Jade cutter on ayato gets even more steonger with cons to where at c3 jade cutter is only 0.5% less damage than his Signature. Altho in reaction based trams like vape, ayato prefers Alhaithams Signiutre, as long as he's got some decent em buffs (Subs, sucrose, c2 kazuha, instructor, Paddle)
Jade cutter was so good on beta ayato they had to nerf his old a4 and give him the useless one he has now, would have been halerious if ayato's BiS on release was a standard weapon instead of his Signature
First great magic and Lost prayer should be higher 100%. I really don't understand why so many people in both casual and TC Genshin community heavily underestimate movement speed in the game that is HEAVILY gameplay focused around the exploration in the open world. It is what the HYV design the game for and these two weapons make the exploration more pleasant and more enjoyable which is automatically a god tier for me.
Genuinely asking how Aqua is supposedly better than Amos in Melt for Ganyu. I’ve tested both for her arrow and bloom damage in a few different teams with both attack sands and em sands (attack sands has higher crit value), shenhe, double pyro zhongli, sunfire, c2 kazuha freedom sworn and xithos/fav, and Amos has come out on top every time for her frostflake arrow damage. Mine has 185 EM with attack sands, but still, what are you guys doing to get higher damage without Amos? Does Bennett need instructor?
BP weapons shouldn't be treated as 4 stars, they are generally higher power level than real 4 star weapons and they are paywalled behind BP so they are more difficult (=impossible) to get than 5 star weapons if you don't spend money. Comparing the value of a 5 star weapon to something you can literally never get is meaningless and hides the real value of that 5 star.
tierlists are 99% personal opinion and 1% actual facts, given that you do a lot of research and by that have a pretty good idea of the actual i'd say this tierlist is 5% actual facts and 95% personal opinion.
Some of these surprised me. I always thought Jade Cutter and Mistsplitter were on par with maybe even Mistsplitter edging it out. I guess with the increase of HP% scalers now it's passive isn't as underwhelming any more, and with Furina's buffs elemental DMG% is not as hard to come by. I'm thinking about trying for Mistsplitter coming up but now you made me doubt myself lol. Is it top tier for anyone but Ayaka and Keqing? I would prob rather have Jade Cutter but the damn thing just never runs lol.
I was expecting the Key, and the damn thing has dodged me twice. Scarlet above Homa was also a surprise. Sad, that is one of the ugliest weapons in the game. Thankfully I already have more spears than I know what to do with, so I wasn't tempted by this banner.
Verdict is on par with R5 Serpent? Only on Benny teams right? Aquila is definitely not even high end 4* imo. Skyward is just straight up better because it allows you to build damage on Benny, and if you only care about high base ATK there's R1 Alley Flash which is what I use lol.
Before seeing this list I was saving up for Furina's weapon on her re-run in a few months but what you said made sense, it's not a god tier weapon and I have festering desire on her so she is fine.
Very nice list! I liked the bold (but well-justified with recent meta changes) decision to actually promote Pink Donut to usable. I'd consider putting Elegy above Harp in their 3rd tier, since Harp's been upstaged as the generalist DPS option by Aqua, while Elegy is still the best support+ER pick. But that's just nitty-gritty and me being an Elegy simp, lol.
I'm happy to find out I'm an owner of 3/4 of the top tier weapons, and SoSS that I'm missing I have no user for (without going back to RNG hell for XL ER sands).
My next goal is Neuvi's Tome, hopefully with a side of Kagura for Yae or Freedom-Sworn, but I'm in no hurry if the banner turns out bad for me. He's doing very well with just Proto-Amber.
I pulled for Furina's sword in her debut banner, and I'm now realizing how much of a gamble that was, since the weapon it was running alongside was arguably the worst 5-star weapon in the game… Thank the stars I got the sword I wanted first try.
Freedom sworn is good for lyney + kuki + alhaitham + tighnari too it's better than elegy imo
Scarlet is not always better than engufling lightning on xiangling …. some abyss cycles you need 240+30 ER On xiangling No one have the substats to reach it with scarlet
How can be Elegy in the first line? Its the best support weapon in the game, BiS for many characters. Huge boost for many teams. Its definetly a "God Roll" like for yelan in Hu Tao team, or Sara in Raiden hyper, or yelan in any hyperbloom team
Cashflow's problem is that it gives too much Crit Rate. You already run your DPS units on Marechausse with Furina, right? So Cashflow adding more Crit Rate is just bad
I know she's a niche character at best, but the high base attack is huge for her buffs and the Crit buffs help take her personal damage from negligible to fairly significant, especially at c6.
I know she and Fischl fight really hard over it all the time.
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Its so ironic how Key of Khaj Nisut was one of the worst 5 star weapons, to being very flexible and s tisr 😂
Jade cutter on ayato gets even more steonger with cons to where at c3 jade cutter is only 0.5% less damage than his Signature. Altho in reaction based trams like vape, ayato prefers Alhaithams Signiutre, as long as he's got some decent em buffs (Subs, sucrose, c2 kazuha, instructor, Paddle)
I think, SSS and Homa should be swapped. They are both great on Cyno, Hu Tao and XL, but SSS isn't that good on Xiao, as Homa, so it's more versatile.
Is it worth running Skyward Blade over Fav on Bennett?
How should I build hutao with SoSs what's the optimal stats like required em?
HP or em sands?
Jade cutter was so good on beta ayato they had to nerf his old a4 and give him the useless one he has now, would have been halerious if ayato's BiS on release was a standard weapon instead of his Signature
prous to have aqua, scarlet sands and elegy. thanks for the review!
Ah yes… in 4.0, I could've gotten The First Great Magic, Aqua Simulacra, or even Skyward Harp.
But no, I got R2 AMOS' BOW 🤮
First great magic and Lost prayer should be higher 100%. I really don't understand why so many people in both casual and TC Genshin community heavily underestimate movement speed in the game that is HEAVILY gameplay focused around the exploration in the open world. It is what the HYV design the game for and these two weapons make the exploration more pleasant and more enjoyable which is automatically a god tier for me.
Genuinely asking how Aqua is supposedly better than Amos in Melt for Ganyu. I’ve tested both for her arrow and bloom damage in a few different teams with both attack sands and em sands (attack sands has higher crit value), shenhe, double pyro zhongli, sunfire, c2 kazuha freedom sworn and xithos/fav, and Amos has come out on top every time for her frostflake arrow damage. Mine has 185 EM with attack sands, but still, what are you guys doing to get higher damage without Amos? Does Bennett need instructor?
BP weapons shouldn't be treated as 4 stars, they are generally higher power level than real 4 star weapons and they are paywalled behind BP so they are more difficult (=impossible) to get than 5 star weapons if you don't spend money. Comparing the value of a 5 star weapon to something you can literally never get is meaningless and hides the real value of that 5 star.
tierlists are 99% personal opinion and 1% actual facts, given that you do a lot of research and by that have a pretty good idea of the actual i'd say this tierlist is 5% actual facts and 95% personal opinion.
Some of these surprised me. I always thought Jade Cutter and Mistsplitter were on par with maybe even Mistsplitter edging it out. I guess with the increase of HP% scalers now it's passive isn't as underwhelming any more, and with Furina's buffs elemental DMG% is not as hard to come by. I'm thinking about trying for Mistsplitter coming up but now you made me doubt myself lol. Is it top tier for anyone but Ayaka and Keqing? I would prob rather have Jade Cutter but the damn thing just never runs lol.
I was expecting the Key, and the damn thing has dodged me twice. Scarlet above Homa was also a surprise. Sad, that is one of the ugliest weapons in the game. Thankfully I already have more spears than I know what to do with, so I wasn't tempted by this banner.
Verdict is on par with R5 Serpent? Only on Benny teams right? Aquila is definitely not even high end 4* imo. Skyward is just straight up better because it allows you to build damage on Benny, and if you only care about high base ATK there's R1 Alley Flash which is what I use lol.
scarlet sands might be the most overrated weapon of all time. i don't get why people rate it so highly. homa is much more versatile
Before seeing this list I was saving up for Furina's weapon on her re-run in a few months but what you said made sense, it's not a god tier weapon and I have festering desire on her so she is fine.
Anyway, good video!
Very nice list! I liked the bold (but well-justified with recent meta changes) decision to actually promote Pink Donut to usable. I'd consider putting Elegy above Harp in their 3rd tier, since Harp's been upstaged as the generalist DPS option by Aqua, while Elegy is still the best support+ER pick. But that's just nitty-gritty and me being an Elegy simp, lol.
I'm happy to find out I'm an owner of 3/4 of the top tier weapons, and SoSS that I'm missing I have no user for (without going back to RNG hell for XL ER sands).
My next goal is Neuvi's Tome, hopefully with a side of Kagura for Yae or Freedom-Sworn, but I'm in no hurry if the banner turns out bad for me. He's doing very well with just Proto-Amber.
I pulled for Furina's sword in her debut banner, and I'm now realizing how much of a gamble that was, since the weapon it was running alongside was arguably the worst 5-star weapon in the game… Thank the stars I got the sword I wanted first try.
Freedom sworn is good for lyney + kuki + alhaitham + tighnari too
it's better than elegy imo
Scarlet is not always better than engufling lightning on xiangling …. some abyss cycles you need 240+30 ER On xiangling
No one have the substats to reach it with scarlet
Nothing to do with this video.. but i can't wait to spam plung attacks with raiden and cloud retainer
Seeing staff of homa and engulfing lightning not on top hurted me💔😧
How can be Elegy in the first line? Its the best support weapon in the game, BiS for many characters. Huge boost for many teams. Its definetly a "God Roll" like for yelan in Hu Tao team, or Sara in Raiden hyper, or yelan in any hyperbloom team
Cashflow's problem is that it gives too much Crit Rate. You already run your DPS units on Marechausse with Furina, right? So Cashflow adding more Crit Rate is just bad
Is Skyward Harp best in slot for Kujo Sara?
I know she's a niche character at best, but the high base attack is huge for her buffs and the Crit buffs help take her personal damage from negligible to fairly significant, especially at c6.
I know she and Fischl fight really hard over it all the time.