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This is one of the biggest problems I have with her. Sustainless runs with her on the team are so hard due to her needing an atk orb and having low base HP and DEF for a 5 star. She also seems to have the same hit rng as Tingyun, anytime I attempt a sustainless run with her on the team they ignore EMC and YG and focus on Sparxie.

The PomPom boss forced me to go sustainless to get 4 stars and I had to swap Sparxie out for EMC due to her dying too fast. Hopefully Pearl is the Hyacine for the elation meta.

I believe part of the reason Himeko Nova has flopped was due to people thinking she has no aftersales and will age badly at e0s0 similarly to Phainon.

If they just held off on Sunday's last banner and then NV him this patch to make him BiS for Himeko undisputed, alongside rerunning him with Himeko they would have made more money. Sunday reruns with his current eidolons just won't make them much money but if they improved his e1 and e2 that would change.

Frustrated how they seem to be slowplaying his buffs that he badly needs, why dedicate so much story time to him in 4.x if he isn't going to get buffed?

Only Mavuika and the Lunar DPS ranked above her.

I'm in the process of building Rin and have been looking at showcases on YouTube and notice Huohuo is almost always used instead of DHPT.

Outside of comfort, is Huohuo actually superior for Archer/Rin teams compared to DHPT? Assuming both are e0s0.

If part of her power budget is focused on making her work well with non elation teams she won't be as hypertuned for elation teams as she could be.

I'd rather they just zero in on her elation/speed buffing as well as making her a shielder due to how squishy Sparxie is in battle. Yes this means MBlade won't be able to use her, but just release a different sustain that heals and is tuned for FuA teams instead of trying to fit both into one character kit.

Now that Gilga has been out for a few days and people have had the chance to build and test him out with Saber, what supports have you found the most success with?

I personally have been finding the most successful with e2s1 Robin but newer players likely won't buy her in the shop so I wanted to see what other options people have liked. Looking forwards to Robin SP and what she brings to the table.

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I was trying to get a sustainless clear against Graphia with Cerydra and Sparkle and was stuck on a 1 cycle with Sunday as the 3rd support but when I switched to Bronya (e3) I got a 0 cycle. Is Bronya buffing Cerydra enough to make the difference with Sunday?

Running an e0s1 Saber alongside an e0S0 Gilga and e2S1 Robin. I typically like to chase 0 cycles so I'll often ditch a sustain for more damage.

I have a benched e0 SW on tutorial that seems to be a pretty good option. Her ult is very fast to charge giving Gilga some extra energy and her debuffs are fantastic for a dual dps team. Her def down scales well with his e1 which I plan to go for eventually. Has anyone tested her with him or is there another option for sustainless runs I'm overlooking? I don't own Blade on my account.

I remember when Anomaly first released in Amphoreus they catered all the king stages heavily towards Castorice and her rememberance friends. But the last 2 King Stages have been easier to clear with non Elation teams.

Why is mihoyo anti-shilling elation? SW999 is getting no where near the friendly environment that Castorice got, and she also isn't getting the timely teammate releases that Castorice got. Pearl should have released this patch or next IMO to allow elation to catch up to Himeko and the other top performing teams now(Archer/Rin, Rememberance).

E1S1 Evanescia/E0S1 YG and E1 Huohuo. Currently using EMC but my Cyrene teams really need RMC so I've been debating whether to pull Sparxie.

All I know is she does less pure buffing than EMC and made more for SW999, but does much more damage. I think I'll only pull E0S0 can't spare pulls to vertically invest.

Not sure why the game will immediately zip me through diamond and grandmasters but then after I get to Celestial 3 I'll lose 7 or 8 out of 10 games, most getting stomped but take forever to drop to GM1 again. I will win 3 out of 5 GM games and immediately go back to Celestial where I proceed to get stomped again.

I'm solo queuing but I don't know if that affects anything.

I was under the assumption Archer was just flat out stronger than Seele, however when I used both of them with the same team (Sparkle+Cipher+Cerydra) I get an faster clear with Seele.

Both are E1S1 using Archer sig. I got a 1 cycle with Archer but a 0 cycle with Seele, is the Flame Reaver boss just more advantageous for Seele due to his summons?

Somehow my e6 EMC gets faster clears in Anomaly Arbitration than my e0s0 Sparxie. E0S1 SW and E0S1 Yao Guang were my other teammates alongside e0s0 Huohuo from the shop. Should I try and invest more into Sparxie next patch or just punt on her verticals and wait for Pearl?

Does Sparxie LC or e1 make a big difference?

I used to be able to split up Therta/Jade for both sides in Pure Fiction and get an effortless 40k for both. However ever since 4.0 and the crazy Pure Fiction HP inflation lately now my go to team of Jade/Tribbie/DHPT/Sparkle barely gets 30k.

I know she is a subdps first and foremost but I really hate the direction Pure Fiction has taken where erudition units now suck there. And with 3 team Pure fiction now Jade feels even worse where I always defended her as a Pure Fictuon queen.

Any advice or team tips? I have every meta unit aside from Blade.

I float between Grandmasters and Diamond most seasons and have added WF to my roster of supports. And even though she's clearly one of the best in the game I find the minute a match goes south teammates beg you to switch to Invis or CnD.

I had my 2nd healer who was playing Jeff begging me to switch to CnD when we played domination and we lost the first match. We end up losing 2-1, I check the stats and see I had 34k healing to Jeff 26k but he was still complaining post match saying he got sold. I also had less deaths and better overall stats than he did.

Mind you the enemy team had a Magik going crazy on him and I was helping keep him alive. But people rely so much on the main healers that even with good performances if you don't have Luna/Invis/CnD they blame you for playing someone else. Why is that?

With Himeko Nova and Archer/Rin taking endgame HP inflation to another level starting 4.4 doesn't that mean its more likely for Nihilux to be a support/subdps to help catch up to the other top teams?

Yes Pearl is coming but she's a sustain first, which makes me doubt she by herself will help SW999 catch up to Himeko. Hyacine was a massive upgrade for Castorice but Castorice's kit NEEDS a sustain to function.

Therefore Nihilux+Pearl makes sense to me to allow both elation carries to catch up as 4.x continues, with a bias towards SW999 since she is the main push ahead of Evanescia. Nihilux as a main DPS just makes no sense when all that does is piss off both fanbases and neither would want to replace their elation main this fast.