Note: I totally forgot VV Shred doesn't work when character is off-field, when I talked about Sayu. Thanks for watching and THANK U for all the support :D BTW, which character you believe was most impactful to YOU during Inazuma arc!?

The Inazuma arc has certainly received weirdly built characters, but even so, I feel like each of them had at least some value to give to our gameplay in general. It shows how much HYV is learning from how we use our characters and identifying points of improvement there. I can still remember back when everyone thought HYV was making Co-Op-centric characters.

I remember people calling Yelan just a 5 star xinqui, like having 2 xinquis is a bad thing.

I feel like Inazuma was the patch that really forced Mihoyo to experiment because before that there was a worrying trend of each new character being stronger than the last. There's a reason liyue characters just before Inazuma are so strong. They were definitely playing around with kits and multipliers a lot which explains how we got god tiers unit like raiden, well balanced units like itto and non meta units like thoma. I expect this trend to continue atleast a couple of more patches since they are also now going into unknown territory of adding a new element so expect characters, especially dendro, to be wildly different from each other especially if you have a hard on for meta.

I feel like the genshin community has really forgotten that most supports in every game aren't supposed to deal damage since they support damage dealers in other ways this reminder is important so that we don't trash characters like Kokomo and misjudge them

I still can't get over the fact that Kokomi was trashed by some content creators and the community at her first release and now admitting that they are wrong about it and it makes me feel sooo satisfied. I remembered that I was trashed by my friends when I got Kokomi that they said I was just wasting my primos for future pulls that can be more beneficial than a trash jellyfish but I did not regret it since I knew first well what her capabilities are when I examined her kit. When her rerun came, most of them have a Kokomi while one of my friends was pissed that he did not get one and he was the one who trashed me the most. This just shows that there are those who only care about damage numbers even if dealing the most damage is not their role. Yes there are some support characters that deals decent damage but it should be noted that not all share the same trait.

A lot of Kokomi's value lies in how comfortable she makes the experience, especially on mobile. Before her and Yoimiya, we didn't really have 5* characters (except maybe Zhongli) who fulfilled this criteria - it was always damage over enhancing QoL or ease of use. But now she is joined by Ayato who /is/ pretty strong but not meta breaking. The #1 comment I always hear about him is how easy and comfortable he is to play even to newbies. I think Hoyo has acknowledged this and is applying it moving forward. I believe one of the reasons Heizou has become so successful is better animation and stacking mechanics, especially for a catalyst user. It makes his playstyle easy to pick up and so satisfying when it works. In other words, fun.

Thoma becomes surprisingly fun/powerful when build him the same as kuki, with a hybrid hp em build (700-800 em and as much hp as can get) with sucrose or heizou as a driver.

I actually really love Thoma, I know he is lackluster, but I built my C6 Thoma with R5 Fav Lance, and with Heizou they're fun together.

As an itto main, for me geo's lacks of reactions is a good and bad thing. Good thing is I don't need to focus much on reactions and just went unga bunga (while watching how many stacks I have) Triple geo team also means I would never face er issue and itto himself generates quite enough particles. Bad thing is as said, the team option is limited (since gorou needs 3 geo characters in the team for the most buff). This, along with lacks of reaction could make some people feel playing geo team is boring, which is understandable. I also think that playing with elemental teams and reactions is a lot more fun and satisfying to look at. So that's that I think mhy really paid attention when making itto's kit to make him in par with other limited 5 stars dps despite being geo. Like the fact dashing won't reset his attack pattern and his charged attack (the one that consume his stacks) doesn't consume stamina. During his burst his attack speed got increased too (since he's a claymore user). I won't say he's perfect but overall I can see the thoughts put in his kit. Also good thing about him is since he's build around def, he's tanky af. Also I like the fact gorou's buff depends on his skill and burst's lvl only. So you can pretty much build him any way you want. Mine use 4 set exile (4 star set) for er so he can become a battery and most of the time my team always get their ults right back after a rotation. And he does increase my itto's damage a lot. So even though he's very niche I still think he's a good character.

There is no bad character. Just unfitting play style 👌 And I like to play Kuki with Heizou, Xingqiu and Thoma. It's really fun

Ayaka is definitely defining. I would even have Kokomi as a defining character because I use her for almost EVERYTHING.

(Before watching the video) As a triple crowned Sayu main i expect nothing but good things to be said about her 😌

I actually think Itto’s lack of elemental reactions is less of a draw back and more of an appeal to his gameplay. While you’re limited to Geo to unlock his full potential that doesn’t mean he’s less of a character because of that. He’s easier to build a team around due to having a dedicated support that matches his element and good options for a flex spot. Like with Xiao you don’t have to worry about building your team around reactions to optimize your damage. Plus, the more Geo characters that are released the better his team options may be. Any that give DEF, crit stats, or even attack speed or resistance increases could massively buff Itto.

Just the fact that Sayu is an anemo means she has access to the OP VV set. Even if she's the worst anemo unit in the game, she's still gonna be multiple tiers above Thoma and Aloy. Even if an anemo unit did 0 damage and crowd control, an anemo unit would be at worst B tier because of how OP the VV set is.

Ayato’s world exploration use is kinda underrated to me. He deals tons of aoe dmg with just his e, so it’s really easy to clear tons of trash mobs. I use Zhongli, Ayato, Fischl, and Venti, and all my world exploration is just absurdly fast.

Great video! I'd say these are spot-on takes on all of the 2.0/Inazuma characters. I think Hoyo really tried to go for balance in 2.0 since so many of the 1.0 characters are wildly unbalanced, and while there were a few tragic casualties (Thoma, Aloy and Sayu) I think most of the other characters will either remain relevant or achieve relevancy in Sumeru.

Miko and Shinobu both really turn out to be op in dendro teams you're a prophet

I was having a bad day until I saw this video in my notifications. Thanks so much GG for uploading such high quality videos!

I don't really understand why some people want support characters to deal high damage. Isn't their role to support other characters?

i really love this casual take on your videos! very nice

This almost mirrors how I kinda feel about these 2.0/Inazuma characters. Raiden is an absolute beast of a unit and Kazuha completely changing my enjoyment of the game (was maining Keqing as well at that time!). In the overworld I mainly use Kazuha and Yae because of how she has been beautifully designed and does more than enough damage. I was positively surprised by the damage from Shenhe as well, whom I purely wished based on her design and look.

I’ve been using thoma recently to increase friendship and i gotta say he’s actually pretty fun and smooth if he’s in the right team. The synergy i have with him is near perfect that by the time his ult’s cooldown is finished i can recast it again. Of course he’s not perfect and definitely not flinch proof, but i do find this challenge to be fun and it gives me more reason to time my rotations better.

I really enjoyed this. thank you so much for making this video

Solid thoughts! I personally had such a "honeymoon" phase for Thoma, kinda looked at him with rose tinted glasses because he's such a well designed character, character wise of course, not gameplay wise... Gameplay he was such a disappointment initially, super clunky and super high investment just to get his shield uptime and durability solid. But, it's been a long while and I decided to give him another chance now that I finally got his c6 and surprisingly... he's pretty solid at c6 in my opinion. Which sucks considering you have to get him to c6 (or at least c4) for him to truly viable (or at least not super clunky to play). I've been testing his shield and up time and it I'm honestly very happy with his utility now. Solid shielding with high hp investment, solid uptime w decent er investment + c4 + favonius/er weapon. Sucks that he is so constellation locked but I'm pretty happy with him now.

My top three from Inazuma is this: 3. Kokomi - She is super easy to build and does damage with the clam set. Just build HP and HP% on her and she's ready to go. Although the clam set doesn't do massive damage, the numbers I have dealt is around 9k per bubble burst. Which still procs if Kokomi is off field. Her burst heals for a lot if you do end up in a sticky situation, healing every party member with every normal and charged attack, like what Gacha Gamer said, she is great for Freeze teams and as a driver for electro. Honestly, I think she is an amazing pick especially if sheilds are getting nerfed with enemies doing corrosive damage or benefitting from us having a shield. 2. Kazuha - He's what Anemo Traveler should've been. Again, super easy to build just VV and if you're lucky, all EM main stat artifacts. No need to level up his talents since he's swirling damage. He can suck people up with his skill and his burst is just so cool. I think People have preached him so much there really isn't much to say. 1. Raiden - The Electro Archon herself is a great character, she does amazing damage with building energy recharge on her. Of course, besides her damage, she can regenerate energy when she bursts for her entire team which is why I love playing her. Its so satisfying playing her and most of the time when I use her burst, she 1 shots most enemies in the overworld.

Shout out to gigachad mihoyo worker who decided to change kokomis icd to aply hydro every 2 sec instead of every 4 seconds before release. That singular change turned her from a low tier unit to an very good one.

anyone here after dendro got dropped? dendro just made the then niche units like thoma into a very good burgeon enabler. same thing with kuki. before dendro people considered her bad. but after dendro got released, she became a must in hyperbloom teams if you dont have raiden.

About YAE MIKO I had a hard time defeating the Ruin Serpent in Abyss floor 12. I have Yoimiya but I used her on the 1st part. So I decided to use Yae Miko, Fischl, Kokomi, and Kazuha on the 2nd part.And what I love about Yae Miko fighting the Ruin Serpent is that whenever it dives underground, Yae Miko's totems can still hit. My Yae Miko's totems are still lvl 6 but it can already dish out 16k per tick with just Kazuha's buff. And mind you, her totem's tick is very fast, almost like Fischl's. I feel like Yae Miko should be in the "super solid" group. I have every character in Inazuma's release except for Yelan and Shenhe. I can definitely say Yae Miko, Ayato, and Yoimiya is almost on par with each other. These three can help out their teams as well even when off field.

As a Yae main, I think her real potential is sadly locked behind constellations. Her hard hitting burst doesn't become very convenient to use until C1, and she does get a good damage and range boost at C2. At that level what she brings to the table for me is hands-off gameplay - her turret range is just amazing and her damage is pretty good for how little the player has to do. Her casual-friendly playstyle immediately clicked with me so I invested into getting her at C2 w/ R1 Kagura's Verity. Starting at a base turret damage of 15k, a full burst-happy team of Sucrose/Kazuha, C2+ Sara, and flex (I use Zhongli or TTDS Kokomi) and my Yae manages to almost reach 40k per turret bolt. With Yae comps I just need to maintain Yae's buffs by pressing E and Q every rotation (which is just using every character once in a sequence), and everything dies without me even having to look at the screen. Her turrets just do everything on their own. As someone that likes to multitask by usually watching hololive streams whilst gaming Yae's autonomous gameplay is a godsend.

If you ask me I always considered itto as one of the big 3 meta defying dps. The 3 being itto, xiao and eula since no matter what the meta is, they always do huge damage without having to rely on reactions

My favorite gensh channel, thanks man for your work

the characters I want buffed most here is Thoma and gorou having his def buff scale of his def

Put Kokomi in a full Ocean Hued artifact set and she'll become a huge dps boost on top of applying hydro and doing so much healing you'll be nearly invincible. She's fucking broken.

I really like your videos, great job!

thanks for the video ✨ having fun with Heizou so far

I use Yae as a driver for Albedo and Shogun in my afk comp, as her driving isn’t limited to an burst like Dendro Traveler, Ayato, or Kazuha.

Gacha Gamer : " Sara has good chemistry with Itto" Kujou Sara : " ...... I will pretend I didnt hear that... dont try me again"

the best genshin channel like always :D

I'm coping that Yae will be meta when Sumeru arrives since she's definitely my favorite out of all Inazuma

I honestly think both Thoma and Kuki will be both great with dendro reactions, specially seeing some of the upcoming Sumeru weapons creating stronger dendro damage reactions I think Collei+Kuki will make a powerful team combination for catalyst reaction. While Kokomi and dendro traveler would make an awesome one as their abilities seem to tick similarly. Tighnari and Yelan seem like another powerful duo for bloom

Love your videos!

With the new characters I have since 2.0-2.8 (which are Yoimya, Sayu, Sara, Kokomi, Itto, Gouro, Yu jin, Ayato, Shinobu, Kazuha, and Heizou in that order) the 5* are really solid, I love Yoimya, Itto, Kokomi and Kazuha's gameplay. Ayato does solid damage but not my style. For 4* they're mostly niche, Heizou is the best 4 star for me in both damage and how fun he is. I enjoy playing Sayu and Thoma but they don't really fit well in my team's. Sara, Yu jin, and Gouro are pretty boring for me but are really helpful.

I definitely think kuki was designed with future characters/dendro characters in mind. I mean lets think about the controversy around kokomi and how the fanbase went from seeing her as a hard skip to the premium pick for freeze teams. Also, the Clam set was released after kokomi and gave players the option to utilize her kit in a more offensive way. So going back to shinobu, Im convinced that she was designed with dendro in mind and will find her niche in updates to come.

niiiiice video and idea, have you done it with the others versions 1.0 and 2.0?

It's surprising you're not making any puzzles guide in new Golden Apple archipelago content, I remember back the I subscribed to your channel because puzzle solving content very useful and interesting, but now only character review and team comp I see in your video menu wich is kinda I've seen a lot of that, I miss the puzzle solving content from your channel, I hope your making that kind of video again. again thanks.

Your videos butter my biscuits thank you

I really like overload Shinobu. I surprisingly finished abyss 12-3-1 with Shinobu and Xinyan (with Venti and Yanfei) pretty well because the Mirror Maiden just kept being airborne.

Itto actually does about 3 times the dps of a c6 Noelle, so if you're going for dps it's a no brainer

I love Inazuma characters not only for their kits but on how their character personalities and design are fleshed out. In fact my main dps are Ayato, Itto and Raiden along with my fave supports Gorou, Sayu and Kuki. I hope hyv will keep this up for Sumeru characters.

I play the game with my phone and Yae Miko for me is a pretty solid character even at C0, I always use her together with my C0 Ayato in the spiral and they don't disappoint and I don't think I can 36 star the abyss without both of them. I just love the fact that I don't have to worry about character rotation and just focus more on dishing out damage.

it feels like just yesterday inazuma came out. i remember being hyped for it the whole year and really wanting to see some new electro characters. i hope sumeru has the same impact

I really like Yae Miko, really nice for those waiting bosses and of course just killing slimes and hillichurls just passing by xD

Ayato: He feels so good to play, I wish I pulled him, but his banner was the one I started the game in Gorou: I just love the idea of a furry general, he's so cool. I do wish he had a geo infusion if your entire team is geo tho Kazuha: Fun guy. Not much else to say about him Yelan: For someone who doesn't use attack at all (not even a conversion like Itto or Hu Tao), she's sure as hell strong! Heizou: Finishing Inazuma with a bang. When the only problem you have as a 4 star dps is not being 5 stars, you know that boy is solid

I got Kuki for my Eula on my alt. Switched Fischl out despite having Kokomi on the team as my healer. Kuki helps out with the rotations and superconducting following my character without having to switch to Fischl is actually very nice. Kuki is probably one of the best Eula supports

If you use Thoma, Xingqui and Electro Travelers burts at the same time you could pull off a real spectacle. They basically all cause their element type damage on basic attack. You could pair them with Chongyun to do some really awesome stuff. In fact I'm going to test it out but I think you can pull off four elements proccing simultaneously to create real fireworks.

how do you feel about the 1.0 characters now that we have had time with them and how things have evolved since it started?

I used to run cryo normal attack shenhe with chongyun, Jean and yunjin. It's a surprisingly fun team and she deals a decent amount!

btw for sayu you mentioned that the vv shred works off field, but I've heard it doesn't work like that

i like how whenever he says right now on yae miko's part, it is just so funny to me

Is it just me or did you change the way you speak? It sounds more chill and mature... loving the vibe! Anw keep it up 😊

Try using Sayu alongside Kazuha he helps get characters closer with his skill and when they’re grouped up it is easier to generate particles with her skill plus he can move her ult. Yae I dunno how you can use her aside from juggling characters in the air.

Really impressed with the diversity of characters in 2.0+ overall. Most of them ended up better than expected in one way or another. My main disappointments are the 4* supports, most of whom didn't end up doing as much as I'd hoped. Sayu, Sara, Thoma, Yunjin, and Shinobu all ended up having less utility than I expected. They're not BAD, but they all seem to have at least some significant limitation that restricts their versatility.

I am SUPER GLAD to get Kokomi, even during her initial banner run. 😍😍😍

On the topic of Shinobu- it's floating around that the Dendro-Electro reaction Catalyze might be a multiplicative reaction like Melt or Vaporize- which, if true, would be great for a character like Yae Miko with good numbers to put through, but really bad for a character like Shinobu with bad numbers. Obviously we'll have to wait and see if that's even true, but I've had decent success building Shinobu EM even right now. Granted as a low spender I play at a pretty low power level compared to the damage per screenshot shown, say, here. lol

I accidentally pulled yae miko when her banner is up, that time I unlocked the clown of teyvat achievement, but she is a blessing in disguise for my account because i manage to lose(yeah right f2p struggles) in all venti reruns and now rerun of kazuha. Her off field damage is insane that raiden-miko combo is my way to go in defending the monolith in floor 11. Abys run with her only leaves the monolith to 90% hp, for that yae basically save me from the torture of not having a second (i have sucrose) CC support in abyss.🥰

I hope that people will discuss yae miko after Sumeru update because I for one have been delighted with her increased damage as well as keqing’s ^^

i accidently got yoymiya in her re-run but she quickly became one of my mains she's really fun to use, unfortunately she has made amber completely obsolete

Hiiii. 👋 love your vids!

I wanna add that for some reason, even though the game is open world pve... A lot of people stress over every characters max dmg... I feel like every single character is situational it all really depends on the players routine and game interests

Surprisingly, Sayu is a lot more valuable in world exploration following the Fontaine patch since there are a looooot of places that provide a loooooot of Crystalfly locations. 😃

taser teams has always been a team i disliked playing. i tried all variations of taser teams that people suggested like (kokomi taser, childe taser, ayato taser, sucrose taser) etc. and none of them just felt that fun to play with for me i liked sucrose taser the most if i had to rank them, but i just didn't like the feel of sucrose' NAs at all but when heizou came out and i built him, he just singlehandledly brought up my expectations for taser to the point i started using them in the abyss!! i'm glad hoyo ended the inazuma arc with a great character tbh tbh!! its been a while since we got a great 4 star mdps

Yae is insane. shes greedy for screen time, but I love using her so much Edit:the only reaction she actually needs is electro swirl with a vv user. her damage is crazy and even with a tenacity set if you have one with good substats, otherwise use double att 18 2 sets, which should be way easier to get good subs on

can't believe its been a year already wow

Yoimiya & ayaka are very easy to build Ayato taser teams can be described with 1 word (electrifying⚡) He is really good with vaporize teams too Raiden is outta of question

i really like the release of heroes who is niche, like Kojou Sara, Gorou, Shenhe, etc. Because they can be your 2nd team "Bennet" in the abyss.

Omg the intro oooooooh 🥰

With sumeru out now, thoma has improved a lot, kokomi is now amazing, ayato can use the thomato team(ayato+thoma) or he can use bloom teams, yae got buffed alongside with electro, kuki also got really good because she already scaled partially with EM and since dendro reactions needed EM and she was the electro applier whilst being a healer the em works quite well with her. i think sumeru literally made all the not so good characters from inazuma become viable in their own teams

Xinyan at C2 is pretty strong. Guaranteed crit on burst which allows you to focus on attack and defense % for max utility plus the mandatory physical %, dmg.

Have you made one of these for Monds and Liyue?

If I could improve Kuki, maybe her burst could be just like Yelan’s skill but with electro but Kuki doesn’t get invincibility but staggers the enemy. My opinion.

Thing i hate most about kuki is they added the hp loss effect ONLY to stop you from using HOD. I keep saying i want a travelers handy sword skin variant with hp scaling and a 1 second invulnerability passive when being put on field. Also i wish they would add const for aloy into the standard lineup fixing her issues id really like to use her more than i do

The Kamisato siblings are probably the best DPS and a good combo.....Next will be Kazuha Raiden and Yoimiya are my top 5

i just got 36* with thoma+heizhou+kuki+xinquiu (all 4*)... they cleared the abyss on a decent timer, you gotta try this teams(also c6 xing+thoma)

It would be interesting if could have the ranking from the characters of the other regions and a comparison. I believe Inazuma got the short straw.

Hopefully Fontaine characters can improve Dehya (and some other characters) just like how Sumeru characters boosted many characters from pre-3.0. Maybe because of dendro itself boosted them, but hoyo can introduce new mechanics to help the not so good 3.x characters.

I think that every character has to have some sort of exploration utility. Over world exploration is such an integral part of genshin it’s really sad that only a handful of characters have some sort of utility for it. And I’m talking more about skill that can be used for exploration, not passive talents. Like, consuming less stamina while climbing is neat but it’s nothing compared to Kazuha’s double jump.

I really love your videos since GI released. So now I got curious, if it's okay to ask. Since your channel is mostly focused on Gacha games and so is miHoYo/Hoyoverse, who just became popular worldwide carrying the Gacha game industry into the eyes of people. So, how has Genshin or miHoYo/Hoyoverse affected your channel overall?

I would say that Inazuma’s characters (for better or worse) were the most experimental so far. Sure, some did get a poor first impressions like Yoimiya and Kokokmi but I think that some units really compensated electro’s problems and popularized it even further. Other aspects like giving geo more utility and a dedicated carry (Gorou and Itoo), and normal attack boosting characters (Yun Jin and Ayato) were also a welcome addition. And since Yae and Kuki are (maybe) already built for the upcoming Sumeru region, electro might not only become even stronger and popular, but (perhaps) make Dendro the ultimate catalyst for balancing the game. I’m still looking forward to this long awaited element can offer.

This is the first youtuber's tier list that I agree

Honestly i really like your videos like these where there's no script

Yae Miko is so good, very consistant damage and good burst damage, e charges then ult after e again and swap. Easy team comp Yae +Zhongli+kokomi+Kazuha

*Lisa* - Her burst AFK solved 75% Inezuma’s electro puzzles. I’m not even joking.

Nice to look back on all the 2.0 releases and hear your thoughts!

Yae is good to use when you need party that rely pure on electro dmg and you pair her with other electro character. Rest party is mostly a hydro character and last spot is flexible. In many events with harder mobs she is great to 1 shot enemy waves with her 4 hit big bursts. But mostly it's to place 3 towers and switch and they hit non stop. Dendro will change the game so electro may be even batter. Cause Kuki's dmg is too low and hard to find a good role for her in the party cause there are better options.

Thanks for the list, I've stopped playing just before Eula.

Completely agree about Sayu! She's an absolute force of nature in exploration and the stuff covered in the video just scratches the surface! She's 1/2 of Anemo resonance for extra speed. Wields a claymore so great for breaking ore and other tough materials. Can carry any swirlable element she's applied with, adding the ability to use Hydro, Electro, Pyro and Cryo even without a character of those elements in your party. The rolling is also great for killing multiple boars, foxes even when they try to run away. Just an incredible all around character and imo the best Inazuma 4* because of it. I second your opinion that more characters who specialize in exploration would be excellent additions to the roster.

Good wejio But when the ranking from mondstadt and liyue

Thoma is so fun for dendro teams, he and Dehya work really well on burgeon especially if you Xiangling is on the other half of the abbys

Sayu is my fav character