Hi Zajef, in regards to why Zhongli's ult doesn't reduce shield bar of Iniquitous Baptist Boss the other day, it was because Zhongli's E proc and Q share the same elemental application ICD against the same enemy. Your E hits the boss right before your ult, so that was why Zhongli's meat ball was wasted completely despite hitting right at the enemy.
48:51 Excuse me? His abrasive personality is precisely why I want him. I love that he's an inconsiderate dick, we have so few characters like that in the playable roster. Same reason I dig Yae being manipulative and teasing, it's a different vibe from most of the rest of the cast.
Are you interested in my fanfic? It is called Alhaitham’s dilemma. I concentrate a lot in his and Kaveh'd personality. They marry in the end.. so if you like this stuff.. I recommend. ♥️ ❤❤
Same! I love the characters that are contrary in personality to most of the cast (Yae, Alhaitham, Childe, Scara). Kind and respectful characters are aplenty as it is
Alhaitham is such a solid unit for me. He's my first char to triple crown and very enjoyable to play with his mirror mechanics and the dendro teams he can be in. Him and Nahida together makes dendro supremacy.
I’ve triple crowned him too! I got him on his first banner (guaranteed cause Wanderer wandered away, but he came early so yay), and now I got his signature weapon. I think he’s my only triple crown other than Xiao. Kazuha is coming to follow in his footsteps, and probably Cyno too eventually. He’s actually pretty fun, and I kinda wanna save for nahida to make him even stronger! I love his character to be honest, just couldn’t stand him if I met him irl, im sure he’d hate me too 😂
The most important considerations of this video are: 1): he's a carry, which means he's less valuable than other units such as supports and subDPSes that can apply elements off field. He falls at the same situation such as Hutao and Ayaka. 2): even with the consideration number 1, he's at the same level of power of other top tier carrys, but with more versatility and he's more future proof because he's dendro and is capable of sinergize with a big variaty of characters. As such, he's a better pull than any other 5* carry.
@@robgeach8105 it is not the case of "he can be". It's his only function in combat scenarios. For exploration he's fantastic undoubtedly. But compared to other units with the same function he's reeeeeally less effective because he's anemo, an element more suited to function as a support.
those voicelines are actually good. Like that first "Flicker!", i was doing something else and i was like "wait a minute did the alhaitham ad play?" lol
I'd say Alhaitham is easily the best c0 carry, with more competitive totally f2p teams than Ayaka and significantly more versatility that either Ayaka or Hu Tao. In their best case scenarios (freezable enemies and single target) they can compete, but Alhaitham has flexibility for pretty much any enemy/abyss floor so long as it isn't totally dendro immune. Overall, a great unit. While the calcs on Nahida teams (where she takes on the dendro role rather than Alhaitham) are better than his most of the time, Nahida can feel pretty clunky on field because of her model size and being a catalyst. Nahida double hydro hyperbloom is a mighty strong team, but in my experience playing Alhaitham double dendro quickbloom is a much more comfortable experience.
calcs show that double dendro is better than nahida double hydro. with the former sheeting at like 65k and the latter at 60-1k. double dendro even scales better with investment because unlike nahida, alhaitham contributes 40% of team dps and can get higher. theres also in game practicality, like better frontload, more aoe, and much much more flexibility in rotations
@@phorealthistime6165 heyo, I do agree - I wasn't totally certain which Alhaitham team outdamaged which Nahida team (you'll see I said Nahida's teams are only better than his "most" of the time) - thanks for the extra info :))
@@phorealthistime6165 most teams that scale off vertical investment are better than just pure transformative comps like nahida double hydro, thundering furry, taser, swirl hyperbloom, etc. It's just a matter of whether spending the primos or resin to do said vertical investment is worth it or not, which in most cases it probably isn't compared to having more varied comps to clear in abyss. Except if we're talking national variants ig
I triple crowned my Alhaitham. He is my favorite unit by far and very fun to use. I play him with Nahida, Kuki and Xingqiu/Yelan but I found myself giving a chance to Baidou as well and she's actually pretty good. I will pull for his weapon since I'm close to pity on the weapon banner, so let's hope for some good luck.
same same same. 👍 also going for his wep (& have a guarantee from when i tried to get it last time lmao, hope i can get his and FS to spoil kazu/kuki as well) so good luck!! i hope you get it!
Thank you for you video, it's always nice to hear your thoughts. I pulled Alhaitham on his first banner and I love him so much that I saved wishes for his rerun to get his const lol. I can't wait for him.
i look at alhaitem as a tipical MMO unit he either gets buffed to hell and back by his team (genshin calls it hyper carry) or he either meld with his team via quick bloom (like how in mmos if your a dps and you dont have the equipments to back it up you become a subdps still does ok damage but not the teams main cannon)
Cant wait for kazuha ask zajef love these videos! I may have a chance to get both if i get lucky with fifty fifties. As an account with no “dps” character maybe getting alhaitham would be a godsend.
@@weezlelay You said your account has no dps? Xiangling is perfectly fit for dps in terms of damage(since dps means damage per second). She just does not stay on field. Her damage is definitely not 'sub' so I don't understand why you called her sub dps.
Alhaitham Kuki Xingqiu Nahida is the best team on my account by a very noticeable margin. I agree that he is a luxury unit if you have Nahida, but it's a very good vertical investment into overall account power. It's not only that Alhaitham needs Nahida for his best teams, but also that Nahida's teams with Alhaitham are stronger than all of her other teams
Ehh, I disagree with that last part. Nahida hyperbloom (Nahida, Raiden, Kokomi, Xingqiu/Yelan) performs better without Alhaitham; he's not in all of Nahida's best teams
@@strawberrymilk607 That is literally not true, at a decent investment all c0, Alhaitham 'quickbloom' outdamages nahida hyperbloom by a large margin in AoE and by a small amount in ST. I have tested both so no point dismissing it just because "No way it beats nahida hyperbloom"
Hyperbloom with kokomeme probably loses to haitham quickbloom, but double hydro probably is generally the best single target team in the game up until a certain point of investment for characters like hu tao
There is no "Quicken" in that team to call it quickbloom lmao, Kukis electro app sucks to actually enable Quicken alone. Its just a plain Hyperbloom team with a raw damage Haitham
@@zaheen7 Yes there is quicken, though not absolute 100% like Cyno 'quickbloom' uptime but Haitham still does a lot of spread damage. And no where is it a rule that only 100% quicken uptime shall be called quickbloom . Besides what matters is not the useless name calling, Haitham team is an overall upgrade over Nahida double hydro and Cyno's quickbloom in both sheets and practice.
What alot of ppl don't get when min maxing artifacts is you are trying to raise the floor as well as the ceiling. So many ppl concentrate on their ceiling and neglect their floor ie: focus on crit and neglect atk
alhaithem was my first 5 star i pulled for unknowingly i pulled for a very powerful hyper carry i soon after got lucky with a copy of yelan and kuki and before i knew it i was an accidental meta slave 😭
His abrasive personality is exactly why I love him! Also he is the only character that puts Paimon in her place and goddamn that feels so damn good that I just had to have him! and doesnt treat you like you're jesus or Ghandi or some shit just treats you like anyone else aka NORMAL. How refreshing!
Nothing wrong with having a second Nahida that only works on-field for the other side. Still better sustained dendro app than any other dendro character. Should work nicely in quickbloom with my C2 Yelan with Elegy.
I dont have yao yao Only nahida for dendro I have dps character like hutao, ganyu And the list of dps ends here ..... Yep after your comment i guess i should pull on his banner (Yes i have kazuha)
Nice, replying redundant questions instead of the calculations I asked for. I guess I'll have to do it myself (sadly it won't reach nearly as many people, oh well)
4:36 I like having fischl as the electro applicator because she has access to Elegy to buff em and has great energy generation (granted my fischl is c6) ! As for a healer/shield, i usually ran Zhongli but since i got Baizhu, his healing and buff of dendro reaction is quite nice.
i feel like alhaitham is more dependant on a 2nd dendro unit. not just nahida. yeah Nahida is the best option but Yaoyao and DMC are also good. however yuegui has random targeting, and DMC is energy hungry. Baizhu is Way too single target oriented meaning and i feel like Kirara forces you to stay on field for a while and those bombs take a while to explode.
These videos are always helpful and entertaining. Even without all the deep dived data, even if he was bad, or falls off, I will always like Alhaitham simply because he's fun and his Grass-Type Armiger. ⚔
As someone who has Alhaitham (c0 r1) and not nahida he’s really great without her, I normally run him with Kazuha, Baizhu and Fischl/Kokomi and he’s so fun to play.
For his team I usually run Yaoyao/Xingqiu/Al-Haitham/EM Raiden. Great for slaying consecrated beasts. I prefer the full combo rotation (burst-->E-->charge), so I don't like pairing EM Kuki or Yelan with him, as it always feels like their off-field application falls off prematurely before combo end. If you're comfortable with his split rotation I guess they become more viable, but I'd rather shift them over to Nahida on the other side who can deal with more fluid rotation naturally.
@@AndresLionheart Too risky. If you get hit (not uncommon with the hyper aggressive enemies in Abyss lately), you can miss the opening 3 mirrors which Fs your whole rotation.
Great video but isn’t Yae the best electro unit for his teams??(other than kuki) I feel like you were underrating her convenience in his teams compared to other electro characters
"His constellations are beyond useless" Me with a guaranteed pity, without Kazuha and dont like Sucrose: "Well I guess I'll roll for his C2 just to be one step closer to his C6"
It's not big jumps, but his cons add up to a ~66% dps difference vs C0, similar to most meta dps C6's, just spread out too much for viable dolphin boosts
@@tejendrachettri5970 i mean it's really not that good. In over world you'll barely need a full rotation ever to kill any enemies and in the abyss his rotations cover his entire e cooldown so it's not that good. But if you do mess up your rotations I guess that's where it's value is
We have the same thoughts LOL Them: Nahida C2 is better. Me: Yeah but I like Alhaitham and uses him more. For now I'm slowly getting cons for characters I always use in abyss. Ayato who is C2 at the moment and Alhaitham.
Bro are u really sure about that like ur saying childe doesn't have DMG even tho he's an enabler he does 44% of the teams DMG not to mention his brust DMG still to date has high number potential & his riptides having no icd is way better than some random special icd which u definitely wanna have 3 mirrors childe is still meta even tho he was 1.0 character even with tho low multiplier he still dominates abyss 'HISTORY' & i don't think there's a hydro character who can keep up to him(hydro application) .
I love him. He’s my main at AR 55. I run with him with Raiden, C6 Xingqui, C1 Baizhu and it’s a solid hyperbloom team that takes out most things. I’m thinking of building Kuki since I hear she runs better with him than Raiden actually.
Honestly, a deep guide by someone who deosnt even have him seems weird. He is much stronger than you think. Hes an absolute monster in the abbyss. Before I got him I had a loot of trouble 36*, but now Ive consistently 36* ever since his release.
so you got 36 stars once and now you do it consistently... okay bud. I guarantee that if you have been struggling, you are NOT clearing with 36 these past few rotations. Back in the closet with you.
No this was known for a long time that Kaveh is not compatible with Alhaitham. They are both on-field DPS. If you use Kaveh for bloom, there's no reason why you would do so when you could use Alhaitham infusion instead
Alhaitham has been a staple for my Abyss clears since I got him. Only less than a hand full of times could I say dendro was ever not favorable for an abyss run. But excluding those small amount of times he makes my run through very comfortable.
My Alhaitham with Iron sting + Fischl(I didn't have Kuki then) defeated weekly Raiden faster than my invested Ayaka+Shenhe team, I'd say he's pretty goodge
3ple dendro with nahida and kirara is now my favorite spread team. Kirara shield pretty much solves the interruption part. She can also straight up funnel 4 dendro particles to alhaitham. And running her with sac pretty much means unli burst. I also run raiden as the electro unit. Longer e uptime and i use her burst to finish up low hp enemies when needed. I also am not running 4pc gilded cause i dont want atk stat.
Hmmm... sounds good for the split field time rotation. Kirara's shield only lasts 12s, so doing the 18-20s field time leaves too much time without the shield.
For me, my fave Alhaitham spread team is Nahida, Baizhu and Raiden(same thing but without Kirara). Even with low ER on Alhaitham I get so much energy from all the dendro particles and Raiden. Baizhu and Nahida also buff him a lot and Raiden buffs his burst. Baizhu helps with resistance to interruption and heals. Nahida does a lot of off field damage. Raiden also does good off field damage along with electro application and I can burst with her too if Alhaitham is on cooldown or if I just feel like playing more quickswappy. It’s very comfy to play but it takes all my dendro units so that’s the downside. I like to call it mono dendro even tho we have Raiden on it.
I skipped him last time around cause I was kinda on the fence for him (love his personality) and saving my primos for Dehya. needless to say I now allocated those primos back to him, hoping he will be a really fun char to run in my hyperbloom teams as the 4th slot! I just don't know what amount of damage levels I can expect from him...
I currently run him with DMC, zhongli and kuki, he's level 70 with level 1 talents but his crit ratio is 65/160 with iron sting, he's on 2pc wanderers and 2pc shimenawa with quicken he deals 17k damage at his highest and it's extremely consistent
Alhaitham, Yae Miko, Kuki and Nahida is my strongest team and I have a very decent account. I can't remember life before Alhaitham, he's super fun to play, he's hot, and he does stupid amounts of damage. Dendro daddy supremacy!
My 2 favourite alhaitham teams are: alhaitham,yae,zhongli/kazuha(if you need cc) and baizhu, or alhaitham,nilou,xingqiu,baizhu. Alrwady 36 abyss with those
If youre unsure if a piece is better or worse, you can always test your character with them. Also, atk% is underrated a little bit, not everything is cd.
@@jackson3475 I recently got a piece with better cv and with EM for my Yoimiya but the one I was using had so friking much atack and crit rate with crit dmg just a little lower than the other and it still managed to be better.
What was the video where the hunchback Althaitham pose is from? I cannot find it anymore and remember nearly pissing myself laughing and would like to feel that joy again :')
@@TacticalDimples Up. And the 4pc effect of Noblesse is kinda wasted on her herself since she scales entirely on HP. You can give that set to Xingqiu and farm Emblem set for Yelan instead. Just a friendly suggestion.
@@TacticalDimples I know how the game works i have like 600+ days played. But happens that i dont have good HP pieces in the emblem set and insane HP pieces in the noblesse set, im talking about 60% bonus HP from substats + 73/170 crit on Yelan without weapon. And Venti bow gives 55% ER too since my pieces have almost no ER. Im also saving for C1 if possible.
i don’t own nahida but i know my alhaitham would have better teams with nahida. but, i have been able to 36* every abyss since his release at c0 with no problem. so, at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter
pretty much i would only Harbinger of Dawn as a stat stick or if i'm running him with yaoyao as the deepwood holder kuki just heals to slow at times to make use of that weapon. since Yaoyao feels like the 2nd best option after nahida.
@@qwertysysysyysysysyzz i mean yeah probably. but abyss just has some very aggresive enemies. and sometimes i prefer to play aggresively with no shields. also not everyone is gonna have maxed out talents mine only is at talent 9 and is only healing like 2.300k.
Hear me out, a top of "Dendro Teams without nahida" like for example hyperbloom and burgeon are extremely affected by losing her but bloom is not that much, and aggravate/spread not much at all
He doesn't lose that much damage from not having Nahida in a quicken team, but the team's general damage output falls since Nahida's consistent spreads are a significant source of damage. There aren't many characters that synergize with his field time, so the other slots won't contribute as much as Nahida would.
20:40 Why is this mathematically not diminishing returns? I thought diminishing returns DOES mean that the RETURNS (or gains or benefits) you're getting are diminishing. So it does actually fit here right?
he addressed this in a video long ago...the return itself is not diminishing (the % increase from the base), it's the % increase from newly calculated value with the other stats factored in that is...so I think it's actually opportunity cost or maybe it's something else, but he said the term diminishing returns is actually the best way to explain it overall and so ppl go with that
It isn't bad, but what else is the team going to have? There aren't good off field spread (or even aggravate) characters that synergize with him as Nahida does. The most I've done is a hyperbloom with him, Xingqiu, Raiden and Baizhu, which works fine as a second hyperbloom team. Point is you can make it work, but the current roster of characters doesn't enable Baizhu with him.
I actually think he works better with deepwood Zhongli over Baizhu, you don't get the resonance EM but you get ZL's 20% shred plus better interrupt resistance
I use him with Baizhu, Kuki and Fischl in 1st team cos I want to try Nahida with Burgeon team with Thoma, Benny and Xingqiuin in 2nd team. It's not bad, but ofc you can see the drop in dmg.
I always love these videos, helps so much. I do have a question though, if you had Alhaitham as the dendro driver in a hyperbloom team with Kuki and Freedom Sworn. Would it be better to put Freedom Sworn on Kuki and Umbrella/Iron Sting for Alhaitham? or the other way around?
Hi Zajef, in regards to why Zhongli's ult doesn't reduce shield bar of Iniquitous Baptist Boss the other day, it was because Zhongli's E proc and Q share the same elemental application ICD against the same enemy. Your E hits the boss right before your ult, so that was why Zhongli's meat ball was wasted completely despite hitting right at the enemy.
That's so bad lmao, sharing same ICD on different skills
Wait, is this the first example in history of genshin where ult shares icd with skill? That's so bad...
THAT'S SO ASS LMAOOO 😂
Keqing c1 but worse
@@whitecheeze_rf beidou C4 also shared ICD with her burst
Its always a good day when Zajef posts a 50 minute video
It has been a while, no?
Amen
True, it feels a bit pointless to watch these now cuz genshin sucks but still fun to watch anything Zajeff💚
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Saw the title and had to click 😂
Agreed
I love how Zajef always calls me a beautiful person, makes my day :')
It’s just a intro though. And he doesn’t even know you. Seems kinda odd to take it personally.
@@bastionrome9021 and your the one taking this comment seriously lol. So what if it’s just an intro?
@@bastionrome9021 the crying emoticon at the end indicates sarcasm lol. I don't think the guy was being serious
Bastion Rome is certain he's not beautiful
@@bastionrome9021 sometimes people enjoy hearing good things about themselves even if it’s not personally directed at them, it feels good
48:51 Excuse me? His abrasive personality is precisely why I want him. I love that he's an inconsiderate dick, we have so few characters like that in the playable roster. Same reason I dig Yae being manipulative and teasing, it's a different vibe from most of the rest of the cast.
Are you interested in my fanfic? It is called Alhaitham’s dilemma. I concentrate a lot in his and Kaveh'd personality. They marry in the end.. so if you like this stuff.. I recommend. ♥️ ❤❤
Waych him channel the power of friendship at some point
Same! I love the characters that are contrary in personality to most of the cast (Yae, Alhaitham, Childe, Scara). Kind and respectful characters are aplenty as it is
@@Ivy-jq6di Hell, I even like Dori for the amount of pain she passively inflicts on Kaveh.
He is amazing, don’t worry, many people love him!
this 50 minute video can be summed up by one word "it depends"
comparing any dendro character to nahida is unfair. but at the same time she exists, so what can you do.
You Rukkhadevata her ofc. That's the only Wei.
that's the thing alhaitham is actually the next best thing against nahida.
@@kianmarcial8884 right so just play both in one team and solo the other half with xiangling
Alhaitham is such a solid unit for me. He's my first char to triple crown and very enjoyable to play with his mirror mechanics and the dendro teams he can be in. Him and Nahida together makes dendro supremacy.
He’s gunna be my first triple crown 👏🏽
@@rachelmazza4079 Eyy let's go! The man deserves too be pampered 👑
already was my 1st triple crowned
he's so much fun. right now i'm using him with yaoyao. since nahida is on my other teams .
I’ve triple crowned him too! I got him on his first banner (guaranteed cause Wanderer wandered away, but he came early so yay), and now I got his signature weapon. I think he’s my only triple crown other than Xiao. Kazuha is coming to follow in his footsteps, and probably Cyno too eventually. He’s actually pretty fun, and I kinda wanna save for nahida to make him even stronger! I love his character to be honest, just couldn’t stand him if I met him irl, im sure he’d hate me too 😂
Very excited to be on the cover of Mens health thank you Zajef
*sigh*
I love your pfp
pongy cought in 4k
Zajef imitations at the end are why I watched the whole video, best VA ong
Zajeff to be the VA for a Fontaine character confirmed.
@@MrHav1k Hell yeah !
The most important considerations of this video are:
1): he's a carry, which means he's less valuable than other units such as supports and subDPSes that can apply elements off field. He falls at the same situation such as Hutao and Ayaka.
2): even with the consideration number 1, he's at the same level of power of other top tier carrys, but with more versatility and he's more future proof because he's dendro and is capable of sinergize with a big variaty of characters. As such, he's a better pull than any other 5* carry.
wanderer can be a carry and also in overworld teams, boom.
He the best on field dps
But what if I'm lacking 2nd dps for my abyss team and I wanted a DPS how good does he work as one? Or shall I wait till someone better shows up...?
@@pratyushjadhav4945 if you can build a quicken or hyperbloom team then he’s great for a second team
@@robgeach8105 it is not the case of "he can be". It's his only function in combat scenarios. For exploration he's fantastic undoubtedly. But compared to other units with the same function he's reeeeeally less effective because he's anemo, an element more suited to function as a support.
those voicelines are actually good. Like that first "Flicker!", i was doing something else and i was like "wait a minute did the alhaitham ad play?" lol
Well fuck I ain’t sleeping for another 50 minutes oh well
I'd say Alhaitham is easily the best c0 carry, with more competitive totally f2p teams than Ayaka and significantly more versatility that either Ayaka or Hu Tao. In their best case scenarios (freezable enemies and single target) they can compete, but Alhaitham has flexibility for pretty much any enemy/abyss floor so long as it isn't totally dendro immune.
Overall, a great unit. While the calcs on Nahida teams (where she takes on the dendro role rather than Alhaitham) are better than his most of the time, Nahida can feel pretty clunky on field because of her model size and being a catalyst. Nahida double hydro hyperbloom is a mighty strong team, but in my experience playing Alhaitham double dendro quickbloom is a much more comfortable experience.
calcs show that double dendro is better than nahida double hydro. with the former sheeting at like 65k and the latter at 60-1k. double dendro even scales better with investment because unlike nahida, alhaitham contributes 40% of team dps and can get higher. theres also in game practicality, like better frontload, more aoe, and much much more flexibility in rotations
@@phorealthistime6165 also no on fielding short nahida
@@phorealthistime6165 heyo, I do agree - I wasn't totally certain which Alhaitham team outdamaged which Nahida team (you'll see I said Nahida's teams are only better than his "most" of the time) - thanks for the extra info :))
His p2W teams also much better than other hypercarries which makes him more fucker than he's already is
@@phorealthistime6165 most teams that scale off vertical investment are better than just pure transformative comps like nahida double hydro, thundering furry, taser, swirl hyperbloom, etc. It's just a matter of whether spending the primos or resin to do said vertical investment is worth it or not, which in most cases it probably isn't compared to having more varied comps to clear in abyss. Except if we're talking national variants ig
"More substats more good. Better yes, good pog" - Truest words of wisdom for the very smart guy.
I triple crowned my Alhaitham. He is my favorite unit by far and very fun to use. I play him with Nahida, Kuki and Xingqiu/Yelan but I found myself giving a chance to Baidou as well and she's actually pretty good. I will pull for his weapon since I'm close to pity on the weapon banner, so let's hope for some good luck.
same same same. 👍 also going for his wep (& have a guarantee from when i tried to get it last time lmao, hope i can get his and FS to spoil kazu/kuki as well) so good luck!! i hope you get it!
What do you mean you can't?! Those voice lines were so on point!
"Among the carries he is one of the better ones for sure" - this is what we all needed to hear sooner or later !
Nahida is a supportive god that works with all her childrens meta team
Ong. The kazuha of dendro
@@Konomidebanshouwashikisesur she also uses VV set but dendro version
Thank you for you video, it's always nice to hear your thoughts. I pulled Alhaitham on his first banner and I love him so much that I saved wishes for his rerun to get his const lol. I can't wait for him.
i look at alhaitem as a tipical MMO unit
he either gets buffed to hell and back by his team (genshin calls it hyper carry)
or he either meld with his team via quick bloom (like how in mmos if your a dps and you dont have the equipments to back it up you become a subdps still does ok damage but not the teams main cannon)
Cant wait for kazuha ask zajef love these videos! I may have a chance to get both if i get lucky with fifty fifties. As an account with no “dps” character maybe getting alhaitham would be a godsend.
He recorded Kazuha "ask zajef" today on stream if you want to see it sooner, or just wait a couple days and you will have it with his editors magic!
Xiangling sitting in your id asking she’s not dps? She can deal higher dmg than many on field character. 😂
@@CV_002 i have her built but i dont see myself playing sub dps impact forever lol
@@miguelinfante9745 oh right i will definitely go see it then thx
@@weezlelay You said your account has no dps? Xiangling is perfectly fit for dps in terms of damage(since dps means damage per second). She just does not stay on field. Her damage is definitely not 'sub' so I don't understand why you called her sub dps.
Alhaitham Kuki Xingqiu Nahida is the best team on my account by a very noticeable margin. I agree that he is a luxury unit if you have Nahida, but it's a very good vertical investment into overall account power. It's not only that Alhaitham needs Nahida for his best teams, but also that Nahida's teams with Alhaitham are stronger than all of her other teams
Ehh, I disagree with that last part. Nahida hyperbloom (Nahida, Raiden, Kokomi, Xingqiu/Yelan) performs better without Alhaitham; he's not in all of Nahida's best teams
@@strawberrymilk607 That is literally not true, at a decent investment all c0, Alhaitham 'quickbloom' outdamages nahida hyperbloom by a large margin in AoE and by a small amount in ST. I have tested both so no point dismissing it just because "No way it beats nahida hyperbloom"
Hyperbloom with kokomeme probably loses to haitham quickbloom, but double hydro probably is generally the best single target team in the game up until a certain point of investment for characters like hu tao
There is no "Quicken" in that team to call it quickbloom lmao, Kukis electro app sucks to actually enable Quicken alone. Its just a plain Hyperbloom team with a raw damage Haitham
@@zaheen7 Yes there is quicken, though not absolute 100% like Cyno 'quickbloom' uptime but Haitham still does a lot of spread damage. And no where is it a rule that only 100% quicken uptime shall be called quickbloom . Besides what matters is not the useless name calling, Haitham team is an overall upgrade over Nahida double hydro and Cyno's quickbloom in both sheets and practice.
What alot of ppl don't get when min maxing artifacts is you are trying to raise the floor as well as the ceiling. So many ppl concentrate on their ceiling and neglect their floor ie: focus on crit and neglect atk
I skipped him on his first run but he’s not getting away from me this time. I like that his gameplay is much like Childe
13:40 that vertical investment comparison pic threw me off-guard. Made my day. Thanks Editor and Shaffles
alhaithem was my first 5 star i pulled for unknowingly i pulled for a very powerful hyper carry i soon after got lucky with a copy of yelan and kuki and before i knew it i was an accidental meta slave 😭
His abrasive personality is exactly why I love him! Also he is the only character that puts Paimon in her place and goddamn that feels so damn good that I just had to have him! and doesnt treat you like you're jesus or Ghandi or some shit just treats you like anyone else aka NORMAL. How refreshing!
“the only character that puts Paimon in her place”
Dehya forgotten again OMEGALUL
@@m4sterred853 Who?
@@m4sterred853 And Arabalika
Nothing wrong with having a second Nahida that only works on-field for the other side. Still better sustained dendro app than any other dendro character. Should work nicely in quickbloom with my C2 Yelan with Elegy.
I dont have yao yao
Only nahida for dendro
I have dps character like hutao, ganyu
And the list of dps ends here .....
Yep after your comment i guess i should pull on his banner
(Yes i have kazuha)
Underrated comment I realize how valuable a second xingqiu is and it would be like that. Maybe also how kazuha could be like a second sucrose?
The best part of this kinda of videos are his voice overs i just straight up see the video's end then start the video from start
Thanks for this video really needed it
Nice, replying redundant questions instead of the calculations I asked for. I guess I'll have to do it myself (sadly it won't reach nearly as many people, oh well)
Bcs he didn’t find similar test results from Chinese TCs so he can’t show you what u asked for
Today while researching him i realized Alhaitham has the same birthday as me and i am now afraid that he might kill me because he doesnt like sharing
4:36 I like having fischl as the electro applicator because she has access to Elegy to buff em and has great energy generation (granted my fischl is c6) ! As for a healer/shield, i usually ran Zhongli but since i got Baizhu, his healing and buff of dendro reaction is quite nice.
YESSSSSSSSSSSSS a 50 min video from Zajef I needed THISSSSS
lmao english voicelines at the end are actually so good
Zajef completely forgetting Kirara exist...
Petition to add Fav weapon to every Best weapon list to every character review to see how much damage get lost for more energy
zajef uploaded
LETS GOOOOOOO
I feel like my alhaitham is dependent more on Kuki than Nahida lol
Is kuki better for him or Raiden?
@@Lily-cd6gu kuki for me.. Raiden's potential is wasted on alhaitham at least for me
i feel like alhaitham is more dependant on a 2nd dendro unit. not just nahida. yeah Nahida is the best option but Yaoyao and DMC are also good. however yuegui has random targeting, and DMC is energy hungry. Baizhu is Way too single target oriented meaning and i feel like Kirara forces you to stay on field for a while and those bombs take a while to explode.
@@Lily-cd6gu Raiden can trigger more hyperblooms than kuki can if you're willing to give up the healing that kuki provides
that sucrose had a better crit ratio than some of my 5stars
You're like math teacher I never had
thanks for the vid zajOf!!
These videos are always helpful and entertaining. Even without all the deep dived data, even if he was bad, or falls off, I will always like Alhaitham simply because he's fun and his Grass-Type Armiger. ⚔
I literally just want Al-Haitham to make a burning team.
I have questions about that Sucrose build on 48:32 ...
her e hits for 55k with that build fully buffed with benny and faruzan its quite fun to see om
As someone who has Alhaitham (c0 r1) and not nahida he’s really great without her, I normally run him with Kazuha, Baizhu and Fischl/Kokomi and he’s so fun to play.
Has no intention of ever pulling Alhaitham. Still watches cuz Zachef.
This was likely covered in the Vid, but bc Al H scales somewhat off EM it means he's good or better in Quicken, Bloom or bountiful core.
For his team I usually run Yaoyao/Xingqiu/Al-Haitham/EM Raiden. Great for slaying consecrated beasts.
I prefer the full combo rotation (burst-->E-->charge), so I don't like pairing EM Kuki or Yelan with him, as it always feels like their off-field application falls off prematurely before combo end.
If you're comfortable with his split rotation I guess they become more viable, but I'd rather shift them over to Nahida on the other side who can deal with more fluid rotation naturally.
You can do Kuki's E during the 2s downtime after using Alhaitham's Burst. If Kuki is C2 the skill should last you by just about the time you need.
@@AndresLionheart Too risky. If you get hit (not uncommon with the hyper aggressive enemies in Abyss lately), you can miss the opening 3 mirrors which Fs your whole rotation.
You're All my Haitham needs, chat peepoShy
Great video but isn’t Yae the best electro unit for his teams??(other than kuki) I feel like you were underrating her convenience in his teams compared to other electro characters
Cause he doesn’t play character, Alhaitham C1 is important for spread bcs you can do quickswap for burst dmg, but oh well
Yh alhaitham and yae are great together I've been using them with Bennett and kazuha since I got alhaitham
50 fucking minutes dawg? Idk who tf u are and I’m bored so im gonna watch it, might subscribe 👍 thanks for posting content
48:53 Appreciate this answer. I’ll go with Kazuha constellations then. 😂
"His constellations are beyond useless"
Me with a guaranteed pity, without Kazuha and dont like Sucrose:
"Well I guess I'll roll for his C2 just to be one step closer to his C6"
It's not big jumps, but his cons add up to a ~66% dps difference vs C0, similar to most meta dps C6's, just spread out too much for viable dolphin boosts
His C1 is a pretty big QoL upgrade imo. Compared to getting C2 Kazuha, obviously not. Buuut, still decent.
@@tejendrachettri5970 i mean it's really not that good. In over world you'll barely need a full rotation ever to kill any enemies and in the abyss his rotations cover his entire e cooldown so it's not that good. But if you do mess up your rotations I guess that's where it's value is
We have the same thoughts LOL
Them: Nahida C2 is better.
Me: Yeah but I like Alhaitham and uses him more.
For now I'm slowly getting cons for characters I always use in abyss. Ayato who is C2 at the moment and Alhaitham.
With Alhaitham C1, rotations does not exits. Lol
Hes basically a dendro Childe but actually has pretty high personal damage
Like Childe doesn't have high personal damage
@@Konomidebanshouwashikisesur he does
Bro are u really sure about that like ur saying childe doesn't have DMG even tho he's an enabler he does 44% of the teams DMG not to mention his brust DMG still to date has high number potential & his riptides having no icd is way better than some random special icd which u definitely wanna have 3 mirrors childe is still meta even tho he was 1.0 character even with tho low multiplier he still dominates abyss 'HISTORY' & i don't think there's a hydro character who can keep up to him(hydro application) .
@@ra6765 No he totally doesn't.
*Casually drops 400k bursts and 10-20k normal attacks*
@@rax0666 i agree with u
I love him. He’s my main at AR 55. I run with him with Raiden, C6 Xingqui, C1 Baizhu and it’s a solid hyperbloom team that takes out most things.
I’m thinking of building Kuki since I hear she runs better with him than Raiden actually.
Like how AlHaitham has haters in both lore and real life bcz of his 'not givin af' personality 😂
Honestly, a deep guide by someone who deosnt even have him seems weird. He is much stronger than you think. Hes an absolute monster in the abbyss. Before I got him I had a loot of trouble 36*, but now Ive consistently 36* ever since his release.
so you got 36 stars once and now you do it consistently... okay bud. I guarantee that if you have been struggling, you are NOT clearing with 36 these past few rotations. Back in the closet with you.
I mean Zajef kinda just steal shit from China’s analytics on characters and shit so…..
@@cbrudder84 and yet I did :) But its ok if u dont believe me. Youre just a nobody on the internet
@@cbrudder84 yeah you know his perf better than the guy lmao and he didnt say once
Can't believe no one asked if you can play him with Kaveh??
No this was known for a long time that Kaveh is not compatible with Alhaitham. They are both on-field DPS. If you use Kaveh for bloom, there's no reason why you would do so when you could use Alhaitham infusion instead
It's pretty obvious that you can't use them both. If you know the basics about both their kits, you'd know they're both on field drivers/dps.
it was in fact one of the questions (the 35th, it got cut in the edit), he answered "no".
You don’t play two on-field characters on the same team if you want it to be a good team
I cant wait to be super sweaty and run Childe International on one side of abyss and Alhaithim Hyperbloom on the other lol
Alhaitham is absolutely the best damage dealer in the game so far
No actually.
Ayaka and hu tao
@@Dylanfrias24 sorry but he easily outdamages them both
@@sandwich3659 yes, actually :)
@@Jev_the_fluorescent_shrimp he doesn't lmfao
Alhaitham has been a staple for my Abyss clears since I got him. Only less than a hand full of times could I say dendro was ever not favorable for an abyss run. But excluding those small amount of times he makes my run through very comfortable.
33:06 - "Right here, right now! Emerge!"
My Alhaitham with Iron sting + Fischl(I didn't have Kuki then) defeated weekly Raiden faster than my invested Ayaka+Shenhe team, I'd say he's pretty goodge
21:00 this section just reminds me that end game genshin is just math homework lmao
Excited!!!!
20:34 Its derivative has diminished returns
3ple dendro with nahida and kirara is now my favorite spread team. Kirara shield pretty much solves the interruption part.
She can also straight up funnel 4 dendro particles to alhaitham. And running her with sac pretty much means unli burst.
I also run raiden as the electro unit. Longer e uptime and i use her burst to finish up low hp enemies when needed.
I also am not running 4pc gilded cause i dont want atk stat.
Hmmm... sounds good for the split field time rotation. Kirara's shield only lasts 12s, so doing the 18-20s field time leaves too much time without the shield.
For me, my fave Alhaitham spread team is Nahida, Baizhu and Raiden(same thing but without Kirara). Even with low ER on Alhaitham I get so much energy from all the dendro particles and Raiden. Baizhu and Nahida also buff him a lot and Raiden buffs his burst. Baizhu helps with resistance to interruption and heals. Nahida does a lot of off field damage. Raiden also does good off field damage along with electro application and I can burst with her too if Alhaitham is on cooldown or if I just feel like playing more quickswappy. It’s very comfy to play but it takes all my dendro units so that’s the downside. I like to call it mono dendro even tho we have Raiden on it.
im so torn between alhaitham and kazuha, please rng gods give me both
I skipped him last time around cause I was kinda on the fence for him (love his personality) and saving my primos for Dehya.
needless to say I now allocated those primos back to him, hoping he will be a really fun char to run in my hyperbloom teams as the 4th slot! I just don't know what amount of damage levels I can expect from him...
I currently run him with DMC, zhongli and kuki, he's level 70 with level 1 talents but his crit ratio is 65/160 with iron sting, he's on 2pc wanderers and 2pc shimenawa with quicken he deals 17k damage at his highest and it's extremely consistent
Alhaitham, Yae Miko, Kuki and Nahida is my strongest team and I have a very decent account. I can't remember life before Alhaitham, he's super fun to play, he's hot, and he does stupid amounts of damage. Dendro daddy supremacy!
I gave everything for daddy dendro. We have a c2r1 alhaitham, a c2r1 nahida, and a c0 elegy yelan all for this man. ;)
Oh ! And Kuki has a key lol.
Voicelines by Zajeff are really nice lol
My 2 favourite alhaitham teams are: alhaitham,yae,zhongli/kazuha(if you need cc) and baizhu, or alhaitham,nilou,xingqiu,baizhu. Alrwady 36 abyss with those
If youre unsure if a piece is better or worse, you can always test your character with them.
Also, atk% is underrated a little bit, not everything is cd.
Atk is eternal, crit is temporary.
(23:36) PrayGe and behold, the visage of blessed Atk%
@@jackson3475 I recently got a piece with better cv and with EM for my Yoimiya but the one I was using had so friking much atack and crit rate with crit dmg just a little lower than the other and it still managed to be better.
Zajeff should have voiced jp alhaitham, it was pretty okay
Ask zajef kazuha edition when
Some dude in the comments said he has done it on stream
He did it yesterday on stream so maybe it'll be out in a few days
Actually english VL's were really cool. I didn't even understood that those weren't original
I WANT KAEYA POST-RELASE XD
I read that as "Kaeya Prolapse" lol
@@markcollinsage45 lol 😂
What was the video where the hunchback Althaitham pose is from? I cannot find it anymore and remember nearly pissing myself laughing and would like to feel that joy again :')
Im farming for Yelan now.
I got an insane noblesse set for her and the venti bow.
Hope she reruns soon...
Just curious what team would she be in with noblesse?
You want EoSF with her because she is insanely energy hungry. Noblesse is okay, but having ER on Yelan is more important.
@@TacticalDimples Up. And the 4pc effect of Noblesse is kinda wasted on her herself since she scales entirely on HP. You can give that set to Xingqiu and farm Emblem set for Yelan instead. Just a friendly suggestion.
@@weezlelay Nahida, Raiden, Diluc, or others. She can go on a lot of teams o.o
@@TacticalDimples I know how the game works i have like 600+ days played.
But happens that i dont have good HP pieces in the emblem set and insane HP pieces in the noblesse set, im talking about 60% bonus HP from substats + 73/170 crit on Yelan without weapon. And Venti bow gives 55% ER too since my pieces have almost no ER.
Im also saving for C1 if possible.
patch so dry I went against my principles of being efficient with resources and 3x crowned someone (him)
i don’t own nahida but i know my alhaitham would have better teams with nahida.
but, i have been able to 36* every abyss since his release at c0 with no problem.
so, at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter
The one word voicelines feel very similar to me with the actual Alhaitham voicelines
Holly fuck, I woke up to a 50 min zajef video 🎉
im out here wondering why the talent levels at 17:48 are garbage
Zajef voice Al in Jp made crack up so hard😂
24:00 "I don't think Kuki is very good at healing."
Tell me you don't use Kuki at all without telling me you don't use Kuki at all.
pretty much i would only Harbinger of Dawn as a stat stick or if i'm running him with yaoyao as the deepwood holder kuki just heals to slow at times to make use of that weapon. since Yaoyao feels like the 2nd best option after nahida.
Skill issue, kuki heals 3.5k every 1.5s if that's not enough to keep you at 90% hp got gud scrub
@@qwertysysysyysysysyzz i mean yeah probably. but abyss just has some very aggresive enemies. and sometimes i prefer to play aggresively with no shields. also not everyone is gonna have maxed out talents mine only is at talent 9 and is only healing like 2.300k.
@@usmanya5110 wow, your kuki is absolute shit then lmao 3k is like the minimum amount her skill can heal per tick how you manage to be under that
Hear me out, a top of "Dendro Teams without nahida" like for example hyperbloom and burgeon are extremely affected by losing her but bloom is not that much, and aggravate/spread not much at all
He doesn't lose that much damage from not having Nahida in a quicken team, but the team's general damage output falls since Nahida's consistent spreads are a significant source of damage. There aren't many characters that synergize with his field time, so the other slots won't contribute as much as Nahida would.
that was an example fella, in any case give me your top cuz ur guess is as good as mine
20:40 Why is this mathematically not diminishing returns?
I thought diminishing returns DOES mean that the RETURNS (or gains or benefits) you're getting are diminishing. So it does actually fit here right?
he addressed this in a video long ago...the return itself is not diminishing (the % increase from the base), it's the % increase from newly calculated value with the other stats factored in that is...so I think it's actually opportunity cost or maybe it's something else, but he said the term diminishing returns is actually the best way to explain it overall and so ppl go with that
I want to play him with Baizhu over Nahida just to release Nahida like if I want to play Nilou Bloom. Is it a super bad idea?
It isn't bad, but what else is the team going to have? There aren't good off field spread (or even aggravate) characters that synergize with him as Nahida does. The most I've done is a hyperbloom with him, Xingqiu, Raiden and Baizhu, which works fine as a second hyperbloom team.
Point is you can make it work, but the current roster of characters doesn't enable Baizhu with him.
@@Anim7207 yae is a good option for those who have her
I actually think he works better with deepwood Zhongli over Baizhu, you don't get the resonance EM but you get ZL's 20% shred plus better interrupt resistance
I use him with Baizhu, Kuki and Fischl in 1st team cos I want to try Nahida with Burgeon team with Thoma, Benny and Xingqiuin in 2nd team.
It's not bad, but ofc you can see the drop in dmg.
Great stuff mate, how i wish we had stuff like this for HSR
I always love these videos, helps so much. I do have a question though, if you had Alhaitham as the dendro driver in a hyperbloom team with Kuki and Freedom Sworn. Would it be better to put Freedom Sworn on Kuki and Umbrella/Iron Sting for Alhaitham? or the other way around?
Holy shit 50 minute video
Very fucking pog
You didn't talk about how Kirara affects Alhaitham teams
Every carry needs supports.. even you hu taos and Ayaka
im on roll 44/90 on the banner with 25 rolls saved up, if I dont get him im going on another year hiatus
do we think it’s better to do al, xq, yelan, and cookie or al, nahihi, yelan, and cookie?
Whats that think floating in al haintams shoulder? I never understood where that or that blue bird came from
same place Ayato's boba comes from