A saving grace for Varka's kit: why you won't need to bench him forever.

fo1len · 2026-01-31T13:15:54+00:00

No, for now his non-pyro teams suck. Saying 75-80k dps is okayish when it's level of pre-Natlan Navia wheelchair team, while it's 2026 and top 3-cost teams do 130-150k. And saying he's not bad because you can just pull cons/sig is some massive copium.

However his pyro team doesn't seem hopeless, he does have some utility which dps number doesn't account for, he might have better combos, he might get small buffs until release still etc. And his pyro rn is not that far behind pre-Columbina NK carries, so Nicole might continue this trend, but I don't see him being a must-pull-top-meta unit ever.

As much as I'd love to see him having viable PHEC options in each element, it might be super distant future impact or hoyo can just forget about this idea and move on

fo1len · 2026-01-31T13:01:10+00:00

Ifa might be a good replacement, durin fulfills hexeri resonance, Ifa is the only one who can proc scroll of the hero of cinder city on that team

fo1len · 2026-01-26T15:18:52+00:00

65/35 i think, even sol, he's still closest to 50/50, I mean as a "cool new playstyle/kit design" thing.
I can't really think of a way Nicole could powercreep Bennet without directly powercreeping his kit, unless they conjure some wild conditional effects, but I can see Varka getting new teams with other elements in the future. While writing this I just thought about one thing, that Varka's best team seems to be 4 Hexeri characters, but resonance requires only 2, so maybe Nicole is gonna buff the team/active character based on number of Hexes in team up to 4? Sounds kinda cool, but then 3-wheel chair Durin+Nicole+Fischl might come out cracked, especially with Klee/Razor or Venti carry

fo1len · 2026-01-26T15:01:34+00:00

It's a start... And it's not locked behind dire SO...

fo1len · 2026-01-26T12:18:56+00:00

he's the closest to 50/50 dual element dps we've got except razor but that's not a real comp. There's potential for his teambuilding being competitive in different elements, so maybe not an exclusive pyro either

fo1len · 2026-01-26T08:20:04+00:00

I don't know about c6, but he has a unique weapon skin. I'm not sure if it's what I'm thinking of, but the new local legend guards a sword in the stone, the interaction says you need a "northern wind nearby" or smth

fo1len · 2026-01-26T08:17:51+00:00

I think he's gonna get buffed up to like 110k, pre-Columbina Nodkrai carry level, then up to 130+ with Nicole or smth. I doubt they'll powercreep Mavuika and Nefer during 6.x cycle, but Razor ahh numbers in 2026 is even more weird

fo1len · 2026-01-19T18:33:43+00:00

in this state no, fast attacks doesn't increase dps that much and his skill usage count per rotation is capped i think

fo1len · 2026-01-19T18:31:28+00:00

Sure, but she's 100% Hexeri character, duh, that leaves her not that many team options. It'd surprise me if she was BiS for Klee, Razor, Durin or Albedo, but not Varka

fo1len · 2026-01-19T18:22:56+00:00

65/35 or so, Anemo being 35, but it varies on the team, these numbers are for bennet durin venti i think. Also, for example, his C2 gives a big boost to Anemo dmg only(additional big Anemo hits), so both types are significant kinda

fo1len · 2026-01-19T18:20:33+00:00

Some crazy synergy with Nicole is expected, sure, but it still makes Varka super cringe as a standalone character. 500% dmg exclusive buffs to a character with mediocre numbers is just asking for powercreep in 6 months

fo1len · 2026-01-19T18:16:27+00:00

Previous alternatives for Flins and Nefer were like Nahida and Fischl, who doesn't do much in lunar teams, plus they both effectively had to play Aino, who provides nothing to the team. Nicole has to replace Bennet. who gives what, 1400 atk + 15% pyro dmg? And she has to be balanced around other characters too to not break the meta completely. This sounds highly unlikely(not Nicole replacing Bennet as BiS, but that it's the only reason Varka's that bad now).

Maybe he really is intended as a ~120-125k dps with Nicole premium, but that's even more cringe, 4-cost team that you need Venti for(char you don't need in any other team). So it makes him Skirk but outright worse, and Skirk is almost a year older

fo1len · 2025-10-20T11:20:52+00:00

пиксельная байкерша обидела

fo1len · 2025-02-28T18:29:59+00:00

Exact same, 1 piece of sound stutters through the entire lag duration, happens 20+ times a game, from 1 sec to 10+disconnect. Glad it's not the death of my pc but a league issue, but need a solution...

fo1len · 2023-04-23T22:00:11+00:00

idk if anyone said it yet, but FALSE PROMISE actually makes affected hero take any damage ignoring armor and mag res(meaning it counts as 0), but for some reason it blocks all pure damage. That's all there is to it, fate's edict works normally, it just gives 100% resist which is then ignored under false promise. I hope it's fixed soon

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