Damage loss while doing sustainless
Am I the only one who find that replacing DHPT in Cyrene team make Phainon deals less overall damage? My current investment is Phainon(E2S1) + Cyrene(E2S0) + Cerydra(E1S1). The 4th slot is usually DHPT(E2S1). The other supports that I currently have are E1 Sparkle, E1 Tribbie, E0 Sunday, E0 M.Blade, E1 Robin or RMC
I keep hearing people say that using sustain in Phainon team always result in damage loss or you have Cyrene E2, why bothering with sustain? But in my experience other support don’t even come close to my DHPT for 0 cycling endgame contents except E1 tribbie. I always comfortably 0 cycling AA king with DHPT since 3.7. When Cyrene and DHPT are needed in other team, I use Phainon, Cerydra, Sunday, Sparkle which results in Phainon doing way less damage than my usual team.
When I try using sparkle in this team, the meteor damage is higher than the DHPT team but Cyrene takes too much AV to get the ult (around 225 AV mark). Using DHPT I can get the ult in 263 AV mark, resulting in more Phainon action in the first cycle.
What E2S1 DHPT gives to this team is 105% DMG, 600 atk, 18% RES PEN, 6% true damage and 15% crit dmg+12% atk from relic bonus. He also provides 8 instances of dragon attack each deals million of damage. This is not to mention that Phainon can squeeze more extra actions in the first cycle in AA due to the early ult, potentially give extra meteor damages.
Am I the only one here to use DHPT for more damage or is there a way to reduce AV for Cyrene ult when using sparkle? Or do I really need sparkle E2 to improve my current team? If yes, how much of an upgrade for sparkle eidolon compare to DHPT? E1 tribbie also doesn’t seem to get better result for both single target or AoE bosses even though she can make Phainon ult in 278 AV mark.