Why NO ONE Plays: Albedo | Genshin Impact 

I tried TOF again, like 2-3 months ago... Not really good... I lack so many things, am confused on what to do, and its just another time sink. I would rather play Genshin as its much more polished and I already have tons of stuff... I also stopped playing Genshin tbh... I try to play other games, be variety. I was addicted to it for like 2 years. I played TOF day 1, was actually in the first group to defeat Frost bot on my server ( which was like a day behind everyone )

I mentioned it on Gacha Gamer's video, and I'll say it here. Being sponsored by ToF on a Genshin Impact video after what they've done (taking Genshin's stuff to advertise thier game, plagiarizing an artist's video for similar reasons) feels like a massive conflict of interest.

​@@RaskaTheFurryit's becuz Tof is a mmo while Genshin is just a Open world ARPG In Genshin tho my characters artifacts haven't changed since I built them properly , feels very good when you go back and they are still as strong as they were Only thing Genshin is missing now is a physical version so I can put it in a shelf and maybe a offline version so we can play post shutdown in the future

I just brought tower of fantasy a couple of weeks ago.

@@propaneandpropane3942 TOF an MMO ? Where is the Massive ? There are like 2 people on the whole "layer"

Arguably? No geo is without a doubt the worst element😂whats the point of an element with no reactions in a game that predicates its self on its elemental reactions for combat

Lets not cope our self here and just say geo is the worse element in the game

I think, Vars just hate mono geo team for some reason. Albedo has a capable team, where he is best in slot.

​@@irlinaka2754they're not exactly “meta“ to say the least.. and also very expensive to compose. Most Geo units require high investments in order to be good.

And he’s had like 2 banners since conception

Albedo mains are very wholesome. One time I had a very pleasant conversation with an Albedo main while they used his flower elevator on my Noelle repeatedly.

That is Geo Supremacy Dedication right there

I rolled on his first banner even after the Zhongli run, his personality and look immediately caught my eye

haha i got into the game because of albedo! i rolled jade cutter and mistsplitter for him and i even used up all my fragiles on the husk domain (we dont talk abt his current build its still a wip even after 9 months ;-;) he is one of two characters i have dedicated a triple crown to :)

Your friend is a real one for that 🤝

I say skillissue,that never happened to me except against magu kenki big aoe,learn to place it correctly and far away

@@brutalterminator3868 doesnt it not do anything if its far away? the whole point is to be in its zone.

@fdragon77fk I mean far away in the sense that it's far away from boss attacks but the boss is in flower's aoe

@@brutalterminator3868I agree that it’s not THAT hard to do, but I think it’s the fact that his only source of dmg being able to break *on top* of everything else makes him just that much worse. I love albedo, like a lot lol, but if I could change anything I’d separate the elevator part of his skill from the circle it creates. As in if an enemy breaks his skill it only breaks the elevator but the circle aura remains

@@Zenzei842actually a good idea. Benched my albedo because having to replace the damn flower over and over again got tiring

as an albedo main myself, i aprove of this comment.

Mood. He was my first feature banner 5-star and I still default to having him on my team when I’m not fighting a boss that can destroy his flower.

@@ninuhuju1897 Same lol, started playing just when the 2.1 event rolled out. Got him and then his R5 signature weapon. Decided to create a monogeo team just because i had a built Albedo, currently waiting for Itto's signature weapon rerun.

I'm not an Albedo Main (Diluc, here) but I dust off my Chalk Prince for each and every Abyss Cycle; Diluc with Serpent Spine wants his Double Geo reinforced Jade Shield.

Never played Genshin but from what ive seen- I’d Love to join the Albedo Mains 😭

Except for when it's getting deleted by every boss enemy

Just don't place where the boss is standing, usually pressing A or D before works

@@KleberDKurosakiI just wish his damage wasn’t so meh in those teams because he really is like the 5th best option in many cases.

@@wilburforce8046 33k to 40K every two seconds for 30 seconds is nowhere near Meh damage for a sub DPS

@@bloody4558 Difference is that Yelan or XQ for example don't only deal as much if not more dmg, but they also help in reactions and give other benefits to your dps.

True and they represent China with the Geo Archon ruling shittiest element in their game.😅

Funny how hydro was buffed before the worst element in the game

I can mention how Earth element is treated on other games, offensive and defensive. Hoyo's problem is they run out of ideas and even use their new ideas to Dendro instead.

@@azralia4265 even in the case of zhongli, I'm willing to bet nobody would use him if his shield didn't have the resistance shred. Sure the duration is long, except other shielders still over more elemental utility

@@ghotifish1838 i partly agree, but he is the only shielder in the whole game w shield resistance to all of the elements equally, not to mention he has the highest base shield strength in the game. he also has 100% shield uptime easy cus his cd is much less than the shield duration. hoyo will never make a better shielder than him bc that would render him a basically useless unit and their revenue would go down.

i love how crystalize is so bad you didnt even call it a reaction

@@sentrenade1244😂😂 same forgot it existed!

⁠@@sentrenade1244I wish the Geo reactions had a rework, like the crystallizations exploded (like bloom reaction) or something.

​@@spacedorito9592actually when dendro first release i thought hoyo want to buff GEO, like dendro seed react to GEO crsytal Will make dendro seed more damage and Lower enemy resistance. But sadly is not, hoyo just hate geo

@@spacedorito9592 This. If part of the crystalize reaction involved exploding and doing that elements damage then this would indeed give way more team synergy, and a reason to have elemental mastery on geo.

I got him, but just a token C0. Once I learned that they would never reveal the weapon again, I shelved him. It's their own fault, and I doubt Hoyo would ever be kind enough to re-release it, or other event special items. After all, where's the money in that? :(

@@roberthake5349 At least make a rerun of his weapon in weapon banners because i'm tired of the bell, dragons bane and many other standard 4 star weapons keep appearing in many weapon banners, i already have too many copies of some of them

@@roberthake5349 I am in the same boat. Albedo is arguably my favourite character in Genshin, and I was so excited to finally get him. But I was so sad when I found out I missed out on his signature 4 star weapon right when I decided to take a break mainly because I was incredibly busy with studies for my exams at the time... I still love him, but I have mostly shelved him as well now because it really bothers me that I don't have the "full package" of my favourite character... And like the OP said, especially because Hoyoverse equips Albedo with the CS in his character trials...

He only brings particles when his blossom hits, i think either every 1 attack or 2

@@KindaMad958 It's a 66.6% chance to generate a particle per Blossom. He technically has the 3rd highest Geo particle generation potential, with the highest going to Geo Traveler and 2nd highest to C1 Zhongli, but Geo Traveler is impractical because no rotation is short enough to use their skill on cooldown and C1 Zhongli is impractical because he only generates more particles than Albedo when both pillars are consistently hitting an enemy.

You don't even need Gorou, mine consistently hits above the 30k's without Gorou on the team. (Geo bros comps)...tho, I do admit to have been very lucky with his artis.

​@@Egoistafixean albedo literally can't hit more than 30k without a debalance in crit rate/crit dmg

Bro it goes to 40k with gorou

Geo would still be mid if buffed to be solely a shieldbreaker but at this point ANY buff for geo is appreciated

@@zaraki942 if they are really dead set on making Geo an isolated the element, I feel that crystallize shields should be able to reduce elemental resistance of the corresponding element or rework Geo constructs to be more useful

@@f4llenleaves Geo’s dmg scaling is actually really high to compensate for the lack of offensive reactions, so dmg in itself is not a problem. As I mentioned tho, Geo falls behind because most enemies we’re fighting in abyss now have elemental armor or shields that Geo can’t break fast enough. So I proposed an idea having crystallize help in breaking such shields based on whatever element it absorbed, but does no true dmg to enemy’s hp. It will not only help Geo be more desirable without making it too OP, but also encourage running the usual mono-element teams Geo is distinguished for but now with a slight EM investment.

@@ghotifish1838 The 4-piece petra set works similarly, but instead of shredding resistance it buffs elemental dmg based on what crystallize absorbed. I believe the devs intended for the set to make Geo characters viable for dual-element teams, which could work if timed correctly but AGAIN is hard to pull off if you’re fighting against shielded enemies, since you’ll be grappling with the element you’ll want to crystallize and the element the shield consists of, making it a very inconsistent and thus unreliable mechanic. 😞

@@themaladaptiveotter ye that's actually where I got the idea from, as well as zhonglis resistance shred mechanic

pretty much just change him to hyd/pyr/cyr and he's immediately better

@@King_Jockey Heck, change him to Dendro and now he becomes broken. 100% dendro application uptime and EM share on burst? Like dayum, he can become a budget Nahida.

@@King_Jockey Yes and no. One of his perks is that he is a good 4th slot character for pretty much any team. And he can be this because he's geo. He's unlikely to muck up elemental reactions. If he was a useful element, that would change. So he'd be more powerful in certain teams (and potentially have some META use beyond "second best off-field geo for geo resonance"), but he'd also see use in fewer non-meta teams. Though, obviously, if he was hydro (best element) or dendro (very meta at the moment), he'd definitely come out ahead. electro would also be useful, because, well, dendro related interactions. Pyro or cryo, I think he'd be less useful overall.

@@Axterix13 The point you tell about him being Geo and then not enterfering in reaction is a solid point IMO. Of course most of team require the 4 full slots, but in few team that spec is important. For example, i use that specificity when I play him with zonghli yelan and yoimiya so i know yoimiya will vape her shot and still have the geo damages from albedo included in that said shot. I dont know if i'm being clear, english is not my native language lol. But all that to say that i think this point was kinda missed in the video and is something to really consider when puting albedo in a non-mono geo team and eventually make use of that elemental mastery buff :)

@@Axterix13 think Pyro Albedo would still be a better version of Dehya with him being a burgeon trigger or even utilizing vape quite well since his dmg is already good and even better with it

Easy solution to geo construct breakability: if physically destroyed, they should leave a geo outline of the construct, or a phantom construct. As phantom constructs, they lose their physical/tangible properties such as blocking attacks, being climb-able, being used as elevator. But they will not break and enemies will just phase through them. Phantom constructs will last for the entirety of their durarion and they will continue their non-tangible functions, such as Albedo’s flower will continue to procc isotoma explosions but can no longer be used as elevator, or Zhongli’s pillar will continue to pulse, but can no longer block attacks or be climb-able. Turrets from other elements don’t have breakability or summoning restrictions: Oz, Guoba, Yae Miko turrets, Yaoyao’s rabbit, Rosaria burst lance, Kokomi jellyfish, etc. Geo constructs should be treated the same way. And Phantom Geo constructs is the best way to fix the problem.

​@@froeloeif only they actually actually worked like this, it'd bump up the usability at least a tad 😭 Albedo's offield and team composition potential is crazy but geo as an element in a reaction based game is just holding him back

@@hatooniewoomy Crystallize is another issue of geo. Crystallize is a key to make Geo synergize well with other elements. If fixed, it will open up new doors in team compositions. my recommendations for crystallize: - maximum crystallize shards on field should be increased from 3 to 5. - if a crystallize shield breaks, there should be a small AoE dmg and will apply the element of the crystallize shield on at least 2-3 affected enemies. this way, crystallize can somehow spread elements too (although limited) just like Swirl. also, this way, Elemental Mastery would become a useful stat for geo characters because EM will affect the dmg of AoE crystallize explosion and would make crystallize shields stronger. - characters equipped with Archaic Petra (AP) should automatically absorb crystallize shards if they’re on field. Through this, geo characters can become viable support carriers of Archaic Petra (the supposedly equivalent of Viridescent Venerer). effectively, players won’t have to always rely on Anemo VV characters to increase elemental dmg. (Kazuha or Sucrose or Venti can take a break). either you choose to slot in a flex Anemo unit or a Geo unit. Anemo VV would provide Swirl, grouping, spreading of elemental aura & elemental resistance shred. Geo AP would provide shielding, spreading of elemental aura & elemental buff dmg. - I want these Crystallize improvements to be applied on Crystallize itself, and not applied on one kit of a Geo character. I want EVERY geo character to benefit from Crystallize. Geo is easy to improve imo. Hoyoverse is either lazy or doesn’t really want to improve Geo. I bet sales of Geo characters would increase significantly if only they’d improve Geo (Crystallize, Archaic Petra & Geo Constructs).

@@hatooniewoomy And then Hoyo can create a 5* Geo character (similar to Wanderer’s kit), where you get different buffs depending on the element that is Crystallized. Pyro crystallize would give Atk; Hydro crystallize gives HP & Healing; Electro crystallize gives ER & speed; Cryo crystallize gives Crit Rate. - i think Geo also deserves a reaction with Dendro. It’s so weird that these two elements don’t have a reaction. It’s earth/rock and plants. How is it that Hoyo can’t think of a reaction between Geo + Dendro? At least Geo should be able to react with Dendro Cores. i’d call it “Flourish” where vine constructs grow under enemies and lock them in place for some seconds. the reaction doesn’t have to do dmg. It can just be a utility reaction. Also, Genshin is an elemental reaction game. Reactions are core to the gameplay of Genshin. So might as well create reactions for all possible elemental combo: Geo + Anemo = Dust (lowers enemy attack accuracy) Anemo + Dendro = Pollinate (makes enemies confuse and attack fellow enemies) Dendro + Cryo = Wilt (decreases crit rate)

They just could add an crystalize shield explosion doing bloom/overload

Blooom/overload lvl of dmg

Copium moment

@@KleberDKurosaki That would work but I think it'd be a bit too similar. Maybe they could make the crystalize shields give an elemental dmg bonus based on em to whoever picks them up. Similar to kazuha. Or maybe crystalize cores could have their own transformative reactions. Maybe they could just give different stacking or flat bonuses. Hydro cores give hp, pyro cores give flat atk/atk%, electro lowers icd? or maybe gives an energy regen bonus. Dendro could be an em buff, which would work great with albedo, just stacking a ton of elemental mastery. No idea for anemo or cryo.

Which is weird to me that geo has no sub element user even though we have gods who are known for controlling stuff that would be counted as a sub element to geo(salt and dust being 2 examples) like we went through the entirety of sumeru,a nation mostly covered by sand without a single sand bender,hell,without a single geo unit in sight,like if water and cold water are cou ted as their own separate elements then geo sure as hell can have some sub element users or an element modifier unit like nilou

that's not really true ? I mean, i use it all the time in every situation, appart from that sh*tty hydro boss where you can't put any geo structure, that is not really a problem imo. Like, you just have to put that flower aside and not in the boss' way, and if it eventually break it, the cd is so low you can easily put it back. Plus lot of boss have a staggered phase where they are stunned and do nothing and when people tend to use all of the burst from their team, and at this moment the flower is then un breakable since the boss doesnt move. And when you are used to the surprising lift you find in your way in a fight that you did not mean to take, i find it funny and use it to make a plunge attack right away, it usually give me a slight boost in damage for an attack. But the fact that i find it funny might be a personal thing and i can understand if you dont like it. The biggest issue if imo that he can not trigger his flower on abyssal mage shield and things like that

yeah, if u hold his skill it should be a elevator and if u dont it should be normal

I wish Geo has *Phantom Constructs.* Let me explain. Aside from what was already discussed in the video, Albedo can be inefficient also because of the Geo Construct mechanic. Not just Albedo, but for all Geo characters with construct mechanics. I hate that geo constructs get destroyed so easily upon casting near big enemies/bosses or can’t be summoned on certain terrains, whereas turrets from other elements (such as Yae turrets, Oz, Guoba, DMC burst flower plant, Rosaria’s lance, etc) can be summoned without the restrictions that geo constructs have. It would be nice if Geo Constructs, once destroyed, leave a *phantom construct* that will continue doing their non-tangible functions, but they’d lose their physical properties or tangible features such as blocking attacks or being climb-able or being used as elevator. This way, we can truly enjoy and use Geo Constructs that same way we do with turrets from other elements. Albedo’s flower can continue proccing isotoma explosions, zhongli’s pillar can continue pulsing, Ningguang’s jade screen can continue giving elemental resistance and geo dmg bonus. Albedo is pretty much useless if his flower thing is destroyed. but a Phantom Geo Construct would maintain his usefulness even if his “physical/tangible” Geo Construct get destroyed. Hoyoverse really didn’t think through carefully enough when they made Geo Constructs. The Geo Construct mechanic have been long abandoned since.

he buffs em w his burst so he works well w quicken

@@sukuna69420. And then crystalize Electro? Might work with him having Petra... xD

There are some rumors that he will come back only in summer 2024, like Eula in 2023

Yeah, but still, the fact its been 11 versions since we saw him, just kills me a little.

@@magicalduckye2356well, not the first time

They could release Susbedo with different element.

​​@@Gnidelol I'll never forget Susbedo. Sucks we didn't get a 3rd Dragonspine event this time around 😕. Hopefully we see Susbedo again soon.

isn't he Joels dad now?

I feel like if Albedo had come out later he most certainly would’ve been Dendro.

@@thegreatBarbossa That is the implication, yes. But nothing was stated outright.

and the geo crystals are a free interruption resistance. he's a very good off-field sub dps

Same, i still use him to this day and the story how i got him is arguably a nail biter. I was close to pity and only 10 mins left on his banner and in the last ten pull i could scrape together with my beginner freemogems i got him twice now i am waiting to get him c2. Albedo is still a valuable part in most of my teams with his good dmg and him beeing flexibel enough

Ye hes garbage and worse than fqing lisa pre 3.0 without spindle

Not happening, best you'll get is a Modifier like Nilou. hopefully. :C

☠️ me who has his weapon but doesn't have him

cant believe he doesnt have one :/

i'd say just bring his limited weapon back. making it his bis and restricting all the players who didn't do the event from it is so unreal 💀

Pulled both of them and have zero regrets.

Have none of them and full of regrets ( only for yelan tho)

I was gonna pull for Albedo but Yelan came out and glad I didn't commit more primos to him. He's not that valuable honestly

@@paulyvii Valuable is subjective, pulled for him not because he's strong, but because now my Klee can be with his brother~

Have only Albedo and zero regrets

Like this is a big Problem for him. While his EM buff is nice: Casting his burst is sometimes really questionable in tight rotations and soemtimes not worth it because the on field time extents the rotation so much that it's overall an damage loss or to get the burst consistent you have to play so much ER that it cuts in his damage which gives worse results in the end. It's super sad

Took a second to figure out what Side 2 was LOL

I am still confused about side 2

@geode5224 from the anime overlord. There is a character named albedo in it.

DanielFerrieri ???

damn thats true but something about pulling for him tells me its better for him to stay how how he is right now maybe with big buffs in the future

Crystalize should at least be able to break shields similarly to how swirl does. It's infuriating how much my Itto struggles with abyss heralds and lecters cause of their shield phase.

@@thegreatBarbossa Atleast Itto E generate some energy. Noelle generate 0 energy and for some reason enemy with shield can't proc favonius weapon. Noelle is only usable on floor 11-12 during Itto or Eula rerun. Crystalize should have stacked and once it reach like 3 max it's gonna explode and break shield or something like that.

@@Tanubtanu well you can't do damage to a shield, and i mean "numbered damage", so you can't know when you've done a crit hit, because, well like i said, you can't hit the enemy itself behind it, and the shields don't have your traditional health bars, so you just can't activate the perk. which should be common knowledge but it's alright lol.

😂 that's actually the element of his imposter brother! You can turn him temporarily into cryo using Chongyun if you have his constellation

@@chockitkat3776 normal attacking susbedo shatter build 💪 albedo shenhe chongyun kokomi lol

Happy birthday to you too ^^

happy birthday!!!

Merry Birth

I feel like if they make the damage of these explosions high enough (possibly on par with burgeon?) Geo supports like albedo will be really good (especially if the crystal explosions scale on EM)

They could do so many cool things with geo! Hydro + geo = mud to slow down enemies; geo + anemo = dust storm; geo + pyro = oh god rocks too hot; geo + cryo = something similar to hail. Pls hyv, we geo mains are suffering

Name one fqing idiot

​@@sweetstacks3631geo=rock not a fqing earth learn first

@@ziebus904 Dirt and soil is what happens when rocks erode and the particles mix with other stuff, but go off

Use ant fqing other characters

The only time they did that was with tartaglia😔

Please let me know if you've realised this, because I genuinely think he's a viable flex option 😭😭 I refuse to let him be forgotten

Ye 15k offield....Define garbage