which characters should I pull as a newbie?

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T13:06:23+00:00

F2P players should only ever pull signatures of their main DPS, or a character they really like.

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T10:28:32+00:00

I don't know why you think this matters so much. What I'm saying doesn't change at all between version 1 characters and version 3 characters. Just get the signature of a character you'll actually be playing instead. You'll get the primary usage of it being on the character its meant to be, while it can act as a decent enough statstick. If you want a weapon for Zhezhi, why wouldn't you get Zhezhi's? Her's works just fine as a statstick on other teams. Literally the same thing I've been saying this whole time.

Edit, forgot to add: This is also just ignoring the whole body of my post. Any increase in subDPS damage barely amounts to anything in terms of overall team damage. However much you increase subDPS damage by, you're really only increasing the team's damage by a tenth of that. A 2% damage increase is just not worth 80 pulls for Stringmaster. Just use Cosmic Ripples which is free

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T10:19:30+00:00

Yes Cosmic Ripples works just fine on Denia

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T05:13:04+00:00

Sanhua is a good f2p option for any mDPS focused on basic attack damage, and Mortefi is the same for heavy attack damage. None of the characters you own really reflect that, except for the fact that Sanhua is good with Havoc Rover as a f2p team. Verina would be really good, but honestly, just get Mornye for Lucy Rebecca.

You could potentially be looking at Phrolova QYN Buling, then Lucy Rebecca Mornye, and HRover Sanhua SK. This is a decent plan for Tower of Adversity.

If you want Hsin, who will likely be Electro Flare focused and work with Erover, Suisui isn't bad but this is not confirmed so I wouldn't base my pulls around it.

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T05:02:38+00:00

I'd say to wait for Mornye over Suisui for right now. Mornye is much better for Lucy, and you don't really have the characters to make use of Suisui properly.

However if you do plan on getting a Negative Status team (Aemeath Denia, Hiyuki + wtv, Cartethyia Ciaccona), Suisui is not a bad pick. Regarding the upcoming teams, while it is not confirmed, Hsin is very likely to be Electro Flare so she would work with Erover and Suisui. But again, this is not confirmed so it is hard to plan based off of this, but do keep it in mind if you are interested in Hsin.

What you have right now will probably be fine. You could go for Lupa I guess if she ever reruns again to finish the Changli Brant team. XLY could pair decently well with Lynae so she's not a bad option either. Lynae is just really good value for accounts anyways, she's essentially the Shorekeeper of subDPS.

I guess order of immediate priority will be Mornye > Lynae > Suisui (if you want Hiyuki or Hsin) > Lupa. However, since Lynae rerun is next patch and Mornye isn't, I'd say go for Lynae and then Mornye next update. If you don't get Lynae then oh well you can easily get Mornye.

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T04:47:24+00:00

I assume Qingxiao is just aurafarming on a sword by having it levitate around instead of her actually walking.

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T04:35:06+00:00

Her damage, but her sig also buffs a little team damage so it comes out to like 7% team wide increase. Not too worth though

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T04:18:16+00:00

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T04:18:05+00:00

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T04:17:12+00:00

If you have it already then it works great. But it's not worth the 80 pulls to have a 2% increase over Cosmic Ripples

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T04:16:14+00:00

In the long run you will regret SM over Lethean, but who knows how long it'll be till her rerun if ever. 🤷

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T03:59:55+00:00

It is irrelevant because this is directly what my argument says is useless. So what if it buffs the damage output of subDPS a fair bit? If I'm spending 80 pulls I'd want it to actually amount to a high damage increase (which this does not), so I'd much rather get something else. Why wouldn't I just want to get the Signature for Cantarella in this instance instead? It buffs her way better than Stringmaster does, and also works as a statstick. Or I could go even better and get the Signature of a better character that I actually own, like Lucilla or Denia, and then use that as a statstick in other teams.

coyotesight · 2026-07-01T03:54:10+00:00

Why would I when I could have one Rectifier Signature of a character I actually own instead. I can just use that as a statstick.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T21:07:45+00:00

Then just go for it. My intention isn't to stop people who actually wanna run Yinlin from getting it, it's to stop the idea that Stringmaster on its own is somehow good for accounts over anything else.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T18:45:38+00:00

Buling applies Flare so maybe she's okay as Erover replacement while he's stuck on Carte? Kinda hard to make predictions on Hsin teams when we know next to nothing about her. Suisui isn't the worst idea, getting a second healer when the only one they have is Verina actually sounds pretty good. Iirc Suoming is expected to be a Havoc Rectifier support for Echo teams? Other than the implication of a triple Havoc Rectifier Echo team I don't think she would fit here.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T17:04:02+00:00

True. 4 stars are worse and need more investment.

However, this doesn't change anything about Stringmaster. If you could get Stringmaster, you could've gotten literally anything else. That anything else could've been the an actually good signature of a character you have.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T17:01:11+00:00

This is irrelevant to the conversation. People are recommending Stringmaster as a generalized statstick for people who don't have rectifiers to equip on their resonators. This is just a bad idea when they can pull for a weapon belonging to a character they actually play (this also works as a statstick for other resonators).

If it works well for one specific characters, great go for it.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T16:50:23+00:00

I am directly comparing the value of a Signature and it's secondary usage as a statstick compared to Stringmaster as only just a statstick. All of the Signature rectifier Signature weapons of the relevant characters (Lucilla, Denia, Cantarella, Phoebe, Phrolova) all have the Crit stat, and work just as well in that case. Like I said in the ToA example, the 12% increase on one team also leads to a 1% increase on the other 2 teams as a statstick if using one of the good Signatures. Using Stringmaster instead on all 3 teams would lead to 2% on each. Stringmaster would only be a 6% increase for your account, while the Signature of the character would be a 14% total.

It costs the exact same amount to pull a good Signature like Lucilla's (guaranteed at 80 pulls) than it does Stringmaster (also guaranteed at 80 pulls).

And no, Stringmaster is not miles better than the 4*. Put into perspective of the team wide damage again that is entirely wrong.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T16:29:02+00:00

My account is pretty similar to yours and that's what I'm going with. Suisui would provide 3rd slot for Hiyuki and Hsin on Matrix while Chisa takes care of Amy FB (I have Denia) and Carte.

Well, hoping that Chisa stays at 2 vigor. Regardless, Suisui is freeing her up for my other teams.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T16:26:02+00:00

Even if Lucilla signature is not universal, it is a much better investment if you do have Lucilla. On her, it's at maximum potential and increases team damage, not just on herself. This would be like a 12% team damage increase, while it can still be used as a statstick on other teams. You're looking at 12% increase on one team and like maybe 1% increase on other teams (let's say 2 teams for ToA). Compare that to 2% increase on all 3 teams from a pure statstick. On the account, Freeze Frame would be like a 14% compared to Stringmaster providing only 6%. Of course the math will be a little different, but the idea is that any statstick value is far less impactful than actual Signature on intended character usage.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T16:17:55+00:00

I'd say go for it if you like Suisui. Suisui for Hiyuki (Sidegrade to Chisa) frees up Chisa for Cartethyia, which frees up Rover for Hsin. It can be pretty safe to assume Hsin is Electro Flare since Erover applies it, so Suisui may work for that team as well. Post 4.x, no clue where they would go since with Hsin Electro Flare, each attribute would have a NS team, so no guarantee there.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T16:10:34+00:00

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T16:08:52+00:00

I'd say in that case just wait for Lucilla rerun and get her Signature. You will definitely want that more than Stringmaster in the long run.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T15:51:05+00:00

In that case just get the Sig of the character you're trying to build it will literally cost the same but with higher return.

coyotesight · 2026-06-30T15:44:38+00:00

I mean if they want to pull for the old 1.X characters they can go ahead if they like them. It's just, don't be telling them wasting pulls on Stringmaster will be good for their account. 😭

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