Why EVERYONE Plays: Kokomi | Genshin Impact

[@Ott3rpup]

Kokomi’s crit passive is called “Flawless Strategy” because she doesn’t rely on chance

[@nebulawings]

That's a good way to put it, actually

[@vchlopie9357]

Ate

[@fae_gavan7582]

When you think about it, it does fit her character.

[@stUwUpified]

If they gave her a passive with 100% CR, the same effect would be accomplished.

[@boba8424]

From 'Why no one plays Kokomi?' to 'What happened to Kokomi?' to 'Why everyone plays Kokomi?' what an arc. Best meta redemption! (Edit: Please do not spread leaks in the comment section. As of 26th September 2023, Furina's kit hasn't been officially released yet.)

[@Ki_Vladilena_Milize]

Character development at its finest XD

[@San-cb9mj]

Dehya is kinda going through this right now, her release was batshit horrible!!! But now she is slowly gaining space with the new Fontaine mechanics and earning her spot on the meta, for example she is already one of the best team mates for Lyney, imagine what comes next

[@ecovrse]

@@San-cb9mjyou do know what meta is?? dehya being a semi decent option in one team does NOT make her meta jesus please use your brain😭

[@San-cb9mj]

@@ecovrse Jesus, thats really rude but ok, IMO she is the 2nd best pyro besides bennet if you plan to make his mono pyro, but just my opinion...

[@zankoushadow]

@@ecovrse he just meant similar to kokomi dehya is slowly getting better due to other released characters no need to take the fact he said shes earning her spot in the meta so literally 💀

[@redlox2]

Wow considering there was “why nobody plays Kokomi” video before it’s pretty funny now “everyone plays her”! All the love for our fishy lady Kokomi!!

[@wits_end.]

Perfect example why people shouldn't just blatantly follow any meta slave video

[@redlox2]

@@wits_end. honestly I didn’t have enough primos when she first came out to get Kokomi but I got her when Miko first came out (along with Ei rerun banner) so I got three Inuzuma ladies in one patch!!

[@seeker777]

Oh yeah her banner sales are trash, let me tell Raiden kokomi joint banner sales details 79% Raiden and 21% kokomi , it tells how trash she is. Even her first banner had worst sales, as fr her usage rates, Don't take into account who didn't pull into her. Since all her pullers are naive simp, it makes sense braindead simps wl use this trash.

[@ryuuraga1619]

@@wits_end. to be honest, there are many theorycrafters back then that says Kokomi will be great in many teams. It is just that there are just too many loud brainless players that gaslight the playerbase that healing isnt necessary and Mona & Xingqui is enough hydro for everyone's account.

[@restart6358]

​@@ryuuraga1619 but we all know that 5 stars aren't a must pull, but cons for 4 stars tho

[@lancerguy3667]

As someone who pulled for both Kazuha and Kokomi on their first runs when the entire community was clowning on them, I admit to a certain degree of satisfaction at how her reputation came around. Kokomi especially, promptly replaced Zhongli as a means of making teams immortal. To give you an idea of how insanely overused my Kokomi is... every character in my roster is level 80/90 at bare minimum. A few high-priority units I"ve pushed to level 90. My Kokomi is at level 82. Not because I used any extra books on her... but because after getting her to 80/90... I then proceeded to use her SO MUCH that she hard levelled up twice over the years.

[@biggestouf]

This is why I don't trust the general Genshin community when it comes to characters. I remember when Kazuha was called 5* Sucrose by theory crafters, somehow people got the impression that was a bad thing.

[@kingdoom5022]

​@@biggestouf Not just kazuha , some theory crafters still bad talk nilou , cyno and wanderer even though they are extremely good , and the worst one is some really say yaoyao is better than baizhu which is straight up false

[@annalisehua]

Same here. Though I was a lot more sadistic about it and laughed in people's faces.

[@rewer]

You should level her to 89 or 90, because her level increase her HP. Her kit affected by HP

[@amandaslough125]

​@@rewerI will never waste the resources and money on leveling my characters to 90. Even if it means I can't full star the abyss yet. I have most of my mains natually at 81 if not 82 in the process.

[@Justmyselfyt]

As a Kokomi main this is the most dramatic character I have seen, she did a 180 and everyone loves her since 3.0

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

I don't she's useless even Barbruh can move

[@joeltoomer3332]

@@chaosinfernoid9008ignorant or bait, you call it.

[@junyaiwase]

ignorant bait.@@joeltoomer3332

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

@@joeltoomer3332 What?

[@zankoushadow]

@@chaosinfernoid9008 least obvious bait comment

[@dustinabigan2776]

Looking back it's a good thing that people started looking past how much damage single units can do and actually started looking at other parts of a character's kit that can be made use of. I still stand by that idea she never was a bad unit to begin with. It just took a lot of time for players to realize that personal damage and crit stats aren't the be-all end-all in Genshin and that we're not in the early game meta anymore.

[@Sickness4daThickness]

That's not even remotely close to reality, those factors do matter, the only thing that changed that perception is how broken bloom reactions (or specifically hyperbloom) are. If she couldn't provide access to those numbers things would be still the same and it's not like she was made with all that in mind unlike Kuki, she was just incidentally buffed through how broken dendro is.

[@nakedpichu2992]

@@Sickness4daThickness dendro overall did make her a lot better yes but, its not everything. People were too quick to doom her not having any crits even though she deals roughly the same damage if she built healing bonus hp as if she would've dealt if she could crit, and she is also such a good comfort pick for teams that need hydro she's just a good character without being broken. edit: i just noticed i replied to the wrong comment skull

[@incelender6436]

From being shunned by the community on her initial release to now being one of the most meta defining characters 😭 truly a character development

[@MylesTheDoctorMahajan]

Kokomi is a victim of hindsight and meta at the time of her release. with hindsight we now know that we were looking at her in the wrong way and the wrong lens. however, at the time of her release, it was very hard to slip her into any comps, partly in due to the lack of dendro. Dendro flipped the game upside down completely with its reactions. with the release of dendro AND the maturity of the game over time, it led to the perfect storm for kokomi to rise in power without actually receiving buffs directly. at the time of her release, there were units that just did what you needed much better. but as you said, the team econ need suddenly turned kokomi into the jack of all trades with little downside for keeping her. she was a ticking timebomb. it was a matter of time before she exploded onto the scene. true to her character as the master tactician of watasumi island. best redemption arc, and true to kokomi's ability to think 17 steps ahead.

[@veeshadow]

It's not even just a Dendro, Shenhe is the trigger that Ayaka, Kazuha, and Kokomi will work together as current best Freeze Team. Dendro only made Kokomi and Kazuha usable outside Freeze Team... Some characters are still in state "only usable on same team", such as Mika for Eula and Kaveh for Nilou...

[@syaliishi914]

for me, its always aesthetics over meta. so when she first came out i WANTED her. not because of her skills or whatever, but because she looked just SOOOO pretty. to this day i find her one of the best looking characters in GI. that aside, she made gameplay SO easy i have never been able to replace her from my teams. she will forever be my 1. character (in terms of key binding).

[@BoomPamplemousse]

I've been a Kokomi supporter since day 1. Never understood why people disliked her and thought she was bad. She's by far my stronger character to this day and I am glad people finally realize her potential. They took their damn time but can you blame them ? Poor things...

[@wahyuwirawan727]

Crit centric community drama is either CV or non crit unit blasphemy. 😂

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Genshin community~ "heh, we are playing 4d chess" kokomi~ "heh, 10d motherfuc-"

[@seulbilee1025]

yeah, that's the reason why they hated her, because she can't crit, me I pulled her for team synergy and heal, I combo her with Yae Miko and Nahida, plus Klee

[@wahyuwirawan727]

@@seulbilee1025 😳 you have same team as me.

[@seulbilee1025]

@@wahyuwirawan727 is your Kokomi EM/HP?

[@tadano-kunn]

The real question is: Why Kokomi can't jump out of the water in Fontaine?

[@weebgamer4056]

I mean, she is practically a human-fish person, so why can’t she?

[@matthewsarson6934]

Yeah it feels so damn wrong.

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

​@@weebgamer4056i think Neuvillette disproves the "Kokomi is the water dragon theory" so shes a normal human.

[@mitacestalia7532]

​​@@MrcreeperDXD777I mean the prophecy did say that dragonheir will be born in human form. So you ain't wrong that she's normal human 😂

[@xaq039]

Tbh i thot she would live under water

[@Daisy-mb8kt]

Kuki and Kokomi are great testaments to “play the characters you like”, you never know if they’ll become vital for teams in the future

[@raylu8014]

Dehyamains: 😐

[@RiceJackalope]

Good luck with Xinyan too

[@naunau311]

@@raylu8014 I mean Dehya is a pretty good support for Lyney nowadays. Tho if you want to use her on field then yeah that's tough, surely some day she'll be good tho right SURELY

[@RamentooSpicy]

Proud 1st banner Kokomi haver. I believed in her since the beginning.

[@webslinger827]

Kokomi might be one of my luckiest pulls ever because I wasn't trying to get her and wasn't enthusiastic about it but figured I may as well put her to good use since she was one of my only few 5 stars. She's rarely left my party ever since

[@MikkiRose129]

That was me with YaoYao, I didn't like her much at first when I did her test run, but I was pulling on Alhaitham's banner and ended up accidentally c6ing her in the process before I hit the 5 star, and since she was my first c6 I went "Well now I _have_ to build her..." and after that she didn't leave my team till I pulled the Kokofish, and she heals just as much as her too!

[@kys7615]

same, I just started playing in 3.8 at got her on my first random 10 pull lol

[@valk5041]

Same. I had just started playing during 2.1 and Raiden was my first 5*. As soon as the Raiden banner shifted to Kokomi banner during the second half of 2.1 I did a single 10 pull (at 0 pity) trying to get a single copy of Xingqiu who was on her banner as a rate up 4* at that time and I got Kokomi just like that. This was Asia server as well so I was probably one of the first players to ever get Kokomi even tho I wasn't planning on getting her. And yeah she has barely left my team ever since😅

[@Teldarin]

I just got her during her original banner, because my account lacked a second unit to sustain my other Abyss team. It's crazy to see how much she was disliked and how the narrative around her changed so much with each following rerun.

[@cl0k3]

Tbh, don't even play Genshin anymore, but I do enjoy seeing the community perception of Kokomi improve.

[@cesnaanida9235]

we miss you. play again

[@baronsamedi5741]

I suggested a friend to get Kokomi, when he was thinking about quitting Genshin Impact because his account sucked. Now, after he got Kokomi (his first 5 Star after Qiqi) he made Kokomi his wife. He made Kokomi a regular in every single team he uses. Taser, Bloom, Hyperbloom and Freeze. He Loves Kokomi so much that he is now filling his hard drive with images of Kokomi. I just wanted to help a Guy fix his account and I ended up creating a schizo.

[@weebgamer4056]

So, you basically indirectly made him a Kokomi worshipper?

[@Nathan-Weiss]

Kok worshipper

[@matthew3563]

Lesson learnt: We all need a Kok in our lives

[@gainoob]

At least you help us increase member for KOK's cult. XD

[@seeker777]

It tells how kokomi has trash banner sales but high usage rate, becoz majority don't pull fr her, whoever do are naive simps. Case proved.

[@jamesmuhuhu7987]

I watched "Why no one plays Kokomi" before Kokomi's banner 1 month prior ...but by the time she came back I had already decided I wanted her for her healing....but she even surpassed my expectations...one of my best supports

[@aeropulse1392]

Cant believe I regretted getting her by accident on her first banner. Everyone thought she was a horrible pick. Built her because I "wasted" primogems on her, might as well get something out of it. Now she's among one of my most used units. Crazy.

[@snadianna]

I've got a lot of hate and angry comments when I shared my exitment of first won 50/50 on her banner and that I can finally get rid of Barbara. I always new better then to listen to random people in internet who to pull for (otherwise I would't got my Kazuha as f2p at the time, who I love to this day), but comments was so crazy that from that day out I decided not to listen to anybody 100%, because people don't have a clue what is best and what is not for my account or enjointment of the game. I'm happy with all characters I pulled for to this day and I enoy playing them. I'm just sad people can't think outside of their box. They just repeat what some content creators tell them not thinking about it for themselfs. Otherwise, I'd love to be a part of this community.

[@sreeragsathyan7349]

Exactly bro, what I do is get the character I like the gameplay of or the character and then find ways to make them as viable as possible with the options I have. Like when kokomi first came, I was so surprised people were trashing her. Because in just two days, I had already found 3 teams where she was really good and had already realised how good she is on freeze when the only cryo character I had built was Rosaria. I was just thinking how can people complain about kokomi when they have ayaka and ganyu. That's your best support right there. And I had already realised how versatile she was. I kept telling it in KZbin comments and all I got was hate comments where people thought I was lying about her when they were the one who were lying about her supposed replacements.

[@nightfury3746]

From why no one plays to why everyone plays. Such a beautiful development. Perfect for the mermaid indeed.

[@cornelio78]

as a nonmeta player what I absolutely love about Kokomi is that I can use my weak characters as long as I want and she will definitely and unconditionally sustain them. I want the originals Amber, Lisa and Kaeya to still be part of my roster during exploration and Kokomi let me do that.

[@SageJMP]

She needs a buff, the fact that she doesn't dolphin jump in fontaine is embarrassing. We demand dolphin jump for Kokomi!!!

[@m_milos]

this literally came out 5 minutes after i beat the new abyss with a kokomi driver team (i haven't played her that way in months lol). cool coincidence yeah she's one of my fav characters, i'm glad she's popular now, the hate was wild in 2.1

[@joeltoomer3332]

Same I ran a team of Beidou fischl nahida and Kokomi and destroyed the abyss first try lol

[@UnrealityZero]

Basically Kokomi is not a healer first but actually a wet applier that heals As ppl realized that opinion on her changed

[@justasimplenobody2666]

Kokomi is the best happy accident to happen to my account and Im so glad Ive had her from the beginning. I have direct comparison from her signature kit came out and before dendro came out and she's just been getting better and better, it's been a wild ride experiencing her in these different phases of genshin and seeing her go from one of the most clowned on characters to a must-have in the eyes of the fandom ❤❤ From Kokopium to Kokokween, always stanning Kokomi 💙💙

[@castle.clint7]

And even with Furina's existence she's still nice and viable. Happy Birthday Queen!

[@colorlessguard]

proud day 1 Kokomi-haver here! i pulled her purely bc of aesthetics cause i was new to genshin at the time and so i had NO idea how much of a stir she was causing in the community until a couple months later when i pulled Albedo and was looking up if he and Kokomi had any synergy and discovered all the discourse fast forward to today and it makes me so happy to see how much community opinion has changed on her 💖 (and also im much better at team building now LMAO)

[@justsomeone1151]

proud to have been a kokomi stan since day 1 💪 og kokomi haver

[@ChefMonke07]

I make it a point never to drop Kokomi from any Floors of the Abyss. I ALWAYS use her, no matter what team I use. Hyperbloom? Kokomi. Burgeon? Kokomi. Freeze? Kokomi. Taser? Kokomi. Nilou? Kokomi. She will NEVER touch the bench. I have 3 separate artifact/weapon sets to facilitate all those teams. EM? Hydro driver? Off field buffer? I have provided all three of those for her. She is the most invested unit I have in this game.

[@fashlimakarim6757]

Sumeru and Fontaine makes Kokomi better while Natlan,and Snezhnaya probably will increase Kokomi's power Now I think Kokomi could be better than Zhongli, yes Zhongli is strong but now there's some enemies that could counter the shield Also Kokomi could access some of the most overpowered elemental reaction while Zhongli is being Geo

[@cloudy978]

She is already stromger than him. Zhongli only provides comfort and a small debuff to ennemies and some CC. Kokomi provides much more. That doesn't mean he is bad he is a very good character especially amazing for a character like Hu Tao.

[@elinamanansi5508]

She's already decent before inazuma. I use her a lot in freeze and taser team especially that time when we had so many wolves.

[@derkclipse7342]

i am so happy to have believed that kokomi would be one of the best 5 star character since her release. i am happy to have been one of the OG Kokomi haver and forever will be a Kokomi main

[@luizairinam2136]

I also have C1 koko! On her first banner I was doing pulls every time I could since I dont really save up and after her I got another single 3 star and the next single was gold and koko! Never happened again

[@mickysaif]

kuki was never misunderstood she was actually useless because she was released too early, it's obvious that they designed her for hyperbloom due to her em scaling but it was dumb of mihoyo to release her in 2.6

[@pyae1]

Kok is love, kok is life

[@BaselardFE]

I'm glad things have turned around for her. I've used her in my team ever since she first was added and I do not regret getting her for a second. All hail fish queen

[@AoKajii]

I remember pulling for her when everyone was saying she was useless. Never had a regret, she is my hydro Princess and will always be ❤

[@arraine]

As a sloppy player, Kokomi with R5 Sacrificial Fragments is the dream for me. She successfully replaced my Mona/Qiqi combo and if I don't get perfect timing with her skill being extended by her burst, it's okay because her weapon lets me try again. I wish I had two of her. This video also really brought to light the way healers can actually be useful, and scaling is such an interesting piece of the puzzle. I genuinely think if Qiqi had better off-field cryo application she would be WAY more popular, because with her healing scaling on her attack it's really fun to build her out for damage and have her healing still be incredible. BUT it's so hard to have a physical damage dealer taking up a slot when elemental reactions are more fun and generally more effective. I love her to death and will use her as much as I can until the day I stop playing the game.

[@francis0187]

Ahhh, I remember being so dissapointed after winning 50/50 to her while tryna get 4 stars. Now she's a staple member of my Nahida hyperbloom team along with Raiden and Yelan.

[@neoinfinity5204]

I saw her “why no one play” video over a year ago and today her rising popularity into top meta hydro is the most poetic satisfying victory I will ever see, even as new player I never agreed with the idiotic hate cause a dedicated healer obviously shouldn’t benefit much from crit plus she’s a strategist who doesn’t take chances do her talent fits her.

[@wannjuuuuuuuu]

i really love her artwork that u use on thumbnail, her birthday official post so pretty

[@Domak04]

I’m not a huge Koko fan, so I still don’t have her and probably never will get her. But I’m happy for everyone that does have her and likes her!

[@Blue-Code]

During Kokomi's first banner, I was rolling for Xingqiu constellations and managed to get her in my 20th pull. At first I didn't want to build Kokomi because a lot of players told me she was bad, but I decided to build her because there is nothing wrong with using a healer in Genshin and I like Kokomi's design, personality and voice (JP and CN). Now she's the best healer in my Ayaka freeze team. No regrets.

[@kingdoom5022]

I think another reason why people downplay kokomi so much on release is cause her first banner came out exactly at genshin first anniversary and players were furious with the rewards to the point they downplay kokomi

[@valk5041]

Her stonks are going up even more after I had a dream about Furina's kit. Kokomi nation can't stop winning

[@Fluskar]

oh how the turns have tabled

[@swai_see4066]

Got her on her Debut banner because it was also my first banner, She was comfortable to use for a new player, I didn't know a lot back then about kits, I just know that she healed good and better than what barbara (because cryo slimes and cryo archers were a pain back then for a new player), built a random team that could do it all. Diluc, Fischl, Kokomi and Rosaria as physical DPS and that Kept me alive to Inazuma, the team changed but Kokomi was too good of a healer that didn't leave teams I made. Taser, Freeze, Superconduct and random reactions. Now with all the indirect buffs, more experience in the game, new healers I got, she still has a place in most of my teams. She was my Zhongli when I lost in Zhongli banner during lantern rite 2021 xD

[@bombergame8636]

Never judge a book by its cover, I guess. I actually never despised Kokomi (I don't even have her but always wanted to test her playstyle), but all of this happened because people should stop thinking using only one perspective: a team is not only crits, reactions, buffs and stuff, sometimes having a healer is okay, especially if it's a new playstyle that has never been featured in the game so far (i.e. Freminet, the first in the roaster that can literally be either a physical or elemental damage dealer). A wide variety of ideas and diverse characters contribute to a vary meta which I deem to be amazing as it keeps the pace of the game up and never bores

[@ra6765]

Sometimes I like to look back from discussions and posts from 2 years ago when peoples perception about Kokomi was negative and just laugh at how shitty their takes were lol. I believed her from the start and now I get to laugh at these poor misguided souls. Kokomi is probably still my favorite Hydro til today. Now I wait for "why everyone plays Dehya" ....

[@hedgeyes6411]

Well, Dehya likes the new Portable Power Saw claymore I guess. Neither of them are good, but together they reach a resounding mediocre.

[@zenbudokan8267]

Looking back at her first banner, I remember a lot of backlash just because she couldn't crit in a crit-frenzy era for genshin; and all I cared about the time was that I needed to pull for her because she's a unit with pink themed colors and is a healer. Never did I expect that she will be noticed by a lot of people like right now haha

[@llante7508]

I pulled on her very first banner and not regret it. why? when i saw gameplay leaks of her and saw that she can do backflips i was like "holy fuck thats sick" and then dedicated myself to save for her banner

[@maggiek8616]

Honestly one of the best redemption arcs in a video game ever. I first saw her, did the initial free trial play and immediately knew how good she was going to be, even pre Dendro. She offers so much for so little investment. To this day, Kokomi is the only character I've ever spent irl money on and she's been worth every dollar.

[@libralux1563]

i dedicated my acc for her so much that she is most of the time the biggest reason why I'm still playing because how much I love kokomi

[@KaeyaAlBarik]

Remember when the community shat on the Kokomi mains? Koko players were actively kicked off of Co-op by toxic players and now she's meta, mad respect for the guys that stuck through with her.

[@Jdogrey1]

This guy finally figured it out... It took him more than a year and 3 videos, but he finally figured out the real reason no one played Kokomi...

[@botondnyitrai3128]

Cant wait for Furina to be a direct upgrade over Kokomi

[@yveslvwn]

Its so ironic that almost everyone I knew hated her and me when I pulled for her, and now they're asking for a Kokomi rerun.

[@kensensei_]

As a player whose first 5 star was Kokomi since her release, I have watched the trilogy with great pride and I feel nothing but fulfilment at this moment. Thank you!😊

[@georgi123f]

from 12:37 to 12:50 where he talks about all the various aspects. At the end i was wana add "and if they do, they're probably the hydro archon."

[@arizona_anime_fan]

I agree completely. Listen i started playing genshin back during Dehya's banner, and i've mostly F2P the game (I've bought the monthly moon thing, and a couple of the battle passes). through pure dumb luck I stumbled into Bennett, Xingqiu... the list goes on and on, I was able to make a lot of different teams, learn the game, but the one thing i noted I was struggling with was Hydro application and healing; my only real healer i had built was Kiku, and while kiku is a great electro driver for hyperbloom, and fantastic core healer for a team, she's still electro, so she doesn't fit on a lot of teams that might need it. I used to get to 24-26 stars in the abyss, mostly because all i had was one good Hyperbloom team, and half of an ayaka freeze team or melt team. Kokomi was what my account needed. She allows me to run Nilou bloom teams, she lets me run ayaka freeze (ayaka, shenhe, kokomi and kazuha), she works in any team i stick bennett, she works as the hydro applicator in my Nahida hyperbloom, the reality is I actually find her more useful in various team compositions then Xingqiu, even though Xingqiu is all types of awsome, he's simply not as flexable, all he brings is hydro application and some solid damage and performs as a battery for various teams... don't get me wrong those are all great things, but in the grand scheme of things she just straight up replaces him on so many teams.

[@ravageroosgamecorner543]

Kokomi is one of many examples of why Touhousniper says: " meta always been and always will be trash"; it makes us forget to think critically and creatively.

[@philledzone]

I've had her since day one and I'm so happy to see her show so much potential now! My little fish makes me happy :')

[@Kalagni1000]

At the early Kokomi release, even i heard Kokomi controversy when i'm still not a genshin player. Now when i join Genshin in Sep23 and researching on genshin team building, i see Kokomi very highly rated and it make me confused lol 😂😂😂

[@serezelveydawn]

I always loved Kokomi's design, so much so that she's the only character who I pulled for that reason. Zhongli was for the shield, Yoimiya because I loved normal attacks, Nahida because I wanted a better dendro applier. I didn't have a team that needed Kokomi and with Zhongli and Jean I didn't need a healer. I also accidentally got her weapon trying to get Raiden's, which really pushed me to make use of her. Surprisingly, that wasn't hard. I've always hated having not full hp in overworld so she became my second most used character , second only to Zhongli who does not leave my Overworld team. Her dmg isn't Ganyu or Hu Tao level but she also didn't have their fragility. I could pair her with Beidou/Fischl/Raiden, electrochrage the enemy to death, and not worry about dying. I failed to get Venti or Kazuha so with Kokomi I also had the ability to go Freeze Ganyu.

[@clericneokun]

"Since, back then, we didn't know better" is exactly why I always take community feedback with a really huge grain of salt. It's been like that since 1.0 and it's not going to change any time soon.

[@vulpesfawkes5863]

I (accidentally) got her C1 on her first banner. I’ve pretty consistently had her on most of my teams and she’s popped off in every context. These days I primarily use her in Ayaka Freeze, but she’s excellent in just about every hydro related reaction.

[@Bossarcham]

My EM-Kokomi carriying me in every Abyss with Nilou 😍

[@gyrrin4051]

You've no idea how good I feel as an og kokomi and kaz haver, seeing their rise is so dang satisfying.

[@leejames6260]

gatta love that maplestory bgm

[@Richinnameonly]

Am I the only one who skipped her every time and use my Barbara instead?

[@bikoz.]

Oh now the tables have turned Vars

[@JoshuaA1307]

With Furina out this aged well

[@andrewias2017]

People used to say she was bad, but if we look at usage statistics and meta teams, the truth is that from freeze to bloom she was meta from day one.

[@b-1battledroid674]

"You could not live with your own failure. And where did that bring you? Back to me"

[@fluxjoint2388]

"most futurerpoof character in the game" mfw furina has heals, damage, and probably good area coverage too

[@Goblinhandler]

She already got replaced by Baizhu, Kokomi was always getting replaced the moment a character that does what she does but better released A character with half a kit never had a long shelf life

[@user-ej8rp1hj9n]

@@Goblinhandlerin your dreams

[@valentina-is3ze]

THE AMOUNT OF COPIUM IS REAL

[@demonlordcodm8980]

Well all eyes are on Focalors

[@Matt_82]

I cant wait for why everyone plays dehya

[@Kastor774]

2.1 Kokomi pullers should get a badge of honor (same for 1.6 Kazuha pullers).

[@PaulNBlack]

She was always great, people were just too blinded by the "can't crit" part. I got her the day she released and she quickly joined my Abyss teams, she made my runs so comfy and I was not resetting floors as much. I remember that very early on, Kokomi mains pointed out how she had >60% Abyss usage (i think it was back in 2.3), and everyone dismissed it with "Well, they pulled for her, of course they are using her even if she's subpar". I'm just so glad to see her receive the love she deserves.

[@mkalut4823]

If memory serves even back when Kokomi's Why No One Plays video was released there was already plenty of evidence that she wasn't a bad character and that she had unrealized potential. Without going back to re-watch that video I recall that Spiral Abyss usage data from that time showed that she was used more frequently than other perceived "bad" characters and that players who had her were actively using her as their go-to healer. Also as someone who's been playing Genshin Impact's multi-player since version 2.0ish I can say that from memory she was never a rare character to see other players running even from the time of her first banner. Which with me having known for a long time that she was the best in class healer in Genshin Impact makes it a small mystery as to why I've never bother to pull for her, and likely never will.

[@sentryion3106]

The abyss usage wasn’t really a good indicator of how good she was. You have to remember back then she was flacked extremely hard on top of people pissed about the anniversary thing. So people who pulled her must have really liked her and obviously they would very likely to use her regardless of it’s she good or not.

[@inhinh7017]

12:40 furina : im bout to end this man’s whole career

[@of3415]

Mihoyo was like now you know why we name her talent "Flawless Strategy" huh? 😂

[@GLoLChibs]

Me looking at my friends and none of us want or play Kokomi....

[@MyAlex129]

Kokomi was my first event 5 star and I still use her every day. World exploration, quests, domains, abyss, ect. she's always there. Never for one second did I regret pulling for her!

[@Eduardomscarvalho]

I started playing a couple of weeks before her first banner. I pulled for the shogun and pulled for her as well, and I gotta say that having her since pretty much day 1 has made my life a lot easier

[@vincentbarraza1115]

Kokomi, the Daenerys Targaryen of Genshin Impact.

[@hiimapop7755]

Kokomi my queen. The only character I was determined enough to pull for in every banner until I got her in her second rerun. Despite being incredibly unlucky, I have never once regretted trying to pull for her. She's my favorite comfort unit, and her versatility is amazing. Absolutely love her En voice so being able to use her in every overworld team and nearly every elemental team is a blessing. (And no, I'm not a simp, I swear-)

[@Azure_Sky222]

sucks for the 90% of the people who said I was on "kokopium" and "only pulled for waifu," huh?

[@crystalkirby]

That Maplestory OST in the background though!!

[@Keroltor]

I'm happy to be one of those who recognized her strength at release. Yes, I was also a bit skeptical about the -100% crit, but it was so obvious she was cracked on everything else even before dendro came out that it just seemed like a fair trade off (and it is).

[@ekthepro]

I only pulled for kokomi after dendro’s release cause for kokomi to work in good teams u need many other 5 stars who are more valuable, so i pulled for all the other more important characters before kokomi thats all.

[@MyxelPyxel]

Thanks for reminding me why i should consider pulling kokomi. At first I didn’t understand the hate around kokomi as I joined around 2.0-onwards and I did not understand the wishing system.

[@Eriienne]

The problem about why nobody used to play her was pretty much the people and his bias towards CC's People really trust a lot on what they say about the characters, people had 0 criteria to judge if something its good or not.

[@skilz8098]

I was actually trying to pull for either Ayaka or Raiden but ended up getting Kokomi instead. I didn't mind getting her and I've been using her ever since. Not every character on your team has to be a all crit dps. Different characters have different roles to play and I build them according to their roles. She's now my main healer and she's also kind of a sub dps. I'm currently running with her, Keqing, Yanfae, and Collie. Yanfae is lvl 70 and the other 3 are lvl 60 atm while I'm at AR45 WR5... And I love my little mermaid! She's awesome!

[@drekhunter]

I'm gonna get a lot of hate for saying this but people who doomposted Kokomi on launch weren't really doomposting her. She was a combination of: Being a healer in a game that didn't want healers that much. Not being the best healer in the game. The crit passive. And this part is extremely important because this is what saved her along with clam before dendro became a thing. SHE HAD ICD ON THE JELLYFISH!! she had similar ICD to Yoimiya, she was terrible as an applicator, they fixed it, it was a huge deal on Yoimiya mains since they wanted the same but what ultimately makes Kokomi good is that she can apply hydro while off field, she had worst application that Mona, that + the crit passive + the weapong being hot garbage + the quest being wet lukewarm garbage made her sell terribly on release. She basically went along with Keqing on a redemption arc, dendro also let her be free from Sukokomon and freeze so she is now part of the meta twice as much as before (non freeze abyss was rough for her since she had a decent but difficult team before dendro). To make it short, is not that people believed she was bad but wasn't, she was going to be bad and got saved by a combination of changes, new releases and Hoyo being weird during the beta. Even TC didn't shit on her, it was mostly clickbait tubers doing it, TC just knew she was going to be bad on release if nothing changed. Now Raiden, that was really a out of nowhere doompost, she barely changed during the CBT.

[@prognemesiss]

Back more then a year ago, before sumeru was even a thing and before her 2nd run, in co-op i showed to some friends the potential she had, even at level 70. soloing azdaha after the rest of the party died and azdaha still having 75% health left. With some nice dodges, tanking hits like a boss and timed healing, i brought azdaha to his knees as if he was nothing. Its still a fond memory to reminisse on.

[@KiranasOfRizon]

Kokomi honestly feels like the best hydro character for a freeze team. Her jellyfish applies hydro just as the enemy's freeze status is wearing off, and just as Ganyu is about to charge up another frostflake arrow. It literally times perfectly.

[@zenoafro]

Simple answer Dendro. Before she was only viable in a freeze team mostly Ayaka one due to the consistent application of hydro but Dendro made her more useful with both heal and hydro application not to mention Dendro reaction are just too broken with minimum investment to higher output

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

The thing is even If she is a Healer there are better units for Hydro even for Hyberbloom. Also HB IS overrated as heck.

[@zenoafro]

@@chaosinfernoid9008 yeah there are better hydro units for hyperbloom but they don't heal at the same time

[@Dubstep_Gun]

@@zenoafro Hyperbloom doesn't need healer because it already have one. And on top of that extra defensive unit too. Better use on-field dps

[@zenoafro]

@@Dubstep_Gun yeah, Kuki and Yao Yao are healer for hyperbloom. But people can use different characters as per their like not to mention Nilou bloom team where people mostly use Kokomi or Yao Yao. I said her uses increased because of Dendro not that she is necessary. As for me I don't have her but will consider in the future for completing my Ayaka freeze team. Forgot about Baizu or something for the healing for a moment😂😂

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

@@zenoafro I have Kokomi and originally wanted her for Nilou. I have to say though its kinda cope since trust me when i say to you need so much Dendro application and since YaoYao only provides that single target actually i think for these reasons Nilou is really overrated as well. Go for Ayato/Baizhu If you really wanna do that its amazing comp. Or actually go for C2 Nilou and build a Hydro Dps Team with her as Dps it's kinda cope with Kokomi. And i also have Ayakas Team and while yes its cool and all idk If i would recommend. People seem to forget that there's also Mono Team, Venti is really good for Ayaka as well. Or Melt. Freeze at the end just gives you time that the enemys don't run away from you. Venti handles most enemys and when it's a Boss you can do it easily when you don't use Burst right away. (Kenki for example wait for it's teleport) You can do what you want but imma be honest for me personally like i said Kokomi for Freeze and Nilou is way way to overrated. Its not even funny. For Hyberbloom she has some strong teams here and there but yea. That's about it. Idk about the Archon If she will have any synergy. Will have to wait and see.

[@matthewsarson6934]

If she was top teir before Furina she is clearly even better now. I run her in a taze team with Funrina/Fischl/Kazuha with Koko on feild driving the team, in AOE situations its almost as good as my Nilou team. She kinda does everything well now.

[@thatalbeeguy]

My man just said 6-star Kokomi as a joke, but looking at the leaks... Well, Furina might as well be a 6-star Kokomi indeed. Vars stop predicting the future this is not fun

[@user-ej8rp1hj9n]

well, Furina is the archon after all. still don’t think that she will beat Koko in terms of healing.

[@thatalbeeguy]

@@user-ej8rp1hj9n I hope she doesn't cuz her kit looks absurdly good

[@Goblinhandler]

@@user-ej8rp1hj9nshe does, and she also buffs the team Kokomi was already replaced by Baizhu, now she’s getting buried

[@Gamber63]

Back when Kokoki got release, I did see a potential where she is essential in terms of sustain n' team survivability down the road where we're less likely to have more shield or unconditional dps (Looking at Zhongli n' Bennett), now we have more characters that have self inflicted hp reduction that further increase Kokomi priority in any team comp. A side note, OhC is fine, but I hope for an alternate 4 piece effect, like Overheal from LoL

[@JcDizon]

I'm happy that Kokomi is receiving so much love now. I remember I pulled for her during her first banner just for fun and I got her in my first 10 pulls. This was back when she was receiving so much backlash and saying that she's a useless 5-star. I eventually started using her when I realized that her heals are so good and she constantly wet her opponents and started using her for freeze teams and she became so important that she's always in my party.

[@StreamKArt]

as someone who has lived on healers for the entire game, and has only been using shielders just within the past week or so cause of how little interruption resistance Lyney has, hell, only got Zhongli yesterday, it always baffled me why people disregarded healers. i still love playing Qiqi, despite how much people always say she's "a bad character". the only thing that gets in the way of her is her cooldowns and energy regen, which barely is ever an issue for me tbh. part of me is glad that the game is shifting the way it is just so it can force people to see that. now if only geo was in a better situation so that i could use my Albedo more. hopefuly Navia will do well for it