There Will Never Be Another Character Like Hu Tao | Genshin Impact

[@VarsII]

Oh yeah I forgot to include her getting buffed from Hydro resonance becoming 25% max Hp instead of 20% healing lol

[@RandomPerson-cf3gt]

Pin it

[@scaramouching]

25% hp*

[@Enric.]

yes, it's very important. As soon as that was announced I considered her team the very best in the game.

[@FlameSparkZ]

Speaking of HP... I wonder how certain weapons/characters would perform if they were HP based. Like, Vortex Vanquisher having HP% substat, or Charlotte scaling on HP 🤔 Also, weapons that have ATK% substat and then have a passive ability that gives even more ATK%...instead of DMG%

[@bloodrhain9756]

Yup 😁

[@whisper3856]

I hope they keep buffing Hu Tao indirectly because there’s something absurdly funny about her staying relevant indefinitely.

[@arnowisp6244]

She was a Mistake from Hyo. 😂

[@SHAW_777]

@whisper3856 totally true and when natlan comes she will be buffed again which is hilarious. 😂

[@lewsee5562]

@@arnowisp6244 Nah, the true mistake from Hoyo is actually Xiangling OPPA

[@theworstthing4613]

Picture this it's 8.4 and finally you fight the heavenly principle and there she is xaing..... I mean Hu tao ready to face heavens door

[@mormegil84]

Same for Fischl.

[@THE_Dr_Nguyen]

It’s ironic how she runs a funeral parlor.

[@AzureDrag0n1]

She creates her own customers.

[@pierreshi6102]

it's cuz she's had to put a bunch of other on field dps units to rest XD

[@magiveem]

i mean her c6 doesnt let her die

[@Ashera5469]

She never really dies yet can go to the spirit realm

[@AndreiLabesores]

"Hu tao refuse to die" "Zhongli refuse to age"

[@rebirthpath6963]

It's so his taste buds don't change too much, otherwise the wine wouldn't taste the same

[@bqnkios3035]

Canon​@@rebirthpath6963

[@danielferrieri7434]

Everyone asks Hu Tao, but no one asks How Tao.

[@cryingdevil3964]

How dare you.

[@perpetuallyconfused09]

No one asks Why Tao

[@killus_]

No one asks Where Tao

[@saimfaisal6795]

When will Tao?

[@frostyyy6823]

If Tao?

[@ignacioperez5479]

She refuses to die, but also runs away from My healers

[@yoloshikuonegaishimasu6829]

It's because she's an independent woman: she can heal herself😂

[@Jinzo05]

Her best team right now has a healer and a must.

[@Zythroxes]

​@@Jinzo05a must nah but best team yes, there's also triple hydro with mona on proto amber or double hydro xq yelan with an anemo or shielder

[@Jinzo05]

@@Zythroxes A must to build the best team, ok. Also Xianyun solves Hu Tao's previous weakness which is AOE damage. The ability to be flexible in any situation is a must in my opinion.

[@jeerayut0580]

Yeah EXACTLY

[@kaiky_3821]

1.0 - She was a vape caracter who scales off Atk 2.0 - She barely needs ER 3.0 - She loves having EM 4.0 - She loves HP manipulation What is Natlan gonna have that benefits this character somehow?

[@justadragonnamemarcus1751]

Pyro buffs I guess

[@Saturncastle]

And in Snezhnaya we will have fast off field cryo applier/support which will make her damage even more higher since the Pyro to Cryo is 2x multiplicative reaction. This is big Cope btw.

[@unicorn_tamer]

@@Saturncastle I'm coping and hoping you you my friend

[@FlashKillerX]

She is pyro, so presumably a really good pyro support? The problem is we are verging on stronger pyro characters and it’s not out of the realm of possibility for the pyro archon to be the first true main DPS archon on the level of someone like Neuvillette in terms of gameplay strength and if that happens, whatever is good for Hu Tao will be better for them. She’ll always be strong, but she may finally be overshadowed. Which is fine, Yoimiya has been overshadowed since the moment she released and people still love and play her today. Hu Tao will be the same

[@Gb-be9bn]

Also 3.0 changed hydro resonance from increasing incoming healing to increasing HP

[@astrastar21]

“unless you’re a little b- and use zhongli for lyney” was so out of left field- i feel so called out LMAO

[@surfinraichu461]

Btw I notice this wasn't mention in the video. But during Ver 3.0, the Hydro Resonance got rework from giving party members Healing Bonus to instead + 20% Max HP. Allow Hu Tao to focus more of EM

[@raheem-t8u]

I don't know hu Tao is, ask someone else man

[@nagisamomoe125]

@@raheem-t8u who tao

[@chevrette_lasalle]

It was 3.0? I thought it was quite earlier...

[@PrinceJoshuaReyesTV]

​@@chevrette_lasalle yep, they reworked the resonances as they add Dendro resonance

[@Idknlandwh123]

how I never saw that?!

[@Spawnamvs]

This just in, Pyro Archon and Hu Tao have the best synergy in Genshin history and Hu Tao also gets dedicated artifact set catioulting her to the very best in game

[@sigurdredgrave2686]

Please Celestia let this happen because it would be so fucking funny

[@darylewalker6862]

Hu Tao can use an artifact set from the same domain as the archon’s set. Maiden’s from 1.0, Shime from 2.0, Guilded from 3.0, Marechusse from 4.0, and probably Murata’s set in 5.0. (Probably can do wicked Melts from the Tsarista’s set.)

[@momomomom675]

​@@darylewalker6862 I'm sorry, but Maiden's Beloved Hu Tao? 💀

[@carriebrute3627]

Counter point to her dying : she’s cute af with her twin tails and her little hat she’s so adorable I love her 🙏

[@arnowisp6244]

Exactly. I love Girls with hats. Especially Short cute girls with hats.

[@mikazakhaev5011]

​@@arnowisp6244 and with that comment your next 50/50 is now blessed with a short girl with a hat.

[@arnowisp6244]

@@mikazakhaev5011 Furina Yay!

[@rhoem1353]

Furina !

[@thatmotivatedchris6749]

Take mine I hate her play-style

[@blippy117]

i was obsessed w her from the beta leaks back in december 2020, and she was the first limited 5 star i ever pulled on her first banner in 1.3. i still use her to this day, her scaling is just too good and she benefits so much from current supports with her hp mechanics

[@smileyfrogss]

YUSUKE KITAGAWA PFP W

[@Nasif_tg]

Same here man, at the start of genshin I stopped playing for 3 months and seeing Hu Tao made me come back. And then I finally got her on her 1st rerun. After that I still continue to play her daily to this day and for the foreseeable future

[@ATMEIDAREYAIDOUBLEDAREYA]

Same

[@SHAW_777]

Same but i have been farming in crimson witch for two years, that domain really sucks. And she's super fun and really strong even with average artifacts

[@ATMEIDAREYAIDOUBLEDAREYA]

@@SHAW_777 Hasn’t Crimson witch been overthrown as her BiS artifact set with Shimenawa and Maracheussee releasing?

[@cqwiii]

But when she does die, shes going to be glad she was prepared and made arrangements with Wengsheng Funeral Parlor ahead of time. Rumor has it she even got a great deal because she filed early and used a coupon.

[@Tuffyimpact]

you souund like youre sponsored by wangsheng

[@Lennis01]

I wonder about her mortality.

[@firementia]

No matter what new characters Genshin Impact introduces, Hu Tao will always be my favorite!

[@FurinaPininfarina]

I remember seeing rumors about her being a four-star character and some fan art of Hu Tao back in late December 2020. It's unfathomable how fast time flies.

[@glitchexcity]

Why do I feel that Hutao in the future will transition from Double Hydro teams to Meltao. Just to stay on top

[@moodiiperson7474]

I mean, you can do Meltao and keep Double Hydro.

[@peekafch]

Snezhnaya will probably make that true

[@alexsjarif]

I may sound like a simp but hu tao was actually the reason i started playing this game when i saw an ad of her i was like hey she looks like that one girl for konosuba and ever since then i started playing 😂

[@GreyLikesPeace]

they share the same japanse va so yea

[@alexsjarif]

@@GreyLikesPeace yeah i found out later on

[@meekhayl]

MEGUMIIIIN

[@noisymayy]

OMGGG REALLL, I STARTED PLAYING BECAUSE OF HER AND SUCROSE! idc if she falls down in the meta, im too attached to her lmao. mark my words i will be playing her until the end

[@GreyLikesPeace]

@@noisymayy she is still meta even after all these years top 5 in the game

[@colorlessguard]

another important change that contributed to Hu Tao maintaining her status that wasn’t straightforwardly mentioned was the change to hydro resonance in 3.0 that increased your characters’ HP! that’s what really solidified the double hydro core as Hu Tao’s strongest team option bc not only was she able to vape more consistently and benefit from Yelan’s ramping dmg buffs but she also could utilize the HP buff to further boost her damage!

[@shrine_maiden]

I love Hu Tao so much, she's my comfort character, and I use her in the abyss all the time. It's so amazing how my Hu Tao, who I got in 1.3, still equip the same 4p CW artifacts I gave her in 1.3 and then easily clears floor 12 in under a minute. New characters and artifact sets were released, but my Hu Tao's artifacts never changed and her team is still with XQ, Kazuha, and Zhongli, but these outdated teams/artis never hindered Hu Tao. She's still super strong 🥳

[@Yaniyoww]

And her life got extended again early in Natlan with Xilonen

[@kittrialeviana3574]

As a launch player, I can add in some extra perspective as a Hu Tao lover who has pulled every possible upgrade to her (except Xianyun but she’s on the way). There were several other micro-buffs to her teams along the way. She was always one of the strongest, but her growth through indirect buffs is astounding. In 1.3 when she released, her best teams were Geo Core (Xq, albedo, Zhongli) or Xingqiu+Sucrose+Diona (all c6). 1.3 also immediately introduced the first “buff” to her kit with new Geo resonance and Zhongli’s buff. I know she wasn’t released yet when this happened, but it’s still worth noting that her best teams would’ve looked different if not for these changes. In 1.6, she got new team options with a vv shred kazuha with yanfei c4, which was the first time she reasonably could have vv shred in her kit. In 2.0, Hu Tao speedruns were buffed by the release of Ayaka’s extremely fast cryo application and res shred at c4. In 2.2, Thoma released, who was a huge new prospect for her budget teams. Geo Core still ruled, but with some tricky specific button mashing, you could get double swirl vv shred and instructors proc with Sucrose n3, instructor Thoma, and Xingqiu. Thoma’s c6 gave extra damage to Hu Tao and survivability to budget teams looking to push her limits without Albedo. At this point, in 2.3, the release of Cinnabar Spindle and Husk of Opulent Dreams (cheers to the wanderer lore in this artifact set) were a massive buff to Hu Tao’s best team, almost doubling Albedo’s damage. In 2.4, it looked like opponents may catch up with the release of Yun Jin buffing Yoimiya, who was Hu Tao’s most direct competition, and Shenhe, who buffed Ayaka and Ganyu, who also were neck-and-neck with Hu Tao at the time (how times change!). This was one of her weakest points in history, with rift wolves running wild and hitting her through her shield in the abyss. But in 2.7, we received the gift of Yelan, who finally switched up Hu Tao’s best team after years of Geo Core reigning supreme and topping abyss usages. The weird rift wolf anti-shield healing meta was coming to a close, and Hu Tao rose further than ever before, once again topping abyss charts. In 3.0, Hydro resonance was changed to benefit her double hydro team even more with an HP increase rather than healing bonus. Another win! In 3.1, Staff of Scarlet Sands was released, finally giving Hu Tao an option of a viable Homa replacement. It is still considered an “alternate pick” for her, but it is yet another buff to our funeral queen. Throughout version 3 and all of Sumeru, Hu Tao’s double hydro team with Yelan, Xingqiu, and Zhongli managed to hold top placements in the abyss even despite the dendro meta. It was clear in 3.4 when the famous Hu Tao and Yelan double banner dropped that Hu Tao was far from retired as it soared to become what is still the top-selling banner of all time by almost TEN MILLION USD. At the arrival of Fontaine, we received another buff in 4.0 with the addition of Marechausse Hunter becoming a new option for her. However, in 4.2 with the highly-anticipated release of Furina, we could barely have predicted how incredibly Furina would buff Hu Tao. Yes, she slotted in nicely to Hu Tao teams as mentioned by the video, but not mentioned was the now fully-fledged potential of Marechausse Hunter at Hu Tao’s fingertips. Staff of Scarlet Sands also became fully viable with the release of Furina, and VV shred was added to a permanent team of Hu Tao’s with Jean’s addition to this roster. In 4.4, as stated in the video, Xianyun finalizes Hu Tao’s endless winning streak with the addition of a new plunging playstyle, which allows players to budget away from c1 and go for Homa/SoSS and Xianyun instead. And of course, in 4.6, we got the biggest buff to her kit in history: A friend to share the top of the charts with who will bring infinite business to her funeral parlor!! Hu Tao may be considered “dethroned” to many as the top pyro dps, but she is still fully playable alongside Arlecchino with no overlap of their best teams. (Arlecchino Bennett Kazuha Zhongli/Xiangling and Hu Tao Xingqiu Furina Jean/Xianyun) I consider this to be an absolute win for the pyro community as a whole as we get to cherish more pyros carrying us through abyss. The more red numbers, the better! Cheers to the Pyro Impact community and long may the two queens reign!! Post-mortem: lol this got long but hi, I’m a pyro impact enjoyer. I have pulled every pyro in the game since 1.0 (even pulled on Dehya’s banner) and I’ve been on a journey to perfect my Hu Tao ever since 1.0 when I fell in love with her unreleased design back when her lower bangs weren’t straight-cut. I always loved Hu Tao’s HP draining mechanics and her beefy health pool even when the 1.3 crowd cried that she was “squishy.” Plus, I love Xingqiu too so I always throw him in teams with her over Yelan just for my personal happiness. I remember the first time I hit 100k with her charged attack in 2.2 with the help of Thoma’s c6 and some crazy swirl shenanigans with Sucrose. It was also the first time I fully cleared Abyss, and I couldn’t have been happier. I’ve stocked up on every pyro character, a bunch of miscellaneous dps of other elements, an Arlecchino, and even a c6 wanderer, but Hu Tao is always in abyss with me. No matter the content, she always fits somewhere, and I’m excited to see how she can shine in Imaginarium Theater coming up! And remember: Spread love!

[@mihacimpric745]

Arlecchino is a Hu Tao buff, because now you can have a Pyro polearm DPS for each side of the Abyss, doubling the damage.

[@hellofornow2109]

I was able to hit my first 100k charged attack when I got Yelan last patch

[@gribberoni]

​@@mihacimpric745That's what I'm fuckin talking about!!

[@GonthorianDX]

Hu Tao is still my Furina team staple, they work together so harmoniously

[@xycamore2721]

We love you Hu Tao we all say in unison

[@Lennis01]

My waifu.

[@logan12satcom83]

My wife.

[@TV-MA.x_x.]

My.

[@mr.cheese7339]

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[@CelestialQueenLollipop]

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[@ChibiKeruchan]

everyone is waiting for the pyro archon and what kind of unit it is. one thing for sure, since it is an archon, it will have a 100% skill up time and has also 100% elemental application.

[@seriousnorbo3838]

Hu Tao's gameplay is the definition of "I am not in danger, I am the danger"

[@kacperwoch4368]

1:39 "Unless you regard Xiangling as a one"💀 I can't take it anymore...

[@yurimezurashi]

I'm sick of Xiangling

[@AkumaItachi]

@@yurimezurashi Then don’t use her, simple I never did and it’s fine

[@yurimezurashi]

@@AkumaItachi oh no that was a reference to that one Xiangling copypasta I don't really use her but I got no beef

[@AkumaItachi]

​@@yurimezurashiAh ok, i probably came out as aggresive there lol, sorry I am just so tired of people constantly crying how they don't want to use some characters but keep using them anyway...and keep crying about it lol Especially with XL

[@yurimezurashi]

@@AkumaItachi no I get it No offense taken

[@drantino]

i still always want to correct the fact that diluc doesnt have the highest plunge attack in the game, that actually belongs to C3 freminet, but its freminet, its such a meme.

[@volodyan7780]

i mean from calcs and stuff, c6 fremi with xianyun(on the phys build and not c6 bennet vape meme stuff) outdps any non hyperbloom c0 eula team which is hilarious

[@robinj4286]

the thing is unlike a lot of characters Hu Tao like every stat in the game except def, may be er as well. So anything that benefits atk scalers, hp scaler and em scalars benefits her too.

[@icenmeteor3489]

Also, in spite of not having a dedicated signature artifact set, she's been able to use several sets effectively through the years. The OG CWoF, the sweaty Shime, GD for Scarlet Sands setups and the folks who couldn't roll EM subs and finally MH for Furina teams.

[@dhmhtrhs.]

out of the only 2 teams i still have since 2021, hu tao's been carrying my ass for so long and it amazes me to this very day how she's only one of the ogs to survive even after the release of dendro and throughout 1 more entire year for fontaine

[@alexferrier5732]

Funny how everyone thought Arle was going to powercreep the hell outta her, but then Furina and Xianyun came to the rescue, and her plunge team competes with anything Arle can put out. Arle still slightly better tho but it is funny to see Tao plunge being up there with the most obscene teams.

[@kaylafoxx41]

Hu Tao is better. I have both, and they're both equipped with signatures and BiS artifacts with similar stats. Hu Tao clears faster and safer.

[@alexferrier5732]

@@kaylafoxx41 Really? It is the oposite for me, I have bot at C1R1, similar sets and my Arle clears always faster in both Single target and AoE, in single target Arle is slightly faster, and in AoE Arle is a lot faster. I play classic Hu Tao double hydro with XQ, Yelan and zhong, since I don't have furina nor Xianyun to go for plunge. I know her plunge team is her best but I have no interest in pulling Furina nor Xianyun, so in my case Arle is better. Only reason I would play Hu Tao is if both halves of abyss require pyro, or that new upcoming endgame I guess 🤔

[@missspellt2195]

@@kaylafoxx41 a character clearing slightly faster on your account is not conclusive lmao

[@angela.i.2364]

hu tao continuing to be relevant into natlan and maybe even becoming a character that enjoys pyro res with a potential pyro support would be hilarious. never die you silly little freak

[@jonathanrobinson198]

6:50 Didn’t they literally market Dehya as a tank support and everyone decided to ignore that and tried making her dps?

[@FalseF4CZ]

No. That’s like saying since One Punch Man goes around punching people, he must be a tank support right? Nothing in her trailer screamed “tank support” and she’s always been a brawler type character in the story, always fighting Holy shit the amount of brain dead replies.. yeah no shit her kit and the special program revealed she wasn’t a DPS, my point is her role in the story was a ruthless aggressive mercenary turned bodyguard. She absolutely should’ve been a DPS and the developers absolutely screwed the pooch on her kit. She is not viable anywhere besides the overworld and even then she still sucks at exploring along with providing quite literally nothing to the team. Everyone saying she was marketed as a tank has the hindsight after they literally told us she was going to be a tank, leading up to Dehya’s information leak, everyone expected her to be a DPS.

[@saimfaisal6795]

​@@FalseF4CZbut her kit is all about cover tanking. It's just her burst that's completely useless

[@RandomPerson-cf3gt]

And it's not like she's that good at being a semi shielder for the party.

[@Xedric-0]

The problem is that she fails even at that. She only takes 50% of the active unit's damage, so that makes her worse than a shielder, her interrupt resist only lasts 9 seconds of the skill's 12 second duration, so also worse than a shielder, and you have to remain inside her field for the damage mitigation to actually function, so even further worse than a shielder. Her A1 that gives the resist has an 18 second cooldown so if you use sac claymore on her for permanent field uptime, you don't get permanent resist interrupt unlike every shielder ever. There is nothing in her kit whatsoever that makes her better at tanking than a basic C0 Diona with HP artifacts and a sac bow. The only thing you could remotely say is that she gets to shield all characters in her field at once, and that's not even that great because again, Diona does the same at C2! She's supposed to be a 5 star tank. They could've easily given her 100% mitigation for the active character and made the interrupt last the full 12 seconds of the skill without any cooldown, and she would STILL be worse than Diona because you have to remain in the field. I'm not even having to compare her to Zhong or Baizhu because that would just be unfair to compare her to other 5 star shielders. She can't match up Look, truthfully I still use her in some meme teams that I enjoy exploring and bossfighting with, but she'll never make it onto an abyss lineup for me. She's just a failure of a character. She's a 5 star Xinyan and that's sad because her design is absolutely SS+ tier in my opinion. She deserved to be an absolute beast of a tank that is only outdone by the tank archon himself. In my opinion, her skill should've give you a mobile aura that shields the active character and allies in the aura. It should've had 100% mitigation because you still have to deal with Dehya's health if you're not careful. The interrupt should last the full duration. Then lastly I think she should've seen substantial health regeneration (Like 10% per punch) tied into her burst so that there's a reason for her to be on field for more than the time it takes to tap her skill.

[@agiant5715]

Dehya may work in a game with hours long epic guild boss battles like WOW for example, but with genshin having dps and reaction enabling as a core of the gameplay, a tank isnt that useful. Compared to other shilders/interruption resistance havers, the rest got a 2nd part of their kit which is usually essential for their teams. Like zhongli elemental wide res sherd +ability to buff hypercarries with petra set and xingqiu with offield hydro application. I tend to use her for enabling protecting + vapes/melts in my ganyu/nevuillete teams respectively but I feel if they made her dish out the dmg she absorbs back, it would have been a much better synergy with genshin core mechanics

[@ceramicdragon9344]

Brave Forntier that's a throw back 0:10

[@PrinceUniversa]

Oh God I feel old seeing that...

[@darkmario720]

Omg so i wasnt the only one who played that IM NOT CRAZY FINALLY

[@Infinity779mlbb]

Hutao will always be meta, this video makes her journey through 1.0 to 5.0 seem beautiful, with the upcoming pyro archeon being a support im sure she will continue to stay at the top of meta. 👍

[@x14113]

Also, with 3.0 came a change in Hydro Resonance (from healing boost to Max HP boost), cementing the viability of double Hydro teams for Director Hu.

[@alexandrachernysh7]

I absolutely love Hu Tao, her playstyle, personality and design. I have been playing with her comfortably almost since the very beginning, and she is still one on my most favorites. She's absolutely capable to clear the Abyss, and fun in the overworld. I have high hopes for future Cryo characters, off field Cryo supports and applicators, and possibly we will see Melt Hu Tao breaking new ground. Also, proud Arlecchino owner, and I love them both. They go hand in hand, clearing their respective halves of the Abyss, and I could not be happier)

[@nxkx4079]

lol that tier list with qiqi in SS tier its so funny how the game developed

[@Jammy_Jammy]

Burgeon Hu Tao is cracked. Team is Hu Tao Nahida (any dendro is fine but she’s the archon for a reason) Kokomi (any hydro healer is good aka only Kokomi) And Yelan/xinqiu/furina It’s the only reason I was able to do floor 12

[@dolphinbanana3053]

rip sigewinne

[@stop8388]

can’t wait for the pyro archon to give some sort of additional low health bonus that stacks with hu tao’s and rocket her back into the best pyro dps slot

[@D3lt44]

Hu Tao is great, I've come to appreciate her even more now that Arlecchino came out, as someone who refuses to use Bennett most of the time, Hu Tao is miles better in my eyes than Arlecchino because the latter needs Bennett's circle to perform at her peak.

[@Zythroxes]

yeah her versatility as a pyro onfield unit is probably some of the best if not the best

[@AkumaItachi]

Not really, i’ve never used Bennett and Arle still deletes everything with a good team No one "needs" bennett, there’s plenty of different, more interesting options

[@D3lt44]

@@AkumaItachi True, that's why I said "at her peak", but my OCD would go crazy knowing that just slapping the funni circle guy on the team would make it more viable

[@paulyvii]

I don't know what team you're playing but Arlecchino double Hydro (Yelan Xingqiu) with Zhongli works for me. I refuse to use Bennett too

[@Mint-vv3zq]

arle overload is prolly her best team

[@peccatoris4047]

Coming here after natlan release, and Hu Tao continues refusing to die, with Xilonen being another option for healer in the double hydro furina comp.

[@s1ngle287]

I think the core reason of why Hu Tao is unkillable is that her ability is extremely simple, its just tied to normal attacking. Like you have other characters with more detailed mechanics that make them suitable for more specific occasions and less effective in others. Hu Tao kit is like - yeah so you have stick right, push button, number big - good. That's it, like what changes can fail her, as long as there is an enemy and he is not immune to her damage, she's on top. I think it's actually the reason why so many characters that were early introduced in the game and are not even 5 stars rule the meta - they are just so easy conceptually that they mix with anything and always find a use. Well, and also it's just her design,its just a golddigger.

[@Zythroxes]

I mean her cancels offer a lot of diversity in combat so I'm not sure about simplicity, neuvillete is just e q setup then back to neuvi and hold m1, raiden is e setup then q and n1c or mash

[@s1ngle287]

@@Zythroxes yeah, well, i didnt mean she is like the only character like that in the game, raiden and neuvilette are also top tier characters. Its not actually even a big deal, considering you can do anything with any character in genshin, but well then there is even no point in this video. I think that there are just more "problematic" characters, that work in specific teams, like faruzan that you need c6 or something like that

[@srishtisharma3908]

Her best team’s main focus is not even charge attacks

[@hoanhaimai6377]

Maybe Hutao is simple, maybe she's not. Regardless, it's not the reason why she still stands till this day. Childe's gameplay is not simple. It's arguably the hardest-to-learn character in the game, yet he's still very strong, and remember he's one of the first limited characters. Why are these OG characters still strong? No, it's not because they're simple. It's because Mihoyo didn't know how insane elemental application could be. Xiangling, Xingqiu, Hutao, Childe all are broken because they apply elements on every single hit, they'll never die and only get stronger... unless Mihoyo decide to release more broken ones in the same role with them (like Neuvi and Arlec, these dang characters are boring-asses who are strong just because they have very high scaling).

[@SpaghettiPlays]

Wangsheng Funeral Parlor always finds a way.

[@MNShadow_Slayer]

I’m a Hutao main since her first rerun in v2.3, I’ve spent so long investing in her she’s in the top 3% on that ranking site, I doubt anything would sway my dedication at this point

[@JorjoGiovanna]

You brought so much nostalgia with that brave frontier mention

[@xosylix]

as a Hu Tao stan/main it’s crazy how far she’s gotten despite Arlecchino coming out and actually now having someone to compete with. also her being in a plunge team is fun imo can’t wait if Hu Tao is still there in Natlan with all these new characters coming out soon :) update: Xilolen exists now and she works well with Hu Tao 🙏 her life just got extended

[@savvysnail4020]

Seeing my number 1 favorite character still sticking around from her debut is impressive. It reminds me of something that I grew up with, which is the Grave Digger monster truck. The two would have somewhat of a rough start, but with advancements throughout, it got better in the long term and became a household name. Because of how similar these two are, especially the idea and style behind it, I even made a drawing of the paint scheme from the truck and made it with Hu Tao's color scheme, style, and the tombstones having the names of various characters from the game.

[@caramelcwossont]

This is why I love Hu Tao lmfao. From her design, to her gameplay. Her design is so fun, I love it when the characters have incredibly long and wavy twin tails, and her hat is adorable. Her personality is so fun, with her being chaotic and silly despite her whole thing being death. Her gameplay is hilarious purely from the fact she’s hp scaling already allowing her to survive pretty well while also dealing tons of damage, and not to mention her self heal. Her animations are amazing, with a bunch of her animations jsut extruding the vibes of silly with her using a ghost to slap the enemy and also constantly just over thr top attacks. I love her sm and ai promise i’m not a simp

[@alancor7199no]

Imagine there being a big party healer that increases infused attacks

[@pariipriyu2100]

9:06 out of character and very much caught me off guard 💀

[@nathanhembree5853]

It took a literal Harbinger to contest Hu Tao’s place, and even then Hu Tao is still often the first, and arguably best, option for a Pyro DPS.

[@Alhaitham234]

That also rank 4 who is on the cusp of bieng god level powerful

[@agiant5715]

True that, only at extremes of investment is arlecchino beating her and thats mainly just because for some reason most of hu tao's cons are supportive and tbh when comparing characters at c6 lvl its an almost different game entirely (like how klee goes from a meh dps into a oip tier support for melt/vape teams at c6 for example)

[@riddlingnote8847]

Finally an actual human being with rational thinking. Arle is only barely better by like an incredibly small amount. The only time arle really becomes stronger then her is with her cons

[@agiant5715]

@riddlingnote8847 do people actually believe the opposite? Maybe because the ones who are talking about arle most online are those who whaled/saved alot for her cons so they r biased not knowing her gameplay at c0. Atleast for me personally my hu tao c0r0 plunge team with furina c2 does faster abyss clears in AOE than my c1r1 arle hypercarry and only a bit slower in ST. How ppl r saying otherwise idk

[@riddlingnote8847]

@agiant5715 go visit r/arlecchinomains then you'll probably see people like that

[@williamhawkins542]

Since Hu Tao had been around so long, I was so heavily invested in her with C1R1 that I had no reason to pull Arle

[@ibrahim5463]

Look likes running a funarel parlor can comes quite handy in a voiding one yourself

[@victorcarnet7149]

She was my first 5 stars and is the best dps I have. Although I only have nahida and scara both of whom aren't very well built

[@gr33n_00]

that brave frontier clip is so nostalgia..to bad it closed down..i really love playing it..

[@BELL011]

Oh my god that brave frontier unit at the start,the pain and memories..

[@cyrussacay3903]

Didn't realize she was a version 1 character, I started like 2.5 or something. Does hoyo think like "how do we buff hu tao this update?" for every update?

[@kyuuta2159]

After taking a break for 2+ years My teams on the abyss did not change whatsoever Abyss is still kinda doable with Rational team and Hu tao teams

[@aapee565]

I would like to point out that VV vape teams have been her highest dps teams, arguably to this day. Hu Tao - Yelan - Bennett - Kazuha is the DPS ceiling, though maybe Furina topped it. Hu Tao - Xingqiu - Bennett - Kazuha makes you almost invulnerable and you never have to worry about hydro application. Double hydro was all the rage as a new shiny team after Yelan release, but VV vape was still used all this time. I think you should have at least mentioned it. Here is to hoping that I can keep using my favorite coffin salesman for years to come. Maybe we get such overpowered cryo supports in the future that double cryo becomes viable :)

[@imdani4997]

She's so good arle kit is basically 90% based on her but with bod and slightly more advanced. Which is a compliment since hu tao is a 1.x dps

[@sanjeethmahendrakar]

I genuinely don't think the pyro archon is gonna significantly powercreep Arlechinno and Hutao. Knowing Genshin and how they design character kits they'll probably go the furina route and make her viability situational/with a caveat.

[@strombago]

Archons are made as supports or sub DPS characters. I dint think pyro archon would be different

[@abukhaliiil1211]

I really want the pyro archon to be a support, eather a buffer or a sub-dps. pyro has so many dps characters its not even funny, we want a Bennett or Xl replacement.

[@agiant5715]

I would love if the pyro archon was a good offield pyro applier so the meta of reverse melt/vape gets revived again. Especially with the only options for now are kazhua swiveling pyro, dehya slow skill procs, dendro burn with nahdia, pyrornado..etc which all come with their own problems so they are usually only found in whale teams that can afford to kill stuff in one hit (think ayaka c6 melt for example)

[@lafeechloe6998]

It'll be Xbalanque clearly

[@mc9474]

I don't think so either, I'd be very surprised

[@cryoboy]

"HuTao was really the only viable brute force team during version 3" Me, effortlessly 36ing Abyss with Yoi (c0 r5 Rust) since her release till today while my c1r1 Hu Tao collects dust: "Interesting." "Liney, yet another pyro bow user but unlike the other ones he's actually good" Okay now you're taking the piss...

[@thephoenix6673]

You forgot mentioning the change to hydro resonance from healing bonus to bonus HP, which basically buffed her whole double hydro team.

[@ebiweenotaweebie2067]

I love her so much, she has been my main for a long long while, it kinda swaps with neuvilette and arlecchino teams but even I still greatly love her 🖤🖤🖤

[@mormegil84]

My first 5-star when I started playing in 2021. I think her rerun was around Halloween too. Still use her to this day.

[@TalkingSoup]

i think it's going to depend on what new mechanics natlan introduces for pyro. fontaine brought us the sheer raw power of hydro even separate from dendro, and also gave us bond of life. i have this sneaking suspicion that, given natlan is the nation of resurrection, we might get some kind of mechanic that involves low HP or even character death/revival, in which case hu tao might either explode in relevance or completely fall off.

[@kafkafkafk]

Seeing how differently Hu Tao and Ayaka have aged is crazy

[@janthateclair3937]

ganyu too

[@peekafch]

Maybe Ayaka will have a resurgence when we reach Snezhnaya

[@hellplague69]

My reaction to this video is exactly what Hu Tao so much loves to say: "YAAAAAHOOOOOOOOO!!!!" 🔥❤

[@sleepy-fc6rf]

there'll probably be some new supports that enable hu tao to get even stronger neck and neck with cappuccino probably but it's kind of fun to have choices if you prefer one to the other they're both insanely strong though i think hu tao teams are easier to put together

[@Hohthxopq]

this was probably your best video, hu tao is retiring in a few patches... still will use her over world some

[@Sparrow-eq6th]

i feel like hu tao will peak again or at least get another buff again on sneznaiah, the cryo nation. because melt is stronger than vape but vape is more consistent right now than melt bc we dont have off field cryo applicator(ganyu burst is not a good off field applicator either) i will main her till the end of the game or at least reserve her spot not lower than 2nd to my top 3 dps. she carried me thru rags imma invest on her more to get even more stronger.

[@DsgGssgs]

Hutao's biggest fear now well be natlan

[@Dovahkiin3759]

Same for Xiangling and Bennet.

[@dMb1790]

@@Dovahkiin3759I would have said the same for XQ in 3.9, but we didn’t get single hydro 4* with Fontaine, much less a good one, so they might just be safe.

[@frraiden]

Tbh natlan will probably be great for hu tao since there will definitley be pyro buffs

[@immrsimple7695]

I’d say Bennett’s the one in danger

[@mr.cheese7339]

Trust, Hu Tao will get indirectly buffed again bro. There's prolly gonna be a Pyro Buffer in there.

[@ZEKKEN69]

She's the reason i played this game and always be my favorite characters❤ HU TAO MAIN RISEEE UPPP🔥

[@Chestyfriend]

I rolled C1R1 Hu Tao on the first day of her first banner, and I've only used her once in abyss in all that time since then. I always just found Klee more fun to play, compared to all pyro on-fielders really, and since abyss is easy I don't need anyone stronger 😅

[@Yelan-n8d]

Tbh most high damage dealers are generally not fun to play with. I was a Hu Tao main as well during early days of genshin, never felt lack of dps with her. But never had fun with her as well. I do have a top 5% hu tao with 2 pc gilded, 2 pc wanderer but most of the times she is benched.

[@Chestyfriend]

@@Yelan-n8d Now that you mention it there is a trend there, yeah. It's ironic they made the strongest on-field dps in the game (neuv) the absolute most boring one to play.

[@mozzy2968]

Same lol, I got her on her second banner, but ended up sticking to my Diluc instead. Really need to get my hands on cloud retainer for the plungeluc team

[@Tian113]

​@Chestyfriend I personally think neuv is very fun to play, but that could just be me being a very big fan of Dragon Ball, and seeing neuv essentially doing a kamehameha is very fun to me.

[@Chestyfriend]

@@Tian113 sure it looks cool, but you're just holding a button.

[@KEMPTON861]

Nah Im sorry, but not dying is Dehyas specialty, Hu Tao wants nothing but death.

[@occidere8437]

I don't understand, Dehya was dead on arrival.

[@jeremyasinas2773]

​@@occidere8437 she got revived by Neuvi and is slowly getting back on her feet with new units like Emelie

[@Amir_404]

@@jeremyasinas2773 She now has a place were she can work, but she is far from relevant. I hope she actually gets good seeing as I like her and have gotten C2 off the standard banner, but she is still struggling to take the place of 3rd rate 4 stars. In some burgeon teams, she is stronger than Toma.

[@UltraLuey]

I'm glas she is able to stay good for so long. Hu tao has been in my team since the day she released, and has been my favorite character in the game. Her personality, story, looks, everything I enjoy. Even if she wont be super good later on, im glad to have been able to have her on my team for a good 3 Years. (Regardless what the "meta" is, I might still have her in, I just play to have fun, dont care much about Meta stuff nowadays. Especially with all my breaks from Genshin I take)

[@serezelveydawn]

Whatch the cryo archon introduce crit overflow and C6 Hu Tao somehow becomes the strongest whale character ever while applying so much cryo, Hu Tao can Melt instead of Vaporize.

[@kellenmck]

Hu Tao is good and idc what anyone says wayyyy more enjoyable than arlecchino

[@Sammynothere85]

They are both enjoyable but i like hu tao more

[@mihacimpric745]

Nah, she's a pain in the ass to play, even with C1. C0 makes me want to kill myself.

[@idkwhattonamethisshti]

@@mihacimpric745 skill issue tbh

[@mihacimpric745]

@@idkwhattonamethisshti Yeah, maybe it's skill issue. My point stands though, playing Lyney feels like dragging my balls across hot coal.

[@samkerski]

Ease of use? Hu Tao? Do you even play the characters you talk about or do you just let the high production value do the heavy lifting?

[@baizhu]

high production value for sure. vars videos have been terrible as of late. just recently he said lyney's bad because he's "locked to mono pyro" (extremely outdated, his 2 best teams aren't even mono pyro lol)

[@dittoford]

I think hu tao are pretty easy no? Just slap zhong li or other shielder so she doesn’t die easily. But he mentions about hu tao durability being high thats the part that i disagree

[@donutring6007]

Whats difficult about her. Just hp low = good, bastic attack and Q

[@samkerski]

@@donutring6007 it's totally valid to just unga bunga mash 4 victory (and honestly? I'm a masher at heart so that's usually what I do) but straight NA spam (3 N6) yields only 48% of the damage output of her main C0 combo goal (8 N2CJ), which has a mere 73 frames of wiggle room for input imperfection through the combo. If you have C1 and can do dash cancels instead of having to rely on jump canceling her CA's, you still need to jump cancel every third CA because otherwise you run into the dash cooldown, but it means that you can run 10N2CD (jump canceling every third combo) and hit just over 240% of the damage that NA spam gives. And that's why I think that Hu Tao is complicated. Rewarding! But complicated. And that's just assuming double hydro Zhongli and not worrying about double swirl hyper teams because that's even more dank.

[@mr.cheese7339]

@@samkerski You don't need to do allat. That type of playstyle is simply for the ones that are too try hard and care specifically about dealing the most damage. All u really gotta do is spam CA (it's what I do) and it would still decimate. Sure, u could argue that it's not gonna be her peak, but the peak doesn't matter when the "good enough" still decimates.

[@queso_king]

started genshin rather late, (end of 2022) I had friends who got me into it. And just immediately gravitated towards hu tao's quirky nature and ghost familiar. I saw her and was like, I want that character specifically. So glad shes been both viable and widely popular with the devs and playerbase meaning there's always a demand for her appearances. Hu Tao will always be my number 1, but im def drawn to Clorinde, her design, attitude and style.

[@Doctor_Apocalypse]

I bet they'll add a cryo xingqiu but the trigger being charged attacks rather than normals so only she can benefit from it

[@syn010110]

ironically hoyo's unwillingness to powercreep is what keeps bennett, xingqiu and xiangling being forever OP

[@Nokyyyyy]

The fact hoyo makes powercreeping dps and then supports that makes powercrept dps great again is amazing

[@araara972]

Unless they release a pyro charcter with no ICD, Hu Tao will always have her place in top dps. In natlan, if pyro archon is a off field support then Hu Tao and Arlecchino are safe. In Snezhaya, if they release top tier cryo supports, I am seeing double cryo melt Hu Tao team. More buffs she can receive in future might be - 1. Dedicated artifact set 2. Hp buffer support 3. Charged atk buffer support (very less chance)

[@HappyBirds-vr9hz]

Sometimes i just listen to his vids only for his voice ( its almost like asmr to me )

[@MinniMaster]

It's so nostalgic looking back on those original leaks. I was drawn to her design instantly, thinking she was gonna be some vampire grim reaper kinda girl (not too far off!) and she's been one of my mains ever since alongside Xiao, even through my multiple breaks from the game. Glad to see my original two still maintain meta relevance in the modern day.

[@Darkkefka]

This girl has cleared so many abyss cycles for me and I have her fully invested. The double Hydro with zhonghli has excellent and perfect synergy.. I don’t care what new pyro unit comes out in the future. I am not betraying my girl.

[@redlox2]

SHe is also one of the my 3 (non standard banner) characters that has a constellation (at c1) while my others are c2 Ayaka and c2 Nahida. that shows how i much i appeciate our eccentric Pyro Funeral director.

[@Johncrowjohens]

Hu tao is the only reason I play genshin impact

[@AloyImpact]

A main that died. My Aloy. Will never give her up as my 1st main.

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

As a still Best Girl Amber main seeing her in C tier on the chart that appeared for 1.3 seconds hurts me. People just can't appreciate her greatness. Even if no one else was there, Amber would always be there for you. She deserves better.

[@shadowgrandmaster]

Even after all these years, she's never left the meta, still SSS tier along with Arle, Neuvy and Alth.

[@ArielJerseyJr]

Hu Tao is still my number one favorite character in the game. Furina is super close though.

[@sans3t_]

i got her on her first banner and her c1 and weapon on her 1st rerun, i've been maining her since day 1 and i am glad she is still doing so well in the meta

[@yourboimelon11]

All of the archons have mainly been off-feild characters(I know shogun can be an on-feild carry, but her kit was designed to have very low feild time while dealing damage) so the pyro archon will likely be an off-feild pyro buffer or sub dps. Both of those options could buff hu tao.

[@usmanya5110]

funerational but on steroids.

[@dain09-e3l]

this video made me respect hutao a lot now!!! she's amazing

[@sniper20xtrem90]

I dont know how they kept buffing her, but i know for sure that i will play her until the game ends and especially that I will love and appreciate her for the rest of my life

[@ZeRefios]

I saw Brave Frontier RPG at the beginning, I was so happy about it

[@vermillionorange]

Oh, she will now be shoved to the chronicled banner cuz she's already old and a new big Hu Tao has appeared What a nice "in the memory of Hu Tao" vid