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Ayaka Shenhe Freeze

Steno#0119

C0

R5

Kamisato Ayaka

C0

R3

Shenhe

C0

R3

Kaedehara Kazuha

C0

R5

Sangonomiya Kokomi
Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Ayaka, Shenhe, Kazuha, Kokomi, AoE, Freeze, Grouping, Snapshot, Hypercarry
Pros
  • Very high single target and AoE DPS
  • Heavily frontloaded damage
  • Strong grouping through Freeze and Kazuha
  • Does not use high profile 4 stars (Bennett, Xingqiu, etc.)
  • Counters all elemental shields except Cryo
Cons
  • Full limited 5 star team, one of the most expensive teams in the game
  • Struggles against mobile bosses (Maguu Kenki, PMA, Thunder Manifestation)
  • High frontloaded hypercarry damage struggles against multi-wave content or HP gates (Maguu Kenki)

C0

Kamisato Ayaka

C0

Shenhe

C0

Kaedehara Kazuha

C0

Sangonomiya Kokomi
Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
Sheet
Ayato Reaction Soup Fischl

Kol

C0

R1

Kamisato Ayato

C6

R1

Fischl

C0

R1

Kaedehara Kazuha

C6

R1

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Ayato, Fischl, Kazuha, Bennett, Soup, Multi-Target
Pros
  • Strong AoE with Ayato and Kazuha
  • Reaction spam requires little thought
  • Ayato's range allows him to strike targets from within Bennett's field comfortably
Cons
  • Bennett's field restricts movement
  • Requires dodging or tanking due to lack of defensive abilities apart from Bennett's healing

C0

Kamisato Ayato

C6

Fischl

C0

Kaedehara Kazuha

C6

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
Sheet
Ayato Reaction Soup Raiden

Kol

C0

R1

Kamisato Ayato

C0

R5

Raiden Shogun

C0

R1

Kaedehara Kazuha

C6

R1

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Ayato, Raiden Shogun, Kazuha, Bennett, Soup, Multi-Target
Pros
  • High AoE potential with Ayato, Kazuha and Raiden
  • Reaction spam requires little thought
  • Reduced energy costs with Raiden
  • Ayato's range allows him to strike targets from within Bennett's field comfortably
Cons
  • Longer rotation with Raiden reduces DPS
  • Difficulty swirling both Electro and Hydro
  • Requires dodging or tanking due to lack of defensive abilities apart from Bennett's healing

C0

Kamisato Ayato

C0

Raiden Shogun

C0

Kaedehara Kazuha

C6

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
Sheet
Childe Xiangling Vaporise (Sucrose)

Xreejan#1180

C0

R1

Tartaglia

C6

R5

Xiangling

C6

R5

Sucrose

C5

R1

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Difficult
Childe, Tartaglia, Ajax, Xiangling, Bennett, Sucrose, Dual Carry, Single Target
Pros
  • Flexible rotations
  • Balanced between high burst damage and sustained damage
  • Scales well with gear and constellations
  • Not hard countered by any content in the game
  • One of the easiest team to get into speedrunning with
Cons
  • Tartaglia is easily interruptible
  • Requires players to manage Tartaglia's stance duration
  • Needs proper energy management during downtime
  • Requires popular supports

C0

Tartaglia

C6

Xiangling

C6

Sucrose

C5

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Difficult
Details
Sheet
Diluc Double Hydro Zhongli

Reens

C0

R1

Diluc

C0

R1

Yelan

C6

R4

Xingqiu

C0

R5

Zhongli
No Healing
Shielding
Medium
Diluc, Xingqiu, Yelan, Zhongli, Vaporize, Single Target
Pros
  • Does not rely on Bennett, freeing him up for other teams
  • Consistent DPS during Diluc's field time
  • DPS is spread between 3 members, making artifact investment more resin efficient
Cons
  • Damage is primarily single target due to reliance on Yelan and Xingqiu's Elemental Bursts
  • Diluc Burst can knock away enemies

C0

Diluc

C0

Yelan

C6

Xingqiu

C0

Zhongli
No Healing
Shielding
Medium
Details
Sheet
Diluc Vaporize

XF3

C0

R1

Diluc

C6

R3

Xingqiu

C0

R5

Zhongli

C5

R1

Bennett
Some Healing
Shielding
Easy
Diluc, Xingqiu, Bennett, Kazuha, Vaporize, Single Target
Pros
  • Easy to play and low room for error
  • Consistent DPS during Diluc's field time
Cons
  • Reliant on standing in Bennett's Burst
  • Only two real sources of damage

C0

Diluc

C6

Xingqiu

C0

Zhongli

C5

Bennett
Some Healing
Shielding
Easy
Details
Sheet
Eula Fischl Beidou

Sitri

C0

R1

Eula

C6

R1

Fischl

C6

R5

Beidou

C6

R1

Diona
Some Healing
Shielding
Difficult
Eula, Fischl, Beidou, Diona, Sustain Damage, Auto Weaving
Pros
  • Fantastic damage vs 2-3 targets
  • Damage is more consistent with Eula sacrificing personal damage in exchange for Beidou's contribution
  • Biedou's damage reduction with Diona's shielding gives enough durability to face tank most enemies
Cons
  • One of the harder Eula teams to play
  • Requires weaving normal attacks in-between skill casts to effectively use Beidou's damage
  • Struggles vs one target

C0

Eula

C6

Fischl

C6

Beidou

C6

Diona
Some Healing
Shielding
Difficult
Details
Sheet
Eula Raiden Beidou

Sitri

C0

R1

Eula

C0

R5

Raiden Shogun

C6

R5

Beidou

C6

R1

Diona
Some Healing
Shielding
Very Difficult
Eula, Raiden, Beidou, Diona, Dual Carry, Sustain Damage, Auto Weaving, Long Rotation
Pros
  • Fantastic damage vs 2-3 targets
  • Damage is more consistent with Eula sacrificing personal damage in exchange for Beidou's contribution
  • Biedou's damage reduction with Diona's shielding gives enough durability to face tank most enemies
Cons
  • One of the hardest Eula teams to play
  • Requires weaving normal attacks in-between skill casts to effectively use Beidou's damage
  • Has a longer rotation to memorize
  • Struggles when there is only one enemy

C0

Eula

C0

Raiden Shogun

C6

Beidou

C6

Diona
Some Healing
Shielding
Very Difficult
Details
Sheet
Eula Raiden Lisa TTDS

Sitri

C0

R1

Eula

C0

R5

Raiden Shogun

C0

R5

Lisa

C6

R1

Diona
Some Healing
Some Shielding
Easy
Eula, Raiden, Lisa, Diona, Dual Carry, AoE, Burst, Backloaded Damage
Pros
  • Easy to execute
  • Doesn't use high profile 4 stars (Bennett, XQ, etc.)
Cons
  • Using ttds on Lisa prevents funneling particles to Eula, thus raising Eula's energy requirements

C0

Eula

C0

Raiden Shogun

C0

Lisa

C6

Diona
Some Healing
Some Shielding
Easy
Details
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Eula Triple Cryo

Sitri

C0

R1

Eula

C6

R1

Fischl

C6

R1

Rosaria

C6

R1

Diona
Some Healing
Some Shielding
Easy
Eula, Fischl, Rosaria, Diona, Easy
Pros
  • Easy to execute
  • Doesn't use high profile 4 stars (Bennett, XQ, etc.)
  • Leverages Cryo resonance's crit buff with Rosaria and Diona's off field application
  • Resin efficient to farm for as Eula and Fischl use artifacts from the same domain
Cons
  • Dependent on enemies standing within Rosaria and Diona's burst to gain 15% crit

C0

Eula

C6

Fischl

C6

Rosaria

C6

Diona
Some Healing
Some Shielding
Easy
Details
Sheet
Ganyu Xiangling Bennett Zhongli Melt

CC

C0

R5

Ganyu

C6

R3

Xiangling

C6

R3

Bennett

C0

R5

Zhongli
Some Healing
Shielding
Medium
Ganyu, Xiangling, Bennett, Zhongli, Single Target, Reverse Melt, F2P Gears, Aimed Shots
Pros
  • Tucked in a thick shield and healing making it very comfortable to play
  • Half of the units (Ganyu and Zhongli) don't have ER requirements that lets them focus solely on building offensive and defensive stats respectively
Cons
  • Locked into using two Favonius weapons as a minimum
  • Half of the units (Xiangling and Bennett) have extremely high ER requirements which makes building harder
  • Has no grouping

C0

Ganyu

C6

Xiangling

C6

Bennett

C0

Zhongli
Some Healing
Shielding
Medium
Details
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Ganyu Rosari Mona Freeze

CC

C0

R5

Ganyu

C6

R3

Rosaria

C0

R5

Mona

C0

R3

Venti
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Ganyu, Rosaria, Venti, Mona, Quickswap, Multi-Target, Sustained, Freeze, F2P Gears
Pros
  • Very good damage against 2 or more enemies that are freezable and can be crowd controlled by Venti's Burst
  • Majority of the time is spent in iframes and with enemies frozen making it very comfy
  • Made up of units that are highly specialized for freeze and aren't highly contested for as a result
Cons
  • Has noticeably lower DPS ceiling compared to other Ganyu Freeze variations fully composed of limited and standard 5-star characters
  • Swaps need to be done as fast as possible
  • Healing may not be enough for some people
  • Performs worse in certain situations such as against non-freezable enemies, bosses, and pure single target scenarios

C0

Ganyu

C6

Rosaria

C0

Mona

C0

Venti
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
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Ganyu Shenhe Kokomi Freeze

CC

C0

R5

Ganyu

C0

R3

Shenhe

C0

R3

Venti

C0

R5

Sangonomiya Kokomi
Healing
No Shielding
Difficult
Ganyu, Shenhe, Venti, Kokomi, Quickswap, Multi-Target, Sustained, Freeze, F2P Gears
Pros
  • Very good damage against 2 or more enemies that are freezable and can be crowd controlled by Venti's Burst
  • ~80% Freeze and Healing Uptime wherein both can contribute to better damage and gameplay in practice
  • Made up of units that are highly specialized for freeze and aren't highly contested for as a result
  • Gears are very accessible for F2Ps
Cons
  • Performs worse in certain situations such as against non-freezable enemies, bosses, and pure single target scenarios
  • Has a high accessibility wall being completely made up of limited 5-star characters
  • Rotation has more swaps compared to the Mona Variation which can be hard to learn and getting used to
  • Swaps need to be done as fast as possible to keep the rotation times low
  • Kokomi's ER requirements are relatively high even with 2 Favonius users in the team

C0

Ganyu

C0

Shenhe

C0

Venti

C0

Sangonomiya Kokomi
Healing
No Shielding
Difficult
Details
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Ganyu Shenhe Mona Freeze

CrazyWeke123, CC

C0

R5

Ganyu

C0

R3

Shenhe

C0

R5

Mona

C0

R3

Venti
Some Healing
No Shielding
Easy
Ganyu, Shenhe, Venti, Mona, AoE, Freeze, Grouping, Unverified, Snapshot
Pros
  • Strong in AoE scenarios
  • Freeze provides comfort and ease of play
  • Scales upwards with mob density
  • Does not use high profile 4 stars (Bennett, XQ, etc.)
Cons
  • Full 5 star team, 3 of which are limited
  • Matchup dependent (2 or more freezable mobs is optimal)
  • Loses a lot of survivability and damage when enemies can not be frozen

C0

Ganyu

C0

Shenhe

C0

Mona

C0

Venti
Some Healing
No Shielding
Easy
Details
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Hu Tao Sucrose Vape

Prévisible

C0

R3

Hu Tao

C0

R3

Amber

C6

R5

Sucrose

C6

R3

Xingqiu
No Healing
No Shielding
Very Difficult
Hu Tao, Amber, Sucrose, Xingqiu, Single-Target, Vape
Pros
  • High Single-Target DMG
  • Does not use Bennett
  • Supports do not require high-investment
Cons
  • Swirling both Hydro and Pyro requires a precise rotation
  • Wants good combo execution
  • Xingqiu and Hu Tao's interruption resistance may not be sufficient against difficult content
  • Can struggle in AoE content

C0

Hu Tao

C0

Amber

C6

Sucrose

C6

Xingqiu
No Healing
No Shielding
Very Difficult
Details
Sheet
Itto Mono-Geo

Merp

C0

R5

Arataki Itto

C0

R5

Albedo

C0

R1

Gorou

C0

R1

Zhongli
No Healing
Shielding
Easy
Itto, Gorou, Albedo, Zhongli, Hypercarry, Single Target, Reactionless, Fields, Snapshot, F2P Gear
Pros
  • Relatively easy to play and rotate
  • Good sustained damage over a long period of time (the 15s of Itto's burst)
  • Scales well with gear (Redhorn, Serpent Spine) and constellations (Gorou C6, Itto C2/4/6)
  • Viable in AoE with the range of Itto's Charged Attacks
Cons
  • No supplemental damage from reactions
  • Matchup dependent, struggles in content with spread out mobs, and Abyss elemental shield

C0

Arataki Itto

C0

Albedo

C0

Gorou

C0

Zhongli
No Healing
Shielding
Easy
Details
Sheet
Lisa Jean EC

ArchedNosi

C2

R3

Lisa

C6

R3

Xingqiu

C6

R3

Fischl

C0

R5

Jean
Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Lisa, Xingqiu, Fischl, Jean, Single-Target, Electro-Charged, Swirl, Fields, Dynamic, Comfy, F2P Gear
Pros
  • Stronger in Single-Target scenarios
  • Crowd-Control is common
  • Comfortable healing/damage reduction
  • Streamline and sustainable damage
Cons
  • Falls off more in AoE scenarios
  • There is a multitude of conditionals to keep track of; Fischl's Nightrider, Xingqiu's Rainswords, and Jean's 4VV
  • Lots of swapping due to the above point as well, can be pressuring

C2

Lisa

C6

Xingqiu

C6

Fischl

C0

Jean
Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
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Lisa Overload

ArchedNosi

C2

R5

Lisa

C6

R5

Xiangling

C0

R3

Kaedehara Kazuha

C6

R1

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Lisa, Xiangling, Kaedehara Kazuha, Bennett, AoE, Overloaded, Fields, Snapshot, Dynamic, Grouping, F2P Gear
Pros
  • Relatively cheap, in constellations and gear, to build and function
  • Strong in AoE scenarios, especially against heavier enemies
  • Kazuha's grouping still allows for success against smaller enemies
  • Mostly sustained damage
Cons
  • Less effective in single-target situations because of Overload ICD, no Swirl scaling, etc.
  • Comparatively, there is less room to scale with investment compared to other teams
  • Energy Management/Recharge becomes a priority, which may affect playstyle

C2

Lisa

C6

Xiangling

C0

Kaedehara Kazuha

C6

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
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Ning-Fischl 12s Rotation

Cuzimori#1535

C6

R3

Ningguang

C0

R3

Zhongli

C0

R5

Albedo

C6

R1

Fischl
No Healing
Shielding
Medium
Ningguang, Zhongli, Albedo, Fischl, Geo Team, Single Target, Ranged, Turrets, Fields, Snapshot
Pros
  • Extremely short rotations allow to cover for mistakes
  • Balanced between high burst damage and sustained damage
  • Scales well with gear and consellations
  • Does not rely on reactions, so damage is highly consistent
  • Extremely high shield uptime makes for very comfortable gameplay
Cons
  • Damage is highly locked to a single target
  • Involves extremely rapid switching, which can be difficult
  • Involves lots of Geo Constructs, so bosses can be a hindrance

C6

Ningguang

C0

Zhongli

C0

Albedo

C6

Fischl
No Healing
Shielding
Medium
Details
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Ning Sara Burstli

Cuzimori#1535

C6

R3

Ningguang

C0

R3

Zhongli

C0

R5

Albedo

C6

R1

Kujou Sara
No Healing
Shielding
Medium
Ningguang, Zhongli, Albedo, Kujou Sara, Geo Team, Single Target, Ranged, Turrets, Snapshot
Pros
  • Extremely short rotations allow to cover for mistakes
  • Has two instances of high burst damage
  • Scales well with gear
  • Does not rely on reactions, so damage is highly consistent
  • Extremely high shield uptime makes for very comfortable gameplay
  • Can still scale decently into AoE with Zhongli and Albedo
Cons
  • Involves extremely rapid switching, which can be difficult
  • Involves lots of Geo Constructs, so bosses can be a hindrance
  • Rather strict gearing requirements for every character.

C6

Ningguang

C0

Zhongli

C0

Albedo

C6

Kujou Sara
No Healing
Shielding
Medium
Details
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Raiden Yae Mono Electro

Vladone ツ & YMM TC Staff

C0

R5

Yae Miko

C0

R5

Raiden Shogun

C6

R3

Kujou Sara

C0

R3

Jean
Some Healing
No Shielding
Difficult
Raiden, Yae Miko, Kujou Sara, Jean, Dual Carry, Single Target, Mono Electro, Fields, Dynamic, F2P Gear
Pros
  • Two high damaging elemental bursts to clear multi-wave content
  • Balanced between high burst damage and sustained damage
  • Scales well with gear and consellations
  • Comfortable gameplay
  • Visually pleasing
Cons
  • Easily interruptible
  • Swaps need to be done extremely quickly for buffs and energy

C0

Yae Miko

C0

Raiden Shogun

C6

Kujou Sara

C0

Jean
Some Healing
No Shielding
Difficult
Details
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Yae Koko EC

Steno#0119

C0

R5

Yae Miko

C0

R5

Sangonomiya Kokomi

C6

R3

Fischl

C0

R1

Kaedehara Kazuha
Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Yae, Kokomi, Fischl, Kazuha, Quickswap, AoE, Electro-charge, Swirl, Dynamic, Turrets, F2P Gear
Pros
  • Mechanically easy to play
  • Good sustained DPS over the full rotation (25s)
  • DPS is spread across the whole team, scales well with resin investment into everyone
  • Mix of high single target turret DPS and AoE swirls/EC
  • Strong grouping ability through Kazuha
  • Number soup is visually satisfying
  • Strong matchups against endgame content
Cons
  • Many ranged characters without a shield can be easily staggered
  • Uses 3 limited 5 stars
  • Enemies moving out of Kokomi's jellyfish AoE can lead to energy problems
  • Timing to refresh Kokomi's jellyfish can be tight

C0

Yae Miko

C0

Sangonomiya Kokomi

C6

Fischl

C0

Kaedehara Kazuha
Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
Sheet
Yae-Raiden Hyper

XF3

C0

R1

Yae Miko

C0

R5

Raiden Shogun

C0

R1

Kaedehara Kazuha

C5

R1

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Raiden, Yae Miko, Kaedehara Kazuha, Bennett, Dual Carry, Single Target, Overloaded, Fields, Dynamic, F2P Gear
Pros
  • Two high damaging elemental bursts to clear multi-wave content
  • Balanced between high burst damage and sustained damage
  • Scales well with gear and consellations
  • Still serviceable in AoE with Raiden and Kazuha
Cons
  • Easily interruptible
  • Swaps need to be done extremely quickly for buffs and energy

C0

Yae Miko

C0

Raiden Shogun

C0

Kaedehara Kazuha

C5

Bennett
Some Healing
No Shielding
Medium
Details
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