I don't care that much about tier lists, I'm just concerned about misinformation.
TL;DR/DW: Prydwen's MOC rating of Argenti doesn't make sense given their stated criteria, and is even more strange when considering their reason for his B rating in MOC.
Long version:
Here's Prydwen's stated reasons for Argenti's B rank in their MOC tier list:
"Similar to Herta and Himeko, Argenti thrives when fighting multiple enemies - a scenario that is becoming less frequent in Memory of Chaos. In addition to this we feel the current A tier characters have more to offer against the more challenging and boss focused Memory of Chaos. Clara received a massive boost to her best in slot team with Sparkle and Blade by our testing is on the cusp between A and S. For these reason's we'll be moving Argenti down to B for now."
Prydwen's MOC ratings are based on the assumption that characters are using their optimal teams/supports. Therefore, I am assuming they're including Tingyun AND Huohuo in their considerations for Argenti's ratings. This is why I find their reasoning for his downgrade to B strange because he doesn't care about the amount of enemies at all with Tingyun and Huohuo present. Even Tingyun by herself is enough in the majority of cases.
He does excel against multiple enemies, after all, his kit is designed for Pure Fiction. But I don't quite get why this is a knock on his Single Target and/or 2 elites performance, which is still good. Even without Tingyun, Argenti can also use Sparkle-Bronya (like Blade, who is rated A tier) to help him generate energy with extra turns. Argenti's performance doesn't magically drop against a single target because his RNG hits from his 180 ult can focus on them for massive damage. Sure, his performance drops in the sense he won't get as much energy, but again, that's what Tingyun and Huohuo are for.
To make matters stranger, I find it weird how they noted Clara as receiving a significant boost from Sparkle and that's the reason for her staying in A but her improvement is also a reason to lower Argenti. This is because Argenti also significantly benefits from Sparkle, so I find it hard to see in what way this logically makes sense. Of course, I'm not saying Clara is bad- you'd be willfully ignorant if you actually believe that (plus I have a level 60 Clara showcase on my channel), but again, I find it strange that she, and other characters for that matter, has Sparkle as a reason for their high rating but a downgrade for Argenti.
Lastly, I want to talk about two other criteria that affects their rating: flexibility and 'damage dealer'. As they state, flexibility is "[h]ow the character['s] kit functions against various enemy types, amounts of enemies and their ability to perform when not fighting against enemies vulnerable to their element." As stated earlier, Argenti does not care about the amount or type of enemy assuming he has his optimal supports. And as you've seen from this showcase, Argenti clears at about the same rate as on-element characters.
'Damage dealer' is 'the character['s] ability to deal enough damage to achieve the 3 star objective, the easier and more quickly achieved the higher the rating." Argenti certainly deals a lot of damage and he's pretty (heh) simple to use. His only real requirements to function smoothly and easily is Tingyun, a 4* character who is also present in many other optimal teams (e.g. Hypercarry Dr. Ratio, Jing Yuan, Clara, E0 Dan Heng IL, etc.), and some source of SPD/Action Advance, like Asta, Hanya, Bronya, and Sparkle, all of whom are also present in other optimal teams.
Below are 2 showcases I did before with Argenti in mostly 1-2 target scenarios, from 1.6 MOC's stage 11, a 1 cycle clear with Tingyun-Bronya-Fu Xuan, and 2.0 MOC's stage 12, a 2 cycle clear with Tingyun-Sparkle-Huohuo.
2.0 MOC 12 (Argenti Second Half) - • Double Erudition Sweep...
1.6 MOC 11 (Argenti First Half) - • Memory of Chaos Stage ...
00:00 Start & MOC 11 First Half
03:16 MOC 11 Second Half
06:29 MOC 12 First Half
09:27 MOC 12 Second Half
14:09 Builds, Traces, Eidolons, etc.
Track 1: 殉道之人 (Guiding Ahead Event OST) - Monster Siren Records (Arknights)
• 殉道之人
Track 2: The Survivor, The Winner (Come Catastrophes or Wakes of Vultures Event OST) - Monster Siren Records (Arknights)
• The Survivor, The Winner
Track 3: Wecgas fore tham Cynge, Searu fore tham Ethle (Chapter 11 OST) - Monster Siren Records (Arknights)
• Wecgas fore tham Cynge...
Track 4: Towerfierce (Chapter 8 OST) - Monster Siren Records (Arknights)
• [Arknights] Chapter 8 ...
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29 июн 2024