XIAO IS META NOW? Updated Xiao Build & Review - Best Artifacts, Weapons & Teams | Genshin Impact

[@Zy0x]

XIAO IS BACK. LAMENT. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS TYPE OF VIDEO. I tried to combine a review video and a build video in one, covering what changed and how to build him & his teams, talking about why he is strong now & how to get the most value out of his build, without repeating the basics covered in my previous Xiao Guide (reference that for talent & combo advice). Hope you enjoyed! Oh and... Diluc Complete Guide is coming... soon...

[@huenhyuka]

LAMENT.

[@fyodorsfavoritelice]

LAMENT

[@jaesthminie]

LAMENT

[@karma5523]

LAMENT.

[@enjiikun]

LAMENT

[@woahhhable]

A 3rd Xiao guide before updated Diluc guide is crazy 🗿

[@N-ew7sr]

lmao 😭 GOOD

[@EDENdraws]

BROOO IM STILL WAITING

[@LordFinkenstein]

Expect another one exactly 12 months from now.

[@tacotube8568]

This is zyox your talking about

[@HangmanSuperhero]

Ion even need the guide bruh I just think diluc deserves it. Diluc nation

[@ries.7000]

What a very honest, tall, charismatic streamer. Surely he doesn't say "Mods, find his location, then-don't dox them, don't do that. Then go there, take their pillow right, remove the pillow case, put on a new one that's a bit less comfy and then make sure it's warm. Put a heater under the pillow, integrated into the pillow case, so that the pillow is always warmon both sides. Then take their phone charger, tangle it a little to where it only charges at a specific angle. Then plug that back into the wall in a loose way where it's gonna fall out when they plug their phone in and then they're gonna have to be inconvenienced because their phone won't actually work anymore, it won't charge. They think it'll charge but it won't charge properly, so their alarm won't go off next morning, they're gonna miss their flight, miss their ride to work, their boss is gonna be like "listen here, this is the SIXTH TIME you've been late". Fired, lose their job, all because-I don't remember what their message was, but they chose to make a joke." When somebody jokes about them.

[@QuincyYhwach.]

Holyyyy 😂😂😂

[@mr.parker8014]

Bro every time I hear zyox say MODS I know I'm boutta laugh

[@Jo_wahn]

would be extremely cringe...

[@brmbltbr4]

If your phone only charges at a specific angle, there's likely a buildup of micro dust in the phones outlet. Carefully scrape it out with a wooden toothpick and it should work normally again. You would be surprised by how stiff and hard that dust becomes, when you always tamp it in with the charger. Just blowing won't sufice.

[@NiqSyazz]

​@@brmbltbr4this is genuinely a useful information

[@optimistic.pessimist]

Bros gonna make a 7th Xiao guide before the Gaming guide

[@The_Pimba]

Gaming 💀

[@sufferingmp4102]

@@The_PimbaOi don't diss my BOY!!!

[@The_Pimba]

@@sufferingmp4102 mediocre 4 star claymore pyro on-fielder with no story significance and boring personality 😪😴

[@realalpaga]

@@The_Pimbawhile he doesn’t have a good story, he’s a pretty god char in general so idk what you’re yapping about

[@kilian2809]

​@@The_Pimbasaid no one ever

[@King_Pyjamas]

Great Xiao guide mr Zy0x, but have u ever considered to Release intense flames to knock back nearby opponents, dealing Pyro DMG. The flames then converge into the weapon, summoning a Phoenix that flies forward and deals massive Pyro DMG to all opponents in its path. The Phoenix explodes upon reaching its destination, causing a large amount of AoE Pyro DMG. The searing flames that run down his blade cause it to be infused with Pyro.

[@spellsart]

Good one❤

[@dyno_improved]

lol

[@vaporeonex9998]

fantastic guide! anyways Diluc Ragnvindr is a playable Pyro character in Genshin Impact. Born into the affluent Ragnvindr Clan, Diluc is the current owner of the Dawn Winery and a nobleman of high esteem in Mondstadt. While a past incident caused him to split ways with the Knights of Favonius, he continues to protect Mondstadt in his own way.

[@V_Pixee]

Dying 😂

[@maxenite]

😂

[@ChosenOne2524]

it's insane how Xiao's best team used to be double geo + bennet, and now he has so many ultra-specific buffers he may as well be Gojo being blessed with six eyes and limitless

[@atharvakpatil]

Xi/ao soon?

[@alatusedits]

It used to be c4 jean/sucrose since you need an anemo battery for xiao.

[@windystick7347]

Jjk dogs try not to insert their mid show into everything challenge

[@cazelle_pie5370]

​@@windystick7347 why is dawg so mad over a comment calm down😭

[@molinj.7174]

@@cazelle_pie5370no he ate

[@Amy-oi3mo]

You may wonder, who is Zy0x? Zy0x is the most sane genshin player that everyone fears, the way he laments, the way he conquered, the way he made Xiao the unstoppable… Zy0x the genshin god, tall, handsome, admirable, genuine, smart, trustworthy, loving, caring, notable, calm and collected 8ft7 king is not something that humanity wanted, BUT HUMANITY NEEDED. Only him, Zy0x can lead people their way through vermillion…

[@grspain9662]

Bro do you have a crush on him?

[@joaomoreno307]

​@@grspain9662no, Zy0x is the one who crushes. Who crushes and lament.

[@c3vy17]

The most sane??? 😂

[@Hellohi-jc6by]

BASED CHATTER

[@totallyregulargiorno]

I just read peak fiction

[@KiraPrivate]

That’s a funny lookin Diluc guide

[@Pheonee]

Last year, on your previous Xiao guide, I commented that I would probably never pull Xiao for myself due to struggling to plunge properly on mobile, but still enjoyed getting to witness your passion and love for him, as he is one of my favourite characters in the entire game. One year later, I have now pulled Xiao and he is level 90 with 10/9/9 talents (working towards triple crown), and I have shocked myself with how much I enjoy his playstyle now that I've managed to get used to it. I unfortunately could not afford Xianyun this year (pulled nearly 150 times on her banner coping) but she is now top of my priority list for reruns and I managed to c6 my Faruzan. The moral of the story is to never give up on your dreams because it is possible for even a mobile gamer stuck on 300 ping to lament with tallest of them

[@LBOZOPLUSRATI0]

Lament

[@alatusedits]

Mobile xiao main here. Saving for his c6

[@lytran4084]

Totally agree. Also a Xiao mobile main here 😂

[@0zxv_1]

is faruzan good? lots of ppl use her and i left her to rot with my other characters💀

[@alatusedits]

@@0zxv_1 for xiao and wanderer only

[@00xreii]

As a xiao main it feels so good how his potential had increased with new characters/updates

[@haisesasaki2955]

Same here, I got him from 1.3 and before faruzan was released, I had to use zhongli, bennet and sucrose for years 😂

[@jettfuel_]

@@haisesasaki2955SAME. I just came back to genshin after a while and now i have to change my whole team because the zhongli bennett team is not meta anymore😢 i remember saving for zhongli and everything

[@misox8]

No I'm not happy about him getting a better set while I already farmed for the best old sets for him😭😭

[@vi3302]

@@misox8 fr i dont wanna farm again when i got my 2 pieces gladiator and 2 viridescent

[@qunituabastard1754]

@@jettfuel_ it's crazy how much zhongli has been falling off in the later patches but what can you do

[@sunnypa7101]

Maybe the real diluc was the -edging session- friends we made along the way.

[@leedevee]

Yes, yes, yes! I was hoping you would do an updated guide! I’ve waited a year for his rerun, finally got him, after pulling for Xianyun and C6 Faruzan (I got so lucky there…). He’s amazing, peak character design and fun play style. Finally a Xiao main!

[@the_pear69]

I love this relaxed, calm and completely normal content creator. I hope we can also get Diluc guide soon :)

[@boringfactor8792]

the best thing that's come out of it is him escaping circle impact prison

[@TseJing]

by the time he dies there’s going to be at least like 10 more xiao guides

[@TheArcSet]

:) Thanks for this. I've moved him to my main overworld team. Got c6 Garming, pulling for C6 Faruzan. (Now I need to unlock 3 sets of boss materials.)

[@shisasu-2673]

I respect the way you present your videos. There so professional, and you speak highly. I'll probably stop in for one of your streams!!!

[@presidentsnow.]

he's such a fun and a really sane streamer you're gonna love him ❤️

[@matias3542]

aware

[@Tyler-ko8dp]

I was LITERALLY just on here yesterday thinking "where is Zy0x's video on Xiao? surely he'll create one!? And here we have it :D I am gonna pull for him this evening, I'm just returning to Genshin, haven't played since Inazuma, nice to see you're still doing content!

[@alitrias]

You just know how long Zy0x waited to make this video after 150k went towards vermillion. Truly the lament ever

[@rafaelmiranda5714]

This diluc guide is so fire

[@skpp24]

Zy0x and Xiao? What a peculiar combo Do sure hope this content creator ain't crazy with Xiao or anything

[@broomeater69420]

STILL WAITING FOR THE DILUC GUIDE

[@thenine895]

YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE IS META NOW? A GAMING GUIDE

[@0rokuSaki]

No

[@felipepoffo]

no body cares about 4 star

[@grados3060]

​@@felipepoffotrue, faruzan also is overrated as fuck, Xiao doesn't need her, fuck Sucrose too

[@makii4772]

​@@felipepoffomods kick his balls

[@petipeti1235]

I care​@@felipepoffo

[@Ironhide1125]

4th Xiao guide before a single Gaming guide is a violation 💀

[@destraksn6166]

No

[@felipepoffo]

nope

[@makii4772]

Npc replies

[@kazucrits]

Diluc guide just around the corner guys

[@FlashKillerX]

I pulled Xianyun for Xiao and while pulling on the weapon banner a few patches back I got Primodial Jade Winged Spear. I figured since I was getting Xianyun anyway and I got lucky and got C6 Faruzan in the process I should maybe go for Xiao too since I don't have an Anemo main dps at the moment (no wanderer) and I already had his signature and no one to use it on. Very glad I got him! Strongboxing Vermillion has been cringe but I got a really good feather and flower and...serviceable sands and circlet. I have an insane 42 CV off set anemo goblet from waaaay back when though that I have not been able to use until now though and that's really tying his build together. Loving his playstyle so far, getting the hang of NA/Dash canceling his plunges so I can get more of them in. I'm really good at dash canceling with Diluc but not so good with Xiao yet, but that comes with practice. Very fun character and very glad I have him now. Furina has really opened up a lot of teams for me and I'm very glad I invested in her.

[@Dridto]

Bro! I did a single pull while watching your video and got him! Thank you Mr. Zy0x!

[@Ethos711]

Xiao is my favorite character in Genshin, but I had basically stopped using him a long time ago because my second team was never strong enough to make up for his shortcomings. But thanks to Xianyun and finally C6 on Faruzan, Xiao is back, baby. It is so nice to play him and not feel like I'm handicapping myself.

[@LordFinkenstein]

I'm jealous, I only needed one more faruzan to c6 her and was long way from pity so I had plenty of chances to get her before xainyun...so naturally I'm now the proud owner of a c6 Gaming instead. 🥲

[@cosmincaragea7149]

I am a free to play player, i just got my first faruzan after 1 year , as a free to play Xiao is not worth it. Like Xino the piramide dog

[@RealH8droArchon]

Zy0x: "Don't EVER farm Vermillion domai-" Me: *Farms Vermillion domain anyway* 💀

[@geriyuu4789]

what a day it is to be a xiao main

[@wack7954]

was just referring to ur previous guide, ty for the update!

[@gabrieljohnson6304]

3:06 fried-egg-revived xianyun is crazy

[@kiyotaka2336]

It's Abyss you can't revive anyone with food

[@gabrieljohnson6304]

@@kiyotaka2336 sir that's the vermilion domain you can see the tree in the background

[@dian277]

our baby Xiao finally got the love he deserved. a dedicated artifacts set 2 lantern rites ago, a dedicated support (faruzan) and a made-up teaser a lantern rite ago, a non-dedicated support (furina) half a lantern rite ago and another dedicated support (xianyun) this lantern rite. he's now probably the most supported hypercarry in the game.

[@AsmodayReigns]

Zyox: “Playing Xiao with Raiden is..unique” Me who mains Xiao and has never taken Raiden off my team: 👀👀👀

[@BunneyM]

Xiao was absolutely cracked on first floors in the abyss allowing me to have so much time left for 2nd floor.

[@marshmallow5108]

it feels weird hearing talking normal instead of moaning every 5 seconds

[@kazucrits]

Finally completed my Xiao Team recently with the last 2 Cons for Faruzan and he is doing actually fucking solid. But my problem is, I use him with Bennett (+ Xianyun ofc) instead of Furina because I just don’t like her but the damage buffs compared to Benny are worth it no? Maybe I should pull for her next rerun idkkkk

[@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904]

You're stuck in Circle Impact then. The biggest benefit of using Furina with Xianyun is that all of your buffs are not locked in an area, so you can theoretically go from 1 side of the Abyss to the other and still retain them completely.

[@jyusatsu]

I haven't played Xiao that much since I got him last year but now that I have Xianyun and Furina (I already c6 Faruzan way back thanks to standard banner lol), I enjoy playing him again even with so-so mix of artifacts. Now I'm planning to invest on getting him a full MH set (Vermilion will be a nightmare to get given my strongbox luck 💀). Thanks for the pog guide!

[@falsepanda2981]

xdd >be f2p 3 crown Xiao main >leave in 2.3 >return 5.0, see that Xiao has gotten much stronger >poggers >main upgrades are a C6 4* and 2 5* characters >mfw cya in 2 years lmao

[@shabbirmhowala766]

😂 he is still good without them

[@chokking5703]

i got furina cause shes an "archon", xianyun cause shes hot, c6 faruzan because of xianyun. it just a no brainer move to pull for xiao at this point and im happy because of it

[@chewtoy4460]

Please put an NSFW tag on this. I was on the train and when I saw this I had to start furiously lamenting. Everyone else gave me strange looks and were saying things like “what the fuck” and “call the police”. I dropped my phone and everyone around me saw this video. Now there is a whole train of men lamenting together at this one guide. This is all your fault, you could have prevented this if you had just tagged this vid NSFW.

[@flyseokjin]

I have been an avid watcher of your videos for almost an hour now. Even If i dont plant on totally building a specific character I watch your videos anyways because I just enjoy them. I have been playing genshin impact close to 2& 1/2 tears now and have loved diluc from the beginning. From the day that I got him 10/09/2021 I have wanted to make the best diluc out there. I wanted to be the #1 Diluc main from the beginning akin to the way Jake Tuonto claimed to be the #1 Jean main. I think I have a good Diluc but I am never able to tell because Im not the math guy or the guide maker here. I have C6 Bennet, I have Kazuha, I have furina and kokomi and C6 Xinqiu and Yelan. Please for the love of kokomi RELEASE UR DILUC GUIDE. ᶦᵐ ᶦⁿ ʸᵒᵘʳ ʷᵃˡˡˢ

[@Kim_Imyoung]

Where's the Gaming and updated Yae Miko guide mr. socks 🤨

[@alirezaboniadi]

Zy0x the goat i love you so much you deserve all the praise you get keep up the good work man i love youre videos

[@karma5523]

I'll give my Xiao's artifacts to diluc until zyox releases updated diluc guide with xianyun ofc.

[@notmegan8799]

thank you for posting :) i finally got c6 xiao (im f2p) and im excited to maximize his potential

[@jorfa15]

This Diluc guide is crazy

[@nox-s8o]

When is Zy0x streaming? I've been watching him for some time now, and ICANT get enough of him. Everytime I see him streaming, I abandon whatever i am doing because nothing is as important to me as mr socks strimming. I savor every morsel of his streams. His beautiful, curly brown hair; his voice, his jokes, his monologues, his quotes; it's like I could spend my while life watching his streams. And don't even get me started on how impeccable he is when he puts on an official costume. But for some reason, he hasnt streamed for whole 2 days now. I started feeling anxiety. Genuine fear, even. How can i live though another ordinary day of my grey, meaningless life without him? He's like a warm fire that warms me at cold nights and lightens my depressing days. He's the goliath that's holding this world on his shoulders, and i MEAN IT. (true) I will not elaborate, because i do not know further. The only thing i know for real is that he is the vermillion crit damage crit rate piece to my Xiao.

[@Tu-Li-Oh]

Thanks for the Faruzan guide Mr Socks! Keep up the good work!

[@MolecularKey694]

I couldn't find a Candace, collei, chongyun and gaming zy0x guide I was making a playlist of the genshin build guides and well I couldn't find some character guides on zy0x channel

[@Enric.]

I love Xiao's new best team. My best Xiao team a year ago was Xiao melt wityh Ganyu+Xiangling+Bennett.

[@emilebosman5249]

"Domain of agony and sadness" truly is the best summarisation of Genshin artifact farming

[@Goremize]

Oh one thing to note about Zhongli, he does offer Anemo Shred with his shield. So you get shields and anemo shred from him. Jean of course works well but would need C4 for her shred, still a nice healer. That is of course if you don't have Faruzan, like myself. Just base Zhongli is quite a good combo to use and not to expensive to get. Venti C2 also works. I actually have that Venti, I wonder if he'll be useful at all?

[@rrrkls]

finally normal voice in the beginning OKAY GROWTH

[@lnsflare1]

Speaking from personal experience, of you are running Faruzhan with both Xiao and Xianyun, ER isn't much of an issue anymore for any of them, especially if you've unlocked C1 for either Xiao or Xianyun.

[@swiftoooo]

Oh my god Zyox. Not only did I know that you were already tall, humble, charismatic, funny, entertaining, and just... good overall, that you deserve this character, but now, I really can see... you getting rewarded for once, when every other time you've been unlucky

[@moonmilkgalaxy]

The effectiveness of my Main accounts Xiao vs my alt account where i have highly invested in Xiao honestly makes quite the difference (i have Jade Wing and Homa, c6 faruzan, furina, xianyun) I still pulled him on my main account this last banner because I love him and i think hes fun. Will be working on his artifacts at the very least.

[@gainoob]

Oh! Nice video, I just build pity on Xiao banner and accidentally got him in 20 pulls with this team comp I got all the piece without knowing

[@Ladas552]

2 5* with C2, and 1 4* with C6 also with Signature weapons, and your Xiao will be as good, as Neuvilette with C0 Furina. OMG Xiao buff

[@Raining_Potatoes]

What an excellent Xiao guide, I'll send it to my buddy Zy0x so he can learn a thing or two

[@yinyinbun]

Man I got so lucky this patch. Not only did I win the 50/50 and get Xianyun early, I finally got C6 Faruzan. Thought this meant I'd for sure lose the 50/50 on Xiao BUT MY BOY CAME HOME. Ive been trying to get him for the past 3 banners T_T

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

I never really played Xiao but I ended up having everything for him to breeze through this abyss. I had Furina, C6 Faruzan from pulling Xianyun, Jade Spear and also grinded a full set of Desert Pavilion for Wanderer, he destroyed everything this abyss.

[@tehmaboi]

As a fellow lamenter who got Xiao, C6 Faruzan and Xianyun (no Furina tho) I can say that the damage is insane even tho i dont even have the optimal artifact and talent build for my supports. I simply slapped all my atk artifacts to Xianyun and Faruzan and my Xiao does 62k per plunge with my unbuilt bennet.

[@Jojoba-wz6ri]

I just got Xiao and I’m using him with my c6 Faruzan. I also run Bennett and a flex that I can play around with. So far so good for my second time.

[@RelatableNoob]

Man I have been waiting for this guide since a long time 😊

[@eff-fume]

While yes the premium team is rather expensive at least Furina is a very universal character and worth getting either way. I've had a lot of fun with this dream team. The flexibility and forgiving energy requirments as well as not having to deal with downsides like circle impact and single target restrictions anymore is a huge win. Upside is that once you have all the pieces to this team, it is unlikely there will be too many more upgrades added longterm at least I so believe. I am glad our man got the attention he deserved.

[@qwertysysysyysysysyzz]

ayaka is more expensive cyno as well, xiao only really needed faruzan and bennett and blackcliff pole to clear abyss 12

[@thisjoman]

I got Xiao on his rerun and for 2.5 years I've been using the 2pcs 2pcs with R3 PJWS. I'm putting my excess artifacts into Vermillion now for that 8% damage increase, but it gonna take a while because 3 of artifact have about 40% CV. I got 202% cdm and 96% cr.

[@user-uh8ui4ze1s]

thanks for this. finally found a use for my forgotten xiao

[@mostsaneyanfeimain1177]

YEAHH I BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@malenn-2]

this xianyun and nahida banner was literally the most lucky banner for me, i got both xianyun, nahida, xinque(from the event), c2 gaming and c5 faruzan( i had c0 faruzan before the event) and ofc i have xiao too. and my max per plunge that i have got is 80k per plunge, and the average is between 40k to 50k. but unfortunately, i don't have furina or bennet.

[@chewtoy4460]

Good lord, the evolution of Zy0x's comments💀

[@jeanpierrelizarraga539]

I was waiting for your Xiao's guide , thx bro 😊

[@OrangeJuiceInAOrangeCup]

I’m happy my Glorious king’s guide got updated. This is what I needed 🙏🏾

[@BreeDragoness]

Honestly even before this update Xiao was one of my solid units that was good for a lot of abyss - not all of them, as mentioned here, but he did work for me if I was struggling... though part of that might've been Zhongli

[@josehernandez-ir6ir]

loved the vid, Xiao main now here, are we getting gaming guide soon?

[@randomguy8107]

I just noticed that my mid maréchaussée set outdamaged my 2/2 by over 10% while having more ER. The crit this brings when Xiao is paired with Xianyun, Faruzan and Furina is so important

[@kai-ke6hh]

I was building pity and got c6 Faruzan and xianyun and later got furina. I already had Xiao and I heard this team was amazing so I decided to build them all

[@content.4429]

Hey, zyox I have a suggestion You should listen to wake me up by Anya Nami The song is inspired by Xiao

[@AoKajii]

God damn ! I was rewatching the previous build yesterday since I got his C6 and was wondering if I should pull for Xianyun next time

[@GRX001]

Used to be a xiao main before I stopped playing genshin and seeing my boy coming back ontop makes me wanna play genshin again

[@crasher_19]

Oh another Xiao guide, cool. Still waiting on the Diluc guide though :)

[@Matrix_Max]

This video didn’t showed up in my sub feed bruh wtf! I had to search it

[@whitneypanda]

I was really going back on forth on if I would get him now, but then I just got his weapon on the standard banner right before his banner started…. (Been playing ~9 months) I have a Xiao now, it was a sign from lament god

[@vishnubansal595]

Wanted xianyun so bad, and faruzan being there was also such a huge boost. Love xiao, have had him since the first banner. Long story short, I now have a c10 noelle and a c1 mona.

[@rall1219]

Me watching this guide while having c0 xianyun, c6 faruzan, c0 furina and furina's signature, xianyuns signature, xiaos signature but not even a single copy of xiao:

[@joelthief]

Bruh! I just saw the 40 min Xiao guide a few hours ago after I randomly got him.

[@Rj4y019.GTV_YT]

I guess I have to build my c6 Faruzan now. Since I got Xianyun I also have Furina. I'm gonna build this team!

[@juliamenzynska8941]

Also with his wpn you dont need ANY crit rate if you have marachuse hunter its SO good and resin offitiant also you can dp 2 pc golden for your c6 anemo traveler its mid but vaiable 2:40

[@joshuashrestha7616]

I am very happy now that Xiao has improved as a Xiao main. I literally spent more than a year in that Vermillion domain....Yup I was addicted.

[@StaleMilk899]

Just got xiao, thanks so much for this 🙏

[@rubensiregar6890]

C6 FARUZAN IS A MUST. even more than furina or xianyun. im a bit regreted pulling xianyun thinking she would boost my xiao dmg like crazy.

[@Sme3ti]

This man's 4 star vermillion set has better cv than 95% of the playerbase

[@Lawlianne]

If there’s someone I’d want to watch a Xiao guide from, it’s this guy lol.

[@hagano3147]

Thanks for the hard work

[@molk4714]

As a returning player in over 2 years, I have to much improvement to make on xiao 😭

[@yuplao]

I’m glad people are starting to use xiao more he’s so easy to use and is fun to use also i’m sure he’s making a diluc video it feels rude to comment that 😭 that’s just me tho

[@minamotosuzu]

thank you i needed more xiao guides (fr)

[@SHGogo-df5jr]

Oh one hand I wanna give Xiao, my main, my fav character, the best, but on the other hand I rly wanna use Zhongli w/ him :/ also I wanna use Furina on the other team, w/ Cyno. So I think I'll go hypercarry? Xiao, Faurzan (c6), Zhongli, Bennett.

[@nope4169]

I think the biggest reason why xiao is meta now is because of the most famous xiao proponent. Don't know if you all know him, but his streamer name is zyonix. Kinda similar to zy0x, but they're not the same person, haha. After all, the person who made this guide is clearly sane, intelligent, and (while you can't see his face) undoubtedly handsome, while zyonix has been proven multiple times to be utterly insane, as shown by the gambling addiction/toxic relationship he has with any matter regarding the vermillion hereafter set and his strange tendency to moan in front of thousands of live viewers, but i digress. Anyways, for the past 3 years, zyonix has stayed completely faithful to xiao, oftentimes making music about lamenting, as well as outwardly complaining about the unfair treatment xiao receives from the devs when compared to other polearm users, namely a female chef from liyue and her teddy bear, aguoba. I believe that perhaps zyonix's constant preaching of the plunge meta has caused the devs to have a change in heart, or maybe they pitied the 100,000+ resin he has spent over 2 years on xiao's best set, only to end up with the #1 ayato. You guys should all check him out, he streams most nights(?) on twitch and can be recognized by the same shirt he wears every stream and the hairstyle that looks like it was split by moses.