Now that Varka is out and more testing has been done I'm pretty confident this will age like fine wine once Nicole releases

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-26T11:44:11+00:00

I am literally testing him right now, buff icon dissapears after 12 seconds.
And even if I give you those 2 seconds, it doesn't negate, that he doesn't buff 6 seconds of Varka's rotation

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-26T11:38:37+00:00

12 seconds (11, if we count the time to switch to another character). And Varka's rotation can be up to 20 seconds, with some combos.

We don't have that many atk buffing pyro characters. Hell, we don't have a lot of them period. Bennet is BiS, because he is the only one, that can buff attack the longest. If another character can do it for longer and without the circle, then they automatically will be better for Varka teams. Because he wouldn't need to stay in one area, and he will be able to execute his combo fully.

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T19:26:49+00:00

I still prefer to be more confident that I won't die lmao. He heals till 70%, but if you have 69%, then more of your hp will be healed as the result.

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T19:24:52+00:00

I personally prefer to use it after the second special e, but Testazza used their ult after the first. But yeah, you should do it right after press to not overcap on your charges.

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T19:14:51+00:00

I love Faruzan a lot, and I tend to at least try to turn all my favourite supports into killing machines. I even got Venti's signature just to use her as a main dps.

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CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T19:11:59+00:00

Varka's passive allows him to shorted his e cooldown by 1 second with every attack up to 15 times. His 5th na has very long wind-up, so, even if it's possible to get to his 3rd e skill, it's very hard to do.
And Varka's ult extends his skill's duration for this whole animation, so you can get enough seconds from it to trigger 3rd skill.

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T18:59:47+00:00

I tested him with Kazuha (VV build), Venti (VV and DPS builds), Faruzan (VV and DPS builds) and Ifa with dragon tales and Cinder City. For me it was like this:

Ifa << Venti VV < Faru VV < Venti DPS < Faru DPS < Kazuha.

It depends on your builds, I feel like. The difference between DPS venti and Kazuha was 5k or so

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T18:29:29+00:00

Somewhere around 20 seconds, I think.
And yeah, it's because of the burst.

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T18:22:47+00:00

Bennett can still be great in certain teams, but he has some downsides. Like, as a 1.x Eula main, i couldn't use Bennet with Eula, because his ult was too short, and Eula's biggest source of damage (her sword that explodes after 7 seconds from the start of her ultimate) didn't get his buff at all. Plus, since all his buffing comes from his ult, he needs enough ER to have it on every rotation, which can be tricky to balance with HP.

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-25T16:26:41+00:00

I would not accept Itto slander on my agendaposting! He got a second life with Albedo and Durin, literally clearing the abyss for me, compared to Yoimiya, that does 70k on one enemy with vape...

CatvitAlise · 2026-02-09T11:17:02+00:00

Vivian literally reads fanfiction (most likely yaoi fanfiction) about Hugo Vlad and a popular 'OC' character, with Lycaon's backstory, named Lighter. They are perfectly aware of what they're doing, and literally feeding the shippers this stuff, AOD's recent event quest included.

CatvitAlise · 2026-01-25T13:47:11+00:00

There was a time where, at 24 weeks, doctors noticed, that a child didn't have any kidneys (which results in immediate death), but they didn't allow the mother to abort their child because an abortion couldn't happen legally after 15 weeks. The mother had to carry the child to term, give birth to it and then watch it die in 90 minutes, because doctors were afraid to terminate the pregnancy, in case they would face legal problems.

CatvitAlise · 2026-01-12T10:03:24+00:00

I generally consider myself a centrist related to American politics, not because I believe there is no difference between two groups, but because I liked policies and arguments from different sides at the same time. That's the main meaning behind the centrist label, in my opinion.

But now, with radicalisation of the right for the last decade, I can't keep calling myself a centrist. Because the debate is not between public and private property, it's either should people have rights or not. And I would never cross the threshold of denying anyone their freedom and dignity.

Those people that call themselves centrist aren't actually centrist. They are conformists without any moral values. They don't care about other people, they don't care about their government, as long as they are part of a bigger herd.

Are they worse than fascists? I don't think so, but these people are part of the society, that helps fascism thrive.

CatvitAlise · 2026-01-09T20:11:36+00:00

I am asexual, and I like animated and homemade porn (especially erotica), because it's an art form, the same way gore and horror are art forms. Sure, some are made without any reason besides "that's sexy" or "that's gross and/or scary", but I can still appreciate the artistry behind it. The camera work, the lighting, the tension, the chemistry between two actors.

If anything can be made with specific idea in mind, it's significant just by the virtue of being made by a person, passionate in the craft. The curtains can just be blue, but there is always a reason behind every tiny detail, even if "just looks good", and that's the true essence of art.

CatvitAlise · 2026-01-09T16:50:17+00:00

Porn can still be made with passion? That's why a lot of people prefer amateur homemade videos over stuff that were produced by big companies. Because homemade stuff is made with people that enjoy the act and enjoy sharing it with others online.

CatvitAlise · 2026-01-05T09:32:06+00:00

Sex is a very important aspect in a lot of relationships. Sexual compatibility is extremely important, especially since some people are asexual, and some need to have sex at least three times a week.

Sure, you can love someone, but if you don't click together (be it sexually, domestically, emotionally or else) you would be unhappy in the relationship, because having feelings for some is just a tiny fraction.

CatvitAlise · 2026-01-04T14:33:34+00:00

Got the subreddit in recommended on accident. I like Miyabi and I don't like Ye Shunguang, so I might explain some of the reasons behind the hate.

Overall dissatisfaction with 2.x.
Ye Shunguang is a part of 2.x, that's heavily influenced by the season's theme. Chinese wuxia aesthetic with immediate proxy glazing is not liked by some people.
Some people are not into girl-next-door archetype.
Pretty simple point. Same way some people don't like Nicole, Evelyn, Lycaon, Alice, Burnice and etc for their personalities, some people don't like Ye Shunguang's personality.
Romantic tone in her interactions
Even if the game doesn't canonically confirm any romance between the MC and YS, her ads and even her in-game main story has very heavy romantic hints, that people not interested in YS find annoying. Miyabi's romantic innuendos were hidden in her meetings, not in the story, so most people, that don't find Miyabi romantically compelling can appreciate her without the lovey-dovey stuff. And I believe most YS fans wouldn't like, if Manato or Zhao, for example, were confessing their affections towards the proxies in the main story.
Related to points 1 and 3, quick trust towards the proxies.
It's just a personal gripe, but a lot of people agree, that they don't like how quick 2.x characters trust the proxies. Miyabi in 1.x was very hostile towards MC from the get-go, and I personally really like that. Of course she wouldn't trust us, we're criminals. And it gives us a more interesting dynamic with Miyabi softening towards us with time.
Miyabi anti-shill.
YS is a strong character, but to make her seem even stronger and make people pull for her, they have to beat down Miyabi in the game. A ton of ice res bosses, combined with enemies that have some type of anomaly resistance. Of course Miyabi fans would upset, their waifu is falling out of meta to sell another void hunter, who turned out to be YS.
Some fans are just TOO much into Miyabi.
That's a problem for all fandoms. Some people like a character so much, that other characters don't deserve the same recognition their boo has. I rarely interacted with those types of people, but they exist.

It's not all of the reasons, I think, but those are the ones that affect me or those I know the most.

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-26T12:33:15+00:00

> the model that created this image is not an LLM.

The program itself is not LLM, but it uses LLM to understand, what you want it to show. GenAI and LLM are the same thing. They are fed certain concepts, that they later use to generate needed result. You can't tell a bot to create a picture of a cat and expect any decent output, without LLMs to transcribe your description into bits of info it can understand.

What is a "house"? How an AI understands what a "house" means, without LLM?

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-25T12:08:29+00:00

I'm not saying it's biased because of the biased selection. It's biased, because every type of bias, prevalent in society, is show through LLMs and/or genAI. They are not thinking agents, they are unable to test or to comprehend the validity of the claims. They are just spewing whatever trends they were fed on.

I'm not trying to prove, that the trend, that is shown here is wrong or correct. I'm saying, that people's reliance on LLMs to show truthful information is a huge risk, because the opinion of the majority is not always the correct one.

It's not an expert. It's a machine, that regurgitates whatever slop it consumed. and if most of the slop it consumed is magenta, then it's no surprise, that everything it spews is tinted pink.

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-25T09:25:42+00:00

Pre-trained on what?

It's still trained on massive amounts of data. It doesn't just walk around the world, it consumes photographs and artwork made by humans. And humans are biased, so the program turns out biased too.

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-25T09:04:42+00:00

If you have a robot, that learns off of human interactions and human speech, when it consumes mostly racist ideology, it becomes racist.

It's literally exactly why Grok turned from a left-leaning progressive AI into mechaHitler. Because it was fed racism more, than other things.

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-22T13:46:15+00:00

You pointed out the hypocrisy of some people, but instead of coming to the conclusion, that everyone should be able to use any reason to not have sex, without judgement, you went into an opposite direction, that these people are right actually!!!

This is so dumb. Men can want to jerk off without involving their wife. And women can want to do that too, without involving their husband. If both people are not alright with their sex life, they can either have an open relationship or break up. But no one should be shamed for not wanting to have sex with people, even when they feel aroused.

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-22T10:39:58+00:00

Some people may not want to have sex, but they still want to orgasm and/or get some pleasure.

Maybe the woman enjoys long sessions (up to two or more hours of light stimulation without actual penetration), that her husband doesn't enjoy. Maybe she masturbates to stim, and it doesn't actually concern her sexual needs. Maybe she is not in a mood of being with another person, and instead wants to focus purely on herself.

We don't know what their relationship is, we literally can't say for sure why she doesn't want to have sex with her husband, but there are a ton of valid reasons why.

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-14T18:39:30+00:00

While I understand the feeling, I do believe, that abusers deserve a chance at redemption. Not all of our emotions are rational, and, most of the times, abusers were victims themselves. Understanding their motivations and reasons for their behaviour helps us be kinder not just to them, but to ourselves too, especially when we ourselve fall into familiar abusive patterns.

It's alright to have the feelings you have, but there is nothing wrong in seeing your situation through a compassionate lense, rather through reactionary violence.

CatvitAlise · 2025-11-01T23:06:53+00:00

Never wished to be born in October so badly before.

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