Man, there are just SOOOOO many roles that havent been taken yet in the game, it would take at least a few more years for them to have a need to powercreep their older units
Powercreep? Encore, a standard character, is literally still standing head to head with the limited ones and we expect her to get buffed when Brant is released. Jiyan & Jinhsi still don't have their element's dedicated supports either. It all comes down to what endgame content they're going to implement because as of now Jiyan and Camellya are king & queen of Pincer Maneuver event.
I wanna say Isn't Brant and Encore not really that synergized together? Brant buffs 20% Fusion and 25% Reso skill Dmg, Encore would only benefit with the Fusion buff yet less with the skill buff, I think her main supporter is still Sanhua with a 38 basic atk buff. There some leaks about Ciaconna a Fusion char that buff Fusion and Basic Atk so that definitely will be Encore's best slot Supporter. (Ofc it's a 3+ months away leaked character so it defininitely will have some changes)
@@Aasta_raLuck Brant will replace Verina, and will allow Encore to become a true carry. Her main team will be Sanhua+Brant. Encore's main source of damage is basic attacks but as a carry she'll finally be able to use the nuke part of her skill which she almost never uses in quick swap teams. That's where Brant's reso skill buff comes in.
@@iturnedmypikachuintoararecandy I don't think that works. Support characters such as Verina and Shorekeeper don't have Elements specific buffs since their buffs are universal (Crit Dmg, Atk, Crit Rate buff for the whole team, etc.) which means it doesn't have the mechanic of "Buff will be removed when switching to another team member". Unfortunately both Sanhua and Brant have those mechanics so for that to work Brant should have a universal buff which he unfortunately doesn't, if Sanhua Outro's to Encore and switch to Brant Sanhua's buff will disappear the same if vice versa. In short you could only have either Sanhua or Brant in a team but not both to maximize buffs and dmg, along with a universal support.
@@Aasta_raLuck It will work because Brant is a basic attack dps and his skill at full forte becomes a basic attack and grants a shield. It should be easy to understand what the rotation would look like. Although most people will just use Changli/Brant/Encore together instead of Sanhua. Sanhua is just the budget option.
@@iturnedmypikachuintoararecandy I kinda understand, is it Sanhua Outro > Brant buffing Brant > Brant Outro > Encore buffing Encore > Encore Dmg But I still think having a full on Atk buff on both your team seems more beneficial than having that team, I guess it could be an alternative at ToA if both Shorekeeper and Verina run out of Stamina to be used.
I think powercreep is more like rotation creep The faster you can do your rotation the more dps you do Next is complications on kits Compare jinshi and changli Changli is more complicated than JINSHI gameplay That's why i think meta creep in wuwa won't happen it depends on the players to adapt on how to used characters If Danjin mains can't clear end game content that means power creep exist
Spectro Frazzle already came to play the moment they brought that new set for Spectro DoT niche. Spectro Rover having Innate C.rate and Spectro res reduction in their sequences is one thing but Eternal Radiance providing more c.rate and spectro dmg and makes them a DPS while not taking their role as debuffing support for Spectro Team specifically DoT
Okay so I just am going to say right now there will be no meaningful powercreep anytime soon. I see Pheobe/Zani as more of an alternative than a replacement for Jinhsi. Basically pull whoever you want. As long as you build your characters you will be fine.
... For how long Jiyan would be there? Like aside from damage, do you ever consider his grouping ability? Also, double dragon mechanic allow his damage to be as good as Jinhsi/Camellya. And not to mention the resistance of interruption built in to his kit, and also, we have yet to have his BIS support, a sub DPS that buffs 20% Aero damage and 25% Heavy attack damage. Carlotta may seem very strong, but those was simply caused by her niche set which buffs like 34.5% Attribute Damage + 60% Damage Type, while other 1.0 sets gave 52% Attribute Damage + 12% Damage Type. Overall (30% stronger than old set by default). There are values in each characters that can make your gameplay easier. Xiangli Yao and Changli may not have that massive of a damage compared to other DPS, but they have flexibility and offer comfortability to do quickswap mechanic which still the most powerful team comp and rotation to this date. I know you came from Hoyogames where DPS most likely offer nothing but damage, but let's not talk about problem that hasn't exist yet.
for the part with carlotta, i guess thats why my carlotta felt so damn weak even with signature, im currently using rainbow echoes since im still farming for jinhsi and her last ult hit like 50k but shes still level 80 tho with 78/210
@@megugao I think for Carlotta Ult you gotta count everything it deals from the first Nuke+4 extra shots + Last Nuke, total it and that the whole damage
Eh, Jiyan is exactly where he should be, just a step below top damage dealers. If a character requires from player perfect execution (only the sweatiest of tryhards do double dragon tech) to match other character's baseline performance, they are not equal. His grouping is also not very relevant as it only affects enemies already within his reach, and grouping in general has very little use in any kind of current endgame. Holograms are out by default, in ToA's floors that matters there's only multi-target encounter and those 3 wolves can be one-shotted by SRover's ult. Putting Jiyan at the same tier as Encore and Changli (Xiangli Yao is questionable too) is a bit yikes though, he should be higher. Also, I don't really get it. You want to give Jiyan benefit of the doubt because he may, possibly, perhaps, at some unspecified time in the future get his BiS support, but at the same time you're downplaying Carlotta for having tailor-made echo set. Come on man, get your bias in check. Not to mention that Jinhsi, Camellya and Carlotta without their BiS supports are exceeding Jiyan's performance anyway. The only real way for Jiyan to reach top tier is to have new, multi-wave, horde-type endgame mode introduced. This would increase viability of grouping and his cleaving attacks. That would make him more competetive with current top options, especially with Jinshi, as single backloaded nuke isn't very good in such scenarios.
I cant see powercreep in wuwa mostly because of the intro/outro kit that every single character have that can work for almost every character in game..... i mean damn im still using sanhua instead of rocia 😅
The 2 main reason powercreep exist: 1/company want players to use new things; 2/players want easy power and convenience I have seen those who talk about leaked phoebe kit and how much they want her to do big dmg with as less efforts put in as possible, so let's recite the famous quote again “The game has a power creep problem only if you allow it to happen, either by greed or stupidity”_ Mr.Jokke, 2025
One thing I also want to say is that I did not in the video do not feel pressured into pulling any units pull who you like enjoy the game how you want at the end of the day the game is all about having fun just want to make people aware this is still a gacha game and they have sell characters so eventually old units will be power crept however Kuro has done a good job making sure the pace at which new units come out is very fair and does not make older characters feel useless
They still have Spectro Rover in support and at the bottom. With the new echo set, Emerald of Genesis, their S1 and min rolled Crit Rate on all echoes, he has 95% Crit Rate. Then, on top of that, they can give himself +15% atk by using his heavy attack resonance and debuff Spectro Res by 10%. Spectro Rover is by no means the best character but still to have them at the bottom and in support is a joke.
Powercreep and tier list is just for broke f2p btw. For people that can afford at least 300 usd per banner there's no things called powercreep or tierlist
All this talk about power creep when Kuro will just release echo(s) that can help improve older characters that won't be overpowered compared to the newer resonators, but just enough of an improvement to keep them useful, rather than useless.
Wuwa is a game that's near impossible to release 'powercreep' due to each character fulfilling a very specific and niche combat role, something completely foreign to the likes of genshin and hsr unless they resort to releasing a traction aero heavy attack dps with higher scaling than jiyan, then there wont necessarily be powercreep
There's nothing inherently wrong with powercreep. If Phoebe is a stronger spectro DPS than Jinshi, that's fine because you can still clear everything with Jinshi. Now, if they increase the difficulty of the content so that it can only be cleared with the new characters, then its a problem.
Tierlist will change a bit with the new Endgame . For example: Jinhsi will be realy useless in a Monsterwave Modus (to backloaded and Nuke fokused), Roccia will be one of the best Chars for this Modus .
Danjin mains are the proof of anti-power creep, power creep would only arrive in WuWa once Danjin mains can't solo end game content that can be solo'd like ToA and Holo. WuWa is still pretty much skill based, again crazy Danjin mains are proof. Until then if anyone can't completely clear the current end game is just a result of lack of investment in characters and/or skill issue
If they want to push the game more further.. they don't have to powercreep the old unit but they have to implemant new mechanics to the future units rather than focusing on making more powerful character that's my take..
I don't think powercreep will be too bad in this game,take how much optimization devs did for different characters,Baizhi got a buff directly(they changed her kit),Chixia the same,Spectro Rover got Spectro Frazzle when that became a thing,they are not afraid to add new things to their kit,but to be honest with you,I want those old 4 star units to get powercrept,because they are build so bad,even if their kits can be good in some scenarios,for example I refuse to use Taoqi with Charlota,I don't want that boring pink haired girl to be my support unit even if she does buff skill dmg as I need,or another example is Yuanwhu,another verry boring 4 star unit and his robotic voice annoys me,that's why I stopped playing Jinhsi entirely(I will probably use her again if I get Yinlin),I don't want a team with characters I hate,we need more 4 star units,not just 5 stars
yeah i hope they dont go with the hsr route where ur character will be irrelevant after 2 patches. but is it just me coping or inorder for a character to be power crept the upcoming character should be in the same attribute and deal the same type of dmg. bcs rn the only character that has been "powercrept" is calcharo which is a standard character.
I heard most of Phoebe's demage come from her heavy attack so mortefi might get more valuable if that is true. Spectro Rover will also get more valuable because of Phoebe
I just saw a video of someone who completed the entire game f2p with litterly no spins he never did I spin , not even normal spins and its actually crazy
Yes, power creep is coming! Those leakers said that Phoebe will be the best character even better than Jinshi. Tbh, this is the best time to uninstall that devilish, satan-made game and start installing Genshin and HSR which has been proven to NOT have any power creep.
@@user-gv8ti3xj3b and they also do damage if built properly, I have managed to see videos where they use jiaxin as dps in the tower using mortefi as sub-dps and the fallacy with his charged attack giving so that when he uses his charged attacks he does damage, taoqui with a defense and critical build can do 70k with his ult although of course if you compare it with a dedicated dps the point falls short, even those units that are not their main role can do damage, apart from that you do not take into account another thing that has already been seen in the illusory realm and that is the use of passives that are activated when there is a shield present, taking into account that there are already echoes that give shield too, it would not surprise me that just as they put in the improvement of the specter element later they put in improvements that need certain requirements such as the use of shield etc.
The dodge costs stamina, so if the enemy can do barrage of attacks, having a shield will be very helpful. It's very useful, especially versus holograms.
I don't like the quick swap mech direction they are taking right now. But what else I can do. I will not pull character that is not hyper carry focus or support. And will not get a sustain not as universal as Verina and Shorekeeper regardless how beautiful they are.
I think with a majority of units, they are heavily prioritizing hyper-carry comps. With the only exception of Changli because she does not have a dedicated team yet. They even try to make sure to keep it somewhat balanced by making sure that QS doesn't have the outro buffs as they are lost on character swap to try to reign that playstyle in. Just because a person can make a team into a QS team doesn't mean that is Kuro's intention. I think do they want a strict rotation to be followed but of course players can try to find ways outside of it.
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There is no powercreep as long as there is some mf's soloing Tower using danjin
Facts.
Man, there are just SOOOOO many roles that havent been taken yet in the game, it would take at least a few more years for them to have a need to powercreep their older units
only thing players should prepare for is patch powercreep. 2.1 is lookin good
When can we expect this update to drop???
@@kongxiong5432.1 goes live on February 13th
If they gonna make it better than 2.0 wuwa might aswell just be just a game with gacha elements, instead of a gacha that is pretending to be a game
Powercreep? Encore, a standard character, is literally still standing head to head with the limited ones and we expect her to get buffed when Brant is released. Jiyan & Jinhsi still don't have their element's dedicated supports either. It all comes down to what endgame content they're going to implement because as of now Jiyan and Camellya are king & queen of Pincer Maneuver event.
I wanna say Isn't Brant and Encore not really that synergized together? Brant buffs 20% Fusion and 25% Reso skill Dmg, Encore would only benefit with the Fusion buff yet less with the skill buff, I think her main supporter is still Sanhua with a 38 basic atk buff.
There some leaks about Ciaconna a Fusion char that buff Fusion and Basic Atk so that definitely will be Encore's best slot Supporter. (Ofc it's a 3+ months away leaked character so it defininitely will have some changes)
@@Aasta_raLuck Brant will replace Verina, and will allow Encore to become a true carry. Her main team will be Sanhua+Brant. Encore's main source of damage is basic attacks but as a carry she'll finally be able to use the nuke part of her skill which she almost never uses in quick swap teams. That's where Brant's reso skill buff comes in.
@@iturnedmypikachuintoararecandy I don't think that works.
Support characters such as Verina and Shorekeeper don't have Elements specific buffs since their buffs are universal (Crit Dmg, Atk, Crit Rate buff for the whole team, etc.) which means it doesn't have the mechanic of "Buff will be removed when switching to another team member". Unfortunately both Sanhua and Brant have those mechanics so for that to work Brant should have a universal buff which he unfortunately doesn't, if Sanhua Outro's to Encore and switch to Brant Sanhua's buff will disappear the same if vice versa.
In short you could only have either Sanhua or Brant in a team but not both to maximize buffs and dmg, along with a universal support.
@@Aasta_raLuck It will work because Brant is a basic attack dps and his skill at full forte becomes a basic attack and grants a shield. It should be easy to understand what the rotation would look like. Although most people will just use Changli/Brant/Encore together instead of Sanhua. Sanhua is just the budget option.
@@iturnedmypikachuintoararecandy I kinda understand, is it
Sanhua Outro > Brant buffing Brant > Brant Outro > Encore buffing Encore > Encore Dmg
But I still think having a full on Atk buff on both your team seems more beneficial than having that team, I guess it could be an alternative at ToA if both Shorekeeper and Verina run out of Stamina to be used.
I think powercreep is more like rotation creep
The faster you can do your rotation the more dps you do
Next is complications on kits
Compare jinshi and changli
Changli is more complicated than JINSHI gameplay
That's why i think meta creep in wuwa won't happen it depends on the players to adapt on how to used characters
If Danjin mains can't clear end game content that means power creep exist
Spectro rover being in tier 3 is just stupid, I don't think they updated his tier accounting for spectro frazzle.
Spectro frazzle will come to play when we get phoebe for now its meh so expect he will be same tier as sanhua and Zhezhi soon
@k-BlazeWW30 the current spectral rover with frazzel can solo clear ToA
I was gonna say I was able to clear the spectral tower with Verina, S Rover and Yang Yang with absolutely no issues, cleared it
Spectro Frazzle already came to play the moment they brought that new set for Spectro DoT niche.
Spectro Rover having Innate C.rate and Spectro res reduction in their sequences is one thing but Eternal Radiance providing more c.rate and spectro dmg and makes them a DPS while not taking their role as debuffing support for Spectro Team specifically DoT
Spectro Rover getting new spectro set must have set him in 1.5 tier at least, he's much stronger with it
Okay so I just am going to say right now there will be no meaningful powercreep anytime soon. I see Pheobe/Zani as more of an alternative than a replacement for Jinhsi. Basically pull whoever you want. As long as you build your characters you will be fine.
... For how long Jiyan would be there? Like aside from damage, do you ever consider his grouping ability? Also, double dragon mechanic allow his damage to be as good as Jinhsi/Camellya. And not to mention the resistance of interruption built in to his kit, and also, we have yet to have his BIS support, a sub DPS that buffs 20% Aero damage and 25% Heavy attack damage.
Carlotta may seem very strong, but those was simply caused by her niche set which buffs like 34.5% Attribute Damage + 60% Damage Type, while other 1.0 sets gave 52% Attribute Damage + 12% Damage Type. Overall (30% stronger than old set by default).
There are values in each characters that can make your gameplay easier. Xiangli Yao and Changli may not have that massive of a damage compared to other DPS, but they have flexibility and offer comfortability to do quickswap mechanic which still the most powerful team comp and rotation to this date.
I know you came from Hoyogames where DPS most likely offer nothing but damage, but let's not talk about problem that hasn't exist yet.
for the part with carlotta, i guess thats why my carlotta felt so damn weak even with signature, im currently using rainbow echoes since im still farming for jinhsi and her last ult hit like 50k but shes still level 80 tho with 78/210
My Changli is still very strong. She just needs to be fully built.
@@megugao I think for Carlotta Ult you gotta count everything it deals from the first Nuke+4 extra shots + Last Nuke, total it and that the whole damage
Eh, Jiyan is exactly where he should be, just a step below top damage dealers. If a character requires from player perfect execution (only the sweatiest of tryhards do double dragon tech) to match other character's baseline performance, they are not equal. His grouping is also not very relevant as it only affects enemies already within his reach, and grouping in general has very little use in any kind of current endgame. Holograms are out by default, in ToA's floors that matters there's only multi-target encounter and those 3 wolves can be one-shotted by SRover's ult. Putting Jiyan at the same tier as Encore and Changli (Xiangli Yao is questionable too) is a bit yikes though, he should be higher.
Also, I don't really get it. You want to give Jiyan benefit of the doubt because he may, possibly, perhaps, at some unspecified time in the future get his BiS support, but at the same time you're downplaying Carlotta for having tailor-made echo set. Come on man, get your bias in check. Not to mention that Jinhsi, Camellya and Carlotta without their BiS supports are exceeding Jiyan's performance anyway. The only real way for Jiyan to reach top tier is to have new, multi-wave, horde-type endgame mode introduced. This would increase viability of grouping and his cleaving attacks. That would make him more competetive with current top options, especially with Jinshi, as single backloaded nuke isn't very good in such scenarios.
Great video like always big dog, keep up the good work
ayyyye thank you my man
Yo CJ, how are you bro? I'm rdy for 2.1 story, hbu?
26 boss materials locked behind 3 boss attempts per week. With a cool character every 20 days. Thats the real powercreep.
I cant see powercreep in wuwa mostly because of the intro/outro kit that every single character have that can work for almost every character in game..... i mean damn im still using sanhua instead of rocia 😅
Only Lampylumen got powercreeped lmao
"Friendly fire will not be tolerated"
For me, the definition of power creep is when the oldies are not useful anymore and really can't complete the end game contents.
The 2 main reason powercreep exist: 1/company want players to use new things; 2/players want easy power and convenience
I have seen those who talk about leaked phoebe kit and how much they want her to do big dmg with as less efforts put in as possible, so let's recite the famous quote again
“The game has a power creep problem only if you allow it to happen, either by greed or stupidity”_ Mr.Jokke, 2025
One thing I also want to say is that I did not in the video do not feel pressured into pulling any units pull who you like enjoy the game how you want at the end of the day the game is all about having fun just want to make people aware this is still a gacha game and they have sell characters so eventually old units will be power crept however Kuro has done a good job making sure the pace at which new units come out is very fair and does not make older characters feel useless
Me who uses taoqi agrees.
my sugestion, get at least 1 main DPS per element if you didnt want to have much issue in game challenges.
Also prwyden is fkin up the tier list it's inaccurate.
Power creep doesn't exist in wuwa tho
But skill issues do
Kuro where is the Chinese new year event???
idon't relay on prydwen becuz his tiers are most flop . you better check jp's instead
The T0 and T0.5 are accurate in Prydwen I own every character in those tier list.
They still have Spectro Rover in support and at the bottom.
With the new echo set, Emerald of Genesis, their S1 and min rolled Crit Rate on all echoes, he has 95% Crit Rate.
Then, on top of that, they can give himself +15% atk by using his heavy attack resonance and debuff Spectro Res by 10%.
Spectro Rover is by no means the best character but still to have them at the bottom and in support is a joke.
@@josephoverton3740it’s based of the heals dude, wtf are u even talking sbout
@@bengalycisse2027 Just because Rover has a Heal doesn't mean he should be considered a support.
What is jp tier list?
Powercreep and tier list is just for broke f2p btw.
For people that can afford at least 300 usd per banner there's no things called powercreep or tierlist
All this talk about power creep when Kuro will just release echo(s) that can help improve older characters that won't be overpowered compared to the newer resonators, but just enough of an improvement to keep them useful, rather than useless.
Wuwa is a game that's near impossible to release 'powercreep' due to each character fulfilling a very specific and niche combat role, something completely foreign to the likes of genshin and hsr
unless they resort to releasing a traction aero heavy attack dps with higher scaling than jiyan, then there wont necessarily be powercreep
If ur cracked with Calchurro and can do 4 dm he is stronger than XLY 100 percent.
Hyper sweating >>>>> powercreep
There's nothing inherently wrong with powercreep. If Phoebe is a stronger spectro DPS than Jinshi, that's fine because you can still clear everything with Jinshi. Now, if they increase the difficulty of the content so that it can only be cleared with the new characters, then its a problem.
Tbh I agree we don’t have certain units and play styles that will be OP that’s why I skipped roccia and am saving my pulls for that next monster unit
Tierlist will change a bit with the new Endgame .
For example:
Jinhsi will be realy useless in a Monsterwave Modus (to backloaded and Nuke fokused),
Roccia will be one of the best Chars for this Modus .
I guess jinhsi is as powerful with her future support as phoebe and zani together
Danjin mains are the proof of anti-power creep, power creep would only arrive in WuWa once Danjin mains can't solo end game content that can be solo'd like ToA and Holo. WuWa is still pretty much skill based, again crazy Danjin mains are proof.
Until then if anyone can't completely clear the current end game is just a result of lack of investment in characters and/or skill issue
as long as there a danjin main who solo everything single damn thing .... there wont be any powercreep in this game only skill issue remain
If they want to push the game more further.. they don't have to powercreep the old unit but they have to implemant new mechanics to the future units rather than focusing on making more powerful character that's my take..
What? This comment makes very little sense.
What do you think the DoT mechanic is? Powercreep is inevitable. Eventually there will be powercreep but I don't expect it to happen anytime soon
There are literally about 30 units until actual powercreep will happen, many roles and many niches havent been filled yet
Calcaro is just more difficult to play than Xiangli yao but also does a little bit more damage. Just not enough for the sweat imo
the squeeze doesnt worth the juice, but if you want to master calculator nobody is stopping anybody lol
Why is everyone acting like power creep means the world is coming to an end 😭
It's the internet. People act like the world is going to end when you use the wrong emoji.
I don't think powercreep will be too bad in this game,take how much optimization devs did for different characters,Baizhi got a buff directly(they changed her kit),Chixia the same,Spectro Rover got Spectro Frazzle when that became a thing,they are not afraid to add new things to their kit,but to be honest with you,I want those old 4 star units to get powercrept,because they are build so bad,even if their kits can be good in some scenarios,for example I refuse to use Taoqi with Charlota,I don't want that boring pink haired girl to be my support unit even if she does buff skill dmg as I need,or another example is Yuanwhu,another verry boring 4 star unit and his robotic voice annoys me,that's why I stopped playing Jinhsi entirely(I will probably use her again if I get Yinlin),I don't want a team with characters I hate,we need more 4 star units,not just 5 stars
yeah i hope they dont go with the hsr route where ur character will be irrelevant after 2 patches. but is it just me coping or inorder for a character to be power crept the upcoming character should be in the same attribute and deal the same type of dmg. bcs rn the only character that has been "powercrept" is calcharo which is a standard character.
I heard most of Phoebe's demage come from her heavy attack so mortefi might get more valuable if that is true. Spectro Rover will also get more valuable because of Phoebe
I just saw a video of someone who completed the entire game f2p with litterly no spins he never did I spin , not even normal spins and its actually crazy
Me who is still seeing danjin solo kill TOA... Powecreep when actually????????
Yes, power creep is coming! Those leakers said that Phoebe will be the best character even better than Jinshi. Tbh, this is the best time to uninstall that devilish, satan-made game and start installing Genshin and HSR which has been proven to NOT have any power creep.
Nice try they actually said that Pheobe does less damage then Jinshi.
aw man😔😔
Going back to the predicessors🏃♂🏃♂
if we are gonna have shielder what's the point of dodge mechanic there
If you haven’t played PGR, Kuro’s take on Tank is quite literally a DEF Shred DPS 😭, nothing like a normal tank at all
Bruh there's literally 2 shielders already in the game what are you yapping about
zani is going to be great with phoebe 😙
@@user-gv8ti3xj3b and they also do damage if built properly, I have managed to see videos where they use jiaxin as dps in the tower using mortefi as sub-dps and the fallacy with his charged attack giving so that when he uses his charged attacks he does damage, taoqui with a defense and critical build can do 70k with his ult
although of course if you compare it with a dedicated dps the point falls short, even those units that are not their main role can do damage, apart from that you do not take into account another thing that has already been seen in the illusory realm and that is the use of passives that are activated when there is a shield present, taking into account that there are already echoes that give shield too, it would not surprise me that just as they put in the improvement of the specter element later they put in improvements that need certain requirements such as the use of shield etc.
The dodge costs stamina, so if the enemy can do barrage of attacks, having a shield will be very helpful. It's very useful, especially versus holograms.
I think the pridwen tier list is ass.
I don't like the quick swap mech direction they are taking right now. But what else I can do. I will not pull character that is not hyper carry focus or support. And will not get a sustain not as universal as Verina and Shorekeeper regardless how beautiful they are.
I think with a majority of units, they are heavily prioritizing hyper-carry comps. With the only exception of Changli because she does not have a dedicated team yet. They even try to make sure to keep it somewhat balanced by making sure that QS doesn't have the outro buffs as they are lost on character swap to try to reign that playstyle in. Just because a person can make a team into a QS team doesn't mean that is Kuro's intention. I think do they want a strict rotation to be followed but of course players can try to find ways outside of it.
There are dedicated players who can solo the end games, too.
Most units are actually designed for hyper carry but can be played in quick swap.