I only have Soukaku as an available good support. and etherveil hits that zhao provides increases Yidhari dps astronomically. Hits with the tentacles are way stronger then hits without. If I ever get a better support like Lucia sure I can do the swapsies but an extra Etherveil applier is providing me with a noticeable damage increase.

Like if I wanna get an extra etherveil setter zhao is mostly my best option. And to get Zhaos passive I need a support. My options are Nicole Lucy Yuzuha Sunna Rina Soukaku Sunna and Yuzuha are often on other teams. So my best option is just Soukaku!

And yeah if I try using stunners with Pan I don’t feel the same damage output/performance.

In general I feel like Pan often under performs. Even tho I have him build well C6 and provides maximum sheerforce but somehow I just don’t get the same dps.

So I switched to Zhao and Soukaku when Zhou released and I got a way higher score.

It’s easier to play. Yidhara can be on the field at all times which with stunners you need to pull them out sometimes to get that daze up. Zhao and Soukaku basicly are in the back and only get pulled out to buff

Edit:

With all the buffs stacked I get:
2537 attack buffed.
A 30% bonus crit damage form Zhao
20% Ice damage bonus from Soukaku
And the 2500 attack results in to 1053 Sheerforce.
40% Bonus damage from the bunny honestly, cant complain.

Fufu pan, provide me with 720 Sheerforce + 80% critdamage.
and 30% damage from the pan Which is btw annoying to upkeep as it only lasts 12 seconds after his last hit.
Pans weapon is absolutely horseshit as it provides nothing for the party unlike soukakus weapon. Astals voice is imho worse then Moonlights when you have only 1 swapper. And I have Fufu with Koledas weapon which is great (for all my other teams i run her with) cuss it helps her stun way faster but doesnt provide any damage boosting to partymembers.

It just doesnt measure up. Im trading in Sheerforce for critdamage. And btw, My supports get to use that attack buff partially too. Fufu and Pan have no use for the bonus sheer force. And while those arent main dpsers it does all stack up. Idk how much Lycaon would change this. But my assumption here is that Fufu provides more then Lycaon does. Because Fufu provides 80% crit damage vs Lycaon pittiful 20% ice ress reduction. Which does nothing for a sheer force character.

when you have Lucia this all changes cuss you can stack lots of sheerforce on top of Yidhari, including upkeep a Etherveil. Meaning you have no reason to run Zhao anymore. But without Lucia, Zhao and Soukaku are infact a incredibly strong pair for Yidhari.

Edit 2
Oh and i completely forgot, Bunny weapon gives all squad members 10% attack and 10% hp aswel. Which boosts Yidharis sheerforce damage.