How Did Xiao Get So Strong? | Genshin Impact 

He got Faruzan, then Furina, then Xianyun, my guy got the best of the best over time

Petition to rename the video to "What happened to Zy0x?"

Qiqi carried him on her back, truly the mvp

Xiao's Story according to Game Version: Version 1: I'm OP! Version 2: IT'S XIAO-OVER! Version 3: I'm still here. I'm not dead! Version 4: WE'RE FUCKING BACK!

The release of Xianyun was like getting the final piece of Exodia. His premium team with Furina Xianyun and C6 Faruzan is so good it made me pick up Xiao after 2 years without touching him. There is no energy issues, no circle impact, no downtime, it's the perfect team.

Xiao is like eula, a hypercary that needs investment in units but unlike eula the guy is not on a dead elements and is not locked to cryo and electro supports

Those 3 ladies with Xiao's best team are taller than him. The more you use him he becomes more short.

so proud to see his teams improve over the years. Xiao is the kind of character you either hyper invest in or just don't care about lol. I think one of the reasons people don't give him as much credit is because they don't like his playstyle or can't play (for example on mobile he's more difficult to play)

Faruzan C6 really feels like a 5* unit. Not only the buffs, battery, and cc, her sub dps is not to be scoffed at - you can be hitting 20-30k skill procs from off field. And it can proc twice at the same time, so satisfying

10:05 Faruzan's C6 as mentioned activates her skill even when she's off field, meaning she also batteries the on field DPS. A lot of people hated how this is designed as her C6 is the most overtuned constellation a 4-star have, some people argue it would've been a bit better if some of the effects were more spread out throughout her cons or something.

I'm bringing Xiao back whenever Anemo shows up for Imaginarium Theater because he gets the job done for small mobs

His best team is expensive, it includes 3 five stars Xiao, Xianyun, Furina,c6 Faruzan. c6 Faruzan is not even on paimon shop, so it's even harder than actual 5 star. This team is really strong, but Alhaitham, Arlecchino and Neuvilette have even stronger teams that require way less investment. Cyno has a similar case he needs Furina, Nahida and Baizhu for his long burst duration.

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Xiao was the first character that I knew I instantly needed. Such a fun character

MY BOI. Stuck it out since his first release, and now the bad days are over.

It has been 1.5 years since I set Xiao as a future long project to get. I am slowly getting all the pieces need for his best premier team. Staff of Homa, 230 Cv MH set, C1 Furina, 3 cons away from C6 Faruzan. This years goals are now clear; Xianyun and the rest of Faruzan’s Cons. Honestly even without Xianyun, I think I might get him anyways this year, since this Investment with Bennett should be enough to clear any content

After having gotten Xiao, one thing that irked me was that his Charged Attack, a huge arcing swing, doesn’t hit opponents tumbling in the air. It’s a small thing, but it’s so weird seeing Xiao missing enemies that are directly in front of him when the hit trails clearly show otherwise (example: 2:52).

Xiao , furina , faruzan and cloud... One of the most deadly team

Me and Zy0x are the ultimate Xiao simp.

Waiting for Zy0x to see and react to this!

Version 1 : Reaction impact Version 2 : Hypercarry impact Version 3 : Catalyze impact Version 4 : Hypercarry impact 2.0 Version 5 : ......to be continued..

While he got Furina, Faruzan and Xianyun. Just like Hu Tao, who plays with Yelan and the same others support. It is impossible not to be broken with such supports

I likes the part where he said "it's Xiaoing time" and started Xiaoing everywhere

Faruzan is OP, she deals a ton of damage on top of amazing buffs for anemo

Okay Hear me out , Faruzan C6 with Jean C4 with Furina is Busted on Xiao

Early 5 stars: powercreeped as time goes on ☠️ Early 4 stars: keep getting infinitely stronger 💪

Kudos to you, Vars, for using the Pokemon Conquest Greenleaf OST for this video!

my goat xiao is NEVER falling off

Xiao really is way better than he used to be these days. I’ve never hit so much damage with anyone else continuously than with him. Him, xianyu, faruzan and furina together are BONKERS. his plunging does 130k per plunge which is criminal

HEAVILY appreciate the Pokemon Conquest background music

Building a team around Xiao is too expensive.

Love the Pokemon Conquest BGM

I pulled Xiao day 1. Skipped every banner for him Only to realise he was horrible for f2p. Bad weapon options and doesnt have a proper team. I ended up putting him to the bench when Raiden dropped cause he just hit like a wet noodle Fast forward to Xianyun banner. I pull her and got C6 Faruzan I can finally play with my boi again. I even went an triple crowned him due to it. So happy to see him being viable at this day and age

I dont know. He's so small i lost him

Great Video! I would also like to add some stuff that wasn't really mentioned in the video, or at least could have given more magnitude 1. Xiao in the past used to want Zhongli for his best team, so often he would be competing in usage for ZL with other Hyper Carries (before FFXX of course) 2. Faruzan C6's CC helped Xiao consolidate groups of enemies which was a problem with him, especially when first getting used to the plunge platstyle as you knock around enemies 3. Xianyun's passive actually helped one of Xiao's notable weakness at the time which was that he was comparatively weaker in Single Target than AoE. Xianyun's buff helped mitigate that weakness and you can now make the argument that Xiao can be generaly used in any non-high-anemo res content 4. Faruzan C6, Furina, and Xianyun broke free Xiao from "Circle Impact" that his best supports at the time required him to play around Other than that, the video summarized generally well on the journey Xiao had for team options without getting too much into the nuances Edit: Typos lmao

Xiao and hu tao somehow survived 😭

0:26 god forbid women have hobbies 🙄😒

It's the jing yuan theorem just keeps getting buffed every other patch by a specific unit or change in the game

It takes 4 years for xiao to be "lore accurate". While Neuvilette, already lore accurate since day one

zyox the goat defo helped in making xiao popular

Ah, sweet vindication. Also, as a Xiao main since 1.3 who has been giving him his upgrades/teammates as they come out or almost, I can say he really felt like a different character since Xianyun's release. The JOY that is the freedom to be able to reposition yourself when an enemy is staggered out of range, or run to the next mob without being forced to stop your burst to redo team rotation and funnel particles... It's not just the great damage and buffs that come with the FFXX team, it's also how SMOOTH it feels to play with Xianyun and C6 Faruzan. We all love the other Xianyun plunge teams and the big numbers, but except for Hu Tao and Xiao they're all married to Bennett's circle impact. I have C6 Gaming and whenever I play him I wish I were playing Xiao instead because of that. Besides, all of Xiao's team have great synergy and buff each other: triple anemo solves energy problems for all anemos, Furina gives Faruzan a buff too, if Xianyun uses VV she buffs Furina, if Xianyun uses noblesse she buffs Faruzan, if Faruzan is C6 and uses TOTM she buff's Xianyun's atk which buffs Xiao more. Also, a well invested Furina helps a lot with enemies who have high resistance to anemo, which means you can still use Xiao with things like Coppelia + Coppelius and brute force your way out even if there are faster teams for that. It's really nice to finish a chamber suddenly because Crabaletta one-shots a random mob out of your sight lol. A nitpick is that I've never really seen anyone using Xiangling back in the day. Zy0x made double anemo (Jean) double geo (Zhongli, Albedo) popular as his premium team for a while, but pre-Faruzan his better team was a hypercarry one with Benny, Zhongli, and TTDS Sucrose. Once Faruzan was released, she replaced Sucrose. There was a double carry team with Raiden for a while too, to solve his energy issues, but why would you if you could Raiden National instead? There's always been attempts to use sub-DPS characters in the older days but they felt copium since Xiao's burst was too long. Even Bennett, his best support historically and one who can still be used today as replacement in his teams, had his burst die before Xiao was done.

cant wait for zy0x to see this

he just takes way too much investment to play. he's probably the 5 star I use the least even though he was one of the first characters I ever wanted

Crying cause I recently got C6 Faruzan and have Furina and Xianyun, but the last banner Xiao was on was so trash I skipped. 😭

If there's one thing i don't regret when i started in 3.4 was building both xiao and alhaitham

The theme of version 4 seemed to be "let's take older mechanics & units we forgot about and give them some love." Mono-pyro, instant healers, crystalize, overload, it was really cool. But Xianyun may have been the best part of all of it. Not only was it good for Xiao who gave us Final Fantasy 20 (Furina, Faruzan, Xiao, Xianyun) but she made it so pretty much anyone could main DPS if you really, really wanted to. Like my sister cleared spiral abyss yesterday with Klee plunging, and it was so great Xianyun is the real hero of this story

Most of his best supports are universally good characters, so i don't feel like he needs much investment, to be honest. I'm not using him much, but he's still useful in theatre and recently when there was a centaur boss in the abyss i casually took my lvl 70 Xiao (needed a way to dispose of the shield) and managed to 3* chamber in the first try (with Zhongli, Furina and Xianyun). So, i'd say he's in the situation i like the most for a characters: he's far from a must pull, but if you like him and want to use him, you can hit some nice numbers

his premium team is so good for a plethora of reasons: 1/ He doesn’t need to switch out after setting up all other teammates buffs between waves (unlike nahida teams or team that requires swirl debuff) 2/ Faruzan Anemo Buff/Debuff last for so long and apply every second while off field!!! 3/ Faruzan also create about 5 extra Anemo particle every rotation off-field, not metioning her triggering Favonius. 4/ Xianyun making him outstanding in Single target scenario thanks to her A4 I think his team is gonna be on the top for a very long time, the only thing that can take him down is some future enemies that can interrupt him mid air 😂

Your videos butter My biscuits thank you

I made a F2P account just to be a Xiao main and honestly, with reasonable artifacts, crowns on the important talents but only C5 Faruzan and a 4 star weapon he isn't floor 12 material...

The Xiao situation is INSANE

I remember my 1st main team was crazy thinking on it now. Diluc, Zhongli, Barbara & Xiao. lol.

Maybe it's a hottake but I feel like Xiao is on the same level if not slightly higher as Alhaitham and Arlecchino yet I only ever hear those two in regards to top 3/2 dps and never Xiao. I own all of these units and would say that the three of them are interchangeable for top 3/2. The only reason I see Xiao being lower than those two would be flexibility in team building but I feel like that's a weak point idk

kid's busted to all heaven nowadays but, and its a BIG but, its locked behind C6 Faruzan, tough luck if you don't have her, cause the C6 fixes like more than 50% of the team's problem

He decided to go to Natlan, join the scions of the canopes, made a pet friend named Ajaw, and renamed himself to Kinich.

probably a biased video idea; What happened to Diluc? I've been a Diluc enjoyer since 2.3, and I can very firmly say that the trip was absolutely WILD. Going from being a very sub-optimal comfort character pick to actually being able to meaningfully rival other meta Pyro units was insane to watch in real time. Anyway, I just think it would be a neat video :D

IS THE MUSIC IM HEARING FROM POKEMON CONQUEST? PLEASE GOD USE MORE OF THIS SOUNDTRACK MAN

Eula just needs one... one honest to god physical buffer with no drawbacks.

My Xiao/Faruzan/Xianyun/Furina team absolutely slaps. My Xiao plunges for about 150k+. Any AOE floor gets decimated by this team.

TLDW he got his posse of sassy women

I got a feeling a certain full-haired, extremely tall, super funny and handsome streamer is gonna see this...

Talk about the the legendary missing weapon vars.. jade cutter, summit shaper, memory of dust, n unforged

pokemon conquest music again, iconic

Luckily Xiao is being rereleased as Kinich

Shorty emo just getting hard carried by madame Faruzan, Cloud Retainer and Furina.

Xiao is my first 5* back when I played at 3.4 For new player, it was hell using him since his burst is godly but drain HP. But I manage to go from Liyue to Sumeru carried by him because he's the bestest damage dealer I owned at that time. Things got better after I pulled Zhongli at 4.0 then Xianyun at 4.4 was a gamechanger. I managed to get my first 12-3 with Zhongli, Xiao, Xianyun, and Faruzan team with Xiao plunging attack reached 100k+. I didn't really invest in reaction since his pure damage is already very high. I have never been so proud with my first 5 star

thx for creating a nice vid for bbxiao. my fave main beside mommy ningguang 🔥💓

If I'm not mistaken the madame ping weapon is also a spear that is also somehow related plunging. Xiao annual buffs????

POKEMON CONQUEST MUSIC THE TASTE IS SO REAL

Xiao feels like the character who’s forever above average to mid

A video about Wanderer would be amazing, amazing video :3

Huh, is that Banjo-Kazooie in the background? If so, your music choices are incredibly based

Just like how Xiao got his resurgence with top tier support, Im not gonna dust off the possibility that the same can happen to Ganyu. If in the future a character gets released that speeds up charged attack shots for bows then I can see her getting a comeback

Mr. Socks I am waiting for the response

I am so happy that xiao got all these buffs I'm a xiao main and I have his best team (C6 faruzan, furina and xianyun) and he does a lot of damage

I love his burst mode and wished he would be an anemo infused auto attack character instead of plunge…

Not to mention faruzan ALSO acts as a battery for xiao massively lowering his ER needs. I know xianyun also helps with this, but most of it comes from her

Touch my ta- wait wrong chanel

Mika was a missed occasion for Eula. Hope they release a character that lets you deal massive physical damage and ignore any kind of shiels/barrier. That would fix Eula

Every abys chamber now has a "neuvelete side" and xiao nilou always perform

Zy0x always find a way to make Xiao relevant no matter the meta.

Xaio with Faruzan C6 and Xianyun has since been my go to team for Abyss or any really hard content in the game. Just easy to play and does a ton of damage.

Now to hope Faruzan is on Xianyan’s rerun banner

OMG WE'RE BLOOMING WITH THIS ONE ABOBA🗣️🗣️🗣️

Weird that you didnt mention Marechausse Hunter giving him even more options in the artifact department

Could you please make a video on Neuvillette’s best team. On paper its Neuvillette, Furina, Kazuha, Zhongli but in comparison Baizhu is swapped with Zhongli making up the most used team in abyss

I've always been open to vertically investing into niche teams, but xiao was always pushed to the sideline for me. At this point, the investment needed for him is super high. I can only hope for c6 faruzan and that they buff other niche playstyles.

He's stuck in Vermillion's domain.

So what happened to Zhongli+Albedo teams for Xiao after the geo buff

Xiao, Childe and Noelle every other update: Upgrades, people, upgrades

FFXX team is one of my favourites right now, it is so powerful that I could bruteforce Coopelias 70% (?) anemo resistance, this is crazy bro. AoE , single target - it really doesn't matter. I d around 150k per plunge and it is only Xiao dmg.. Crazy strong.

Out of the Liyue Big 3 only Ganyu was the only one who was forgotten 😅 She was my first limited 5 star

C6 Faruzan also trivializes the need to battery Xiao.

I was thinking they should also give Itto a geo off field charge atk buffer and battery to make him like xiao but I remember if they did it'll be straight up neuvillette buff (Bros going to be more op) unless they give it a mono geo restrictions too

Yoymiya was never really a mid unit for me because she was good upon release and subsequent versions. She was just released at terrible times. Then by the time she got a new release, a more powerful pyro character came in to steal what remaining thunder she still had.

I love my C0 Xiao and I'm so happy he got the supports he deserves

I love you Vars II

Bro what about tighnari the GOAT 🐐

Hey, Vars, great video. I would like to hear your opinion on Genshin's elemental system, if possible. Keep up the great work!

I missed Furina but otherwise I've been sitting on a C6 Xiao for damn near 2 years waiting for his time to come.