that time zhongli sparked a global outrage

[@dowa_dowa]

this is what dehya mains dream of every night

[@akashoT]

according to the formula archon=gg, dehya to my knowledge is not an archon so goodbye buffs!!!!

[@Maxymus]

is Dehya that bad? I came back after like 1+ year (so idk as much and a lot of new stuff has been added), but she seems super fun, was thinking of getting her when she comes on a banner or something

[@zitoucan]

@@Maxymusi can’t tell you if she’s good or bad BUT she is a standard banner character and is most likely never coming back on limited banners!!

[@Maxymus]

@@zitoucan ahh I see, bc I remember seeing a screenshot of her being on an event banner. Maybe I’ll get her randomly from the standard one day , who knows

[@zitoucan]

@@Maxymus i hope you do, good luck! she got an event banner at first because she was a new character, but then they put her on standard (like tighnari)

[@ellieramune]

As someone who started playing genshin during 1.5, this video feels exactly like learning about old family drama you weren’t told about until way later. It’s top tier silly goofy genshin drama, just under the 1st anniversary rewards movement.

[@DecipherXXV]

Lmao same, I actually never knew Zhongli got buffed. Then learning the story of how he got buffed was a rollercoaster ride 😂

[@superherofan9425]

I started playing in 3.2. This is like hearing that great great great Grandpa had a feud with his sister 200 years ago and no one ever told you lol

[@Josh72769]

Indeed. I'm a 2.6 guy and it's the same.

[@weirdcatkid]

I started playing in the 3.7, you can imagine my surprise watching this video for the first time, 20 seconds ago, i am FLABBERGASTED.

[@garlicxi]

​@@weirdcatkidhows 2024?

[@lloydalvarez2819]

I was there when it was written. The 5 stages of grief I had when I realized I paid money for Zhongli was such a trip that I would never forget. And the euphoria about the buffs? Truly a wild ride.

[@illacent]

the feeling of nostalgia just reminds me ive spent over 2 years of my life playing this game Buh

[@akashoT]

its gonna be 3 soon UH WARE

[@helper_bot]

Buh

[@Josh72769]

@@akashoT not that astolfo plushie

[@Silkfrost]

Akashott was a kind and generous soul who touched many lives with his warmth and wisdom. He was always there to lend a helping hand, a listening ear, or a comforting hug. He had a passion for learning and exploring new things, and he inspired others to do the same. He will be dearly missed by his family, friends, and everyone who knew him. May he rest in peace and may his memory live on in our hearts. 🕊️❤

[@trizixy]

shutup silk!!!

[@Silkfrost]

fly high aka 🫘💪👨

[@KeyYUV]

Zhongli is the character you use when you're burnt out and want to get your resin/dailies done with as little effort as possible.

[@mmmkay2457]

Ganyu does that job faster from a distance with non neglible damage

[@seeexy]

omg that feels so true!!, (i dont have & dont want him j bcuz)

[@justapassingthrubystander8735]

​@@mmmkay2457thats a cap because she can easily miss, especially on mobile. I prefer putting up a shield and get my handshake dirty up close because its faster than aiming.

[@gwenws4464]

And now people are calling him “op” “broken” “a must have” “never leaves your team” how times have changed

[@Puppetmaster2005]

That's only amongst the casual players though. The theorycrafting community consensus is that he's still incredibly mediocre. Basically theyre saying, if youre struggling to beat the timers in the abyss, Zhong li will NOT help you. Putting him in a team reduces your overall DPS (yes even if it allows you to hit more). If youre a whale and you dont mind doing less DPS, ZL just makes the game more comfortable to play. Hes not broken. Hes just training wheels.

[@cugnuggler]

@@Puppetmaster2005 hes not training wheels. hes my path to making this game a clicking simulator beyond just quests

[@Lecultedumicro-ondes]

Theorycrafters are fucking robots so it's not really surprising

[@liliya_aseeva]

Sometimes I think to myself "yeah, probably I minmaxed my chars enough to get on their own. Bye bye John Lee, let other characters play too". Aaaaand they instantly get owned by... not even enemies, but even natural debuffs (fireplaces and so on) accumulating over time. So yeah, once you get Zhongli you cannot play without him :D

[@oliviaaargh]

​@@Puppetmaster2005Exactly. Zhongli is probably the worst pull in the game for people who can't clear with 3 characters in the team lmfao

[@bedazzlingkitten123]

As someone just getting into the game and learning the community lore, I was crying laughing bc of this video 😂 the editing, the timing, the humor: s tier, thank you for this

[@avaraz6941]

It was really funny seeing it live too trust me, I wasn't part of it because I didn't care about the zhong, so it was even funnier

[@imdani4997]

It was back when genshin is still fresh. I doubt they will give any other character this special treatment now as the game has formed a dedicated fanbase and is making tons of money (looking at dehya)

[@thienphucn1]

It just so happens that he's an Archon. They are expected to be OP. If Furina turns out to be horrible gameplay-wise, the uproar will be as big if not bigger than Zhongli

[@NightmarAkashi]

@@thienphucn1 Well not just an Archon The litteral Chinese archon. The biggest community and their archon was bad Not a good idea ah ah

[@teamloki8605]

This brings back so much memories since it was the patch when I started. Literally few days before the 1.2 livestream and missed the codes too. I got Razor c4 off Zhongli's banner and he carried me so much but now he is benched.

[@oliviaaargh]

You can still play him with Dendro, he's pretty good

[@moashiyodi4424]

I'm proud to say I pulled for Zhongli for his shield regardless during his first banner Him getting slandered on like Kokomi was some fun times

[@huansong]

meanwhile i was just happy getting him in 1.1 bc he's an archon that's from my ethnicity and me winning the 50/50 on him in 30 pulls after getting venti.

[@Nagataeatscorn]

As someone who pulled for Zhongli on the first day of his banner in 1.1, I can tell you how many people kept telling me I should’ve gone for Tartaglia instead. Zhongligate was REAL.

[@justxigoldenix9909]

I was one of the few that pulled on his initial release because he was swagger incarnate. I didn't care if he's bad, cuz' he's swag. Now he's good and swag, and that's a major league W in my book.

[@VictorIV0310]

Based take. Fuck the meta, pull for who you wanna pull and their weapon too if you want it as awell.

[@MoodyBluesRequiem80]

Based

[@MoodyBluesRequiem80]

​@@VictorIV0310that's my motto 🤘🖤

[@esperxx]

WAKE UP BABE AKASHOT JUST POSTED!!!

[@akishiro1]

I'm awake now

[@trizixy]

glad you're okay bro

[@akashoT]

yup im feeling fantastic hope you're the same!

[@cosmicpng2192]

missed you aka!! glad youre doing alright, excited for your fontaine arc

[@akashoT]

wait till you see my celestia arc

[@Tectone]

my trilogy at the end were bait videos, zhongli was always broken u silly little goober :3

[@zayht]

💀

[@abheekdas9103]

💀

[@paigebond4010]

💀

[@Manutron05__]

💀

[@Ericrexe]

💀

[@RenakoAmaori]

That was a crazy time where we all get united for the buff and all that report paid off

[@Dudeswagmaster]

Ok but the AI Zhongli singing in the beginning made me start laughing so hard I started crying.

[@floofthedoof]

I was a clueless day 1 player who wasn't in the community at the time. I got him at the last minute of his banner and was so happy. I wish I could go back to those blissful times.

[@ooya2264]

Sending this to the family group chat so they know the goat is back

[@grove4mylife]

I was one of the people who fought for his buff. I was glad that I was able to partake the fight against scummy practice from Mihoyo. If he remained the same as he was before, imagine how he would be the most neglected support in the current roster we have right now.

[@itspaikon]

zhongli didnt need a buff, you guys just didn't know how to play this game, get better. my favorite streamer tectone agrees with me

[@HoloGreyrat]

real and true

[@timkalier]

Dehya too, she is just good enough sitting in my teapot.

[@frostyvoid827]

Yeah, people back then just didn’t know what a support was. Back then, dedicated supports were either Barbara or f tier garbage

[@luminous3558]

@@frostyvoid827 Bro he was worse as a support than as a DPS back then. Geo shields didn't get any bonus DMG reduction against non geo attacks, his shield was legit paper and you lost DPS just casting it. Barbara could at least use Thrilling tales to give you some atk buff. He generated 0 energy at C0 because you could never get to his pillar without wasting even more time to do both E and hold E in one rotation. There wasn't any interrupt resist on the hold E so you just got yeeted out of the animation if you ever had your shield broken and had to recast in combat. Release Zhongli is maybe worse then Dehya.

[@frostyvoid827]

@@luminous3558 oh

[@venny3892]

I got Zhongli on his release and I gotta be honest, I can't remember a time when holding his skill didn't put up a pillar as well. I was a new player so I barely knew what I was doing back then anyway lol

[@primordial_kage]

"DPS, SUPPORT, TANK, MAGE, ASSASSIN" *QUAKE* 🤣

[@Camille-cr7ni]

The crazy thing is I *was* playing genshin at the time and only vaguely knew this was going on 😂

[@catpoke9557]

I like how when buffing him one of their ideas was "oh yeah this guy needs a pillar"

[@SoulDuckling126]

This shit was glorious, the first year of Genshin and Inazuma shenanigans were peak.

[@KrystalKlearrr]

The way that Zhongli was my very first 5-Star character that I got back in 2020 on his first banner too...I didn't even care that he was weak before his buff, I just loved having a 5-Star character LMAO. Though, I did appreciate the buff. My man Zhongli is my best sheilder I love him

[@ibrahim5463]

was watching tectone 30 second in to his reaction i realized this was was an akashoT video left and came here to watch it first,a GOAT of genshin youtube has returned

[@leonhart4335]

I’m watching this at 2 am and LAUGHING MY ASS OFF. This the funniest video I’ve seen in a while lol

[@jonaichi_09]

This was such an explosion of hate at the time looool

[@medley_lark]

Zhongli got to walk so Dehya could be fucking kicked into a bin -_-

[@zachredd845]

Geo is strong, Zhongli Supremacy... ...Then Dendro came 👁️🦷🦷🦷🦷👁️

[@Natulien]

God I saved up since I downloaded the game (like, 2 weeks after the game released) for Zhongli and when I tell you I screamed my lungs out when I got him 😭 seeings all that went down was insane for me as a ZL stan I was desperate in wanting to defend him but even I could say, he was very lack lustre before the buff

[@itslmithras7417]

oh man I go back to this video and the soft "ha" in the intro still crack me up 😂

[@lumamaow]

this whole incident was hilarious and u covered it perfectly 😭😭 thank u for this

[@vgleechan6153]

Honestly, your genshin videos are the only ones that make me genuinely laugh, cant wait for the next video 💪

[@cloudmangalm03]

1:49 Hey, more respect for the TRUE pyro archon.

[@guidomista5738]

Man I remember those times when I got John Lee, got him bc he looked cool (and didn't even know his kit) and thought mine was bugged bc his aoe circle was a square

[@JustCheppo]

Ngl it was at that time frame where I feel like I was a mastermind for saying the only way for him to be good is for him to be reworked and for Geo to be good. The smugness I've shown to my buddies after it all came true.

[@nawu2024]

Damn.. as a day 1 player.. this is nostalgic... that time i was still happy to run around with Geo Trav - Zhongli team playing crystalize...

[@reezwave]

The GOAT of genshin youtuber is back!😤🔥

[@ahhh1336]

sound effects always = funny like its unbeatable.

[@agenericguy1014]

I don't think I've seen a video talking about JohnLee's days during his debut this hilarious Not only was it hilarious,but you also made it informative as well while also balancing it with the silly memes. I appreciate that

[@tasukovalskia6049]

Welcome back aka, back at it with the best memes and video. And it’s fine to take a break, everyone have one of those days but we’re always be waiting for you ❤

[@midnightdj4198]

HE'S BACK! LET'S FUCKING GOOOO

[@ryanj2178]

Get ready for the sequel: CNY bugaloo 2024

[@sophiaraine132]

I still remember the feeling when I rolled for Zhongli's banner just mins after it came out. As an F2P player before, I spent all my hard-earned primos to get him (because he's so sexy to me) just for him to do potato damage. Genshin twt at that time was going feral HAHA.

[@e2mass]

HE'S ALIVE

[@emery120]

5:33 I've never had a laugh like I had watching this in a WHILE

[@cheerseveryone7542]

Man. 😂😂😂 We gotta admit. Genshin brought some f*cked up events and memories. And not only they were limited but the wars were also limited. Missing them feels like missing a huge deal. These videos just bring back those memories. I remember when I didnt know they were limited and missed a bunch of them

[@domiko1504]

after 10 million years, he still got it also, welcome back!! hope u doing well aka

[@akashoT]

wish you well too domi 👽

[@geboaebo]

I was in a room once, they made me crazy, it was rubber

[@mmdsiker8632]

People forgot that 1.5 was zhonglis winning banner cause people didnt know how good he was Btw lots of old players dropped the game and now new players from 3 or 2 are in game

[@bagasn.f4882]

Fr..once i back for a while and see my friend list from 1.0. Everyone has "not login for 31 days" lmao

[@Uranium-jj7le]

4.2 here...

[@KaostanzaLoL]

The editing is amazingly hilarious, good job on this! Couldn't stop laughing, good nostalgia trip

[@akashoT]

I used to watch your talon HAHA wtf. It’s weird seeing a league crossover but I appreciate it!

[@cocomrade]

damnit Aka knew I'm gonna song request this video so he made it just a lil over 10 minutes

[@show9161]

So zhongli is the reason why devs never mess with archons nowadays 😅

[@Praneeth_-]

Wow man remembers his KZbin password

[@emilie6468]

thank you for reminiscing on early genshin drama 😞 (i havent logged on in months this is the only thing i have knowledge on)

[@Louise122Francoise]

This video is sooooo good!! It brings me back so much memories from that time

[@Halfdeadperson]

that fucking intro got me drooling from laughgter

[@eefun9693]

peak is back

[@人形パイモン]

Every time I see NGA, I know, I’ll see adult babies.

[@KalicoHeart]

It's the equivalent of that post begging people to "please stop praying for my grandpa, he's too powerful and he escaped the hospital"

[@JAMllostthegame]

I still remember the one post that ended with something like "support us for Zhongli buffs. Because we'll support you when your favorite 5☆ gets shafted."

[@IceChillxen]

I don't even play this game, but your sense of humor is peak.

[@aldrinmilespartosa1578]

Almost choke to death with drinking water 2hen you mentioned the yes or no poll 💀

[@davenorth9471]

It was such fun times to pull innocently zhongli in 1.1 because he was hot, then seeing the community war and finally witnessing the 1.3 buff era all in the first 6 months of the game. They said I was a fool in coop games for my c1 zhongli, but in the end, only I, had the shield to keep xiao alive. Another history fact about pre-buff zhongli is that his auto attack multipliers were lower than Xianglin’s one lmao

[@juankortiz6859]

Me meanwhile just wandering in Dragonspine dying one after another trip for not understanding the cold mechanics.

[@meerierorero]

Looking back... I still don't have Zhongli...

[@craig6915]

bro I stopped playing genshin a while back but I'm happy im still subscribed cuz your editing is so good also construction workers are just built diff

[@skpp24]

I played Genshin around the Sumeru update and even at the time I didn't play, I have heard the uproar of the Genshin community as a whole for the release and the overall Zhongli saga. Lol it was wild

[@An1metrev1n]

I was there for all this. Pulled him for that sweet sweet meteor. I drop a tear everytime i ult with him

[@kingalex105x7]

every frame of your videos is funny, you're like calmer max0r. Keep up the great content👍

[@Rat_Activities]

Good thing i nevr paid attention to the forums, i just logged on one day, did the zhongli test run then heard he got a buff.

[@redd8844]

I remember when i build Zhongli as physical dps when he was first out😂

[@ChosenOne2524]

The zhongli outrage was 1 of the only 3 times the community has ever been rightfully angry about something but it was also the funniest shit ever

[@stevemc01]

Yeah community backlash can be entertaining to watch until the death threats begin getting thrown around.

[@ChosenOne2524]

@@stevemc01 agreed

[@screaming-kiwi7622]

Ahahaha i remember this as a 1.1 player, i was still so devoted to zhongli that i didn't mind how ass he was back then. nowadays hes on almost all of my teams If only this could happen to dehya

[@cool_waffle8492]

This balls slander is unacceptable. Sleep with your eyes open.

[@lexy2153]

hooked from your 1.0 video, i started playing in july 2021. idk but i felt nostalgic and sad after the video. keep up the work man❤

[@M_K499]

Some things never fucking change

[@thesimplestickman]

Man I haven't laughted to a youtube video in a while, especially a *Genshin* one. Great content mate.

[@Jason-zg4sd]

Videos like this are making me reconsider saving all my promos for Neuvillette and spending them on Zhongli’s upcoming banner 😭 (I’ll likely just wait until next year for Zhongli’s rerun but STILL my resolve is CRUMBLING)

[@kingmalcolm8609]

This is like hearing what my ancestors did before I was borne KEKW

[@UndeadAlv]

Man, genshin players get so heated over everything LMAO To be fair, without those buffs nobody would play geo by now, so it kind of worked out in the end

[@screaming-kiwi7622]

Ig thats what CN players do for you 💀

[@Zhongli01]

Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember... But where are those who share the memory?

[@quirkless777]

Akashawty back with a banger vid

[@zeroanime4491]

My man almost at 100k. Keep it up 🎇🎇

[@Zillexiaor]

I've replayed 4:30 several times and still laugh at it thank you

[@jayoflegend5602]

Here from Tectone. Love your sense of humor and editing. Earned a sub! :)

[@akashoT]

im glad you liked the vid, you should check out the kfc one!

[@alcyone5776]

Im gonna be honest, I'm getting Zhongli for the sole reason that I love his character so much that his damage or skill mean absolutely nothing to me

[@reaperinplays2173]

As new genshin player. Man the old genshin players feels like soldiers coming back from vietnam. After stuck in jungles for years. Now me as a young generation gotta have to enjoy the easy-build-multi-broken zongli. But back then, people have to fight their own autism to find out what is exactly that the man do. I salute you, old genshin players.

[@shadowmaker7140]

I pulled for zhongli when he first got released i never been more thankful

[@maramba32]

zhongli just shreds now ontop with the geo buff

[@Lichzim]

He lives. This video is gonna be great I can tell Edit: Yeah this was fucking hilarious.

[@blacksongoku312]

AI Zhongli singing majestically is more than enough reason to pull 😂😂

[@DisappointedButNotSurprised]

That song is pure gold.

[@CitraCerita]

this was your funniest video for me lmao

[@koredt]

You're funny as hell 😂