Why NO ONE Plays: Itto | Genshin Impact 

I pray they make Chiori the miracle support that enables using two other elements in Itto teams. I wanna see my boy back in the meta

I think the main issue a lot of people have with Itto is how much you have to invest into OTHER character for HIM to be good

You can basically make a list of characters who weren't buffed by Furina and that will be a large majority of the underperforming characters.

been an itto main since he came out and proud to say im one of the 12 geo enjoyers out there hes just so fun to play and max crushed his role as the va for him

Itto's biggest problem isn't him, it's Gorou. If Itto got a new support that doesn't rely on Mono Geo to work, he would immediately go up a tier, maybe more. He's so close to being great, but that just isn't the case right now. That said, I do think that similar to Xiao, the "Why No One Plays" title doesn't really fit him, since he's still quite the popular character. For the people that do have his team built up, he tends to be a popular choice even against the competition, due to not stealing supports and his ability to get through any content that isn't a Geo Slime. Bosses, two-target, multi-wave, he's good enough for anything, despite his issues. A huge part of why Itto remains popular among the playerbase that you didn't mention is his amazing personality and voice work (at least in English, I can't comment on the other dubs). There's a reason he shows up in so many events, it's because people love the big guy. His fun dialogue and the 11/10 performance by Max Mittelman make him a joy to see on screen. He's the hilarious himbo big bro of the cast, and people love him for it, so they use him in spite of his issues.

Tbh there really needs to be a real savior of geo. People say navia saved the geo element but in reality she only saved herself from being another niche geo unit. We need a geo unit who can not only buff geo units but also works with the other elements. That would be a true savior of geo and our prayers lies on chiori where she will be a geo unit and save itto from being beaten up more by navia and noelle

Having him can be fun but the fact that mono geo is essentially the only way you can get full value off of him is just too much to do. As an Itto main, he’s incredibly fun to play but without Gorou and your other geo units being there, he’s not as strong. That and having a domain that is specifically tailored for geo defense units makes it more of a hassle to invest into him and your other units for his team

Itto was the whole reason I came back to Genshin after dropping it before 1.1 My best friend showed me his leaks and from October 2021 until his release in 2.3, I powerfarmed for him and got him and even his Redhorn, without spending money. I built my gorou, Zhongli, and respec-ed my Bennett and Itto was the only reason I could 36 star the abyss now before Fontaine. I don't use him as much now because I have Neuvillette and Wriothesley and Furina, but I still use him and will always love everything about him.

Either way, Itto is the goofiest character in the game and I love him for that.

Correction, 10:56 mona is actually AMAZING on itto. I usually run him with gorou, mona and zhongli, and they work perfectly well. Itto causing shatter wouldn’t be a problem because it isnt a freeze team in the first place.

Something I hope for in Natlan is that claymore DPS’s get the support they should have had for a while so Ara-Arataki and End User License Agreement finally get pulled out of the pit they’re stuck in

Honestly I know Itto’s not a top tier anymore, but I just love his playstyle so much. Will continue to be a mainstay of my abyss just because there aren’t many problems you can’t solve by bonking something really hard. Also, I agree that he needs a Faruzan-adjacent support, makes a great point there.

Itto was one of the reasons I started playing Genshin. His geo team was my dream team and I'm happy that I achieved it. Investing on him is kinda tough since you need to either get his signature weapon, build his supports and farm his niche BiS artifact set. More casual players will find that difficult and even most of the pro players will opt to use other characters who are easy to build and more versatile. However, fully investing on him (again including his supports such as a c6 Gorou) isn't that bad and is still rewarding as his team can still somewhat compete. The changes in abyss blessing, mobs and mechanics are what I think makes him fall off especially now that we have Furina and that it's difficult to slot her in his team. As a dedicated Itto main myself, I still find him enjoyable and I'm still gonna play him even if I get other dps chars.

as an “i don’t care about meta” player, i am a geo enthusiast. my first ever 5* was albedo, my strongest character ever is itto, and i pull for every geo character without even blinking. i am a very casual and lazy player. i’ve been playing since the patch numbers started with “1” and i still haven’t completely cleared spiral abyss because i genuinely just don’t care about it😭 i love my geos! edit: by the rare chance anyone sees this, i do have the ability to clear spiral abyss because I DO pull for more than just geos and i build them all, i’m just really lazy and prefer to just pretend like it doesn’t exist at all😭

Let's just pray that Chiori does something for him, or the element as a whole, since we know Hoyo wont rework it despite it being inherently flawed

I don't like re-use characters in multiple teams because I like to use many gameplay so that didn't bother me to build a team for him. And I don't regret, he's very fun and really strong

I was long aware this video was coming. I'm sure it will be great as always. Thankfully, I'm at such point with my account that I can pull characters simply because I like them.

This is not the video I wanted to see. I absolutely love the One and Oni Arataki Itto

I've had Itto and his signature weapon ever since his first banner, he still carried me with demolishing everything in spiral abyss until I quit the game a few months ago due to being burnt out and bored of the content. I do have him at c1, and he's a really powerful character against enemies that continuously come out. But the issue with him isn't just his team being mono Geo, it's also because you really need his signature weapon to deal massive amounts of damage. I also have Neuvillette with his signature weapon too, and his almost as powerful as my Itto team, by JUST himself and Venti. Both are good characters, but Itto NEEDS his signature weapon and team dedicated to him

Itto could heal the ennemies and i'd still use him over everyone else anyday of the week His voice and character are just too good to pass because of ''mediocre damage'' And frankly his gameplay is so satisfying , being not too complicated not too simple, just soul touching pummel after pummel

Looking at the triangle of Noelle, Itto, and Gorou just highlights the bigger fundamental problem that Geo has, not counting Navia. Itto doesn't have to be locked behind mono geo, but the fact that the one who can lift him up (Gorou) is, inherently ties him down as well. Def scaling isn't inherently bad, but it can't reach the same heights that hp scaling characters can achieve without buffs due to the nature of the DEF stat and its abundance in the game, especially external buffs. Honestly very well written analysis. In terms of popularity, Itto is still definitely up there when it comes to the more popular male cast, but it's really just hard to justify pulling for him as well with no guarantee you're even going to get gorou, and gorou is only the start to making Itto a worthwhile unit.

Now that i think of it, yunjin was a missed chance to buff itto too, but she only buffs normal attacks, of course buffing charged attacks too would have opened a pandora box on it's time

Albedo just need his e to not be cancelled by a boss walking on it 💀

It's surreal seeing a why no one plays video on a character I use all the time

The thing is Itto lacks broken supports. C6 Gorou is good but isn’t at the lvl of someone like C6 Faruzan.

C6 Itto here. He is always first pick. Never gonna fail any content. Not even enemies that immune to Geo. Because his last team member never Albedo, but either Yelan / Ayaka / Furina

I think Itto's main problem is that nothing can buff him: he has already got a dedicated support, a weapon and an artifact set, while he hasn't been buffed by characters like nahida and Furina. The only buff he can get is a better geo sub dps than Albedo but that would buff noelle and maybe Navia as well

geo was always the "yellow physical", navia just recently changed that a little bit, but i still think that they need to make a new geo reaction

A good way to buff Mono Geo would be a support capable of converting crystals into Damage Bonuses for the entire team, Gorou's Burst even has a function of sucking nearby crystals to complement it.

Honestly the baseline for what I sincerely hope Chiori brings is healing, if she heals, then not only does that significantly improve Navia’s gameplay, but it makes Itto a viable user of Furina, Furina would boost Itto’s numbers like crazy, she provides a load of damage bonus which, when Itto is paired with the Marechausse Hunter set, he needs a lot of From there, Chiori can do anything positive and that’s just gravy, reduces enemies Geo RES? Amazing, replaces Zhongli entirely for Itto. Deals good Geo DMG? Great, now we have Albedo too. Boosts stats? Again, good, but even if she’s just a weaker Geo Baizhu we’re still getting a lot I just hope they don’t make her a damage dealer, PLEASE don’t make her a damage dealer, Geo does not need a damage dealer and I don’t want to wait another year to get a Geo Support

It's an absolute scam that you need 3 geo to get the full c6 gorou buff. Meanwhile Sara, Faru, and even Mika give their c6 buff out the box

Reject Elemental Reactions, Return to Unga Bunga!

I knew this day would eventually come and I still don't think I'm mature enough to objectively view this video😢. I will never not be playing Itto.

The funny thing about the pool image is that Eula doesn’t interfere with hyperbloom due to her low cryo application, and Furina buffing Mika buffs Eula as well, so in some senses, Eula has received more buffs than Itto.

I stopped playing my Mono Geo Itto team in Abyss coz it made getting 36 stars way too brain dead easy.

My issue with Itto when he was released was: Why should i use him over Noelle? His damage it better for sure but Noelle just simply fills healer, shielder and carry in one package allowing you to fill the rest with only buffers which basically balances out Ittos damage if not outscale him. And now with Furina, she just out right outclass him in everything.

I still use him in open world and abyss. He is a fricking tank and powerhouse and super fun to play imo

as a yakuzer fan the music made me like like a dragon

why no one plays itto? you might as well ask why no one plays geo. and everyone knows thats because mhy left the whole element to rot. sure we have navia now but she, just like itto, relies on raw numbers. they just gave up on making geo do anything relevant ig just wait and we will get another geo dps eventually whos only purpose is dealing bigger numbers than navia

Infusion Burst-centric characters are just so difficult to use because in the overworld, most enemies perish from a simple character rotation, so then by the time you get to said character, you can't use their Burst on anyone because they're dead, or you use it for a second and have to go through the whole shebang of building up their energy. The majority of players don't play Spiral Abyss, which is where these characters, on paper, shine the best. But because Spiral Abyss is an optimatizaton check, if said character's and supporting team member's artifacts are not optimized to Burst off cooldown or be able to stay on field for their entire duration, they are literal dead weight. I ran into these problems with Xiao because while he is strong, so many things have to go right for him to shine. Meanwhile for characters like Yelan, I can just press some E and some Q and she does exactly what she needs to do. This is also why off-field characters tend to be better than stictly on-field characters. Raiden Shogun is an exception to this Infusion Burst-centric character because she can provide utility off field. She's not dead weight if she doesn't have her energy requirements off cooldown. Genshin's playstyle just does not favor on field these characters most of the time. They need to be more like Neuv, Al, Navia, and to a slightly lesser extent, Keqing and Ganyu where their Burst simply enhances their playstyle instead of being entirely revolved around it. Edit: Heck, I'd even say most of these character's issues would be solved if their Burst acted more like Noelle's, and persisted even when switched off field Now, you may also mention Cyno, who is doing the best out of these Infusion Burst characters atm, but that has less to do with Cyno's traits and more of the fact that Nahida is arguably the best character in the game. He nearly requires two to three other (limited) 5 stars to shine, which is more against him than in favor for him.

They can never make me hate you itto. my beloved oni since day 1💞

a lot of the reason is also that geo as an element is terrible, and our current abyss really doesn't help at all. fontaine abyss cycles have been really focused on requiring a specific element, either hydro or pyro or electro, and geo is really bad at shredding either. the reason navia works is because she actively encourages you to not use other geos with her

I am the 1% that still runs Itto for Spiral Abyss every reset he'll always be my boy but if another character comes around to give him even better support boy we are gonna be cooking!!!

I hope Chiori makes Itto better

New theme: will Chiori save monogeo?

This is my time to shine as the last few itto user, bad time for the vid cause this was the first time in a long while where itto was actually viable for abyss with his main team (mono geo). Mind you, my itto is basically as good as you can get (c2 itto) without c6-ing him, and I still had to wait for like a year to use him again in abyss lol. But nonetheless, sad to see he is not that viable as his gameplay is still in my opinion the most fun braindead gameplay you can get in genshin.

Thanks for this video it made me appreciate my cracked itto even more. Itto is still my precious boy and i love him and his kit so much and i feel lucky that i just optimized him to the point of him being op and comfortable. Itto is a true underdog beast of genshin and im all for it dawg

Noelle carried me through the majority of early game content, and because I found her so much fun to play, I heavily invested into her, I pulled Albedo for Geo resonance, and later pulled Gorou and Yunjin to further buff her since the total damage output was a little bit better than my other favorite team, Double Geo + Double Electro, at the time. Itto coming out seemed like a significant improvement over Noelle, but it became clear very quickly that without C4 Gorou, the lack of good healing options is a big issue with Itto. (Zhongli would normally be a good alternative for this, but at the time, we had just seen the introduction of the Electro/Geo Wolves that sapped your HP through Zhong's shields.) Despite doing less damage overall, Noelle's jack-of-all-trades nature makes her immensely more comfortable to play, and her synergy with Furina makes her a no-brainer over Itto now...

I have my Itto team on speed dial when I just don't want to think about the combat. When I see that sigil flash behind Itto, I just hold the attack button and see what's left.

the reason why i dont play itto is because i dont have him YET

Ittos kit was a shortsighted update to Noelle that attempted to update the generalist tank playstyle of Noelle into a main DPS. The issue being Noelle is arguably easier to invest in for long time players and thanks to Furina her damage is at least on par with Itto, making him already threatened in his role as the main Geo DPS and then Navia came in with a steel fucking chair.

i still loove my itto to pieces he still hits like a truck and can clear Abyss easily asa long as theres no elemental shields but my itto is only like this because he has his signature and C2 and a tonne of resin dumped into the husk domain for most players it just isnt worth it overall

THE ONE AND ONI ARATAKI ITTO

Just because you dont play him doesn't mean no one else does

This is a fair video, and logically it makes sense. However, HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO MY BOY!

this dude has like the best game analysis in both genshin and league

It's funny, I have his weapon, Albedo, C6 Gorou, Zhongli... All of them built around Itto. He does 60k with each hit on burst, he does AMAZINGLY GOOD. Yet I don't use him... I hope he gets some resurgence so I can be motivated to use him again because I adore this goofy guy

Me who pulled for him just because im down horrendous…

10:57 Itto can actually use Mona. They don’t have crazy synergy but she definitely works.

I've been an Itto main since 3.3 and I still love him so much. I have him c4 with Redhorn + I'm saving for his c6 right now. I don't really care if he's not as good as he used to be, since characters like Navia compete with him. My Itto hits amazingly good and he'll remain my main until the end of Genshin. He's my favorite character and that will never change :) Plus, I want to add something. I wouldn't always say Gorou is useless if you don't play Itto or Noelle. Sure, those are the characters he shines the best with, but many people also use him for a machine gun build. Same goes with Albedo, use him even if you don't have the characters he shines the best with. At the end of the day, just pull for the characters you like. Scew meta :)

Why i only play itto🥵 If Chiori end up being a healer and geo buffer like the leakers say Itto will rise again, with Furina, Gorou C6 and the marechausee hunter set on him is looking really good, i will pull for Furina in the rerun only because of that😂

I still use my c4r1 Itto since his release. Theres no abyss he cannot complet with full stars, people just miss the oportunity to unga-bunga any boss without reactions, just unga-bunga.

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i am an itto main, and im very proud. he’s one of my favourite characters and he has been carrying my team for 2-3 years with high dmg, and without gorou or any character that boosts his dmg

Would a Geo team healer help him? Definitely would enable Furina to be more accessible. Especially if that healer has other abilities that can support him.

5:27 funnily enough I have, so when itto came out I really didnt care much for his gameplay and way prefered noelle mostly for the swap out flexibility. So I sohewhow got a C6 gorou (honestly forgot how) and build him to support my C6 noelle mono geo, whenever content REALLY wanted geo I brought out that team (or floors 9-11 a few times for the lols) its worked fine Edit: ok you mentioned noelle damn

I think you got the team thing wrong. Itto's mono geo team actually doesn't revolve around Itto. It revolves around Gorou, who perfectly buffs both Itto AND Albedo. So Itto DOES have a team. He just happens to be one of Gorou's minions that can be fitted in. If anything, Gorou just needs a DEF-scaling sustain/sub DPS that can replace Zhongli (that is better than Xinyan). If anything, we need more DEF-scaling characters from other elements that can be Itto's fellow minions.

To sum up the video, people play al haitham because his biceps are bigger than itto

who is no one ?

Still waiting for the why no One plays dori that vars promised

Itto honestly is the biggest example as to why YunJin not buffing charged attacks was so dumb

I still use him because claymore characters are awesome and I really like C6'ing my claymore characters.

Just going to mention that Xiao is now supposed to be getting a SECOND buffer in the form of Cloud Retainer (plunge atk buffer) next patch even though he just got Faruzan last year. Its upsetting as someone who used to main him but just couldnt anymore since I didnt have his proper team (which includes THREE 5 stars) and most of my other units surpassed him

If we get a geo charged attack buffer/healer Itto's back in business.

That geo chick that deals with clothing that we have in event leak. She boosts geo damage muliplayer (in other words she is similar like shenhe), but will drain the defense of all the party when doing it (i guess because she is a clotier and she removes clothes or something). So she is made as anti-itto.

noodle arms also not enough rule34

I love Itto as a character; but I can't justify the amount of work his team would take to underperform, so Ive never pulled him despite my appreciation for the sweet himbo he is

The main issue is that geo as an element is bad because it lacks reactions, and Navia hasn't fixed it, Navia only uses other elements to receive simple attack buffs and ignore reactions. And let's remember another reason why almost no one plays Itto. He hasn't been in any banners in all of 2023. It's been over 400 days since the last Itto rerun banner, and the same for Gorou and Albedo. And they won't be coming in the next two months either, so who knows when. Eula suffered something similar in the past, but no four stars ever had this problem. Many people never had the chance to wish for Itto, and others who did like me are waiting forever to get Gorou or Redhorn. Gorou is officially the rarest 4* in the game, impossible to get in events, impossible to get in the store, and over 400 days without banners. I have Itto and Albedo, but I can't play them because I don't have Redhorn or Gorou constellations, and I don't know when I'll have the chance to fix it. Obviously people are getting fed up and the geo dudes banner will have terrible sales when it arrives. Old players are tired of waiting, and new players will know it's a bad choice.

No one?? I main him proly I'm one of those few

yea itto does got powercreapt by dendro and fontain. navia isn't better than itto in my opinion as she is very niche. also you can run itto in different teams to the argument he can only run in strict full geo teams isn't correct as you can clear content by not running in mono geo that is zhongli,itto,garou, raiden, as per my experience itto only needs zhongli and garou and garou doesn't even needs cons to work well and his artifacts are also easy. and considering anyone pulling for itto will atleast get a c0 garou. and for the forth unit you can basically run anything like raiden, fischl, yae, furina etc. he's one of the easiest character build. tbh there isn't anything wrong with him its just genshin which will continue to be like this where old dps unit will be left alone eating dust and we might think those units are bad or have some flaw in them when in reality there is nothing wrong with them its just that we have new toys to play and why should we use old characters when we have new one unless old units are insane support or sub dps like benni or xiangling who will not be powercreapt that easily. i feel like its important to mention in your these "why no one play" videos that the character is old this also the reason why no one play them. because that day isn't that far when we will see a video why no one play plays al haitham lol.

What are you on about my guy? I clear abyss with Itto almost always. Do you have the character? Do you play him? Do you play any of these characters in: "Why NO ONE Plays"? What are you basing on all these arguments? Who are these "no one" ? You ? If you want to play Itto, you can. If you want to clear with him, you can. If you want high damage, you can. And no, there is no high investment. Feels like you are scraping on the bottom of the barrel at this point with these. As a f2p player I had no problem getting him and making a strong team.

The most annoying part is definitely the fact that Itto can only be realistically ran with mono/triple geo, which mostly always includes gorou/albedo/zhongli. I wish they released more geo 4 star supports or 5 star supports that don't SPECIFICALLY only work for itto, and have their own standing, but definitely can help buff Itto in the end. I don't have enough wishes as a f2p who also took a year long break, and I have to run itto with gorou, yun jin, and bennett.

genshin needs like 10+ more geo units. Needing atleast 2 more geo characters to be built just so you can use your favourite geo character hurts

Reason I don't play him, I already have noelle with red horn and I can't stand his character OwO

It's fine Ittobros soon enough we'll get our busted geo supports. No copium here at all

I have all of Ittos supports built and waiting. I have wished on him on every single run he had and lost on all. If I lose once more I will also lose my mind. Gorou and Albedo are rotting in a corner atp. Someone please send help.

at least Noelle gives team healing and a shield (for herself during her on field time)

I have C6 Itto by accident for my C6 Gorou and Shinobu

I have a c1 Itto because I was trying to go for Kuki and got him twice in 40 pulls with 0 pity and dispite that and building him really well I have never used him because I don't have Gorou and that is the glue to the team that makes it viable

Unpopular opinion but gorou gatekeeps geo if he was like faruzan just without cc itto would be 100% better

I hate that powercreep exists in games like these. I understand that when a new character comes out they have to draw ppl in with something and bigger damage is the number 1 way to do it. But thats sort of “kills” the earlier characters.

there's talks of Chiori fulfilling the exact role Itto is missing

Because now we have Navia

Cuz Noelle is just superior today thanks to Furina Albedo, Furina, Yelan and Noelle is my fav comfy team. The team is super tanky and have decent DMG both on single target and AOE, just switch Yelan to Gorou when hydro resist or against AOE situation. Unless you have high cons Itto, Noelle team is just better in any situation

LETS GOOOOOOOO MORE ITTO FOR ME

As soon as I saw this title , curse you vars, for talking about arattaki numero 1 itto

As one of the last 12 Itto mains. This video causes me pain. I main Itto, and I always will. Nothing will ever change that. I don't care if a character is meta or not. I care about if they are fun to play or not.

Hoyo releasing buff Itto skin would fix all his problems

"the only people on this planet who have gorou leveled up and geared up are those who play itto" CLENCHES MY ALBEDO VERY HARDLY

Got it. Itto and Goro are like Tien and Chiaotzu from DBZ