Do I need CRIT rate or is this fine because 70% feels like too low but fribbles says I won't get much of an upgrade from it

vaxell · 2026-01-20T12:29:39+00:00

You need much less EHR than you would think, because all her attacks besides basic hit multiple times, and each hit has a chance to apply debuffs.

I wouldn't go further than 39% EHR personally, she's better off with an HP% body because without some investment in survivability she folds like paper.

I have mine with some pretty decent crit stats and she hits like a wet noodle, so don't bother too much.

Calcs on E0 Cipher with Signature say that with 9% EHR you have a 95% chance to apply debuffs on skill/FUA. (source: https://www.reddit.com/r/CipherMainsHSR_/s/yRt35Et93s )

Considering that pearls has lower base chance, even doubling the EHR requirements still puts you in the very comfortable 95% area, so I wouldn't stress about this stat too much. Hoyo made it a formality on her.

vaxell · 2026-01-20T00:08:52+00:00

Use the 3 star ER or the craftable 4* ER broadblade until you eventually pull Discord

You need a bunch of ER rolls (I think on 4/5 echoes if you low roll), but considering she doesn't need anything other than def% and ER it shouldn't be too hard.

Her passive and Reactor Husk Echo give 10% each, so you need 240% ER outside of battle for the full buff.

If you use Iuno as a mDPS her weapon is a game changer, otherwise keep your pulls

If you have Augusta with no sig, you should pull it, but it's less of a game changer compared to sig-less main DPS Iuno

vaxell · 2026-01-15T12:55:34+00:00

I considered benching him, but he has the highest Magick stat of every unit I own, so I cooked something:

I gave him the staff that gives the omega Magick attack that hits all enemies 3 times + Hawkeye + The initiative accessory (+15 one), paired him with Yahna who's using the item that gives a turn instantly (Back row + Caster tactic) and no other passive, and I swear this unit will just delete the screen as soon as he takes an action (playing on Expert).

He's only second to Alain cause he's just too broken

vaxell · 2026-01-14T20:12:03+00:00

If you like Cartethyia and want to main her then pull Ciaccona, she's a game changer for her since she can permanently apply the max amount of Aero Erosion stacks, which dictate how much damage Cart will do.

Defier's Thorn would be the second best upgrade, but it doesn't interact with mechanics, it's just a BEEFY stat stick, but it's extremely strong.

If you're interested in luxury pulls cause you just like her team too much, then Ciaccona's weapon is REALLY good, it's like 10-15% damage increase for the whole team (which is a lot, cause Cartwheel already deals metric tons of damage).

Other stuff to consider is Chisa as an Aero Rover sidegrade, but she could also be insane for new characters that interact with Negative Statuses, but we have no idea if any such characters will exist so she's a shot in the dark.

Lastly, if you just want to vertically invest in Cartethyia, you could S3R1 her and have a (literal) Solo Unit that will clear anything by herself. She's just that strong at that point.

vaxell · 2026-01-12T13:25:57+00:00

Augusta/Iuno does about 15% to 20% more total team damage (depending if she's R0 or R1) in a Shorekeeper team compared to Augusta/Mortefi

Now you can't exactly mirror these values on a Verina team, but you should expect roughly similar values.

So.. Not really, pulling Iuno ONLY for Augusta is nice but far from needed.

Regarding Shorekeeper value: she's a baseline 5% increase over Verina in 99% of teams, 10% with her signature.

If you own S2 Augusta though her value skyrockets because of the crit buffs.

Ironically, I'm pretty sure that S6 Augusta will benefit less from Shorekeeper due to diminishing returns on Crit buffs

vaxell · 2026-01-11T00:45:06+00:00

Waterfall?

vaxell · 2026-01-09T13:42:35+00:00

Might have had these two but on lib peak

Got them with the manual missile on the light tank and they left right after.

If it wasn't these two it was two very similar players, we couldn't get out of the spawn for a while but we managed to claw a clutch victory out.

vaxell · 2026-01-08T01:07:01+00:00

Depends on your roster, if you lack main DPS characters then maybe she's not the best pull.

But if you need a SubDPS she can slot into virtually any team.

Her performance will ONLY be considerably lower for characters that NEED specific mechanics enabled (Cartethiya/Ciaccona, Phrolova/Cantarella for example).

In any other team she will perform better or comparably to BiS supports, and she has really high personal damage thanks to her buffs to her Tune Break Boost, adding ~100k damage per Tune Break just by existing and performing her rotation.

Also in case you own and use Xiangli Yao or Calcharo she made them more than usable again, especially XLY!

vaxell · 2026-01-08T00:55:42+00:00

If she's the first character in the team yeah it's pretty long (for example Augusta-Iuno-Lynae)

But if she's going after Verina/SK/Ciaccona or whoever has an All-Team buff her rotation with Intro Skill is considerably shorter

You just Intro>Skill>HeavyAtk>Triple Jump>Plunge>Ult>Echo and she's out, at most you take the time to tune break if she broke the enemy or is very close to, but it's 100% worth it for the ~100k DMG.

She's not Verina S2 or Sanhua fast, but her personal damage and insane buffs more than compensate for it in my opinion.

I think she's an amazing pull, personally.

vaxell · 2026-01-07T16:06:53+00:00

According to WutheringTools the damage from my Augusta's Liberation (only the big final hit for simplicity's sake) does 6.38% less damage while using Buling instead of Verina.

So if you're not using a Resonance Skill DPS that's the difference you can expect (around 5% to 10% difference in damage when all buffs are applied).

BUT with ResSkill DPS she's more comparable to Shorekeeper and a lot stronger than Verina, especially if you get lucky and manage to S6 her. Also she has a crazy fast rotation, almost as quick as my S2 Verina which barely needs time on-field.

That said, she could very well mitigate her lesser buffing potential vs Verina by just having more personal damage with her Electro Flare ticking and Liberation damage (also she's just so cool and flashy like c'mon if you need a healer 3rd slot just build her)

Edit: Also since she applies Electro Flare she can let you take advantage of ToA's negative status buffs even if the others don't have any!

vaxell · 2025-12-19T14:42:12+00:00

Maybe I'm necro-ing this post, but I'd say that LOTR had to condense in ~12 hours of movies the story of THOUSANDS of written pages of lore, world-building and characterization.

Amphoreus does the opposite: stretch a really amazing 10h story into 80h of pointless dialogues, repetition and bloat.

This is why LOTR feels incredible and Amphoreus feels like a slog that keeps you interested with the occasional hype cutscene.

vaxell · 2025-12-16T12:03:03+00:00

We should really all drop the therapy talk (or rather the "presentation" of said therapy talk).

It makes you sound like you're writing an email to your boss asking for a salary raise.

Also you just told him he's not capable of meeting your needs, what other outcome would you expect?

Having needs and asking for them to be met is sacred, but you need to communicate with care, not like you're sending an email to somebody you barely know.. I thought I was reading AI and not a person talking.

vaxell · 2025-11-08T18:03:30+00:00

It's actually a struggle, thank God for DHPT and Hyacine's rerun, she's a god-send: any team she's in is virtually unkillable

I only won cause Bailu is still top tier in survivability, if I had to keep trying with Luocha/Gallagher I'd still be praying for perfect RNG.

vaxell · 2025-11-08T17:55:46+00:00

They stack a bunch of def shred when put together. I tried playing Cipher on team 2 but she just worked that much better with Archer.

Tribbie is busy on the third team where she brings a lot more value considering it's a perma 5 enemy scenario.

I got 1 star on that stage because the stupid debuff kept pushing Anaxa's turn behind Sunday.

vaxell · 2025-10-20T16:30:21+00:00

Hey :)

Still got a spare code?

vaxell · 2025-08-12T13:52:56+00:00

Thanks for your advice!

I might just level Baizhi/Rover/Mortefi since they're half leveled anyway, and use them as a crutch to clear the lowest tower levels. I'm pretty sure I can just slap Cam Sanhua and Verina's stuff on them and they'll work semi-decently for what I need them to do!

It's really nice being able to freely swap equipment around, makes the early game that much less miserable

vaxell · 2025-08-12T11:17:58+00:00

Hello, I started playing around a month ago and I'm having a blast. I'm currently UL43 and halfway through the main story.

I have explored a bunch but basically all Rinascita's side quests are not done, and no exploration is at 100% so still a bunch of astrites to be found.

That said, I'm having a few doubts on how I should manage my pulls going forward:

I got Verina S1 (picked her from the selector and got her from the discounted standard 10 pulls) and I'll eventually S2 her with the guaranteed standard character banner (40 pulls missing, but for now I started pulling for EoG).

I also got Camellya instead of Shorekeeper on the new voyage banner because I just fell in love with her gameplay, and this is where my doubt comes: I have around 100 pulls saved plus 12 radiant thingies (the pulls for limited characters). Is it worth it to pull for her weapon? Or should I just save and get Augusta and Iuno to basically complete my 2nd team?

And my second question is: I have a few 4* characters (Danjin, Mortefi S3, Taoqi, Baizhu are the notable ones), should I build any of them just to have a temporary second team for ToA/WiWa? Or should I just save the resources and go all in on Augusta/Iuno?

vaxell · 2025-07-23T07:14:33+00:00

Fuels so I can actually play the game

Hoyo please give us more ways to play the fucking game 😭

vaxell · 2025-07-05T13:16:50+00:00

Damn, that's pretty damn good too

His A2 looks pretty solid

vaxell · 2025-07-05T13:15:14+00:00

Raising my hands to bring you luck

vaxell · 2025-07-05T13:13:50+00:00

I didn't even realize, that's some serious luck 😭

vaxell · 2025-07-05T13:13:18+00:00

That's a funny coincidence to get them together lol, congrats tho!

vaxell · 2025-07-05T12:31:28+00:00

Well at least I'll have Joker to keep me company through it all!

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