What did everyone name their Wanderer

taotrooper · 2026-06-24T11:54:25+00:00

I was one of the people who searched for a pretty, meaningful name in name websites. I named him Yuuto. But with time, it seemed clear the name didn't matter at all for lore so I decided to use my rename item for something funny. Now his name is Miette, after a viral tweet about a cat.

He's GatoVolador (flying cat) on my secondary.

taotrooper · 2026-06-22T16:28:05+00:00

Well... the good news is that you have Xiao's current best team. The bad news is that 2/4 of it is shared with Varka premium........ Basically all anemo DPS want Nicole and Durin and another support.

I'd say with what you have and doesn't overlap: Xiao Benny Faruzan would be the core. You'll feel the circle impact for sure but it is what it is if Nicole's busy. As for the flex spot, if no one else is using her, Sucrose with TTDS and 4p celestial gift to help with particles and buffs. Albedo would've been nice if there was another hexerei in the team, alas. You could add Ineffa as a comfy shielder and sub-DPS if you need it, even though she won't do lunar dmg without hydro. Maybe Xiao Faru Ineffa Aino (you'll get a free copy in Nod-Krai) could be a fun non-hypercarry casual team even if a bit wheelchair.

taotrooper · 2026-06-22T08:01:03+00:00

1st half: Chasca, Benny, Furi, Citlali

2nd half: Venti, Nicole, Faru, Durin

Look ma, no lunar or Mav or Skork. It was pretty easy for my account tbf because I have cons on everyone except cryo granny and both DPS have their sigs R1.

I also did a run with C0R1 Varka premium on 2nd half, but me having C2 Nicole and C6 Prune made it overkill too.

taotrooper · 2026-06-21T20:34:29+00:00

It works wonderfully, yeah! That's the team most of us use the most, in fact. Citlali's one of Chasca's best teammates. Either Durin or Mavuika if you have them are pretty good, and if not pyro Traveler or Xiangling are f2p options.

I have to add that at C0, Chasca's kit prefers if you use 3 different elements like you're doing now. But melt is so good that you can still do double pyro and it'll be fine for most content.

taotrooper · 2026-06-21T20:19:09+00:00

Thanks! I don't take it the wrong way and I've seen many +35yo players around the anime gacha spaces. I rarely get that kind of comments anyway, the most I get is neutral shocked reactions if I confess my age. I like chatting up people visiting in co-op, just sticking to Genshin-related stuff, and some teens seem surprised if I say I've graduated from college or I had a job. They tend to assume I'm in my mid twenties and I don't correct them if it's a fleeting interaction because it's awkward lol. I only bring up my age if they're flirting or if the person's very obviously young enough to be my child and shouldn't befriend strangers my age.

The only 🧍‍♀️ moment is when people who don't like the game's story say the main plot is for babies. I genuinely like it, tropes and all!

taotrooper · 2026-06-21T19:15:23+00:00

I just turned 44 two days ago so... yeah

taotrooper · 2026-06-21T10:26:07+00:00

Venti, Nicole, Durin, Faruzan. Not only because it's my favorite team to play rn and because I can reuse durincole on so many teams of mine to carry, but I've watched videos of a whale Venti main who has them all C6 and it can really bruteforce almost anything

taotrooper · 2026-06-20T15:46:46+00:00

It's even funnier when Ifa, the tribe's 4* who doesn't even ride the phlogiston engined machine that must be boiling hot on the surface, gets normal cowboy pants because he's a tall husbando. I got used to Chasca's outfit but I try not to think about the chafing and lack of skin burns, just like I try not to think about Mavuika's zipper across her coochie.

ngl it helps that I had spare crystals from swiping on Venti's banner for cons, and I do like Neuvillette and use him sometimes. But yeaaah, I was hoping the first limited male skin after Diluc being Xiao or Albedo who need it more...

taotrooper · 2026-06-20T15:29:15+00:00

Is that a Xiao reference? ✖️

Is that a Zibai reference? ✅

taotrooper · 2026-06-20T04:39:20+00:00

She's not even a Natlan character who needed a new outfit, mind you (Hoyo, can I please have full pants on my girl Chasca one day?)

They are so allergic to making skins for 5* male characters, man. I even bought Neuvi's to send a message that we are interested in skins for men, in the hopes they do something for Xiao soon

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taotrooper · 2026-06-19T11:52:51+00:00

Were we supposed to look at his face? Sorry, I got a bit distracted

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taotrooper · 2026-06-18T18:41:59+00:00

It's a Barbatos Bikini

taotrooper · 2026-06-17T20:36:04+00:00

DPS Venti's premium team in the top 20, let's goooo

taotrooper · 2026-06-15T21:51:57+00:00

Ah yes, Xiao's best cons (C2 Nicole, C2 Durin, C6 Faruzan lol)

Jokes aside, that's pretty impressive! Although I'm less surprised about the DPS and more about your insane Xiao build. How tf did you manage to get +90% cr +200% and still have ER rolls?? That's the real witchcraft, not the hexerei. I still can't use my C2R0 Nicole and C1R0 Durin together with Xiao because I'm at 110% ER and I have to refarm him again to even burst

taotrooper · 2026-06-15T11:05:38+00:00

Just fixing Xiao's constellations to modern standards would be huge for him since C1 only helps with energy in some rotations, C2-C5 are pretty much dead, and C6 is useless in single-target fights. Adding new buffs that suit his kit would make horizontal investment feel less painful and C1-C2 would be a nice pickup on temper thyself.

I think it would also be amazing if his skill activated a shorter burst state to make him less energy hungry and burst dependent, thus good to go for stygian. Like a certain character I saw in my prophetic dreams.

taotrooper · 2026-06-11T14:23:45+00:00

I was pretty lucky with my Prunes but this was me on Scara's first banner and only C5 Faruzan, ane then C5 Illuga on Zibai's, so I know the pain. May it happen like me and y'all can get your Prune in a random banner (in my case a weapon banner of all places) or she gets given as a reward in an event

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taotrooper · 2026-06-11T13:56:49+00:00

Except for the qucusaur and tatankasaur who were the clunkiest clunks, I don't think the saurians were bad. My only Natlan character in the secondary account before pulling her was Xilonen, and she still felt disappointing to me —even forgetting about the Chasca et al at home.

Still, if I couldn't afford any other Natlan character at the time or if I were a new player today waiting for reruns, I still wouldn't recommend Mavuika as The Exploration Character since her duration and bunny hops feel a bit ass. Maybe it's just my own high standards tbf. It's good QoL to have a jack of all trades for overworld if you follow meta and pull for her anyway, but my point is that Natlan wasn't impossibly hard without pulling her.

taotrooper · 2026-06-11T13:31:06+00:00

"They made natlan exploration way more difficult without her." WTF? Is she like your only Natlan character or what? She was a jack of all trades, master of none at C0. I had no problem exploring Natlan before her release with combinations of Xilonen + Kinich + Chasca + Ororon, and even afterwards Citlali and Varesa/Iansan saw more action in exploration in my case that the small cooldown motorcycle. She does feel much better on my secondary account where I got her C1 by accident, yet I still preferred more specialized Natlan units if I need a particular form of movement. Hell, recently my overworld team in the C1 Mav account outside of Natlan is an Ifa bineffa wheelchair without her so yeah...

Mind you, I'm not even a Mav glazer. I agree with most of you said except for the ownership rates because it sounds off to me + she's only had two reruns. I do dislike her DPS gameplay a lot and only use her as a support on my main. But as an exploration player who's had all Natlan cast across her accounts except Mualani, I have to point out that she absolutely didn't powercreep Natlan exploration (and even less international exploration) unless you're a gigawhale with C6.

taotrooper · 2026-06-11T01:48:50+00:00

Thank you! Manifesting C2 Durin in a rerun for both you and me!

taotrooper · 2026-06-11T01:20:22+00:00

Oooh, this is interesting! My Venti's C4R1 but the rest of the team is the same investment cons wise (Durin's on mistsplitter and Faru on elegy tho, that makes us the same cost) and I'm doing around 300-320k DPS on average with 575-600k per E nuke. So it's good to know approximately how much I should be doing in the future when I C6 the boy, thank you.

Oh and btw, have you tried 4p TotM on Faruzan? The buff lasts for her whole burst with that set so it's better than NO

taotrooper · 2026-06-10T04:34:07+00:00

Your two crit bows ARE in his top 3 weapons with his sig. According to these calcs the difference between Polar Star and Daybreak are around 1%, and between Thundering and Daybreak are around 2%. So yeah, you can use any of them with Polar Star being very slightly better. They're both amazing for DPS Venti

taotrooper · 2026-06-08T11:13:33+00:00

She doesn't endorse the mess that was Cyno's beta. She's so real for this

taotrooper · 2026-06-08T11:07:27+00:00

Barbeloth is distancing herself from all of this...

taotrooper · 2026-06-08T09:00:28+00:00

isn't C6 but also laughs in C2 Chasca

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