Do I regret Zhongli?

[@Kangoshi_ru]

I cannot regret Zhongli, because I got him back in 1.1. 😂

[@zuuraxs]

We are just goats

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@Kangoshi_ru same

[@Modedell]

I think Zhong has actually gained value in the last couple of patches due to newer dps either being squishy or liking the interrupt resist and because every enemy in the abyss does 10 genshillion damage now

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@Modedell mualani is the only new dps that I think might have that problem, chasca flies up in the air and kinich has thoma which is a better option

[@alanparmar2797]

You forgot that abyss has 10billion hp over the 10 genshillion dmg, so any dps loss is bad nowadays. And zhongli is just that, dps loss when compared to xilonen.

[@Modedell]

@@alanparmar2797 I like him on Arlle teams to keep her above 70% for Bennet burst. Nothing beats the absolute bliss of sitting in the Bennet burst spamming the attack button and having everything die while watching Arcane in the corner of my screen

[@thatguy5143]

​@@alanparmar2797he has that element shred and not needing to move the dodge or getting knocked around makes up for that "dps loss"

[@alanparmar2797]

@@thatguy5143 that’s just wrong, I get that he has res shred but not as much as xilonens, interruption res is good for CA bow users but it’s still a niche asset that not every character needs it like maulani arle neuvi, they rather need dmg buff. Plus if your lazy fingers can’t dodge an attack once in a while maybe stay off abyss. I’m not saying BigDongZhong is bad, I’m saying he’s value is less now that we have better alternatives for him. But if you wanna rock him in your team, he’s perfectly viable. But the WHOLE POINT OF THE VIDEO IS HIS VALUES NOT WHAT USED TO BE.

[@lulufortytwo3884]

Don't use a shield much now, but I sure am grateful for him on those annoying local legends

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

Oh yeah.... those

[@Personpersonpersonperson]

I use always use kokomi furina monohydro, unkillabel

[@delphithefantastichealer2]

if you don’t like to think while playing genshin zhongli is perfect imo

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@delphithefantastichealer2 yep

[@thatguy5143]

I like to think I'm gojo

[@Dexter42069]

I saw Zhongli back in 2020 in some genshin ad from a youtuber and immediately loved him, and later when i started playing genshin in 2023 i was aiming to get him

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

hes still relevant

[@cyz2671]

Same he's the whole reason i wanted to play the game in the first place and now i have him

[@WastedTalent83]

genuinely.. who the hell could ever regret pulling the best shielder/debuffer/buffer in the game? No units can do what he does. Give him a full HP petra, and he can buff you, give you shield/knowback immunity, AND debuff the enemy at the same time, plus , if you have very good artifact he can also do pretty decent damage EVEN when built full hp, as long as you have some crit/damage.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

Well hes not the best at 2/3 of those things, I explained why petra may seem good but its really not.

[@claytonkock6251]

Calling zhongli the best buffer when Furina exists is mega copium, and as for debuffer, xilonen and literally any anemo with vv debuffs better

[@pr_manofsteel]

Zhongli is still my #1 unit. I run him 2 archaic, 2 nobles & r3 staff of homa. Have him at C5 because ive pulled on his banners since he first came out.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@pr_manofsteel the true zhongli lover

[@JC-lj]

I never regret pulling Zhongli. And I have him at C2. Bring him to every abyss run and he is a permanent member in my exploration and artifact farming team. Love Zhongli. Definitely worth my primos.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

Exploration he will never let you down

[@dreamboi4268]

This video made me so confident about skipping Zhongli omg

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@dreamboi4268 I mean you don’t need him and he’s replaceable for higher dps nowadays

[@ACatThatCantSing]

Zhongli is S tier simply because you can climb up the pillar in Assdaha domain. Ganyu can rain down hellfire upon the peasants like an Ac-130.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@ACatThatCantSing ganyu is not raining down more than a light blizzard

[@ACatThatCantSing]

@@TheGenshinIdiot NAHHH THAT'S A LOW BLOW😭😭 DON'T DO HER DIRTY LIKE THAT

[@y_r_u_geh]

Zhongli is for comfort. For newplayers like me he's very good. But still saving for mavuika and citlali, cause i don't have a hypercarry dps

[@VOID32118]

I have now wishes for two characters one of them is mavuika but I don't know if the second character should be zhongli or citlali

[@WastedTalent83]

it depends , when did you start? long time? get zhong li.. new player? get zhongli.. unless you have a specific reason for pulling citlali.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

We will know what Citlali is like in the 5.4 version live stream before Zhonglis banner goes away so just save until then

[@claytonkock6251]

​@TheGenshinIdiot she is coming out in 5.3 no?

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@claytonkock6251 Yeah for some reason I thought we were in version 5.3

[@alexsjarif]

Are u going for the archon and the grandma next patch? I personally am going for c0 both of them with mavuika r1

[@kibathefang6022]

Zhongli as of now has lost playtime in most of my teams that included him previously. Itto team, Furina replaced Zhongli. Xiao team, well it's been a long time that Zhongli was replaced. It's now FFXX team. I think the only teams that he still gets use is my Hu Tao team because of how strong the shield I need for Hu Tao is. But honestly I think Zhongli as of now is easily skippable. The 20% res shred also doesn't seem to cut it anymore for buff. Heard there's an upcoming shielder, who knows if they're better.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

the 20% can be good if youre fighting a high res enemy and are using Xilonen so his 20% wouldnt get cut in half and it would be 56%

[@boepressha8859]

Definitely go for hp build ion see why not that proc from the set seems to situational. I plan on using him as a dps.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

I would not use him as a dps

[@nicotring1704]

i didn't regret getting zhongli his always on my team very helpful in abyss cuz i'm bad at dodging :D

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@nicotring1704 all zhongli mains suffer from the same disease

[@Psusanoo]

Zhongli's still good against some floor 12 bosses and imaginarium theather.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@Psusanoo oh yeah I didn’t even mention how he is geo for imaginarium theater

[@OrangeBanana836]

I decided to get zhongli lol, sure he wont add that much value on my acc but I just want to get all archons and he's the only one missing bc i always skip his rerun and I'll surely buy his skin if he ever gets one. I'll get him, mavuika and just wait for kinich and wrio for their c1 and then im done with natlan and save for snezhnaya bc i heard.... leaks down below we wont be getting any harbingers this 5.x

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@OrangeBanana836 wrio has to get a rerun soon right

[@OrangeBanana836]

​@@TheGenshinIdiotsuuurely, yeah definitely lol

[@hioshimtsu]

Contemplating between him or c1 neuvillete.

[@Kangoshi_ru]

If this is your choice, then I'd go for c1 Neuvi, 100%.

[@butter5144]

​@@Kangoshi_ru😮

[@crisiscoreffv2]

There is no world where a con is better than a new character, especially one as powerful as Zhong Li, don't listen to these clowns, Zhong Li is still one of the most used characters EVER in the Abyss despite him being one of the oldest characters in the game

[@Kangoshi_ru]

@@crisiscoreffv2 I disagree. And trust me, I am not alone. 😉

[@lighty2884]

Pull for varieties and be happy, so I'd say zhongli

[@RevRevoked]

You cant skip an archon... I got him back on his first banner.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

Same

[@skyhart9926]

I dont regret Zhongli. If i need a shielder, he’s my go to. extremely reliable. there’s one thing i really dislike about him. when you do Hold E for his shield, my gad it takes so long. that animation is so slow.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@skyhart9926 I’ve never really felt like it was a lot

[@chiefXoffice]

Rule: You don't skip an arcon.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

Good rule

[@kingzing555]

Except mavuika maybe shell get a rerun pretty quickly XD

[@ipsumlorem3076]

I just hit AR 45 and ascended the world level. Yeah, I'm not going to regret Zhongli after another round of world bosses today. My damage is fine. Just saying.

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@ipsumlorem3076 good for you 👍

[@exploreevery]

He's always been great specially geo chambers

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

Hes good when the team is already good

[@kawaiimika7974]

...Meh... I'm shocked people still care to do these after this awful region that was brought upon us... Can we just get to Sneshnaya, I'm bored. Even upcoming characters seem boring as they can get 😭

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@kawaiimika7974 I found the legendary natlan hater

[@kawaiimika7974]

​@@TheGenshinIdiot It deserves the hate, it's the worst region ever made. Terrible story Terrible characters Ok world to explore Exploration mechanics behind characters Exploration mechanics being terrible in other regions Locking character potential by locking it behind other Natlan units The least useful Archon ever to be released, yes, worse than Zhongli and Venti TLDR terrible region. I don't care that you liked the main quest. It is a well known fact that you don't have taste.

[@kawaiimika7974]

It deserves the hate, it's the worst region ever made. Terrible story Terrible characters Ok world to explore Exploration mechanics behind characters Exploration mechanics being terrible in other regions Locking character potential by locking it behind other Natlan units The least useful Archon ever to be released, yes, worse than Zhongli and Venti TLDR terrible region. I don't care that you liked the main quest. It is a well known fact that you don't have taste.

[@Moontonboss]

​@@kawaiimika7974where is you're brain?

[@butter5144]

I use c0 neuvillette, furina, layla(AP) and xilonen, dont need zhongli 😒

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

I really should raise my layla I only hear good things nowadays

[@Xotwod-t8k]

now its arle"s turn to get washed away like hutao once mav releases.

[@alanparmar2797]

Nope she received nerfs in beta so she’s not as strong anymore. Plus she’s highly dependent on xilonen or other natlan characters on her team which if you don’t have you are cooked.

[@DoT_TD]

​@@alanparmar2797 She does more DMG though

[@TheRealTact]

Not gonna happen

[@TheRealTact]

@@DoT_TDcap

[@Hutaokurumi4]

Hutao is still broken 😢

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@Hutaokurumi4 not really

[@luutio9000]

Broken no, really good yes

[@Oliveira_HS]

I don't.. he has a great shield, and I can use him in a lot of teams, even being c0.. on the other hand, I kinda regret neuvillette.. he's c0r1, but he does from 1/2 to 3/4 the damage my mualani is doing.. neuvi does ~25k-35k x10; mualani does 450k-800k in the first hit, and it goes down to ~300k-450k in the last attacks.. worst case scenario, neuvi is doing ~10k, while mualani does ~89k.. my neuvi team (zhongli, neuvi c0r1, xilonen c2r1, furina c0r1) was taking 5 minutes to kill both arlecchino's phases.. while my mualani team (dehya c1, xilonen c2r1, mualani c2r1, sigewinne) is killing her in under two minutes.. actually, this mualani team is killing every weekly boss in under two minutes.. the only exception is the shogun (it takes 3-4 min), but I think it's skill issue on my part.. and it's not even its final form, bc mavuika will take dehya's place.. and before you ask, all of them are exceptionally well-built, having 0-def artifacts (except xilonen, she's full on def) and the correct sets.. but still, neuvi is not reaching my expectations..

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@Oliveira_HS neuvillette doing that much on that team should not be happening, I used that team and was hitting 70k and c2 Xilonen and c1 furina should not double his damage. I have to assume you have the wrong main stats for him what are you using.

[@lulufortytwo3884]

What? dude. C2 mualani vs c0 Neuvillette? You're depriving Neuvillette of 2 constellations and the vape reaction bonus that frees up when not needing a shielder like Zhongli. I dunno man, people can have favorites, but don't make comparisons on damage numbers when you're giving one a significant boost. C1 Mualani buffs her first attack, so that first hit damage of possible 800k goes in the trash. Also, I only get 2 sharky bites before running out of phlogiston with c0 Mualani, because her animations eat up soo much time. If you're getting more than that because of her c2. Those extra damage numbers go in the garbage as well. Soooooo... if you *really* want to compare the numbers on them... play Mualani with the same supports as Neuvillette, take her second attack number and times it by two. That would be a pseudo mimic what Mualani would do if you took away the bonuses you're giving to her and depriving Neuvillette because he's not c2. I'm sure the difference between them isn't going to be much as you're trying to imply.

[@alexgonzales403]

L comparison

[@Oliveira_HS]

@@TheGenshinIdiot he's using 4p marechaussee, with sands, goblet, circlet as hp%, hydro dmg, crit dmg; talents 9/9/8.. sub stats I'd need to look, bc I don't remember anymore..

[@Oliveira_HS]

@@lulufortytwo3884 yes, I can compare.. swapping teams, neuvi does the same thing, while mualani performs worse due to the lack of pyro to vape her hits.. and if you are so interested in the previous numbers: mualani c0 was doing 300k-450k, then she went down to ~40k-60k for solo hit, out of vape.. her team back then was dehya c0, kachina c3, mualani c0, sigewinne c0.. after becoming c2r1, she was doing ~400k-550k.. now, with xilonen c2r1, she does her 450k-800k.. while neuvi, even if I swap zhongli for kazuha, for a kazuha c0r1, xilonen c2r1, neuvi c0r1, furina c0r1, he won't do anywhere near the amount of damage she does, in the same time window.. but as I stated, for me (aka I, myself, the person writing this) he is not reaching the expectations, and I kinda regret pulling for him.. but if he works for you, it's ok.. you have the rights to like or dislike xyz character.. although, I don't dislike him, I dislike his mid damage..

[@emperoremperor7514]

Click bait

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@emperoremperor7514 how so?

[@reddemon6668]

I like Zhongli’s gameplay, I just hope that someday Hoyo removes the dumb “geo construct world cap” and buff its damage a bit for Zhongli. You can all argue all u want but crystallize reactions are the most boring of all the reactions. I’d rather see mobs wiped with anemo than see an elemental shield forming around me. Make geo into the “tower defense”element and you got me hooked. But until then, geo will continue to be my least used element

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@reddemon6668 crystalize is like freeze but provides no offensive benifit

[@reddemon6668]

@ it barely provides any defensive benefit too. Regardless it doesn’t stop it from being a boring reaction. Cryo causes freeze and a few other reactions as well but geo only causes crystallize. And in all honesty, I rather freeze enemies in place than have a shield protecting me from 1-3 hits. The only time when crystallize becomes fun to play as is when it’s used or absorbed in such a way that buffs a skill or damage output of said skill.

[@Unknown_2197]

84th

[@TheGenshinIdiot]

@@Unknown_2197 I do not think this is true