Why The Fatui Harbingers Are Perfectly Designed | Genshin Impact

[@Riwul]

3? ive only ever seen 2. Never heard of that scara guy but he looks eerily similar to that funny hat dude that sometimes hangs around the radish girl

[@ShelloJelloASMR]

Bro got hit by the irmisul memory wipe

[@Junirules360]

@@ShelloJelloASMR what u mean by that my memory is perfectly fine I am 100% certain that Hat Guy is not called Scaramouche at all

[@siliconhawk]

@@Junirules360 hat guy who ? I am pretty sure his name is potato, my game can confirm that

[@piccolo3291]

yeah, I just saw him helping some merchant until a blonde guy with white floating thing approach him

[@arcofhell]

​@@siliconhawkpotato who? my game shows his name as babygurl69xxx

[@xenoemblem7]

Man, I love "ambiguous/evil anime organizations". Gotta be one of my favorite gender 👏

[@lillyie]

i'll never forgive dottore for singlehandedly changing fatui's reputation from morally grey/slightly evil to antagonistic

[@KS-ik1zl]

​@@lillyie what you have to realize is, Dottore was here first. His morality, or at least that one specific segment's, was laid bare in the Webtoon long before the game came out. That was out first impression of the Harbingers. If anything, in typical gacha fashion, they've tried to make them increasingly grey because they think that it sells more. Wanderer is still not chill with the traveller and he's far and away the most controversial character amongst certain loser crowds.

[@nyxsiren8403]

nah blame Capitano for making the organization look like charity. Fatui has always meant to be morally grey/evil organization that follows the end justify means.

[@nyxsiren8403]

nah blame Capitano for making the organization look like charity. Fatui has always meant to be morally grey/evil organization that follows the end justify means.

[@Kuro-sensei]

​@@lillyie I honestly prefer them that way. Trying to make an evil organization/character likeable for the sake making them playable is one of the reasons inazuma (Ei especially) felt so lackluster. At this point in Genshin's story we don't have any real antagonist or great enemy to fight against. The fatui would've been a perfect villain group but for the sake of playability they have to be somewhat likeable

[@fiddlemyfoddle6374]

I've never once thought "I can fix Arlecchino." ...However, I have thought "She can make me worse."

[@cyntdestroyer69xd]

Considering that she's also a good mother to three kids, more like "She can fix you. HARD", hahah

[@superherofan9425]

@@cyntdestroyer69xd ehhh... good parent is questionable. Would she go to war for her children? Yes. Does she keep Dottore FAR FAR away from her children? Also yes, thank god. But she also does raise her children as child soldiers too. She singlehandedly has churned out a probably uncomfortably high number of Fatui soldiers, and an equally uncomfortable number of corpses of children who died on missions because they got in over their heads. Is she better than Crucabena? ABSOLUTELY, but then again the bar with Crucabena is at the Earth's core so it is not hard to be better than Crucabena. Is Arlecchino a good Father? I would argue no, not really. Now again we could argue that she probably realised once the Tsaritsa pardoned her that if she went all 'fuck the Fatui' and attempted to flee with the children who managed to survive Crucabena another Crucabena would probably be crowned and run Teyvat's biggest child soldier machine so Peruere figured it would be better if she was the Father rather than Mother 2.0 coming in, but that doesn't change the whole child soldiers thing and make it somehow 100% okay. We can argue Peruere did the best she could with the really shitty situation dropped in her lap though. Now thanks to her the children can actually defect from the House and live normal lives having forgotten all the horrors of their past.

[@cyntdestroyer69xd]

@@superherofan9425 You know, Arlecchino's "child soldier" argument kinda reminds me of Takemura's backstory from Cyberpunk. I dont remember whether or not it was specified, but theres a high chance those kids would either be dead, and grow up in slimes. As Takemura from Cyberpunk said - "Arasaka gave me food, roof over my head, discipline, and principles." Is it better than conventional parenthood? Fuck no! But I dont think thats really an option to choose for them. Its on Tsaritsa's shoulders that the children become Fatui soldiers. As for Arlecchino herself - I think she does her job fine. Really strict parent, but also she never raised hands on her children - as someone whom grew up with "relaxed' grandparents, if not even helicopter, tbh - I can say that strictness, without resorting to abuse, wouldnt hurt to nobody, especially if theirs future is to have such an unsavoury and thankless job

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

The thing with Arlecchino is that she isn't broken, she's just like that.

[@aeso3555]

​@@cyntdestroyer69xdOh she's a power top for sure.

[@BirdCraftSSB]

One trend I have noticed with the current playable archons and harbingers is that every archon is focused on supporting or sub dps while all the harbingers are hypercarry main dps

[@EmeyeaDavisST-jw7xr]

i noticed that too and thought it was cool but also a little worrying because they cant make every harbinger every kind of dps

[@frenzii8332]

Why not? ​@@EmeyeaDavisST-jw7xr

[@Random-ly1kg]

I mean, Childe is more of an enabler tho? His damage isn't negligible at all, but he's far from an hypercarry lol

[@EmeyeaDavisST-jw7xr]

@@frenzii8332 they have seven elements to work with and 12 or lower harbingers to make that need to either be strong or innovative to make sure they are recieved well....thats almost impossible the most likley outcoe is they kill or dont use halfish of the harbingers and make the ones they do use strong or innovative its impossible for them to make all 12 fit the criteria

[@frenzii8332]

So you dont think theyd be well recieved if two were pyro? Like they couldnt be good if their element was the same as another? ​@EmeyeaDavisST-jw7xr

[@dina_solaire]

Vars trying to tell the Dottore simps that hes not someone they can change to be their pookie is so funny. They *know* that Vars, they're the ones who want to be corrupted by him lol

[@N1GHTM4R3W0LF]

It's still dumb af

[@Otherface]

You know... that's actually a good reason to simp for him. I still hate him though.

[@Otherface]

​@@N1GHTM4R3W0LF eh, considering how the Genshin community works, this is actually a very intelligent argument.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

Don't get me started on Dottore simps...

[@aeso3555]

​@@N1GHTM4R3W0LF Masochism, it can't be explained.

[@AramakiMakizo]

7:50 Seeing the "2 years ago" mark on the harbingers reveal video Lowkey shook me

[@elysiaherscherrofhuman2508]

I thought that was the Arlecchino animated short and it made me go into a fight or flight.

[@arientina8045]

I've noticed the current playable fatui harbingers (yes that includes wanderer/scaramouche) are normal attack based dps. I don't know if that's hoyo's intention, but its very fitting considering majority of the harbingers have this "every man for himself' sort of mindset as well as their own drive to their personal goal.

[@thelobotomobile]

I really hope Capitano becomes playable. Then I’m really looking forward to the Tsratisa. I’m a harbinger collector so I’ll take any of them. Also thanks for including Scaramouche!!!

[@aeso3555]

It's inevitable that he'll be playable.

[@thelobotomobile]

@aeso3555 I've seen some leaks and there's not a clear answer

[@aeso3555]

@thelobotomobile Some of the leaks are unreliable and downright lying, like Iris. But them not releasing Capitano is a very dumb move.

[@christoussaint8689]

Also find if very interesting how the Archons almost represent the pinnacle of each element, while the harbingers represent the opposite, they break the mold for what is expected of said element

[@N1GHTM4R3W0LF]

The Archons all have supportive attributes, and are the pinnacle of their element Fatui are all DPS, and thrive in infusing their normal attacks

[@SilverStatic492]

I might be missing something but how does Arlecchino go against what is expected of pyro??

[@plvto1]

​@@SilverStatic492 yeah I'd say the exact opposite is actually true. hydro has the most flexibility in team building, and so childe being adaptive in combat using melee and ranged anemo being about mobility, crowd contril and swiftness, wanderer being able to fly and charge attack enemies together pyro characters normally have an aggressive play style, self explanatory for arle

[@pyronado4320]

It's just vague statements people make while trying to find a pattern. The slime theory is still a thing because it's so vague that you can make it fit the mould. Same with the vision choices like all electro have this in common or the anemo ded friend

[@flamezforthegamez1056]

You know what, you are right, but not entirely. Childe is still centered around hydro being an enabling element, thus he is an enabler for international, and his DPS is pretty solid but heavily reliant on mob combat. Wanderer fits the statement, but not Arlecchino, since you could expect pyro to be a really offensive focused element which arlecchino is, including atk scaling. The harbingers still have unique mechanics to their kits not particularly shared with non-harbingers. Childe has two stances that changes the form of his burst and only intentional quadratic scaling dps/enabler with cooldown penalty mechanic. Scaramouche is first flying dps where elements ultimately affects different portions of his kit, and he does damage with his dodges. Arlecchino can't be healed within combat and has elemental infusion tied to a Bond of Life meter rather than set duration so she is of the only modern characters to keep elemental infusion after swapping off. I wonder what Capitano will bring to the table. Maybe he will be dual-element dps, between physical and cryo with shared dmg bonus passive between cryo and physical dmg bonus and maybe turning superconduct into cryo res shred.

[@CuriusGorg]

I've noticed that all of them have an elemental skill that enhances their normal attacks, I wonder if that's a pattern they'll keep as they release more harbingers

[@darkdude1996ify]

I love how the Traveler went from seeing Archons and Gods and Harbingers and thinking "I can win this, sure!" to fighting Arlecchino and just being like "WTF is even going on I don't understand. This power is beyond my comprehension."

[@darkdude1996ify]

My personal interpretation is: Capitano feels like pure, unadulterated power. Dottore is gonna have have moderately strong power, but basically makes use of dirty tricks and his clones to gain an advantage. Columbina is going to be similar to Arlecchino, with weird powers that we don't understand, outside of our comprehension and unable to deal with it because nothing exists in this world that resembles it or counters it in any way, but maybe if we get our former strength back like the Abyss Twin, we might be able to deal with it. Question is if we still want to by that time in the story

[@zachshield5187]

"Theyre literal psychopaths" Sir, thats the best part Im personally eager for Capitano cuz bro is first off, armored (Dark Souls fan here), and hes heavy on honor

[@Beastards]

The fact that they can't be use as a team is just too accurate to the lore

[@Otherface]

Watch a future Imaginarium Theater say "fuck that" to this one comment in particular in the future.

[@geboaebo]

Honestly it's crazy how long Genshin is cooking it's story. 6 regions in and only 3 Harbingers released. Besides the archons and the fatui, we don't really have any other factions that we expect multiple important characters from, besides maybe the knights with the upcoming Varka. Imagine when we start getting the Hexenzirkel witches or the Sinners. By version 12.0 we'll have gone full Honkai with the lovecraftian outer gods turned anime girls

[@8ig0r86]

Praying daily for Hoyo to make Capitano an OP physical carry

[@iamfrombosniatakemetoamerica]

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY DON'T BE PHYSICALLLLLL

[@lillyie]

​@@iamfrombosniatakemetoamerica wdym, theres like a grand total of two physical dps in the game(razor for f2p and eula for limited) and both arent even that good. we need more physical units in the game

[@iamfrombosniatakemetoamerica]

@@lillyie true! I fully agree with you, but I don't want capitano to be wasted and turned into a physical unit, he has better potential being a cryo dps

[@ankitjadhav6775]

Is Cryo

[@makima-san752]

TRUE that would be so raw like him just trowing one gazillion damage per hit by himself with no reactions whatsoever, give us that Neuvillette like mdps fr fr 🗣️🔥🔥

[@polarroars68]

i dont think you mentioned how greedy they are with all of them being onfield and able to be on for longer than cyno besides wanderer but he’s kinda left the harbingers so nahida is teaching him to not be greedy it gives a pretty good story aspect in it like how arlecchino can technically be on field all the time but can go off field so her children can have the spot light when needed and without much loss in dps and there’s childe who can be on field for the longest duration in game (except for people who have inf dps duration) because he wants to fight everyone and anyone

[@hmstransit909]

to me, it's Sandrone. the reason why is pretty much the same, her appearance subverting her implied unhinged personality. i also want to see how her weapon, lowkey wish it would be a claymore in form of a large sledgehammer, and animations would look like. i reckon it would be unique and similar to Clara/Svarog dynamic in HSR. that is if she's gonna be playable in the first place I reckon if we'd see another unplayable harbingers in the future

[@Ui_Raizen]

Childe and Arlecchino are easily my favorite best story best lore best designs and they’re very fun to play

[@rzcw_]

Not even top 10 writing wise in genshin, dottore and scara outdo both badly

[@Ui_Raizen]

@ ehh we haven’t seen dotto completely so idk about that

[@rzcw_]

@Ui_Raizen we haven seen but we can read the notes around the map about him and we can analysis his character.

[@Ui_Raizen]

@ ohh ok

[@kingdoom5022]

​@@rzcw_ Arlechino is mid sure but tartagila is the GOAT , fontaine should have been arlechino reigon yet tartagila took all the spotlight in the archon quest from her

[@christoussaint8689]

A powerbottom for xiangling is absolutely insane💀

[@gintasasd]

Lol everyone is her bitch

[@kiancarnerooo9433]

I was looking for this comment🥺

[@storagecrafter5701]

What minute he said that? 💀

[@trannguyenvietthu6746]

@@storagecrafter5701 11:36

[@jericoalfred1293]

"variety of other activities" **kicks venti** 😭

[@ken-z9501]

They’re big soccer fans

[@wongo6828]

This makes me wonder if the Annihilation Gang (if ever they become playable) will have some kind of unique gimmick in their playstyles. On a side note: It make sense for one of them to appear in Amphoreus because of Black Swan's involvement.

[@Shane_A_M]

Uhhh… didn’t Acheron did the same thing to them her expy did to Signora?😅

[@wongo6828]

​@@Shane_A_MThey're still alive..... It's only Duke Inferno that's been off-screened.

[@Cleestooncleestoon]

⁠At this point they may as well change their name if they're the ones getting annihilated

[@Venjoy_zzz]

Columbina Main since the SECOND The trailer released and i laid eyes on her. Easily the best designed and lore Character in the game. All the voice liens about her and her strength, she is so beautiful, angelic theme , appereance and voice , everything about her is PERFECT. Future C6 R5 Main

[@figlet6427]

I see you're a fellow man of culture🤝 they made biblically accurate draculaura and i'm so here for it

[@asorix_iq3870]

I have found you my people ❤❤

[@polarroars68]

anyone noticed how there’s rarely any battle freaks in games/anime who are ranged like there’s childe, black clover’s luck, wuwa’s camellya, hxh’s hisoka, the only battle freak that i can think of as ranged is maybe gaara from the chunin exam arc of naruto (ik childe is technically a bow character, luck has ranged spells, and hisoka throws buingee gum & cards a lot but both tartag and luck would rather be in close & their range is mostly to cover their own ranged weaknesses & hisoka would rather get in close & only use range when deceiving his enemies)

[@noukan42]

It is kinda implied. Generally speaking, if you like speciphically fighting, instead of just hurting people, chances are you enjoy taking hits as much as you enjoy delivering them. And you are going to get more of both if you get close and personal. There are plenty of sniper characters that are very proud of their skill and so all sort of trickshots just to see if they can, but you won't identify them as "battle maniacs" speciphically.

[@bonk8311]

i'm most excited for 6.0 where hoyo will release an 'awakened' (think il dang heng from hsr) tartaglia where his foul legacy and delusion form is playable, along with tonia, a pyro subdps who synergizes rly well him (i'm extremely delusional)

[@ryoujiarisato7308]

eternal copium of waiting for a eletro childe

[@kaled20001]

Just a reminder that Harbingers are in fact, ranked by strength in combat, there's absurd amounts of evidence for it, from implicit to straight up explicit statements. Dottore is said to be ranked second due to his combat ability alone. Nahida says that the top three harbingers have power comparable to that of gods, yet again correlating higher ranking with power. The fatui in Mondstadt attribute Signora's death to perhaps her strength being insufficient enough to remain a harbinger, and talk about the possibility of the 8th seat being replaced with someone stronger. The fatui are said to have the strongest military, with the harbingers being said to be what lets the Tsaritsa do as she pleases across teyvat, very clearly indicating that harbingers are supposed to be associated with strength. Capitano is almost only praised for his strength, and is ranked 1st. Yae implies that Scara is stronger than Signora because of his rank being higher. Wanderer's character stories literally use harbinger rankings as a measuring stick for his unsealed power by saying that he was on par with the lower ranked harbingers after his power was unsealed by Dottore. This wouldn't be a logical thing to say if rankings weren't primarily based on strength. Traveler says “I wanna see for myself as to what the 4th of the 11 Fatui harbingers can do” right as he was going to engaging in a duel with her, indicating that higher ranking = combat strength. Lastly, Dainsleif in Arle’s collected miscellany says that the 4th seat is the most direct affirmation of Arle’s combat abilities. Yet again, showing that the Harbingers are primarily based on strength. Saying that the Harbingers could be ranked by influence because some of them don't look like fighters is going against what the game quite literally tells you multiple times, before his reveal Dottore was speculated to be a low ranking Harbinger because "The Doctor" sounds like someone who doesn't even fight, and yet, lo and behold he turns out to be ranked by his combat ability alone while his scientific achievements were ignored completely to rank him.

[@sleet9289]

I want Dottore, he's my favorite Harbinger, i love the mad scientist trope and he's really cool looking to boot. after him, i'd say Pantalone and Columbina are the ones i thought had the best design when they release that trailer of all of them, so far the Harbingers that they released are all ones that i don't particularly like, though i still got Wanderer and Arlecchino because they're fun to play.

[@danielferrieri7434]

The Fatui in a Nutshell Tartaglia: Friendly Bad Guy Signora: Dead Scaramouche: Reincarnated Supervillain Arlecchino: Fatherly Mother Il Dottore: TF2 Medic Il Capitano: Big Boss Columbina: Sleepy Girl Pantalone: Rich Sandrone: PuppetMistress Pulcinella: Chicken Man Pierro: The King The Tsaritsa: Fatui’s Pope

[@kingumbryon8021]

I would like to complain, TF2 medic is way more psychotic

[@foto-nio2913]

Still, I feel those two would get along very easy

[@Junirules360]

@@kingumbryon8021 wait their worse than dottore

[@gunman8452]

Big Boss??? The man who sold the world

[@VarsII]

TF2 MEDIC I CAN'T LMAOOOO

[@Cyrus-137]

Fatui is genshin version of Akatsuki but more advertisement friendly to put them in occasional banners.

[@Camelia437]

I wish Childe were a hypercarry because he fits his personnality. He always want to fight in the story, so for me he should have a kit with very high damage and characters who buffs him. But his gameplay is to be a driver for Xiangling who still have a strong burst. At the same time, if he was a hypercarry, he would be directly powercreept since Fontaine. So maybe it was the best choice.

[@VetoShizu]

I remember when I used to think that every character with a unique model will be playable. La Signora proved me wrong lol.

[@roritios3114]

I’m kind of new to the game but is there any character besides Signora who that counts for? The other characters I know of who have a unique design who aren’t playable still use an NPC base model (like Jeht)

[@VetoShizu]

The game is kind of a blur after a couple of years, so I'm not too sure anymore. Some designs are just so good that it's unreal that they're not playable models.

[@Ms.Cottrill]

Theres still hope...

[@hmstransit909]

@@roritios3114 some harbingers seem to be unplayable lore and appearance wise. There are those who doesn't seem to be a good fighter like Pantalone or Pulcinella. There are those with facial hairs and body type that doesn't fit into the game's 4 playable body types like Pulcinella and Pierro. There are those that are just straight evil like Dottore and there is Sandrone who sit on a robot all the time

[@roritios3114]

@ it’s just harbingers?

[@ayatomisubi5156]

Capitano and Columbina would single handed bring me back i am the most excited for them, Capitano for his amazing design and Columbina for the hype build up from Scara and Childe with how powerful she is

[@Bezijenkins]

4 years and counting for Signora to be playable.

[@NorthWolf97]

Imagine if Childe could enter his actual Foul Legacy during his burst? Maybe even change element temporarily. Two elements at once would be OP, but swapping it could work. He'd be waaaay cooler to play having something like a Devil Trigger. All Harbringers with these boss forms should atleast get it's appearence when using their bursts.

[@leagueisgood842]

6:12 soo "anemo is exclusively considered support." Bro really forgot Xiao, is it because of his short height or what?

[@Ali-cya]

He is too tall so he confused him for a tree.

[@jinnah6524]

He says “almost” exclusively, I think.

[@megainfernape3771]

​@@jinnah6524yeah he says "anemo was almost exclusively considered support"

[@bubblesparks]

But its kinda true tho, for dps u'd immediately think of one from hydro, pyro, dendro or electro but almost barely anyone think of anemo as the 'dps' element Due to anemo's nature of having no external reaction buff it heavily relies on specific char for unlocking dmg potential (faruzan c6, xianyun, furina, or jean cons) Anemo also has an artifact exclusive only to its reaction (swirl) that offers delicious ele shred Iirc, em for anemo also does nothing (besides its correlation to some support's kit). Swirl dmg reaction is abysmal compared to dendro ones

[@nezarbgr6551]

Technically speaking Signora IS playable in TCG and he shtick is that she has a transformation that deals big pp dmg but puts her in vulnerable position to use

[@tobiasmyhre7888]

we seriously need some way to play as the electro mode version of childe

[@reece5634]

Just need Childe to complete my Harbinger collection, already have Scara and Arle. Then Mavuika for my Archon collection, heh Edit: also, looking at the list, noticing a trend. The Archons seem to follow the sub dps/support roles, while the Harbingers are more of the DPS role, interesting

[@amberknight7301]

The Harbingers could have ended the story in a few chapters if they just worked together. If there were more Harbingers alongside Signora in Inazuma, they’d beat Traveler and Raiden with ease. Same thing in Fontaine, same thing in Natlan.

[@ken-z9501]

I think it’s a neat character flaw that they’re the theoretically strongest and most influential group but they have a pretty fatal flaw

[@figlet6427]

Capitano, Columbina and Arlecchino are my fav harbingers so far, their aura is impeccable🚶🧎🐕

[@wastingsun]

My genuine hope is that they will release Signora or a version of her later into Genshin's lifespan to allow for power creep and fulfill her power fantasy to its fullest Personally, Signora should be a Cryo Catalyst where her Burst turns her into a Pyro hypercarry, but she loses it when switching out. Basically she could literally be either a Cryo or Pyro unit depending on how you build her or what you need. Maybe Pyro makes her lose HP like Xiao or something. Idk, eventually most Gachas like to add units that can utilize multiple elements, and with Chasca being able to solo Swirl, maybe its coming.

[@LogicalBomb]

Capitano is the harbinger I'm looking forward to the most. Not just because of his presence in the story, but also because of his EN VA, Chris Tergliafera. Just you watch. With my luck, he's gonna die in Natlan and never become playable.

[@masked435]

I feel u bro 😤😤 i’m looking forward to him the most as well, but i’m just telling myself he won’t be playable so that i won’t be disappointed if he really doesn’t

[@SeNki3301]

True, bro’s about to summon his Four Dark Devas of Destruction to one shot everything.

[@LogicalBomb]

@@SeNki3301 Iconic. It's what I think about every time I listen to him. I want him to yell more and be as bombastic as he was in that game, hahahaha.

[@cutelolpopvids530]

signora is coming in snezhnaya guys hoyo told me shes coming guys dont give up

[@wongo6828]

Emi Lo has a knack for voicing creepy and unhinged female characters. What with Columbina and Ruan Mei having psychopathic tendencies.

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

Ruan Mei is more of a sociopath

[@kiraflo98]

To be honest, I REALLY hope that not all Harbingers become playable and get to turn into "good guys". Dottore is irredeemable with all his experiments and whatnot. Pulcinella also doesn't strike me as becoming playable to be honest.

[@megadumbo6]

Kaeya is secretly the tsaritsa and he gets the Tingyun and Dan heng treatment and is 5 star (not cope) 🥰😘😍🥵🐸

[@davidxencaster6406]

- Mommy Issues. Hold up, I don’t ever recall Childe having Mommy Issue…Skirk… nvm.

[@MichaelChen-b6d]

I'm surprised not many people are talking abt Hexenzirkel. Their lore is insane, and their power is greater than that of the Gods and Sovreigns... Also yes Vars, I can fix Capitano.

[@BingBong7778]

We can fix Capitano.

[@BingBong7778]

We can fix Capitano.

[@noukan42]

They are also mostly background characters tho. Rhinedottir and Nicole are the only ones that are even directly involved with the current storyline with the others just minding their own business. Archons, Harbingers and sovereigns are all much more involved with the traveller journey.

[@ViralwingX]

Skirk Shows just much of a class difference their is between people that live in Teyvat and those that come from beyond. Skirk is powerful enough to Fight against the Whale as practice. And she sealed it with ease barely even thought about it. Who's to say what she's like when she gets serious. This calls into question how powerful Celestia truly is because the God's of Celestia are also from beyond Teyvat's realm.

[@MichaelChen-b6d]

@@noukan42 I'd argue that's whart makes them so scary - they are everywhere: Skirk's master, Mona's mentor, Klee's mom, etc. yet we barely see them. And their power easily surpasses that of Archons, meaning that they could very likely be on the strength of Celestia

[@bonk8311]

never in my life would i have thought vars would utter the words "childe was conceptualized as a hyper carry but then we realized he's just a powerbottom for xiangling" 😭

[@sabotagge9155]

I hope that only half of them becomes playable and the other remain evil, it would be boring if everyone ends up being our besties. It already feel kind of forced how "good" they made Arle during her quest, and I think it took away something from her character and hype up to that point.

[@kian-ganji]

I'm a lot more interested in the dragons,kanri'ah(sinners) and hexinzicle faction than even the archons Here's to hoping they don't end the trend with Neuvillette

[@tsumi_4809]

If I had to guess: 1- Physical DPS 2- HP draining-dendro DPS with no use of reactions 3- anemo DPS with a lot of on field CC 5- Freeze cryo DPS 7- Geo construct DPS 8- Melt DPS for tsaritsa meta once revived 9- Taser DPS maybe?

[@Doctor_Apocalypse]

The Tsaritsa needs YOU to join FatuiHQ agenda and glaze the goats together 🗣🔥

[@azmcpe4406]

This is the first video I've watched where I almost spat out my drink more than once. This was too funny

[@Avghistorian77]

1:29 Khaenri’ah will be the final region, not Snezhnaya.

[@kingdoom5022]

Technically there's a 1 missing harbinger we haven't saw since they are supposedly 11 and pierro doesn't count since he's the leader

[@GentleIceZ]

12:59 Tilts my head down, closes my eyes and smiles; "I see you, too, are a man of culture"

[@brightshadow4476]

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[@butterfly-f6c]

"harbinger are main villains of the region" Yeah sure, but inazuma didn't need any harbinger/villain. There was already Raiden shogun taking uo that role. Her centuries of unchanged concept of eternity put nothing more than intolerable agony/curse on her own people. Imposement of vision hunt decree was inevitable if for fatui or not, raiden would definitely do similar act. Thanks to traveler and mostly miko for backing up inazumans. Raiden Ei was good but just late on the stage.

[@ViralwingX]

The Puppet wouldn't have done a similar Decree as the VHD. The entire reason the VHD came into play was because of certain people's ambitions. Both the Fatui and The Tri commission had goals that benefited themselves rather than the people of the nation. Which is the entire talking point behind the Archon Quest and nearly every single Character Story quest from the region. Ambition can be used for a lot of good things we've seen that. Ambition is the reason The Traveler managed to convince Ei to reconsider in the first place. Without the people of Inazuma ambition being added to the Traveler they would have lost again. But Ambition can also blind you from other things that also matter. That's why for certain people when they lost their Vision they lost who they were. That's why we go to see the First 3 Vision holders without them. That doesn't happen to everyone. Single minded ambition can be good but it can also lead to a lot of harm to be done. That's literally Ei's Entire ARC. Everything else about your life also matters not just what you ultimately wish to achieve.

[@_shadow_1397]

Bold of you to assume I want to fix Sandrone and Columbina. They’re perfect the way they are, and I want every part of it

[@ayy-din]

I wish we could get the other versions of harbingers too. Childe using a real weapon and his special form, wanderer using electro and whatever else comes out

[@gunman8452]

His dual blades are his real weapon lmao

[@JaxSnipes]

I nominate Mona as a fatui harbinger. I have gotten her C7 and I still don’t have Diluc. I have been playing since October 2020.

[@lillyie]

did you really pick mona for the free 5 star selector

[@JaxSnipes]

@@lillyie Nah, I picked Tighnari because I didn’t have him either. All my Mona copies are form losing 50-50s

[@wellberightback4861]

8:34 Yes. Arlecchino does bring some kind of heat out of people

[@morilea]

giustizia per la Signora !!

[@GhostlyGhost333]

“Those who parade their good fortune are often the most evil.” Arlecchino doesn’t need to be fixed. She’s fine as she is.

[@idkmyusernamehalp3021]

Please come back Signora 💔

[@utsubyo]

I'll lose my shit if i hear some cc that supposedly has any idea about meta say that childe is is pretty much a support for xiangling when their output is very similar and childe even outperforms her in aoe

[@ibrahim5463]

The fatui HQ apprroves of this

[@oliverojielising9562]

Finally a Vars video that is not about complaining!!??😮😮

[@ChaosRampant666]

Vars... Arlecchino is perfect. I don't need to fix her. Also, what do you mean she's a psychopath? She's a single mom!

[@TenNoMichiyoIki]

The papafranku reference is very much appreciated

[@yukichi6647]

The flawless design of fatui harbingers and their flawed kits

[@strangedivad2392]

I am absolutely dying to see Capitano playable, JUST TAKE MY DAMN WALLET

[@nk30020]

If Mavuika turns out to be a support then Capitano will be the only natlan carry to be on the same level as Arlecchino/Neuvillete potentially even surpassing them. (if he becomes playable)

[@grant6864]

i mean, their release makes a lotta sense.. they can’t take TOO much screen time, so there can’t be more than two of them, and it would ruin the suspension to release one without buildup.. i’m assuming we’ll at least get 2 or 3 in the next region tho

[@VitorAntas]

Wanderer's design and playstyle drove me to save for over an year to actually manage to C6 a character as a low spender who gets monthly welkins and BPs. I like him so much I feel like trying the same for his sig weapon (R2 as of now). When Hoyo feels like it, they make the most appealing characters imaginable... I can only imagine how Mavuika will turn out, with just how hyped up she's been since her reveal as the Pyro Archon.

[@user-gb6si1uf3i]

i love every harbinger except signora. even dottore. how dare signora kicked venti?

[@lindthechaoticheretic8708]

Now if someone could just explain to Arlecchino the definition of the word "Father."

[@TheRealLifeHawaiian]

I'd assume most of them would be playable, but they also need to have characters for snezhnaya when it releases, which so far almost lines up with how many new characters we get per patch/ Version updated

[@kazd4477]

imagine dottore gameplay where he summons 5 copies as a passive that can skill and burst

[@drm726]

I get some of the appeal for many of the harbingers thus far. Childe is a battle freak, but he’s not really evil, and is actually pretty chill outside of the whole betraying us in Liyue thing. Scaramuche literally rewrote his very existence to come out (slightly) less of a douche on the other side. Arleccino can be cold and cruel, but she does genuinely care about the children under her care. Capitano is honorable and true to his word. I can even sympathize somewhat with Signora after everything she went through. But I draw the line at Dottore. He literally skipped mad scientist and went straight to psychopath. He’s the one Fatui we’ve met so far with no redeeming qualities at all, and I have to question the judgement of anyone what wants HIM in particular to be playable.

[@number1cheater272]

Imagine if Capitano has similar mechanics to Freminet in element application. Like he can do both Physical and Cryo and has a passive that increases Physical Damage and Cryo damage by his attack that caps at 20% each. His Skill would increase attack speed and give him a new normal attack and charge attack, along with coordinated cryo damage once every second on the enemy hit that counts as normal attack damage. That would go so hard so you can choose if you want a reverse melt Capitano with C6 bennet or Xiangling, or a physical hypercarry, or a Cryo Hypercarry with Chongyun.

[@manjunath414]

I feel next time we go to fontaine, We might get Columbia lore due to her link to narzissenkreuz Quest

[@hypersummoner9504]

Can't wait for the Camellya vid, Vars is gonna go full "I can fix her" mode

[@sjaakbakker9944]

Talking about how strength is appealing, shows xiangling. Truth!

[@checkj21]

I'm definitely excited to see more of the Harbingers now that Fontaine and Natlan have shown us a real grey area in them and the Fatui, rather than them just being the mustache-twirling villains they were initially portrayed as. I'm definitely excited to find out what the deal with Columbina is, given the contrast between her appearance and what's been said about her. I'm also right there with you when you mention influence, since Pulcinella and Pantalone don't really seem to be fighters but clearly have immense political and economic influence, respectively. They still fit into the Fatui's machine even if they won't be soldiers out on the frontlines ...F's in the chat for Signiora 😌

[@Enrobdoolb]

No. 9 (if ever playable) should be a physical dps that's a catalyst. Idk how it'll work, but he is not loved by the gods and they refuse to give him a vision Making it a physical catalyst would be pretty cool cuz we would see him learning a weapon that requires a vision

[@firestar6]

I admit they're cool but I hate how the Fatui always win or always get the gnosis. Like it's just bland story telling whenever you know what exactly is gonna happen every story update so I really really hope they do it differently in Natlan... but I doubt it unfortunately knowing hoyo. Let us get it or have it be just completely destroyed, it's very obvious something along those lines is gonna happen because we gotta get the pryo element somehow and honestly I believe the five star materials we are getting from the faction ranks are gonna be for pyro traveler. Considering there are six factions we can max and the traveler is a free C6 everytime so... maybe we become pyro archon idk because the materials are definitely different from tbe usual bottles we got

[@Greennaris_Rater]

Hey, remember that one time when Klee broke Pierro's mask?

[@Renday_King]

I was here when the video was something like the flawless design of the Fatui harbingers

[@lonestargazer8541]

"...and I don't think you want to be broken by Dottore either!" I'm afraid I'll have to disagree with you, my good gentleman...

[@itslumi.]

i cant wait for columbina!! shes my favorite design in the whole game other than nahida haha

[@tiasm919]

Fatui is basically the Akatsuki of Genshin

[@MisterT.2962]

Ive been saving for Capitano ever since I saw him in Natlan, I really want this dude and I dont have a Cryo character other than Chonyun and the dude you get at the beginning (idk spelling lol)

[@edwardphantom885]

I feel attacked with The Doctor statement. Listen all my Friends call me crazy cause Dottore is the Harbinger I am absolutely looking forwards to, and I do not want him redeemed, I want a full blown Calculating, Cold blooded Mad Scientist taking up my Main DPS slot and going to absolute town on everyone and everything in and below Celestia. Also how is it possible you keep makings mundane videos so entertaining, that right there is real power. See you in the next video

[@erisamaa]

i think I’ll never get over signora guys… she’s the most gorgeous character in the game as a hyperfeminine devilish witch

[@RaffoPhantom]

"Various other activities" *shows BDSM* Absolute cinema There was a theory that the playable harbingers are on the right side of the table in the pic at the end and the non-playable ones are on the left side. So far this theory checks out, Childe and Arle are playable and Scara is not present at all. I could see capitano making some kind of self-sacrifice at the end of the Natlan archon quest which prevents him from being playable. Though it's hard for me to see a reason for dottore to be playable because to me he seemed like the most clear-cut evil harbinger (still alive) so far

[@d0lly_karthi]

Its a 3 years since playing this game, never pulled a harbinger

[@SquishTheNinja]

OGs will remember when everyone was saving for Signora because 'outfit theory' meant she was *definitely* going to be playable...

[@memsketch]

that comment on Childe being a powerbottom for Xiangling... Anyways, yes will be waiting to whale on Dottore and Capitano's banners when they finally drop during version X.X 🙏