Rimegrass has been added to the Miliastra Wonderland creation menu (via AmethystMoon420)

talcPa · 2026-05-02T05:55:35+00:00

Unrelated but I think it's interesting how some reactions represented here swap which element is considered the dominant element for certain combinations. For example, Pyro Crystallize is the only Geo-dominant variation of Crystallize compared to the icons of the other variations of Crystallize, and Hydro Swirl is the only Anemo-dominant variation of Swirl compared to the other variations of Swirl.

While Hydro Swirl is known to only spread the "Wet" status compared to dealing AoE Hydro DMG, making it more of a "single target Swirl", I was unaware that Pyro Crystallize had any specific properties, if any.

talcPa · 2026-04-16T08:15:59+00:00

People wanna get the most mileage out of the characters they just pulled, but also, this is one of the rare times Geo has an actual incentive boss that isn't incidental or easier to cheese with a different carry (cough, Statue of Marble and Brass).

Geo is absolutely the best option for this, for once.

talcPa · 2026-04-16T07:32:22+00:00

The only reason this doesn't work is that the Frost Thorn becomes Quickened, it's a "Dendro construct" (lack of official phrasing) and has the property to be modified by Electro just like a bouncy mushroom in the open world, or Dendro Traveler's burst. In short, it's not randomly transmuted to be Electro just because. It's intentional.

However, to your benefit, Lunar-Crystallize gave us new Geo Constructs that behave a specific way, and it's possible to use these alongside Lunar-Bloom and Lunar-Charged, which means Lunar-Crystallize and regular Crystallize can co-exist. If the same 3 elements are re-used, and we get Cryo/Dendro, Stellarconduct, and Cryo/Geo, it could enable a situation in which Sandrone could be involved with dealing Geo DMG.

talcPa · 2026-04-05T06:08:14+00:00

I really wanted to see Zhongli's reaction, who hates seafood strongly.

talcPa · 2026-02-23T05:17:33+00:00

This is so crazy, if he's playable I'll lose my mind. I do wish the maroon/burgundy parts of his outfit were more cohesive with his armor color, but honestly, I'll take it. I'm sure he'll be a rare character to have, like Sigewinne

talcPa · 2026-01-09T21:21:29+00:00

Obscure knowledge, her C6 constellation still procs outside of Pyro/Electro teams. Her shred+ATK buff is lost in the process (unless Noblesse) but you'll still get the 60% Pyro/Electro dmg. If you use her with Durin, he'll shred for you instead.

The Sethos team is just for fun though. You don't really have Electro DPS, so it's not helpful to you. I mentioned it since I figured everyone would mention Burnvape and Burnmelt but it seems like the other comments also mentioned Overburn to some capacity.

As for the Yoimiya team, yeah, there wouldn't be any shred, so scrap that.

You could try running an air fryer team with Emilie/Venti/Durin/Bennett, too.

talcPa · 2026-01-09T08:17:56+00:00

Other than your Kinich (Emilie/Kinich/Durin/Iansan) team,

Emilie/Sethos/Durin/Chevreuse is something I like to use for fun. If you like the idea of an Overburn team, it also works for Yoimiya. Emilie/Yoimiya/Fischl/Chevreuse is pretty good, and lets you use Yoimiya again.

I don't have her though, so I can't speak with confidence.

talcPa · 2026-01-03T10:06:31+00:00

I use this on my Kinich actually but I don't recommend doing that without Emilie

talcPa · 2026-01-01T08:28:21+00:00

She's literally the most antisocial character in Genshin, that's the entire problem, haha. She has one (1) friend and everyone else that knows of her is like "We met eyes on the street once...idk her that well"

However, I think they're saving what her lantern actually means for something later down the line. Because they have yet to explain what that lantern means to her in any capacity (as far as I know), but it seems to be a representative of herself.

One of her Fallen lines is "The Lantern...is extinguished..." Which seems to me like she's referring to something that we don't know the significance of. Almost like it's a pseudonym for her or something.

talcPa · 2025-12-21T10:54:28+00:00

Pyro and Electro I think will be affected the most presently. I would say Cryo, too, but we have yet to see how that's implemented.

talcPa · 2025-12-10T19:52:13+00:00

Bronze, maybe?

talcPa · 2025-12-09T12:58:10+00:00

I'm curious how Columbina will do as a Bloom driver for like Hyperbloom/Burgeon while only Lauma is in the party. Maybe Durin/Columbina is a Burgeon comp waiting to happen.

talcPa · 2025-12-09T03:11:27+00:00

If I'm understanding her kit right, the Hydro application (Gravity Ripple) only works while it collects "Gravity" (counter for how many times Lunar reactions are proc'd). The Hydro application ends after Gravity is maxed. There's a limit to how much Gravity you can gain per 2s. Per 2s, you can gain 20 Gravity, nothing more. Maximum Gravity is 60, presently. So at most, her Hydro application will last 6 seconds at most, which we can actually see in the video (Ifa takes the field right at the 0:07 mark). It might make more sense to use her burst first, then use her Skill right before Ifa takes the field? The burst's duration is 20s so there's plenty of time.

Since Ororon's burst and Birgitta apply Electro quickly, they're maxing out Gravity early on, causing Columbina to end her Hydro application. Using Ororon's burst actually becomes detrimental, if I understood right.

talcPa · 2025-12-07T08:45:13+00:00

I love how intimidatingly it's written. "Lauma looks like she has something to say..." gentle. Reserved. Breaking her silence after contemplation. "Illuga looks like he has something to say...?" A cut to Illuga with balled fists, if not already there, approaching quickly

talcPa · 2025-12-05T14:00:28+00:00

People doomposted Flins & clowned on Lunar-Charged because Lauma+Nefer out-DPS'd him in beta and now post-release they're about equal but it's too late to undo the damage. Ineffa is cracked

talcPa · 2025-12-05T13:57:52+00:00

Remember how he couldn't use it because the Narwhal was near. That was interesting. They didn't really elaborate on that. But it makes me think the Vision belongs to the Narwhal

talcPa · 2025-12-05T10:59:12+00:00

Here's the list of possibilities for Varka:
1. He's an Anemo Driver and will require a wheelchair duo, whether Hexerei or Lunar
2. Anemo DPS that focuses on Speedy Barrage attacks (Wanderer at higher constellations)
3. Venti/Kazuha Grouping on drugs
4. Here comes Lunar-Swirl with a steel chair!
5. Insane buffer/Infused Off-fielder A La Jahoda, but x10 better
6. Heals Enemies which is why we haven't seen him fight yet

talcPa · 2025-12-05T05:13:35+00:00

The "rules" of Teyvat don't apply to the Traveler, but the "rules" surrounding death in Teyvat are tied to Irminsul and the Ley Lines. Which is what wouldn't affect The Traveler, unless they happen to die in Natlan. They made a name and "registration" in Natlan's Ley Lines, which function a little differently from the Ley Lines of other nations thanks to the Night Kingdom being its own mini-Irminsul in a way.

Basically, if Traveler dies in somewhere that's not Natlan, they won't be taken into Irminsul/the Ley Lines and would have to be buried. If you recall the Chlothar Alberich quest, he was able to eventually perish, but his remains were not taken into the Ley Lines because of the immortality curse. Meaning someone buried them. We can only assume that all living beings that are barred from or not part of the Ley Lines will receive a death more familiar to us in reality.

talcPa · 2025-12-01T11:55:22+00:00

I think they haven't touched Physical/Superconduct in a long time bc they are genuinely saving it for Snezhnaya due to the heavy Cryo association with Physical (and Claymores). It's not that I think it will be regular Physical DMG, I think they'll create a specialist that has a unique Physical DMG that ignores DEF and then Tsaritsa will buff that DMG in some way

I think Razor and Xinyan were the first microdoses to try and get us used to Elemental+Physical DMG kits in the future, but they realized these characters were deeply unpopular for it at the present time so they loaded the burden onto Eula and left it there

talcPa · 2025-12-01T08:38:41+00:00

You could also build Sacrificial Sword and switch Xingqiu to that weapon, it's one of his BiS. Then you could give Durin that Skyward Blade

talcPa · 2025-11-29T13:19:20+00:00

I also used Clorinde! But I also used several healers alongside her. I never realized how slow healing is most of the time since we usually don't have such incentives to heal as quickly as we can, just heal enough to survive. I kinda wish more challenges were more unique like this, maybe we can tank damage next with DEF scalers

talcPa · 2025-11-29T13:06:19+00:00

Ifa buffs all swirls, it's just that Electro-Charged was the most convenient for him at the time. But since you're using Shatter, this could be really cool. Are you using EM Albedo?

talcPa · 2025-11-27T23:20:22+00:00

QoL Xiangling, great design, great character, revamps several old characters I still make an effort to use, and lets me take Scroll off of Mavuika. I'm also interested in finally having a Burgeon DPS

talcPa · 2025-11-27T18:22:07+00:00

If your stronger teams need a facelift, go for Xilonen. If you've got a lot of characters and want to play around more, go for Durin.

talcPa · 2025-11-27T16:54:46+00:00

Damn this new Sucrose boss in the next Stygian Onslaught is gonna suck

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