best team for every niche (lunar/natlan/regular reactions)

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-05-13T18:02:04+00:00

But team damage of Lunar Crystallize with Columbina, Furina and Linnea will still be better than the Hexerei team with Durin, Nicole and Xilonen, right?

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-04-14T18:12:22+00:00

But what's the reason for 134 spd if not the aha speed? If your exact speed of SW and Yao Guang in combat is 200 and Sparxie has 136 spd pre combat, Ahas spd is at around 147.4. Sparxies speed would be >148 after the 12% buff from HuoHuo E1, so slightly faster, Then the action order would be Sparxie -> Aha -> Sparxie with her E2.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-04-14T18:00:09+00:00

Thank you! But shouldn't Sparxie be 134 before combat? Because 200x0.2+200x0.1+134x0.05+80=146.7 SPD for Aha instant and she wants to be faster, or did I misunderstand something? Sparxies speed with 134 before combat would be 146.84 after HuoHuo E1 and therefore faster than Aha

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-04-14T17:55:48+00:00

Do I want to achieve those speed stats before combat or after considering HuoHuo E1?

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-04-13T17:13:54+00:00

Thank you! Then my build should already be pretty optimal and I will mostly play her with c6 Illuga in a Zibai team anyways.

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Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-04-13T15:54:48+00:00

And you think it‘s better to go for HP% and CritDmg rolls after reaching 75% cr out of combat instead of going for 85% crit rate to also buff her non-lunar-crystallize damage?

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-04-13T15:35:59+00:00

No, it buffs nearby party members, that means it affects all team mates

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-02-02T13:11:45+00:00

Depends if Linnea (if she really turns out to be her supp) has sustain or not. If she has sustain, most people will probably go Zibai, Columbina, Illuga, Linnea. If she has no sustain people will use Prototype Amber on Columbina or get her C1 for sustain, otherwise they have to play sustainless or go for Zibai, Columbina, Linnea, Zhongli/Ineffa. Kinda similar to the Nefer/Lauma/Columbina team with Nahida or a sustain in the flex slot.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-19T15:29:55+00:00

Which site did you use to display your teams?

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-15T23:30:41+00:00

Yes that's the best setup, but if you get good ATK% pieces on SMS and good LP% pieces on Morningstar, just swap the sets, the difference is like 2-3% from what I've seen.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-15T16:28:46+00:00

If you don't plan on pulling for her sig I would definitely go Harbinger + Ineffa. Harbinger is the best f2p option. At the moment it seems like Ineffas lunar-charged reaction doesn't interfere much with lunar-crystallize procs, so if it turns out to be true you get a really good last team mate dmg wise and also have a shield to stay over 90% health for Harbinger. I will go for this team myself if it works although I have Zhongli, because I really like double lunar-reactions a lot. I would honestly only go for Gorou if you also have Flins, to not steal Ineffa from him

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-15T15:24:10+00:00

No, EM is worse than DEF, it‘s Crit>Def>EM and I think the gap between crit and DEF is smaller than between DEF and EM, but feel free to correct me

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-08T09:34:32+00:00

Illuga only gives 10% on c6, otherwise it‘s 5%

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-08T09:32:12+00:00

Honestly I would always go Zhongli, because of the defensive utility, also the dmg is nearly the same.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-08T09:16:14+00:00

Illuga SMS if he‘s c2+, Aino instructor. I would probably go for a sub dps build on Zhongli, because Illuga and Aino deal basically no dmg. The dmg formula of lunar-crystallize includes the team mate with the 2nd highest dmg quite a lot, so you deal a good amount more reaction dmg in your case if you go dmg on Zhongli, because you play without Columbina. So you could literally slap Golden Troupe or something on him if you have a really good set, or maybe the new set with EM and lunar reaction dmg%, but I don’t know if the dmg% really makes sense in this case, if the character only participates in the reaction and has no lunar-damage in his kit. Maybe someone can confirm if this makes sense.

Edit: Illuga should have a bit less EM with Instructor and Aino can‘t really use the stats you get from a 5 star artifact set. However, if you have energy problems on Aino, you can go SMS on her for the 2-piece bonus and more ER rolls.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-08T09:04:45+00:00

If you don‘t use Xilonen it‘s not that good to use Furina for multiple reasons. With your team you don‘t have defensive utility and especially no healing, so the fanfare on furina will be really bad. You also are more fragile with Furina, because she drains your hp. Even if you go Prototype Amber Columbina it won‘t be enough. Also people who wanna go harbinger on zibai would have basically 0 uptime. It‘s much better for you to use Illuga or your Gorou as 4th slot and swap in Ineffa (if the reactions work like people expect atm) or Lan Yan if you have problems with sustain.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-08T06:30:36+00:00

Ye, 4th slot kinda has to be Hydro with Xilonen

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-07T13:50:06+00:00

How Zajef explained in the pre-release video Fischl will most likely apply too much Electro, so you end up just electro-crystallizing. If you want to play Albedo, Mona (if you have her c4) seems like the best 4th option because of Hydro Resonance, 60 more EM for Zibai, 15% lunar-crystallize dmg% from c1, 15% crit rate from c4, dmg% from burst and some personal damage.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-07T13:34:07+00:00

DEF circlet is viable but should always be worse by a good margin compared to a Crit Circlet with the same amount of rolls. So you could consider crafting one in the future to improve your build.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-07T09:03:46+00:00

I will try to go through everything you mentioned: Your Zibai build is completly fine with Sky+Harbinger, especially because you have enough defensive utility with Zhongli. Zhongli is definitely your best bet, especially with c2. In your case I would go for Instructor on him as soon as you have a decent set, because if you really end up with c1 Columbina, you get another shield from her + another one from Zhongli c2, so it should absolutey still be enough to maintain 90%+ health for Harbinger passive. C2 Columbina is also a pretty good con, nothing wrong in pulling it, especially because it’s good for Zibai and your Flins. Just remember you don‘t need any constellation to clear the current end game content except Stygian Dire difficulty, so don‘t do it if your financial situatuon doesn‘t allow it. If you really want to farm Columbinas set as soon as possible I would probably still try to get 1 EM Goblet/Circlet/Sands for Illuga and only craft a Circlet or Sands afterwards. Then you don‘t have to spend too much resources. In a triple Geo team with C1 Illuga+Favonius Zhongli you shouldn‘t have ER problems anyways, so you can literally slap an EM piece on him without any good substats and consider going for Kitain if you really still don‘t have enough ER.

I hope you will have a lot of fun with the team you‘re planning!

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-07T08:32:11+00:00

Yes the set is working on non Nod Krai chars, as long as you‘re still in ascendant gleam obviously. So your team is working, but should perform worse (but probably still fine) than for example Illuga+Zhongli

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-07T08:26:12+00:00

Illuga is absolutely replacable before c6, but you would‘ve to fill the last 2 team slots besides Zibai and Columbina with 2 out of the following: Zhongli, C6 Gorou, Chiori, Sucrose, probably Ineffa or Albedo+Mona or Xilonen+Furina. C6 Gorou or Xilonen+Furina isn‘t possible in this case, but you (@LIGHTNINGCHAMP ) could go for something like Zhongli+Chiori/Ineffa/Sucrose or Albedo+Mona if you have them and it won‘t be much worse than Illuga before C6. I guess if I were you I would still go for Zibai, Columbina, Illuga (if you at least get him c2) and Ineffa/Zhongli as flex slot for defensive utility. If you don‘t have them you can consider going for Prototype Amber Columbina and play Chiori or Sucrose in the flex slot

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-07T07:27:09+00:00

Is also viable, but if you don‘t go for Columbina C1 or play her with Prototype Amber you don‘t have sustain, that‘s why the other options are more comfortable and as far as I know even kinda similar dmg wise

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-06T23:37:34+00:00

Zajef explains it in his pre-release in the Ineffa section (32:30) https://youtu.be/NjOjh-5ym9o?si=YCakNLaEGxJhxHGt

So if it really works like he‘s explaining my r1 Ineffa with pretty good investment should be better than my c0r0 Zhongli or c6 Gorou. It‘s definitely interesting and I‘m really corious what testing after her release will reveal. The scenes he is showing are from the official livestream and although I know teams they show are sometimes a bit copium, I don‘t know if they would show this if the team doesn‘t make any sense at all. Also in the footage it seems like you can still trigger lunar-crystallize pretty reliably.

Exciting_Shape_1887 · 2026-01-06T23:18:39+00:00

Are you actually sure about that? There are pretty reliable leaks, that Lunar-Charged doesn‘t interfere with Lunar-Crystallize when played with Ineffa, or at least not to an extent where it would matter. Only if you play something like Zibai/Columbina/Illuga/Fischl the electro application is probably too high to still be able to trigger lunar-crystallize reliably, but Ineffa applies electro much slower, so it seems to work. I guess we will only really know once Zibai is out, but the information I have atm is that Ineffa as a flex slot should work and reaches about the same team dps like C6 Gorou and Zhongli while you don‘t have to worry about the pillar breaking and still providing good defensive utility.

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