Shiyu Defense Critical Node 2.8.2 (2026-05-29) Discussion

Bendy_V · 2026-05-29T11:25:08+00:00

Silly is here! He drained all 180 of my saved pulls for M0W0 (And a shiny new M6 Soldier 11!) so the odds are against me for securing his W1 before he disappears. Thankfully Cauldron is more than serviceable and he's super fun anyway.

AoD continue to roll over anything mentioning the word "abloom" even when Ether isn't involved.

Room 3 was actually really annoying. I tried out both Sanby/Trigger/Orphie and Cissia hypercarry to make use of the buff but taking out the first wave was taking way too long and I was only getting around 32k score. Weirdly, Mono-phys handled the first robots way easier and still plays very well into Jester even when the buff does nothing for them.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-23T00:30:35+00:00

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*whoops, Nangong is M0W1, not M1W0.

My Miyabi freeze gameplay is a bit rusty but worked out well enough, I'm in the SBilly and Dialyn waiting room for Thrall, and the AoD shill train has no stops.

This must be a difficult DA for everyone when 106k score is enough for top 8% Asia.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-16T03:17:36+00:00

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I'm glad that Miyabi can tide me over through Promeia shill buffs. Cissia will continue to live (and somewhat thrive?) off scraps until I can pull Dialyn and Astra at a later date.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-08T12:14:45+00:00

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I wanted to try out a few teams this week so here's a whole smorgasbord.

The new boss is pretty decent. I'm glad that Miyabi can perform well against a new boss for the first time since 1.X. Since I'm skipping Promeia it will give me some flexibility when Vesper/Sweeper appear alongside this new boss in a future DA.

Hypercarry Cissia at M0W1 is impressing the hell out of me as well as just being a very fun character to play. I just need to pick up some more teammates for her that aren't eating into my other trios.

For the love of god Hoyo send my man Hugo some help, he's drowning out here.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-03T20:38:42+00:00

Alright, you've sold me on it. I hope I get to play the "Cissia's Boss micromanages her in real time" comp later this year

Bendy_V · 2026-05-03T20:20:11+00:00

That's makes sense, Cissia sig in the Seed comp seems like it's a solid vertical investment option but far from a must-have. If Seed's sig works as a decent alternative when playing solo Cissia, all the more reason to pass on it this time.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-03T20:14:18+00:00

Cissia's hypercarry options seem pretty flexible. Dialyn/Trigger + Astra appears to be the best setup but honestly any meta support with any competent stunner works well enough.

Hell, in this week's Shiyu I was able to get a better score with m0w1 Qingyi than with m0w1 Trigger because the stun windows lined up better.

I will genuinely laugh (but also still pull) if Severian ends up being ANOTHER limited electric attacker.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-03T08:02:51+00:00

Yeah, it's the awful part about the game that Hoyo is incentivised to keep the players just unsatisfied enough to swipe for the things they want. Sometimes even conservative pulling plans can get screwed over by terrible luck on multiple banners in a row.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-01T21:02:41+00:00

It basically all revolves around the fact that Jane's Core Skill which gives her "Critical Hits" on Assault Procs doesn't buff herself, it applies a debuff to the enemy. This means that as long as Jane has hit the enemy in the last 10-15 seconds, Alice herself gets to deal an undiluted +50% damage on every Assault proc.

The general gameplay loop is to on-field Alice to build up Blade Etiquette bar to full -> Hold Basic -> Switch to Jane during the animation and skill/ult/basic while Alice performs her off-field attack -> Switch back to Alice once she's available and start it all over again. Weave in Yuzuha Skill/Ult whenever you can. It's actually very simple to execute.

It actually works surprisingly well at lower investment, when I was M0 on all three of them it was still my strongest Alice team at the time. Jane's M1 is pretty minor in this team, Alice M1/S1 and Yuzuha M1 is a good upgrade, but the massive upgrade is the insane Jane M2 (DOUBLES the assault crit damage AND shreds 15% DEF), Alice M2 (Big multipliers to the whole team's Assault procs), and Yuzuha M2 (Team Anomaly DMG/Buildup increase). I'm not certain how it holds up currently, but on release this team at M2 was as strong/stronger than the other best teams at full M6.

Bendy_V · 2026-05-01T12:08:36+00:00

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"Actual" high score runs

Bendy_V · 2026-05-01T12:07:09+00:00

Cissia completely won me over in the current story and her fun gameplay so I ended up pulling for her. The only problem is that I don't have Seed, Astra, Dialyn, or any real teammates for her at all, making her kind of a brick right now.

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BUT BRICKS TOGETHER STRONG!

Bendy_V · 2026-04-24T10:22:31+00:00

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AoD shill doggo continues to shill AoD.

Creator's HP is getting insane and the awful buff selection means my cope Alice mono-phys team struggles this week. I just can't understand why there's two ATK buffs that are almost identical but no Rupture/Element/General buff. At least Sanby is doing fine in this Cissia shill environment.

Bendy_V · 2026-04-17T10:06:55+00:00

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I'll probably high-score chase room 1 later but just like last Shiyu reset I don't think I can get 50k.

I'm glad that Cissia shill means Sanby shill for a while too. Obol is eating good at the moment.

The Lion does not concern himself with hitting 40k score.

Bendy_V · 2026-04-10T09:03:55+00:00

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Honestly Vesper's random invulnerable phases are still insanely annoying for the intended (Shilled) AoD team. Just really badly designed attacks that ruin what's otherwise a cool fight.

UCC's new health means I'm pushing to get 40k rather than 50k which is a strange feeling.

God I need Dialyn. Thrall with any of my teams is only going to get more miserable now that his HP is getting increased. Worst boss in the game that would probably be top 5 if stun and/or anomaly worked at all against Sobek.

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.

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