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The artifact set released in 6.6 is for SSC (sub)DPS and the leaked one coming in 7.0 is for SSC support. If Valeriy is SSC-oriented, he would want one of these two artifact sets. It is unlikely that more SSC artifact sets would be released, let alone tailored for him.

Is it worth starting to farm the 6.6 artifact set, even if not needed it for other characters? Do you agree with the analysis?

This post is not necessarily just for Varka teams.

My take on common holders:

• Nicole
• Durin
• Mona
• Fischl

Who else is left? Venti, Sucrose and Prune would always end up on VV anyway.

There aren't many holders imo. If one is not interested in Sandrone or stellarconduct carries, farming Celestial Gift is also inefficient. Not particularly worth it given it is not a hypercarry set.

What do you think?

Gather around everyone as it's future impact o'clock.

So far, the new region seems to mainly cater to elements Cryo, Electro, Anemo and Dendro due to the "new" reactions Stellar superconduct, Cryoswirl. Rimegrass and more.

Stellar Superconduct is the most understood reaction for now, and depends on both ATK and EM, among others.

Nicole buffs ATK, and despite being Pyro she doesn't apply the element. This means she does not risk messing up the new reactions by triggering Overload / etc. This makes me think she is compatible with future characters.

In light of this, how do you think Nicole is going to perform for new characters?

Personally, I am still deciding whether I should go for Nicole or Durin and I am ruminating on who of the two seems more futureproof. Durin is extremely versatile with old characters but he's going to mess up all new reactions due to constant Pyro application.

What do you think?