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I wanna try and clear 36 stars for the abyss and was wondering if I could get your opinion on how Childe performs? I was thinking of getting Hu Tao but I also heard good things about Childe too but his cooldown scares me LOL and I only have primos for 1

hewwo i feel like im the wrong person to ask this because of my heavy bias towards childe lol but if you were planning on pulling for hu tao originally then you probably like her more so you should just go for her

i will say that pyro dps are a dime a dozen and you get one of the best for free (xiangling) and mihoyo seems to have no problem releasing more whereas childe’s role as a consistent hydro applicator is rare (took them almost one year to release another after Childe) and is only shared by kokomi (useable but has problems and not great for vape teams) and xingqiu (mainly single-target). granted both are the best in their roles and both have a lot of benefits but from an investment standpoint, hu tao is more susceptible to powercreep whereas mihoyo would have to intentionally go out of their way to put childe out of a job due to how fast he applies hydro

another thing to consider is that hu tao is usually glued to xingqiu but a lot of teams want xingqiu whereas childe doesn’t need a specific unit to work, making him more flexible. childe’s best team does use xiangling though and xiangling is glued to bennett, so childe’s best team requires two top-tier units and hu tao’s best only needs one. also since dps in a childe team is more evenly shared between childe and xiangling compared to hu tao and xingqiu, this means childe teams require more investment

also childe’s cooldown is not that bad and i feel like is over-exaggerated and needs like two brain cells to manage. optimal play uses about nine seconds of his skill and you can either countdown in your head or do what i do and use his ranged burst before his skill and just use the burst timer as your timer for his skill. hu tao is way harder to play and requires more mechanical skill due to utilizing jump cancels at c0 and idk how it is on mobile and pc but doing jump cancels on ps4 is such a pain and i still can’t properly do them

as for childe’s performance, i really like his reverse vape team because it’s good for both single target and aoe floors which not a lot of teams can claim. his teams are really great and flexible for most floors. hu tao teams are the best at single target dps but she really struggles with aoe (possible with her though)

one last note: childe does not experience a power spike with constellations unlike hu tao’s c1 so he is more f2p friendly than her. i have him at c6 and i don’t even use the effect provided by his c6 lmao

anyway good luck on whoever you decide to pull! both are great picks