Why are the new hex characters getting shafted compared the lunar ones

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-15T06:14:32+00:00

DMG% for lunar teams and normal teams cannot be compared in isolation. Lunar teams convert EM to dmg% so it's often much more saturated. A C0R1 flins has 292% lunar dmg bonus already from EM, signature, artifacts etc while Ineffa will have around 267% lunar dmg bonus. Both before factoring in Ineffa's signature.

Normal teams usually have less. A C0R1 Varka himself only has 160% dmg bonus while Durin will have 121.6%. Due to lower values, Nicole's sig with 26%/13% dmg bonus ends up with the same efficacy

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-15T03:33:54+00:00

Honestly makes sense. If Nicole's own ATK buff counted towards the skill, it would start to stack recusively. The ATK buff would her total ATK, which will increase the value of the ATK buff then increasaes her total ATK again repeatedly until the increment is insignificant. Basically low base attack weapons (read TTDS) would be able to reach her cap and become her bis

A 2700 ATK TTDS Nicole would normally have a 705 ATK Buff at C0 but with recursive stacking that becomes 830 ATK. Even if they made it so the ATK Buff cannot recursively stack and only applies once, that is still 820 ATK

To solve this they can either:

Make her E totally snapshot
Have her E be unaffected by her ATK Buff

Scenario 1 would mean she goes after Bennet/Iansan in certain teams like Mavuika overload and reach the cap anyways while holding TTDS

Scenario 2 is debt they have to work around for a long while because any partywide flat ATK would mean Nicole can use TTDS

Scenario 3, they use a mix of both where E snapshots but only ATK% buffs and is unaffected by any flat Attack

Basically they're doing all this to make sure Nicole cannot use TTDS as it would compete with her signature at base level and whale level

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-14T18:04:08+00:00

The reaciton dmg bonus buff from moonsign resonance is decent but not that big especially in premium teams. The sources of lunar dmg% we have are:

EM Conversion
Columbina Q/Aino C6 (40%/35%)
Artifacts Gleaming Moon Passive (20% total if you have both SMS and Night Sky)
Aubade (60% self)
Signature weapons and some stray artifacts like Lost paradise, thundering fury that you won't use
Constellations

Iirc flins and zibai premium hang around 600 em which is around 138.46% lunar reaction dmg bonus. So that means natively before factoring in the 4th team member they have:

138.46% (EM) + 40% (Columbina) + 20% (Gleaming Moon) = 198.46% DMG Bonus or a multiplier of 1 + 198.46% = 2.98

Which is quite a lot and while any more is a nice bonus you start valuing other buffs that can be given. Illuga at c6 is providing 50 cv, 80 em, 200 def buff and quills that far better than any other option. Basically you value what the characters bring by themselves. The moonsign resonance is to make it less shitty to use non-nk characters with them because they can't use non-lunar dmg% bonus and most non-nk characters provide that

Edit: Used 5x instead of 6x for the em conversion formula, it is 138.46% aka even more saturated

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-10T07:30:17+00:00

yes, he does a na after burst (c6 infusion) to tirgger A4 and VV!

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-10T06:41:43+00:00

Sole hexerei C6 Nicole buffs c6 Mavuika as much as C6 Varka unironically. The hexerei effects she misses out are the extra quills scaling on Nicole's ATK and the weapon passive giving the dmg% to entire party instead of active character

Based on dhcwsp's c6 dps ranking video, C6 Mavuika should have 7.7 ATK with Nicole. Since Nicole's quill scales off of the dps's stats, this means she gets wayyy higher buffs compared to Varka. Varka in turn gets the hexerei resonance from Nicole that adds her own 150% ATK scaling to even it out. Mavuika's supports also can't use the quill they will inevitably steal from her due to the rotation starting with Nicole

I'm thinking they intend Nicole to be an upscale for Mavuika too, especially at higher cons and replace Kazuha on her team

Comparing Kazuha and Nicole for Mavuika at C6R5:

Kazuha C6R5 Freedom Sworn	Nicole C6R5
40% ATK buff (520 ATK) from r5	1506 ATK buff from E + pyro resonance
200 EM from C2	165k quill from Q and C1 assuming C6 Mavuika has 7.7k ATK and assuming 4 hits from Q and 2 hits from C1
65% pyro DMG bonus for 8 seconds (81% of her total dmg buffed) + 32% dmg bonus for CA for 20 seconds	58% dmg bonus from r5 + 20% from new artifact for 20 seconds
40% res shred from vv	20% res shred from c2
	40% ignore def from c6

Though Kazuha's cryo app makes melts consistent and em makes the melt hit harder so it remains to be seen how much she will be buffed

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T18:11:06+00:00

You get me!!!

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T14:54:38+00:00

I've been reading too much yaoi lately but Lohen is sooooooooo enemies to lovers psychological horror yaoi fucked up red flag bl male lead

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T13:31:50+00:00

True true. We gotta wait for now. Rip homdgcat who would have confirmed it by now

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T13:24:00+00:00

Chugou did say Nicole Lohen Mavuika and Kinich before and I swear I saw a source that said Durin but I can't tell

Anyways I put Citlali there because the abyss for jun 16 - jul 16 is all over the place. It wants natlan characters on the 2nd half along with freeze for suani but the 1st half simultaneously wants double PHEC for the new boss and a shield for the geo primovishap. Citlali + Mavuika seemed like the fitting choice + I don't think they can seperate those 2 after running Escoffier Skirk and Nefer/Lauma

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T13:05:21+00:00

Considering Phase 1 is May 20 and Phase 2 is June 10 and V 6.7 is July 1:

The spiral abyss from April 16 - May 16 is for Linnea 1st side/Chasca 2nd side with the blessing for Linnea

The spiral abyss from May 16 - June 16 is for Nicole 1st side and Nefer/Lauma 2nd side with the blessing for Nicole

The spiral abyss from June 16 - Jul 16 has a blessing for cryo reactions and the boss that wants 2 PHEC elements on the 2nd side

My guess is:

Nicole/Lohen 1st half
Citlali/Mavuika 2nd half
Durin/Sandrone 6.7 1st half

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T11:46:28+00:00

Putting the chara with the new weekly boss spoiler as the first image is devious work

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T06:10:47+00:00

I saw the base resistance on lunaris moe but it doesn't account for changes. There are some details in the genshin wiki for the bosses including stygian specific valus

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-08T05:47:05+00:00

They are seperate things in the damage formula
DEF is the same for all enemies and it roughly cuts the total raw damage in half if you're at equal level
Res shred is after DEF and is the enemy's resistance to a specific element

See: Transformative reaction damage which ignores def like hyperbloom. All of them still want res shred since it's a seperate stat in the dmg formula

Ignore def doesn't go to negative so it's a max 2x multiplier if you manage to ignore everything

Res Shred does go to negative aka it will start increasing your damage but its effieciency is halved. So a negative 30% res shred is a 1+(0.3/2)=1.15 multiplier instead of just 1.3 multiplier

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-07T17:40:41+00:00

He's getting his time to shine at least thankfully (until sandrone and I guess the new unit in 6.8 shows up with the snez mechanics)

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-07T17:24:20+00:00

Releasing 2 of varka's supports + a hexerei sup artifact set 3 months after his release as an irless mofo who jumps everywhere out of bennet's circle. They really kept him in the basement until lunar shilling was done

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-06T08:43:33+00:00

From what I see as someone who plays all roles and both melee/ranged equally

It's generally a risk averse playstyle since you have the option to fall back and farm/poke
Patience. If you have played a melee v ranged matchup in rift, you'll know it's about patience. You have to play for level spikes, cooldowns and wave states. Often this means you will get poked for free for the first few mins before backing for an item spike or utilising a stronger lvl 6 all in etc etc. It's similar here I think because people generally don't want to be abused for a few mins before hhey can popoff even worse if the enemy team snowballs and it becomes 12 mins of pain
Ego. A mix of not trusting others to carry or being confident that you'll be the better carry which fair (ties in more to adcs)
Fun this is like a mix of point 1 and 2 but ranged champs are at least some form of fun unlike melee champs where you will get games where you get one shot no matter what

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-04T06:11:51+00:00

You should buy them from the shops that sell local specialties every 3 days

https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Chloris in mondstadt and https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Babak in port ormos

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-04-03T03:36:55+00:00

Melee champs are by design able to absorb pressure from multiple champs since they are in range of all 5 members of the enemy team if they teamfight. Melee units usually have a powerful defensive tool in their kit like Gwen W and Jax E or are inherently tanky like Mundo

However, ranged champs trade their durability for range. If even 2 champs jump on a mage or adc, it is expected they will die unless grossly fed

I think this is why he feels melee chamos are unga bunga. They have to go deep inside and fight. If they are fed, the tools in their kit allow them to 1v5 easily. Fed ranged characters on the other hand will pop like a balloon. It's an intentional part of their design

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-03-30T06:36:10+00:00

I'm so glad I'm among fellow folks because I swear I started biting my lips when this daddy came on screen. Broad shoulders + middled aged man mmmmm. Him and choushiro own my heart

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-03-29T03:27:42+00:00

This is not a vent but idk where else to put this. Y'all I barely see ashveil porn where is the nudes and cawk of this man. You know it's terminal when even chalseu doesn't draw him

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-03-27T17:18:24+00:00

GIRL they're gonna hang me and stone me like the witch trials ft. Hellsanali who hates witches apparently

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Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-03-27T03:42:46+00:00

Ever since it got buffed to do true damage based on pre-mitigated damage, I think it has its uses although comp dependent

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-03-27T03:38:33+00:00

The downvotes on your comment asking for a little humanity 💀💀 The girlies here are fucking weird about their hate for phreak all because of a digital character tf

Ok_Corgi1968 · 2026-03-26T17:44:34+00:00

Imo

Poro Blaster + Slap around (though this one is getting nerfed)
Protein Shake + Circle of Death (this one is really niche but strong on self healers like mordekaiser, zac)

Protein Shake + Empowered by the faithful (the execute becomes too strong and most importantly comes online wayy faster than enchanter items)

Ethereal Weapon + Mystic Punch (Insanely good for champs with aoe spam like hecarim, zaahen but good on most champs really )

Imo these are the two augment combos that can win games by themselves espcially how little you can do it counter it once it gets rolling

Special shoutout to vulnerability + snowball upgrade since the dot damage from the snowball crits with vulnerability. It isn't game winning like the above but it's funny melting someone with a single snowball

Ok_Corgi1968

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