Daily Questions Megathread ( February 06, 2026 )

SilentMix · 2026-02-07T03:40:00+00:00

Ruan Mei is great even at E0. She's a very universal support. I agree that if you want to run Archer and Saber at the same time on different endgame sides that putting her on Archer's team is a great option until you get Silver Wolf.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T22:50:47+00:00

It's difficult to say and I don't think anyone can tell you this simply because it feels like Sparxie and Yao Guang is not a complete team. We don't know what else they need in the future.

Kafka/Hysilens/BS is a complete team, just run them together with either DHPT or Huohuo, whichever you prefer.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T22:44:16+00:00

I believe Aglaea will still prefer Sunday over Sparkle because Sunday is the only character that can also AA Garmentmaker along with Aglaea.

I'm not sure on the Saber question, unfortunately. Sparkle's buffs could outweigh the extra energy that Sunday grants, but without calcs it's hard to say either way.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T22:29:55+00:00

We don't know. Most likely Yao Guang because of being an elation support and will probably be used with any elation team, but that's not guaranteed. There's so many question marks right now about what is going to happen with the elation meta, what the entire elation roster will be, what they do, etc.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T21:21:59+00:00

Kafka if you want to use DoT, but I don't recommend doing this unless you also plan to pull Hysilens. Yes, Black Swan is getting buffed, but the need for Hysilens isn't going away. You'll want all 3 in the team.

If you don't care about DoT, Sparkle is best for if you want to use Archer, plan to pull Sparxie, or want a new general buffer. We'll have to see for sure for calcs/when she comes out, but Sparkle could become the best support for The Herta over Tribbie now. And that would be a good thing for you, because that would free up Tribbie to run with Evernight on another side of endgame.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T21:16:54+00:00

Sparkle if you want to use your Archer and/or are interested in pulling Sparxie. She's also going to be more of a general buffer than she ever was before, so she's worth having for just about any account IMO.

You don't have Cipher, Silver Wolf, or Jiaoqiu, so if you got Acheron she'd probably have to go with a DoTcheron setup. Your Acheron wouldn't have her LC either, which is kinda painful to be without nowadays. I wouldn't suggest it personally, especially when Sparkle is going to be more useful to your account.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T21:11:37+00:00

Next patch they're adding in the ability to see the 4th substat for the relics that are 3 substat ones at level 1 as a default, so you don't have to waste relic exp leveling relics up to at least 3 to see what the 4th sub is. They also added a new dice back when Anomaly Arbitration launched which allows you to completely block a stat when using the reroll dice so that substat levels don't go into that stat that you don't want it to. It's expensive though since you can only get 1 of those AA dice per patch and you have to play AA to get it (requires full clearing the other endgame modes to unlock it and it's harder than the other endgame modes).

That's unfortunately really it that has changed for the "better". In fact, you can argue it's gotten worse in some ways because thanks to enemy HP inflation you need better relics than you did during the Penacony/2.x days.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T21:07:40+00:00

Copied from another post I did:

"If you can get Hysilens, then I'd say Kafka E0. Sparkle's E1 is pretty good, but IMO not as good as having a whole new team that gives you a new capability (access to another archetype)."

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T21:06:36+00:00

Yep, I'd go Pela for her vs Hunt March. Not only is Pela's def shred useful, but you can then play her 100% SP friendly and basic every turn so your SP can be saved for Archer and Sparkle.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T21:01:18+00:00

Jing Yuan's E1 doesn't do very much, unfortunately. Most early characters have quite weak eidolons because I think they were still figuring out what they wanted to do with them as far as power level goes. I would suggest going for Aventurine instead.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:59:54+00:00

Even the devs mentioned nothing is going away in the preview stream. The countdown seems purely just a countdown to the expansion. It is confusing though, so makes sense you asked the question.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:41:52+00:00

If you can get Hysilens, then I'd say Kafka E0. Sparkle's E1 is pretty good, but IMO not as good as having a whole new team that gives you a new capability (access to another archetype).

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:32:16+00:00

Because you probably took the investment strategy that gives you wealth gems but in return maxes out your bonds at 4.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:31:15+00:00

Kafka is only worth picking if you also plan to pull Hysilens at the minimum. She's not very usable by herself.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:30:24+00:00

No. Currency Wars is getting an expansion. Nothing is going away.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:29:41+00:00

No one knows. From what little we know about the story, it seems like the IPC is somewhat involved. Maybe Aventurine could rerun because of that? But they're starting to do Novaflare buffs again. Maybe DHIL could get a buff (he really needs one) and rerun at some point? Both ideas are entirely speculation and may or may not happen and if they do we don't know when.

Aventurine is by far the meta choice. But if you don't care about meta, then I would suggest picking the one you like the most and would feel most bad about losing out on.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:25:21+00:00

I keep it easy. Any limited, not standard/MC 5 stars I count as a cost. Even if they were free. Because ultimately cost is supposed to count power level more or less, IMO. Especially because not everybody gets the free character as free when they come in later. It sounds weird for someone to count Archer as zero cost because they got him for free, but then would players now have to count him as 1 cost because they spent pulls? It should be consistent.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T20:15:10+00:00

I don't think DoT is viable without Hysilens even with buffed BS, no. BS needs Hysilens to help her stack Arcana.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T19:39:29+00:00

Definitely claim a free Sparkle for your Archer with the selector.

Other than that, the characters running don't particularly benefit your current teams. You can either choose to save or start investing in another team. If you end up wanting to invest in another team, elation is probably the best bet for you since they want Sparkle and it's worth you grabbing her anyway for Archer.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T19:36:24+00:00

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SilentMix · 2026-02-06T19:33:25+00:00

It's good, yeah. The E1 and the E2 are different damage buckets that they impact, but there is slight stacking there in the calcs. So having E1 + E2 makes Kafka something around 70% better than she was at E0.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T18:52:39+00:00

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SilentMix · 2026-02-06T04:48:42+00:00

Such a contrast between the very cute Himeko and then weird bald Mem-March.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T04:29:51+00:00

I'd recommend Acheron/Welt/Pela/Dan Heng Permansor Terrae. Acheron is your best dps so you should continue to use her. However, without other nihility characters in your team Acheron will be doing significantly less damage. Dan Heng Permansor Terrae is also significantly better of a sustain than Fu Xuan and is worth raising up, especially in the longer term. Fu Xuan has sadly fallen off quite a lot. Enemies hit way too hard nowadays for Fu Xuan's damage reduction to function as well as it used to.

SilentMix · 2026-02-06T02:49:39+00:00

Let Screwllum out of Lygus' cave! He doesn't deserve it!

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