Why NO ONE Plays: Aloy | Genshin Impact

Welcome back to another episode of Why NO ONE Plays! Today we're gonna be talking about (arguably) the least played unit in the entire game: Aloy!
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[@brendongame2543]

"Aloy breaks the game's immersion" Meanwhile me: Defeating Childe as Childe.

[@byeguyssry]

Wdym? It's the 11th of the 11 Fatui Harbingers battling Tartaglia

[@ooochoa]

*me slapping normal barbara with summer skin barbara*

[@BrianStorm742]

I bet a lot of people who complain about that are Diluc mains that use Kaeya as an energy battery :')

[@pianotm]

_Me, who defeated Raiden Shogun with Raiden Shogun_ [Awkward monkey meme]

[@pianotm]

I guess "Spider-Man pointing at himself" is also a valid meme for this.

[@reivelt3715]

"the only bow user who can serve as main dps are ganyu and childe" *sad Yoimiya noises

[@VarsVerum]

Oh… right… haha xD

[@blame7121]

Gartling gun Fischl crying*

[@thelookofdisapproval8234]

Sad Amber Noise as well

[@milosradenkovic3790]

1. Ganyu is not bow user, she's a grenade thrower user 2. Childe isn't bow user, he's dual dagers user In short, bow can't be used as main DPS

[@Akai93]

@@blame7121 Main dps Fischl is a meme though. People use whoever they want as main dps but you can't deny that it is most definitely not her intended purpose

[@TheRealSnhyper]

I think the real reason that everyones reaction to aloy is "eh" is because she's both kneecapped by design and she was just kinda given to us. If she had a quest line or something of the like it would've made the release seem less lazy, which would have probably gotten more people to try her. Of course she would have still been bad, so a buff would be still needed, but an exciting release may have shifted public opinion

[@maraisfan4life517]

Nope. Wouldn’t have used her anyways

[@TheRealSnhyper]

@@maraisfan4life517 true dinks aye

[@Johnny12575]

@@maraisfan4life517 I missed the part where that's our problem

[@sorcierenoire8651]

@@maraisfan4life517 sucks to be you

[@idkijustexist8558]

@@maraisfan4life517 speak for yourself please

[@hebiscusnhoney]

in terms of lore, I honestly feel like her ascension materials would have made more sense coming from the ruin machines rather than the spectors. it just kind of feels like they didn't put a lot of thought into actually *immersing* her game's mechanics into the lore, but maybe that's just me 😔

[@Xazyv]

Even hillichurl arrows would make more sense tbh

[@Brownyan]

But there aren’t any non elite machine enemies

[@thelookofdisapproval8234]

I feel she was designed in such a way that even if someone misses out on getting her, they didn't lose out on much. her kit is.... ok, but she's completely replaceable by characters we already have

[@niak8529]

I agree. I'm actually glad she's not that great for this reason.

[@ja7127]

Free wishes

[@izme4432]

I love playing aloy but I get it

[@izme4432]

She is discount cryo yoimiya

[@Chopsparillo]

Yeah that’s usually how Collab characters are made. Just alright. But not too good. Otherwise people will feel bad about missing them. Edit: Yeah I did say usually, not every time. Some collab characters will be good. Some examples of other mid collab characters are Hello Kitty/Mimi from Cookierun Ovenbreak, Sonic/Tails from Cookierun Kingdom, The Persona Characters in Dragalia Lost, etc. I can only talk on the games I personally played.

[@carsonbailey7090]

I had never even considered that she could break the immersion because I figured that’s something every Genshin player would be used to. Who hasn’t equipped Amber at the beginning and went up to Amber so Amber could help Amber?

[@solarprogeny6736]

it's really not the same though. amber is still part of the game. aloy is not

[@Big_Dai]

@@solarprogeny6736 It kind of is when you can see both characters at the same time.. Or when you already have an Ayaka when Ayaka is crying over not having friends. Or how Ningguang's hangout event makes it sound like she hasn't been carrying me since the beginning of the game, and is kind of stuck in Liyue. Getting characters is basically duplicating them in-game. And they remain hidden from everyone else. It breaks immersion.

[@Aliens1337]

@@solarprogeny6736 “Oh no, another character from another world entered Genshin. That never happened before and it broke my immersion.” Traveller: “Am I a fucking joke to you?” Fishchl and Keqing: “Bye! We’re gonna go to Honkai now.”

[@ssarellas]

Tbh i do consider that she breaks the game's immersion, that's kinda the reason why i don't play her Amber is well know character in Genshin while Aloy is obviously a Western character that doesn't really fit in a gacha game with anime characters. Also she's not part of the story

[@ssarellas]

@@Big_Dai I think he meant that Aloy is not part of the story, using Childe to defeat Childe is not the same thing as playing with a Western character that's not part of the Genshin universe

[@HAHA-dq3ij]

Aloy should have gotten her own event. So we could learn more about her.

[@ding-dong_bing-bong]

I deadass thought she was a genshin original character until I watched this video- 💀

[@garb8933]

fr, she shouldve had a quest or event of some kind so people actually get introduced to her. it feels awkard thats shes just, there, but doesn't actually "exist" like make her canon or just dont put her in the game at all. it especially sucks cause horizon is an amazing game and aloy is really cool IN horizon, but genshin aloy barely even looks like her. her model looks off, her kit is bad, HER VOICE ACTOR ISNT EVEN THE SAME?? and now the whole genshin community "hates" her and horizon has a bad reputation

[@dami_damien]

Love your pfp

[@destineyunicorn9540]

she is such an amazing character as week and i love her from hzd. but even i leave her untouched

[@luon6950]

She has a whole game by her self what do you wanna learn about her

[@kaleidsbox6915]

I personally believe that "Aloy's problem" was that she just came out of nowhere. In addition of her weird standpoint in the game's lore it was also an issue that she was a unit nobody wanted nor asked for and that collaborations likely weren't something most people thought of at that time. Especially not with an "old" game or rather not really not well known game series. It was also a let down for many to hear that her weapon will only available via PS AND that even if you got the weapon its passive would only work while playing on PS. I personally always thought that Aloy was only part of the agreement MHY had to make with Sony in order to make them allow cross-saves or cross-play. MHY basically had to promote a new game that would be coming out and integrate the key character of said game into theirs. A win-win? In the end it was just a disappointment. A character nobody asked for, nor thought of, at a time that was already pretty meh for MHY. And on top of that she wasn't really all that strong. I think under different circumstances she could've been a decently received character.

[@Rexhunterj]

Totally agree, if there was a big event where a portal opened up and she spilled out and we had to do some event-based quests to earn her and constellations, I think she would have been received much better. As a character she kind of fits into the world space, she's an adventurer and in her own world a genius essentially, she'd fit into Genshin as a ruin diving adventurer who is wanting to go home but also learn more about Khanriah's inventions and the nation it might have been like, just like she wants to unravel humanity's true past in her own world.

[@youravghuman5231]

Nahh adding quest or lore for her can ruin the story because it's mean that she's canon unlike now. Plus, it's an additional work to make it in the 1st place.

[@zoomjng]

@@youravghuman5231 yeah but with events you get primo which is a given in all events. With her canon story, it can easily be worked with rn since honkai and genshin impact are now being connected although subtle if you call it that.

[@youravghuman5231]

@@zoomjng wdym easily be worked? If u refer honkai and genshin are connected, then that's because they are in the same universe meanwhile aloy comes out of nowhere then suddenly they are connected lmao

[@bobertcubrob]

Despite her bombs being a potential waste, unless you pair her with a Anemo character. recently we got the omni-amiguity net, Aloy is the best character for catching animals.

[@DaBayleef]

I feel like Aloy's biggest problem is that her collab didn't feel like a collab, she doesn't have a constellation, and her weapon is ps exclusive. I'm kind of hoping the lack of fanfare is from horizon's release date being pushed back and once it's released we'll get a constellation or a quest or something. On her own, I think using her can be fun because throwing bombs is always great. Plus, she's one of the only female units that wear long pants!

[@bighatastrea]

This and imo she looks really awkward. She lacks uniqueness, it looks like they slapped her design on a typical Genshin body :/ It's such a weird collab too. Feels pretty random, even something like Demon's Souls with the Enkanomiya region or a Final Fantasy collab would've been more interesting and fit the vibe more

[@DaBayleef]

@@bighatastrea Personally I think she looks fine, but that's kind of it. Just fine. I guess the biggest concern now is what will collabs look like in the future. Will they be just as lack luster? Because if so, yikes :I

[@spadeksorata2031]

Imagine Mihoyo giving C1-C6 Aloy constellations ONLY if you buy the new upcoming horizon: forbidden west

[@DaBayleef]

@@spadeksorata2031 I can see that going to ways: tons of tantrums from players (but nowhere near anniversary levels) or absolutely nobody caring because it's been so long so everybody has forgotten about Aloy. Actually now that I think about it both of these things will happen simultaneously

[@dott8348]

The whole thing is meant for playstation, ur lucky u got somet

[@MagusDouken]

One thing that throws me off is actually the missed flavor with her upgrades. I mean, she lives in a world filled mechanical beasts and learned to tackle them, so why does she need Spectral items for her upgrades? Wouldn't it make sense to real with more of the Ruin enemies? Ruin Guards with their Chaos Drives, or if you want the item to be specific to Inazuma, Chaos Gears from the Ruin Sentinels. It is much easier to match her lore with those items for her upgrades, but no... spectral bits... Why?

[@angelic252]

Not to mention she was hunting Ruin enemies in the mini web event

[@imrandpm]

unfortunately because elite enemy drops aren't used for leveling characters, only weapons

[@Ken-df8cp]

Cos they want you to SUFFER

[@volkplushevy7722]

I expected she'll have some sort of bonuses against mechanical enemies

[@gerardo2600]

because no one will figth those annoying things if not for that, also kokomi requires them

[@afiftyringgit]

they should definitely give her a story quest. she just randomly appeared out of nowhere, then... that's it

[@priddy_101]

You should make a similar series of "Why everyone USES this character" because I honestly love this series because it's been teaching me a lot about who to use as mains and as supports

[@Pet_Hedgehog]

he did tho

[@MrShadic140]

He did one episode of "why everyone plays" on Zhongli, but yes I'm hoping he does more of the "why everyone plays" videos on more supps/dps

[@priddy_101]

@@MrShadic140 ooh! I’ll check that one out! I know why some a lot of people play some characters but this series has helped me develop my team better so I’m hoping he makes more :)

[@MrShadic140]

@@priddy_101 totally, id like for him to showcase/talk about why everyone uses bennet and xinqiu, since he mentions them on basically every video of "why no one plays X", and hearing how good they are actually got me to use a better team, went from Eula, Yanfei, Xinqiu, Barbara/Noelle, to Eula, Diona, Xinqiu, Bennet. and the dps output is quite noticeable. so a good support is almost as, if not more, important than a good dps and weapon.

[@ambervalkerie9134]

I feel like her collab just came out of nowhere and they essentially went nowhere with it. Let's take Honkai as an example, they had a collab with Neon Genesis Evangelion and Asuka was a free character you can get. The difference between Asuka and Aloy's collabs, is that Asuka, despite being a mediocore unit herself, she gets an event quest with its own self contained story and she also comes with an alternate costume and brought Evangelion alt costumes for other characters. Meanwhile, Aloy just came in the mail. She doesn't get her own event quest and her own unique weapon is only for PS4/5 and she's the only character with no constellation, so even Amber can do more than her with constellations. They didn't even try to make a unique collab event with Aloy. I think ppl would forgive Aloy's existence in the game, if she had her own event quest that was fun and highlight's Aloy's character.

[@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897]

She doesnt even have her original voice actor....wtf mihoyo, shes already used to voicing aloy again due to working on the sequal How hard is it to shove money in someones face to read 30 lines

[@altnova6643]

With Asuka, MHY's CEO outright stated that it was "Public fanboying on company's fund", Aloy, on the other hand, is the price MHY had to pay to bring cross-play to PS users, the difference between these 2 couldn't be more apparent.

[@Alckee6904]

dont forget aloy doesnt even have own namecard...

[@matthewphu4637]

i feel like Aloy collab was just a marketing move to get more attention for Forbidden West. Horizon itself doesn't have a lot to bring to gacha. it doesn't have any iconic characters besides Aloy herself whereas with an anime collab they have a TON of characters to pick from to either make one unit free and the rest as premium gacha pull units.

[@TheChocolatBlanc]

@@altnova6643 Hold in do you have any article/link about this , it would make so much sense now that I think about it , omfg. Please

[@mattavarius5119]

I like how people call Aloy 'lore breaking' without actually reading her lore. The final part of her lore reveals that she was duplicated while searching through a ruin, her duplicate was brought to the Genshin world, and her original stayed in the Horizon world. I believe that this was Alice, since Alice narrates Aloy's trailer, and Alice is also the one who went to our world and brought the KFC stuff over for Klee. Alice can go to other worlds and bring things back, Aloy is lore friendly.

[@disyali]

Bruh..if Alice can go to other world she can easily send the twin to other world 😂

[@MrSuckeragi]

The lore of genshin isn’t even complete yet, people will be shocked at the whole mutliverse aspect of genshin allowing it to collab with ANY universe, thats what traveller/travelling means

[@RyzaneCrow]

Does that mean that Alice was the one that brought KFC to genshin? :0

[@tadicahya6439]

I already though Alice is from another world when i read that she introduce the concept of "idol" to Barbara,which suprisingly similar to Japan concept of idol.

[@ScaLe126]

I seriously hope that Klee gets interested in the Master Chief or a Mercedes S63 AMG

[@Maplie]

Actually Aloy's lore is very similar to Genshin's. The ancient technology we harvest from ruin mobs (Chaos devices/circuits/cores for example) are just like how things work in Horizon. The remnants of an ancient advanced civilization are left roaming for the present medieval society to harvest and adapt to their own ways.

[@shawnmonroe1745]

Nobody talking about this and Alice being the link between worlds

[@werh227]

@@shawnmonroe1745 to be honest people keep saying she wouldn't work in the Genshin world and it kills me a little because we have robots in game! But no... Aloy wouldn't work at all in Genshin, they say. : /

[@bagelisdead]

@@werh227 For me personally, she doesn't fit simply because of the two games different art styles. Genshin has a very anime art style while Horizon is more on the realistic side. How Genshin integrated Aloy's design into their art style looks unnatural, at least to me.

[@hmhmhmmmmmm]

bruh her lore is not similar to genshins AT ALL. the Only thing that is similar is that u fight robots in both games

[@khairunnisakayshanevateran2361]

@@bagelisdead agree. Personally, Aloy would look better with Lisa/rosaria/eula tall body model. Her cute kinda short body model doesnt feels very right.

[@mikeklockow7231]

"Aloy breaks the game's immersion." Meanwhile Alice brings us KFC. Her biggest issue isn't an Aloy issue, it's a Genshin issue. Leveling up units, weapons, and building new artifact sets is SO FREAKING RESOURCE INTENSIVE that a new character would either need to serve a unique role on the team, or be new best waifu to invest into. If Aloy came at level 80 or 90 with a max leveled bow, OR had a character quest with quest rewards that gave a handful or level-up materials and granted her ascension materials so you could use her before Inazuma, I'd use her in overworld stuff even if she was a sub-par DPS.

[@sjue316]

She did come with a weapon. Her bow was PS exclusive. Having said that, with no way to get constellations or refinements for her weapon, she’s pointless.

[@venti9925]

Anyway, her lore adds to the game. But immersion is broken because she's ugly, doesn't fit in, and has no storyline, and is a hand out character, has no cons (the literal plot of the heavens are constellations) and she's not bringing her history with her. It's like she's an elf from honkai lol

[@venti9925]

I'd rather they made Aloy some Varka type character, who's capable of anything and everything. Not... Whatever this is. Lol it's like Kirito got thrown into Skyrim.

[@aquamarinerose5405]

I'll admit I literally only just learned the KFC collab was a thing. and I won't touch on that sincei t came AFTER Aloy. But I will point out that Genshin is really smart about giving its characters precedent in the world, whereas Aloy... Well, Venti already pointed it out in another comment. She has no storyline or connection to the world, she literally just shows up with no explanation or storyline to back her up and so it feels weird because genshin's original characters ALWAYS have a place in the world.

[@lnsflare1]

​@@aquamarinerose5405 I mean, the entire battle system is breaking the lore 99+% of the time, since specific story events aside, the Traveler is wandering around by themselves with a Dull or Silver Sword and swapping elements at will. Aloy but really being there is pretty much completely indistinguishable from using Nahida and The Wanderer Formerly Known As Scaramouche to defeat Scharamecha as the chosen champion of Nahida, or some untrained vagrant Oni who spends almost every walking moment playing children's games or doing part time jobs to defeat the legendarily skilled and insanely powerful Raiden Shogun in the plane of Euthymia (which you are brought into because you fascinate her, unlike the Oni who she explicitly doesn't even know the name of). Well, I digress. It's about time to use Vision-Only Childe to defeat La Signora and a couple of lawyers to defeat Azhdaha and Dvalin.

[@moonlight...3754]

I think that collaboration with honkai would make sense, like, honkai had genshin event, and you can play as fischl in this game, so if we got honkai event in genshin, and seele would be character we would get, I would be really happy (and doing 'collab' like that, would be easy, since both honkai and genshin are mihoyo games)

[@Andrekrep420]

Just a random theory but I think the Honkai x Genshin collab has something to do with the lore (ofc not really a canon collab but just make sense) considering the existence of bubble universe in Honkai or something idk (not a Honkai player). I've seen theory where genshin is just one of the bubble universe so there's no way Genshin can collab with Honkaipleas (probably), full theory can bee seen at channel named Daiken... (I forgot the full name). And also there's one more theory video about the reason why Fichl and Keqing (both electro) is choosen to be the collab character but I forgot where I find the video But again, it's just a theory. A game theory Correct me if I'm wrong please

[@frostknight7687]

Currently they are using keqing as a cocktease because they are bringing her for the second time but stronger

[@byeguyssry]

@@Andrekrep420 Summary of main points of the theory is: 1. There's a program that sent out people to find other worlds. The Traveler and Twin could have been said people trying to find other worlds. 2. Dvalin was spotted in Honkai storyline (Canon btw) 3. Some different universes are similar, having the same people and all, so Genshin having similar names is sus

[@byeguyssry]

@@Andrekrep420 also for why Fischl and Keqing, I honestly think it's just that they're well liked characters in Genshin, that are not too unique (Fischl summons Oz, Keqing deals Electro damage and is agile. Those are their only fundamental attributes), plus Fischl already claims to be from another world.

[@zenn9340]

@@Andrekrep420 it's not a theory. It was confirmed by the devs on 4.2 honkai pv that honkai and genshin are, in fact, on the same universe. You could say, Genshin is another leaf on the same imaginary tree as honkai impact 3rd Are the lore connected, or linked or whatsoever? That's NOT confirmed. Even in different worlds/bubble universes, the lore can be different But what I'm trying to say is that genshin and honkai are part of the same universe/multiverse. Mihoyo building MCU lmao

[@Ganjau]

My biggest issue with people saying she breaks immersion is that the entire concept of genshin breaks immersion. You can fight Childe with Childe, have multiple characters together in co op. And even walk around as an archon and no one notices or cares. The game isn’t deep enough for that level of immersion to even be broken. And let’s not even talk about whatever the hell Paimon is and why only a minute few characters questions how and what she is. Given she’s the only one of her species we know about

[@carlosleite7011]

oh yes it's completely normal for me to see a floating gnome that drops glitter while floating and also magically disappears.

[@sativaoryza8648]

Paimon is part of the Heavenly Principles of Teyvat hence why its inhabitants thought of that as "normal" while we as an outlander or outsider baffled with her existence, and the keeper of the Heavenly Principles is the Cubes Goddess so...

[@narutofanboy4490]

The fact childe even fights with us even if 2.2 prove he’s still traveling from nation to national working for the fatui.the fact the mondstat character are in Inazuma dosnet fit story.hell the fact travveler dosnet use the sword u have on him or the facts he switches elements on the fly while the player can’t

[@hirukoiwakura142]

1 - it is known that those fights are more of lingering memories replaying with only your input being treated as yet another version/edition of the same record; 2 - why would anyone care? most still see just a funeral parlor employee (which was his whole point, the whole "Zhongli" "idea"), and those in the know are also playable characters - no lore breaking; 3 - if you think the game ain't deep enough for "that level of immersion to even be broken", is dark souls series also a game where there is actually little lore for you? cause on that statement you simply sounded like an utter ignorant who needs everything spelled for them while it's also being shoved in their face atst, or it doesn't exists - yup, there is more ways of breaking the immersion than just simply not being able to stay consistent with the lore and set rules, the general internal integrity, which is the true problem of Alloy; 4 - while there si close to nothing certain about Paimon (the most fair point of what you said) there is plenty of hints around her to point at actually not that many possibilities, little observation around the whole teyvat/genshin symbolism and you can basically hava a small but decent paper done

[@Ganjau]

@@hirukoiwakura142 wow bro. Thanks for the essay on why I’m wrong. It’s a wonder why they say the genshin community is full of toxic 12 year olds. Also the pinned comment with over 6k likes is literally one of the points I made

[@treblecleffa7594]

The fact that Aloy didn’t get an event is so crazy to me. Mhy literally just chucked her into our mail and forgot about her. I thought for sure she would get some story event where she helps the traveler take down a new special machine or something but no. Literally nothing.

[@RenShinomiya121]

I was expecting to see some HZD inspired ruin guard reskins or something but no, she's just there. I still love her because HZD is good, but damn it felt jarring. Even Fortnite x Naruto is a better collab than this.

[@nameynamd9212]

​@@RenShinomiya121Does feel sad especially since Forbidden West and its DLC came out and no constellation or follow-up happened(could've been neat to have one of the larger machines from Horizon be a boss or something, even make it more ruin guard to not mess canon up as much if that's a concern in the same way that Aloy ended up in Teyvat).

[@TomLoveman]

I love Aloy. I play her about 20% of the time as part of my farm team since she keeps animals from running away, She's also handy against Ruin Guards since you can both freeze them and hit their weak point with one character. I love the fact that I can play her in two different games - as I'm also playing Horizon Zero Dawn currently.

[@foxyplayzzz1251]

So am i!I! Started playing the game a while ago. I actually took interest because of Genshin. Eventually Horizon Zero Dawn went for 9 bucks and I got it such a fun game! And her freezebombs are so satisfying to hit.

[@rain.5514]

I am waiting for that one guy who's gonna say Ganyu while pointing out the "Freeze and hit their weakspot at the same time."

[@dominustempus8969]

@@rain.5514 Diona: Exists

[@v_bunny]

i didn’t care for aloy on genshin until my boyfriend got me into horizon zero dawn, and now she’s on my main team! it helps that i’ve got shenhe so her cryo boost benefits aloy lots. i wish they did more for aloy, they still don’t have constellations for her, but that won’t stop me from building her!

[@dan2800]

Now even that is mostly obsolete with kirara but pretty much everything drops fowl and steaks so yea

[@ChaChanchilla]

As a new player when she came out she was technically my first 5 star, but I couldn't even build her since her materials were in Inazuma. Ended up getting Childe shortly after which completely removed any need for me to build Aloy.

[@muhazreen]

agree, as newbie that promise to never pull any banner (dont ask me why) im excited to get free 5 star bow user but soon i disappointed bcoz i cant ascend her, most of her material stuck in inazuma im still stick around mondstandt despite im AR 45 bcoz i dont wanna rush the lore and experience everything in mondstat first

[@Dragonboy55564]

@@muhazreen There's no reason not to go to the other regions, it's probably more interesting to continue the story (and get access to limited time events, which are main quest locked) and do the side stuff later. Doing it that way also lets you explore each region multiple times instead of getting tired of being in the same place all the time.

[@Yaro2]

@@muhazreen ar 45 in mondstandt? I completed the entire storyline by ar30 mate

[@kacygillespie1766]

when i first heard aloy was coming to genshin i was stoked and couldnt stop thinking about all the possibilities for her kit and cons, just for her to get a bomb, big bomb, and no cons. still love her tho and she's my main burst dps, shenhe's talents help a lot with aloy too

[@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897]

I cant get over how cursed she feels from her using the short body type to the fact she doesnt even have her original VA, whoes still active in the scene btw. My issues are just surface level anyway

[@mordecai8707]

I've been using Aloy recently just to pick up the friendship level on my roster and she's pretty fun in a freeze comp. Granted, Albedo pairs extremely well with long ranged units and can carry weak characters as long as they're in his AOE. Physical Aloy is fun and her AA animation is nice to watch, but not if you care about DMG output XD

[@Brownyan]

@@mordecai8707 Honestly considering a alternate physical build,

[@mordecai8707]

@@Brownyan yes her normal build is so inconsistent, if you miss 4 stacks, you'd have to wait a 10 skill cooldown for another chance to get her cryo infusion. Just put physical goblet on her and she's good XD

[@gurnoorreh1401]

@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 honestly i hear you, i dont really mind her short body type cause she’s relatively small in hzd but her voice actor not being right feels.. so like off

[@KaePengii]

“The only two bow users who can serve as main dps are Ganyu and Childe” Yoimiya mains keep losing 😭

[@sjue316]

Right…. Pair Yomiya with Yun Jin and she annihilates as a dps. Ganyu is really the only bow user that stands out by herself.

[@alejandropuma6734]

Can we even count Childe as a bow user? I doubt there's someone who actually uses the bow instead of the daggers.

[@mrharvy100]

1. She is a “beginner” character that new players can get free early where she needs Inazuma mats to be properly raised 2. Cyro is a stacked element. She loses hard compared to another Cyro bow like Ganyu. Even Diona a 4* has more utility use with her shields/heals 3. No constellations whatsoever is a huge demerit especially if her “C0” state is already mediocre 4. Horizon is not that well known of an IP. Barely getting a 2nd game soon. She isn’t a Link tier character where BoTW sold about 3x as much. 5. She isn’t even available anymore period on any platform so new players won’t be able to play her by default

[@KategariYami]

"Barely getting a 2nd game soon" is a very weird statement... What do you mean by that? Forbidden West is going to be a fully fledged sequel, not DLC for Zero Dawn...

[@elijahbutcher9522]

@@KategariYami And Forbidden West is literally coming out in just a couple of weeks, which has been hyped for a while. I myself am actually hyped for it (though I probably won't be able to play it as I'm praying for it's release on PC) having already purchased the Regalla Edition, strategy guide, among others.

[@hafizhapezi8964]

@@elijahbutcher9522 yes but i barely even know anyone in my place who know the game. The game isn't as the same level as final fantasy or botw.

[@FriskyDingo36]

@@hafizhapezi8964 “anyone in my place” doesn’t say much about a games popularity. As of February of this year, Horizon: Zero Dawn has sold 20 million copies world wide…

[@greatpower6063]

betting he probably never plays non-anime games.

[@knee1499]

I feel like she was just thrown to us for no reason. Maybe if we had a short story-line/event with her, her collaboration reception would probably be much better.

[@onelasada1707]

She was there to promote Horizon Forbiden West. That game was supposed to release last year and that Alloy character for Genshin is to promote her game.

[@knee1499]

@@onelasada1707 We all know that lol. It is just that, as promotional material, it was lackluster.

[@onelasada1707]

@@knee1499Maybe that Sony money is hard too pass for Mihoyo. I agree that it was lackluster.

[@knee1499]

@@onelasada1707 $$$

[@RaidikV]

Honestly, I think that she feels more "unfinished" than bad, I really hope that her constellations can fix this, and I think that later we will get her story line, because it's obvious that Mihoyo is not gonna leave this colaboration just to this, probably when Forbidden West comes out we might get her story line, and I'm sure that at least one of her constellations will make her viable, because the only thing that holds her back for now, is the ICD of her coil stacks, which will probably get removed by one of her constellations. Also her weapon is exclusive to PS4/5 users, PC and Cellphone users can technically use it, but its effect is locked for them.

[@anhelaanhela4996]

copium

[@mr.voided9163]

XD lmao you wont just admit that they didnt do a good job this time will ya

[@RaidikV]

@@mr.voided9163 No

[@PixelleHearts]

@@mr.voided9163 well when you compare Diona C6 to someone who literally has no constellations... the OP argument is at a fault.

[@eduardocruz1190]

Yeah, I play mainly on ls4 but thought it was dumb idea to lock it. Mainly not use her because of materials

[@lisitchkajojo]

I’m really enjoying Aloy at the moment as my exploration party dps. She can be a good unit with decent damage if built right, and she’s fun to play. Imo most characters have some issues but can perform in the right team and circumstances.

[@MikebutpronouncedMEKAY]

In my personal opinion I think another part to it, going off the breaking of game immersion. Her design and overall aesthetic is much different form genshins running designs. I think if they had designed her in a way that was more like a genshin character while still looking like aloy would be much cooler, help with the immersion, and make for an over all stronger collaboration between the two games.

[@voxelheart]

Honestly I feel she isn't even that immersion breaking. Cryo grenades exist in both games, and Aloy is from a world that is even more technologically behind than Tevat. She's like an archeologist who studies ancient machines, and she has expressed interest in studying the ruin guards. If you didn't know she was a Collab character it wouldn't be a stretch to think she belonged to the Fatui. I do hope that if she gets constellations in the future they make her more viable as a DPS character. Things like removing the ICD of her coil stacks would help a lot.

[@GeorgeMonet]

Well technically Aloy's world is both more and less technologically advanced than Tevyat. Remember that in Aloy's world the civilization before theirs created mass replicators, infinite energy engines, machines that could remain functional for thousands to millions of years of continuous use, etc.

[@lilllyeevee6536]

They should’ve have an event about her release on all three devices. But, they didn’t do a an event, instead they just left her hanging. Meaning, Mihoyo should’ve held an event on Aloy: Only her constellation. Maybe, choose a free 4* Characters, while on that. (Or her Original Weapon). But, instead we got no Event by involving Aloy meeting up the MC in DragonSpine. She sorta weak without her Constellations Upgrades.

[@popeneiad7968]

Aloy with the Fatui is actually such a fun concept

[@lilllyeevee6536]

@@popeneiad7968 she would mistake them for good guys😂

[@Woodzdragon]

Something you mentioned in the video is a real problem, the 'I need materials from another land' situation. I know this is kinda off topic but Shenhe and Yun Jun also now suffer this issue. They're both Luyue characters, but BOTH need materials from Inazuma. This is not acceptable. Newer players should not be locked out of new characters from older regions just because they can't access the newest area.

[@ITBEurgava]

Stretch this scenario long enough, if sumeru, fontaine, natlan, snezhnaya, and khaenriah locations are gated with archon quests, and new characters keep popping up... I can't recommend this game to new players if this keeps up.

[@CGFillertext]

Shoutouts to my Kokomi who is still lv 40 while the rest of my team is lv 50-60 because I still haven’t gotten to the part of inazuma where you can farm for pearls and stuff

[@rboygamer6668]

Speaking of materials one thing I don't like about Genshin its they always introduce new boss for new character's material instead of existed boss.

[@quint2568]

@@rboygamer6668 in 2 years you still wanna be killing the whopperflower?

[@cosmicsans3275]

Yeahhh it doesn’t make sense that they require inazuma materials even though they are from liyue. I know they are new characters and want people to explore more regions, but still.

[@davincameron7627]

Aloy having constellations that match with the skills from her game would make her A tier easily if not S. dodging further, double/triple shot, higher critical damage, faster bow draw speed and landing critical hits when attacking a weak point.

[@fart1055]

I know this is a month old, but while I agree wholeheartedly, it would clash with her normal attack focused kit. Maybe, for an alternative, there could be Yoimiya’s C6 (albeit less powerful) slapped into there, extra levels on her normal attack (would be a first for constellations), and attack speed. I love Aloy and genuinely hope these ideas can be implemented into the game. It wouldn’t make sense for Genshin to just have Aloy constellation-less for the whole game, right?

[@v_bunny]

a year later and still waiting for aloy cons :((

[@nameynamd9212]

They could also have the ult add a purgewater blast before shooting the cryo canister to get a freeze-like effect to proc freeze reaction effects like cryo resonance, while not immobilizing bosses and stronger enemies like Mona's burst, or reduce enemy elemental damage to elude to its source material effect(could also just negate enemy elemental application while allowing self-application to not break bosses or certain enemies, though it might either be too strong or too unique of a role for another character to fill that those that missed her will be beyond upset).

[@ljxr2745]

yeah i dont think theyre ever going to do something lol

[@rain.5514]

Here's some changes that I think Aloy needs: A change in materials. (Specter Materials to Hilichurl Arrows.) No ICD for Coils. Cryo Infusion upon hitting an enemy with her Elemental Skill. Coils give stacks, still. But it gives bonuses each stack instead. (12% Cryo DMG Bonus for Stacks 1 and 3. 12% Normal ATK DMG Boost from Stack 2 and 4.) A rerun where she'll be obtainable through a quest instead of being given her instantly through the mail. (Different quests depending on if you already have her. The quest will give Aloy and her weapon unless one or both are already owned.) Her weapon will now work on every device and now has free refinements. Refinements will also boost the ATK Bonus Aloy gets when equipping it along with the standard passive.

[@cindercello9327]

They could easily save this character and the collab by introducing constellations through events that serve to improve her consistency as she grows more fond of the new world she discovers herself in. It would be really cool to see Aloy get an event that gives constellations that way. It would provide an incentive for players to play through the event and, in turn, become invested in the character, marketing the collaboration character as well. Here are some ideas that I came up with: Constellation 1: Aloy will enter the rushing ice state when using her elemental burst. If Aloy is already in the rushing ice state, the duration will be refreshed. Aloy will gain the same bonuses from entering the rushing ice state from her elemental burst as if she had entered the rushing ice state from gaining max COIL stacks from her elemental skill. Constellation 2: Chillwater bomblets created by her elemental skill will reduce the defense of all enemies hit. This effect can stack for all bomblets. Constellation 3: Increases the level of her elemental skill Constellation 4: Aloy will deal bonus critical damage to enemies affected by cryo Constellation 5: Increases the level of elemental burst Constellation 6: Aloy gains a considerable amount of ramping attack speed as she is in the rushing ice state. This effect will ramp up over 10 seconds and will be cleared when Aloy exits the rushing ice state. I feel like these constellations might be slightly going against what Vars says a good constellation would be. But I feel like this is a massive chance to save an, in my opinion, failed collaboration and open the opportunities for companies to see how invested people can be in non-Genshin characters when given proper treatment. Aloy is a collaboration character that feels out of place in Genshin right now. But I feel like with the proper love and care from Genshin and Horizon devs, she can receive some treatment to really help her out and be successful.

[@Brownyan]

C2 or C6 can also add the removal of the coil ICD

[@Revoa_]

There should be a flat out cd reduction for her e somewhere. Maybe c1 like other characters have?

[@thatoneLerrydude]

@@Revoa_ she can also get another charge on her skill like Klee

[@nu_kercat1]

@@Brownyan the icd shouldnt be on the coils at all

[@Revoa_]

@@thatoneLerrydude Excellent idea!

[@qgdm6426]

Aloy feels like an unfinished character because she needs a lot of fixing to her kit so she can be worth playing.

[@lilllyeevee6536]

She is unfinished. They didn’t do nothing when she was in the Mail. Her constellation was left untouched, she felt rushed. I felt they have an Event about her, then forgot.

[@RenShinomiya121]

@@lilllyeevee6536 The whole event is just a small Web event where you help her hunt ruin guards and that's it. She felt more like an NPC who's somehow playable rather than someone you invite to your group.

[@lilllyeevee6536]

@@RenShinomiya121 yeah, Mihoyo just forgets about her, then the player, ( that the player received September 15- 18).

[@nekoprankster2184]

I’m actually surprised if it turns out the backlash against immersion breaking was that big, since I’ve seen a lot of people wishing for collabs and even going over which franchises and characters they’d like to see. I’m pretty open to it myself because I’d love to see certain characters from other properties get Genshin’d and run around the world with their models. Although, maybe since many of the franchises people wish for have at least an anime aesthetic, maybe there’s a certain line people are willing to tolerate that Aloy didn’t fit in with? I’ve played events in other gacha games before where they don’t even explain why the crossover characters are suddenly in the setting and those seemed to be received fine. Again, though, those were usually anime aesthetic characters.

[@jex-the-notebook-guy1002]

Battlebreakers is kind of animeish with a fortnite crossover cause same devs

[@tannerbatchelder3882]

I REALLY want a ‘Tales of’ character in Genshin. I could never narrow down who I’d want, but the art style/aesthetics would be such an easy collaboration.

[@faintgrub1017]

She just seems like an incomplete character. Aloy doesn’t have constellations, nor a character quest or hangout. It doesn’t seem like Mihoyo cared about Aloy outside of the collab, so why Should I?

[@MrZadenyuki]

Aloy's namecard also just copypaste lol

[@distopia4634]

@@MrZadenyuki not even a good copypaste too, they took one of the easiest namecards to have and just focken painted it yellow lmao

[@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897]

Shes so incompetent that they couldnt even get her currently active original Voice Actor even though she is still used to doing Aloy due to the sequal being in development and she does TV shows too, so how hard is it to pay her for just 30 lines Edit: from the look of the whole event i bet this was made in like a month or 2, extremely rushed due to them just trying to make this for Sony and never really had enough time to get the original VA as that can take months to plan oit normally for events, i still hate aloy in genshin for how cursed it is but i can see this whole thing made on the spot

[@joshuaottley7902]

@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 I both agree and disagree. They didn't get her original English VA, but they got someone who did good voice acting... the problem is, they decided to leave her anonymous... maybe for fear of backlash.

[@timeless1882]

@@joshuaottley7902 I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case, the voice actress for Brigitte, from Overwatch, was harassed and even recieved death threats. The Genshin Impact and is definitely not the nicest community, so I wouldn't be surprised if the exact same thing were to happen.

[@jakeail1995]

Beside Aloy kit having so much problems, i think there is another reason for her getting dislike by genshin player: no collab event with story. In other gacha game, most of the time when a collab happen, an event with small story would come to explain how the collab char get there or atleast give player some bond time to know them and make us feel like they fit in but Aloy got nothing, she is basically just fall down from the sky. So unless you already know her from her original game, she become like weird unknown char that don't fit in the game cause you just know nothing about her. In the end, it all mhy fault, they really could do something decent for the collab and make it a success but they choose not to and just throw her in for the sake of being there which is a big disappointment for me. Imagine if Aloy have an event about her and it was a success one, the potential for future collab would have been amazing for genshin player. But what mhy do to Aloy just feel like they saying "we don't want to collab with anyone else for genshin" and kinda cancel out most possible future collab outside of mhy game

[@demonking-zm3rs]

There was the mobile event

[@jakeail1995]

@@demonking-zm3rs i mean like in-game event with some story

[@skybattler2624]

Leakers did say there was a collab event for Aloy, but we need to wait for SUMERU.

[@eirzaa0429]

@@skybattler2624 source: trust me bro

[@chenchen6150]

@@skybattler2624 I think you got baited by some clickbaiter "leaker" not the people who signed the beta test program and yes Mihoyo still hiring random beta tester all that leak lawsuit sadly a waste of time if they can't even hire competent beta tester.

[@jinppo]

I think they should give her her own constellations and add her as a standard 5* character you can get on the standard banner, I feel like that wouldn’t be a horrible idea in all honesty

[@heavenscloud1047]

Nah, I wouldn't want her ruining my chances at Diluc or Qiqi Cons. Just give her a story quest to obtain her if you didn't when she initially came out. In terms of getting her constellations maybe put a domain or something to get them.

[@hillardgillard8170]

I don’t think adding her to the standard pool is a good idea, since most people don’t want her anyways. Maybe it would be better to have an npc sell her constellations, like the traveller.

[@BerserkGorilla]

People would burn down mihoyo HQ for putting this trash in the standard banner before actual decent 5*s

[@spi89]

@@BerserkGorilla *cough cough* dehya *cough cough*

[@Svenir]

Aloy + Sacrificial Bow + Emblem set has helped me greatly as a battery for my Ayaka (I didn't wanna use Diona and didn't have Ganyu), yeah her skill cooldown is very long but it's offset by it being multi-hit (meaning sac bow passive is more likely to work) and it also gives 5 particles when it hits... meaning 10 free particles. I don't know how that compares to Diona because, as I said, I do not use her. I just remembered she also gives an ATK boost to all party members with her 1st ascension passive when her bomblets hit. It's only 8%, but at least it's something.

[@uribove]

Diona also has 5 particles on a 5sec cooldown, or 15 if she holds her skill, so a way better battery with more utility

[@Andrew-ch3xj]

@@uribove k

[@ls8988]

“Aloy breaks the game’s immersion” we literally had a kfc log in event

[@maaaaku]

"It doesn't matter how popular Hololive is, they have no place being in the Marvel cinematic universe" Speak for yourself my guy, Korone vs Thanos would actually give me a reason to watch Marvel movies

[@ooochoa]

If Mcf*cking fortnite is canon in the MCU, i dont see how korone going after winter soldier yubis isn't.

[@rraimundobruno]

It's not as if the Hololive canon power level hasn't been "powercrept" with things like an incarnation of death and time-space themselves manifested right?

[@renoirrr]

@@ooochoa tbh a lot of things are canon in the mcu but I feel like the only reason it was specifically fortnite is because of their contract like they did a crap ton of collabs in fortnite itself so ig they thought it was about time to have them in their world? idk but the real question is why they were playing that in what was supposed to be 2023

[@norwegianboyee]

Yeah i think as long as the resulting production is fun, i probably wouldn't care at all for my "immersion".

[@paimad]

I saw this vid in my recommendation. First time watching a video of yours and your presentation freaking blew me away.... Yep you earn my sub in 1 vid

[@Saedris]

Its 2022 and i just found her potential after ascender her for a wish, her abilities pair well with Xiqu and kazuha. Her burst has crazy attack ratios (Alot like tighnaris) But what shines most is her elemental basic attacks, just like yoimiyas. Except she can freeze constantly if you use Xinqu or Yelans Ults

[@jinorism]

i just built her and this is great advice

[@AlexT7916]

I really hope she gets Constellations in the future ( maybe after Forbidden West comes out )

[@scrollzfn9123]

Me to I personally I used her as a nuke dps but I'd hope the constellations would give her more usability

[@SMNFXCN]

they should give us multiple story quests/hangout events for aloy between now and sometime in the future when we get new regions and have each one give a single stella fortuna

[@whatsoever7520]

I'm actually scared what if from now on every anniversary insted of giving us a new charecter or something new what if they give 1 constallation for alloy on the anniversary!!?😱

[@neroheart34]

I hope so too, given her release was to hype forbidden west, so I hope her constellations come out by then.

[@scrollzfn9123]

@@SMNFXCN yea I'm pretty sure they did so with the traveler

[@DannysParadise]

Never played Horizon, but I really hope that Mihoyo is able to do more collaborations. Aloy couldve been a great inclusion but she was done so underwhelmingly. My personal picks would be link from LoZ (assuming genshin comes to switch) or one of the Hero's from dragon quest as an electro sword user

[@iDroiD-Gaming]

I don't think they can come to Nintendo Switch, as Nintendo will sue them almost right away. Most of the game core mecahnics' are outright Zelda's BotW. With that being said, one of the popular collab characters are from KoF universe (SNK). They appeared in several games such as Street Fighter vs SNK, Mobile Legends, etc. Although that will definitely break the game's lore in its entirety, the collab can be used instead in Honkai Impact 3rd, or as another continent/world apart from Teyvat, since Mihoyo explicitly mentioned that they plan of a whopping 11 years of development for Genshin Impact. One can expect that Teyvat might be represented to players in the future as the starting point of Genshin, while Honkai/other worlds will exist and unlock upon finishing Teyvat.

[@BlakeAter]

If you look at ArcSys, they've been making FG spinoffs of Granblue and more recently, Dungeon Fighter. Sure we're not gonna get any Arcsys game chars in Genshin but man I'd love to have an FG game around Genshin chars instead.

[@justaguy3983]

Seeing as the issue with genshin getting onto the switch has taken so long, the answer is most likely no. A friend of mine made a joke on either a persona 5 crossover or a demon slayer crossover since both seem to crossover with literally anything.

[@danielbarranco4653]

@@iDroiD-Gaming They already announced Genshin on switch tho. About a year ago. They’ve taken their sweet time porting the game too.

[@FWU100]

@@danielbarranco4653 They dont put the Switch logo on their trailers anymore, they probably scrapped out.

[@CalypsoLive]

I just started playing the game a week or two ago and I'm so disappointed I missed her. Even if she sucked by Genshin standards I think it would be dope to have her on my team for a while

[@greatpower6063]

yeah just for the hell of it, right? I agree.

[@GB_04]

I got aloy during her first playstation release with the help of my friend(I dont hv PS4) and since I don't hv ganyu(25 Jan rerun

[@FrostSylph]

Something I think you could have mentioned is that while everyone got her, only Playstation players got her bow. She would probably have been better received if people actually got the full package with the weapon designed for her, other than just half of it.

[@PixelleHearts]

Not really... because putting on a Rust R1 still does better than the Predator bow. It was just a freebie

[@3takoyakis]

not really ppl just love drama _it would ruin the immersion_ fuck immersion man bcs of it we nearly didnt get proper anni if not for those _genshin hater_ we wont get extra rewards

[@neutraliv899]

Oh is that why I don't have her? Since I'm a PS4 player? I was starting to get confused as to why people say she's free when you're ar29 while I'm over here ar35 without her

[@kventinho]

@@neutraliv899 it's time limited. If you're a new player you must have missed her. If not, go and check your mailbox smh. She was free since 2. something...and everyone got her.

[@GreenHoleSun]

I think that Aloy was designed to have an unique storyline of her own, maybe coming in future updates, during which she can unlock her constellation, in the same way the traveller do (so, basically, for free). This is the reason why she is not a top tier 5 star (just like the traveller).

[@grapie93]

Hope it's true and one of the constellations can remove the ICD on the coil stacking so she can be a decent cryo DPS.

[@tkedge2094]

I was thinking that it would come out when her new game comes out

[@Brownyan]

Yeah this could've been testing the waters and exploring it later when her new game launches to expand it further

[@devforfun5618]

do you think they are waiting for the sequel to horizoon zero down to expand the character ?

[@GreenHoleSun]

@@devforfun5618 mmm... YES!

[@chaos_omega_zero]

Aloy's really fit on Sumeru. Forest and deserts with new beast-like ruin machines,

[@TheCsel]

I think the biggest issue is a huge chunk of the players have never heard of her or her game, and the fact she is the first collab character. In other gachas they might have obscure collab characters but usually these games have tons of characters at base, not to mention many well known collabs. So if its someone you dont know or dont like, you can just say "oh well, I have dozens of other characters to care about more" Genshin shes first guest character, and theres not that many characters period in Genshin yet,

[@Yorekani]

I'm pretty sure they'd have to cut in Sony on the gacha sales if Aloy was featured in a banner. I'd say Sony is a pretty big player in the game industry, so I think they definitely have the upper hand when it comes to negotiating those contracts. I think the way they did it was playing it safe. "Playing it safe" just doesn't always translate into an enjoyable gameplay experience.

[@NikoNiki_KIZUNA]

i don't really mind Aloy. even if her kit is bad (which it is according to most ppl), i still use her regardless. i just think she's an ok-ish character as long as you use good builds.

[@kermitlovescats6921]

Tbh none of Genshin characters are ever bad you just have to give the right and proper build then it will be good

[@nibrasamalbillah6241]

Agree

[@Rexhunterj]

All characters can be 'okay-ish' with the right weapon and artifact set. Even Amber can be decent/acceptable. Her kit is bad because at end-game Level 85+ she doesnt make any hard fights any easier like a lot of other 5 star characters do/can.

[@veecsisvexed3720]

May I ask what teams are you running Aloy with?

[@NikoNiki_KIZUNA]

@@veecsisvexed3720 i rather not disclose that info

[@Fapnyr]

Good vids, rare useful and meaningful genshin content

[@stupidstormy36]

Aloy did have her very own web event, so I thought something might've come from that. Nope, just a short story of her "exploring" the region, all for random loot really.

[@capraztai6978]

Imagine a disgaea collab where laharl's elemental burst is his meteor impact, sending down a pyro meteor as he says "no, I'LL have order!"

[@valefornox]

I would gladly destroy my bank account for Laharl to come home

[@smiles4nyles281]

Recovering from covid and still recording? You're a champ, just make sure to get some rest that the recording and editing process is done ^o^. I do hope that Genshin makes more collab characters. A lot of complaints I saw when Aloy was announced as the collab character was that she wasn't a character they were expecting and they wanted someone else like Tanjiro from Demon Slayer. So I think that if they were to do another collab, even if the character was free, if it was a character from say an anime I think people would be a lot more down

[@Vipera217]

Talking about what collab sounds outlandish but more acceptable. I'm pitching in Witcher. Swordsman, uses fire, has aoe traps, and canonically had a way to travel between worlds.

[@mrlampy]

I think the constellations could be remedied in an interesting way, like imagine if there was exclusive hangout quests for crossover characters that gave you the Stella fortunas for the constellations. It would also mean that players are able to see more of the character’s personality and backstory, perhaps even considering putting them on teams after they complete it all.

[@lets-all-love-lain]

I have a soft spot for aloy because she carried me in the early game, at first I only unlocked inazuma to level her up. I don't use her much anymore but sometimes bring her out cos I like her

[@Gogito4]

Honestly what confuses me the most about Alloy is that she's a free collab unit and that collab didn't have any gacha unit at all. Free collab units are normal, but usually there's some actually competitive collab unit to pull for too. It kind of seems counterintuitive to becon Horizon fans in and then saying "yeah sorry you get one unit and it sucks". And I think people would prefer to pull for someone but have them be good than being given a (nearly) useless unit for free. Especially for collab units since you're likely working with a very limited number of units that will ever come from that game, so you better make the most out of them when releasing them. If I had to tackle this situation in particular with the benefit of hindsight, I'd have given Alloy out for free but have you pull for constelations. That would probably allow them to justify giving her more power.

[@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897]

Nah, the most confusing thing is they couldnt get her original english VA even though shes still active in voice acting and is sued to her aloy voice right now due to Horizon She aint dead or retired and it hasnt been too long since she did her lines so why couldnt they just hire her for it, they got other VAs some whove even won awards like Kellen Goff (hes now voicing the abyss herald which is a waste of his talents) My main issues with aloy minus the scuffed yomiya gameplay is justthe fact that her VA is cursed and that shes now a midget in Genshin

[@Gogito4]

Yeah, that too. Feels like this was very much a minimal effort collab. Maybe they were just testing the waters for the concept, but they made it so underwhelming that it may have given them the wrong idea.

[@LordEcks]

Tried to explain why this happened in my post on this video, at least its why I think this happened.

[@JaxxBaxRaxor]

@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 The English VA for Aloy has not been confirmed, but there is a change it could actually be Ashley Burch, her VA from the source games. I think the reason is that many top American voice actors/actresses belong to the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) union which stipulates many conditions for them to do work, including pay rates, hours worked etc. If Ashley Burch is the VA for Aloy in Genshin, it is likely her contract with the union prevents her from getting credited for projects not approved by the union. I think most Eastern Media prefers to use non union vocal talent for English dubs due to cost and availability reasons. A large reason why English dubs for Eastern video games, or for Anime tend to be seen as lesser compared to what is seen for English vocal talent in American or European media, as the latter uses more expensive but more talented SAG VAs. Although I think the gap in quality between non union and union voice actors has been closing over the last decade or so.

[@RejectedInch]

Anyone thinks seriously that Aloy constellations will be given free? C'mon.

[@Menfiz]

Besides her poor kit and damage, I think Aloy is a really fun to play unit. I hope that Mihoyo don't forget about her and give her a damn event with constellations as rewards. If Xinyan had to wait almost a year to have actual screentime, maybe the same will be to Aloy.

[@EldeonROSE]

im still happy that they have this kind of collaboration.

[@VeraExora]

Though I enjoy this series, I wanna see another "Why Everyone Plays". Ayaka maybe?

[@ITBEurgava]

Or kazuha

[@york7301]

Ayaka is catalyst but fun. lol

[@heartduwang8268]

I feel peeved over the notion of the "breaking the immersion" that the fandom has claim regarding Aloy, Aloy goes into an open world where there are mechanic entities that roam around which is honestly not that dissimilar to Ruin Guards, Hunters, Destroyers and the like. The things that Aloy can do in-game aren't out of the question, even without a cryo vision, i have no doubt in my mind that she could scavenge Teyvat for the parts to do the skills she would with that vision of hers. Believe it or not, Aloy isn't an ordinary person and would be on par with a vision bearer based on her achievements from HZD. I think the fandom was way too harsh on her, for what reasons? there are many. The fact she poses no lore relevance in the story should already indicate it being fanservice for HZD than anything else. Leave it be and be done with it. If this is your first time playing a gacha game, collabs happen, even the most absurd kind like Grand Blue Fantasy, it doesn't have to make sense. Just chill.

[@thexp905]

I wouldn't actually call it fan service. If it were, it would of been more accepted, as it would be servicing a lot of fans. IMO, the issue is, this was forced on them by Sony, to help advertise her new game. So whilst I agree that it "breaking immersion" isn't a fair excuse, the shoe-horned nature of the inclusion makes it displeasing.

[@kanduyog1182]

@@thexp905 True, no one even asked for this collab in the first place.

[@jomjom230]

True, but as a Horizon fan I feel like Aloy was done dirty here. Maybe it's just my opinion alone but Aloy's design is truly... ugly here in genshin. She would fit the taller woman model better than the medium one, and her clothes had been downgraded to any of it's detail that it's almost offending Horizon's stunning details. So even Aloy in genshin is not a fan service for Horizon fan...

[@jensei9870]

Breaking immersion probably just means “not an original Genshin character” her abilities dont matter

[@Iffem]

@@jomjom230 "She would fit the taller woman model better than the medium one" yeah, it's kinda hilarious that they made her the medium female model, since she's apparently 5'6"... which makes me wonder HOW FREAKIN' TALL ARE THE TALL MODEL GIRLS???

[@rin022]

i just found your channel this week! and that’s WOTV, the FFBE prequel, you posted as the logo. i can understand the easy confusion tho since the FFBE name is on it.

[@azuky7217]

2:44 Woah WOAH!!!! You take that Back!!!! That’s uncalled for!!!

[@mr.meticulous1241]

Me and my girlfriend got into Genshin because we heard Aloy was a guest character and she loves Horizon. I immediately recognized that she was a DPS that wasn’t good at her job, but putting Sacrificial Bow on her (double skill on her = insane particle generation), alongside her low energy cost of 40 and the immense stagger on enemies when they step on the chillwater bomblets left from her skill, means she allowed me as a casual F2P to have a very basic reverse melt comp of her, Rosaria, Xiangling, and Bennett, which absolutely helped me clear Spiral Abyss floors. She’s a decent cryo battery with Sacrificial and leaves enough off-field utility when quickswapping to justify picking her, as my Kaeya is used with Razor.

[@uocroitoilathat5087]

@@fatuusdottore Bruh

[@zeoniaatlantia5050]

A character is always viable on certain situations. Even if they are overshadowed by some that can do better. That does not taken out the fact that she can still be viable.

[@Slopigami]

​@@teaspoon9825 Says the one replying on the comment section of a genshin video.

[@robbyjulian311]

@@fatuusdottore Bruh

[@_freezingfrost_6515]

@@fatuusdottore Bruh

[@SilencePandaa]

One argument that is held against Aloy that I never understood was "She doesn't match the theme of Genshin" or "She has no place in the story". She is a collab character that doesn't need to be relevant to the story BUT imo Mihoyo should've at least TRIED to immerse her into the story. Many gacha collabs have done this whether it was a shit story or a good story. An amazing example is Arknights with the R6S story. Yostar managed to bring in the operators from R6S into the world of Arknights with an AMAZING story (I would say probably the best story in gacha). I wish Mihoyo did something with Aloy's character give at least some explanation on why she arrived in Teyvat

[@LaykWr]

Yeah, I'm honestly convinced Aloy is a rushed product, they had the foundations for a introduction story, for example, in her collected miscellany, she was introduced by Alice, who is someone we know can travel other worlds.

[@juanconstenla1171]

ohh what a nice event it was, a lot of context to the world and the lord tachanka drippin in medieval armor. now that i think about it yostar even made lore for the skins, that's taking care for a good collab.

[@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897]

@@LaykWr shes so rushed she doesnt even have her original fkin voice actor who is still currently active in the scene and is used to doing Aloy due to the sequal so wtf She feels so cursed using for her voice lines and she looks cursed too, whys she short Her playstyle is scuffed too but thats ants in my eyes compared to the cockroach that is her lack of original VA

[@ambervalkerie9134]

Agree, there was no effort in her collab. She just comes in the mail. No little event quest, no hang out, she just comes in the mail. Which is a shame cus Mihoyo has done good collabs, take a look at Honkai, they did a neon genesis evangelion collab, made Asuka playable, comes with an event story mission, and alternate costumes that are evangelion theme for other characters. They also did a Honkaix Genshin collab, Fischl is for free, Keqing is temporary playble (and buffed in the wrong game) and they have a unique event quest.

[@drunknbard2807]

Her new VA is still good tho. But rbh imagine if she was a DPS Geo Bow 5*. If you pick up a Shard infused with a different element. Her normal stack is infused with that element for a certain amount of time

[@collapsae5836]

A great analysis, thanks for that! I'm commenting as someone very much enjoying Aloy and using her right from the moment we've got her. This is due to my love for Horizon: Zero Dawn. I admit, I'm actually happier to explore the world of Teyvat with her, than with any of the existing (and upcoming, I guess) characters. This, however, simply boils down to how long I've been playing Horizon VS. Genshin. To me, she's a familiar face showing up in a world to which I'm still slowly getting accustomed. I assume this is the exact reason why collabs even exist in the first place. Now, I do feel she fits very well in the world of Genshin Impact. Lore-wise, both worlds are built in an aftermath of an extinction event. There's Khaenri'ah in Teyvat and there's our modern world in the world of Horizon. The ruin machines in Teyvat are basically leftovers from Khaenri'ah, kind of similar to the machines the tribes fight in Horizon. Similarly, both worlds have been "reset" and set back in time, technologically and culturally, by gods. Where in Teyvat these are actual gods and in Horizon, one may argue that tech-giants who invented the self-replicating machines could be seen as deities, as they created life, although artificial. Continuing the lore issues, despite the game stating Aloy has a Cryo vision, it actually comes out from technology, not from gods. In her idle animations, she removes the Power Cell, a piece of tech originating from her world, from her back pocket and examines it. You may even hear a machine sound when she does that. In my opinion, this breaks the "lack of vision" argument. Not only that, but if they ever decided to work on her more (however, I'm not sure if they will) they could add different elements to her kit, much like the Traveller has. The different elements would simply arrive from the various tech she originally picks up in her game. However, I don't think that would be a good approach due to the reason for her arrival, explained in her Character Story 5, in-game, which brings me to the final lore suitability argument. She was suddenly brought to Teyvat. Now, a part of the Character Story 5 states the following: "(...) In one ancient, dilapidated laboratory, she found something she had never seen before - a gleaming portal. As she drew close, she was enveloped by powerful energies, and she saw her own image within the portal as one looking into a mirror, feeling as if she were in two places at once. With a flash of light, the "world" that Aloy knew completely disappeared from her sight, and she now found herself in a strange, beautiful new world just waiting to be explored." What I believe happened there, the portal created a copy of Aloy, a copy which appeared in Teyvat. The mirror bit and being in two places at once kind of confirm this and also explains why she looks the way that she does, so, well, Genshiny. This is also why she's only able to use Cryo. It's likely that at the time of finding these ancient ruins she had an Ice Power Cell on her. Finally, I couldn't agree more on her downsides as a playable character and being overshadowed by existing ones. The most annoying thing is not only the long cooldown on her Elemental Ability, as this can be "fixed" with something like the Sacrificial Bow, but the 0.1-second gap in gaining the Coil Stacks. Seems to me like MiHoYo might have nerfed her intentionally, to fix her with upcoming Constellations, but that's just a great hit from the copium bong right there. Or maybe it's not? The reason why I'm still hoping for Aloy being fixed, both as a character in-game, but also as a collab character is the upcoming release of Horizon two. The release is set for the 18th of February, so I guess this is the moment when my hope bubble will be busted or fulfilled. It would be excellent if they used that date/opportunity to add Aloy's Constellations in Genshin, but also a fully fleshed-out character story. Also, that would be the moment to add the opportunity to get her permanently in Genshin, not just via a random in-game message with completely no backstory or explanation. Additionally, what both bugs me and supports this copium effect, is the bizarre lack of Ashly Burch being credited as the voice of Aloy. Perhaps they're adding some voice lines, the production is still ongoing when it comes to that imaginary character-quest which I'm hoping for? Some legal issues before this is finalized? I JUST DON'T KNOW AND IT BOTHERS ME! Phew, that was a long-ass comment. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk about Aloy and why I'm the only person in the world maining her. Be sure to check out my twitch streams for more similar content! www.twitch.tv/collapsae

[@SomeOne-bs1rd]

If you're still wondering who's Genshin Aloy's VA, it's Giselle Fernandez. There's a part of this interview where she talks about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5bXl5VurdStqrs

[@SomeOne-bs1rd]

And also nice commentary of Aloy. I enjoyed ur Ted talk hehe

[@srishtisachar17]

Really nice video but plz include kaeya when talking about cryo characters in the future

[@soulechelon2643]

3:22 And this is the main reason why I never really powered up my Aloy. I already had the two best cryo bow units in the game - Ganyu for her insane damage output and Diona for her insane support. The second I knew she was going to also be cryo bow, I had a feeling she was gonna be left in the dust unless she was extremely powerful. While I wanted to give Aloy a chance, I ended up just kind of forgetting about her. If she was some other element, I probably would've given her a better chance.

[@Onavi1]

I would love Link from TLoZ or Nier from Replicant as collaboration characters, both would make sense thematically, combat-wise and could very well fit in a Legendary Quest without disrupting immersion in any of the three games

[@-hyphen-21]

Anemo sword Link Skill- Boomerang: like Anemo Travel Burst but comes back Burst- Arrow of Light: does physical damage in a thin line that increases with distance from Link

[@djokotriono7787]

speedy recovery to you

[@azrielhabal6428]

The voice reminded me of Dapz so much I had to double check it wasn't a Dapz channel I didn't know about.

[@Primordial_Radiance]

Just wanted to say that Aloy "breaking lore" by being there or having a vision is not true if actually read the lore. Same goes for saying that she doesn't fit the theme. Both genshin and horizon are games that take place after a highly advanced civilization got knocked down to the iron age. The reason she has a vision even though she came from another world is because she's human. There's a line (I think it's with shogun) that confirms that travel used to be a star. Stars in the genshin universe physical objects that are linked to the Leylines so it shouldn't be surprising for them to be able to use elements. Aloy, on the other hand, is a completely ordinary human and needs a vision. Aloy being there isn't an actual lore problem either because the spiral abyss is specifically described as leading to different worlds. Not places or cities wolds. The lore also implies that the genshin universe is just one of many universes and that's backed up by honkai lore that shows devalin in another universe and another world tree that's creating universes. The only real issue with her is that she's a very subpar unit and locked so she can't have constellations.

[@CN-yb5gn]

Could you just explain how aloy got a vision in the first place? Still kinda confused

[@Primordial_Radiance]

@@CN-yb5gn humans get visions based on ambition. She literally saved her world and traversed a massively hostel land to follow her ambitions.

[@CN-yb5gn]

@@Primordial_Radiance they’re granted visions by celestia, no?

[@Primordial_Radiance]

@@CN-yb5gn that's correct. They appear to them like they've been teleported or in some rare situations an old one whose user died can assign itself to someone.

[@CN-yb5gn]

@@Primordial_Radiance so when after she came to teyvat did she get recognized by celestia, because tbh I doubt she got an old vision

[@grapie93]

The main issue with Aloy, for me, is that she's not even fun to play. The ICD on her Coils just ruins the consistency and The damage is lacklustre at best. Her burst is good tho, low cost and CD making it a decent option for burst support but why would you do that when you have better cryo support in-game that does a lot more?

[@grapeyard1778]

Right! Before she came out I was planning to use her with Kazuha, but kazuha's skill sucks the coils in too quickly sometimes so she's hard to use consistently and now she's just permanently benched

[@sweets6259]

Very informative video. Thanks! I have a theory I'd like to run by the community. I think Aloy was supposed to come out in Genshin for the launch of the sequel. Unfortunately, because of Covid, the game got pushed back to february 2022, so the collab fell flat at the time. But with 2.5 update coming in february, we can maybe hope for a renewal of interst in Aloy if Genshin does a special quest and revamps the character or opens her constellations when Horizon Forbbiden West comes out. It is possible that the inclusion of Aloy in the Genshin matrix was too advanced to be able to put her "on hold" or take her out momentarilly, Mihoyo had to run with it....

[@capricornyy]

the ad i got before the video was for genshin featuring aloy. 💀

[@Zygradenemesis]

Him: You should stay on the character for seldom 8 seconds. Me sitting there for six hours with Zhongli's shield because the rest of my team is on life support.

[@silvershoelaces3976]

Me: But Razor's burst/Yoimiya's elemental skill/Klee's stamina bar hasn't run out yet, so why should I switch?

[@doughnatsu]

I'm one of few people that plays her, and today just got lvl 10 friendships with her. She's a great battery with her E skill giving 4 to 5 particles, building her as a burst dps as well as a battery for Ayaka/Eula.

[@christina4558]

i play her as well! she's fun to play and her dmg is pretty okay, but i really like that i can spam her ult lol

[@doughnatsu]

@@christina4558 too bad we can't get her cons yet

[@kacamac]

@@doughnatsu during the dungeon event with childe and xinyan you could proc her to get an extra constellation from a rare reward. It was funny to see her constellation light up with no benefit lol. I use her a lot too tho, she's great on a freeze team with nobless on

[@doughnatsu]

@@kacamac didn't think much when doing the event, too bad I'm missing out on that rare occasion lol

[@albedo4008]

I play her as well still working on that namecard i build mine more like a hybrid between dps and burst it works great i get with her e constant 10k and with burst 20k not the biggest numbers but enough

[@lawnmowercum]

big nep from neptunia would make sense cause she hops through dimensions, but i doubt they would ever collab :(

[@akaniichan]

Oy oy oy I wanna see Korone taking Thanos' fingers, don't make me lose hope like that

[@jadenkochan7424]

Maybe we’ll get constellations for Aloy when the new game for Horizon Zero Dawn is released. Maybe they’ll add her to a banner to get people to wish/get constellations for her

[@SaltyMaverick]

I think Mihoyo needs to release her constellations already. I think her constellations will likely make her much better, probably reducing cooldowns and providing other QoL improvements to her. I don't care that her world is "futuristic" in her own game. I find that irrelevant. Khaenriah (however it's spelled) also had machines and advanced technology, did they not? Plus, she basically got isekai'd to Teyvat. Doesn't matter what world she was from in my opinion. Her aesthetic and abilities seem to be close enough to fit.

[@thefrysh8592]

i think if they added Link from Legend of Zelda as a collaboration he could translate fairly well into the setting

[@dinanga_revert]

I use her for burst tbh, 57k damage is the most consistent number I get with a melt comp, 26k as solo damage 👌👌

[@dystropyko]

Can't understand how Aloy breaks immersion when the traveler himself is literally otherworldly traveler, the beginning cutscene is literally them travelling to teyvat from another world, I'd say she fits perfectly lore wise.

[@TheKingOfSpooks]

It could be possibly because she doesn't seem to fit the same rules as travelers when it comes to visions. What makes her worthy of Celestia while we get different elemental boosts instead? Though she does have ambitions, so do the travelers he has like A Lot A lot.

[@dystropyko]

@@TheKingOfSpooks So many explanations to fit canonwise, a very simple one of the top of mine head, we know the traveler was powerful before coming to teyvat so he/she can inadvertantly avoid/break the rules of teyvat, this has been hinted by many characters in dialogue, aloy in her canon is pretty human no magic powers etc so coming to teyvat she would obey the rules of teyvat.

[@mr.malcolmthegreat]

I’m so sick of this bullshoot argument. Imagine if ET just showed up in the mcu and everyone’s like, “it doeSn’T afFeCt tHe iMMerSion, tHaNos CamE fROm anotHEr World”. Just stop. It’s a completely separate asset that doesn’t belong there lore wise, at all. There’s more to it than just being from a different world. It’s a whole different universe all together, the two of them shouldn’t even exist to each other. I don’t think it breaks the immersion since she’s never referenced in the lore and basically non existent to everyone there, but god is this argument so dang weak, I’m tired of hearing it.

[@dystropyko]

@@mr.malcolmthegreat Maybe your definition of immersion is different but ET in marvel universe would be perfectly acceptable to me as long as they play by the same rules as other characters in MCU and are logical and consistent, plot holes are way more immersion breaking in mine opinion.

[@heyna1185]

To me she doesn‘t fit in because the Traveller is the main character and they‘re the exception. Every other character in this game (as far as we know) is from teyvat and it‘s not like traveling to and from different worlds is the norm. And then suddenly there‘s someone else and no one questions it. Doesn‘t it feel off?

[@shadyjoanneboots]

I just hope her being a bad unit in the game doesn't deter people from playing HZD if they've never played it. It's one of my favorite games ever and I love Aloy as a character. She was just done dirty in Genshin and they couldn't even get Ashly Burch, her original VA.

[@3takoyakis]

it really attracts me to play it shes so cool idk who design her in genshin

[@carol127v]

just bought it the other day! and.. i actually play aloy haha

[@gurnoorreh1401]

no cause it literally bothered me so much like if ur gunna put a character in game put their va in too? idk it feels like we’re playing a whole different character

[@RenShinomiya121]

@@gurnoorreh1401 Atleast her JP VA is still the same..... I still miss her EN VA though......

[@Tricellatops]

My Aloy's just staring at trees and playing with the hideous amount of animals I have in my teapot.

[@sirarietichee7260]

I was a Horizon fan who started playing Genshin because of Aloy. I was the colab post and decided to try it out because it seemed cool. It took me a while to get used to the gatcha mechanics as it is my first gatcha but now I'm AR 55 and still using Aloy in my parties, even in Abyss. I built her as an insane sub-dps cryo battery. I loved using her with Rosaria and now with Eula. I think the community should be more open to colabs seeing as the MC/Traveler is literally not from Teyvat. They did make a mistake with giving her a vision instead of having her just have cryo unless they explained it in a story cutscene.

[@Foxfire-chan]

Xiangling to this day is still free though. She’s under the people’s choice category when you first start with the event duration labeled as “permanent”

[@__ana.rose__]

I ended up wishing on her, she was actually the first character I ever got from a wish. To this day, She is still my main, and (probably) still the strongest character I have :). Once I get her from the 'people's choice' thing her constellation with be up to 3 >:)

[@ballistamangrit4671]

I'm actually using her as a sub-dps for Mona, and I must say using Aloy with her almost instant Cryo bomb is satisfying af... I use her with Sac bow and I must say she synergizes well with Mona for a freeze comp and even after the enemy defreezes, Aloy's clusterbomb will most likely get into contact with the enemy causing another Freeze.

[@supersmashshon3n471]

Bruh, imagine if they set up a collab between Genshin and Overlord. Ainz Ooal Gown as your op catalyst or a super tanky dual wielding claymore.

[@alex_valden]

Sorry but I just have to comment about how the Danganronpa THH background music made me feel nostalgic.. so many precious memories from back when I first played it 😩😭😭

[@magicalduckye2356]

I feel like Aloy could have been a great character to be a cross between Childe and Yoimiya. Have her use a bow and do bow things, then when she uses her skill, have it infuse her spear and have her pull it out, so she has both weapons from her game, so when see swaps off her spear, have it be Childe's daggers and have the CD be longer the longer it's out, but I would go one step further for her, and make coil stacks come from every hit she did with her spear, and have her use them when she hits enemies with her bow infusing her bow with Cryo. Aloy's burst could easily stay the same, just make it a closer range but stronger when using her spear, and maybe make it give her an Atk buff for a short while or something of the likes.

[@isakisak9989]

Only thing i like about her is that she makes hunting for fowl and red meat so much easier, since her passive makes animals ignore you, hope some official character gets her passive perk, annoyed they gave it to some limited underwhelming character.

[@verynormalvic]

Sayu?

[@RE-ur8um]

@@verynormalvic only crystalflies and such - meat e.g fowl don't count

[@NerdPanic]

Genshin is also borderline sci-fi. There are actual robots/androids, like Kathrine, Shogun, etc. There are ancient giant robots too...

[@llamabean529]

I thought of PGRs Nier Collab when you mentioned banners