Why EVERYONE Plays: Kazuha | Genshin Impact

We're back with another episode of Why EVERYONE Plays! This time I want to talk about the real Anemo Archon: Kaedehara Kazuha!
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[@bomj-valera]

You forgot about Kazuha's drawback. After playing him once, every time you don't have him on your current team, you wish you had him. He is such an addicting character. Every time you see 3+ enemies you want to use Kazuha to group them up and destroy with plunging attack that looks cool af with that amount of Swirls.

[@nekoprankster2184]

I went through that. When Gorou released, I'd sometimes swap Kazuha out with him so I could have a bow character (or in instances where a boss was immune to Anemo), since the others in my team were too necessary. Well, I started noticing just how integral Kazuha had become to how I played Klee. I still could manage without him, but it just didn't feel the same and I knew I could always do things faster and better with him. So one day I just stopped swapping Kazuha out. By now, Raiden's skill helps me with battles with flying enemies + my team is getting strong enough I can beat Andrius and Eye of the Storm even with Kazuha still in the team.

[@adam.n-steve]

That's not the main drackback. The main drawback is that you won't be able to play him again for a while cuz you'll be blinded after using his burst lol especially when you have Raiden in your team.

[@yukinoarts]

Man same after changing my main team to be xiao focused i kept forgetting kazu wasnt on 3rd slot and it was zl so i kept applying shield lol

[@yenchitan7276]

TRUE I had that feeling when I was trying out a Yunjin Yoimiya Bennett Zhongli team. Yunjin's spot used to be Kazuha's and I was like "this feels a little off, sure yunjin is my main buffer, but Kazuha just brought more to the table."

[@junyew1813]

ikr he's so addictive everytime i play without him it feels so difficult to take down one enemy at a time

[@eertikrux666]

“He sorta came out of nowhere, there’s no build up for him” Kazuha is the build up himself

[@HeyItsThatGuy360]

I was surprised the community wasn’t hyped for him. When I first saw him, I was hooked! I was gonna pull for him no matter what

[@safwan98]

the build up is the leaks i guess...thats when i decided to get him until theorycrafters started to say if u have venti and sucrose dont get him but i accidentally got him early so here we are now xD

[@chrishansen1842]

This I started Genshin during the golden apple event right in the middle of Klee's banner. I wished super hard for her but didn't get anything. Then I saw Kazuha's banner. I still had no concept of what is good, what isn't, I didn't even really know what the community was like. All I knew was I wanted him. So I gathered every primo I could find for weeks determined to get the character I wanted after missing on Klee... I still didn't get him. I later got Ayaka and Yoimiya back to back though so I see that as almost fair trade. I'll still always want Kazuha though (and Venti he's the first character I wanted super badly because of the prologue.)

[@junyew1813]

@@safwan98 Yea I was just going for the aesthetics

[@harshittikka5705]

@@HeyItsThatGuy360 I mean you were hyped up doesn't mean everybody should people have their own opinions

[@decapulet]

kazuha = good design + good lore + good kits + very f2p friendly build + very resources-friendly build = balanced

[@descendo24]

Not very F2p friendly... I strongly believe that one of the hardest thing in the world is getting a good EM vv piece

[@lesgo4422]

@@descendo24 "f2p friendly" does not mean "800+ em kazuha" he can easily get 500-600em with little to no grind which already makes him a really good support

[@decapulet]

@@descendo24 but once you get it, your job is done. It's different with the usual double crit. Even if you get it but the level up doesn't go to both of them, you need to farm again

[@justsomeguy727]

I'm starting to believe this community doesn't know what 'balanced' actually means if you think kazuha is genuinely balanced and not at all busted to an absurd degree almost comparable to that of how overtuned Bennett is.

[@ryumii1701]

@@justsomeguy727 yes the B in busted stands for balanced

[@voidlayern9368]

The only downside to bringing Kazuha to the Spiral Abyss is that you can't put him on both teams.

[@Thatmagicpanda]

I love being an og Kazuha player his kit is literally perfection, he can even capitalize on the shatter elemental mastery stat 👀

[@Kiwi-Araga]

Kazuha is my main since his release. He's good at nearly everything on both exploration and combat.

[@spaceman4390]

Same, in the beginning I pulled cuz I liked his design best choice I made, he's so fun and useful to use lol

[@yummcake]

I love using him, it's so fun and it never gets old. It's just so satisfying, I’m so glad I got him day 1 of his release.

[@mysh24]

I remember people laughing at me saying Sucrose C6 is better than Kazuha. Look who's laughing now.

[@ancy1205]

Nah. He can't funnel energy. So no good with Xiao. He can't provide swirl at moment of notice, so get use to his rotation is required. Is a trade off with Sucrose, a 4 stars. Not even a straight up better upgrade.

[@electrafying]

4:17 from what I remember, Kazuha actually means “ten thousand leaves” or something similar in Japanese, so it would essentially mean “slash of ten thousand leaves” in Japanese. Although, it being translated as just “Kazuha slash” makes it sound like some Pokémon move since the translation just used his name in a sense instead of the whole phrase lol Anyways, great video as always! I did kinda miss this end of the spectrum in your videos, and Kazuha has just been dominating everything since his release so it’s always great to see you cover him :)

[@rosietales]

People hated that name but it means a lot more than we think.

[@pedrosins8297]

Yeah, can confirm this, in french his burst translates to "ten thousands leaves slash"

[@larryxiang822]

Mitsuha (name meaning 3 leaves) and Yotsuba (name meaning four leaves) are shaking rn

[@luiss428]

same no hate but simply because his name is also "kazuha" and i know kazuha might be a common if not known name, i will always read kazuha slash like its a superhero move or something lol. "kazuha kick!"

[@user-rt4wc3cf9w]

Yep this is the meaning. In spanish it is named ten thousand leaves slash!

[@quickredf0x143]

I have a series suggestion, Why Everyone Hates: *Enemy Type* For example: Why Everyone Hates: Spectres With this you can discuss the mechanics behind basic enemies, elite enemies, and bosses and the general community opinion on them throughout their existence. I've noticed some new enemy types are linked to new characters. For example, spectres were released with Yoimiya and she seems to have better vertical auto attack targeting than most other bow characters. I would also like to hear your opinions on these things anyways. Also, you missed the fact that he can swirl two elements at once with his cast of his he and a different element of his plunge.

[@silvaquick193]

Why Everyone Hates: Abyss Herald

[@Boricosa]

Why everyone hates: Rifthounds

[@zoki4291]

Why Everyone Hates: Cicins

[@card_queen]

Why Everyone Hates: fatui enemies

[@ParadiceLost]

He has to see this!

[@CrossOnGolgata]

Kazuha's E if timed right can also be used to dodge low sweep attacks

[@alfredbarretto]

Best way to dodge Magu Kenki

[@silvaquick193]

Xiao mains be like: No shit!

[@aceentertainment8082]

I’ve done that so many times and it still feels amazing when I do it.

[@junyew1813]

@@aceentertainment8082 my thoughts exactly

[@ixy4684]

Big plus, it can dodge water bombs left by hydro mimics

[@magusdarkrider9779]

Gen 1 Kazuha haver here, ever since I got him back in 1.6 my party composition has changed a dozen times but the only constant member has been Kazuha. I'm so used to playing with him that when I do an abyss half with him not being on the team it just feels weird to me. Love him to bits, Kazuha best boy

[@junyew1813]

same man once you use him you never feel the same again. Once I switch traveller to dendro he'll be my only anemo guy

[@secretlynotlily]

I have my kazuha on 200 Em with 2.2k atk 90% crit rate and 200 crit dmg,he’s my abyss hypercarry because he does a lot of dmg while grouping everything,I used venti a lot more before he came out,but there is no reason to use venti,because why grouping them if they’re dead?

[@karakana]

same

[@f4llenleaves]

i feel sad that he's always benched when I play in the overworld (need fl points for my other characters), but in the abyss i never replace him. Him and zhongli

[@Korijenkins1414]

Gen 1, oh no, in like 4 years people are going to be flexing their "joined party" dates lol.

[@Arteksoff]

I'd also love to mention the visual design of kazuha: his skills, animations and model all look really neat and are pleasant for the eye !

[@Gadottinho]

Not to me

[@thiagobianki1684]

Except when you cant see shit outside his burst. but yes, they are beautyful

[@junyew1813]

the burst leaks are what got me in the first place

[@fallenqiqi4840]

I'm sure before he become meta some people said kazuha is just an expensive anemo aether

[@Arteksoff]

@@fallenqiqi4840 nah, they used to say he's a 5 star sucrose/canadian aether

[@Reikha1987]

When he first came out I did his trial run and said out loud, “oh, this is fun!” And went straight to pulling for him. Since then he hasn’t left my team comps and is the first 5* I’m going to try to get a constellation for on his rerun

[@greywell2982]

I got kicked out of his trail because I was having so much fun. XD

[@raihaanansari503]

Dude same. But I uh, forgot to do his trial and was stuck at with Lv.20 Kazuha for months since my AR was too Low for the golden apple archipelago at the time. But even then he hits hard.

[@MrAxnavara]

I have C1 Kazuha since original banner of his and he still lvl70 lol

[@MrAxnavara]

Only recently started working on him

[@lapiecelazuli7803]

yeah i remember the 1st time i tested him he was so fun i spent 20 minutes ult spamming on his trial lmao then ofc pulled for him and now he's indispensable

[@lavenderlemons888]

He was my first five star and I love him so much to this day. He is still the most fun to play. I got him when I just started playing and I'm glad because I didn't know/hear anything about him, which made my opinion completely unbiased. No hype, expectations or disappointment. Just tested him in trial and loved the gameplay. Simpler times

[@ladythaichi7783]

qAAq

[@broster_jet]

Same!! I honestly just pulled for him bc of his design and voice ! He just seem really calm and nice lol

[@justguytrue]

I also got my fisrt 5 star on his banner! But it was Qiqi....

[@jayangelique3412]

Same!!

[@yaynaymaroon651]

Yesss Kazuha was my first five star too! I really liked his involvement in the Inazuma prequel quest, as well as his relationship with Beidou! His EN va does such a great job too ahh-

[@ambervalkerie9134]

It was also around Kazuha's banner that we got the EM changes. Before Kazuha banner, swirls did negligable dmg and so ppl built crit Venti, if they wanted him to do dmg, but on the patch of the summer Islands, there was EM changes where they uped the EM scaling on all transformative reactions, including swirl. I remember some CC talking about this and how it was an electro buff. It was really a swirl buff and it changed how we build all anemo units (not Xiao) are built for both supporting and dmg. It was much preferable to build them with only EM and because Swirls don't crit, there was no need to worry about building crits on artifacts for Anemo supports.

[@sanandanojha2988]

"not Xiao" 🤣🤣

[@nyx4074]

You forgot Jean, EM also doesn't fit her even as full VV support.

[@dinispedroso8151]

@@nyx4074 true, unless you're a chad Sunfire Jean enjoyer. Yes I do have fun using her with Freedom Sworn.

[@ambervalkerie9134]

@@sanandanojha2988 gotta make sure no one builds all EM Xiao

[@helena197]

your telling me im building my venti wrong with crit stats!? ive been farming vrit items and dont get a single elemental mastery virdicent piece :'(

[@blossomtato]

I wanted him around the time his skill/burst was leaked, and I thought he was cute and his personality was really nice. I didn't care he was getting trashed on he was cute and I wanted him. And I main him, not just have him on my team but I have him as my DPS, and it's so much fun! I refuse to get him off my team.

[@boardstock2119]

Same but I lost the 50/50 to qiqi 😣

[@rosietales]

Please, I don't know how to play without him, he makes the game easier.

[@clarissaperalta4553]

@@rosietales same here it feels so strange like there's something missing when he's not on the team

[@paimonthetravelbuddy690]

@@boardstock2119 Same man I literally cried losing him and I even wished until his banner ended but no luck. I just used my guarantee onto Raiden's banner

[@WaffelWuffel]

I feel the same for Yae Miko right now, I just love her, no matter how many times everyone would call her useless qwq

[@mel-ei9sl]

i still remember people saying kazuha is c6 sucrose. i'm glad i didn't skip him AND I'M SO HAPPY he came early. i'm maining him now, he got 2 crowns and it was worth it.

[@KoeSeer]

i remember even genshin youtuber diss kazuha and compared him to Sucrose C6. now they shamelessly saying "kazuha meta"

[@Sydney_o]

Yeah that’s when i learned to always make your own judgement on things at the end

[@aexyolus]

I literally pulled for him just for his character design, I’ve been longing for him. I didn’t even know how his playstyle works and he turned out to be really fun

[@unluckilyagoose]

Same with me lol,, i pulled him becuase i love anemo and his design was just so pretty!! Hasn't left my team since lol

[@geegeep]

Same here!

[@sirduckings9131]

For Lisa when casting violet arch... When you start to hold it, a ring will start to grow from where she is. Once that ring hits the outer ring , you can let go and it will to the "held attack" you can keep holding it, but there is no need. I feel like not many people know this about her and it really sucks.

[@RoxasLov3r4Ev3r]

Yeah, she's not AS bad to play as people think. Her kit is just complicated to understand and I wish the game did a better job of explaining it too 😕

[@calvinloh2460]

I keep hearing about this outer ring - what is it? I've never seen it in game.

[@shi-chan5779]

@@calvinloh2460 keqing mains guide.

[@calvinloh2460]

@@shi-chan5779 I've read it, but I don't see any outer ring in the diagrams in their guide.

[@luiss428]

@@calvinloh2460 try using lisa. i think it was poorly worded here (theres no outer ring, the ring just grows outwards) but when using the e skill. a ring will form around lisa (you can see it on the ground). this ring will grow bigger until it reaches a max radius (indicating the attack range). the moment it reaches that you can let go of the skill button. after using it for a while, you'll find that the hold duration would be about 3-3.5 seconds?

[@dinispedroso8151]

I do find Kazuha the most fluid, fun, versetile and strong character in the game, however Im still holding on for Venti purely for his character and cause I desire to collect all Archons.

[@cosmictrainer2919]

I love venti

[@f4llenleaves]

i already have kazuha so it makes sense that i should get venti. He's the only archon i don't have, too

[@mirrorwaves6612]

For me the best part of Kazuha is that he's one of the characters who break out of the atk/elemental dmg/crit build template. He can perfectly utilise a craftable weapon, does very strong dmg even with a full support build and is generally a lot more f2p friendly than Venti. Freedom Sworn is obviously broken on Kazuha, but Iron Sting, especially at high refinement, fills all my needs perfectly and I really don't feel the need to get his weapon. Also, Kazuha made International go from fun to absolutely and without a question my favourite team in the game. Also, having a second Anemo CC unit makes team building so much more flexible for Abyss... I can perfectly run freeze Ayaka on one half with Venti, and International with Kazuha on the other. Or Raiden Hypercarry. Kazuha can also double swirl, which is really strong especially in reaction heavy teams. So... he's one of the best units in the game, because he's broken with constellations and high investments, but already really strong at c0 with a f2p weapon and a 4p VV with full elemental mastery (which not many characters want, so you're likely to have some pieces lying around already)

[@DegoKS]

Disagree with more f2p than Venti, u don't need to spend in Venti at all. The issue is that Venti don't work with the newest enemies who can't be lifted up in the air. I think Kazuha is better because he's waaaaay more consistent and versatile than Venti, plus u can't miss his Ult like Venti does.

[@mirrorwaves6612]

@@DegoKS kazuha scales a lot better with Constellations than Venti does, so in that regard he's not really f2p friendly. But the value Iron Sting has on him is huge, whereas Venti really needs a gacha weapon to shine (at least a Fav bow for batterying or a high refinement Stringless for dmg, or Elegy or Harp). A Prototype Crescent Venti has a lot less value than an Iron Sting Kazuha

[@DegoKS]

@@mirrorwaves6612 sure, I just wanted to say that u can put a 1 star bow on venti and he still works (when he works), where as Kazuha wants to build more EM because of his buffs. Fav bow u can get for free as well around the end of stormterror chapter.

[@keku52]

@@DegoKS that's the thing, Kazuha is way more f2p friendly because you can slot him in every team comps. Meanwhile Venti can only be slotted in freeze comps on high end abyss (12F). Venti doesnt have the flexibility Kazuha has because he has a broken CC but doesnt have anything else in his kit

[@DegoKS]

@@keku52 Venti gives 15 energy for himself and to characters of the same element infused in his ult, but i agree that Kazuha can fit in literally every team. Venti launches enemies in the air and that invalidates a lot of team comps for him. In the end Kazuha is just better.

[@ashgarden5863]

He has an adorable laugh in JP dub when he glides. And that's the only reason why you should pull. Must protect him.

[@anyaaa2801]

Yeah! He sounds so unbelievably cheery^^

[@jessevelez]

It's getting really hard to resist pulling for Raiden when I've been waiting a long time to pull Kazuha. His rerun feels so close but so far. Halp.

[@josueravena3464]

Only to end up the one you wanted for re-run it ended up being different.

[@Goblinhandler]

Reject booba sword, embrace the leaf guy

[@SunbladeNL]

Wait till Friday when the livestream is and you can see who comes in 2,6 and then decide

[@vjbd2757]

@@Goblinhandler *Canadian Aether

[@zuninona]

same :(

[@leojustice3367]

While marketing did play a part on Kazuha's lack of popularity, I do believe there are factors that are more meta related 1. The competition was too strong Swirl was buffed because of his release. This was good for him, but it also made Sucrose and Venti broken. At the time, Venti was the strongest unit in the game because there were so many enemies he could suck into his vortex, while Sucrose was the strongest buffer in the game. Now both of them did ridiculous amounts of damage at low investment because of this. This made people question the need for Kazuha, as he was directly competing with two of the best units in the game. Then, theory Crafters did their work and they found out that... Kazuha didn't win against neither of them. He did less damage than Venti and had less crowd control, while buffing your reactions for less than Sucrose. The main two archetypes at the time were Vaporize and Freeze, since the amount of units at the time was more limiting. Kazuha couldn't do well in either of them, as he buffed less than a Sucrose on a Vaporize, while he shattered things in freeze, thus being worse than Venti. Sucrose's damage isn't so behind him either. This meant that there wasn't a reason to pull for him. Now, Venti is almost useless since the only new enemies he can suck into his vortex are mirror maidens and Rifthound welps. Venti is now only good with freeze since he can't keep anything inside his vortex to receive the full damage. 2. No Raiden Shogun At the time, all units depended on a reaction to deal their maximum damage. Vaporize, freeze or melt, there wasn't a unit who could use Electro as a dps very well. Beidou is the only og unit who is a Meta electro dps, but Sucrose is stronger than him in that regard because she spends less time in the field not doing AAs, buffs everyone's electro Charged without having to invest into EM, and has Anemo infusion autos. In 2.1, this changes. The Raiden Shogun is released. A unit who can output amazing amounts of damage if hyperinvested. The cool thing about her? Her damage is pure Electro with no reactions whatsoever. This means Sucrose can't buff her very well. So Kazuha is the best and practically only in slot for her hyper invest team. This makes Kazuha a lot more valuable, since so many people have Raiden Shogun. 3. Venti was nerfed into oblivion after patch 1.7, but he was the king before. I already said that Venti can't pull anything inside his Vortex, but let me dive deeper into why this is such a plus for Kazuha. In patch 2.0, no units were sucked by Venti's vortex. None. Not even the common Nobushi. This was catastrophic, since it meant all his utility and most of his was gone, in a single patch. In 2.1, the weight of some units was changed. However, it was changed in a way that benefits Kazuha over all other units. If we go back to the Nobushi, they can't be sucked into his vortex. Or more accurately, they can't be lifted in the air with a small pull like Venti's vortex. This means that you have to throw them in the air before getting them to lock into place, else they can run away from the vortex. This is really bad, as it means that you have to use your skill to do it, but Venti has a skill that has very poor AOE, meaning that unless they were already close together, your vortex can't suck enemies properly. This, however, benefits Kazuha. Because his skill has two parts, knocking enemies into the air, and then sucking them. This simple thing means that effectively he has MORE crowd control than Venti against most enemies like rift hounds, Nobushi, Kairagiri, Ruin machines, etc.

[@stefanobesliu6458]

The story of how they powercrept the anemo archon from being good to becoming a worse sucrose that is only useful in morgana which has seen a fall in usability anyways. Your comment should be pinned tbh. The majority of power that kazuha has rn comes from the fact that the other anemos such as venti are severely nerfed by mihoyo

[@leojustice3367]

There are more reasons why he's so broken that aren't mentioned in the video. For one, his C2 is probably the best constellation in the entire game, hands down. A fun fact is that a "regular" (not heavily invested) Sucrose cannot exceed 750 EM with TTDS (part of the reason she's good). 750 EM is the amount needed for you to share 200 EM with your party, and it doesn't affect Sucrose herself. However, Kazuha's C2 shares the same amount of EM for free and to himself, so he improves his own buffing (it's only about 8% tho), his damage, and by that point he completely powercreeps Sucrose because he's two characters in one. Not to mention Freedom Sworn, a weapon who is specifically made for him, with the ability to buff anyone's damage even more as long as they use normal and charge attacks. I consider him a "more expensive and harder to play" Sucrose because that's really what he is. He's more expensive than her due to needing to leveling up weapons, (with Sucrose you can get away with a level 1 TTDS), the need for a 5 star weapon, constellations, and needing to swirl two elements or use Raiden to be better than her. However, if you do it, you'll definitely do better with him that Sucrose. Thus turning him into the strongest Anemo (and a contestant for the actual best) unit in the game.

[@Gadottinho]

@@stefanobesliu6458 it's disgusting what mihoyo did, and not only to venti, but to every character, specially mondsyadt ones, they really hate the west, everyone with a brain can se this...

[@graalfizz4372]

Theorycradters are trashed

[@leojustice3367]

@@Gadottinho I honestly really dislike Kazuha for a bunch of reasons. Main one being how disgustingly good his C2 is, which is specifically designed to powercreep a 4 star (which is kinda funny to think one of the units that is considered the best needs a fucking constellation to be absolutely better than a C0 4 star that you can literally get in the standard banner lmao) I also kinda dislike his fanbase since they got the perfect story of how "waifu/husbando beat meta slaves and now they regret not pulling for him". Which is honestly kinda eh. I think he's overrated unless C2, considering Sucrose can get the job done with better numbers and cheaper. He's not needed, at all. But people act like you NEED to have him. In a sense, I once told someone that they didn't need to get him and someone told me "tHeY cAn pUlL fOr wHO thEy LiKe". That moment I started to actively hate him and I still do to this day. I seriously hope that they add the husks to the abyss or something, so Venti can finally be usable again without Moragana. But at the same time, Venti is way too broken against enemies he can lift, so idk. At least give him one chamber where he's broken and then two where he's decent IG.

[@softienomnom]

I remember the community was generally meh about him when he was first released. I felt like I was the only one so excited after seeing his character demo and doing the trial. Loved his gameplay and character design so much I decided to open my wallet and go for C2. Best decision I've ever made for any unit :D

[@masterstylez6960]

Kazuha also has alot of little details with his animations. As in, most of his basic attacks and skills have a unique animation if you do nothing after them. Its not practical, but its really nice to see

[@DemonerLycan]

A lot of characters has those little animation, it's not just Kazuha. Although. His are definitely one of the best looking

[@snaining2054]

In co-op I like to let kazuha finish his burst animation including the part where he spins his sword in mid-air and it disappears, man it just looks so sick

[@bluefenneris9009]

Kazuha was the first character.i saved for because he looked so fun to play and that was probably the best decision i made

[@Ruined_Poro]

Same!

[@yameni798]

Same

[@NoForksGiven]

Vars : Sprinting stamina cost reduction is the best part Sayu with her infinite sprint: Am I a joke to you?

[@pfortunato78]

little pebble in the road, "yeah. You are a joke to me."

[@Unwebonnn]

its not really infinite-

[@jasmine9228]

Tbf, Kazuha is anemo AND has sprinting stamina cost reduction, which is really, really good. So far the only other characters that have his passive is Kaeya and Razor but they're not anemo, so you'd have to add other units to get anemo resonance. Add in Sayu & Rosaria in the nighttime, and the feeling of speed is absolutely crazy. Also you can add in a dedicated damage dealer for the last slot! Boom. Perfect exploration team.

[@LuminousSpace]

@@pfortunato78 lol fr, cant even use stair

[@ran_loona]

Once you have kazuha in your team he's never leaving

[@sweetichii]

To be honest I originally pulled for him just because of his character design/personality but playing him is so fun! He's my absolute favorite genshin character and I use him as my main (triple crowned)! I'm looking forward to his rerun so I can get his C1

[@silverYolo]

I hate when people bring up "no one" using kazuha at first and completely glossing over the elemental mastery buff. The reason everyone switched over from venti also had nothing to do with his skill being "slow" to cast everything to do with the fact that they started introducing enemies he couldn't cc with his ult but kazuha could with his skill

[@wahyuwirawan727]

Mhy nerf entire game for kazuha viability after 2.1.

[@sartajsingh4977]

Elemental buffs + his cc dont throw them 10ft. Up, also what u said but thats not the main purpose

[@vitormascarenhas4884]

They had to do this, Venti was ridiculous strong before 2.0

[@chrisa6549]

I legit pulled him and used my guaranteed pity because his skill looked cool (and he can jump mid-air lol). Didn't know he could become THAT useful. A bonus, I guess.

[@migoym6079]

I liked Kazuha since his release. His gameplay is so smooth and I almost pulled for him. I didn't because I was a new player who fell in love with Yoimiya. I don't regret skipping him because if I didn't, I wouldn't have gotten my dear main. However, it does make me feel like I'm missing out sometimes, but hey, it's worth it though. I will definitely try to get him once he gets his rerun

[@_Thorondor]

Wooow, I am in exactly the same situation. 😁✌️🌟

[@DewaGedePutraAnggaPradnyana]

+he’s kirito’s best buddy +fun to play +beautiful animation -the urge to long press E when you see multiple enemies or abyss mages 🤣🤣

[@masonnarine8495]

as someone who skipped eula for kazuha, i love him and cant see any of my team comps without him. kazuha best boy

[@Lin-bn4bn]

I couldn't get eula the first and second time, took Kazuha instead and didn't know what to feel till I used him. I love him so much

[@Ivy-jq6di]

I also skipped Eula for Kazuha lol Got her on rerun though since she works well with Raiden

[@kuraresacupcakes]

Kazuha and Xiao are the best exploration team ever. You get the movement speed increase, you're able to sprint longer, and you can just spam space up any cliff

[@cilantro6150]

I love Kazuha so much! He is so cute and I don't want anything changed about him. I main him and wished I had his constellations. I main him so much that I become crippled if I remove him out of the team. His character design, gameplay and backstory are all amazing! Now all that is left is....WHERE IS HIS STORY QUEST??????? Thank you for making this video, I shall watch this many times as I am very proud of him :)i hope everyone who wish for him get him

[@Psusanoo]

Did you enjoy is story quest? And that 'awesome' sword that was 'made' for Kazuha 😏

[@2hiaE.]

I really enjoy your videos! Your voice is extremely soothing and the explanation is reasonable and logical being fair to the system for the characters 😁

[@TheCheeseman1983]

I remember everyone recognizing Venti’s brokenness immediately, back at launch. It’s just that he was the first limited banner, so we couldn’t really tell if he was going to be exceptional or just the baseline. If anything, Venti is more under appreciated today than he was back then. This video being a prime example. Calling Kazuha a strict upgrade to Venti is just wrong, they perform different functions. I’d call Kazuha a better balanced Venti, who is always useful, without warping the entire meta around him, like Venti does. After all, Venti is exactly why they can’t use light enemies in Abyss anymore, since he just trivializes all such encounters.

[@lihavalokki5705]

I wouldnt say Venti is under appreciated when Mihoyo keeps adding more and more heavy weight enemies which renders Venti's ability to group enemies more obsolete. Under appreciation would imply that people think Venti is worse than he actually is, even though it is absolutely true that he has become weaker whenever new enemies are added into the game that cannot be lifted. Even before Kazuha was ever released, Sucrose was recognized as a superior anemo unit over Venti against bosses and other enemies that couldn't be grouped because of her better damage amplification.

[@TheCheeseman1983]

@@lihavalokki5705 I strongly disagree. Sucrose was always called “budget Venti” in the old days, it wasn’t until her taser comps were devised that she started getting the appreciation she deserves. Venti does far more DPS than Kazuha or Sucrose, and can lockdown enemies with 40% uptime. No other character in the game comes close to that. Sure, they’re making newer enemies immune to it, but that’s because of how broken it is, otherwise. Venti’s existence has shaped the future of Genshin’s encounter design. That’s why I like calling Kazuha “balanced Venti”: he manages to provide similar utility without breaking the game. He can’t compete with Venti when enemies can be lifted, nor does he have comparable raw DPS against multiple enemies (assuming you know how to keep them inside Venti’s burst), but he is good in nearly all situations. Kazuha is what Venti *should* have been from the start, and demonstrates how the devs are getting better at balancing characters over time. Personally, I use Kazuha much more than Venti, because Kazuha is much more fun to play. But I always have Venti around Incase I just want to turn off my brain and win without trying.

[@stefanobesliu6458]

Venti's whole kit is pretty much powercrept by kazuha and enemies. Useless to know that he trivializes small enemies if they wont make any new ones. Kazuha has an objectively better skill with lower hold e cooldown. The stamina consumption for sprinting passive is much better than the gliding one. Even kazuha's ult with constellation 2 becomes a mini venti ult where it lets you cast 2 chihayaburu in a row which the majority of time will create enough cc for your team, all of thise while still letting your teammates no matter the weapon, attack them. Include the 200 em and his signature weapon and you make venti look like a joke with his 15s hold e cooldown and an ult that doesnt even cc with shittiest constellations in the game, and a signature weapon which amber in a hu tao comp makes better use than him in any comp lmao. All venti's got for him is mihoyo's mercy, floor 9 and 10 trivializing and lore. All of this while looking like a joke next to the other 2 archons which have many more mechanics to them and passives. Heck, kazuha represents anemo as an element better than venti's shit kit does. Double swirling, mobility skill that can be used in air (anemo archon cant, but vision user can), low cooldowns, elemental mastery use. Venti should get a rework because his whole kit aged like milk, and got outclassed by sucrose's which has more uses than his in the current meta by a margin

[@tenphel7715]

Venti was the one who changed Abyss we play today. Good times when u can press one button and stun lock enemy. Mihoyo Nerfed venti by adding more weighted mob in higher levels.

[@miraqen7801]

@@tenphel7715 there were no such thing as 'optimizing' back then, lol. everyone re-rolled for venti!

[@snapedu9166]

The thing is Kazuha didn't get any recognition when he first came out not a lot of people admire his design or his poatic personality or over world exploration which is kind of sad since i mainly pulled him for the design alone but once people found his utility they started useing him so i beg the question do all the design aspects actually help with his popularity or is he just use for utility since unlike zhongli who some people mainly pulled him because he was an archon for Kazuha those who pulled him mainly did for design Like dose everyone now suddenly all like his design and begging for a rerun or just utility which i completely understand the abyss is kinda Hard with out some units but take what i said with a grainof salt 😊😊

[@josueravena3464]

I pulled for him since I like his design, and his personality. Also a big fan of his VA, Mark Whitten and his JP va. Oh it's just delicious to hear people regretted not pulling for him. He is very fun to play and useful for exploration. I even have both Venti and Kazuha together in the same party. Cuz doing a double elemental tornado is fun as hell!

[@BansheeHallow]

That happens in any game for that matter not just Genshin, I was one of the OG players who wanted Kokomi because of her design and playstyle even with all the doom and gloom around that she was ""bad"".

[@iluvchess14736]

I think people want his rerun because everyone discovered how dummy op Poetics of Fuubutsu is

[@willucario7641]

I just pulled him because of his burst looks really cool. Didnt care about what can he do, only his spinning burst.

[@isaiassaraviabuendia9635]

That sort of groups two types of Kazuha players The ones who love his design The ones who love his kit And the third group the ones who love both. It's a group that you can't really calculate when a character has both design and an S Tier Kit. I do have to say, not a lot of people hated his design they loved it. The ones who usually judge a character based on their kit showed up too and said he was garbage until the end of his banner. These two groups of people are easiest to see at the beginning of a banner. I for one, liked his design but didn't pull on him because he wasn't Meta enough, and I was saving for someone else (I got Eula :) The % I think is this. 70% of Kazuha lovers enjoy his design 15% enjoy him for different reasons 15% of the remaining love only his kit. Then there's also a mixed percentage who love both but I can't even calculate that.

[@DisappointedAether]

I love your character analysis series. Will you analyze bosses one day? I'd like to see one

[@chi-scara]

I’m a newer genshin player, I was struggling to pick between pulling for venti or kazuha (i’m f2p, and I lost my last 50/50 to Mona) and this really helped :)). Atm I’m a Yanfei main because she’s fun to play, and Kazuha looks really fun to play with! (Plus as a gay male, kazuha kinda..)

[@augh4659]

I understand you lmfao

[@justafrog1756]

Honestly, I'm using him as a main dps... and crowned Kazuha with 2p gladiator's finale and 2p VV is absolutely amazing. He's truly one of the best characters in the entire game. He can be used for literally everything and as a main dps, I feel like he still has his support abilities while also giving him even bigger dmg. My beloved main forever, I genuinely don't think I'll ever main any other character. Kazuha is just the best character I ever had a chance of playing with. He's also just a sweetheart and I like his backstory a lot. Truly an amazing character

[@Gaurang_Karande]

I would have to respectfully disagree with some of points you made on Zhongli you don't have to brute force him onto your teams. But there are teams that genuinely need the Zhongli Shield and Universal Shred like Xiao team, Yoimiya team and to some extent Ganyu Melt (since she has to charge shot the enemies). The thing with these units is that you need Resistance to Interruption to fully maximize their DPS. It's a pain to play Xiao and Yoimiya (for her normal attack string) without any shield and Zhongli gives the most consistent shield out of all characters. He can be a very reliable Tenacity of Millelith user to prock it's effect to buff your teams damage. And Zhongli is also a good slap onto Geo teams for the Geo Resonance. You don't have to force yourself to use Zhongli but rather find a team which needs him.

[@hansquintos701]

true. even in a hu tao team comp, zhongli's shield is very important as well.

[@thisisobviouslybait]

@@hansquintos701 You'd much rather run C4 Yanfei or Thoma for shielding in a Hu comp so you can run Kazuha or Sucrose. It's basically impossible to use Kazuha or Sucrose to VV shred pyro(and buff em or pyro%) if Hu is the only pyro in the team. When you run Zhongli you don't have room in the comp for another pyro due to XQ being attached to Hu at the hip. Also Ganyu prefers Diona to Zhongli due to her being a battery, healer, and on top of her shields. Zhongli is basically a spork. He can be used in any group and sure it at least kind of works but there's almost always a better option for the specific situation.

[@isabelpina8288]

@@thisisobviouslybait actually, her best team is with xingqiu zhongli and albedo (Who already gives you elemental mastery) And Hu tao by herself already deals a ton of damage without needing sucrose.

[@thisisobviouslybait]

@@isabelpina8288 Albedo doesn't buff the team damage nearly as much as either of those units and the resist shred from Zhongli is inferior to VV. This is basic math and you're objectively wrong. Her best comp is c4 YF, XQ and C2 Kazuha. Without c2 Kazuha it depends on her exact stats to determine if Sucrose or Kazuha are better. I've run both comps extensively and her damage output is very noticeably higher with a vv+em/ele% comp. It's a difference of ~70k charged attacks to ~100k Charged attacks. Zhongli + Albedo also occasionally bork your vape rotations.

[@KamisatoElias]

@@thisisobviouslybait as a ganyu main she definitely does not prefer diona as a shielder. Ganyu doesn’t need her battery capabilities, her shield is trash compared to Zhongli, and who needs heals if you take no damage to begin with? Not to mention you’ll be running Bennett who has sufficient heals. The main problem is diona can only rank a few hits, especially in abyss where everything hits hard. Zhongli allows for maximum number of charged shots without being knocked around.

[@imagxne445]

Man youre brilliant this vid is prolly one of the best genshin vids ive watched in youtube to date hope youll have more ppl watching your contents

[@jester0594]

He’s basically sucrose mixed with venti and hes super fun to play im so hyped for his re run

[@niahaz1]

I am beginning to think Hoyoverse might give Kazuha the Ganyu treatment, which is to say we won't see a rerun of him for a long time because they know he is way too strong. They will try to change the meta with new characters and enemies before his rerun. I am expecting Ayaka, Yoimiya, Venti and Klee rerun before him. With Sumeru characters not that far off, who knows how long they can delay the rerun.

[@shenvega6688]

I hope you're right. I was saving primos for Kazuha, but now I think i am going to pull for Ayato. I need more time to save more primos after Ayato to get Kazuha

[@wahyuwirawan727]

In fact, mhy nerf whole game since 2.0 just for kazuha, not anemo in general.

[@Tambuburay888]

Kazuha will have Albedo Treatment because he didn't give enough money for Hoyo in my opinion

[@mikebather6688]

@@wahyuwirawan727 Bro they buffed venti wtf

[@wahyuwirawan727]

@@mikebather6688 it means to buff kazuha not venti wtf. Enemies barely pull by venti but not for kazuha. As long enemies touch ground, they can use state.

[@miicrowavez]

I remember getting him on accident back on like ar20.. he hasn’t left my team since despite having to be stuck on level 40 for a while.

[@MRafas-ie9zh]

Same ruined my pity on 20th pull Now I cant imagine my vape team without him

[@jessevelez]

Level 40, that's...kind of criminal.

[@miicrowavez]

@@jessevelez At that time I didn't unlock Inazuma and the map for Golden Apple was locked for me..

[@lauragrigoletto906]

I had the same experience lol, thank god his ascension plant is farmable in the serenetea pot or I would have never gotten him over lvl 20 before unlocking Inazuma

[@ajaiajai-md5xj]

Exactly what happened to me. I didnt even know he was a 5 star i just wanted characters that did big damage and i was pulling randomly. Its so nice that i pulled for him he has never left my team and honestly when i try to do a comp without him i feel like it is sol difficult. He has ruined me with his ccs just like zhongli does with his shield.

[@snowshinobi]

is this anyone else's comfort video? video you keep going back to every couple months? the delight with which Vars talks about Kazuha just makes me happy man

[@withlovemays]

The Why everyone plays episode I've been waiting for the most! Honestly, I never looked at kazuha's low sales from the view of marketing, but realize that what you said made a major difference most likely. 1.6 was all about the archipelago and Kazuha was just kind of there with his materials and boss on the map, that's it. Also many people thought he wouldn't have much importance to the story since he was "only" the prologue to Inazuma and the actual hype was still building up. It wasn't until two months later that he finally saw the spotlight within the story again and got a huge signifigance to Inazuma's arc turned out to be like. I remember getting into genshin around the time he was being leaked and I only wanted him due to his design - i knew NOTHING about the game. So, when he came out everyone told all the people pulling for him how we should wait for the "actual" inazuma characters and DPS characters and how he's an expenisve sucrose. I think this mind set was why, at the time of his release, he was literally the worst selling banner only beaten by yoimiya with the lowest in a small mile. I can't wait for his rerun, because he's a 5-star I'd like to get cons of depending on his placement within the runs. I can't wait for the sales and how high he's gonna rank! Whenver I look back to last summer, it feels weird how we didn't know how amazing he was gonna be and those who liked him for whatever other reason next to damage are fortunate enough to now have him. And another note I never thought of that makes him so great his, how you said, it's not easy to make him power crept. They'd have to literally clown him to make a better version of Kazuha.

[@ArgenrantFlute]

Kazooman was my first 5 star and he's my fav til now, I absolutely love his voice and design, and his gameplay is very satisfying to use during exploration, I always use him to walk and only use other characters during combats and puzzles I know he's now strong in terms of meta, tbh I don't really have a perfect team for him but whenever I have him in my abyss team, my chance of getting full star becomes higher loll Definitely the best emotional support

[@astererererer_]

same lol, i feel the need for a 2nd kazuha for abyss tbh, but i don't like sucrose's playstyle, so I'll just pull for venti

[@crysenthos7022]

Same, I was a noob that time and I tried to get Klee in her rerun. I out of primos, and tried to get kazuha instead. Best decision ever.

[@tibles1472]

I saved for Kazuha for a few months because I fell in love with his design and maple leaf aesthetic (his name-card is so good). His C1 is really fun to have to just hop around in fights or to never stop gliding in over world. Besides for how strong he is I do think his popularity could be from having arguably the most impactful scene in the Inazuma archon quests. When he turned his (boy)friends vision back on to save us from Raiden I cried

[@dohaahmad7638]

Man your explanation is just so funny and good.Keep it up!

[@zimo4147]

Chihayaburu is my absolute favorite skill in genshin. I unexpectedly got Kazuha on his banner, but i wasn't interested in his character and didn't build him until around later in oktober. Low cooldown, good dmg and utility, and it feels amazingly smooth to use.

[@QueenoftheHorizon]

Kazuha was my first five star character, so he's very precious to me. I got him in my first 10 pull on the banner (I didn't know about soft pity while pulling on Klee's banner, so I was in the sweet spot on the banner) and he's been on my team in some capacity ever since. I've had him as my main DPS, a sub DPS, and support; I know a lot of people throw him into full support with EM as the only stat priority, but I built mine as a hybrid for attack power and EM, so he can stand on his own really effectively doing physical damage and spamming his skill/burst. His rerun banner is going to be insane because he's incredible, wouldn't trade him for anyone!

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

I love Kazuha 'cause I resonate with his personality. Not to mention his meta-viability. However, I'm set on Venti. Probably a perk of being a lore-lover over meta.

[@rachitp4929]

The only way I can put venti above kazuha is if he can use his skill in the air

[@ivyv.d.4510]

Dude, Kazuha has one fo the best lore's ingame for not being a god or some sort of hybrid. Introduces traveller to Inazuma, vision hount, takes us to Inazuma, helps us twice and saves us from Raiden activating the vision of his dead friend, first charcater with 2 active powers at the same time. If that doesn't make his space in lore important enought, then what he needs to do LoL

[@shi-chan5779]

@@ivyv.d.4510 Venti is in everything. All lore comes at some point back to venti. He is the most lore important character

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

@@ivyv.d.4510 His lore is fine. Still not enough depth for me compared to other characters. I personally consider those as sugar-coatings and shock value. I can't just be pleased by a pop of color. The only macro-relative thing on his lore is the activation of his friend's vision. Most of what he does game-wise also has been done by many characters. That includes helping the traveler and introducing us to Inazuma (eg. Thoma, Beidou, Ayaka). Same with helping/saving/protecting us (Gorou, Shen He, etc.) I consider this as micro. Which means such acts ar just points of parity and not difference. Just look at Albedo's lore. Very neglected meta-wise but damn his character is fundamental to Teyvat's world-building. He's someone with a power the origin of which was one of the cause of an entire civilizations end. That's what I meant when I say depth. Its on a macro scale and not just micro. Even Kokomi has further depth since she could be a descendant from the dragonheir of the depths. The specie of which literally predated Teyvat itself. Being said, he doesn't need to do anything. Moreover, you seem so uptight about me choosing Venti over him cause of lore. I don't need to be pleased. I just choose what I personally enjoy. Also isn't Beidou the one that introduces us to Inazuma through her Crux fleet?

[@hijodelsoldeoriente]

@@shi-chan5779 Almost in everything. I generally agree. He even has connection with Istaroth, the "higher power" mentioned that helped Makoto in altering space-time whatever.

[@user-lu8ms4hn6q]

I got kazuha and was originally going to use him as a support. But every time I was facing a group of enemies, or doing my daily commissions I would always switch to kazuha instead. I built him as a main DPS instead and he's so useful for literally anything (his e reaching the birds in oceanids really helped me as someone who doesn't have any well built ranged units).

[@naud8171]

The swirls from his burst actually deal a big chunk of damage especially in electro-charged reaction against multiple enemies It is just insane!

[@a-non6238]

Aah I can’t wait for his re-run & vids like this just make me even more hyped in anticipation. I know the farther away his re-run is the more I have time to save to try for cons/his weapon but I just want him already. I lost 50/50 on him to Qiqi last summer and he never came home. I’m getting him for sure this time despite being on 50/50 again with the 220+ pulls I have saved, but I just hope I get lucky and get more than one copy of him to make up for the last time.

[@kodiak4483]

I'm 100% on team Kazuha but to say that he's a better venti is pushing it. They have different roles for different situations. Yes the current content has indirectly nerfed venti but that still doesn't mean that he should be considered as just a worse Kazuha. Kazuha is a buffer with EM that deals dmg while max potential Venti is actually still a crit build that basically only supports using VV. I would also like to mention that he's extremely overhyped now. Yes he's extremely good but there are a lot of situations where even sucrose can buff teammates more than Kazuha (assuming you don't have C2). Most people don't realize that for most players, they actually don't need Kazuha at all. The only comp that actually requires Kazuha is a mono element team that can swirl. I sometimes use Kazuha for a Ganyu melt team to maximize cryo buffing with pyro infusion but I don't really see many people using it due to it being a pain to use efficiently. Its because of examples like this that I'm assuming that a lot of people only pull Kazuha because people overhype Kazuha with a promise that he'll automatically make teams perform better. but man, exploration with Kazuha makes it all worth it.

[@Greatbabyred]

he's not better than venti and sucrose everywhere, but generally he outperforms them on many levels

[@keku52]

It isnt really pushing it when someone says he's "better than Venti". Put this into perspective; if Venti has 6/5 CC but his other utility (energy gen) and dmg are 3/5 and 2.5/5 respectively at most and compare it Kazuha who has like 4/5 CC, and 4/5 utility and dmg then you will see why he's considered to be better. Not adding the fact that he slots in all PHEC comps including monocomps. Dont see it yet? In the context of abyss, what's the use of a broken 11/10 or 6/5 CC when it's not even needed? Abyss favors dmg amplifications mire than CC in later floors and rarely does it favor hard CC when it rotates. Tl;dr He's better than Venti because he's more valuable due to his flexibility (basically, he has the superior kit)

[@kodiak4483]

@@Greatbabyred agreed

[@ihonestlydontknow7700]

venti stans always get mad whenever someone says kazuhas better ☠☠ like d*mn if he wasnt any better no one wouldve said that

[@pfortunato78]

Outside of a few perfect play taser builds (AND you need to have C6 Sucrose), Kazuha is better than Sucrose in every other team. Not to mention his skills are extremely responsive, whereas Sucrose dangerously animation locks you, and you hope the auto-target god places her skill where you want it

[@zenaahmd7924]

Thhhhhhhhank you for the video I was needed it soon much

[@thyrxella]

I really hope Kazuha has a rerun soon. I love his design and he is one of my favorite favorites if not my favorite.

[@gamingcat1384]

U have 30 days grind them primos

[@talhaansari62]

He's just fun to play. His e is fun in combat and in exploration. His character in game is really likeable. And I'm glad he was my first non standard 5 star.

[@michellewu6689]

I started playing after his first run and just really loved his personality from the archon quest. I've been saving for him for the past 4 months and am so ready to get him in hopefully the next patch

[@abbyxiong362]

I remember when they first started advertising for kazuha and everyone on those "should you get kazuha" guides were saying hes just like venti and that you dont need him. But I knew I wanted him anyway and hes been my main ever since I got him.

[@acaciasiobhan9205]

I’ve watched this so much I thought it came out weeks ago 🤣 love your content!!!

[@GabrielOliveira-bk6pd]

As a Kazuha player it is insulting that you forgot to mention his amazing sword sheathing animation

[@xkyoshi11]

I wouldn't really call him a straight up upgrade over Venti. Venti's arguably the best character in the game when his gimmick works in my opinion, but his gimmick hasn't worked well since 2.0.

[@Alatris]

I think it's just a matter of using them in different scenarios. If venti works against the enemies he's better. If he doesn't kazuha is probably better

[@apollo6662]

Venti is also one of the best batteries in the game, raiden who

[@krish9714]

@@apollo6662 yeah venti is a really good energy battery and doesn't even take field time to do it.

[@mirrorwaves6612]

Venti is a coin toss (either you wreak havoc and clear everything in the blink of an eye, or he does literally nothing), Kazuha is very consistent in everything he does, but with lower highs than Venti... I have to say, I am incredibly glad to have both (got Kazuha near the end of his banner because I realised after some gameplay videos that he might be more than "expensive sucrose", got a surprise Venti spook at low pity on his rerun banner) and I still use both a lot, Kazuha probably more since he synergises better with my favourite dps (childe all day everyday, I love him), but Venti has a firm place in my lineup as well as Sucrose. They aren't really up- or downgrades... more sidegrades to each other depending on the niche. Energy and a literal black hole? Venti. Low field time, pure utility, TTDS buff? Sucrose. Taser driver? Sucrose. Balanced mix of damage and utility with comparatively high field time? Kazuha.

[@justsomeguy727]

@@apollo6662 ah yes 15 flat energy ONLY for the element he infuses with his Q, and only that element is totally better than around 25 flat energy for the entire team including Raiden herself with no discrimination on element. You smoking some good shit thinking venti is a better battery than Raiden I gotta say lmao

[@blueboxjuggler]

I was so shocked when kazuha did so poorly on his banner. He was my first 50/50 won on the character banner and my high peak enjoyment in genshin. Brilliant times. But that's also why I always pull on husbando banners, you can never go wrong with them. The only 5 * waifu that I pulled for is raiden and I lowkey regret that because I could go for kazuha's weapon.

[@supremacy98]

Any mention of the midsummer island adventure event makes me miss those times, one of the few times I had so much fun with the event and story

[@blackberry8121]

good luck to everyone pulling whenever Kazuha's rerun comes along! - sincerely, a Kazuha main 💕

[@dafneramirez4051]

I love Kazuha. I remember skipping banners for him the moment I saw his leaks and prepping for him. I didn’t have a single anemo character besides traveler at that point. Since I’ve gotten him he’s like Bennett in the sense that he doesn’t leave my team. Just, Kazuha💖

[@Orii-2]

i know everyone says no one noticed him at the start but i was mesmirised and obsessed with his skill and burst since his leaks and always thought of him as xiao+venti

[@velvetvampireghoul]

Bro I can listen to your voice forever it’s like a lullaby for a baby 💖💞💕💖💖

[@oBUNo]

Then there's me, who didn't pull an anemo unit until the Xiao rerun. I'm literally skipping Raiden just for Kazuha.

[@dragonemperor8800]

I pulled for him when he first came out because I needed an anemo character and it was such a wise choice, never regretted it

[@thatkidontheblock2921]

i love kazuha since his first banner and always been there for team support and emotional support

[@skyduster1198]

I usually switch my Kazuha's build with EM and main dps and I'll tell you, that with level 9 talents, he can output over 50k per hold E when he's in my dps build and still can output 11k-22k hold E when in EM build so if you guys are considering to pull on Kazuha during his rerun, it's a must.

[@ap0llogetic427]

I remember when people hated him and said he was a worse sucrose. I was laughing back then and I'm still laughing now.

[@willock_]

im saving for his rerun!!! bought 3 welkin for this, hopefully he will come home, also no, i didint skip his original banner, i actually wanted to get him during then but i was on a huge break and burnout from the game sooo..

[@thestorytellingmathematician]

Even on teams where he's not technically my best option (e.g. when I'm playing with Xiao as my dps) I still have him on my team, purely for the crowd control, and because he basically acts as an extra pyro character a lot of the time, which is really nice when breaking elemental shields

[@Freenos]

Kazuha enables mono element (expect Anemo and Geo) teams with his 4pc VV and Ele DMG passive. Plus he can vacuum Alloy and Klee's bombs, very versatile indeed.

[@nathanaelpierre9439]

I remember getting Kazuha for the first time and taking him to floor 12 of the abyss. He was level 50 at the time and I didn't really have high expectations but I've never felt so powerful and comfortable with my team's damage output until I played him. He is one of the main reasons why I began to consistently clear the abyss with 36 stars. Theorycrafters said that he was just a sidegrade to Sucrose but compared to her, he feels so fluid, fun and easy to use that it's hard to convince me that he isn't straight up better.

[@ece4358]

I pulled him in his banner just bc he's husbando and cute. I'm so glad that i did it. That's my one of the best decision i made in genshin

[@iwonthesitatebitch1265]

the moment i did the test try for kazuha i just KNEW i wanted and needed him and that he would become my favourite Character. His playstyle was just me and i love it

[@amitsingh29533]

one thing you forget to mention that after doing domins sometimes his beautiful ult covers whole domins that makes domin boundries hard to see and u fall from the domin.

[@Lapuswhilde]

Kazuha is literally amazing!! I was a fan of him every since the OG character leaks came out. (With Hu Tao, Rosaria, Sayu…) I saw an autumn themed anemo unit and I was sold. I’m soooo happy I grabbed him when he first came out. I loved him so much I went and got him C1- which honestly just makes him 10x better. Twice the fun!! If he gets a rerun, I’ll definitely try and get c2- and if someone doesn’t have him please get him. Even if you have Venti. He’s so worth it! He has such a fun play style that personally I never get tired of. And it’s not as dizzying as Xiao’s plunging. He’s perfect for casual players, and hardcore players :) I’m a Childe main, yet I’m always using Kazuha the most. He’s almost in all of me teams, and I always use him in coop.

[@shi-chan5779]

Dude these old leaks man. Its like really nostalgic looking back at Shenhe/Kokomi old Design.

[@ryumii1701]

@@shi-chan5779 fr tho I miss Mimi

[@shi-chan5779]

@@ryumii1701 yeah but Im happy that shenhe and yunjin made it to the real game. Also kokomi looks better than mimi atleast for me.

[@colinkincaid692]

I skipped ayaka for him, literally only because his quest made me feel so sad for him. I already had venti and c6 sucrose maxed out, but I threw all my primos at his banner. Never regretted it.

[@amritmagar3047]

thats cool but how do you skip ayaka's banner there? Kazuha came before Ayaka.

[@colinkincaid692]

@@amritmagar3047 haha I was saving for Ayaka, blew all my funds on Kazuha instead.

[@riotangel4701]

Your description of Zhongli seems very fitting of the geo archon. He just comes in and wipes the floor for others.

[@greengrass2954]

I still am really hoping we get a venti re run, I just really love his character and am f2p and been saving for a long time for when he dose

[@greengrass2954]

Update got him !!!

[@freddiem6805]

Can we have one on Raiden next ? It's only fitting for her to be next after zhongli and kazuha

[@chanvissotkuong585]

Make sense

[@peeenguinne3858]

Ikr. Remember those days people say Raiden sucks just because she doesn't pair that well with Beidou?? When she is a really flexible character and can fit in any team because of her universal battery? Yeah, good/bad times.

[@freddiem6805]

yooo, it's shogun next. lmfao

[@thebrigade7684]

Hmm I think it should be about Xingqiu or Bennet first

[@lewsee5562]

@@thebrigade7684 Everyone knows why Bennett and Xingqiu are used a lot so it's maybe on a lower priority. Xiangling probably? Some people are still sleeping on her.

[@praevidens]

Just finished grinding mats, talent books, and artifacts for Kazuha. Now all I need to do is grind mora, primogems and lvl books. The grind dont stop 😣 Edit: most of the talent books I had are now gone becuz I upgraded my Hu tao's Elemental skill (from 4 to 9). But I did manage to lvl up my Iron sting up to 70

[@beatriceglem8451]

dw primogems are the only thing to worry about-

[@tejaswakade9047]

I have already farmed everything that is needed just need Hoyoverse to release him.

[@lxncexzs]

i rlly hope ur guaranteed😭 u might not get him and just waste all that time farming.. just saying

[@praevidens]

@@lxncexzs I lost the 50/50 on Yae's banner but ended up getting her on my alt LMAO

[@tejaswakade9047]

@@lxncexzs Even if I lost 50/50 I have enough to get him to C2 easy😁

[@1blackone]

9:39 Well, I'd say that Jade Pillar does somewhat synergize with the Geo Traveler's Burst as it creates a large area that does Critical Geo tic damage, but that's about it...

[@japandan7]

Great video. S-Tier background music 👍

[@LJ-qc4om]

He makes everything easier and also fun to use

[@themidnightotaku22]

Again, I don’t have Kazuha. I have Qiqi now but someday, I’ll have Kazuha to.

[@mariazeitouni6216]

The flying dodge!! Whenever I need a little break but my stamina is too low or I'm surrounded, I just hold his skill and watch the ennemies hit air while I scratch my toes

[@jonomate]

Love this series.

[@bluemenkranz_2953]

why everyone plays kazuha addition - have great synergy with bennett - self-infuse - can double swirl only with his E meaning double vv shread + double buff elemental damage - provides buff 100% uptime

[@entecor3892]

vv shred and his buff don't stack just refresh duration :3 so it's not really double more like the plunge attack does more damage since he gets the elemental bonus from first swirl and then refreshes duration, if they did stack characters would reach insane elemental damage bonus from his e q e combo. (it'd be cool, you could make an amber outdps ganyu but still maybe a bit too op XD)

[@wahyuwirawan727]

Vv shred can't stack. Wdym?

[@bluemenkranz_2953]

@@wahyuwirawan727 different element buddy, for example apply hydro by childe > bennett Q > hydro status still remains since it weak vapes > kazuha Q (hydro swirled, hydro res -40% + hydro damage bonus from kazuha ~38%) > kazuha E (self infusion, pyro swirled, pyro res -40% + pyro damage bonus ~38%)

[@bluemenkranz_2953]

@@entecor3892 look at my above comment

[@bluemenkranz_2953]

And with kazuha you can do that with only his hold E if he get paired with bennett because of self infusion and kazuha E do swirl twice (when he flies and does plunge attack)

[@sparkk2871]

He's my favorite Genshin character and I'm still sad that he didn't come home on his first banner :(. I am willing to full on whale for him if he comes back.

[@spacemen2629]

I have to say that your video essay is very beautifully fomulated. English is not my native language and recently it's been out of practice. Watching your video reminds me of useful vocabulary that I always forgets to use. Thank you!

[@mikkofranz3464]

Kazuha was my first five star, and I was pretty bummed that I missed the Venti banner back then. I was planning to save my primos for a Venti rerun (I just loved Venti, until now), but when I saw how cool his burst and skills were at the time, I couldn't bring myself to save. It didn't matter if he wasn't as good as Venti, I didn't have an anemo unit besides traveler anyway. Now, I still have Kazuha on almost every one of my team comps, also my first level 90 unit. He's great.