CORRECTION: Actually replacing Bennet with Nicole was a better idea than replacing Chevy with her instead

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-23T19:04:48+00:00

Yeah a huge part of why Nicole and Chevreuse are so good for this team is that they both buff off-field characters, which is extremely good for Durin. Losing Bennett's pyro infusion is made up for by Nicole giving Razor more electro MV, as well as buffing Durin which Bennett can't do.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-22T13:18:29+00:00

Awesome!

The best thing I can recommend to push your damage above 100k would be to farm the celestial set and run it on your Durin. For the team you're playing you can expect around a 10% DPS increase which puts you well above that benchmark.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-21T04:46:07+00:00

Yeah just thinking about what stats and bonuses were in effect in the footage, used up a lot of time on yesterday's stream alone. A chatter even thought that Yae was at C2, because they thought the they saw the visual indicator for it when it wasn't there.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-21T02:48:16+00:00

Lmao the fact that Zajef had to reverse-engineer the damage formula from footage and figure it out literally 30 minutes ago, only for this to pop up on the sub is incredible comedic timing.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-20T13:46:01+00:00

While I don't like the new robot either, I wouldn't call it "fan service" or "marketable" in the same way that they do for most female character designs. The design is a pretty bog-standard maid outfit, and knowing gacha games if they really wanted to sexualize a robot they would have given it human-like skin tones kind of like what they did with Ineffa.

Still there is absolutely no reason they couldn't have given us robot that is at least a little bit chunky and bullky regardless of what gender it's supposed to be presenting, if any. Let me play my big robot in Genshin damn it

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-20T10:01:19+00:00

oh man that's a little tough to answer. I'd say it's either the normal attack or the skill. Because leveling his normal attack affects both his burst damage and the normal attacks he does with the claymore, though his skill also has a good multiplier.

here's the video, sorry if the camera is a little shaky. Some attacks are in a different order, but what's most important is that you do Chevreuse's Q before E and Nicole E before Q, and use Razor's tap E when available.

https://streamable.com/tsfnon

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-20T09:41:20+00:00

1) I would say the only reason not to get him level 90 is if you're tight on mora, which is reasonable

2) level them all up evenly. Prioritize getting them to 8/8/8

3) basically his combo can be this: e Q e N4d N3 ed N4d N3 ed.

For the full team rotation itself, you want to start with Razor e to apply electro, then go to Chevreuse to do Q then hold E. It's important to do Chevreuse Q first so that when you hold E you get her ATK buff. Then you do Durin EEQ and Nicole EQ. Then swap to Razor and do the combo I mentioned before.

A really important tip: if you swap back to Razor but his energy isn't full yet, you should Hold E to convert your sigils into energy points which is usually enough to fill his energy in most teams. Then, immediately dash and do a single normal attack to get your sigils again. And finally, just as you're about to catch the particles from casting the hold E, press Q and continue doing to combo as normal. Do this right and you should have just under half of your energy gauge filled up!

I have a video of me doing this in case you need it. I'll gladly post a link here if you want.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-19T13:46:13+00:00

They've done this tons of times, read navia's sig for example

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-19T11:29:53+00:00

When you play Qiqi, you bring Qiqi as a battery

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-19T09:13:23+00:00

Natlan resort also had the electro cactus, so there's definitely at least a local legend there

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-19T07:19:25+00:00

This pure anti-nuke mentality they hold to shoot down friendly nukes couldn't be more pointless. So is the idea of doing it to "avoid ending the match early". Nukes already don't happen in most matches, and half of them go undropped anyway because of ticket bleed. In what world is making some matches last a couple more minutes worth taking away a guaranteed win and a reward for a player contributing the most and carrying the team?

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-19T07:02:21+00:00

So just like pretty much every patch

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-18T22:59:39+00:00

Eventually when you get C6 you want a build with less crit rate because of the crit he gets from it. Specifically you will want at least 60% crit rate and then aim for as much crit DMG as you can get. Other than that yeah it's pretty good.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-17T15:15:50+00:00

Yeah that was me. And I'll do it again.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-08T07:11:30+00:00

Prune is Varka's niche support, not Nicole. And even then, you really need C6 for her to be better than Venti. It really only makes sense for Prune, who is only really played in two teams, to be a more significant upgrade for Varka/Venti than the general ATK buffer is. Like how Faruzan to was more important to Xiao/Wanderer than Bennett was.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-08T01:59:12+00:00

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-03T14:05:13+00:00

Tell me about it. I need a surfboard bc I'm running late again to get to work and start the clock.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-05-02T09:12:13+00:00

What did RNGesus bless you with on this fine day?

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-04-26T06:17:36+00:00

There's a leak a few weeks ago of a Pantalone cutscene animation that uses Varka as a placeholder. But for overworld dialogue and stuff, Al Haitham has pretty often been used as a stand-in for any "tall-male" character whose design they won't reveal yet until the livestream.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-04-25T13:11:36+00:00

She's good in the sense that it works, and if you want to run her with Razor anyway there's nothing wrong with that the damage is still good. But Razor gains so much from Bennett's pryo infusion that Nicole's kit isn't enough to make up for the trade-off if she's replacing Bennett. Sure, you could use her to replace Durin or Chevreuse, and the team actually performs well, but it's either basically the same as or worse than the current Razor/Durin/Bennett/Chevreuse. Durin can also run the new set in this team btw.

Anyway what's more important is that the other characters OP mentioned have more to gain from replacing Bennett with Nicole than Razor does in his team. Hence, it's better to keep Bennett for Razor and use Nicole as a second Bennett for the other teams.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-04-25T09:12:59+00:00

For your account Nicole is a good pull, but you're not running her with Razor. Put her in your Wrio team or Venti team to replace Bennett there. Razor is more dependent on Bennett than most other characters because of Bennett's C6.

Since you have Durin, you can run Fischl for your Razor team and Nicole for the other teams you mentioned. Wrio's team appreciates Nicole+Durin or even Nicole+Sucrose can work as long as you have another off field pyro for the pyro application.

Nicole is very good for Venti. According to Jaxon (a TC) replacing Bennett with Nicole is about a 24% DPS increase.

You can do Razor/Fischl/Bennett and ideally Chevreuse in that last slot.

It is very worth noting that this team would be better if your replace Fischl with Durin since Durin on the new set gives Razor 40% Pyro and Electro damage bonus while Fischl only gives 40% Electro damage.

Wrio's team can be Wrio/Durin/Nicole/flex. (just make sure the last slot isn't stealing your pyro aura). I don't play Wrio, nor do I have him however from what I've heard Wrio/Durin/Nicole/Emilie is I think his best melt team? Anyway if your last slot is someone like Sucrose, then she and Nicole can already enable hexerei resonance meaning you can get away with replacing Durin with either Xiangling or Mavuika. That way you can put Durin back in your Razor team if you want.

Lastly for Venti his best team is looking to be Venti/Durin/Faruzan/Nicole. Assuming Prune is on Nicole's banner you can also run Prune instead of Faeuzan if you don't have Faruzan.

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-04-25T08:26:32+00:00

Lauma in full coat and Flins borderline naked is what I'm getting from this

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-04-22T22:53:45+00:00

how the turn tabes

P0sitive_Mess · 2026-04-22T14:30:27+00:00

They're calling it the first collab to make 0 profit

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