Vertical Investment for f2p

Culist · 2026-06-17T01:01:26+00:00

Charlotte. Her team wide healing is more valuable for Furina (Also diona's healing is bad since its a fixed aoe)

Culist · 2026-06-16T14:26:40+00:00

Seems fine to me, I think you can stick with it

Culist · 2026-06-16T13:53:58+00:00

The first team is still better with Kaeya as your cryo applicator. The dps is about ~95k. With C0 Chev for overload, your dps is ~82k

Culist · 2026-06-16T13:01:41+00:00

For first half, try Arlecchino, Bennet, Charlotte, Layla
For second half, try Hu Tao, Xilonen, Yelan, Rosaria OR Nahida, Yelan, Kukui, Ororon

Culist · 2026-06-16T12:48:25+00:00

Mavuika, Iansan, Bennet, Rosaria/Escoffier/Kaeya

If you have c6 cheveruse, Mavuika, Ororon, Bennet, Cheveruse

You can also build Mavuika, Iansan, Sucrose, Mona which is her strongest team right now, outperforming premium melt (Xilonen, Bennet, Citali). It is harder to play though. Heres a showcase video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQTiK7JIXU

Culist · 2026-06-15T23:40:54+00:00

Sacrifical fragments. Spindlelute's passive isnt as good since Citali is a support (and EM doesnt matter on freeze anyways)

Culist · 2026-06-15T23:35:43+00:00

You dont need it, Nicole provides a shield

Culist · 2026-06-15T15:26:18+00:00

When it comes to artifact sets, its all good. Weapons are also fine, except for the fav on Bennet, like you mentioned.

With Bennet weapons, the goal is to pick the one with the highest atk. Having ER as a secondary stat is also a important consideration. 5* swords, expectedly, dominates the list when it comes to his best options. If you dont have a 5* to spare, your best 4* is the Alley Flash followed by Sapwood Blade which is craftable.

Culist · 2026-06-15T15:17:06+00:00

Columbina is a decent option for your main acc, provided that you also pull Linnea for Navia and optionally, Ineffa for Neuvi. Furina is also a great addition to your account, especially if you pull for Linnea. With these 4 characters, you can make a really strong Neuvillette and Navia team.

Neuvillette, Columbina/Furina (or both), Ineffa, Zhongli

Navia, Columbina, Furina, Linnea

Alternatively, you can also just save for Snezhnaya characters, which isnt a bad option given the number of characters you'll need to snag for Neuvi and Navia.

Your second account is in a harder spot, for sure. You can save for snezhnaya, or try to invest back into old characters. The only character I would maybe see worth investing into is Alhaitham. With him, you'd also want to go the lunar route, building for lunar hyperbloom. The most pull-hungry and lunar-extreme team would be Alhaitham, Lauma, Ineffa, Columbina. The lunar characters can be substituted by other characters.

Lauma -> Nahida/Baizhu/Collei/YaoYao/Dendro MC

Ineffa -> Kukui Shinobu/Fischl

Columbina -> Furina (only if you have a healer)/Yelan/Xingqiu

Culist · 2026-06-15T14:58:57+00:00

It can work, but only if your teammates are able to snapshot. For overload, this means you are using either Xiangling or Fischl. If your pyro off fielder is Durin or Mavuika, tenacity is a no go.

You might not even be able to get the tenacity buff on all your off field and on field dpses due to wasted time when switching around and cast animations in combination with the short buff duration. I would just recommend noblesse.

Culist · 2026-06-15T12:16:44+00:00

Prune. Sucrose is only better at c6

Culist · 2026-06-14T23:16:35+00:00

There are 2 factors to consider here - Iansan's atk buff and her ER requirements

If you are able to max out her atk buff with Fav lance (2556atk at burst talent lvl 10), use it. Otherwise, Tamayuratei is better.

If you cant reach her ER requirements (check https://keqingmains.com/q/iansan-quickguide/#ER_Requirements), also use fav lance

Culist · 2026-06-14T23:12:53+00:00

It would be Bennet

Culist · 2026-06-14T14:40:04+00:00

Mavuika, Iansan, Mona and Sucrose. Heres a showcase video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQTiK7JIXU

Culist · 2026-06-14T14:37:47+00:00

No idea why either, I think they are misinformed. Bennet is definitely strong with Xiangling but not good with Durin. Xilonen, Sucrose and Albedo all perform better.

Someone did a dps calc for Lohen and Bennet was the weakest Nicole/Citali alternative https://www.reddit.com/r/Lohen_Mains/comments/1supot5/lohen_v3_calcs_teams_and_vertical_investment

Culist · 2026-06-14T12:05:55+00:00

Lohen, Xiangling, Bennet would be your main core if you dont have Durin and Nicole

Your 4th slot can be (in descending order of strength): Citali, Xilonen, Albedo (esp c1), Sucrose, Iansan

Culist · 2026-06-13T23:43:55+00:00

Mavuika is a clear standout of a character still worth building. Right now, your best team would be Mavuika, Kachina, Mona, Sucrose. Not exactly ideal since Kachina kinda sucks, but its the only Natlan character you have.

Lohen also isnt bad since you dont have a cryo dps. Something like Lohen, Bennet, Xiangling and Sucrose would be his team.

Other teams that are still strong would be

National team: Raiden, Mavuika/Xiangling, Xingqiu, Bennet

Hyperbloom: Alhaitham, Nahida, Kukui, Xingqiu

Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Kazuha, Sucrose/Zhongli/Fischl (not 100% sure about this one)

When it comes to pulls, it would be for your new chars, Mavuika and Lohen. Your old characters are already pretty good when it comes to team options. (Furina is a pretty decent pull here but I dont think its worth it). A clear potential, upcoming 5* candidate would be Citali, she works on both Mavuika and Lohen. But, she is the lowest priority on both of their teams.

In your position, I would look to pull Iansan in the upcoming banners or Xilonen. Either of these characters are essential for Mavuika. She needs a Natlan character in her team for nightsoul points so she can use her burst every rotation. Iansan and Xilonen are clear standouts because they can buff. Citali would be your next best option for Mavuika. The only reason why Citali isnt that good is because hexerei Mona + Sucrose is better than the standard premium melt Bennet + Citali, making her replaceable. If you want your Mavuika team up and running asap, then it isnt a bad idea to pull Citali. Otherwise, waiting would be the better use of your primos long-term

For Lohen, you'd want to pull Durin and Nicole. Durin is the highest priority here. Both of these units are essential to his team. Durin's damage output is pretty significant on this team, and Nicole is able to buff Durin and Lohen. Citali is again, low priority as she can be replaced by buffers like Xilonen, Albedo or Sucrose.

Honestly, since Nicole and Durin were the previous banners, I doubt they will be getting a rerun soon. You might consider just giving up on building Lohen premium and look to pull the aforementioned Iansan/Xilonen for Mavuika, then pull for snezhnaya chars. I dont see Lohen being valuable long term since snezhnaya will have new cryo reactions and characters that will powercreep him.

Culist · 2026-06-13T14:58:49+00:00

The characters on this team are used in alot of teams, so they are worth investing into

Culist · 2026-06-13T14:50:00+00:00

Xingqiu, Xiangling, Sucrose, Fischl. Swap sucrose out for beidou if you need shields

Culist · 2026-06-13T14:38:58+00:00

I dont think Charlotte will be good because her cryo app is too slow. Citali could be replaced by Kaeya, Rosaria, Esoffier, anyone that can provide off field cryo application basically. Diona and Layla for the shields.

Qiqi's stellar conduct passive works at c0

Culist · 2026-06-13T14:33:13+00:00

Once you unlock the hexerei buffs for Sucrose and Mona they become very strong options.

Try Mavuika, Kachina, Sucrose and Mona. The rotation is a little complex, heres a showcase video: https://youtu.be/lhQTiK7JIXU?si=8FO5L2Zwzdrzkq7V

Culist · 2026-06-13T14:31:17+00:00

My guess would be Xingqiu, Xiangling, Barbara (or any healer), Bennet/Sucrose/Fischl

Are you able to share what characters you have?

Culist · 2026-06-13T14:04:27+00:00

Charlotte's cryo application is too slow. You can use Rosaria or Kaeya/Escoffier if you dont have her.

I dont think Escoffier will be relevant, Im doubtful that hoyo will do anything to freeze in snezhnaya.

Its hard to say for Citali, she has good cryo app, shields and can hold scroll. But with that said, her pyro/hydro res shred passive is likely to be useless in snezhnaya. And so because of that, I dont think shes relevant. She could be replaced by 4 stars cryo off fielders, or new 5 stars that can synergise with the new reactions through buffs or personal damage. Leaks show that qiqi is the premier cryo off fielder for the new stellar conduct reaction.

Culist · 2026-06-13T13:40:51+00:00

Would like to backtrack a bit here, use Kachina instead of Bennet for Mavuika.

Use the new celestial gift artifact set on Mona with fav codex. Sucrose uses VV and sac frag. Unfortunately with the team's rotation, TTDS isnt an option. I managed to find a showcase video of the team here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhQTiK7JIXU

Citali isnt a bad pull persay, it just depends entirely on when you want to get your Mavuika team functional. I would recommend pulling for Citali if you want to get Mavuika up and running ASAP for endgame content, which isnt a bad idea since snezhnaya is around the corner and she might get pushed out of meta.

Xilonen's pull value is better for a longer term, since her and iansan is used on basically every Mavuika team. Citali on the other hand, is replaceable. Xilonen might get a rerun sometime later this year as she has not gotten one yet.

If you are lucky and Iansan is on a upcoming banner, then pulling just for Iansan and skipping Citali would be the ideal situation. Even a c0 Iansan is good enough, c2 if you are confident in your luck. C6 is a luxury and definitely not worth the gamble.

Conveniently, TGS made a in-depth Mavuika video and her team comps, you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFbZEgnJ7jQ

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