Hey everyone! Xianyun (aka Cloud Retainer) looks very fun with her interesting and niche supporting capabilities! She can basically make anyone a plunge DPS.
This is new to the game, and it will be very cool to see how Xianyun can enable certain team comps that may have not worked as well before.
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What worries me is how hard they’ve fumbled the ball on airborne units. There have been so many physics glitches with bouncing off enemies (look at Alhaitham), getting frozen while jumping up torpedoes your character into the air (I have seen lots of xiao clips) and a lot of airborne units if they are hit get heavily punished unless you slot a shielder which also takes up another slot.
Idk why for kazuha I personally have not seen these issues and kazuha sure does a lot of jumping/plunging in his kit and also keqing doesn’t feel like she bounces off things like alhaitham either. I’m a person who does not own zhongli so it’s looking like 4.4 will be a skip and save patch for me. Already have Jean and even after furina I still don’t use her.
I love and appreciate how you guys discuss things instead of just talking to the camera, you guys are my asmr
Having seen some of the videos that are around I am much more interested in her than I was. I don't have Xaio or Hu Tao, so I am not sure who I would use her with other than Ga-Ming. I am not really interested in building my Diluc. Eula, maybe? Does Xianyun's the plunging attack add swirl?
I’m grabbing her mainly as an anemo healer CC VV bot. I’m just concerned how much time it takes for her to jump>plunge>CC (that and the RNG auto aim of her plunge might be a little sus)
We are ascending to Celestia with this one 🐦
All weapon can plunge. Not just the 3 melee weapons
And think xiayun's skill can't be activated midair. It will always start at ground. If you tap the 2nd/3rd e skill to long, it will enter its cd.
is Xiao going to get revived by her?!
Glad to hear how she works! I want her (cuz bird), but I was worried she'd be somewhat useless for me since I don't have Xiao. But seeing that she doesn't just enhance plunging attacks, but basically MAKES ANYONE able to abuse plunging attacks… THAT'S a game changer!
Plunge? No thnx, ez skip
How does her buff compare to Benny's huge atk boost, can she replace him in a Xiao comp?
Diluc + C6 Bennett + Furina (can Yelan/XQ trigger coordinated atk on a plunge?) + Xianyun
Finally some Diluc meta and everyone can activate their last Bennett con!
I hope gaming isn't useless without cloud retainer
can she work as dps i was actually thinking of building her that way
9:43 This is outright stupid design & the no. 1 reason holding me back from pulling her. How tf can mihoyo think to create a character centered around plunge atks (an aoe atk) and make her buff only apply to single target? Ffs classic mihoyo L character development
I’ve been very indecisive whether I actually want her or not. Like, I want her for her burst, but she looks.. mostly boring to me lol. Yes, I know her animations, including her idle animations, fit with her character. But I still find her boring. I saw a Daily Xianyun twitter account saying how we have double standards because we fawned over Alhaitham looking at keys, and as a fellow Alhaitham lover, I’m not like that lol. I wish they did something more than that. I will say Xianyun's skill looks kinda fun, but I’m still kinda disappointed because I heard in older leaks that she’d be able to fly longer than Wanderer(?) Idk, I expected more from someone like her. 🤷🏼♀️ Call me picky, but that’s my 2 cents and opinion.
I’ll probably still do like 30-40 pulls just to attempt to get at least 2 Gaming cons since I’m really interested in him way more (and imo, looks like a 5 star) and to lose 50/50 if it’s early, but I’ll accept that whatever happens happen and I’d be fine with getting her in the meantime. I prefer Kazuha over her if I had to choose
Sounds like my team of her with keqing ganyu shenhe might not be great ?
Too bad she'll be trash cuz her buff only buffs plunge attacks against a single enemy 💀
Glad to hear she can use her skill mid air cuz i thought you couldnt.
Help me understand… if i wanted to maximize her utility with xiao… would i…
Pop a buff like BenyQ
Then her Q
Then her E
Then xiao Q, and go 3x using up her e and q?
Or does her E only benefit herself and only her Q benefit others?
(I'm confused)
I think that the burst won't give anemo infusion, it will just do an anemo coordinated attack with your character when they plunge
Xiao in yout head 😂 so dry but hilarious
CORRECTION on Xianyun's burst:
I (Ryft) said in the video that her burst would give an Anemo infusion. That is wrong. It instead deals coordinated attacks when you plunge with your active character similar to how Yelan works with normal attacks. Apologies for misinterpretation on my part.
I love how you guys discuss her character it makes it very interesting and easy for me to follow along!
That said im interested in her because I need a healer (I’m ar 56 and still stuck only having Bennett and kuki😭) and I also am a sucker for fun and interesting play styles. HOWEVER I’m f2p and I’ve been waiting for a shogun rerun because I really want her and of course I can either pull for her or keep saving for Cloud Retainer and I’m torn on which to do. Either route, I main cyno with Kazuha and cyno is just a hard one to fit a team around so it makes it more difficult in choosing which character I’d rather pull for
Def a skip