NEW ENDGAME MODE! Imaginarium Theater: How It Works & First Impressions | Genshin Impact 4.7

[@the7observer]

"you need a lot of characters" people who build everyone just to goof around with wacky team comps: TIME TO SHINE

[@atriyakoller136]

Yep. The only frustrating thing for me is swapping artifacts, it's just impossible to keep track when you've already swapped too many characters' artifacts 😅 and now yiur Chevreuse has a dendro damage goblet 😂

[@iturnedmypikachuintoararecandy]

"you need a lot of characters" people with *insert weapon*/*insert element* only accounts: fck my life

[@powder2drag]

LMAO

[@lumie372]

​@@atriyakoller136i have most characters equipped with decent artifacts thanks to my 2 year grind for raiden's ultimate emblem set lol

[@powder2drag]

I can say I wanted to be economically friendly by claiming rewards and also see progression. But I always wanted to have more varieties of teamcomps. Glad I kept that in mind. Meanwhile time to build my hutao and forget about that damned domain for arle

[@kuroplays2922]

My favourite feature so far in this gamemode is the ability to talk to characters while resting in between rounds and they have different lines! I was shocked and happy to listen to old characters like Thoma talk. Plus, if I can clear all rewards with Dehya as the DMG dealer for the last round, I'm sure most can with enough ubderstanding of the boons and sufficient build.

[@northdkt7088]

I love that aspect of the mode. In Spiral abyss, everything from environment to music seems so hostile, and it is always stressful to get those stars. In this, you complete a round, come out and play with friends, refresh and go in again. Love that!

[@Soy_boy-by8ez]

WANDERER HAHA XD ​@_gqt

[@nameynamd9212]

Was doing it and considered that the voiced lines might be why Aloy is unselectable in the mode

[@mdiaz013184]

Lol this reminds me I wanted dehya even tho I knew how mediocre she is...lost a 50/50 and got her but completely forgot...till now

[@mdiaz013184]

I might have over 25 characters but only like a couple awesome artifacts that I always swapped between characters lol...might cause me a problem in this mode

[@rzero21]

sometimes, I wish this was coop, it would give a reason for my friends to play genshin again. They're online pretty much every day, yet there is no compelling reason to play together anymore.

[@dear_totheheart]

Honestly true and meaningful impactful gameplay would see them expand if not entirely overhaul co-op without their idea just being pvp. Lets hope there will be new aspects to look forward to and a better reason to play together and to make it fun

[@takewithfood]

Yes, coop would be amazing. I'd love to help some of my lower-level and newer friends. They would feel better about being able to participate in the game, and I'd get to feel useful and helpful. As it is, my low level friends feel left out and I feel bored.

[@alexanderminas28]

Unfortunately the closest to coop in this is players borrowing your characters.

[@Ben-v6z3s]

@@alexanderminas28that’s the usual for HSR tho

[@xenoemblem7]

Man, shout out to *Trial Characters.* Gotta be one of my favorite genders

[@dazais4602]

What do u mean?

[@keneunaegbu851]

Classic 😂

[@Grass_rock-kb7gi]

I didn't get it

[@xenoemblem7]

@@Grass_rock-kb7gi wdym you don't get it? If you ty hard enough, you'll catch it.

[@berenwelter8835]

I don’t get it 😂

[@mikan1706]

If you're like me and one character short for the next mode, don't forget to check if you can change your traveler to be anemo/electro!

[@leedevee]

Found this out after lightning raising my Lynette to level 70 😭 Although I have her C6 and was planning to build her at some point anyway..

[@seraby7151]

that's what i did, and i didnt have to use traveller because i used a friend's assist character.

[@katrinam3912]

Oh that's clever! I had just enough to get by for hard mode already, but I'll definitely have to share this tip with some of my friends who are newer players and don't have as many characters built yet.

[@f2pbtw826]

If I exit a performance,,, it's end therer??? I cannot restart from the start?

[@ZxousNikke]

THAT'S FACTSS

[@Delkagu]

Never i thought id see new endgame and genshin in the same sentence

[@ThobyyG]

Well, I only expect to see "No" "Endgame" and "Genshin" on the same sentence

[@Delkagu]

@@ThobyyG i edited it lol i shoumd have precised

[@ThobyyG]

​@@Delkaguit's fine, I understand the joke lol

[@hornetsilksong]

Only took 4 years too lmao

[@QO-id3yt]

Here we finally are boys lol

[@NeoArisat02]

A small tip I can give for the new game mode is to not forget that you have the Traveler. He can change his element to anemo/electro for the current iteration of the Theater and can be used as a filler for the future elemental cast requirements too.

[@zerozgaming5770]

They said about players "anxiety" and now reading through people reactions, I can see that

[@greenvega]

Most ppl who complain don't like to build chars or new to game, and don't understand what is end game stand for

[@Finnyke]

Surely it's not because they themselves decided to put artificial barriers everywhere Clueless

[@trick8633]

Yeah, when they put all these character restrictions yeah it’s gonna be a lot of anxiety

[@r.d.6290]

​@@greenvega Genshin is not about building characters, it's about building teams with limited resources. Why would I build my C0 Sara or Faruzan if they are unusable until C6? And if I don't have Wanderer, why would I ever bother to build Faruzan in the first place?

[@IAmPatat]

@@r.d.6290 your first sentence is already a contradiction. faruzan and wanderer are already default trial characters here and they dont have to be crazy well built to clear in the first place

[@YukiZero]

protect the monolith is an absolute Venti win... if you get the chance to use support characters from your friends... PICK VENTI. he is a must in protect the monolith! not even kazuha can compete!

[@tristanmanalo6252]

Yes Venti and Sucrose helped me alot with those annoying waves of group of enemies 😅😅😅

[@VrtielA6300]

I was disappointed after I saw that video about Venti's downfall in yesterday. Powercreeps exist always makes everyone blaming weak characters with worst reasons about Power and Glory only.

[@rin8310]

​@@VrtielA6300that video exist because they need to pump out content and of course, you wouldn't use characters that arent appropriate for the enemies, right? (e.g. using pyro chars vs pyro slimes/shields, or venti vs ruin/large enemies is just asking for trouble) It has always been like that, people just make a topic about it to create content, venti is fine as he is (I have all anemo except wanderer and xiao, and still uses venti on monolith/liftable mobs mostly)

[@Soy_boy-by8ez]

Fr, i used kazuha and he did pretty good but I'm sure if i had venti I can keep kazuha for other rounds, although I have an ER sucrose so I guess that's good

[@ginsengaddict]

Right??!! I didn't do too bad on my first attempt, but missed out on the bonus objective by 1 enemy. Retrying it with Venti, it wasn't even a challenge; cleared with barely any damage to the monolith at all.

[@bloomiii7481]

This mode forced me take my raiden off em build for the first time in ages because no hydro means no hyperbloom. I also feel like more energy recharge on characters in general is super useful because you are not going to have the perfect team comps or rotations. There were times I had xiangling with no bennett or beidou with no fischl.

[@zr1L]

I use my em raiden in overload teams, it's also good. Even works in abyss.

[@SpeedyGwen]

I also had to get my raiden off em and tbh, I dont like her kit in a dps build, I have no idea how she works and I dont like electro when not used in dendro reactions, tbh, not being able to use dendro nor hydro in the gamemode is why I wont be playing it, I tryied and got softlock, its not fun at all...

[@ericyamichi]

advice to new players: do NOT fomo. i understand that the primos are great for you especially if you are a new player. but this game mode are for people who actually pull for a wide range of characters and already have a good roster. it's not as hard as the spiral abyss, but it is also VERY restrictive. i am now concerned because i do not have as much geo characters... i only have zhongli built, and yeah, it doesn't look too good if they decide to do a geo character-focused theater

[@shiinaaaaaaa]

Same it was easy with many pyro , electro anemo dps. How about Geo and Cryo theater?? Im cooked 🤣🤣 i only have Zhongli too

[@iiKhaled0]

yeah when it have geo we're cooken I only have chiori 😂

[@Soy_boy-by8ez]

OH NO GEO... time to build noelle ig....

[@Soy_boy-by8ez]

@@shiinaaaaaaa dw there's trial characters :)

[@ketomousketo3345]

You won't regret building Noelle, I promise.

[@tonberry_]

The achievement that requires you to have 8 mysterious cache is so fckin dumb hard to get, my best run was 6 mysterious cache

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

ITS SOOOOO ANNOYINNGGGGGGG!!! How tf am I supposed to do it ._____.

[@esmelusina4313]

It's an achievement, I don't think you're supposed to get that one on your first couple runs.

[@sleet9289]

Yeah, i was thinking that too, but i'm not gonna focus on getting it because it's impossible to complete that achievement set right now anyway.

[@Phantom-z9y]

I got to 7 but 8 is really hard. I can't choose my team and so many vigors are being wasted because you have to form a team of 4 where I can just do it with 2 in some case

[@Kross_Vik]

Not worth the effort

[@doracosta1760]

I think that this is going to be HELL for players who are super selective with their pulls and for new players.. Purely because they don't have enough characters built, not because the gamemode is hard itself, because the actual skillcheck isn't really that hard.. I do love that it exists, but it feels a bit disappointing so far, but we're only at the first season so i have hope

[@pistolero995]

i'm kinda selective but completed it anyway

[@wetnoodlex]

A gacha game where you don't need multiple team comps? Lol. Of course new players will have issues, considering it's a end game mode. I wasn't able to clear Abyss 12 for months until I had more characters. If you're "selective" and actively chose not to pull, then it sounds like a personal issue. You're meant to pull multiple characters as a F2P and horizontally invest, not vertically. You could get away with it before since there wasn't much need for more than two decent team comps, but players who have multiple team comps complained that they couldn't make full use of their entire roster, so we got a game mode where you can--and people are complaining about not having enough characters now? What a joke.

[@r.d.6290]

​@@pistolero995RNG gods were merciful then😂

[@alexegoleanu942]

That's the case for me I mainly play 2 teams and work around them, I managed to clear the new content but it was so hardddd

[@sleet9289]

even if your selective you'd probably still have a decent amount 4-stars, it really just punishes you for not building a bunch of characters.

[@chesterv8182]

imagine if this one has the charecter mapping function like the hsr divergent universe where all the underleveled charecters are leveled up to a certain point with moderate builds.

[@had-sd4hs]

I mean you do have that tho, with the trial characters. And the other characters you pick can all come from Ur friends. So basically start making friends in genshin 😂

[@rinz5027]

TIP: For those wondering how to go around and prepare for Imaginarium Theater, I encourage you guys to build more supports and sub-dps (I.e., yelan, xingqiu, sucrose, etc.) They don't have to be strong but usable enough with level 8 talents or something. Your DPS will be sharing supports with other DPS so its easy to maintain which DPS/Drivers you want to use, but the supports and Sub-dps will be annoying because you will need to match the allowed element for this season and also synergize well enough with your given units available. For your runs itself, always prioritize getting Companion rewards or events, more units to play with = easier time. Whatever your points leftover get some buffs.

[@dudeinadoughboy4327]

Great fucking tips, EXCEPT I DIDNT ANY COMPANION FUCKS. It's all luck based. Fuck this.

[@atharvac13]

Anemo characters don't even need talents, if you swirl. Off field dps are still the best as it has been forever!

[@iriskohr6900]

Good tip! I will do that!

[@rinz5027]

@@dudeinadoughboy4327 somewhat but not entirely. just skill issue yourself

[@peterkenez8190]

@@dudeinadoughboy4327 Just level up your supports. Not that hard :D U can use Clorinde, arlecchino, fischl, raiden, benett, Xiangling, Sara, Hu Tao with C0 Chevreuse i used Wanderer with C6 Faruzan, a 800em kazuha, and rest are just for to let the game start on hard mode.

[@nikothesealfan12]

i REALLY hate that you can’t even attempt the final acts without having 18 available characters that meet the criteria😭 i prefer to heavily invest in a few characters than invest a little in a bunch of characters but now i can’t get all the rewards unless i spend a bunch of resin on characters i don’t plan on even using 😢

[@AriesSheep]

I just invest heavily in a lot of my characters, not because of meta but just because I get bored using the same team constantly. My deyha and beidou helped me alot because I was messing around trying to build them for fun

[@chuuwife]

same

[@punongbayanskye]

well this is an endgame so you still have to work on your account

[@hellohororo1075]

​@@AriesSheep Same. Out of boredom, I built ALL my characters. So Imaginarium theater is not a big problem for me

[@tyrkdlesath]

add random people, and use they characters, use trial characters too = easy day.

[@TheOffOne11037]

If there’s one thing I really learned about this mode is that I need to build more utility characters that J haven’t built yet like Beidou, Chevreuse, Sucrose, etc.

[@sergeanthuman]

12:28 this is awesome, I lowered my expectations for artifact grinding, resulting in me having more built characters that are good enough, so I'm well prepared It seems the goal is to encourage people to pull for more characters instead of constellations

[@iiKhaled0]

I see that as a W, people often said that you'll eventually start pulling for cons instead of characters, and I never understood why would you

[@ebox147]

Finally rewarded for having built every single character

[@EmergencyCringe]

Doing Imaginarium theatre for the first time was pretty fun and somewhat challenging! I didnt know you dont have to get the stars so i suffered a little bit to get them with Trial Wanderer... I'm so glad i randomly got 1 Chevreuse from Standard. But also i'm far enough in the game that i levelled every character i have to 70/80 so i could get all acquaint fates, so- But its gonna be tough for me if some day the element restriction would be geo.

[@therranolleo468]

also another tip, focus on bringing more Sub DPS and supports rather than main carries, a "proper" team usually consists of 3 supports and 1 DPS anyways so you'll always end up spending 3 vigors on supports as opposed to the 1 vigor on DPS, the last thing u want is to be stuck on the final boss with 4 DPS all of which wants field time

[@7Tanjiro]

How I unlock normal mode

[@therranolleo468]

@@7Tanjiro u need to have 10 chars matching the cycle element for easy, 14 for normal, and 18 for hard

[@kamicokrolock]

I tried that and I ended up with teams with NO dps and all supports which didn't really work well (especially since we are restricted by elements. I could 100% make a hard hitting hyperbloom team with all healers, but dendro and hydro are not an option this season.) I'd recommend having a nice balance of both since, unless you are lucky with your cards you get 2 battles out of each unit max.

[@hdmaad]

I ran up of DPS at stage 5 and that's annoying

[@sanjeethmahendrakar]

I'm so glad I basically built all of my characters, save a couple, with their best possible weapon and the best possible artefacts i have at hand. I was just building them because i got bored trying to vertically invest in the same character. Glad to see this payed off.

[@spymadmax584]

Can't wait for them to drop a new season with anemo,geo and dendro 😊

[@nationalgeografic7687]

Problem? Skill issue if u can't clear easy af game with those

[@markf.l.8001]

Funny enough, out of those three, dendro would probably have the hardest time when being played alone. Geo can brute force its way out, and with anemo you could swirl multiple elemental shields to amp your damage. But dendro does pretty much nothing without its secondy reactions unless they do something special like an arena that implicts the hydro state on the enemies

[@bobthehandyman3650]

They might bring Hydro cryo anemo next rotation And Dendro electro hydro for the next

[@mechamedoquevinherasuament157]

U mean Cryo, Geo and Dendro? anemo is already on this season

[@sleebees]

​@@nationalgeografic7687 You sound like a loser lmfao.

[@Kuddochan]

I think the difficulty feels surprisingly well balanced for the purpose. It's nowhere near as crazy with the blessings as Sim Uni is, it's mostly minor buffs really, the focus is much more on team selection and resource management by choosing which characters to use when and what to save for later. The fights themselves are quite varied in terms of objectives and enemies so different chars get their own chances to shine, even if they might not normally in Abyss. I got the most kills with Venti in my first hard mode clear, feels like I haven't seen that in the past 3 years of Abyss. Definitely feels like a great addition to the game, it's relatively simple all things considered but it puts the emphasis so much more on horizontal account building as well as player game knowledge in regards to team drafting. Almost the polar opposite of Abyss in that regard. I do think it's missing some sort of codex to keep track of all the information better though, HSR does a better job at that

[@shadycactus6146]

i will say though, i would still really like a gamemode like sim uni that gives a bunch of crazy buffs and makes you do like 100x more damage lol. i just think that’s fun

[@JM-nothing-more]

the buff applying to abyss is kinda wild, ngl

[@hafizieebasri9382]

Save your strongest character to fight boss..

[@MegaFuriousAnger]

I paid no attention to anything and just yolo'd it, was left with Klee, Yae, Sucrose and Kazuha. Just about scraped through though!

[@tartali63]

learnt this he hard way. i ended up with jean, beidou, kazuha, and bennett, and jean and beidou were barely built

[@strwbxrry]

i had 17/18 characters that fit the element leveled, so i had to quickly spend fragiles to level one more. im so screwed for any future cycles that need geo… *laughs in 1 geo character built*

[@kamicokrolock]

I was able to clear this with my less invested account BUT the Strat is really thinking ahead and reserving your best teams for the boss floors. I had to rewind once on that account because I wasn't thinking and used the wrong team on the prior floor. I was also using characters like Xinyan so It's doable on accounts that meet minimum requirements and have invested a little in their units.

[@Jammy_Jammy]

TL;DR the main purpose of this endgame Is too get you to build chatachters and also pull for charachters in different elements

[@fernandojoseraquel9150]

From the start you get different element so its obvious. If you're casual you can just ignore this mode like abbys

[@shinobu1886]

@Glnhl884This mode is more F2P friendly than the Abyss. If you’re unable to do it all yet, better start building.

[@shinobu1886]

@Glnhl884 You can and do use your own characters… have you actually tried the new mode?

[@shinobu1886]

@Glnhl884 Right.. that's the point? As you said, 'this time', so clearly they will cycle elements. Besides, it's not like certain Abysses have certain elemental checks or floors that just don't work well with many characters.

[@Jammy_Jammy]

@@shinobu1886 yes but the average person doesn’t have so many characters built Since for the hardest mode you need 18 characters between 3 different elements They’d need to build around 6 individual charachter from each element Which is a lot for an casual player Even for more try hard players who are F2P can’t rlly afford the resin refresh everyday, which only allows them to do one charachter per day and you can’t even build a whole charachter in one day Which makes this way more tedious But most f2P players can’t miss out on the primos so yeah

[@rahulmukhiya9975]

Imagine next season they pick geo as a mandatory element. Well fuck, i don't have a single geo character above 70. I'm almost Ar 60 though.

[@iiKhaled0]

honestly most players doesn't, Im ar 59 and didn't have any geo 5* or any geo character leveled till I got chiori which I really didn't want to get anyways

[@VrtielA6300]

All because of those Geo Purists, as always...

[@nameynamd9212]

There'll be one as a trial character at least, but hopefully it'll bring more attention to Geo in general and Hydro 4 stars

[@aleistere]

Time for my Itto, Chiori, Gorou, Ningguang, Yun Jin and Zhongli to shine!

[@shinobu1886]

Good thing there will be 2 other elements

[@golasticus]

Oh wow, streaming Imaginarium Theater earlier to day, now with an explainer and first impressions video on the same day. Gotta go fast is Sevy.

[@wreckingvi2265]

loved this, was engaging and makes you try things you haven't tried.

[@personallstrrcks]

i regret a lot of the decisions i made immediately after locking in the characters ...

[@danielcastroclaps400]

Thanks Sevvy! Love that you instantly post this guide, truly the best hoyo content creator

[@ayanmondal1953]

As a level 60 player I have almost no Geo character(I only have Nigguang ,Noelle , and Yunjin) . I have 50 characters build but I just realized that I need to show some love to Geo which sucks cause I don't really like geo as a element . I will definitely build Nigguang and my Noelle needs some other artifact than the hunter set . which set will be good for her? It is time to check Sevy's Noelle build guide .

[@agentdarkhd]

as AR 60, igot a ton of characters built as well, but i dont have any cryo above 80, and in dendro the only built i got is Nahida, and in Geo, it's only Noelle, yunjin, zhongli, We'll pretty much need to get to work if we gotta keep up with those seasons-

[@deathmetalalchemist5861]

You can just run Gladiator on Noelle… Husk isn’t a big upgrade for most people because they usually have better Glad pieces

[@redsky397]

If you really want to invest resin in noelle husk is best, otherwise gladiator is a good set as well and isnt even that much worse then husk anyways

[@ayanmondal1953]

Is it glad with the def time piece ? I have enough of the double crit piece on glad . Surely I will have enough to give her a full set.Thanks ..! I am not putting my resin into the husk set as I need to build some more cryo .( I have ganyu , kaeya, eula , rosaria , diona , Layla ,qiqi, Frrminet leveled up. But imma gonna level up chongyun and Charlotte as I have enough talent mats for those 2)

[@ayanmondal1953]

I have decided not to put so much on geo but I will definitely get Navia cause I lost 5050 before . I will double down on building other elements so that I can just skip Geo. The husk domain was a nightmare. It took me 2 months just to get workable piece for Yunjin .

[@amymalone3995]

So glad for this guide!!! You're the best Sevy!!!

[@Melodios80]

Me with only 4 built characters: ok 🙂👍

[@pepperkalim]

thank you Sevy, I was so excited for the new game mode but I was too overwhelmed with how everything was new I couldn't understand anything! You explained it so clearly plus the flow from one topic to another was so smooth, I appreciate how you took the time to structure your script this way ;-;)

[@StargazingCeres]

Leveling up a bunch of characters I wasn't planning on using is cool, I like the idea and have a stockpile of resin to do it.. the hard part to me is actually getting enough halfway decent, leveled up artifacts. I started the game last year and just don't have a ton of spare artifacts and exp. Would have been a perfect time for them to have introduced actual loadout saves >.

[@rockmsp_art]

Now its time to build my Keqing, beidou and fischl

[@iriskohr6900]

I adore Beidou; you will not regret it! Her block ability is so much fun!

[@idrankjungkooksbananamilk9382]

Fischl is literally the best ngl

[@elonhusk2839]

@@idrankjungkooksbananamilk9382 better than yae miko as well STUNLOCKED

[@EmergencyCringe]

Yes, Beidou and Fischl worked really well for me here... as for Keqing- I didnt want to play her without dendro

[@joeltoomer3332]

How have you not built fischl? She’s like the best electro support in the game

[@riceshakes]

why do i feel like I have to read a textbook on all the rules and restrictions? Just add a roguelike infinite spiral abyss, it's all I ever wanted 😢

[@nill_7boy]

I just played it minutes ago. And i loved it. I do have all my characters all prepared for this for so long. I had so much fun that i can't explain. I hope it gets even more fun with time. Also i want more gems though. Those first clear rewards was so good that i can't believe that won't appear anymore on my screen...

[@hopwaffles]

Ngl the two vishaps are much harder than the dancing robots 💀

[@aleistere]

The vishaps are so annoying not really hard but, I agree. Coppelia and Coppelius is a tank n' spank.

[@evilsforreals]

My fun lil task over the past two years of building every character on my account has finally come to fruition; clearing this first theater was so easy!

[@therranolleo468]

also I'm lowkey waiting for a season of IT where the 3 elements present just simply doesn't work, something like cryo dendro geo where the only thing u can do is crystalize and pray

[@lucasayabe]

Time for the Geo carries shine lol, as they don't Care for elemental reactions, maybe even Eula as she would be Cryo but her real element is physhical

[@tristanmanalo6252]

I think that is where the alternate cast will come in clutch 😅😅😅

[@sunglassfrog89]

Dang alright that could be interesting

[@therranolleo468]

@@tristanmanalo6252 you'll basically have to save the special guest appearance for the boss fights in that case

[@leni1029]

thank you so much! I took a look at it yesterday and I was so confused ^^

[@otakuwhat_]

This game mode has a bit of difficulty- which is fine. Those people saying it’s not hard. Yes, to YOU- which is fine too. It’s got a bit for everyone but I’m just glad we can get the rewards easily.

[@Bullminator]

Its insane hard to new players. For me, it was easy as i have a lot of build up characters.

[@ricardorocha6622]

@@Bullminator not only for enw players, for anyone with less then 2 years this is going to be pretty hard, not everyone has all characters built, and you can only pick 8 trial ones, each can be used 2 times, this is a game mode for wales...

[@redsky397]

​@@ricardorocha6622 its not that hard to get the rewards tho, with the trail characters (8 characters all used twice makes for 8 completed rounds) then you can get some from friends and some you have yourself. You dont need that many characters build. I did complete it with only having 4 characters build decently ( i can only clear up to floor 11 in spiral abyss with them)

[@Grains_of_truth]

I have increased the world level from 60 because I am end game, since I have played since launch of Genshin. However, it’s made the Theatre, Abyss and Natlan difficulty spike very noticeably hard despite having heavily invested and spent hours grinding character levels. I am mostly free to play but pay for battle pass and Welking moon to support the game and do all events for wishes. I have 60 characters and most are level 70 to 80 (only Diluc level 90 because i don’t think it’s worth levelling to 90 for all) I have maybe 20 characters level 40 to 60 such as Barbara, Faruzan, Collei, Heizou, Amber, Lisa, Lynette, Dori etc, because I am not keen on them compared to my other characters . I have full constellations on quite a few characters and all full talents. Weapons I do level to level 90 and try to get refinements to level 5 if possible. Nearly all characters I have are friendship level 10. I am a solo player so don’t play with friends so can’t borrow unfortunately for this so if you want to coop or connect Europe server, leave your ID to connect. Thanks for the video! I didn’t understand how this game mechanics worked but now understand what I was doing wrong and why I was frustrated. 😅

[@Swekyde]

Personally I'm a bit concerned about this mode. I have felt choked on characters for a long time as a F2P player. After about a year of play, even if there were no elemental restrictions I cannot field 18 characters. I don't have enough weapons for even the low constellation 4 stars if I had them leveled. Never mind the amount of artifact investment C0 4 stars need to even begin functioning... Divergent Universe in Star Rail is similar with one big exception; if you own a character but they're under invested they auto sync up to trial levels. Was really hoping they'd do something like that here.

[@villa_art]

My thoughts exactly. If they were going to lock you out based off of how many characters you have built, they really should give more resources to ACTUALLY level the necessary elemental characters. I'm unable to get into normal because I have 12/14. Now, I have to grind out leylines (both exp and mora) AND boss material to lvl up more people. I simply don't have the resin to do that in a timely manner. I'm sure I can reach the 14 characters necessary (even if they are going to be hella weak), but I definitely can't reach the 18 necessary characters that are needed for the hard mode. We have a month, but the resin given is not enough.

[@had-sd4hs]

Here's what I've noticed so far playing HSR + genshin. Half of the HSR endgame modes, aren't even really endgame. Like they're so godamn easy The more accurate term for them is something like just free wishes, BC it's not really a challenge it's legit just free currency Endgame is for players who have put alot of time and effort into game, it is quite literally for late game players. There is also an easy mode with 10 charas requirements, and if you do abyss that means you have at least 8 ppl built. What ppl need to realise is that if it's hard for you, it doesn't necessarily means it's a bad thing. Just do the easy level and invest until U can actually do the hard mode.

[@villa_art]

@had-sd4hs the thing is, it's "hard" in a bad way. It's not "hard" because it requires skill to beat. It's "hard" because we simply don't have the resources to build the characters necessary. And it's not like we can grind and level them and their weapons up, because the resin simply isn't there.

[@had-sd4hs]

@@villa_art I don't agree with that??? It comes down to how you chose to spend ur resin, BC there is def enough resin even before the increase. And I can prove it as well. ☠️ I have almost all the four stars in the game, and I spent roughly two months leveling all of them up to 70 last year. And I spent the last two months leveling all my characters talents up to 2-6-8s so I am living proof we have enough resin 😂 I did this all in exams months BC artifact farming required too much brain presence 😅 The end of it is this, abyss tends to reward min-maxing more. So if you go and spend all ur resin perfecting Ur Hu Tao, U will get primos. Theatre rewards variety. So if you spend ur primos leveling ur characters instead, U will get primos. I don't think that's bad, BC if a person who has played even for a single year they can at least do easy mode. Just like abyss, you will need to build up Ur account to be able to clear theatre that is all. What I am mostly seeing is that ppl are upset BC they can't clear. But it's fine BC just BC U can't clear today doesn't mean you won't be able to clear in a month. Now that everyone knows that U need to invest more horizontally, simply spend a month doing that and hopefully U will be able to do next season of theatre. But I think it's unfair to say it is a bad end game just BC it does not favour the way you have spent ur resources in game.

[@villa_art]

@had-sd4hs so it took you 1/3 of a year to barely build your characters to the requirements? NOT even getting artifacts for them? Nigga..... you really showed me 😂😂😂 HEY EVERYONE, IT'LL ONLY TAKE YOU OVER 4 MONTHS TO BUILD DECENT CHARACTERS AND DECENT BUILDS TO PLAY THEIR NEW MODE YIPPEEEEE. Why is it so hard for people to admit that they are a tad bit too stingy with their stamina system? The higher resin cap does nothing either. You still only get 180 per 24 hours so the resources you acquire are the same

[@jampu]

i went to look for what this thing was all about and wow, posted 5 minutes ago. this will come in handy

[@Aman_Mondal]

Did it on the first try I am playing since the start so this much was obvious, it is challenging to keep that vigor managed up, I recommend to other players take characters that are way more interchangeable rather than ones who just fit into one kind of team, I really like the fact that the buffs are present even for Abyss and the other stuff, honestly Ei and Arlecchino's dialogues we're kinda emotional 😢 made me tear up a little special Ei's. Honestly this is the best kind of End Game for Genshin, short enough to be done within few minutes but cute enough to melt your heart

[@Soy_boy-by8ez]

Arlecchino gave us coffee candy aw

[@znom0]

tip - build your traveller for extra element for this and future seasons....currently can use anemo and/or electro elemts if you need more chars for it

[@yuukiterumi2061]

I was hoping for this to be at least somewhat as good as simulated universe from star rail but the arbitrary element and character restriction makes it feel like they took 1 step forward 3 steps back

[@brussailpook8213]

true, they should fixate on some reaction like the event we just finished and not completely stop people from using other elements. Give a buff for the focused elemental reaction but let us play whoever we want. Not to mention you cant for example only use neuvillette to destroy it since you can only play 2 instance per characters

[@yuvx8516]

Using just neuvilette is boring

[@ErisNoir]

Frrr 💀💀💀

[@ErisNoir]

​@@yuvx8516 Neuvillette hater spotted 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@yuukiterumi2061]

@@brussailpook8213 arbitrarily restricting elements which means characters just straight up like this is just a bad idea for a gacha why did I roll for these characters if I can’t use them like star rail doesn’t do this even tho it’d actually be less bad there but genshin does when the core combat relies even more on element and character synergy

[@BlueRosette0023]

I did have trouble in my 1st and 2nd try since I was confused with the mechanics. But I managed to complete all acts in my 3rd try. Just need 3-4 well built dps and the rest are decent build sub-dps. Overall impression, the new endgame mode is quite fun😊

[@snapedu9166]

Sevy here to the rescue 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@EsperanzaPerez-nu3wo]

I am struggling with this new game mode because my resources are limited, as I only started a few months ago. What I can say to fellow somewhat new players is that this game mode is hard, especially since we don't have good artifacts yet.

[@Monkey_D_Luffy56]

It's feasible to finish it even on mid build characters you just need to know when and what character to use on each act The only annoying part is the freaking protect the monolith where you need to beat all enemies in a given amount of time but when you defeat an enemy you will lose time 🤣

[@Hebiiiii1]

It’s a venti propoganda stage😊

[@JohnDoe-bi1td]

You don't need to kill all the enemies. You just need the time to run out with the monolith above the required percentage. That's why killing the enemies draws the stage to a close faster.

[@thegamewoods8473]

Venti: You could not live with your own failures, and where did that bring you? Back to me.

[@Monkey_D_Luffy56]

@@JohnDoe-bi1td yeah if you only need the rewards but when you want the stars you gonna need to beat them

[@ronnieketchum1241]

Ah yes. The Venti moment

[@Zxrlorn]

I just finished getting to Act 8 with 8 stars on hard mode and overall it was kinda fun but also annoying at first as I wasn’t used to it. I’m gonna start building more characters now( even though I don’t really want to use some of them)

[@RenKamui1]

I had high expectations of this gamemode, which were not met at all (gameplay-wise). Hoyo really takes every measure to keep their gameplay as tame as possible and stop players from having fun... The elemental restriction is a nice concept and I was looking forward to play new team comps, but while I have tons of characters built, only having a small selection to choose from at once and not being able to run less than 4 characters really ruined the fun for me. We should at least be able to build functioning teams every fight. At the same time, the boons were really negligible... Rogue like elements should always slap hard to spice up the gameplay imo, which wasn't the case here at all. Next time I will completely ignore those and just unlock as many characters as possible.

[@flamezforthegamez1056]

I dont think having the ability to build functional teams off the bat is a smart move. Really, the difficulty of the combat simply revolves around how well rounded your team is in the roles it consists of. The mode is stupidly easy if you have an established team or a team that has complete synergy. The weaker the synergies, the harder it is. The greater the synergies, the easier it is. Rather, I think the companion selection events should give us option between 3 characters rather than 2.

[@RenKamui1]

@@flamezforthegamez1056 Yeah, the combat should definitely be made harder in that case. And I agree that choosing from 3 characters would be one possibe improvement. I would also like to suggest something like working with character roles, so that characters can be distributed in a more organized way, like we select a role we need and then get a random character from that role. Anyway, imo being able to build a functional team should be a requirement, because it's the foundation for fun gameplay, and everything else should be balanced accordingly.

[@whistlegirl5726]

I got the impression that "building functional teams" is on the player. You choose whom to pick as your cast before you start, then you choose who to use and when with the team functionality in mind. The opening cast are all workable with each other, so then it's just a matter of unlocking more companions and "whom do I save for the boss fight and how do I make the rest work". (Disclaimer: I'm the person who actively enjoys fighting bosses with friendship teams and finding ways to make them work regardless of synergy, so I'm biased here)

[@RenKamui1]

@@whistlegirl5726 I made my initial comment atfer playing the gamemode just once and have now replayed it. This time I ignored boons and just got companions, making teambuilding less of an issue. However, Genshin combat requires pretty much no skill at all while teambuilding is the only part that has depth, so restricting that part of it at all is just cursed imo. I'd rather like to see something like an infinite abyss where every character can only be used once and then try to get as far as possible.

[@catnoms]

Woooot tysm for uploading this guide I was just about to go mald and I have no idea what is going on LOL

[@Szczurzyslawa]

I wish they specified more about the toy medal shop. Do the medals carry over to next reset? Will we ever be able to buy those poses again or if you dont pick now they're gone forever?! Who knows! It makes me anxious

[@effortlessfury]

From what I understand, the shop's stock is additive and coins should carry over. I'd ask through the feedback page if you want a definitive answer, though.

[@Szczurzyslawa]

@@effortlessfury I'd love to, yes!

[@tartali63]

honestly the reason i am actually happy abt this gamemode is that there is no "i have neuvi and aroecchino, i dont meed any other dpses" excuse for me anymore. i can actually build up and use my cyno, navia(later), and pull for other dpses

[@VrtielA6300]

For me... Everything else is for Keqing

[@LongNguyen-uv8nn]

I swear some players called themself oldbie yet they complain about not having enough characters. Like what have you been doing all these times, yall really complain about dont have anything to do in game and now complain about have to grind in game.

[@fyretrail8973]

I wish the build switching only applied to imaginarium theater so that I could swap around builds without having to worry about switching them back later

[@ritchienarag3509]

Hard Mode is making me build my other characters. Going back to watch Sevy's guides esp for C0 chars

[@Slowdr]

I had to reset the theater, because I never added more characters, and already used the rewind function, so I could no longer progress. I thought you would get a bigger score by not using the purple currency they gave, but not I notice it's more like the simulated universe currency, if you don't use it, it gets wasted, so use it as needed.

[@bastidota]

It limits us to use wacky team lineups due to the limited elements and characters, and forces us to level up every character and build their artifacts and upgrade their talents. I have no problem to beat Hard mode and got 8 flowers in my first run, but I can see why my friends are struggling because they only have less than 20 characters ready to fight at any time.

[@tiagopereira5979]

Thank you sevy, you are amazing

[@Taylor95x]

Babe wake up, new sevy vid just dropped

[@biozeedislam2745]

Meanwhile me- Makes sure all characters are level 70 at least since 2.1 cause they provide fates.

[@victorb5]

They should've done what they did in HSR Divergent universe by providing equipment/traces/levels to any character you own so you can use them. That would be fine. Making us invest resources into pretty much Every character (because seasons will change which elements are required) to do the "hard" mode is an intentional waste of time and resources to make players grind even more. That's not fun.

[@kolt1868]

i try building every character i get in the game and have their own artifacts and weapons so that i can switch to them without passing around artifacts when i want to play them(im only missing wriothesly because i prioritize archons when they get released). this new endgame mode made it more worthwhile. im not crazy at all! yup not crazy

[@UnliWok]

I love it only my problem is skill issue i cant dodge properly but i build almost 18 characters😊😊😊😊

[@Rem694u2]

Never before have I been so glad to have leveled 24 characters to 90 and another 22 to 80 and geared half way decently. I am set for Imaginarium Threatre so clearing it this time was pretty easy and I had no idea what I was doing. I also didn't save my best characters until the end, so I made the last boss harder than it had to be and ran out of time a couple times.

[@radiantflaws]

I don't even have enough purple talent books to level up one character to 70.

[@justchica3243]

I’m worried abotj people who can’t even meet the requirements to do hard mode, let alone get all rewards from it because then it would mean that even tho there are technically more primo rewards in practice people are getting less

[@justchica3243]

It’s so weird because it’s an endgame mode but the difficulty is not even the mode itself is if you have spent the time to bring characters up for it

[@justchica3243]

It’s a gamemode designed for you to play basically exclusively scuffed teams that’s targeted towards endgame players which are the ones most likely to care about whether they’re team feels good

[@iamChrome012]

This is really a fun new endgame content. I agree that the battles are not as difficult as Spiral Abyss, and RNG really comes into play with the boons you're able to get during the run. Overall, this is a good way to incentivize players to learn more about the different playable characters, and be more creative in team building. Looking forward to future guides from sevy!

[@crazyanimeguycag8953]

Nah bro it’s just dumb , imagine rerolling for gruper in monolith defence, it’s not even hard it’s annoying, the teams you end up with are not even real teams and yes if you don’t have enought characters your cooked ( wtf is up with must have all 4 characters) imagine if hydro was there there is like only 3 4 stars characters in that element Barbara xingqiu Candice , and most people have only xingqiu build and rest are 5 stars you not ony need decent build characters but a lot of build characters and even if I don’t have problem with that people who are not playing since beginning are cooked again , and any f2p with not so much 5 stars. In my opinion this can’t be called endgame, even abyss is less luck and more skill dependent, and that is saying something.

[@rushalias8511]

What's funny is how people overbloat the 18 character requirement. Like you don't need 18 characters you need 11. 6 trials plus a friend's support. Outside of that it's just 11 characters you need to build.

[@rushalias8511]

​@crazyanimeguycag8953 bruh even if hydro is called...you still have two other elements to choose from...you don't need to use all hydro. You also have the 6 trials characters and 1 friend support plus the 4 special guest

[@KraszuPolis]

@@crazyanimeguycag8953 It can be done better but you can plan ahead by strategically spending vigor on char that you think will be less useful later. Also you can always choose get new character at start when you can, and you will get full roaster pretty fast. Also even f2p get 5 star characters. To do floor 12 abyss it takes a while for f2p account as well.

[@crazyanimeguycag8953]

@@KraszuPolis the thing is the audience of this bs of a endgame content just got halfed from people who can even 36 star abyss. Some people enjoy minmaxing that’s their main way of enjoying the game it was enought so far but now if they want to clear all endgame they can’t anymore and that’s why it sucks. Plus players build mostly for meta or characters they like and for this sh*t you need to pull even more and for characters you might not even like or that are not even that good like tf is that , that’s not even endgame that’s just a greasy greedy money grab with lowering abyss reset. What is even worse is that that little imaginary buff to specific trial characters that is active outside theatre means those greedy sons of bishes got cheap excuse to inflate abyss difficulty for players who don’t have those characters, or you might just get a buff but on your lvl 50 barbara. That’s just sad and I hope more people will see how down right predatory this system is.

[@kylegreen6711]

I’d say any game mode that tells people to shut up and stop using the same character (Raiden, Neuvillette, Nahida, Furina, Yelan, Kazuha, etc) over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over is a MASSIVE WIN.

[@sageofsixpaths8392]

Not people saying its "too hard" after begging for the game to be hard for over 4 years🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@BRSxIgnition]

Having an 18 built character requirement isn't difficulty - its just a grinding requirement.

[@kuroha231]

So hard to get 18 characters with decent and gear and lvl 70 as well just to play the endgame

[@Lilyene0]

its not hard, its restrictive because of resin limitation

[@gamabussy]

I've been playing the game since launch and have had sooooo much time to get my characters up, and have done so. This event is perfect for me maybe its time to redownload the game

[@sageofsixpaths8392]

@BRSxIgnition if you're fairly new then nobody expects to get into the new mode immediately and there's literally an easy mode that requires fewer characters, it's endgame so it's not going anywhere take your time with that, you aren't exactly pressured to finish it as a season is like 1 month, so no rush at all. If you're a long time player then that's on you lol

[@lary3709]

Really enjoyed Theater finally no more double chore spiral a month. Theater is much more fun and much more variety. Character requirements is a plus with my 4 years worth of characters doing nothing in spiral.

[@jvsm_est]

I did only one try, straight to the hard mode and, honestly? it wasn't that hard-- I got 6 out of 8 stars and was surprised that I still got all of the rewards. Easy monthly primos. New voicelines for older characters was such a treat!

[@aleistere]

I was surprised each character has unique dialogue for IT.

[@Kasraken]

I have not tried it yet (I will though), but it seems like a lot of hassle. Restrictions are not always a bad thing if done properly but most times restrictions are just annoying, even if they serve a purpose. This permanent game mode seems like a way to make people play characters they would not otherwise play, and to showcase featured characters the developer wants to sell. Anyway, good video!

[@anon41031]

If not for the restrictive char selection for team building, the whole thing will be a joke... I had to clear first 7 Acts with random team comps and it always takes a min or so. But in the last Act against Icewind Suite, I managed to get Kaz, Raiden, Benny and XL. Finished in 20s.

[@anthonybear45]

Same I brought Arlecchino Benny Xiangling Kazuha for last act and I eliminated the boss really quick

[@boothillhill]

i went in there with 2 well built dps builds and a dream

[@SlimeImpact.]

As vertical investor : I Must Say, I Am Screwed guys, for me it's so hard with my level 20 (4 stars characters ). doing 36 stars is child play for me in spiral abyss, but now i have to built all my characters and artifacts too.... i am F2P , i am not P2W either i manage to get at 6 stage now let see what happen within 30 days.

[@gonz4l3s]

so much planning for not even 4 pulls

[@blaze_burn]

I cleared it just now, been playing sense day 1 so I have a lot of characters built it's actually a pretty fun game mode, I like the buffs

[@erix94]

I thought this was going to be harder but at least it's something new.

[@TamerChris]

I dread the day when Geo is an element requirement. I don't own Itto, Chiori and Navia so I didn't even raise my Gorou. I only have support 5 stars like Zhongli and Albedo and 4 star DPS like Ningguang and Noelle. And my friends aren't even active 😅

[@sleet9289]

It's definitely more fun than the abyss, i do wish it had more replayability though. It has lot of fun mechanics, like inviting your friends characters and getting to use trial characters, and i enjoy having to use wacky teams that i wouldn't usually. It certainly is the more chill end-game mode, catered towards the people that like pulling for new characters as opposed to vertical investment.

[@guzzy19901]

My best advice as a 1.0 player who easily passed hardmode with full starts, would be to try not to fill your supporting cast cache of characters with on field dps. You can mostly get by with the 3 on field dps that they provide you with, and off fielders have much more rotational flexibility. I would also generalize your builds a bit, for example I keep my faruzan on VV at all times even though in mono anemo teams, the 4th non anemo unit may or may not be dealing significant damage, and I think doing that made her a good option to use as a (C6) anemo VV holder on teams where she didn’t have to be pared with wanderer. Wanderer still functioned perfectly fine without faruzan, as long as he has bennet and synergistic off field units like beidou, plus the difficulty is low enough that min maxing isn’t needed. I really love the art direction of the IT and am excited to see the potential of the game mode moving forward. Good luck everyone!

[@user-og9nl5mt1b]

I am playing since 3.0 and I cleared it , as a f2p. U should stop flexing. It's very pathetic ngl

[@guzzy19901]

@@user-og9nl5mt1b cry about it?

[@guzzy19901]

@@user-og9nl5mt1b what’s more pathetic than getting mad over a KZbin comment lol

[@MrDarksol]

Wait we're finally getting a new end game and it's permanent........... I am so proud of this team. I mean yeah it took them 3 years to finally give us a new type of end game but I'm not complaining if this means that we're finally getting some new end game content. Can't wait to try this out!

[@BRSxIgnition]

Meanwhile HSR has 4 endgame modes now with better rewards and dailies etc...

[@MrDarksol]

@@BRSxIgnition That's because the team really loves Honkai to the point of Star Rail getting a lot of end game content while Genshin JUST got its second one. I'm just happy that we finally got another thing for end game even if like you said star rail has way more end game.

[@keneunaegbu851]

​@BRSxIgnition It's technically even more if you separate Swarm Disaster, Gold and Gears, and Divergent Universe 😅

[@BRSxIgnition]

@@keneunaegbu851 exactly

[@greenvega]

​@@keneunaegbu851what the point to separate that, if that's not end game modes, its not replayable, u get rewards one time and its dead

[@travelerarchon2543]

Thank you Sevy

[@no-do4pv]

I love this game mode so much

[@MiyuTat]

I always told my friend that I needed something were I can use more Characters because I benched so many. As a 1.0 player you collect quite a few characters and build already different teamcomps you rarely use anymore because you 'only' need 2 teams to beat the Abyss. So I really like this. The only thing I dislike a litte is, that they only allow certain elements in the event. Almost every Team I have uses and needs Hydro xD My Alhaithaim is only build for Furina Teams.

[@colorlessguard]

as someone who owns almost every character (and has most of them built), i actually kinda appreciate the rules/restrictions around team building! having an incentive to play some of the characters that i rarely bring out helps keep things fresh and interesting imo… though i can definitely see how this might be frustrating for players who don’t own as many characters… but hey at least there are trial characters here and the option to borrow a friend’s characters!

[@yumanol]

I feel like people who complain about this mode wanted it to be another Spiral Abyss so they could once again flex their c6 r5 Raiden they had spent the last 2 years building or smth. But I hate Abyss, I am BORED of using and grinding for the same charas over and over again because the only endgame goal this game provides you with is to Kill Faster. But now non-abyss people like me who prefer building many just for fun of it instead of minmaxing can thrive too and I enjoy it thoroughly.

[@narkedtom]

I found it a nice change of pace from solely doing spiral abyss. And the difficulty being easier in compensation for the team building limitations was appreciated. But the amount of built character you need for it was a struggle. I’ve been playing for just under a year now and it forced me to level up 3 more characters and switch my traveler over to electro just to get to the amount of characters required. Going forward, will be spending most my resin on levelling other elements (instead of the usual arrogant domains) and instead start levelling my cryo and geo characters as I literally only have one built character in each of those 😳

[@Kore-w8y]

I cannot imagine what Ill be doing when the element requirement is geo I definitely will not be able to complete the theater then🤣

[@iriskohr6900]

Y'know what? I'm glad there's a game mode that encourages horizontal investment! It'll be nice to try out new characters I don't usually play with!