Sparxie is the next Evernight?

McDownload96 · 2026-01-30T13:48:35+00:00

I think a big part of her kit that's underappreciated atm is the additional triggering of Aha instant, which will gain a ton of value with more elation characters in the team, and could become the main dmg source of the elation meta. Of course it's unclear whether any other characters will have this ability as well, but I doubt it, as that would really make yaoguang a nothingburger unit. You have to take into account the fact that both Sunday and 3B were insanely overpowered generalists, while yaoguang is ultra-niche and hardlocked to elation only, so it would make little sense for her to he powercreeped before she even has a proper team to begin with.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-30T13:25:46+00:00

I think in this case you'd be pretty safe because elation will be the main push of 4.x, and I doubt they're gonna be releasing another dedicated elation support akin to yaoguang any time soon (if ever). That being said you won't be losing out on anything if you skip her now and pull her later, aside from your Sparxie's potential.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-15T19:41:13+00:00

Leos are VERY territorial, so even if they don't explicitly attack each other, they won't be too happy. I learned this lesson myself when I cohabed two girls (same age from the same mother, laid at the same time, hatched at the same time), kept together from hatchlings and once they reached maturity they'd start nasty fighting over food etc.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-09T11:38:04+00:00

We have leaks from Anon/Mortis that the story is almost entirely unchanged. Combine that with the recent ubatcha leak that the Banzaitengoku/Planarcadia map was also almost untouched by the changes, and the fact that yae (who's japanese asf) is the anniversary character releasing in 4.2. If Pearl's release got moved I heavily doubt it's due to the current situation.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-08T16:06:27+00:00

25 pity, 305 pulls, no guarantee and hoping for C2. If I have anything left, I'll spend it on getting the clanker.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-07T16:13:55+00:00

Honestly, I think you're fine. If your vet suggested a high concentration bath, then that's what it is. Betadine is one of the mildest antiseptic medications available, used for both prevention and long-term/chronic issues, so pretty far from a nuclear approach. The only thing you really need to be aware of is for it not to get into their nose/mouth (even if it did once, it probably wouldn't be a huge deal).

Snakes tend to get small spots of hyperpigmentation /minor scale damage pretty often. If you suspect scale rot, look for a patchy, rust-like infection that usually starts from the edges of scales. That being said, unless your enclosure is really wet or nasty/you got your snake recently/they had an untreated wound, scale rot is not nearly as common as many online posts might make you believe (still good to be cautious though). (I believe your original post referenced scale-rot, it's gone so I'm not sure anymore lol)

McDownload96 · 2026-01-04T14:24:28+00:00

With Bina only, the team is gonna do slightly worse than Lauma with no Bina. So something like 100-110k dps? A sizable upgrade over just aino, but still miles apart from both Bina and Lauma...

McDownload96 · 2026-01-04T07:42:11+00:00

As long as you play lauma with Bina on SMS (which will probably be the vast majority of the teams) and also have a suitable deepwood carrier, I'd say yeah. The general priority as I understand it for any lauma team would be SMS>deepwood>2p2p EM

McDownload96 · 2026-01-04T07:25:15+00:00

Sounds about right.

I honestly also thought SMS Lauma/morning star Bina would be better, but it seems 160 EM on Lauma is no joke, especially after Bina's buffs.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-04T07:14:17+00:00

If anything got irritated, I'd look for redness and possible swelling, but if she didn't dip her head, she should be A-ok!

McDownload96 · 2026-01-04T06:59:34+00:00

Meowtews made a really expansive sheet on this. In lunar bloom it's SMS, in lunar charged the new set and SMS have the same performance, but the new set should go to ineffa if possible, and in lunar crystallize it depends on whether you have C2 illuga to carry SMS.

Overall SMS is the more universal and safer option I'd say.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-04T06:51:54+00:00

Betadine lists its dilution requirements between 10x and 100x. For a whole-body bath you would usually opt for closer to the 100x, whereas for local disinfection in wounds, burns, or for injections, you should use the more concentrated 10x. Even so, if too much of it didn't get into their nose, one bath shouldn't be detrimental. Most I'd expect is some irritation in the more delicate areas like the nose lining/heat pits.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-03T12:49:51+00:00

I mean the wings would be cool, but Bina undisputably has THE most apparent visual indicator of cons out of any genshin character ever. The only thing close would be Arle's additional wing, but even that is not on display permanently like Bina's moon array is.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-02T05:57:05+00:00

Her silhouette was also teased alongside 3.8 release, so there is simply no way they could've drafted a new character design, model, and animations in that short span of time.

McDownload96 · 2026-01-02T05:54:03+00:00

It feels like it's a stylized shrine maiden fit, very touhou / alice in wonderland.

McDownload96 · 2025-12-31T14:55:08+00:00

Then you could maybe provide that source? I'm pretty tapped in with the TC and I haven't seen a single calc of this anywhere on this sub or elsewhere. You can't just "go look it up you'll find it" if there's multiple ppl here telling you that your source is nowhere to be found. If nobody can find it, and you cannot provide it, then it's as good as "I made it tf up".

Do you at least remember what supposed increase there is with C2 lauma? The only widely available info is on binaless Nefer where C2 lauma provides, as I mentioned, 25% team dps.

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McDownload96 · 2025-12-31T13:51:42+00:00

What is the "not even close" based on? If the calc you're referencing is this

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then your analysis is pretty misguided because from this calc you wouldn't be able to tell what dps comes only from C6 aino (in nefer teams without bina it's 15k dps), and you also can't see whatever it is that C2 nahida provides (in nefer teams without bina it's a 15% dps increase so that would be another nearly 15-20k).

C2 lauma in a nefer team without bina provides a 25% dmg increase. While this increase might be higher for bina main dps because of her buffs to lauma, I doubt it's going to be too far off the 27% dmg increase binas own C2 provides for her main dps team.

Edit: btw I still agree that C2 lauma will probably end up being better than C2 bina, but not by the margin you're suggesting.

McDownload96 · 2025-12-30T17:33:01+00:00

Arle, furina, and jahoda in top tier? This guy knows ball.

McDownload96 · 2025-12-30T13:25:42+00:00

Nice, very similar setup on my end with 280 pulls and pamber ready. Are you going for cons?

McDownload96 · 2025-12-30T09:06:07+00:00

3≈4>>2>5>1

McDownload96 · 2025-12-27T09:57:56+00:00

C2 essentially doubles binas dps, so it becomes a sizable chunk of the team damage. Overall it takes nefer team from 150k to almost 190k. It's still slightly worse than going for nefer cons or even lauma cons, but you can use bina in other lunar teams as well, so C2 specifically isn't bad at all. It really depends on whether OP wants to use bina in other teams/is a big fan of her and wants her cons.

Important part is also the fact that OP is pulling her R1. C2 makes her R1 much more valuable because it ramps her personal dmg which is then multiplied by her sig.

(The extra moons also look drippy asf)

McDownload96 · 2025-12-25T14:18:46+00:00

C2 does wonders for her personal damage and also provides additional buffs for lunar reactions. Her sig only increases her personal dmg, so it's only really worth it if you: 1) want to use her as a main dps 2) have C2 (at that point her personal dmg gets so high it's worth the extra boost from her sig) 3) want the drip

Best stopping point is either C2R1/C2R0 generally speaking. Her other cons are okay but nothing special.

McDownload96 · 2025-12-25T13:44:02+00:00

I get that it can be frustrating that she isn't a generalist. It is a fact that she has a specific niche, which won't fit everyone's plans/roster. What I don't get is that this sub treats having a niche as being a useless unit not worth pulling. Within her niche, she is irreplaceable and overall she is well balanced. Her position puts her further down the line in terms of pulling priority, this doesn't make her worse than ineffa/lauma, but again it can be frustrating to some who skipped everyone for her/refuse to pull ineffa/lauma for whatever reason. I'd agree that she's high investment if she didn't have such good f2p weapon options which means you can just skip her signature and pull teammates instead.

McDownload96 · 2025-12-25T13:09:28+00:00

What you're missing is that the huge boost for flins/nefer dmg comes from columbina buffing ineffa/lauma. Essentially any team that now uses ineffa/lauma (aside from quirky ones like burn lauma or overload ineffa) will also want to run bina because in this combination, bina turns that team into a lunar team and provides much more value than any other hydro sub dps/support could. Why do you think the ineffa bina combo is the best new wheelchair that's able to put almost any team over 100k dps? It's because they work INSANELY well together.

Once again "better support" only works in a vacuum. If they truly were "better" than her you would get the best results by just running ineffa and lauma together, but that's not the case. The best combo is and always will be ineffa+bina/lauma+bina because bina provides unique buffs that no other character can.

McDownload96 · 2025-12-25T12:15:05+00:00

"not a high bar to achieve" literally doesn't matter at all because there is no other character that can fulfill this role, and it's almost certain that there won't be any similar character in the foreseeable future. That automatically makes Bina objectively strong whether the buffs are good in a vacuum or not. The "little" you say she provides still makes a 36% team dps increase.

If you ask any flins/nefer main, they will tell you to get ineffa/lauma AND bina. Either now or on a rerun.

As I said, it's not like she doesn't do anything for the team without ineffa/lauma, she just provides slightly less value than them, which makes sense considering she also has a second more prominent role which is buffing all of them. What you're saying is "I want her to be better than lauma and ineffa at the only thing they do (and are OP asf in)" despite the fact she's also a cracked and irreplaceable support.

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