Ranking every remotely viable sword for both Freeze and Melt Ayaka by performance at different refinements, playstyles (sustained & quickswap), constellations (from zero to six) and with different team setups (buffs).
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This ranking looks at the following 19 weapons: Primordial Jade Cutter, Aquila Favonia, Blackcliff Longsword, Festering Desire R5, Harbinger of Dawn R5, Iron Sting, Lion’s Roar, Prototype Rancour, Royal Longsword, Sacrificial Sword, Skyward Blade, Summit Shaper, The Black Sword, The Alley Flash, Amenoma Kageuta Blade, Mistsplitter Reforged, Freedom Sworn.
Any swords added after the release of this video will be updated in the orginal spreadsheet that’s behind these rankings and you will be notified in a pinned comment.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:05 General Assumptions
02:30 Weapon Assumptions (Passives etc.)
03:40 PERMAFREEZE
05:28 Enemies only Cryo-afflicted (instead of frozen)
05:45 w/ Bennett (1000 ATK)
05:54 w/ TTDS + 4 NO (Thrilling Tales and 4 Noblesse)
06:03 w/ Kazuha (900 EM)
06:16 C0 to C6
06:50 get your OWN customized Ranking
07:05 QUICKSWAP FREEZE
07:47 Enemies only Cryo-afflicted (instead of frozen)
07:50 w/ Bennett (1000 ATK)
07:54 w/ TTDS + 4 NO
07:57 w/ Kazuha (900 EM)
07:58 C0 to C6
08:13 MELT SUSTAINED
08:26 w/ Bennett (1000 ATK)
08:29 w/ TTDS + 4 NO
08:32 w/ Kazuha (900 EM)
08:36 C0 to C6
08:49 MELT QUICKSWAP
08:52 w/ Bennett (1000 ATK)
08:53 w/ TTDS + 4 NO
08:55 w/ Kazuha (900 EM)
08:58 C0 to C6
Original spreadsheet incl. charts (make a COPY for yourself to edit):
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18JUBik1Vby3p0CkQ0oBZmq27CoVXkNQbivDW1MCAWeM/edit?usp=sharing
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Gonna say this until the day i die ayaka + xiangling is god like
Reject meta Play whats fun
This has nothing to do with the vid im just bored
is skyward blade really that low? below the flute? come on now
Black sword easily out damage blackcliff, given you know how to balance the ratios. (35% crit rate and max out on crit damage)
Thanks bud!
10/10 nice vid
R5 blacksword here hope you mention it before I watch
im glad my aquila is top 4. me an f2p with no luck on weapon banner 🙁
Amazing guide, this was exactly what I was looking for especially since I've been running a low lvl flute for her! Time to save up for blackcliff longsword then👀
seems like r5 blackcliff is better than Aquila
One question whats better: Ayaka C6 or her weapon R5?
Its always better to get the Constellations buffs right?
Im still in a dilemma
I have Eula C6 and Ayaka C0 and mistsplitter R1
Id like to know how Ayaka C6 compares to my Eula and if its "worth it" for me. Im still wondering.
Can someone help me?
I can spam burst with skyward blade and fit with its passive.crit rate I get it from Blizzard and cryo resonance with freeze comp.crit dmg from her ascending.Idk why skyward blade is on very low tier.
aquila favonia good?
why no mention of viridescent venerer or did i just miss it
I'm so glad I got the mistsplitter
I think the Anemona sword is the best F2P option for Ayaka because it gives us ER and it is no different from the others.
Just lost 50/50 and got keqing, saw your keqing vid which made me excited.
Then I saw this and noticing ayaka doing basically double the damage.
After checking both spreadsheets to compare, i noticed that Ayakas worst sword does more damage than keqings best
Kind of ridiculous, or maybe i misunderstood something
So il use black cliff sword for ayaka and give my aquila to bennet. That's good right pls answer☺️
Should i use aquila or blackcliff?
Thanks for the spreadsheet man
So should I use the black cliff? I have well enough crit rate but I don’t know if the crit dmg makes up for the passive ability. Can anyone let me know if the crit dmg makes up for the passive
I hit pity on weapon banner as a fyp player and when the silhouette shows up I felt happy then it's the aquila favonia not the mistsplitter. My day is ruined. Now im binge watching videos on youtube to make myself feel better for pulling that sword.
Finally, someone make a video about Ayaka SubDPS/Burst type. Most guides are for DPS on field Ayaka. Thank you 😀
Just asking, should I craft the new amenogeoanemo sword or should I just stick with blacksword? Cuz I think I have a little too much crit rate with bs. My stat is 64/168 for now.
You should take into account the lion’s roar passive for the melt comp. I know that Ayaka is not the one melting most of the time but when she does she do big dmg. It would be difficult to quantify without doing combat tests but I guarantee that it makes a big difference.
I got Skyward Spine 🙃
Can anyone explain to me how Blackcliff Longsword's passive work? Does it work the same way as Pyro Resonance? Which increase the character's attack based on the 20% of their own Base Attack(Character plus Weapon's base attack). It would really help thank youuuuuu
Amazing info!!
@AJ – phenomenal work, just what I needed! Would you say it's worth the money to spend the money to R5 mistsplitter? Difference between R1 and R5 seems to be around 15% damage.
Not sure if it's just on my end or not, but on the spreadsheet, setting the Black Swords refinement from 2 – 5 makes it's value go to 0 and then into the negatives which breaks the formula.
I have blackcliff r1 lv 90 and just got aquila favonia is worth to level up it to lv 90?
This video is insane. I can't believe I haven't found you until now.
Yooo, Great Video Format, love the work put into it
man, I can't imagine the planning you've made and the results speak for itself. Detailed explanation that somehow easy to understand. You worth more subscribe and like. Keep up man.
which weapon would be better Harbinger of Dawn or Amenoma Katana?
This guy casually used his primogems for resin
My f2p r4 Amenoma is waiting for her to come home 😩😩
Your weapon rankings are the best I’ve seen ever!
These calculations seem pretty accurate as they align with my actual testing of 5-6 different swords on Ayaka
Aquila favonia is considerably stronger than jade cutter. The issue is not the jade cutter which is probably the much better stat stick of the two, but the nature of cryo. With Blizzard set which you should use with ayaka and a second cryo in the party you have incredibly high crit rate already, making jade cutters crit bonus obsolete – whats left is okaish attack bonus and a rather low attack for a 5 star. Aquila on the other hand benefits from the very high attack it has. If you build your Ayaka right – aquila shines with 9-10k per hit in elemental burst, which is just sligthly behind Mistsplitter.
Iron Sting on Ayaka slaps