@@Ealdor-Banaduh, nobody can beat Neuvi and Arle, it’s a basic fact at this point. But his premium team is still one of the better teams (if Anemo res isn’t prevalent)
@@jonong3836 idk what that guy is on about. Xiao'w best team is literally competitive with Neuv and Arle teams. Might not be as good but still up there. And his supports are also some of the best in the game.
@@Ealdor-BanaNot by element? Please explain who in the Anemo roster can outdamage him because I can do 240k plunges on my Xiao in his burst and he’s only C1.
Xiao's Story according to Game Version: Version 1: I'm OP! Version 2: IT'S XIAO-OVER! Version 3: I'm still here. I'm not dead! Version 4: WE'RE FUCKING BACK!
The release of Xianyun was like getting the final piece of Exodia. His premium team with Furina Xianyun and C6 Faruzan is so good it made me pick up Xiao after 2 years without touching him. There is no energy issues, no circle impact, no downtime, it's the perfect team.
never liked his gamestyle but i know he is really strong and knowing i have all the characters to make a great team except for c6 Faruzan,. maybe ill get him on his next rerun!!!
@@totallyregulargiorno The healer keeps everyone alive while buffing the dps' plunge dmg, the subdps giga-buffs the dps via a mechanic that the dps already takes advantage of (also enables swirl dmg, which is little but still adds a bit), the grouper not only shreds and buffs anemo dmg, but also counteracts the dps' knockback and thus ensures maximum aoe dmg, and then the dps has amazing aoe and mobility thanks to plunging. Everything working in perfect synergy Yeah, it will be almost impossible to ever replace one of xiao's supports, they are just that essential to each other.
so proud to see his teams improve over the years. Xiao is the kind of character you either hyper invest in or just don't care about lol. I think one of the reasons people don't give him as much credit is because they don't like his playstyle or can't play (for example on mobile he's more difficult to play)
Yeah, i like him as a character and wouldn't mind assembling his team but i play on mobile and each time i try him it's crazy how clunky he feels, literally can't stop gliding mid fight for no reason five times a minute 💀
My Xiao's artifacts are cope as hell, but he's still the highest damaging dps on my account, because I also happen to have C6 Faruzan, Xianyun and Furina. Tbh, I don't even like playing him, but he's the only one who can kill the new dragon boss before he goes into his annoying airborn state.
Agreed I recently downloaded genshin on my mobile device and I hate playing him mobile but love I have him hyper invested on my PC , so instead of using Xiao I just use wanderer with C6 faruzan and C6 yunjin it's so much more enjoyable and easy
Xiao is like eula, a hypercary that needs investment in units but unlike eula the guy is not on a dead elements and is not locked to cryo and electro supports
Aka, a niche unit that cant use flexibility to creep into multiple team comps, instead relying on thar allies to be extremely flexible or just ridiculously good at buffing his very specific DPS playstyle. This is probably why i always prefer units that can not only have a wide variety of supports that can be used with them, but also supports that can fit in a wide variety of teams. AKA why stuff like a certain 4 star pyro polearm user gets used so often because its just way too easy to make use of her in so many damn team comps with a very easy re`applier off-field ability in TWO flavors, via a fire breathing red panda and a spinning around Flaming AoE that since it follows you, means its not a pain in the arse to deal with extremely spread out enemies or enemies that just constantly `disengage` in fights by flying back several miles and pelting you with B.S. like Bubbles and freezing effects.
Xiao’s element is irrelevant because he doesn’t use the most relevant part of his element: Swirl. Eula didn’t get the Xiao treatment because her Faruzan (Mika) is trash and she needs another unit like Xianyun that fits her playstyle. I’m convinced this will happen in Snezhnaya, when Cryo & Physical will be relevant.
@@LuisFernandez-jp8wt Imagine how hilarious it would be if the Tsaritsa as the Cyro Archon, is a main DPS who works around instantly consuming cyro reactions to cause a type of `3 step cyro reaction` to instantly do massive amounts of damage at the cost of removing any debuff type effects. Since the only way to probably `fix` the issues of freezing centric reactions would be to make a means that flips off the lack of DPS by suddenly making it alot of DPS isntead. Anyway guess i`ll stick to WuWa still if i wanna fret about DPS gimmicks, but i still find it funny they left numerous elements in the dirt by instead releasing characters that flip off the care about the element that much and instead just raw-hot-dog ram fowls huge amounts of damage instead to ignore caring about `reaction spam damage.`
Xiao and Eula and many other characters are lumped up as DPS who are "overlooked". Neuvillette, Arlecchino, and Alhaitham are used more, simple as that
10:05 Faruzan's C6 as mentioned activates her skill even when she's off field, meaning she also batteries the on field DPS. A lot of people hated how this is designed as her C6 is the most overtuned constellation a 4-star have, some people argue it would've been a bit better if some of the effects were more spread out throughout her cons or something.
Faruzan C6 really feels like a 5* unit. Not only the buffs, battery, and cc, her sub dps is not to be scoffed at - you can be hitting 20-30k skill procs from off field. And it can proc twice at the same time, so satisfying
After having gotten Xiao, one thing that irked me was that his Charged Attack, a huge arcing swing, doesn’t hit opponents tumbling in the air. It’s a small thing, but it’s so weird seeing Xiao missing enemies that are directly in front of him when the hit trails clearly show otherwise (example: 2:52).
His best team is expensive, it includes 3 five stars Xiao, Xianyun, Furina,c6 Faruzan. c6 Faruzan is not even on paimon shop, so it's even harder than actual 5 star. This team is really strong, but Alhaitham, Arlecchino and Neuvilette have even stronger teams that require way less investment. Cyno has a similar case he needs Furina, Nahida and Baizhu for his long burst duration.
I agree that while Neuv and Arle have stronger teams, Alhaitham is in my opinion only sometimes stronger. My Xiao team is Xianyun, C1 Furina, C6 Faruzan and I can hit on average 215k plunges without food buffs during his burst which tends to allow for almost 15 plunges. Now I do have C2 Nahida C4 Kuki and C6 Fischl for Alhaitham but even tho he does high damage he’s also more susceptible to getting stunned in my experience so I’m forced to dodge which takes away from damage. With Xiao I don’t have to worry about that because it’s so rare to get stunned out of my burst. My Xiao is on par with my C2 Arle and C2 Neuv teams when it comes to damage.
If we go with the calcs, yeah that teams are stronger but for a pretty small margin, since Xiao premium can reach out top 5 dps teams in the game according to nahida mains and zajeff Still those teams are better because they are like 3%-7% stronger while at the same time being half as expensive Still, it's incredible that a unit released on 1.3 can keep up with recent carrys (besides national obviously)
Xiao investment is high but his exodia team was released over several versions, so it's just a matter of perspective. A 1.x player wouldn't care and just wants to know his potential with the team, but a 4.x player should know what they're getting into. And for a premium team, Xiao has one of the best. Endless energy, plenty of AoE and single-target, slight grouping, CC, off-field damage, no circle restrictions, and full party healing. A super old character getting a team this powerful and comfy is insane, like it's straight out of a team comp wishlist.
It has been 1.5 years since I set Xiao as a future long project to get. I am slowly getting all the pieces need for his best premier team. Staff of Homa, 230 Cv MH set, C1 Furina, 3 cons away from C6 Faruzan. This years goals are now clear; Xianyun and the rest of Faruzan’s Cons. Honestly even without Xianyun, I think I might get him anyways this year, since this Investment with Bennett should be enough to clear any content
While he got Furina, Faruzan and Xianyun. Just like Hu Tao, who plays with Yelan and the same others support. It is impossible not to be broken with such supports
Version 1 : Reaction impact Version 2 : Hypercarry impact Version 3 : Catalyze impact Version 4 : Hypercarry impact 2.0 Version 5 : ......to be continued..
I pulled Xiao day 1. Skipped every banner for him Only to realise he was horrible for f2p. Bad weapon options and doesnt have a proper team. I ended up putting him to the bench when Raiden dropped cause he just hit like a wet noodle Fast forward to Xianyun banner. I pull her and got C6 Faruzan I can finally play with my boi again. I even went an triple crowned him due to it. So happy to see him being viable at this day and age
Meanwhile, of all the characters I pair to carry in co-op, it's Xiao and Zhongli despite my large roster exactly BECAUSE he disregards whatever the co-op person is doing and will clear any weekly boss. I mean, if you've been pulling on weapon banners much over the past years, you most likely have his weapon.. if not multiple refinements..
Just like how Xiao got his resurgence with top tier support, Im not gonna dust off the possibility that the same can happen to Ganyu. If in the future a character gets released that speeds up charged attack shots for bows then I can see her getting a comeback
Great Video! I would also like to add some stuff that wasn't really mentioned in the video, or at least could have given more magnitude 1. Xiao in the past used to want Zhongli for his best team, so often he would be competing in usage for ZL with other Hyper Carries (before FFXX of course) 2. Faruzan C6's CC helped Xiao consolidate groups of enemies which was a problem with him, especially when first getting used to the plunge platstyle as you knock around enemies 3. Xianyun's passive actually helped one of Xiao's notable weakness at the time which was that he was comparatively weaker in Single Target than AoE. Xianyun's buff helped mitigate that weakness and you can now make the argument that Xiao can be generaly used in any non-high-anemo res content 4. Faruzan C6, Furina, and Xianyun broke free Xiao from "Circle Impact" that his best supports at the time required him to play around Other than that, the video summarized generally well on the journey Xiao had for team options without getting too much into the nuances Edit: Typos lmao
Xiao really is way better than he used to be these days. I’ve never hit so much damage with anyone else continuously than with him. Him, xianyu, faruzan and furina together are BONKERS. his plunging does 130k per plunge which is criminal
my early game xiao team is still really solid. xiao+zhongli+raiden+qiqi. the debuffs, recharge, and healing got me through most things. once xianyun came out she took qiqi spot. generally shreads most enemies.
seriously. it's felt like every region fischl keeps getting buffed lol. sumeru gave aggravate which fischl is the queen of, and then fontaine gave her golden troupe.
Most of his best supports are universally good characters, so i don't feel like he needs much investment, to be honest. I'm not using him much, but he's still useful in theatre and recently when there was a centaur boss in the abyss i casually took my lvl 70 Xiao (needed a way to dispose of the shield) and managed to 3* chamber in the first try (with Zhongli, Furina and Xianyun). So, i'd say he's in the situation i like the most for a characters: he's far from a must pull, but if you like him and want to use him, you can hit some nice numbers
Ah, sweet vindication. Also, as a Xiao main since 1.3 who has been giving him his upgrades/teammates as they come out or almost, I can say he really felt like a different character since Xianyun's release. The JOY that is the freedom to be able to reposition yourself when an enemy is staggered out of range, or run to the next mob without being forced to stop your burst to redo team rotation and funnel particles... It's not just the great damage and buffs that come with the FFXX team, it's also how SMOOTH it feels to play with Xianyun and C6 Faruzan. We all love the other Xianyun plunge teams and the big numbers, but except for Hu Tao and Xiao they're all married to Bennett's circle impact. I have C6 Gaming and whenever I play him I wish I were playing Xiao instead because of that. Besides, all of Xiao's team have great synergy and buff each other: triple anemo solves energy problems for all anemos, Furina gives Faruzan a buff too, if Xianyun uses VV she buffs Furina, if Xianyun uses noblesse she buffs Faruzan, if Faruzan is C6 and uses TOTM she buff's Xianyun's atk which buffs Xiao more. Also, a well invested Furina helps a lot with enemies who have high resistance to anemo, which means you can still use Xiao with things like Coppelia + Coppelius and brute force your way out even if there are faster teams for that. It's really nice to finish a chamber suddenly because Crabaletta one-shots a random mob out of your sight lol. A nitpick is that I've never really seen anyone using Xiangling back in the day. Zy0x made double anemo (Jean) double geo (Zhongli, Albedo) popular as his premium team for a while, but pre-Faruzan his better team was a hypercarry one with Benny, Zhongli, and TTDS Sucrose. Once Faruzan was released, she replaced Sucrose. There was a double carry team with Raiden for a while too, to solve his energy issues, but why would you if you could Raiden National instead? There's always been attempts to use sub-DPS characters in the older days but they felt copium since Xiao's burst was too long. Even Bennett, his best support historically and one who can still be used today as replacement in his teams, had his burst die before Xiao was done.
his premium team is so good for a plethora of reasons: 1/ He doesn’t need to switch out after setting up all other teammates buffs between waves (unlike nahida teams or team that requires swirl debuff) 2/ Faruzan Anemo Buff/Debuff last for so long and apply every second while off field!!! 3/ Faruzan also create about 5 extra Anemo particle every rotation off-field, not metioning her triggering Favonius. 4/ Xianyun making him outstanding in Single target scenario thanks to her A4 I think his team is gonna be on the top for a very long time, the only thing that can take him down is some future enemies that can interrupt him mid air 😂
Something to note for point no. 3; she can only proc fav while she's on-field, as fav passive doesn't work when the user is off-field. I personally prefer Elegy just because I couldn't reliably proc fav passive with how low the crit rate my Faruzan has. And for me, the best benefit from this team is how braindead easy the rotation is while also deals incredibly strong both single target and multi target team DPS.
Xiao is my first 5* back when I played at 3.4 For new player, it was hell using him since his burst is godly but drain HP. But I manage to go from Liyue to Sumeru carried by him because he's the bestest damage dealer I owned at that time. Things got better after I pulled Zhongli at 4.0 then Xianyun at 4.4 was a gamechanger. I managed to get my first 12-3 with Zhongli, Xiao, Xianyun, and Faruzan team with Xiao plunging attack reached 100k+. I didn't really invest in reaction since his pure damage is already very high. I have never been so proud with my first 5 star
xiao is my favorite character all time, even he has downfall before faruzan, furina and xianyun. im so happy with his dmg nowadays and i do not regret any. it took me a good build for 3 years of worth building at 100/193 and i refuse to farm vermillion 😂😂
Still waiting for Itto to get a proper team without any drawbacks which is Gorou at this moment. I guess that will never happen as Hoyo has completely neglected Geo. The newar Geo units are Geo in name only. Xiao is a special case as he is Hoyo's favourite in GI and Liyue represents China.
Not to mention faruzan ALSO acts as a battery for xiao massively lowering his ER needs. I know xianyun also helps with this, but most of it comes from her
Mika was a missed occasion for Eula. Hope they release a character that lets you deal massive physical damage and ignore any kind of shiels/barrier. That would fix Eula
kid's busted to all heaven nowadays but, and its a BIG but, its locked behind C6 Faruzan, tough luck if you don't have her, cause the C6 fixes like more than 50% of the team's problem
Yoymiya was never really a mid unit for me because she was good upon release and subsequent versions. She was just released at terrible times. Then by the time she got a new release, a more powerful pyro character came in to steal what remaining thunder she still had.
Maybe it's a hottake but I feel like Xiao is on the same level if not slightly higher as Alhaitham and Arlecchino yet I only ever hear those two in regards to top 3/2 dps and never Xiao. I own all of these units and would say that the three of them are interchangeable for top 3/2. The only reason I see Xiao being lower than those two would be flexibility in team building but I feel like that's a weak point idk
xiao is not on the same level as alhaitham neuvi and arlecchino because he needs supports like c6 faruzan, furina and xianyun to become meta otherwise he falls off
@@ruxyruxandra4673 Well yes and? We assume the best team for the other three aswell so why don't we do it for Xiao? Pretty much all comparisons are usually based on the amount of dmg the teams can deal and not how hard it is to obtain their teammates(which also isn't that hard every since Faruzan was on the Xianyun banner), so he very much is on the same level as them(Edit: You mentioned Neuvilette well not him he is in a league of it's own)
I agree with this!! As someone who has both Alhaitham and Xiao, with equally invested teams (They're not the best but they're still considered good, I'm missing Xianyun and my hyper bloom units are all around splotchy choices lol), Xiao out damages my Alhaitham.
If we take into account most meta teams comparison and keeping stuff like cons and weapons into f2p/low spender lvls, xiao would probably be on par or surpass alhaitham and maybe even arlecchino. But if we go into higher investment talk like c1-2..etc + signature weapons, arlecchino wins by far. Although I have to admit althaium early cons arnt that much of an dmg boost and even if you include teammates investment like nahida's c2, xianyun early cons + her signature weapon teamwide buff would probably still give a much higher boost for xiao overall. Nevuillete i agree is in his own league cus god damn
@@ruxyruxandra4673imagine this I have all of them and all of the best support for them well they are the same damage output if you want to see my top 1 xiao plunging to your face and top 1 alhaitham and top 1 neuve
FFXX team is one of my favourites right now, it is so powerful that I could bruteforce Coopelias 70% (?) anemo resistance, this is crazy bro. AoE , single target - it really doesn't matter. I d around 150k per plunge and it is only Xiao dmg.. Crazy strong.
I've always been open to vertically investing into niche teams, but xiao was always pushed to the sideline for me. At this point, the investment needed for him is super high. I can only hope for c6 faruzan and that they buff other niche playstyles.
His team is still my second strongest even after all this time.i got him immediately after getting Albedo and, even tho it took a while to get Albedo's c4, I refuse to take him off that team, no matter how much more beneficial Furina might be. Her as healer with Lyney makes up for it easily, lol
Xaio with Faruzan C6 and Xianyun has since been my go to team for Abyss or any really hard content in the game. Just easy to play and does a ton of damage.
I pulled for Xiao, and was the first character I won the 50/50 on back in 1.3. I remember Grinding the game for primos just to get him. I mained him ever since. Eventually I got other Anemo Characters and converted to an Anemo main when Wanderer released. He's my most Invested character, with 2300atk, 80 crit rate and 248 crit damage. Unfortunately I started getting bored of Genshin when his Artifact set released, but I don't think I can replace the 2piece-2piece he has😅. Funnily enough I HAVE gotten both Furina and Xianyun, but only c2 Faruzan, whi h make me lose out on his full potential, but even then he is so strong, that one side of the Spiral Abyss is His to Dominate. I can only hope he gets Someone on Faruzans potential as a 5star, so i dont have to luck out for c6 Faruzan, as I play very little now( it's been almost 2 years since i cared about spending my resin, at around 3.2). My man Xiao keeps on coming back, hope to c6 him someday
probably a biased video idea; What happened to Diluc? I've been a Diluc enjoyer since 2.3, and I can very firmly say that the trip was absolutely WILD. Going from being a very sub-optimal comfort character pick to actually being able to meaningfully rival other meta Pyro units was insane to watch in real time. Anyway, I just think it would be a neat video :D
I was thinking they should also give Itto a geo off field charge atk buffer and battery to make him like xiao but I remember if they did it'll be straight up neuvillette buff (Bros going to be more op) unless they give it a mono geo restrictions too
funny you mention other gimmicky characters getting that kind of support considering a certain someone is about to make Noelle hypercarry have 3 supports that can buff her instead of two
What new reactions do you think would be a good additions to the elemental reaction roster? Dendro, Geo and Anemo don't have any reactions together...ideas would be good for hoyo to consider, no?
the only thing they needed was to add 15 percent plunge attack bonus in M hunter set ,if it was there xiao would have got everything he need to grow taller than 4 ft.
I see where you’re coming from with Xiao. I pulled him in version 3.4 when I had barely started my Genshin journey. I think I was just using primogems for the sake of it at that point. He ended up being my first five star, and honestly, while I like him now I didn’t when I first got him (anti-social edge lord vibes. In reality he’s just a traumatised war veteran), and his play-style isn’t my thing. Point being I got him by accident, and I wouldn’t have gone out of my way to get him if I hadn’t. I prefer using Hat Guy these days. I still feel that he should have been all about those infused normal attacks that could have benefited from VV given the time he came out (they look so cool) rather than plunges. Missed opportunity there.
you can play him as a NA user, technically theres nothing stopping you other than less optimal damage but personally I find it a much more boring playsyle considering essentially every other dps is set up supports > element infusion > normal attack until dead. Xiaos FFXX rotation is incredibly satisfying.
He got Faruzan, then Furina, then Xianyun, my guy got the best of the best over time
Best of the best? Not by element or raw damage by a long shot.
@@Ealdor-Banaduh, nobody can beat Neuvi and Arle, it’s a basic fact at this point. But his premium team is still one of the better teams (if Anemo res isn’t prevalent)
@@jonong3836 idk what that guy is on about. Xiao'w best team is literally competitive with Neuv and Arle teams. Might not be as good but still up there. And his supports are also some of the best in the game.
Don't forget Marachausse Hunter set perfectly synergizing with him too.
@@Ealdor-BanaNot by element? Please explain who in the Anemo roster can outdamage him because I can do 240k plunges on my Xiao in his burst and he’s only C1.
Petition to rename the video to "What happened to Zy0x?"
Bro gonna piss zyox off the ultimate xiao main
Tacet field
That's gonna be an interesting video. From pre-vermillion zy0x into post-vermillion zy0x
@@Yelan-n8dOur favorite 4’11 balding streamer ICANT
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Xiao's Story according to Game Version:
Version 1: I'm OP!
Version 2: IT'S XIAO-OVER!
Version 3: I'm still here. I'm not dead!
Version 4: WE'RE FUCKING BACK!
You forget about, It's XIAO-time
@@ThomiAnwar thanks lyney
Qiqi carried him on her back, truly the mvp
That's why many people got Qiqi instead of Xiao
What can I say? Best battery ever, not just for Eula.
@@TechGamerAndHackerI got her from xaio’s first banner then I got him right after so I guess it’s a good thing
@@apleb7605 insert zajef laugh
@@darkdusk55 wait same, i got my first qiqi on xiao's banner and then he came a few pulls after
The release of Xianyun was like getting the final piece of Exodia. His premium team with Furina Xianyun and C6 Faruzan is so good it made me pick up Xiao after 2 years without touching him. There is no energy issues, no circle impact, no downtime, it's the perfect team.
never liked his gamestyle but i know he is really strong and knowing i have all the characters to make a great team except for c6 Faruzan,. maybe ill get him on his next rerun!!!
@@Spencer0090 you have hella time to save for him too if you decide to since he's guaranteed to rerun during 5.4 lantern rite
Had the exact same thing happen to me. Benched him during 2.1. After Xianyun banner and C6 Faruzan from same banner peak is back on menu
A healer/buffer, a sub-dps/buffer, a grouper/buffer and the DPS. Imo, this is the most complete team that Genshin could ever have
@@totallyregulargiorno The healer keeps everyone alive while buffing the dps' plunge dmg, the subdps giga-buffs the dps via a mechanic that the dps already takes advantage of (also enables swirl dmg, which is little but still adds a bit), the grouper not only shreds and buffs anemo dmg, but also counteracts the dps' knockback and thus ensures maximum aoe dmg, and then the dps has amazing aoe and mobility thanks to plunging. Everything working in perfect synergy
Yeah, it will be almost impossible to ever replace one of xiao's supports, they are just that essential to each other.
so proud to see his teams improve over the years. Xiao is the kind of character you either hyper invest in or just don't care about lol. I think one of the reasons people don't give him as much credit is because they don't like his playstyle or can't play (for example on mobile he's more difficult to play)
Yeah, i like him as a character and wouldn't mind assembling his team but i play on mobile and each time i try him it's crazy how clunky he feels, literally can't stop gliding mid fight for no reason five times a minute 💀
My Xiao's artifacts are cope as hell, but he's still the highest damaging dps on my account, because I also happen to have C6 Faruzan, Xianyun and Furina. Tbh, I don't even like playing him, but he's the only one who can kill the new dragon boss before he goes into his annoying airborn state.
Agreed I recently downloaded genshin on my mobile device and I hate playing him mobile but love I have him hyper invested on my PC , so instead of using Xiao I just use wanderer with C6 faruzan and C6 yunjin it's so much more enjoyable and easy
Those 3 ladies with Xiao's best team are taller than him. The more you use him he becomes more short.
U must not have him at friendship lvl 10 then. At lvl 10 he becomes the tallest unit in the game
@@deltaspecies1697 I think I found the hidden Zy0x channel.
@@deltaspecies1697 Aware
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Xiao is like eula, a hypercary that needs investment in units but unlike eula the guy is not on a dead elements and is not locked to cryo and electro supports
Aka, a niche unit that cant use flexibility to creep into multiple team comps, instead relying on thar allies to be extremely flexible or just ridiculously good at buffing his very specific DPS playstyle.
This is probably why i always prefer units that can not only have a wide variety of supports that can be used with them, but also supports that can fit in a wide variety of teams.
AKA why stuff like a certain 4 star pyro polearm user gets used so often because its just way too easy to make use of her in so many damn team comps with a very easy re`applier off-field ability in TWO flavors, via a fire breathing red panda and a spinning around Flaming AoE that since it follows you, means its not a pain in the arse to deal with extremely spread out enemies or enemies that just constantly `disengage` in fights by flying back several miles and pelting you with B.S. like Bubbles and freezing effects.
Xiao’s element is irrelevant because he doesn’t use the most relevant part of his element: Swirl.
Eula didn’t get the Xiao treatment because her Faruzan (Mika) is trash and she needs another unit like Xianyun that fits her playstyle.
I’m convinced this will happen in Snezhnaya, when Cryo & Physical will be relevant.
@@LuisFernandez-jp8wt Imagine how hilarious it would be if the Tsaritsa as the Cyro Archon, is a main DPS who works around instantly consuming cyro reactions to cause a type of `3 step cyro reaction` to instantly do massive amounts of damage at the cost of removing any debuff type effects.
Since the only way to probably `fix` the issues of freezing centric reactions would be to make a means that flips off the lack of DPS by suddenly making it alot of DPS isntead.
Anyway guess i`ll stick to WuWa still if i wanna fret about DPS gimmicks, but i still find it funny they left numerous elements in the dirt by instead releasing characters that flip off the care about the element that much and instead just raw-hot-dog ram fowls huge amounts of damage instead to ignore caring about `reaction spam damage.`
Xiao and Eula and many other characters are lumped up as DPS who are "overlooked". Neuvillette, Arlecchino, and Alhaitham are used more, simple as that
Anemo dmg is literally just green physical though??
10:05 Faruzan's C6 as mentioned activates her skill even when she's off field, meaning she also batteries the on field DPS. A lot of people hated how this is designed as her C6 is the most overtuned constellation a 4-star have, some people argue it would've been a bit better if some of the effects were more spread out throughout her cons or something.
Faruzan C6 really feels like a 5* unit. Not only the buffs, battery, and cc, her sub dps is not to be scoffed at - you can be hitting 20-30k skill procs from off field.
And it can proc twice at the same time, so satisfying
I'm bringing Xiao back whenever Anemo shows up for Imaginarium Theater because he gets the job done for small mobs
Xiao was the first character that I knew I instantly needed. Such a fun character
Video Idea: Why Everyone Plays: Xiangling
I literally suggested that in the most recent post!
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Mavuika: Im going to end this cooks whole career.
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this would make a boring video, she just has good numbers, thats it
After having gotten Xiao, one thing that irked me was that his Charged Attack, a huge arcing swing, doesn’t hit opponents tumbling in the air. It’s a small thing, but it’s so weird seeing Xiao missing enemies that are directly in front of him when the hit trails clearly show otherwise (example: 2:52).
You're not supposed to use it so it doesn't matter
@@vorpal1174You were before xianyun came out. N1CJP was his optimal combo pre xianyun as it had the most multipliers per rotation.
@@milkyy4168 since his release. I've personally never used it
u have 2 be careful with that playstyle since u might lose dps doing it if ur not fast enough
he's just not friendship 10 he gets taller with more friendship
MY BOI. Stuck it out since his first release, and now the bad days are over.
His best team is expensive, it includes 3 five stars Xiao, Xianyun, Furina,c6 Faruzan.
c6 Faruzan is not even on paimon shop, so it's even harder than actual 5 star.
This team is really strong, but Alhaitham, Arlecchino and Neuvilette have even stronger teams that require way less investment.
Cyno has a similar case he needs Furina, Nahida and Baizhu for his long burst duration.
I agree that while Neuv and Arle have stronger teams, Alhaitham is in my opinion only sometimes stronger. My Xiao team is Xianyun, C1 Furina, C6 Faruzan and I can hit on average 215k plunges without food buffs during his burst which tends to allow for almost 15 plunges. Now I do have C2 Nahida C4 Kuki and C6 Fischl for Alhaitham but even tho he does high damage he’s also more susceptible to getting stunned in my experience so I’m forced to dodge which takes away from damage. With Xiao I don’t have to worry about that because it’s so rare to get stunned out of my burst. My Xiao is on par with my C2 Arle and C2 Neuv teams when it comes to damage.
If we go with the calcs, yeah that teams are stronger but for a pretty small margin, since Xiao premium can reach out top 5 dps teams in the game according to nahida mains and zajeff
Still those teams are better because they are like 3%-7% stronger while at the same time being half as expensive
Still, it's incredible that a unit released on 1.3 can keep up with recent carrys (besides national obviously)
@@gazakana Agreed
I mean if ur looking for a xiao team, it's likely you will already have xiao LOL
Xiao investment is high but his exodia team was released over several versions, so it's just a matter of perspective. A 1.x player wouldn't care and just wants to know his potential with the team, but a 4.x player should know what they're getting into.
And for a premium team, Xiao has one of the best. Endless energy, plenty of AoE and single-target, slight grouping, CC, off-field damage, no circle restrictions, and full party healing. A super old character getting a team this powerful and comfy is insane, like it's straight out of a team comp wishlist.
Eula just needs one... one honest to god physical buffer with no drawbacks.
It was supposed to be Citlali, but that dream is dead
He decided to go to Natlan, join the scions of the canopes, made a pet friend named Ajaw, and renamed himself to Kinich.
Funniest shit i have ever read, but yeah. Kinnich is Xiao without the overly depressing backstory
It has been 1.5 years since I set Xiao as a future long project to get. I am slowly getting all the pieces need for his best premier team. Staff of Homa, 230 Cv MH set, C1 Furina, 3 cons away from C6 Faruzan.
This years goals are now clear; Xianyun and the rest of Faruzan’s Cons. Honestly even without Xianyun, I think I might get him anyways this year, since this Investment with Bennett should be enough to clear any content
While he got Furina, Faruzan and Xianyun. Just like Hu Tao, who plays with Yelan and the same others support. It is impossible not to be broken with such supports
Ah yes, xinyan the ultimate xiao support
@@toodled1340 lol Xianyun, my bad 😂 😂
my goat xiao is NEVER falling off
Exactly
Okay Hear me out , Faruzan C6 with Jean C4 with Furina is Busted on Xiao
This is my Xiao team!
@@TheArtPaige and it's also wanderer best team since jean boost attack speed at C2 + skyrider sword at R5 or skyward blade
I likes the part where he said "it's Xiaoing time" and started Xiaoing everywhere
Version 1 : Reaction impact
Version 2 : Hypercarry impact
Version 3 : Catalyze impact
Version 4 : Hypercarry impact 2.0
Version 5 : ......to be continued..
Version 1 is physical impact lmao.
Version 3 is reaction impact.
Waiting for Zy0x to see and react to this!
Did Zy0x ever reacted to this vod?
I pulled Xiao day 1. Skipped every banner for him
Only to realise he was horrible for f2p. Bad weapon options and doesnt have a proper team. I ended up putting him to the bench when Raiden dropped cause he just hit like a wet noodle
Fast forward to Xianyun banner. I pull her and got C6 Faruzan
I can finally play with my boi again. I even went an triple crowned him due to it. So happy to see him being viable at this day and age
Not just viable, his premium team is top 5 in the game
Me and Zy0x are the ultimate Xiao simp.
Zy0x investing 1k resin into the xiao agenda
And I’m not a simp because xiao want me just as much 🙏
Faruzan is OP, she deals a ton of damage on top of amazing buffs for anemo
Xiao , furina , faruzan and cloud... One of the most deadly team
Meanwhile, of all the characters I pair to carry in co-op, it's Xiao and Zhongli despite my large roster exactly BECAUSE he disregards whatever the co-op person is doing and will clear any weekly boss. I mean, if you've been pulling on weapon banners much over the past years, you most likely have his weapon.. if not multiple refinements..
Kudos to you, Vars, for using the Pokemon Conquest Greenleaf OST for this video!
I dont know. He's so small i lost him
Just like how Xiao got his resurgence with top tier support, Im not gonna dust off the possibility that the same can happen to Ganyu. If in the future a character gets released that speeds up charged attack shots for bows then I can see her getting a comeback
Love the Pokemon Conquest BGM
Xiao and hu tao somehow survived 😭
Great Video! I would also like to add some stuff that wasn't really mentioned in the video, or at least could have given more magnitude
1. Xiao in the past used to want Zhongli for his best team, so often he would be competing in usage for ZL with other Hyper Carries (before FFXX of course)
2. Faruzan C6's CC helped Xiao consolidate groups of enemies which was a problem with him, especially when first getting used to the plunge platstyle as you knock around enemies
3. Xianyun's passive actually helped one of Xiao's notable weakness at the time which was that he was comparatively weaker in Single Target than AoE. Xianyun's buff helped mitigate that weakness and you can now make the argument that Xiao can be generaly used in any non-high-anemo res content
4. Faruzan C6, Furina, and Xianyun broke free Xiao from "Circle Impact" that his best supports at the time required him to play around
Other than that, the video summarized generally well on the journey Xiao had for team options without getting too much into the nuances
Edit: Typos lmao
0:26 god forbid women have hobbies 🙄😒
Xiao really is way better than he used to be these days. I’ve never hit so much damage with anyone else continuously than with him.
Him, xianyu, faruzan and furina together are BONKERS. his plunging does 130k per plunge which is criminal
Building a team around Xiao is too expensive.
True, he is not f2p friendly.
Now to hope Faruzan is on Xianyan’s rerun banner
i hope
my early game xiao team is still really solid. xiao+zhongli+raiden+qiqi. the debuffs, recharge, and healing got me through most things. once xianyun came out she took qiqi spot. generally shreads most enemies.
Early 5 stars: powercreeped as time goes on ☠️
Early 4 stars: keep getting infinitely stronger 💪
seriously. it's felt like every region fischl keeps getting buffed lol. sumeru gave aggravate which fischl is the queen of, and then fontaine gave her golden troupe.
I got him c6 and not playing like 2 yearss, this vid came up to my feed amd made me happy lol
Most of his best supports are universally good characters, so i don't feel like he needs much investment, to be honest. I'm not using him much, but he's still useful in theatre and recently when there was a centaur boss in the abyss i casually took my lvl 70 Xiao (needed a way to dispose of the shield) and managed to 3* chamber in the first try (with Zhongli, Furina and Xianyun). So, i'd say he's in the situation i like the most for a characters: he's far from a must pull, but if you like him and want to use him, you can hit some nice numbers
Ah, sweet vindication. Also, as a Xiao main since 1.3 who has been giving him his upgrades/teammates as they come out or almost, I can say he really felt like a different character since Xianyun's release. The JOY that is the freedom to be able to reposition yourself when an enemy is staggered out of range, or run to the next mob without being forced to stop your burst to redo team rotation and funnel particles... It's not just the great damage and buffs that come with the FFXX team, it's also how SMOOTH it feels to play with Xianyun and C6 Faruzan. We all love the other Xianyun plunge teams and the big numbers, but except for Hu Tao and Xiao they're all married to Bennett's circle impact. I have C6 Gaming and whenever I play him I wish I were playing Xiao instead because of that. Besides, all of Xiao's team have great synergy and buff each other: triple anemo solves energy problems for all anemos, Furina gives Faruzan a buff too, if Xianyun uses VV she buffs Furina, if Xianyun uses noblesse she buffs Faruzan, if Faruzan is C6 and uses TOTM she buff's Xianyun's atk which buffs Xiao more. Also, a well invested Furina helps a lot with enemies who have high resistance to anemo, which means you can still use Xiao with things like Coppelia + Coppelius and brute force your way out even if there are faster teams for that. It's really nice to finish a chamber suddenly because Crabaletta one-shots a random mob out of your sight lol.
A nitpick is that I've never really seen anyone using Xiangling back in the day. Zy0x made double anemo (Jean) double geo (Zhongli, Albedo) popular as his premium team for a while, but pre-Faruzan his better team was a hypercarry one with Benny, Zhongli, and TTDS Sucrose. Once Faruzan was released, she replaced Sucrose. There was a double carry team with Raiden for a while too, to solve his energy issues, but why would you if you could Raiden National instead? There's always been attempts to use sub-DPS characters in the older days but they felt copium since Xiao's burst was too long. Even Bennett, his best support historically and one who can still be used today as replacement in his teams, had his burst die before Xiao was done.
his premium team is so good for a plethora of reasons:
1/ He doesn’t need to switch out after setting up all other teammates buffs between waves (unlike nahida teams or team that requires swirl debuff)
2/ Faruzan Anemo Buff/Debuff last for so long and apply every second while off field!!!
3/ Faruzan also create about 5 extra Anemo particle every rotation off-field, not metioning her triggering Favonius.
4/ Xianyun making him outstanding in Single target scenario thanks to her A4
I think his team is gonna be on the top for a very long time, the only thing that can take him down is some future enemies that can interrupt him mid air 😂
Something to note for point no. 3; she can only proc fav while she's on-field, as fav passive doesn't work when the user is off-field. I personally prefer Elegy just because I couldn't reliably proc fav passive with how low the crit rate my Faruzan has.
And for me, the best benefit from this team is how braindead easy the rotation is while also deals incredibly strong both single target and multi target team DPS.
Xiao is my first 5* back when I played at 3.4
For new player, it was hell using him since his burst is godly but drain HP. But I manage to go from Liyue to Sumeru carried by him because he's the bestest damage dealer I owned at that time. Things got better after I pulled Zhongli at 4.0 then Xianyun at 4.4 was a gamechanger. I managed to get my first 12-3 with Zhongli, Xiao, Xianyun, and Faruzan team with Xiao plunging attack reached 100k+. I didn't really invest in reaction since his pure damage is already very high.
I have never been so proud with my first 5 star
zyox the goat defo helped in making xiao popular
If there's one thing i don't regret when i started in 3.4 was building both xiao and alhaitham
It's the jing yuan theorem just keeps getting buffed every other patch by a specific unit or change in the game
xiao is my favorite character all time, even he has downfall before faruzan, furina and xianyun. im so happy with his dmg nowadays and i do not regret any. it took me a good build for 3 years of worth building at 100/193 and i refuse to farm vermillion 😂😂
xianyun and furina finally freed xiao from Bennett's circle 😅 xiao's hypermoblity being limited by Bennett circle was the worst
Talk about the the legendary missing weapon vars.. jade cutter, summit shaper, memory of dust, n unforged
Still waiting for Itto to get a proper team without any drawbacks which is Gorou at this moment. I guess that will never happen as Hoyo has completely neglected Geo. The newar Geo units are Geo in name only.
Xiao is a special case as he is Hoyo's favourite in GI and Liyue represents China.
HEAVILY appreciate the Pokemon Conquest background music
Not to mention faruzan ALSO acts as a battery for xiao massively lowering his ER needs. I know xianyun also helps with this, but most of it comes from her
Your videos butter My biscuits thank you
Mika was a missed occasion for Eula. Hope they release a character that lets you deal massive physical damage and ignore any kind of shiels/barrier. That would fix Eula
kid's busted to all heaven nowadays but, and its a BIG but, its locked behind C6 Faruzan, tough luck if you don't have her, cause the C6 fixes like more than 50% of the team's problem
I love his burst mode and wished he would be an anemo infused auto attack character instead of plunge…
IS THE MUSIC IM HEARING FROM POKEMON CONQUEST? PLEASE GOD USE MORE OF THIS SOUNDTRACK MAN
I got a feeling a certain full-haired, extremely tall, super funny and handsome streamer is gonna see this...
Yoymiya was never really a mid unit for me because she was good upon release and subsequent versions. She was just released at terrible times. Then by the time she got a new release, a more powerful pyro character came in to steal what remaining thunder she still had.
POKEMON CONQUEST MUSIC THE TASTE IS SO REAL
Every abys chamber now has a "neuvelete side" and xiao nilou always perform
Crying cause I recently got C6 Faruzan and have Furina and Xianyun, but the last banner Xiao was on was so trash I skipped. 😭
Maybe it's a hottake but I feel like Xiao is on the same level if not slightly higher as Alhaitham and Arlecchino yet I only ever hear those two in regards to top 3/2 dps and never Xiao. I own all of these units and would say that the three of them are interchangeable for top 3/2. The only reason I see Xiao being lower than those two would be flexibility in team building but I feel like that's a weak point idk
xiao is not on the same level as alhaitham neuvi and arlecchino because he needs supports like c6 faruzan, furina and xianyun to become meta otherwise he falls off
@@ruxyruxandra4673 Well yes and? We assume the best team for the other three aswell so why don't we do it for Xiao? Pretty much all comparisons are usually based on the amount of dmg the teams can deal and not how hard it is to obtain their teammates(which also isn't that hard every since Faruzan was on the Xianyun banner), so he very much is on the same level as them(Edit: You mentioned Neuvilette well not him he is in a league of it's own)
I agree with this!! As someone who has both Alhaitham and Xiao, with equally invested teams (They're not the best but they're still considered good, I'm missing Xianyun and my hyper bloom units are all around splotchy choices lol), Xiao out damages my Alhaitham.
If we take into account most meta teams comparison and keeping stuff like cons and weapons into f2p/low spender lvls, xiao would probably be on par or surpass alhaitham and maybe even arlecchino. But if we go into higher investment talk like c1-2..etc + signature weapons, arlecchino wins by far. Although I have to admit althaium early cons arnt that much of an dmg boost and even if you include teammates investment like nahida's c2, xianyun early cons + her signature weapon teamwide buff would probably still give a much higher boost for xiao overall.
Nevuillete i agree is in his own league cus god damn
@@ruxyruxandra4673imagine this I have all of them and all of the best support for them well they are the same damage output if you want to see my top 1 xiao plunging to your face and top 1 alhaitham and top 1 neuve
FFXX team is one of my favourites right now, it is so powerful that I could bruteforce Coopelias 70% (?) anemo resistance, this is crazy bro.
AoE , single target - it really doesn't matter. I d around 150k per plunge and it is only Xiao dmg.. Crazy strong.
I am so happy that xiao got all these buffs I'm a xiao main and I have his best team (C6 faruzan, furina and xianyun) and he does a lot of damage
TLDW he got his posse of sassy women
9:25 I get ur point, but if we're considering that breeze wind to be *grouping* than the Viridicent hunt is better than her CA
I remember my 1st main team was crazy thinking on it now. Diluc, Zhongli, Barbara & Xiao. lol.
I've always been open to vertically investing into niche teams, but xiao was always pushed to the sideline for me. At this point, the investment needed for him is super high. I can only hope for c6 faruzan and that they buff other niche playstyles.
His team is still my second strongest even after all this time.i got him immediately after getting Albedo and, even tho it took a while to get Albedo's c4, I refuse to take him off that team, no matter how much more beneficial Furina might be. Her as healer with Lyney makes up for it easily, lol
C6 Faruzan also trivializes the need to battery Xiao.
Shorty emo just getting hard carried by madame Faruzan, Cloud Retainer and Furina.
Xaio with Faruzan C6 and Xianyun has since been my go to team for Abyss or any really hard content in the game. Just easy to play and does a ton of damage.
I pulled for Xiao, and was the first character I won the 50/50 on back in 1.3. I remember Grinding the game for primos just to get him. I mained him ever since. Eventually I got other Anemo Characters and converted to an Anemo main when Wanderer released. He's my most Invested character, with 2300atk, 80 crit rate and 248 crit damage. Unfortunately I started getting bored of Genshin when his Artifact set released, but I don't think I can replace the 2piece-2piece he has😅.
Funnily enough I HAVE gotten both Furina and Xianyun, but only c2 Faruzan, whi h make me lose out on his full potential, but even then he is so strong, that one side of the Spiral Abyss is His to Dominate.
I can only hope he gets Someone on Faruzans potential as a 5star, so i dont have to luck out for c6 Faruzan, as I play very little now( it's been almost 2 years since i cared about spending my resin, at around 3.2).
My man Xiao keeps on coming back, hope to c6 him someday
Luckily Xiao is being rereleased as Kinich
I missed Furina but otherwise I've been sitting on a C6 Xiao for damn near 2 years waiting for his time to come.
Xiao, Childe and Noelle every other update: Upgrades, people, upgrades
I wish Gorou was as good as a buffer as Kujou Sara or Faruzan, they honestly did him really dirty by making his kit almost exclusive for mono-geo.
The way Layla could've been an aim shot buffer
A video about Wanderer would be amazing, amazing video :3
What’s so special about wanderer?
@@ednatopg3074 Idk, he can fly and also is anemo an unique mechanic that no one else has?
Weird that you didnt mention Marechausse Hunter giving him even more options in the artifact department
I love my C0 Xiao and I'm so happy he got the supports he deserves
probably a biased video idea; What happened to Diluc? I've been a Diluc enjoyer since 2.3, and I can very firmly say that the trip was absolutely WILD. Going from being a very sub-optimal comfort character pick to actually being able to meaningfully rival other meta Pyro units was insane to watch in real time. Anyway, I just think it would be a neat video :D
pokemon conquest music again, iconic
The Xiao situation is INSANE
I was thinking they should also give Itto a geo off field charge atk buffer and battery to make him like xiao but I remember if they did it'll be straight up neuvillette buff (Bros going to be more op) unless they give it a mono geo restrictions too
funny you mention other gimmicky characters getting that kind of support considering a certain someone is about to make Noelle hypercarry have 3 supports that can buff her instead of two
The day i can use eula again without getting made fun if for still playing her is the day i can die happily
Eula main till servers die
The elemental shields still hold him back much like Eula
OMG WE'RE BLOOMING WITH THIS ONE ABOBA🗣️🗣️🗣️
What new reactions do you think would be a good additions to the elemental reaction roster? Dendro, Geo and Anemo don't have any reactions together...ideas would be good for hoyo to consider, no?
the only thing they needed was to add 15 percent plunge attack bonus in M hunter set ,if it was there xiao would have got everything he need to grow taller than 4 ft.
My Xiao/Faruzan/Xianyun/Furina team absolutely slaps. My Xiao plunges for about 150k+. Any AOE floor gets decimated by this team.
I see where you’re coming from with Xiao. I pulled him in version 3.4 when I had barely started my Genshin journey. I think I was just using primogems for the sake of it at that point. He ended up being my first five star, and honestly, while I like him now I didn’t when I first got him (anti-social edge lord vibes. In reality he’s just a traumatised war veteran), and his play-style isn’t my thing. Point being I got him by accident, and I wouldn’t have gone out of my way to get him if I hadn’t. I prefer using Hat Guy these days. I still feel that he should have been all about those infused normal attacks that could have benefited from VV given the time he came out (they look so cool) rather than plunges. Missed opportunity there.
you can play him as a NA user, technically theres nothing stopping you other than less optimal damage but personally I find it a much more boring playsyle considering essentially every other dps is set up supports > element infusion > normal attack until dead. Xiaos FFXX rotation is incredibly satisfying.
thx for creating a nice vid for bbxiao. my fave main beside mommy ningguang 🔥💓
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