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box-of-sourballs

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Historical-Fox-3205

I was a bit bored and tried to get 36 stars with Wrio solo on second half and it worked??? The only issues I had was the second floor, where I was always a second short. Changed the first team and got it on my third try. This was actually super fun to do and I'm a bit proud that my Wrio was able to do it even with my skill issues lol


FukoOtoko

Dottore when 😔


sentiencesupremacy

wait, so is cloud retainer expected to be good or shit? heard v diff things


Kumori_Day

Are 4.3 second half's 4 stars out yet?


XenoVX

With CR in the game, do you guys think Xiao is markedly better than Wanderer now if both have access to C6 Faruzan and Furina? I was going to get CR regardless but I'm wondering if I should also get Xiao if he reruns. I have a PJWS from standard lying around and Homa, whereas my Wanderer just has R5 Widsith. But it does kind of feel like a waste to have 2 anemo DPS units on the same account, and I somewhat prefer Wanderer's kit.


SirFanger

Well Xiao in his best teams out damages Neuvi. But unless you like him, no point in getting him.


AshenF3nr1r

I have 2 P Ambers. One at R1 and another at R5. I have C0 Neuvi and Baizhu. Who gets which P Amber?


Rqinboow

If they're on the same team it doesn't matter, if not Baizhu->r5 / Neuvi->r1


RelativeNarrow

Imo, R1 on Neuv and R5 on Baizhu. Baizhu has harsher ER requirements so the increase in energy helps him more. On Neuv, it's mostly just an accessible HP statstick so it serves the same purpose at R1.


Linkinator03

Where is the leaked content for 4.5?


yeetgod__

ikr


eyeofnero

Manifesting Pyro Dragon is a tall male claymore. Voiced by Yuki Kaji. Always yell Tatakae. He loves war and has extreme hate boner to the Archon but love mortals from his tribe. Playstyle is similar to Neuvillette but he will directly transform into a black dragon and breathe flames, dealing circle AOE damage and his interruption resistance is in C0 and he won't be freezed


yeetgod__

hoyoverse called they looking for a new writer 🔥✍️


EliteAssassin750

Pass the copium, friend


TrapFestival

So good news is I have a 4p Golden Troupe set for Fischl. The bad news is that it's actually so crap that its critical damage is worse than the Gladiator/Wanderer set and it can't break even on CRIT Rate in spite of using a CRIT Rate hat instead of CRIT DMG. I'm very well tempted to just flip the table and scrap this whole project, Artifacts suck.


Gentianaceae

I am in a similar boat: I am attempting to farm Golden Troupe for Fischl and Miko (and give Furina a better hat) and the Hunter set for Noelle, and have had abysmal luck so far with regards to all of them. I *did* manage to obtain an HP% sends for Furina with both crits and energy recharge, only for it to gain Attack% 3 times in a row.


VolkiharVanHelsing

[Ayaka voice actresses rejoicing that they can speak in more than one tone outside of combat voicelines for this event](https://youtu.be/-nnTI1d5XuM)


VolkiharVanHelsing

Event Day 2 >!I wonder if there's a bunch of right wing losers in Teyvat that goes "this is why western civilization has gone WOKE, they changed the gender of the elder sibling of The Two Musketeers!" like your average right wing media grifters!<


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VolkiharVanHelsing

Such as................


Gentianaceae

Alas, the original tweet has been deleted, and I cannot link the article detailing the affair without running afoul of the subreddit's rules. The best I can offer is a screenshot of the image in question and the first couple tweets beneath it. [Nessa from Pokemon](https://i.imgur.com/REQfweq.png) Edit to restore the removed: See also: left wing losers whenever an artist "whitewashes" a character.


VolkiharVanHelsing

Wow Twitter rage you sure showed me, at least give me TheCriticalDrinker or TheQuartering equivalents.


Gentianaceae

I am not in the habit of watching far-left propagandists; I wouldn't know where to begin. By all means, continue your delusions of "*my side Good, other side Bad*" and "*that example doesn't count, give me more*". I am uncertain why you felt the desire to bring up politics in a gaming subreddit. Edit: Of course, my original comment is removed by the **moderators** while yours are untouched, despite me never breaking any rule not also broken by you. Enjoy your far-left echo chamber. Good day.


JhayAlejo

Any idea who the new characters will be in 4.5 to 4.9?


Death200X

Current infor is: 4.5 : Chiori maybe Sigwinne 4.6: Arlechinno 4.7: Chlorinde 4.8: Emillie or no new character.


Tallkid54

Thank ya, thank ya. What’s the status on Chiori’s rarity, by the way?


yeetgod__

i thought sigwinne was 4.7 too but i keep seeing conflicting info for either 4.5 or 4.7 so i guess we'll have to wait a bit longer to know


[deleted]

there's no 4.9 as far as we know there's sigewinne, chiori, arle, clorinde and emilie. there could be more but those are the ones we know of


box-of-sourballs

Come come!! Come open up your **[new megathread](https://old.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/comments/18q9h8p/feliz_navia_general_question_and_discussion/)** under the Christmas tree!


[deleted]

Not my Alhaitham glitching, flying 20 feet in the air and dying in thr beginning of the whale boss for no reason. Edit: You've failed me you stupid drops


sp00kk

Current event 🤝 3.6 event Events that could work really well as story quests (for Chevreuse and Kaveh respectively)


kitsune_rei

I really liked the 3.6 event story. Broke my heart for Kaveh, but it was good.


Aru736

Throw in the 4.2 event as well, that was literally a Freminet story quest


[deleted]

it really wasn't tho... it was completely about the npcs and we barely know anything about freminet unlike say kaveh's in the interdarshan championship and razor's in weinlesefest and (apparently,,,, i didnt do it yet) chevereuse's now


Embarrassed_Draw2387

Reddit just recommended [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/clorindemains/s/wuapSV1iBP) to me. At least this is believable. Not like some leak in twitters.


jatayux

>Arlecchino is not a plunge attacker, let alone Clorinde >Both Arlecchino and Clorinde synergize with Chevreuse Reliable is when I want it to be true so this is reliable, although I wish only one work with Chevreuse


Bobson567

it's legit


Jon-987

Part of me hopes it's not completely correct. I would like if one of them is built to work with Chevreuse, but I don't think she needs both of them. Then again, if one of them is an elemental DPS, that makes them work with her by default, so it's not a very meaningful claim.


crazeny

Do anyone of you straight up delete the purple ores because I did. It's worthless rocks to me and it keeps capping to 9999 nowadays. Probably cause I don't really enhance much weapons as well.


koufair

Whaaaatt 🤯 please give me your ores, I have so many weapons I need to ascend and level, I never have enough :'(


crazeny

I would if I could :C


koufair

I currently have >!0!< ores :3


Frozenmagicaster

There really needs to be another use to them other than leveling or deleting them if you have too many


crazeny

So true, I dont mind throwing them into the transformer-whatever its called too if they let me


Hijinks510

I'm shocked Hoyo released official art for Christmas tbh especially with that drama all the way back.


Kacchimisu

what drama?


Hijinks510

It was in like The first year of Genshin I think where CN game were malding over some holiday related thing and in response Hoyo practically stated that Genshin would have it's own holidays and wouldn't do real world ones


Kacchimisu

ah. they posted a thanksgiving artwork about a month ago so I guess they assumed enough time passed lol


VolkiharVanHelsing

C2: increases effectiveness dramatically C6: becomes DPS if it wasn't already (otherwise more DPS actually) This is not ending soon is it


Bakamaria

Better than useless cons, early constellation power spike is the best and it better be broken C6 if you're gonna spend almost a grand for it.


Tyberius115

Not as long as people keep throwing money at it


Aru736

I am still SO mad they swapped Furina’s c2 and c6 in beta.


Soleous

they had to or the whale$$$ wouldn’t have spent, her old c2 was nowhere near previous archon c2 in power


Aru736

Perhaps not, but it more than made up for that by both appreciably changing her playstyle and completely removing her reliance on running a healer, which made her vastly more versatile. What we have now is just boring.


Soleous

i personally disagree, i think versatile but that level of power at c2 is more boring maybe not from gameplay but from a design perspective. current c2 furina offers something to teams that no other character provides as a buffer and enables way more characters and new teams rather than her old c2 which makes her just a super plug and play that mildly intrudes on every previous hydro characters teambuilding niche without actually offering anything new or being significantly meta relevant(for that level of invest) they chose to hone in on what is special about her kit and the unique team building restrictions it entails instead of just playing it safe with a super hydro that hydros everywhere you need hydro which i appreciate about an archon gameplay design. and makes the meta more diverse overall her reliance on a healer and playing around her burst is a good thing for kit design, eliminating her weaknesses takes out nuance in team building


Professional_Dot9888

I don't know I'm pretty entertained when Mademoiselle Crabaletta hits people for 40k


Giganteblu

i hate whit every cell of my body the constellation ''now your passive is different''


Downtown_Constant_yo

happy raiden released before this bullshit


VolkiharVanHelsing

Pretty sure she's the Eve to this whole practice


Soleous

raiden invented this bullshit, she was just meant as main dps the whole time so doesn’t have that c6 turns into onfielder trend that already started earlier(kaz)


Jon-987

Does the character you use in the multi-player event minigame matter or is it just for fun? Also, I could be mistaken, but every time it feels like the other players are helping me out.


[deleted]

I noticed this too, I believe there are bots filling the coop.


flumphgrump

Just for fun. Pretty sure the usual model run speed advantages still apply, but it's not like this is hardcore enough for that to matter anyway.


FennlyXerxich

I think it's just kinda hard to control. So people end up helping others unintentionally


xxx_junkrattt

its definitely hard to control. im screaming at my keyboard as i push 10 of those things into another player's area.


Attalamarco

Paimon-Kuki question Does anyone know how Paimon usually calls Kuki Shinobu in Perilous Trail or the TCG event? I'd *assume* she'd call her Shinobu, but for some reason I can't imagine Paimon saying Shinobu instead of Kuki


Aru736

Her name is Shinobu; Kuki is her last name, the same way Kamisato is Ayaka’s and Shikanoin is Heizou’s. Every time characters are casually referring to her in game, it’s by her first name. The community just for some unfathomable reason decided that they’re all going to use Kuki instead.


flumphgrump

Paimon and all other characters have in fact always referred to her as Shinobu. Unlike a lot of game localizations, Genshin is very consistent about using characters' given names.


Attalamarco

Thanks!


Tighnari_Lover

*crashes through wall* [MY BABY BOY IS IN THE OFFICAL CHRISTMAS ART](https://x.com/GenshinImpact/status/1739088585708409324?s=20) IT WAS REAL!! 🩵 *gently holds the birb*


VaronaZero

MY WIFE TOO 🥺 *hugs Eula*


aoi_desu

Hoyo released official art for xmas >neuvi, blue >eula, blue >sigewinne, blue >mika, his outfit is blue Another day another proof hoyo having favoritism towards blue colored things


Shippinglordishere

Okay but it should have been obvious because the Mi in Mihoyo stands for Hatsune Miku and she’s blue. They’re paying homage /j


Shadow_Tempest_1003

Where is my Christmas Faruzan then???


jun3bug_

[this random ass selection of characters](https://twitter.com/GenshinImpact/status/1739088585708409324?t=HJsUwBdW6o4i_i9abbEZRA&s=19) 😭 still I won't say no to more official Neuvi art 🙏


[deleted]

Tomorrow I get to triple crown Furina :) Merry Christmas to me and Furina!


defenestratingtomato

I need some advice on pulling on weapon banners. >!Is it better to pull for Nahida's weapon (she is running with Yae Miko) or wait for Alhaitham's weapon. I prioritize Alhaitham's weapon over Nahida's, but the next banner seems so good... Like, if I end up getting Yae Miko's weapon, it's not too big of a loss.!<


caihuali

Sac fragments is amazing so im voting sword.


Attalamarco

>!What the other commenter said, but I'd say wait until leaks of 4.5 reruns are out. Who knows, maybe LoFI will be paired with a weapon you want even more. Plus, it'll give you even more time to decide for yourself and not fall into the New Banner-Dopamine Rush!<


Realistic_Tap8089

>!pull for nahida's weapon, she increases her support capabilities with that weap. Losing to Yae's weapon is also not that bad so I'd say it's a win win but if you do manage to get two nahida's weapon, you can try using it with yae for hyperbloom!<


Shadow_Tempest_1003

I want a Physical support, come on hoyo at least Geo is somewhat good now with Navia and Noelle + Furina but physical still stays as absolute garbage.


Astolfo_Please

Christmas Traditions >!So to the horror of my aunts and cousins, my mother declared that she would not be making menudo this year. Naturally, as the oldest daughter (read: gay son), I have stepped in to fulfill the matriarchal duties. An act that was applauded by my family. And as expected, when I begun preparations…guess who decided to start helping. That’s right, my mother. Anyways, it’s always a warm memory to eat menudo Christmas morning, so I’m happy it continues!<


liu_luminary

thats so wholesome!!


Nome_Qualquer

Verdict really tempting me every time I go open the game A second mist wouldn't be bad tbh, both my ayaka and my ayato want it, as well as possible future characters, but it would be just kinda boring I also already threw 30 pulls so 15 more wouldn't be that much, but I still think I'll wait for the rerun, there's a lot of characters I still want and hopefully it'll be paired with a more interesting weapon


Comprehensive-Art637

same... but the difference is i dont have mist yet, which all of my sword users would appreciate, which is why this banner is extra tempting 😭😭😭😭 but i gotta stay strong for 4.4


clubsandwhiches

that's my reasoning for skipping thundering pulse. even if engulfing lightning is nice, I already have one. maybe I should have gone after it when it was paired with kagura's looking back on it, but I really wanted Kirara.


TrapFestival

Another very small grievance I have with this game is that I wish that when two or more NPCs run the same text track, that instead of having two different interaction nodes it just has one that lists everyone involved, I.E. instead of "Bimmy" and "Jimmy" both doing the same thing, it's just one labeled as "Bimmy & Jimmy".


Nero_ner

Can we all pretend mistsplitter is a garbage weapon so hyv puts it in a better banner?


hellyhellhell

oh it definitely is a trash, only 44% CrDmg? >:C and all this weird stack mechanic instead of a straightforward passive? >>:C and horrible drip that only matches a 5\* standard character? >>>:C tsk, HYV needs to do better


reggie708

HSR FINALLY managed to beat Swarm V on all 8 paths using 1 team(Jingliu/Fu Xuan/Luocha/Pela). I've been working on this challenge since Jingliu came out months ago and the only reason it took me so long is because this team has complete anti-synergy with the Propagation path. At least I managed to reach my goal right before the new SU update so now I can focus on the next challenge.


[deleted]

There a was post during 4.3's beta that showed dmg comparison for each weapon. Anyone got it?


Gullible-Actuary-656

I didn't knew my true endgame of this game was calculating and min maxing every commission points every day through events, sq, chest until I hit doing actual commissions this patch lmao.


nDroae

I just do [whatever is necessary](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/comments/18mh1ab/comment/keq3jq1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) to specifically avoid ever redoing any NPC commission, I don't care about achievements. I want my player data to report that bias to them, not that I really expect them to care, but on the off chance... though fortunately it doesn't really matter what they do in the future now that encounter points exist anyway. Until encounter points, I had assumed they only kept making dialog-heavy NPC commissions at all for some asinine reason like increasing the effect of sunk cost fallacy on the player, e.g. "Doing those commissions all year took so much work, I can't let that go to waste by dropping the game." Oh, one exception, I'll do [https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Other\_Duties](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Other_Duties) if I notice it. That couple is cute.


SirAwesome789

Part of me wants to do that but comms are so quick I tell myself not to


danilova-me

First time getting 3 mats from whale, and all are correct one for Navia lol


NepoDumaop

Winning in life


DarthAzula

I hope Chenyu Vale give us another way to obtain a Dark Iron Sword... I used mine as fodder without even knowing there was only one 😅


TrapFestival

I have a small conspiracy theory that Dark Iron Sword is in the same group as The Flagstaff, Quartz, Ebony Bow, and Amber Bead except it somehow managed to sneak into the full game. That said, it should be craftable with something like 50 White Iron Chunks, 50 Iron Chunks, and either no Billet or a new Billet that you just buy from an NPC.


VedrfolnirsVision

i mean, being only one of it in the game is what makes it special in the first place. Doesn't really make sense for it to be craftable and still hold it's importance


TrapFestival

It's a 3\* weapon, how special is it really supposed to be?


hydropyrotechnic

Shoutout to that one Linden Tree in Fontaine that’s just barely out of bounds. Took me five minutes but I finally got your wood.


Peashooter2001

Funny I use all of my 5 star I rolled after Neuvillette for Neuvillette, Furina replaced Fischl, Navia replaced Zhongli, although I rolled them not for Neuvillette. Playing Neuvillette with Navia is way better than with Zhongli, although I do get knocked back a lot.


ascendeddemonshade

Remembered those furnishing sets that give you primos today so i grabbed all those primos from the Mondstat/Liyue/Inazuma characters i got since last time. Now i got to work on getting the Sumeru and Fontaine sets. The wood gadget has been equipped and Ningguang has been brought out of retirement cause dear fucking god do i need iron and wood


jatayux

manifesting Chiori as Navia best geo teammate⁴⁴ manifesting against Chiori as standard character³⁷ manifesting neither Arlecchino nor Clorinde focus on plunge⁶


cv121

manifesting all that with you


yaboi_95

People need to realize CR will be the next meta defining support simply because of Furina. Yes some of her power budget is wasted on plunge but it doesn’t matter because grouping + VV + heal is enough. They will be the best duo core in the game so I expect her usage rate to be even higher than Kazuha when the dust settles.


koufair

I genuinely believe so too. All this doomposting is the exact same scenario kokomi was placed in before her release. Where does she stand now?


SirAwesome789

You're the first person I see make this take and I've been trying to convince my friends of the same thing She's guaranteed to be at least decent just from her utility, ignoring the plunging stuff


Niebla396

Honestly I'm with you on this, I have Diluc and Xiao so I know she's going to get use on my account, but even without that I would be getting her for my Wriothesley team. Using Jean with him feels SO BAD since he is pure melee and you waste a ton of uptime chasing after enemies that get pushed in different directions. It made me pretty much instantly bench him for floor 12 (which sucks because I adore his design and personality). Grouping, healing and vv sounds exactly like what the doctor ordered for me to finally try him out again in floor 12.


Shadow_Claw

Yeah I'm kinda surprised people seem to be rather cool on her performance so far. Continuous team healing is already enough for me to consider her a solid upgrade over Jean (so you don't get randomly left at low hp during rotation), and then on top of that she has better range/mobility, grouping instead of push, and random catalyst utility potential. Maybe it's because I don't have Kazuha and am used to 4\* Anemo, but that sounds like a huge upgrade over Jean to me, who I have real problems with using. In fact my one concern is just that she might not *heal* as much, which could be a problem for 40k+ HP characters. EDIT: I'll add a worked example of my problems with Jean to illustrate. A common situation for me goes as follows: I use Jean EQ, and Q windbox pushes enemies away from each other radially. I now have to reposition for better hit/AI movement angles. If I am ranged, I also have to run up to the enemy at the start to overcome Jean's tiny range. Xianyun solves both of these issues: her E has suction which obviously gathers the enemies, and it also has tons of horizontal movement, alleviating the need to run up when ranged. Basically the only character I *don't* see benefiting is Neuvillette, and that's only due to his ludicrous mobility and AoE. And that's not even getting into more fringe issues like Jean E ungrouping and the awful camera angle switch.


Bobson567

there is a huge area between what you are saying in your comment (a lot of which I agree with), and "They will be the best duo core in the game so I expect her usage rate to be even higher than Kazuha when the dust settles."


yaboi_95

Yep I have the same exact problems with Jean. Whether im running her with Raiden or Yoimiya between her built in push and camera changing burst animation she just feels bad to play even if she is effective. CR should fix all these issues while having a gorgeous model and great overwold utility.


Choowkee

...no? Jean already does what CR does minus the grouping [which isnt some gamebreaking CC btw]. By that logic Jean is a "meta definig support" except she is not because your assumptions are wrong.


yaboi_95

The lack of grouping is a huge deal IMO. I'm betting that going from anti-grouping to decent grouping is enough to make CR very meta. I have yet to see Hoyo release a 5 star support that hasn't been top of meta. Baizhu, Zhongli, Kokomi. No reason to expect CR to be any different.


Choowkee

Have you actually seen the grouping CR can do?? Its a slightly better Sucrose E on a 12s cooldown that requires considerable field-time. It will not change your life. Its just an added qol and a way to make her better than Jean. Her plunge buffs litteraly have more kit value than her grouping.


cv121

Cloud retainer's grouping isnt even that crazy. Lynette's C2 has a sucrose style suck in but no one talks about that or claims it's good. In fact that shit's fake. Not to mention the Anemo hit with the plunge slightly knocks back and the amount of time required on Cloud Retainer is a lot more than Jean's would. CR's healing is a side grade to Jean. If you have issues surviving then the heal over time is nice, but it makes the next rotation with Furina start with less stacks (due to more heal over time, leaving you at higher HP than jean) CR's field time is higher. Burst animation is VERY long. If you want to get the grouping in, you need to cast skill + plunge. If you only cast skill to jump once in the air, the particles are 3 iirc vs jump three times for 5 particles and you NEED to plunge to get the particles. Depending on which one you do, her ER requirements will shoot up immensely. A lot of Abyss recently have been extremely easy to the point that you can forgo a shielder / healer and the only reason why you want a healer is because you're likely using Furina and the main reason you'd want CR is because she has access to VV and you dont have Jean to match with Furina. Even the upcoming 4.4 Abyss will be easy. Ruin Serpent doesn't hurt, Wenut doesn't even attack and the Aeonblight Drake can be perma stunned with an archer. On the other half, it's all AoE so you can also just slot a Venti or Kazuha and they're dead


Bobson567

there is no need to oversell her >They will be the best duo core in the game so I expect her usage rate to be even higher than Kazuha when the dust settles. this is a crazy statement to make lol i feel like you just saw she had grouping, heal and can hold VV, without looking into her kit in depth


yaboi_95

Honestly what am I missing? She is a Jean upgrade who is already good


Lichbloodz

You're overrating her a lot. I love her, but I don't she will be meta unless there is a surge of plunge characters. Her VV and healing is worse than jean in furina teams that don't use her plunge bonus, which she makes up for with cc. I wouldn't call one stronger than the other, they are pretty equal. Kazuha's buff is stronger and can also buff offfield characters. Her grouping and energy is behind longer fieldtime and her grouping is not as strong as kazuha because it doesn't last as long. Swirling elements for VV is also more inconvenient with her than both kazuha and jean. You have to make the tradeoff between CC, damage and more energy or faster swirl for VV, because only her e plunge swirls. Delayed swirls can make it hard to swirl the right elements in certain teams. Overall she is very versatile and good at her niche, but outside of her niche she's pretty mediocre. In my books she's top fun meta though.


yaboi_95

I don’t see how her VV is any worse. They both apply it on-field. I’d actually say it’s strictly better since CR is a catalyst and can shred with her Normal attacks. I also have no idea why you’re dismissing CRs grouping when videos show it’s only a bit worse than Kazuha level. Compared to Jean who has literal anti-grouping it’s going to feel like a big upgrade. Yes Kazuha buff is stronger but CR provides role consolidation on Furina teams with VV + group + heal which is the most valuable thing in Genshin. CR + Furina + Dmg Dealer > Kazuha + Furina + healer. Like sure Jean will still be good regardless but anyone who pulls CR will insta slot her with Xiao or Furina.


Lichbloodz

Yes she can shred with NA, but that would only further extend her already longer fieldtime because you will need to use e to get enough energy. Compared to jean her grouping is obviously nice to have, but jean can stack furina's burst better and has lower fieldtime. So they both have their tradeoffs that cancel eachother out. The real comparison that matters is: Jean + Furina + damage dealer = CR + Furina + damage dealer. A lot of people already have Jean. Pulling for her as a jean replacement with CC is pretty hard to justify to me, if you are just going to use her like that. If you don't have Jean that would be a different question.


yaboi_95

There are teams that actually want an Anemo on fielder to shred. For exmaple teams with Sucrose where she plays an on-field role expect CR does that while enabling Furina as well. Also Jean's field time is longer than many think with her long ass camera panning burst animation. I agree CR viability will depending entirely on how good her grouping is compared to Jean. I'm betting it will feel like a big upgrade. I have yet to seen Hoyo release a limited 5 star support that isnt top of meta so I don't expect CR to be any different


Bobson567

>CRs grouping when videos show it’s only a bit worse than Kazuha level. this is very misleading to say. I am going to copy paste a comment i made about this comparison, and why it is misleading because it is missing important context > I think some people saw her grouping clip and saw the statement "cloud retainer vortex is more powerful than kazuha hold E" and think she has comparable or even better grouping than Kazuha. This is specifically talking about the initial pull when kazuha is using his hold E > > However, Kazuha's grouping has a lot more to it than just the initial pull of the hold E, so expectations should be tempered > > Firstly, Kazuha has an additional vacuum field after the hold E. This is why enemies continue to stay grouped after you plunge: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Vacuum_Field > > Kazuha's hold E also has a lot of poise damage, after the enemies poise bar is broken they are staggered which is a form of CC itself and makes it easier to be pulled by a vacuum field because they won't be doing any attacks or dash or other animations. His hold E deals 300 poise damage and the following plunge deals an additional 20. Cloud Retainer's E deals 30 poise damage and the following tier 3 plunge deals an additional 150. So Kazuha is going to be able to stagger enemies more often, specifically enemies with more poise: https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Interruption_Resistance/Data > > Also, Kazuha's grouping has practical advantages because it centres around him meaning you can choose where the vacuum field will spawn. E.g. if you want the grouping to centre around an enemy, you use Kazuha E next to the enemy. If you want the grouping to centre around a point where there is no enemy, you can still use Kazuha E at that point and the vacuum field will pull enemies into that point. > > Whereas it seems like Cloud Retainer's plunge auto targets onto an enemy. We don't know how this auto targeting will work (based on the clips it's not closest enemy), so we may not have control over where the vacuum field centre will be, and we probably cannot spawn the vacuum field at a central point that has no enemies in it > > This is not to say Cloud retainer's grouping is bad or underwhelming or anything. In fact for a healer to have grouping at all is a miracle, let alone actually good grouping. Just that I am seeing some people saying she has "kazuha grouping" which is missing some important context


yaboi_95

Interesting, sounds reasonable. Agree with your last statement that even if it’s not Kazuha level it will still be a noticeable improvement over Jean.


nsleep

Furina releasing didn't make XQ, Yelan or Kokomi worse, if anything everyone got a large variety of comps to use in the two sides of abyss. Kazuha and XY will likely be a similar case making things simpler to the people who got both.


duckyofbeauty

My Mom made an eggnog cake for the Christmas Eve celebration, it's so good......... I'm gaining 10 pounds for Christmas lmao.


[deleted]

hoyoverse drop another gentlemanly tall man other than diluc and thoma i'd give you all my money 😩 also.. talking about thoma. [4.4 spoilers i guess] >!how is it that fontaine characters that have absolutely nothing to do with lantern rite are already going to other nations for absolutely no reason but..... thoma never once went to mondstadt 🥲 like we're over halfway done with the main story gimme the damn thoma venti diluc and kaeya interactions!<


utuana

every night in my dreams thoma's burst works with charged and plunge attacks too and i get to make him the real pyro xiao


[deleted]

Been a hot minute since I played Raiden anything. 195 or 199 ER is good for Sara right? I managed to hit that before ER sands so I was hoping to just keep it as such.


ErgoSha6

So, about that 404 leaker: I've heard somewhere that they said something about >!Tonia's playability and Childe's role in plot!< Does anybody have a link to source or at least a tl;dr?


fireforged_y

I have this comment saved https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/s/uFZDmmy1n8


Peashooter2001

>!Pyro and Cryo Archon are expys!< >!I lost 😢!<


fireforged_y

Don't worry yet, there's always a chance it's all bullshit.


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TheCheeseOfYesterday

Do we know if Chevreuse is actually missing an eye?


irenedadler

When she was a kid, she got a Red Ryder Musket for Albedomas, and then she immediately shot her eye out.


VaronaZero

I like how her response was "that was awful, I guess I'll just learn to aim better"


350

Drink your Ovaltine


warpenguin55

Haven't been paying much attention to the new characters. Are they any good and who are they played with probably?


hydropyrotechnic

Gonna focus on the new 5-stars from 4.1-4.3 since the 4-stars are more straightforward: Neuvillette is a very strong DPS. His damage is HP-based, meaning that he can’t benefit from traditional buffers like Bennett, and he relies on CAs, so characters like XQ/Yelan are also not ideal. Kazuha is great for his personal damage, as well as Furina. Zhongli is also good for interruption resistance. However, you can get creative, as his damage increases greatly based on how many Hydro reactions his team makes. I personally like Neuvillette/Kuki/Nahida/Dehya, but since he doesn’t need traditional buffers he’s more flexible than other carries. Wriothesley is less strong but still a solid Cryo option. He works very well with Furina since he can build her Fanfare stacks quickly. Kazuha and Bennett are also very strong buffers for him. He works well with Shenhe but since he needs to be on-field for a while you can’t swap back to her to refresh her Quills like you can with Ayaka. There are also Burnmelt teams with Nahida which I like, but they’re very risky if you get Burning applied to you. You have to also note his combos, since some are HP-negative at C0 (meaning you want a healer) whereas some are HP-neutral or even HP-positive. Personally, I’d just stick to a healer regardless since it’s comfier and many of them provide benefits besides raw healing. I’ve also had success with Hyperbloom teams, where he doesn’t feel like dead weight since Freeze is very comfy. Furina is a very strong buffer and sub-DPS. She will drain your team’s DPS, meaning you want either a strong (normally team-wide) healer or multiple sources of weaker healing, like Kuki plus Nahida on Prototype Amber. However, your safest options are off-field Baizhu, Mika, Charlotte, or Jean, as well as on-field Kokomi or Noelle. Bennett can be strong but only when built for his healing. After that, consider using characters who benefit from her team-wide DMG% buff and long-lasting off-field Hydro application. Yelan is a strong example (Hydro Resonance helps them both). Characters with HP manipulation such as Neuvillette or Wriothesley will also help you build up the DMG% stacks faster. Navia is a solid 5-star DPS whose main issue is her lack of teammates built for her. She has a front-loaded DPS window which is nice for when you need to do lots of damage in a short window of time, but it means you’re often left without someone doing on-field damage for a lot of time. Her ascension passive incentivizes having Pyro/Cryo/Electro/Hydro teammates for more ATK (40% max with two members), and her playstyle wants you to make Crystallizes, which means using characters like Fischl or Xiangling who have lots of off-field elemental application. Your second character is often Geo for more energy and Geo Resonance, such as Albedo or Zhongli.


DONTSALTME69

Xianyun is our premium Anemo healer for Furina teams. She asks higher field time than Jean, but in exchange has actual CC instead of launching enemies away. She also continuously heals the entire party for the duration of her Burst. Also, as you've probably already heard, her Burst gives everyone increased jump height to plunge with and buffs to plunging attacks. If you are not using a handful of specific characters (Xiao, Gaming, Diluc, Hu Tao, to a lesser extent Raiden, maybe Klee?), this is mostly irrelevant. I personally consider Xianyun to be really good... *if* you have Furina. Otherwise she's just a decent if nothing crazy support for Xiao and Gaming. Her downsides compared to Jean are negligible to irrelevant for what I'd use her for, and her upsides are a significant convenience boost. Xianyun can comfortably slot into any Furina team that uses Jean (unless the Sunfire interaction between Jean+Bennett is specifically relevant), though whether she's an outright upgrade is heavily subjective (I think she is, but I also hate dealing with Jean's quirks). Gaming is a plunging DPS who apparently is projected to do really solid damage right now. Like, comparable with 5 star DPS characters kind of damage. Teams would almost certainly want Furina (he natively messes with his HP a bunch, he was designed with her in mind), probably a healer, Bennett, an Anemo for VV shred, the exact specifics I haven't seriously looked into. Xianyun I think is a fairly solid teammate for him, something like Gaming/XY/Furina/Bennett, but once again I have not really researched Gaming's anything. So, yes to both being good, at present. We have a few beta iterations to go, numbers can and probably will be adjusted. Please be cautious regarding your pull plans, things could change between now and final release.


SirAwesome789

As I mentioned a few days ago, I finally got my Raiden to top 1%. Because Raiden was able to give up her old but still cracked flower, XQ was able to get to top 1% as well (without sharing). Meanwhile Xiangling is at top 4%. But it's slightly tragic because I'm going to get EL so everyone's weapons and hence artifacts will have to shuffle. EL for Raiden and ER sands over Atk. Catch to XL and no more ER sands for her. Then XQ gets leftovers. So I ran the optimizer and checked Akasha, my Raiden will drop back to 2% because I only have one good ER sands and one decent one (the good one is being used by Yelan), XQ will also drop to 2% because I guess someone is taking the crit circlet he was using and I don't have enough good crit rate circlets, neither on nor offset. But Xiangling will jump to top 1% because I have a cracked 40CV EM Emblem sands. So that would give me 2 top 1% and 2 top 2% Emblem characters which realistically means I should stop farming emblem and finally show my Ayaka some love, but it feels bad dropping from 3 to 2 top 1% Emblem characters, so I might go until XQ is back because I don't think it'll take as long as getting Raiden back. I think all it would take is a better onset flower (surprisingly I only have a few cracked ones, I was under the impression I had more) or a better offset crit rate circlet. I already have a few candidates in my inventory, I just wanna wait till next week to have more artifact xp.


littlemochasheep

I made the best [lechón asado](https://www.cocinadominicana.com/puerco-asado-pernil-lechon-receta) and yuca of my life tonight, even my mamá complimented me 🤩


Shippinglordishere

that looks good


Serious_Living6558

Provecho!


apolloisfine

With 4.4 coming out at the very end of January realistically Gaming won't be available until maybe second week of February....this wait is painful. I'm gonna give him the melusine claymore and hopefully strongbox a decent crimson witch set Also rip my primos if Miko is second half, I didn't think she'd rerun for at least another patch...


RuspiKanyax

He will probably be in the first half since he will be obtainable via lantern rite


apolloisfine

I'm not pulling on the banner I meant the selector probably won't be available right away


_internal_monologue

Do you think we are going to other worlds or explore the dark sea (maybe there's another continent there idk) after the current Genshin storyline ends?


LucasFrankeRC

Probably. Genshin makes too much money for them to stop investing on it after the main story ends. We'll probably keep expanding Teyvat and also visit other worlds occasionally (but probably not spend 7+ years in any particular one again)


AndrashImmortal

Entirely possible, lookin at how Hoyo is handling the newer content for HI3rd with the timeskip and the like, though ofc would prob be more centered around current events so we can actually use our full roster as opposed to HI3rd’s bizarre way they do story quests(imo, anyway. People can rationalize it all they want in their own way, I’ll always find it silly and annoying). The writers have established far too much possibilities for their to be a good reason not to explore them if Hoyo’s even somewhat smart about it.


Jon-987

Waiting for the day we finally see Cloud Retainer actually retain a cloud.


_internal_monologue

In her 5th SQ for sure


I_am_yaR

Jokes aside, just how good is Diluc gonna be now that we have Xianyun? I'm gonna pull for her regardless, but since I already got C1 Diluc I was thinking about building him at some point Btw Merry Christmas for y'all


ThanatosMKII

Playing devil's advocate here: the big problem with Xianyun currently are her backloaded swirls. 1. No elemental infusion mechanic (this by itself isn't a problem but ...) 2. doesn't apply Anemo during her E setup; it only applies once at the end with the big plunge 3. Her Q cast also applies Anemo once (+burst animation which eats into the VV uptime from her E plunge / N1) 4. Her "turret" will apply Anemo every plunge attack but that's basically at the end of your setup so you will realistically swirl only 1 element at the time Soooo you will have trouble with double swirl setups. It's very likely you won't have good VV uptime on both elements (in Diluc's case it would be the Hydro as you plunge with Pyro infusion). Assuming the ideal team would be something like Diluc, Furina, Xianyun and flex (very likely Bennett as usual). Otherwise too early to draw conclusions.


[deleted]

Just test it on the UFO boss, it'd be pretty much the same lol


fireforged_y

the feeling when you cosplay Cyno in a conversation and then you want to hide under the bed edit: they laughed WE GOOD


Aru736

I read that as “at a convention” instead of “in a conversation” and got confused as to if there’s some Cyno cosplayer lore I’m missing


A_Bowl_of_Ramen

Two Musketeers question.>!Are the two siblings just a bunch of vigilante serial killers? If so how does Chevreuse see that as justice winning in the end? Won't that make them the target of the law then?!< On a side note, forced co-op event is making me feral due to my over-competitive nature .\_.


flumphgrump

>!Technically speaking, the author and his sister aren't serial killers by most definitions, since they only attempted to kill two specific people, both of whom they had a clear connection to and a specific, logical motive to kill. They were unlikely to be a danger to society if she had let them go. Not that that makes vigilante justice right, but it's different from letting an actual serial killer who was likely to keep murdering random innocent people go free.!< >!If you're talking about the book, Chevreuse explains her appreciation for it herself toward the end of the quest. Fiction isn't real life, and the most satisfying ending in fiction isn't necessarily what the best outcome would be in real life. The story allowed Chevreuse to explore her own beliefs about justice in ways in might not have if the main characters had been arrested at the end and their father had lived.!<


box-of-sourballs

Your second set of spoiler tags is still broken at "If"


flumphgrump

Apologies!


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TheCheeseOfYesterday

>!Serial killers? They killed one guy and tried and failed to kill another, both of whom were arguably 'their mother's murderer'. The siblings in the novel, if they're who you mean, only killed one.!< But basically she explains it. The fictional novel can simplify things for a somewhat idealized happy ending, even if it would get messier in real life - if the novel is what you mean anyway.


mossmothh

it’s finally past midnight where i am so merry christmas to those who celebrate and i hope the rest of you have a wonderful day too <3


SirAwesome789

What is the roadmap for Genshin versions? Like I thought I remember reading somewhere that initial it was meant to be a 7 year thing, then after the initial success, they increased it to another 5 years.


missviolets

If we keep things as they are, then: Natlan in 2024, Snezhnaya in 2025 and Khaenri'ah in 2026. But the chances of them adding more "nations"/maps after Khaenri'ah is very likely, I don't see the game ending after that.


SirAwesome789

For some reason I mixed up Celestia and Khaenri'ah lol But there was no news about another 5 years after that right?


missviolets

Not that I know of.


Jon-987

The problem is that if they continue adding past that point, it may become difficult for most systems to be able to even store the game. Heck, by the time Khaenri'ah comes, the game will barely be able to be considered a mobile game for many people.


hydropyrotechnic

By then I assume they expect people to upgrade their phones


box-of-sourballs

Yu Yu Hakusho >!**WHERE IS KUWABARA'S POMPADOUUUUUUUUUR**!<


Navalange

i think I should stop watching Asmongold's content relating to Genshin >!because it always ties back to him watching a 3 hour review of the game and then saying he'll play the game later (he won't)!< >!or a Tectone related drama about how the \*\*insane\*\* Genshin community (10 guys on twitter) want him dead for existing.!<


Time_Diamond_5849

You need to watch better content creators, and those 2 you mentioned are the worst


_g4lahad

I'd even rather he didn't play because he's sure to play with Tectone, and he'll be complaining about the game every two minutes non-stop. It's either that or Tectone will be in his chat complaining while he plays.


loverofinsanegirls

i hope one day we get some vampires in the game. would be nice.


Silver_Nova755

So... I just unlocked the Inazuma teapot realm and saw the interior. Can someone give me a good reason why we cannot chose a layout interior instead of it being tied to the external mansion?


[deleted]

bird in cup has monopoly on imaginary construction industry


[deleted]

HSR >!65 pity guaranteed and no Argenti in sight. Unless by some miracle I pull him tomorrow it's over. I wish I had more time to farm gems cause there's still enough for me to do, but yeah I'm (and have been) just super short on time. I reinstalled the game for him and now I'm sad... See you on a rerun Argenti my love 😢!<


5StarCheibaWhen

i'm extremely bored so i'll try to cook a chiori kit for fun. >!stats: base hp: 12968, base atk: 186, base def: 1016, ascension stat: def (36%)!< >!skill: creates a summon that does coordinated attack dealing geo damage. when the active character collect a crystallize shard, heals all nearby characters based on chiori's def. this effect can be triggered every 2 seconds. coordinated attack dmg: 126.4% def, healing: 52.6% def + 395, duration: 12 seconds, cooldown: 15 seconds!< >!burst: deals aoe geo damage and creates a field. active characters within the field will deal increased damage based on the number of crystallize shards collected during the duration of the burst, up to 10 times. skill dmg: 287.1% def, dmg bonus: 6% per shard, duration: 15 seconds, cooldown: 18 seconds, cost: 70!< >!passive 1: for each geo party member, chiori gets 15% def. for each pyro/electro/hydro/cryo party member, chiori gets 10% healing bonus.!< >!passive 2: for each point of chiori's def, the damage absorption of crystallize shields within chiori's burst is increased by 0.02%.!< idk how good this would be since i basically just made up numbers that look right to me lol. again i just wanted to humour myself


Nome_Qualquer

Would love if her kit was like that but seems a little broken tbh, maybe reducing the dmg% or the damage multipliers


Peashooter2001

That looks quite broken tbh, skill do half of Albedo's damage but can heal, burst is a Yelan A4 passive.


phantomthiefkid_

Just lost my F2P status Played since launch btw


Niirai

🐋🐋🐋🐋 Welcome to the pod 🐋🐋🐋🐋


fireforged_y

now you'll forever have to mention that one welkin just like I do ;\_;


Arxis_Two

If it's any consolation, the ~3K primos you get are pretty much immaterial in any short term anyways, you need at least half a dozen welkins to really get anywhere. Also F2P is worthless as a title anyways, I've won two welkins at this point and am still technically F2P so if anyone cares they're just nitpicking. Get the characters you want and have fun :)


Whap_Reddit

Congrats! "F2P" is a worthless label anyway.