#i also have a good HoD set no one use since I was farming for the Blizerd

[glimmeringtwilight]

notwriting related but who do you main in genshin? are there any characters you're pulling for in upcoming banners?

I swap between Yoimiya and Yelan, usually! They're both on my main team and Yelan does the big numbers where Yoimiya fills the gaps when Yelan's skill needs to recharge (both are at c1. I got Yoimiya's c1 on accident pulling for a 4 star on her banner bc I was going to stop the first time I got her 🥴)

My main team is Yoimiya, Yelan, Zhongli, and Kuki! My Kuki used to have a healer build but atm I'm trying to build an all EM set for her to see if it helps with damage more since I don't use her for healing now that I have Zhongli, just reactions (overloaded is so fucking funny,,, I love throwing enemies around 😭). When I did use her for healing though she did about 3.2-3.8k per heal, I think??? And her c2 or whichever one extends her skill timer gives like 24/7 skill uptime so it was really nice to have before I got Zhongli :]

And uhhh for upcoming banners, I'm honestly only really looking forward to Childe and Yae Miko since they're speculated to have an upcoming rerun I think? I'm mostly interested in the older characters than the new ones. I'm going to wait to see what Scaramouche is like as a playable before deciding on him, and as far as the new characters go I only really want Dehya and maybe Al-Haitham if his kit is good (but then again I might pull for him bc he's hot and I am weak willed).

[moonilit]

this last event was great, i got to try Childe and see if I like his mechanics and if I vibe with them, so far I'm liking it but it's still hard to tell since he is going against a dollar store mobs, I still like his energy and vibes and I'm saving up for him

for now, I'm skipping Cyno for Kusanali and childe since i don't have good support for Cyno but I have Childe best support team.

[badlydrawngenshin]

Hey, Issa me the DPS Barbara main and as someone who has one I’ll tell you tips & tricks to build one and how I DID it because it might not be the most optimal compared to other players DPS Barbara.

There are 2 good sets for DPS Barbara. One is Wanderers troupe and Heart of Depth (HoD).

Wanderers troupe gives Barbara more consistent dmg and is generally a good set for catalyst users. The downside of this set is the farming and you might not get huge numbers.

Heart of Depth gives Barbara higher nuking dmg and bigger numbers BUT it is less consistent than wanderer’s. It also gives you hydro dmg bonuses which benefit Barbara who only do hydro dmg.

Stats to prioritize for the artifacts should either be EM, Crit rate, Crit dmg, Hydro dmg bonus and ATK %.

For weapons Mappa mare, Dodoco Tales, Widsth, Lost prayers, Solar Pearl, and that purple looking catalyst (yeah I forgot the name……..) are good for her.

She also needs supports to support her DPS capabilities. You can run a team of double pyro and one sucrose (or maybe kazuha too) to initiate an elemental reaction comp. The best pyro supports are Xiangling and Bennet because of their bursts.

This is all what should be the optimized build for a DPS Barbara but rng can be a pain so try to make a build the best as you can. If you can’t get the perfect artifact and stats at least try to focus on the stats.

In all honesty my Barbara still needs work as she’s lacking crit rate 😅. It also doesn’t help that she’s practically lvl 70 and isn’t using the perfect artifacts I have prescribed to you at all, she’s using 2-pc Maidens and Heart of Depth featuring a single wanderer’s troupe feather (her using 2-pc maidens is mostly by accident and I needed crit rate and I have bad rng so…… 😅).

If you need help you can search up Barbara dps guides or maybe some Barbara mains might their secrets here. Anyways that’s all from me so good luck !!!!

Tip: if you have Barbara at c2 then every time you use your Barbara to attack, activate her skill first THEN attack since her skill gives you hydro dmg bonus too.

!!! thank u dps barbara anon! gonna see if I can get her built so I can fight pyro hypostasis

[catcze]

catte my love !! idk if u have already posted a kokomi build (id u did i am SO sorry for asking again 😭 feel free to ignore this) but i'm planning on pulling for her soon, and i was wondering which artifact set would be the best for her in your opinion? i know that ocean-hued clam was made for her... but would heart of depth be worth it for a little extra dmg? aaaa i'm not sure if it's worth going for any dmg and just try for healing (even tho it would be nice for her to do some dmg, i'd love to main the pretty lady ;;;) i'm just not sure what would suit her kit best

I HOPE U HAVE BEEN HAVING A WONDEFUL TIMEZONE !! i bet u r at least a lil hungover from last night tho 😭😭 sending lots of water ur way SDKFJHSDF 💗💗💗💗

Curse!! My love hi :D Hope you’ve been having a wonderful timezone too !! I had a bit of a hangover earlier but it’s nothing too bad HAHA tysm for the water :DDD  Also omg don’t worry I haven't posted my build yet so you’re fine HAHAH

I talked a lot bit utc, so TL;DR: while HoD is viable for DPS Kokomi, OHC is overall better due to its flexibility + the damage the bubble can do, even at a mid-level investment. As for whether it’s worth it to go for damage, that ultimately depends on how much you’re willing to invest in her. She’s perfectly fine as a low/mid investment healer, and it’s easier to build her like that, too. But if you plan to main her!! I can honestly say that it was so worth all the effort, and I don’t regret the grind for my Kokomi at all <3

Okok so with the summary up top, here’s the full rundown from my own experience HAHAH 

Regarding the damage-dealing, HoD and OHC both have their uses, but imo OHC is more flexible, so that’s what I’d recommend. Bc like the bubble honestly does p decent damage in both a dps-centric and a healing-centric kokomi build–– I’m talking, like, on a mid-investment kokomi, a bubble from her E’s healing alone can probably do 8-10k AoE damage every 3-4 seconds on a lower-end estimate. 

It can be viable in both a team where you just use Kokomi for pure healing via her skill and just want extra damage to help your main DPS, or in a DPS Kokomi team where you use her AAs within her burst and want bigg extra damage (my in-burst kokomi does around 20k ish per bubble, which is on the below average end for DPS Kokomis lmao) 

HoD isn’s bad, though, if you already have that prepped! It’s just that it’s not as flexible as OHC since it mainly shines when Kokomi uses her burst, and not so much passively in the way that OHC does.

Regarding whether or not damage is worth going for, honestly i’d only recommend going for a damage dealing kokomi if it’s something you’re willing to invest in? Because frankly she’s not one of the highest damage dealers, right, and she’s perfectly viable as a low-investment healer, who uses either thrilling tales or prototype amber, paired with 2pcs millelith/maidens/clam (or a 4pcs millelith.)

Resin is super scarce and artifact rng is shit, so you have to be efficient about how you use it, and farming for a decent set that’s got what Kokomi needs does take time. But if you happen to get a good OHC/HoD set passively just from farming blizzard and husk, then that’s great! If you do decide to make her your main, it’s honestly so fun because your team will literally never die and she can legitimately kill shit super fast in the right team comps, and it’s super satisfying to make a character who people said could do damage do damage, yk?

Either way this got too long again i am so sorry holy shit akjnsd But I wish you all the best in pulling for her Curse !!! :DDD I really really hope you get the fish princess <33 

[ererokii]

had to get on laptop to write down efficiently the childe build cuz genshin do be running on a better phone than pc (no joke laptop heats up and ventilates loudly when i watch a goddamm twitch stream)

fyi i went crazy on childe so i c6 him lmaoo BUT ! it is worth noting that childe's constellations actually don't make him do more dmg (except for C3 and C5 which are the talent const), unlike xiao C1 or ganyu C2 tho ganyu's charged shot can make 30k on an average if built well lmao

so his talents are 11-13-13 and yes, you can upgrade his autos beyond 10 thanks to his passive which works on himself too! i like him a lot so i had smth to farm on his domain days until he'd be maxed out completely

-> but there's a strategy when upgrading his talents if you don't plan on maxing out both E and Q : prioritise E if main dps, prioritise Q if sub dps

as for his weapon, i personally managed to get skyward harp months before getting a single piece of rust so... yea lmao it's R1 right now and LV90, since weapon level matters more than a character's level because you get bigger numbers from maxed out weapon than a maxed out char ! ofc, LV90 char and LV90 (good) weapon will do more together

-> his best weapons are : skyward harp > viridiscent bow (BP) > stringless > rust. stringless gives EM (good for vaporise) and 48% at R5 for skill and burst ! imo it's a very good option for childe and any other main/sub/support bow user

artifact time ! it took me actual months to get an ATK% sands with any substats so .. RNG does fuck things up for everyone no matter how good your talents and weapons are. BUT!!! even at 58%DEF he was doing the 34k (no vap) and 130k (with vap) thanks to the substats.

his best (right now) set is 4P Heart of Depth, which was tailor made for him ! best used when you obviously use the 4P bonus by using his charged attacks in bow stance or in mêlée stance. i personally have 1 off piece, which can vary depending on how good a new HoD piece turns out since im always trying to get a better build.

FLOWER : ER 5,8% - CDMG 22,5% - CRATE 7% - EM 10

PLUME : EM 37 - CDMG 21,8% - ATK 8,7% - CRATE 5,4%

SANDS ATK% : CDMG 20,2% - ER 5,8% - DEF 42 - HP 8,7% (this one was a blessing from above ngl)

GOBLET Hydro DMG : DEF 63 - ER 5,2% - CDMG 11,7% - EM 10

CIRCLET CRATE - HP 9,9% - DEF 39 - ATK 15,7% - CMDG 5,4%

as you can see, my artifacts are quite decent but could be much better if they had better substats :s fyi the best ones for childe are ATK%, CRATE%, CDMG% and a balance between ER and EM.

i think that's it for the build lmao as you can see, im very invested in this one character, he's the one who has helped me clear abyss 11 for the first time, when it was still with a tower defense floor (11-2 or 11-3, not very sure) he's such a babe :D

YOU HVAE C6 CHILDE?? OH ANON I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM AT C6 PLEASE IM CRYING and i have skyward harp on him and its kinda hard for me because he also has a cr hat? and when i take it off of him and switch it to a cd hat, he has a 34% cr and a 184% cd and its really throwing me off for right now he has 2 piece HoD and 2 piece glad (for the substats) and i hope i can get him better things later, he deserves nothing but the best