If Nahida Hyperbloom works, Alhaitham has to work, right? Well…. Yes and no. It works, but the technical aspect of Alhaitham’s gameplay is much less forgiving when it comes to your rotations. While Nahida Hyperbloom operates on a quick swap rotation, Alhaitham requires careful planning to maintain Shinobu’s skill uptime as well as balance Alhaitham’s skill and burst cooldowns. I found this team weirdly frustrating to play on mobile. I didn’t have too much trouble test playing it on PS5, but mobile was an endless struggle fest of getting one-shotted or stuck between enemies in chamber 1. I’m really not sure why this was happening since I did the mobile version about an hour after the console version and changed nothing. Anyway, while Alhaitham can dish out a ton of damage, I was unable to complete a single cycle shield skip with my budget version. I am pretty sure a fancy Alhaitham with his signature weapon should be able to do it though. Compared to Nahida hyperbloom, where you’re using Yelan’s burst or Xingqiu’s rain swords and can reach the Wolflord in flight, Alhaitham Quickbloom can’t hit the boss as well once it gets up. He is also doing a lot more raw dendro damage and making less blooms overall due to lower hydro application. However, his skill/CA are really handy for breaking the wolf skulls quickly, so I got to demo that at least. (Note that I recorded this a while ago so I can’t remember if I tried a non-single cycle shield skip lol)
![[Genshin Impact Version 5.2/3 Spiral Abyss Floor 12] - Xilonen DPS Plunge & Alhaitham Quickbloom](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/KxJW-vH7kfI/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Genshin Impact Version 5.2/3 Spiral Abyss Floor 12] - Xilonen DPS Plunge & Alhaitham Quickbloom](/img/tr.png)
![[Genshin Impact Version 5.3 Spiral Abyss Floor 12] - Mavuika Hypercarry & Neuvillette Electrocharged](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/PF6hBwIz7Kc/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Genshin Impact Version 5.2/3 Spiral Abyss Floor 12] - Xilonen DPS Plunge & Alhaitham Quickbloom](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/sUwuFFRrZxk/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Genshin Impact Version 5.2/3 Spiral Abyss Floor 12] - Yanfei Vaporize & Neuvillette Electro-Burgeon](/img/1.gif)
If Nahida Hyperbloom works, Alhaitham has to work, right? Well…. Yes and no. It works, but the technical aspect of Alhaitham’s gameplay is much less forgiving when it comes to your rotations. While Nahida Hyperbloom operates on a quick swap rotation, Alhaitham requires careful planning to maintain Shinobu’s skill uptime as well as balance Alhaitham’s skill and burst cooldowns.
I found this team weirdly frustrating to play on mobile. I didn’t have too much trouble test playing it on PS5, but mobile was an endless struggle fest of getting one-shotted or stuck between enemies in chamber 1. I’m really not sure why this was happening since I did the mobile version about an hour after the console version and changed nothing.
Anyway, while Alhaitham can dish out a ton of damage, I was unable to complete a single cycle shield skip with my budget version. I am pretty sure a fancy Alhaitham with his signature weapon should be able to do it though. Compared to Nahida hyperbloom, where you’re using Yelan’s burst or Xingqiu’s rain swords and can reach the Wolflord in flight, Alhaitham Quickbloom can’t hit the boss as well once it gets up. He is also doing a lot more raw dendro damage and making less blooms overall due to lower hydro application. However, his skill/CA are really handy for breaking the wolf skulls quickly, so I got to demo that at least.
(Note that I recorded this a while ago so I can’t remember if I tried a non-single cycle shield skip lol)