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ofonikabutobeetlesandmen · 11 months

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Fontaine Grind Update #2

I’ve finally gotten myself up to 83 pulls and I’m pretty sure that by the time 3.8 comes to a close, I’ll be at 100. So we’ll see where the count is once Furina’s banner rolls around, but it will definitely be over 200.

Still debating if I’ll try risking some pulls on the weapon banner for her signature weapon. Out of all the Archons I own, only Ei has her signature weapon so it would be nice to do the same for the rest of the Archons I own/plan to (at least on my main account, sorry Zhongli on my America account lol).

According to one leaker, Furina should be releasing during patch 4.2 (and she has no choice to come home, I have the guarantee. Finally Keqing, you haunting me between accounts has done something good for me) and Clorinde is still unknown.

But it’s my preference she doesn’t release until after Furina since it gives me time to replenish how many primogems it’ll take me to get Furina and focus those pulls on getting Clorinde. And like I said before, I’m grabbing the free Lynette in 4.0. The Traveler is going to be using Fontaine’s Pneuma mechanic and Lynette will be using Ousia, so it’ll be good to grab two free units with the core mechanics of the new region.

So I’m starting up the grind for artifacts to make the journey a bit less irksome for when the characters get here.

To start with Lynette, I’m going to be using the 4pc Viridescent.

The 2pc Anemo DMG Bonus is nice but I really want the 4pc’s ability to decrease elemental resistance to the swirled element by 40% considering how Lynette’s burst works.

And due to her elemental skill’s cooldown being, presently, 12 seconds, I’ll be slapping onto her one of my Sacrificial Swords. A solid classic that never disappoints and I have two to spare that are at R5 each.

I’m likely going to have Lynette be in my initial Fontaine team with my Hydro Traveler. For starters, she’ll be my first Fontaine character and she’ll use the Ousia mechanic, so my first team is going to be centered around getting used to the Fontaine mechanics of Pneuma and Ousia and the enemies using them.

As for the other two characters, to fill in the slot... I’m thinking Candace and Kirara OR Mona and Kirara. I’ll try out both Candace and Mona and see which character I like using the most in the comp.

Anyway onto Clorinde, my Electro sword queen.

I’m also pre-grinding artifacts for Clorinde as well. One of her concepts included Mista and the Sex Pistols from JJBA (hilarious when Kaeya’s JP voice actor is Mista and Diluc’s JP voice actor is Giorno), which I hope they go with because that would make her kit so much fun. I’ll be going with 2pc Severed, 2pc Thundering Fury and I’m using an Electro Damage Wanderer’s Troupe goblet for the off-piece.

For weapons, I’ll see what I can give her once the leaks from actually beta testing her comes out since we don’t really have any hints from pre-existing characters like the Traveler to get a gist as to what she’ll be able to do, I’m going for a couple general options.

Sacrificial and it’s elemental skill reset is always a classic solid choice.

Favonius Sword... as a nod to when we thought Clorinde, then Captain R, was going to be from Mondstadt lol. And the particle regeneration would be pretty decent for her with what little we know about her anyway since it could help with Burst upkeep.

And the Flute. The 1=200% ATK DMG from the Chord skill at R5 actually sounds really nice and I currently have a Flute at R5 despite it only being leveled up to lvl 60.

Typically for 5*s I don’t go for their signature weapons unless I really and I mean REALLY like the character and don’t have any characters I’m trying to pull for afterwards. So I’m probably not going to get her signature weapon, if anything I’ll be putting those savings into getting Nahida and maybe even Cyno’s.

Team comps for Clorinde that I have in mind? None so far, I have to wait to see what she can do and see the state of my future present characters’ friendship levels. If I really like a character, synergy be damned they will be on a team of characters I really like OR on a team full of characters I want to get to max friendship. We’ll see how it works for her but if you look at her Vision in the Fontaine teaser, she has an Ousia Vision so we’ll see if that also attributes to any comps I have for her.

As for Furina, who I’m hoping will be the only Fontaine character who can use both Pneuma and Ousia, I’m going to use one of the upcoming 4.0 artifacts for her, the 4pc Marechaussee Hunter (looking forward to the lore from that set) and I’ll be using an HP Heart of Depth goblet for (but if possible, I’d like an HP% Sand and a Hydro DMG goblet).

The 2pc Marechaussee increases Normal and Charged Attack DMG +15% and the 4pc set, the buff is: When current HP changes, CRIT Rate will be increased by 11% for 5s. Max 3 stacks. I’m using this set going off of the Hydro Traveler’s kit. The Traveler kit’s are always essentially watered down versions of the respective Archon’s depending on the element.

During the hold version of their elemental skill, when the Traveler's HP is higher than 50%, they will continuously lose HP and cause Dewdrop DMG to increase based on their HP. So Furina’s kit will definitely be involving HP drain in some way and currently, with how it works in the current beta, any kind of HP change will give a CRIT Rate increase. Depending on how her HP drain works, I’ll probably pair her up in a team comp with Kokomi or Yaoyao.

Weapon-wise, we know she is going to be a sword user and since it is pretty up in the air on whether or not I’ll be using her signature in the first place, I’m looking at other options.

First is the Black Sword (currently on my physical Traveler, my preference since he can switch through all the elements). My honest-to-Archon reason for wanting to possibly put this sword on Furina is because of the name of the weapon’s skill: Justice. It’s called Justice and she’s the God of Justice, I’ve got no excuse otherwise lmao. But uh, yeah I guess the Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 20%. Additionally, regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s. is pretty nice for Furina too.

Another option I’m looking at is Finale of the Deep, one of the upcoming Fontaine forgeable weapons. The name of the skill? No idea yet, but the skill itself is When using an Elemental Skill, ATK will be increased by 12% for 12s, and a Bond of Life worth 25% of Max HP will be granted. This effect can be triggered once every 10s. When the Bond of Life is cleared, a maximum of 150 ATK will be gained based on 2.4% of the Bond for 12s. Bond of Life: Absorbs healing for the character based on its base value, and clears after healing equal to this value is obtained. Which I think is fairly decent for Furina and it’d be fun to experiment with how the Bond of Life works using one of my healers.

The only thing really turning me off from it is the fact that we have to farm hand guards to level them up and any seasoned player by now knows how stingy the fucking Nobushi are with their drops.

My plan 3 sword that I’m considering is the Primordial Jade Cutter, one of the few 5* swords I already own which I got from fucking around on the standard banner. Protector's Virtue grants HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder's Max HP. Something that will definitely be useful for Furina considering what her kit will look like based on what we’re seeing with Hydro Traveler and with how important HP is to Hydro as an element overall.

So glad Hydro’s Elemental Resonance changed because before 3.0, Soothing Water was just a Healing Bonus (and resistance against Pyro)... when Barbara and Kokomi were the only 2 healers for the element. (And I guess Xingqiu on a lesser scale with one of his passives) =.= Thank you 3.0 for that change, you will always be famous.

And finally, her signature sword that we have no idea what it can do but I do know it looks great on her so I’m considering getting it (at some point). The blues are absolutely magnificent, only the best for the color that has been my favorite since I was a toddler. But regardless of the skill it will have, it will obviously be something that benefits Furina as her signature so whatever it is I will consider when making my pulls.

Team comp-wise, I definitely want her paired with a healer. Kokomi is one of my best girls and definitely my best healer, has been since 2.1 so it’s always first instinct to put her on a team but I do want to give my other healers a shot to get to max friendship.

So I’ve got two comps in mind. For a Bloom comp:

Furina

Yaoyao

Candace

Collei

And for a Hyperbloom comp:

Furina

Shinobu

Candace

Collei

I might even try putting her in a comp with Nilou whenever I get her on her next rerun. But a special 3-person team comp I’d like to do is just putting Ei, Nahida and Furina on a team and seeing what they can do together.

And that summarizes just about my current progress/where I’m at in terms of team comp ideas for the Fontaine characters I’ll be first-gen using. Sorry everyone else that interests me, you’ll have to be grabbed by chance of being a 4* on the banners I’m rolling on or during a rerun. I want to get Lyney and Freminet at some point since it will complete the sibling trio and the Trevail duo.

Wriothesley is going onto standard (may he not get the Dehya treatment) so I will see him... at some point. See you eventually, Jotaro/Erwin.

Neuvillette is pretty and going to be a male Hydro catalyst unless something changes and his lore potential makes me want to pull for him. Bro might be actually be the Hydro Dragon?? It makes me sad because I wanted that to be Kokomi but if he is, I hope his lore is pretty damn good. We’ll see how I feel after his story quest. Ayato’s story quest being boring, in my subjective opinion, made me not pull for him the first time with no regrets. I ended up getting him later on his rerun for a sibling comp though.

I MIGHT eventually grab Charlotte since she is supposed to our first Cryo catalyst and I’m plenty interested in The Steambird.

Navia is pretty but I don’t use Geo often (nor do I use Pyro often, so LOL for Lyney I guess) so IDK if I’ll be getting her.

And we will have to see about everyone else. Hope the grind is going great for everybody else, may we win all of our 50/50s.

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