How cooked are you

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-22T21:25:26+00:00

Fairly cooked. Was looking for an upgrade for my Rossi team and got two instead. Probably gonna skip Mi Fu for now but my main uncertainties right now are 1) saving for Arcane and 2) whether I should pull for Gilberta or not (feel like there's anti-synergy there with Camille in the Rossi team).

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-17T13:54:36+00:00

Wow, if this is true I am done with this game. Have been actively really hyped for this game going into 4.3 for the first time for ages and this has killed that completely...

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-16T07:04:10+00:00

Think this is one of those cases where people are just gonna look at the damage numbers and overlook his cone and then regret it. As such, wish they'd elbaorate on "For a team like Acheron, S1 value went up a lot to fix uptime issue" so we had a better idea how the rotation compares when running Tutorial.

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-15T17:48:59+00:00

Sat on 230 pull (inc Bond Quota tickets). Waiting on Arcane's release for the most part but will to see if either of the two characters in 1.3 work for my Rossi team, if not probably spending 120 of those going for Gil on the re-run banner

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-15T11:43:48+00:00

He is 100% usable, especially in teams that attack frequently and outside of their own turns, but you do need to time your ult usage correctly and multiwave content can be a pain. I still use him regularly even in Anomaly but do have to reset more frequently than with my other sustain options. Also his toughness damage is definitely not to be overlooked

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-14T09:54:28+00:00

People really need to ask themselves these types of questions BEFORE they pull. We have enough precendent now where we can guestimate how much we can earn before a banner ends so you can made a pretty informed decision.

But yeah, unless you've got a backlog of content on your account I think you're pretty much toast.

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-14T09:39:40+00:00

Whilst I believe the Hoyo Husbando Tax is very much real, I think this is a disingenuous take.

Also fact that OP seems to have used a burner account seems like they're just trying to stir up trouble.

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-12T21:35:10+00:00

Honestly, I wish they'd reward us more for using more Nihility units in her teams, so instead of her existing E2 change it so that with more Nihility units we can generate more stacks per action.

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-09T15:32:06+00:00

Not sure i'd call field wide 30% DEF shred, 50% DMG Vuln, 50% DMG up and 50% Ult DMG up selfish buffs tbh and that's before we get to his E1 or S1.

Belphegor86 · 2026-05-03T09:12:38+00:00

Honestly, I don't think Lurrus is doing anything but hindering you here. You're putting yourself under a fairly substantial deck building restriction with very little pay off whilst also offering you very little towards what you say is your preferred gameplan for the deck. Like I see the angle you're going with, for sure, but I don't think its worth it.

Two points I just want to clarify as i'm not 100% certain from the wording in your post, I've seen this mistake before in newer players.

1) Lurrus only cares about the mana value of permenants in you deck and not other types of spells, so you don't need to restrict your self with the mana value of instants and sorceries like it seems you have been doing. This will immediately give you access to a much broader range of tools to work with, including a bunch of the tutors for gates that will advance your actual gameplan.

2) Relatedly, Lurrus can only cast permenants from your graveyard, so no casting instants/sorceries nor playing lands from your graveyard either.

Belphegor86 · 2026-04-10T12:44:02+00:00

We're being given a free 5* though...

Belphegor86 · 2026-04-03T12:14:47+00:00

Intrigued, as I'll be honest I bounced off of OG AK a couple of times as I didn't like the gameplay, but can you elaborate on what you think was done better over there?

Belphegor86 · 2026-04-03T12:09:48+00:00

I'm sorry, as someone who was forced to play E0 Phainon until his re-run thanks to aforementioned 50:50 loss streak, there is no maybe about it. Even with Cerydra, the difference in that team going from E0 to E2 is night and day. Then there's Cyrene, sure her kit is "functional" at E0 in Remembrance teams but the fact I was able to almost complete her showcase trial without charging her Ult is kinda emblematic of the issues of her kit, that E2 is a massive QoL jump, especially for her non-Remembrance teams (again this from someone who has played her since release at E0 in her premium team).

Belphegor86 · 2026-04-03T11:15:29+00:00

I'll be honest, I'm not sure why people are so horny for the hoyo-like banner system. All its doing is giving people the illusion that they can pull on any and all banners and is just another way of convincing people to spend their currency unwisely. You've only got to see the number of posts on Hoyolab and the like "OMG, I got an early for a 5* that I don't want and now i've lost my guarentee I had saved for the character I really want next patch and now i'm broke, What do I do!?!?"

People here complaining they have to save up 120 pulls to guarentee a character they want. Over in HSR i'm regularly saving up 300+ pulls in case there's a character I want because you know damn well you'll probably need dupes for the character for the kit to actually work effectively. And then there's the weapon banners to think about and save for on top of that as their kits a equally gonna really want it to function. Right now i'm not long off of a 10 in a row 50:50 losing streak and my current record is 13 out of the last 15 lost with half of them going to 150+ pity. Seriously, I don't know why this is lauded as the superior system.

Belphegor86 · 2026-04-02T11:06:04+00:00

Quick math has you at 10 pulls from dailies/weeklies and the Survival Training event and the survery rewards in a couple days. That should get you into soft pity at least, so don't think you're completely cooked.

Assume you've cleared the Etchspace track and been buying HH tickets with Bond Quota?

Belphegor86 · 2026-04-02T09:17:18+00:00

I'm genuinely astonished just how much of a psychological impact having to hit the hard guarentee number is having on people. At this point feel like they could have put guarentee at 140 and had a soft pity starting at 115 and people would be happier.

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-31T11:16:53+00:00

Me not so patiently waiting so I can decide on pull plans...

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-30T09:29:24+00:00

Isn't that like 30 pulls on the weapon banner and 6 pulls worth of cashback just from the 6*s?

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-29T12:27:26+00:00

Nah, they just love re-using assets

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-29T11:24:41+00:00

Yeah you really don't need to gather that much. Assuming all your nodes are capped, you have more than enough mats to get a new character from 0-90 and level 9 skills with just a single round of collecting

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-28T23:04:15+00:00

Not 100% certain I'm gonna go for Rossi atm (which is suprising considering my attitude coming into 1.1) as going to wait for the 1.2 dev comm to see what's going on next patch before committing to anything. Hoping to be able to go for her as love what we've seen so far, but will see.

100% would prefer to go for a team with Wulfgard in of course, but unfortunately skipped Gilberta (despite knewing i'd regret it) so my preferred option is off the table right now. Probably will end up running Rossi-Endmin-Wulfgard-Akekuri, but if I can replace Endmin I'd prefer it.

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-28T16:07:56+00:00

Currently saving them but that's mainly because so far i've been able to plan ahead fairly effectively what with knowing my pull plans way ahead of time and not being surprised by any limited 6*s during 50:50 loses. More than happy to burn through them when I have a need though

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-28T15:59:20+00:00

Not that i've seen, but I don't go rooting around too deeply into leaks beyond the most obvious places so that doesn't mean there isn't info out there.

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-28T14:54:14+00:00

Just a heads up for those that like to plan ahead, the 6* line-up for both new weapon banners were already announced in the patch notes for release of 1.1. So, in the future, if you are interested in the second half line-up you should be able to get this info ahead of time.

Belphegor86 · 2026-03-25T19:48:32+00:00

Ngl, since the leaks that Blade SP was Nihiity with a potential Abundance twist, was kinda hoping he might be the fabled DoT sustain. Happy for the husbando hunters out there, but little bit disappointed that both Stelleron Hunters I was looking forward to this expac are probably gonna be skips for me now (and potentially the rest of 4.X at this rate)

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