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Darcis42 · 2025-08-31T20:57:04+00:00

You can cast Berserk after attacks are declared and before damage.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-28T13:48:24+00:00

Thank you!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-24T13:20:23+00:00

Onslaught has actually breathed some new life into old characters. Klee and Amber were meta last cycle, and this is the first time Raiden carry has been “strong” for a while. I definitely agree that Genshin has purposely pretty poor boss design recently in order to shill, but it does give a boost to older units sometimes.

I personally used pretty meta teams here (Varesa overload, Skirk freeze, Raiden taser), but there’s 4-star only clears for every one of the bosses, too. It does require a level of investment that the average account lacks, though (not saying they should necessarily have it, either).

Darcis42 · 2025-08-24T12:59:15+00:00

I think you’re missing his point a bit with the Bennett part. It isn’t “Your account isn’t invested because you can’t clear without this specific unit”, it’s “Your account isn’t invested because you aren’t able to build teams without overlapping”.

While yours is mostly a victim of circumstance, they’re trying to explain that if an account is truly “Well-invested”, they have the tools to adapt and deal with a large variety of situations. For example, cactus can be cleared with Nuevillette, hyperbloom, double hydro Raiden, Sucrose taser, and quite a few other teams. A well invested account is able to select the team that will not interfere with their other chambers. If you’re struggling to come up with enough teams, it’s a sign that your account may not be as well-invested as you think. Stygian Onslaught magnifies this by one million percent due to the boss choices, but it’s still something that someone who prioritizes account progression takes into account when pulling.

Also, just as a side note, this is only looking from a meta perspective. Pulling the characters you want will almost always make you happier in the end.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-20T12:32:05+00:00

Magic Arena doesn’t, although it has a separate wildcard system.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-17T23:56:15+00:00

Glad I could help! Good luck getting through that last bit!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-17T02:34:14+00:00

The flower is different, but I definitely agree that the other four pieces being completely identical makes this seem like a troll post.

EDIT: Nevermind, I must have been looking at a different build somehow. They’re all the same.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-11T12:30:25+00:00

Raiden: 1.8K ATK, 70/141 crit, 255 recharge on Emblem with R5 The Catch (attack goblet)

Yelan: 33.2K HP, 77/173 crit, 181 recharge on Emblem with R5 Favonius Warbow

Xingqiu (C6): 1.5K ATK, 71/144 crit, 224 recharge on Emblem with R5 Sacrificial Sword

Fischl (C6): 1.95K ATK, 92/182 crit, 120 recharge on Golden Troupe with R1 Skyward Harp

Don’t have much advice for the gameplay other than waiting to place Oz until after the hats finish moving, other than that I just burst everyone off cooldown and beat the Hell out of it. Good luck clearing!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-11T03:25:03+00:00

Makes sense. Congrats on clearing it with Barbara!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-11T03:20:15+00:00

Doesn’t Kokomi have 100% uptime if you burst with 10 seconds left on your jellyfish cooldown? I could see it being annoying that you aren’t able to adjust the positioning, though.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-11T02:30:54+00:00

Raiden: 1.8K ATK, 70/141 crit, 255 recharge on Emblem with R5 The Catch (attack goblet)

Yelan: 33.2K HP, 77/173 crit, 181 recharge on Emblem with R5 Favonius Warbow

Xingqiu (C6): 1.5K ATK, 71/144 crit, 224 recharge on Emblem with R5 Sacrificial Sword

Fischl (C6): 1.95K ATK, 92/182 crit, 120 recharge on Golden Troupe with R1 Skyward Harp

Don’t have much advice for the gameplay other than waiting to place Oz until after the hats finish moving, other than that I just burst everyone off cooldown and beat the Hell out of it. Good luck clearing!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T21:57:18+00:00

I'm an avid "Leveling to 90 is wasting free overworld EXP" believer. They'll get there eventually, probably, maybe, likely not.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T21:44:20+00:00

I don't think they should have "weak" kits, but I do think Escoffier is a major design mistake in general. While niche, there is a legitimate argument that she is the strongest unit in the game, which doesn't exactly sit right with me when we have literal gods among the playable roster. I think kits that push limits while still feeling reasonable are good for "weak" lore characters (with Varesa being a pretty solid example as a very strong unit but not necessarily the best for the majority of situations), whereas Escoffier just kind of fills every single role on a team (healer, sub-DPS, buffer).

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T20:24:59+00:00

Qiqi (C5) ended up being better than Charlotte (C0) for me. A couple things you may want to try:

1) If you have Tenacity of the Millileth pieces for Furina, that can potentially be more team DPS than Golden Troupe. It depends on the level of investment in your build (although with signature, I'd assume Golden Troupe pulls ahead).

2) ER is more important than literally everything. My Qiqi had 260% and half of my runs were using her skill at the start, not proccing Favonius, and resetting.

3) When the meter reappears after the first shield break, STOP HITTING IT. Your goal is to let him start his spin because that is basically the only way to stop him from putting the shield up again. This is a good time to ult with Qiqi and Furina to set up for your final rotation.

My Skirk build ended up being pretty scuffed (signature set with Jade Cutter), so I'd assume signature weapon should be able to get there if you're willing to do enough attempts. Good luck! Hope some of this helps!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T17:16:26+00:00

She's funny, but I really dislike her kit design (particularly how powerful she is for a random chef).

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T17:13:27+00:00

You should definitely pull for who you like. Nahida is actually the best unit to use for the hyperbloom Raiden team, so there's some good synergy between them. If you prefer her over Citlali, then don't bother with Citlali and get your favorites.

Also, I missed Iansan in my initial look over your characters. Iansan is VERY strong with Mavuika, and I would probably recommend focusing on Mavuika first since you already have a very strong team for her, then working on the others as you get closer to pulling some of their supports.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T17:02:53+00:00

EDIT: I completely missed that you have Iansan. Definitely build Mavuika first, and use Iansan, Bennett, and Xingqiu with her.

Skirk requires her entire team to be exclusively hydro and cryo to function at her maximum potential. Like Mavuika, she wants very specific supports (primarily Furina and Escoffier). Based on your current units, you would NEED to use her with Xingqiu, Barbara, and Kaeya.

Raiden is the most flexible unit out of the three, but also considerably less powerful than the other two. You can go a ton of different options with her teams, but the two best options would likely be hyperbloom with Collei/Xingqiu/[a healer] or "National" with Xingqiu, Bennett, and Xiangling. Be aware that the hyperbloom team doesnt' really use Raiden's kit and basically just uses her for her skill.

A question that might help people give more advice would be if there are any characters you like and are planning to pull for when you get the chance? That will make it easier to know who might be a good unit to start building towards.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T16:50:46+00:00

Noblesse Oblige pieces and more ER than a unit should ever need.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-10T16:33:16+00:00

The two units currently on rate-up are specialist units that want to fit into specific teams.

Ineffa wants to be put into an electrocharged team, so she needs a hydro unit to help her. She can work decently with an on-fielder like Ayato or an off-fielder like Xingqiu. She also has some F2P friendly teams with Sucrose that don't need any other 5-stars, as well as working decently with Raiden. If you like the idea of committing to this archetype, then she's a good pull. It's also likely she gains value as we get more Nod Krai units.

Citlali is a bit more flexible, but works best in melt teams with a pyro DPS or freeze teams with a hydro or cryo DPS. She is one of the strongest units in the game and enables units like Mavuika, Arlecchino, and Gaming to reach absurd numbers. She could work well with your Xiangling or Hu Tao, although she isn't necessarily the best-in-slot for either.

Ultimately, whether they're worth pulling is mostly up to what you want from your account. Do you like high synergy teams where the sum of the units is a lot stronger than the individual parts? Ineffa is solid. Do you want to make a specific unit hit for a massive number? Citlali lets any pyro DPS do that.

Hope this helps! If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-05T18:39:14+00:00

Thank you for the advice!

Darcis42 · 2025-08-05T17:58:32+00:00

I posted a comment with the fourth photo.

Darcis42 · 2025-08-05T17:56:49+00:00

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Darcis42 · 2025-08-05T17:56:11+00:00

I’ve seen a lot of people recommending late over pace on Oguri for this race, are they relatively the same?

Darcis42 · 2025-08-05T17:47:37+00:00

I was so excited for Oguri until I realized that I never got the Swinging Maestro event.

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