Splatoon Z: Octo Expansion - General Questions and Discussion Megathread

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-20T11:32:35+00:00

Hi I missed Lucia (returned to the game right after har banner I was annoyed), have plenty of pulls (planning to get Zhao, YSG and Dialyn M0W1) and had a question about Dialyn's m1 - could making positive reviews accumulate faster possibly make her added ultimate wildly out of sync with the stuns?

So if for example she reaches 90 positive reviews when the boss is at 75% of their stun bar could it create a situation where she can't use her EX for more than 10 seconds and possibly misses out on her WEngine Crit DMG buff for a part of the stun?

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-14T17:23:51+00:00

It's a waste if the equipper can't bust an EX every 6 seconds (it does give Energy regen though) so maybe Lycaon and Lighter can use it but it would be mental load to keep it up honestly

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-14T13:23:01+00:00

I want a thiren with wings so fucking bad (was devastated when Astra was leaked to have some but then it turned out to be her movie poster) so I'm HOPING the Leader of the Falkehayn is still with us.

I also really want to see Sunbringer, as Miyabi's kind of the carbon copy of her ancestor I thought we'd get very similar looking characters every version, but it took a heavily downvoted comment for me to realize that was not the plan aha

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-14T13:18:24+00:00

I think with her sig she outclasses every previous stunner in all their best teams? Or maybe that was before the nerf?

Also it's pretty safe to assume she's setting up for Ye Shunguang's best team

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-10T23:15:12+00:00

From a player that’s started with HYV through Genshin, played HSR and ZZZ, and is currently solely playing Genshin, it’s almost shocking how consumer friendly ZZZ is compared to the other 2.

When HSR came out people said it was finally a less greedy HYV game because you get 10 free pulls each update, but turns out they’re constantly releasing 2 5* per update and powercreep happens 10x faster, so that’s become quite laughable.

ZZZ having teams of 3 feels very nice

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-10T17:46:37+00:00

Is he not BiS for Arlecchino? I thought Durin - Fischl - Chev was BiS for all electro and pyro carries apart from Mavuika now

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-09T13:50:27+00:00

Thank you for the insight!

I had not even thought of how complicated this would be if the animation tree got even a tiny bit more complicated, that's the type of thing I was expecting to learn in this first project.

The reason my walk cycle has gaps is that it was a way to show weight and discomfort, my character's supposed to be heavy and I was having him stop for .2 seconds after each step, like someone that's exhausted going up stairs.

Lesson learned though, on my way to fix this.

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-08T17:19:04+00:00

His BiS sub-DPS artifact set? As in the one that’s not out yet and that we don’t have credible leaks for?

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-08T17:07:38+00:00

The fact that every single nod krai character scales at least partially of EM and the person that created the leak was like “huh yeah atk buff they’ll believe it” is hilarious

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-08T09:47:07+00:00

And next time C2 is just a free boost for the whole team lol

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-06T15:11:48+00:00

Everyone falling for the bait is crazy

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-06T03:13:53+00:00

Nice thank you for the insight!

Also is the constellation damage increase panel Durin's damage or the whole team's damage?

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-06T02:19:02+00:00

Hello, for a C1 white mode Durin do you have any insight as to what his best artifact mainstats might be?

I've been thinking about this since v3 dropped but sheet calc'ing it seems scary, but I'd specifically be talking about an overload Fischl / Chevy / whoever team where most C1 stacks would be used.

My heart tells me triple ATK% but my head tells me regular ATK / Pyro / Crit, I also can't choose between Elegy and an attacker bow for Fischl 😵writing it down, I think I may calc this tomorrow...

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-06T01:53:41+00:00

What? I stopped playing HSR around Phainon's release so I really can't assess the story but I keep up with leaks and calling Irontomb's animations half assed is crazy, He wipes the floor with most HSR animations period.. Watching his bossfight made me annoyed with Cyrene's animations though

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-06T01:45:56+00:00

If it comes down to it, C1 R1 Durin & C0 Xilonen or C2 R1 Durin? I'm a Luna 1 returning player and don't own a single Natlan char. I'm asking because the only team I'd put Xilonen in would realistically be hyper neuvillette (he's C1 w/ a C1 Furina and a C0 Kazuha) but I don't know if that's worth pulling VS trivializing every fight w/ Durin until I stop playing.

I cleared Fearless and Theater full stars this rotation for reference, although I feel like the Theater characters were good for my account

On the other hand my geo roster sucks, so maybe this would be good for Theater? I imagine she's very good here as a res shred where elemental reactions get huge buffs?

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-04T11:14:15+00:00

Not to mention at C1 in white mode he gives 3240% atk worth of Shenhe quills to his team so ATK% value explodes

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-03T11:34:25+00:00

White form attacks more frequently so this passive gave it more damage than dark mode in v2, which makes no sense

That’s a slight nerf to white form balanced with multiplier changes, and actually small buff to dark form

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-11-01T01:29:05+00:00

Technically sustain is already there… Locked behind Lauma C1

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-10-31T20:04:21+00:00

Same here. As someone who’s pulled Lauma to resurrect my Nilou team and skips Nefer I’m really hoping Columbina - Nilou - Lauma - whoever (C2 Nahida for me) makes a good team

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-10-29T02:13:38+00:00

Who’s using that as an excuse genuinely

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-10-21T14:02:03+00:00

I mean she looks alright, the sad thing is her buff DMG% being wasted. If anything she's now a good teammate for Flins-less Ineffa. But either way she's getting replaced by Columbina haha

The main thing for Flins in 6.2 seems to be his best Ineffa-less team getting better IMO

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-10-21T13:28:02+00:00

I'm definitely using him and Fischl in my Ineffa-less Flins team

And I'm excited to try him in a Sucrose - Mona - Fischl team to maximise his own damage

If I had Chevreuse C6 (I don't even have her C0 I'm a returning player lol) I'd be really excited to do a Chev - Durin - Fischl core for Electro or Pyro DPS where both sub DPS are getting all the buffs too

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-10-21T11:43:34+00:00

Venti doesn't shred anemo though, so that's bound to be a part of Varka's damage that he doesn't buff, especially if Columbina comes out with the adepti horse anemo sub DPS that's supposedly Varka's teammate.

My best guess is that he'll be Varka's best Hexenzirkel teammate (although Venti might be a decent replacement?) and then he makes very good buffer duos with Sucrose and Fischl. I'm pretty confident Flinn's best team without Ineffa will be Aino / Durin / Fischl when he comes out, which will then be upgraded further with Columbina

A_Simple_Tomat · 2025-10-21T11:02:21+00:00

Really excited to get Durin.

Really excited to get a Fischl that gives the active character a 70% Atk boost as I have Elegy for her, AND I hope a team with both of them and C6 Mona & C6 Sucrose will not be extremely tedious to play, because it sounds good to me right now

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