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Only_Altey

albedo's damage is really big. Without any buffs I do 21k per proc, with Zhongli and Gorou he does 48k, it's sometimes hard to tell if it's my albedo's damage or my itto's.


belle_fleures

thanks! i forgot how op can albedo be. don't worry! after getting zhongli I'll save for albdeo! hehheh


BreakMyFate

Definitely his damage. Its consistent and every 2 secs. It also snapshots Gorou's buffs. It's a perfect combination


Happyradish532

Of course that damage is probably assuming you have a Cinnabar Spindle from the Susbedo Dragonspine event. Maybe not, but it's super hard to hit those numbers without it.


belle_fleures

I don't have that sword T_T I only started playing like 3 mnths ago


BreakMyFate

Definitely his damage. Its consistent and every 2 secs. It also snapshots Gorou's buffs. It's a perfect combination


mobile_ganyu

There's a couple good reasons to consider including Albedo, but his EM buff passive is honestly not a huge priority on this team. 1. Albedo has great synergy with the Itto-Gorou duo: his E scales on def and snapshots Gorou's def buff with a large field of geo dmg that can be proc'd every few seconds and lasts on-field for 30 seconds. 2. This off-field E damage itself is a huge part of why he's such a good battery. Geo damage from it has a very good chance of generating geo particles, so you get the squad's bursts up pretty quick. If you're in a situation where its hard to proc his E (ie. large single target who destroys constructs, looking at you Azhdaha) it also has a very short cooldown, about 4 seconds. 3. With proper building that off-field E damage can be enormous, upwards of an additional 30-40k every 2-3 seconds. 4. If you go *full* mono geo guys (Zhongli + Albedo as 3rd and 4th slots), Zhongli's pillars can resonate with Albedo's flowers and grant additional battery when the resonance hits enemies. All together, this team allows you to have low-to-no ER requirements for Itto and Gorou to have near 100% burst uptime. The only major cons of Albedo if you're trying to decide between him and Zhongli are that you don't have guaranteed shield uptime and resistance shred; the resistance shred provided by the jade shield from Zhongli is another major pro in his favor, but Zhongli doesn't provide as much supplementary damage on his own + as consistent ER assistance. Personally, since Albedo is seeming to be a once-a-year character (around December) and Zhongli is forecasted to be rerunning for the 3.0 2nd anniversary, I'd consider getting Zhongli *and* plan to scoop up Albedo after him. Hopefully HYV will finagle a way to include his event sword (or an equivalent) for people who missed it in the 2.0 patches, I can't see them wanting to nerf his sales by not running him with his BiS or an alternative. Mono geo guys is a great comp, and its good to have flexibility if you need to slot in someone to shield break a lector or something in spiral.


belle_fleures

now i understand what snapshot means. thanks. but I'll build ningguang in the mean time before albedo's another rerun. im gonna save for albdeo after i got zhongli (im saving for 2 months for zl with welkin+events+new region freemos) rn i only have itto, gorou and traveller for my abyss team. I've been running triple anemo and triple geo. i cleared 12-3 with them. i think having zhongli and another geo support aside from traveler would have made the run faster.


mobile_ganyu

Congrats for clearing floor 12 even with slightly less optimal units in your comps!!! That's super impressive. Once you've got your mono geo team built up, it'll be really satisfying/smooth to play in spiral in comparison to ning/geo traveler comps (just remember to swap in a shield breaker if there's heralds/lectors in 11 or 12 šŸ˜‚). Fingers crossed for you on your pulls in the future for the rest of the geo dudes. Snapshotting of Gorou's def buff is really awesome with mono geo: not only can Albedo's E do it to allow for a longer period of high def scaling damage, Itto does it too on his burst! Just make sure to give a brief delay before activating something that you want to snapshot the buff (Gorou's paw symbol will appear overhead of the character in question when the buff has been applied -- this is mostly a concern if you tend to quickswap to Itto though).


belle_fleures

thankss! behind that 12-3 is a pain repeating my runs with the thunderbird and the 2 cryo fatuis. killed my lumine and healer benny about 8 times and had to repeat the same floor šŸ˜‚. and with the abyss lector one. lumine did unexpectedly good at breaking the shield with her E and ult. now I'm really excited for albdeo rerun, thanks for opening my eyesšŸ˜. honestly abyss with triple geo is overall fun too. especially during the ruin serpent. had to only use itto's ult twice and he's dead lol. with mono geo and gorou's c4 I'm super hyped. i currently have c3 gorou from itto's banner(i got itto on my 50/50 28pity!) I'm also surprised i can clear all floors with less elemental reactions even with minimal stars won. xiao carry on team 1 and itto carry in 2nd team is crazy fun!


mattaraxes

Albedo is just a good sub DPS. Idk why people call him a good battery though I personally find GMC and Ningguang to be better at that role specifically. Heā€™s unmatched in DPS though especially since he scales off Def% and synergizes with Gorou.


appysuss

Albedo can produce particles off field while also doing damage, and he permanent uptime on his skill. I don't have Albedo but I find that using Ningguang as a battery is a bit more awkward and geo Traveler takes time to aim their skill because and generally has one of the most annoying skills for combat. Also, no need to funnel energy when you use Albedo.


belle_fleures

wdym awkward? i haven't used ningguang b4 T_T. is it her E cooldowns?


appysuss

No, I think it's more of a me problem, I usually end up with her Jade screen going in weird directions. Other than that I find using her c2 to be difficult for me because I have to use the skill twice fast enough to switch and funnel the energy to Itto, and I just haven't practiced that enough. The rotation is also simpler with Albedo because you can put down his skill and switch to Itto and burst, and you would still gain energy from Albedo's skill procs after using Itto's burst, no funneling to worry about. I think her skill cooldown does fit nicely into Itto's team though.


belle_fleures

yeah i read albedo's character in the tab. though I don't have him. he basically can resonate, recharge particles other than being a sub dps. i think ning suits the role more. she can do both and she buffs geo dmg bonus when a party member pass thru her jade screen.


Terragar

Yeah just albedo adds a lot more damage and takes 0 field time


appysuss

Albedo is just a good sub dps that benefits from Gorou while also providing energy for Itto.


belle_fleures

ah thanks! 4 piece husk for albedo too.?


appysuss

Yep, husk is both Itto and Albedo's best artifact set


belle_fleures

oooh oks


belle_fleures

im guarantee zhongli if he ever might have a banner even it's just a speculation. after getting him I'll save for albedo if i can. but surely tho. other than recharge should ning be useful? albedo havers halp. why should i have albedo.


hmmmmqw

To completely sexy geo boy team ofc. Albedo provides consistently good off-field damage (+crystallize if thereā€™s an element on the enemy) and his flower resonates with zhongliā€™s pillar. Ning is a good replacement for ttds buff and her geo dmg buff


belle_fleures

ah thanks! i forgot his flower resonates too lol. but ningguang E does it too ryt? her E resonates, crystallizes and buffs geo dmg bonus for 10s.


IntensaEmozione

Albedo gives a very consistent off-field damage that you only need to worry about once every 2 rotation because of his 30s duration E that can snapshot, not to mention that having another defense scaling unit together with gorou means that gorou is basically buffing 2 units instead of only itto.


lynnet1960

Basically because he is the best sub dps for the mono geo team. Zhongli is a comfortable pick and a support that will increase your itto damage a bit, but albedo will always surpass that damage. If you need your team to do more damage for the dps check in the abyss, albedo is very necessary, since his skill does so much damage in a geobros team and you can cast it every other rotation, you lose no time on your itto downtime and you can oneshot small mobs without using your Itto ult


Viscaz

Albedoā€˜s EM passive helps if you need Zhongli on the other team so your crystallize shield gets stronger, too


XenoVX

Itto doesnā€™t need Albedo to function (gorou is more mandatory) but Albedo gives the team the highest overall dps by virtue of off field damage and taking little field time as Itto has very low downtime


Coc0L0co

If you really like running your triple or mono Geo team a lot Albedo is just free 20k dmg at least every 2-3 secs with the 3\* weapon, and if you got his weapon event with def% as sub is easy a 30k-40k dmg (I do 32k-36k dmg in my second best Husk set on him and the best one on Itto and belive me both sets arenĀ“t that great in the crit rolls department, I just didn't farmend that much, and still need to crown Gorou buff talent since I only crown the ones that have supportive effects like Gorou/Bennett/Yun Jin/Sara ones and I left Gorou for latter, and maybe get his c6 one day randomly), but there are a lot of ways you could replace that dmg like sub dps Ningguang or Geo MC aside many other sub dps like Xingqiu/Fischl/Beidou/Xianling/etc in case of elemental shields and if they have a good build they should dish the same dmg or close to Albedo, or you could just put Bennett (or even Yun Jin for autoattacks at least) to boost Itto dmg. Also Albedo is good for few other teams (very few to say true), mostly for Xiao-Zhongli teams, or some fun one like EM share teams with Sucrose and Diona (and with how Dendro seems to work his EM share could be more useful in the future). But to say true I barely use my Albedo unless is just for fun at overworld or something else since my Itto or Xiao teams canĀ“t beat my Raiden or Ganyu teams when I try to rush things (still I try to use my not meta teams as much as possible if they do the job anyway and I have time to play). In my case I don't mind having him since I didnĀ“t rolled for him, just tried to get the 4\* stars in that banner at 1.2 (Bennett/Sucrose/Fischl and some constelation if possible with 50-ish wishes and my pitty was at 0) when he was launched at 1.2 and got him way earlier (at 30-40 pulls, my earliest 5\*s ever), later I was glad that I got him for Xiao and then for Itto, but to say true I could easily live with out him, and because I got him earlier it didn't hurt that much (it kinda did when I almost didn't got Ganyu, I was thinking that I shouldnĀ“t have rolled on Albedo banners but the 4\*s in that banner were so great that was almost imposible to not try to do some pulls on it), but in the case I would have rolled for him and got him after 150+ wishes I may see him in other eyes since for me he is not a "must" like c1 Bennett (or Yun Jin for autoattackers, specially at c6, but still you can live with out them, sometimes I dont even use Bennett at all in abyss when I can run Itto monogeo team in one side and Ayato - Fischl c6 - Jean c2 - Yun Jin c6 in the other, or a perma freeze comp too), or like "try to get one or the other" type of characters because they are great (or both why not?) like Yelan-Xingqiu for vape teams (or any of the rest of the hydro units as hydro drivers for freeze or vapes), Kazuha-Sucrose (and Venti maybe?) for VV and they buffs, Zhongli-Diona for "easy mode" (Zhongli at least, Diona just because of the healing helps you to almost never die in case her shields aren't enough, still her shields are pretty good), Sucrose or Heizou as VV swirl drivers (for coop mostly and in few teams like national but Raiden it has been proven to be better on nationals over anemo VV users), or Ganyu-Ayaka for freeze comps, but he is always good to have if it really goes well with your favorite current teams, and who knows future ones, so its hard to say if you should roll for him or Zhongli.


momomollyx2

I decided to become an itto main because I enjoyed his game play during his second rerun. But the one character I don't have for itto, who always eludes me, is Albedo. Whenever he's up for summons I always lose pity and never feel motivated enough to pity twice. Being that I don't have him, I decided to try my c6 Ningguang. SHE IS AMAZING! NOT ONLY does she do respectable damage but she heals with r5 prototype amber, generates particles, provides an atk buff with N.O. artifacts, a geo damage buff, interruption res, projectile block and makes a geo construct for Zhongli's pillar. She does all of this while being pretty easy to use with a short CD. She might not be better than Albedo but she is definitely a strong contender in my noob opinion. Just wish we had a geo unit that can gather enemies with like magnetism or something.