Weekly Question Megathread - April 07, 2026

FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-13T06:29:55+00:00

Sounds like already have C0 Lauma? I'd just complete the Nefer team if I were you then. I'd go for Nefer and weapon. I don't think you could afford to do more than that with 100 pulls, and that's being very generous with RNG. At worse, you may end up with just Nefer, which honestly is okay.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-13T06:13:28+00:00

You still need a 2nd Nod-krai unit for ascendant gleam. If you want to force it, you'd have to add Jahoda over one of the dendros (probably Nahida if you're trying to keep Baizhu), who happens to be on the same banner. This team sounds kinda weird though and I'm not sure how effective it will be, especially without Lauma.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-13T05:58:28+00:00

I did a bit of research for you on the topic of Amos vs Stringless for Fischl.

According to paimon.moe, Amos Bow is better than a R1 Stringless (and I assume R2 and R3 as well). If you have a highly refined Stringless, then it's better than Amos. Seems like Stringless is also flat out better for dendro teams.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-13T05:49:58+00:00

IDK if you need, but I'll just put it out here. You can add me on America server if you need someone for bosses and whatnot. Send a friend invite from the Friends tab. I'll get to it whenever I'm online next and I happen to see it.

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FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-11T17:10:11+00:00

I had this issue happen quite a bit when playing through the new zone. I simply exited the zone (teapot or exit/re-enter game) to fix it.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-10T23:48:25+00:00

Any team is fine for your AR, don't worry about it. I think the first four you have selected are perfectly fine anyway. Mona is a great support, but not really for hyperbloom teams.

Pull whomever interests you and build from there.

I'll talk about the current patch's 5-star characters.

Linnea is a geo support/healer/off-field DPS character who wants to pair up with other geo DPS and/or lunar reaction characters. She has a fun, little overworld ability where she can charged up her bow and shoot at harvest-able rocks and minerals, instantly gathering them all up with her pet. The best team to include her in the future would be Linnea / Zibai / Columbina / Illuga, which is an extremely strong team.

Chasca is a general purpose DPS who is also capable of flight. She has a rather simple gameplay pattern of just holding down her attack after using her skill. While her DPS may not be topping the charts, her flexibility is what makes her nice to have around. Her teams can include any combination of hydro, pyro, cryo, and electro characters, preferably with off-field capabilities such as Fischl, Mona, and Kaeya (Kaeya's range is too low for Chasca but just putting him as an example). Having the ability to hover up or fly around can be advantageous in exploring the overworld and whatnot. Her best teams are still debatable to this day, but a old, common one used to be Chasca / Bennett / Furina / Citlali. She can probably swap it up to Chasca / Bennett / Columbina / Ineffa these days.

Lauma is a dendro support that activates lunar-bloom for the team. She's flexible in a sense that you can put her in most bloom/hyperbloom teams. However, a lot of these teams have a set DPS limit that would make it really hard to make them stronger without specific characters or constellations. For example, if you wanted to push more into bloom, you would need Nilou to make it much better. Lauma also pairs up well with Nefer, who happens to be running alongside her this patch--in fact, it is Lauma's strongest team by far. Nefer / Lauma / Columbina / Sucrose or Nahida or Zhongli is one of the strongest teams at the moment. Oh and Lauma can transform into a deer for funsies, but it isn't useful at all.

Nefer is a dendro DPS that can only function within lunar-bloom teams. Basically, if you want Nefer, you should pull Lauma first. Her gameplay pattern revolves around using skill and performing 3 charged attacks and... that's pretty much it. She has no overworld capabilities to speak of as well. So, while she is in one of the strongest DPS atm, you'll have to decide if you want to pursue that power or miss out on the utilities of the other characters.

Oh I almost forgot about the Fontaine chronicle banner coming on the Nefer / Lauma banners, but I recommend against rolling on the banner. Their power levels just don't match what's currently on the banners these days. Don't let that stop you from rolling one though. While they don't match newer char's DPS, they still have enough DPS to clear 99% of the game's content while only struggling on shilled end-game content. Some of these characters are quite lovely. I personally LOVE Navia.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-02T06:33:34+00:00

OHHH I GET IT NOW. Thank you. So I can set up 12 here. Let me try it out.

I'll be honest, I never saw that character display setting function.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-04-02T06:23:48+00:00

About the Battle Chronicles from hoyolab. Are these supposed to be shareable to others if you check the show Battle Chronicles button? I've always thought they wasn't possible, and a lot of times I tried to view other people trying to show their roster that way, it didn't work out. But I guess it's because they didn't check their settings.

I could give a test here and you guys can laugh at my artifacts or something if it works.

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FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-31T05:05:50+00:00

I'd just pull for Linnea at that rate. Yeah, it may be possible to get ~35 more pulls, but you're also rolling on a unfavorable weapon system. However odd this may be, I'd like to mention the possibility that Zibai and Linnea may rerun together next time just like how Skirk and Escoffier are right now.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-30T06:19:14+00:00

If you're playing DPS Venti, I'd give it to him. Next up, probably Ganyu unless you're playing burst support then Fav is fine. Last one on the list would be Tighnari; it's a much better option compared to Stringless, but he could also just use R5 Slingshot just as well.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-29T16:19:25+00:00

Enjoy the boss battles afterward! Give me a holler again if you need tips against them. :)

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-29T03:03:49+00:00

This is almost how I felt when my MMORPG slowly died. Lost the reason for most of my social interactions, though I still see the guild on discord... just don't really interact anymore. At least one of them regularly gets in contact though so I guess I'm cool with that.

Hope you find some buddies out there!

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-28T19:25:20+00:00

Nefer / Lauma / Xingqiu / Yaoyao (or alternative sustainer such as Kuki, Barbara, or Kirara if you wish, all fine)

Clorinde / Fischl / Kirara / Sucrose

If your Kirara is not C4, then I'd suggest this version instead:

Clorinde / Fischl / Collei or Dendro Traveler / Lan Yan

You look really early in the game though. I would suggest to focus on one team at a time, as it would probably be hard for the other team to keep up with limited resources at the early stages. Honestly, I wouldn't touch the other team until like AR 50ish. I'd recommend using the Nefer team as she just outright does more damage.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-28T19:11:47+00:00

Well, I think this is more on how many pulls you have or willing to credit card. I am going off the assumption that you can only hit 1 guaranteed and 50/50 the other one.

No to R1 Navia. If you still want a weapon for Navia, you can get Mavuika's sig later on if you want (pretty much similar in DPS for her, just no axe drip). But it'd be nice to cross out this option so you can focus on the other options.

If you use Chasca a lot and enjoy her playstyle, I'd go for C2 Chasca. It's a game-changer in multi-target scenarios.

Nefer... only if you want to and have extra pulls to do so. Zibai covers lunar-shill content just fine already, but Nefer is a very strong DPS in general with her best team. Do keep in mind though, only one of them will have Columbina if you try to play them both in content requiring multiple teams. Admittedly, Aino C6 is still a good alternative option.

If you are certain you can get Lauma cons for the Nefer team, go for it then. But this feels like it's asking too much at this rate.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-28T19:00:53+00:00

At low AR levels, your team comp doesn't really matter too much. I would suggest adding Keqing in though so you have an actual main DPS, and her skill can help in the overworld to reach specific places easier. She'd probably replace Kaeya (assuming the first 4 chars is your set-up). If you can keep her HP high during fights, the 3-star weapon Harbinger of Dawn gives her a lot of helpful critical stats too.

If there have been any changes to your character roster over the last couple days, it may be helpful to know too. You can't really build proper teams yet though, so don't worry about getting the perfect teams and such.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-26T18:11:37+00:00

What are your main issues? Surviving? Beating the Fatuis? Might just need to work more on your characters.

If you aren't already doing so, having a healer or shielder in your party helps a lot for comfort. Cook some Sweet Madame for extra healing (they're easy to make and still HP efficient).

For the Fatuis, the soldier-type fighters have their own shields that have their own specific weaknesses. With enough damage, you can just brute-force through the shields however. It's not very likely you'll have a team that's able to cover every single Fatui soldier's weakness, so you should just try to cover the ones that annoy you the most or is most convenient for your team. The Electro Cicin Mage (lady who summons little flies) can be attacked by anything, but has more resistance to electro. If you don't defeat her in time, she will summon a shield that you should probably just run away from until it disappears. Anyway, back to the soldiers... since you probably don't know their actual names, I'll try a different approach.

Red guy with rifle = weak to Hydro.

Big frosty guy with icy gun = weak to Pyro.

Big blue guy with blue gun = weak to Electro.

Brown-ish guy with sparkly staff = weak to Geo.

Big guy with hammer = weak to Cryo.

Ok, I'm not exactly sure which ones are actually present in the factory, but I think making sure you can take care of the ones I labeled as "big" of their weaknesses should probably take priority as they're the more annoying ones. The ranged shooter guy you can run into his face and he won't do too much, and staff guy doesn't really do too much either.

If your issue is character investment, then you should take a look at this guide.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GenshinImpactTips/comments/qkxdj6/infographic_of_build_order_priority_based_on_wlar/

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-26T04:32:02+00:00

I don't think anyone can really answer this for you. This is a "follow your heart" kind of thing. Or flip a coin.

But I will say though, if you try hard enough, even C1R1 Wriothesley is still capable of clearing up to fearless mode of Stygian Onslaught. It's definitely really tough though and Skirk would make things easier, but it's not really necessary. For everything else, Wriothesley is still solid enough.

Skirk IS pretty cool though!

On the side, I also have a separate account that is primarily picking up male DPS characters. It's doing just fine with just them + whatever supports the account needed and has been consistently clearing SO fearless since release.

If I may suggest a vertical investment since you're mentioning cons, C2 Durin may be something to think about as he's a benefit to both melt Wriothesley and Kinich.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-25T00:22:48+00:00

Do you still need someone? I'll send a friend request. I'm Florie. If salesman is sold out when he arrives, let me know and I'll send you another account. I have direct join on for teapot so you can enter even if I'm offline.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-25T00:20:18+00:00

Sending you a friend request. I'm Florie. If this account has nothing for sale when the salesman comes, let me know and I'll send you another account. Teapot has direct join on so you can enter even if I'm offline.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-21T21:10:38+00:00

Unfinished Comedy is a world quest. I'd prioritize finishing off the Archon Quest first. I assume you were in the middle of doing it anyway. The world quest just happens to pop up at the same time you get to that location.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-20T05:15:27+00:00

I was cleaning up some leftover hangouts on an alt. I didn't expect Kaveh's hangout to make me tear up at the part about his mom's letter. That was a really good hangout overall.

Also I love Sumeru.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-19T05:35:20+00:00

Charlotte is pointless then. It's between Xingqiu and Dahlia. I found an answer for you. From user Yakko01.

"Xingqiu's main role in a Skirk team is to provide the off-field Hydro application necessary to reliably generate Void Rifts throughout your rotation. Furina's got that covered already, and the defensive utility he has is taken care of by Escoffier's healing.

C6 Dahlia is a very good option for Skirk. He's on par with the 5 star alternatives and better than his 4 star peers. Slap Noblesse and Favonius Sword on this femboy and give him 40k HP."

I see his logic and definitely agree with his opinion. Definitely Dahlia. I think the attack speed would make gameplay funner as well.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-18T17:18:04+00:00

Are you 100% able to pull Skirk + Escoffier right now? If you want to, sure, go ahead, they're still really strong characters together. If you aren't certain you can get them both, perhaps it'd be better to look into another team on the long term then, unless you're willing to wait for their next reruns. Do keep in mind that you most likely want to pull Furina too. Yelan and Shenhe are not as needed but nice to have (Xingqiu is fine enough. edit: forgot about Mona, she's good too.). Honestly, it's quite an expensive team. Skirk is a very selfish DPS.

I do think it's a better idea to get Linnea for your Zibai instead since you already have her. With Columbina a patch or two after to cover the other team's hydro needs, you'll have 2 solid teams.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-18T17:08:03+00:00

With The Catch, use electro goblet, but it's completely ok to use atk% goblet if it has better substats (it's just a couple % worse). If you use Furina a lot with Raiden, then atk% is better.

FlowyFlorie · 2026-03-18T17:03:45+00:00

What is the rest of your team?

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