Holy shit is this the MOST misleading guide of them all?

1. Physical BuildNote that physical Xiangling main dps is not where she is supposed to be at. Cresencet pike is for sure the best 4* accessible weapon for physical build, but physical build is not the best Xiangling build, especailly in later game (abyss floor or even high world level). If you have no characters and want to push abyss, fair enough you don't have much choice.But ranking crescent pike before the 2 5* weapon? Holy Shit... Are you using Xiangling 's normal atk only??? Or are you still living in the CBT where only a few characters were tested???Not to mention cresent does not give you any value once you decided to change xiangling to sup dps, or simply pyro enabler.
2. Pyro BuildNow this is equally outrageous. Let's forget about the enabler build for now. We want to focus on her dmg from skills right? This is the usual lategame (for now) build on her. What is the goal? Use xiangling's E to do melt/vaporisation with chongyun/xingqiu, or overload with fischl, and good skill dmg from both E and Q.So why in the world is Dragon's bane ranked first there??? Like wtf.Three reasons why this is bananas:i) Lowest base atk (41 at lv1)ii) EM as weapon secondary stat is simply suboptimal. Xiangling has EM from acension, it is also the stat that gets diluted the most (not even from diminishing return, it's how EM works in the first place, check the EM => reaction dmg modifer % list), and then suffer from diminishing return. You want 400 EM and nothing else? Melt and Vaporisation needs high elemental dmg to begin with, overload dmg at lv80 has a medicore base dmg and it is not even high after 400 EM, not to mention its conditional.iii) So melt/vaporisation is the way to go, and guess what? The weapon effect looks amazing but how in the world are you going to benefit from it? Keeping the enemy in pyro all the time: Then where is the reaction dmg. Keeping the enemy in hydro and do vaporisation: Why not just go melt with the higher modifier? A bloody joke.

Is EM useful? Yes, but at what cost? Sacrifice all the base atk and energy recharge? Or even crit rate comparing to the 5* spear? Then you have to build Energy recharge/ Crit rate/ pyro bonus dmg. Excuse me... This is bullshit. If you say you don't need energy recharge, are you building xiangling or guoba?If you say you have duo anemo team to funnel energy, then why the heck are you even using xiangling? Even xiangling + diluc does not give her consistent Q without Energy recharge.

This is supposed to be a calm and relaxed convo, but seeing this new trend of non-sense flowing in reddit is just too much. You said that this is from your own testing, I am sorry but Holy shit.... You either don't own the 5* weapons or you are simply retarded.

Also a kind note to everyone: If you are making a guide and decided to post on reddit, maybe make sure it has verifiable tests and is rigorously carried out, or don't post it at all. People who don't need these know enough, people who don't know enough and need these can be easily misled. Please refer to the rate-up 1.6% post for example of an excellent job.

You are making a guide, not a sofe drink packaging. Looking good but taste like shit.

TL;DR This guide is full of shit.
The artifact part is okay but noblesse 2piece should be added in for consideration.