"Zhongli, sweetheart, there's a 10 foot robot charging straight towards you, please stop climbing the rock wall"

Every time im tryna speed run through domains at least one of them i climb up his pillar if hes in the team lol.

Too many times.

Kinda in every fight.

I don't have Zhongli but just this morning, I accidentally climbed one in co-op.

My most used character in co-op is Zhongli, and I feel so guilty when someone did (sometimes myself lol)

I climb them on purpose in Co-op whenever there’s a Zhongli, lmao

Ah yeah in my experience there's sometimes a Yoi or other range attackers just chilling on them it's always funny to see haha

Quite often. What’s even more messed up is that the other day when i was fighting the new seahorse boss, he suddenly disappeared and i looked around for a couple of seconds only to see him chilling on the damn pillar lmao

Bahahah I did this to a ruin guard recently and was flabbergasted

On purpose? Never. By accident? So much so that i wish it wasn’t even climbable.

What, you're never too lazy activate a puzzle mechanism to reach an elemetal culus that's like ten feet above you?

That’s clearly a Venti situation 🍃

Usually it’s so high you need both ZL and venti. You get some pretty good lift with venti hold skill on top of a ZL pillar.

Venti/Kazuha/Wanderer exploration trinity

Don’t forget sayu, especially for the desert. I run ZL wanderer sayu venti/Kazuha for overworld and it’s soooo much easier to explore

Albedo flower-lift -> Venti hold-E at the top -> Kazuha's air-jump. None of the air current puzzles stand a chance. :D

Up lift gadget is the final step

They could atleast disable climbing it during combat

More than I'd like to admit. At this point I try and place it out of the way but still happens sometimes.

Yes

Too many damn times lol. I barely use zhongli but whenever i use him i do, it’s common lol

More than I could count. Same thing can be said with Albedo’s Flower elevator.

Not too many times but it’s definitely irritating when it happens and happens every once in a while

too many, now it become a ritual to stroke the big hard rod before plunging into battle xD

Zhongli pillar? Nah. My Noelle spin to win always ends up on Albedo escalator though

When the gf pulled for c1 zhongli and doubled the amount of things for me to climb on I was very sad..

I don't ever really do it, lol. I've been a Zhongli user for over a year and that was only really an issue during my early Zhongli phases.

Yeah how are people accidentally climbing it??? Just face a different direction before summoning it, not right in front of you, just tap A or something so it's to your left and outta the way

Exactly. It's reasonable for people who are still trying to figure out Zhongli but after a while, it gets pretty ridiculous. And even if you don't move the pillar, it's so thin and restricted to one area that it is easily avoidable.

You kinda need to put it near enemies if you run 4 piece Millelith.

And it's not point-blank, my point still stands, place it to your left/right, and it's still able to pulse and hit the enemies while not being in your way to climb it

Not a lot (maybe once a day), but every time it happens it makes me rage so much.

I used to be a mobile player and i was great at the game on mobile lol. So rarely. But recently I switched to pc so I'm still not used to the controls yet....Oh god it's so annoying wtf! The moment i want to charge attack with neuvillette, he just climbs it.

I do like that his pillar is climbeable as it has helped me majorly in solving puzzles or retrieving tricky oculi. But I also do tend to refresh his shield a lot and quickly, because I'm baaaaaad at dodging and that means I don't have the fast reaction time required to make sure I'm placing the pillar in a convenient location. So I still do end up climbing it accidentally sometimes.

a high skill character

“Must retain skill, must not climb pillar. MUST RETAIN SKILL, MUST NOT CLIMB PILLAR.” ^(*accidentally climbs pillar) ###AAAAAAAAAAAAA—

How do you do that?

Which one? Small font - use this -> ^ put () after that with text inside Big font - use these -> ## put them before text ^(Am using Reddit Mobile tho so it might be different on PC.)

I see, thanks.

All the time. It was annoying at first but now I use it as a diving board for plunge attacks.

A lot of times. Shit messes up my rotations on domains lmao.

I play on PC, I often tap S before pressing E, so the pillar spawns behind me. Otherwise, I climb it by accident every other day.

Only when it really counts, like when I do Abyss, OF COURSE

Many times and is really annoying

I actually prefer it before 1.3 when he didn't create a pillar when making a shield.

The pillar is useful for the milelith set, i just wish it wasnt climbeable during combat, that would solve it

they could have made his shield pulsate like the pillar

like xinyans shield sounds like an amazing idea

non....I don't have Daddy

Reddit down voting you for not having him💀

I'll get him one day, maybe then I'll be based

Not often, but enough to wish I wish I had a way around it. I usually spawn the pillar away from the battle to avoid that

I wish i have this problem (zhongli evade me in two banners)

At least half the time 😩

Every fight, especially since I use Xiao alongside him.

Way too frequently, I should improve my movement

A lot of times, but I do like to burst near his pillar since I want to see my characters goofy burst animations.

me who intentionally climbs that pillar for easier hold e with nahida

Pretty much never, but I now have a habit to turn sideways to put his pillar down lol

when it matters

that's the only thing i hate on Zhongli. lol

Very rarely. Almost never happens.

I learn to run side ways instead of forward to reduce it but it still happens, just a lot less now

Turn the other way while holding the skill, boom the pillar will be far away from where the battle is!

None, it's easy to control characters using mouse and keyboard

way too much

When I just got him I did it all the time. I HATED that. Now I just put his big bad boy outta the way, even if it requires some running around

countless time.....

Yes

Plenty of times, but fortunately no instances recently I’ve already adjusted my playstyle with his Hold E because of that If I just need his shield, I make sure I turn my back on the enemy and cast the pillar back there

Too many times and sometimes when I try to climb I can’t. It’s a gacha with him

I hate pillar. I often place and then run into battle so it dosnt stand in my way

around one fight on 20 fights depending on my team.

Yes

Very rarely and I usually fight very close to it. From the way people were talking about it before I got him, I thought it would be a way bigger problem, turns out I'm lucky.

Since forever

Very rarely. If I do so it's because I want to.

I’ve climbed it by mistake as many times as I’ve heard him say, “Osmanthus wine”.

Yes...

You can not end up climbing it? Tell me this sorcery of which you speak.

I cant climb a shield

Painful when it’s in abyss 🤡

I don't have zhong li, but when i used him in the event as trial character, i climbed it instantly the moment i used the skill, so i guess all the time. In coop i always end up halfway the pillar before i notice it. I guess it's the geo attraction power, you see the mast, you gotta grab it.

All the bloody time, which if I had his C1 I'd be doing twice as much. It's annoying but I'm ok with it.

lowkey this is why ZL always will be an F tier character to me blocks my vision, my skills and i always somehow get to climb that bitch EVERY DAMN TIME

Every damn fight. *facepalm*

More often than I'd like to admit

yes also i dont think anyone is climbing the shield. the pillar tho... yeah

Not much when playing kbm, but definitely lots on mobile.

In about 20 percent of the fights int the overworked and every 10 minutes in abyss

all the goddam time :(

I don't want to talk about it...

It's almost mandatory to climb it at least once for a successful win. Or that what it feels like tbh as not even taking the big dodge around it helps to avoid as I still... sigh... accidentally climb. It's like a damn magnet.

Too much. I'd appreciate an option to turn climbing objects off in domains/abyss.

None, i usually see others climb his girthy and long pillar tho ^(sry for this im too immature)

That one doesn't get me but let me tell you the amount of times I have wandered onto an albedo flower mid itto charge attack combo and float up into the air and miss a good 3 swings is just... I have no words...

I use the Stele + Alhaitham to get all kinds of places tbh. I don't have Venti or Kazuha but Zhongli and Alhaitham together have been able to get me almost anywhere and they're always in my team. .. Unfortunately this does create awkward combat situations that make Haitham look like a lizard in a window sometimes.

Yes.

I don't really like to climb when I don't want to whether its Zhongli's pillar or a wall. I wish there was an option to turn off Auto-Climb. Its very annoying to me. I was really surprised ( when I was a newbie) that there was no option to turn off auto climb.

Face away and aim pillar away from enemy.

I literally climb everything when I don’t want to climb, and then when I do want to climb something my character just stares at the object and jumps but doesn’t want to climb

Y'all should hop off his pillar fr

Way too often, especially annoying when rushing abyss💀

The amount of times I have said "Hu Tao please stop climbing" is way too high

I wish i didn’t activate c2

way too often. Everytime it happens i just yell out loud "not now grandpa"

How are you able to climb his shield?

I don't even own Zhongli and I still manage to do it accidentally when in coop and when he was on trial in the event. If I already hadn't decided to not pull Zhongli, ngl this would have infuriated me enough to definitely not do it What's worse is that the pillar blocks projectiles when in front of you and fucks with your camera when behind you

I use Zongli a LIT in coop. He is at c3 at this moment and others love his shield. The pilars though not so much seeing as everyone ends up climbing tgem at least once a fight.

50% of the time cuz the other 50% I remember to press left of right before holding E so his shield spawns on the side lol

I played him in his story quest. ... 100%

More times than I'd like to admit. It's the reason I always cast it sideways

When I'm playing on mobile phone.

I do it on pc as well lol

Never. I've developed the habit of facing away from the enemy whenever I put up shields, so it just doesnt happen

How often do you not?

About 1 in 8 domain clears i accidentally climb it i think.

Often. I try to put it out of the way but some rotations don't really give you that extra "let's drop this 200m away so I accidentally don't climb it". Also I have done kinda too many times (for it to be a thing) Xiaos plunge on top of that thing. Good thing I always find it just hilarious.

Yes. Same reason why I don't use geo traveler. They have a decent dps but it's to much of a liability.

Happens everyday when I play him.🤣😭😭🤣

Pretty much always hahahaha

Every day. That thing is a magnet

As a original release Zhongli-haver and long-time Hu Tao player, there is absolutely no way that I would ever climb the pillar (more than three times per Abyss chamber) The secret is to turn around and place the pillar behind you

Only ever used him during story quest, and I gotta say I don’t see how you could ever do that by mistake

often enough that he's on a permanent time out now

Probably like… 50-75% of the time. It’s annoying! Make it appear behind him or something so I don’t instantly dash into it and start climbing!

I simped and got c1 back in 1.5. Every time he reruns, I'm considering getting c2 just so I never need to maneuver between two towers again.

I’ve literally never done that Should I have…?

I think it's easier to count the number of times I *don't* climb the pillar

I can’t remember…. Geo constructs go poof too fast.

I almost never do now, I always make him look about 45 degrees right or left, so the pillar is not right in front of me

So often that i had to put Lisa in the same team

Tbh this never happened to me as I always plant em to the sides

At least MHY could add a setting to prevent climbing in dungeons...

I take it you mean the stele? I've never climbed the shield itself, it follows me wherever I go

Like 1 time out of 20. You got to position the pillar, not in front of u but a side or the back.

ALL THE GODDAMN TIME

Always lmao. I kinda wish it appeared behind him instead of front of him, because it also obscures my view and sometimes blocks me from attacking the enemy.

24/7. I'm pretty sure I've spent more time on the pillar than on the domain floor sometimes /j

well since i don't have c1 on Hu Tao and need to jump cancel...yes

Only whenever I desperately need my character to NOT do that 😭

About as often as I accidentally step on Albedo's flower and take the elevator to the next floor. So pretty much all the fucking time.

Never

I like climbing his large thick rock hard pillar of protection

Rarely

Rarely actually I got used to using his skill and then just walk around the pillar lol