in this video i will be reviewing layla’s shield , and i will be comparing her to othee shielders in th game , vs zhongli , layla vs diona , yanfei , noelle , xinyan. an we will ee if shes worth using as a shielder or not
0:00 Intro
0:32 Current shield characters
7:06 Layla’s shield
8:49 Layla vs shielders
10:09 Layla vs Diona
10:50 Conclusion
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Layla should've been a catalyst and no one can say otherwise, from lore to design to kit, her not having a single good weapon (limited 5* btw) just further proves it
He talked about xinyan but not thoma…lol weeb.
Bro literally forgot thoma
Talked about xinyan
And said thoma isn’t worth talking about????
No Thoma?
layla is also pretty, i have almost all her mats and 30 wishes saved for her ❤️
you only talked about the characters but did not include their weapons..
1. noelle with sac greatsword r5 can have almost 100% uptime esp if she is c4 as it can proc its passive..
2. yanfei (c4) with prototype amber helps a lot with her shield strength and her energy regen. it also heals the whole party a bit. this is great for hu tao because she doesn't need a lot of healing, provides pyro resonance and doesn't steal vapes.
3. thoma c6 with fav lance provides a lot. his c4 helps a lot with energy issue, c6 provides dps buff and his shield has a possible 100% uptime.. plus he can trigger burgeon and protects you from bloom damage..
Other thing to consider also: layla can activate the milileith passive while all the other characters can't do it, zhongly can activate it with the pillar but it mess up reactions so usually you don't put the pilar close to enemies
Xinyan's shield has been bugged since she came out and Im pretty sure they never fixed it
Beidou C1?
Bruh we need justice for my poor man Thoma 😭
I can understand why Thoma isn’t in this video since he requires a lot of ER, and doesn’t have the greatest Pyro application in the game with also his ascension stat being ATK then HP. Trust me as a Thoma main it still pains me that he didn’t get the HP ascension he deserves.
However, his shield is still unique enough from the other 4 star shielders in the game. He basically stacks his shield when using his E then his burst which makes it one of the strongest shields, his c2 basically fixes the cooldown and making it more consistent for rotation, his c4 gives back 15 energy which isn’t a lot but it’s better than nothing and his c6 gives normal, charged and plunging attacks a increase of 15% for 6 secs when a new Blazing Barrier is refreshed. He’s not the best shielder for all teams, but he has his uses a little in Burgeon teams.
Thoma: I'm not even here, I'm an illusion
4:36 I’m not sure I agree with this as I mained Yanfei for a long time and still use her in certain teams. I also have Zhongli (pure shield bot build with 4pc TOM and about 36k HP). On Yanfei I have a full DMG build with 4pc CW crit stats are 69/178. I feel like almost nothing gets through her shield except for corrosion of course, so to me she does great DMG for a 4 star and shields. I just wanted to put this out there for anyone who has Yanfei C4
Side note: I have about 150% ER on her and burst is always available upon rotation. Just make sure when you use her burst you don’t swap out of her until it’s over or you lose out on a lot of DMG
But Diona can also give 200 elemental mastery and heal too.
I have Zhongli and i'm using him in a different team atm BUT I'm planning on getting Ayato and forming a cryo team so i think i'll pull for layla just for that
You forgot Thoma in that comparison. I know the community hates him, but at C6 he is definitely not bad as a dedicated shielder and his shield stacking mechanic can give you a thick shield near the quality of Zhongli plus he has 15% NA DMG Bonus. I hated him too until I tried an invested Thoma and felt it’s very comfortable. Giving him 4pc Instructor set he becomes a great support. He can either use Favonius or Black Tassel if you can get his ER to 190+.
You also forgot Diona's passive for her shield, increases movement speed by 10% and reduces stamina consumption by 10% which also applies to charge attacks.
Xinyan have two shields, from skill and ultimate. forget Kaya shield
How about thoma and kaeya?
The Thoma erasure 😭
Idk… I already have diona built so layla seems like a downgrade for me. Diona filling both shield and healing roles is too good to give up just for a little more damage.
However if you don't have diona (or just don't want to use her), I guess she'd be useful
I was going to say maybe you're underestimating Diona a bit. But hey, you did admit she's up there with Layla as 4-star shielders. Although I believe Thoma is theoretically the best 4-star shielder in terms of raw shielding. It's just that he requires stacking and has no access to a sacrificial weapon, so Diona is still the best 4-star shielder practically.
I guess Layla could be placed in teams where you need a cryo shielder, and the healer role is provided by someone else, if not none at all. I do like playing by the meta sometimes, but I also like the comfort of having a shielder and a healer. Instead of wasting two slots, I can just have Diona who does not only both, but also being a battery. Hopefully, we'd get more shielders that are also healers. We already have C4 Yanfei with the Prototype Amber, and Noelle (although her healing is on-field). Dori could have been one if only The Bell worked differently.
I know people like to bring up how being able to do two things means you'd be sub-par at both of them, with Xinyan's DEF scaling shield & physical attack scaling damage as an example. Still, we have great multi-purpose units like Diona (shield, heal, battery) and Bennett (heal, ATK boosting).
crisp video, thanks
I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt here and not assume that you're one of those… repulsive waifu simps and intentionally left Thoma out.
But just in case you weren't aware, his shield has potential to be the thickest after zhongli's if you built him as a pure shielder. His unique perma-refreshing shield also means that you'll basically have interruption resistance 100% of the time (even if the shield breaks, since it'll refresh right away after a normal attack), provided that you build sufficient ER on him, which is invaluable for characters who don't want their normal attack or charged attack sequences to be interrupted.
Coupled with the fact that he's now proven to be an extremely effective burgeon (and even overload if you fancy that) enabler due to his slow pyro application and decent shield negating the self-dmg. Dude is basically built to be a burgeon enabler, hence he's your reaction dps plus your shielder all at the same time. This 2 in 1 damage + defensive role is something that no other shielders so far, not even Zhongli can emulate.
We’re Thoma 🫤
I wanna pull for Layla but my pity is too high to risk getting a 5 star I don't want
Me who wants a shielder so my heizo doesn't get burned to death in my nahida burn team
Muahhahahahaahahah
The banner wants me to build burn heizo
Diona has healing and a shield that has almost 0 downtime if you have sac bow, she can more easily get constellations for her since shes a 4 star, that being said – her constellations are insane, allowing you to shield co-op teammates and 200 EM bonus at c6. So personally, shes way better than zhongi, and for CC we have many anemo characters in the game that can do that (diona also allows more niche teams as well as national comps, meta teams – that sort of thing)
Thoma erasure!!! lol Honestly tho, he has one of the strongest shields in the game, and he was a staple in my Hu Tao team before I got Zhongli.
I just can't let go of Diona. Her healing burst is just really useful.