If you're doing suboptimal combos (N5C spam) and not taking enemy damage, you will automatically do a non-stellar CA once every rotation to trigger the duration extension.
Of course, this needs to trigger early on so its not gonna be active every time, but still nice for those used to the C1 combo.
Team:
Varka C1 TBS 4pc winds
Odette C0R0 4pc furnace
Prune C4 4pc VV
Escoffier C0R0 4pc GT/Qiqi C1 fav 4pc TotM
They are close to my best electro team (132k) and behind my best hydro team (141k).
Way ahead of the previous best cryo team without Odette (108k).
Before anyone asks, no cryo traveler isn't fully built yet, but I'm building him as a cheap Odette replacement (with 4pc furnace) to enable 2 different stellar teams at the same time.
You can't use NAs before E to adjust his max HP, because it doesn't drain HP. Idk why TCs were claming it did.
His N5C combo is HP positive (30% max hp healing vs 27% max hp drain) therefore you can't spam it forever. But you want to do N5C anyway because of the way his new C1 works.
Its straight up impossible to get stellar CA on the 1st N5C (needs at least 41% drain).
The only way to get consistent stellar CAs in every combo is by taking enemy damage, which makes Nicole a lot worse and impossible to test team dps on the dummy.
The real performance test will be stygian, also to see how well he stays alive without shields.
Its a lot better than I expected, only 10k behind premium pyro team w/C0R1 Varka
Wdym Wrio isn't T0??? 💀
And Cyno should be up there too
I think Flins should be in the same tier as Varka tbh
Even with this much energy recharge, she still has to use the full hold skill to get enough energy to burst every rotation (solo electro).
Those 4 extra seconds of field time are a big DPS loss, perhaps Alyosha or even Fischl are still better options...
...still worse than the marechausse build isn't it?
He's now barely better than Beidou C6.
Its good news for Wrio teams, which are now more in line with the other stellar superconduct carries (at c0r0 level).
It also means less agressive powercreep.
...but they might just be stellar swirl buffs, not hexerei...
>Atlas loses value because of Nicole
>can't extend new BP catalyst buff uptime due to him not doing CA dmg anymore (replaced by direct stellar dmg)
>new craftable doesn't work because he doesn't trigger regular stellar reactions (just does direct dmg)
...All roads lead back to Widsith
So far its not even close, all the deep shadow pieces are way worse ;_;
I'll just change the goblet to ATK...
Not only is she the best alternative to Yae on the electro app slot, but she can also replace Nicole on the sustain slot. Provided you have Wrio C1+ at least...
She might still work with hydro Varka somewhat..?
She needs all the EM she can get, but that makes it very hard to build a decent crit ratio...
Is it worth sacrificing EM circlet for crit circlet? Or EM weapon for crit weapon?
