Why EVERYONE Plays: Alhaitham | Genshin Impact 

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I play him because of his two huge personalities Edit: I think I caused a butterfly effect LOL

"If Nuevillet, Furina and Nahida are Gods amongst man, Alhaitham is a man amongst Gods". The best quote I ever heard 🗿📈

My favorites thing about Alhaitham is his characterization. In a game full of exaggerated, sometimes insane personalities, he's the most realistic and down to earth dude in the whole cast. He's just a dude trying to chill in a very unchill world. He knows he's smarter than most of Sumeru, but he doesn't hold it against people or let it get to his head. He's a bit sassy, but he's never malicious or harmful. He knows the kind of life he wants, and he sticks to it.

Alhaitham being op is really funny because he’s just a guy that wants to keep his 9-5 routine life and doesnt care about anything else

After I got Nahida as my off field dendro, I was looking for an on field. Even though I really liked Tighnari, and still think he isn't bad, Alhaitham has more pecs. PERKS! I MEAN PERKS!

We need a "Atleast Until Furina" counter for this series now lmao😭

I remember people comparing him to Nahida on his release when they fill completely different roles & the same thing happened between Neuvillete & Furina, it's like comparing Xiao with Kazuha, which is so weird.

As a casual player, Alhaitham just feels really fun to play, he also feels consistent in my opinion especially when pairing him up with Kuki and now Furina. The fact that he can utilize 4 star supports such as Kuki and Xingqiu is already a bonus of him being F2P both the fun and free to play part. Also I never get tired of seeing his animations, it looks really clean too.

What makes him stands out to the rest of On-field DPSes is that as a Dendro unit, he have many sources of damage yet he himself also do big damage, that is why one of his best teams is quickbloom for instance.

I never pictured becoming an Al Haitham main but he won me over so hard, he's the cornerstone of my abyss runs now.

The fact that Alhaitham's kit somehow already makes him a comfy enough character even with rotation mistakes is kinda funny in a sense that's it's in-character of him to make sure he stays afloat above them all.

He nailed that capable handsome guy trope. He got the attitude and the kit to back it up dang it! That's why even though I wasn't planning to pull for him in his first banner I caved in. 😂 No regrets though he's really powerful and snappy. His playstyle is the type that gets more satisfying the more you master him.

As an alhaitham player, I can confirm he feels really nice to play with… and not only gameplay wise- oop

OG fans will remember that in Alhaitham's scaling in beta was like twice as high 😂. Imagine if they released him un-nerfed!

just the fact you can split the uptime and potentially manage your cooldowns more laxedly is pretty cool, from his 30s rotation to 22s rotation, sht really good and flexible

it’s very lore-accurate of Alhaitham to be so easy to gear up and start playing LOL he really needs the bare minimum of like iron sting and 4pc gilded to keep up with other top DPS characters

Him and Neuvilette are just a menace

Alhaitham's sword rain attack is just so cool man. He makes for an excellent hyperbloom driver without sacrificing his own damage and his animations are great. He's also ND don't @ me

Not me using alhaitam just because he's hot af

Oh how the tables have turned... Still remember the good ol days where everyone was saying waifu dps units are better than male dps units. And then alhaitham released and he is still arguably the best or the 2nd best dps in the game along with neuvilette. Even the other best options after them are male dps units (wanderer,xiao,lyney etc).

i just love alhaitham in general

he really has everything going for him, it's almost unfair: - sword user - dendro user - simple talents/kit - resin-efficient artifacts - tall male character model - LOTS of quest content/exposure - hot - married to THE kaveh light of kshahrewar

I play alhaitham all the time, i even played alhaitham back in 2.7, her electro infusion leads to crazy aggravate damage. Alhaitham has the the hottest design and cute pigtails.

I got you on this one Vars, it's definitely bc of how he looks, his ability to teleport and his VA doing the MOST

Ah "dendro keqing" aged very well. One of my favorite characters since release, love playing this guy

As you go deeper into dolphin meta, spread/quicken become exceedingly powerful. And Alhaitham mirrors can dish significant damage in aoe. as a fast attacker, with good range, decent HP pool and being tall male, you get all the advantages you need on a dps. And his kit is extremely versatile.

It’s not how it actually works in reality, but I REALLY like this newest system of the second in command of a certain region being an insane damage dealer who is able to take advantage of the insane buffs that the Archon of their region provides, Furina and Neuvilette ya know

Easily one of my favorite characters to play. Good damage and amazing DPS for Dendro.

I pulled him due to the fact that he can cause spread without the use of electro 😳

now this is an unexpected why everyone plays. even without nahida i'm still impressed with his perfomance.. like how he works as a dendro dps, like the only unit he needs is kuki and a deepwood user to function and that's it. heck you could even be like me and give shinobu a full em deepwood set just make sure you get a ton em and hp substats. the Hydro doesn't have to be xingqiu it could be anyone who could apply hydro off field(Minus Mona) slow or fast. like i run Barbara with Al sometimes and it's pretty good if i'm not against cryo enemies since Al tends to get to hugging range with enemies. i have nahida but i never use her with Al, it's really strong and of course Nahida in almost every dendro team is a big upgrade that it would feel worse, but i wouldn't really feel that way. But i wanna run two dendro teams in the abyss. maybe once i fully build my internat team i'll use her with Al. i'd say the only "bad" things about him is that he is carry but that goes for other carries, he takes a learning curve, and he's tied to kuki but this is a team based game. so idk if that should be part of it. edit:i forgot that he and neuvillette are like monsters at low investment and C0. they are nasty.

Best part of Alhaitham for me is after pressing E and fast plunge attack or charge attack he do tons of damage not like most characters except Burst and a lot of energy recharge.

Alhaitham: "A Feeble Scholar", One of the Best DPS in the game Dehya: " An Experienced and Respected Mercenary " One of the Worst Units in the game Only in Gacha games where Lore is a complete 180 to what it translates Ingame

For me other reason why everyone plays Alhaitham - He is one of the most badass character in the game.

I liked the point you made about him being a DPS and Driver both together. As a Childe main since 1.1, Alhaitham's playstyle just feels incredibly natural to me, lol. I love how fluid his attacks are and how easy it is to keep them Dendro-infused and how his rotations feel to play. Combine that with a character and personality I find stupidly amusing, a great design and VA, and a prominent role in the Archon quest, then yeah, it's not wonder why he's basically my second main at this point. It's very often him and his Dendro teams I take with me in the Spiral Abyss, along with my go-to International. He just feels nice to play.

I loved him since they first introduced him. I pulled him and haven't stopped playing him since. He runs with Nahida. Kuki and xinqou usually but I just added Furina instead and she works really well with him too. Even managed to pull his signature weapon too!

This video is reminding me about how I’m always right about characters like this. I always liked Kazuha, Kokomi, Alhaitham, and Lyney, but when they first came out they were just 5* Sucrose, the only character who can’t crit, green Keqing, and male Ganyu

I love playing him because he's simultaneously easy to build and vastly improved by being heavily invested into. and mastering his mirrors requires knowing the time and speed of his attack chain, along with mastering stuff like the "quick hold E" usage of his skill. putting this all together and unleashing 5-6 consecutive 3-mirror attacks feels AMAZING, and is one of the reasons I bring him to every single abyss(alongside Nahida, obviously)

still not the "why no one plays dori" that Vars promised a long time ago

a video i did not see coming...its been ages since ive seen people playing alhaitham (regarding ingame coop/profile pictures/characters showed on profile)

Just returned to the game after stopping early this year. Was fortunate to pull alhaitham, kuki and nahida right when I quit so currently building all 3. Super excited to use all of them finally lol

One of my favourite things about Alhaitham is his field time flexibility. You can either go all in with burst and then skill/CA for full mirror uptime, or do a shorter rotation where you cycle between using burst on one rotation and then skill/plunge on the next. It gives him this quickswap feeling while also making you feel smart because it's not someone like Keqing where you can just do whatever and she'll still work.

I'll be honest, I was initially drawn to Alhaitham because of his appearance . . . but once I saw his trailer, I definitely wanted him on my team because at the time I wanted to find a good replacement for Lumine (who was still my Main at the time) and I was still in Inazuma too, so it helped to find a good Dendro fighter since I knew Dendro was good against Electro. I was lucky to get him and he's still my primary main. I will admit I am also innately drawn to Sword fighters when it comes to main fighters because gamewise, it's what I am used to the most. I've been playing games for a long time and in the action/adventure genre, I am used to swords. Sure there are claymores, but they are pretty heavy and I prefer someone faster on their feet. Tip for Alhaithaim's material needed for Ascension- you just need to go the boss area needed for another Ascension item, and just farm around the perimeter. Plus those tunnels have the material also. The only thing I don't like grinding for is now having to get an item from the final boss domain you need once his talents have been raised to a certain extent, and even then it's not a guaranteed you'll get it. I'll be honest though I am looking at Natlan, and I am worried for my boy here since Dendro isn't great against Pyro, so now that I do have both Neuvillette and Furina, I am building them up slowly but surely lol. FYI, Alhaitham is also F2P friendly too. I only have him at C0 and he's already amazing. If and when his banner comes around again I hope to pull for him again.

i love watching these videos while doing work

LMAO, When you used your Rayquaza vs MEGA Rayquaza analogy for Nahida and Alhaithem, a pokemon go ad popped up. Great timing!

Duel wielding daggers,and arms built better than an oni gangster,what more reasons do you need

I appreciate that you specify that he is the best on field dendro dps that is NOT Nahida, because Nahida being included just means he is second at everything.

I cant wait to get is C1 omg that one alone is huge. The cooldown being lowered will be awesome

Finally Alhaitham !!! I wanted to see a video about him !

he has a fun kit, a lot of team options and is very good without constellations / signature weapon!

I play him because he does big green damage.

I have alhaitham but stopped using him as much due to getting bored. This video will hopefully change my mjnd since he's genuinely my favorite and first limited 5*

I was about a minute into the video when I realized you used Pokemon: Conquest music in the background. I cannot tell you how much that means to me.

I remember when he first came out, I watched a handful of youtubers talk about how he was going to be complicated to play because of the mirror mechanic. They made it sound like it was going to be a huge inconvenience to juggle them. I was almost intimidated out of pulling for him. ... But he was cool so I got him anyway. 0 regrets on that one.

Hey Vars. Great video. Comparing Nahida and Alhaitham got me thinking about nahida's constellations and how C6 Nahida ends up being an "on fielder" that takes less time and allows a shared short on-field time DPS to fit onto a team with her. Based on this random tangent, have you ever considered doing a video/video series on ranking/reviewing 5* constellations? As the game gets older and players continue to get capable teams set up faster and faster, I think 5* cons become more relevant topic to dive into, not just a conversation exclusively for whales.

From Alhaitham day one, has been my main dps. He is now taking a mini break because Neuvillette has been my main lately….. I do love them both 😊

I just love his mirror attacks ❤❤

Amazing video, I've been looking forward for an Alhaitham one!! I'm among the crowd who would have pulled him even if he healed and buffed the enemies, but getting a top-tier DPS as well as a character I really love was such a treat! I've taken him to every single abyss since day 1 of getting him, and the damage ceiling of my account just absolutely skyrocketed. I also like the comparison to Childe because of how similar their play styles are. As a Childe main, Alhaitham is the only character in the game who's on par with how much fun he is to me. I used to wish there were two Childes, one for each side of the abyss, and now I basically have that! Bonus points for none of their teammates overlapping :D

I started to play genshin few months ago , and I had to pick either him or Kazuha as my first 5 star , and I picked alhaitham because I found him much fun to play and (he's a husbando) , plus I needed a main dps, I don't regret my decision , he helped me a lot throughout the game and I recently got my first 36 star thanks to him ( and Monsieur Neuvilette)

I raised eyebrows reading the title... I initially used him in spread teams where mistakes are really punishing but I tried quickbloom and-I was just shocked.

the thumbnail made reminds how FINEEE ALHAITHAM ISSSS. LOVEEE.

I have interest in his character as soon as I find out who his VA is and his role in Sumeru AQ is just so cool. Personality wise is difficult to deal with and easily misunderstood if irl 😅. But he meant good will at times just not too much. Gameplay wise, oh boy... Even at C0 he is a high value unit as dps and quite flexible for team comp as well because of dendro. Easily my fav dps and my most played character. Cons: You need to learn his gameplay and combo for high value dmg but it's not that difficult. If you're not good at dodge, you need unit that can help his interruption resistance. If you're considering valuable dendro dps, Alhaitham is one of your options.

If he had a lower CD I’d main him I pull for overworld fun mainly and thats why I love Keqing

I just reaalllyyy like his design and then fell in love with his gameplay (even months later I still find his design so pretty qwq)

Love how the first thing I hear is “according to the judgement of the oratrice mécanique d'analyse cardinale”, the adds knows!

Alhaitham is really strong but the funny thing is he was supposed to be even stronger, when he was still being tested he got a 20% damage nerf AND locking him to on field a few days before his release. Imagine if pre nerf alhaitham was the one we got.

Alhaitham/kuki hyperbloom has been my go to abyss team since his release, the other side will change. He is a great f2p unit. I am glad to see people stray away from the "he needs Nahida mentality" and people are seeing him as a great unit. I have Nahida but never felt the need to use them together, one on each side is perfect. Though they can be put together but it is not a necessity. Also, not needing Bennett and Xiangling is a plus they can be used on another team.

I am a C5 (soon to be C6 hopefully) Alhaitham main and I just love his playstyle. It's tricky at first, but after you get the hang of his rotations and how he works, it's just a lot of fun and he can deal big damage. 😊 I also have his signature weapon, ofc, but he also performs well without it. He is one of my absolute favorite character to play as.

I fell in love with him even before Sumeru, when there were leaks about him being the dendro archon, archon’s familiar and him being the Su expy. Gonna c6 and r5 him on his next rerun

I need a new Dendro on field character!! I love Alhaitham but he's already maxed so I want another haha

Really like him but lost on his last banner. I hope he gets a rerun soon( please hoyo)

he's been my main for almost a year ! I love his p.. personality

i remembered when he first come out and the trailer drop everybody kept saying how bad he will be or how bad his mirror kit is but now suddenly he one of the best C0 DPS i on the other hand was a new genshin player and Alhaitham is my second banner i wished on i literally only pulls this dude for his looks didnt even know who he was and his demo trailer just make me want him all the more

I play him because I like getting spread

Back in 3.2 everyone said that "if you have nahida. You don't need any other dendro character" Then Alhaitam came and he's pretty broken

day 9 of asking vars for his cryo element analysis went missing for a while due to some silly unfortunate events but I'm back now! Gonna catch up on all the vars content I've missed over the past few weeks! Seeing a video on Al makes me pretty happy since I really enjoy the character and of course he's very effective across just about all content in the game.

Now I want you to do a why everyone plays baizhu!

Pulled for the coolest normals in the game, stayed for everything else

Altough not my favourite character story wise, he is without a doubt the pull i am most satisfied with. He is so incredibly fun, and so damn strong too. One of two characters that i have bothered trying to get their weapon for. ...other one being Navia. Currently sitting at 2/2 fate points, questioning my resolve.

Big green Al just works out of the box, no cons needed, slap on a half decent artifact set & weapon then start owning. Admittedly I did give him my Ayaka's Mistsplitter but he gets so much more field time anyway.

Shoutout to the editor putting in Pokémon Conquest music. IMO the game is underrated

Run him with 1000 em raiden, 220+ ER Xingqui + Golden Troupe Fischl and he melt enemies like a butter 🧈

I wouldn't say he cant be compared to Neuvilette. Just like Neuvilette he is a versatile and very strong onfield carry who has one of the best teams in the game. They are equal for me. But of course they cant compete with off field units like furina, xq, yelan, nahida

ever since I got him...he has been my DPS and all...jjust my fav❤

He's the first character that I saved up enough for both him and his weapon, ngl I just found him hot and the fact he was good was a nice bonus

I’m really happy that especially with Fontaine’s Furina and Neuvilette, Genshin seems to have the archon usually stand in a more supportive role ensuring that they have good longevity, and then they have a secondary character of their respective element that becomes top tier in a way that doesn’t force them into competition.

I am currently missing him in my collection, he is one of the characters I am saving for and prefarming for

I used to run alhaitham/xingu/nahida/kuki but as of recently I switched to alhaitham/furina/baizu/kuki not as much hyper bloom damage but way more spread damage from alhaitham due to furinas slower hydro application, I was regretting getting baizu until I got furina and this team slaps hard

I'm so happy i was able to get him on his release as well as his weapon. Literally, no regrets ❤❤ Hope anyone who wants him gets him in his future re-runs, he's amazing 💚💚

Life is good when Vars uploads.

Is that pokemon conquest music in the background? Based.

I have two Genshin accounts. My main account is well invested and slightly whaled so I just slap teams together and clear content however. My second account is much more on the dolphin/low spender side so abyss isn’t nearly as much of a push over as I don’t have quite as many characters and 5 star weapons to choose from. My Al Haitham on my 2nd acct has been the consistent reason I clear abyss for so many cycles now I can’t remember the last time I didn’t use him. An absolute beast of a unit where many other characters failed to clear content I called upon those mighty pecs of his to do the heavy lifting for me. Truly one of the best units in the game. Will get his weapon when he reruns as he deserves it.

I like Alhaitham’s gameplay and playstyle but unfortunately I don’t play him because I don’t have him. I skipped both banners for Yelan and Eula. When he comes back in the future, I’ll get him definitely

Today, I decided to build my Alhaitham. And here comes ur video. 😅

Alhaitham is my all-time most favorite character in this game and I don't think there will ever be someone who can capture me as much. The reason why he is not as popular in the fandom as some other characters mostly boils down to the mass' perception that he's way too perfect, I kid you not. Considering his characterization, however, he is the opposite of being surreal. In fact, he's an accurate depiction of an introvert which I think highlights Hoyoverse' great work at building a character's personality. He's so mysterious with so interesting views all the time, coupled with an eye-candy design. At last, I'm grateful he's a very good and friendly character in combat. He might gradually become obsolete which is an unavoidable thing in gacha games but I will always like his play style.

i have c2 nahida on my main, Alhaitham on my alt. I thought of pulling for nahida for him on the alt but now not any more. Furina, alhaitham, kuki and baizhu just melt everything so damn fast. im not sure if its a stretch to say its comparable with whatever hyperbloom nahida c2 team on my main.

Hoyo looked a Kequing and said, damm she's very cool, what if she worked

Alhaitham is the most clear example of dps characters not being made equal.

He’s such a well-made and fun to play character.

alhaitham and ayato are just magnificent for any situation