u/Info_Potato22

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1mtTD6rEDn
Showcaser note:

Phainon’s minimum requirement is 36 subs on Quantum/Arcadia.
In the video, he has 42 subs, but that’s so i don't have to reset.

Speed order:

Remembrance Trailblazer > Sparkle > 150 SPD

Cerydra uses Sacerdos + Vonwacq:

Remembrance Trailblazer > Cerydra > 120 SPD

Could it be that DDD is actually Cerydra’s true signature ?

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1VuMu6qE4A

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1pFMP6MEut
Showcaser note:

There are two parts in the middle where the damage was overkill, so the relic roll requirements can be lowered.

The setup is roughly:

42-subs Castorice
44-subs Evernight
44-subs Cyrene
42-subs Hyacine — including CRIT DMG rolls

Showcaser QnA:

Comment:
Can Plight be cleared at 15-cost without Cyrene’s signature LC?

Reply:
Yes.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1tBTp6cEYc

Showcaser note:

After Firefly’s buff, her appearance rate has increased a lot. Even against a more single-target-leaning boss like Graphia, the fight is not that hard.

Every part of the run has a bit of excess damage, though the relic rolls are already quite high. If you want to cut cost further, you probably can only cut Dahlia's signature LC.

But cutting Dahlia's requires Firefly to have at least 5 more ATK rolls and 7 more Break Effect rolls. Also, Dahlia's Pearl and follow-up both need to hit the boss; otherwise, the boss will miss out on Pearl's DEF reduction and the follow-up Vulnerability, making Phase 1 damage insufficient.

After that, the route is basically the same.

In Phase 1, it is best if only Tribbie gets controlled. In Phase 2, it is best if HMC does not get controlled, because HMC needs to use Ultimate to speed up Graphia in Phase 2. If HMC gets controlled, there may not be enough HP left to break out of CC, use Skill, and charge Ultimate.

This video has no SW Global and the whole team also has no Effect RES stacking. They only have each character’s innate RES.

Firefly
ATK boots, tuned as the slowest unit on the team to receive speed-up.
4 ATK% rolls, 7 SPD rolls, 15 Break Effect rolls.
26 subs.

Dahlia
SPD boots, Break Effect rope.
11 SPD rolls, 15 Break Effect rolls, 7 HP% rolls.

ribbie
SPD 2pc + 2pc, tuned as the fastest unit on the team to take the SPD-down.
13 SPD rolls, 9 HP% rolls.
Energy rope.

HMC
Uses Wind / Watchmaker.
10 SPD rolls, 13 Break Effect rolls, 6 HP% rolls.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ycTn6mEwe

Showcaser note:

Evernight
39 subs, HP + double CRIT, 103 SPD
Savior + Bone

Cyrene
44 subs, HP / SPD / double CRIT, 199 SPD
Savior + Bone

Hyacine
208 SPD
Valkyrie + Amphoreus

RMC
165 SPD
Savior + Penacony

https://youtu.be/g3Pa7iLzMw8

Showcaser note:

Just for completion all AA 4.4 in V5. Optimized a little, RNG requirement still the same, Sparkle get hit atleast once by either Svarog or the Elite in W2, and Sparkle not being delayed by Svarog. This run actually pretty poor RNG since Archer kept being targeted by the Elite and lost Atk.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1pqTE6LEsy

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ytTv6xENg

Showcaser note:

Just rambling a bit. I feel like there probably won’t be any more buffs or changes, so I’m too lazy to fake it anymore.

I wanted to E6S1 Himeko, but now i'm going for E2S1.

Himeko, 0-cycles Plight, but this is really just a result from her shilling. Honestly, it feels worse than 7-cost Silver Wolf on Illwish.

Maybe Sparkle can be swapped for RMC, but Verdict SF has a bug.

Himeko’s sweet spot is within 10 gold cost: E6S1 Himeko + E2S0 Sparkle.

E4 Welt is not mandatory. From my actual testing, using E2S0 Welt feels about the same as using E1S0 Tribbie with Verdict.

But adding cost to Himeko is really garbage. After the huge V4 nerf, her single-target performance is weak.

That’s the usual Erudition trait: strong AoE takes up kit budget, so single-target is just average. She definitely can’t beat Silver Wolf.

In this game, more often you clear the adds first and then start pushing the boss in single-target. Even in AA, there has only really been that one AoE-favorable Sunday King. You can’t spend your whole life playing Pure Fiction.

People keep talking about some future “The Herta Pro Max” support, but watch them wait half a year just for that support to become its own standalone carry instead of helping Himeko.

I think that, short term, if Himeko does not get aftersales , this strength level is bad.

She will quickly go down the same old path as Phainon/Cerydra: at low cost, getting blown up by Pink Trio; at mid cost, getting doubled by Remembrance. If Sparkle had not buffed Phainon, he would have flopped long ago.

I always feel like the devs are intentionally slowing down powercreep, using the environment to cover up numerical weakness.

Himeko’s strength is average. It looks like the Elation battleship also won’t be that strong.

16 Gold-cost Silver Wolf with sustain does about 200 million 1T, but in practice that still does not beat 16-cost Pink Trio 250 million. And Pink Trio has about a 1.5x AoE coefficient.

Without environment and without sustainless, Silver Wolf is also a huge pile of garbage.

In Plight Graphia results, sustain Silver Wolf is not easy to play, and Remembrance can catch up to her.

Setup:

Himeko
37-roll ATK + double CRIT.
Main stats: CRIT / ATK / ATK / ATK.
36 rolls should probably be enough, as long as Graphia Phase 1 does not get stuck.

Sparkle
DDD
25-roll Wind + Vonwacq, with 13 SPD and 12 CRIT DMG.

Welt
Before the Tutorial Mission Starts.
18 SPD, Wind + Vonwacq.
No need for E4 Welt because RES reduction overcaps.

Blade
Resolution Shines As Pearls of Sweat.
DEF reduction overcaps, but he applies DEF reduction early to help Welt regain Energy.

Why did they have to nerf Energy recovery from Assist Skills? Welt’s Ultimate uptime is just ruined.

Blade uses Forge set + Vonwacq, 12 SPD, stacked to 100% Effect RES. But Himeko’s Assist Skill can skip this control mechanic. After reviewing the run, I feel like 100% RES did not matter much. It mostly resisted the hammer enemy’s DEF reduction to improve survival.

To reproduce this, in Graphia Phase 1 it’s best to reset for one hit onto Welt so he can use Ultimate earlier and push back the hammer enemy. Getting hammered fewer times lowers survival pressure a lot.

Current Plight lowest cost records:

Top 1: 4.0 Cock Comp - 11-cost 0-cycle.

Top 2: 2.0 anniversary main-push team (Acheron) - 12-cost / 13-cost 0-cycle, with 127 AV remaining.

Top 3: 3.0 anniversary main-push team (Rememberance) - 13-cost 0-cycle.

Top 4: 4.0 anniversary main-push team (SW999) -15-cost / 16-cost 0-cycle.

Top 5: 4.0 Himeko team - 19-cost 0-cycle.

See? Powercreept isn't real

E1S1 Archer, E2DDD Sparkle, E1 Huo

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RD7W6TEHq

TC Note:

40 Subs archer

Damage statistics:

• P1: Archer / Sparkle / E2S1 Rin / Huohuo: 64.04 million
• P2: Archer / Sparkle / E0S1 Rin / Huohuo: 46.10 million
• P3: Archer / Sparkle / E0S0 Rin / Huohuo: 39.00 million Rin is using fully stacked QQ BP Light Cone.

From this, we can see that Rin’s signature Light Cone gives about an 18.2% increase, while Rin’s E2 gives a total increase of 38.9%.

These gains are for the Archer/Rin team. Rin’s gains as a solo carry would be larger.

For Rin, the only real impacts are E0S0, E0S1, and E2S1, and the only recommended one is E0S0.

E0S1 and E2S1 have poor cost-performance.

Assuming you already have E2S0 Sparkle, for whales spending 4 cost on E2S1 Himeko is far stronger than spending it on E2S1 Rin: similar single-target performance, but Himeko completely destroys her in AoE.

For F2P players, Rin only has pull value at base copy.

E1S1 Archer, E2DDD Sparkle, E1 Huo

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1RD7W6TEHq

TC Note:

40 Subs archer

Damage statistics:

• P1: Archer / Sparkle / E2S1 Rin / Huohuo: 64.04 million
• P2: Archer / Sparkle / E0S1 Rin / Huohuo: 46.10 million
• P3: Archer / Sparkle / E0S0 Rin / Huohuo: 39.00 million Rin is using fully stacked QQ BP Light Cone.

From this, we can see that Rin’s signature Light Cone gives about an 18.2% increase, while Rin’s E2 gives a total increase of 38.9%.

These gains are for the Archer/Rin team. Rin’s gains as a solo carry would be larger.

For Rin, the only real impacts are E0S0, E0S1, and E2S1, and the only recommended one is E0S0.

E0S1 and E2S1 have poor cost-performance.

Assuming you already have E2S0 Sparkle, for whales spending 4 cost, on E2S1 Himeko is far stronger than spending it on E2S1 Rin: similar single-target performance, but Himeko completely destroys her in AoE.

For F2P players, Rin only has pull value at base copy.

https://youtu.be/AigdFLfsgJ8

Showcaser Notes:

Missplayed near the end, should've used Welt first, but whatever. This Knight just got HP inflation again. There is a different approach where RMC buff Rin at the end instead of Archer, use dps build and better dps LC, and one shot Argenti, that's more fun way but less consistent

This is the current live Dark Sam, not Star

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ZQTT6KEVm

The showcaser apologizes for any missplays

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nETP6wEuc

Showcaser note:

Now you understand why RMC is in Verdict, right?

When it comes to relying on Cyrene’s divine power, and when it comes to getting Ultimates back quickly, this is the way.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1aQTA6SEJy

Showcaser note:

• 39-Subs SP Himeko (too lazy to lower it; there’s a lot of overkill)
• 26-Subs DHPT
• 27-Subs Sparkle

In actual combat, getting some Energy back from kills feels pretty comfortable.

There’s basically no difficulty. Just casually kick it to death.

I got held up for a bit by that V5 Himeko bug where her Technique disappears at the start of the fight.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV19U7W6BEHb

Showcaser note:

For Robin's LC, you need to reset for the offensive stat roll and at the end you need to reset a bit for Sparkle getting hit.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1P87W6QErC
Showcaser QnA:

Comment:
My Evanescia… how could this be? Does she really need sustainless to 0cycle now?

Reply:
Yes. If you bring sustain, it goes straight to 2-cycle.

Comment:
So Huohuo got kicked after just one version, huh?

Reply:
Nothing can be done. V2 directly added 10 million total HP to the Stage.

Comment:
For E4S1 Evanescia, how about replacing Blade with Tribbie? I don’t have Blade.

Reply:
If Tribbie is E1S1, yes. E1S0 might run into damage issues.

Comment:
Wait, Blade doesn’t use Wind set? Would 174 SPD Wind-set Blade also work?

Reply:
Blade’s SPD has to be higher than Yao Guang’s. The Elation trio can’t take the 20% SPD-down debuff, so Blade can only use 2-piece + 2-piece SPD.

Comment:
Are Remembrance teams easy here?

Reply:
Castorice is 9 cost. Pink Trio is 10 cost or 9 cost if using Mortenax Blade.

Comment:
Can E2S1 Evanescia / E1S1 Yao Guang clear if I bring E4 Welt or E1 Tribbie?

Reply:
With E4 Welt, yes. E1 Tribbie also works if she has her signature.

Comment:
Why does Evanescia enter combat and act as if she has 151 SPD? I see her panel only has 136 SPD. Is there some SPD buff?
Also, what’s the benefit of having Evanescia act right before Aha instant?

Reply:
Because the stage gives a 15% SPD boost. Having Evanescia act before Aha can effectively prevent her from being controlled by Graphia and losing Energy. If she gets controlled, you can cleanse it early, so it won’t affect Evanescia’s action or Energy regen during Aha instant.

Comment:
Can Mortenax Blade be replaced by E2 Sparkle?

Reply:
Yes. As a lower substitute, E4 Welt is optimal, but E2 Sparkle is completely fine too.

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1Ur7p6sEju

Showcaser note:

Forgive my missplays

Showcaser QnA:

Comment:
Can you test both units at E6S1?
Saber / Gilgamesh / RMC / Huohuo versus Saber / Gilgamesh / E0S0 Blade / Huohuo?

Reply:
If both are E6, you can’t run RMC; you need to swap to an team wide buffer. But without RMC, Saber has no actions.

Comment:
We urgently need a comparison video between Gilgamesh using Saber’s signature and Gilgamesh using his own signature.

Reply:
Just from feelscrafting, the difference shouldn’t be big. Use whichever you have.

Comment:
Is Gilgamesh on SPD boots or ATK boots?

Reply:
Wind set + Vonwacq. Just get around 120 SPD; put every other substat into damage. Gilgamesh has built-in speed-up in combat and can reach over 200 SPD.

Comment:
Can E1 Gilgamesh be cut?

Reply:
With higher investment and some resets, it should be possible.

Comment:
I see the Swarm King doesn’t have Quantum weakness. Do you still run Quantum set, only getting the 10% DEF ignore?

Reply:
There isn’t a properly fitting set, so it’s just picking the best among bad options.

Comment:
In this team, which is stronger: RMC or E0S0 Blade?

Reply:
RMC.

Comment:
With E0S1 Saber, can it handle the last floor of endgame? I’m a returning player, and I haven’t decided which supports to use yet. I don’t have Sunday or Tribbie. Any advice?

Reply:
E0S1 Saber / E0S0 Gilgamesh / RMC / E0S0 Huohuo can handle the three endgame modes. Knight stages are not that easy, though.