Should have also mentioned that in the hyperbloom teams where I was pleasantly surprised, this is in contrast to how poor my expectations were. He's still only one of the options you can use for defensive utility, and can very much be outperformed by using a more offensive-focused unit as your dendro one with the defensive unit being the electro one with Kuki

Shoutout to that random chatter who said that 500 lowest def is canonically accurate for Baizhu

The OPness of Favonius series is how Favonius knights survive so long despite not having powerful defenses like the other nations.

Zajef making a 20 minute video? What next, a Eula rerun?

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Genshin ends up finishing and the fav series can be good on pretty much all characters.

Bro each character that gets released somehow makes fav weapons better ⚰️

I immediately pulled him for the same reason I pulled Kokomi on her first banner. His QoL in the game is just so great. Yes, I'm sure he's not as great as others in the abyss, but honestly there's more to the game than that. You spend more time farming than playing the abyss and being able to cast his skill once at the end of a domain to fully heal your team for the next round is just so good.

I would never have imagined to ear Zajeff saying "Just use Dehya"

I have been using him in Keqing aggravate and Thoma Burgeon with double dendro, and he has made a lot of my other teams alot smoother than before, especially in abyss 12, i have been able to 36 star the last 2 roations with him He isnt groundbreaking or anything, but he does have a niche and fills it really well

Very satisfied with Baizhu as hyperbloom driver in the current Abyss (Baizhu / XQ / Yelan / Raiden). Allowed me to transfer Nahida to my scuffed Nilou team on bottom half, which was a HUGE upgrade. Being able to free up Nahida is a big part of his value IMO.

sad seal gif: he was forced(air quotes) to use favge on every character

My favorite part of every post release is double Zajef

His third passive is made redundant by his E, while the passive heals the active character and requires a plant, his E heals the entire party and it's only gated by cooldown. It's a new passive and show's they are trying something other than the god forsaken stamina and cooking passives, but on HIM specifically it's just plain useless.

I'm just going to mention, this is my first time watching your video & I already learned so much from not only the video but also your viewers here in comments. You speak your opinion, your viewers speak theirs. Supporting or countering in a good manner. No toxicity. It's rare to find such community very nice.

At some point i will build a team with 4 fav users

I really enjoy using Baizhu and Kuki on hyperbloom with another onfield dendro character and xingqiu or yelan. You can Baizhu E, swap to kuki E and basically ignore the entire self damage. Baizhu and kuki combined just means your on field character never dies.

i had the complete opposite experience with baizhu and cyno tbh. the resistance to interruption is pretty much what i expected, but his dendro uptime feels SO nice when the alternatives either stop after a wave of enemies (nahida) or are confined to a circle. cyno's damage not falling off a cliff randomly just feels really nice

I just love how chat just spams PeLa when Zajef tells the video came out later than planned

3:17 lore accurate kazuha weapon

Felt like it's been forever ago since Baizhu's release thanks to Star Rail. I just got reminded that his banner is still up right now.

if Baizhu's dmg bonus was shared to the whole team instead of himself or the onfielder. he would have been alot better imo. same goes for his signatures like i really hate the fact that Energy and Dmg bonus isn't shared to the whole team.

That thumbnail is kinda cursed

Funny y'all make that yao yao comparison because i pulled this man specifically because i HATE playing yao yao. Like her character in the story but i hate how her kit works. Snek doctor man found his way into my nilou team with nahida and tartag

I got baizhu accidentally at super low pity while rolling for kaveh, and honestly, he's a really nice comfort character. def not a must pull but it's nice to be able to run nilou bloom with nahida and yao yao and still have a dendro healer to slot into quicken

As a Cyno player pulling Baizhu was a great decision for the team. He is an AMAZING comfort pick if you struggle to survive in Cyno's burst. I was never a fan of Kuki's risk of dying whenever on field or Yaoyao's on field burst heals so Baizhu feels like an upgrade above them both. Cyno feels practically immortal and having Xingqui on the team makes it so you can spam E to your heart's content. Yelan feels worse defensive wise but really only in fights where there's more than one enemy ( single target bosses get shredded no problem). His off field dendro is also good enough to still proc hyperbloom even after the first wave dies which feels super convenient. Overall I can't stress how comfortable the team feels especially when face tanking everything in front of you. Is he a must pull for that team not really but I guess who is. He is definitely a worthwhile upgrade imo

Please algorithm gods bless this video, mr strimmer needs it

thank you for the thumbnail mr zajef. i was terribly jetlagged and that image kept me from falling asleep.

These thumbnails are always bangers

Shatterbloom is now a thing cause of Kaveh, so it is possible to effectively have a fridge team that isn’t copious now btw

I have him at 175 er and it's fine with prototype amber and 50k hp

I'm currently playing Baizhu with TTDS and clam set and it's actually working :) no problem with energie regen and I see a lot the effect of the 4 pieces clam set. This might not be he's BIS but on my Cyno team its working :) that save me a fav weapon for another caracter :D PS : my Cyno team is compose of Cyno, Nahida, XQ and Baizhu

in my case baizhu made my run so smooth, i use him in an aggravate team with yae and use nahida and kokomi with burgeon. I wasn't able to fully complete this abyss but the last 2 runs were so easy with those teams 👌

I rlly wish that baizhus shield and dendro procs were more often than they were. Won't necessarily improve his damage but it would've made his utility so much better 😭

ZAJEEEEFFF 😍😍

9:25 "Zaclipse" sanest zajef viewer BASED

Here for the rerun. Actually gonna get him after getting Furina.

Please do a kaveh post release, i want to know why he feels so bad to play, i haven't looked much into him.

That thumbnail scared me😢

at 12:09 why no mention of kuki for hyperbloom as an alternative? seems zajef just forgets kuki exists. as he stated if you want comfort in the team, kuki does what raiden and baizhu do in one kit.

7:44 thank you wise philosopher Zajef77

That thumbnail scared the shit out of me lmao.

Ah, this brings me back to when zajef used to play genshin! Good times

im glad i got him. he is toptier in my aggravate team. better than yaoyao simply because doesnt need onfield. small buff + ttds, because my team dont need much ER so i can just gives him shet ton of ER from substat. better than nahida because nahida having problem of applying too much dendro for my anemo to swirl electro on 2nd rotation onward. overall i think he is a very very very good unit when you need comfort.

i think he works for one particular nilou comp and that is nilou, nahida on field, yelan or even better xq, baizhu instead of yao feels pretty good, i tried it on a friends account and was good, i rolled for him but got c3 jean xd so now im saving my guaranteed since i dont really play that nilou comp on my account, i do on field kok.

I don’t think he has enough application to utilize deepwood properly . Clam is more consistent

Sorry, what is wrong with Kaveh? I watched a lot of Kaveh guides, and they say he is viable in Nilou teams, and I am considering to build a Kaveh (C0, on field)/Dendro DMC/Xingqiu/Nilou team. What do you think about this? Or should I build a "traditional" Nilou team with Barbara (on field)/DMC/Collei? Note I want to place Nahida into the Hyperbloom team, so all I can use are Collei/DMC or Kaveh (I have no other dendro characters). Or should I just wait before I pull any other better dendro character - who then?

kokomi has my proto amber so i slapped fav on baizhu day 1 and i love it. say what you will about baizhu and his mid kit, but e->q with a fav proc feels nice.

I got Baizhu 12 wishes in winning the 50/50. I tested him with my Kuki hyperbloom, Yae aggravate, and Keqing aggravate teams. My testing basically compared him with Yaoyao in the same party spot. With hyperbloom I got a decent upgrade in damage on Kuki's hyperblooms and set a new personal record of 99.4k hyperbloom hits. With both Yae Miko and Keqing I found that a c0 Yaoyao with 4 set tenacity buffed their damage more than Biazhu did. As for ability of mine to stay alive in this current abyss version I had no issues with both Yaoyao and Baizhu so both get a solid pass. Overall I was hoping his A4 passive would mean more on my aggravate teams than a mere 20% attack buff so I am disappointed on his performance there but at least he was good for kuki hyperbloom. At least I don't feel ripped off with how little wish investment I had in him and I still am over 190 saved wishes as of writing this comment. I am a Yae Miko main and she is at c4 now and she is rerunning on the next banner. I am hoping I am lucky enough to hit c6 on my Yae Miko! I also want Kirara too because she looks cute and she is gonna be on the same banner so jackpot.

I got him like forty pulls in rolling for Kaveh and he's really fun on my Tighnari/Yae quicken team and makes the whole thing way more comfortable and able to beat even my Alhaitham hyperbloom team. Also he makes Klee burgeon work and that's just a really fun team. Klee, Xingqiu/Yelan, Nahida, Baizhu and watch everything die as you just spam her normal attack.

I just R5 my Amber and he has like 190% ER, like 47k HP, and I got his C1 on accident

I’ve been playing since Hu tao came out and have almost every 5star and Baizhu opened up a few teams and improved others same as when I got kokomi on accident, now they both make everything so much smoother and my account is basically set for life so now I’m just saving until a character interest me- also Baizhu being a tall male healer in my eyes is a big plus especially when Nahida and Yao yao are slow as hell to run with lol

I feel Zajef's analyses have been so shallow lately... I was hopeful this follow up video could show more depth than the first impressions one, but it didn't happen. Barely talked about double Dendro options, ignored triple Dendro Spread, etc. At this point, The Genshin Scientist covers the analytic content much better tbqh

didnt mention anything about the spread side of his passive with alhaitham. is that worth anything since the cyno side isnt quite there? also xlice did shatterbloom with kaveh. whats the thoughts on that?

I feel like he's like an Ayato moment where he's versatile and useful but not "fun" (I remember some people saying Ayato is boring cause just hold left click) and not irreplaceable/must pull. I feel like Tall Male characters in general are like designed to be replaceable/not necessary. I do like him though, and ig it's good that tall males are alright, cause those are who I'm pulling for anyways and I'm just glad there are more off-field ones getting added.

he is good, allows to build more dendro teams hyperbloom/ bloom. really good

3:51 In other words, it's not about the size. It's about how long it can last.

I use 2-piece 2-piece Vorukasha's and Tenacity's full HP with ER to up at least 130 and a R5 Amber when paired with Nahida, and his energy problems get alleviated a little. I think. I just really want the most out of his A4 passive.

Impressive, very nice

unreal thumbnail my guy

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Yup! As a Baizhu haver who wanted to improve my Cyno ... I had a lot of fun until the freaking consecrated beasts showed up 😂 Feels better than Yao Yao in Yae Aggravate teams, but you do have to stay on your feet to avoid knockback. I don't regret pulling for him, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend him either unless you like him.

Fun fact he was one of the top dendro drivers for nilou. They tested teams with nahida as the driver with baizhu as support and vice versa. The team with baizhu on field performed better.

With Fav, you would need to put considerable Crit Rate on him for that weapon passive to be useful. I'd stick to Prototype Amber.

That changsheng is nightmare inducing.

We can get more HP on him with Er,Hp,Hp Prototype amber(i played him with double dendro ,170 er without er sands and didn't have er problem) ,if we use favounius we have to use hp,hp ,crit.. Favounius doesn't have any hp bonus too..well if ur team struggling with er then use it Also, Deepwood doesn't work that great against multiple enemies, since his skill is limited to 1-3 targets he can't shread everyone's res

Zajef i love u but why did you have to jumpscare me with this thumbnail huh???? Come onnn

I can't unsee the thumbnail

I would've never thought id hear "Just use Dehya" out of anyone, let alone the Zajef himself-

I use Baizhu in Keqing Aggravate and it slaps hard. Keqing/Fischl/Baizhu/Nahida. Baizhu basically has zero ER needs because of Nahida and Electro resonance. Keqing, Fischl and Nahida benefit from Dendro resonance. Baizhu's passive helps a lot, because this team is a quickswap team, and the passive lingers for 6s. Keqing drives Fischl, Fischl works as battery for everyone. Baizhu heals everyone and provides limited yet noticeable resistance to interruption. He works amazing well with my Nilou as well.

I crafted Kitain Cross Spear r5 for solo Pyro xiangling, but ended up just using fav. Teamwide energy and being able battery on demand when you are short is too useful.

Still has a pulse

Changsheng what did you do to Baizhu?! 😱 also I just wanted Kaveh for his teapot talent 😂

Dr. Baizhu

i have a following nilou team: nilou, nahida, yelan, yao yao. Man, when i swapped yao yao with baizhu, there's so much difference. Yep this team is a bit whale, but i play genshin since the beginning. Easy 36 stars given if u have another decent dps for the second half.

Will you release a Kirara pre-release ?

Nice to see it was corrected by the pinned comment baizhu in hyperbloom really is just a waste since kuki as the hyperbloom trigger exists

Kinda wish he released just a stream highlight of him trying CA Kaveh

My favorite streamer pog

I don't agree with your take on Burgeon. I think Baizhu Double Hydro Thoma is a contender for the best Burgeon team in the game and the strongest Dendro team that doesn't use Nahida (which is important because you can use her on the other half of Abyss)

Please next Kirara. I want Kaveh review

I think his a4 is good when used in a quick bloom team, with onfield electro like keqing , who can use both parts of the a4 at once. Nahida xq baizhu keqing is very good

Each time I ear "Hello beautiful people", I answer "Hello beautiful Zajef"! My man, I just love what you do!

11:40 Genshin logic: put enemies in abyss that invalidates the newly released 5 star's kit.

I am a bit disappointed with him, but I found a niche for him in hyper raiden, where for me he replaces c6 Sara (another commenter on a diff video said he replaces Bennet for them) as the buff is similar and you have way more surviveability. It was never a team I enjoyed playing before, but I like this iteration of it. In a hyperbloom team, if you have Zhongli, I think Geo daddy on 4 DM is better as you have max uptime on the set debuff plus the debuff from the shield no matter who's on field

Zajedd is so obsessed with Fav... it's insane 🤣

Seele post release where

Yisheng

why does zajef disike Kaveh's gameplay? I haven't kept up with his vis/stream he knew his scaling was bad but thought it would be at least fun to use briefcase attacks right? was it just not as fun as he thought it would be lol

Kirara pre release? Pls ? *Sad kitten eyes*

My favourite team with him is double dendro burgeon w/ an on field pyro like Klee or Yanfei

true

I get to save.

i like r5 prototype amber over fav

I got Baizhu and Im so happy with him. His heals are really good and FINALLY I can free my Nahida for second half

My guy I only have 1 fav of each type 😂

About the kaveh not feeling good to play: As one of the people really excited for his playstyle, yeah I agree, he doesn't feel good to play. Mostly because I think he would become better if you have him at c6 😢 I spent all my primos to get both baizhu and kaveh and whenever I play them both in my team for fun, When I get to baizhu all the enemies die by then so I can't even use kaveh anymore hahaha. Made kaveh my dps but he's just there sitting pretty hahahah

Sadge favdge

Favge strikes once again And... I wish Kaveh would be at least mid. I really wanted to play him. Maybe this strange shatter bloom combo everyone trying is fun?

still waiting for the kaveh vid T_T

With all the Fave recommendations, has HYV’s Energy/ER policy just been sh%t (ie pressure you to go P2W with Raiden, and Energy-related con, and/or a 5-star Energy-related weapon) since 2.0?