u/Flat_Broccoli_3801

so, uh. here's a build. a bunch of glad pieces that I got over the years, some of them with the best CV on the account. when I got Skirk, put them on her without thinking since the effect kinda works, the pieces are just that good and farming for a whole new set (that is also not universal at all) would be troublesome. CR's pretty much perfect, CD is fairly high, ATK suffers a bit but it is what it is, most of the 'empty' substats are sadly useless.

basically, it all only for top15%, and the DPS honestly suffers really hard, I cannot for the love of god get the numbers expected for R1 Skirk (no combos). so...... is it over? do I just HAVE to farm the sig set to get higher damage, even if it will never have substats as good as these? I don't suppose getting better sands and helmet will save me at this point...

hi! I am a day one player, yet only actively played during the first ever patch and then played on-and-off, usually leaving the game altogether for months. thus, I never stepped foot in Amphoreus, am still stuck on 2.1 story of Penaconia and stopped understanding the kits after the Remembrance path was added (WHAT is going on with Elation??? I've read through SW's kit like four times and understood NOTHING).

I managed to gather some characters over the years, most of them for free:
- got Ratio/Archer/DHPT for free as they were given out;
- got Ruan/Sunday/Robin from the shop thingy, all relatively recently (still have one currency left, will probably get Huohuo);
- got Aventurine from the 5* selector, YES Sparkle would have been better but I am down bad for the man so just had to get him.

I think you see the problem(s): the most recent character I have is THerta and she's not even that fresh anymore, got zero Amphoreus characters AND the characters that I have are not exactly synergistic: for example, both Kafka, THerta and Seele have zero legendaries that are considered their must-have teammates. seems like all I got is a bunch of (outdated...) supports and sustains, and barely anyone to deal damage here.

I really don't have any ambitions for the endgame content, as in my humble opinion HSR powercreep is too crazy to keep up with and I'd quickly get burnt out if I tried to, but still I'd like to get at lease two or three coherent/relatively synergistic teams, even if outdated.

so, the main question is, who do I pull for? I would really dislike pulling for 2-3 latest characters to make a single DPS work (for example, as I understand, to "properly" get into Remembrance I'd have to pull for Castorice and Evernight and Cyrene and Hyacine, and that's a LOT of characters that I haven't even met in game...), so I really want to know what more or less universal characters are there for me to get.

my only idea is that I should get Tribbie on her upcoming rerun so that I can play her with THerta, but that's about it. I know Hysilens is great for Kafka but I don't think she'll get a rerun anytime soon, aaaand I don't know anything else.

if it's possible to make any teams with my current characters, I would be glad, but I'm not hopeful much. thank you in advance!