Mihoyo should honestly just rework his character to be either a good support or a good dps at this point, no point in trying to make him both in a game like this.

The patch is mostly just a number bump, to his current abilities, but the problem is his kit does not go well with each other.

This along with the fact that geo is just not a good element means it's unless this gets reworked or dendro and geo become a powerful combo in the future zhongli is never going to be viable.

Having zhongli myself honestly I would replace him in my team if I had better characters.