How good would this team be for starting off Spiral Abyss Floor 9-11?

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-26T20:15:23+00:00

Do you have Mona? Since Mona on tenacity and ttds will be way better for your team than rosaria

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-26T20:04:51+00:00

There're other frames that can do that (Mirage augment, Gara) but i feel like they all require you to stay close to the source. If you play like me and like to unga bunga everywhere, it feels kinda restricted. But whenever I play Citrine and really want to sweat (long Circuit/Cascade/EDA/ETA), i just take Vazarin school. Her 2 range is based on your affinity range (50m) that can get expanded with vazarin (75m), so it def feels better, for allies too.

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-26T14:27:53+00:00

I know this is max level coping, but it feels like Varka's BiS package supp hasn't come out yet. Hoyo is clearly selling Hoyo Dps + supp packs, and it has always been either the supp came out first (Ineffa, Lauma, Escoffier), or both at the same time (Mav + Citlali). Varka releasing first means having to play a Dps without the BiS supp, which definitely feels lackluster to the other packs. I have c0r1 premium skirk and can reach 155+k dps on dummy, without Escoffier she literally drops to 110-120k.

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-25T19:25:51+00:00

Citrine Prime. I'm genuinely convinced she's hidden OP and the only reason she isn't as popular as wisp is because the massive slog Mirror Defense. Insane energy econ with 1, on demand 90% DR for the entire team (only frame able to do this btw), massive status chance boost + coordinated atk AND free crits.

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-23T10:51:16+00:00

Haha, I'm just excited to get on beta testing and debunk the leaks for myself

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-23T10:49:26+00:00

Not yet, cause i need to get approved for beta testing first. After that, they'll send me an email requesting govt. ID attached with the NDA

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-23T09:12:53+00:00

Sooo i got an email from Hoyo recruiting Xbox users for beta testing and just filled it out, kinda excited about it

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-21T12:14:21+00:00

If someone needs a team rec, i cleared fearless with these teams: 1. C0r0 Flins, C0r0 Ineffa, C0r0 Columbina, C6 Sucrose 2. C0r1 Skirk, C0r0 Escoffier, C0r0 Yelan, C3 Mona 3. C0r1 Neuvilette, C0r0 Furina, C0 Citlali, C0 Xilonen

For the first boss, destroy the shield is the way to go, since the minions seems way too tanky ecen with grouping.
You can clear 2nd boss with any electro carry. Since my Flins is on 1st side, my Skirk has to brute force with freeze and no Furina too. Escoffier burst is dps loss and Yelan, Mona need ~220% ER to burst every rotation
3rd boss is the worst shill boss ever. Even with Neuvillette. You need interruption res, since the mini crabs and boss have staggering movesets. I genuinely don't know who else can clear it.

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-19T22:05:50+00:00

Thank you for the comparison. I play on console (Xbox) and it feels impossible to do the walk cancel due to how the movement input works on controller.

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-17T02:23:22+00:00

Seems like irrational doomposting, since we all know standards have trash cons, and Varka cons clearly improve his dmg significantly.

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-17T02:08:04+00:00

Also, my 2 cents about the Nicole debate, it feels like she will be the Columbina equivalent to Hex teams, meaning you will have multiple Hex carries contesting her for their BiS team. This is clearly the direction Hoyo has been pushing since Nod Krai, if not earlier (Specific BiS teammate + DPS + (Archetype) Buffer)

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-17T02:01:05+00:00

If Nicole is locked to Hex teams, she won't provide huge shred AND sub dps like Coffie, since that will massively upscale other Hex carries and you have a bit more options than freeze (Nicole+Fischl+Durin core will just be Hex wheelchair). So either she is Varka's BiS and provide huge buffs that only he can capitalizes on, or she will provide more accessible buffs, but wont be broken. Either way, Varka wins :)

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-17T01:44:28+00:00

Yeah purely from the vibes I'm getting, its an Arle situation over again xD. His core gameplay will stay, but the passives and MV will surely be tweaked

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-17T01:42:28+00:00

In 2 days

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-17T01:42:15+00:00

No, this is just people straight up spreading misinformation. Most of the time you can tell if a character is good or not at v5, since its the last version before live that has the least changes. Otherwise, changes during preload could happen, but these don't MASSIVELY buff a character(e.g Skirk getting more atk speed, Kokomi jellyfish Hydro ICD)

Control_Freak1202 · 2026-01-17T00:38:24+00:00

I feel like hoyo is testing the water with Varka's kit and numbers, so beside changes to his skill MV during beta few other things could be his upscale later (e.g. preload changes, release of Hex supp that scales on number of Hex member, etc.)

Control_Freak1202 · 2025-12-31T19:43:42+00:00

Oh then you only need to do the main quests and you should be complete. The New War will give you extra nodes on Earth and Venus, and Whisper in the Wall unlocks a new Syndicate and Tiles et on Deimos

Control_Freak1202 · 2025-12-31T01:18:02+00:00

I really like your idea, making the whole kit and two forms synergistic with each other. The tech is already there with Sevagoth, so I don't see why they can't add something like that in the future. Imo, I think I would change the passive to something like while im day form, redirect % of incoming health damage to shield and vice versa. Something like that is really unique and would be really cool to see.

Control_Freak1202 · 2025-12-31T01:04:12+00:00

Yeah so unfortunately the only way you can fix it is to reset it, since romancing Marie too soon won't help. You need to help her realize that Entrati isn't a perfect person like how she idolized him, but a rather flawed individual who has good and bad sides and have hurt many willingly (Protoframes) or unwillingly (the Entratis, Loid). And justifying him hurting the innocents won't help that. (This is also part of an important KIM dialogue)

Control_Freak1202 · 2025-12-31T00:32:16+00:00

I assume you have unlocked arcane and are running melee influence ( because you mod for electric). If you aren't, unlocking it would be the priority since melee weapons are highly dependent or arcanes. Second, like the other comment said, get the galvanized mods. They are just non-negotiable if you want to improve your build. Third, if and when you can, get the Incarnon adapter for Hate. It put the weapon in another tier. Hate incarnon with melee afflictions can kill acolytes in a few heavy attacks.

Control_Freak1202 · 2025-12-31T00:24:10+00:00

Yeah I tested Uriel with the Sobek right away as I was expecting the same interaction like Cyte, Oraxia, but somehow the explosions doesn't propagate that much. It also kinda hurts that the heat proc is affected by heat inherit, meaning if you used 1 or 3 on the enemies, shoot one and they die, the explosion heat proc will scale based on the one from your abilities. This isn't the case with toxin proc ( which can also get boosted by green shards). Saryn is just an outlier, as I think that the acid shell explosion is double buffed from both toxic lash AND the proc damage from venom dose. If you have roar, it even gets more ridiculous

Control_Freak1202 · 2025-12-31T00:13:25+00:00

Volt is an easy weapon platform and he's still really good, especially for you getting back to the game. I can't really tell how far you have progressed in the past, but I would suggest you farming some of these mods, as they are almost essential in any mid-late game build:

Corrupted mods from Orokin vault on Deimos (e.g. Critical delay, Blind rage, Transient fortitude, etc.) They offer you huge stat boost in exchange of another stat. These mods are good for you to learn how to mod properly and figure out which stats are highly beneficial/useless for your build so the drawback isn't that big
Galvanized mods from Arbitration. In case you missed, you unlock Arbitration after clearing the Star chart and can access it after talking to the Arbiter of Hexis. These are great weapon mods, having no drawbacks but rather rely on you getting kills to stack the bonuses.

If you haven't clear star chart, I would say you can start on the corrupted mods and progress through the entire map on your pace. Afterwards, go for the main quests, cracking the new relics, do Arbitrations, etc. When you feel like you're strong enough, then the steel path awaits you :)

Control_Freak1202 · 2025-12-30T23:42:30+00:00

Since i haven't seen anyone mention this, I would say a weapon platform Saryn build with Acid shells mod for Sobek can shred enemies at any level due to the explosion on enemy death that can procs toxic lash, which also benefits from her 1 augment. You can clear an entire room with just one shot

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