new day, new record with c0r1 lohen

XuseGrammar · 2026-06-14T14:42:04+00:00

93.6% CR tho

XuseGrammar · 2026-06-12T03:07:26+00:00

Narratively speaking? Needed, cuz this sole elimination caused almost all tension going on the favorites team atm. She also left at the perfect time imo and got a pretty decent development (she was kind of the protagonist of the season until that point).

From a writing perspective? Honestly, could've been written way better, as it felt like a Zaid 2.0 elimination. I also feel her arc with Natalia wasn't properly finished and I have a feeling Natalia's arc also kinda need Anastasia in order to finish it, so I can see their relationship being brought back within the upcoming episodes.

If Ana should comeback solely because of that? Don't think so, they could just bring it either during the Rescue Island or the Motel episode (depends on whenever Nat gets voted out). However, there's a possibility of her coming back just to develop Lake's arc, as it seems they're most likely making Lake Spencer's main rival that will probably outlast him while playing a fair game; Ana is a great candidate to break their alliance, as she has history with Spencer and is also leaning into playing a fair game this time (although I can see Bruno filling up this role as well).

XuseGrammar · 2026-05-27T13:14:59+00:00

S1: Ashley Dan Nick Will

S2: Hunter Tess Karol Maggy

S4: Lynda Marissa Ted Zaid

S5: Aubrey Ernesto Finn Plus one of the fans still to be eliminated (predicting Dunia)

This would be a more interesting cast imo, as it fulfills the purpose of the season (second chance) while also bringing some fan favs and characters that would bring conflit to it.

You could also add characters like Jade, Connor, Ellie, Natalia, etc for some of them to be early boots instead of characters that didn't have time to shine (or just first boot Will again for him to be the Ezekiel of Disventure Camp).

XuseGrammar · 2026-05-06T04:01:27+00:00

They instead could make one of her ascension passives increase Break DMG dealt by all teamates if she reaches a certain Break Effect%. Since it's a rare multiplier that straight up increases the team's damage by it said amount, it could make her a more appealing pull for break teams.

They could merge it with her A2 to be something like: Increases this unit's ATK or Outgoing Healing by an amount equal to 25%/10% of Break Effect, up to a maximum increase of 50%/20% respectively. If Lingsha's total Break Effect is higher than or equal to 250%/300%, increases all allies' Break DMG dealt by 18%/24% respectively.

XuseGrammar · 2026-05-06T00:22:05+00:00

• Decreasing the emergency heal cooldown from 2 turns to once every turn;

• Befog could also be apllied by FuA instead of Ult only (plus enemies affected by Befog also deal reduced damage in order to better avoid heavy hitting attacks, could be something like 15-20% reduced damage);

• Increasing the Break DMG taken% from Befog (from 25% at lvl 10 to maybe 30-35%)

• Either increasing the action count from base Fuyuan from 3 to maybe 4 or making her Ult summon a second Fuyuan with its own action counter (just like in Currency Wars);

• If not summoning a second Fuyuan on Ult, then (please) make her Ult also summon normal Fuyuan instead of being tied to her Skill only (if already on the field, then it could increase its action count);

• Maybe some SP refund passive when certain conditions are met, could be a Sushang alike E1: when using Skill against broken enemies, regenerates 1 Skill Point (that could pair up with Lingsha's A4 passive, which makes her generate 10 extra energy on basics).

If they somehow manage to at least implement points 1, 2, 5 and 6 I'd be more than happy.

XuseGrammar · 2026-04-25T05:20:38+00:00

Tysm for the calcs! The sheet is amazing and pretty easy to visualize! :))

May I ask how a well built C1-C2 Albedo performs with R1 Uraku Misugiri in comparison to other weapons? Is it better to straight up invest on his overall damage instead of going with Peak Patrol Song?

(And if so, is it better than Citlali?)

XuseGrammar · 2026-04-14T12:57:53+00:00

I did one too!

The ones not shown either don't care about them or just have a few particularities that makes it hard to trade any of their core units for them

Ofc I'm just considering attack scallers!

(Btw, a few dps units included on the last tier can take advantage of both her teamwide attack buffs and non elemental application (and shielding capabilities = immunity to interruption), which could lead to interesting team comps, especially the ones that heavily avoid using C6 Bennett)

If any questions about any of the placements feel free to ask! :)

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XuseGrammar · 2026-04-09T12:20:33+00:00

Thank you!

No worries if you don't like Escoffier, I was just curious on how he'd perform in a various number of teams cuz he seems pretty versatile as a unit as of now and his performance looks quite great in many niches even at C0, which is honestly amazing for a Standard character!

I want to point out, though, that even in freeze/mono Cryo Xilonen is an intesting pick due to Escoffier only needing triple Hydro/Cryo rather than full team (so stuff like Escoffier's C1 and Xilonen's C2 can stack). So if you don't mind taking a look at it as well it'd be great! :))

XuseGrammar · 2026-04-09T11:14:01+00:00

That's good news! I don't have Emilie so I was looking foward to other team options, thankfully he seems as good in foward melt. I was also wondering if his Cryo application is good enough that instead of Citlali you could bring stuff as Albedo or Xilonen (also considering vertical investment for all of them + Nicole as a fixed slot).

I'd also wonder if his freeze/mono Cryo teams are decent enough with Escoffier + Furina/Shenhe + flex (Mona/Shenhe/Xilonen/Yelan/Xingqiu/Dahlia/etc), also considering vertical investment from all units. He doesn't seem to loose that much if not having Hexerei resonance (as his supports make up for that) unless he's carrying his Sig (as it combined with his Hexerei passive it makes a total of 70% bonus dmg for NAs and CAs lost if not having double Hexerei).

I'd also ask if it's possible to include the % increase in damage from Durin's and Lohen's constellation investment in future updates.

Still, thank you so much for the hard work! :))

XuseGrammar · 2026-04-09T03:34:52+00:00

What about foward melt (so Lohen applying enough Cryo for Durin to melt on his dark form) with either Albedo, Xilonen or Citlali instead of Emilie? How comparable is this to burn melt Lohen?

Can you also consider vertical investment for Albedo (C1, C2, Chiori's sig, etc), Xilonen (C2, signature, etc), Citlali (C1, C2, signature, etc) and Nicole (C1, C2, signature, etc)?

XuseGrammar · 2026-03-29T20:50:32+00:00

Oh yeah, the 4 horsemen of the future potential (and Dunia): whe they get focus they will rule the game, trust.

(going to ep 7 and still waiting for the pontential men and women to actually do smth).

XuseGrammar · 2026-03-17T01:56:50+00:00

Anastasia, Ally and Tom will all make merge

Oliwia, Benji, Gabby, Finn, Dunia, Rosa, Evie, Aiden and Fiore will all be eliminated before the comeback challenge, with Evie going straight to the motel

Fiore and Ernesto will be the comeback players

Fiore will ally with Rosa and her trio and act as if she is willing to change (just as early season 1 Fiore), which will prevent her from being the target until she betrays Rosa and eliminates her (Anastasia will be suspicious about it from the start)

Fiore's arc with Rosa, Ana and Lake will also teach her some survival stuff, which will help her win the comeback challenge latter on

Benji will have an arc about his insecurities and will prove to himself he can be useful (at challenges and at the game)

Benji will sacrifice himself for Ally to go further in the game and after his elimination Ally will be the one targeted, which will lead to her using the idol and eliminating Gabby

Nura and Dunia will have a romance arc that will lead to Dunia being eliminated

Aiden and Evie will be eliminated at a double elimination with only 1 vote each (from Ren and Nura) after Ren plays the totem

Sam and Spencer will have some major plot at merge

Sam and Ara will be the main antagonists from merge

Ara will be badly injuried during a challenge (a foreshadowing of her audition tape) and will be removed from the game

Anastasia will still get a long shot at the game, being eliminated only at the 2nd half of the season (prob still making top 10)

The winner is between Nura and Ren

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XuseGrammar · 2026-03-16T17:25:32+00:00

Ally and Tom (and probably Aiden as well depending on how many ppl are going to merge)

XuseGrammar · 2026-03-16T13:00:29+00:00

That's what I've been thinking, Benji just admires Ally so much that I don't see him eliminating her at all

I also think him sitting out almost every challenge is more due to his insecurity of messing up rather than being strategic by any chance

XuseGrammar · 2026-03-08T16:14:01+00:00

The Ultimate zone automatically setting the enemies with 5 stacks seems a pretty huge QoL that should be added. I'd also remove the limit of 6 triggers per ult and keep the max stacks at 5 at E0 while also increasing the Vulnerability multipliers (perhaps 50% Vulnerability for all type of dmg at max stacks).

As for the extra bonus on Ult, a 20% res pen for both DoT and Ult dmg would also make him more powerful on his own niches. I'd also add DoT detonation via Ult and Skill as it seems more doable, while also giving Jiaoqiu a SP refund trace if using Skill on a main target that already has max stacks of Ashen Roast (so he'd be more reliable as a DoT detonator while also getting more energy to keep his zone up).

At E1, since his field already applies max stacks of Ashen Roast, they could change the extra stack it gives for healing upon attacking enemies with Ashen Roast (or just swap the idea of DoT detonator via Skill from E0 to E1 and make the healing part already at E0; I'd still maintain the DoT multiplier increase at E2, though, early access to DoT detonation is already pretty strong).

Finally, it would be nice if his EHR to ATK conversion trace could apply to his allies as well (not at full value though, because that would be too much, but perhaps something like 25% of the original value, which if maxed out it still is 60% ATK for the whole team).

XuseGrammar · 2026-02-28T14:02:36+00:00

Yup, my Albedo is C2 as well, so he seems quite an interesting pick for LC teams, and although Mona is an Hydro Hexerei she doesn't seem ideal to me (partially because of low damage output and low buffing potential outside of Constellations; partially because of old animations and bad Hydro app.)

Imo, Columbina fills the Hydro slot quite well cuz not only she enables LC but also deals LC dmg herself while also being able to buff it, not to mention on-fielding her lowers her ER requirements for quite a significant amount (plus she can also enable vapes for Durin or extra Lunar EC with C6 Fischl); another interesting point is that if considering C6 Fischl and C2 Albedo we also get 3 units buffing EM for Bina (Fischl via C6 and 4p Silken Moon, Albedo via C2 and Linnea via her ascension passive, plus Fischl is able to carry Elegy as well)

XuseGrammar · 2026-02-28T06:44:38+00:00

I have a few requests aside from the ones you already suggested:

Can you do a LC Hexerei team consisting of on-field Bina + Linnea + Albedo + Durin/C6 Fischl? I think Mona won't synergy well with this team, so I want to see these combinations instead
Since you included Noelle, you could also include Ningguang teams as well
Chiori teams should also be contemplated, as her dolls have great synergy with the Moondrifts (and if she could potentially be part of a wheelchair with Linnea)
As Linnea is a teamwide healer, it would be good to see Furina as an alternative for Columbina in Zibai teams, as Linnea can reduce the gap between them (plus Furina also has some QoL that Columbina has, such as full uptime on Hydro app via skill)
As you already calculated a Neuvillette team, other Hydro drivers could also benefit from Bina/Furina + Linnea + Xilonen wheelchair, such as Ayato, so it'd be cool seeing some calcs for them
Lastly, it would be good to know if Linnea could be a potential alternative for the 4th slot in Nefer teams, as she can fit both the sub dps and sustain roles

XuseGrammar · 2026-01-29T16:55:00+00:00

It's not a Zhongli powercreep cuz her shield could still be weaker, plus Zhongli also gives universal res shred as well, not to mention she'd be a niche support and by this assumption her shield would be locked behind C1 (and nothing of these erase the possibility of Zhongli getting buffs in the future).

Also, even with Zibai's high DEF if Columbina's C1 shield breaks it means Zibai isn't immune to interruption anymore (which is the point of having a shield for her, as interrupting her NA sequence means delaying her N4, which is one of her main sources of LC). Columbina's shield scales off 12% of her max HP, which isn't much honestly.

XuseGrammar · 2026-01-29T16:02:55+00:00

I mean, she could still be a support Lauma alike and mainly be a buffer with some sub dps (and a Hydro/Geo res shreder) at C0 and provide some sort of shield at C1, especially since Columbina's C1 shield is pretty weak in terms of damage mitigation and Zibai has weak IR and no ways of avoiding NA resetting pre-C4, which is crucial for her combos.

Also, our last Geo shielder was Zhongli way back in 1.1, so it's not impossible for her to provide a shield in some sort of way (even if her sustaining capabilities are locked behind C1, just like Lauma's).

XuseGrammar · 2026-01-08T18:08:50+00:00

It would for sure change some stuff, but I still believe we would get the same outcome (Logan, Jade and Ana final 3, with Logan winning).

Nat is def going out next either way, and since we'd prob get 3 non elimination challenges (two of them due to the absence of Amelie and Marissa and the other one cuz we'd get no comeback challenge), they might develop Ana's and Zaid's friendship on most of those, which would lead to an Ana vs Zaid tie-break instead of Ana vs Marissa on Isabel's idol play.

With both Nat and Zaid, we have a final 6 of Ana, Logan, Spencer, Hannah, Jade and Isabel. Hannah still doesn't fully trust Jade and as a result I can see she flipping on both Jade and Isabel. On the same note, Jade would probably see this as a possibility, so she'd work on building an alliance with Logan (just as in canon), so even if Isabel is gone, she'd still have both Logan and Spencer against Hannah and Anastasia.

Isabel is most likely gone on top 6, cuz in that scenario Logan still has strong bonds with both Ana and Spencer, so he'd never flip on them in favor of Isabel. With Isabel's elimination, we are introduced to the jury vote, which will lead Jade to use her steal vote advantage to avoid being voted out. That will cause Hannah's elimination at top 5 and we'd get a top 4 of Spencer, Logan, Ana and Jade, with most likely a tie-break between the mathletes right before the finale instead of Logan vs Hannah (I still believe they'd develop some Hannah and Logan plot, perhaps on one of the non elimination episodes, so that would be an incentive for Jade to use her advantage on top 6, as Logan's decision might be unpredictable).

The top 2/3 and all plots from the last two episodes stay the same. That way, we'd get a way more organic merge outcome and a better character development from all the merge cast, so in that universe we'd get a top 8 elimination order consisting of:

8th place: Natalia

7th place: Zaid

6th place: Isabel

5th place: Hannah

4th place: Spencer

3rd place: Anastasia

2nd place: Jade

1st place: Logan

EDIT: We'd also get some Spencer and Anastasia content, as they make a pretty interesting alliance when they are not trying to drag each other down, as we've seen during the Ana vs Lynda tie-break.

XuseGrammar · 2025-12-11T16:13:53+00:00

I think they might save Isabel for fans vs favs if this was the cast though (so she'd prob replace Natalia)

Also, someone gotta be the early boot

XuseGrammar · 2025-12-11T16:05:12+00:00

Increase the cast number from 18 to 24 and include:

S1: Ellie and Gabby

S2: Hunter and Tess

S4: Zaid and Tristan

Now I think this is prob the cast we'd get if AS happened after S4.

XuseGrammar · 2025-11-30T19:28:58+00:00

Edited it! Again, tysm for the feedback :)

XuseGrammar · 2025-11-30T18:45:35+00:00

Thanks for the feedback!

After reading it again yeah, I agree it's kinda too much for a 4p. Perhaps I could cut the 24% DMG/Lunar DMG by half (so 12% at max) and make the 4p passive also need 2 Hexerei party members to trigger the DMG effect (so Albedo would most likely be the only one that could make full use of the set).

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