As great as a character as she is... no amount of cuteness can get me to pull for her. I appreciate she's quite upbeat for a Funeral director... however for personal reasons, her character is a complete turn off for me. I hope those who want her get her. She's just not for me. XD
I only considered pulling for her because i had an ok refinement dragon's bane on my rosaria (aside for her being stupidly cute), if it weren't for that then my diluc with the unforged would not have lost his job
"At this point, you already have a high refinement for Dragon's Bane" Me, AR 55, playing for 7 months, still have no Dragon's Bane: *Why must you hurt me this way?*
Hi, just a helpful tip, u can put sucrose in ur team comp with hutao, when u use sucrose's e or q skill u will give 20% of sucrose's EM to all party members so u can run deathmatch/blackcliff and ur EM will be on par with DB
@@christianangelovergara855 All the English VAs are garbage. And it's not even a wonder why, because in the West being a voice actor is a job for clowns with no other job options. They get paid in shoe laces and gum. It's actually sad.
@@AnonymousAnonymous-kw5in and that is the truth because you said it? stfu. JP VAs are really good but you have zero rights to dismiss the efforts put by the EN VAs. They bridge the communication barrier. just because you dont like it doesn't mean its bad. Your taste and opinion is not a fact.
As a C0 Hu Tao main myself, I think one thing to keep in mind with C1 is that you don't need to worry about not having stamina during her infusion window. That may sound super obvious, but a lot of the time in the Abyss - or anywhere really, with Hu Tao being a Melee character, I spend a lot of stamina running towards my next target, and I tend to follow up with her E immediately without paying attention to her stamina. Because of this, a lot of the time I'll waste her infusion window by activating it whilst I'm at either low stamina, or no stamina at all, leaving me waiting for my stamina to regenerate whilst her infusion time is running down. This might sound like a very niche situation to be in, but it tends to happen way more than one might expect. Another thing to keep in mind is that C1 helps Hu Tao to rely less on her shield. This is because dash-cancelling is not only faster than jump-cancelling, but also provides i-frames and a lot more freedom of movement. Being able to spend stamina to dodge as C1 Hu Tao no longer spends stamina on her charge attacks means that her shield will take a lot less damage and therefore be a lot beefier. I find that my shield breaks a lot more often than it should since I don't have the stamina to dodge enemies and bosses' hard hitting moves (for example, Lawachurl slam and charge attacks). Altogether, I believe a lot of players say C1 is a God-send as not having to micro-manage her stamina bar takes a massive mental load off during combat and allows them to focus on other things during the fight.
Another benefit of dash cancelling is that it allows you to quickly reposition after every attack. This gives you more control over the auto targeting direction, which helps when fighting groups.
So true. It also helps with positioning by rotating around them to allow piercing through multiple enemies, while with jump-canceling you're kinda stuck in your start and end position. Too often people just look at the dmg increase on paper and thinks that's everything.
Idt hp is a problem since mostly it starts with 30k+ and by the time she's under 50% or 25% she would be at same level as other dps' hp which usually start with aroun 18k avg. Not to forget that her ult heals her so after every E cycle at the end do the ult and boom health restored
That is by right if you can get her burst ready after every time you use her e skill. And if were to calculate, 24% of (lets take it as) 30k, it is only 7200 hp. Imo its still something that need to bring to your attention when using hutao.
@@aurora0172 Dunno... I've personally never had like a major problem with her ho. Sure sometimes I've gotta be a bit more careful but it was never a inconvenience.
I remember i was really gonna roll for Hu Tao but when i heard about Rie Takahashi is her jp va i was " Every other character can wait must get Hu Tao" she never left my main team after that and her cheeky personality is just the best ❤️
@@sussyvenom3577 same at first i was like she has the lowest base atk and will be weak because of some rumors my in game friends told me but i can hear rie Takahashi so i was like gotta get and she ended up being op a nice surprise indeed
She has low base dmg w/o the e. skill. but surpass most dps characters' atk when activated. Cute Seiyuu, Waifu, Nice dps, and ADORABLE IDLE ANIMATIONS AND VOICE LINES
Reason why you should pull for Hu Tao: -amazing damage -you can learn how to dodge -C1 is broken -best single target damage -can heal herself -no healers needed cuz reason 5 -amazing design -super cute Japanese VO -cuz she’s super cute -very cute -did I mention she’s cute? -yeah, she’s cute.
I would personally view her downtime as more of a positive than a negative due to the fact that it gives time to use your supports with no opportunity cost unlike other characters
@@tubisi and which of her supports even makes good use of said bonus crit rate ? Xingqiu doesn't snapshot. Geo burst dps Zhong I guess is like the best one to take advantage of it for his ult
@@justsomeguy727 Well built xq skill hits a lot and extra crit rate helps him to hit both of it but generally I just think that crit rate is nice addition rather than being necessary part of hu tao
Very much agree, people often don't look at it this way, but most on-field hypercarries lose dps when they are off-field, so when they do their support stuff, they technically create downtime too. Meanwhile Hu Tao gives her supports and sub-dps time to shine and buffs them
Alot of DPS comes and go but I've been using Hu Tao since release and I don't get tired of her. Her high risk, high reward play style makes abyss a little less boring. Goodluck rolling for her! She's amazing.
@@xvii145 At this point, my Hu Tao doesn't need to be lower than 50% to kill rift hounds. I pair him with Xing qui (Noblesse), Albedo (Tenacity) and Zhongli. I passed floor 12 with 3 🌟 coz this team clears fast and my 2nd team still has time to goof around before they clear the floor. So..
"At this point, you already have high refine on dragon's bane" Bold of you to think like that. I have play this game for a year and only have R3 dragon's bane. not an R5 😂😂😂
Yeah I agree with c1 is not really necassary. I've been playing c0 hutao with xq and double geo (zhongli) and I never feel like the need to get c1 if you can jump cancel. And now with thoma, you can run double pyro + kazuha and with still the benefit of having a shield. So c1 is really just for convenience and I guess is more fun to use. So for me homa it is
@@InDstructR yeah, it doesnt make sense. I coudve gotten C1 raiden, but got r2 Unforged and spent a total of 200 wishes just for r1 Engulfing lightning
Triple crowned F2P Hu tao main here. Having a shield with hu tao is actually not nearly as important as you would think. I have a zhongli and Id still rather run sucrose & xiangling or beidou & raiden. I would say that xingqiu is the only 100% necessary character unless you have kaeya, rosaria or ganyu to support. Hu tao ult combined with xingqius healing is easily enough for her.
@@sobeksuwek eh i don't think it's necessarily a bad pair, you can definitely run her with hutao, just know that sometimes xiangling would take some of the vape reactions but is that really a downside since xiangling also hits like a truck lol
Tbh you can still do high dmg without xingqiu only if you have staff of homa, staff of homa is such a high buff to hu tao's dmg you can do w/o xingqiu... But ofc xingqiu will still amplify her dmg by 1.5x
@@revandewaputra4239 thanks, I think im gonna wish for her I start playing 2 days before raiden banner and still dont have 5 star character lol Have been holding my primos since kokomi banmer
@@sobeksuwek i'm just going to say that since i didn't know you were a newer player, i don't recommend wishing for hu tao since xiangling is already a pretty good pyro DPS. you might think that it's fine because you can use xiangling on 1 team and hu tao on the other, but they share the same support which is xingqiu (but you can absolutely do melt quickswap xiangling with rosaria bennett and kaeya). So it depends on what you need, but if you like the character, you should just pull honestly, either way good luck on your pulls if you do decide to pull
I'm a design > meta type of person and started late so I missed Hu Tao initially, then played her story quests and fell in love with her design! She's quirky and hilarious! I'm just gonna get a C0 so I have her to build and mess around with.
My reason why I wanna pull for hu tao: 1.She's Cute af 2.She's just like me 3.I wanna hug her cuz of what she's been through 4.She's a good dps 5.She likes burying things which I love 6. very smexy 7. And her rotation is the only one I get
Also, hu tao's damage isn't too bad even with 3* and 4* weapons since she doesn't need that base attack, instead only substats and passives really put a damage boost
Her attack bonus gained on hp is limited by base attack so yes base attack is kinda important but jade spear is good due to its crit stat and decent attack% buff. For a comparison think of it as a high base attack death match. So yh mate jade spear is good on her 😁
Hu Tao by nature doesn't need as much base ATK because her HP to ATK conversion cap is so high that you wouldn't even be able to reach it, even with a 3 star weapon. So yes, she does not need it that much since normal Hu Tao builds don't stack HP on all artifacts (e.g. Pyro Goblet, EM/HP Sands, Crit circlet) due to diminishing returns.
I don't think a team with hyper invested Hu Tao (but c0 and 4* weapon) and level 1 supports can 36* current abyss. This was true with older abyss iterations, but due to ever increasing dps checks, I'm pretty sure isn't anymore.
and you're right, especially the first floor. with a double geo team my not-c6-xingqiu cant reliably remove pyro aura. my hu tao feels so weak in this abyss rotation T.T
@@oh-noe I'm pretty sure if you just use xinqiu mona and raidne you would shred floor 12 too lmao. My hutao is average, but so are every single character I own, they all have average artifacts, and i never had a problem clearing every single rotation of abyss 36* since the beginning of the game. If you want to know, my hutao is: Lvl 80/90 A6 (like all my chars), 26k health, talents 8-8-8, dragon's bane R5 4p Witch 58% cr 162% cd, 237 EM, seems pretty average to me. With this I can deal around 40k charged attack vape with Zhongli's shield and geo resonance. (Hutao xinqiu zhongli albedo team) and my yoimiya, ayaka, raiden, eula, ganyu, all have similar (or worse) stats, and they're not having as much trouble as hutao. I play her fine and manage to do as many jump cancel as possible, she just lacks multi target and damage when using an average build. So yeah she can be a hyper carry if she's ultra optimized, but when compared to other average built characters, she doesn't compete at all
i honestly consider "not working with bennett" a pro, since that means u can use him on the other team in abyss, which is huge. hu tao is one of the very few characters that really, really doesnt want to use bennett, and she still does good. not relying on him is good, not bad, because bennett is already very used in most team comps
I was on a 3 month hiatus back then and when i knew that riri was the one voicing her i just had to pull. People usually are insecure of hu taos playstyle becuase they dont want to waste their time to learn mechanics. Shes very fun to play becuase u actually have to keep in mind the mechanics to utilize her instead of just pressing a button and then woah big damage
One thing to note: Ideally you want to use Hutao Q at the END of her E duration. Rather than at the start. That fixes the "healing above 50% hp" problem. Also her Q snapshot so you can squeeze in one extra charged attack with it: Snapshot her Q at the final 0.5~ second. Hutao does Q animation+damage while her E is down, but still gets the atk buff. So the Q animation wont take her E duration. You can get replace that duration with an extra charged attack. (Maybe. Still depend on your mechanics. -3-)
She doesn't have downtime issues at all. Its a 7 second downtime which gives you more than enough time to swap to your 3 other supports, use their E's and Q's, then swap back to hu tao. Plus her passive makes use of the downtime by buffing the crit rate of everyone else in ur team when her E ends.
I genuinely think your "C1 is not necessary" sentiment is coming from a whale perspective. For a decked out whale party, all they need is one Elemental Skill cycle and a Burst to clear a chamber in most cases, so stamina plays no factor at all. But for an F2p or low spender, each chamber is usually dragged out for more than a couple of Hu Tao cycles. The need for stamina from dodging and Charge Attacking will start to show after the first cycle. EDIT : Then again, it doesn't matter when the game allows players to just keep retrying, ultimately rendering any need for a power spike useless.
Hmmm I'm a low spender player, but I prefer homa to C1 Hu Tao. Having a homa is more influential than C1 in my opinion, and I'm lucky that I have a homa
As a complete f2p who's rocking c0 hu tao, I'd have to disagree. It does hamper your DPS often times, but the raw DMG output you still get pretty much negates that. Even at the current floor 12, everything will still be deleted in a single cycle, at most two. If stamina is a problem, you just need to learn how to manage it better and you won't find yourself in dangerous situations as often.
nah man, IWTL is right on this one. It's not only whales. Well invested Hu Tao still clears almost all floors in 1-2 cycles, making the C1 really not that valuable. It's nice, but it is just not as needed as people make it to be. She's just as amazing on C0 as she is on C1. You won't need stamina for dodging or shields as much as most people on youtube say and that's for the exact same reason. Everything dies before you do, nevertheless you can manage HP with her burst very well and keep her below 50% yet she never dies. Up until like August my C0 Hu Tao died around 3times in total ever since I've got her on first day of her banner and I've used her in teams without shield or a dedicated healer. (for the record, yes, I am talking about abyss too. Always getting 36stars, never missed a star.) Hu Tao 4x Crimson, Xingqiu with 4x Noblesse, Sucrose 4x VV and I was using Klee with 4x Instructor, altho you can add literaly any pyro characters there. I had Klee there just to proc VV set on pyro from Sucrose for Hu Tao. I can tell you that most of the time I used the end of Xingqiu's sword mainly to heal already full support characters, because Hu Tao didn't need that heal most of the time and the swords end later than Hu Tao's E cycle anyway, when it's time to setup next cycle if everything isn't already dead. And since all other three characters are there just for skills and bursts I swapped on them to setup again, they gained the heal from the swords ending and meanwhile you get some energy back again before the second cycle as well. Loads of enemies are ''interruptable'' by Hu Tao's charged attack, therefore you can carry on attacking rather than dodging, you dodge many attacks too if you actually charge thru an enemy instead of jump cancel (altho that means knowing the enemies kit), another thing to prevent getting any damage is obviously iFrames during bursts of any of those characters in team. You can even eat some incoming damage on supports before you go back on Hu Tao. And of course last but not least, charged attack hit really hard, you don't relly on Hu Tao's burst too much, therefore you can choose deppending on situation, if you want to use her burst damage, or keep it for an iFrame or heal on multiple enemies later on. Hitting multiple enemies with burst at the end of her skill is also fine, you can go above 50% hp right before her skill ends as long as you're low enough to not heal to full, and by the end of you setting up VV set proc and Xingqiu's burst+skill you'll start again with Hu Tao's skill taking her 30% current hp again, getting you bellow 50% once again. One thing to mention about her 50% hp is that her 50% hp equals to most other characters 100%hp, you just need to get used to the bar being red, but you are actually not really that low on hp as you might think in the heat of battle, since your burst can always keep you alive, with one exception which was the corosive floor 11 in previous abyss. But even in that floor 11 she didn't need a shield, but rather a healer (I used Qiqi f.e.) and therefore I always had Zhongli on the opposite team, since Hu Tao isn't really that desprate for shield and when played properly, doesn't need to dodge too much either. Not to mention that Xingqiu reduces incoming damage and raises protection against interrupts. Well, it got longer than I wanted it to be, so hopefully these tips will help someone :)
The way you pronounced Rieri's name really caught me off guard, I had to double check if I've been hearing her name wrong all this time because her first name is Rie, not Rei
I’ve had C0 Hu Tao fir a while now, and since I got her I haven’t put her down! Also, most importantly, her English VA needs some love too! She voiced Rem from RE: Zero and is still VERY cute!
I much appricate that you give advice that isn't just common sense!! so many "guids/advice" videos for genshin have just been the most obvious thing and it definitely don't help when its repeated over and over again.
After all this time she's still my favorite character. She carried me until now and she's one of the reason why I'm still playing Genshin. She's really enjoyable to play and the JP voice is really fun for me. She deserves C1 and Homa. Explosiiiooon!!!
As a c1 hu tao haver, i can say that some melee issues can be solved by having the c1. Sometimes instead of dashing to get closer to enemies, i just go doing CA's, which is useful since it actually RESTORES stamina. But that being said, it is not necessary, as IWTL said. Good luck to everyone pulling for her!
As Legendary as Rie Takahashi is and how Perfectly she voiced Hu Tao, I feel like Brianna Knickerbocker also did an amazing job voicing her in the English dub
She has no downtime problems. Think about it. If you effectively build every character, at a minimum, thats 3 seconds out of her ~7 downtime Swapping. PLUS the time it takes for efficient E's, and Q's. In this case, Zhong Shield+Meteor, and another Xing E+Q. If needed, something else like a weapon buff slot on the 4th to just Swap Swap. Not playing a character correctly isn't a downside.
This video is amazing, I'm so used to videos being padded to 10 minutes with only the obvious points that you made in the first minute, you actually filled it with amazing insights about shielders, comps, bennett, f2p etc. really great analysis.
Hu Tao was designed perfectly she has no downtime problems because the time spent out of her E skill gives 12% crit rate to other party members. When Crit rate boost is over u can use her E skill again
That's a lot of information I hadn't thought of. I'd been thinking about pulling for her myself and now I think I probably won't. Much as I may love Hu Tao, it's a lot to consider and I might have missed some things before. -I'm still pretty attached to my Razor and don't want to pull for another DPS so soon. Besides, as a part-time Yoimiya main, Hu Tao seems redundant. And while we're on the subject of Razor, he lets me use Xinyan as a burst support, something that doesn't work very well with a character who doesn't want to deal physical damage. -I know he's awesome, but I can't stand using Xingqiu. Something about him just bothers me. As Hu Tao is reliant on him, this could be a challenge. Zhongli is on my Yoimiya team and not leaving anytime soon, so Thoma would be my shielder, but the "Anemo character" part of that is useless because she can't reach into Venti's burst. In short, I don't have a team or a planned team for her. -Unlike most of the characters I use, Hu Tao requires a lot of management. Watching stamina and HP while also making sure the enemy doesn't just smash my shield and kill me is a lot more in-depth than my usual attack-from-behind-a-shield-until-everything-dies strategy. I'm not sure I want to set myself up for failure. -Zhongli is my only character with a good build for his role, and even that has terrible substats (he's got 1300 ATK, 5/90 CRIT ratio). I'm not ready to start farming a new domain, especially not one that only gives you one good set. -It's not very important compared to my other concerns, but I have Skyward Pride and kind of want to keep it in circulation. It just seems like a waste to level a 5* weapon to 90 and then go several months on end without a claymore user on your team. But what claymore user even works with Hu Tao, let alone Skyward Pride? -I have 102 wishes and about 4k primos saved up. With the 50/50 to consider, going from about 10 built pity, I might not even get her (also considering I got really lucky last time I wished for someone and can't expect it to happen again). If I'm blowing 90+ wishes on a character with this many drawbacks, I'd better at least get good 4*s out of it. But we don't know any of them but Thoma, who doesn't really interest me unless I do get someone who can benefit from him. So yeah, it's gonna be a skip. I like Hu Tao, really. Her animations are cute, she's got an interesting backstory, and she's really powerful, but she's not for me and would probably never get a finished build. Hopefully anybody who does want Hu Tao gets her, though, she seems worth it if you're up for the task.
Well, let's check some things first: -If we're talking about a single-target dps, then sure, Yoimiya is easier to use because of her mid-range attack. The thing is, she's nowhere close to Hutao in terms of damage in a vaporise/melt comp. But I think I get it, you don't use Xingqiu, which means you're using Yoimiya with another reaction, I'd asume it's supercharged. Out of all pyro characters, Yoimiya is the only one who prefers supercharged instead of the classic vaporise/melt comp, so it's understandable. -The relyance on Xinqgiu isn't a coincidence. He's the only character that provides a good amount of hydro off field for a pyro carry to vaporise (Mona is close, but her hydro application doesn't follow your character). Not only that, he's also useful for his damage reduction and his resistance to interruption. Zhongli is there as a shield support, but the real star of the show is Xingqiu for the reasons said above; people usually put Zhongli as an example just because he's the strongest shield in the game, but you can easily replace him with another shielder. The point is, if we want to get good numbers out of the two strongest reaction in the game, aka, melt and vaporise, we've limited options. Xingqiu is still the best support for pyro vaporise carries, and if Mihoyo doesn't release another character who provides the same, we'll be stuck with him for a while. -You could use Chongyun with the Skyward Pride. I think that's actually his best in slot weapon for him as a support. He can reduce Hutao's cooldown while also increasing her attack speed. Just to keep in mind: Chongyun's cryo infusion cannot override Hutao's pyro infusion, so he's actually very good with her. -I saw a leak that said the other 4* will be Sayu and Diona. The latter is a good example of a shielder option for Hutao besides Zhongli. Not much to say about Sayu since I don't have her, though. In any case, spend your primos wisely, whether or not you want Hutao, it's up to you. Hope you get and enjoy the characters you want.
The only characters without “downtime issues” is basically physical damage dealers. I’d argue that “downtime issues” is basically for you to get all ur support bursts back and use their CD’s too. Even for childe, with ludicrously high cooldown if you don’t manage your E is only that bad if you want to use him sub optimally (when all off field DPS stuff is no longer active).
Never used Hutao with shields: Xingqiu heals her Her ult heals her Xingqiu swords reduce taken damage Her charged attacks moves her making it harder to take enemy hits I just don't see why do i need shield for my Tao ._. Edit: + she have 30+k hp and Hutao have one of the highest base defence in the game..
as a f2p c0 hutao main, i 200% recommend u guys to pull for her. i just slap blackcliff pole with mediocre artis and made 10k-20k charge atk and 40k-60k Q without breaking a sweat. especially love putting her with xingqiu and raiden in a team. now im considering either getting her guarantee c1 or staff of homa. still cant decide and i only have 60 fates now 🥲
As you have c1 Hu Tao for so long you may have forgotten, but the thing about this constellation is that you don't spend any stamina for charged attacks, thus allowing you to dash around and dodge attacks as much as you want. Without c1 you may often find yourself in situations, where you were dodging a lot of stuff and now only can do 1 or 2 charged attacks, or when you are trying to do as much charged attacks as possible but then getting yourself killed by some unexpected enemy move because you had no stamina to dodge
If built as a hyper carry her downtime issues is bad but if the rest of her teammates do dmg (for example double geo + hu tao / xingqiu) her downtime isn't that much of a problem especially when she has a passive that increases her teammates' crit rate after her e runs out, encouraging us to be able to deal a decent amt of dmg with her team mates' abilities which I personally find neat.
Xingqiu doesn't snapshot her crit rate buff and neither does Albedo's isotomas (only the initial placing down of it) so the only one really benefitting is zhongli's meteor lol
he kinda proved it doesnt (9 CA’s with c0 hu tao vs 10 CA’s with her c1 during the whole duration of her E) IMO the real downside is if u dont have a shield u must save some stamina to dodge at c0
@@Felix-fv9eo The real problem is when you have to move after the enemies, eating into your precious stamina. Super evident in the current abyss, you constantly have to chase enemies even if you're one shotting each individual opponent you encounter.
No. Not at all. Enemies don't sit still for her whole stamina bar. And if they do. They're usually dead. You can spam ca jump to conserve as much stamina. By the time you get to half stamina, enemy will already be dead or if they're not. They're probably a boss or lavachurl who will jump immediately. So you switch to your 3 other members and go on rotation. 12% crit rate from Hu Tao Talent.
I have had Hu Tao Co since she was launched but was always preoccupied with building what I had already invested in. Now I have the freedom to build so I am finally getting around to it. Def super fun and I hope to get some constellations during her banner, fingers crossed also with Thoma being as good of a team comp with her as I am assuming he will be. Thanks for the vid!
her design and her drip is so unique and cool, I personally love black so I'm still rolling for her, though I only have R2 DB :( but I guess it's fine.
C1 Hu Tao is good for those who can't do dash canceling which is most of the casual players. To me C1 is necessary since I've been dodging so much that I have trouble with stamina.
Tempted to pull for the C1 just so I have to stop slow running in fights to conserve stamina. The drawback isn't huge, because playing C0 Hu Tao you realize how much stamina you waste dodging and dashing unnecessarily on most characters because they don't care about stamina, but she's so much more fun C1. Also, if you're super pragmatic, the wasted time of slow running in dungeons could be considered lost DPS
When I pulled for Hu Tao I did not know how broken she is. I was actually quite underwhelmed when I slapped on a poor build when I got her. I pulled her because from the moment I saw her character design and her idles from the leaks I was like "damn, I need this"
I want Hu Tao from the start even if Childé's fun gameplay and more flexible output is tempting me. but a few days ago I saw... " What's wrong old man? *back hurt* ? " so yes, I'm now fully committed to my Queen, Hu Tao.
The big thing about her c1 isn't how many charged attacks she can do, it's about the CA to dodge ratio she can do. I personally find her c1 to be an EXTREMELY big QoL constellation. I deadass stopped playing Hu Tao since I got Yoimiya. She just doesn't feel complete without that c1.
I have C0 Hu Tao and I am absolutely going for C1. I love using this character, she outputs fantastic damage above or below 50% health, and that's without me bothering to jump-cancel "correctly" most of the time. And as a non-whale non-speedrunner, I really don't feel the majority of the downsides IWTL lists here. Favorite team is Hu Tao-Xingqiu-Diona-Ganyu.
This game has for the most part easy gameplay anyways, so she makes the game a little more exciting to play at times, with her HP management (Except the ever repeating spyrall abyss that spices things up a little)
Really hoping you make that more detailed breakdown of Staff of Homa vs C1! I'd say even if you can't get it done before the banner release, it'd still be worth getting the video out during the banner.
I've been really liking Xinyan with Hu Tao lately. She fits to her team quite well because she is: A) a shielder (although her shield admittedly isn't very tanky) B) A pyro character, providing pyro resonance, an energy battery and team flexibility with anemo supports C) pretty good burst DPS who needs no crit rate, and can also break shields very well with her multi-tick ult and lessen Hu Tao's downtime issues I tried the team of Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Zhongli and Xinyan out in the abyss and I was pleasantly surprised how they performed together especially against anything not resistant to physical. Will be trying out Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Sucrose and Xinyan out next for the shred memes.
I just started playing 2 months ago and I summon her and she is carrying my whole squad and made this game 10x funner 💪. Thank you for this excellent video! You earn a new subscription🍻.
I feel you. For my Standard Banner pulls, every single 4-star pull I got that wasn't a weapon was Amber. I have her at C5. Spoiler alert: She's still trash. Cute, but still trash. The 5-star was a claymore, a weapon I don't use on any of my mains. I know all those pulls were free handouts and everything, but throw me a single bone, RNGesus. I have enough Primos saved up to guarantee Hu Tao and whenever Ganyu comes back. I feel like I'll need it.
after having got her, I actually found that Bennett works quite well in that since he only heals to the threshold of 70%, you can use it to heal back hu and then a single E takes her to the sweet spot of 49%
I confess: Before I learn about damage amplifying stuff and crazy numbers showcases, I only want her for her VA and personality. Now she's home! and I'm broke.
There's also the 3 star polearm that gives crit rate and normal attacks damage easy to refine and you won't notice the low attack bcs she scales with hp Also c2 puts the elemental skill mark on enemies when you use your burst too and now you can give 12% crit rate to your other characters more easily and do more damage ofc
I have R5 and R3 dragonsbanes for her waiting... and a deathmatch and PJWS for when i inevitably can't get enough crit rate to run dragonsbane on her. It's not like i need a dps, with already having ayaka, xiao, eula, keqing and diluc built... But i've slowly grown to really like her character over time since she was first released. Frankly i don't care how powerful she is anymore since i've gotten comfortable 36* clears lately... She's just adorable.
Hu Tao is my main dps since I got her in the first banner (C0), and her with Xinqiu and Zhongli is pretty broken, I invested in Kayea too to complement my team. The rotation with this team is pretty good, you just need to reset the shield when Hu Tao's E run out, then E and R Xinqiu (he needs to have a really high ER to have ult on CD and the same with Kayea), and repeat. The resistance to interruption from Zhongli's shield is pretty useful too.
This video really helped me coz many vids are saying that you need to invest some when it comes to xingqiu but this video told me that I can even run a level 1 xingqiu so I hope my level 40 xingqiu can work with her:) Thanks for making this IWinToLose
*Takahashi Rie I'm borderline thinking about building a triple pyro team with Hu Tao as main, XQ as vape/off field, Thoma as shielder an Yoi as a second off field/ ranged DD to kill off the stuff Hu Tao has problems reaching. Though Sucrose instead of Yoi would probably make much more sense and I can keep Yoi on my second team wheeee.
