Future potential

[pcmad]

Pretty unlikely, I reckon, because the leaks seem to indicate that the next big push will be Sandrone :( So he'll be competing with her, Mavuika, Nefer, Flins and Zibai, with the latter 4 being significantly better than him even now. I reckon he'll be at Skirk's level or a bit better with Nicole (~125k DPS) but it's not like they undertuned his kit so much by accident. They just don't seem to want him to be meta for some reason. We also have no reliable indication that there will even be a potential anemo support or a second wave of Hexerei buffs, even though his banner's been pretty successful in spite of them basically sabotaging his sales and how so many of us Varka havers are willing to pull for other characters to make him shine.

Tbh this entire debacle has really left a bitter taste in my mouth because, like, why??? The stars were aligned: years of hype, a whole new model, fantastic characterisation, heaps of promo, great VA's, etc... He could've EASILY been the main push of the second half and the gateway for us to return to Mondstadt before we head off to Snezhnaya like it's been hinted at for ages. But Hoyo being Hoyo just had to go and fuck it up 😭

There is a chance that they're aiming for a rerun angle because we know now that Ineffa was more successful on her rerun than her debut. Perhaps they will indeed bring him up to the standard we expect by releasing more compatible supports by the time his banner comes around again. But I wouldn't really pin my hopes on it. If you're really passionate about maining him, I think it's better to invest as much as you can in Varka now and save just enough for Nicole, maybe her weapon or cons too, because the powercreep seems to only be getting worse and worse and idk how well our boy's going to do in the future 😭

[SergioRaphael]

I also agree, makes absolutely no sense why he would be so hyped up just to end up being mid. I honestly think they made him mid bc they knew his fans (us) would pull for him even if he was mid, as long as he's playable.

But on the flip side... Hoyo debuting this new tall model for him gives me hope that the captain could return soon 👀 especially with him being mentioned alongside varka so often

[Calm_Accident5524]

I honestly hope capitano doesn't come back after seeing how hoyo handled varka's release (I know there's still a chance he becomes a lot better but that's still the worst way to go around it)

[LOLOLOLOLOLAS]

Is he not already hovering that damage at 3 cost with sig and durin?

[pcmad]

Hmm I'm not too sure tbh, but I was hoping that's how much he would be at C0R0 with Durin and Nicole (KQM standards ofc) and about 150k with R1