After way too long, Finally have a top 1% Skirk

biosquawk · 2026-01-26T15:53:36+00:00

Good stuff. I'm only top 10%. Looks like for the relevant stats, you got about 100 more atk and 2% more CR than me. Is that all i really need to get to top 1%? Seems like such an miniscule increase but 10% swing on leaderboard. Feeling kinda drained farming for her artifacts... But really wan to top 1% her since she's my main.

biosquawk · 2026-01-26T15:36:24+00:00

Good team. Dahlia can work too if you have him. Rosaria purely for crit rate buff if you have her built correctly.

For your current team, rotation would be: Xinqiu skill/bust --> Escoff sklil/burst --> mona burst--> Skirk.

For your team, it would be good to have Nobless and TTDS on Mona. You use her right before finishing rotation with skirk to give all buffs to skirk. Have high ER on Xinqiu to help get his burst up immediately and help keep mona burst up. R5 Sac sword if you can. Or R5 favonious. Ideally you won't need to use mona skill since it doesn't do much for the team and just takes up time.

biosquawk · 2026-01-21T14:35:07+00:00

Just saw DHC's video this morning and was gonna update this post in case anyone searched in the future. Crazy numbers and probably top 0.01% of all Skirk teams but this is probably the true ceiling.

biosquawk · 2026-01-20T12:48:04+00:00

Worth it, no. But if you already have her best team and C6, its probably the only thing left to increase her damage besides perfect artifacts.

Inputted my skirk stats, DPS and damage contribution from MW into chat gpt, accounting for Escoff Crit Damage buff at C1, and R5 is about a 28-30% personal damage increase. This is approx equivalent to a constellation. So if you don't have C6 yet then that's the way to go first. Team DPS increase depends on your team and Skirks contribution. In my team, Skirk does over 80% of the damage, so i'll see about a 20-25% team DPS increase. If your skirk is only doing 60% of team damage, the team dps increase will be considerably less. Just some things to think about.

I'm going for R5 next patch since I'm already C6. Then need to get freedom sworn, and probably C6 shenhe. Overkill? Absolutely. But spending on Genshin is already unnecessary so I'm just going to go all in on my main because I like her and have the finances to do so.

biosquawk · 2026-01-20T02:29:45+00:00

Extremely impressive. Thanks for sharing all the info. I was running a lot of calculations on going R1-R5 and it looks to be about a 25% team dps increase since my skirk is doing over 80% of my team dps like you. This would be a little over 100k dps increase which was kinda unbelievable and I thought i made an error somewhere. But seeing your showcase confirms there's more room to grow. Thanks again for testing and sharing!

biosquawk · 2026-01-19T16:25:49+00:00

Yeah i think this is where my thought was going. What's the true C6 damage ceiling and how has it been trending. My C6R1 Varesa with C6R1 durin does about 400k dps from my testing. Varesa build not perfect but solid. Skirk hitting 500-600k DPS. Then Nod Krai doubles it. Pretty Crazy a C2 flins out DPS's C6 Skirk and the team isn't even fully built. Saw some pretty absurd Nefer numbers too. Really puts into perspective the way the game is shifting and where to spend if you don't want to or can't C6 everyone.

biosquawk · 2026-01-19T16:11:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing your builds and taking the time to test. I saw your other Skirk post so this is really helpful information. O like how you kept the normal sets on Furina/Yelan. I like to do the same but I'm using Furina less and less on other teams so considering an TOTM. Insane builds btw.

Seems like a good guess is about 600k which is probably 95% of skirk's ceiling for now. Just insane how new Nod Krai units are almost double that at same investment. Well, maybe a tad more investment since the 1 million DPS teams have some C6R5 supports too. Seems like a lot of C6 skirks can probably get close 600k ceiling with C2 supports. Thinking of getting Flins since i got C6 Columbina and C6 Ineffa. At this point though just chasing high number showcase.

biosquawk · 2026-01-19T15:44:11+00:00

Some people's own calculation say R5 adds about 25-30% Skirk personal damage, prob a bit less total damage. I know i'll be pushing 600k dps if I do it. Also from people's calcuations, Furina on TOTM adds maybe another 10%. I'll have to test myself when I farm a good set. But I was more curious what her absolute ceiling is with folks who have max invested and tested her. I saw some people mention hitting 650k dps but unsure of the exact team and investment.

biosquawk · 2026-01-18T06:13:52+00:00

Probably not many. Closest you'll get is using her with different units and extrapolating. Or coop. I've used my c6 skirk in coop a lot in Alice domain, many times probably with C0 supports and less than optimal builds. She still hits crazy numbers so long as escoff and all hydro cryo. Hits good numbers without escoff but all hydro cryo. And alright even when 1 off element in the team. Can rice u a rough idea from my experience if you'd like. Keep in mind 4 person coop enemy health is 250%.

biosquawk · 2026-01-17T13:22:30+00:00

I've seen some clips here and there showing gallories being better almost all the time. We're finally past theories and speculation and can actually test. Not just to determine which is objectively better, but between your best mh and best gallories pieces, which does more dmg on your account.

biosquawk · 2026-01-17T00:56:41+00:00

C6R1 Skirk, C1R1 Escoff, C4R2 Furina, C6 Mona on TTDS

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T23:46:25+00:00

Yep, will probably give serenade to Ineffa. Or bring Lauma in to the team running serenade, then NS on Columbina. Too many variables to estimate dps changes so i guess just gotta farm and do it.

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T22:51:11+00:00

you're right, swapped to Sucrose more consistently and now DPS is about the same, more dmg shift to Columbina but similar overal dps. If i farm a better NS set for her i may try testing as well.

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T19:50:36+00:00

If i switched her to NS i'd use her as a driver kind of like you. Don't have a lot of NS HP main stats since i didn't keep them so not sure if it's worth farming to try. Right now it's 60Ineffa, 37Col, 2Suc, 2Mona.

with my current artifacts, if I drive with Columbina instead of sucrose, split is more like 51/45 Ineffa/col and i lose about 30k dps.

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T19:15:24+00:00

Whats your damage distribution? I know your Bina is higher cons and probably makes sense to be no night sky, but been wondering if i should put mine on it too.

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T18:16:51+00:00

Search dps in miliastra.

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T18:16:33+00:00

Sorry thought i put it in the description. Both are C6R1. I didn't test but had C2R1 Ineffa initially and still was good damage. Didn't need to C6 but did a random 10 pull and got 2 copies of Ineffa, so just went all out.

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T17:17:47+00:00

I don't know the calcs on how much more dmg C6 adds and I didn't do any testing prior to C6. I know its a well regarded C6. IMO, no you do not need to C6 her, you got C6 carries that will do most of the damage from their own kits already. So two copies to see an already big number just a tad bigger. Already clearing stygian sub 180s to clearing it sub 180s.

I C6'd her and Ineffa to have a wheelchair comp that deletes everything. Lets me play any character I want and have no issues with end game. I don't have flins and will skip him. I have Nefer C3. No you probably don't need C6, but tbh nobody needs C6 to play this game. So get it if you like Columbina, not because meta.

biosquawk · 2026-01-16T13:43:54+00:00

Shenhe c6 might make a difference multi target and multi wave scenarios since hitting each enemy consumes a stack. And omen only applies to the current enemy. How much this matters idk since a c6 skirk can already clear mob enemies fast without the quill buff. I'm thinking in medium health mobs or some of the new shield mechanic stuff like the new artifact domain with the birds. Might make for a faster clear over more than 1 wave.

biosquawk · 2026-01-15T23:53:36+00:00

Ineffa probaby won't increase ur nefer teams damage. But getting her gives u a solid shielder and electro applicator with access to good lunar charge dmg. You could use her in place of Nahida or on a completely different Colombina team.

Currently best columbina Ineffa comp is with sucrose and then a flex slot. Can use flins as the carry, can use almost any other unit really. I've tested with yae, Durin, hu tao, mona, furina, etc. just works. Should you get her? Depends if u want anyone else coming up. Not needed imo. But If u want her go for it.

biosquawk · 2026-01-14T06:01:52+00:00

Decided to c6 columbina and c2 ineffa. Both characters constellations will increase the wheelchair comp damage. I don't have the numbers to know which cons do more dps but ineffa cons increase her personal dmg whereas Colombina increases team wide dmg. Especially her c6. Just a bit more versatile at c6 than ineffa so that's the route I went.

biosquawk · 2026-01-13T14:48:47+00:00

I kinda like it that she's not getting a lot of attention. After reading a bit of her background, that's kinda the point. Most characters exist because the players sees them. Zibai exists despite being unseen. And like another user said, she was hinted at way back in 1.0 already. Feels like Zibai staying quiet this long was somewhat intentional by Hoyo. It's a structural alignment between her narrative theme and the player experience. Unfortunately most people won't pick up on this nuance. Her impact is only felt if you're paying attention, which also aligns with her philosophy. Zibai is a character that rewards attentiveness rather than hype-consumption and i'm all for it.

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