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Most of the characters in this list are those released in 1.0-1.2 + Xiao who was in beta. This implies that MHY basically had no idea how to design coherent character kits in the early development stage of the game lol.

See what you forgot about Zhongli C6 is that you can make him the best AFK DPS in the game by giving him HP/HP/Healing Bonus Ocean-Hued Clam. Just sit there and heal. Everything will die.

You could argue Childe's c6 is good for co-op stuff. But that definitely doesn't make it worth it. That is a ton of money for a co-op specific thing. (I know it has some more uses besides co-op but that seems to be the most relevant given his typical rotations)

Can Xiao and Albedo please trade their c4's then have the restrictions on them (ie need to be below 50% HP or within a circle) removed?

As a qiqi main with C0, she needs energy recharge (like flat out “qiqi generates cryo particles”) and actual dmg in her cons. Or no, in her base kit. But cons should add to that.

Ayaka’s C1 is useless and unnoticeable, her cryo attacks decrease the cool down of her e skill which sounds good on paper but it has like a 50% chance and doesn’t even chip at the CD making it one of the worst.

I hope you’ll make a exact opposite video of this, which is the 10 BEST cons. It’ll help lowspenders and upwards players to know how much they’ll need to save to guaranteed ”lv of con” for the specific characther.

As a fan of Zhongli I want C6 because 1) He's my favorite character, 2) I *_HATE_* it when someone isn't full health in overworld. I can deal with Xiao, Hu tao, and Shinobu because it's in their kit but I rarely use them in over world anyway. Because of this I tend to still put a healer even with a full hp Zhongli on the team C6 means that I don't have to do that.

I‘m sorry that you only got 1 Shinobu up until now, for me it was the opposite: I got her 5 times but Qiqi instead of Itto, in other words I‘ll just wait for him once more! 😆 Thanks for this video btw.

Actually, C6 Jean scales well into the game. And you can't really justify "Oh, just use a shield." Damage reduction actually affects how much damage the shield gets. Especially recently some enemies in the abyss does around 5k damage and destroys shields like its paper.

I want to see more survivability checks in genshin. Seriously, we have have enough dps checks. No need to fully stop but change things up every once in a while

Bold of you to assume I pulled constellations for Qiqi on purpose 😅

I never really focused on kokomi’s cons because I thought them unreachable,I already have her weapon. But thinking long term I will try going for her cons because I love kokomi and I want her to be maxed out

Although Xiao's C4 is an absolute disappointment Still, I wanna C6 this man because he was my first dedicated DPS and my first 5 star I pulled ( due to internet issues, I had to have my friend take care of my account and only came back in 2.3 recently)

The Zhongli c6 is just Zhongli being ready for another archon war.

There is a HUGE flaw I see on this video. Jean, Mona, Keqing and Qiqi constellations will come eventually if we keep losing 50/50, especially if we lose 50/50 within 20 wishes since the last 5-star, or just by wishing in the standard banner. I got several constellations from Mona and Qiqi, that I think I will be able to C6 them soon, so at the end of the day, those constellations are just added value due to wishing banner mechanics. Compare that to limited-time banner characters, that's another thing, because we aim or expect those characters to eventually come.

Your kokomi only has 28k hp? Mine has 43k hp, massive heals = foam burst damage up to 24k damage. I tripled crowned her and she does insane damage. 13k hydro at burst. (She solos abyss heralds at a steady paste.) *you are correct however, the list of constellations are very underwhelming especially for such a $$$.

One thing I will say that you never brought up, and I think ought to have: Klee's C6 is equally as bad, if not worse than, Itto's C4. It grants all teammates a total of 9 energy across as many seconds in her 10 second burst window, and grants all teammates a 10% Pyro Damage Bonus for (if I'm not mistaken) 25 seconds on cast. The 27 energy for her team is nice, but the 10% Pyro DMG Bonus isn't even half of what Keqing gets from her C6, and Klee already has PDB as her ascension stat. as Klee is typically utilized in monopyro teams meant to maximize her own DPS due to her struggle to consistently vaporize, its inefficient to use her alongside other dps Pyro characters due to risk of vaporizes being stolen, or because she takes up a valuable team slot that could go to a better battery, sub dps, or attack buffer. Even with C2, Klee's C6 is effectively a B Grade Bennett with a Favonius Sword, all while costing about $1000 USD across a soon to be 9 week total period

C6 Qiqi has uses in co-op, due to weekly boss mechanics, how Qiqi heals, and player tendencies. Qiqi generally needs to have the boss hit to heal teammates. For her E, she has to do the hitting. For her burst, the teammates do. So if you have a phase like Signora's pyro-tornado or when Rock Frog is stomping the ground and transitioning phases, you can get screwed over. The Raiden weekly boss can also cause issues, if the team fails to activate the shield or sucks at jumping (and keep in mind that half the players are average or worse, and you can't pick your teammates). And you will inevitably get selfish people that bring under-powered characters that are squishy by nature to these fights, because they want that tiny bit of friendship xp or something. Also worth noting that that bit about half the players being below average also applies to people playing Qiqi. I'll add that energy isn't really an issue in co-op with Qiqi, depending on the weapon you use. R5 sacrificial (and if you have C6 Qiqi, you should have access to that) means pretty much 100% uptime on her elemental skill. So you can hang on to your burst if you expect to hit a point where people might die, since you heal plenty with her E while attacking anyway. If you do use it, you will generate some energy from her C1, since her elemental skill will be active while the burst is thanks to the sacrificial sword. And with the nature of her burst, that's 15s people are not going to die, which is 15s to generate energy. And that's also a sword with high ER, so you get plenty of energy from your teammate's skill use. And with Qiqi's healing power, they can happily spam away. Personally, though, I wouldn't rate it the worst constellation for a few reasons. First, it is because she's a permanent banner five star. I know you value cost, but the cost of those constellations is, generally speaking, lower. We get them from wishes on the permanent banner or from losing a 50/50 on the featured. The former are "free" and the latter up the cost of the featured characters. So if you are going to factor in "cost", then permanent banner five stars shouldn't see the cost of their C6 treated as having the same cost as that of a featured one. Second, most constellations from those permanent characters are equally worthless, because, odds are, we barely, if it all, use them. Qiqi's is at least cool and novel to use. And that alone makes it better than Keqiing's. Though from a pure play value perspective, Qiqi's constellations and passives are the worst of any character. That said, her C6 is the permanent banner constellation I want the most (since I already have Jean at C2). Just for the novelty of it. Mind you, wouldn't spend money to get it, but if I'm going to lose a 50/50, I'm always hoping it is to Qiqi.

Ive been screwed too many times in abyss by missing a perfect rotation on Childe either by being hit or just missing the window barely resulting in my damage dropping off a cliff. C 6 makes him way more fun and raises his usability with units that damage off field for longer than 10-12 seconds.

As a person who is a fan of zhongli myself, I genuinely don't see myself going beyond c2 (recently acquired). You get the best of all he has to offer at that point without being too ridiculous and c0 is pretty good too. Still would be nice if the standard banner finally gets updated but no such hints at that even to this day :/

7:50 My heart dropped hearing this song. Thank you, I had almost forgotten about that... But did I really need to remember?

One of the only few content creators out there that explicitly makes it clear about the character problems and and how they may or may not benefit the character themselves and other units while at the same time reminding people to have fun still the way they want instead of mindlessly telling players "not to pull for" this unit or "only pull for" this unit, aka "meta only" . Awesome stuff.

Lol this doesn't concern me cuz I'm an f2p but I'll stay for the content

this is amazing and im glad that youre making this content but for the future itd be amazing if you added calcs on screen to further help your point :D

Great content, not many channels tackles this kind of topic in the game

your choice in background music is always so spot on!

Qiqi hates me. I have C6 on all standard banner characters, but C0 QiQi. Took me a long time just to get her. Lol

The highest damage I've ever experienced from an enemy in Genshin is actually in the overworld (technically). One of the weekly bounties in Liyue had a "particularly fierce" Ruin Hunter. Thing got the zoomies and dealt around 40k damage per hit. Managed to one shot a 20k HP Jean through a 40k HP Zhongli's shield and Geo resonance. In the end Noelle was the only one who managed to tank one of those hits before it finally calmed down a bit.

Could you make the opposite video? 10 of the best constellations? Great video!

3:35 Looking back now, it looks so weird when opponents are afffected with Hydro and Dendro and they don't make a Dendro Core from it

i love the random DDLC music while ur explaining zhongli

Is that RBO music I hear in the background?! Niiice

As a Kokomi main, I believe her C2 to be the most useless. It's the only one that solely focuses on her healing; more healing on targets under 50% health. However, since she's such a potent healer, when would that ever even be necessary? In the situation that it DOES activate, it is not that great of an increase for paying towards a second constellation either. It really is just there without any meaningful impact. And since Kokomi has such a high floor with healing having a low ceiling, increased healing doesn't do much. It's not even a consistent healing buff that can make activating Ocean-Hued Clam passive easier or anything. I understand that it's because Kokomi is conceptualized as damage first healing second, but she's already the best dedicated healer in the game. At least with Barbara and Qiqi, their constellations try to focus on doing more on top of that healing. Kokomi's constellations help her role by... doing more damage, I suppose, with C4 really only being the one to impact that in a meaningful way that isn't just a literal number buff (though I guess C1 is a gameplay changer by altering her best attack chain). So then she has a C2 solely focused on her supportive qualities, which does make sense for her character and for a C2, but then it it just does almost nothing. Slightly more healing on a healer that would never let you dip below 50% health anyway, and when that DOES happen, said healer is super easy to build to make you heal back to full in only a few seconds after it happens. At least it's not as horrible as Xiao C4, but it ranks there with "does nothing" compared to her C6, which is a significant damage increase even if it's paywalled behind something that should provide more than just big numbers.

c6 zhongli was useful during that really hard event with 3 maguu kenkis

This is pretty good video... Pls make another one but with the best cons on 5 star characters

I love my C6 Zhongli. Being topped out all the time, even quickly after a drop from a height, and not having to have a dedicated healer in your team is just fun. And yeah, it might be overkill, but isn't overkilling stuff fun? :D

Since I dont have like mona when ever I test out my diluc, my party comp is diluc, xing, albedo, and bennet and albedo is actually useful only because of his burst which gives 125 em which is nice.

if anything i don’t even have zhongli and if i need a shield like for a certain boss i just use noelle

1:40 i haven’t seen anyone point this out but zhongli’s meteor crashing synced with the music made me laugh

But C6 Qiqi mean you have to get C1 and her C1 generates 2 energy for Qiqi if her skill hits and opponent affected by her talisman. It’s not that much energy considering her burst costs 80 energy, but it’s still some. Qiqi’s C6 is usually used in the raiden fight where once you get rid of her shield everyone get full energy,and raiden has a lot of one shot attacks.

i feel bad now because i got shinobu from a free wish on shop reset, and i don't even want her

awesome video my f2p ar 59 account have c4 qiqi but im happy that i use her and she is one of my oldest 5star characters(i except the traveler) that i still use (along with jean and zhongli)

i like the respectfulness of this !! and now i am thinking of if i really should pull all the way for c6 zhongli, i think i'll still get the con just not activate it ? for my hu tao main friends ☺️

I was going to get a pitch fork but you are right c6 zhongli is so overkill that you don't need it

I see you with the DDLC music during Zhongli's part... Very epic

I can literally smell and taste that FFX soundtrack on the beginning of the video

pulling for a 4 star is the worst idea if u don't want to get the 5 star character on the banner 🤣 Edit: just finished the video, and another good video! i would say tartaglia's C6 is good, but then i realize its a c6 XD

Characters occasionally die when they're with qiqi. C6 can help. It's still not good though; I might agree with your placement if it weren't for one thing: qiqi's C4. I would rather be able to revive (something unique that only qiqi and barbara c6 can do) than have enemies do slightly less damage to me any day.

I think this video need a refresh with the addition of dendro reactions, especially for kokomi

That Maplestory and Ragnarok Offline OST music though.... So good

Love the content man keep it up

for me it's not Kokomi's c6 her worst, it's her c2. look at it I mean While she is on the team team how are you going to maintain that. That's is even useless that c4 xiao at least he gets some protection.

I know the constellation desc is semi transparent to see it but not too distracting and what not. And yet, its a little too hard to read with the low light of the background gameplay. Still good vid and i agree with the list, but that could be improved i think

Interested in doing a tier list on who would pass as an MC If not the traveler?

For itto, I wouldnt change the constellation cause i think its fine it isnt great but literally every other constellation on itto is freaking amazing. For albedo, I also think the c4 is okay cause sometimes those gimmicks are a great part of a characters kit thos I would have given him itto c4 and then give itto something else. For Zhongli i have always standed by the fact that his c6 should have left the meteorite in the ground as a geo contruct that exploded 6 seconds later for bonus damage.

The Number 1 is hilarious. You got 1 child, healing 3 dying adults that scales of at HP. Qiqi do be struggling

A lil side note: the amount of music used in this video that are from games that I like is insane

I think childe c6 is a mix between good or bad because it was designed for patch 1. Back then, childe international comp was not very popular or rather not everyone have them built (bennett was once deemed as an expedition unit only due to not having a good understanding with the game yet). It is good back then so you can just use him on the field and it won't really matter. It's bad because now we play with rotation, you won't be using him more than 9 seconds anyway

I don't fully agree with you thinking qiqi's c6 is terrible, but i respect your opinion. qiqi is usually used as a healer so it's a really good boost for her role in those teams where she's used as a healer. ESPECIALLY in spiral abyss she can carry your team REALLY good. but other people might build her as a support, dps, physical dps, etc. so her c6 doesn't really work out well, or be useful for those builds. but i get your point on the energy recharge part, you're completely right on there. :D

well, most characters' c4 sucks because it would be more profitable for mihoyo to have you go all the way to c6 it's meant to promote this kind of thinking; "i already got to c4, why not go for c6 anyway?", in other words a sunk cost fallacy to make you spend more money on going all the way for a character. by the time you get to c6, you might even be motivated to spend more money on getting r5 of their weapon, etc

For Mona C6 she has a constellation that allows her basic attack to trigger a charged attack 50% of the time

You using ddlc theme song just brought back my hidden trauma :)

i use c6 Zhongli in multiplayer. It keeps everyone topped off. Also you can flex by healing yourself in torches.

For C6 Jean i think her in Azdaha fight is where her Constellation will shine and am i missing something or Co-Op Constellations were never covered?

Great video and I agree with most. Though, my take through his logic is that any constellation for a 5-star beyond C1 is bad because it's unnecessary for the price it presents in a game as extremely easy as Genshin. Reality is, if you're purposely going beyond C0, you're not doing it because you need it, it's because you simply want to see higher numbers or become an anime protagonist, and that's fine. Otherwise, if you seriously need 5 star constellations beyond 0 for survivability or dps, then it's just a skill issues at that point, which is also fine but it's something easily worked on through practice... In relation to the fact that having 1k lying around to spend in the game is much harder on average than it is to practice lol.

Okay so I got Itto, Gorou, Shinobu and Bennet in this banner ..the thing is I'm confused about which char should I upgrade for healing purpose? Should I go for Shinobu because of the constant healing factor,her increased damage on having low health and itto and Shinobu bonding or Bennet because I've seen many players using him for healing purpose ? Please help me here 🤧

I got C6 Zhongli for 340 pulls on his first banner and I've been happy with him he never leaves my party.

Honestly I wouldn’t say qiqis c6 is the worst considering she’s a standard 5 star plus it has coop + abyss benefits

Regarding C6 Mona, it will be helpful for those enemies that got an invulnerable phase. EDIT: or when you gotta run regardless of having a shield.

11:36 i have eulas weapon for razor and midsplitter for xingqiu(and hopefully have enough primogems for amos after i get tighnari for gorou). even if i cant get past floor 12, i still have my favorite characters as pampered as possible. even if triple crowning them all is useless... very bad... thats all that matters to me because they make me happy.

A little thought that make Qiqi C6 less bad, think as a Healer LB3 in FF14. If you have it and the party wipe but the healer survives, just pop it and bring your buddies back to life.

man forgot to mention that Zhongli's shield gets stronger the more hits you take with it on.

Honestly the only 5*s I even want cons on are Jean (I have her at c2 and want her c4), Xiao (I randomly got him with his c1 and I'm loving it, I pulled him for exploration purposes and I have no regrets, not planning on pulling for him ever again), and maybe Itto (his c1 looks like it'll make for smoother gameplay and I use him a lot at c0 in Spiral Abyss). The only other 5* con I have is on Qiqi and that's the way it's going to stay. At the end of the day, an entire new character is a lot more valuable than a constellation on a character I already have, not only because it makes my account stronger but also because the variety makes the game more fun.

No as f2p current one shot beasts in abyss that have hp sponges ZHONGLI shields is not enough plus there's 2 waves of concecrated beasts

excellent content i really like this stuff, do more please like the best constellations to get ✌🏾😊

Surprised to not see Venti's C1 here, you barely use his charged attack and adding three more arrows to it makes it even worse

6:10 miHoYo: oh-HO, is that so? (then proceeds to make an enemy that requires you to have DMG reduction, otherwise, you die)

You wanna know why C6 Qiqi is a thing?, Diluc mains, bow mains, catalyst mains, literally suicidal klee mains, they, always, no matter what, THEY WILL, DIE, ABSOLUTELY, OBLITERATE

5:07 should i question the dodoco tales on kokomi? I feel like that may be a reason for kokomi's low dps..

Weird how I watched your old worst cons video yesterday

Jean c6 and Qiqi c6 is bad. Tuonto: Is it tho? Me: is it tho? other tons of people that mains c6 Jean and c6 Qiqi: Is it tho?

although c6 zhongli with 2pc ocenhued + maiden/4pc maiden was kinda fun in coop , better if your friend/s main hutao

I love your use of DDLC music in this video.

As someone with a C6 Zhongli because I’m a geo daddy simp, that crown comment absolutely called me out lmao. I have him triple crowned and I absolutely do not regret it

Haven’t got Kuki yet? Yeah same bro and I’m afraid of losing my guaranteed to itto instead of Kazuha C1

I used to play Albedo a lot and rarely use his burst. Only if I am fighting something with a geo shield because Flower Powa is better

That C0 Kuki is so relatable I lost 50/50 twice but only got 2 Kukis. I managed to get more 5 stars than Kuki T-T

7:32 Wasn't expecting that reference in 2022. Nice.

The DDLC music in the background is giving me PTSD

i feel like a limited 5 star character’s c6 should slightly change or enhance their gameplay. the only c6 5 star i have is yelan and i LOVE her last con. it changes the way she plays and makes her even more fun. with how expensive these cons can be, some of them just aren’t up to par.

That's why we needs a rework in some characters and constellation toggle if mihiyo do that if...

I think I feel fun Mona gameplay is simply charge Vaporize only than Vaporize burst only. With Kazuha, Sucrose and Bennett gave Mona insane free to play damage without constellation but her C1 give go beyond playstyle than most her On field. Just don't use Mona normal attack mostly, she's incapable playstyle.

if factoring co-op klee unironically has a useless constellation not like oh it doesn't do much you, you just cant use it and it being a got dang C4 oh boy being that deep in and getting nothing its not a good look.

@Ratheil is it bad to crown the doggie boy bc the skill and ult are good?

i like how every standard banner character is on here except diluc. pretty much every part of diluc's kit complements how he's meant to be played (ignoring that... one... particular talent...) anyway that's why diluc is best waifu

There is C1 Xiao too which gives one extra dash attack which is super helpful

I'm gonna comment this on almost every one of your videos:they made alhaithams arms bigfer than ittos in the 3d model remodel himmmmm😭