Dori exists just to drain your mora and resources. Very true to her character.

Kuki pushing Dori off a cliff (animated)

Guys you don't understand, Dori was clearly built with the secret 8th element in mind, she will be top tier 🤓

"Zajef does not get to that later" I died💀

What makes kuki thebest hypebloom trigger for me is her role consolidation as a healer and trigger

Elemental Burst - Glacial Balls Coalescing the frost in the air, balls summons 3 icicles that revolve around him. These icicles will follow the character around and deal Cryo DMG to opponents in their path for the ability's duration. A winsome smile, genial words, and the merciless hoarfrost that lies beneath... These are all balls’s weapons.

This video’s official “HYEH” count: 4 Disclaimer: There does not seem to be many in this video Timestamps (+ Number of “HYEHs”): 19:30 - 4x Bonus (Not “HYEHs” but still laughs): Little Chuckle - 0:40 - 2x Scoff - 21:18 - 1x Tell me if I missed any! Much love! ❤

My ayato kuki hyperbloom team is one of my favorite dandro team . So much fun and easy to use

It really feels good for someone who build kuki when she came out and used her even though she was barely usable ( yes it's me)

20:45 not only that but imo she's what I would expect from a solid 4-star. Nothing too out there or broken but definitely usable and even pretty good, even if there is a better option.

Kuki with Nahida will be super good as the team healer and Quicken activator for Nahida DPS.

Damn Zajef has the best editor ever ... Puts in the work and fixes anything Zajef might've misspoke 💙

18:24 I was not expecting to see that meme here but I'M SO GLAD LMFAOOOOO EDIT: now that I've finished watching the video- glad to see info being laid out for Shinobu like this, especially the history for why she was "bad on release." Her split scalings looked like a nightmare for people who wanted to build her at pre-release, but full EM Kuki does not disappoint. I'm using her as an off-field Electro applier+Hyperbloom Trigger with 4PC Tenacity for whoever my on-field damage is, and it's such a good buff that frees up Bennett, Fischl, and/or your other buffers/more valuable Electro units for other comps. Her C4 is also pretty amazing: that extra oomph of Electro damage does help- although even though it says "AoE" Electro Damage, to me it just feels single target, like Beidou's Burst. My favorite team I've used her on so far is Collei, Dendro MC, and Ayato (with Amenoma), and the rotation is super easy. Shinobu E > Dendro Burst 1 > Ayato E + NA spam > Shinobu E > Dendro Burst 2 > Ayato E + NA Spam > Repeat. Easy Hyperbloom Damage and you can weave in Shinobu and Ayato's ults as needed.

Ayy my fav Genshin youtuber post another video and i 100% never say that everytime i see other genshin youtuber.

Nice video Zajef. Now make another one. 🙏 More seriously I actually understand more of the nuances with your videos. I feel like I don't have to do as much crossrefencing with your vids cuz you actually explain why thoroughly. I can just agree or think of why my account just doesn't align. I super duper appreciate your holistic approach to making theory videos. Much thanks.

I was waiting for a video on the "new" Kuki. Thank you, Mr. Zajef

We should have known Kuki would be good for Dendro, she has green hair. We were blind. 🤔

I really like how fresh you look at the gameplay of genshin and the characters. Thanks to your videos, I took a new look at the game. thank you

Very comfy gameplay in hyperbloom + chep to build. Really enjoyed her on my abyss run today.

I really want you to make a video specifically for Tighnari. You actually make the best videos for explaining.

I've been enjoying playing with my lvl70 kuki ( I don't have resources for more lvl) so much lately. I really like her kit, and I'm glad she can be useful with dendro. For my sumeru overworld team, I've been using Xiao, Kazuha, Tighnari and Kuki. Very nice.

im just glad i can finally play her on field in hyperbloom teams to see her attack animations even if they dont do much since her hyperbloom does so much alrd. That being said as much as i like what raiden offers instead of kuki in hyprbloom teams, i often need her on my other party slots so kuki is still really needed for me. I also rather hope for a good dendro dps instead of a healer since kuki does that really well already

I got my first kuki today and you posted this! Gladge

this is the best intro ive ever seen

Been having a blast with her since 3.0 dropped. Mona+Venti+DMC+Shinobu is ridiculously fun.

love the intro

3.0 just made so much sense for kuki. Yelan and Kaz to explore new region. DMC for dendro, what do you slot in 4th? Healer and hyperbloom proc of course it's Kuki.

very cool! glad to see shinobu with more fun teams! shinobu & zhongli & collei & xingqiu have been very fun for me. looking forward to using shinobu + dendro + childe when i get childe!

dori dying in the intro omg, we love u editor!!

Thank you !!!

I just built my kuki today, and having lot of fun and succes in abyss with Ayato Yelan dendro MC (who has the dendro res set). The amount of dmg that they deal is pretty damn good.

The intro keep getting better

Very glad I watched to the end. That stinger was funny

I started 3.0 with quicken but settled on hyperbloom and it’s so fun with Kuki

Thanks for the great clear guides 👍. Hyperbloom/dendro teams are complicated and zajef be showing everyone the light.

Got her a few days ago and cleared with her today. She's great and I love her to bits

Friendship ended with doritos, cookie is now my best electro healer

18:23 lmao what a reference. Kuki getting some relevance, we love to see, i just recently got her and she's very fun:)

Didn't watch the video yet, but props to who made the Thumbnail. A true person of culture.

Finally got Kuiki when wishing for Nahida, so I'm back to relearn using her with Dendro! Now that I can actually apply what I learn to my account c:

Hello Gino! Thanks for always being there, whenever we need you, You're the real MVP

dope, i love kuki, got her C6 and i just got her friendship lv 10, been holdin my team down for a lil bit.

amazing intro

Really good kuki+dendro guide! The only thing I'm missing is a bit more about constellations. Now that she's on the banner I'd like to know if it's worth trying to get c1/c2. I tried on the first day but got Candace c0 and two Sayu cons (rip). Specifically for Hyperbloom Kuki, are the constellations a power spike or only QoL? Also a bit curious what the damage dif would be between 2 gilded / 2 wanderers that I have her on now versus 4 gilded.

21:30 - Damn, Pyro flower attack pattern looks tough

I just love that how KZfaq decide to translate EM to Element MONSTER which I love more 😂❤

May you do a video about Lisa ? I rediscovered her with some videos and she is very solid and versatile as a support or sub dps since dendro

Pog video also hi Gino

I know it's still super early but I can't wait for your Nahida pre-release analysis

I built Kuki and holy shit. 30k x 2 Hyperbloom damage while also gives decent healing. She is instantly becoming one of my favorite 4*. - Im currently running Kuki Yelan Xingqiu DMC. Ill replace DMC or Xingqiu with Nahida after getting the dendro archon

We now have an outro scene KEKWait

One thing I like using Kuki is that I can make a comp that is focused on raw Damage and just add Kuki as a healer that does Hyperbloom. Right now, I'm running a weird comp that I find fun. Eula, Yelan, DMC (will be replaced by Nahida), Kuki.

So when do they release the element that saves Dori and Xinyan?

No joke i literally got Kuki and her c1 the moment he uploaded this, its destiny.

ohhh i was gonna ask about a kuki update after dendro ty mr strimmer

There's a leak that Alhaitham will have a Dendro infusion in his kit, and nahida will buff the team depending on the team composition and it works like a 2 member resonance. With that, kuki Shinobi will be more viable if Alhaitham and Nahida are online because I expected those two to deal more Dendro damage and much faster Dendro application than Dendro MC, hence more seeds on the ground to hyperbloom. Nahida dome buffs, Alhaitham Dendro infusion, XingQiu fast hydro application and kuki convenient hyperbloom will be one of the staple teams on the upcoming patches I believe.

thanks jojef now i can build em kuki

Yay, a Kewki video

wow zajef77 is so tall, handsome and such a wholesome streamer man.

woah perfect timing I just got kuki :DDDD

So does standard 4* taser do more or less dps then aggravate and/or hyperbloom teams the 4* variants? I am curious since I started a new ftp account that is just hitting ar45. I tried to test on my main account and it seemed like taser did more but for aggravate I could only try fischl, beidou, sucrose & mc and for hyperbloom fischl, xingqiu, sucrose & mc due to not wanting to waste resources on units like kuki if they are just going to be worse teams.

hi zajef, can i ask what team is confirm can use em-em-em? i think nilou-nahida-sucrose-kuki the only team that possible that all of them use em.. (i dont mind their scaling, just usability) because why you want reaction based if not using em to the max?

As someone who plays on mobile and doesn’t play much to learn opponents attack patterns, I use Kuki often in Hyperbloom teams in abyss and can easily clear floors in 1:10-1:30 on F12

What about on field Kuki with Candace infusion for bloom and hyperbloom procs? I'm trying it with Kuki, Candace, Traveler (Nahida when she releases) and Xingqiu/Zhongli, but I didn't do any in depth testing or theory crafting

very nice and cool

Best Intro

Dori kinda whatever but I have to admit high refine sac gs on her solves her own energy problems while making her an amazing and consistent battery (no need for crit for fav proc) ESP for other electros like fischl yae beidou, can run little or no er on them with a Sac gs Dori on team

Hey Zajef do you know if Fruit of Fulfillment affects Total ATK or BASE ATK? asking for a future build. Thanks.

If we, _purely hypothetically_ had a Dendro driver with good dendro uptime in the near future, could Kuki be better in hyperbloom than Raiden? Because, particularly with another electro like Beidou, you could theoretically outpace rainsword app and sneak some cheeky quicken damage in too, and without sacrificing any Hyperblooms, Kuki can proc more aggravate. (obviously, she also makes you incredibly safe, adding decent EM scaled healing to the party)

i havent watched the vid yet but last night i brough ayato, dmc, kzuha, kuki in floor 12 and they destroyed all of first half so fast omggg c1 80/80 kuki and it was so funn!

Okay question: I run a Xiao/Venti/Benett/Xiangling team and when Gouba drops his chili, Xiao is able to pick it up midair. Can Xiao as an active character make use of Xiangling Burst midair? And if so, can Kuki's E? Because if so, then I'm thinking that you could Play a Xiao/Xingqiu/Collei/Kiku Team. Maybe the rotation would be something like: ->Xingqiu E, Collei E, Kiku E, Xingqie Q, Collei Q, Xiao 3xE + Q, spam N1 + jump + plunge or something like that, where inbetween the short time between Xiao Q's you can prepare an off field hyperbloom setup and the Hydro application comes from Xiao's combo where he does N1 and applies Xingies hydro from burst, damage, but cancels part of the animation by jumping which setups him up for a plunge.

Zajef can you test a cyno team with junyin ??

Since kuki apply electro slowly, a fast hydro/dendro applier can be good pair. Something like Childe-Barbara/kokomi-Dendro-Kuki. ADC Childe, Full HP Hydro, Full EM Kuki, possibly ADC or Full EM Dendro

what about a hyperbloom with a 4th char just being eula on field dps? Would it mess up your reactions? something like hydro dendro kuki eula

Ugh, time to farm the new artifacts then, I wanna use my Cookie to blow things up now

18:24 NOT THE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY SALAD MEME NOOOOOO

Eh even pre-sumeru EC trigger Kuki was already amazing if you total the amount of *AOE* EC DPS she does (not just single target like hyperbloom) with minimal field time and no ER requirements. Alongside healing. And it *follows you*, so no more Circle Impact. And honestly, if they just switched Dori's burst and skill around, she'd have been great and different enough from Kuki! She would have been the first character to provide ER in the absence of enemies but still not broken. It also would have allowed us to make EM build Dori.

I used Kokomi Raiden(500EM) DendroMC Venti Hyperbloom team. It was enough to 3* 1st half of f12 abyss

It is destiny that I found this about kuki, I got her while looking for cyno and at first glance she was weak for me, but as my noelle started draggin because of upgrades and I got to use her more kuki became main in my team, honestly just an upgrade to my pyro/cryo combos I dont have that many characters so I cant just use other electro (Specially because I had to make 40 wishes before a new electro character) The point is that after watching some leaks it became my mission to get the dendro arcon because I liked her gameplay so obviously I needed some good supports and look who is a very good option. Yeah team kuki!

Mr.Zajef can we get a nilou pre-guide to know what to expect and prepare

Not a fan of Kuki for Aggravate, mostly because her stats don't really line up well with it. It doesn't want maximized EM, nor HP%. So that sort of makes her okay for a such a team, but that's it. Her main value, as you mention, becomes that she's the best of what's left, when you start with Fischl, a dendro, and a grouping Anemo. But, personally, I use Yae, Collei with an R5 Viridescent Hunt, Fischl, a core that is better at dealing with spread out enemies while also having a little bit of grouping, so I prefer using Sayu. Doubly so as it is handy for the overworld, with 2 speedier than normal characters, plus the claymore for any mining along the way. As far as Dori goes, I can definitely see why you'd find her lackluster. I like her E mechanics (including the related constellations), but that's about it for solo play. I do, however, quite like her for co-op. Toying with her in co-op is the only reason I decided to invest in her a little. I'd suggest you experiment with her in that regard if you do do a video on her. Beauty of her in 4 person co-op is that the lamp connects to all four players, so that makes it up to 4x more effective than it is in solo play. And, if you have a C6 one (which I don't), I reckon that's also where she'd benefit the most from TF, since you won't be able to swap to other characters anyway. And it is humorous when facing pyro using enemies, as your entire team gets knocked around ;) But outside of co-op, yeah, Kuki or a matching element healer to the character you want energy for is just better.

This type of lessons i want in school...

Not claiming anything special but i was definitely in the camp that figured she had to be designed around dendro, if for no other reason her entire kit flew in the face of literally almost everything that made sense at the time.

11:30 is it really worth to replace an electro driver for Fischl like Keqing/Raiden/Cyno/Yae with Kuki rather than replacing Kazuha/Sucrose with an Anemo healer (Sayu/Jean)? Don't you lose more damage that way? And if you don't need grouping, is the raw damage output still better anyway with Kuki? I mean I know that Kazuha and Sucrose are good, but I didn't think they were so good to be more valuable than an electro carry with high dps and electro procs (which also drive Fischl) in an aggravate team. To clarify, you would run: Kuki - Fischl - Dendro - Kazuha/Sucrose rather then: Raiden - Fischl - Dendro - Jean/Sayu ?

Who would be better for hyperbloom Kuki, XQ or Mona C1?

BASED intro

So Shinobu is a better pick than Jean if I want a healer in Keqing Aggravate team comp?

Praise the editor

A decent thumbnail...finally!!!!

15:35 I have C6 Kuki and no Itto or Cyno lol. Though I did get Venti this banner so I guess I'd at least have C0 of one of them

Hello bautiful zajef

What about kuki Ayato hyperbloom teams? Are they worse compared to kuki kokomi?

I just have my kuki with full hp build Mililith with decent EM and Freedom sworn for 397 EM that does 10-11k always loved and will love kuki best team member of mine

As I didn’t get any Kukis on Cyno’s banner, if I want to fuck around with hyberbloom what are my options? I have Kokomi and Raiden but triple EM seems like a waste on her tbqfh… Also have you talked about Nahida’s kit in stream? If so link please!

Based intro

whre did the 4350 in E18 come from?

surely Dori powercreeps Kuki Clueless

I'm going to build Kuki for hyperbloom teams then. I've been using Raiden and Beidou but neither of them have good EM with their standard builds... And honestly 1) I'm tired of having to swap their artifacts for that, so I'd prefer to just have a whole electro unit dedicated to hyperbloom, and 2) I've been wanting an excuse to use Kuki for a long time HAHAHA

Hi Gino!

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