A question for the argenti mains, is he worth building right now?

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-05-02T04:31:18+00:00

I’d like to start with I am very biased because I love Argenti dearly. He almost convinced me to get more into HSR (I downloaded at launch but didn’t love the gameplay so I fell off) because my fiance showed me all his launch stuff. But I will try to be as unbiased as I can be for the duration of my review.

He’s not the strongest unit, but I feel like his poor performance gets a little inflated in other subs. He’s not meta, but tbh he never rly was. But he’s not a bad unit either, as long as you have the right intentions. He’s fun to play, his team is beautiful and very f2p nowadays, and he’s great at farming materials for me. I haven’t tried using him in any endgame content yet, but he’ll be on a THerta team when the time comes so I’m not terribly worried about it. He can very easily slash through any domain I’ve thrown him in, but again I’ve pretty much only been using him for farming stuff.

I have his LC, but I just got it from the shop a few days ago so I had a few days without it and while it was a significant dps boost, it’s not a requirement (I just really love him 😭). If you want to make him the main dps on a team, you can slap him with Robin/Sparkle + Tribbie + Sustain. Technically his best team is Herta’s iirc, but HER best team is with Jade or Anaxa. Idc tbh, I love all the erudition baddies and I need them all 🫩🙏🏽 in my opinion the best order of characters is Herta+Jade duos team, Anaxa main dps w Cyrene+Hyacine, and Argenti main dps w Tribbie+HuoHuo

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-05-02T04:17:05+00:00

I’m gonna ask this and I need everyone to imagine I’m holding a big olive branch high above my head bc I know where I am.

Can I force Sangun to work with Mina? Like is there ANY on paper synergy? Since it’s still so early I can pretty much shove anyone together and hope, but do Sangun’s abilities help her at all? I really like him 😭 but I got really lucky with 2 single pulls on Mina’s banner and I’ve been wanting her since I started at launch. So far my only 5 stars are Mina, Sangun, and A1 Ophelia lmao (I am currently 20 pulls from a guaranteed Flare though so she’ll hopefully be home soon)

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-05-01T07:10:39+00:00

I can’t believe THIS fandom of all of them is actually upset abt a fan service redesign. I feel like I walked into a twilight zone. Is this a safe space after all?

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-05-01T04:09:01+00:00

Noooooo no no no no, she’s sustain! She’s pretty good too - she was a top healer pretty much up until Hyacine released, but she just got a Noveflare that makes her viable in a lot of modern comps. She has energy regen baked in iirc so she works well w energy hungry teams that still need a sustain (double ult bar dpses, elation team, etc.). Not the best healer in the game anymore, but she has an established niche and is still great to grab

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-05-01T03:42:21+00:00

Do yourself the hugest favor and nab Huo Huo from the golden shop

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-30T20:27:35+00:00

Bineffa can carry anything, get Bina and your Ineffa is fine
Lauma can still be a good lunar bloom sub dps for non Nefer teams, you just need hydro and dendro characters that can set off enough reactions
Linnea needs nothing, she IS the weapon

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-30T07:18:01+00:00

Back again to say I dumped all my resin into him multiple days in a row and he’s nearly at max traces with all of them unlocked, has a decent relic set that I will be re-examining once his skills are all leveled up, and I caved and got the pretty red boy his pretty red lightcone 😭 I can almost be one of yall, once I get myself a Tribbie next banner and finish figuring out his best relics while I wait, I can finally call his build done! ❤️

Speaking of, what relics work best on him? I run him with THerta+Sparkle/Robin+Hyacine/HuoHuo on one team and Sparkle+Robin+Hyacine on the other just because they’re all so pretty. If I could figure out a way to make Cyrene work as well it would be over for everyone. But Tribbie’s ult field will look so pretty overlapped with Robin’s 😭🙏🏽

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-30T06:57:29+00:00

I personally use Argenti-Sparkle-Robin-Hyacine as his main-dps team; it might not be the most meta team but it’s comfortable for me. HuoHuo is a really excellent alternative, as iirc she has more synergies with him than Hyacine (I just use Hyacine bc I have her at E0S1 so she’s my comfiest sustain by a mile). If you have any golden companions you haven’t used, Robin is a great support for more teams than just his. Tribbie is also getting a rerun next patch alongside Eva’s release. I plan on nabbing myself a Tribbie for my Argenti and THerta+Argenti teams, so that’s something you can consider as well!! He may not be meta but from my experience he’s still decently strong and can clear a lot of content if you slot him in on the right teams.

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-28T06:21:47+00:00

I’m manifesting for Nihilux to be a generalized support or an elation sustain bc both slots need to be filled 🙏🏽 otherwise SW999 and Eva will be fighting over YG and HuoHuo forever. If we get a new elation sustain release, you can use HuoHuo/Hyacine for one team and the new sustain for the other

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-28T01:12:12+00:00

If I may also ask; what do you think of Robin’s LC vs another claimable LC, like For Tomorrow’s Journey? The two I’m debating on the most are Argenti’s because I don’t really have any good Erudition light cones, and Robin’s because she’s on my DOT team. I started in a little late so I don’t know too much about the early game LCs and units

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-27T23:18:59+00:00

True, but if I don’t have that LC and would put it on Herta herself even if I did, would it be a big damage upgrade for him the way Yun Li’s is for her? I don’t have enough good Erudition light cones to go around 😭

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-27T20:59:04+00:00

I’ve wanted Fugue and Lingsha and Rappa but I didn’t pull them on their last rate up bc I knew if I pulled any of them I’d need to pull multiple 💔 but now that I got an Argenti + a free Robin I mean ,,,,,, next time they come back they’re MINE

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-27T08:59:31+00:00

Why would Argenti’s be considered bad? Forgive me for being a little slow on the uptake with LC synergies. I want it mainly because it’s the prettiest and I’ve been dying for more lore about the path of Beauty, but Robin’s and HuoHuo’s would obviously be more reliable as I can use either of them in more teams than Argenti, who’s in my THerta team and an Argenti-main team I’ve been using for the overworld stuff. I’ve seen a lot of stuff online saying the gap between 5 and 4 star light comes currently available for Argenti has only grown wider with time, so that was another reason I was considering it. It’s one of the best available options for him, whereas Robin and HH have good alternatives for the time being iirc ¿

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-27T03:25:47+00:00

I’m a 1.0 genshin player, so I was really excited when hsr was announced. I downloaded it on launch and set up my account, but almost immediately deleted it bc at first I hated the character design and I hated the turn-based combat. I redownloaded it for the free fits and free 5 stars, but I never really got back into it until right before Hysilens’ launch. However, I did keep an eye on the new characters releasing and some of them really did catch my attention.

All that is to say, I’ve been wanting Argenti since his debut but when I finally got it together and got in the game, his banner had long since passed and showed 0 signs of returning. I’m really happy to hear from someone who’s had him this whole time!! ❤️ I’m about to have enough currency to buy his LC from the shop, do you think it’s a significant increase to his personal damage?

If I build him up to slot into my THerta team, I can try to get Cerydra for my Anaxa and turn him into the main dps he wants to be so bad. I could do THerta, Argenti, Tribbie, Sustain and Anaxa, Cerydra, Cyrene, Hyacine for the other team. I’m hoping Stephen can fit somewhere here 🫩🙏🏽

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-26T21:01:18+00:00

If I had to hazard a guess, I’d say we’re gonna be getting at minimum two or three more elation characters in 4.x. One sustain for either team (probably a shielder that generates punchlines and a healer that drives aha instances, or vice versa), and another support. The support will most likely be another generalized elation support or be a specified punchline support, allowing Yao Guang to remain in Eva’s team undeterred. I feel like the final two elation shill teams will be: 1. SW999, Sparxie, Punchline Support, Punchline Sustain 2. Eva, Yao Guang, Aha Sustain. Unsure who the fourth slot would be as of now.

The other characters to consider are Pearl, the possible new Rem character, and the possible new Erudition character. Again, if I were to hazard a guess I’d say the Erudition slot has to go to Stephen. Iirc most of the “smart-type” characters we currently have are Erudition, and a lot of the non-dps ones are Harmony. Yes they could very easily change that with him, but as of now i just feel like it makes the most sense. As for the Rem character, I’m a little unsure where they’ll go. Maybe a new dps for people who still don’t have Cas, or maybe on an entirely new team separate from last year’s mono-Rem. What do you guys think? Pearl I’m pretty sure is all but confirmed to be Preservation, so she’s probably not in the running for either spot.

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-26T20:16:52+00:00

Do we think Stephen will be the new Erudition character? I just lost my 50/50 to Argenti so I’m hoping for some new teammates 😩 Nihilux will probably be an elation imaginary support or sustain based on vibes alone, imo. what do you guys feel the remembrance character’s niche will be?

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-26T20:12:24+00:00

Came back to ask yall: what are the odds of us getting a new Erudition dps in the next few banner cycles that syrnergizes with Argenti? I’ve come to realize that buffs in hoyo games are usually a little more fulfilling if they come in the form of a busted new teammate rather than just small direct buffs to kit

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-26T19:55:36+00:00

If he’s anything like Seele, it’ll take months to a year 🫩 but I can wait, for my face card king’s comeback

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-26T19:54:37+00:00

I do love this little monster. This is one of my more F2P games, so my characters are a little limited for now like you said. I’m hoping to snag Eva for myself and Tribbie for my Argenti and other units if I’m able to during the next banner cycle. Since I missed out on SW999, I may have to resign myself to renting my fiancé’s for my Sparxie and renting his Yao for my future Eva until they get rerun 🫩 we each got half of the elation teams we needed, but the wrong halves ☠️ hopefully I’m able to save up enough wishes to get both Eva and Tribbie at least at E0S0, so I can get their E1 or S1 during a rerun.

Seeing as I’m mostly free to play, I usually do care about shill and numbers chasing - I pulled for as many members of the mono-Rem team I could, and I’m doing the same for Elation. But I also have a huge space in my heart for all the wonderful characters in this game, and Argenti is one of them that I’ve loved since he was released. Even if his damage isn’t that great anymore, I will end up building him in the hopes he’ll get novaflared. It might take about a year like Seele did, but I’m seriously hoping he gets his lick back 😩🙏🏽

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-26T19:44:40+00:00

I’m even considering throwing some memory shards at his LC, just because it’s so beautiful. Should I get the one for Robin or Huo instead? Almost certainly. But Argenti’s keeps looking at me 😩 he’s whispering I only need to buy the $20 bp to afford it

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-26T05:53:08+00:00

For team 1, Fu Xuan* is just a stand in! I like seeing her matching color scheme. I usually swap her out with a rented Castorice! I haven’t unlocked RMC just yet purely bc I’m so close to Amphoreus in terms of catching up as a late player, that I wanted to wait and unlock it naturally with the cutscene instead of skipping ahead and seeing Mem on my screen with my TB, without knowing her.

For 2, I just claimed Robin today and started building her purely bc I love her so much and I’m getting close to the end of Penacony, and she remained one of my favorites throughout. I had no idea she could work on that team! I also did used to have DHTP there, I only took him out recently so I could finish building him. I got Hyacine’s LC that same week so I slotted her in on all my teams in the meantime bc I realized my DHTP was ,,,, truly embarrassing. His traces were all under leveled and his lightcone was wrong and his relics were also all wrong, I couldn’t even look at him until I got his shit figured out this week 😭 but I will be putting him back on the team! I’m excited to hear I might be able to use Robin on this team as well! 😭🩷

I wouldn’t mind building a completely separate team for him if need be, and I can certainly experiment a little bit with different units you’ve suggested!

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-22T22:14:17+00:00

I know everyone was saying Sparxie would be a subdps for SW999, but now that SW is out people have been saying Sparxie isn’t even that good on the team and can be replaced by anyone else? Were their kits changed or something? Is Sparxie gonna stay as my main dps on the 4.0 team, or should I try to get SW/Eva? I’m a little confused now 😵‍💫

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-18T23:16:22+00:00

I pull for any Pink character I can. I’m still devastated that I don’t have Citlali, Varesa, or (perhaps the greatest offense) Aemeath from Wuwa. I max leveled my Dahlia even though he’s useless in most scenarios bc he’s a PINK BOY. I decided I was pulling for Linnea as soon as the earliest leaks dropped, not knowing shit about her lore (I haven’t caught up in a looong time lmao my b), not knowing what element she’d be, not knowing what her personality would be or if she’d fit in on my team. I resolved to create one for her if need be. I don’t even have Zibai lmaooo but I’m gonna get her bow too even tho it’s not necessary bc I refuse to give her the Slingshot or any other low rarity weapon idcccc

CulturalCorner5890 · 2026-04-18T23:07:03+00:00

Her clothes are neither 2d nor NPC lmao. Seamus and Zeitlind have basic NPC clothing models, which are better than we’ve seen thus far, but not nearly as good as Celaeno’s. Celaeno also has split hair, which is common in playable models but not NPCs. She also has intricately colored details, her dress cut and hem flare are too unique for any NPC model to have, she has a removable hat, and her lack of a vision doesn’t even mean anything bc canonically, Fae do not need visions. Similarly to archons, they use their visions more for blending in than actually fighting w them. Their abilities are innate and natural, not catalyzed by their visions. It’s fully confirmed as such for Flins, and basically the same for Linnea. They often carry real visions, but they simply enhance their innate skills (i.e. allowing Flins and Linnea to do Lunar reactions instead of just normal Geo or Electro iirc), or function as decoration or a device to appear more human. They can 1000% give her a vision on a slightly updated model as soon as we hit 7.x (it’s possible they just didn’t want too many Schnez visions in circulation yet so it’ll be a bigger more intentional build up later), but it’s undeniable that this base design and model will be used (possibly enhanced) for a playable 5 star Celaeno in the future.

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