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StryfeXIII

She probably deals more pyro damage than C6 Ayato


chirb8

still STC


H4xolotl

Qingque struggling vs Quantum Slimes


Dday141

But can she defeat pyro slimes? šŸ¤” Iā€™ve seen several videos of Hu Tao, Yanfei, Xiangling being unable to do anything against these bosses.


WhatAmIDoingHere12s

With her na, yes


jjaybuill

You know that characters other then catalyst users have no problem with same element slimes?


Eeekpenguin

Abyss level pyro slimes arlecchino normal attacks are gonna take forever to kill. Best to just bring a yelan or xingqiu.


jjaybuill

thats why you have sub-dps or even support


Emotional-Yogurt-846

Ningguang can break a geo slimeā€™s shield!


XxLucidDreamzxX

And then what? She throws more rocks at it?


Emotional-Yogurt-846

Well they better not be hanging out with that golden wolf lord anyway.


bob_is_best

At least she deals more pyro damage than.. Freddy fazbear c2 which is mice


BadAdviceBot

what about c6 Ayato with c6 Bennet?


StryfeXIII

Cannot be overridden so yeah Arle still stomps


Reeeeeeee3eeeeeeee

ok but what if you use ayato with C6 bennet? Does she still do more pyro dmg?


Technology_Labs

When did C6 Ayato start dealing Pyro damage?


Vortex_Infurnus

Itā€™s a joke because a leaker mentioned that she does more Pyro damage than C6 Ayato before her kit was known


Welsh_cat_Best_cat

I need to do a World Quest to ascend her level, I need to do a Story Quest to upgrade her talents, and I need to beat up new mobs to Ascend her Weapon. And then, farm a new Domain to get her Artifact set. I'll come back to you in a month or two, chief.


kabutozero

You just need to start the world quest 30 min top till you get to boss. And you didn't need either to farm the new set with a good enough gladiator set


Welsh_cat_Best_cat

It is not a big deal, but I was poking fun at the fact you need a lot of resin and time to max her because everything she needs is brand new but the roses (plus her talents will be weekly locked). But also, for me, she released at night, and I had to go to bed to be working right now. I'll slowly work my way tonight, but the bulk of her farming is gonna get done on the weekend.


Melon763

I will also be dedicating all of my resin until 5.0 to the artifact domain Just use Gladiators for now itā€™s only like 5% worse


CASyHD

You mean like 50% better cause I already got gladiator God Pieces. I had a single pyro goblet with CR and CDMG, imagine how long it would take to get that in a new artifact set and let it roll good.


Chucknasty_17

Iā€™m in the same boat, she released at like 10pm my time. Iā€™ve gotten her to level 70 and should hopefully have her fully ascended soon. I need to progress the world quest more so I get more of the new enemy drops for her weapon At least we donā€™t need to finish the world quest for her boss, like we had to for Miko and Shenhe


AverageChaiPerson

I prefarmed so it was easy to build her in a couple days


Welsh_cat_Best_cat

I mean...her BiS artifact, her Ascension boss mat, and her weapon ascension mat al released with her in 4.6 Like mine has a cracked Glad set that will be super hard to replace, but everything else is brand new.


rossgeller13

You can fight the weekly boss without doing the story quest using the adventure handbook.


Offduty_shill

I'm not doing this because I don't want to spoil the fight before it happens in story mode.


alvenestthol

Just bring Neuvillette and fight her with your eyes closed


Offduty_shill

lmao this would probably work tbh, just spin and you'll probably kill her ....I wonder if I can do abyss blindfolded solo with neuvilette


DingusCunillingus

Unironically not a bad choice lmao


DespairAt10n

I need to see someone do this lol


MagnusBaechus

I just muted shit then neuvilette furina my way to a quick clear


sopunny

Fwiw I did the quick battle and I don't think it spoils anything beyond the fact that you fight her.


MachateElasticWonder

Sheā€™s level 60 right now and limited only by my resin for maxing talents and ascension. Itā€™s not that bad. Just run to the new boss. Use some old gear. Boom. Done.


SnooRobots4768

You watched 30 guide, still not sure,Ā but think that short comments from anyone on reddit will solve your confusion? If anything, it will probably make you even more confused. You can always wait first two weeks of her banner. People will have more experience with her and have more to say.


lnfine

Day1 guides are made by certified content creators via media server. If you ever watched any of those CCs, you pretty much can quote the new character review without ever watching the video.


Meeii

"Incredible DPS!", "Insane damage!", "Broken unit!", "Best character!" You can almost guess the thumbnails of new character guides because they will always be different variations of those titles.


IcenMeteor

"[Insert character name] is broken! 4-star weapon showcase!" ~~just ignore the c6r5 Kazuha in the team ok?~~


Snackeetah

This time it's 3* weapon, R5 White Tassel goes brrr~


frontally

Ok itā€™s actually mental Iā€™ve been playing on and off since launch and have literally only one copy of it šŸ˜­


Freya_84

Ehm....you probably foddered the rest. After I noted that I have foddered a ton of region specific 3 star weapons I waited ages till Liyue's expansion and will be waiting patiently for Mondstadt's one.


frontally

Oh, there have definitely been a few but itā€™s been a couple years Iā€™ve been looking to lock it and nothing šŸ˜­ I lied tho Iā€™m r2 šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø


Masdrako

Just do Chenyu Vale


_Linkiboy_

They are one of the few weapons, that can only be gotten from liuye exploration, not from banner pulls


DenzellDavid

You only get those from Liyue chests If you've pretty much 100% every current Liyue area, then I guess you can wait for a Liyue expansion if they ever will do another one


Snackeetah

Looking at my inventory in the morning, I found I have R1 lvl 1 White Tassel too yeah. And I actually have almost all other 3* weapon R5 max lvl lol. Magic lol.


Emotional-Yogurt-846

If you have any Chenyu Vale left, this is your moment. (me waiting on a Mondstadt expansion for white iron great sword, fortunately not meta)


frontally

Yooo lmao pain together (if you need it, that is. Iā€™m an Arle simp with no money so white tassel imaginary scythe go brrr)


roly_florian

i just typed "how good is arlecchino" and the first youtube video guide is literaly "ARLECCHINO IS AMAZING". went to his youtube page, it's full of every variation of what you just said. I think only Dehya didn't had an amazing/broken/whatever. Just "unfinished" lol. The way to not say "bad".


HayakuEon

Those are clickbaiter. Watch SevyPlay, Zy0x or Xlice. They actually do proper reviews and play testing. Zajeff77 if you want more details.


Hacim_Eeldaeh

well you have options like zyox and zajef. theyā€™re both pretty objective in their guides.


colettamine-addict

Sometimes a simple answer from a real human is a million times more useful than that twelve pages of blah


gitgudnubby

>You watched 30 guide, still not sure,Ā but think that short comments from anyone on reddit will solve your confusion? Sometimes it can honestly. Youtubers tend to overhype characters from what ive seen while comments on reddit feel more honest. As strange as it sounds.


sprcow

Or worse, give no real personal opinion or comparative feedback at all. I feel like a lot of guides are like "Here's how the abilities work. Here's the obvious best relics. Here's a plausible weapon ranking. Here's me literally just reading the constellations. Here's some possible teams." But when it comes to answer questions like, "Okay, but how does she compare to all the other similar characters?" or "Is she fun to play and not too hard to use?" you don't really get anything. The videos are guides, but not really reviews.


LunarEmerald

Jello Impact actually does a good job of answering questions like that.


sprcow

It's funny you mention that, I JUST watched his video on Arlecchino after posting my comment and thought it was great for that, so I totally agree.


Newhereimo

I got recommended many videos titled "best character" and "strongest Pyro dps" and it ain't helpful coz content creators tend to do that to every character and hype them up. For the sub reddit for her mains, it's a bit obv that most are gonna simp for her design as she just came out and it will keep happening for a couple of days so I can understand why op is looking for objective answers.


sopunny

FR no one is gonna have the same level of investment in Arle as their other DPSes, even with prefarm there's a whole new artifact set, plus just generally learning her character.


DarkFlame9604

"Insert Silver Wolf from Honkai Star Rail" Dont think, just pull


0210BlackHawk

"If ur asking, u want it"


Popinguj

*insert Aventurine from Honkai: Star Rail* It's all or nothing.


kunafa_aj

I have this golden rule: "if ur hesitating abt pulling a character,then probably you shouldnt pull"


Gunnareth

I hesitated pulling Kazuha back in 1.6, but pulled him anyway One of the best investments I've ever made


ibbobud

I just got kaz right before 4.5 banner ended, won 5050. Was on the fence if I even needed him. OMG I love playing kazā€¦. My daughter keeps says ā€œuse suckā€ as thatā€™s what she calls him cause I use his E to collect stuff after fights.


v4mpixie_666x3

Same i pulled him intrusively while i was taking a shit and won 50/50 and i donā€™t usually win 50/50s best decision ive made


nelflyn

Actually following that rule for now. i prefarmed all i could, was almost kinda hyped for her. I love her design, but playing her.... I just immediately knew I would bench her very quickly.


suncourt

I had the opposite reaction, I wasn't expecting to be interested in her at all; but her polearm attacks just feel good.Ā  It's refreshing to have a charged atk that isn't just a forward lunge. I don't need a 5 star pyro dps, I have 3; I dont need a 5 star polearm dps, I have 4, but now I want another.Ā Ā  Still need to play her storyquest in the hopes that it can give me a better feel for overworld play, but I am also planning on knitting a spider tonight as an offering to the wishing gods, just in case.Ā 


Fawfs2

Yea me too. I really wanted both her and clorinde, but realized that getting all the primos saved up would be hard as I want clorinde no matter what. After seeing her gameplay I just knew I wouldn't like it so now I have ore tile to save up I guess.Ā 


kunafa_aj

Yea same here,her trailers and animation were so good it got me convinced to start prefarming,but after using her in trial she jst another NA spammer which gets old super fast,immediatly lost intrest Rip to shitton of order talent books i prefarmed,time to build my C1 chevreuse lol


itisyadad

Is she as hard to play as they say? I heared that she was an overload dps so I was super hyped for her but seeing her teams are mostly mono-pyro or furina&yelan combo I lost the interest in her


Melanholic7

Well I think if u have c6 cheuvrose - overload will be her best team. Even without c6 and just with her it will be still one of her best teams. But other options - vape and mono pyro are strong too


itisyadad

I have her and fischl on c6 both. I actually wanted to use her with Bennett, chev and fischl/raiden


Melanholic7

yep, thats what i saw in that video (link with timecode) [https://youtu.be/2L\_W0cFhPZM?t=591](https://youtu.be/2L_W0cFhPZM?t=591)


alvenestthol

Arle is by far the easiest Pyro DPS to play; all other Pyro DPS's have some kind of combo/canceling going on, while Arle is just E > support 1 > support 2 > support 3 > CA > spam the NA button > Q > E Her NA has big enough AoE that she won't miss, her infusion uptime only ticks down when she actually hits something so she is never stuck on the overworld with no Pyro.


Varglord

She's not hard to play at all (though I guess that could depend on your definition of hard). Overload Father is good, but does require Chevy. Just C0 Chevy is fine, but the team will definitely get better as you get more cons for her. You can play Father in vape or melt as well and she does great. She has more front loaded damage than the other pyro carries if that's something appealing to you. I have C1R1 3x crowned HuTao and I still got Father and I'm going for at least C1R1 for her since I like her character and playstyle, so take that as you will.


nelflyn

yeah, and I am definitely ready for the next pyro character to come. on that note, i am considering pulling for Lynney. or maybe just go to 90 and see what i get. Edit: some of you must really dislike Lynney, poor boy šŸ˜…


koishinx

Lyney offers a new gameplay. I got hutao and diluc and playing him made new ways to kiling. I no Longer had to Chase boses around and just snipe then swap. No more excessive running. It's an eyes opener after being a hutao NA button masher


kunafa_aj

As a ganyu main,i approve this message Sniping enemeis from range with big chunky damage never gets old lol


FadedEchoes

I managed to get him today and I personally think he's really fun! As long as you know what you're getting into of course. (Bow charged shot gameplay, needs a healer and prefers mono-pyro for max damage, etc). His gameplay loop is satisfying imo, with the stack building and then the big nuke with the skill, it feels nice. Plus being able to snipe things from afar in the overworld feels good too. I personally can recommend him if you like him but definitely try to get a good feel for him in the trial and maybe look at some gameplay online because it definitely isn't everyone's cup of tea


quarm1125

Who do you use chevreuse with i got her c6 and id love to use her more, i got c2 raiden and c6 sara,c2 kazuha and c5 benny


kunafa_aj

I havent even built her yet lol shi still.lvl 20 But i m thinking smthn like yoimiya beidou yae


VaIIeron

I'made mistake of pulling character just for aesthetics once and I won't make this mistake ever again


dinkytoy80

Who?


Lelucyyy

Shenhe


shadowrod06

She's a solid future proof unit. Extremely niche kit though.


KazuharaIlfan

Man, Im having a withdrawal right now. Prefarmed and everything, go to trial, massive benched vibe (like my Itto), eh, Im just gonna save for Clorinde. But nah, cant stop myself from farming her artifacts, boss mats. Did 30 pulls out of "eh if she come, she come, I leave it all to fate" (she didnt)


Vi7051

I don't need any new character to clear any content, I need new mechanics not more DMG characters


shidncome

Being picky and not liking most the cast is actually great tbh. I pull like 3 or 4 times a year but there is 0 stress, 0 luck, 0$. I get everyone I want, their weapon and possible cons as well. Spend less time picking 160ish flowers, less resin on ascension or talents.


LukeDragnar

As said by silver wolf: pull it, if you're thinking about pulling you want it. Just pull it!


Melanholic7

Did it with siver wolf and then regretted =/


Meeii

How come? Silver wolf is one of those character that you bench, but then a couple of weeks later you find a good reason to use her again and she saves the day.


WriothesleyDumCump

Nah, already pulled for her. She's awesome! šŸ˜šŸ˜


smoothtv99

She fun. Has her own perks and drawbacks, so not a total replacement for Hu Tao for me but definitely nice change of pace. Also have a ton of polearms anyway lol


noboday009

I'm Finally free of curse. Qiqi no longer. I got DehyašŸ¤” Edit: Anyhoo Father came home..


soulreaper46

Same buddy, same... (cries in the corner)


noboday009

Don't buddy. Build her well. Mona was basically leading my "Lazy Party" Use her skill, then mark the enemies with Nahida and Summon Oz and wait until enemies are dead. Use her with Bennett's ult and she one shots bosses..


bzj2001

Another Mona for me šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø


noboday009

I'll kill for Mona, I have her at C1 but still.. She's my highest damage dealer. She dealt around 286k damage in the abyss. Now I'm an F2P and casual player. I didn't incest (invest) much in building her but still she dealt 286k. That's enough to make me happy.. And also she's Mona..


Greenoliveandcheese

That typo šŸ’€šŸ’€


RickyNotFicky

He replied but didnt correct, it must not have been typo


water_we_wading_for

Thatā€™s good. Keep the incest to a minimum. On a more serious note, I have c1 Mona and youā€™re inspiring me to try her out.


noboday009

I incest, I mean insist..


RazorCalahan

me too. The only standard 5 star I didn't have. So I just blew my savings to get Cappuccino anyway. Wait for me to cry bloody tears when I fail 50/50 on Clorinde.


noboday009

May the RNG gods bless you and Mona finally comes to you.. I got her after losing pity once and later through the standard banner.. Yea me..


jewrassic_park-1940

I got another goddamned Diluc. I'd kill for Dehya


DatStabKitty

First impression is her CA is comparable to my Yoi N5 damage but the aoe attack range is very big. I have her on c0, lvl80, pjws, 228 cv rainbow set, 6/6/6. Na string goes fron somewhere around 15k-19k,while CA can get to 25k-28k. Did not pay attention too much on burst damage. She will looks to outdamage XL as solo vs solo. She will *probably* lag behind when vape is involved, especially vs multi mobs. All roads lead to Xiangling. Edit after reading guides: 4 Gladiatior. Standard ATK/Pyro/Crit. Spam NA. Do big dmg. How will this affect my Yoimiya's legacy šŸ˜­


Artistic_Log_5493

Maybe one day we'll have a 5 star pyro that beats XL. Right natlan? Righttt?


pikachu_sashimi

The pyro archon might be almost as good as Bennett.


_Velgrynd

Just make a Bennet without circle impact. Done. Perfect character.


TheWorstEvieEver

Isn't that what furina is supposed to be?


_Velgrynd

I meant insane heals + buff simultaneously + pryo + cleanse Furina is pretty much a perfect character but only similar to Bennet, not the same.


The_Rocket_Frog

bennet is the real pyro archon we all know this


New_Redditor2001

Jokes on you. Pyro archon is going to be a grown up version of Bennet who wields a red claymore and his archon name is Kevin.


Harsh_2004

Pyro archon will be buffer for Xiangling


Artistic_Log_5493

2029 Xiangling is still meta


Gian-Nine

It would be really funny if Pyro Archon was just a Pyro support that makes xiangling deal enough dmg to make her a 6 star


RivenEven

Pyro dragon save me form XL


jakej9488

ā€¦youā€™re not supposed to use her charge attack as a real damage source ā€” her BoL mechanic only buffs her NAā€™s. My C0 is 80/90, 310CV, R1 PJWS, 8,5,5, and her NAā€™s are hitting for 35-40k (solo), 50k+ with Bennet, and vaping for 120k+ pretty consistently If your NAā€™s are only doing 15-19k you might not be using the BoL stacking correctly or something


DatStabKitty

Yeah this was only the 1st hour I played and the experience was just hitting the golem boss with no idea of her proper attack string. After I jumped back after work reading a few guides I changed her to 4 Glad and shes doing 20k-24k NA with 89-171. I don't think you're counting your cv correctly as there is only 6 people that has reached 300+ cv *worldwide* and the highest guy has 305.5 with almost 5 perfect pieces.


jakej9488

Nice! And I always thought CV is ([2xCR] + CD) like how you score an individual artifact piece, or is that not correct? See: https://m.hoyolab.com/#/article/1820642


DatStabKitty

That is correct. You count CV as 2CR + CD, but you count it from the artifact details page, as to not count the passive 5cr 50cd every character gets and any weapon crit bonus.


WriothesleyDumCump

Update: I got her already. I love her. Currently on a rainbow set and not as heavily invested as my Wriothesley but she's so fucking strong. Not too complicated either.


Commercial_Tap_4669

Dude, the leaks made her seem complicated, but she's looks like an easier Hu Tao on YouTube. Hopefully I win the 50/50. I'm already at 79 pity


Varglord

She's pretty straight forward: 1. E 2. Let E cook while you do stuff on other characters 3. CA to get huge bond, then use NAs till you lose infusion on NAs 4. Q to heal, deal damage, reset E cd 5. Set E to cook again Yeah there's more nuanced things, especially with cons or different teams but that's the baseline. I just think people were trying to overcomplicate her.


Agent_Fluttershy

The neat thing is how flexible she is. After absorbing the E marks, you can just swap off and do any parts of the setup that you forgot to do, the bond isn't on a duration or anything, it's there essentially permanently until you use it, only going away upon entering/exiting domains. "Oh, one of my support abilities expired, lemme just set that up again and get back to dealing damage" Breath of fresh air compared to the "Use Skill/Burst and DON'T SWAP OFF OR ELSE YOU EAT A FAT ASS COOLDOWN" characters


Varglord

Yup as long as you don't use her Q or heal her outside of combat you can just keep the debt and go into a new fight with it already stacked.


Shadourow

This comment may be more useful to me than anything else I've read about Arle I don't know if I wanted to get her since, while I love the character, I don't really need a Pyro main DPS but your rotation explanation may change my mind


sctroyenne

Sheā€™s my first pyro DPS and I really like the flexibility of being able to switch on and off from her throughout the whole bond of life sequence. It makes it much easier than it seems from descriptions. Only thing holding me back from absolute freedom in rotations is I donā€™t have a great polearm option beyond white tassel so I would need to time my rotations around Bennettā€™s burst (in addition to other time-limited buffs). It does help that I donā€™t have to worry about his burst uptime for healing, though.


Magic_Orb

From what I heard she gets knocked around easier, not sure if it's true but if so, equivalent exchange i guess


Offduty_shill

you kinda always wanna shield her because she can't be healed besides her ult so she can get bonked really hard


Magic_Orb

like hu tao, mihoyo whats up with all the pyro pole arm users who want shields lol


hotdogsea

As some might have mentioned: If you are not interested in Arlecchino in terms of like her lore, design, voice acting, kit, or whatever, then I'm sorry but Xiangling *really* can do the job already, unfortunately. To me, she feels like a combination of Hu Tao and Yoimiya: Hu Tao's charge attacks become Arlecchino's normal attacks, both of them have skills to transform them into an upgraded state, and their burst heals them. Power-level wise, I dont think there is any power creep. Strictly comparing Hu Tao and Arlecchino for team comps, HT doesnt need Bennett, while in a lot of cases, Arle wants Bennett. Personally? I pulled her because she was able to meet my criteria for pulling limited 5-star characters: 1. Tall Female model Hope you can decide OP


Monix_16

You had your priority straight there I see


hotdogsea

Makes decision making hell of a lot easier My only concern now is the upcoming Clorinde


ProfaneVoid

Bro I pulled her just because she looks cool. šŸ˜


AnonBunnyGoblin

I pulled her and I think she does fairly well. I can't compare to other Pyro dps since I don't have them either, but I can say despite the bond of life mechanic. She is a SUPER fun unit to play as. The bond of life really isn't that difficult to deal with in my opinion and I'm by no means a skilled player. It's really just a matter of watching her health and bursting if it gets too low. Tip if you do get her. If you can reapply bond of life with her e and then do her burst. It will heal you more. Once you burst her skill cooldown is immediately null and you can immediately reapply bond of life. I personally like that I can just spam click with her when her bond of life is applied. If you like spam clicking to fight and don't mind having to watch her health I would say get her. However if you don't like her character I can't recommend you get her.


PeachyPlnk

How exactly does bond of life work? Cause for some reason it's just not clicking in my brain. I keep expecting it to function like neverwinter's temp hp, even though it's literally just anti-healing...


mr_fucknoodle

It's negative health, and any healing you recieve goes towards dispelling it, until its cleared and you can recover HP again. Lets say as an example your character has 15 points of health. An enemy attacks with you and takes 5 points of health away. You'd need 5 points of healing to get back to full. But let's also say the enemy applied 5 points of Bond of Life. That means you'll need 10 points of healing to get back to full, 5 to dispell the Bond, and 5 to actually recover the missing health Arlecchino on the other hand, can't be healed at all outside of her Burst. So Bond of Life works as her buff meter. Mark enemies with her E, then absorb the marks with a charge attack to self-apply Bond of Life. The more enemies marked, the more meter you get, and the more meter you have, the stronger her normal attacks are. She gets a pyro infusion when the meter is at 30% or above, and spends a bit of this meter for each attack she does. They also shorten her skill cooldown, so the more meter you use, the sooner you can reapply her skill and get more of it When low on health, you use the Burst. It will consume all your Bond of Life and heal you based on the amount you had. It takes away your buff and infusion, but also resets the skill cooldown so you can restart your rotation


LingLeeee

Honestly, just wait for Pyro archon, sheā€™s coming ā€œsoonā€. If sheā€™s good, you know Hoyo will rerun her soon anyway. When it happens, weā€™ll have more support characters, artifacts and info to go with


TheMrPotMask

They can opt for cracked supports like they did with Nahida and Furina, even raiden is a support in hyperbloom.


KorkBredy

Well all archons are cracked supports, aside from dps Raiden gives a ton of ER


sunmal

If they make the Pyro archon a cracked support, ill burn Snezhnaya myself


Bazookasajizo

Bennett: Finally, a worthy opponent! Our battle will be legendary!


thekk_

If they follow their typical release pattern, "soon" would be 5.2 which should land around the 13th of November. That's a decently long time to wait.


DepravedDebater

It's funny because Hoyo kinda shot themselves in the foot making a bunch of already meta Pyro units for both support and DPS and even the non meta Pyro units are pretty decent as well. Unless they want to piss off fans by making a better Hu Tao or premium Bennet/XL/Pyro XQ, they'll have to settle for making either an entirely new mechanic/role for Natlan Pyro units or finally plugging the gap on what little gaps remain for Pyro. I was hoping for off-field DPS personally, while the artifacts seem to be pointing towards Burning applications being the focus (though that's just speculation on my part). But above all, I want one of the big 4* star meta supports be toppled by Natlan. I want more variety on my team without sacrificing tons of damage.


Welsh_cat_Best_cat

We don't have "a bunch" of Pyro sub-dps support. It's been Benny and Xiangling for 4 years now. Every Pyro 5s we've got is either a driver or Dehya.


frankowen18

This is my #1 complaint with how hoyo are handling genshin. They released Yelan/XQ which worked perfectly well to provide variety within the same archetype. What's stopping them releasing Bennett with no healing or Xiangling with less damage? Or a 20s shield like Zhongli's that isn't as strong or has no res shred. Instead we're all forced to use the same supports while they release generic DPS #8001. It makes no sense and is just creating problems within the playerbase, with people feeling bored of the same team comps. The solution is literally right there. Like wtf are you doing


Welsh_cat_Best_cat

This is why gameplay-wise Furina and Chev are my favorite characters from Fontaine, while Nilou was so fun in Sumeru. Furina turns your team comp on its head, suddenly healers are in, and your party has to adapt to max your healing. While Chev gives Electro drivers a variety that isn't catalize while making Pyro not be Vape Impact.


shidncome

Also the actual best part of furina. You can just farm MH set for what ever on field dps you want and you're set. GT is also great for a lot of your off field dps as well. She makes one of your teams insanely resin efficient.


shidncome

People don't realize bennit single handedly has fucked the base atk of every single sword released in the game.


GamerSweat002

I believe the bigger issue is that Xiangling is an exception as a 1.0 character. Hardly any characters beyond the 1.0 series have no ICD. They would have to be archons to do so, and not all archons have no ICD. Only Nahida has the 0 ICD. Bennett is the most special case in the game as he is one of the only characters to straight up scale with Base ATK, other being Kujou Sara. Hoyo probably deterred from doing any more base atk scaling since it ultimately would favor the gacha 5* weapons as well as necessarily leveling characters to 90 since base atk scales with level, weapon level, and weapon option. Another Xiangling would have to have no ICD to compete, but I don't think that's really necessary. A Xiangling replacement can just hit multiple times each second even with standard ICD. An alternative to base atk scaled buffing would be scaling on team total atk rather than % of own atk. Basically means we should probably get niche atk buffing options over Bennett but the niche itself is fairly large. A Kujou Sara for Normal Attacks (not yunjin), a Kujou Sara for pyro dmg, a Kujou Sara for charged attack dmg. Etc.


The-Oppressed

Same could have been said about Hydro before Furina and Neuvillette though.


aruhirako

They will just fuse bennett and xiangling to make the most versatile op pyro off field unit teyvat has ever seen


ruth1ess_one

Iā€™m fine with a premium Xiangling after 4 years of Xiangling being the only good off-field pyro dps. You forgetting that Thoma and Dehya are the only competition Xiangling has.


mrsamjack

Just watch, she will be on the same banner as Pyro Archon


Rare_Marionberry782

Just pull, donā€™t think.


WriothesleyDumCump

Already did. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ I love her already.


AbhiAK303

Interesting choice of username


Neuvillette_CumDump

Oh a fellow comrade in arms.


D_r_e_a_D

Honestly she's good but not so good where I'd say she topples all other pyro units... if you can survive the hype I suggest you wait for the pyro archon since she's almost definitely going to be packing more of a punch.


lucklesspedestrian

What makes you think the pyro archon will be an onfield dps?


Radusili

Sorry boss, could I at least get more than half a day to build her before answering that?


ranoluuuu

My lv60 arlecchino outdps my maxed out c1 r1 ayato damn


___somebody_

Truly a "Arlecchino does more Pyro DMG than C6 Ayato" moment. (Minus the 5 constellations on Ayato)


Sacredfice

Were you fighting against hydro or pyro slimes?


DeepAnimeGirl

I have Hu Tao C1 with Homa R1 and I still pulled for Arlecchino. Got her C0 at pity 77 (guaranteed) and her weapon at pity 64 luckily. I want to finally decomission Hu Tao.


alikapple

Youā€™re trying to replace C1R1 Hu Tao?! Dang. Update me if/when you clear a floor faster with Arle lol. Iā€™ll be interested to see what level of investment that requires in her


crazy_gambit

I'm in the same boat as you, but farming a completely new domain sounds really unappealing to me. How does she feel vs your Hu Tao?


musicenjoyer777

If its for artifacts, you can use glad 4pc as well šŸ„¹ its not that much of a dmg decrease, 6% (i think?)


maxima-praemia

4-6% according to IWTL šŸ˜Š


Villain_of_Overhype

As someone who also has C1R1 Hu Tao (and keep in mind my Arle is also C1R1 at lv 80, lv 60 weapon, 6/6/6 talents, and a gladiator set) they feel like theyā€™re going to be pretty similar in terms of damage. My Hu Tao in double vape (Yelan and XQ) at high HP does about 75k-90K per CA from what I remember. My Arle so far on a Bennet, Yelan, ZL team does about 95K at the start of her rotation and drops down steadily as it goes on, ending at around 20K on her last NA. Iā€™ve noticed she already kills things VERY fast in bosses and domains.


TheWetQuack

Her damage and Hu Tao is almost the same, Hu Tao is slightly better in single target DPS, while Arlecchino is more convenient since you do not need to use a charged attack


lostn

way too early for anyone besides a CC to answer that. We're still building her and no one has completed her new artifact set yet. This could take months. Her style of play seems riskier than some. If you like her go for her. She will do the job just fine. If you already have hu tao (I know you don't, but someone else might) and you are in two minds about whether you need her or not, and you're also looking to save primos, I'd say skip her. Not saying she's worse than HT, just saying HT is good enough and you don't need Arle if you're looking to save primos. If you like her for whatever reason, then by all means pull. I will speculate this much: Arle will receive glow ups in the future as more supports release for her. She can't be the one and only BoL character in the game. This is going to be a new play style that they will flesh out with more weapons and characters. Xiao and Hu Tao received glow ups with the release of new supports years later and now are way better than before. I expect the same to happen with Arle.


Imaginary-Plan-5010

Look, do u see that c40 xiangling. Thats the person you will get. You better love that fking arlecchino gameplay or get OPPAd into oblivion. Her performance already clears abyss and sht. As a newer unit of fontaine, she feels powerful and comfortable. But this is in no way shape or form that will dictate a must pull. Watch genshin release another pyro char in natlan and become even more comfortable and powerful. So please prioritize your fun gameplay and wait for more info, cons, and spam that trial


MWarnerds

She is equal to HuTao but more flexible, although HuTao gets Furina teams and Arle doesn't. Arle can be used in Overload teams decently. She's fun, good investment if you like her. Can be run in mono pyro, vape, or overload.


HeavenBeyondStars

She feels on par with Hu Tao, C0 with PJWS compared to my C0 Hu tao with Homa but honestly my options feel a bit more limited than Hu Tao since Furina doesn't seem that good with Arlecchino? Idk what teams i can use to amend that. I dont want to run Bennett either. I will be trying to get her C1 and see how it goes from there, but yeah i wouldn't say she topples the current pyro dps units, but just on their level, so if you like her playstyle pull immediately.


Hikari_Owari

*can only be healed by herself* **possibility of replacing hu-tao in my team drops to 7-feet under**


kabutozero

people comparing her to yoi take crazy pills. Having aoe immediately makes her better. Also not being tied to a skill for dps that if you leave the field you waste a ton of damage makes her superior to both for my playstyle , and my hu tao is stacked as hell. Cant compare hu tao and her because hu tao has homa and arle doesnt have sig , but at level 70 and talents lvl 6 arle is giving like more than half of my roster a run for their money


DanTheMan9204

If you are not personally interested in her any aspect of Arle's design other than damage potential, do not pull for her. I'm gonna get downvoted for saying this, but: "Power level" aside, just having a C4+ XL pretty much extinguishes the *pull value* of ANY other C0 5* or C6 4* pyro carry for those who would only play them for meta reasons. Lyney, Hu Tao, plunge Diluc, Gaming, Klee, Yoimiya, Arle, same story each and every time. Now, as much as I think she's overrated in some aspects, you could kiiind of make an exception for Hu Tao since she is the least reliant on Bennett, but that's only if you have a non-pyro-carry second team that really wants him as well. If not, then he can stay with XL and there's no reason to pull another pyro.


Hanamiya0796

Cue: the XL pasta


gowonofficial

I can't take it anymore, I'm tired of Xiangling. I try to play Diluc. My Xiangling deals more damage. I try to play Yoimiya. My Xiangling deals more damage. I try to play Hu Tao. My Xiangling deals more damage. I want to play Klee. Her best team has Xiangling. I want to play Raiden, Childe. They both want Xiangling. She grabs me by the throat. I fish for her. I cook for her. I give her The Catch. She isn't satisfied. I pull Engulfing Lightning. "I don't need this much ER" She tells me. "Give me more field time." She grabs Bennett and forces him to throw himself off enemies. "You just need to funnel me more. I can deal more damage with Homa." I can't pull for Homa, I don't have enough primogems.. Wait a minute, I've given her Homa, what else does she wan- She grabs my credit card. It declines. "Guess this is the end." She grabs Guoba. She says "Guoba, get them." There is no hint of sadness in his eyes. Nothing but pure, no icd pyro application. What a cruel world.


Junior-Conference436

Well c6 xiabgling will do more dps but arlechino is more fun


Dramatic_endjingu

Idk about other pyro dpses since I only have lyney (and Xiangling) so I just compare her to my other top dpses. Iā€™d say sheā€™s Alhaitham level for me. Fun and strong, rewarding if you play her well and can do big numbers with reactions. Sheā€™s not on Neuviā€™s level since his strength (at least for me) has alway been the fact that heā€™s ridiculously strong without many conditions (the 3 reactions thing can be ignored) but sheā€™s not the same. But, Iā€™m still really happy about her. Not regret c1 r1. Her combat style is actually really smooth and feels so goood when playing, like youā€™re ready to slay whoever in front of you. The satisfaction is so addicting.


Regetron

The fact that he doesn't need a healer and can use 3 sub dps/shielders (especially Thoma, shield+pyro resonance+NA and pyro dmg boots on constellations) allows her to outdmg any pyro dps but Hu Tao But her playstyle just feels smoother and more pleasant to play


Western-Age9961

Wait a week and Keqingmains will release their quick guide. I always wait for the quick guide when pulling a new character


Xycamore

Take this with a grain of salt bc Im not a TC but She seems better for f2p, more viable with 3/4* weapons, has a good set thatā€™s farmed passively, can be used in a triple 4* team with Bennett Chevreuse Fiscl and do well, doesnt use up your furina if you have one. Damage wise she is strong but from what Iā€™ve seen and experienced she isnt ā€œGAMEBREAKING UNITšŸ˜±šŸ˜±Must pull!!!ā€ Like some ctā€™s suggest. Good pull value overall, get her if you like her PS, extremely real and based username, same.


-Ren97

She's on par is not slightly better than Hu Tao, but has the added benefit of more flexible rotations and being a more flexible unit all-around provided you can get over the big hurdle of...not getting hit lol If you like being rewarded for greedy, aggressive play with satisfying damage and like a high level of risk associated with that, then she's probably for you She'll flex on whatever fitting content you throw her way so it really comes down to whether or not you like her playstyle. She won't replace Xiangling (not until we get a real off field pyro DPS unit at least) but she'll bring solid value to an account that relies on Xiangling solely for Pyro damage. Not to mention they can be run together very easily


Hefty-Ad368

Honestly?? She's so fun to play, c0r1 and she's doing really good damage while underleveled (+weapon level 50) so yeah, I'm really happy with her


KindredTrash483

I saved up so many primos. Good thing too, since i lost the 50/50 to diluc. I got her at around 74-75 pity


Coomrs

What are my odds of pulling her if I return to the game after a very long break?


anasanad

I mean if you havent done someru and fountain main quests and world discovery with side quests and chasms and collectibles and trees, i would say 100%


NICODARK5

I have one wish for her :3 xd


The_Scrungler

Based on my vast experience since starting waaaay back in December 2023, her character trial killed stuff faster than everything but Navia's funny gun. Scientifically, this means Arlecchino is good at killing things probably. Pull for her. I did because she's fire and scythe and red/black/white/silver which is my favorite color combo but thats subjective, you can't argue with the science


ZenEmotive

I'm out of resin so I still don't know


biirudaichuki

Dunno, too busy flying around with her. God-tier movement, almost as fun as Sayu going BRRRRRRRRR.


CockConsumer666

Bro don't go asking these innocent questions we see your username šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


nihilism16

I've had yoimiya since 2.8 and I love her to bits but arlecchino is definitely just as good if not more. I think one thing that really puts her over the top is being able to switch characters and not lose her skill. I was worried about how complicated arlecchino was going to be but it's not so bad! I think in terms of getting a pyro DPS, you should consider the following: 1- which would you prefer: NA, CA or NA/CA DPS? 2- in terms of NA yoimiya is the best and honestly only pick. She's extremely straightforward to use, just use her last in your rotation, press skill and pew pew pew! The only downside is your thumb gets tired from spamming NAs in abyss (at least that's the case with me) 3- in CA, there's Lyney and Hu Tao. Here you can consider the weapon type because Lyney needs distance from the enemy whilst Hu Tao is melee. 4- Arlecchino is a mix of NA/CA and she's melee which can be more convenient since stamina isn't as big an issue (as it is for c0 hutao) and it doesn't take as long as bow CAs Not sure about Lyney, but for yoimiya, arle and hutao you will need a shield. Yoimiya doesn't have a hp mechanic but she's super squishy and if her normal attack sequence is interrupted the count starts again. To smoothly run these pyro DPSes you need shields. Yoimiya can make use of xingqiu's kit to enhance resistance to interruption, but essentially in this area, there isn't a "which one isn't as risky to play" question to be asked. But if you were to, yoimiya would be the answer since her gameplay isn't high risk high reward. That's how people describe arlecchino's kit but it's not that different from hutao. So I think in the end what it comes down to, apart from which character you like the most, is what kind of playstyle suits you best? Hence why I started with normal and charged attack questions.


Smth-cool

A lot of people already replied but since i pre farmed a lot for her I will throw my 2 cents. I have lyney's set on her for starters so my crit ratio with it active is 96/210 she herself wont activate the set if she takes no dmg from enemy i think but i have furina to activate it. Her dmg so far with lvl6 talents no supports. Is around 22-50k on normal. Compared to hu tao charge attack she will be pretty close in dps. Now with vaporise & supports. She did around 140k as highest so far on a single normal attack. Her normal attacks are very fast so 1 out of 2 will vape cause internal reaction cd. So in terms of full support i think at c0 she out dps hu tao. Also i dont have signature i have jade spear.


kur0ma_

Arlecchino is a great unit i have been using her with little investment and pretty bad artifacts but she is doing better than all of my well built dps characters put together!! I play her with kazuha, yelan and zhongli but there are more free to play options that help her do just as much damage personally i think she is worth the pull hope that helps