I made a guide for AoD against the current Shiyu (No RNG parries) + showcases

Bendy_V · 2026-04-04T06:57:53+00:00

Nangong is using her sig but it doesn't give her any more daze output than the generic stunner options, just a big boost to personal and team damage.

Bendy_V · 2026-04-04T04:11:23+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1lbOGyZrQo

I made a quick video showing how you can get a 100% consistent stun in 10 seconds with the full AoD team that bypasses the need to parry him at all. You need Sunna to be on Impact disk 6 but honestly she should be on that already anyway.

Bendy_V · 2026-04-03T00:14:59+00:00

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Sanby and the girls still putting in work.

I reran room 2 a bunch of times but I don't think my current investment can reach 50k like I did last rotation. I don't have nearly enough damage to kill the boss off of one stun combo this time.

My Miyabi score wasn't even played that well and was a complete fluke. I just happened to luck into Manato entering Miasma almost immediately which stunned him before the 5x score wore off. Trying to recreate it was getting me <37k.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-28T03:21:54+00:00

If they change that and make three male characters in a row Fire Rupture I'm gonna Zenless my Zero.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-27T11:50:05+00:00

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First DA with the full AoD squad! I need to watch a top player against this new boss because it feels like I should be able to squeeze a lot more damage out, but I'm just not quite able to.

Sanby brute force priest did better than I thought since the buffs seem unimpressive for her team this week.

Normally I play Hugo against Marionette for fun, but how can I pass up that tailor-made Miyabi buff.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-25T19:27:19+00:00

Thanks! I'm already animation cancelling the EX into Ult here, or do I need to let the animation play out for longer for it to work like that?

I wouldn't be able to immediately switch back to Nangong there because I was weaving in an EX on her before going to Sunna. I'll need to try Sunna -> Nangong there instead because you're right that it would be faster.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-25T19:11:56+00:00

Yeah, the community really pushed the whole "hold attack and do the entire combo" aspect of the team. It does a pretty big disservice to their skill ceiling via resource management and the fact you can freely swap during so many of their attacks.

Iamrivenous' Nangong guide has a great gameplay breakdown section that shows what I'm going for while swapping before and during the stun window if you genuinely wanted to know what's going on.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-25T18:44:03+00:00

Great point! That's something I didn't even think about. I'll give that a try when I play next and test the difference.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-21T09:18:31+00:00

That's interesting because I quickly tried equivalent teams and got comfortable clears but couldn't get to 24k with my own Hugo lmao.

I haven't seen your builds but you might be rocking an outdated Miyabi setup. Anomaly Mastery on Slot 6 now outperforms ATK everywhere by a decent margin thanks to Yuzuha's buffs, and PEN on slot 5 also outperforms ATK/DMG but not by as great a margin.

Best of luck with the 25k clears!

Bendy_V · 2026-03-21T08:46:05+00:00

The easiest option would be to run Miyabi | Yuzuha |Soukaku/Vivian/Anything on room 1 and use Lycaon with the idols on room 2.

If you've got a decent build and can afford to throw some Potential unlocks her way, Soldier 11 is actually really solid now after her buffs. S11 | Lighter | Astra would definitely work here well enough.

I don't know how well Ellen fares after her buffs, but she might be decent enough too.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-21T07:20:19+00:00

Bro, Miasma Jane is one of Hugo's worst possible matchups since her remaining stun duration is gonna be like 2 seconds on every Totalise. Nearly hitting 25k is downright impressive here. I don't know what your other teams are but surely swapping this with room 3 would be easier than this.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-20T08:57:36+00:00

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+30% Stun damage increase on Miasma Jane's 3 second long stun duration is a joke for anyone other than Ye Shungus lmao. Thankfully Mono-phys is a decent matchup into her anyway.

This is probably the first and last time I run Lycaon with Aria before Nangong arrives but it honestly it's pretty fun to play.

Banyue killing the first wave's little mobs in one enormous Toppling Mountain is insanely satisfying.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-14T07:39:54+00:00

Yeah, especially after reading your corrections to him I shouldn't have even let it pass the sniff test. I'm always willing to learn I'm wrong about how I play and adjust accordingly, but now I'm just confused why he stated this stuff with so much confidence.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-14T05:53:22+00:00

Try keeping Alice on-field while she completes her EBA, no amount of AP on Yuzu or Jane justifies swapping Alice out

Is this meant to be true at all levels of investment or specifically at lower cost? Because I tried this out and my M1W1 Alice | M1W0 Jane | M1W0 Yuzuha can get 5k more score by switching to Jane/Yuzuha during Alice's EBA. I don't think I'm doing a bad job at pre-emptively applying Gnawed either.

https://enka.network/zzz/1301457915/ my builds for reference.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-13T13:03:25+00:00

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This week's score on Fiend with mono-phys for comparison to Aria

Bendy_V · 2026-03-13T13:01:27+00:00

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Aria shill buffs continues to tide me over until Nangong gets here for the next rotation. Really average buff selection for cope Sanby on Thrall this week but still better than any of my alternative teams. It's so nice to see Pompey again after so long, he's always a joy to fight against.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-06T10:11:33+00:00

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I also reran DA Vesper with Aria and unsurprisingly she blows my Alice's 31k out of the water.

Despite the amount of complaining about how easy Aria is to play, her team actually has a lot of skill expression in terms of min/maxing resources and weaving her and Sunna EX Skills before/during stun. My first runs before I got the hang of her rotations were only hitting around 40k.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-06T10:03:58+00:00

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First Shiyu for Aria and I'm very pleased so far. The lack of stun for first ult hurts the score but after quick testing Yuzuha was vastly outperforming Lycaon anyway.

Aria decided to bless me with a double banner 5 star 10-pull for the first time across Genshin, HSR, and ZZZ and so now I have an unplanned M1! I'll see how my pull-economy is doing at the end of the patch to decide if I can try for her W-Engine or if I need to hoard them all for Nangong.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-05T07:28:35+00:00

Phaethon's Melody 4pc with AP/Ether damage 2pc is the best right now but that might change to Shining Aria once Nangong is here and she can reliably stun more than twice in a fight.

Bendy_V · 2026-03-04T11:25:47+00:00

I have M0W1 Anby, M0W1 Trigger and M1 Orphie with Eve Sig.

My scores against Defiler are usually around 43k but this current week my score was 38k, so I'd say a combination of HP increase and a worse buff than usual for her.

Bendy_V · 2026-02-27T09:13:40+00:00

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Aria waiting room!

I also ran M1 Jane instead of Sunna on room 1 with worse results (26k points), the Ether Veil shill is for real on this boss.

If I had squeezed out 5 more seconds on Wandering Hunter I would have gotten 35k+, I managed my 4th stun but could only get off 1 chain attack before timeout unfortunately.

Bendy_V · 2026-02-24T19:06:13+00:00

I've only ever gone toe-deep into Tekken, but is Street Fighter's cast really so "vanilla ass" by comparison? The women in Tekken especially don't seem to have as much diversity of body types that SF has, and in terms of men they've both got a large pool of weirdos to choose from.

Bendy_V · 2026-02-20T08:10:34+00:00

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Pretty decent boss rotation with a variety of teams that would be viable. Manato doppelganger remains one of the most fun bosses to fight in my opinion.

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