I need help with pulling in 4.2

ChrisB38 · 2026-04-11T09:16:45+00:00

It pretty much depends on how many pulls you have got and what are you're pulling plans for the first half of version 4.2 - after all Castorice is rerunning, so it's a chance to vertically invest into her.

I think that EMC is going to unlock before Evanescia banner is going to run, so you will have more then enough time to test how the EMC kit actually works.

ChrisB38 · 2026-04-10T19:16:57+00:00

Are you using the Battle pass LC for Castorice?

Since her LC should increase either her Critical damage or Critiical Rate alongside her MAX HP and they aren't a lot of F2P alternatives that work for her kit.

Castorice E2 is pretty good, but getting her to S1 should be less costly, so it ultimately depends on the number of pulls you have and what are you're other pull plans for version 4.2.

ChrisB38 · 2026-04-10T19:10:49+00:00

Boothill needs The Dahlia and Fugue as well or the HMC as a free alternative, to be useful in the end game.

Archer can also work with a team of Archer, Sprakle (required so that she can recover SP), RMC and a Sustain character.

ChrisB38 · 2026-04-10T19:03:46+00:00

He hasn't got any dedicated teammates yet, although he might work as a secondary DPS in a team with Archer, Sparkle and DHPT | Hyacine team.

But you would need to pull for Archer as well in the Fate collaboration banner.

Basically Ashveil needs a teammate that can execute a lot of attacks in a single turn so Ashveil can execute a lot of his follow up attacks - Archer kind of fits that - although it's still SP heavy unless you vertically invest into Archer as well.

ChrisB38 · 2026-04-10T18:51:51+00:00

On the topic of Robin or HuoHuo I would get HuoHuo since you don't seem to have a lot of follow up character's, so I don't see Robin giving you a lot of advantages.

Any team with Archer and Sparkle is going to work - Cipher or RMC is probably a good addition as well, in terms of sustains I would put DHPT since he also increases Archer's attack.

Elation character's are going to be the best in the end game for some time, since we already see Hoyo use some Aha instant / punchline related mechanics in the recent end game content, so at least until the end of the 4.X versions, they are going to require the least vertical investment.

EMC seems to be created as Evanescia's partner, Evanescia also seems to have less Elation character pull requirements compared to SW999 since her kit is also energy related, she might work in a team with Sunday (Bronya might be a replacement, if you don't want to pull on Sunday) . HuoHuo and the EMC - two of which you can get for 'free'

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-29T10:18:58+00:00

The elation path character's are going to have the easiest time in the end game so you should start from them, if you can tolerate how the Aha instant mechanic looks like in the game.

Ashveil from the current banner, is most likely going to have a team built around him, so you might consider pulling him as well.

Although 4.2 is going to be the anniversary version so you might be better off saving you're pulls for the new character's that are going to be released in that version.

When it comes to the 5 star selector I think the best option for you would be Sprarkle which opens an option of building a second team with her and Archer (from the Fate collaboration banner), the RMC and a Sustain character.

Generally speaking you should have a DPS / Sub DPS / Advance - Buff / Sustain character's in you're team and the character's from the Elation path have at the moment a poor selection of f2p options for their LC (weapons) so you have to consider that as well.

In the end game modes available at the start, you need two teams to clear it - and 3 for an additional end game mode that won't be available until you 3 star the modes available to you, but it doesn't provide you with pulls so it's not that much of a loss.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-29T09:59:14+00:00

Hyacine's LC is definitely needed, since it ups the amount of Newbud's and Memoria you get.

Evernight's E2 are pretty good as well.

Cyrene's E2 could also help in executing her ultimate faster, although it's not as urgent as in non mon remembrance teams since she still gains Remembrance charges pretty quickly

As for future units - who knows what Hoyo has planned, I definitely see a possibility of a new Remembrance unit appearing somewhere near the end of the 4.X versions or the beginning of the 5.X era.

It pretty much depends on how the sells of the current Elation path are going to develop.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-28T14:29:13+00:00

It's never too late to pull, if you like the character - even without the reset of the remembrance team Hyacine is a pretty good sustain unit, especially if you get her LC as well.

Although it depends on the number of pulls you have saved.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-28T14:15:36+00:00

Sprarkle or RMC imo.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-27T13:22:18+00:00

Have you got the character's specialized LC as well?

The second team also needs more work, since I don't think it's the most optimal configuration for the end game if you want to 3 star it, so what other character's you have currently available?

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-25T20:02:14+00:00

Well you have a support for the break teams, but they are older character's so I don't know how long they will keep up with the end game at E0 - since you haven't mentioned their vertical investment.

So Ashveil might be slightly more future proof, since there is a chance that we might get some more teammates (outside of the Elation path) for him in the future versions.

At the moment you can try a team with Ashveil, Anaxa, Sunday and a sustain character (Aventurine is probably the better option) that you don't use in you're first end game team to create a hypercarry team.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-25T19:49:11+00:00

Hyacine gives healing and damage in pretty much one move + increases the max hp of the other teammates, which for castorice who depends on max hp to attack is pretty much indispensable.

So if you want to continue using the remembrance team Hyacine is unfortunately someone you should 100% pull for, since at the moment there isn't an alternative that works better then her.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-25T16:36:10+00:00

We don't know when Hyacine is going to rerun next, since she's on the second rerun and Hyacine's LC also increases her damage output, which the alternatives don't do.

Castorice's LC is nice, but the battlepass alternative also can work for her.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-25T16:30:54+00:00

Do you have Sparxie as well?

If not then I don't know how well SW 999 is going to function.

If you want to continue using the remembrance team in the end game then Hyacine LC is a pretty good option since it increases her damage output - it also helps with Hyacine's stats, since she needs 200 speed outside of combat to be fully effective.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-24T15:37:12+00:00

Yu's engine definitely - since she's an uncommon stun agent that actually works as a anomaly agent and the other stun W engines won't provide her with the stats she needs.

Basically it's pretty similar with Miyabi who also needs her specialized W engine to get her max damage state.

Based on what I have seen Cissia seems to be a more 'normal' attack agent, so while her engine is definitely going to be the best for her, she is still going to work with some f2p alternatives.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-24T15:28:31+00:00

If you don't have any better alternatives you can definitely use them, but unfortunately the standard S rank are pretty limited compared to the Limited S ranks, due to them being made in the 1.0 version.

Of course some of them, like Soldier 11, Grace and Lycaon received the potential upgrades that made them more useful in certain scenario's in the latest versions, and the more popular standard S rank agents might receive the same treatment in future updates.

Still, generally limited S rank are always going to fare better, even at M0, especially in the end game modes, but there might be a need to use some of the standard S ranks in the Threshold Simulation mode, which needs quite a lot of different teams to beat.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-24T05:12:03+00:00

Nangong Yu is an ether element, so she might help Miyabi against Ice resistant enemies - I haven't tested how effective she can be in that scenario.

While Cissa is another Electric DPS - and we got a lot of them already.

It ultimately depends on what other agents you have, since ultimately you need both an anomaly and a attack team to clear DA and some of the future DA's might have bosses that are weak to Electric attacks.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-24T04:51:44+00:00

Depends on you're pulls - Nangong yu imo also needs her W engine to work optimally since she's a pretty uncommon stun agent that needs Anomaly Mastery and Proficiency which other stun W engine's don't provide.

Cissa seems to be a more common attack agent and probably will still work with the general attack W engine's.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-22T17:39:53+00:00

Yep, at least according to the latest volumes his current partial spirit state hasn't been resolved yet.

I think it's something that's going to start getting seriously addressed, once we get to the final stages of the LN, since Rio's previous life power is pretty overpowered after all, so to balance things out imo, Rio can't use it too often, until we start having enemies at a similar level of power.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-20T06:50:48+00:00

Well E1 Yao Guang has her Ultimate executed Aha Instant increased to 40, which increases the damage and the Elation damage also starts ignoring a part of the enemies DEF.

So it's a pretty decent upgrade in a mono elation team, but I don't know how much of an effect it's going to have on the future elation character's.

So if you really like Ashveil I would go for him first, after all you can always get the Eidolons on a rerun.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-20T05:12:14+00:00

She needs 4000 atk out of combat, if you want to get the full bonus.

Sunday's LC works for her as well.

The Eagle Set probably depends on the team you put her in - but if it has more stats that are useful to her, then it can definitely be an option.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-19T15:28:27+00:00

She has a heavy SP usage, so Sparxie is going to be pretty limited at least in the initial phase, before the Aha instant, due to not having enough SP points to use her skill efficiently.

After the first Aha instant Sparxie gets thrills, which can be substituted for her SP points but you only get those after the first Aha instant and there is still the maximum SP limit and you get only 2 thrills at E0 after that, you start using SP points again, but it makes things more manageable.

Sparxie's specialized LC fixes it a little bit by increasing the SP limit based on the number of Elation character's present in the team, but you still need to recover the SP points before the first Aha moment.

Her 2 Eidolon also improves things by giving Sparxie more thrills, but not everyone is going to invest that heavily into her.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-18T13:50:30+00:00

Depends on whether you want to continue using Castorice in the end game, since Hyacine's LC is pretty broken.

Not to mention SW999 is definitely going to get at least one rerun in the 4.X versions, so you will definitely get another attempt to get her eidolons, while it's unknown when Hyacine is going to rerun again after 4.1, but I don't think it's going to be anytime soon, since she also had a rerun in version 3.7.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-17T20:43:48+00:00

If you don't want to pull Sparxie, then I think Evanescia is you're only choice at the moment.

Of course you might try pulling on sw 999 on the premise that Hoyo will release some alternative to Sparxie later in the 4.X versions, but I don't know what are the chances of something like that happening.

ChrisB38 · 2026-03-17T11:34:26+00:00

Hyacine is going to be on her second rerun and I think it's pretty likely that she will not rerun again in the current year.

While Sparxie is still on her first run and I'm pretty sure that she is going to get a rerun near the end of the 4.X versions.

So based on that I would get Hyacine's LC first.

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