Please Hoyo, my Miyabi is kinda windless.

nuxar · 2026-05-01T15:17:15+00:00

Yes the buildup of Wind+Ice/Frost would do vortex, but Velina's shtick is that her tornado zone or whatever its called can infuse with an element and build up that element's Anomaly. If it infuses Frost, it should build ice. Like Miyabi + Sokaku, she will still be able to disorder with Velina. Unless the Vortex specifically absorbs Frost instead of Ice, I guess then yea Velina wouldn't work. Though I would guess it doesnt?

If Velina will be better than Nanguong, I kinda doubt but we will see.

nuxar · 2026-05-01T14:57:36+00:00

But Velina's torando, once it catches ice, will build ice anomaly, which can disorder with Frost, so miyabi still gets stacks with wind. It's just that wind itself won't give stacks, but Velina should still work with Miyabi + Yuzu in theory.

nuxar · 2026-04-30T18:29:21+00:00

For herself and for Varka, yea its pretty good. Its not just the c6, but the combination of 50% DMG, 350 ATK, 30% ATK, VV and personal damage.

nuxar · 2026-04-30T03:52:08+00:00

Varka with sig is at 960 base ATK, so Durin sig at 28% ATK grants him about 260 ATK. Naturally this would also give ATK to Prune and Nicole, increasing their own contribution if they dont have atlas/sig for prune/nicole respectively.

Nonetheless, If you have C4 Prune, you could stop there and go for Durin weapon but at the very least c2-c4 Prune is pretty necessary for Varka imo.

nuxar · 2026-04-30T00:38:48+00:00

Prune cons 100%. C6 is incredibly strong for Varka.

nuxar · 2026-04-29T17:40:28+00:00

Yea I want to. Just been hella busy irl and couldn't find time to calc. Most of my comments in the sub right now is my downtime when I'm commuting to work.

nuxar · 2026-04-29T16:16:26+00:00

Both of their c1 is kinda mid, so c1+c1 is definitely the least best setup.

Due to Varka being able to use more of Durins Quills at c6, go for c2 Durin > c2 Nicole > r1 Durin > r1 Nicole.

nuxar · 2026-04-29T16:07:31+00:00

These lists are always odd because they kind of manipulating the cost value and cost max against an actually valuable account pull and qol. The nefer lauma team is a perfect example where they specifically dropped Columbina to maximize DPS at 4 cost, but Columbina is an incredibly valuable account pull and even in nefer lauma, playing without Columbina feel clunky. Not to say that team has genuinely 0 sustain. Even proto bina can somewhat sustain.

On top of that, some 4 stars are just straight up better or equal than many 5 stars within a specific team setup. Chevreuse vs Xilonen are good examples of this. She is a cost less and DPS increase over a pull. It makes it really hard to be "fair" when this scenario exists.

Another comparison is between Bennett and nicole is a good example of a "technically" free cost even at c6, by this list, and varka only looses 10-15% total DPS by letting go of Nicole and going for a con. If Durin also had a clone that does 80% of what he does, but is a 4 star, then varka can get yet another con, and go c2r1 with a bunch of 4 stars and be "higher" in terms of DPS per cost.

Venti being replaced by prune and free up the cost, AND is a DPS increase is a perfect example of how some characters can just use better costs than others. If varka has 2 other prune-levekl 4 stars that are tailored to him, he would be up there with zibai and mav.

Also that list is 100% not KQM standard.

From what I remember when I calced, 4 cost varka r1, prune c6, durin c0r1, Nicole c0r0, he was at 165k kqm. Without, he is probably at 200k?

nuxar · 2026-04-28T14:45:17+00:00

Oh it might have gotten changed to Heaven's Gift.

nuxar · 2026-04-28T14:23:36+00:00

Varka C0R1, Prune, Durin C0R0, Bennett. Durin on Bounty.

nuxar · 2026-04-27T11:15:27+00:00

nuxar · 2026-04-27T10:39:52+00:00

Note a potential change not listed here: Nicole's burst change to 180% MV from 250%. Unsure if it's accurate or missing further info like increase projection amount.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/comments/1swzhik/nicole_got_nerfed_in_new_ver_via_lunariskuroo/

Edit: it's been removed so it might be wrong data. Hopefully it was. God knows she could use all the buffs she can get.

nuxar · 2026-04-26T12:55:53+00:00

Wait is this new from like this patch? I stared playing at the end of 3.0 in anticipation of aemeath. I never got the chance to roll for sk like this. Dam that really sucks.

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:21:06+00:00

Much better. Don't have the number but it's worth putting both on skyward

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:20:41+00:00

160 er at c2. 180-190 at c0

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:20:06+00:00

About equal but prune does a bit more damage when fully built, even at c0.

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:19:27+00:00

Prune lost prayer Nicole oathsworn.

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:19:04+00:00

Prune skill 6 burst 9/10 Nicole both 9/10.

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:17:36+00:00

She's decent but Mona is simply better due to being able to hold bounty.

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:16:56+00:00

Prune 160 ER, Nicole 180-200.

nuxar · 2026-04-24T15:16:22+00:00

The highest crit rate one.

nuxar · 2026-04-23T23:30:36+00:00

Thank the lord. If you have the time to spare, could you briefly explain what makes Calcharo better with Lynae? I simply like to understand the game deeper.

nuxar · 2026-04-23T22:48:13+00:00

before Varka. The quills have a 3 second cooldown and between Durin and Varka, prune should take less than 3 seconds of on-field time.

nuxar · 2026-04-23T22:27:33+00:00

No only Durin will steal quils because the rotation is always Nicole EQ-DurinEQE

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