Also worth noting that, for his burst, the cooldown between heals is character specific, I believe. Swapping characters should let you proc a heal sooner, if you so desire.
I don't like how they changed his voice direction from what we heard during that event where he was reading Varkas letter. He used to sound awkward and nervous but still pretty realistic, now it's just 🤓 taken to a 100 lol.
Tbh I think both are realistic there's definitely a dude who talks like a nerd or how mika was in the event Honestly he kinda sounds the same to me so I'm alright with his voice
I don't care whether he is used for cryo or physical team, but i just need his 2nd skill attack speed on my wanderer with new anemo artifact with c4 jean and c6 yun jin so that i can see my wanderer having seizure while floating💀
you might be onto something-it's a good comp for physical dps razor. rosaria to apply cryo, bennett and mika buffs atk and atk speed + heals, and razor as the main source for electro and main dmg. 🤌
This boy was literally the only 4* that kept coming home before I finally got Shenhe. Not one Sucrose or Diona, it was all Mika. Now he’s C6 and I feel obligated to build him 😂
Minor correction: c3 levels up his burst and not his skill, so in order to get the maximum atk speed, you need to have mika at c5. C3 just increases his healing capabilities
Mika's ATK SPD buff actually feels noticeable unlike Chongyun's and it also goes up with levels so that's nice. It's also been a weird pattern that new(er) characters have weird development materials. Just from this banner: Mika from Mondstadt requires Sumeru boss mats for ascension and Inazuma boss mats for talent levels, Shenhe from Liyue but requires Inazuma boss mats for ascension and talent levels. From a gameplay perspective it makes sense so veteran players have a reason to farm the new bosses but for new players it's quite restricting if they get those characters. Like, Cryo Hypostasis exists but only Aloy and Eula (so effectively just Eula) uses its materials.
I think it's bc each new char requires matz based on the newest bosses Which is why Shenhe needed Inazuma boss matz: there wasnt any new Liyue boss at the time Or why Mika needs Sumeru boss matz: there's no new mondstadt boss (and there probably never will be) As for the Cryo Hypostasis, well iirc that came out BEFORE Inazuma, right? I think u know where im going with this
@@quantumtheabyssalwolf950 Cryo Hypostasis currently is required only for single non-collab character. For some reason Hoyoverse decided to release so many new bosses since 1.5 that most of them are required for 2 characters, while OG bosses are required for 5 or 6 characters.
@@quantumtheabyssalwolf950 yes I already knew as I already mentioned the reason in my original comment. Gameplay-wise it's so old players have a reason to farm new bosses. World-building-wise it makes little sense. Here's some alternatives that make sense in the setting for newer characters that have "mismatched" boss mats: Mika - Wenut (Sumeru) -> Cryo Hypostasis Shenhe - Coral Defenders (Inazuma) -> Primo Geovishap Yunjin - Wolflord (Inazuma) -> Geo Hypostasis Heizou - Ruin Serpent (Liyue) -> Maguu Kenki
Thanks for this review! From what I see in his kit, I think it is very close to the passive of Eula's signature weapon. I also think this is one of the reasons why he is not released together with Eula.
Recently I accidentally pulled Cyno when trying to get Bennet as I'm new to Genshin and didn't have him before. Today, even tho at 50-50, I managed to pull Ayaka, C3 Mika, C0 Dori, and increased constellation of Sucrose from C1 to C3. I'm very happy ;-;
One thing to note about Skyward Spine: it grants 12% ATK speed to the wielder. So on top of giving a nominal ER% from the secondary stat it gives the aforementioned attack speed from the passive as well.
Well atk speed for a support is uselless if you dont want / need to normal atk anyway Favonius is easy his best weapon in terms of support but for people who want to play mika as dmg dealer i guess skyward is realy good
13:48 I could be wrong but from what I’ve heard eula doesn’t gain any energy from this bc of her burst animation great video just thought I’d point it out
Yep that's true. :) It's applicable if eula is still short on energy, so the funneled particles can be what she needs to get her Burst cost full again. But that tip was more to help ensure you safely have enough time for the Soulwind state to last until Eula's Burst explosion, and that if the result is that mika won't get his own particles, then he'll need higher ER than usual.
I guess a work around would be to cast her skill when you switch in, catch the particles and then burst. Sure it really makes it tight to fit Eulas combo to fit int he time frame of Mikas buff but it might work?
Can you do a video of the physical zhongli you used , I love the zhongli attack style and I would like to make that team :). Very good information about Mika I will consider using him
They should really make ways for other reactions reduce physical damage. Particularly shatter, that way we can also enable geo and hydro element physical damage dealers
@@lawfulgoodnun1646 diona provides a lot for physical team like cryo resonance for crit rate, cryo application to be superconducted, healing and also shielding..
@@lawfulgoodnun1646 sadly no, Mika only apply one cryo every 15 sec/rotation so unless you have another cryo character, the chance for reso to activate is near 0 on top of the fact that he will have trouble doing superconduct, he heals but doesn't negate knockback unlike Diona (tho Eula have resist after burst so eh) while also have much lower energy generation and the lack of access to sac weapon mean DIona battery is almost double his. His instant heal for the whole team is not bad but on field heal is terrible, Diona can heal 5-7k/tic on top of thicc shield So his only advantage is damage bonus which is only worth it at C6. Before that Rosa is better and ofc bennett or Zhongli
I feel like Physical, Geo, and (to a lesser extent) Anemo main carries were all left in the dust when Sumeru was released. I hope that they’ll get more love once again now that we’re gearing up for the next region. Personally, I like his kit. Currently I pair Eula with Raiden, Rosaria (noblesse) and Qiqi (clam) so I think Mika is def an upgrade over Qiqi lol. I plan on using the clam set on him too since I already have noblesse on Rosaria and those 25-30k bubble pops are sooo satisfying on superconduct teams lol. And I since it will be triple cryo + Raiden, I’m hoping that I can get away with HP/HP/HB (or CR circlet if I don’t get enough CR through subs) w/ Fav Lance. So yea, I’m a dedicated Eula main so I will def be pulling as many Mika cons as I can lol
Would be nice if they added another support set that is more attack focused. Something like 2 piece: 20% energy regen 4 piece: team wide 5% attack speed increase based on energy particles picked up stacking up to 5 times lasting 10 seconds (picking up particles resets the timer)
Looking back at this video now if Clorinde is basically a 5 star electro Mika but hee skull actually can aim crit hits that would be nice as a five star version improvement.
Just stumbled on this. I "accidently" got him C6. So I was going to build him out. I was hoping for Tomah C6, but I guess not :( so at least now I have an idea of where to go with Mika. As I like to have all my characters "ready to go". They don't have everything the best, just enough to do well.
Thanks to primary school teacher Sevy, now I know that Mika's physical buff won't work on single(boss) enemy unless we crit during BOTH his E n Q using at the same time which is only 10% increased physical dmg... or if no crit then need C2. If have C2 + crit then it is +20% physical dmg against single(boss) enemy. I must say that is... err... not as good as expected of giving everyone the impression he is physical buffer. He needs to buff physical dmg more easily at C0.
Heyyy Sevy!!! i love you girl!! your videos are so informative but also easy to grasp. you’re so smart but also kind i can tell 🥰 anyway thanks for these videos btw it helps me become even more knowledgeable in my genshin experience anyway i hope you see this and continue being an awesome youtuber. also if you do see this i need help in star rail omg 😭 it’s so hard leveling characters and doing simulated universes and making sure everybody is strong enough for bosses 😭help plsssss anyway have a great day sevyyyy!!!! ♥︎🤭😊
I made a new Account , Physical Fischl Main. Ar33 Before damage Basic attack - 400 - 1000+(With the pale flame set (All Purple and all Defense. Because I got bored farming) After with Mika : 2k-3k
4:00 what do you mean the more hit lag there is the less effective the attack speed that shouldn't make any diference in the buff. eula and lets say childe will attack 20% faster the only thing that claymores have a internal coldown to show the damage later that dosn't mean that the damage is not there. no? 18:20 the attack speed buff is huge sence its not limited by constulation and eula burst increses based on how much she attacks. am i the only one knowing this?
I put missive wind spear on him bc it looks so good and a favonious type weapon “ look wise” so yea he got it I only need him for attack speed boost make my wanderer go brrrrrrr
Can I make an Ayaka, Shenhe, Mika, Diona/Layla team? Would Mika fit into something like this? ( Other characters I think that may fit? And in my roster are Kaeya, Xinqiu, Barbara and Mona) I know the idea can be stupid but, who knows?
Mika has no role in a team like that. If your goal is Mono Cryo you are better of slotting in either Kazuha or Zhongli. Ayaka-Shenhe-Diona/Layla/Kaeya/Rosaria-Kazuha/Zhongli is what you would want to go with. Out of all Cryo DPS Ayaka is the worst pairing with Mika.
i was planning to use him with ayato i need some healing but maybe yaoyao should be my dendro instead of nahida, dunno maybe time will tell if ayato wants mika or not
Unless you have him at C6 you better of using other character to support Eula. Being replaceable Bennett is not bad, you can even stack them together but he is not a game changer for Eula sadly unlike C6 Faruzan for Xiao. Now I love using Xiao cuz not only he is really powerful, Faru also address his energy issue and CC while Mika only buff dmg which many other character can do too for Eula Want a game changer for Eula? Use Raiden as support instead
I have both rosaria and mika in my team and don't have 2 fav lances leveled, but I do have skyward spine, would it be better to give the fav lance to rosaria or mika? Also would I be better of with kokomi or mika in this team?
is getting c6 mika worth it for eula? since I'm thinking if I should get eula's weapon or getting mika c6 but I already have dehya's weapon for eula...
It feels he has way too much restrictions to be viable even though he's supposed to buff an element that's really no that competitive to begin with - Only cryo application on a 15 cooldown on skill that can miss or not hit all enemies so he's pretty bad to enable superconduct for the cryo side (you need another cryo) - Ascend with HP. Only his burst healing uses HP. - His buff only works with the active character so that kills early switches with Eula which are common and kills synergy for any future off field physical damage dealer - Needs AOE to get all his buffs - He's a healer for physical so he could have synergy with Clam set but his healing is too low to proc significant amounts. Other dedicated buffers don't have that many restrictions and often have more significant buffs.
How do you no so much about Mika already? Should I attempt to get a c6 next week? So Mika is kinda like butters from south park goin round shoot everyone in the nuts n bolts 😅
Oh god, I didn't realize he needed materials from Wenut and Scaramouche, that's so nonsensical. It would make so much more sense if he needed Cryo Hypostasis and Wolf of the North materials instead.
Physical Support? That's a funny way to say Physical Dps Ima give him the Starglitter Polearm for better Burst uptime with Normal and Charge attack buffs
Awesome! He is a physical support and he comes with Ayaka so that means Ayaka is an amazing physical DPS! Cant wait to try him out with her! Plus I know he is supposed to be Ayaka's subordinate in the lore. How fitting!
SO DISAPPOINTED.. Worst dedicated support ever. Physical DID NOT NEED A HEALER. Why in the world would you give every single element an aggressive dedicated support, but then ruin the weakest physical with a weak healer. We needed a DEFENSE SHREDDER, instead of healing. We needed PHYSICAL FARUZAN, not a double dipping HEALER who just so happens to be a little bit of a physical support on the side.Why XIAO got the most perfect support he could ever ask for, But then Eula mains got shafted. Us Eula mains waited THIS long to be punched in the face with a healer while Xiao mains have a time of their lives. Biased favoritism. Oh and guess what? Against single target, less buff. :))) what kind of logic is THAT. Just so they could accomodate that janky crossbow gimic they ruined our buffing potential.....NO OTHER dedicated support gives a smaller buff based on enemies, They just press a button and get a buff, simple.... AND BTW there is a thing called Hitlag that makes Attack speed USUELESS on claymore characters..... What the......
@@polskistalker yeah but you still have to go through the whole ass bunch of archon quests for the talents upgrades. Also he still requires 2 types of boss ( this trend is getting really annoying) and extra materials from the stardust shop. New players are getting screwed again and old players too, being again a c6 locked character.
Every time I look at Mika’s hair I am reminded of a chocobo. Nobody can convince me that this teenage boy isn’t a chocobo in disguise. Jokes aside, Mika is just too cute and I want to pull him just to have him. I’ll find some use for him even if I have to bench some people!
For me he’s bootleg Len Kagamine lol. I also pulled him just to get him because he’s cute even though I hate physical but I’m happy I got him in a single 10 pull because I was too close to pity. If nothing else I can at least use him with my hyperbloom team in overworld 😂
I think Wanderer can abuse that ASPD buff, and Cryo swirl will give Wanderer crit rate. Put Layla or Diona you'll get Cryo resonance means more Crit rate Wanderer-Diona/Layla-Mika-Yunjin/Yelan/Anything you need on Wanderer
lmao, Wanderer with Yunjin, Mika, Faruzan/Rosaria would be pretty dope. Sadly I failed to get Mika so ima just use C2 Jean instead with C6 Rosa I tried Wanderer, Yunjin, Bennett, C6 Faru and slap 40k+ on normal attack, pretty fun but I still prefer Zhongli cuz getting slap around is not fun
I'm a wanderer main in overworld. I also had to build diona/shenhe because this abyss prefers mono elements. And got C4 mika while pulling for shenhe. But my mats resources are low RN so how much value mika provides to wanderer?
I do feel bad for Hoyo’s design team. A big part of why bennett, Xinqui, and Xiangling are so utterly broken is that they released early. They didn’t have enough actual play data, and had no idea how utterly bonkers they were going to be outside their intended niches. The fact that Ben’s C6(which is supposed to represent the character at their highest utility) breaks him in the eyes of the player base is proof of this. Now they’re stuck in design limbo with any new 4-star supports… they can’t power creep the original 3, because they’re already stronger than they were supposed to be… so all they can do is keep making pigeon holed supports who can only rival the OG supports in strict, extremely specific situations and builds.
Missive Windspear not being an ideal choice for Mika's kit makes me low-key mad because it matches him so well (and also I already fully leveled it thanks to the 1.5x ore bonus the event gave and I'm too lazy to fully build another weapon right now)
@@hauntered31 eh probably if you have aquila. Their damage is pretty close according to some random tests I found. You could free up a slot on a eula team and mika has cryo resonance. Still though they should up his c6 physical buff by atleast 20%. Or Maybe 15 instead of 10 for each stack on his e.
Mika C6>Bennett in many situation but the saddest thing is that they pretty much work the same way. Buff damage and nothing else, eula energy and CC issue is not solved, there is also resistance issue when fighting non human enemy, eugh. While before C6 Bennett is just better support for pure dmg while Diona is better for survivability+battery with sac+Reso trigger with her burst Btw resonance only work when enemy is affected by cryo while Mika apply almost 0 element so unless you have another cryo character then don't expect the resonance to work unless you didn't use superconduct which is pretty much mandatory for phys.
@@ziedinsta5251 I saw someone already answered this. I was confused about the new patch updates as well. The big updates are done at the same time, since they shut down the servers, but the second phase change is based on the server location's local time. So it's the evening for that timezone.
To be honest, I don't think he's a dedicated Eula support. Hoyoverse gave him the highest attack speed buff in the game then made him heal about as much as Jean which are universal buffs and probably thought it was too much to make him as good of a niche buffer as Gorou and Faruzan at the same time.
@@TheCottonCandy707 but Faruzan is amazing at C6, Sara is just ok but you can pair her with bennet. But Mika has a lot of different shitty buffs that don't work well Together. He only buffs the ob field character. Which is really bad. All the other buffer can buff all your team or sara has 3 abilities to buff your teammates and you don't lose the buff ja going off field. If mika only buffs 1 character he would need a buff that is 3 times as good as the other buffer to make up for it, but instead his buff is just about the same
Hope mihoyo does an Epitomized Path-like for 4 stars. Spent 250 wishes not a single Mika. If he's with Eula, this is okay but damn. Either I try to get him or Eula cons. =_= anyway, congrats to all Mika havers.
that's RNG. =_= it happened to me on Sara. I got all 6 cons on 60 pulls and I dont even have Electro DPS. guess they know who wants it and sabotage the pulls :c
Probably the worst character so far. Physical support with a very long skill Cooldown and non-existent damage, no off field cryo, Subpar even as an heal bomb (barbara is much better)
I just realized something Physical Fischl and Mika might be the new best Fischl build with how you really only need Mika and Fischl for maximum physical damage, leaving 2 slots open for whatever you want to make your damage even better…
He feels like a sidegrade that allows Rosaria to go to a reverse melt team. Still, I’m looking forward to how he would work with Varka with his speed buff and healing.
I swear you always have the best videos. Your analytical descriptions of a characters' usefullness, the nuances and applicablity of skills/bursts as well as how they interact with other units; all succinctly organized. So helpful thank you!~
