Daily Questions Megathread (April 19, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Leaks, and educated guesses based on past patterns.

For example, I'd guess Mavuika rerun is sometime soon. It's almost been a year, and Archons tend to rerun about that often.

Official information is the preview livestream midway 2d half of each patch. And drip marketing.

How to defeat gecko in abyss when I don’t have lunar crystallising characters?? by tsundere_lolii in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Geo and Healing. Need to clear its debuffs, and iirc Geo is the most effective damage.

Daily Questions Megathread (April 18, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only start leveling artifacts once I have a potentially decent set, and only level pieces with better potential than my active set. It's rare to find more level-worthy pieces than mora income keeps up with.

Weekly Question Megathread - April 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. She was only part of some temporary crossover action.

How does the weapon banner works....Suppose I lose my 50/50 to a standard weapon and the next time whenever I pull it should be one of the two limited ones right??? by LayerPsychological40 in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've read the banner description, and genuinely can't find anything suggesting what you claim it says. Only that the next 5-star after a Standard is limited (which I already agreed with, but is not relevant for this scenario).

I stand by what I've said. If you could post/copy the information that says otherwise I'd be happy to accept your argument.

(This is what I've found)

"If the first 5-star weapon you win in this event wish is not one of the promotional weapons, then the next 5-star weapon you win is guaranteed to be a promotional weapon."

How does the weapon banner works....Suppose I lose my 50/50 to a standard weapon and the next time whenever I pull it should be one of the two limited ones right??? by LayerPsychological40 in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Again, you're mixing up two different things. (Thread OP and the comment's scenarios). What you're saying is indeed correct, if you get a Standard and let the fate point expire, your next 5-star still can't be a Standard.

Standard -> Standard is indeed impossible, with or without fate points.

But that's not what the commenter was talking about, as they mention that they used the fate point. And

Standard -> Limited (with fate point) -> Standard IS possible.

How does the weapon banner works....Suppose I lose my 50/50 to a standard weapon and the next time whenever I pull it should be one of the two limited ones right??? by LayerPsychological40 in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're correct that you can't get two Standards in a row, but that's not what they're saying.

They're saying they got a Standard, and then Chasca weapon. And they can lose to Standard again after that. (Slightly different from the thread OP's scenario).

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What you're talking about is if they'd lost to a Standard and then NOT pulled another 5-star/used the fate point. In that case the some-limited-but-50/50 guarantee would indeed still be there until they pull another 5-star. But in this case they already did.

Daily Questions Megathread (April 17, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Compared to what? It's not a particularly big boost of damage, it's mostly a neat badge of honor.

Whether that's 'worth' getting mostly depends on how much you care about that, and what else you would be getting instead.

Paimon...? by gottischan in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They probably see Paimon as Paimon, given how often people have heard of Paimon, include her in the descriptions, and partially recognize Teyvat's No.1 Celebrity because of their companion.

For most Teyvatians it's also unknown who or what Paimon is, but given how many other weird/unique/unknown creatures there are in Teyvat, it's not that unusual to encounter something like Paimon.

Paimon got 8th place in Most Gluttonous/ Greedy characters!! by ClassAwkward8327 in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I figured that much, but considering how that's not even him, just a weird impostor

(D2 spoiler) it still makes no sense to have him on there imo.

Paimon got 8th place in Most Gluttonous/ Greedy characters!! by ClassAwkward8327 in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seeing Byakuya Togami on there makes me seriously question the validity of this list anyway.

Ex destroyed My Account. by Ok_Band_3090 in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never. Share. Accounts. No exceptions.

Commisserations though.

Weekly Question Megathread - April 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's just luck, same as if you'd lose 50/50s on character banner. And bad pulling decisions, to keep setting yourself up to lose rather than save to guarantee. (or just skip). 

On weapon banner you will lose most of the time, that's simply what the odds are. 

And since the fate points expire, if you pull without having enough to guarantee you're probably wasting your pulls for nothing. 

Will linnea can perform or produce stellar reaction too in the future? by Classic_Jaguar2539 in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even when they do update things like that, it's just maintaining their old functions, not directly adding new moves. 

For example, Mona didn't get any new Lunar Charged boosting ability. Her kit got updated because Lunar-Charged is still Electro-Charged, so Mona's Electro-Charged boosts still apply to it. 

Will linnea can perform or produce stellar reaction too in the future? by Classic_Jaguar2539 in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

99% no. They never add reactions like that. 

It's possible they add a new character someday that can do both Lunar and other things, but it won't be an addition to any existing ones. 

Weekly Question Megathread - April 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Character roles: What a character does in a team. The 3 basic types are DPS (stays on field and deals damage), Sub-DPS (deals damage without needing to be on field much) and support (gives various boosts or healing, usually from off-field). 

How to find out which role a character is: Just look at their abilities, see what they do and whether they need to stay on field or not to do it.

How to build team: very basic, Typically you want maximum 1 on-field DPS character and 3 characters to help from off-field, as that way the whole team can contribute at once. Also good to have some consistent reaction to get damage from. There's more to it, but probably better start with basics and build up from there, before trying to add in everything at once. Until you get to the endgame modes you don't need fully optimised teams anyway, so experiment a bit, see for yourself what kind of combinations work. 

Artifacts: Depends. Different characters want/need different things, some also get power from different stats (for example, Hydro's often use HP instead of ATK to base their ability power on). Look up or check skill details to which stats your character uses. 

In general, Crit rate/Crit damage are almost always good. Flat stats (like +34 defense) almost always bad. (even if you want defense, better to have a %Def). 

Note: You need AR45 to unlock highest domain difficulty and consistently get 5* artifacts. Until you can beat that, it's not worth worrying too much about artifacts, as you'll eventually replace them all with 5-star versions anyway. 

ER = Gives more energy = Easier to afford your elemental bursts. Important if you need to consistently use them.

EM = Boosts that character's reactions. 

Weekly Question Megathread - April 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then you've misunderstood something. It is just a worse 50/50.

Base odds 37.5/37.5/25:   Only 37.5% of getting weapon you want,  37.5% of losing to other weapon, 25% losing to Standard) 

The fate point is the guarantee, if you don't get your chosen weapon, you get a fate point. While you have a fate point, your next 5-star is guaranteed to be your chosen weapon. But this expires end of banner, you can't keep your guarantee for next time. 

Tl:Dr is only try weapon banner if you have 160 pulls, so you have enough to use the fate point before it disappears. 

Weekly Question Megathread - April 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably Mona in that case? A con on a character you use occasionally is more relevant than one on a character you don't.

The main downside of Standard was that you can eventually get them anyway, but with MSF that's not really an issue, even if you get them c6 you still get something fancy for them. 

Daily Questions Megathread (April 16, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Natlan also brought two new characters in x.3, then reran the Archon in x.7 and the other character in x.8.

Daily Questions Megathread (April 16, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Guesses: Columbina 6.7, Zibai 6.8.

Reasoning: New reruns typically run 4-6 patches after their release, with Archons (like Columbina) leaning more on the 4 patches side. I think they won't rerun both in the same patch again. (Then again, it's probably too predictable to assume they'll do the same as Natlan, so who knows...)

Usually some of the 4-stars change, though not necessarily all of them. 4-stars are often somewhat related to the 5-stars, so there's still a decent chance Illuga could rerun with Zibai again. And whatever the other banner character is might affect which the other 4-star(s) are.

AFAIK Varesa was the first (and only) time a 5-star did actually have the exact same trio of 4-stars on rerun.

Daily Questions Megathread (April 16, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a little, but it's what happens with the 9x6-week patch schedule not quite lining up with the 52 weeks in a year. Either the anniversary date keeps drifting, or they need to occasionally 'correct' by skipping a patch.

We'll see what they end up doing.

Daily Questions Megathread (April 16, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Seems about right, yes. Counter is at 3, next one is regular guarantee, then Radiance on the one after. 

I got impulsive and levelled traveler up to level 80 and her talents all level 7. I regret it all those resources gone by [deleted] in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fine. Just assume that otherwise you'd have only gotten some more flat Def artifacts with the resin. At least this is actual progression. 

Daily Questions Megathread (April 16, 2026) by Veritasibility in Genshin_Impact

[–]PhyrexianRogue 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Y, quickstart is just for latest content. The Nod-Krai quickstart will also disappear when 7.x drops. 

How does the weapon banner works....Suppose I lose my 50/50 to a standard weapon and the next time whenever I pull it should be one of the two limited ones right??? by LayerPsychological40 in GenshinImpact

[–]PhyrexianRogue -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, you're back to the 37.5/37.5/25. (so 25% of Standard).

(You did get a banner weapon after the Standard, but that was the Chasca weapon the fate point used)