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Time assassin? Never heard of him.

A very standard wolf hunt run, where I got Wolf hunt investment environment and Wolf hunt furbo. I randomly got a Firefly on 1-7, so I decided to roll with wolf hunt Firefly. I also got a lucky Moze recruit at 1-6.

With 2 emblems + Moze, 8 Wolf Hunt is trivial, and I got max level hoolay at 3-2. Funnily enough, I got Yunli before Yanqing. I levelled up to 9 and tried searching for Welt with 100 gold coins, but I didn't get a single copy, so I just put in Dahlia (she did nothing) except maybe marginal Firefly damage boost.

Overall an insanely lucky run. Wolf hunt is so strong, but the rng is so volatile that I won't recommend it unless you get an emblem and a good starting bag. Still a ton of fun watching hoolay beat a 3 star Gepard up though.

This is mainly for highest dmg/ ss optimisation, not meant to clear the AA.

E0S0 Rin, E0S5DDD Sparkle, E2S1 Cyrene, E1S1 Cerydra

Her nuke damage even at E0S0 is genuinely insane

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I got stupidly lucky by getting a random express emblem from a gold prismatic ore.

Unfortunately got lost luck affix, so I ran 2 (+1 from himeko copy) victory banners. Himeko copies tribbie's quantum resonance and aoe attack. During midgame before getting enough lucky hit rate, I ran 3 aoe for the lucky hit rate bonus.

The dual dps worked surprisingly way better than expected. There were some scenarios where Seele outdamaged Himeko, and she is really effective in cleaning up low hp enemies.

Cerydra and welt allowed me to make full use of the firestorm surges, and allowed me to 0 cycle the final boss.

In hindsight, maybe getting rid of march and slotting RMC on-field, Sparkle off-field would have been better, as privileged boots Cerydra with Bastion Projector + Fuxuan sufficed as sustains.

In the likely event that you don't get 2 express cohort emblems, just stick to 4 express and run 3 AOE instead.

Wanted to try Himeko Nova, and immediately got express cohort investment environment.

She is extremely strong even with trial build, and express cohort with tribbie means she copies quantum resonance and aoe attack, also allowing me to not use DHIL.

In hindsight, 1 chainsaw + 2 FS surge would probably be better. Survivability was a bit of an issue as march 7th isn't the best sustain, so fuxuan instead of robin could work too for 4 quantum resonance.

It is DEFINITELY faster paced than elation, and less visually stimulating imo.

With her 3 FS surges, 2 AAs, + welt + Cerydra, she stacks up really quickly and demolishes everything.

(Ignore her trace levels please)

My Phainon was struggling a bit to 0 cycle Graphia as Cyrene was locked to Monorem, and E0S0 Sparkle wasn't enough. I decided to dust off my Robin, but realised I was missing 1 skill point to get a second ult.

Well, Ruan Mei LC gives a skill point on ult if the wearer has >150 break effect, so I randomly put together this Robin, and it somehow worked amazingly.

I love how Phainon allows me to use different supports and different strategies to optimise his loop. People often say his gameplay loop is boring and formulaic, but optimising his kit for a zero cycle sometimes requires a fun amount of planning and creativity.

E2S1 Phainon, E1S1 Robin (rm lc), E1S1 Cerydra, E0S1 Sunday

E2S1 Phainon, E1S1 Cerydra, E1S0 Tribbie, E0S1 Cyrene, E0S0 Sparkle

This team comp destroyed Plane 3 diff 4 encounter sustainless, although I was against war armour enemies who take lots of damage when the war armour is broken.

Started with Heroic Entrance, which gave me a Cyrene, and starting bag gave me a Phainon. My first plane was 2 Quantum Resonance and 2 Galaxy Rangers 2 Skill points. The top priority was getting the triple chainsaws on Phainon, as well as Perpetual Engine when Cyrene unlocks. Sparkle was played on field alongside Tribbie as I have 2 S5 DDDs, and faster coreflame regen.

When Cyrene unlocked, Tribbie went off-field. The main priority was to get more chainsaws for Phainon, as well as to upgrade Galaxy Rangers and Phainon's star levels. My management of interest this run was really really bad, but it turned out alright eventually.

The same comp breezed through all the nodes, and I was a bit worried about survival against the plane 3 encounter diff 4, but it turned out alright. I thought of slotting in Fuxuan, but I decided that 3 Galaxy Rangers > 3 Quantum Resonance, and the lack or sustain turned out completely alright.

Probably the best run I've had so far

E2 Phainon btw.

Also happened to get Endless Cycles, so I guess I'll always have triple durian.

The main aim of this strategy is well, to get triple durians on Phainon and max out his star level.

Galaxy Ranger bond gives him a ton of speed so he can continually advance the enemies. Prioritise getting high star levels on them (I failed).

4 shield isn't very good anymore, and 2 shield is definitely enough for the strategy. True damage stacks really well with durian as well, so be sure to pick up RMC, or preferably Cyrene, but Cyrene NEEDS Perpetual Engine to perform smoothly.

Stack antigrav boots on DHPT (I couldn't) to keep up with Phainon and he will absolutely demolish everything.

This strat doesn't require much RNG and is one of the more consistent strats, as well as being almost unkillable. Getting it going guarantees an at least SS clear in my experience. Banana boss is a bit annoying to fight, but every other boss should be a steamroll.

The only downside is you can't really auto with this strat, as you need to spam counter even against 1 to 2 enemies.

If you do get to level 9, Yunli is a pretty good unit to pick up as well. If you have E2 Phainon, Cerydra is also a pretty good investment.