A video analysis about some of the most debated topics I’ve seen regarding Baizhu in the past few weeks.
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00:00 Premise
00:22 Pull for Baizhu or C2 Nahida?
02:36 Baizhu Vs Zhongli
04:09 Baizhu Hyperbloom and Burgeon
05:15 Baizhu For Melt Teams
06:36 Baizhu With Tighnari
07:31 Conclusion
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Zhongli can actually preform even better in dendro that you thought, since he can run the instructor set to give your team 120 em instead of the ToM set which is 20% ATK that's situationally good in aggrevate teams.
This puts him even closer to the value that Baizhu provides for a team with his A4, and while u could argue that zhongli gives both a em buff with instructor to rival his A4, and a resistance shred from his shield and good long tankyness, Baizhu does that too. Basically Baizhu is upgrade over zhongli in these teams as he can do everything zhongli can, despite his shields not being strong they still give interruption resistance and he has amazing heals to back it up. Baizhu can also run deepwood for bloom or quicken related teams.
While Baizhu is a upgrade in these teams, zhongli still does his jobs well to where if u have him, honestly you don't really need Baizhu, u less you like him, or play cyno.
Amazing video btw!! 😊
i have questions regarding which is better than which
1- double electro + baizhu + kazuha VS double electro + baizhu + nahida
2- al-haitham + nahida + electro + zhongli VS al-haitham + baizhu + double electro
3- on-field kuki/double hydro/nahida VS on-field baizhu/double hydro/raiden VS on-field raiden/nahida/baizhu/xingqiu VS al-haitham/nahida/xingqiu/kuki
4- on-field thoma/double hydro/nahida with P.Amber VS on-field baizhu/double hydro/thoma
I initially wanted to roll for Baizhu so he can Nahida can superbuff my Tighnari but after your video, I'm not sure anymore. I already have Zhongli in the team, if I want more damage, I may switch Zhongli out for Kazuha instead. I may save for Fontaine characters
You’ve done so much good work on Baizhou and I actually really prefer your general style and calm voice to that of a certain other theorycrafter. Keep it up 👍
One thing to note with baizhu as compared to nahida or zhongli is you're getting a shield, healing, and dendro dmg boost all in 1 single character. We'll see how he ulis when released. Hoping to make a spread/quicken team with alhaitham, yae, and raiden
Definitely getting him for my Cyno and aggravate teams. Thank you for all the analysis!
Thanks! Now I'm sure to go for Nahida C2 instead of Baizhu. But maybe a team with Yae, Kazuha, Baizhu would be nice
Somehow got lucky with c2 nahida, boi lemme tell you the range and damage on her is smth else. I have a c2r1 homa hutao, getting nahida to c2 simply just matches her (smetimes unlucky but thats crit if it happen, it is rare).
C2 nahida with double hydro can:
-Kill raiden before transformation phase
-Kill signora before spinning phase
-Every boss is a joke (except those with immunity to dendro obv)
-Sustained dps and there is almost downtime to her damage
-Her range capability and short cooldowns make it really easy to kite opponents and give at least some little skill expresion
Also the def shred can applied to help your hydro units making them deal more damage
She also Boosts your other team (tighnaric0 amos bow can now one phase wolflord barely, ayato hyper bloom can one phase wolflord if you get lucky on crits, nahida is a solid flex slot to raiden hyper only if you want her dendro for some shield breaking shenanigans)
All in all the only downside I can tell you is that she is squishy somewhat and work very well only in dendro but that's about it
TLDR he’s not a significant enough upgrade in any of his teams to justify pulling him 💀
C0 Nahida is already amazing. If you have C0 Nahida, just get another 5* that you don’t have, that you like. A new character is more fun than a constellation. Just my opinion.
balls true
Wouldn't he be a big upgrade to nahida in anemo hyperbloom?
Sucrose is an onfielder with high em so the reaction bonus should work wonders. Also nahidas high elemental application means it's hard to swirl hydro/electro, baizhu low level application should help with that. His reaction bonus also lasts 6 seconds so it should work in a quickswap team with venti/kazuha as well.
Thank you for the video! I was worried about how Baizhu would perform as a driver on hyperbloom, but you gave clarity
Even though I already made up my mind I like to watch these kind of videos. Baizhu is a bit of a sad case for me as I wanted him (Mostly bias for snakes) but the more I learnt about his kit the less interested, especially after the fact Nahida comes before him and really wanting her C2 before saving for Hydro archon.
Also, can't forget about Nahida's C1 being a nice buff in damage (with a bit faster dendro procs, 1 electro) & duration (Notable in non-hydro teams).
RIGHT I forgot that he only buffs the on field character. He is starting to feel more and more like a kokomi to me. A sometimes nice to have unit but not necessarily needed as there are f2p substitutes like shinobu, Yao Yao…
I am currently searching for reasons not to pull for him as I still hate his unchanged design aka ugly crop top. People say he will shine in the future but I believe he is different from buffers like kazuha and yelan. He seems too reliant on a second dendro battery and unlike them he doesn’t add any open world perks, like I don’t see myself ever using his burst on a couple hilichurls. You don’t need a healer and weak dendro applicator in the OW. Most people were excited for him because they thought they could use nahida on one team and baizhu on the other, myself included but like you said he is not a stand alone dendro unit. I really dislike supports who need supports for themselves 😂 and let’s be honest us veteran players don’t need to run two dendro teams in abyss there is still meta teams like raiden national. I also often use 60k vape ayato on one half and on the other my dendro team with alhaitham…
zhongli better
I was debating whether or not to pull Baizhu and your videos have helped me realize that for the very weird way I play this game, he is a good pick for me.
I really, really appreciate how thorough you are with your analyses. The fact that you do not automatically assume everyone has / wants certain units and that you provide advice that can help more niche people like us too, has already made you one of my favourite TCers. Thank you so much for creating these.
Gonna pick Baizhu just for confort runs since I just have one Zhong Li.
Thank you so much for this video. Makes things easier for me
i have nahida c0, idk if i can convince myself to put the resources for c2. im getting baizhu to replace yaoyao on my second team
alhaitham, nahida, yelan, kuki
ayato, raiden, dmc, baizhu/yaoyao.
i dont have zhongli, so i guess its whether i want zhongli or baizhu. baizhu buffs me along side healing, so i think ill go for baizhu. i do like zhongli's petrification though
Very interesting! Waiting to pull him to complete my 2 Dendro teams !
Tldr he's a sidegrade to a year 1 unit and more or less completely outclassed by nahida at c0 let alone c2