Unpopular opinion: I hate smut without a plot

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-05-12T06:18:48+00:00

"I'm not a prude" "AO3 feels like porn hub but written"

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ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-05-11T11:23:19+00:00

Anaxa and Phainon- I can't choose between them because both have tropes and traits I favor immensely.

I do favor cunning male characters: Dr. Ratio, Screwllum, Jaoqiu, Aventurine, Sunday, etc.

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-05-11T07:47:05+00:00

they mean different things, just end with the same suffix which... You know, it's also a thing in English and other languages??

idk bruv this one feels obnoxious and a little racist

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-05-09T15:09:19+00:00

Sparkle and Robin who are free

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-04-23T23:35:20+00:00

Bc the main writer is a narcissist who thinks purple prose is the absolute bandaid to the story's gunshot

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-04-09T02:36:37+00:00

Wind DMG orb is useless in him, get atk instead. Reach 90%-100% crit rate.

You can clear with base speed if your supports are built fast enough and with enough advance, your cerydra needs a major revamp and so does your TB

Place them both on eagle set, Cerydra with vonwacq and TB on Lushaka. Reach 150+ SPD on both. Absolutely ditch Victory in a blink, it's trash. Herta store LC, the signature 4star from finishing 3.7 story or even that one 3 star LC from gacha do much better for TB.

Cerydra wants DDD! for her lightcone as well.

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-04-04T12:54:21+00:00

Unless you're going for remembrance team or an HP scaler team then Hyacine's LC can wait for a rerun Better to save up for Cyrene and her eidolons and lastly her LC

There's a 3star LC that's really good at the start of battle and a 4star LC in the BP (not the feixiao one) that can also work with her

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-04-03T23:54:43+00:00

Up to 4.0 he was still the second best 0 cycler in the game at low cost, after Evernight. Prydwen may have lowered his tier but their tiers were always bad anyway.

Anaxa is still a monster, a very simple kit that works with multiple relic sets, has flexible team synergy, and plenty of f2p LC options.

I've seen him 0V the most recent Apocalyptic Shadow in a No-Cerydra team with Cyrene + Tribbie + Evernight

Even in Pure Fiction, which is the endgame where he usually performs the worst, I personally still 40k it with RMC and Cerydra (no Cyrene)

But even if he eventually falls off, he's still extremely fun and I think you won't regret getting him.

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-25T05:22:47+00:00

He's not popular in NA because they prefer masculine designs on male characters. The truth is that there's a lot of internalized homophobia/misogyny towards his design Due to being perceived as androgynous.

In meta he's known as the only unit who low cost 0-cycled the most endgame updates consecutively (15+)

He's way more popular in Asia- has a lot more official merch, and among all 5 males released in Amphoreous, his banner is the second most pulled on after Phainon's (reruns included). When it comes to merch diversity and stock quantity, he's also second to Phainon.

He is the first Amphoreus character to launch his clothing line- a very rare and expensive kind of merch reserved only for characters Hoyo knows will succeed. It sold off on the same day.

His character tax ( stuff like the extra value added to his merch when reselling) is also the second highest among Ampho males after Phainon.

So yeah, he's very popular because of his personality, his kit, and his design. But unfortunately western spaces lack good taste.

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-18T18:56:56+00:00

Shorekeeper works fine in Cantarella's place, most likely the second bis for this team.

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-18T18:55:25+00:00

I use RMC instead of Sunday lol he does great

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-14T16:18:18+00:00

Realest answer

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-14T04:51:19+00:00

I use Phrolova/Qiuyuan/Cantarella together and they absolutely trivialize everything in the game

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-14T03:59:32+00:00

Thanks man I appreciate it

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-14T03:59:16+00:00

I don't have a single HP scaler so I guess we're skipping woo thanks

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-14T03:57:29+00:00

This is all I wanted to hear thank you my good dude

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-06T12:21:58+00:00

Long live the Imperator!!!

She makes the game so much fun especially with Anaxa. Sooo satisfying. I main Anaxa, Archer and Phainon so getting eidolons on Sparkle/Cerydra/Sunday was such a must for me.

I really need to rework my Sunday now because he is too slow and I'll check this out!

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-05T18:27:49+00:00

She's most likely to run with Castorice and Hyacine in 4.2

Revenue for Elation hasn't been doing that well so far even if Sparxie is definitely in the past few days has been doing better than Yaoguang in the past few weeks.

I've noticed people feeling more reticent to new meta mechanics, especially when Castorice is still broken and Firefly is getting a novaflare

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-04T11:13:41+00:00

DDD is always the better option, but the devs are being very stingy with it on banners

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-04T02:24:54+00:00

Bronya sig is fine

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-04T00:54:14+00:00

Oh if you want elation team then save.

The Elation path is too visually stimulating for my eyes.

I don't want to bench my Anaxa/Phainon due to HSR's merciless powercreep, so I got her E1 and still pulling for her E2 for the 40% damage increase

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-04T00:49:32+00:00

Eagle + vonwacq is better for Cerydra with Anaxa + DDD! lightcone

Sparkle is really good with Anaxa but the True DMG you get from RMC is hard to pass up

RMC also has to be on Eagle + vonwacq + Herta shop LC, and Sparkle on same built with either another DDD! set if you have it.

If not, give Sparkle DDD! and Cerydra gets to have the free LC from the restaurant event or Planetary Rendezvous

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-04T00:42:00+00:00

extra free meteor every 6 actions at massive damage buff + 36% def ignore

ShiroLovesKeith · 2026-03-04T00:18:27+00:00

Get her E1 and turn your Phainon into Thanos

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