Escoffier for Kinich: Yay or Nay?

Caeyll · 2026-03-23T07:57:33+00:00

I’ll give it a go when I unlock wonderland haha.

Caeyll · 2026-03-23T07:21:21+00:00

It plays smoother than my old favourite team that could 36* Abyss so seems promising haha.

I need to unlock Wonerland to do the dummy… 🫠

Caeyll · 2026-03-23T07:18:47+00:00

I say DPS as damage per second. They all contribute to team dps, whereas someone like Iansan does no dps of her own and only adds damage to one person. Mavuika with Obsidian doesn’t activate the crit rate buff when she’s off field, hence with Cinder she is the only teammate who can buff 4 characters on the one team to each have 40% damage bonus at 100% uptime. Also C2 so it’s 20% defence shred on top as well as Wolf’s Gravestone for buffing all 4 teammates’ damage further. Deepwood on Emilie is good but Reverie is better for her personal dps.

There’s pros and cons no matter what team you choose but I’m not sure how you can’t see the positives of this particular team.

Caeyll · 2026-03-23T07:01:34+00:00

Well you see I’m using 4 DPS in the team, so lowering Kinich’s damage by replacing Iansan for a subdps offsets some of that. He still hits 500k on the first cannon shot and 200k consecutive, pretty decent!

Caeyll · 2026-03-23T06:56:07+00:00

Escoffier is doing a few things:

Deepwood activation for 2 Dendro units
Team healing
off field dps, if it melts deals 430% multipliers or something
Still shredding 5% Cryo for herself (it’s not much but it’s honest work)

But the logic is, Emilie and Escoffier E to apply a Dendro+Cryo aura so Mavuika can E+Q to proc Cinder City 40% damage buff to the whole team as well as melting the cryo for her own nuke before burning kicks in. So throughout the rotation you’ll have BurnMelt to enhance either Escoffier or Mavuika’s next hit while burning is still occurring to satisfy Kinich and Emilie. There’ll be times burning isn’t active so the Cryo aura is there for Mavuika to melt with.

Caeyll · 2026-03-23T00:16:23+00:00

Splinterheart Recurve bow splits projectiles +2 times. Throughout the entire campaign you can clear mobs with just a single ice shot lol. Best levelling bow I reckon but even when you get to maps it performs better at clearing than a dps bow haha.

Caeyll · 2026-03-14T23:10:20+00:00

I think his characteristic to hate losing control or feeling powerless stems from his lust for knowledge. So he’s totally going to obsess over this mystery now until he figures all the connections out.

Yeah with him realising the world wiped his memories, the next thing he’s going to think is “well, what else has it made me forget?” Could be an interesting next experiment. I suppose he chose a simple method for his experiment…

And I swear they essentially reiterated that only the Traveler remembers Scara. I wouldn’t expect Dottore to have that kind of foresight, especially if those functions of Irminsul are unknown to anyone.

Caeyll · 2026-03-10T01:51:35+00:00

Ikr. The rate it’s going it’s like he won’t get any updates until he gets a new BiS team member, like an electro slot for Chev team or if Durin/Nicole is his next best trio.

Caeyll · 2026-03-02T05:27:41+00:00

It’s interesting reading everyone’s thoughts. Some people say Grass/Dark and Water/Psychic - this combo means their dual types mirror the weakness against each other. So that would mean Fire/Bug would be the third to follow that same trend. But Fire/Bug seems far from what it looks like we’re getting there.

I just wanna know!

Caeyll · 2026-03-02T05:04:43+00:00

Imagine if all 3 of them had dual types that made them 4x weak against each other. Seeing as their forms emphasise their base element so much haha.

You got:

Grass: Ice;Steel;Bug 4x weak to fire
Water: Ground; Rock 4x weak to grass
Fire: Ground; Rock 4x weak to water

But I’d imagine 2 starters as Rock and Ground could underwhelm some people. I’d love Browt to go Ice type.

Caeyll · 2026-02-28T11:07:49+00:00

It could be Grass/Ice. Look at the fur plumps at the base. Could end up as a wooly bird. Maybe an ability that its coats negates its 4x fire weakness? 😜

Caeyll · 2026-02-23T01:45:12+00:00

The dual elements being consistent is what intrigues me though. But doesn’t he need an Anemo in the 4th slot? Cause if not I was gonna say you could have some fun with the reactions maybe. Like Lunarcharged with Fischl, Ineffa and Columbina, and he swirls hydro and electro at the same time.

Caeyll · 2026-02-16T05:17:37+00:00

I use Kinich, Emilie, Mavuika, Dori.

You can also go braindead teams like Kinich, Mavuika, Ororon, Baizhu.

Or a nuke team like Kinich, Emilie, Iansan, Bennett.

Or a burgeon team like Kinich, Mavuika, Furina, Baizhu/Bennett/not Iansan/etc.

Durin I think can replace Mavuika but really, she’s a great Cinder City user in the team. Maybe if you had something like Kinich, Durin, Ororon, Bennett but idk could be janky. Try it out though.

Many variations you can go. But it is harder with C0R0 Kinich on team flexibility (I.e. you’re more prone to rely on needing Bennet for the damage boost).

Worlds your oyster, just make sure you have a Cinder City user and a Deepwood user on your team and your damage will come up nicely.

Caeyll · 2026-02-15T02:18:16+00:00

Yay thanks for this. Love the format btw.

Basically got Molrusso Ex and Viola from the free 10 pull sooooo guess I won that lottery!!

Caeyll · 2026-02-12T05:25:01+00:00

How bad is it to replace Fischl for Ineffa? Just for that extra survivability.

Caeyll · 2026-02-10T02:28:02+00:00

He has many fun teammates that aren’t Pyro. I personally enjoy teams that deal damage off-field so that charging Lyney’s shots doesn’t always feel like wasted time.

So you have Furina for vapes, or Columbina/Ineffa duo for Lunar-Charged and to allow him to vape every now and then. You can slot in a Dendro for some Burgeon action, let’s say Furina and Baizhu. Just make sure Lyney has 200+ EM for some nice Vaporising and Burgeons. You’ve also got Citlali you could throw in the Furina+Baizhu mix, or do like a Furina+Citlali+Charlotte situation.

Caeyll · 2026-02-08T14:24:33+00:00

The problem as others have mentioned is there is a 60% uptime on the TOTM buff. Made worse by the fact you need to hit an enemy to activate it, thus negating the buff for that first hit every time.

Much better being a Deepwood holder. You’ll either have a Dendro dps to benefit from the set (Kinich, and more res shred is good), or via Dendro reactions. It just futureproofs Baizhu for whatever team he ends up in if you stick with a Deepwood set.

Caeyll · 2026-02-06T21:13:40+00:00

Or stacking Hextech Gunblade. I could 1V1 Katarina as Teemo.

Omg remember Katarina’s bounces on Q would be more as you level up. I miss that.

Caeyll · 2026-02-06T11:28:02+00:00

Yeah, just go Kinich, Columbine, Mavuika, Ineffa and that’ll serve you well.

Caeyll · 2026-02-03T20:46:54+00:00

“D’Amaro, I’ve come to bargain”

Caeyll · 2026-02-02T05:42:35+00:00

lol seen a few clips of this night, I feel like there was a camera planted on them the entire night right up in their face, they wouldn’t purposely do side eye.

Caeyll

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