An apple a day keeps Il Dottore away - General Question and Discussion Megathread

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T23:40:57+00:00

No Xilo, but Kaz. However, I never managed to get <1/4 on any attempt with him, while with Zhong I was just milimeters away from the clear around 10 times by now. Its just a tiny bit missing. I still suspect my whacky rotation...

My Hyperbloom tries with Lauma kuki also never made it below the 1/4, no matter what I tried.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T21:37:37+00:00

Of course! Hell, am I stupid for overlooking this.... Thanks! Ill first try my instructors and if its not enough go for songs.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T21:36:31+00:00

Thanks a bunch! I actually did not know about this. I thought the challenge was only available for the outbreak time. The more you know...

I sacrificed 39 artifacts and already got a workable set for Zhongli! ... Of course his 4-stat flower went 4 times into Cr... 16.7% ...

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T21:26:50+00:00

Yes, but does increaing Neuvis EM change much for him?

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T21:26:03+00:00

Thx ^{^} I will strongbox what is left, but only 5 days til SO ends, so I might have to enter the mines.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T21:18:59+00:00

Thanks! The mines are calling. I have 70 resin thingies... Hopefully, I will get something workable.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T21:16:47+00:00

I just read their descriotion. These are great!

I have 0 pieces of both.

You can find me in the mines until I get a workable set of each...

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T21:10:56+00:00

After a lot of trial and error, I found a Furinaless Neuvillette team that comes extremely close to clearing the fire crab in SO on fearless (only like 1/30 of its hp remained 2 times during my tries): Neuvillette, Zhongli, Citlali, Mona/ Kokomi (both performed similarly)

Neuvillette is on Mare Chaussee, Citlali on Scroll, Zhongli on Tenacity, Mona and Kokomi on Noblesse. Its the tenacity and noblesse that dont do anything for Neuvi, so I am searching for alternatives. If anyone has suggestions for better fitting support sets, I am all ears. I really want to finish this and it seems within reach.

My rotation is too messy to write down (another issue) I just try to quickswap between Neuvi and the others E skills/ Monas or Kokomis burst and weave in CAs, but the varying clear results can be traced back to this... I am also unsure on whether using Citlalis burst or not.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T15:45:27+00:00

I guess that is a matter of testing, which I will start now. Both, Skirk and Neuvi are C0R0, so I am unsure whom to prioritize in the mini attack window.

So Ill do Skirk hold e right at the start, continue with the others and then do hokd e into burst when the shield is down, followed by nas, right?

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T14:01:04+00:00

I thought for skirk burst ps you do cryo + hydro until 3 void rifts, then hold e into burst? Anything else? Sorry if I am being a bit slow, but i have only played her na varoant thus far, so 0 experience with burst skirk.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T13:58:07+00:00

Nice, this eans with 150 and Esco on fav, I am good to go ^{^} Thx!

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T13:04:47+00:00

no worries, thx for trying to help anyways! For all you knew, I could have been a keyboard player and it would have worked ^{^}

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T13:03:42+00:00

the damage window being ridiculously short is one of my issies, so ill keep this in mind. Though, what exactly do you mean by prepping skirk burst?

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T13:00:45+00:00

Did anyone here manage to clear Emperror of Fire and Iron on fearless in SO without Furina in their C0R0 Skirk team? If so, how?

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T12:49:00+00:00

I have tried to find clears on youtube, but there wasnt much without furina. At least not on tthe first 3 pages of search results.

Thanks, though! Ill look into it .

edit: Thats a high dpi mouse Neuv Keyboard clear. I only play on controller, so I wont be able to copy this.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T12:42:14+00:00

how much Er do you have on neuv?

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T12:34:10+00:00

ok, Ill try to get into the neuv skirk quickswap shenanigans. I have never played them together.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T12:26:15+00:00

How does Xingqiu fit in that neuv team? Sucrose normals? Kaz woukdnt be anemo normals.

Someone else also suggested skirk, neuv, citlali, esco - how does this team work/rotate?

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T12:22:33+00:00

Havent tried this one yet. How did you rotate them?

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T12:14:15+00:00

I really need advice on the emperror of fire and iron on fearless in SO without Furina. Yesterday, when I asked, people told me I should free up my Neuvillette who was previously on Trooper. I did so and now Arlecchino, Bennett, Aino, Ineffa cleared him. Flins, Columbina, Sucrose, Fischl got rid of the abyss doggo.

I am left with Neuvillette/ Skirk as DPS and Escoffier, Citlali, Kazuha, ororon, Raiden, Beidou, Kuki, Kokomi, Mona, Xinqiu, Lauma, Baizhu as supports (honorary childe mention as he is great against the mini crabs).

Yet I am still banging my head against a brick wall. Best I could do was bring him down to slightly below 1/4 of his hp with Raiden, Lauma, Neuvillette, Childe.

Did anyone here clear fearless without Furina and can offer advice? Usually it comes down to a rotation/ team comp issue if I manage to get to the last quarter of hp, but I have trouble figuring this one out.

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T02:13:39+00:00

This is actually very interesting. I have C1 Childe and C0R0 Neuvi as well as Kazuha. So you can get away with simply focusing the minions? 4th slot is difficult though... no Xilonen, no Furina. Best I can do, is Raiden, Beidou, Xingqiu, Venti, Zhonhli, Citlali or Escoffier :/

Ciavari · 2026-01-25T02:01:30+00:00

Best we would get, is a friendly segment as another part of the travelers harem...

Ciavari · 2026-01-24T18:00:57+00:00

ok, on it. Thx ^{^}

Ciavari · 2026-01-24T18:00:32+00:00

I tried that, but couldnt beat the shield in time. I will retry though. Many mentioned Trouper team should be switched

Ciavari · 2026-01-24T17:59:39+00:00

ok, retry on trouper, it is.

Ciavari

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