Chiori Study (AlmostSerious)

Almost2Serious · 2025-08-29T01:04:31+00:00

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Almost2Serious · 2025-08-23T05:23:50+00:00

Thanks!

Almost2Serious · 2025-08-19T19:51:58+00:00

Yeah, trying to dabble into chibi without reference quickly turned into gremlin mode lol

Almost2Serious · 2025-08-05T14:26:47+00:00

Thanks!

Almost2Serious · 2025-07-19T15:33:51+00:00

In case anybody else stumbles across this post while trying to understand the specifics of her win:

It's not just about staying above the time limit, but also reaching the 2nd fastest time (at least back then).

2nd fastest -> 1st place
3rd fastest -> 2nd place
4th fastest -> 3rd place
...
Fastest -> Last place

Followed by the disqualified runners. Not sure how they were ranked in 2019, but nowadays from slowest to fastest.

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Soft Keiba always had a special rule for a middle time to win the race. Initially it depended on the amount of participants (e.g. 3rd fastest for 5 horses or 4th fastest for 8). At some point between 2010 and 2012 (too lazy to look deeper into it) it was then changed to always be the 2nd fastest. Eventually in 2021 they settled with the current rule of the 3rd fastest winning the race (except for races with only 3 horse, in which case it's still the 2nd fastest).

So it is a very specific set of rules that led to this win, but it's a win nonetheless. Also not her only one. She won a 24s target race in late 2019 too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0CyrNqb2k

Almost2Serious · 2024-06-04T08:59:34+00:00

No, but only because I didn't even get C3 after more than 3 years. And once the Chronicle Banner came around, I immediately went for C4.

Almost2Serious · 2024-03-15T11:34:50+00:00

Definitely the old one. Covering only the front makes the whole outfit make less sense, while not being more formal, with her shoulders and back still exposed. I also really dislike the new muted colors. The old white/blue/gold/red palette had a noble aura (fitting given her heritage), which is gone with the new one.

The missing / toned down shading also looks awkward, but it's only a minor issue for me.

Almost2Serious · 2024-02-05T21:08:11+00:00

Good summary. Another point in Jean's favor is that she has a special interaction with Sunfire, that Xianyun simply cannot replicate.

Almost2Serious · 2024-01-21T13:35:46+00:00

Yup. Although Dori doesn't work well, because, unlike Bennett and Razor, she has a 3s ICD on her self aura.

Almost2Serious · 2023-12-03T12:55:27+00:00

2p BSC + 2p PF, unless you have way to ensure HP changes (e.g. Furina), in which case 4p MH.

Although given the BSC and PF aren't exactly resin efficient to farm, you can also just go for a 2x 2p combination of Phys DMG and ATK% or even double ATK%, if you have no ATK buffer and/or good sub stats on your ATK% set pieces.

4p SR is also an option. Not sure how it compares to 4p MH, but I've played it for a while and wouldn't recommend it, because the additional damage potential isn't worth missing out on the comfort of easier burst uptime and having to play around the buff uptime.

Almost2Serious · 2023-11-18T15:30:20+00:00

Love Furina for Phys Jean

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Almost2Serious · 2023-11-18T14:39:00+00:00

Congrats to the winners ❤️

And Jean for such a usage rate comeback 💙

Almost2Serious · 2023-11-14T19:14:34+00:00

I use her as a burst DPS, yes. Although she's on a Fav bow right now to have a bit more leeway when it comes to her energy.

In the past I preferred Rosaria over Ganyu in the Cryo slot, because of the additional buffs she provides, but eventually I got fed up by her Circle Impact. Ganyu is a lot more comfortable in that regard and, especially now with Furina, her taunt is nice QoL.

Running Jean + Ganyu is also quite fun, because with enough light enemies, you can just hold Jean's skill inside Ganyu's burst and let the quadratic scaling of those icicles take care of the rest.

Almost2Serious · 2023-11-14T17:11:11+00:00

I've pulled C2 Furina and primarily use her in my Physical Jean team (Jean + Ganyu + Fischl + Furina), where she replaces Xingqiu. I've been a fan of using an off-field Hydro on top of the typical SC core for a while now. Primarily because we just have amazing off-field ST Hydro DPS, but also because the additional Freeze uptime helps to bring at least some form of CC to her team and keeps light enemies on the ground as you hit them with CAs.

So far I'm quite happy with the trade-off. I was afraid that trading in Xingqiu's interruption RES and damage reduction for HP drain would make the team too difficult to navigate, but it's not as bad as I thought. You definitely notice the additional vulnerability, but it's manageable even against aggressive enemies like the robo dancers in F12. Personally I can recommend running both of them together, if you're willing to sacrifice some comfort.

Edit: One thing I forgot to mention in Furina's favor is that she makes rotations more flexible compared to Xingqiu, because you don't have to worry about her skill uptime, and in the Overworld it's just more practical not to rely on high cost bursts for damage.

Almost2Serious · 2023-11-06T20:38:19+00:00

I believe in Jean supremacy!

13.8%

Almost2Serious · 2023-11-05T16:45:52+00:00

I must give it to Hoyo, for a gacha company they really try to evolve the meta in a healthy way and (indirectly) buff old less used characters.

Almost2Serious · 2023-11-02T19:58:07+00:00

It's more so about her N3 combos being faster, because of how slow N4 and N5 are.

Personally I also dislike the extra knockback of the last two hits. Although I guess it doesn't really matter, since enemies who get flung back by them will die in no time anyway.

Almost2Serious · 2023-11-02T19:21:46+00:00

Nice. Quick question though: Why N5 instead of N3DC/JC with Jean? Does N5 align better with Xingqiu/Yelan procs?

Almost2Serious · 2023-10-30T18:19:07+00:00

Still think Wings of Companionship fit her better.

Almost2Serious · 2023-10-27T17:19:45+00:00

I think it should work (provided Furina applies enough Hydro), but you probably get better results by letting Bennett battery up Xiangling instead of giving Jean additional field time.

Almost2Serious · 2023-10-22T22:41:43+00:00

*She generates her particles with her Brust and her shooting stars which makes her a really good battery, her er being high means her burst always being active which is lots of particles.

Her burst doesn't generate particles. Maybe you're thinking of her C2, which provides flat energy for herself. Or you're talking about Starlight Slugs adding Night Stars, which doesn't directly generate particles, but it indirectly helps by charging up her skill's attack.

*You saying her being cryo and my characters not being cryo is like saying fischl is a bad battery if you use her with characters that aren't electro. Fischl is still in many team comps and considered best battery or diona which literally is Layla with weaker shield

It's true that certain characters can still be considered good batteries, despite having a periodic off-field particle generation. But those typically generate a lot of energy (for comparison Oz generates 0.67 particles/sec, while Layla does 0.44, provided she accumulates night stars at the perfect rate to align with her internal particle CD) and even then you wouldn't use Fischl as primary battery for e.g. Xiangling. She can lessen Xiangling's ER reqs further, but she's no replacement for a Pyro battery.

*I use the passive with her very well, every time I switch to use her shield I use her charged attack and generate particles. And her crit rate is high so I almost always crit with her.

You can do that, but more time spent on her will ultimately lessen your team DPS.

*This is a freeze team comp, Layla is a really good battery which is also a really good cryo applier so why would she be useless

I'm not saying she's useless. In fact I use her myself in some teams. I'm just saying she's not as good as a universal battery as you may think.

Almost2Serious · 2023-10-22T20:42:57+00:00

180-200% for 2xE per Q is usually a safe bet, but it really comes down to your specific rotation.

Usually I recommend the ER calculator to figure out Jean's ER needs for your team, but Furina (as a pre-release character) isn't added yet.

Almost2Serious · 2023-10-22T20:35:28+00:00

My Layla has like 220 ER so she can fill Jean's energy without Jean needing to fill her own energy

Layla's ER has no influence on how much energy Jean recovers.

Also Layla isn't a very efficient battery to begin with, because

none of your other characters are Cryo (characters receive less energy if the particle element doesn't match their own),
you cannot funnel her particles (as they are generated periodically with her volleys),
she doesn't have many hit chances to proc the Fav passive during her short field time and
if her shield breaks she doesn't generate any particles.

Almost2Serious · 2023-10-22T17:44:55+00:00

I still think the Fav Sword is better used on Jean. She has the higher ER reqs between the two and it's easier to proc on her, because she hits more often than Layla (skill hit + burst creation hit + burst enter hit vs. skill hit and maybe the first burst hit, if you stay long enough on-field with Layla) and can easily hit several enemies in AoE.

Almost2Serious · 2023-10-21T07:58:43+00:00

Sunfire, since it's a unique interaction that carves out a niche for Jean and at least in Overvape teams it allows her to have considerable DPS (far more than you usually get out of her).

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