DPS Showdown! Nilou vs Cyno vs Raiden vs Itto - The Old vs The New - Genshin Impact 3.1

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Today we pit our brand new 3.1 characters, Nilou and Cyno, against two older powerhouses, Raiden and Arataki Itto. Are Raiden and Itto too old to keep up? Or are Nilou and Cyno too green around the ears. Find out in today's DPS Showdown!
0:00 | Intro
0:20 | Contestants, Builds, and More
3:26 | Victim Number 1
5:18 | Victim Number 2
7:58 | Victim Number 3
10:01 | Victim Number 4
12:33 | Victim Number 5
17:47 | Summary
#genshin #genshinimpact #nilou #cyno

[@IWinToLose]

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[@araza1926]

I like kuki shinobu thighs 🤤

[@zakomimi4185]

This whole series suck dude

[@1sie]

At 8:08 you shouldve switched to Itto and then used his burst, he didn't get the defense buff

[@matteofaccin6636]

This looks really good honestly, I'm not a tycoon fan but even I was captivated by the style

[@phannpanhavathanak1745]

Can u do nilou and ayaka?😭

[@milten76]

i feel like yelan shouldnt be allowed in a dps showdown unless everyone can use her. its like bringing a gun into a fistfight.

[@technodry3216]

I mean Nilou did most of the work so I still feel it's fine unlike the pervious time she committed "sub-dps" things

[@shachede6828]

Not it’s fine, cause others finished the fight themselves.

[@_.a.p._]

Then dont use kazuha with raiden too

[@deionalexeigonzales]

@@_.a.p._ kazu boosted dmg while yelan just straight up did the dmg

[@narendaramenaria4983]

@@_.a.p._ he used venti

[@adamolition8702]

Exactly what I was expecting.. The clear winner is Yelan.

[@roxas5071]

Yelan always wins. No matter what.

[@vukkicos5688]

@@roxas5071 "House always wins" they say

[@vixenrana5507]

Nilou did most of the damage though. And Mona is probably a better replacement to Yelan and more accessible in this comp, with her own Nuke and/or further boosting Nilou.

[@akaza9937]

@@vixenrana5507 its hard to swirl Hydro with Mona cus her normal attacks arent enough for that, and her skill is to much for that. Also, C4 Yelan + her talent boosts her dmg more

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@vixenrana5507 So, she didn't carry the clear, Yelan did. Also Mona is more work to set up and doesn't scale hp like Yelan so can't take advantage of hydro res like Yelan and Nilou.

[@udonmessedup]

Yelan seems to always steal the show on dps showdowns, not that I’m complaining. I just find it hilarious that that she is the fastest way for some characters to defeat a boss.

[@cst4641]

Nah, she herself being main dps is the fastest team to clear upper half this abyss, i believed it's at 18s with Raiden close to that

[@vixenrana5507]

Tbf, using Mona here is probably better and more accessible than using Yelan. She has her own nuke and Nilou does more damage too. Before we trash on Nilou for some unknown reason (as many do with Kokomi), she did most of the damage there.

[@technodry3216]

she is a beast

[@qyumim6393]

Bcz she's from liyue

[@dizzlegrizzle1919]

not really. nilou performs even better with kokomi

[@MisguidingWish]

This guy never forgets to add a Yelan showcase in his 4 other characters comparison videos

[@justawanderingvegetable4847]

Yelan is just too damn strong man. She shouldnt be allowed in dps showdowns especially if shes c6, she just gobbles everything up with her insane dmg 😂, nothing is left for the main character thats being showcased. Unless ofcourse if shes the one being showcased. Or maybe a c0 Yelan can be allowed there, but even then her skill and ult still does very big dmg.

[@wangruochuan]

Or Kazuha. Its never about the new character. Its always those fully decked out meta characters.

[@jokesonu3412]

Best character in game needs her time

[@jevonrodgers4599]

@@jokesonu3412 raiden is better

[@jb2k043]

@@jevonrodgers4599 I have raiden and yelan c6 and raiden can do huge dmg but yelan is way faster in general and can still kill enemies without having to use her burst making her more flexible. Both greatly contribute to other team members. My favourite two characters

[@Gimu_san]

So without Yelan, Nilou was able to kill the 12-3-2 boss with just an additional 6 seconds, honestly that's pretty good and I appreciate him including that run and classified the Nilou+Yelan run as a bonus run.

[@carrievh8686]

She needs 6s more of damage, yes. That's different than completing it in another 6s, because this boss goes invisible and needs to be revealed with a catalyze reaction (or by destroying one of the options it spawns). In practice, the Nilou team probably would have needed ~15-20s more because of the boss mechanic.

[@LaSureka]

@@carrievh8686 And his team is f2p c0,Nilou doesn't has her own artifacts and proper teammate. She has huge potential to develop in the future.

[@episode4882]

@@LaSureka what are u on about, it’s C6 R5

[@LaSureka]

@@episode4882 sorry,that 4* char with 4* weapon bro =))) She can reach higher in the future with 5* support.

[@BenziLZK]

@@LaSureka nah, that was with the full abyss half run. The one with the dorito robot are all C6R5

[@tehCostHD]

Itto really is such a consistent DPS. He can basically fight any enemy, and is good is every situation be it single target or AOE. This just proves why he is still my favorite charcter to play in the whole game.

[@Aliens1337]

Until you have to deal with elemental shields

[@tehCostHD]

@@Aliens1337 what? Itto is able to kill abyss heralds very easily with no danger to himself. Not as fast as the correct elements but consistently enough to clear any abyss chamber with them. And never having to worry about taking damage

[@rebchizelbeak5392]

@@tehCostHD Yep. Fully agree. Got frustrated from being one shot with level 60 Collei and Nilou being one-shot in Abyss 12, so I just pulled out Itto and breezed though.

[@Mc_Utka]

​@@tehCostHD C0 Itto?

[@tehCostHD]

@@rebchizelbeak5392 yup exactly. He can slap any content in the game no problem.

[@rafaeltheodorou9474]

Wish your son is doing well! Great vid as always! Please make another nilou one when nahida comes out!!

[@entropy8634]

Kids usually just shrug off cold/flu/covid without problems

[@ninvattanak5899]

I didn't know he was married and already has a son damn.

[@gnuhgnauqneyugn]

@@ninvattanak5899 Well then where do you think his dad jokes come from?

[@ninvattanak5899]

@@gnuhgnauqneyugn NO WONDER 🤯

[@tf6026]

I wanna see another dps showdown with yae since she’s been pretty disrespected since her release

[@juampisito]

She is good in quicken teams with fischl traveler healer/zhongli(better than anemo healer)/collei/nahida (but surviving is hard af)

[@mariacancino95]

She and tighnari are my favorite trouble duo for quicken teams, they are so fun to use together, but iwtl would probably use collei :c, but in my opinion yae is the aggravate queen, while cyno is a beast in quickbloom

[@heyking8583]

She is too slow for this kind of showdown

[@CumEater]

@@mariacancino95 do u mean quicken

[@darkmoon4311]

@@CumEater Cyno is pretty viable in Hyperbloom teams as well

[@SingingGinge]

C6 Nilou is crazy fun, but I noticed you didn't always utilize her C4. You should have used her melee stance skill FIRST to buff her Burst by 50% for 8s. It actually does a lot more damage and could have shortened her times significantly

[@Grim_Bud]

By the time it takes to complete I guess bursting first makes it better.

[@SingingGinge]

@@Grim_Bud you can span the skill if you use her normals, so it doesn't take that long. Plus a 50% damage boost, especially with C6 is definitely more beneficial

[@akashrai1248]

@@Grim_Bud Not really. You just have to spam E-E-n1 which is like 2 seconds and it will be enough to let Nilou one rotation the prism. But instead he used Yelan to do that and added 6s with a dumb excuse to the run.

[@akashrai1248]

Expecting IWTLG to know the mechanics in depth and actually use it is your second mistake

[@noire664]

That was SUCH a fun video! And it looks like it needed a lot of work to put together, so a huge round of applause to you!~ I was honestly very surprised by how well Itto did... I never noticed how large his AoE was. Nilou too seems to be so incredibly powerful, considering her teammates are all free 4-Stars as well!~

[@MDorito812]

I was waiting for this video for so long. Love these man they're greatly edited and amazingly constructed

[@pnoodl3s775]

Thank you for including the Nilou Yelan run, it’s so fun to see how much Yelan can do, and vape Nilou is such a cool speedrunning concept. Please keep including these creative speedruns as that’s what I’m here for.

[@arcanecynder1337]

I’m starting to think you should use Xingqiu only instead of Yelan for DPS showcases/videos where the purpose is to highlight another character specifically. Due to the sheer nature of a C6 Yelan’s kit, she becomes the highlighted DPS no matter what. The only thing support-wise she provides that Xingqiu doesn’t is a dmg buff with her Q, but even Xingqiu can still make up for it in a way with his C2

[@shellista9773]

Love how itto raw bonking it all. Even though geo is a neither transformative or amplifying reaction. It shows that his actual power is made to compete with others that uses reactions And yes his no-knockback and huge aoe are the biggest sell point for me. Its the quality of life and makes bonking and rotations feel easy. Love the video! And also i got nilou too and her weapon so im glad to see her bloom team in c6 work 😊

[@adrianpaulochoa9825]

I just love the philosophy his ulti have, press q, go nuts, d whatever u want, he WILL kill

[@etern1tydark]

@@adrianpaulochoa9825 basically random shit go

[@tonykowalski4189]

I don't really get the majority of Genshin player base. I mean, you can do whatever you want as long as you're happy but for me, as a casual player, instead of focusing on grinding, I'd rather focus on learning the movement of the enemies, as it take way less time than farming trash artefact. I mean it's all good if you can finish the abyss 12 in under a minute easily, but just barely 36 star abyss with whatever character and artefact set feels more satisfying. Also, I was once in the grinding camp but the RNGod is just not on my side and the commitment of grinding to get perfect artefact is something that is beyond me so now I just occasionally jump on Genshin and play whatever content available

[@shellista9773]

@@tonykowalski4189 i see. You should try maining beidou for that purpose of learning enemy attacks with satisfying parries. ive been in that phase as im a beidou main since the release of genshin. Learning most of enemy attacks was my hobby due to playing parry beidou. Gives me lot of satisfaction But due to life responsibilities i need to play less than 1hour so speedrunning everything with my favorite characters is efficient now for me. So its up to every player how they want to spend their time in the game

[@tonykowalski4189]

@@shellista9773 That's the neat part, I'm already a Beidou main for a good part of like a year now. At times I also like to shuffle the characters that I use and put whatever artefact and weapon that I already has so things won't get boring but for the most part, I fight new enemies with her. Also, for me,learning enemy move set takes far less time than farming artefact, and in my opinion, you can also enjoy the game casually and doesn't need to speedrun things

[@maestrothemage6063]

Thanks for the video, was WAITING "patiently" for this one!!! Hope everything is good irl !

[@rim.quirra7321]

watching the vedio knowing ei will win as usual

[@loneavenger7907]

of course she always win she's an archon

[@kondr-clarke7113]

No one tops her like I have her on a not so good build but she still out does my hu Tao vape dmg by FAR like she was one of the best releases and is still relevant since 2.1 or whenever she released she was a blessing onto my account cuz I got her early and won 50/50 after that I had to fight tooth and nail to get characters I wanted ;-;

[@rim.quirra7321]

@@loneavenger7907 being an archon doesn't make you strong gameplay wise

[@keqling7086]

@@rim.quirra7321 yh zhongli for example is not really that amazing compared to raiden and even venti imo (even nahida )

[@blastzd]

@@loneavenger7907 it doesnt matter💀

[@SeraSeraYT]

Still really surprised by how nilou performs in all of these showdown. While she's really not for everyone, I can say that she is way better than what the majority makes her out to be.

[@richlee6331]

Except, in the boss showcases, she's utilizing vaporize, and simply replacing her with Mona or even Childe will yield better times. And in the abyss, her clear times are average at best. Don't forget that the current abyss modifier heavily favors teams with dendro reactions, so Cyno and Nilou damage numbers are already being inflated.

[@adamsun6168]

@@richlee6331 It's mostly waiting on Nahida's release for her. Definitely worse scalings on Vaporize but totally viable on them!

[@biscy03]

@@richlee6331 She is a hydro character & can therefore utilize any reaction to go with her element. It so happens that in "single target" situations, vaporize functions better because of the huge frontloaded reactions. That being said, by your logic, Cyno is just another electro character & replacing him with probably Keqing would yield better times. The point here isn't that she isn't the best at vape, he's just maximizing their dmg for speed runs. I think their solo & abyss runs are the only thing we should actually consider cos everything else is usually using a support to help them output huge screenshot damage.

[@Aaron_Kuroiwa]

Anyone who says she’s bad or weak is an idiot. She’s strong with shit units that do zero personal damage. Her buff to bloom in AOE is very high. People just hate that the most fun part of her kit, bountiful cores, is locked behind a team restriction. These showcases are also very poor at showing how strong the units are. It’s a speed running whale showcase.

[@Grim_Bud]

She turned out better than I thought in her niche but too restrictive to me for now, while her other options ask for a lot of investment to works. I might pull for her rerrun if we get more fitting units for her in the meantime.

[@shachede6828]

Itto is just really good and very dependable and consistent good DPS. He is not the fastest but he is consistent to clear all content

[@slimstrait780]

This man doesn't know how to use Itto. Why is he using the alt key? Can't snapshot the def buff

[@rincewind8974]

Itto's crit damage is nearly half of the others bruh

[@gamjer]

@@slimstrait780 agree

[@slimstrait780]

@@rincewind8974 He shafted the run KEK

[@prophetmuhammad3890]

Cope

[@rodrigues7347]

Once again i thank you for the effort you put into these vids , hope you and your son are doing better

[@user-vh4vl7vd2e]

I hope you and your son are recovering well!! Thank you for uploading once again :D

[@DEEZ_N4T]

Let’s be real Yelan is an absolute one-man army unit her kit is absolutely, perfect, lore accurate, and her constellations make her so much stronger

[@etern1tydark]

yeah so happy i pulled her

[@SpiderYass]

Lore accurate ?? Say what now, i dont remember yealn being able to 2 shots azdaha and stormterror in term of her stregnth in lore

[@Azaleaaah]

When is it lore accurate what???

[@mmelo7832]

Lore accurate? That has to be a joke right

[@velknight9224]

One man unit? far from it. Unless C6

[@lauevad]

great content as always 👍🏻 it’s nice to see Yelan always winning

[@nkosiezikalala5267]

Hi. Hope you and your kid are in good health now. Enjoyed the video and I think a dps showdown with Nilou (Vape) vs Nilou (Bloom) vs Nilou (Raw Hydro) would be really interesting.

[@EngelAguilar]

I think in the full abyss Itto was at a disadvantage... gorou's passive with 2 geo instead of 3 means Itto was losing 35% Geo DMG. But also some enemies in the 1st room need kazuha for grouping so idk exactly if that compensates the lack of 35% Geo dmg. Good video as usual.

[@minhanhnguyen2213]

I agree with u, i think kazuha grouping is enough and bennett can be replaced by albedo. At this level, healing is not really necessary and gorou also can heal a bit too

[@yeollierancher]

That’s the team I run and you’re 100% correct. It should be Itto, Gorou, Albedo, and a flex support like Raiden or Kazuha, depending on the situation 😊

[@leovu8500]

kazuha deals alot of damage himself so that makes up for it

[@shachede6828]

He can’t play itto. Never has been able to

[@lehuydang3576]

i dont think kazuha was needed at all, its not like the enemies spawn at 4 corners of the arena

[@GreenBro11]

Imagine how much more insane Nilou teams become when Nahida drops with her Dendro buffing kit! It’s gonna be insane hyper mega bloom dendro supremacy!

[@pierretheis2523]

Will get her on the rerun. Prio 1 is nahida since she is probably the best dendro char

[@TroubleisHere]

Correct can't wait for Nahida

[@junedmomin2106]

This is exactly what I've been waiting for! Nilou is surprisingly great.

[@morganeason7632]

im 26 years old and i have dyslexia so it is really hard to find videos that i can comprehend. your voice is so easy to listen to and the way you talk is so easy to understand that i love watching your videos. so thank you for the effort you put into them

[@prophetmuhammad3890]

Excelent video. This will show the people the difference between Mid characters and Top tier characters. Always nice to see Raiden and Yelan beating everyone in the showcase

[@redace4821]

Yes because it wasn't obvious already why Mid is consider Mid and Top is consider Top.

[@cardnacn6704]

Props to Nilou for letting Barbara and Collei in the spotlight of DPS showdown and NOT DPS slowdown.

[@jonanderlaucirica]

Honestly, I don't get why people is always so eager to compare Raiden to other dps. She is meant to be a Nuker and kill things fast. That's why most of her damage comes from a single slash. We already know she is amazing. There is no point comparing Raiden, with her massive single nuke at the start of her burst, to dps who only buff their attacks like Itto/Cyno and don't do a nuke at the start 🤷‍♂️

[@llucieyy]

yesss I have been repeatedly checking for this vid

[@casualgamer3166]

Yelan in DPS Showdowns should be limited to her skill+burst only in my opinion or just put her as another contestant :D Great vid anyways!

[@HSRFirefly]

Well he did mention that its a team performance not solo tho. And the jobs she did even is only on 1 team and its even not the majority of the damage unlike before. Its like explicitly saying dont use a part of the kit of a unit just to satisfy u no?

[@wellwellwell881]

@@HSRFirefly Yes and no. Yelan can solo these rooms at his level of investment which is basically maxed out. It's just not fair to other characters to put Yelan in one team because all you need to do is slot her in the other character's team and their times would decrease, regardless of team synergy. Even Itto's time would decrease because his Yelan is just that insane. Xingqiu would have been a better choice because his damage isn't nearly as insane as C6R5 Yelan even if you put R5 Mistsplitter on him.

[@rin9005]

it's honrstly unfair to use yelan or kazuha in these runs since they would deal atleast1/3 of the damage in cyno and itto's run you could argue that kazuha did the heavy lifting (especially cyno's run)

[@thehomie7121]

If Cyno had Yelan on his runs you don’t think his time would be better? He deff should have evened the playing field or taken her out

[@pnoodl3s775]

He didn’t include Yelan in the run as it’s a cut run. Why are you all complaining? It’s fun to see how he maximize team dps speedrun by coming up with strats like vape Nilou to clear a chamber and have Yelan clear the other, he’s still including the non Yelan run so I don’t see what the problem is

[@sjcooli]

every time i see raiden in one of these i say to myself “raiden is just a win button”

[@dayoolyngdoh5453]

There's Yelan C6 who can compete with her now

[@tristansorronda6812]

@@dayoolyngdoh5453 yelan c6 can compete with raiden c6?

[@musicdz8135]

@@dayoolyngdoh5453 C2 battle is a different story tho

[@prophetmuhammad3890]

@@tristansorronda6812 Yelan c6 can obliterate Raiden c6 yes. Yelan is currently the strongest character in the whole game when it comes to damage output.

[@jokesonu3412]

@@tristansorronda6812 Raiden c6 is irrelevant, c3 at much

[@blackfoxgames4431]

Raiden is just too good

[@RecordToDeathToBoredom]

as she should be

[@elit1541]

I feel like she will always be this good she’s futureproof

[@Stxrryskyeee]

Idk who's stronger c6 yelan or c6 raiden?

[@tanlhapt6927]

@@Stxrryskyeee C6 alone then Yelan. Because Raiden c6 is seemingly underwhelming but ofc her c2 is what c6 normally is. But you can always use both of them for 2 sides.

[@looots1320]

@@Stxrryskyeee if you have infinite cash then c6 yelan, but if you're a normie then c2 Raiden > c5 yelan btw c6 yelan wins only by like 1-3 seconds

[@wreckingvi2265]

Great stuff as always.

[@Charlieqoqooqoq]

I love your videos they are awesome ! 🎉

[@ZCrimsonIX]

Raiden being custom built to scale with Energy Recharge feels Illegal. I think she's gonna be the most relevant Archon ever.

[@latinachan4368]

True

[@latinachan4368]

Er is one of the best stat to scale with

[@quadraoq4478]

Welp. You know, in a game like this, stuff like Raiden who can cheat power moves on herself and moreover so her teammates is always gonna be great. Put dps on said unit, it became broken. Eventually when bigger number comes Raiden will always be an option because she 'cheats'. Honkai has even crazier SP filling characters or you call batteries in your game. Arknights has Myrtle who is sunflower (PvZ) on steroids. 100% usage in CCs. And she doesn't even bring damage.

[@sandwichz_]

welp this didn't age well

[@ZCrimsonIX]

@@sandwichz_ oh really? How so?

[@frugalfun2.07]

I pulled Nilou and was surprised that she was competitive with the others considering how she's been trashed. With Barbara, Collei and traveller too! And I pulled for her because her pretty dancing convinced me.... Anyways, thanks for this showcase, at least it shows me I didn't go too wrong pulling for Nilou 😊😊😁

[@iqbalsuji5371]

Good to hear you and your son are well! 🥰

[@HirschyKiss]

My thoughts are if you use Yelan (or any other character that uses their own damage to shave off a significant amount of HP) that run should be done once with that character and once with a more traditional comp.

[@joelreis5366]

That monstruous vape damage from Nilou was actually surprising. But no matter what, this just shows why the Traveller was literally stunned with primal fear, when first witnessing Musou Shinsetsu. Raiden Shogun remains the GOAT.

[@rooooollll]

Thank you bro. Nice vid

[@lucasfaraone4422]

Wow! you work a day job in addition to youtube?! That's crazy! You work so hard! Props to you for making such great content and being able to provide and raise your son!

[@HackGyver]

Nilou is really a shocking character, her kit just get stronger with more enemies. Can't wait to see her improvement with upcoming dendro characters. Wish you and your son to get well soon❤️

[@danielvinceneo3556]

Before watching this, i bet Cyno would "lose" in most scenarios I do have him at lvl90 but he still deal mediocre damage compared to other selfish dps like Xiao, Itto and even Noelle

[@zakomimi4185]

This whole series of videos have too many flaws anyway 🤷‍♂️

[@lalilola3770]

@@zakomimi4185 elaborate

[@sabsain2399]

@@zakomimi4185 like what

[@verugeruu3408]

@@zakomimi4185 copium as always🥲

[@zakomimi4185]

@@lalilola3770 For starters, 1- he never put the characters in their best in slot 2- he never uses the character properly. Take here for example, nilou is a character who's kit screams to use her in a bloom team. He didn't even touch her potential. 3- every character have their own part where they shine most. Eg, nilou is a character who shines most in an AOE scenario and cyno with mostly single targets but he decided to compare both the character against a single type of enemy. My point is this whole video just worthless since he is comparing 2 character who have their value change drastically in accordance with increasing enemy. If you want to know what I'm talking about check out his other videos. Especially that one video about diluc, where he didn't even use him and stated some dumb bs that "This is his best slot, by meaning just not using him"

[@fafflytailslogisonicuite104]

Ah, perfect. Thanks for the disclaimer at 3:05 , I'll leave my Like and leave without watching the rest of the video, Keep up the great work, King~!

[@FROSTY-wm4dp]

Omg I love the fact that you are only showing 2 at once it makes it way more digestible and easier to see than 4 runs at once

[@ChaosSower99]

Nilo with great artifacts and C6R5 is broken, but in the 12 3 2 run the dmg of Yelan is so insane, so if you throw yelan away, nilou's time is probably as long as Itto's

[@probablyfuture]

Yo that's awesome, now I know what character to use on the new endgame content. Collecting mint!

[@redace4821]

And mushrooms and sweet flowers, and crystal flies.

[@probablyfuture]

@@redace4821 When do we get a competitive Mint Collecting event, a coop event to see who can collect mint faster or more efficiently with their marked routes. The dream, someday.

[@awinkingowl7608]

Great video! would love to see yelan nilou and cyno when nahida is released as dps comparisons, especially for yae after she was hated on so much

[@darmawanhabib204]

Nilou rocks she become one of my favourite after Yelan, i hope nahida makes nilou another level of monster, for now i find her team to be lacking in the dendro department

[@Roastporkonbeach]

Dude I can't thank you enough for curing my cross eye with this video.

[@Ezel_00]

Great video. Thanks a lot!!!

[@robertjif6337]

Nilou did the most dps here, as you can see other 3 member of her team is on life support the whole fight, while she only lost 30k hp

[@Greatbabyred]

Once we get a dedicated support for HP% scalers, Nilou is going to get a lot better as a main dps.

[@Greatbabyred]

@@tubisi I know it might be a while but SURELY not any farther away than fontaine, because the hydro archon will definitely be an HP scaler, and it might be even sooner since we have so many pure HP scalers now, (yelan, Nilou, Candace, kuki, layla) whereas before we only had hybrid HP scalers (Hu tao, zhongli)

[@taoday118]

Maybe Hydro archon will scale on HP and provides team-wide buff based on HP similar to how Nahida does with EM

[@liryoow]

I didn't know you have a day job and family to take care, with the high quality video I though you are full time creator. Kudos!

[@LazuIine]

IWTL could you make a video on the top 3 teams that clear each artifact domains the fastest? Or your favorite overworld teams maybe

[@mnf2091]

you should try dps showdown beetween Ayaka,keqing,and nillou for the best sword infusion dps

[@amvbro7033]

This is the haram laddies showcase , aether will be pleased 😂

[@junedmomin2106]

@@amvbro7033 DIESOFCRINGE

[@myyanfei971]

@@amvbro7033 u must be one of those musty 30yrs old man

[@joeltoomer3332]

Battle of the traveler simps lol

[@junedmomin2106]

@@amvbro7033 we found the friendless loner

[@ucbrowser2447]

Yes Nilou has her flaws but you can't say she disappoints when built She buffs a reaction that requires an element only 3 characters have currently, so ofc she seems more niche now, but she'll get progressively better as more dendros are released

[@gameshooterstarOG]

Nooo the disclaimer is faster now... its my favorite part of your videos! Please make it a bit slower again 😇

[@BrandonKistler7]

I think dendro archon and cyno will have a unique interaction. Like you mentioned at the close of your video I see him becoming much stronger when she arrives.

[@jawnutssun2728]

You lost me when the Nilou showcase turned into a Yelan showcase. At this point just put Raiden, Sara and Kazuha on each team then slap the featured character on slot 4 and just play the 3 characters.

[@isaac7272]

Hope people realize that you will get the same time for raiden at her third constellation. You heard that right, C3 not C6. Best power spike per primogems

[@kleislikes1589]

"Life hit me but have this very detailed video that looks at many perspectives for your entertainment and aid" like dude wow you're overworked and amazing, no need to apologize

[@alch3mist07]

this would've been much better with someone like Ayato, Xiao or Yae instead or Raiden. Everyone knows she'll clear fastest so it's redundant to put her here. I would have been more interested to see how the other "mid" dps units fare against Cyno and Nilou. Even a Nilou vs Childe aoe comparision would have been more interesting.

[@mnyasnobrat6010]

Mad lad did it again! Putting Yelan on a team with anyone just destroys all competition. Still remember that "Diluc" run and how I laughed my ass off xD Great video as always!

[@dizzlegrizzle1919]

took me like 20 seconds to do all the abyss floors with nilou in a team with kokomi. but whatever...

[@Rex13013]

I immediately got Diluc flashbacks too

[@Gennosuke1983]

@@dizzlegrizzle1919 Exactly, she's made for Bloom and destroys groups of enemies. She being competitive as a Hydro DPS is a nice surprise, she still did 70% of the boss in 2 seconds

[@IdkGuessWhoIam]

At least nilou actually did most of the damage and made her feel like the dps which made yelan lean more on sub dps unlike *cough* diluc

[@f.b.iagent3971]

I struggle to see where Bennett giving the ATK boost on top of Itto’s already ludicrous ATK in his burst is more beneficial than 20% Geo RES Shred, 15% Geo DMG Bonus and 20% extra Geo Crit DMG, idk maybe it works out better thanks to crystallise, I just am genuinely curious as to if Zhongli would have been better than Bennett

[@mrsnoname4322]

Yeah, Zhongli would be better. The Itto team really wasn't optimal.. AT ALL. Only 2 geo characters? No snapshot? Bennett...? Itto, Gorou, Zhongli, Flex/Albedo is a much better team comp than Bennett + Kazuha.

[@Kasraken]

Good showcase I enjoyed it!

[@TheElino]

POGGERS What an interesting matchup

[@JothPlays]

The fact that his Nilou's built well, and with c6, that she may vape over 250k - 300k with mona, bennett, and sucrose. But I guess that would actually be unfair for the rest. Overall, great showcase! 💖

[@lucustwyatt1960]

They should design an Endless Abyss wave stage (like one of that event) to see which team can kill the most with highest score in a fixed time limit, that way it won't be skewed to see which has highest up-front damage, rather a true measure of Damage per Second, sustained DPS over 3mins etc.

[@gmexc5032]

Dude, remember the keyword : Anxiety

[@marc6186]

this is what i love about nilou's kit. as a player who gets the trashiest of artifacts for my dps units, the bloom team enable me to dish out almost the same damage without the need for crit stats... just punch in some full em stats on barbara, collei, and dmc (with some er), and the go brrrrrrr

[@gravijah]

Nice to you back! :)

[@ZabieW]

On one side, Yelan + Nilou was kinda cheating, but you mentioned the whole Nilou + Yelan. On the other side, the full abyss run with Barbara was pretty fun to watch, this was much better than the Diluc run. And yeah, Raiden was going to win, it was a no brainer, but still, fun video.

[@andrewlatimer5031]

Id really love to see a keqing vs cyno dps showdown? Ive heard that she can actually outperform him in certain situations.

[@mjbgamez5374]

Depends heavily on the constellations

[@wolfyone2242]

He's already done one on the channel

[@leovu8500]

at c0 keqing would be better, but for c6r5 cyno will win

[@mariacancino95]

its kinda like a c6 noelle vs c0 itto, its fair that at c6 kekin with heavy investment on her and fischl she will have about the same clear time as a c0 cyno team, that's what happnes with most of 4* characters with their 5* version

[@roseseveryday3596]

This is great! I was surprised at the four people. Are you going to be doing a c0 nilou guide?

[@sofieberger8851]

The fact, that this is a C6R5 comparison video should be highlighted much more! It needs to be part of the video title. You say it seconds before the Ad. But it took me until the Nilou fight against the new enemy to realise, something is off.

[@redace4821]

Number 1: Putting c6r5 in title, hardly anyone would click. Number 2: You didn't pay attention that's not his fault. Number 3: IWTL hardly ever do F2P or low spend content, is always whale, c6 r5 stuff.

[@sofieberger8851]

@@redace4821 not putting it in title is called clickbait. And i always watch his C0 comparisons, his F2P weapon comparisons AND his R1 comparisons.

[@rodrigues7347]

Raiden is way too good , have fallen in love with her several times now

[@jax1670]

Itto being run on a Handicap Raiden's Teammates doing half the dmg Cyno played subpar Nilou paired with Yelan yep it's an IWTL video alright

[@ambarial]

Great video! Hope you and your son recover soon

[@lepangmacan9847]

I'm so curious about this 3 monster, Eula vs Ei vs Yelan.looking forward for it :D

[@enesjei]

The result is pretty obvious for C6 characters. Backloaded damage, eula wins. Frontloaded damage, raiden/yelan is somewhat tied. Sunstained damage, yelan wins. But not all of us has c6...so it's cheaper to stick with raiden if you only consider characters kit.

[@OC_]

Watching C6 Itto do his thing never gets old.

[@adarsh1264]

I'm definitely gonna pull for him. He is only getting atk buff from gorou and Bennet, whereas cyno and nilou are using reactions and not to mention yelan. Itto and xiao is one of the best hypercarry.

[@junyaiwase]

@@adarsh1264 “one of the best”😂😂😂

[@LshowKnows]

@@junyaiwase ... They are, specially Itto, unless you don´t know what an hyper carry is which seems to be the case XD

[@junyaiwase]

@@LshowKnows you seem to play mid characters which is the case

[@LshowKnows]

@@junyaiwase Rofl poor kid, are you gonna cry? C'mon, Genshin is a casual game no need to act so salty over someone pointing out you know jack shit XD

[@ronniejohn6055]

Imagine these 4 in a one party, what kind of conversation they had?

[@NinjaKick-tk6ts]

You should make a podcast. Your voice is very soothing.

[@Attillee]

I'm every video reminded that you make such excellent videos still on such a heavy youtube schedule with a child and a day job. IWTL honestly content creator inspiration :D

[@goesbyTy]

It would be fun to see an Ayaka/Shenhe vs Raiden showdown. I feel like that Cryo combo is one of the only (C6) combos than can compete with Raiden's hilarious burst damage.

[@delta_cosmic]

I feel like while displaying 4 screens at the same time can be chaotic, I think its better in the long term because people can always replay the video if they ever miss anything. And you get the benefits of seeing the comparisons togehter at the same time.

[@PendraNovaCh]

And more watchtime yeey

[@EkonEzg]

Because of you I am grinding primos and saving up to c6 my c0 yelan

[@KobeJacob]

Love your vids!

[@tophatdoctor7855]

Putting Gorou on a team with only 2 geo members doesn't really make sense, you can't get the main buffs he gives. I get why you used Kazuha, but might as well use the 3 geo, or swap out Gorou for Albedo or Zhongli. I haven't done the maths, and there's no way it would have closed the gap with Raiden, but it doesn't seem optimal. Great vid as always though.

[@s4iforshort]

His Itto can 2 shot the first half waves even with only 2 geo so it is faster with a grouper than chasing the enemies wasting a couple of seconds, this is a speed run.

[@redace4821]

@@s4iforshort For multiple mobs yes, for Single target, obviously 3 geo is better. The flaw of Arataki (and even Cyno) is that they are a bit too Single target, making them weaker against multiple opponents (as per your counter point).

[@s4iforshort]

@@redace4821 that’s why he did that just for that round in the 12-1-1 abyss of course I know that I’m an Itto main. Do you guys just reply without watching the vid and understanding the context?

[@tophatdoctor7855]

@@s4iforshort Yes I know why he used Kazuha, I’m saying Gorou isn’t that helpful here. I’m assuming it would probably be faster either to swap out Bennett for a 3rd geo member or swap out Gorou for Zhongli or Albedo. I fully realise that Kazuha was necessary to make this as fast as possible. Again though, I haven’t done the maths and could be completely wrong, and it’s not like it would have made much difference anyway. Raiden was always going to be the winner by a wide margin.

[@abhaymanikanti6465]

Seeing Nilou hit 400k hydro damage makes me reconsider my life choices. Yes Ayato, I'm looking at you

[@richardjones8846]

vaporize does that, ayato C6 does that too, and faster... but nilou can't vaporize and also bloom team, and if you really wanted to play ayato do it WITH nilou in a bloom team =) not like we really need to focus on optimization for abyss... national one side, bloom or freeze the other unga bunga 36 star stars for the past 2 years straight.

[@BallsD33p69]

This is C6 Nilou mind you, and Ayato not only has a Nuke at C6 as well, but also has faster NA’s that do more damage

[@LEBUMON]

That's Nilou C6

[@aruakabane2077]

yeah, Ayato is not really a nuker. he's the type to have consistent damage all throughout without having to set up every single support for a single nuke

[@richardjones8846]

@@aruakabane2077 C6 ayato can do 900k faster than childe's animation, but until C6 you are correct he is more about consistent damage which is why i pulled him

[@what-you-want-of-me-yt]

Wow whats a lot of work. This dps showdowns become bigger and bigger

[@canxel11]

Man if only I can use kazuha with the bountiful cores, nilou would've been easily one of the best (still is tho). Hoping for a CC dendro or hydro soon

[@seyana5045]

Damn that nilou bloom team at the end is really good. Can't wait for nahida since she will be great with her for sure.

[@demon-reaper1265]

The blessing is a ridiculously massive dmg increase But in all fairness the versatility of the dendro teams is amazing in building

[@LaSureka]

@@demon-reaper1265 what do you think about Nilou team??? 3 4* chars..... And she doesn't have her own artifacts........ That girl can be insane in the future with large crowds (proper team and arts)

[@mik0zlove358]

@@demon-reaper1265 what weapon is Better for nilou in a bloom team, sapwood blade or iron sting

[@cardnacn6704]

@@mik0zlove358 I think Sapwood is better of the 2 bc you don't use her on-field hydro application much. It's better for the bloom team to stack her HP as high as possible (max 75k HP but if you have her signature weapon, you can go higher for her EM buff.), which means you might not get as much EM as build full EM on another hydro character. Any stats other than HP aren't that important if you play her off-field, so Sapwood is better bc it can give EM buff to the one who proc bloom. In current F2P bloom team of Nilou, DMC, Collei and Barbara. Barbara is mostly the one who proc bloom, so you stack EM on her.

[@ittobeingamood]

@@LaSureka well, he could have used Kokomi instead of Barbara, but he didn't, that's something. The rarity doesn't really matter when most of the boosting teammates are 4 star characters. For artifact, I would agree, she doesn't have her own set yet. But knowing how intense her scaling can be at 74K HP (max), they will not focus on that. She will be providing more damage to her E stance and team utility.

[@haloless2092]

11:40 not yelan's E doing 500k 💀

[@mikkelsalling1422]

you just convinced me to pull for nilou after that nuke....... well done of you congrats

[@iamchrollo425]

4:12 your words cut deep my friend. deeper than any sword 🥺😭

[@faizm937]

Nilou is my first 5 star, lol. Im now happy to build her as main🙂

[@Syrinx11]

I think you should have mentioned that Nilou's Hydro damage is locked behind her constellations, in particular her C6. That being said, her Bountiful Cores have a similar potential at CO and with about a 30% buff from her signature weapon.

[@noobbll]

I dont think so because if you give her normal crit build she pretty much the same as other hydro dps in vape team but since bloom cant crit its not recomended. C6 is for her max potential to go full hp build

[@wellwellwell881]

It's not locked behind constellations, because her dps isn't horrible with a hydro crit build. It's just not as good as her bloom build because she's made for it. It's like how Ganyu can work with reverse melt fairly well, but really her best teams are freeze.