Is Hyperbloom her best team now? | Ask Zajef Raiden #2

[@shrimppy649]

THREE DAYS IN A ROW??? WE ARE FED. THANK YOU MR. ZAJEF

[@FreakGeSt]

Thanks to the editor, the real champ

[@shrimppy649]

@@FreakGeSt true!! The editing is really clean too!!

[@ygomango9263]

Eating good ong

[@kingtswasey]

The hunger for Zajef content can never be staved

[@manavgoswami5639]

And the food was nutritious af 😋😋😋

[@AcE-xj6yl]

Zajeff Raiden Voice line is based. Def made my day!

[@Soundwave1900]

Ara ara~

[@Dafydd4]

I liked the last one especially 😳

[@who7644]

True

[@firby7341]

in addition to raiden and beidou not working, the abyss also had high tide and low tide making raidens energy regeneration useless if i remember correctly and since she was a "battery support" people were like: nah she bad

[@Soundwave1900]

Yeah, and i'd say its worth clarifying what he meant by "theorycrafters moved on": Raiden national wasn't discovered on the first week. Basically without it and with Raidou not working the only team she had is Eula team where she's a sidegrade to Fischl at best. As you can imagine, a week is a lot of time for misconceptions to spread.

[@aeia7829]

@@Soundwave1900 Not just that; when Rational was first popularized, most of its value hinged on its comfort i.e., not having to strictly learn funneling and optimal NA rotations for Raiden because the team will always work, but in terms of actual performance, other national teams were not that far behind or were not any worse than rational as mentioned in the video. A lot of people also didn't like how disgusting of an upgrade her c2 was to her dps back then so she was kinda conceived as a primogem trap.

[@RavenShugo]

Well it wasn't the first hoyoscams fuckery. They went out of their way to not repair Venti's burst to suck Klee's bombs, they just added extra words for his Q explaining, that he cannot do it. While other anemo heroes could and new ones too))

[@smexxxxy]

You can try to find excuses but the reality is that a majority of the Genshin community share a single brain cell. After all the doom posting on Alhaitham and every other character I'm pretty sure most people like having opinions while being as clueless as possible.

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

@@smexxxxy Eh, no not really. Sure doom posting is a thing and it sucks but the internet likes to sensationalise. Most TC worth their sort won't make a habit of it though. Part of why misconceptions can spread is because there are no legitimate counters without nerds and TC. Raidou was legit f*cked and caused a stir. If TC isn't doing their job for Raiden then it's understandable how things blow out of proportion and misinformation spreads. Not the same as when people pop off about the nerfs and buffs that occur in beta. It's really a mixed bag as to how things will look until the character is finished and in the public's hands for testing and such.

[@omnipresent_lightbulb]

I am surprised that Zajef manages to balance quality and quantity, one of the best genshin CC imo

[@lunarzenith]

Truly one of the genshin creators of all time

[@razor5694]

One of? I reckon he IS now. Doesn't hype, doesn't clickbait, admits when he's wrong, very rarely is wrong, is actually good at the game, isn't a simp and best of all there's non of this cringy uwu waifu over meta cringe. Man is the 🐐. Everyone else comes after

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

@@razor5694 He is the Waifu HUH

[@GGABueno]

Best Genshin CC is still Venti imo.

[@heyking8583]

Still below tectone and mtashed

[@djentdavi8118]

4 days straight with zajef videos... trully a christmaa miracle

[@hritwikranjan2198]

1:27 I think this is an important point. A lot of us still engage ourselves in pull value content and discussions even though we’ve cleared the most difficult content. So it’s not about “I think this character is good and I’ve been clearing abyss since 1.0” because at that point you don’t belong to the audience that Zajef is targeting. It definitely took me a long time to realize that although I may not be proficient with spreadsheets etc. Once I cleared abyss it simply did not matter as I developed a decent enough understanding of the game. So those of you who are in this position, I hope you guys can figure out what your next goal is as a player when it comes to combat content and base your pulls accordingly.

[@firby7341]

is the character really fun to play? yes: me want is the character male and really attractive? yes:me want its so simple when you have priorities xD

[@aalpercik4130]

@@firby7341 relatable but i cant clear abyss so i need waifus first but still a win

[@forest2785]

I'm a day 1 player(dolphin), and since the start of this year I haven't had a problem 36 starring the abyss. It's ironic because I don't have alot of the super meta 5 stars (raiden, hutao, ganyu, venti) I just pulled the units that I liked (all the geo 5 stars, and some other 5 stars that I like here and there.) So I always encourage the "go for who you like, but build/play them in the most optimal way you can." It's what has worked for me, and I never burnout because I know I'm playing the game in a way that's the most fun for me.

[@RKNancy]

If a character is really good in the story but leaves a bad taste in your mouth as you play, then I am not freaking pulling that character. That's the conclusion I have come to after 2 years of playing. It's not just Zajef's word, but also lots of trial on my part that helps me with my decisions whether the character is good or not.

[@quackbrold2483]

Pretty much yeah, I always find it weird that some people really hate when Zajeff opinion doesn't align with their accounts, where I can see that his content always crater toward very new player all the time. For personal goal after I can comfortably full cleared every abyss rotations since I've got Ayaka to counter the Abyss Lector, I started partaking in using less characters to complete it. And it kinda incites my flame of excitement with the game. It still makes me crave for improving the same old characters that I have used since forever. For the context, it's 3x4* or 2x5* (or less) challenge And since I'm just a very low spender (day 1 player w/ 8 welkins), I have another goal in mind of wanting to own at least one c6 5* for solo'ing an entire abyss (comfortably), so I have saved 127k primo currently, looking for future characters to pull a c6 (if not Yelan haha).

[@lvlurarti]

I love how the editor censored the curse words with Raiden's HUAH 4:58

[@hisao-1428]

YES😭

[@Vesperstar.]

That was so the cherry on top of the cake!

[@ushinmaru4407]

😂😂

[@enterthenameyo]

THANK YOU for mentioning Raiden-Ayato hyperbloom. Such a fun combo

[@RKNancy]

Before Dendro released, I played these two with duo Hydro Electro teams because they are that fun together. With Hyperbloom, they became even more fun.

[@termina2737]

@@RKNancyand we love to see it

[@aruakabane2077]

They have such good synergy together, once a dendro healer comes out their team would be better

[@otaku-chan4888]

@@aruakabane2077 yaoyao is here! she doesn't actually benefit the duo too much, but if yaoyao is on-field it's actually a decent team

[@Juslin7989]

What's the difference between Raiden and Kuki in that comp? I want to try it, but Ayato kind of insta dies a lot.

[@Zeviathan]

whoever is Zajeffs edit props to them. tme amount of effort in editing his videos are so good

[@firelight3806]

This week we shall feast on the content that Zajeff77 has provided. This is one of the days ever to be alive.

[@tekrar8825]

I'm so jealous of your Ayato. I've pre-farmed his materials and already spent all my 1k useless artifacts on a gladiator set for him (which were alll crap except the plumes and flower). Had I waited I would've definitely set him up with Thundering Fury right now.

[@johnd7760]

1k for HoD: meh 1k for glad we get from bosses since 1.0: noice!

[@Sofisasam]

ok but can we talk about the AMAZING raiden voice lines at the end? I LOVE THEM😭

[@littleboss2006]

He can't do it 🤣. The Childe one is the best one

[@blasianking4827]

His pronunciation of the Japanese lines were pretty good. Source: am half and do speak it.

[@Hencid]

the thing that happend between beidu and raiden is the same thing they did with ayato's c2, is written that namisen stack increase his hp by 50% of his MAX hp, but in reality it only increases it on his BASE hp, in ayato mains sub reddit epople were protesting but the myh whiteknight came in to police the protest and stopped us from bringing our concern to mhy

[@user-sq7ry5vx7t]

Days are so much better when zajef drops

[@kiiyaaaan6878]

Truly one of the most raiden videos to date

[@shinkamui]

holy crap the editing on the voice lines were fking masterful. You go editor-san!

[@lawyn8182]

This is truly one of the raiden guides

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

of all time?

[@Ivy-jq6di]

I've been having a lot more fun with hyperbloom Raiden team with Nahida and Kokomi over her usual build. I initially pulled for Raiden because I really that her skill would trigger on hit no matter the range so it pays off that it works so well for hyperbloom

[@frytagustaw1447]

I was about to try to get 36* for the first time with hyperbloom raiden and then i see this video. Perfect timing

[@ngasalaja2839]

Tried almost every Raiden's team variation from rational, hypercarry, electro charge, hyperbloom, and aggravate, and all of them are so strong and can clear abyss easily but I can say my most favorite team is aggravate Raiden with Kazuha, Fischl, and Nahida

[@BeeRoyLee]

Yae in place is fischl is better in this team.

[@ixirion]

@@BeeRoyLee well, no. If you have enough dps Fischl is better, which you have XD.

[@репкаспелая]

may I ask what electro charge team did you use?

[@BeeRoyLee]

@@ixirion I don’t understand what you are trying to say.

[@ixirion]

@@BeeRoyLee Sad. pointless. hf

[@Richard10]

I switched to EM raiden more than a month ago and never looked back tbh. It's so much easier to build just triple EM plus now I have more EOSF pieces to give to my other characters

[@CantaPerMe]

I'm still pissed to this day that Raiden and Beidou burst don't work together 😔 On the bright side, it's saved me a lot of money at least, I was ready to finally spend some money on the game when Raiden's banner first came out but the whole Raidou thing changed my mind so now I'm just staying F2P I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@OktavianusCelestialine]

Hi Canta

[@RKNancy]

Best decision even. You don't need cons to enjoy this game.

[@hiimapop7755]

Zajef and the editor are absolutely killing it this month. Massive props to you guys, seriously.

[@teucerceoofgenshincreative8019]

I want to talk about how Kuki ended my Hutao's Career 😭

[@TheNightofWalpurgis666]

I find it the most versatile team for her. It's flexible in terms of hydro/dendro members you can field with her, and probably the biggest pros of this team is we finally can free Xinqui or Bennet for teams that needs them.

[@Alteronx]

Hyperbloom is definitely one of the teams of all times. Legit tho, try it. It's so braindead strong I love it

[@Il_Capitano_No.1]

Started playing kuki hyperbloom 3 days ago... She's level 40 rn while her other team members ( Xingqui mona and Dendro MC are lvl 70) and she still kills enemies for fun...i was honestly so shocked bruh

[@Cocxy69]

It's a cheaper hutao team while being way stronger

[@febbbm2002]

@@Cocxy69 wait does this mean Shinobu (in hyperbloom) might be better than Hu Tao? No offense, I'm just curious

[@Cocxy69]

@@febbbm2002 raidens way better than her, just that she provides healing But theoretically it does seem like that

[@febbbm2002]

@@Cocxy69 yeah I can see why she is better than Shinobu though, obviously lol

[@migoym6079]

Kuki is such an amazing unit now. Hyperbloom damage-wise, Raiden edges out Kuki because of how much faster her E procs. However, if you require a healer/shielder, Kuki would probably be the best as you don't need to slot in a healer/shielder that would otherwise take the place of a really strong sub dps. So in a Kuki hyperbloom team, everyone in your party deals a lot of damage, whereas in a Raiden team, more often than not you'll have one unit that will not do damage to provide healing/shielding

[@kevinkarthik3329]

EXACTLY. Shinobu is straight up better for hyperbloom

[@bokwvuskilso6131]

Yeah, swapping to Kuki in the middle of the rotation to refresh her skill is also not a problem because Nahida, XQ, Yelan team has no dedicated on-fielder, I can swap out from Nahida anytime I want. The extra damage that Raiden provides is not big enough to justify running a healer-less team.

[@otaku-chan4888]

@@vert7342 true, but just by virtue of not having to pull for a 5 star (raiden) for a competititive option, kuki is extremely good. For people who lack both raiden and nahida, nahida + kuki instead of raiden + some other dendro is a better bang for your buck for easy to build dendro teams.

[@MeltS_97]

@@otaku-chan4888 I guess but having and leveling Raiden means you gain access to both her normal and hyperbloom teams. And alot of people already have and built Raiden already, of which they can just toss EM artifacts on her and call it a day(If their Bennett is taken by the other side) If ur gonna roll Raiden specifically for hyperbloom, that would be unadvisable if you already have c2 Kuki ofc, that's just low returns.

[@kazukinowa]

I thought everyone knew hyperbloom is just the best dendro reaction rn. I like playing it with ayato 100% burst uptime, Raiden, Nahida, Zhongli and basically just AFK clear stages AOE or single target, its so broken.

[@fudgeebear]

Agree!! I do hyperbloom in the deepwood domain with Nahida Raiden Zhongli and Kokomi. I put up their skills and climb the pillar and wait for them to die. I love it. AFK gaming!!

[@ryanhill548]

full EM raiden is so funny but so good

[@mike81356]

HYV making Raidou work but only in HyperBloom TrollDespair

[@jackyyip5468]

I know Dragon's Bane is her BIS for hyperbloom, but I'll still give her Kitain Cross Spear as her BIS for drip.

[@lolosh99]

Based

[@tigransargsyan3398]

I was farming gilded a lot in 3.0-3.2, and i didn't get any em goblet or circlet. But i farmed paradise for 5 days, and I got em sands, goblet, and more em substats on flower and feather than i had on gilded. Now my raiden has exactly 1000 em with dragons bane.

[@godhimself7708]

Hey zajef I just wanna say that I’m still waiting on that Elemental Reaction Guide #4 hope it comes soon

[@dimpejogja]

I always laugh when editors censor him with Raiden's voices xD. Great job as always editors.

[@Rafael57YT]

I think a big reason of why The Engulfing Lighting is so good is because while being the best damaging option for her electro teams, it ALSO gives her insane burst availability and more ER to her team all at once. The Engulfing straight up gives her 30% extra ER after she casts her bursts, which just feels so good. And this is just COMFORT compared to the fact that with every other weapon you kinda need to compromise between ATK and ER and not having her bursts up sucks. I think that when a weapon has the best damage AND big QoL improvements, its pull value increases. And that's why they fucking give it the worst weapon banners possible each time 😢

[@ixirion]

Contrary of Zafef recomend I would suggest to most ppl to get ELighning instead of const if they can save the primos for it. 1. Looks best on her. 2. At C0 + EL she can smash everything anyway so you dont need C2. 3. Getting C2 costs more primos than EL. But still you need to have 200+ wishes ready. 4. C2 makes Raiden too OP thus reducing the enjoyment. 5. You shouldnt pass EL to other units but if you do they get very good weapon. 6. Xiangling needs the Catch and in Rational.

[@Rafael57YT]

@@ixirion honestly a big reason to get her constellations is also getting Sara's ones. So you could argue that C2 (or even c1) is more value But yeah it looks super good... I think I'm gonna skip her const. + her weapon in order to save for Yelan + the Homa/Aqua banner. Yelan would unlock more team comps for me I don't have enough pity or wishes and I don't want to get screwed with Ayato's weapon since I don't have him. I'm also incredibly satistied with Raiden aggravate, it's waaaaaay better than standard hypercarry if you don't have the constellations. The tean I use is: Raiden, Fischl (tenacity), Nahida (deepwood full em), Bennett. It's less burst reliant and it's got a really constant and steady dmg output, unlike hypercarry without consts which can get me screwed as soon as the boss decides to be invulnerable and I need to painfully get the energy back

[@notmeee3729]

@@ixirionYou're 2nd point can go further to say C0 + Catch can smash anything anyway. Her signature weapon and constellations only offset her investment required to clear content.

[@ixirion]

@@notmeee3729 True. But the point is const or Catch. So we assume player want to invest more. You can play Raiden on Fav, Xiangling Catch. Yiu can still clear but its a lot of investment.

[@pplwhoreplyisorangutan8543]

As a non minmaxer with not so crazy stats, my double hydro hyperbloom raiden is the only team that can clear wolflord before the shield phase.

[@Iyoverse]

Didn't know these existed until now, but I'm here for this. Especially that ending segment. LOL

[@watase9348]

These outros are what I live for

[@teaQtheQT]

EM Raiden is so low investment and high reward and it does much more consistent damage than my hypercarry build

[@thornszk]

It's just like Kuki HB. Built her, nahida and barbie under 2 weeks with the talents and artifacts

[@banjoowo4001]

how is it low investment you need 3 5star and 1 4star and each of them are solid SS characters

[@thornszk]

raiden, dmc, xq/barbara, flex. how is that 3 five stars. weapon dragon bane. artifacts only need EM mainstat. doesnt matter which arti set or substats. EZ

[@banjoowo4001]

@@thornszk the team isn't nearly strong when u use dmc and barbara/kokomi stop the cap

[@thornszk]

@@banjoowo4001 why would u use kokomi lol

[@mythicalentity]

Editors & Zajef are on GOD-MODE! Props & happy holidays! ☃

[@RafidW9]

Nahida-Raiden hyperbloom is so busted. Better than Hu Tao double hydro alone simply because there's 0 cooldown on everything.

[@mr.spongeboob]

As a hu tao main, double hydro rotations are smooth af and no cooldown issues whatsoever. No idea what you’re talking about lmao💀

[@banjoowo4001]

@@mr.spongeboob he is just doomposting lol

[@user-cr8vy2hs7o]

funerational is more dps than raiden hyperbloom tho

[@CosmicBlitz001]

I’ve played both and I agree, it’s absolutely crazy how busted nahida raiden hyperbloom is

[@adityasangeeth4255]

Finally someone actually gives accurate details about Raiden.. While others like Mtashed just says - "screw whoever you are saving for , pull Raiden Shogun because she is a must pull"

[@xingqiu1809]

Who even still watch mtrashed

[@el7284]

Well, he's not a TC, what do you expect. Dunno why you brought him up

[@kvdxx6603]

@@Forakus ??????

[@betulla96]

@@Forakus cap + ratio

[@TacticalDimples]

@@Forakus C rank… lol then that means most of the roster is below C since they are factually worse than her, making your ranking skewed since now the average is at D or lower.

[@janreiafrica]

TheJeff and Zy0nix voicing the Archons tho 😳😳😳

[@entegi]

The Ara ara at the end made my week

[@notanirudh]

love your videos so much , thanks for malding on our behalf. also the outro caught me off guard KEKW

[@Edoeren]

It's almost 2023, and I'm still salty about Beidou burst not working with Raiden and will continue to mention it at the end of surveys.

[@slackerburst]

Yeah, I wish devs will make it possible, but there is little hope. Still mentioning that in surveys, though.

[@mattiasbarkelius5604]

Same here, keep fighting the good fight soldier.

[@ash-2650]

Rational is not the strongest National variation but the easiest to play and it has enough DMG to clear abys.

[@kevinkarthik3329]

single target it is multi it's international

[@BlueEyedWe1rd0]

Thanks editor kun for consistent uploads

[@CaramelMood06]

Shoutout to zajef and editor for making great videos!!🔥

[@justsomeguywithhalfamustac6837]

Not even 24 hours later and there's already another video truly one of all time

[@jsisjsbshhsjsjs6489]

ok but raiden in thumbnail is so pretty with that crown

[@kalodawg8297]

"Speaking of Raiden, how about you Raiden deez nutz?" - Thanks for answering my question, you absolute legend of a man

[@shablagoo682]

I really regret getting c2 Raiden now, not only did it make the game to easy. But I hardly use it because I like hyperbloom more

[@chaosinfernoid9008]

Tbh just the raw damage can still be used and its still triggering hyperbloom, its not really a dps loss and so much fun. So no, its not so bad.

[@notmeee3729]

@@chaosinfernoid9008 Its always a DPS loss to onfield EM raidens burst rather than onfield nahida, it can be fun but that's just a fact

[@user-cr8vy2hs7o]

In case of c2+ raiden, aggravate comps are better than hyperbloom. when people say hyperbloom is the best, they are talking about c0. or they arent familiar with aggravate raiden.

[@shablagoo682]

@@user-cr8vy2hs7o Maybe i missed it but arent aggravate comps not much different from her normal build?

[@user-cr8vy2hs7o]

@@shablagoo682 You're right, it's not much different. Optimal aggravate with c2 Raiden would still run c6 Sara, an anemo, and a dendro. One thing you could maybe change would be the anemo for something else. Also, the electro slot is more flexible in aggravate. While c6 Sara is still the best, you could run someone else like Yae or Fischl better than you could in normal Raiden hypercarry. Also normal hypercarry uses Bennet, so aggravate comps free him for the other team at least.

[@-13eNnY-]

It's better to go for her weapon even if you don't have c3 if you can more or less guarantee the weapon. You can go for constellations any time her banner is up. You need 210 wishes to guarantee a weapon. It's much more difficult to save like 180 wishes than it is to save like 30 wishes. If you get the weapon early, you can then spend the rest on constellations if you want. Raiden had a mediocre initial reception because she wasn't as universally and clearly good as Zhongli's shield. Her skill also did mediocre dmg so a lot of people discounted it. People also just dealt with the whole Zhongli needing a buff situation and people were wary that this was a somewhat similar situation were Raiden was just good but not great. A lot of people also pulled for Zhongli when he was bad so they were a little scared that Raiden was not that good. The Catch also took some time for most people to max out so it wasn't immediately paired with her.

[@shelbyKiraM]

Zajef ara ara oneechan... things I didn't know I needed in my life but let's fluffin' GOOOOOO!!

[@ancalyme]

Will you do an Ayato edition? I feel like people discount him a lot by calling him mid, which hasn't been true since hyperbloom, and Yaoyao will also give him flexibility to drive Nilou. His flexibility / pull value is just really really high.

[@mrtgl6150]

He already done the QnA section, now we only need to wait for the editor to finish editing it

[@Ben-vg6ox]

He is just honestly fine, there's too many other great hydro units, Xingqui and Yelan and Kokomi especially, it surprises me to the sum of zero that Ayato was just swept under the rug by the general masses

[@haysacaai178]

1:23 yeah i already 36* but your videos are just so good it just makes me want to watch even more

[@tonydai782]

Zajef finally got his EM Flop goblet, LETSGOOOO

[@originmaple]

A 15-20% improvement in teams with an attack buffer and way more than than in teams without one sounds pretty crazy to me. Definitely worth the pull, but that doesn't mean you should pull for it, as he said The Catch is just a very good weapon that happens to be F2P.

[@Progeusz]

It is crazy. It is better than any other weapon in the game. If someone considers pulling weapons valuable, Engulfing is the best of them all.

[@masherjoker25]

I was using Reaction team since v1.2 with Sucrose, Xingqiu, Fischl and Xiangling where Fischl is built with EM Thundering Fury. Xingqiu or Xiangling sets the 1st element then Sucrose spread it and slight CC. (Fischl triggers electro-charged or overloaded) I was probably one of the few people who was very happy when v1.6 dropped with EM buff because Electro-charged and Overloaded is my main source of dmg and my dmg got doubled. when 2.0 was released and I tried Raiden's Demo I already saw her fit perfectly on my team because she solves Fischl's single target application. That's the reason I got Raiden and I put Fischl's EM Thundering Fury on her and run EM Raiden since the day she was released. a year later dendro was released and I was really happy MiHoYo buffed my Reaction playstyle again.

[@ancalyme]

About 36 star, I only started to be able to consistently do it when I got Ayato. Raiden didn't help, she just crippled my other teams and her damage at C0 wasn't that amazing because my Emblem luck is garbage and she needs some absurd amounts of investment

[@mendezst.6949]

I waited for this, thank you, always nice content

[@ra6765]

Hyperbloom raiden is so uncomfortable to use in overworld if you dont have Nahida though, since most good dendro applications come from bursts and burst based characters are bad in overworld in general

[@acerbus1146]

Collei's E, A1 exists hello? Enemies in overworld just die after 3 Hyperbloom sprawling shots, no?

[@desolatorstorm142]

Dendro as a whole is uncomfortable without Nahida.

[@bruhhurb8276]

@@desolatorstorm142 it still depends on the player but yes, nahida doesn't need high er, easy to use, and is very strong.

[@bletwort2920]

What do you use for hydro?

[@Omar00L]

I also think most people dont know why raiden national is so good on single target and they dont build characters properly too in rational...its not because of energy generation and not because of xiangling vaporising only...its also because of overload...and against bosses overload dont have the multitarget problems...

[@mr.zendar885]

Love the thumbnail! Mommy Shogun coming after Wanderer....

[@dova7536]

The beidou conspiracy always gives me a good chuckle

[@jeanne7296]

almost spat my food out at zajef’s voicelines that was great

[@thormaxmaximus1905]

Bro props zajef, actually playing blind folded gigachad move 🤣🤣🤣

[@getthatfirst7205]

god damn, your Raiden voicelines is awesome)

[@marcoonroad7]

The Queen is back! On the road from C2 to C3 if I'm lucky enough!

[@prakhar6852]

Zajeff and editors have removed their limiters for real

[@skybattler2624]

Zajef, the reason why Raiden's Burst and Beidou's burst does not synergies is because of the 'When' clause. 'when' in this case works on Raiden and Xinqui, not on Beidou, is because Beidou has the condition 'when NA or CA hits'. Problem is, Raiden's NA and CA are not considered as such upon hitting, while Xinqui checks if the attacks are thrown. As someone who is well-verse in YuGiOh, this doesn't come as a surprise to me.

[@RaeshHaze]

The thing is, her C6 had the exact same wording as beidou's burst, so they changed how her C6 was worded instead of addressing the issue.

[@luminous3558]

Beidou missing the timing.....

[@skybattler2624]

@@luminous3558 Made a meme exactly to help Genshin Players understand XD

[@AnaBacanazp]

I decided to do a 4* abyss run with heizou national first side and kuki barbara collei and my lv20 ningguang on second and it was a lot easier than I expected. hyperbloom is just generally broken, you pretty much just need 3 characters in the team and they don't even need to be doing dmg-- its all reaction, its insane. Tbh I'm still debating on whether I pull for raiden or if I skip her a third time. My emblem artifacts are fucking garbage and I already have a c2 kuki that works wonderfully. Kinda wanted her but I don't really have an use or need??? Yeah. Not to mention that I don't need two hyperbloom teams cuz I've done abyss runs with hyperbloom and burgeon already (klee burgeon is my new favorite thing ngl).

[@zyzhang1130]

WTF zajef raiden voice over is actually good

[@koi8670]

I just love how you can explain clearly the ideas i have in my mind that other people don't understand 😅

[@ChrisSmith-tu9bu]

My Biggest Question is if we use Raiden in HyperBloom ia it a DPS loss to use her burst,and should she be off-field with Nahida as the driver?

[@Chronos445]

You are so precious !! Merry Christmas !!

[@adrianoxerife9022]

The ending, the ending was amazing...

[@TheSast]

15:50 4DPC actually ain't bad for non-wanderer, most of who can use 4 Glad and 4 Shime can use it without much of a loss or sometimes even be on par when accounting for the energy loss on Shime

[@acerbus1146]

You mean let Ayato and Yoimiya do a charged attacks before their NA spam? No please.

[@TheSast]

@@acerbus1146 Tartaglia Hu Tao Tighnari (Melt) Ganyu can also use it, not their best but it is serviceable.

[@emmanuel_40]

@@acerbus1146 Bow charged attacks are fast, it doesn't have to be fully charged.

[@xSeira-]

raiden combo "3n3c n1c" is inconsistent at least for me. I use 2n3c n2c n1c instead and it's smoother for reasons i don't know. I can only do the optimal combo recommended in kqm when i dash cancel the 3rd n3c.

[@weirded1948]

i NEED more voice acting from zajef

[@lucifurious1976]

Society would have advanced by a factor of 1000 if Raidou worked as intended,

[@thornszk]

Wether she is powerful or not, it's not gonna stop me from pulling for her. Since i started playing(3.0), we've only had mostly supports or main dps's that are still new or not fully unlocked potential at the moment(Cyno) or tricky playstyles(childe,yae,itto). I wanted a 5* main dps for a long time and now one has finally come. I'll pull Childe after i get Ayaka and Raiden. Forgot about Yoi. Yeah she is strong but during her banners, i felt like those waifu banners would come after shortly. Slight regret for that

[@Nivanger]

I disagree with saying that engulfing is not worth going for, because it can free The Catch for another character (oppa)

[@bruhhurb8276]

OPPA XL AGANE pepeW

[@quackbrold2483]

This excuse is fair but I find it not too justified if one has a high refinement dragon bane.

[@Progeusz]

@@quackbrold2483 There's no other 5* weapon that offers more than 20% improvement over 4*. Only Engulfing can do it. Engulfing is objectively the best value. Other signatures are below 15% increase. You might say no 5* weapon is worth the cost and I'd be inclined to agree but assuming one wants to get a 5* weapon, he won't find a better one than Engulfing.

[@quackbrold2483]

@@Progeusz no idea why my comment disappeared earlier, but EL is only 14% better than the Catch. And Mistsplitter is the only one that's 25% better than the best budget option (ayaka's). Try check keqingmains website.

[@unyu136]

You got me on the on the voice act..superb

[@dlee9743]

23:50 this is exactly why I always recommend Kuki hyperbloom over Raiden. Comps without a healer will always be inconsistent.

[@acerbus1146]

To some yes. But people still find a way to fight the doggos without a dedicated healer. It basically depends on players' skills.

[@bruhhurb8276]

No, it depends still on the player. I just dodge or use nahidas and raidens long burst animation to dodge and it works most of the time.

[@bruhhurb8276]

@@acerbus1146 true

[@phoenixlau]

You can easily bring a healer in Raiden hyperbloom though. Prototype Amber Nahida (my preference), Barbara, Kokomi, etc. In fact, doing it that way is probably more comfy than Kuki since you never have to worry about accidentally getting one-shotted if you aren't paying attention to rotations.

[@dlee9743]

@@acerbus1146 definitely depends on the player. But why risk having to restart a run when you could just use Kuki instead and easily clear it on your first try? That's my opinion, but to each their own

[@beanswater]

Anyone else notice there's some weird Mandela effect going on where people just don't believe that Raiden was getting dumpstered on release? I've seen it multiple times in comments of different videos featuring Raiden. They think people loved her from the start for some reason.

[@rascalvo]

15:34 also, useful Gilded mains stats can be other things aside from EM, so it's WAY more resin efficient to farm it instead of FLOP

[@EinTheVariance]

The reason why Raiden and Beidou worked in early beta was because Raiden's attacks in her burst used to count as normal attack damage and scale from her normal attack skill. However, this was perceived as weak by beta testers because it means she doesn't really benefit from emblem artifact. They buffed her immensely in the beta by changing her attacks during her burst to count as burst dmg, instead of normal attack dmg mid beta and that's when the Beidou interaction stopped working. They also swapped her C2 and her C6 at the time, which resulted in a really strong C2.

[@luiznascimento77]

ok, now for the ask zajef for candance...or dunno, 4 stars from sumeru if there's not enough content great video!😃

[@mrtgl6150]

Ask Zajef is usually for 5 star unit that are getting their rerun. If you want to know something about Candace you can try your luck asking Zajef in twitch

[@luiznascimento77]

@@mrtgl6150 noted.tyvm

[@chii8126]

Oh my god that intro voice, gonna make me simp for a genshin theorycrafter🥵

[@JerichoTheCity]

EM raiden is the best raiden and your cracked engulfing lightning build doesn't matter as much.

[@theolailheugue9402]

That why Raiden hypercarry team rest the best team with investissement in term of clear time in the game since 2.1.....

[@livipup]

I've been *technically* using Raiden in a hyperbloom team and I love it, but lots of people don't. Initially I just had her in an aggravate team, so the core was her and Nahida. Eventually I added in Yelan because I have a really strong build on her and it helped improve the team DPS before even considering hyperblooms. I got Key on accident (early pull when I was trying to get 4 stars, so not expected) and I didn't pull for Nilou, so I had it on Kuki just to get some use out of it. Slapped her in that team to help give Raiden some more EM for her aggravate damage. It's definitely not meta, but I've been using it in every abyss because it trivializes most content. I was kind of excited to see that 3N1C is considered meta because I don't usually focus on meta for stuff like normal attacks vs charged attacks and that's just what I found to be comfy while playing Raiden. I just felt like it was a good number of charged attacks for stamina use and that the delay after the third normal wasn't too high.

[@izham73]

I know it’s too late but how does kuki help boosting raidens em with key?

[@livipup]

@@izham73 Key of Khaj Nisut raises EM for the entire team when it has 3 stacks. You use Shinobu's skill while standing close to an enemy, you attack once (I think it requires her 4th constellation), and then you wait for her ring to pulse. You can use her burst while waiting. That gets you the 3 stacks you need for Key's passive. With how much HP Shinobu wants you can easily get 100 EM on your other party members.

[@izham73]

@@livipup thank u for explaining i find this team setup really interesting, I'll definitely pull for raiden when her banner drop and try some aggravate team with her👍🏻

[@livipup]

@@izham73 Albedo and Diona can also raise party members' EM if you have either of them. Being geo and cryo characters should not be a big issue for aggravate teams.

[@haasithgarapati8261]

Cyno mains watching depressingly while a character who has nothing to do with EM in their kit somehow outperforms them in a hyperbloom team.

[@unquantifiable5140]

I mean, Cyno excels in quickbloom, aggravate, and some burgeon teams not hyperbloom. People will really try to shit on ̶c̶h̶a̶r̶a̶c̶t̶e̶r̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶d̶o̶n̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶v̶e̶ Cyno when they have a chance, huh

[@Daniele-PierreDuLac]

@@unquantifiable5140 if Cyno excels what would you call what Raiden and Keqing do? 🤔

[@haasithgarapati8261]

@@unquantifiable5140 I am a Cyno main. As much as I love him I can’t deny he doesn’t have much over the other options. Keqing is arguably more comfy for aggravate. And Raiden is more consistent for Hyperbloom. Cyno’s one best thing is quickbloom since no other electro character can deal high amounts of personal and transformative reaction damage at the same time, but then again that’s only one scenario where he excels.

[@unquantifiable5140]

@@haasithgarapati8261 But isn't that fine? Or you meme-ing on Cyno as a Cyno main r/whoosh-ed above my head. Anyway, shitting on your main BASED

[@gxstyyyy]

i take pride in the fact that I'm a low spender with aquila favonia bennett

[@whydoineedname4932]

Zajef's Ara Ara is the best Ara Ara I've heard 🗿

[@sebastianebbesson9852]

You didn't read the entire Raiden burst description when talking about the Raiden/Beidou interaction. Raiden burst specifically says that her normal and charged etc counts as burst damage. Not standard attacks.

[@Feragore]

Good catch, but people noticed that and still found it inconsistent with other interactions. Take a catalyst user and poke a slime with the same element with NAs with Beidou's burst active. Even though the NA hits but doesn't do any damage, it still procs - which means that Beidou's burst is watching whether a NA hits or not. Not that it deals NA damage, as they're not taking any damage.

[@theundergroundmusicologist]

UR POSTING TOO MUCH ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bawwowb]

I think you should be careful about overrating hyperbloom teams, especially in comparison to Hu Tao. Although I do agree that the team excels in single target for casuals and has a very high floor, I think it’s a bit misleading to sell it in the sense that “Hu Tao can’t even compare.” With a certain level of investment, hyperbloom really starts falling behind in clear times in abyss in comparison. There’s a reason why the Raiden hyperbloom team(s) aren’t anywhere near the top of fl 12 speedruns even at lower investment (4 gold) in boss/single target sides. Given, the dendro chicken’s resistance in this cycle puts hyperbloom at a disadvantage here, but even against the PMA and 12-2-1, I haven’t seen it clear faster than the better invested Hu Tao’s. Perhaps it’s a bit more fair to look at the 3.2 topside speedruns instead which again, feature mostly Hu Tao and international teams at the top, with hyperbloom nowhere to be seen. Overall, with Hu Tao’s rerun upcoming, I think viewers should have a bit more of a nuanced/holistic understanding of where Hu Tao and hyperbloom stand in comparison to each other. Although hyperbloom will definitely overperform in early game and for casual players, and Zajef may very well have his personal experience back up the idea that it has superior performance to his Hu Tao, I would definitely caution against assuming that Hu Tao does not have the potential to surpass hyperbloom when built/played well enough, even at similar levels of primogem investment.

[@NightmareQueen]

Nahida's release really saved Raiden fr.

[@rielart971]

No

[@minniemoa2051]

lmao shes already so strong before dendro