There Will Never Be Another Character Like Hu Tao | Genshin Impact 

Oh yeah I forgot to include her getting buffed from Hydro resonance becoming 25% max Hp instead of 20% healing lol

I hope they keep buffing Hu Tao indirectly because there’s something absurdly funny about her staying relevant indefinitely.

Everyone asks Hu Tao, but no one asks How Tao.

It’s ironic how she runs a funeral parlor.

She refuses to die, but also runs away from My healers

1.0 - She was a vape caracter who scales off Atk 2.0 - She barely needs ER 3.0 - She loves having EM 4.0 - She loves HP manipulation What is Natlan gonna have that benefits this character somehow?

"Hu tao refuse to die" "Zhongli refuse to age"

“unless you’re a little b- and use zhongli for lyney” was so out of left field- i feel so called out LMAO

Btw I notice this wasn't mention in the video. But during Ver 3.0, the Hydro Resonance got rework from giving party members Healing Bonus to instead + 20% Max HP. Allow Hu Tao to focus more of EM

Counter point to her dying : she’s cute af with her twin tails and her little hat she’s so adorable I love her 🙏

But when she does die, shes going to be glad she was prepared and made arrangements with Wengsheng Funeral Parlor ahead of time. Rumor has it she even got a great deal because she filed early and used a coupon.

i was obsessed w her from the beta leaks back in december 2020, and she was the first limited 5 star i ever pulled on her first banner in 1.3. i still use her to this day, her scaling is just too good and she benefits so much from current supports with her hp mechanics

This just in, Pyro Archon and Hu Tao have the best synergy in Genshin history and Hu Tao also gets dedicated artifact set catioulting her to the very best in game

No matter what new characters Genshin Impact introduces, Hu Tao will always be my favorite!

another important change that contributed to Hu Tao maintaining her status that wasn’t straightforwardly mentioned was the change to hydro resonance in 3.0 that increased your characters’ HP! that’s what really solidified the double hydro core as Hu Tao’s strongest team option bc not only was she able to vape more consistently and benefit from Yelan’s ramping dmg buffs but she also could utilize the HP buff to further boost her damage!

I remember seeing rumors about her being a four-star character and some fan art of Hu Tao back in late December 2020. It's unfathomable how fast time flies.

We love you Hu Tao we all say in unison

I may sound like a simp but hu tao was actually the reason i started playing this game when i saw an ad of her i was like hey she looks like that one girl for konosuba and ever since then i started playing 😂

I love Hu Tao so much, she's my comfort character, and I use her in the abyss all the time. It's so amazing how my Hu Tao, who I got in 1.3, still equip the same 4p CW artifacts I gave her in 1.3 and then easily clears floor 12 in under a minute. New characters and artifact sets were released, but my Hu Tao's artifacts never changed and her team is still with XQ, Kazuha, and Zhongli, but these outdated teams/artis never hindered Hu Tao. She's still super strong 🥳

As a launch player, I can add in some extra perspective as a Hu Tao lover who has pulled every possible upgrade to her (except Xianyun but she’s on the way). There were several other micro-buffs to her teams along the way. She was always one of the strongest, but her growth through indirect buffs is astounding. In 1.3 when she released, her best teams were Geo Core (Xq, albedo, Zhongli) or Xingqiu+Sucrose+Diona (all c6). 1.3 also immediately introduced the first “buff” to her kit with new Geo resonance and Zhongli’s buff. I know she wasn’t released yet when this happened, but it’s still worth noting that her best teams would’ve looked different if not for these changes. In 1.6, she got new team options with a vv shred kazuha with yanfei c4, which was the first time she reasonably could have vv shred in her kit. In 2.0, Hu Tao speedruns were buffed by the release of Ayaka’s extremely fast cryo application and res shred at c4. In 2.2, Thoma released, who was a huge new prospect for her budget teams. Geo Core still ruled, but with some tricky specific button mashing, you could get double swirl vv shred and instructors proc with Sucrose n3, instructor Thoma, and Xingqiu. Thoma’s c6 gave extra damage to Hu Tao and survivability to budget teams looking to push her limits without Albedo. At this point, in 2.3, the release of Cinnabar Spindle and Husk of Opulent Dreams (cheers to the wanderer lore in this artifact set) were a massive buff to Hu Tao’s best team, almost doubling Albedo’s damage. In 2.4, it looked like opponents may catch up with the release of Yun Jin buffing Yoimiya, who was Hu Tao’s most direct competition, and Shenhe, who buffed Ayaka and Ganyu, who also were neck-and-neck with Hu Tao at the time (how times change!). This was one of her weakest points in history, with rift wolves running wild and hitting her through her shield in the abyss. But in 2.7, we received the gift of Yelan, who finally switched up Hu Tao’s best team after years of Geo Core reigning supreme and topping abyss usages. The weird rift wolf anti-shield healing meta was coming to a close, and Hu Tao rose further than ever before, once again topping abyss charts. In 3.0, Hydro resonance was changed to benefit her double hydro team even more with an HP increase rather than healing bonus. Another win! In 3.1, Staff of Scarlet Sands was released, finally giving Hu Tao an option of a viable Homa replacement. It is still considered an “alternate pick” for her, but it is yet another buff to our funeral queen. Throughout version 3 and all of Sumeru, Hu Tao’s double hydro team with Yelan, Xingqiu, and Zhongli managed to hold top placements in the abyss even despite the dendro meta. It was clear in 3.4 when the famous Hu Tao and Yelan double banner dropped that Hu Tao was far from retired as it soared to become what is still the top-selling banner of all time by almost TEN MILLION USD. At the arrival of Fontaine, we received another buff in 4.0 with the addition of Marechausse Hunter becoming a new option for her. However, in 4.2 with the highly-anticipated release of Furina, we could barely have predicted how incredibly Furina would buff Hu Tao. Yes, she slotted in nicely to Hu Tao teams as mentioned by the video, but not mentioned was the now fully-fledged potential of Marechausse Hunter at Hu Tao’s fingertips. Staff of Scarlet Sands also became fully viable with the release of Furina, and VV shred was added to a permanent team of Hu Tao’s with Jean’s addition to this roster. In 4.4, as stated in the video, Xianyun finalizes Hu Tao’s endless winning streak with the addition of a new plunging playstyle, which allows players to budget away from c1 and go for Homa/SoSS and Xianyun instead. And of course, in 4.6, we got the biggest buff to her kit in history: A friend to share the top of the charts with who will bring infinite business to her funeral parlor!! Hu Tao may be considered “dethroned” to many as the top pyro dps, but she is still fully playable alongside Arlecchino with no overlap of their best teams. (Arlecchino Bennett Kazuha Zhongli/Xiangling and Hu Tao Xingqiu Furina Jean/Xianyun) I consider this to be an absolute win for the pyro community as a whole as we get to cherish more pyros carrying us through abyss. The more red numbers, the better! Cheers to the Pyro Impact community and long may the two queens reign!! Post-mortem: lol this got long but hi, I’m a pyro impact enjoyer. I have pulled every pyro in the game since 1.0 (even pulled on Dehya’s banner) and I’ve been on a journey to perfect my Hu Tao ever since 1.0 when I fell in love with her unreleased design back when her lower bangs weren’t straight-cut. I always loved Hu Tao’s HP draining mechanics and her beefy health pool even when the 1.3 crowd cried that she was “squishy.” Plus, I love Xingqiu too so I always throw him in teams with her over Yelan just for my personal happiness. I remember the first time I hit 100k with her charged attack in 2.2 with the help of Thoma’s c6 and some crazy swirl shenanigans with Sucrose. It was also the first time I fully cleared Abyss, and I couldn’t have been happier. I’ve stocked up on every pyro character, a bunch of miscellaneous dps of other elements, an Arlecchino, and even a c6 wanderer, but Hu Tao is always in abyss with me. No matter the content, she always fits somewhere, and I’m excited to see how she can shine in Imaginarium Theater coming up! And remember: Spread love!

Brave Forntier that's a throw back 0:10

She's the reason i played this game and always be my favorite characters❤ HU TAO MAIN RISEEE UPPP🔥

1:39 "Unless you regard Xiangling as a one"💀 I can't take it anymore...

Hu Tao's gameplay is the definition of "I am not in danger, I am the danger"

Ease of use? Hu Tao? Do you even play the characters you talk about or do you just let the high production value do the heavy lifting?

>Clicks on History of Hu Tao video >Immediately sees Arlecchino in the background Oh naw, he violating 💀💀💀

i still always want to correct the fact that diluc doesnt have the highest plunge attack in the game, that actually belongs to C3 freminet, but its freminet, its such a meme.

Hutao's biggest fear now well be natlan

the thing is unlike a lot of characters Hu Tao like every stat in the game except def, may be er as well. So anything that benefits atk scalers, hp scaler and em scalars benefits her too.

6:50 Didn’t they literally market Dehya as a tank support and everyone decided to ignore that and tried making her dps?

Imagine there being a big party healer that increases infused attacks

It took a literal Harbinger to contest Hu Tao’s place, and even then Hu Tao is still often the first, and arguably best, option for a Pyro DPS.

Also, with 3.0 came a change in Hydro Resonance (from healing boost to Max HP boost), cementing the viability of double Hydro teams for Director Hu.

She's so good arle kit is basically 90% based on her but with bod and slightly more advanced. Which is a compliment since hu tao is a 1.x dps

I’m a Hutao main since her first rerun in v2.3, I’ve spent so long investing in her she’s in the top 3% on that ranking site, I doubt anything would sway my dedication at this point

Look likes running a funarel parlor can comes quite handy in a voiding one yourself

Hu Tao is great, I've come to appreciate her even more now that Arlecchino came out, as someone who refuses to use Bennett most of the time, Hu Tao is miles better in my eyes than Arlecchino because the latter needs Bennett's circle to perform at her peak.

She was my first 5 stars and is the best dps I have. Although I only have nahida and scara both of whom aren't very well built

You brought so much nostalgia with that brave frontier mention

lol that tier list with qiqi in SS tier its so funny how the game developed

I rolled C1R1 Hu Tao on the first day of her first banner, and I've only used her once in abyss in all that time since then. I always just found Klee more fun to play, compared to all pyro on-fielders really, and since abyss is easy I don't need anyone stronger 😅

I genuinely don't think the pyro archon is gonna significantly powercreep Arlechinno and Hutao. Knowing Genshin and how they design character kits they'll probably go the furina route and make her viability situational/with a caveat.

"HuTao was really the only viable brute force team during version 3" Me, effortlessly 36ing Abyss with Yoi (c0 r5 Rust) since her release till today while my c1r1 Hu Tao collects dust: "Interesting." "Liney, yet another pyro bow user but unlike the other ones he's actually good" Okay now you're taking the piss...

I think the core reason of why Hu Tao is unkillable is that her ability is extremely simple, its just tied to normal attacking. Like you have other characters with more detailed mechanics that make them suitable for more specific occasions and less effective in others. Hu Tao kit is like - yeah so you have stick right, push button, number big - good. That's it, like what changes can fail her, as long as there is an enemy and he is not immune to her damage, she's on top. I think it's actually the reason why so many characters that were early introduced in the game and are not even 5 stars rule the meta - they are just so easy conceptually that they mix with anything and always find a use. Well, and also it's just her design,its just a golddigger.

Wangsheng Funeral Parlor always finds a way.

Whatch the cryo archon introduce crit overflow and C6 Hu Tao somehow becomes the strongest whale character ever while applying so much cryo, Hu Tao can Melt instead of Vaporize.

Nah Im sorry, but not dying is Dehyas specialty, Hu Tao wants nothing but death.

ironically hoyo's unwillingness to powercreep is what keeps bennett, xingqiu and xiangling being forever OP

that brave frontier clip is so nostalgia..to bad it closed down..i really love playing it..

this video made me respect hutao a lot now!!! she's amazing

After taking a break for 2+ years My teams on the abyss did not change whatsoever Abyss is still kinda doable with Rational team and Hu tao teams

Vars i love that you're getting into genshin content big fan

i got her on her first banner and her c1 and weapon on her 1st rerun, i've been maining her since day 1 and i am glad she is still doing so well in the meta

A main that died. My Aloy. Will never give her up as my 1st main.

I'm glas she is able to stay good for so long. Hu tao has been in my team since the day she released, and has been my favorite character in the game. Her personality, story, looks, everything I enjoy. Even if she wont be super good later on, im glad to have been able to have her on my team for a good 3 Years. (Regardless what the "meta" is, I might still have her in, I just play to have fun, dont care much about Meta stuff nowadays. Especially with all my breaks from Genshin I take)

Seeing my number 1 favorite character still sticking around from her debut is impressive. It reminds me of something that I grew up with, which is the Grave Digger monster truck. The two would have somewhat of a rough start, but with advancements throughout, it got better in the long term and became a household name. Because of how similar these two are, especially the idea and style behind it, I even made a drawing of the paint scheme from the truck and made it with Hu Tao's color scheme, style, and the tombstones having the names of various characters from the game.

Your videos butter My biscuits thank you

Hu Tao is still my number one favorite character in the game. Furina is super close though.

You forgot mentioning the change to hydro resonance from healing bonus to bonus HP, which basically buffed her whole double hydro team.

I would like to point out that VV vape teams have been her highest dps teams, arguably to this day. Hu Tao - Yelan - Bennett - Kazuha is the DPS ceiling, though maybe Furina topped it. Hu Tao - Xingqiu - Bennett - Kazuha makes you almost invulnerable and you never have to worry about hydro application. Double hydro was all the rage as a new shiny team after Yelan release, but VV vape was still used all this time. I think you should have at least mentioned it. Here is to hoping that I can keep using my favorite coffin salesman for years to come. Maybe we get such overpowered cryo supports in the future that double cryo becomes viable :)

SHe is also one of the my 3 (non standard banner) characters that has a constellation (at c1) while my others are c2 Ayaka and c2 Nahida. that shows how i much i appeciate our eccentric Pyro Funeral director.

Oh my god that brave frontier unit at the start,the pain and memories..

this was probably your best video, hu tao is retiring in a few patches... still will use her over world some

can’t wait for the pyro archon to give some sort of additional low health bonus that stacks with hu tao’s and rocket her back into the best pyro dps slot

Hu tao is the only reason I play genshin impact

My first 5-star when I started playing in 2021. I think her rerun was around Halloween too. Still use her to this day.

Pyro is hard on adapting because of how straightforward it is… Geo: 🤔🤫😁😅

Since Hu Tao had been around so long, I was so heavily invested in her with C1R1 that I had no reason to pull Arle

there'll probably be some new supports that enable hu tao to get even stronger neck and neck with cappuccino probably but it's kind of fun to have choices if you prefer one to the other they're both insanely strong though i think hu tao teams are easier to put together

I saw Brave Frontier RPG at the beginning, I was so happy about it

Unless they release a pyro charcter with no ICD, Hu Tao will always have her place in top dps. In natlan, if pyro archon is a off field support then Hu Tao and Arlecchino are safe. In Snezhaya, if they release top tier cryo supports, I am seeing double cryo melt Hu Tao team. More buffs she can receive in future might be - 1. Dedicated artifact set 2. Hp buffer support 3. Charged atk buffer support (very less chance)

i think it's going to depend on what new mechanics natlan introduces for pyro. fontaine brought us the sheer raw power of hydro even separate from dendro, and also gave us bond of life. i have this sneaking suspicion that, given natlan is the nation of resurrection, we might get some kind of mechanic that involves low HP or even character death/revival, in which case hu tao might either explode in relevance or completely fall off.

as a Hu Tao stan/main it’s crazy how far she’s gotten despite Arlecchino coming out and actually now having someone to compete with. also her being in a plunge team is fun imo can’t wait if Hu Tao is still there in Natlan with all these new characters coming out soon :)

seeing brave frontier brought back so many memories

I don't play Genshin anymore, but this is why Hu Tao is, and will always be, my favorite character in GI.

I love her so much, she has been my main for a long long while, it kinda swaps with neuvilette and arlecchino teams but even I still greatly love her 🖤🖤🖤

Oh, she will now be shoved to the chronicled banner cuz she's already old and a new big Hu Tao has appeared What a nice "in the memory of Hu Tao" vid

hu tao continuing to be relevant into natlan and maybe even becoming a character that enjoys pyro res with a potential pyro support would be hilarious. never die you silly little freak

I dont know how they kept buffing her, but i know for sure that i will play her until the game ends and especially that I will love and appreciate her for the rest of my life

I bet they'll add a cryo xingqiu but the trigger being charged attacks rather than normals so only she can benefit from it

This girl has cleared so many abyss cycles for me and I have her fully invested. The double Hydro with zhonghli has excellent and perfect synergy.. I don’t care what new pyro unit comes out in the future. I am not betraying my girl.

I absolutely love Hu Tao, her playstyle, personality and design. I have been playing with her comfortably almost since the very beginning, and she is still one on my most favorites. She's absolutely capable to clear the Abyss, and fun in the overworld. I have high hopes for future Cryo characters, off field Cryo supports and applicators, and possibly we will see Melt Hu Tao breaking new ground. Also, proud Arlecchino owner, and I love them both. They go hand in hand, clearing their respective halves of the Abyss, and I could not be happier)

I started building my Hu Tao during Arlecchino's banner couldn't spend primos when I had an unbuilt Hu Tao sitting unused. But since I got it done I'm in love with her she's so strong even with my goofy build I have now. Since I got her I now have 2 abyss teams and got her to hit 200k was so happy considering she's not built the best and I'm not great at using her

It's so nostalgic looking back on those original leaks. I was drawn to her design instantly, thinking she was gonna be some vampire grim reaper kinda girl (not too far off!) and she's been one of my mains ever since alongside Xiao, even through my multiple breaks from the game. Glad to see my original two still maintain meta relevance in the modern day.

Imagine that the Pyro archon's kit is made in a way that it boosts hu tao's Pryo damage a lot it could make her in a chevreuse overload team the new best team or at worst an equal option to her current team

“That rap was fire. Put it out.”

everyone is waiting for the pyro archon and what kind of unit it is. one thing for sure, since it is an archon, it will have a 100% skill up time and has also 100% elemental application.

She is like Incineroar. The one who forced everything to be ashes just by existing.

Since Yelan came out, I have used the exact same team in every abyss. Hu Tao, yelan, xingqui, and thoma and I never struggle. She will stay relevant forever XD. Yes even in this abyss, she really is the brute force character. You can even put her against Pyro resistant enemies and you’re still fine because yelan and xingqui do so much dmg. Truly a character of the ages.👻🫡

Kinda funny how of the Liyue three (Ganyu, Xiao, Hu Tao), Xiao came from last place to top three DPS within the 4.0 series of patches.

When Nathan arrives there will be a form of pyro boost wat will fit Hu Tao perfectly and she will still remain relevant!

Hu Tao do be trolling tho. Shes been vibing around in the meta for ages, that is until fontaine kicked her down a bit, but shes still alive as ever Also at 2:31, I gotta disagree with the attention. No one kew she was a character until her teaser dropped, probably because shes so intertwined with death and thats just bad taste with the 1.3 latern rite and Chinese New Year and all that, so she wasnt included in the live. So really, Hu Tao was out of the blue, completely unexpected, therefore no one really knew what she was like, which is why she only grossed around 12.5 million dollars (may sound like alot but trust me, its not) and also why her rerun was so highly anticipated

What's the name of the music in the outro?

I still don’t have Hu Tao saddly but she is still one of my favorite characters. She has just a fun personality and her gameplay looks really fun. I have arlecchino so I probably don’t really need her but I’ll be pulling her the next time she comes around. I really hope that she someone still manages to remain relevant for as long as she can cause it would be so funny that the funeral director refuses to die off.

BRAVE FRONTIER MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Seeing how differently Hu Tao and Ayaka have aged is crazy

Its very crazy she is still so strong to this day

Also, in spite of not having a dedicated signature artifact set, she's been able to use several sets effectively through the years. The OG CWoF, the sweaty Shime, GD for Scarlet Sands setups and the folks who couldn't roll EM subs and finally MH for Furina teams.

Sometimes i just listen to his vids only for his voice ( its almost like asmr to me )

As someone who's left and come back to Genshin many times and ended up never actually playing when Kazuha was on the banner, really wish there was just a little bit more overlap in all these years.