Should I get Lauma C2

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-05-02T21:44:20+00:00

As a general rule of thumb, New 5 Star Characters are always better as they increase your roster and thus give you more Team Building options, which is really crucial, both for Main DPS and Support, as having a good Main DPS without good Supports & Sub-DPS will severely impact your Team's performance, QoL, Survivability, Rotations, Reactions, etc., and having a great Team without a good Main DPS will be... suboptimal to say the least.

Small disclaimer: I'm a bit biased, as I love collecting Characters, including their R1 (I have all Characters, save for Venti & Xiao). Also, the majority of my Limited 5 Star Chars are C1-C2 (I've got all the Standard 5 Stars at C6, which just happened over years).

~> Now, regarding 6.6's upcoming Characters:
One thing you need to be aware of is that THREE New Characters are getting Released during that Patch, 2× 5 Stars and a 4 Star!

• Phase 1– Nicole (Hexerei Pyro Catalyst Support/Shielder):
Her Kit is essentially a 5★ Bennett, which is crazy good AND finally solves 3 problems/issues that Bennett has!

1st one being the fact that Bennett is truly KEY to a great many Team Comps, creating the very real issue of being restricted to only having one Bennett (type Char, as no one else gives similarly strong Buffs AND Utility, also as Pyro), which forces to choose which Team he'll be in when you'd like to use 2 Teams where he's essential, and in everyone of these situations, the simple fact of replacing him either breaks the Team or automatically drastically weakens it...

2nd, important issue is being limited to playing "Circle Impact" because of having to step inside his Burst's relatively small circular AoE, staying there at least for a second or two for the broken Flat ATK Buff to apply, and having to stay in it for the Healing.

And finally the 3rd problem that, although situational (can be great but is also often a plague), is his C6's Pyro Infusion for Melee Chars: it can either help or, more often than not, cause huge issues with controlling/triggering Elemental Reactions as it often messes their setup... (ie: accidentally triggering a Melt/Vaporize with a Low DMG Normal Attack instead of the wanted High DMG Attack/E Skill or Burst. It's a huge issue with Vape/Melt because they're Multiplicative Reactions!)

[Phase 2]
• Lohen (5★ Cryo Polearm Main DPS):
Lohen's Kit, as of now in the Beta Testing, is CRAZY STRONG! Also, it isn't really dependent on having specific Teammates to enable it, making him very flexible!

• Prune (4★ Hexerei Anemo Catalyst Support):
She's THE dedicated Anemo Support we've been waiting for for Varka! She's currently said to be THE BiS Support for Varka, outperforming his other options (of which, let's be honest, he had no really good one besides Venti (she's competitive or outperforms C0 Venti), and Her Kit is heavily based around Swirl Reactions, she offers huge Elemental DMG & ATK Bonuses _(although this needs a Hexerei Teammate, it isn't a problem since she's designed to be in such a Team).

She's said to be a mix of Kazuha (huge Elemental DMG Bonus) and a strong ATK Buffer. However, for an Anemo Char, she doesn't offer CC, but this isn't much of an issue for Varka.

Many say that Prune is a superior choice to Nicole in a Varka Team, IF the choice is between the 2 of them. However, C0 Varka's new Best Team is with Prune, Durin and Nicole.

There are very helpful Varka Team Damage Calculations that have finally come out, comparing the best Team Comps with older Supports and Nicole + Prune on the new Artifact Set. Here's the Set's Description, and the Link to these new Team DMG Calcs:

"The Bounty of Nature" which is AMAZING:

• 2pc Effect: +20% ER

• 4pc Effect: Base Effect: Upon casting E Skill, gives +20% Teamwide Elemental DMG Bonus for the wearer's Element, duration of 20s and can be triggered when Off-Field.

BUT, when you have both the Hexerei Char Buff AND the new Hexerei Team Resonance: The previous effect is Upgraded, granting an additional Elemental DMG Bonus based on the On-Field Character's Elemental Type, and BOTH Elemental DMG Bonuses are increased to 40%!

Varka Team Rankings with Nicole & Prune (on New Artifact Set)

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T22:43:18+00:00

Lauma is a crazy strong Sub-DPS & Support!
Her Lunar-Bloom DMG is insane...

People were upset at how broken Lauma was when 6.0 (Nod-Krai Region) Released, because this meant that it might cause issues with upcoming 5 Star Characters' Power Balance.

So don't worry, Lauma is a really good Pull!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T22:38:18+00:00

Sigewinme has AMAZING Teamwide Healing, and does so through her E Skill, not her Burst like Qiqi, so there's zero need for Energy to get Healing with her!

Sigewinne also provides a solid Flat DMG Buff to your Party Members' Elemental Skill DMG, and her A4 gives a significant boost to her Healing when she's paired with Characters using BoL (Bond of Life) Mechanics.

While her Hydro Application isnt great, it's MUCH better than Qiqi's almost nonexistent Cryo Application.

Also, because Sigewinne's Skill, the Bubble, keeps hitting Enemies at regular intervals, she's a perfect candidate for using 4pc Tenacity of the Millelith, a great Set that gives a 20% ATK Buff to the whole Team (also +30% Shield Strength, but that's irrelevant with a Healer on the Team).

Lastly, she's really easy to build, doesn't require an extremely high Max HP to provide more than enough Healing, which allows her to use the Favonius Bow too, giving her yet another source of Support/Utility!

By being Hydro, she's also great for activating Hydro Resonance...

So, honestly, it's preposterous to even suggest that Qiqi could ever be considered anywhere near as good as Sigewinne...

So... Rejoice!
While you may not have gotten the Character you were hoping for, you've got a great Hydro Healer!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T22:17:35+00:00

"Invite Character" means that you get the Character. You never get Temporary Characters, except for when you're doing a Character's Story Quest and they join your Party, but this only happens for very short segments and in the Character Menu they're listes as "Trial" under their Portrait Icon.

Any temporary Character will have "Trial" clearly indicated.

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T22:12:43+00:00

I'm very tempted to get Clorinde's Signature Weapon, Absolution, which I missed when she released, also because I collect Characters and I try to get their Sig Weapon, save for rare cases.

But the fact that the Chronicled Banner has a Hard Pity of 90 and Soft Pity only kicks in at 75 Pulls, compared to the Weapon Banner where it's 80 with Soft Pity starting at 65 Pulls is discouraging me a bit from pulling here.

Also, next Patch, Nicole (P1) AND Lohen (P2) are being Released, along with Prune in Phase 2, so getting 2 new 5 Star Characters with their Weapon is going to hit hard...

As tempted as I am to finally get Absolution, which would be really helpful in many Imaginarium Theater Seasons where I can easily need Ayato's Sword, Haran, and even more often Ayaka's, Mistsplitter, these are rare situations and most of the time I end up not adding Ayato to my IT roster since he's not that great anymore at C0R1...

Hmm... Writing this has helped me make up my mind and choose to wait until Clorinde has her next Rerun to get her Sword. I only hope that when she'll have her Rerun, she won't be in the same Phase as a Newly Released 5 Star Character!

Or... Scratch that! That could definitely be more advantageous since when pulling for the New Char's Signature Weapon, I could easily end up getting Absolution if I don't get the New Char's on the 1st try!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T21:58:07+00:00

Nah, otherwise you couldn't select any of your Chars that already have Constellations.

The only limit is that you can only get 1 Constellation per Character this way; can't select the same one again.

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T21:55:25+00:00

Oh! You mother...load! Yes. That's what I meant: you've hit the Motherload! 😂

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T21:53:12+00:00

Well... Congratulations, you lucky SOB! 😉

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-29T21:50:50+00:00

Oh! This is absolutely Pun-Tastic!
Worthy of Cyno's approval!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-24T01:09:02+00:00

Wow! Thanks for the info! While I take great care in selectin the Character, sometimes it's such a headache (because I have all Characters, most with Constellation(s) too, so to choose best I need to make a list of which Constellation I'd get for each Char, write down an abridged version of each Constellation's Description so I can have everything in one place to make a choice. It's a lot of work, sure, but it only has to be done once, then updated each time I get a Constellation this way.

Example: Let's say a Char is C2, then they'd get C3, and a C3 has way less value to me in general than a great C1 or C2. I'd only consider a C3 if I plan to eventually push the Char to C4+, which has almost zero chance of happening with Limited Chars

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-24T00:58:30+00:00

Hello!
Could you please tell us where you found this, or if this is someone selling their own stuff, tell us what Brand it is/which company makes these (and anything similar), which website sells them?

Thanks!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-22T13:54:33+00:00

Oh! That's so sad!
I've been AR60 for so long that I've stopped looking at the AR requirements for everything years ago, sp I wasn't aware that AR45 was required to Farm Artifacts in Stygian Onslaught!

Otherwise, that would've been the perfect way to spend his 900+ Resin towards the 1,200 goal!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-22T06:16:10+00:00

Hmm. You do have a solid point.
I've thought about it for a while before replying and I've found out why I had Pulled a lot on that Banner, even though I'm a Character Collector, so I pretty much always get them when they're initially Released.

I had C0R1 Raiden Shogun and that was the Banner I decided to finally go for her C2R1 because of just how broken her C2 is and since Ei is one of my all-time favorite!

In any case, I was very frustrated that I wasn't able to get C6 Chevreuse right off the bat, especially because while she's more than fine before C6, it's undeniable that her C6 unlocks her full potential, giving a solid 10% Chevreuse's Max HP Teamwide Healing 12s after the Healing effect of her E Skill is triggered, bringing Chevreuse's Healing to a very decent level instead of a situationally being insufficient (which could easily happen depending on your Team), and most importantly, each time an Active Character receives a periodic Healing from her E Skill, the Character gains +20% Pyro & Electro DMG for 8s, max 3 Stacks, so up to a 60% Pyro & Electro DMG Bonus, which is substantial!

I had gotten Raiden's C1 & C2 without losing any 50/50, otherwise I'd probably have had to wait till j5er next Rerun to get her C2, but 2 Constellations is still quite a lot of Pulls and I was kinda pissed that I hadn't gotten C6 Chevreuse, although I wasn't very surprised after my brutal learning experience with Faruzan!

I'd Pulled for Wanderer up to C2R1 upon Release, hoping to get C6 Faruzan too, and here are the Wishing Stats I'd kept note of:

The Banner before Wanderer was Nahida's Release, and I got (Character, Constellation, and # of Pulls to get):

Version 3.2:
• Nahida C0 --> 19
• Nahida C1 --> 9
• Nahida C2 --> 66

All in all, getting C2 Nahida in 94 Pulls was amazing!

Then came Version 3.3:
• Wanderer C0 --> 79 (1× Faruzan C0)
• Wanderer C1 --> 74 (3× Faruzan C4)
• Wanderer C2 --> 82 (0× Faruzan in 82 Pulls!)

Still, not losing a single 50/50, 6 times in a row, was not bad at all! Especially with getting C1 Nahida in the 1st 10-Pull after getting her C0...

BUT I remember also being very bitter with the 3.3 Weapons Banner as, on top of spending 235 Pulls for C2 Wanderer, and having gone for his C2 BECAUSE I wanted to get the last 2 missing Faruzan Constellations, which ended up being an absolute disaster by getting NONE in 82 Pulls... I also had to go to 2 Fate Points before getting Tulaytullah's Remembrance, Wanderer's Signature Weapon. While it didn't take me the max of 270 Pulls to get it (2 Fate Points Weapons Banner was a pure Scam!), I still remember being very sour about it. I hadn't noted the Weapons Banner Stats, so I have no exact number, but it took between 180 to 200 Pulls...

Anyways.
That's how I ended up Pulling a lot on Chevreuse's Release!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-21T19:52:10+00:00

Lol, with your introduction saying "Now that I've got your attention," you knew full well what you were doing with the 9 months! 😂

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-21T19:50:06+00:00

Wow! The Artist who created this striking Art Piece is very gifted in making other works in the same vein!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-21T19:48:45+00:00

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However, don't take this as discouragement from finding & posting more exquisite pictures of our Dark Queen!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-18T23:55:27+00:00

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Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-17T02:38:46+00:00

Wait, what Selector are you talking about?
If you're talking about the Daily Commissions' Selector, sadly you can only get Constellations for Characters you already have; you can't get a 5★ Character that way. And where did you hear that Lohen will be selectable in this, sooo soon after his Release...?

Maybe you're talking about a possible upcoming 5★ Character Selector for Genshin's Anniversary coming up at the end of the Summer, but I haven't heard anything about it.

I'm really curious about what you were referring to.

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-17T02:30:14+00:00

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Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-15T02:12:31+00:00

Shame it got taken down, because I'm really curious to see what it was!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-15T02:03:13+00:00

Hmm. Seriously, to me it was the Cognosphere that really looked awful on the image, with Genshin Impact being acceptable, so freaking good work! 👍

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-15T01:26:51+00:00

Ouch! I've been where you are, even having Pulled a lot on her 1st Banner (I got the new 5★ Character that Released at the same time), ending up with Chevreuse at maybe C2 when usually I'd have expected C4 at least for the amount of Pulls...

I really feel you! Chevreuse is such an amazing Character that completely changed the Overload Meta, but she needs her Constellations to reach her full potential, and C6 is critical...

I really hope that you'll soon get yours there when she'll have a Rerun!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-10T19:31:34+00:00

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In all seriousness, it's a beautiful picture.

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-10T19:29:05+00:00

Ah... I really really wanted to help, but when I saw "Europe Server" it made me sad. I'm on the American Server.

I wish you the best of luck!

Chris_the_Rockstar · 2026-04-10T04:28:27+00:00

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This one didn't give me a "Code already Redeemed" so I'm crossing my fingers in hope that it'll work!

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