Is Ayaka still worth pulling? Genshin character review!

[@ScreenNameLmao]

I really love how your videos feel like stories about characters and your experiences with them. Extremely cozy

[@saurusness]

thank you! 💜

[@passwordyeah729]

Real. It's easy to put on in the background while you do things

[@auroram8511]

Yeah! Tots agree!

[@VeliaOwO]

Same! She’s just so calming to listen to and her stories are very interesting and relatable

[@82ilerya]

NOT THE WET SOCKS!! I love Ayaka - especially with her paid skin. It's one of my absolute favourite skins they've released although I wish it had some of the fancy animations like Dilucs does. Poor Ayaka will forever be known as 240 days of Wet Socks 🤣

[@saurusness]

240 days if wet socks 😭😭😭 Legit same though, that dress is just literal perfection and honesly hyped me up for fontaine pretty thoroughly!

[@Biccoso]

eh, 240 days of wet socks??? thats hilarious and boring at the same time i started playing genshin at 3.5 so idk much about what happen back then

[@saurusness]

@@Biccoso the banner didn't end up actually lasting 240 days, only until the end of the lockdown in shanghai, but during it the banner duration said "240 days remaining" 😂

[@Theachen7]

After losing 5050 on the endless ayaka banner (and saving my guarantee for Kazuha), I was super hyped to get her in her next rerun (and i think I happily won my 5050 that time?), and I'm so happy to have her. Also her team is nice for getting fungi dust as it doesn't have electro or pyro characters like so many of my other teams 😅hoping to one day save up for her paid skin, it's so pretty.

[@saurusness]

So true about the fungi dust! Also glad you got her in the end 😊

[@eyo..]

Her Cryo vision backstory was later on revealed that it was Ayato who she bested with a single strike that a Cryo vision appeared to her. Ayaka will always be my Main, all the characters I pulled for moving forward has always been gravitated towards building around the two Kamisato siblings, but mainly Ayaka.

[@xanaviii]

C6 Ayaka haver here ✌ My favorite character since day 1. I've 36* the abyss with her everytime since her very first banner and I love her to bits. She's definitely the type of character that feels more limited at low investment, but pays big dividends the more you give her. (Side note, the Alt dash was buffed/tweaked 3 different times over the course of like 2 years, so that might be why your earlier Mona experience probably felt even worse)

[@raptori]

Oh interesting, curious what the changes to the sprint were - the only one I remember was the time they adjusted it so that it wouldn't catch on edges as much as previously (still not as smooth as I'd hoped, but def an improvement). Saw someone mention that the exit animation used to launch a little higher, so if that's legit a thing then that could definitely be it!

[@xanaviii]

@raptori yeah, they tweaked the catching on edges thing at least 2 times. And both the entering and pop up lag were reduced. I think they also changed their turning radius while in sprint, but I'm less sure about that one. It's been a long time. 😅

[@raptori]

@@xanaviii Nice, definitely some good quality of life changes then! Haha yeah, funny how easy it is to get used to changes like that!

[@saurusness]

SO I wasn't imagining it!! 😁 That must explain why Mona also felt much better as a driver or DPS - I'd just put it down to having gotten so used to Ayaka and figured it must've rubbed off hahah Even though I didn't really fall in love with her until after getting her, she really is such a wholesome and sweet character 💜

[@hikari9262]

​@EthanCC3Maybe she's no longer considered top tier, because of Dendro, but definitely not bad. To build a strong on-field main DPS, you need to throw a lot of resin to farm artifacts.

[@Prince-Angelito]

Just won my 50/50 on her banner! I wished for her with Ayato + Thoma in my team while sipping boba tea at Ayato's desk at the Kamisato estate lol. I think it was a lucky location!

[@saurusness]

Congrats! 😁

[@katierat]

Not only will I be all in on wishing for her, but I must have sheep herder Ayaka!!! Your excitement over the outfit genuinely made me smile. I've been prefarming for her and was really hoping you'd do a video since I wasn't sure on team composition and artifacts. Thanks as always!!!

[@saurusness]

I hope your pulls are SUPEr lucky! 😁 And this outfit brings such genuine joy, every time I look at it I stop and admire it 💜

[@Jacobturtle]

I have only known about your existence for 20 minutes and you are already the most wholesome and chill person I have heard in my entire life

[@malvoleus]

I skipped Ayaya on release but did grab a Mistsplitter for Keqing. Then I picked her up on the rerun & Keqing threw a strop over getting an R5 Lion's Roar, but she cheered up some when Alhaitham stole the Mistsplitter & Ayaya got the R5 Amenoma. Both girls have helped clear Abyss with Keqing making a good show in the latest iteration alongside Furina, Raiden & Baizhu while Ayaya does her thing with Kokomi, Kazuha & Layla (until I get Shenhe)

[@morannnon7blackgate522]

since its ayaka story/review time here is my take: starting the game when raiden reran in 2.5 i lost my 50/50 and wasnt able to get raiden so i saved up everything for Ayaka. she was my first limited 5* star in genshin so im a bit biased but having a extremly strong and versatile main dps changed the entire game for me. i remember being able to press Q to make enemies disapear felt amazing as newbie. "waterwalking" is an ability that often gets not enough attention but it enhances exploration so much. since the day i got her she carried me in abyss even at c0 with amenoma and suboptimal supports. her teambuilding made use of rather uncontested units back then and to this date specialists like shenhe are only really found on cryo centered teams. nowadays ayaka got shifted out of the meta bc less freez viable cenarios and her meltplaystyle has some issues but the younger kamisato sibling is still very capable when it comes to clearing content of any kind that isnt cryo resistant/immune. tho i must say that fighting bosses without shenhe is less smooth. the new fontaine craftable is better for damage but after a few weeks of testing i swapped her back to amenoma bc her damage was high enough already and with the extra energy from amenoma rotations are smooth even if you missplay. ^ one thing i wanna mention regarding the video is the lack of mention of LYNETTE!!!! everyone has her and she works well for ayaka if you have nothing better or you just wanna play lynette. her taunt works surprisingly well from my testing and another benefit is her special infusionpriority. together with babara and keaya that are also free you got a very capable freez team that can be improved on no matter your account state. thanks to lynette ayaka has a very low barrier to unlock big dmg but still a high ceilling. as new player ayaka can be a cornerstone that your account can grow around and the progression from 5k to 25k burst ticks feels great if you like that kind of stuff. freez has some restrictions but once you understand ayaka playstyle i find her playstyle very enjoyable to this day. i hope you will have a great time with ayaka aswell if you decide to get her.

[@MusicLoverInTheSky]

This video made me realise that they should change the character trials. It should be a choice: Do you want to try this character with f2p teammates (valuable for newer players with few characters) or do you want to try it with *your* characters, the ones you already possess (like we can do in some combat events, useful for getting a more realistic feeling of the character for your account)?

[@auroram8511]

Ayaka was my 1st banner 5☆ I pulled for and won! Her story resonated with me, and it felt like she was sisterly besties with my Lumine traveller. I also ❤ the Ayaka's theme playing in the background. It brings your videos to life. Looking forwards to your next one! 😊

[@saurusness]

Thank you! 😊 💜

[@kokoro7996]

I love Ayaka’s alternative outfit! I wanna cosplay it someday!

[@duckalotl]

this convinced me to finally build my benched ayaka

[@thuaners]

i always love your videos! your baizhu one was a big reason for me pulling him, and since then i fell in love with him and put him on all the teams i can 🥰 Ayaka freeze team is already one of my favourites, and i loved watching this video!

[@saurusness]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@jaredwhite200]

As an Ayaka Main I definitely recommend her. I got her to C6 today. She is my favorite character in Genshin.

[@saurusness]

Congrats! 💜🥰

[@jaredwhite200]

@@saurusness thank you

[@raptori]

KAMISATA AYATA Also yes, the wet socks are definitely a sign of psychopathy.

[@saurusness]

LISTEN. I had been saying AyakA over and over and over againso Ayato was just like me too!

[@junko7452]

I'm glad you gave Ayaka a try and enjoy her playstyle. Hoping to get Mistsplitter in 4.3.

[@raptori]

Hope you get it, makes her feel so much stronger!

[@mohitrandhawa8060]

Me who has mispliter that kazuha is using and have no ayaka😂😂

[@deathmetalcakefarts2751]

Ayaka when moving about has a really zen touch you can hear these bells that are on her outfit just like Kirara and it’s honestly such graceful sound design

[@baochaunguyen6972]

I ACTUALLY MANAGED TO GET HER EARLY IN 20 PULLS, I adore her and she’s really useful. Also the wet socks are so ridiculous💀✝️

[@raptori]

Congrats!

[@saurusness]

Yayy congrats!😁

[@jose_joestar4228]

i don't have my 50/50 guarantee but i love water/ice power. I started recently and got neuvillette, and was going to use him to set up Ayaka's freezes. I hope when i do pull a 5 star i win!

[@saurusness]

for what it's worth Neuvilette won't function super well as a support as he has very poor hydro application off-field, so you'd want to pair Ayaka with someone like: Xingqiu, Yelan, Kokomi, Mona, Furina, or Ayato to continously freeze enemies!

[@hunterkiller009]

Her attached to traveler meme is simply from one of her Japanese VA role that was rather an overly attached girl.

[@mamoonrasheedshaik9461]

I absolutely loved Ayaka (her story, personality and even gameplay), but I am relatively a new player and sadly I don't have even a single 'ideal' teammate of hers, so with a very heavy heart, I might not pull her on her banners (unless her banner consists of Shenha, Kokomi and Kazuha which sadly will not and cannot happen)...

[@itduoynkk]

Just pulled ayaka after ending ayaka s story in inuzama quest plus i only had kaeya as my cryo its so nice to have ayaka ( she is my first 5 star:'))

[@itduoynkk]

fun fact : even though she was my guaranteed I pulled her in the first wish I did in the banner SKSKS

[@itduoynkk]

reminds me as a f2p player can people recomend me some teams with Ayaka( btw she is my only 5 star with diluc just incase)

[@saurusness]

Congrats! 😁💜 Here's the section where I talk about teams 09:10 - depends who you have already, but she's very very flexible! Even if yu have no one but the started characters you can use kaeya and barbara for example, though if you haeppen to have xingqiu he'd be even better!

[@kasuha]

I got Ayaka on her introduction. I had to skip Kazuha on his introduction to be able to save enough primogems and even though Kazuha turned out to be awesome support (and yes it was known even before his banner ended) I never really regretted skipping him by then. I needed strong DPS and I got strong DPS, despite only being able to get her craftable weapon and not really good artifacts at first. I had tons of fun with her win the overworld and she carried me through the period when I struggled to build viable teams. Over time I got other characters and I gradually stopped using her but she's still dear to me. Last time she gave me significant help in Abyss was when Wenut was in there and she together with Ganyu were in the team I used to defeat it on time after many failed attempts. I also got her Fontaine skin and you expressed exactly my feelings about it. By the way, the alternate sprint got two fixes over the time. Originally when it was only on Mona, it was really very awkward, the exiting animation was long and there was no way to escape it. They applied first fix because of Ayaka, I'm just not sure when. And only much later after even Yelan was released with the same problems they sort of fixed the problem with getting stuck on tiny obstacles. They could still do better job on that but now it's waaaaay better than it used to be. I have also heard that the wet socks scene is some sort of Japanese tradition so it only feels awkward to us westerners. But I don't know any more details about it. If that's the case, it's a pity the game did not give us proper explanation. I really don't think Ayaka deserves to be memed about that.

[@raptori]

Oooh very interesting re: the socks... 👀

[@saurusness]

Mostly I reckon people only tease her about it because she's so lovable and sweet 💜 That said that's actaully quite interesting, and definitely would have ben cooler if it had been explained in game 👀 I feel like despite the fluffy af dialogue in this game, a lot of actually important stuff is left unsaid, and a lot of character nuance left to be discovered by people willing to read because they're dedicated enough, and it'd be nice to see more of these traditions and personality quirks shown!

[@bangtanssera]

when i met her I thought of her being stunning yet strong fighter but the fanservice killed her as a character to me, like the person we use in game who says lines about swords feels so different from the one who is in events and i so hope newer event will show more of harsh and strong image of her, after all it is her will and strength that gave her the vision, not some lovely but forgettable moments with lumine

[@maxwellfolina8358]

your vids are so sick!

[@Heliotropic95]

My history with Ayaka has been a sad one... Back in 2.0 when she debuted, I was still an F2P player and was very hyped about her like most other people during that time... So I pulled on her banner scraped and clawed to 83 pity only to get Qiqi. Then during her eternal rerun banner I again lost the 50-50, again to Qiqi... Which is when I made the stupid decision to drop 200$ to get her and then roll for her weapon only to lose there as well and get the Unforged. I built her up, got Kokomi, Kazuha, Amenoma for her but no matter what I did, call it the buyer's remorse, but I was just not enjoying her no matter what 😢... By the time Shenhe's banner rolled around, I had already lost all interest in her and haven't played her in the overworld or even the abyss for more than a year. She is still my most expensive mistake in this game to date, one I heavily regret 😞.

[@raptori]

Oof that sucks, so sad when the game ruins a character for you like that... hope someday you can get past it, since in the grand scheme of things a couple hundred dollars isn't going to change the world (hopefully at least), and she can be so fantastic 🥺

[@skyreaper1994]

That's why there is a trial for characters before you pull and unfortunately spend on this game. You can try unlimited times to get a feel of the character you will wish.

[@saurusness]

Omg I also got the unforged on her weapon banner 😭 I can totally understand what you mean; when I decided to get my Al Haitham his signature during a rerun I ended up going to pity 3 times on the weapon banner and in the end it just did NOT feel like it was worth it at all... Those pulls are my biggest wishing regret and definitely taught my my lsson not to dabble with the weapon banner unless I would well and truly not mind getting crap all. So sorry for the shitty experience :( That said, what's done is done and hopefully you'll be able to enjoy her again some day, but don't put too much pressure on yourself to do so

[@raptori]

@@skyreaper1994 Wish they'd make the trials more flexible though, a lot of characters have an awful build, or a trial team with characters they're not great with - Ayaka being a perfect example, with Barbara and Xiangling! Imagine if they just used the same UI they've created for the fighting events, where you get to pick between the trial characters (so all the ones on the banner) PLUS a list of all your own characters! I get the argument that it'd potentially result in less revenue for them, but in my experience the opposite would happen. Example: I was ambivalent about pulling for Kazuha until I got to try him *with my own characters* in an event; that event showed me that with my existing characters, he would be my favourite and I needed to get him!

[@chaosunraveled]

Love Ayaka, so glad I pulled her. Someday I will even build her! 😂 FIRST & I love yooouwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwuwu ❤❤❤

[@saurusness]

LFMAO I can't with you lot pulling characters and not building them 😂💜

[@EiMiko-77]

Your videos are so detailed and well put together. Just awesome. ....🥰

[@saurusness]

thank you so much! 💜

[@MrJayslayerjay]

I started playing at the beginning then quit gaming altogether for some reason. Then I saw something about ayaka and she brought me back to gaming. I was able to c6 her during the extended banner. She's a complete powerhouse of destruction that can be used in any team at c4 because of her Def shred.

[@gergokerekes4550]

keep in mind peeps the new BP sword wolf-fang is AMAZING on her. that new sword is being slept on by like most of CCs and players.

[@raptori]

Yeah main downside to it is that it's a crit rate main stat... the passive is fantastic for her for sure, but even with just its substat you're gonna end up over 100% crit pretty easily in a freeze team, so all the extra crit rate goes to waste. If you're lucky enough to have a 4p blizzard set which rolled zero crit rate and a lot of her other useful stats then it'd be amazing for sure though!

[@gergokerekes4550]

@@raptori wolf fang has 27%(+8% procs)+15% ice resonance+20%*2blizzard strayer is=90%. that is perfectly fine. people are saying that futsu is her second bis which has even more Cr.rate%. it is perfectly fine. you can also ditch the second cryo and have more teamcomps to play with as not evryone has the perfect 5* supports or ice charsthat are useful.

[@raptori]

​@@gergokerekes4550 You also missed the base 5% crit rate, so even at R1 you'd be at 95% Crit Rate before you even equip an artifact. It's definitely a viable option, but it does mean that unless you get really lucky to get artifacts which work really well for that build, you're over the max in CR. Or like you said, just avoid bringing a second cryo character - might result in some unique team comps I guess! I didn't farm Blizz all that much, and my artifacts in that set skewed a little more towards crit rate than might be typical, so my Ayaka starts at 40% CR, so with the blizz + resonance bonuses she's at 95% most of the time. Definitely would be considerably weaker with a CR sword - just goes to show how much of building characters is down to the RNG of what you happen to get I guess. Haran is her second BIS more because of the elemental damage bonus than the crit for what it's worth!

[@ssslawz]

There's this addictive & beautiful fluid rhythm to Ayaka's gameplay which made me instantly fall in love with her since it's so unique. Having started in 3.1 the hyperbloom era where the reactions are brain-dead and do all the work for you, such isnt the case for Ayaka freeze, you've to adapt and learn her rhythm. There is a learning curve which i like, cuz when it finally clicks and you pull off that perfect rotation and watch all of Teyvat die in her burst, it's truly a source of immense endless pleasure. Her "premium freeze team" rotation is arguably (imo) the most fluid in the entire game. (Also, if you're going for the Mistsplitter, its arguably the most valuable & versatile sword for your account too since a lot of main DPS can use it)

[@raptori]

100% agreed - that team is the one I've used the most, and nothing else flows quite like it for me. Probably partly just because I've used it so much over such a long time, but definitely at least some of it is just that there's something special about it!

[@saurusness]

Agreed!! The best part of that particular team is that when you nail the rotation it feels fluid and graceful, like a dance coreography! I also wonder if Ayaka is precisely the reason I'm more drawn to characters whose playstyle takes a bit of thinking (and sometimes practise), despite the fact that initially the thought of her sprint felt so off putting...

[@kreviiii]

May C6 Ayaka finally come home❤ she is C2 rn

[@saurusness]

Manifesting 🙏

[@passwordyeah729]

NOT THE ANEMONE GUCCI

[@martin144gaming]

Got her today, navia took 20 wishes but ayaka took 150 🌧 still got 158 wishes saved for yoimiya. I hope i will have enough wishes for cloud retainer

[@saurusness]

Thank goodness Navia came quickly! Congrats on gettign them both, and I hope Yoi will come quickly too so yu can get the whole lot 😁

[@meganekkoi3282]

I tried my best with the classic freeze team once I got Kokomi and Shenhe, but boy, Kokomi is a huge hassle to play with. The team with Mona and Diona is at least not as annoying to keep up a jellyfish and flounder with Kokomi's energy or the refresh timing. I have had more success with hyper/melt with Kazuha, Xiangling and C6 Bennett and semi-freeze with Kazuha, Mona and Bennett also works quite well. Though I do use 2 piece Blizzard 2 piece Shimenawa with some nice stats. Recently I swapped in Mistsplitter for Amenoma, I really need the energy recharge when combating shielded seahorse bosses. And while I have built my Ayaka to be more flex oriented, I have refound joy in freeze with Kazuha, Furina and Charlotte.

[@raptori]

Interesting, sad that it doesn't work for you! Wonder if you've just had poor luck with ER substats or something - my Kokomi has something like 165% ER from her equipment, plus 15% from kazuha's Xiphos, so it's rarely an issue... Sac fragments and ER sands sounds intriguing though!

[@Soy_boy-by8ez]

I hope i get her I'll be sad if i don't :'(

[@saurusness]

manifesting for you! 🙏

[@roxas303]

Same especially since I went through all that work to get the blueprint for anemona kageuchi

[@XiaoTuZi_98]

I adore her personality!! But i do find a bit hard to adapt to her sprint, although it is something you just need to get used to 🤣, maybe on a future rerun I will get her ! Anemone Gucci forever!!! I also forgot would Kaeya, Kokomi and Kazuha be a viable team for her??

[@raptori]

Definitely would be! Kaeya generates a good amount of particles with his skill, and his burst is def very useful in a freeze team with a melee driver. You'd end up having to switch back to him more often than you would some other cryo options, due to the short skill cooldown, but there's no real downside to that I think!

[@saurusness]

Very much so yes! ^^

[@CRANEREVIEWS]

Actively gaslighting myself into Mist banner, Celestia bless me with an axeless banner!

[@raptori]

Manifesting for you! Though I guess if you get an axe then you just must get the demoiselle... 😎

[@CRANEREVIEWS]

@@raptorithank you! Guaranteed and still need Shenhe (ideally C1). If not for that I would get Navia :P

[@saurusness]

May your pulls be blessed 🙏

[@raptori]

@@CRANEREVIEWS Yass Shenhe's C1 makes her *so* comfortable, hope you get some good luck for them both!

[@CRANEREVIEWS]

@@raptori ouch got 2 axes.. C1 Shenhe or C0 Shenhe and C0 Navia R2? :P

[@CyanideOwl]

She is Kocho from Kimetsu. That's all I need.

[@HenIsHuman]

Every video is "I was going to skip them.. Buuuuuut.." Gambing addiction go crazy

[@raptori]

Lucky thing with Genshin is that as long as you only want one or two new 5 star characters per patch then there's at least a decent chance you'll be able to get them F2P!

[@HenIsHuman]

@@raptori No way you're getting 2 new 5 star chars in a single patch as f2p LOL

[@saurusness]

well not *all* of them, but yes, that's pretty much how it's gone for me with many of my faves, to the point where my Twitch community would roll they're eyes whenever Is aid I was going to skip X person 😂 That said, I think it's a testament to Hoyo's fantastic character design - not just aesthetic and personality, but playstyles as well! there's huge variety, and since combat is one of the things I enjoy most, it's no surprise that a fair few characters have a playustyle I find fun and exciting. In fact, there are only a handful of character whose playstyle I really don't enjoy (like Eula), and the rest I've successfully skipped due to other reasons. And for what it's worth, since I don't go for cons, I haven't actually whaled yet despite being a bit of a collector, so whiel the addiction is there, it hasn't had adverse effect on my life 😁

[@raptori]

@@HenIsHuman Hahah yeah I worded that a little badly - should've specified that 1) I meant you'd usually get 1, but if you get some luck you'll occasionally get 2, and 2) that's including standard banner 5 stars 😆

[@saurusness]

@@raptori well not maybe as f2p but with welkin and BP! I do have a fully f2p friend who has gotten almost every singe 5 star in the past year and a bit since she started playing just purely by being the luckiest mf in the whole world. I think she lost her FIRST 50/50 on Neuvillette or Wrio banner.....

[@Robin_Cruse]

My brain reminding to not fall for this because mommy raiden is calling me🤣🤣🌝

[@davidsabillon5182]

I want to get her because her Japanese VA is in many anime i like.

[@greebooki]

I was in a similar boat as you Saurus - I was adamant on skipping Ayaka but then I tried her out during her thousand year banner and something about her playstyle just really charmed me. maybe it was the infusion, maybe the sprint, maybe the elegancy of her skill, but I fell in love with her. up to this day she is the only character I've gone to double pity for (140 wishes - thank god for the extended banner) and I've not regretted that since. the only cryo DPS I had up to that point was Kaeya iirc so she truly changed my account. I even went out and got Shenhe specifically for my Ayaka. we love Ayaka here 🤍

[@saurusness]

The craziest thing is that despite initially being all "yeha she's cute but I'll be fine", **after** I gopt her I became just as obsessed as the rest of the Ayaka nation 😂

[@2aalu]

i got a 68 pity and i really really want sucrose and raiden . what do you think i should do ? should pull for sucrose in ayakas banner

[@2aalu]

i dont have any grouping/buffer so i really need a sucrose + i just started playing this game so dont have many 5 stars i . i dont have a guarantee 5 star , what would you recommend? im AR 50 with no anemo or vv artifacts

[@christyvlacho2829]

Do you have Fichl or Kuki (preferably C2)? If you do then Raiden perhaps is not needed except if you really love her character and want her no matter what. If that's the case then don't pull for Sucrose cause it's really probable you get a 5* in the next 10 pulls and pity will reset. If you do have Fischl or Kuki or both and you don't care about Raiden, Sucrose is good but again she's not guaranteed to come unfortunately. You might be lucky and get her fast or give 90 wishes and still not get her. So it's up to you. PS. Kazuha's rerun might take some months like around spring-summer, but consider saving some wishes for him.

[@raptori]

@@2aalu It's tough since having a crowd control character is a big game changer, but legitimately the correct option is to *never* pull for a 4 star. You cannot guarantee you'll get them, and you could literally spend hundreds of wishes and get zero of them. In your situation I'd pull for Raiden, and save up for a potential future Kazuha banner - just gotta hope that he'll run sometime soonish!

[@2aalu]

@@raptori alright then ill be saving up

[@saurusness]

Raptori beat me to it, but I agree, don't risk your pity for a 4 star no matter how good that 4 star is! Especially since you're so close to getting a 5 star, with the way the universe works you might end up getting ayaka, NOT getting sucrose, and not having enough time to save to guarantee raiden 😔 In other words only play the 4 star roulette if you ahve enough wishes saved to guarantee whoever you really want! I really really hope sucrose jumps at you randomly from the standard banner or something 💜🙏

[@ccxnnamoroll]

i spent all my primos and still didnt get her im gonna cry omg

[@raptori]

Oof I hope you're able to save up enough before the end of her banner 🥺

[@saurusness]

Nooo :( There's still 3 weeks of banner left though! I had the same happen in HSR with HuoHuo but I did daily single wishes until she finally came home on the 80th pull 😩

[@Mariyan6006]

Little late, but on her previous rerun(I was new)(talking for the one rerun happened earlier this year), I planned after getting Raiden, to get Ayaka and skipped Shenhe for Nilou, actually regreting not pulling for Shenhe, she is such a cool character, not to flex, but my Ayaka is 44CR to 280CD(Mistspliter) with 2K ATK and 145% ER, she is actually "queen" as a character, so now the question is, should I pull actually for Shenhe?

[@saurusness]

Well, Shenhe would make her already probably busted damage skyrocket - in other words, it's not *necessary*, but boy do I love playing those two together, the rotations are just so smooth 😍 And shenhe is VERY easy to build as you can simply got 2pc ATK+ATK sets, with ATK/ATK/ATK for maximum buff!

[@Mariyan6006]

So if I want to maks Ayaka even better( uz right now, I'm paring her with Rosaria), I should go for Shenhe, a character that I quite like, so I guess will go for her Anyway, nice videos!

[@saurusness]

@@Mariyan6006 thank you so much! 😁💜

[@armanke13]

Waifu trapp.. must.. resist.. 😭 She's great and all, but she made me frozen in place of indecision.. let's see if I can hold on to my few primos

[@saurusness]

Much as I love her, I wish a strength of will so you may spend your primos wisely🙏

[@fedorczyk131]

Ayaka is my first choice!

[@basitmahmood9663]

Are childe, charlotte/layla/chongyun, sucrose good for her team?

[@saurusness]

Yes! All 3 of those cryos work with her, sucrose is fantastic, and you'd ideally want the 4th member to be a hydro!

[@basitmahmood9663]

@@saurusness should I pick Barbara instead of childe in the team as childe is also a dps?

[@saurusness]

@@basitmahmood9663 With Childe you could possibly make them work as a dual DPS team (where ayaka goes off field after her burst, and childe take the field) but since he doens't have any off field hydro it wouldn't work super well as a freeze team, as the enemies wouldn't be frozen for long periods of time 🤔 Barbara on the other hand DOES have hydro app off-field, though you have to be close enough to hump the enemies to apply it :D

[@basitmahmood9663]

@@saurusness so which hydro character should I choose as I still don’t have xingqiu and mona?🥲

[@raptori]

@@basitmahmood9663 I'd say Barbara for now, and make sure to get Xingqiu from Paimon's Bargains in March!

[@louyou6614]

I did one wish after winning the 50/50 not long ago And guess who is hooome

[@christyvlacho2829]

I like Ayaka but I love the characters of her premium team more, especially Shenhe and Kazuha. I also got Wriothesley on his banner. Does Wrio work well with Shenhe and Kazu in a freeze team or should I pull for Ayaka instead?

[@raptori]

Very much so. Discovered this while we were scripting this video! I had previously only really used Wrio in coop, and therefore felt that he was fairly weak. He's got a fairly similar build to my Ayaka (very similar to Saurus's one shown in the video) but he did waaaay less damage than I was used to seeing from Ayaka. Turns out that's entirely due to the team he was in. While were were scripting, I tried him out with Shenhe, Kazuha, and Kokomi, and he did pretty much the same damage numbers as Ayaka, even though my Ayaka is a *lot* better built! I personally love Ayaka's playstyle so I'll always prefer using her in the team, but in your case you could definitely skip safely in the knowledge that you've already got a similar strength freeze team!

[@saurusness]

Yes he's fantastic with ayaka's team! With a similar build his damage is actually higher even in that team. I love both of them, so I decided to gear Wrio more towards melt, but it's defintiely a case of you don't need both, so pick whoever you like best!

[@christyvlacho2829]

Oh great, thank you both very much 💜 I'll keep on saving for Shenhe then ^^ And maybe get Ayaka on her next rerun cause I still like her a lot.

[@deathmetalcakefarts2751]

Had I played 4.2s story sooner I would have Uber Simped for Wriosthely he’s just so 😎

[@jeannytse2654]

Ayaka is the best character in this game

[@rax6667]

Why do I always hear Ayaya rather then Ayaka, welp I think I need to touch grass 💀 And ya the classic "Anemone Gucci" 🗿

[@saurusness]

I also noticed during editing that I called Ayato "AyatA" 😂

[@Doro-bashi]

I thought she was gonna be obsolete for this patch, but, this version, I choosed her with an Hyperbloom team to take care of the new Fatui that moves a LOT And yeah, She very, very easily disposed them with Yelan, Kuki and Nahida

[@raptori]

Ooh interesting pick! On that half of the abyss I used the trusty old Ayaka/Shenhe/Kazuha/Kokomi team and breezed through it 😁

[@saurusness]

Oh what a fun team!

[@bangtanssera]

wishing best of luck for those who will pull fir her but I will skip her cause I find her gameplay far too primitive nowadays and already have c0 of her tho I know some of her cons make her a monster and still choose to pass. I just love wriothesley's gameplay and lore and aesthetics so much more that he fulfilled her role incredibly well and added a lot more enjoyment to my experience to the point that my own ayaka will sadly sit in the pocket forever until i finally become a whale and have insanely much resin to build her if i ever pull ayato i will use the siblings in the same team with ayato as a burst dps for her but in any other case it seems unnecessary for me to use her :(

[@angelacasipe6121]

I rllyyy likedd ayakaa's playstylee and decided to use my save up primos(for raiden) but i lost my 5050 to tighnari so now im grindIng primos for her

[@saurusness]

Oh no I hope you get her early!

[@bangtanssera]

honestly my ayaka story is very tragic. i have tried to farm blizzard for her for a whole year but when i got wriothesley and put him in very random hunter pieces from the first day of building him and he gave me better numbers and smoother gameplay. im so sorry for the cryo queen, really, but my luck said what it said

[@cernesviolettes]

I got navia and ayaka

[@saurusness]

Nice! 😁

[@caibra88]

From a whale, i would say shes not worth it unless you at least get her weapon and her c2.

[@saurusness]

interesting, why do you feel that way if you don't mind me asking? 👀

[@rosie3325]

Wet socks 😱

[@saurusness]

😔🧦🚿

[@Qonfuze]

Sue me i don’t mind wet socks in fact i kind of like them

[@saurusness]

@@Qonfuze hey all the more power to ya!

[@Qonfuze]

@@saurusness w response ✊

[@Qonfuze]

@@saurusness just gotta my just 5 star and lost the 50/50 and got Mona I JUST WANTED AYAKA 😭

[@FacialFischl]

no. And if you have C0 like me don't go for constellations. But if you really really really really love her, feel free!!!