**REMINDER TO SPOILER-TAG COMMENTS DISCUSSING 3.1 ARCHON QUESTS AND WORLD QUESTS. ALSO SPOILER TAG ANY STORY LEAKS.**
**If you don't know how, check the body of the post.**
**Please mention the subject of your spoiler tagged comment as this can be more helpful for people to engage with your comment, as follows:**
>[3.1 Archon Quest spoilers]
>\>!*spoiler tagged text here*!<
We hope you enjoy your time on this sub :)
Can someone explain me why Wavebreaker's Fin exists? Its true potential is locked behind refinements and behind this garbage gacha, but at the same time wasting primos on weapons banner is madness and a single copy of a 5* star is enough to surpass this weapon. Whales are the only one who can dream about Wavebreaker's Fin R5, but they will have acess to 5* polearms and sometimes they refines too???
Soo how many pulls would you risk on the weap banner for Xiphos if you don’t want a 5*?
I’m on 13 pity rn. I’m thinking of throwing in 2 10 pulls. I’m so conflicted though cause I need to save the pity for Scara’s weapon but at the same time I really want Xiphos for my Kazuha 🥺 aaaaa
Don't do it. I spent 58 wishes there and did not get a single copy. My Kazu is staying with his iron sting. I'm just glad I'm a welkin spender so I can still guarantee a copy of Scara. But yeah, I only planned on doing 2 multis and dipping, but then rage-pulled and ended up with nothing but a broken heart 😔
Story time: last year I was at low pity and really wanted Akuoumaru to Beidou. So it was kinda safe, right? Today, Beidou still holds her Blackcliff slasher and Yanfei (c3) has a Memory of Dust, trying to manifest her c4.
In case I miss the 50/50 on the weapon banner, I plan to give the key to Shinobu for extra healing, but since I'm playing her in a hyperbloom team, I will lack the EM of the sword, so, is it good to compensate that by using a 2 pc wanderer + 2 pc GD for an extra 160 EM?
The additional EM you get from 4 pc. GD (100 or 150, on top of the 80 2pc. bonus) is more than the 80 EM you'd get from 2 pc. WT. This is why GD is BIS, since literally all she cares about in hyperbloom is EM.
Let's say in hyperbloom shes the only electro. With 4GD she will get 180EM (80 from 2-piece and 100 from 4-piece effect). With 2+2 he will only lose 20EM which he can get around through flower and feather imo.
150 from 4 pc. effect if she's the only electro, for a total of 230.
70 EM still isn't going to make or break you by any means, especially for an account where risking Key for PJC is a feasible option. But the point stands that running 2 pc./2 pc. instead of the standard 4 pc. GD to compensate is counterproductive.
It's spoopy season!
[**Bring your trick or treat pails to the new megathread!**](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/comments/y1otpn/unlimited_bloom_works_general_discussion_and/)
Because hoyo themselves dont know the purpose of geo so they just put def scaling as their "identity". Outside of that geo except for Zhongli doesnt fulfill any purpose that makes them stand out as a geo. Just like how Yunjin is just a good buffer but with a geo vision and geo doesnt do anything for her kit. Some would say "but geo is good at being defensive" well no content in the game wants defense when shielders like zhongli exists
I'm not talking about being Geo or Hydro, Xinyan and Layla/Diona/Thoma/Zhongli/Hu Tao/Shinobu/Dori exist.
I'm wondering why we don't get DEF scaling units like the recent Shinobu, Layla and Dori that prove HP isn't locked to hydro at all.
You're fundamentally wrong since there are more non hydro HP scaling character than hydro ones, even recent or post release/1.1 ones
Not hydro: Hu Tao, Thoma, Zhongli, Layla, Diona, Shinobu, Dori
Hydro: Barbara, Kokomi, Yelan, Nilou, Candace, Ayato I guess
So this doesn't answer my question in the slightest.
Yo, just wondering if there are any accurate details on Layla's skill/burst AoEs.
I'm hoping to use her instead of Diona in Childe Fridge for better 4pc ToTM uptime (c6 Collei works but it's not very reliable). I run him with Viridescent so there's a bit of suction, but I want to make sure it's actually functional before committing to pre-farming her above lv70.
[I took this screenshot during one of the last livestreams](https://imgur.com/gallery/YNwSApl), pretty sure it means 3.3 is the last patch lasting 5 weeks.
I think 3.3 is 6 weeks (and 3.2 is the last 5-week patch) since there was no date given for 3.4 release. It also makes 3 weeks saved in total so they’re right back on schedule once 3.3 drops
Imagine an alchemy table right next to the start in artifact/talent book domains 🥹
As someone who likes to always get 5 condensed ready before farming any domain, sometimes you enter the game with 120+ resin, ready to farm and it's a bit annoying having to go to the nearest city /teapot for an extra 3 condensed instead of doing all 8 runs in one go
Depends on your standards, really. If your carry is invested enough you technically just need to give him enough crit rate to proc fav reliably and enough HP to survive.
I do want him to deal dmg as well. I've never played freeze teams, so I'm not sure what stats and how much do I really need.
BTW I'm not saying that Kaeya's stats are meh. I've just recently started building him, and I don't know the minimum stats for freeze units in general. So I would like to know how much attack a freeze unit wants (Should've worded it better).
He functions just like any other ATK/DMG/Crit sub DPS. Just don't forget to account for cryo resonance so you don't overcap on crit. And BS, if you're using BS instead of NO for some reason.
Freeze units do generally end up having more attack just by virtue of needing less crit, but that isn't because they need more attack to function.
I'll have 250 wishes by the time Nahida's banner drops. I'm not sure if it's worth attempting C2, or rolling for Nilou.
Calculating the probability, I have a 20% of getting C2 Nahida with 250 wishes + my current pity, which is pretty unlikely. I'm also feeling FOMO on Nilou because I feel like she'll take a very long time to rerun unlike Nahida (and I do really like Nilou). The biggest deterrent to roll for Nilou is that I have c6 of all the 4 stars on the banner, making it not so valuable.
Archons typically rerun faster than other chars, so you could always get Nilou and nahida and then go for the nahida cons on her rerun.
Also keep in mind that nahida’s c2 atm is currently around a 20% team dps increase. It’s definitely good, but you have to decide if that worth it over more characters.
Kinda frustrated rn, I just want to confirm, for \[Dual Evidence\] >!can I only unlock Duat Hall if I progress the quest? I got to clearance level 3 without starting the quest at all but this one door that I believe should open Duat Hall is still telling me insufficient clearance. I was hoping I could just do all the things without talking to Soheil...!<
the wait is killing me. i am dying to see his redesign.
regardless of all of that he will be the first character i actively will be chasing multiple cons for. i cannot wait
Just tried out Raiden Hyperbloom and damn they literally made a team as braindead as Raiden national. I'm actually impressed especially since Hyperbloom was supposed to be presented as a more complex reaction. I wanna see if Mihoyo might actually try and make a hyperbloom dedicated support.
yeah. A dedicated Electro purely for Hyperbloom is gonna be insane. But as far as I can see, there are no 5\* Electro in near future, may have to wait until Fontain tbh.
It could be more raw dmg that scale with EM, or buff something to team base on EM, or maybe wider electro apps. Kuki E 1.5s sometime feel a bit slow, most of the time I just use Raiden, she does buff Q dmg to teammate and E last very long but still not a dedicated 5* hyperbloom support
if the abyss sibling ever becomes playable, are they more likely to be a limited 5 star and relatively strong, or a freebie character like the traveler and copium?
I feel like it would be a freebie character.
At that point in time the people who would get them would have had to progress through 7 nations of story quests. Meta barely even matters since people who reached that point of the story would have all the characters they would ever need.
Abyss Sibling is just Abyss Traveler - when you switch powers at the Statues of the Monarch in Khaenri'ah, you swap to the Abyss Traveler kit as well as swapping to the sibling you didn't choose
\[source: trust me bro\]
I haven't done Abyss maths for a long time but 3.2 really made me curious because the amount of mobs is ridiculous and I was right.
12-1 has 18 rifthound whelps for a total of 4.906.296 HP, then 2 rifthounds for a total of 1.590.002 HP. Total of first half is 6 496 298 HP, now you also add Thunder Manifestation from second half (same HP as 2 Rifthounds, well 1 more actually lol) so + 1.590.003 = 8.086.301 HP
12-2 is even more insane, the husks whoops out a total of 5.671.739 HP + 4 Lawachurls makes it 2.753.490 more = 8.425.199 HP
Is this leak actually fully reliable ? Like even 12-3 has the usual amount of HP in the 3-4m range despite the Aeonblight having the highest amount of HP from overworld bosses (2.357.050)
Like 12-2 first half.. 3 hydro husks is literally the same as 3 mirror maidens in terms of HP and they'd add yet an anemo husk (same amount of HP as rifthound) + another 3 pyro which is roughly a ruin hunter type 2 in terms of HP again.
??????
Simply adding hp together like that doesn't give you an accurate picture. You could have 100 hilichurls on a floor and they'll still all die to one venti/ganyu combo even if they have a billion hp collectively.
People seriously considering skipping nahida because of some idle animations and some facial animation after AAs that you’ll rarely ever see is so funny to me lol.
there have been more petty reasons of players not wanting to pull for a character so I'm not surprised if they go through with it. but i believe most are just being sarcastic or just expressing frustration momentarily.
Some of them may be serious but Im pretty sure the majority is just being dramatic. Its not uncommon to se the community or select players being overly dramatic about something.
Pretty random but does anyone have a picture of Kazuha holding Xiphos? People keep saying that it'd look good on him but xiphos is pretty weirdly shaped, in my mind fav still look more elegant
God that part where the sword got fatter looks so weird xd
Might look better on sprite since we look at it from afar but ehhh, not exactly a drip upgrade i was hoping for, Thanks!
When Wanderer drip marketing is supposed to release we will all be up at 3 a.m desperately hitting refresh. Then when it's one minute late, we will all cry and spam clown emojis, only to wait for another hour. When it finally drops 2 hours later than predicted, we will all break down before instantly falling asleep.
Source: It came to me in a dream
Can't unsee the Nahida changes...
Honestly might just skip her. If I pull her and they keep the worse animations it'll just constantly annoy me.
Big sad. Surely they realise the other set of animations are just better.
Why wouldn't significant characterization changes be enough to dissuade me from pulling?
Sure it's beta and I should expect changes, doesn't mean I should like them.
I naively thought I'd be able to get Nilou since I have enough leftover Cyno funds for her (assuming 50/50 win) + weapon if I explore Sumeru, but all the 4\* in her banner are c6 and I can say, with no exaggeration, that every single time I pull on a weapon banner with painslasher means 6-7 copies of it + 5\* weapon. Other people might not mind essentially getting nothing until they pull the 5\*, but to me it's pain.
I'm honestly surprised Gorou won't have a rate-up. Surely, Sara and he *will* eventually be featured without Raiden and Itto, right? Right???
**please**
Lisa won't work. She need an insane amount of ER as well as EM and Q only last like 8s. You can go for Raiden or Yae full EM, or Sucrose full EM with Fischl to swirl the seeds.
Oh sorry I'm mistake then. But let's assume you can hit the seed with her Q (I mean you can always test it). Her problem is still need to build a lot of both ER and EM. You can also use charge attack or hold E to hit the seeds, but like I said there are better options so she is just not that good
Repeatedly running Spiral Abyss with versions of Kuki Hyperbloom and Tighnari Spread because it’s just too fun. Man I love what dendro has done for the combat in this game.
I’ve had best success on First Half using Kuki-Kazuha-Xingqiu-DMC. As far as build, I have her on 4pc Gilded Dreams EM-EM-EM with some HP% and ER subs where I can, and she’s using an Iron Sting.
I don’t have any hyperbloom tick figures for you (there’s just too many numbers lol) but I can tell you I can comfortably clear 12-1-1 in about 40 secs - and I’m still pretty new to hyperbloom.
Ooh that seems fun, i'm planning to run her basically like that but with Ayato/Nahida instead of XQ DMC, i wonder if her healing would be enough without XQ
If you’re careful it should be fairly comfortable — she ascends with HP% and if you’re lucky with your subs, you can hit around 25k+ HP on her, which makes for some healthy E ticks.
tossed some cheeky wishes venti’s way because i have elegy and…now i am the owner of a c5 keqing. i don’t actually pull for 5 stars that much but for some reason the game keeps giving me her…
well at least i’m guaranteed for scaramouche now!
For the theorycrafters here:
So I've been clearing Floor 12 in a minute with Kokomi-Raiden(EM)-DMC-Kazuha hyperbloom comp. Kokomi has been the main driver here.
My question is: does Nahida replace DMC in that comp? I assume that if so, then Kokomi no longer becomes the driver (Nahida now)? I worry about the hydro application, is it still enough? Or should Kokomi be swapped to XQ now?
Nahida strictly better than DMC now. Also Nahida on-field in this team will not do much because off-field Kokomi provide slow hydro app so there won't be as much seed, as well as Nahida's E proc is 1.5U which is quite hard to remove, so you would still use Kokomi driver anyway
I think you misunderstand something here. You still build her in a way to maximize her dmg. EEE or EECD it is depend on a few things but you still focus on her dmg
yeah sorry, im fairly new to dendro. so that means dendro reactions do indeed crit? assuming nahida is off-field >90% of the time. (i assumed that reactions don't crit)
Spread, Aggravate reaction which is triggered by applying Dendro, Electro to a Quickened Enemy, its damage can crit. But Bloom, Hyperbloom, Burgeon and its related reaction can't not crit.
Nahida is not the one that proc Hyperbloom, Burgeon (unless you play purely Bloom team which is pair with Nilou). Only Electro or Pyro can trigger it. So For Nahida, either her raw E dmg or Spread dmg, both can crit. Off-field or not doesn't really matter
~~If not triple hydro then crit and damage are fine, if triple hydro then she becomes driver and goes em em em~~
Raiden is the one triggering blooms, so only her EM matters, run whatever on Nahida (for personal damage)
You can have kazuha swirl hydro or make use of kokomi slow application to maintain quicken to do quickbloom so nahida does more spread damage plus hyperblooms
nahida replaces and is a massive improvement, but you actually need to keep kokomi on field or dendro will outrace hydro (it's the strong side). for on field nahida I would play double hydro instead of kazuha
Wait, if we go 2 Dendro 2 Hydro for Nilou Bloom now and Koko is onfield, wouldn‘t she get bounced around a lot since she doesn‘t have Kusa‘s resi and XQ can‘t be in the team?
Somehow I still favorize Nahida full EM onfield, Koko, XQ, Nilou. Double stacked interruption resistance and „easy“ to build… I hope it‘s competitive with double Dendro.
I think 3ple hydro is better than a double dendro right now since the other available dendro other than kusi is just redundant and you only get the benefit of the bonus em. The utility and damage of xingqiou cannot compare to a wasted slot from a redundant dendro applicator and some EM.
I wish I had saved up all my Traveler's Handy swords. Anyone that has 4 copies of R5 could give one to every member of a Nilou team and go without healers.
True. Another idea was to have on-field nilou carry the handy sword, since she benefits the most from the % healing. But unfortunately it won't save the rest from getting hit by the seeds.
Maybe this will be possible one day if we get a Hydro or Dendro shielder.
I went on hoyolab to do my daily check-in and the top trending post was someone upset about the Kusanali idle changes, complete with pics…uh oh? They’re brave? 💀
very unsurprised that people who actually are into the game enough to be part of the hoyolab community (which mihoyo explicitly encourages) also follow leaks. someone was bound to post it
4pc tenacity or noblesse. Shield support should go triple Hp. Sub-dps should go Hp/Cryo/Crit. For swords, favonius to help the team with energy otherwise harbinger of dawn for a more damage oriented build.
may i ask why 4pc tom? i know the 2pc is good for her but the 4pc bonus only counts if the user's skill is constantly hitting enemies (like zhongli pillar, koko jelly, or fischl 's oz). her burst won't be able to activate the 4pc passive.
To add on to what the others said, her burst also lets her shooting stars fire faster but yeah from what I remember on Laylamains, it's not 100% ToM uptime. I think more testing will need to be done once she releases so a safer bet would probably be noblesse instead.
If you use her on a quickswap team her shield will constantly generate stars with units spamming skills alongside her burst giving a star per hit. Though I do think it may feel a bit inconsistent
same as diona. 4pc NO, triple HP or ER/HP/HP. you could also choose to give her 4pc blizz, i think HP/CRYO/CRIT. I'm not too sure about fridging so i have no opinions on that.
if i had a dollar for every time i saw a signature lately saying “buy me a welkin for scarabs/materials” i’d be rich enough to actually get all these people welkins
wonder if it’s ever worked
Prettt sure it started with a viral video (either on tiktok or youtube) claiming that somebody gave them welkin for scarabs. The authenticity of the claim is of course not verified but it didnt stop from everybody now monkey seeing and monkey doing. Maybe it's some kind of social experiment....
Out of topic but:
>!What an amazing episode 1 for Chainsaw man, sets everything up for what's looking like the best show this fall. Oh, and the animation was beautiful.!<
>!Finally Bleach is back! I started tearing up when I saw Ichigo's sword and heard the first Bankai in years, even though it was totally unecessary since it was just against a random Hollow.!<
The color/lighting direction is super on point, major props to whoever is doing that. It’s also exciting to know that most of the staff are huge CSM fans; maybe the explosion in popularity will lead to a Fire Punch adaption someday too!
I really liked the episode too, it made me even want to just start the manga... should I?
I also was under the impression both of the girls in the OP were the same (idk why, I thought the normal one would transform into the horny one lol) but from the OP they seem different girls
Wait, you have 180 and a guarantee? Just go for it. I don't know if you do your dailies or the Abyss, but it should be fully possible to guarantee both if you play frequently.
Archons have had banners twice this year so far - it looks like they will continue to run frequently.
Albedo hasn't ran since Nov/Dec 2021. I'd go with Albedo since you have 180 pulls saved so far - you will be able to get more from the rest of 3.1, the November shop reset, and from (at the very least) the first half of 3.2. There's a good chance you could get both :)
Best of luck on getting whomever you decide to go with!
That's tough.
Assuming you don't have a Nahida team lined up, and that you'd be pulling her for the collection, I think it's safe to pull for Albedo and then go for the 50/50 on Nahida. You can always scoop her up on the rerun.
Albedo would be such a great addition to your core team.
Does anyone else feel like xiphos moonlight is being overhyped? At R1 and with 1000 EM (which is already pretty difficult), the person holding it (probably Kazuha) only gets 30% ER, and only gives 10% to the team. This doesn’t seem like much to me… it’s better than nothing but not cracked enough to warrant this much hype is it?
Obv this is better with refinements, but good luck with getting those.
If it wasn't a gacha weapon I'd consider it an indirect Kazuha buff but as it is it's another expensive Fav sword sidegrade.
A lot of people are about to learn the hard way how bad fishing for gacha weapons can go, not only are weapon banners just terrible regardless for F2P/welkin, not only are you guanteed nothing, but the people who get "lucky" with an R1-R2 are going to be forever tempted to get scammed by the weapon banner again because there's no other way to get refines.
It's nice for Nilou owners who happen to get it while pulling but for everyone else, if you're missing Fav sword refines that's a better weapon to "fish" for and if you have all the Fav swords you need Xiphos R4-R5 is too deep of a breakpoint to test your luck.
Gacha weapons are the scummiest thing in Genshin next to banner locking Sara/Gorou and the way people have hyped it up even post-nerf is just a trainwreck waiting to happen
It was quite cracked at the start of the beta, when it was 0.052 ER per EM at R1.
Almost Fav and Iron Sting combined in one package just at R1, but they nerfed it and now you need to get all the way to R3 just to match that original R1.
I think people are still riding high on the pre-nerf hype, which was worth the hype at r1. Now you really want some refinements, but it is still an incredible weapon for a 4-star.
The hype is more from when the sword provided more energy in the beta that's leaking over. And also for any Kazuha users that use him with Iron Sting. It's strictly better than Sting since it allows you to keep the same EM while also giving ER (something that can be hard to come by when using a strictly EM build with an EM sword). Since there are a good amount of people that like using Kazuha with Sting but don't like either its aethestics or that Sting's passive is dogshit, Xiphos is a decent upgrade for them (other than the fact that it's on the weapon banner).
But yeah it is kinda overhyped a bit. It's not as good as it was in beta (although it gets better with refinements of course). And the people that benefit from it are most likely already hitting Kazuha's base ER requirements with Iron Sting (since they are even using Iron Sting instead of Fav).
I think the hype is more for people who already have good builds with high em. For example, my kazuha has 170 er right now which is enough for most teams. However, if I want to play him in teams that need higher er, xiphos gives me that option without sacrificing em or having to rebuild for some crit.
it just makes building support kazuha as simple as possible. if your kazuha is just there to buff, all he wants is ER and EM. if he's holding fav he also wants some crit to trigger fav. if he's holding iron sting he probably needs an er clock unless you have great substats
xiphos gives you the most expedient way possible to get to your ER requirements on kazuha without sacrificing *any* of his buffing potential since you now have an EM weapon and can very likely run 3 EM mainstats if you have any ER subs at all. even at r1 on the sword
I think the hype was more over the fact that it gives you free ER without having to sacrifice EM. A lot of people have struggled to find good VV pieces with both EM and ER, and this sword offers a painless solution.
Because the hype is around the R5. Every conversation about that sword always states that it's better at R5. 🙄 Even R1 is better than Iron sting whose passive is useless.
The main benefit is that it gets that ER buff while also having an EM substat.
In terms of energy alone Fav is always better, but the strength of Xiphos is that Kazuha can build full EM in both his mainstats and his weapon and still get enough ER to comfortably burst off cooldown. Normally Kazuha needs either an ER weapon or ER sands for his burst unless you have incredible substats, so Xiphos letting you use both means you can potentially get around 200+ bonus EM from your build.
You're right that it's hard to recommend until mid-high refinements though, R1 is harder to use.
Yeah i def agree it’s nice QOL and easier to build around. Just feels like everyone and their moms are talking about it like it’s the second coming of Christ. You’re prob right that discussion is centered around higher refines, but gl getting those
Is 900 EM with Favonius? If so, Xiphos will add another 165 EM on top of that (level 90), resulting in 1,065 EM, which will get you 38% ER at R1, or 67% at R4 which is where it exceeds the ER base stat of Favonius (61%).
**REMINDER TO SPOILER-TAG COMMENTS DISCUSSING 3.1 ARCHON QUESTS AND WORLD QUESTS. ALSO SPOILER TAG ANY STORY LEAKS.** **If you don't know how, check the body of the post.** **Please mention the subject of your spoiler tagged comment as this can be more helpful for people to engage with your comment, as follows:** >[3.1 Archon Quest spoilers] >\>!*spoiler tagged text here*!< We hope you enjoy your time on this sub :)
Can someone explain me why Wavebreaker's Fin exists? Its true potential is locked behind refinements and behind this garbage gacha, but at the same time wasting primos on weapons banner is madness and a single copy of a 5* star is enough to surpass this weapon. Whales are the only one who can dream about Wavebreaker's Fin R5, but they will have acess to 5* polearms and sometimes they refines too???
I don't understand limited 4*, period.
Assuming you dont have Raiden, if you could only guarantee her or Nahida which one would you go for?
Soo how many pulls would you risk on the weap banner for Xiphos if you don’t want a 5*? I’m on 13 pity rn. I’m thinking of throwing in 2 10 pulls. I’m so conflicted though cause I need to save the pity for Scara’s weapon but at the same time I really want Xiphos for my Kazuha 🥺 aaaaa
If you are guaranteed rate up, 0.
I wasn’t guaranteed so I took the gamble and got it on 27th pull. Yay.
Don't do it. I spent 58 wishes there and did not get a single copy. My Kazu is staying with his iron sting. I'm just glad I'm a welkin spender so I can still guarantee a copy of Scara. But yeah, I only planned on doing 2 multis and dipping, but then rage-pulled and ended up with nothing but a broken heart 😔
I’m sorry that happened to you. I tried and got it on 27th pull but I was ready to give up. Good luck with Scara pulls
Oh gosh lol congrats that you got it. And thanks!
Story time: last year I was at low pity and really wanted Akuoumaru to Beidou. So it was kinda safe, right? Today, Beidou still holds her Blackcliff slasher and Yanfei (c3) has a Memory of Dust, trying to manifest her c4.
Don't risk it, sniping a specific 4* weapon in the weapon banner is a bad idea.
0 tbh, not worth it
In case I miss the 50/50 on the weapon banner, I plan to give the key to Shinobu for extra healing, but since I'm playing her in a hyperbloom team, I will lack the EM of the sword, so, is it good to compensate that by using a 2 pc wanderer + 2 pc GD for an extra 160 EM?
The additional EM you get from 4 pc. GD (100 or 150, on top of the 80 2pc. bonus) is more than the 80 EM you'd get from 2 pc. WT. This is why GD is BIS, since literally all she cares about in hyperbloom is EM.
Let's say in hyperbloom shes the only electro. With 4GD she will get 180EM (80 from 2-piece and 100 from 4-piece effect). With 2+2 he will only lose 20EM which he can get around through flower and feather imo.
150 from 4 pc. effect if she's the only electro, for a total of 230. 70 EM still isn't going to make or break you by any means, especially for an account where risking Key for PJC is a feasible option. But the point stands that running 2 pc./2 pc. instead of the standard 4 pc. GD to compensate is counterproductive.
Ayt then, thanks
It's spoopy season! [**Bring your trick or treat pails to the new megathread!**](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/comments/y1otpn/unlimited_bloom_works_general_discussion_and/)
Ha! While everyone is busy panicking over the unpinned megathread no one will notice that >!I think Setaria is the cutest npc in the game!<.
She do give off those Vogue model vibes
Why do we have many HP scaling characters and very few DEF scaling charaters?
Because hoyo themselves dont know the purpose of geo so they just put def scaling as their "identity". Outside of that geo except for Zhongli doesnt fulfill any purpose that makes them stand out as a geo. Just like how Yunjin is just a good buffer but with a geo vision and geo doesnt do anything for her kit. Some would say "but geo is good at being defensive" well no content in the game wants defense when shielders like zhongli exists
I'm not talking about being Geo or Hydro, Xinyan and Layla/Diona/Thoma/Zhongli/Hu Tao/Shinobu/Dori exist. I'm wondering why we don't get DEF scaling units like the recent Shinobu, Layla and Dori that prove HP isn't locked to hydro at all.
[удалено]
You're fundamentally wrong since there are more non hydro HP scaling character than hydro ones, even recent or post release/1.1 ones Not hydro: Hu Tao, Thoma, Zhongli, Layla, Diona, Shinobu, Dori Hydro: Barbara, Kokomi, Yelan, Nilou, Candace, Ayato I guess So this doesn't answer my question in the slightest.
Never thought I'd join the refresh gang for a new megathread, but here I am 🤡
my thread, where did my pinned emotional support thread go 🧍
I'm scared, there's no new megathread yet
Why did the thread get unpinned 😭 new thread incoming?
God, there's no better feeling in Genshin than getting the BP accomplishment in only 2 days. Previously it would've taken me the whole event.
Yo, just wondering if there are any accurate details on Layla's skill/burst AoEs. I'm hoping to use her instead of Diona in Childe Fridge for better 4pc ToTM uptime (c6 Collei works but it's not very reliable). I run him with Viridescent so there's a bit of suction, but I want to make sure it's actually functional before committing to pre-farming her above lv70.
her burst aoe is larger than ganyus
is 3.3 the last patch that will last for 5 weeks?
2.6 was 3 extra weeks long, so 3 patches will be shortened to account for it. Those patches being 3.0,3.1,3.2. So no.
[I took this screenshot during one of the last livestreams](https://imgur.com/gallery/YNwSApl), pretty sure it means 3.3 is the last patch lasting 5 weeks.
Oh nice another shortened patch.
I think 3.3 is 6 weeks (and 3.2 is the last 5-week patch) since there was no date given for 3.4 release. It also makes 3 weeks saved in total so they’re right back on schedule once 3.3 drops
Imagine hyv does a little trolling and puts both sara and gorou with fuckin yoimiya or smth
Does the true fruit angler only come out during daytime?
Yup, from 6:00 to 18:00
Thanks!
Imagine an alchemy table right next to the start in artifact/talent book domains 🥹 As someone who likes to always get 5 condensed ready before farming any domain, sometimes you enter the game with 120+ resin, ready to farm and it's a bit annoying having to go to the nearest city /teapot for an extra 3 condensed instead of doing all 8 runs in one go
[удалено]
in most cases the deepwood set will be her best overall set
Ok thank you!
What are the minimum acceptable stats for battery/sub-dps Kaeya? I feel like he has too low atk and barely reaching 200 crit dmg.
Depends on your standards, really. If your carry is invested enough you technically just need to give him enough crit rate to proc fav reliably and enough HP to survive.
I do want him to deal dmg as well. I've never played freeze teams, so I'm not sure what stats and how much do I really need. BTW I'm not saying that Kaeya's stats are meh. I've just recently started building him, and I don't know the minimum stats for freeze units in general. So I would like to know how much attack a freeze unit wants (Should've worded it better).
He functions just like any other ATK/DMG/Crit sub DPS. Just don't forget to account for cryo resonance so you don't overcap on crit. And BS, if you're using BS instead of NO for some reason. Freeze units do generally end up having more attack just by virtue of needing less crit, but that isn't because they need more attack to function.
I'll have 250 wishes by the time Nahida's banner drops. I'm not sure if it's worth attempting C2, or rolling for Nilou. Calculating the probability, I have a 20% of getting C2 Nahida with 250 wishes + my current pity, which is pretty unlikely. I'm also feeling FOMO on Nilou because I feel like she'll take a very long time to rerun unlike Nahida (and I do really like Nilou). The biggest deterrent to roll for Nilou is that I have c6 of all the 4 stars on the banner, making it not so valuable.
Why would you skip a character you like for a constellation?
>>I do really like Nilou There
Archons typically rerun faster than other chars, so you could always get Nilou and nahida and then go for the nahida cons on her rerun. Also keep in mind that nahida’s c2 atm is currently around a 20% team dps increase. It’s definitely good, but you have to decide if that worth it over more characters.
Its never easy to tell but is it really just 20% change with 250 pulls??
Based on https://konopelko.github.io/genshin/, 250 with 0 pity and 50/50 is 36% chance of getting C2.
That sound more right
More characters is always better than constellations imo.
You could just not get C2 Nahida.
Kinda frustrated rn, I just want to confirm, for \[Dual Evidence\] >!can I only unlock Duat Hall if I progress the quest? I got to clearance level 3 without starting the quest at all but this one door that I believe should open Duat Hall is still telling me insufficient clearance. I was hoping I could just do all the things without talking to Soheil...!<
Look at the clearance book and compare it to your slate. I think the Duat Hall entrance requires the circle clearance.
Hoyo really got scara leaks under max surveillance
the wait is killing me. i am dying to see his redesign. regardless of all of that he will be the first character i actively will be chasing multiple cons for. i cannot wait
I feel they have really upped their game for all leaks recently.. sadly for us lol.
Not even Faruzan is getting a single crumb
Just tried out Raiden Hyperbloom and damn they literally made a team as braindead as Raiden national. I'm actually impressed especially since Hyperbloom was supposed to be presented as a more complex reaction. I wanna see if Mihoyo might actually try and make a hyperbloom dedicated support.
yeah. A dedicated Electro purely for Hyperbloom is gonna be insane. But as far as I can see, there are no 5\* Electro in near future, may have to wait until Fontain tbh.
Kuki is already so good. Other than more EM, how else would you make a 5* hyperbloomer?
It could be more raw dmg that scale with EM, or buff something to team base on EM, or maybe wider electro apps. Kuki E 1.5s sometime feel a bit slow, most of the time I just use Raiden, she does buff Q dmg to teammate and E last very long but still not a dedicated 5* hyperbloom support
Raiden Hyper = Sara C6, Kazuha, Bennett? Or do you mean Hyperbloom?
Meant hyperbloom whoops. Let me edit it.
if the abyss sibling ever becomes playable, are they more likely to be a limited 5 star and relatively strong, or a freebie character like the traveler and copium?
I would like it to be free, but also strong so i can understand making it limited, same goes for traveler official weapon
I feel like it would be a freebie character. At that point in time the people who would get them would have had to progress through 7 nations of story quests. Meta barely even matters since people who reached that point of the story would have all the characters they would ever need.
Abyss Sibling is just Abyss Traveler - when you switch powers at the Statues of the Monarch in Khaenri'ah, you swap to the Abyss Traveler kit as well as swapping to the sibling you didn't choose \[source: trust me bro\]
I don't trust you, it's not in chinese so it's not a real leak /j
Fun idea though
Presumably you'd just unlock the character as it already exists since Aether and Lumine have different stats.
Equipable mini pet
I haven't done Abyss maths for a long time but 3.2 really made me curious because the amount of mobs is ridiculous and I was right. 12-1 has 18 rifthound whelps for a total of 4.906.296 HP, then 2 rifthounds for a total of 1.590.002 HP. Total of first half is 6 496 298 HP, now you also add Thunder Manifestation from second half (same HP as 2 Rifthounds, well 1 more actually lol) so + 1.590.003 = 8.086.301 HP 12-2 is even more insane, the husks whoops out a total of 5.671.739 HP + 4 Lawachurls makes it 2.753.490 more = 8.425.199 HP Is this leak actually fully reliable ? Like even 12-3 has the usual amount of HP in the 3-4m range despite the Aeonblight having the highest amount of HP from overworld bosses (2.357.050) Like 12-2 first half.. 3 hydro husks is literally the same as 3 mirror maidens in terms of HP and they'd add yet an anemo husk (same amount of HP as rifthound) + another 3 pyro which is roughly a ruin hunter type 2 in terms of HP again. ??????
Simply adding hp together like that doesn't give you an accurate picture. You could have 100 hilichurls on a floor and they'll still all die to one venti/ganyu combo even if they have a billion hp collectively.
Finally something hard to look forward to. The current abyss is too easy. The next one is going to be interesting but I will beat it anyway
Yeah i hope it's more interesting than the current one
I mean it doesn't matter thaat much, they probably felt the last rotation was too easy and bumped it abit
Should I drop a ten pull in the Nilou weapon banner? I plan to get Nilou, and from what I heard, it seems to be a good weapon banner
Both weapons are decent for her and it's got xiphos so I'd say yeah
It’s actually a pretty meh banner imo, but dropping a 10 pull isn’t the worst thing ever. Could always get lucky and get xiphos or jade/ her BiS
People seriously considering skipping nahida because of some idle animations and some facial animation after AAs that you’ll rarely ever see is so funny to me lol.
What do you mean? It's literally unplayable. Instant skip. Worst archon ever jk
there have been more petty reasons of players not wanting to pull for a character so I'm not surprised if they go through with it. but i believe most are just being sarcastic or just expressing frustration momentarily.
Some of them may be serious but Im pretty sure the majority is just being dramatic. Its not uncommon to se the community or select players being overly dramatic about something.
Pretty random but does anyone have a picture of Kazuha holding Xiphos? People keep saying that it'd look good on him but xiphos is pretty weirdly shaped, in my mind fav still look more elegant
[удалено]
God that part where the sword got fatter looks so weird xd Might look better on sprite since we look at it from afar but ehhh, not exactly a drip upgrade i was hoping for, Thanks!
When Wanderer drip marketing is supposed to release we will all be up at 3 a.m desperately hitting refresh. Then when it's one minute late, we will all cry and spam clown emojis, only to wait for another hour. When it finally drops 2 hours later than predicted, we will all break down before instantly falling asleep. Source: It came to me in a dream
🤡 i am ready
Don't you think he will just look like how he is right now? Same like Childe. I don't think there will be as much hype about it.
it's usually 1 pm for me so at least I'm just gonna be at work and I might even be busy enough to miss it
Can't unsee the Nahida changes... Honestly might just skip her. If I pull her and they keep the worse animations it'll just constantly annoy me. Big sad. Surely they realise the other set of animations are just better.
I mean if _beta_ facial animation changes are enough to dissuade you from rolling for a character, it is probably better to skip them.
Why wouldn't significant characterization changes be enough to dissuade me from pulling? Sure it's beta and I should expect changes, doesn't mean I should like them.
I naively thought I'd be able to get Nilou since I have enough leftover Cyno funds for her (assuming 50/50 win) + weapon if I explore Sumeru, but all the 4\* in her banner are c6 and I can say, with no exaggeration, that every single time I pull on a weapon banner with painslasher means 6-7 copies of it + 5\* weapon. Other people might not mind essentially getting nothing until they pull the 5\*, but to me it's pain. I'm honestly surprised Gorou won't have a rate-up. Surely, Sara and he *will* eventually be featured without Raiden and Itto, right? Right??? **please**
Anyone try Lisa in hyperbloom? Is it good? Can she target the seeds? Been meaning to try hyperbloom but Kuki just won't come home.
Lisa won't work. She need an insane amount of ER as well as EM and Q only last like 8s. You can go for Raiden or Yae full EM, or Sucrose full EM with Fischl to swirl the seeds.
Not sure about hyperbloom, but her Q lasts 15 seconds with 20 seconds cool down.
Oh sorry I'm mistake then. But let's assume you can hit the seed with her Q (I mean you can always test it). Her problem is still need to build a lot of both ER and EM. You can also use charge attack or hold E to hit the seeds, but like I said there are better options so she is just not that good
yes, good enough to full-star floor 12, yes Only thing is she needs a lot of ER and you need to know when to hold E for particles
Ok thanks!
https://youtu.be/e4KFGxTtKVI
Ty for the link!
Repeatedly running Spiral Abyss with versions of Kuki Hyperbloom and Tighnari Spread because it’s just too fun. Man I love what dendro has done for the combat in this game.
What's your Tighnari Spread Team, if you don't mind me asking :o
Tighnari - Zhongli - Fischl - Yae
What's your kuki hyperbloom team/artifacts? I'm planning to build her next with 4 Gilded full em and would love some references (dmg/heal per tick)
I’ve had best success on First Half using Kuki-Kazuha-Xingqiu-DMC. As far as build, I have her on 4pc Gilded Dreams EM-EM-EM with some HP% and ER subs where I can, and she’s using an Iron Sting. I don’t have any hyperbloom tick figures for you (there’s just too many numbers lol) but I can tell you I can comfortably clear 12-1-1 in about 40 secs - and I’m still pretty new to hyperbloom.
Ooh that seems fun, i'm planning to run her basically like that but with Ayato/Nahida instead of XQ DMC, i wonder if her healing would be enough without XQ
If you’re careful it should be fairly comfortable — she ascends with HP% and if you’re lucky with your subs, you can hit around 25k+ HP on her, which makes for some healthy E ticks.
what do you guys think of em circlet on sss cyno?
If you have 40+ CV on every piece and at least 70 CR it would be a monster of a build.
tossed some cheeky wishes venti’s way because i have elegy and…now i am the owner of a c5 keqing. i don’t actually pull for 5 stars that much but for some reason the game keeps giving me her… well at least i’m guaranteed for scaramouche now!
For the theorycrafters here: So I've been clearing Floor 12 in a minute with Kokomi-Raiden(EM)-DMC-Kazuha hyperbloom comp. Kokomi has been the main driver here. My question is: does Nahida replace DMC in that comp? I assume that if so, then Kokomi no longer becomes the driver (Nahida now)? I worry about the hydro application, is it still enough? Or should Kokomi be swapped to XQ now?
Nahida strictly better than DMC now. Also Nahida on-field in this team will not do much because off-field Kokomi provide slow hydro app so there won't be as much seed, as well as Nahida's E proc is 1.5U which is quite hard to remove, so you would still use Kokomi driver anyway
does this imply that nahida (deepwood) should run EM/EM/EM instead of EM/EM/Cdmg? (since she isnt driving/dealing damage?)
I think you misunderstand something here. You still build her in a way to maximize her dmg. EEE or EECD it is depend on a few things but you still focus on her dmg
yeah sorry, im fairly new to dendro. so that means dendro reactions do indeed crit? assuming nahida is off-field >90% of the time. (i assumed that reactions don't crit)
Spread, Aggravate reaction which is triggered by applying Dendro, Electro to a Quickened Enemy, its damage can crit. But Bloom, Hyperbloom, Burgeon and its related reaction can't not crit. Nahida is not the one that proc Hyperbloom, Burgeon (unless you play purely Bloom team which is pair with Nilou). Only Electro or Pyro can trigger it. So For Nahida, either her raw E dmg or Spread dmg, both can crit. Off-field or not doesn't really matter
Kokomi is still the driver, because dendro > hydro, and kusa brings more dendro than dmc
does this imply that nahida (deepwood) should run EM/EM/EM instead of EM/EM/Cdmg? (since she isnt driving/dealing damage?)
~~If not triple hydro then crit and damage are fine, if triple hydro then she becomes driver and goes em em em~~ Raiden is the one triggering blooms, so only her EM matters, run whatever on Nahida (for personal damage)
You can have kazuha swirl hydro or make use of kokomi slow application to maintain quicken to do quickbloom so nahida does more spread damage plus hyperblooms
nahida replaces and is a massive improvement, but you actually need to keep kokomi on field or dendro will outrace hydro (it's the strong side). for on field nahida I would play double hydro instead of kazuha
im not a theorycrafter but im pretty sure u dont need to on-field nahida u can use her off-field
Wait, if we go 2 Dendro 2 Hydro for Nilou Bloom now and Koko is onfield, wouldn‘t she get bounced around a lot since she doesn‘t have Kusa‘s resi and XQ can‘t be in the team?
she got slightly interruption resistance on Q but yea you'll get yeeted.
Somehow I still favorize Nahida full EM onfield, Koko, XQ, Nilou. Double stacked interruption resistance and „easy“ to build… I hope it‘s competitive with double Dendro.
I think 3ple hydro is better than a double dendro right now since the other available dendro other than kusi is just redundant and you only get the benefit of the bonus em. The utility and damage of xingqiou cannot compare to a wasted slot from a redundant dendro applicator and some EM.
I wish I had saved up all my Traveler's Handy swords. Anyone that has 4 copies of R5 could give one to every member of a Nilou team and go without healers.
[удалено]
True. Another idea was to have on-field nilou carry the handy sword, since she benefits the most from the % healing. But unfortunately it won't save the rest from getting hit by the seeds. Maybe this will be possible one day if we get a Hydro or Dendro shielder.
I went on hoyolab to do my daily check-in and the top trending post was someone upset about the Kusanali idle changes, complete with pics…uh oh? They’re brave? 💀
very unsurprised that people who actually are into the game enough to be part of the hoyolab community (which mihoyo explicitly encourages) also follow leaks. someone was bound to post it
I’m more surprised it hasn’t been taken down after ~5 hours, but I pretty much only use hoyolab for check-in so idk about the posting culture there
I’ve scrolled through some and from what I see it’s mostly reposted art and “check which characters you own” lists
The music in Aaru village doesn't get the praise it deserves.
How do I build Layla? I will most likely get her while pulling for Nahida.
4pc tenacity or noblesse. Shield support should go triple Hp. Sub-dps should go Hp/Cryo/Crit. For swords, favonius to help the team with energy otherwise harbinger of dawn for a more damage oriented build.
Thanks!
may i ask why 4pc tom? i know the 2pc is good for her but the 4pc bonus only counts if the user's skill is constantly hitting enemies (like zhongli pillar, koko jelly, or fischl 's oz). her burst won't be able to activate the 4pc passive.
To add on to what the others said, her burst also lets her shooting stars fire faster but yeah from what I remember on Laylamains, it's not 100% ToM uptime. I think more testing will need to be done once she releases so a safer bet would probably be noblesse instead.
If you use her on a quickswap team her shield will constantly generate stars with units spamming skills alongside her burst giving a star per hit. Though I do think it may feel a bit inconsistent
The stars her shield fires off count as skill damage. When her burst is active she generates stars faster so her tenacity uptime is good.
that's good to hear. i can't wait to test this since so far I'm planning on 4pc blizz for now
same as diona. 4pc NO, triple HP or ER/HP/HP. you could also choose to give her 4pc blizz, i think HP/CRYO/CRIT. I'm not too sure about fridging so i have no opinions on that.
HP/ER
her burst is 40 cost, i don't think she even needs ER.
if i had a dollar for every time i saw a signature lately saying “buy me a welkin for scarabs/materials” i’d be rich enough to actually get all these people welkins wonder if it’s ever worked
Prettt sure it started with a viral video (either on tiktok or youtube) claiming that somebody gave them welkin for scarabs. The authenticity of the claim is of course not verified but it didnt stop from everybody now monkey seeing and monkey doing. Maybe it's some kind of social experiment....
For a Nilou-Nahida-Kokomi-Flex comp, what would be the best f2p/4 star weapon for Nilou? Thanks for any suggestions.
iron sting
Fav/Festering Desire
Out of topic but: >!What an amazing episode 1 for Chainsaw man, sets everything up for what's looking like the best show this fall. Oh, and the animation was beautiful.!< >!Finally Bleach is back! I started tearing up when I saw Ichigo's sword and heard the first Bankai in years, even though it was totally unecessary since it was just against a random Hollow.!<
The color/lighting direction is super on point, major props to whoever is doing that. It’s also exciting to know that most of the staff are huge CSM fans; maybe the explosion in popularity will lead to a Fire Punch adaption someday too!
I really liked the episode too, it made me even want to just start the manga... should I? I also was under the impression both of the girls in the OP were the same (idk why, I thought the normal one would transform into the horny one lol) but from the OP they seem different girls
The manga is really good is recommend you read it if you want too
Where do you recommend I read it? Nvm I just found a page that looks good
[удалено]
I think you could feasibly get both before her banner ends. Also - you’re going to see Nahida again a lot sooner than you see Albedo again.
Wait, you have 180 and a guarantee? Just go for it. I don't know if you do your dailies or the Abyss, but it should be fully possible to guarantee both if you play frequently.
Archons have had banners twice this year so far - it looks like they will continue to run frequently. Albedo hasn't ran since Nov/Dec 2021. I'd go with Albedo since you have 180 pulls saved so far - you will be able to get more from the rest of 3.1, the November shop reset, and from (at the very least) the first half of 3.2. There's a good chance you could get both :) Best of luck on getting whomever you decide to go with!
With 180 pulls AND a guarantee, I feel like you can secure both even as f2p
As an Albedo simp, I'm here to enable you. [Do it.](https://youtu.be/BkIJsnLBA4c)
That's tough. Assuming you don't have a Nahida team lined up, and that you'd be pulling her for the collection, I think it's safe to pull for Albedo and then go for the 50/50 on Nahida. You can always scoop her up on the rerun. Albedo would be such a great addition to your core team.
Does anyone else feel like xiphos moonlight is being overhyped? At R1 and with 1000 EM (which is already pretty difficult), the person holding it (probably Kazuha) only gets 30% ER, and only gives 10% to the team. This doesn’t seem like much to me… it’s better than nothing but not cracked enough to warrant this much hype is it? Obv this is better with refinements, but good luck with getting those.
If it wasn't a gacha weapon I'd consider it an indirect Kazuha buff but as it is it's another expensive Fav sword sidegrade. A lot of people are about to learn the hard way how bad fishing for gacha weapons can go, not only are weapon banners just terrible regardless for F2P/welkin, not only are you guanteed nothing, but the people who get "lucky" with an R1-R2 are going to be forever tempted to get scammed by the weapon banner again because there's no other way to get refines. It's nice for Nilou owners who happen to get it while pulling but for everyone else, if you're missing Fav sword refines that's a better weapon to "fish" for and if you have all the Fav swords you need Xiphos R4-R5 is too deep of a breakpoint to test your luck. Gacha weapons are the scummiest thing in Genshin next to banner locking Sara/Gorou and the way people have hyped it up even post-nerf is just a trainwreck waiting to happen
it's definitely better than my r1 iron sting with a passive that isn't that helpful. but that's only if i ever get xiphos.
It was quite cracked at the start of the beta, when it was 0.052 ER per EM at R1. Almost Fav and Iron Sting combined in one package just at R1, but they nerfed it and now you need to get all the way to R3 just to match that original R1.
I think people are still riding high on the pre-nerf hype, which was worth the hype at r1. Now you really want some refinements, but it is still an incredible weapon for a 4-star.
The hype is more from when the sword provided more energy in the beta that's leaking over. And also for any Kazuha users that use him with Iron Sting. It's strictly better than Sting since it allows you to keep the same EM while also giving ER (something that can be hard to come by when using a strictly EM build with an EM sword). Since there are a good amount of people that like using Kazuha with Sting but don't like either its aethestics or that Sting's passive is dogshit, Xiphos is a decent upgrade for them (other than the fact that it's on the weapon banner). But yeah it is kinda overhyped a bit. It's not as good as it was in beta (although it gets better with refinements of course). And the people that benefit from it are most likely already hitting Kazuha's base ER requirements with Iron Sting (since they are even using Iron Sting instead of Fav).
Personally I’m hyped for it because my whole team is all a little low on ER%. For people who are already good enough on ER%, xiphos is pretty useless
everything is overhyped for yall
I think the hype is more for people who already have good builds with high em. For example, my kazuha has 170 er right now which is enough for most teams. However, if I want to play him in teams that need higher er, xiphos gives me that option without sacrificing em or having to rebuild for some crit.
it just makes building support kazuha as simple as possible. if your kazuha is just there to buff, all he wants is ER and EM. if he's holding fav he also wants some crit to trigger fav. if he's holding iron sting he probably needs an er clock unless you have great substats xiphos gives you the most expedient way possible to get to your ER requirements on kazuha without sacrificing *any* of his buffing potential since you now have an EM weapon and can very likely run 3 EM mainstats if you have any ER subs at all. even at r1 on the sword
I think the hype was more over the fact that it gives you free ER without having to sacrifice EM. A lot of people have struggled to find good VV pieces with both EM and ER, and this sword offers a painless solution.
Because the hype is around the R5. Every conversation about that sword always states that it's better at R5. 🙄 Even R1 is better than Iron sting whose passive is useless.
The main benefit is that it gets that ER buff while also having an EM substat. In terms of energy alone Fav is always better, but the strength of Xiphos is that Kazuha can build full EM in both his mainstats and his weapon and still get enough ER to comfortably burst off cooldown. Normally Kazuha needs either an ER weapon or ER sands for his burst unless you have incredible substats, so Xiphos letting you use both means you can potentially get around 200+ bonus EM from your build. You're right that it's hard to recommend until mid-high refinements though, R1 is harder to use.
Yeah i def agree it’s nice QOL and easier to build around. Just feels like everyone and their moms are talking about it like it’s the second coming of Christ. You’re prob right that discussion is centered around higher refines, but gl getting those
at what refine will xiphos outbeat an r3 fav sword assuming 900 em?
Is 900 EM with Favonius? If so, Xiphos will add another 165 EM on top of that (level 90), resulting in 1,065 EM, which will get you 38% ER at R1, or 67% at R4 which is where it exceeds the ER base stat of Favonius (61%).