Why NO ONE Plays: Itto | Genshin Impact

For over 2 years, Arataki Itto was the premiere Geo character, sporting his trademark Mono Geo team as an alternative yet surprisingly viable team to delve into on the off chance players wanted to try something else. Age however has gotten the better of him, and the oni has failed to withstand the test of time. Today we'll be looking into Why NO ONE Plays: Itto.
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[@Ryocniel]

I pray they make Chiori the miracle support that enables using two other elements in Itto teams. I wanna see my boy back in the meta

[@callmerei]

Sooo making Chiori Gorou on steroids??

[@DG_Toti]

@@callmereiexcept viable outside of mono-geo

[@Ryocniel]

@@callmerei Gorou except without mono geo requirements and maybe some amount of extra benefits, like healing or shielding.

[@ibetterbearoundyou]

Her kit got already leaked. And I don't think they have a good synergy.

[@LordBanana0]

It would be good if chiori was simply a geo healer, it would open up furina to help in itto teams

[@thegamingnerd4]

Itto's biggest problem isn't him, it's Gorou. If Itto got a new support that doesn't rely on Mono Geo to work, he would immediately go up a tier, maybe more. He's so close to being great, but that just isn't the case right now. That said, I do think that similar to Xiao, the "Why No One Plays" title doesn't really fit him, since he's still quite the popular character. For the people that do have his team built up, he tends to be a popular choice even against the competition, due to not stealing supports and his ability to get through any content that isn't a Geo Slime. Bosses, two-target, multi-wave, he's good enough for anything, despite his issues. A huge part of why Itto remains popular among the playerbase that you didn't mention is his amazing personality and voice work (at least in English, I can't comment on the other dubs). There's a reason he shows up in so many events, it's because people love the big guy. His fun dialogue and the 11/10 performance by Max Mittelman make him a joy to see on screen. He's the hilarious himbo big bro of the cast, and people love him for it, so they use him in spite of his issues.

[@vincikeeper1581]

Exactly!

[@moons.1363]

This ^ Itto is awesome and Max's performance as a VA is definitely a big factor. When Itto came out he felt like a breath of fresh air. I like most of the Genshin cast but for a while I felt like we had too many overachievers, workaholic girls or otherwise "serious characters", and then Itto's dumb*ss came in like a Bull-Chucker in a china shop and it was such a nice change ! My Itto is triple crowned and I've never stopped playing him, he's too much fun and he's too good (as long as it's not geo slimes / specters lol). When people keep saying Geo has sucked for a while (rather i'd say we'd lacked new Geo characters till Navia) and here I am with Zhongli, Ningguang and Itto being some of my most played characters. Speaking of, I actually don't always use Gorou as support in my Itto parties (I don't super enjoy Gorou and his lack of versatility), but I always have Zhongli in there and often Ningguang who can not only buff Geo damage but dish out nice numbers herself without requiring much field time. Other supports like Yunjin can be swapped in too so it's not as rigid as people make it out to be. I play Xiao a lot too for the same reason : I have fun playing him. :> tldr : play characters because you like them or because they are fun, not because of whatever is meta.

[@heavenschickxx6376]

it’s been grinding my gears forever that people act like xiao and itto are not in the exact same place rn. itto has never been a “why noone plays” character, he’s literally been most people’s entry into playing geo, he’s just been kicked out of the meta due to his “expensive” niche (which is always conveniently not compared to the myriad of other expensive teams in the game cough cough ayaka, xiao cough cough) and that by fault of his element’s lack of reactions, he can never take advantage of new meta styles that come with major patches.

[@leifl8812]

so true. Even if I didn't play him, I would pull just to explore the map and him occasionally say "Hellooooo free money, godbyyyye working for a living". He is so much fun

[@beelzemobabbity]

The xiao comparison is perfect. He’s somewhat niche, and most of his damage comes from his burst.

[@biggestouf]

You can basically make a list of characters who weren't buffed by Furina and that will be a large majority of the underperforming characters.

[@Rainbow_Star_Blossom]

Such as Amber

[@polychromaa]

@@putent9623he got powercrept by navia. Navia can use furina, which really helps her

[@kingdoom5022]

Itto can use furina easily if you have constellation 4+ on gorou even if its not perfect furina is still the best option cause she's broken

[@kingdoom5022]

There's almost no character in the game that didn't get buffed by furina

[@ATMEIDAREYAIDOUBLEDAREYA]

@@polychromaaIn pretty sure that Itto’s best team also uses Furina

[@saruoima]

been an itto main since he came out and proud to say im one of the 12 geo enjoyers out there hes just so fun to play and max crushed his role as the va for him

[@songsayswhat]

1.0 player. Ningguang was my main until Itto came along. I loved dendro, though, and now play a Dendro team. I love geo and really want them to fix it. I hold out hope since Zhongli is the archon and Liyue clearly is China. One day.

[@k.kitty27]

pfp adds up

[@saruoima]

@@k.kitty27 RYUJI MY BELOVED

[@Chaos-vm7cy]

I'm also one of the 12 geo enjoyers and have been maining Itto since day 1. I use mono geo a lot in Abyss and will keep doing so (I haven't gotten Navia yet)

[@D3rJinou]

hear another of the 12. its great to see another one of the 12

[@CupcakkesNiagaraFallsInPoosay]

Tbh there really needs to be a real savior of geo. People say navia saved the geo element but in reality she only saved herself from being another niche geo unit. We need a geo unit who can not only buff geo units but also works with the other elements. That would be a true savior of geo and our prayers lies on chiori where she will be a geo unit and save itto from being beaten up more by navia and noelle

[@Lankpants]

To be fair she also managed to significantly boost the worst two geo units prior to her introduction while doing nothing to help the ones technically above them. Kinda amazing that the only two Geos she works with are Ningguang and Geo MC.

[@eijirou5139]

Having him can be fun but the fact that mono geo is essentially the only way you can get full value off of him is just too much to do. As an Itto main, he’s incredibly fun to play but without Gorou and your other geo units being there, he’s not as strong. That and having a domain that is specifically tailored for geo defense units makes it more of a hassle to invest into him and your other units for his team

[@dyinghearte]

Well you only really need Gorou and we get Geo Traveller for free. Husk is also in the strongbox now so passively farming the husk set is doable.

[@sharktenko267]

from reading chiori(upcoming character) she may actually help with ittos issues abit

[@The_Celestial_Fox]

Itto was the whole reason I came back to Genshin after dropping it before 1.1 My best friend showed me his leaks and from October 2021 until his release in 2.3, I powerfarmed for him and got him and even his Redhorn, without spending money. I built my gorou, Zhongli, and respec-ed my Bennett and Itto was the only reason I could 36 star the abyss now before Fontaine. I don't use him as much now because I have Neuvillette and Wriothesley and Furina, but I still use him and will always love everything about him.

[@wynneryu]

Correction, 10:56 mona is actually AMAZING on itto. I usually run him with gorou, mona and zhongli, and they work perfectly well. Itto causing shatter wouldn’t be a problem because it isnt a freeze team in the first place.

[@comradelovespain5714]

Yea, that seems to be an error on Vars' side. I think what he meant is that Mona isn't the best for him because Itto would pop the bubble before its duration ends, making the debuff shorter than it optimally would be. Typically, Mona would be run in a freeze team to prevent enemies from taking poise damage and popping the bubble prematurely, allowing the debuff to last the entire duration.

[@scillaz3]

I came looking for this comment so I wouldn't have to make it myself. His take on Mona not being available for Itto is quite incorrect. Since I've switch Albedo for Mona my no longer mono-Geo is so much stronger! Currently I run Itto (4husk), Zhongli (2Petra+nobless), Gorou (4nobless) and Mona (4emblem). I can further upgrade and make my zhongli with 4 mililith, but I want him as a sub DPS, but one day I might explore mona with mililith.... Its just my most OP team, but yes, I invested a lot of time into it!

[@Qkochan3]

@@scillaz3 genuinely funny how not making his mono geo comp not mono geo, does so much more for him LOL

[@Hi-lu5vf]

well, omen only lasts around 5 seconds and itto's ult duration is way higher than that so vars is correct that mona isn't that great on itto (or itto isn't great for mona). even if itto does more damage in that first 5 seconds, the latter half of the ult will deal much less. even if that turns out to be more dps somehow, itto isn't the right fit for mona. her kit would just work way better with a freeze team

[@nevisnebis1207]

@@nguyenbathong3983 Vars doesn’t claim to know everything about the game and has admitted that he does slip up sometimes, he’s not the all-knowing god of genshin but he is a guy that’s pretty good at what he does. Slipping up every so often doesn’t mean he doesn’t know anything, it just means he slipped up.

[@Rainbow_Star_Blossom]

Either way, Itto is the goofiest character in the game and I love him for that.

[@DG_Toti]

Something I hope for in Natlan is that claymore DPS’s get the support they should have had for a while so Ara-Arataki and End User License Agreement finally get pulled out of the pit they’re stuck in

[@serezelveydawn]

And Batman might make a comback

[@MultiDragonreaper]

​@serezelveydawn according to some "dreams" batman might make a comeback thanks to cloud retainer. But only time will tell.

[@neliaironwood7573]

I think Natlan would have things like elemental self-inflict like with Bennett's Elemental Burst. Like, a Cryo DPS that gains special effects via applying Cryo to himself.

[@DG_Toti]

@@neliaironwood7573as we’ve seen from Sumeru and Fontaine it doesn’t have to just be one or the other. Sumeru introduced Dendro and made that a new staple, but it also revitalized Xiao via the release of Faruzan. Fontaine has a done a lot to make hypercarry teams more relevant, but it’s also seemingly side-focused buffing subpar reactions (or at least making characters who can use them for something). Natlan could have lots of elemental self-app stuff and also side-grade claymore hypercarries too

[@greenpotato4796]

Let's just pray that Chiori does something for him, or the element as a whole, since we know Hoyo wont rework it despite it being inherently flawed

[@froeloe]

Chiori’s kit: - coordinated Geo attack for character on field when hitting enemies (similar to Albedo) - buffs team dmg based on number of Crystallize reaction produced and number of Geo constructs

[@kmh4076]

@@froeloeAlbedo will be even deader if there’ll be anyone with better kits than him ☠️☠️

[@YinlinsPuppet]

​@@K-Sha1Geo is not the China element 😂 You haven't seen other characters from Liyue using other elements like hydro or dendro

[@ziebus904]

​@@froeloecongrats you made shit kit

[@ziebus904]

​@@kmh4076albedo is 2worst 5star in the game limited

[@jyusatsu]

Itto was one of the reasons I started playing Genshin. His geo team was my dream team and I'm happy that I achieved it. Investing on him is kinda tough since you need to either get his signature weapon, build his supports and farm his niche BiS artifact set. More casual players will find that difficult and even most of the pro players will opt to use other characters who are easy to build and more versatile. However, fully investing on him (again including his supports such as a c6 Gorou) isn't that bad and is still rewarding as his team can still somewhat compete. The changes in abyss blessing, mobs and mechanics are what I think makes him fall off especially now that we have Furina and that it's difficult to slot her in his team. As a dedicated Itto main myself, I still find him enjoyable and I'm still gonna play him even if I get other dps chars.

[@honeyappletoast]

as an “i don’t care about meta” player, i am a geo enthusiast. my first ever 5* was albedo, my strongest character ever is itto, and i pull for every geo character without even blinking. i am a very casual and lazy player. i’ve been playing since the patch numbers started with “1” and i still haven’t completely cleared spiral abyss because i genuinely just don’t care about it😭 i love my geos! edit: by the rare chance anyone sees this, i do have the ability to clear spiral abyss because I DO pull for more than just geos and i build them all, i’m just really lazy and prefer to just pretend like it doesn’t exist at all😭

[@sufferingmp4102]

Best way to play

[@karolinabuba575]

I was long aware this video was coming. I'm sure it will be great as always. Thankfully, I'm at such point with my account that I can pull characters simply because I like them.

[@Hasan-Firas]

I've had Itto and his signature weapon ever since his first banner, he still carried me with demolishing everything in spiral abyss until I quit the game a few months ago due to being burnt out and bored of the content. I do have him at c1, and he's a really powerful character against enemies that continuously come out. But the issue with him isn't just his team being mono Geo, it's also because you really need his signature weapon to deal massive amounts of damage. I also have Neuvillette with his signature weapon too, and his almost as powerful as my Itto team, by JUST himself and Venti. Both are good characters, but Itto NEEDS his signature weapon and team dedicated to him

[@Chaos-vm7cy]

Tbh I don't have his signature weapon but I still pull off tons of damage thanks to Serpent Spine. Point still stands that he needs too much investment to make decent damage

[@cloudstrife9188]

As someone who rand serpent than got his signature he can perform well with serpent, but he hits much more consistent high numbers with his signature

[@deadlyqueen7858]

Comparing him to Neuv isn’t exactly fair lol Neuv has higher damage potential than C6R5 Yelan at C0R1

[@Hasan-Firas]

@@deadlyqueen7858 I wasn't comparing him with Neuvillette exactly, I meant that he needs a team dedicated to him and Neuvillette doesn't, I didn't say anything about their damage

[@deadlyqueen7858]

Neuvillette needs a team dedicated to him just as much as Itto does. If you're referring to Neuvillette's solo sustain, I don' t think it's exactly "dedication" to put a sustain unit in a team. If you're referring to the fact that Neuvillette does an entire team's worth of damage by himself, then you are literally only talking about their damage. In fact, Neuvillette's supports are the ones that are really irreplaceable to maintain his damage. Kazuha Furina is a far larger boost than Gorou is for Itto, and Itto really doesn't have many other options for supports, limited to basically Bennett and Mona as a fourth slot in triple geo. Even in triple geo, his third slot can very easily be geo mc, who is used for their crit rate buff. I'd say that Itto teams actually have some of the easiest supports to build amongst hypercarry comps.@@Hasan-Firas

[@muhammed751]

This is not the video I wanted to see. I absolutely love the One and Oni Arataki Itto

[@RogerNbr]

vars watching the abyss stats like a hawk to make a "why no one plays" the moment someone drops to 20% usage

[@muhammed751]

@@putent9623 Yeah, I don't resonate with your sentiment. Itto deserves this video, Geo is in a bad state right now, especially mono geo. But that has nothing to do with my love for him.

[@muhammed751]

@@putent9623 I'd argue that popularity has very little correlation with usage. And imma stop at that.

[@Goblinhandler]

@@muhammed751plenty of people play Itto, he’s a fan favorite with good damage but not insane like water sommelier or ghost lady

[@zeer7676]

@@putent9623 a few hundred compared to a game that millions played, really man?

[@cardescomedioses3674]

Now that i think of it, yunjin was a missed chance to buff itto too, but she only buffs normal attacks, of course buffing charged attacks too would have opened a pandora box on it's time

[@andrewjamez9741]

yunjin will just make hu tao and ganyu wayyy better

[@usmanya5110]

​@@andrewjamez9741 and neuvilette.

[@cardescomedioses3674]

@@andrewjamez9741 yeah, but think about it, how many carry DPS depend on the charged attack to deal a lot of dmg? Most use elementally infused charged attacks

[@andrewjamez9741]

@@cardescomedioses3674 ganyu, tignari, itto, hu tao, lyney, nuevillette are all dps that rely on charged atks to deal damage, and almost all of them are top tier strong asf already, making yunjin buff charged atk dmg wont change anything meta wise it would just make existing strong characters even stronger ( which isnt needed since theyre already at the top). id say if she buffs only charged attacks it would make other characters like yoimiya worse , while buffing both would be broken asf

[@ushi7715]

Looking at the triangle of Noelle, Itto, and Gorou just highlights the bigger fundamental problem that Geo has, not counting Navia. Itto doesn't have to be locked behind mono geo, but the fact that the one who can lift him up (Gorou) is, inherently ties him down as well. Def scaling isn't inherently bad, but it can't reach the same heights that hp scaling characters can achieve without buffs due to the nature of the DEF stat and its abundance in the game, especially external buffs. Honestly very well written analysis. In terms of popularity, Itto is still definitely up there when it comes to the more popular male cast, but it's really just hard to justify pulling for him as well with no guarantee you're even going to get gorou, and gorou is only the start to making Itto a worthwhile unit.

[@Deman_Dema]

C6 Itto here. He is always first pick. Never gonna fail any content. Not even enemies that immune to Geo. Because his last team member never Albedo, but either Yelan / Ayaka / Furina

[@skinnyboi8937]

It's surreal seeing a why no one plays video on a character I use all the time

[@lancertheimaginary8462]

he didn't literally mean why nobody plays "x" character, he just means why the majority of the players just don't like to play or pull for this or that character because there's someone better in general for any type of abyss and is much cheaper in investment that can yield similar or even better results than mono geo.

[@skinnyboi8937]

@@lancertheimaginary8462 if you're telling me this instead of the other guy, I know yo.

[@blaze8308]

The thing is Itto lacks broken supports. C6 Gorou is good but isn’t at the lvl of someone like C6 Faruzan.

[@abcabc1442]

geo was always the "yellow physical", navia just recently changed that a little bit, but i still think that they need to make a new geo reaction

[@giuppo290]

I think Itto's main problem is that nothing can buff him: he has already got a dedicated support, a weapon and an artifact set, while he hasn't been buffed by characters like nahida and Furina. The only buff he can get is a better geo sub dps than Albedo but that would buff noelle and maybe Navia as well

[@kylegreen6711]

A charged attack buffer would be a good thing for him. Plus other characters who need it like Ganyu. Maybe Keqing. Main problem there is now Neuvillette exists.

[@stanstanminsonfrancisco8645]

well you are right and wrong, he's still missing two teammates even if he receives another geo sub dps he would still be missing the 4th teamate. Itto is being held back by the sub par geo roster. DPS wise albedo is his optimal teamate and when you sit to think about it on itto teams albedo has no elemental burst(it is not used in optimal itto rotations) and no passives really. A geo charge attack buffer would be his ideal. Itto still has potential even though he has his weapon support and artifact set.

[@amistake165]

There can be someway to support him because his one team is zhongli or Bennett. Zhongli he’s really just there to make the team mono geo but other than that he only provide a shield and geo shred. But that’s it and it doesn’t do much. Itto is a character who doesn’t need a shield he’s tank enough, the geo shred is easily negligible. Bennett is self explanatory but he loses value on itto team having too much attack

[@Goblinhandler]

@@kylegreen6711being in the same group as Neuvillette is not a bad thing for any character lol

[@Naestrith]

@@amistake165 Itto likes having a shield just to activate the geo resonance, Zhongli fits but it could be any shielder or off-field DPS from an element that can be cristallized. A support for charged attacks is one of the things I thought when I saw Xianyun's kit.

[@zakouadnane1826]

Itto could heal the ennemies and i'd still use him over everyone else anyday of the week His voice and character are just too good to pass because of ''mediocre damage'' And frankly his gameplay is so satisfying , being not too complicated not too simple, just soul touching pummel after pummel

[@shinygekkouga52]

The funny thing about the pool image is that Eula doesn’t interfere with hyperbloom due to her low cryo application, and Furina buffing Mika buffs Eula as well, so in some senses, Eula has received more buffs than Itto.

[@lezmear7739]

Albedo just need his e to not be cancelled by a boss walking on it 💀

[@BluecoreG]

It's an absolute scam that you need 3 geo to get the full c6 gorou buff. Meanwhile Sara, Faru, and even Mika give their c6 buff out the box

[@Naestrith]

That's not a scam, that's just his mechanics that involves him being played in a mono-geo. It's like saying Nilou is a scam cause her kit only works with only with hydro and dendro characters. Or Liney in mono-pyro.

[@BluecoreG]

@@Naestrith its a scam because a c6 shouldn't be that restricted. Also, not sure about Lyney, but vape js so busted than Nilou vape can still clear abyss even at c0. Not to mention her c1 making her even stronger

[@heavenschickxx6376]

its so funny we’re even at this position since gorou was often considered the best niche four star, but now we see how much he’s limited the char he was made for it’s unfortunate.

[@theceoofgeo686]

I still use him in open world and abyss. He is a fricking tank and powerhouse and super fun to play imo

[@kenlee8970]

Same, or when there's a new boss and my biggest dmg dealer is Itto. I run him with Raiden cause battery

[@juststuff2000]

as a yakuzer fan the music made me like like a dragon

[@janerishbaluca1529]

I stopped playing my Mono Geo Itto team in Abyss coz it made getting 36 stars way too brain dead easy.

[@junyaiwase]

If that helps you cope yea

[@Goblinhandler]

@@junyaiwaseit really does, mono geo brute forces anything not inmune to geo

[@janerishbaluca1529]

@@junyaiwase oh yeah you're right, not too brain dead or easy. Enemies keep dying too quickly before I can get my energy back, so I have to plan ahead TT___TT such a pain. Ushi is doing too much he's really not helping

[@Azazel_cx]

They can never make me hate you itto. my beloved oni since day 1💞

[@phyrexian_dude4645]

My issue with Itto when he was released was: Why should i use him over Noelle? His damage it better for sure but Noelle just simply fills healer, shielder and carry in one package allowing you to fill the rest with only buffers which basically balances out Ittos damage if not outscale him. And now with Furina, she just out right outclass him in everything.

[@This_Origami]

You're giving too much credit to noelle. Her healing is tied to doing attacks while shielded which doesn't even have 100% uptime. There's some cdr shenanigans but once the shield is broken (which it will if you don't dodge very well) the whole rotation gets spoiled. As for damage, furina brings her to be on par/ competitive with him but claiming she outright outclasses him in everything is flawed in every way imaginable.

[@Tiylwer]

I as a Noelle main fell into the hype of Itto and pulled for him. He's now my most regretful pull, I hated his play style and went back to using Noelle lmao

[@fa14bi-78]

​@@This_Origami No, Noelle shield won't get broken because Noelle is behind the shield and she has a lot of def. On top of that Noelle has a 2nd backup shield when someone goes low HP.

[@fa14bi-78]

​@@This_OrigamiC0 Itto is outsclassed by Noelle in terms of damage, tankyness, shielding capabilities, healing capabilities and off field capabilities. C6 Itto is still same thing but but C6 Itto with gorou does 20% more damage than C6 Noelle with Furina and gorou (C6 Itto wouldn't be able to take much of an advantage out of Furina)

[@Goblinhandler]

@@fa14bi-78Noelle’s shield isn’t that good lol, especially since you’re stuck with pretty long attack animations that make you easy as hell to hit

[@angiewu8294]

a lot of the reason is also that geo as an element is terrible, and our current abyss really doesn't help at all. fontaine abyss cycles have been really focused on requiring a specific element, either hydro or pyro or electro, and geo is really bad at shredding either. the reason navia works is because she actively encourages you to not use other geos with her

[@froeloe]

I agree. Navia saved herself from Geo. She’s great because she wants team members that are Cryo/Electro/Pyro/Hydro. She’s great because of her kit, not because of her element. She actively encouraged avoiding Mono-Geo, and that’s exactly why she became powerful. Geo remains to be objectively the worst element in the game. Crystallize as the worst reaction in the game.

[@jetspeed500]

Noelle carried me through the majority of early game content, and because I found her so much fun to play, I heavily invested into her, I pulled Albedo for Geo resonance, and later pulled Gorou and Yunjin to further buff her since the total damage output was a little bit better than my other favorite team, Double Geo + Double Electro, at the time. Itto coming out seemed like a significant improvement over Noelle, but it became clear very quickly that without C4 Gorou, the lack of good healing options is a big issue with Itto. (Zhongli would normally be a good alternative for this, but at the time, we had just seen the introduction of the Electro/Geo Wolves that sapped your HP through Zhong's shields.) Despite doing less damage overall, Noelle's jack-of-all-trades nature makes her immensely more comfortable to play, and her synergy with Furina makes her a no-brainer over Itto now...

[@getdunkedon4126]

true, its kinda funny how they switched places in the meta now

[@RogerNbr]

why no one plays itto? you might as well ask why no one plays geo. and everyone knows thats because mhy left the whole element to rot. sure we have navia now but she, just like itto, relies on raw numbers. they just gave up on making geo do anything relevant ig just wait and we will get another geo dps eventually whos only purpose is dealing bigger numbers than navia

[@lewsee5562]

And Navia having high usage rate is just the FOTM effect. Just like a lot of characters who aren't supports or sub DPS, her usage rate will stabilize below 20% or less depending on how meta the new FOTM DPS is.

[@strobo308]

It's funny, I have his weapon, Albedo, C6 Gorou, Zhongli... All of them built around Itto. He does 60k with each hit on burst, he does AMAZINGLY GOOD. Yet I don't use him... I hope he gets some resurgence so I can be motivated to use him again because I adore this goofy guy

[@BStone-bm9tw]

Is he c0

[@MrGoodra17]

I reached 100k ca with Furina, Bennett, gorou, but he had some energy problem

[@Goblinhandler]

@@MrGoodra17replace Bennett with the upcoming Chiori, she’ll be good with most characters including Itto

[@hello_mr.yomi6627]

@@MrGoodra17 you using double fav sword

[@MrGoodra17]

@@hello_mr.yomi6627 only gorou, but a second fav wouldn't still be enough

[@salasy]

Still waiting for the why no One plays dori that vars promised

[@torbjornlindholm4098]

10:57 Itto can actually use Mona. They don’t have crazy synergy but she definitely works.

[@Defi4nc3s1]

He can use Furina too, in one rotation only since Furina drain all members, but Gorou heals only current one.

[@jadecoolness101]

@@Defi4nc3s1 your other members can honestly be on life support and it's fine. Zhongli's shield lasts so long, no one dies. I find it hysterical though. People keep saying Itto is bad because he's "more expensive" (he NEEDS three 5 stars for his teams!!1!) even though Tao's best team and Ganyu's best team also have 3 5 stars. I guess geo characters must secretly have 100 pity or something. Heck, even in this very video, Neuvillette "needs" Furina and Jean, and Ayaka "needs" Kazuha and Shenhe to be at their ideal. Oh right, I forgot, geo characters secretly have 100 pity, so yeah Itto just costs more, yep. And Itto's best team doesn't even include Albedo, people just like using him with Itto because Albedo works well in that case. But now? Oh, Noelle competes with him if you have this ARCHON character! Ignore that you can also use Furina on Itto shh shhhhh shhhhhhhhhh sh sh shhhh he's not waifu shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Noelle totally competes with him now guys! This current abyss (with geo slimes and geo specters) is the first one for a LONG time where Itto has been literally unusable on one half because of geo immunity. Geo is the most flexible element, almost nothing is immune or resistant to it, and it shreds every shield.

[@fran99080]

@@jadecoolness101 more so about how bad it is to pull for a c6 gorou and an albedo especially if you don't have albedos event weapon. they are basically used nowhere else so it just seems worthless to others. and using furina will make the whole team hp starved or lack energy.

[@jadecoolness101]

@@fran99080 except, like I said, *Itto's best "meta team" doesn't include Albedo.* if you're going for more dps, Albedo is a dps loss compared to other units.

[@fran99080]

@@jadecoolness101 whats his best meta team

[@rebecq_xww]

I've been an Itto main since 3.3 and I still love him so much. I have him c4 with Redhorn + I'm saving for his c6 right now. I don't really care if he's not as good as he used to be, since characters like Navia compete with him. My Itto hits amazingly good and he'll remain my main until the end of Genshin. He's my favorite character and that will never change :) Plus, I want to add something. I wouldn't always say Gorou is useless if you don't play Itto or Noelle. Sure, those are the characters he shines the best with, but many people also use him for a machine gun build. Same goes with Albedo, use him even if you don't have the characters he shines the best with. At the end of the day, just pull for the characters you like. Scew meta :)

[@Jesauce.]

the reason why i dont play itto is because i dont have him YET

[@BBP-OMO]

Ittos kit was a shortsighted update to Noelle that attempted to update the generalist tank playstyle of Noelle into a main DPS. The issue being Noelle is arguably easier to invest in for long time players and thanks to Furina her damage is at least on par with Itto, making him already threatened in his role as the main Geo DPS and then Navia came in with a steel fucking chair.

[@BBP-OMO]

@@putent9623 Wdym? You get Noelle for free and she was on a shitload of banners so if you're a long time player you most likely have a c4 or even a c6 Noelle. She also has Furina whos the best buffer in the game. Lastly Itto and Noelle have very simular playstyles as on field main DPS Geo claymores with a Q that infuses their attacks with Geo whom both scale on defence.

[@Defi4nc3s1]

You should also include that in Furina team, you could be Noelle, Furina, Gorou and Jean. That means no need for 3rd Geo. Secondary, Furina unable you to run the Marecheussee Hunter set on Noelle. Gorou doesnt even need levels and Jeans needs only ER with optional VV (for Furina shred). Thats so offensive against Itto ;/

[@joeltoomer3332]

@@Defi4nc3s1you don’t need jean in the team Noelle already heals. And if you wanted to further buff the hydro damage on the team. You could equip archaic Petra on Noelle

[@wansper9297]

5:27 funnily enough I have, so when itto came out I really didnt care much for his gameplay and way prefered noelle mostly for the swap out flexibility. So I sohewhow got a C6 gorou (honestly forgot how) and build him to support my C6 noelle mono geo, whenever content REALLY wanted geo I brought out that team (or floors 9-11 a few times for the lols) its worked fine Edit: ok you mentioned noelle damn

[@mtpf4n]

i am an itto main, and im very proud. he’s one of my favourite characters and he has been carrying my team for 2-3 years with high dmg, and without gorou or any character that boosts his dmg

[@igoralbuquerque7251]

New theme: will Chiori save monogeo?

[@Bullminator]

That geo chick that deals with clothing that we have in event leak. She boosts geo damage muliplayer (in other words she is similar like shenhe), but will drain the defense of all the party when doing it (i guess because she is a clotier and she removes clothes or something). So she is made as anti-itto.

[@Bullminator]

@@putent9623 Source is uncle guy that leaks shit :P (he keeps deleting stuff tho)

[@Goblinhandler]

The actual leak is that she uses elemental shards to boost damage, so she’s actually Anti-Navia

[@Bullminator]

@@Goblinhandler Uncle deleted the previus post and changed it. So...its possible it was either misstranslation. He also talks in rymes or something. Like yes yes, the x character will bird or something... usualy meaning they will plunge attack.

[@Type1JJ]

This is a fair video, and logically it makes sense. However, HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO MY BOY!

[@buttermanaws4693]

I have a c1 Itto because I was trying to go for Kuki and got him twice in 40 pulls with 0 pity and dispite that and building him really well I have never used him because I don't have Gorou and that is the glue to the team that makes it viable

[@Coconattsuu]

I wouldn't say that, I think he works fine if you have Zhongli, I only used Itto with Zhongli and Albedo until I finally got myself to level up Gorou. Like sure I guess his effectiveness is reduced a bit but it's not that noticeable, it still works pretty well because of the Geo resonance shield

[@bunny8372]

I still use my c4r1 Itto since his release. Theres no abyss he cannot complet with full stars, people just miss the oportunity to unga-bunga any boss without reactions, just unga-bunga.

[@pencilonpaper1026]

1:40 I usually listen to these in the background but I was eating and looking at the screen and ayy!!! shimetsu oni mention!

[@temmoblob]

The most annoying part is definitely the fact that Itto can only be realistically ran with mono/triple geo, which mostly always includes gorou/albedo/zhongli. I wish they released more geo 4 star supports or 5 star supports that don't SPECIFICALLY only work for itto, and have their own standing, but definitely can help buff Itto in the end. I don't have enough wishes as a f2p who also took a year long break, and I have to run itto with gorou, yun jin, and bennett.

[@OC_]

If we get a geo charged attack buffer/healer Itto's back in business.

[@pixelpudding3914]

Itto honestly is the biggest example as to why YunJin not buffing charged attacks was so dumb

[@flagger1067]

I can’t think of a better OST for a Itto vídeo than “recieve you - the hyperactive”!! Great analysis video btw Vars.

[@megadumbo6]

THE ONE AND ONI ARATAKI ITTO

[@hozimina]

I have C6 Itto by accident for my C6 Gorou and Shinobu

[@JorgeGarcia-ur7ez]

As soon as I saw this title , curse you vars, for talking about arattaki numero 1 itto

[@sleep_something_something]

noodle arms also not enough rule34

[@Astriannasea]

I love Itto as a character; but I can't justify the amount of work his team would take to underperform, so Ive never pulled him despite my appreciation for the sweet himbo he is

[@daijobou877]

No one?? I main him proly I'm one of those few

[@Darkkefka]

Because now we have Navia

[@danck941]

As one of the last 12 Itto mains. This video causes me pain. I main Itto, and I always will. Nothing will ever change that. I don't care if a character is meta or not. I care about if they are fun to play or not.

[@Enric.]

The main issue is that geo as an element is bad because it lacks reactions, and Navia hasn't fixed it, Navia only uses other elements to receive simple attack buffs and ignore reactions. And let's remember another reason why almost no one plays Itto. He hasn't been in any banners in all of 2023. It's been over 400 days since the last Itto rerun banner, and the same for Gorou and Albedo. And they won't be coming in the next two months either, so who knows when. Eula suffered something similar in the past, but no four stars ever had this problem. Many people never had the chance to wish for Itto, and others who did like me are waiting forever to get Gorou or Redhorn. Gorou is officially the rarest 4* in the game, impossible to get in events, impossible to get in the store, and over 400 days without banners. I have Itto and Albedo, but I can't play them because I don't have Redhorn or Gorou constellations, and I don't know when I'll have the chance to fix it. Obviously people are getting fed up and the geo dudes banner will have terrible sales when it arrives. Old players are tired of waiting, and new players will know it's a bad choice.

[@godlikemode8699]

at least Noelle gives team healing and a shield (for herself during her on field time)

[@KHR0ME]

I like mono-geo because you don't have to think much about your rotations, unlike some teams like Childe National, altho i also enjoy teams like that. I didn't mind putting so much time to invest on Itto's geo team, because...what else do we do in this game other than make improvements on everyone.I realized Itto's own numbers are that high to compensate for not being able to access buffs like VV...so with that in mind, i happily crowned Gorou's Skill because I wanna give Itto every bit of damage he can get. I'm content with the current mono-geo team, but I do wish there's more support or even more Main Damage Dealer characters for Geo, so we eventually, hopefully, can have two (or more) mono-geo teams in the future :)

[@isabellaj4608]

Geo in general is just struggling to keep up and it's sad, I like playing with geo characters like Zhongli and Albedo so it's sad that I can't run them in the abyss as much

[@magiclover9346]

I still try to bring Mono Geo to every abyss (swapping out the 4th spot on the team for an element if I need it for shield breaking). Now my favourite Navia team has stolen Albedo from him. He's just more synergistic on her teams. It was hard but I did manage to brute force my way through this abyss with two geo teams. His biggest problem is just that there's only one defence scaling buffer that can work for him and that buffer forces you into an archetype can be very easily brick walled. Kujou Sara, Faruzan, Shenhe (C0) all give arguably bigger buffs at c6 without forcing mono. To keep up with the other dedicated buffers in a mono team you need to be giving like minimum 30% crit dmg per unit of the element. Not the 10% for 1 and 2 then 20% for the the 3rd. Kujou Sara gives 60% regardless of the team. Gorou is the worst element buffer in the game. Geo either needs more def scailing characters or Gorou needs to be power crept by a five star unit the removes his team building restrictions. Flat crit damage and elemental shred or damage should've been his kit benefiting all units in his element not just 3. He's a dedicated support for Itto that fails at his job.

[@pkjose1343]

I feel similarly to the things you said in this video. When Itto first came out, I had already pulled on the Eula rerun banner cause I liked her and valued physical when I was first starting out. But really had to think about Itto since he was mono Geo and the other 4 stars on the banner weren't good, so I decided to skip. Here comes his rerun and now that I have more knowledge on the game I realized that while I love him and he's really powerful, I just wasnt willing to build a whole team just for him, especially since I didnt have Albedo or a built Gorou at the time. And now I have Navia, who pretty much sealed his fate for me lol. I literally have no reason to pull for him at this time even though he's the one and oni!

[@CorrespondingFear]

What are you on about my guy? I clear abyss with Itto almost always. Do you have the character? Do you play him? Do you play any of these characters in: "Why NO ONE Plays"? What are you basing on all these arguments? Who are these "no one" ? You ? If you want to play Itto, you can. If you want to clear with him, you can. If you want high damage, you can. And no, there is no high investment. Feels like you are scraping on the bottom of the barrel at this point with these. As a f2p player I had no problem getting him and making a strong team.

[@harizu_5182]

Base on characters usage rate in abyss. This video point out the lacking part that the character itto have and may mihoyo take a note and improve the character. You don't need to be salty out of nowhere

[@zeer7676]

salty itto simp, lmao. No one plays your character, cope.

[@FluffyWing07]

My only team I could think of right now is , IF you have atleast c4 gorou (yea) would be furina gorou, navia and itto. Resistance shred falls off very fast if the enemy has 10% or less anyway since every resistance shred below 0% will cut in half

[@TheDjdeath45]

Reason I don't play him, I already have noelle with red horn and I can't stand his character OwO

[@PR1ME98]

I hate that powercreep exists in games like these. I understand that when a new character comes out they have to draw ppl in with something and bigger damage is the number 1 way to do it. But thats sort of “kills” the earlier characters.

[@aruwhat]

Goro's theme is so fitting for itto what

[@kawaiiiiii8542]

I used to play itto a lot so seeing this video when i opend youtube hurt my heart

[@ivyannsamanthajasni4010]

Since his first banner, Itto is my ONLY consistent character that can guarantee me full stars in abyss without any retries. Neuvillette came close too, but he sometimes need 1 or 2 retries in abyss. Even in overworld, Itto performs stupidly well against bosses and daily commissions. But I do agree that he needs high investment for himself and whatever teams you plan to clump him in. He's good alone, and BETTER with Gorou. His team rotation is easy too. Still, no need to get all meta. Where there is enemy, his cornetto ice cream will bonk.

[@tsyganko]

Me, looking at those plunge numbers and being guaranteed on next patch: 👀hmmm just joking...unless?

[@x3AnimeFanXD]

mono geo might be quite the investment but this game is throwing them at me without my consent so as a new player who started in December 2023 I already have Ningguang, Gorou, Navia, Yun Jin and ngl now I want Itto just because this game wants me to eat Geo for the next months xD

[@zuzuthebunny8950]

Lol, ironically, I have all his supports leveled up but I don't have him

[@nicovado]

I have all of Ittos supports built and waiting. I have wished on him on every single run he had and lost on all. If I lose once more I will also lose my mind. Gorou and Albedo are rotting in a corner atp. Someone please send help.

[@ratkaslana]

Use Noel instead 😳

[@Jamelon]

Honestly the biggest problem of itto is his huge ER needs. Like 4 geo members cannot sustain his hunger. If he had some form of energy refund mechanic, trust me, he would be fine. Much less clunky

[@torokami1109]

I would play Itto, but what can I say he's never been on a banner since I started....

[@emred4653]

genshin needs like 10+ more geo units. Needing atleast 2 more geo characters to be built just so you can use your favourite geo character hurts

[@orpheustelos23]

It's fine Ittobros soon enough we'll get our busted geo supports. No copium here at all

[@duongnguyen-s1i]

can u make a vid about ayato like why no one play or what happend to ayato cause i feel he got better. i love him pls

[@lordjftw6991]

This is just my opinion but Neuvillette just beats him out😭. Before Neuvi it was kinda like an Ayaka/Ganyu type thing with him and Childe (one is a bit stronger but harder to use and the other is easier to use). He’s still a good dps though.

[@duongnguyen-s1i]

@@lordjftw6991he is a good driver from what i have seen, i dont have him and i came back to genshin not too long ago and im still decently casual new and he is one of the first character i got expose to in a positive way so i just feel bad for him :(. for me he is a well balance character and neuvi just beats him out so much for holding a button lol

[@kelilyshan]

I got itto on his release banner and has been my main ever since, and nobody can pay me to let him go, and in abyss my main team is itto and second team is a navia team

[@francenkovcan5211]

there's talks of Chiori fulfilling the exact role Itto is missing

[@d1n089]

As a itto main, I was DREADING this day

[@alonelyqilin4613]

I think my issue with Itto is that I just slowly realized how much I don't like playing with burst-reliant characters compared to NA or skill dps characters. As someone who plays in the overworld more often, Itto is just isn't as satisfying to play as Ayaka, Wanderer, Navia, and especially Neuvillette because I always will feel that I have to hold back as to not try and quickly kill mobs, therefore wasting the remaining duration of his burst. I have this same problem with my Cyno, and that's why I only ever use him fighting world or weekly bosses and in Spiral Abyss.

[@spicelattenosugar]

Hoyo releasing buff Itto skin would fix all his problems

[@els236]

I've had Gorou maxed out since he dropped, whether for Noelle or Itto. I did eventually get Itto (after spending money too), but he just doesn't do what Noelle does for the same investment. I'll happily trade slightly lower damage output for shielding and healing. And whereas Noelle keeps getting better and gets more supports and buffs, Itto is relegated to solely mono geo. Unless Chiori somehow breaks him back into meta, I don't see him being worthwhile over Noelle at all (and it was a coin flip to begin with, even for us geo fans)

[@dirtyxmind]

I don't even play genshin anymore, but my boy Itto's on the thumbnail, so... 🥸

[@Harmony242]

I'm one of those that has a built Itto. I don't regret pulling for him, but man.... he feels so bad to try and use. Hyperspecific teams, hyper specific artifact sets needed on most of the characters you'd use with him, mandatory Gorou c6 that I somehow got in 50 rolls, and all that for a team that maybe can compete with other teams that use much lower investment. I can't lie though, watching him spam 100k charged attacks is still super satisfying.

[@faltzer411]

I honestly thought that you'd put that meme image of an entire geo team rotation pale in comparison to a single Navia E, i tried getting Itto on his banner, even have C6 Goro built from pulling on his banner but he never came home, i also lost the 50/50 on Navia banner but watching how fun and kinda busted she was, farmed subquests and exploration for days and managed to get her, been in love with her so far and i have no reason to ever get Itto now, kinda sad realization.

[@alexoceanmeow]

I dont have Itto yet. And I do want him..... but I'd probably pass on him in a future banner bc I've kinda heard all this before. I love his character so much, it kinda sucks that I feel like he'd be practically worthless on my account since I'm really not a strong player anyway lol. I hope Chiori helps him. But I'll be choosing Navia over him every day for now lol

[@jojoningerwow5417]

The one thing I can see that could make itto meta besides a new dedicated support, is a geo healer. That way it enables him to work with furina which gives him a substantial buff

[@veen-a2092]

Lets start with giving him his rightful bodymold

[@1P_Juice]

I actually still use him to this day, I really enjoy his play style! It’s sad to see that he’s held back by Geo element but cranking out a floor on the abyss with a mono geo team is pretty damn cool to me!

[@Periton]

i hope chiori becomes an off field geo shredder and more so that all the geo dps can take advantage of

[@SeravySensei]

Itto is basically C6 Noelle with higher energy cost, no healing, no shield, lower burst uptime, and using more stamina on charged attacks. Maids are obviously more popular than Oni, regardless of gameplay.

[@murchmunch565]

Itto was my first five star, and I couldn’t level him up until I got to inazuma. By the time I got there and built him, he started to get power crept and sumeru released with no new geo characters. He’s never gotten the spotlight, which makes me so sad cuz I love Itto 😭😭

[@ashu__127_]

I guess this makes me the rare Itto main