Why Faruzan Has HUGE ISSUES & What I'd CHANGE (Discussion) | Genshin Impact 3.3

[@SevyPlays]

Edit: I know Faruzan's passive makes her Skill-CA apply Anemo RES shred -- for only 4s, which is barely time for Wanderer or Xiao to enjoy the debuff. Which is what I meant by most of her utility is locked behind her Burst. Her Burst is the only way for her to shred Anemo RES for longer than 4s. Congrats if you have C6 Faruzan, you win the game

[@zyzhang1130]

Pulled c6 just for my xiao and now im a Faruzan + Xiao enjoyer

[@Eternal_Genin]

It’s only took 21k primos 😭😭😭

[@squirlywirl]

It took all of my hoarded 24k primos and I still consider myself lucky 😭

[@htsaul1569]

110 pulls and only C3 Faruzan, C0 Wanderer and C3 Keqing. I really wanted C6 Faruzan but I also want Hu Tao so I will have to stop pulling in this banner and wait her rerun.

[@JMike-bq6rl]

This will only motivate Hoyoverse to create new 4 star characters where C6 is the only way to fully enjoy them. Or C6 promotes these 4 stars into 5 star tier.

[@eertikrux666]

Xiao: my main problem is the lack of energy Faruzan: same Xiao: but I thought you’re here to support me

[@kurotsuki12]

Faruzan: i can do that but take your wallet first

[@sand6419]

Faruzan: If your daddy is childe, i can

[@sundalosketch4769]

Faruzan: I need enough respect to support you

[@dxstopia]

exactly

[@raphaellima1906]

@@bletwort2920 ☠️☠️☠️

[@Wyglafff]

I'm pretty sure that the devs created Bennet, Xingqiu and Xangling and then added their constellations. And I'm also pretty sure the devs created Faruzan and then took from her kit to create constellations.

[@sakutaro3musik486]

exactly

[@Dartheomus]

Good observation. I think they've adopted this strategy across the board, but this was the worst execution of it so far.

[@San-cb9mj]

Well it's not like it's a new thing, Lisa also have the same issue, At C6 she is a really good unit, but before that she kinda lacks C1 solves her burst cost problem C2 finally makes her able to use E without getting kicked around C4 finally makes her burst being useful in a group fight situation C6 makes building stacks so easyyyy you can even use her as a sub dps quickswap for insane E DMG extra: (C5 gives her a lot more scaling to her already high damage on the E with more than 1000% scaling if she was Pyro, Hydro or Cryo with their reactions... oh god.)

[@rez-ye]

No the real problem is they created her … then proceeded to nerf her TWICE. Then made her cons patch her back up.

[@ambarylola1838]

I think the devs didnt know how their own meta worked in the beggining. That's why Xiangling has no ICD on her ult, Bennett has so many buffs for the team on his kit and the Cryo 4pc set is broken. Nowadays, they probably have hired theorycrafters to consult them when they create a new character, so they don't break meta too much. I don't think they'll release a character as useful and versatile as the Abyss trio ever again.

[@asarakula495]

It's the classic "Create a problem then sell the solution" strategy. It is not targeting giant sea creatures who c6 everything no matter what, it is trying to push low spenders and f2p players into spending more.

[@paulanimator6307]

Funny thing is that this business model makes me even less inclined to financially support them. Especially considering that specific 4stars have no guarantee pity so it could cost potentially more than hundreds of dollars to c6 the character you want.

[@TShorty929]

@@paulanimator6307 exactly. It does the opposite for me, used to dolphin in the first year, then cut it off, just because they don’t give value for your dollar. Tbh they never did, but it keeps getting worse outside of 5 star C2s being a good stopping point more often. They make too much money than even people closing their wallets doesn’t matter, they are a self sustaining machine now. Treats their player base not great imo

[@JimRaynor2001]

@@paulanimator6307 The best pull strategy for f2p and dolphin is just getting what most desire 5 stars characters you want, collecting 4 stars characters alone the way only. All 4 stars characters will eventually all c6 because they have frequent rerun alone side with other 5 stars banner. Just like my Sara, Xingqiu and Xiangling. I have no intention to collect their constellations right away but already c10+ They’re really abundant don’t have to just collect them on current patch. It’s not pvp/mmo game, you pay to win nothing. Just enjoy what it has.

[@HYPERPEACE]

F2P and low spenders which won't even bother rolling if that's the case, because the chances are, if they're not spending, they're already smart enough to know why they shouldn't throw money at the game. I wish I had that sort of power, but autism's fixations suck. Even then, Hoyoverse can expect to lose its core player base with decisions like this.

[@Hhhh22222-w]

And it is working!

[@thingnumbertwo2]

I think Hoyo got greedy with Scara and Faruzan. They knew players were excited about Scara and it's my belief that they made his custom support as rough as possible unless you pull out the wallet and go all the way to c6. It's well within Hoyo's right to do that, but I'm also glad that Faruzan's issues are being called out by content creators.

[@RKNancy]

Not pulling such characters is the only way to teach these companies a lesson. Edit: now that I think about it, Yae was also popular and then we got her clunky kit. They have learned it well that the community forgives them too fast if the next set of characters are done right.

[@KawashiK]

Dunno about that. Faruzan is practically equal to Sara and Gorou, especially when we talk about Particle Gen. It's already a thought process that existed, so I don't see it being specific just because of Scara.

[@massivecrabz6608]

@@KawashiK That isnt true Im afraid. Unlike Faruzan, Gorou's buff can come from both his E and Q, as well as getting particles as soon as he casts his E, which is pretty stupid imo that its not the same for her. Idk much about Sara since I never used her but Gorou is definitely in a better position than Faru

[@KawashiK]

@@massivecrabz6608 Sure, Gorou's E is instant, but that doesn't shave the 80 cost he has. Her Particle gen is on her loaded CA, but it's a minor thing like Sara. Fun fact is, you can delay her CA, which can accommodate a different rotation for Xiao (which is the same case for Sara when running with Yae AND Raiden). I just don't get why people are whining about it now when other units that had the same problem existed, and were practically solved through team composition means.

[@aoitakumi9081]

@@KawashiK unfortunately Gorou as geo support even at lower cons is still better than Faruzan since his entire kit including E and Q acts as buffer plus given his nature you would want to run 3 geo in a team with him and even his best artifacts is 4pc exile, not to mention his E just requires you to just cast it. For Faruzan its a bad case since her E doesn't do buff or debuff and you have to CA, the grouping isn't very strong at lower cons she doesn't perform as well as Gorou does. I would say Sara and Faruzan are definitely alike especially the need for cons but Faruzan is just weird and harder to use compared to other exclusive supports.

[@zealora]

Personally, I would make C0 Faruzan generate 2 particles when the skill hits AND with she charge shots. That way people can choose to either build a lot of ER or deal with clunky mechanics. Right now, we have to do both. I completely agree with your constellation suggestions, though. It would make me actually want to pull her.

[@kuronekosama6125]

All genshin content creators need to make this kind of discussion instead of just pulling or doing showcase

[@sakutaro3musik486]

but they are all paid

[@backpackpepelon3867]

@@sakutaro3musik486 moga, IWTL, walrus, those are the paid ones afaik, and yeah, they all are saying how excellent faruzan C0 is.

[@Kamuyy]

This is why Sevy is my go to content creator. She tells it like it is and is very relatable.

[@baron4113]

She spent a century in a puzzle, now she'll spend a century in my backpack until i get her C6

[@Dylan-fi1kt]

She also spends a century recharging her burst 🤣

[@Cocxy69]

@@Dylan-fi1kt just get c6

[@orenz.272]

​@@Cocxy69 Not that easy I'm afraid

[@caparashon]

It really breaks my heart because we veteran Xiao mains and also mains of all other anemo characters have been waiting and hoping for our own dedicated anemo support for a year or more. Since Gorou appeared and since he was so good compared to Sara, we've been dreaming to get our own as a solution to our favorite element falling behind (as DPS, swirl supports will always be fine). Even since Heizou was rumored to be the next anemo, we thought that would be it, but turns out he was a DPS too. I got over quickly since he's so fun, and I thought having two anemo carries was pretty good and added to the hope of a support in the future (one made just for Xiao, a character Hoyo doesn't help often, was extremely unlikely after 2 reruns with nothing new). Now Scaramouche being anemo and coming with Faruzan is what I theorized it would be: an anemo support was bound to come with the next 5* anemo carry, and beneficial for Xiao and Heizou too. But of course, this happens after this long year of waiting... they did us horribly dirty, and did my grandma Faruzan dirty too. And of course, being a huge green dmg anemo fan (Xiao main, DPS Venti main, Scara enjoyer, Kazuha spoiled rotten) the RNG got me what I deserved: exactly one copy of Faruzan after one Diluc, one Wanderer, and 25 single pulls afterwards and counting. As a welkin-only goldfish I'm losing my mind. I'm coping with her c0 with 280-ish% ER, triple anemo in the team and fav lance on Zhongli, but I'm so jealous of the crit dmg buff and the battery parts of her c6! Hell, I'd even settle with c2 on this banner but it's not looking good. I just feel in my bones that I miiiight succumb to FOMO and fall into Hoyo's trap, and end up topping up a couple of times by Christmas and whaling for her cons and more of Scara. Nevermind endgame content, getting c13 Gorou and c12 Yanfei is what's giving me anxiety nowadays

[@PlatinumO]

Stay strong and stick to welkins only man. The more people that break to this dirty tactic and spend the more likely they'll keep doing this to future 4*s and worst maybe even 5*s.

[@caparashon]

@@PlatinumO Haha, I'm trying! I got her c1 today so things are looking less gloomy. Let's hope I can get at least one or two more 🤞

[@PlatinumO]

@@caparashon good to see, best of luck to you!

[@mattstorm9728]

Basically my situation, I did 200 pulls before finding one Faruzan, got 10 Yanfei and 6 Gorou and weapons, lost 50/50 to Keqing and got one Wanderer, and now I'm on the verge of soft pity, I'm salty.

[@jenniferchaulam]

/dont whale!!! especially in this economy! never let jealousy pull you down into money spending + be happy with what you have because hoyo is horrendous at caring

[@seluhir8820]

In general, they should design units so that the only constellation that hard changes the character's playstyle or identity is c1(or MAYBE c2). And then the rest of the constellations just make them more of what they are. Usually they do pretty well at that - even for more controversial characters. For some reason they failed that disastrously on Faruzan. lol

[@masondam168]

Hoyoverse knew Scara's banner is gonna sell well, so many has been anticipating him for so long. But because of that, many save their primogems. So if players are not willing to spend money on Scara, they're going to have to spend their money on his dedicated buffer (which is Faruzan)

[@seluhir8820]

@@masondam168 I mean, you can make a 4* become vastly stronger at c6 without having their entire functionality be changed by it. That's the real problem. Take for example Fischl. Fischl becomes VASTLY stronger at c6 - that constellation is busted. But... she still serves the same role and serves it in a functional way. She doesn't suddenly become practically a different character because of it.

[@masondam168]

@@seluhir8820 ikr, its so obvious that Hoyo is being greedy here.

[@seluhir8820]

​@@masondam168 This just feels more like bad design than greed to me tbh. You make a new Xingqiu or Bennett if you're greedy - a new unit so strong everyone wants them and wants as many of their constellations as they can get. A unit like this feels just... like a mistake. So weird.

[@deo3935]

@@seluhir8820 It really just feels like bad design. She has a very drastic power/QOL gap with constellations, she again has the charged shot mechanic which people already didn't like, and she doesn't even synergize well with Wanderer, who she is supposed to be supporting. Her niche as an Anemo buffer is also in a weirder spot than the rest of the other niche supports. It seems to me like they wanted to satisfy people demanding for an Anemo buffer, so they just came with it, tacked wacky shit on her kit, but didn't even think of how she will work with the characters she's supposed to work with.

[@ackla861]

Thanks Sevy for the nice analysis Faruzan is the kind of 4* that makes me wish there was an Epitomized path for 4*

[@squirlywirl]

How they made it right with Gorou after fumbling with Sara then reverting back and making even worse decisions is such a head-scratcher to me... Well, not really. We all know why.

[@thedude5120]

Money....

[@Bananana4320]

Mhy is the fucking worst at making 4 star kits, legit every new 4 star is always mid tier (except heizou)

[@TShorty929]

They are for themselves :( barely put player fun first anymore. Those amazing initial memories from Genshin keep dissipating w time 😢

[@daleryanaldover6545]

Geo was reworked due to Zhongli incident, so for the longest time Geo had no support or anything that backs up the element. When they ship Itto, it was a decision they made to make Gorou F2P friendly at C0 to sell Itto. See who got buffed with Gorou? Itto and Noelle, and there are only a handful of Noelle enjoyers out there. Gorou only provided a little imo, it only seemed good because Geo element characters already has high scaling ratios. Sara is good, it's just that people are not ready to drop their heavily invested Bennett. Faruzan is just anemo Kujo Sara. On top of being able to support Scara, she is able to support every anemo DPS like Xiao and Heizou. That us why her value raises a little bit but it's nothing to cry about if you don't get her C6 cause she is a 4 star, and 4stars are easy to get when after a couple of re runs, even at F2P.

[@thelobotomobile]

The only downside to Gorou (and one of Faruzan’s) is he is literally useless outside of geo comps. No character besides Xinyan benefits from DEF outside of geo characters. At least with Sara she still gives an attack buff no matter what element you are. And now with Faruzan she can basically only be used in anemo comps (unless you use her for grouping in which case I’d say you’re insane). These aren’t necessarily bad things but it’s something I like about Sara, that she isn’t STRICTLY electro.

[@eddystylez]

I find her very fun to play and am having success playing her in a freeze team with Wanderer, Xingqiu and Layla. The extra energy they generate (Xingqiu's sac sword double E + Layla's starlight slugs) make it much easier for Faruzan to burst off cooldown at C0. With Layla's shield I can comfortably sling charged shots. I don't even feel the need to try and pull her C4 or C6 it's so smooth to play. However I agree she def has issues that limit her potential. I think the easiest fix would be to just lower her burst cost like they did with Zhongli?

[@FAFRO]

With her disrespectful kit pre c6 she def shoulda had ER as her ascension stat.

[@RetroGamerMike]

Thanks for having the courage to post the cons of a character (Hoyoverse might be watching). More KZbinrs (like Tenten) should have the balls to do the same as you instead of just guide videos. I learned my lesson to never wish for 4 stars if I’m not aiming for the 5 star. My Xiao’s team is full & a lot of future characters to save for.

[@wayneapgar5834]

unpopular opinion but i like the charge shot mechanic as it makes her feel like a bow user but i wish the grouping was better to incentivize using it. I agree her C6 does too much and shouldve been spread out more throughout other constellations. Finally, i truly believe she would feel so much better if they simply made her ascension stat ER. All in all i really like faruzan but she definitely has issues that I think warranted this video

[@Coach_Ren]

Agree, I only wish they went the route they took with Yelan and reduce the charge time by 80% instead of only 60%. Same goes for Sara. Would go a long way to reducing that clunkiness

[@rafaelbittencourtmiranda4338]

There are other problems with her charged shot, unlike Sara and Ganyu who have defensive abilities to be able to safely charged shot (both have a step back skill and Ganyu also has a taunt), Faruzan is completely vulnerable. Making her prone to be easily interrupted.

[@deadencicle]

The backward dash of Sara always felt clunky to me and I’m so glad Faruzan instead has just a quick E that doesn’t change her position. If I want to reposition myself, I can choose to do so and perform a dash. Faruzan is one of those characters that makes me feel like I have the control of the character. This is something I really appreciate.

[@seanr.6498]

Hoyo knows nobody likes playing bow. All contemporary bow characters are designed around not having to do aimed shots at high cons. Most 4* characters also have anti-synergistic Ascension stats because Hoyoverse hates you.

[@trash_bin_ishome4150]

If her base attack was even lower tho her supporting capabilities would be lacking. It's better to just have to build ER rather than atk sands that wont even improve anything other than her own flat damage

[@kanna2227]

Tbh these design fixes locked behind c6 look to be very intentional, and have been evolving to come to this point with the 4 stars that have been releasing. If you look at it, most 4 stars (especially supports) that are very well rounded are from earlier in the game, while now we get very niche supports that become really good at c6, and any 4 star that's not a niche support isn't considered very good. With Sara and Gorou that trend was kinda starting, it's just that now it's become blatantly obvious that's the strategy hoyo is going for, with said niche supports getting more appealing and, possibly in the future, necessary fixes to their kits locked behind constellations, and unfortunately I think it's only gonna get worse from here (also that trend can be seen in signature 5 star weapons that are starting to become really niche to fit only their respective characters)

[@_Yozora_]

Perhaps they should add an "Epitomized fate" system to character banners so every 20th summon (if you did 't get the 4*you wanted) you'd get the focused 4*

[@MarcAlcatraz]

All they had to do was make the particle generation from her skill cast when it hits enemies so then you’d be funneling particles while doing your charged attack.

[@alvintam8310]

I have never truly appreciated the usefullness of Sara's teleport until Faruzan. The fact that you get to reposition and do your core mechanic was a hidden blessing.

I fully agree with the comments you mentioned. This type of business decisions are so, so non-F2P friendly... I really wanted more constellations for her, but I'm afraid to not get them or instead getting more 4-stars weapon copies and/or constellations for 4-stars characters that I'm not interested/already had them at full. (I'm still traumatized with Tighnari's and Nahida's banners because I have had A LOT of Fischl's and Razor's unnecessary copies, inclusive OUTSIDE these banners, that I'm really really afraid on wishing in any banner right now 😆😆😆) Your discussion videos are really necessary for us to make good primogems management. Thanks a lot, Sevy.

[@maxhowells6200]

Sadly, this feels like Hoyo knew there were many people wanting to pull for Scara, so they tied his best support with him with the shittiest constellations we've seen so you feel pressured to keep pulling for her, getting some other cons for Scara and realising that you're a C1 and really close to that C2, so you keep pulling (and spending) I hate it, and I even feel really bad about pulling Scara, but he's not really at fault here. I might not use Faruzan and that's the end of it

[@ZionKid95]

It's interesting that every single dedicated 4 star elemental support is a bow user

[@FranciscoJG]

And yet most support weapons still get to be catalysts .-. Bow version of TTDS / Prototype Amber when?

[@AevyCh]

Wait a minute, Sara, who has the same E mechanic generates more particles than Faruzan? That doesn't sound right...

[@centrifeudal9966]

She's also almost always charged with the best battery archon too so those particles end up being worth more too

[@FranciscoJG]

It's not exactly the same as Sara has an extra step: Faruzan 'only' needs to hit the arrow while Sara needs the subsequent explosion hit an enemy.

[@AevyCh]

@@FranciscoJG No, Faruzan particles generate on Pressurized Collapse hit, which is the subsequent explosion.

[@FranciscoJG]

@@AevyCh I stand partially corrected. But the delay is much lower than Sara's E, right? Unless we do the extra step to literally step on Sara's Crowfeather.

[@typejdavos8297]

If they let her get 2 particles when she cast her skill that hit people, and 3 when she shoots her charged attack. Or drop her burst cost Her c1 should make it where the charged shot does 2 suction things, back to back. So you wouldn't need to fire a 2nd shot. Less clunky and a little more grouping

[@amandaslough125]

It's the particle generation. In beta, they kept her at 80 cost the whole time, but kept reducing and reducing her particle generation. She stayed at 3 for a while.

[@tonyrsoares]

@@amandaslough125Not only particle regen but her two shots at c1 having a ICD to produce particles of 5.5 was added later into the beta, so they nerfed that too

[@Ellen777]

I just hope we don't see more chars like this .. Having a good con is something and having an essential part of the kit locked with high Con is something else ..

[@rinnepy]

unfortunately this is going to keep happening in the future with 4 star character. its kinda surprising that it took them this long for this agressive monetization.

[@Abel.Esteban]

At least the should increase the percentage for new chars, I know people with 240 pulls but C0 Faruzan. I mean how is that even possible?

[@mertuncensored]

It took them this long bc they were selling pretty well. Now it looks like things have changed

[@foreverconfusedandkindacute]

@@Abel.Esteban same someone ik got c1 scara before c1 faruzan its insane xD

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Its pretty surprising honestly for a Chinese company to be able holding off their cutthroat monetization culture for almost 2 years, pretty honorable even.

[@amalab3575]

I really like your suggestions for improving the constellations. They make a lot of sense and balance the needs of the consumer and the business. Also, can I just be sad here, because I have Scara but no Faruzan :(

[@moisesgonzalez8504]

I love your videos Sevy ^^ , you are always so considerate with all the characters at the moment to create the guide, specially the 4 stars. I actually can´t stop listening you talk about Faruzan and her crazy C6, and I didn't even cared about the character before your guide XD Now I will be waiting the next time to get more constellations. Thank you so much for all of your content.

[@tempestneko7311]

Pretty sure many Xiao mains included myself said " Just need a good support for Xiao " at least once. Hoyoverse took it seriously and said: "Now c6 it and you got what you need"

[@issahmiguelbiolena4104]

I need to look up for the word apropos. Thank you Sevy for the new vocab. More power on your channel

[@icecreambone]

small note: from the clip at 10:40, it looks like pressurized collapse triggered by c6 only generates particles every other collapse, or every 6s, which is equal in particle generation to using her skill off cooldown, though this is really only relevant for heizou, since you wouldn't want to swap the other two boys out that quickly. similarly, at 8:43: pressurized collapse charged shots DO still apply anemo res shred

[@RKNancy]

Particle generation has an internal CD, just like reactions do.

[@lucasfreire8290]

Yup, is the same CD for the particle generation at C6, 2 every 6sec, so 8 particles per Burst _that's even the exact reason to why she becomes such a good battery for Xiao an Wanderer at C6

[@ljlbobby]

Thanks for giving a frank and honest critique to mihoyo’s design. I hope they listen to our voices.

[@Kasraken]

Well the only way to get something like this brought in front of the development team is to not spend any money during this period so that they have to take a look at why people are holding back, what did they do to piss them off. But lets face it, that is not going to happen (I already renewed my monthly and battle pass) so more than likely we will see more characters along this line of thinking (4 stars that are busted at C6 but niche, requiring you to pull more without a pity if you want them). --- Anyway good video!

[@TalonAires]

It’s true we should not expect change but it important for everyone to be aware that we can leave feedback in game by selecting the feedback option in the Paimon menu.

[@lavendwer]

but will hoyoverse care? no

[@TalonAires]

@@lavendwer perhaps not but I see a lot of comments for suggestions. If people put the same effort into sending feedback at least they read it.

[@cxrindgo]

my guess is that they made the aim shot mechanic so that you don’t have to rely on autotargeting and can choose where it lands. i just wish it wasn’t necessary for particles - though i suppose then people probably wouldn’t use the charge shot much at all, which perhaps hoyo wanted to avoid. i’m just imagining a group of small hilichurls and a lawachurl a little bit separated, and it focusing on the bigger one instead of the ones that could actually be grouped and interrupted w pressurized collapse. ;-; her c6 at least targets with you and has multiple “chances” to hit enemies you want with sara too, her charge shot is definitely clunky but i just have to imagine how frustrating it would be (for showcases anyway) if the buff got messed up, (pre-c2, anyway) considering genshin isn’t known for having the best targeting system. you want to hit the enemy, but you also want to self-buff. getting to choose when only one is an option is nice - imagine having to run to an enemy to make sure you got the buff for a ranged character!!! also, in co-op it is nice to be able to shoot at where your partner is to give them the buff. still hate to play it, though, but i’m guessing that’s why. i assume that’s also why they’re bow characters, so they can make use of aiming buffs, unlike gorou or shenhe, whose buffs are regional or character stack based (which to me are much more preferred ngl. a - bigger - pressurized collapse centering on the active character would’ve been just fine, considering the kits of the anemo dps atm. but considering that they wanted the collapses to be so small, centering around the character wouldn’t make sense, and that choice probably cemented the bow+aimshot mechanic)

[@ErasmusHereticus]

The charged shot skill would really grind my gears if I played a team with her. The solution, also gratingly, is right there - replace the charged shot requirement with a Yelan C6-like mechanic, just make the next normal or two Do The Thing™, preferably AoE.

[@NJR0091]

They should at the very least make her ascension stat ER and/or reduce the energy cost of her burst to 60 or 70. I don't think either change would be hard to implement nor would it break her - it would just make her more flexible. I would have also liked her skill to simply cast the mini-vortex without having to use a charged shot, something like Sucrose's skill but with a smaller AoE and a smaller crowd control effect. If she didn't demand so much field time it would at least make her feel less clunky to play, and as you said the utility her skill has is basically useless already because the bread-and-butter of her kit is locked behind her burst. It's like they saw Venti, who never wants to use his normal/charged attacks, thought that was stupid, and so they made a character that tries to force you to use their bow, even though the incentive still isn't there. It's utterly asinine, and I refuse to believe that it wasn't intentionally made to feel bad so you'd spend to get the C6 to forego such a cumbersome mechanic. Now, one might like to think that she was actually intended to be used with triple Anemo, much like Gorou wants three or more Geos, except her kit doesn't reflect that at all like Gorou does. Perhaps a future anemo character will come down the line and make triple anemo a more niche build like mono/triple-geo, which would certainly alleviate her energy issues. Perhaps, one might like to think, that they wanted to try and make a unit that wasn't so inflexible like Gorou but still worked best in a team like triple anemo, swirling the element of the support - because unlike geo not having an element to swirl would be stupid. I'll admit that, if that were the case, it's an interesting way to try and go about making a niche character feel at least somewhat usable outside of their niche. One *could* have looked at Faruzan as an experiment, perhaps a way to encourage a certain compositional style (triple anemo) without totally locking the character to one compositional style... ...except there's zero excuse for locking the solution of her issues behind a C6, nothing other than greed. It's a blatant, super scummy way to 'fix' an artificially engineered issue; It's fucking disgusting, frankly, which is made even worse because there's no pity system with 4 stars, or as you mentioned any way to guarantee getting a non-legacy 4 star for starglitter in the shop (which isn't even a good solution to the problem; I've played other gacha games that have good solutions to this issue, like having a separate banner that lets you pick the 4 star equivalent you want to roll for - still not great because Gacha sucks, but it's *far* better than Genshin). It's FOMO psychological marketing at it's fucking worst, and frankly it won't get better unless Genshin has actual competition or feels 'threatened' enough to stop being so greedy. But I digress; Sorry for the ramble. I'd like to think that they could try to change some things about Faruzan but as you said I doubt they will - hopefully they learn a lesson but the cynic in me says 'doubtful' lol. Much like the whole 1st anniversary fiasco they won't change anything unless people make a big enough stink about it, or another game comes along and entices people away from Genshin.

[@justchica3243]

Im spent my f2p hoard that I saved up since Kazuha banner and thankfully I got her C6… I run her on 300% er with fav and usually I’ll have her burst ready when I need it but I do also have fav on Bennett and sometimes run her with venti. When you can get her to that point she’s pretty fun

[@Otto1516]

I loved this video, the more analytical style suits you and the information was solid. ❤

[@shadowstorm9363]

I wish her ult was 60 energy OR maybe she still has 80 energy but one of her constellations was like "refunds 15-20 energy on using ult" .... something like that Along with that the 2nd part of her c6 where she can proc pressurized collapse in her ult continuously every 3 sec should have been how her ult works normally anyway, and her c6 could have provided only crit dmg boost maybe along with some other benefit like say the aforementioned energy refund after using ult or something (venti has this mechanic as his passive if I remember) which would still be not good since I wish such quality-of-life type constellations should always be available in early constellations so that its more accessible, so maybe her current c4 can be replaced with the 20 energy refund mechanic and for c6 we can tac on a higher crit dmg boost (say 60%) or a medium level boost to crit dmg(40%) and also crit rate(10%) or something.... This is my personal opinion, what do my fellow players think of this....?? Also, quick side question while we are talking about Faruzan, "why on God's green Earth does she ascend on atk, is it that funny to troll us??", if its that difficult to give her ER as ascension stat, just give her crit rate as ascension stat, we can leverage that with a fav bow, and no she won't be a broken 4* dps just because you give her crit rate ascension stat Another thing, if we are sticking with the current c4 of Faruzan, and thats how she generates energy particles, can we make it so that after using her E, she can insta use charge shots without charging at all, like ganyu's c6 feature, and it wont be broken, just reduce the dmg scaling of that shot

[@d3m3nt3d_t3acup_]

I fully agree that the pressurized collapse on burst mechanic should've been part of the base kit, and then the c6 can be 60 crit dmg or something. Faruzan's A4 should've been a defensive or energy utility instead too (instead of an unnoticeable dmg boost)

[@shadowstorm9363]

@@d3m3nt3d_t3acup_ yes indeed, that dmg boost from her A4 is negligible so we don't get much difference between boosts from something like skyward harp and say the more practical weapon that is fav bow

[@harukazi5154]

Since her elemental skill applies Anemo shred after unlocking her talent, whenever her ult is not ready when I rotate, I just do charged attack for the shred. I'm not waiting for her ult since it is a waste of time and both skill have the same Shred anyway. I'm building her mainly Energy Recharge with 1:2 Crit Ratio.

[@Dartheomus]

C0 farazan with 323% ER and Favonious is ALMOST enough. I can usually get a couple rotations before I have to funnel energy. My big gripe about her is that I would prefer if I could target the burst location. I have had her cast a burst on an individual mob to the left of me rather than the group of mobs in front of me. The triangle thing is cute but it doesn't work.

[@ice_cream_mochi]

In my opinion Faruzan somehow manages to be worse than Sara in terms of gameplay. While Sara does need a decent amount of ER, it's really not as much as Faruzan and electro resonance helps, plus she pairs well with Raiden who restores her energy. Sara also doesn't depend on aiming to give teammates her atk buff, she can just use her skill and switch to a teammate.

[@xhitmanleox]

You do need C2 to avoid using the charged shot or burst to give buff on Sara

[@andresmiltongutierrezorteg2764]

Not only that but they also managed to make the buffs and debuffs feel more restrictive by lasting so little and making you focused on a small area.

[@raken69]

Hoyo really need to bring her back in the beta testing.. what are the beta testers feedback testing back then or just hoyo releasing her intentionally like this for the bread

[@mashupotato]

At this point, I think the beta test only exists to be a source of leaks. There's no way the testers are dumb enough to not realize Faruzan's massive problems.

[@xanderx3788]

Well I mean... Have you see the leaks? Beta testers don't know shit about the game

[@FranciscoJG]

@@xanderx3788 * turns on infinite energy * there, problem solved

[@Chopsparillo]

Honestly I think they do beta tests just for bug testing because they never pay attention to any concerns we have, and there’s no way the beta testers don’t notice it/see us talking about them.

[@raken69]

@@Chopsparillo i think this is more likely it.. But they do nerfed faruzan a couple of times in beta as for comments or twits or leaks, if thats true they do make balancing in characters atleast.. problem is they probably nerfed her too much now

[@darkstargazer80]

now I know this is incredibly niche and not her intended gameplay pattern, but I wanted to say that her C1 does let her have incredible synergy with Thundering Fury 4pc, and kinda turns her into a Anemo version of Ganyu. it's truly delightful, has to be seen to be believed

[@ymyzki]

Managed to C6 Faruzan and at the same time C3 Scara. Her constellations came early and I have to admit that I'm actually very lucky with 4s characters 😅 It's a relief that I managed to pull her C6 and I actually never tried her gameplay preC6 because of TCs prerelease evaluation. Still, I am using her with 270 ER and I dont have problem with rotations. Her burst is already full for the next one but when I tried using Harp (220 ER) with the Thunder Manifestation at Abyss, I noticed that sometimes I have to do one charge before Burst. This while at the same time using Fav on Zhongli. Maybe skill issue but I'm settling for that 270 ER instead (Elegy)

[@ZephirDoW]

I understand that for some people, bow charge attacks are bothersome, particularly mobile and controller players. But I really hate when we start calling designs around CA "clunky", implicitly stating there is a design problem with making bow characters use their CAs. I think bow character designs are infinitely more interesting for having them utilize their weapons in meaningful ways. It's irritating to read people praise an impersonal, nondescript design like Gorou, who in terms of gameplay could use any weapon type and you wouldn't notice, over actually well designed gameplay patterns because nonintrusiveness is valued much more than impact, coherence and completeness. A character like Gorou is means to an end with no personality or flair as a gameplay design, with identical skill and burst dispelling the idea that he is intended to be anything more than the characterization of crutches granted to a dysfunctional element. Faruzan has a fleshed out gameplay pattern that, yes, includes a mechanic disliked by a portion of the community. But that dislike does not point to a character design issue. Most players would be happier if Faruzan went into the field, pressed EQ, applied all of her effects with 100% uptime and reach, and went out as soon as the swap cooldown refreshed, with her weapon only mattering inasmuch it changed your flavor of Favonius, but that is not good design. I am not excusing Mihoyo of making some glaring design mistakes, intentionally or not, but making a bow character use their bow in their gameplay pattern is not one and it's frustrating to see it treated as such. Sara, Gorou, Faruzan all have awful designs in their own way, particularly where they stop requiring the character to perform their kits completely in order to obtain the full benefit. Power ≠ design. C6 Faruzan is stronger than Bennett relative to anemo carry comps, but as a design, the fact that you suddenly stop pressing a button entirely for no loss (same goes for C2 Sara) is the opposite of good design. Genshin designs should recognize that natural gameplay does not allow for supports to dwell and meander, but I feel like there is recognition of this fact in Faruzan's (and Sara's) design, the problem being their rewards being insufficient (on low cons) to justify even this optimized field time. My problem is that most often criticism isn't about the reward but the mechanic itself, which leaves a sour taste in my mouth. What makes Faruzan problematic has nothing to do with the fact thay she needs to CA, not directly.

[@albreicht7779]

I love your educational reviews so much. I learned a lot.

[@openendings]

For the record, yes: this kind of analysis video is great ♥️

[@HabbleYT]

Really great review! Fair and honest while not being so emotional about the contraversy that it ends up irritating me; which tbh was very refreshing from a Faruzan review.

[@TheJasperMage]

I really like ehr C1 though. It does give you the option to play her like tignari where her kit instead buffs her and gived you the option to play her as the main damage dealer.

[@jevs1555]

And why would I do that when options like Xiao, wanderer and heizou exist? Are you even listening to what you’re saying?

[@TheJasperMage]

@@jevs1555 for fun? Actually it's really good in co-op and really helps pick up the slack if someone hasn't built a very good character.

[@neilgondra7379]

Hoyoverse way of avoiding powercreep is a little too good for its own right. Like bruh, they gave her a godlike demo and what do we have? Expectation vs Reality.

[@d3m3nt3d_t3acup_]

They really be creating these burst reliant units and slapping minimal energy generation + 80 cost bursts

[@swastiksubhamgarnaik7424]

For itto its gorou bow character Raiden sara bow Xiao faruzan bow Ayaka diona bow

[@Keetoxx]

Before i got my first copy of faruzan i rolled: 3 yanfeis 8 gorous (!!!) and i already had him at cons2 2 flutes 1 the bell JEAN 1 widsith Itto

[@milosantos28]

Haven’t been a subscriber here for long but I really enjoy your videos. Even though there’s a lot info, it doesn’t feel like overwhelming when you’re explaining it. And, yeah, I’d like to see more videos like this. They’re definitely very helpful and quite enjoyable. 😊

[@zeromailss]

I love An-Emo character in general so when they announce Faruzan I was so fucking hype but after 140 pulls I can only manage to get C5 and before C6 she is just so much pain to use. Really wish they stop making new 4 star character only usable at C6 or at least make it possible to get some kind of hard pity system or any way we can get them without gambling

[@________8553]

As a controller player, aiming is incredibly easy but I wouldn't do it if I don't have a shield to stop interruptions in abyss

[@DanceTowaDance]

Easy how to fix Faruzan: bench her for the rest of your life

[@shachede6828]

Facts

[@nightwaffles283]

As an anemo enjoyer this is not an option

[@castielysia]

Nah, I'm using her.

[@RejectedInch]

@@nightwaffles283 in this case i wish you a c4 Jean. Way more effective, less ER hungry and you get the heals, on top of shield shredding if you play Sunfire. 😁

[@nightwaffles283]

@@RejectedInch thank you

[@dragonkus6934]

If she's c6 she's broke amazing I have no problems with her and my Scara team I have her and Yelan both using Fav bow her burst is 100% up every rotation feels wonderful

[@NerdEmoji1067]

As an anemo enthusiast faruzan is blessing from heaven. She makes all anemo units 5x better. Without c6 a mono anemo team (something like Xiao/wanderer, Jean/sayu, faruzan and a flex) can really help her er issues. But with mono anemo wanderer dosent get the buffs from his first passive which is a pretty big problem.

[@SSP50505]

80 cost burst, 2 particles and low on-field time , no ER ascension stat. Such a sad kit for such a neat character.

[@raith-san]

I'm just gonna wait for a 5* Anemo support, since getting Faruzan to C6 costs as much Primogems (if not even more) anyway. I love her design but I hate how 90% of her potential is locked behind constellations.

[@Luluthebluemoon]

dont forget you will have to c2 that 5* anemo support because Hoyo needs their money.

[@sainieyxcx8116]

@@Luluthebluemoon not with kazuha LoL

[@Luluthebluemoon]

@@sainieyxcx8116 True, no doubt Kazuha is amazing!

[@UncleKameha49]

I like using her with Heizou. I'm at C3 and no complaints. As long as you have Thoma or another shielder her charged shot requirement isn't a burden. For me at least.

[@tybaltbaptiste8899]

super agree with your opinions on charged shot mechanics on support characters. 😅

[@mythesque7714]

great video as always Sevy! i completely agree with your criticisms, and i have such mixed feelings about Faruzan. i've been an anemo main since i started playing i have all the anemo characters it's always been my favorite element, (hell, my venti is my only triple crowned character and running an A/D/C build because i just think it's fun to solo bosses w his charge shots lol) so you can imagine how excited i was for a dedicated anemo support finally, but man do i have a love-hate relationship w faruzan :/ like she's buffing my damage by A Lot i can't deny that she's definitely not weak! but god is her kit design infuriating. energy issues, clunkiness, c6 being a frankly absurd power spike, you cover them well so i won't go on lol but needless to say i agree. i honestly think gorou is the only dedicated element support that i would genuinely call good, no stupid charge shots for him thank god, and while his burst is definitely good to cast (and since he does negligible dmg you may as well stack ER anyway) the fact that his buffs aren't *tied* to his burst is really nice, and what differentiates him from sara is that he is truly filling a niche that wasn't filled before, he's The Only unit that buffs defense, and like you said up until c6 sara isn't even an electro specific buffer, she's just a generic attack buffer and bennett has her outclassed in every way shape and form, so she never felt like a particularly good or well designed unit to me. faruzan just makes me have so many conflicting emotions because she's undoubtedly very strong at what she does! but she's got so many caveats to actually *do* what she does it feels kinda ridiculous, and some of the design decisions made just are so annoying, like why doesn't she ascend w ER? why isnt her a4 passive something actually useful? (oh wow, an extra couple hundred damage on some hits here and there, yippy skippy) why did they think bringing back sara's cumbersome charge shot was a good idea?? man i'm so glad i wanted Wanderer constellations anyway, cuz i got him c3 before faruzan c6 (getting specific four stars in this game is so hard why would you constellation lock them??) (i mean i know why. money. doesnt mean i like it) ANYWAY, very well presented video as usual Sevy, i always love seeing you in my subscription feed, and also that meme at 3:32 made me cackle LMAO

[@aki128]

The real 5 star for me is Faruzan, got Wanderer at my 4th 50-50 streak but got not a single Faruzan drop. 😳🤯

[@qzxerty]

Good video. More of this please. I think what's most interesting is that this is probably a taste of what is to come. Expect all new 4 stars to be OK nothing special with huge power locked behind their c6. I joined Genshin at a fun time where I enjoyed the game only buying Welkin and BP but whether I continue to spend will depend on what they do in terms of pushing the game further toward whale gacha or not

[@witchy90210]

I think in the case of Faruzan another youtuber made the good point as to why she might be like this, and that is that since so many people would pull A LOT of Wanderer that they would inevitably get a ton of copies of her. I use Kujo Sara on controller (As I never fully understood how to use Fischl very well). I dont have too much trouble with her charged skill. But I have her at C2 or 3 I beleive and that gives her skill a nice buff that makes it far easier to use, as well as having her with a sacrificial bow making it more spamable and makes it a lot easier to use her burst off CD.

[@hangduysang]

i got c1 wanderer and c8 faruzan after 80 rolls. I love her so much, I also have jean c-4 my anemo team is broken now

[@user7061]

I don't think niche supports/characters are the problem, they just need to be good in that niche. faruzan is not good as a universal support and isn't that good as a niche support either, rendering her a bad character overall imo. they could've definitely done better (adjust ascension stat/don't lock her utility behind c's/generate more particles on her own)

[@brettvader1833]

Misleading comment she's a bad character over all at c0 at c6 she is a 5 star.

[@FredwardDrawn]

I really like the idea for just an instant charged shot after her skill! I think if i was going to change something, I would probably make her skill just stay on field longer instead of having a short cooldown, so it can keep giving the two energy every second it's out, like a weaker sucrose ult. it's still grouping smaller enemies and producing energy, and would make the c1 constellation like, actually desirable if you have bad aim. It would be like, a puddle equivalent to a tornado lol but still useful enough to warrant the charged shots

[@asterxzr]

Maybe they put attack buffs as ascension buff because then we can focus on her er to build. But then again they could have more er so we could build atk. Does hoyoverse want it harder for us lol

[@bagirute112]

I got her and these are the reasons i wont be maxing her since growing character is tedious and costly process. Furthermore shes bow character and playing on mobile with aiming requiretment is THE pain. On top of that creating gameplay issues just to make people pull is a bad design . Constal. should add to character but not fix

[@RafidW9]

This is a unit that needs massive ER rework at C0. Of course that's a pipe dream with how Hoyo rolls. But this is a dumpster fire. Also, I pulled 60 times and not a single Faruzan, we desperately need pity for 4 stars.

[@teaplots]

great informative video sevy :) ty!

[@kimoudomkeb5507]

Yeah we need this kind of video.

[@Blurrybob]

Even though I lost 50/50 to Mona instead of Wanderer's C2, and lost my 4* pity to a weapon (Widsith R15?), I didn't stop grinding for C6 Faruzan and got her half an hour before the banner closed. Was an amazing experience

[@jezziea5806]

im writing a summary of this to send in the feedback form/survey by the end of this banner.

[@vermillionorange]

the support ended up being supported...

[@hairyCapybara]

Unfortunately she’s the main reason I’m not pulling for Wanderer. I’m bound to get her while pulling, and I didn’t need the temptation of needing/ wanting her to be C6 sitting in my roster for a month. Rip Scara… I’ll stick with Kazuha. Really enjoy your content🤙🏼

[@ALevelPikachuWithLevelThunderb]

Her passive used to give flat dmg like yunjin base on her total atk, that why atk% ascension. But then change it to give flat dmg base on her base atk.. Now her ascension is useless

[@teatimetala]

3:35 Excellent usage of that meme.

[@Eternal_Genin]

I really like the hot fixes you suggested! I have a c6 faruzan and I completely agree with your ideas. She was nerfed right before release and trust me it would have been worse!

[@RejectedInch]

you mean " she was broken to sell the c6 fix" :D

[@Godsthetics]

Constellation 1 - second charge is instantaneous + the res shred from pressurized collapses increases to 6 seconds, this debuff can stack to a max of 11 seconds Constellation 2 - switch with current constellation 4 and add the following - the initial part of the skill will now trigger a small pressurized collapse with a separate energy generation cooldown Constellation 4 - switch with the current Constellation 2 Constellation 6 - As is First cons will give her more utility albeit clunky. 2nd will relieve a bit of the issues and reward the clunkiness. That's all, no need to spread C6 out, hoyo is allowed to make money

[@danomaly8943]

With that being I said at least there is the TCG and while I won't be playing because I'm not into it enough personally the community seems to be loving it and that at least gives the players some hope outside of predatory character design that I don't expect to change with Gacha

[@alfe4685]

I love this character but the only thing I would change is the charged shot after her E being instantaneous like you said It’s annoying not to have C6, but having Favonious and 300% ER is enough before that for me I guess C6 makes her a potential DPS so maybe that’s why it’s so powerful. Despite that her utility in anemo support is beyond amazing, cons are something to look forward to in future banners ! :)

[@MagusApex]

Thank god, at least her trailer and trailer's song is ...

[@PhoenixWwrong]

Additionally, her burst only does res shred if the pulse hits. Given the triangular pattern, it can be difficult to keep it consistent because of positioning. Then c6 completely waives this issue because now the res shred is from the c6 effect.

[@TheArcSet]

C0 and 50/50 pity (got Qiqi), at 36. I'm tempted to pull again, but may wait until the next banner is teased.

[@adobongcereal7506]

She's more of like a Coop unit to me. Her CC and keeping distance will make sense there. But by that, the game doesn't even have a HEAVY coop game mode to make her more of a necessary unit Yeah but who knows, maybe Genshin has been planning on that.

[@iangonzales8865]

C0 Faruzan is fine. I’m able to 36 stars the current Abyss with 245 ER C0 Faruzan, Xiao, Bennett, and Albedo.

[@keku52]

at the very least, Faruzan isnt useless like Sara without C6

[@tgrrr7201]

You know what. I feel like Faruzan is just a setup for a future character. They will probably release a 5 star upgrade later (Like Yelan is to Xinqiu or Cyno to Razor) and that is also a 5 star elemental buffer (Like Shenhe is to Cryo). Just my angry take

[@MN-xh7yu]

Whooaa as a Playstation genshin player i can say using charge shots isn't clunky and I love sara, easily one of my top 3 most used supports. When it comes to faruzan I cant speak a lot to how good of a support she is. I've used her for maybe 2-3 hrs on a friends account. She's felt fine to play but as far as her being constellation dependant I'm ok with it. I feel like Toma is the same way requiring his conts to solve his issues. Im ok with 4* characters requiring conts to have a fully fleshed out kit. Its you wanna say 300% er is extreme then sure I agree maybe if she generated a bit more energy or lower her burst cost by 20 then fair enough. But id rather have this and make the characters amazing in their role once they are c6 as opposed to having another Bennet running around

[@kamicokrolock]

4 stars can be so hard to get to begin with (I took me 120 wishes to get a single Faruzan and I was done spending primos after that), locking most of their utility behind constellations is a slap in the face. The only other 4 stars that get this treatment are the starter 3, and you can AT LEAST buy their cons in the shop!

[@maphitha1]

Generating particles from buffed charged shots is not an issue. She's a bow user, she aims and fires. It's not clunky, that's literally how bows and arrows work. The constellations tho... Greedy af.

[@werti4894]

she definitely works at c0, I don't really see the ER issues that much but I don't do perfect rotations (not needed anyways to beat abyss if you have the stats). that c6 really is dissapointing, it feels more like a ascension passive, rather than a constellation stat boost. It ties everything in her kit together...

[@coldbuttons]

Faruzan's kit makes me wonder if Hoyo has a plan for a mechanic to imbue bow normal attacks with elements. That'd make the 4star archers viable for the on-field driver role instead of just being EQ bots.