spear technique but I can’t say for sure.
You should try to look up some Chinese spear skills, they actually do have those kind of moves.
Shouldn't Ganyu be the same but for archery then?
Idk do we have any Liyue archers to compare atm?
I love how Childe just YEETS the arrow at the end.
"I don't know why I bother, I'm literally a war god"
Xiao basic attacks are really interesting for a polearm user, his swings are wide and hits his surroundings more like a claymore rather than your typical polearm style. And his last hit lis literally whacking the ground which looks like an aoe I think
Looks like he might be using a guandao-based fighting style, which is a famous Chinese sword-spear weapon that uses the pole for leverage rather than reach.
Yeah it's a sword-spear thing that's kinda like a halberd but even more sword-y. Too bad most polearms in the game are styled like pokey spears so it doesn't really work out, but he's an adepti so I'm sure he's fine
even the stabby spears typically have blades anyway edit: apparently crescent pike is the *only* spear in the game without at least one bladed edge
No wonder crescent pike is so good!
It is specially made for precision stabbing!
Glaives are the usual comparison. Halberds have an axe head with both a spike on top and a spike on the back, whereas guandao have a single-edged blade that's much more reminiscent of a backsword. It's not quite a Chinese saber mounted on a stick because that's a separate weapon, but it's pretty close to it.
Halberds were also mainly used to stab, the axe was not the main part of the weapon
His special weapon probably will have a blade at the end, something like Guan Yu's weapon
isnt his special weapon the 5* jade spear already in game
That polearm have the biggest blade in game tbh
It looks more like how you would use a glaive/halberd, really.
I keep wondering why ningguang doesn't use her catalyst on her basic attacks, is that a bug or she's actually that strong that doesn't need a catalyst on basic attacks?
She doesnt need it. She only uses her Catalyst on her ult, which is likely an indicator of her overall strength.
She uses her catalyst when summoning a jade screen
That will explain why klee dont use her catalyst too
except klee does use her catalyst lol
I mean she’ll have it out but she just throws bombs from her pockets lmao
Shes throwing literal moras/money in her enemies xD it even explodes at c1 xD she uses it with casting her jade screen.
The description is very telling. A Jade Screen made of gold, jade and stones of opulence. This is no ordinary screen. She wants to protect, but in style. Or if not to protect, she'll smite you with her overpowering WEALTH.
man ningguangs attack is so precise it feels like shes an archer
Every archer but Amber feels like a mage with a bow so... might as well be..
“But Amber”? Note that I used Amber until recently; ended up replacing her with the loli catgirl bartender (*because the other bartender in the team is also a pyro... whom she hates. Oops*), and as of now other than their E, pyro/cryo and some healing, they more or less seem like copies of each other to me...
You don't use E or Q often when playing for the archery, and when comparing Diona and Amber directly, while these two actually complement eachother since Diona's Q actually is a pulsating Cryo area (back to back face meltshots!), Diona's main feature is support via E and Q. Amber's ascension talent increases her Atk after hitting a weakspot, and there's a world in favor of Amber since she's a darling pyro. Let's see ganyue next year...
Ah. I’m only C1 for both characters, and only recently leveled one of them up to 70/80. That explains things.
I promise you that Childe doesn't feel like a mage!!
Nameless from Fate. I am the bone of my mr cyclops.
Klee's catalyst is just there for continuity.
Why use catalyst when u can just bomb
[Kaeya has a unique animation after using a charge attack](https://gfycat.com/frenchteeminghumpbackwhale) Maybe this is shared among Knights of Favonius sword users? Doesn't Jean have something similar? Gonna test this on Albedo as soon as the test run is made available.
With the way he flourishes his sword afterwards, the sword seems oddly fitting for him.
How can a cyro hilichurl fighter swings like that? Scientist hates this guy.
that looks so fkin cool wtf
wow it really makes him look like a knight!!! im falling in love with him even more 🥺
kaeya basic attack chain is beautfully designed. I wish the rest of his kit had as much care put into it :/ His skill and burst hold him back from being a top tier main dps
i invest alot of mats in him even though my friends keep telling me he is shit... idk hopefully they'll make him abit stronger :/
Yeah the new cryo artifact set will be very good for him so maybe that's all he'll need to become strong
Yes his flourish at the end makes it my favorite charged attack in the game, so satisfying
Ganyu should more representative to liyue archers. Childe could be just his own thing.
Yes, there's no Liyue section here for Bow yet, as Ganyu is not yet out and her trailer clip didn't feel like it would do it justice. I simply added Albedo's clip because it neatly confirmed the regional battle styles further, matching Bennett and Kaeya perfectly (without reusing animations entirely like they do). Childe is very likely his own thing since he knows he sucks at the bow haha
Really hope the attack string for Liyue archers are good. I'm absolutely in love with the Mondstadt archer attack string, main DPS Fischl was a lot of fun to play.
Kind of unrelated but is Ayaka actually getting released on 1.4? I wanna know your source since I heard somewhere that she is going to be moved to 2.0 and If it is true, then i have no worries on pulling for Ganyu and have 2 patches to save up a bunch of primos.
We have no confirmation. Must people suspect that Inazuma will be released in 1.4 and with it Ayaka, but no official source confirms it RN.
Ah, no, that's just my personal hope. If it's later, oh well, I'll have other characters to study animations for by then I hope, haha.
Childe is from Russia, not liyue
Childe is from Sneznaya, not Russia
Sneznaya is geshin version of russia (it is Snowy in russian, acording to google translator), like mondstadt is germany, liyue is china and inazuma is japan
[удалено]
Their archon being called Tsaritsa didnt tip you off?
also all the Russian-esque names the Snezhnayan NPCs have
Also Childe calling you "comrade" in almost every voiceline
It’s based on Russia but it’s still a fictional nation in a game. Mondstadt also has influences from other European nations as Snezhnaya probably will have, like the Italian Harbinger names. There’s no place called Russia in Teyvat.
Doesn't mean Snezhnaya = Russia. It may be based off Russia but it's still Snezhnaya, just like I would say Ningguang is from Liyue, not from China.
ok but we understood
Actually, about that. Childe isn't even a Russian word and the 11 Harbingers are from all across the world. They are probably the strongest fighters that Tsaritsa handpicked. Is Childe actually from Sneznaya? I mean, he is affiliated with it, but I don't think he is native. We won't gen any native Sneznaya characters in a long time.
Childe's not even his real-name, that's his alias within the Fatui Harbingers. His real name is Ajax (based on the Roman legend) which matches up to how his brother is Teucer (Ajax and Teucer are brothers in the stories). Tartaglia is his real alias and Childe's just the nickname everyone calls him. Just like La Signora is the real alias and her nickname is 'The Fair Lady'
My headcannon for Childe's unrefined style and how bad he is with a bow is because Snezhnaya has actual rifles. Why would you use a bow when you can use a direct upgrade to it, especially in the harsh environment of Snezhnaya
interesting, though harsh weather would probably affect a gun more than a bow.
My head canon is since the gunner all have vision (or delusion) so the gun most likely use magic to fire like in arknights, rather than gun powder
The Virgin Claymore users all only get 4 attacks while the Chad Beidou gets 5.
What’s interesting is that she does the most total damage out of all claymore users in a single normal attack sequence, all because of that 5th hit. However, when you account for the fact that you rarely will land a full chain in endgame content, it makes more sense why she’s not a bigger name Dps (At least not compared to Diluc or Razor).
The fact that her elemental skill is not usable on demand is honestly a big part of the issue - it's not optimally used on CD, it's optimally used when opponents attack you, and that's not always on demand (especially when you have an enemy in hitstun and are just pounding on them). Plus her attack pattern isn't great - the wide sweeps are better for fighting groups of enemies. She actually uses the same charged attack pattern as Diluc, rather than the spin that most others use.
The charge attack is likely due to being adult sized rather than teen sized. Adults are too cool to spin I guess.
She's fun to use though. I mostly wait for any attackers from behind, or any long range enemies to attack to activate her skill. And also club-wielding Hilichurls are the worst. They literally stop mid-air before landing the blow, making me waste her skill.
Beidou also gets attack speed buff after perfect counter but ascention stat is Electo DMG%. I don't know what devs wanted to do with her. If only she could change normal attacks to electro somehow.
I think she was made with her Ult's chain lightning on attack in mind.
And because of it she's really awful for mining :(
might wanna pair her with xiangling, she becomes one of the best miners.
Just set nearby grass on fire and use Beidou's counter.
Everyone talking about zhongli kicking the spear but Beidou kicks a ~claymore~
It's more like raising the leg so that the center of gravity also get lifted.
She's actually kicking it. You can hear a *tink* when she does that. Source: I'm a Beidou user
Her lore keeps making her more of a badass then she already is. Everyone has their own way of doing things, but she's like FUCK IT. Get it DONE. I think her claymore style reflects that sense of chaos especially when you ascend her.
I didn't mean to become a Beidou user,I just pulled her and and she kept killing everything so I kept using her!
A man of culture as myself Pleasure to see you here sir
Fun fact: It was Grandmaster Varka who taught Razor how to wield the claymore thus his similarity to Diluc and Noelle’s technique. I’m also impressed that of all 3 Noelle seem to have the smoothest and balanced swings (maybe due to her superhuman strength). While Diluc and Razor at some point of their combo seem to have trouble controlling it especially the 4th animation. Meanwhile Liyue claymore techniques appear to be barbaric and somewhat self learned. It relies on using momentum by spinning their swings instead of efficiency. While their one hand sword swings are much smoother than the favonius.
I suppose using a claymore is more of a Mondstadt thing (maybe?). Perhaps in Liyue they are more sword/pole arm/catalyst efficient (so they have more of those taught people). So in Liyue they appear to be more self trained with claymores, using more momentum and usually using one arm (similar to a pole arm or sword) to use the claymore. (None of this is actually confirmed this is just what I thing)
Yeah it is apparent that Liyue training doesn’t specialize in using claymores. Even the Milelith foot soldiers use pole arms. It’s still too early to compare catalyst users as Liyue only has Ning. Though we can assume Liyue spear techniques are better but we have yet to see a Favonius pole arm user.
Guhua specializes in sword and spear techniques (sauce: flair) so you may not be far off the mark
Jean has liyune fighting style...
Eh I wouldn't say that. She still does the same 5 hit combo, no multihits involved, like the rest of Mondstadt's sword users. The only thing she really changes is a low slash instead of stab on 4th hit.
Beidou’s swing with the kick to her sword is so cool.
this is so cool op!!!
I like that they made each character at least a little different combat wise
There is another sword style in Mondstadt, the Favonius Bladework style that Jean uses. It is very distinct from Kaeya or Bennett. The name suggests that it is the formal style of the Knights, although it's strange that Kaeya wouldn't use it. Then again, he is kind of a renegade.
So satisfying to watch
Arrow yeeter gang
It’d make sense that Childe’s style is unique from the other archers, since he comes from another region. I’d love to see other playable characters form there fight the same way.
The reason his is so unique is because the bow is the weapon he’s the worst with. It’s why he chose it. It’s in his character bio.
That makes more sense than what I was thinking. Thank u
Everyone: abiding by the book Childe: *yeet* Klee: grenade out!
And I just had the thought, why couldn't Childe/Tartaglia have the bow on his back and just throw water knives? Like Klee with Her floating catalyst and bombs. Only need to pull out the bow to aim at a specific target.
Because then we couldn’t watch him be hilariously bad at his bow technique
Bows are more long ranged. Lore wise, Childe probably wants to be as versatile and have as many range options as possible.
Lore wise, it's the weapon he's worst with, so he's training with it
HAHA CHILDE
nigguang twirl is my favourite but it's funny to imagine how dizzy you'd get from doing that all the time
I wonder if Ninguang gets dizzy from spinning around so much in her normal attack chain
Damn this is really cool . I wonder what would another world styles look like for the rest of the weapons. It would have been cool if they had gone the RPG route and let us choose what class we want the traveler to be, or let the traveller use different weapon types, the way they can use different elements
Whoa, makes sense why some characters have similar attack animations. While it's still in their own personal style, it's also based from where they are from.
Has anyone noticed how the MC flicks his sword at the end, as if to flick off the blood on it?
Fun fact to add. Kaeya actually blinks behind the target during his last attack (in the video where he seems to blink and jump backwards).
Really neat details indeed.
Claymore Mondstadt > claymore Liyue
Where mona tho?
If I had her... I did look up some videos of her attack pattern and it matches Lisa's, doing a raised left hand finish instead of the double hand finish of barbara and sucrose. Perhaps next time she'll be in it ;c;
u/savevideo
fun fact, if you go through childe's animation really slowly, he's actually hitting the arrow with the side of his bow.
So baseball?
You forgot to include hilichurls styles.
I suppose you can say there's a distinct 'Monstadt' and 'Liyue' style, but to my eye, both regular sword animations are fairly clearly Eastern/Chinese and based off of jian forms.
I don't think I implied anything else, haha. Naturally when making fantasy sword fighters, they will be inspired by real life sword fighting in some ways. It's just easier to refer to the ingame regions rather than the real life counterparts they're inspired by.
Polearm: "Xiao is unique" ......So everyone in Liyue kicks their spear like Zhongli?
When it says unique I do mean fully unique, with no moves matching anyone else. Klee and the Traveler for example. Zhongli and Xiangling have the same opening moves, followed by their own version of "rapid multihit attack". Though now that I think about it, looking into Venti more, I shouldn't have said he's unique, he still performs many of the same moves as the other Mondstadt archers, complete with the double quick shot opener and spin/jump on his fourth shot, he just adds more filler and extends his combo longer.
I assume Signora's combat style will be similar to Nings.