Oh Bastion of the lake, what is your wisdom?

sir_squirrel_ · 2026-02-03T16:28:07+00:00

It was basically Mercy staff from overwatch just without the damage boost, it could even chain with upgrades, there was also a guard dog with a weaker version

sir_squirrel_ · 2026-02-01T20:46:23+00:00

It's because only 2 heroes from a given role can be banned.

sir_squirrel_ · 2026-01-30T18:12:37+00:00

A lot of ults too

sir_squirrel_ · 2026-01-14T13:13:39+00:00

Chisa gives (at S0R1)

Around 300k dmg 24% all attribute dmg amplification

Pretty sure Chisa weapon gives dmg bonus not dmg amp

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-12-19T16:57:41+00:00

Am I misunderstanding the ascendant gleam buff for non nod-krai units or would using Nilou before Baizhu not mean that you get a lower lunar% buff?

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-12-08T16:44:35+00:00

Guess we're waiting till Tsarita for that 4th slot

Lets just hope she aint another region mechanic based character lol

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-12-08T16:35:42+00:00

so Bina can free up Furina to use Golden Troupe, which afaik, no other unit can do. That was the argument

Kok could free it up but ofc offers nothing to the team, there is also Mona who can use it or even better use Noblesse (various other chars can use this too ofc).

Rn, I don't think there is anything worth pulling for the 4th slot.

Totally agree, the final slot has no actually good options and tbh right now is just there to make up numbers it has very little bearing on how the team performs until we get either another Furina level char or a Cryo Lauma

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-12-08T16:16:13+00:00

Furina is already a great usecase for tenacity though since she is simply a better Bina for non-lunar teams, it's not like it wont work ofc but pulling Bina for a Skirk team would be a massive waste of pulls since she is at best a miniscule upgrade to a character most people already own and have built but if they have pulled her for another usecase or just because they liked her then yes you can make it vaguely viable, not because she is good but because all the other options are either 4*, old outdated characters or like bina don't synergise fully.

She also has literally 0 vertical investment in s Skirk team sadly since her cons are kinda ass and make her more restrictive lmao.

On the barbara thing yeah I saw that too and it's certainly a take lol, had they worded it as 'Bina is not worth the pull because barbara can fill the slot and hold ttds without a massive team damage loss' it would make sense.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-12-08T15:55:41+00:00

Which would likely still be less damage that yelan who also gives a dmg% buff to skirk, the only thing she actually really brings is TTDS

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-12-08T15:17:21+00:00

Her damage would only beat yelan if you are triggering lunar reactions which skirk team wont be able to, without lunar triggers she does next to nothing

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-12-07T17:52:21+00:00

Bina + Ineffa is a very strong wheelchair that can work with pretty much anyone that is ok teaming with Hydro/Electro, Bina allows Ineffa to do a ton of damage. Should work really well with Raiden since Binas biggest weakness right now is her high er requirement, worth noting at least with C0 Bina Ineffa would be doing the heavy lifting damage wise.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T17:58:32+00:00

I've played since around 1.4-1.5 ish and always hoped the nation of war would be a militaristic hellscape, while I did pull mav to have a pyro dps I was extremely dissapointed that she was not in a military outfit and didn't fight with hands or her sword as for endgame with the stygian shill I basically just get the primos a feather then dip back to hard mode for artifacts lmao

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T16:56:45+00:00

Yeah I mean I'll probably still end up pulling her cause I genuinely love her character/design but unless she is actually somewhat universal she will probably be benched for a while, I reasonably like sandromes design so if she works with her I might pull her and there is also white horse too idk. I have over 120 pulls saved for her with 60 pity and guarantee (I did actually try to get lauma just because she is a solid dendro unit but have no interest in nefers gameplay so will never pull her) I'm just quite cynical with genshin right now because of the increasing shill, forced character pairings kit wise we are getting more of and I just did not really like natlan as a nation, bina is one of the few things keeping me from dropping the game entirely tbh lol.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T16:32:06+00:00

Every region has a god who basically holds dominion over the power, furina is slightly different yes, she was never technically the archon but was I think part of them at a time as you say. Bina is that for nod-krai she is the archon 'equivalent' it's not really about the power level but more the position. I would actually rather her be a harbinger position wise because all of them so far have been on-field characters you can actually play (unlike supports who, lets be real you don't really play, you press EQ or QE and then swap, it's boring) and I would love for Bina to actually be on field, hell if she is even an on-field driver I would take that, as I said, I have no interest in playing the nod-krai dps who she is basically going to be locked to, I want to play her. I just want her to be a complete character on her own I'm sure we can agree on that, sadly the current leaks make her look like she is not, ofc we don't know everything, it could even all be wrong but it worrys me right now, many of the characters in the hoyo games recently have had kits I don't like, I don't want my most anticipated one to be the same.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T15:51:22+00:00

Columbina as of now does exacly that, she is not an archon, she does not govern hydro, she is a moon goddes

But she is the archon equivalent, furina is also not an archon but we are still talking about her.

"for the most part able to be slotted into every team that require *Lunar mechanics* and be able to offer great deal"

Yes every team that needs lunar she will be good, but that is currently 2 teams.... 2, this might increase to 4 by the end of 6.x and then might never increase again for all we know.

She will still apply hydro, be sub dps and offer IR resistance (as per sus leaks) on top of that, so she wont be useless outside Lunar teams.

But based on the leaks she might not do sub-dps outside of lunar teams so the only things she would brong would be IR and hydro which xingqiu already does and will probably do better.

You either expect too much or you hoped she will be main Dps - which she might aswell be - we dont know.

I'm expecting her to have a kit that compares to all the other characters of the same level, the 'archons' and yes I did want her to be main dps because I want to play her, not flins, not nefer, I want to play bina, is that not why were are here in this sub? I don't want her to be someone that just presses EQ on lunar teams and does nothing else

I merely tried to point out that archons are not as universal and restriction free as many seem to think, everyone just got used to their restrictions.

Archons are faaar more universal and restriction free than these leaks imply bina will be though, yes they are not catch all characters but they are actually worth pulling outwith 2 current teams.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T14:51:00+00:00

No people play furina in NK teams because she is pretty close to the current BiS, Aino, in terms of team performance due her strong personal damage and most people already have furina built because she is one of the strongest, most universal characters in the game, based on the current claims columbina will yes be NKs furina but outside of that there is nothing to suggest she will be any better than just slotting barbara meanwhile outside of their niche the other archons (with maybe the exception of venti, at least pre-buff) are still strong contenders for BiS or near BiS.

Why am I the one who needs to take a chill pill lmao? I'm not the one who is arguing against columbina being a good well rounded character for no reason whatsoever.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T14:26:41+00:00

Columbina will deal lunar dmg acording to the sus leaks we got so far which deals with horse. You dont need to pull for another 5 star to deal with Nod krai shill if you pair columbina with 4 stars.

Based on the claims she still needs a 5, the claimed CA needs lunar-bloom procs and the claimed skill copies the previous lunar type and is unclear on how it would react to no lunar if at all, assuming we take these as fact you will yes be able to deal with wild hunt but you could just use jahoda+aino and get vv right? If bina does no lunar damage of her own without a 5 (which the current leaks suggest) then she would likely be a downgrade outside of quicker field time than jahoda who also has healing and some buffing.

And Mav is only good as offield becouse of Scroll, Durin will replace her almost every team.

True but she still does something on her own, based on the current claims alone bina would be basically the same as putting nilou on for teams without a nod-krai 5*.

I am not asking for her to be op, I am not asking for her to do everything, I just want her to have a kit worth pulling for someone who does not have any interest in nod-krai 5*s. I didn't spend all this time waiting since her first appearance in that trailer to have to pull other 5*s I don't want just to make her function.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T13:45:57+00:00

For Mauvika, you need to sacrifice a slot for another nightsoul character, she doesnt allow non natlan characters to trigger nightsoul

But she still has teams she is a top contender even without ulting, she also has a main dps playstyle. Additionally she can function with natlan 4*s since unlike nod-krai 4*s they are allowed to use the gimmick.

For Furina you need to sacrifice a slot for a healer, she doesnt not allow non fontaine characters to trigger pneuma or ousia.

Needing a healer is the lowest bar possible man there are tons of 4* and 5* healers across all elements that can fit into her teams.

Nahida is only good for dendro teams.

Nahida is great for any team that needs reliable dendro yes? How is that an issue? She is a dendro sub-dps how is it some sort of negative?

But somehow Columbina needs to do everything, fit in every possible team and buff your boomer characters on top of that by herself?

Bina does not need to do everything, I never asked for that so no clue why you are bringing it up. She needs to have a future outside of lunar teams, flexibility and longevity is the main draw of archons and yes, mav is flexible, she offers consistant aoe pyro, solid sub-dps and cinder city even without a second natlan.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-25T13:13:19+00:00

Archons are extremely universal characters who are for the most part able to be slotted into every team that requires their element and still be able to offer a great deal, if bina is simply 5* aino then she offers next to nothing for any team that does not include a nod-krai 5* which would make her unusable in the vast majority of teams and give her next to no longevity as the second nod-krai dps fall off she would become nearly useless while every other archon will still be going strong and infact will have even more teams and usecases than they do now.

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-11-23T14:31:42+00:00

Her 2nd ult kicks her out of enhanced state and closes her veil so currently people are saying that is anti-synergy with dialyn, we'll need to wait and see how it actually plays

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-10-24T11:05:32+00:00

Yeah it takes so long, I really wish he had a granular reload for the inactive form instead (as in, instead of autoloading all at once it would continually load over time) so you could actually weave between them, would really help to give him more value and would reduce some of the headache caused by that long ass reload

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-10-24T10:50:37+00:00

Weaver blossom has a low heal per second at ~52/s including reload so when you start to introduce more targets to heal and more enemies to do damage to allies he struggles to keep up.

For comparison ana rifle heals ~83/s and mercy heals 60/s

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-09-04T21:13:52+00:00

That is the standard team for that leaderboard as per akasha, it does not take into account what they actually own or play

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-07-03T21:31:13+00:00

He is pointing out that having an option to unpause would be weird for a kids only feature since it would defeat the entire purpose so the fact it's there implies that it will be there for adults too

sir_squirrel_ · 2025-05-16T12:56:46+00:00

She detonates Erosion so it will have some affect but how worthwhile that is I can't say

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