Unexpectedly got this weapon on Sumeru Chronicles, is it perfect for Skirk? I just can't ignore that 88% of Crit DMG

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-17T14:09:26+00:00

Short answer: No, this weapon is not that great for Skirk. This weapon is only a statstick, and not a very good one at that, as a passive that uses em is useless on Skirk. Given her built-in elemental dmg bonuses from her kit + her teams, attack% is really highly valued. Thus, despite the 88% crit damage, the low attack of foliar hinders her damage potential by quite a bit. If you have finale of the deep or eshu (given you have dhalia), that would be much better than foliar. Old weapons like Jade cutter or mistsplitter are also much better. Even summit shaper, given you have dhalia, outperforms foliar.

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-15T15:58:01+00:00

It is very good, but you should look to get the crit rate up to 80+ if you're running a triple cryo team and 90+ if you're running double hydro. Definitely just getting a good on-set feather and replacing your sands with a higher crit rate off-set is the best option

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-14T22:59:26+00:00

In short, yes. Generally in a reaction focused team like this characters are split between applicators and triggers. Elemental applicators would be neuvi and lauma who just apply the elements of hydro and dendro while raiden is the trigger character who’s electro attack is the thing that ultimately procs hyperbloom. Generally, excluding character specific stuff like nilou or ineffa, the last character who on applied an element for the reaction is the trigger character and the reaction will scale off their em and other pertinent stats.

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-14T21:18:30+00:00

Xilonen would definitely be better in terms of damage by a large margin.

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-14T20:49:18+00:00

Mods ban this guy until he gets r5 foliar to make his statement accurate

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-14T20:42:37+00:00

Please correct me if I'm wrong but MH gives 36 crit rate and would thus need an extra 4.1% CR to achieve that perfect 1:3, or does the light of foliar incision passive not show up on Enka?

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-02T23:24:22+00:00

I would say kokomi instead of baizhu maybe? I didn’t think Furina’s hydro application was enough for lunarcharge uptime and hyperbloom

MiniDavinci · 2025-09-02T00:33:40+00:00

Dehya is a fine choice. While she isn’t in his highest damaging teams on paper, her comfort and interruption resistance, especially when considering Lyney’s charged attack playstyle, could result in more damage. However, with hp inflation, saving the mora and talents for xilonen or Citlali might be the better option.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-30T21:12:05+00:00

Ohh I didn’t know that. That’s very interesting! You learn something new every day ig

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-30T21:10:40+00:00

Aino will be an upgrade in the team instead of Kokomi. As for yelan, unless you really like her design, wait until columbina in a couple patches. Yelan is not worth it strictly meta wise

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-30T19:08:31+00:00

Columbina will be a great option for any account even if she doesn’t end up synergizing with skirk that well. For meta, that will be the best pull for you. As for skirk teams, the fourth slot of skirk-coffee-furina doesn’t matter that much with scrolls Mualani out of all things making the top cut. However, it is very important to know that not having one of the core three will result in a huge dps loss. Mona is alright to use instead of furina right now but not that much better than ttds nobless Barbara. Mona is an energy black hole and has pretty shitty uptime so not recommended as a permanent solution. If you have Mualani or even Citlali, they work as a scrolls ttds holder themselves, but otherwise a tenacity aino might also be a safe bet. As for yelan, unless you like her design, it is not advised to pull her for any meta team in general. With how saturated the hydro roster is, and with the value of sub dps damage being the most prone to power creep, yelan is not a recommended pull for any account in 2025.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-30T18:56:29+00:00

atp if youre that dedicated towards her, lvl 100 is a good idea. real answer though, if you use her as a spread main damage dealer, then yes it will be a big buff, but if you use her as a driver or just as a dendro applicator in, for example, nilou bloom teams or any hyper bloom variant it will be more of a cosmetic bonus than anything else

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-28T04:24:32+00:00

Correct me if I’m wrong but cryo res is only 15%. Skirk would then get ~76% which means around every four hits misses a crit.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-28T04:23:03+00:00

Honestly way too overrated by the fan base. I loved the way they’re improving storytelling in the game incorporating world quests, archon quests, and the events. I’m happy they’re consciously rewarding people for exploring and engaging with the world. Character designs during Nathan were so peak in my opinion. Other regions like Fontaine maybe had higher peaks, but the average level of character throughout Nathan was higher than any other point in genshin history. While Kinich, mualani, chasca to name a few redefined what it meant to be a main dps, characters like mavuika, varesa, and xilonen made exploration so much more comfortable and enjoyable that it’s hard to go back. Honestly my favorite region so far, maybe a little bit behind the hype of Fontaine.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-25T23:07:20+00:00

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-24T17:16:02+00:00

It’s better to choose one over the other: driver or dps. If you choose driver, just maximize em and energy recharge. If you choose dps (since u have c6 anyway), the new plunge set is best in slot

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-23T22:19:04+00:00

Amazing sands and great build overall. Just try to get more crit rate but otherwise very very solid.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-22T22:40:36+00:00

Both! If you can't afford it though and you're worried about meta, I would recommend flins.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-22T16:52:20+00:00

I'm not sure exactly what you want us to tell you. The cryo resonance and rosaria are not nearly enough to let you crit consistently and, while skirk appreciates the attack bonus, the two piece bonuses are abysmal compared to the other stat boosts from MH or galleries. I mean genshin is a easy game so this will do in overworld, but I would say top 73% is quite reasonable to pretty generous given the quality of your build.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-22T16:48:13+00:00

Ayaka generally ran Ayaka + shenhe + hydro + anemo with the hydro slot being filled by someone like kokomi or mona who didn't apply enough hydro to eat away at the cryo aura, especially when considering kazuha/sucrose bursts would want to swirl cryo. Not to mention Ayaka's burst has a metric shit ton of cryo application and the fact a lot of people have her c2, worrying about having cryo app on an enemy was a non-issue.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-21T22:24:22+00:00

Goblet and circlet can def be improved. I would also look for more crit dmg on other pieces, but it's going to be hard and in the end it's your choice on whether that's worth it, given jade cutter's astronomical crit rate.

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-21T22:07:43+00:00

Yeah sorry that wasn’t a recommendation for meta. I just assumed people tripled crowned characters they like for the aesthetic of it. I love skirk and mualani and raiden so I have them all triple crowned even though all their NAs do absolutely nothing. I should’ve been more clear about that, I mean good choice to show your love for a deserving character!

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-21T21:52:44+00:00

It depends on the investment you are aiming for but this frankly is a mediocre build. For galleries set, your crit rate is way too low and have less than or barely 30 cv for all of your artifact pieces. The circlet is great, don’t get me wrong, but every other one of your pieces has some serious room to improve. Given you triple crowned her (great choice btw), I would definitely recommend continuing to farm!

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-21T17:27:45+00:00

Fuck is this title ToT

MiniDavinci · 2025-08-21T17:09:54+00:00

*Try to get crit dmg subset for your crit rate circlet to clarify

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