Layla so cute and comfy wow btw: video was edited at a slightly faster pace than I'd normally like but that will be fixed for my next guide & also this vid was delayed like a day because I had to upload it on terrible hotel wifi lmao hope u enjoyed edit: fixed typo in thumbnail -- will increase quality of thumbnail tomorrow morning when I have access to photoshop again lmao
regarding shield comparison section, the reason thoma's a bit higher is because it's max stacks, but in reality it rarely reaches max because shield immediately breaks while stacking. Not to mention that you need his burst for it which is very bad. So realistically speaking, layla's shield is stronger
@@itsmertbitch5790 ER/HP/HP is the optimal build for him, not full HP so that makes the shield fragile from the start of stacking, if you're replacing ER on sands with HP then you can't get his burst back immediately cuz his burst costs 80 just for a fkin shield that you still need to stack, that's why he's shielding is worse cuz you really need high amount of both HP and ER on the substats which already sucks cuz it's RNG
@@ravenaloro1767 you can always get ER on your substats or have an ER weapon. I use favonius with him and have no problems with energy at all, and neither the shield breaks, his output its pretty much 100%. You only need to be mindful of the timer of your skills (maybe the constellations are helping too.)
@@kidesohjo9637 I had previously attempted to replace black tassels with fav, so I replaced ER sands with HP. It's even more difficult for me now that I need to get crit rate on the substats. It's a bit harder on the rotations too; if the passive didn't proc while doing E-Q, then I need to do normals to proc it, but if I use ER sands instead of HP, then it's easier; however, that leads to a weaker shield that may break while stacking. The point is, there's too much to think about just for a shield. That's why, even if on paper it's the second-strongest, in reality (or at least in my experience) it's really not. But now at least I'm glad that I can use him on burgeon teams and not rely on his shield anymore
Shiiiiit that would have been so nice.... Shield and healing, stacking fat HP. If they did a 4 star hp sword, it would help too, but Catalyst Layla would have been awesome for a literal researcher
I have C1 Layla myself, and I'm planning to make her ~the next Zhongli~ or at least, a 4* co-op friendly Zhongli. Farming will be a pain seeing as the domain's 2nd artefact can't benefit on a lot of characters according to my playstyle, but I know it'll be worth it in the end!
@@miscellaneous7777 You play your game how you want, alright? I've been using Diona since 2.0, and changing things up isn't harmful since it's all for fun. Okay?
I'm so glad this character is actually quite valuable in combat (unlike the last couple 4-stars that were released) because I really liked what we saw of her personality in the event quest and was looking forward to rolling for her. 😊 That said my Layla is now C4 and I'm building a HP/Cryo/Crit Millilith set on her!
@@Zy0x um.... Actually mr.Zyonix..... it's actually birdy brid............. I hope you can learn from this mistake......... pls be more careful in the future
I watch Zy0nix videos even when I'm not pulling on the banner. Idk why. Maybe it's because he's such a cool, funny, inspirational, colossal gigachad who has truly earned all his amazing artifacts.
I think Hoyo could still show their 4 stars more love. I decided when Layla was leaked I would pull for her and try her with my Yoimiya team, which allowed me to replace Zhong Li and get Yun Jin's full buff. I think she works well in this comp and will only get better with constellations. I just wish that her damage scaled better with a pure HP build.
seems like hoyoverse refrain themselves from creating 4 star with pure HP build and reserved it for 5 star like yelan/kokomi/nilou moreover with hydro rework now giving 25% bonus HP
@@gabrielq8829 uh candace altho she doesnt work well, hyv is just playing a strong element game where hydro is HP focused meanwhile cryo has transformative hp atk since cryo is like a transformed hydro
I don't really think "niche" is the right word. It seems like it's being thrown around by all the CCs right now, but practically no one is running her in the same teams. It's happened, we got a 4 star that's a good option for A LOT of teams. I don't think we should undersell that. Hoyo did a thing we wanted them to do. Triple HP tenacity is enough shield for any non-corrosion content, she's got consistent cryo application, and can buff your team. Scaling on HP also makes her great for teams with hydro resonance. Put her with Xinqui and Yelan, and your flex is your driver - that's kind of insane.
I've been doing yoi, xq, yelan, layla, and yoi actually mixes in melts now and then in this comp. because of how much hydro there is going around and with the occasional cryo, there's some freezes happening now and then. I kinda wanna try swapping out one of xq/yelan for candace and seeing if that works out because it maintains the hydro resonance while also adding in buffing yoi's normal attacks
@@thebrigade7684 She's not weak though. She's got a lot of value, and you can see that by the variety of comps people are already using her in for her build guides and reviews. We actually got a four star that's good and versatile on their launch. It's been a while. It shows promise going forward.
@@thebrigade7684 dude, what would she have to do in order to not be "weak" then? Heal all party for 10k HP on E? Buff atk by 2000? Share 1000 EM? Give 10x atk speed? I am genuinely not understanding what's the basis of evaluation when we finally have a non-Amber tier 4* and people STILL say "weak"
Now with scara/wanderer, Layla is one of the good options as she provide 20% crit rate for scara + preventing interuptions (I run Wanderer-faruzan-bennett-layla) or just get mika and thoma to replace the last two place for similar effect
I’ve been loving Layla in my Nahida, Miko and Kokomi team. Her design and animations are so satisfying. Also love that her shield is instantly cast, compared to Zhongli and Diona.
You got a point, just smash button instead of press and hold. like diona need to press and hold for stronger shield after all :/ I got Layla for C0 but aiming for c6 for her next rerun since I’m saving wishes for scaramouche. It’ll be fun to play her in his team combo
Zy0x, I can't believe how informative this video is, I'm going to start watching your twitch, SURELY you're always calm and very tall on your twitch streams similar to how you are in your videos. You also dress like gru from minions.
one thing to remember on the shield strenght graph in terms of both diona and thoma...layla is the only one among them that can keep it up consistently diona needs a few seconds of downtime and thoma im pretty sure can only do so during his burst dont remember if he can 100% keep his burst up but if he cant she is the only one of them with consistent shielding like zhongli i think that alone makes her the best shielder below zhong if the shield is what you want and dont have him
The fact that it took me until her second boost re-run for me to get her gives me even more reason to build her. She's such a comfort character, honestly, and her idles are so pretty.
Finally a solid 4*. What a relief. I benched Diona long ago, I don't expect finding any serious role for her. Meanwhile, I still see a role for Layla, like running cryo against bosses. Also - why not more emphasis on her c4 - buff for NA and... CA! That's first in the game CA buffer! Layla is a really nice 4*.
I want to mention in most playstyles you skill/burst and swap. Meaning that weapons like sac or favonius will only proc only when the character is on field. So favonius is only good as a er stat stick since to even get the white particles she has to be on field and crit. Imo her best 4 star is festering desire. It also has er as a stat and gives extra skill damage/crit rate
fav is so broken in terms of particle generation that it's worth doing a normal attack to proc the passive --- also u can burst first before skill so that cryo rain starts before u swap but yes u do need crit rate for it
Deepwood Memories is also a pretty decent set to run on Layla in Dendro team. If you have Freedom Sworn, it can be a solid option as well since she can trigger the passive reliably. Overall, nice guide :)
i recorded a section abt it then removed it bc like at that point idk if i'd even recommend using layla wothout the shield strength and hp that ToM gives u vs other options + vid was getting long but ya -- if nobody has deepwood and you are running a dendro team then it can be viable (although her dendro teams are limited) so fair point YEP
Layla truly is one of the Shilders of all time! Thank you for this informative, helpful and even inspirational video mr Zyonix, after watching this video I was able to 36 star abyss and attended my first born child's graduation.
What "needs" honestly... In the current era of 80 cost burst characters, 40 cost is basically a free burst which can be easily sustained by an odd ER substat roll here and there
I was really hoping she'd work well with Hu Tao since my Zhongli is for my Xiao team so I'm super happy to see she can work well in that Hu Tao team! ^^
I'd like to see the synergy between Diluc and Layla investigated more thoroughly as Layla generates two stars when an elemental skill is used and Dliuc can trigger 3 elemental skill procs in a 10 second duration. Enabling more melts for pyro carrys appears to me as her greatest strength. She also boosts normal and charged attack damage as a percentage of her max hp at c4, something that greatly benefits pyro carries. I bet her pyro variant comps calc the highest amongst all available teams she couild be slotted into.
layla is like when the tsarista made a baby but the hydro archon tried to freeze it but the anemo archon swirled the element but the pyro archon tried to melt the baby but the dendro archon got burned instead but the electro archon tried to superconduct the baby but the geo archon made a crystalize reaction instead
Had her for over a year and I love her. I started playing just for her and she is a staple in basically every team. Also DANG THATS MY MAIN BATTLE TEAM AT 20:08
Main problem i am having with Diona - Layla comparison (most common one, for obvious reasons) is that a lot of people have a C6 Diona at this point, and if you do - there are very, very little point in switching to Layla. Diona's burst does some damage too, btw, and with C6 that 200 EM buff destroys almost every possible benefit of using Layla instantly, DPS and all. I don't hate Layla, far from it - i think she's rather cute and her idle animations are adorable, but with a lot of Sumeru's characters ahead you should REALLY think twice before summoning for pretty much the same character you already have.
C6 Diona is really incomparable to her. C4 Layla will excel in a Scara team though, with Faruzan as another buffer. Also, Layla suffers from not having any good 4* weapon since there's no sword with HP substat yet.
@@kirin1230 Fair enough, using whomever you think is more fun is always better, especially since there's no endgame. I just don't want to waste a lot of resources (since you kinda have to 90 her to use effectively), but i still got a copy for tesing. Gonna stick with Diona after all. Layla is a great pickup for new player who lacks dedicated shielder tho, that's for sure.
Very true, but if people find her pretty they can still use her in the open world and get the most out of her tbh, which is what I'm planning to do. Don't risk pity to get her if you want Scara, but if you don't mind using a few wishes in the current banner and you like her design, it's not really so bad.
honestly my friend has been fangirling over layla haha, and she wanted to know how she works. i just guessed w bit of stuff based on what she told me (based on max HP [shield/burst]) and i think i’m gonna use this to help her build layla too. ^^ danke shöin 袜子先生
It's really interesting you brought up zajef's calcs, because that's the exact reason I don't think it's worth it to get her. 1) the most important thing, I would absolutely not use her as a shielder. Her shield is mostly fine, but most of her utility and function is in the shield being on. If it breaks, you get nothing. So that means instead of using the shield as a shield, you're actively still trying to dodge to make sure you get it's full time out and that defeats the purpose of using her as a shielder. 2) what she offers in place of her closest comparison, diona, is not nearly as good. She has a stronger shield and does cryo off field (sometimes). That means you lose out on the healing diona gives and the EM buff. As well as whatever bow buff she could give. In exchange, since it's been tested by zajef, you get very mediocre damage occasionally. 3) because of her off field status, her ER needs are slightly worse, taking away from other stats. She has a 40 cost burst and was in a team with 2 other cryos and still managed not to have her burst on after a rotation. 4) honestly the last and most annoying thing is that she's a hp sword user. Bow or catalyst would have fit her support role better Layla is just one of those characters where I truly don't get the point. They just made a lesser version of diona.
I love her, I just wish upon my night/shooting stars that she was a catalyst user 😭❄️📖 Maybe one day, genshin will add a second weapon option to ALL characters
A sword-user with HP scaling is kinda pain, considering there's only 2 swords with HP scaling and they're both 5*s (Jade Cutter passive, Key of Khaj substat + passive). Such a low energy cost on her burst though is a welcome compromise, can get all/most of your ER from the weapon, but I still wish to see a 4* sword with HP substat.
I absolutely love Layla's personality ( relatable) and how easy she was to build for me. I gave her some pretty decent stated leftover tripple HP Blizzard Strayer pieces I had from constantly trying to farm for my Ayaka, Rosaria and Kaeya decent sets still to this day. Her shield is strong and with sacrificial sword it will stay on almost always. She is awesome for freeze, melt and superconduct.
I pulled Layla a month ago and didn't use her. I really wanted a shielder but when I tried her playstyle I didn't like it. However, yesterday night I tried playing her again and she's actually great to have. She's so much fun to play. Idk why I didn't like her playstyle back then. The same thing happens in Yanfei in my other account. Took me months before liking her and adding her to my team.
Hey guys, welcome to my Layla guide video comment. In this comment I am saying thank you Zy0x for releasing this video. I want to keep this comment short, but I do want to let you guys know that we can watch most nights on Twitch, link in the description above. With that being said, I'll see you guys in the next one, peace.
you are over-selling Layla's shield strength. Diona's shields are much bulkier because of her Hold E giving her +75% Shield bonus for a total of 175% Damage Absorption. That in combination with simply being a bow character and being able to heal + Noblesse Oblige makes Diona a better utility character
running her with Kaeya, Candace and Jean was the best decision I've ever made tbh lol after I land Tighnari and Alhaitham Ik she's making an appearance on those teams of mine too, I just love her to death-
I put Festering Desire on Layla to give a little more oomph to her shooting star shots and get a hefty amount of ER. The thing I don't like about Favonius and Sacrificial swords is that their effects don't work in the user isn't on the field. So Favonius won't generate any particles if Layla's not the one currently in the shield when a shooting star shot crits and the same goes for the Sacrificial where the skill cooldown won't reset on any skill damage if the holder isn't currently the one that's out. It really stinks that Nilou's keyblade is the only tried and true HP% sword in the game currently.
My initial thoughts on her from watching her Collected Miscellany video and checking her out in the Trial Run event was that running her with 3HP in Tenacity would be ideal. I think that's still my best option after watching this video. That said, while sleep deprived last night I suddenly remember a hydro goblet I have in the Blizzard Strayer set and started thinking of a team where she could be the on-field DPS in a freeze team 😅 I don't think that's a good idea, but the numbers I checked at least made it seem potentially viable. I mostly think that could be fun. For her weapon I gave her Festering Desire. I guess you probably didn't mention that since most players these days probably don't have that sword and will never get it, but the ER is nice and the passive is very well-suited to her kit. I have found so far that the ER is enough, even when she's the sole cryo character in a team with no team ER buffs of any kind. I was running her with anemo traveller, Miko, and Nahida, so I don't think the team had particularly high particle generation.
Love these guide videos, always super useful and accurate with the most complete information possible on every aspect As a European follower tho, could you precise what time zone is "most nights on twitch" since idk when I can tune in to watch your lives 😅 Keep up the great work tho, I love your content !
This made me realize that I only have an R2 Favonius Sword, sadly. Don't think I'll wish on the weapon banner just for that, though, don't need any of these 5* weapons. I'm using Layla in my Hu Tao team over Diona, worked great so far and unlike with Diona (w/ Noblesse), I'm not hesitant to use her burst.
I’m only here because I failed to get heizou c6 and got both Thoma and Layla at c6… so after long consideration I decide to check out the guides for fun and see if you can convince me to use her
I really like her I'm using her in my wanderer freeze team since I do not own zhongli, she's the first character I built after ar45 and I got really good artifacts very quick!
also, wouldn't her C4 work with bow users? Wouldn't she be a good option for melters/reverse melters since giving a buff like that can increase Charged Shot damage thus increasing melt damage? Amber + Layla is something I've been thinking about, testing and with a second cryo unit/hydro unit it works surprisingly well.
@@Pyoron Yes, Layla is realy great shielder + buffer, solid unit, for many teams, not only cryo but for others, like Itto or physical dpss. No idea why so many people are confused thinking Diona is better... Diona can only help fulfill more roles if someone doesn't have certain characters and practically that's all.
There's this Freeze Conduct team with Raiden, Kokomi, Beidou and Layla, it's such a satisfying team, it may not be a very meta team, but it's just so satisfying to hear all those stars chime and electric crackle
I've been using my Layla with my Hu Tao and man, that shield tanks the world. Honestly, I wonder if she's more valuable to Hu Tao than Zhongli, since not only you receive a pretty strong shield but also acts as a way to do melt reactions. I don't know much about meta stuff in Genshin, so I'll let this here to hear their opinions.
Layla? Where's Layla? I don't see any Layla. Lately the drop rates have become appalling. Getting a new 4* has become harder than getting a 5*. Too many useless 4* weapons instead of characters in your pulls. Getting Layla seems impossible without reaching Pity. Only 2 Heizou in more than 250 pulls considering his previous Banner and this rerun. Thoma everywhere. And a bunch of weapons.
As a F2P genshin player i don't have all chars. But i do have a C1 Layla. Been using her in a Beidou+Xinqui+Nahida+Layla team. And it just cruised through the abyss. I know Beidou isn't the best option for aggrevate/quicken but it's the best i have :(
Mmm. Be nice to get her C3. Even without stacking HP, a shield 3/5ths as strong as Zhongli's would be nice, and from a 4* no less. MiHoYo's really been knocking it out of the park with the 4*s lately.
she is my new ayaka shushiuahiuhs i love to play with her as a cryo dps and fisical dps, it takes a bit to kill the enemys but i love her playstyle that i just cant get bored of her
Please add subtitles zyox. It help me cuz im not good English. subtitles Indonesia and subtitles bahasa Melayu. I get Layla.. but c0.i like your video.. it help me build chac. Still like your channel since 2 year
I've been using her with a Heizou freeze team (Heizou, Rosaria, Xingqiu and Layla) and it's been pretty good. I've pretty much cleared up to floor 11 (floor 11 I'm trying to find a good team to quickly beat dendro cube - comfortably cleared 1st half w/ Heizou freeze within a minute - floor 12 I just need to lvl20 my artifacts and overall up my DPS). Thinking of switching Rosa with my c1 Mona (50/50 losses are pain) to get that double Hydro HP buff for Layla and buff Heizou to One Punch style (currently 2-3 punches does the job). But still need to finish building Mona and figuring her playstyle out. We'll see how it goes.
I love it that her e-skill is basically her going to sleep in the midst of the battle :D Unfortunately I want neither Childe, nor Yae, so I won't pull (more) on this banner. I risked two 10-pulls, but I won't do more.
My team comps lack defensive units that fit my playstyle, so having Layla definitely makes life much easier for me since it means I don't need to slap Kokomi in every single comp now LOL
I’m stuck because I’m gonna be doing the Ayaka Layla kokomi kazuah freeze team but I’m giving tenacity to Kokomi, and I’m conflicted on what set to give Layla. Right now Layla has 4 piece emblem severed fate as a cryo sub dps….what artifact set would be best for Layla in this situation?
Layla so cute and comfy wow
btw: video was edited at a slightly faster pace than I'd normally like but that will be fixed for my next guide
& also this vid was delayed like a day because I had to upload it on terrible hotel wifi lmao hope u enjoyed
edit: fixed typo in thumbnail -- will increase quality of thumbnail tomorrow morning when I have access to photoshop again lmao
uhhh comfy?
Any plans for updated Childe guide Mr Socks?
I can agree❤
Shilder
chills
Layla’s entire personality is one of the most relatable for us students studying in college 😭
True and that'sone of the reason why i love her sm 😭
Shes just Sucrose + Ganyu personality wise, literally nothing new
I'm in college AND have insomnia along with being a formerly "gifted child"... I saw her and connected to her on a spiritual level
@@captnbluehat except Layla actually has a unique personality, unlike shy alchemist and overworked goat
@@justsam4321 I'm genuinely curious, what personality? I didn't understand from the event
2:39 zyox is so calm in his guides and never messes things up
Oops!
Cock balls LAMENT
@Aly "40sec energy cost"
LMAOOOO
@AlyssaXD doesn't it say on his screen the energy cost is 40 too? I'm lost
Funfact : if you let Layla sleep in her bubble nonstop 40 times in a row. You will earn 1 resin
Fact.. I've tried
Resinless behavior lol 😂
regarding shield comparison section, the reason thoma's a bit higher is because it's max stacks, but in reality it rarely reaches max because shield immediately breaks while stacking. Not to mention that you need his burst for it which is very bad. So realistically speaking, layla's shield is stronger
bro if you're shield immediately breaks while stacking maybe you should build him better xd
@@itsmertbitch5790 ER/HP/HP is the optimal build for him, not full HP so that makes the shield fragile from the start of stacking, if you're replacing ER on sands with HP then you can't get his burst back immediately cuz his burst costs 80 just for a fkin shield that you still need to stack, that's why he's shielding is worse cuz you really need high amount of both HP and ER on the substats which already sucks cuz it's RNG
@@ravenaloro1767 you can always get ER on your substats or have an ER weapon. I use favonius with him and have no problems with energy at all, and neither the shield breaks, his output its pretty much 100%. You only need to be mindful of the timer of your skills (maybe the constellations are helping too.)
And the fact her shield duration is equal to cd its top all other 4 star char shields, and u just tap no time wasted like hold for diona
@@kidesohjo9637 I had previously attempted to replace black tassels with fav, so I replaced ER sands with HP. It's even more difficult for me now that I need to get crit rate on the substats. It's a bit harder on the rotations too; if the passive didn't proc while doing E-Q, then I need to do normals to proc it, but if I use ER sands instead of HP, then it's easier; however, that leads to a weaker shield that may break while stacking. The point is, there's too much to think about just for a shield. That's why, even if on paper it's the second-strongest, in reality (or at least in my experience) it's really not. But now at least I'm glad that I can use him on burgeon teams and not rely on his shield anymore
They really couldn't make her a catalyst user, otherwise prototype amber would be her BiS and it would make her absolutely an insane defensive support
She looks like she should be a catalyst user.
Shiiiiit that would have been so nice....
Shield and healing, stacking fat HP.
If they did a 4 star hp sword, it would help too, but Catalyst Layla would have been awesome for a literal researcher
ttds?
prototype amber definitely gonna be TOO OP for her with the HP percentage + HEALING and ENERGY on it's passive 😂😂😂😂😂😂
even if that wasn't the case, having a unit with 100 percent uptime on cryo application would be a bit too powerful imo
for freeze teams specifically
I really loved Layla from the fungi event, so I'm glad that she's an actually good character
Same! I could immediately relate to her and was really looking forward to this banner!
I LOVE TWIRLY WHIRLY AND POKOPOKO BINIE
I wanted her to be meta only if she could heal characters everytime her shield gains night star😭
I have C1 Layla myself, and I'm planning to make her ~the next Zhongli~ or at least, a 4* co-op friendly Zhongli. Farming will be a pain seeing as the domain's 2nd artefact can't benefit on a lot of characters according to my playstyle, but I know it'll be worth it in the end!
Diona still better for coop
@@miscellaneous7777 You play your game how you want, alright? I've been using Diona since 2.0, and changing things up isn't harmful since it's all for fun. Okay?
@@miscellaneous7777 lol
You could use strongbox if you'd like
@@miscellaneous7777 there is no endgame boo
I'm so glad this character is actually quite valuable in combat (unlike the last couple 4-stars that were released) because I really liked what we saw of her personality in the event quest and was looking forward to rolling for her. 😊 That said my Layla is now C4 and I'm building a HP/Cryo/Crit Millilith set on her!
hardships are temporary Layla's shield is not Layla is the star in my cloudy sky
most sane layla stan
hello birdy bird
@@Zy0x um.... Actually mr.Zyonix..... it's actually birdy brid............. I hope you can learn from this mistake......... pls be more careful in the future
@@Zy0x hi zy0x thank you for the guide!!thank you for loving women!!🚺👩👵👳♀️👩🚒👷♀️💂♀️🙎♀️🤰⛹️♀️🧜♀️
@@birdybrid man birds just hits different frfr
I watch Zy0nix videos even when I'm not pulling on the banner. Idk why. Maybe it's because he's such a cool, funny, inspirational, colossal gigachad who has truly earned all his amazing artifacts.
Nah sorry he looks like a guy who would C6 Bennett on your account to make you triggered
@@malyteusz555 that's based
I think Hoyo could still show their 4 stars more love. I decided when Layla was leaked I would pull for her and try her with my Yoimiya team, which allowed me to replace Zhong Li and get Yun Jin's full buff.
I think she works well in this comp and will only get better with constellations. I just wish that her damage scaled better with a pure HP build.
seems like hoyoverse refrain themselves from creating 4 star with pure HP build and reserved it for 5 star like yelan/kokomi/nilou moreover with hydro rework now giving 25% bonus HP
@@gabrielq8829 uh candace altho she doesnt work well, hyv is just playing a strong element game where hydro is HP focused meanwhile cryo has transformative hp atk since cryo is like a transformed hydro
@@helper_bot i forgot her lol, guess thats just how bad she is
@@helper_bot i forgot about her lol, guess thats how bad she is
I don't really think "niche" is the right word. It seems like it's being thrown around by all the CCs right now, but practically no one is running her in the same teams. It's happened, we got a 4 star that's a good option for A LOT of teams. I don't think we should undersell that. Hoyo did a thing we wanted them to do. Triple HP tenacity is enough shield for any non-corrosion content, she's got consistent cryo application, and can buff your team. Scaling on HP also makes her great for teams with hydro resonance. Put her with Xinqui and Yelan, and your flex is your driver - that's kind of insane.
I've been doing yoi, xq, yelan, layla, and yoi actually mixes in melts now and then in this comp. because of how much hydro there is going around and with the occasional cryo, there's some freezes happening now and then.
I kinda wanna try swapping out one of xq/yelan for candace and seeing if that works out because it maintains the hydro resonance while also adding in buffing yoi's normal attacks
I think that they say niche instead of saying she's just weak so they don't get too many hate comments
@@thebrigade7684 She's not weak though. She's got a lot of value, and you can see that by the variety of comps people are already using her in for her build guides and reviews. We actually got a four star that's good and versatile on their launch. It's been a while. It shows promise going forward.
@@Jonny5Fails I think the words they are looking for is “Jack of all trades, Master of one” as she’s the best cryo shielder right now.
@@thebrigade7684 dude, what would she have to do in order to not be "weak" then? Heal all party for 10k HP on E? Buff atk by 2000? Share 1000 EM? Give 10x atk speed? I am genuinely not understanding what's the basis of evaluation when we finally have a non-Amber tier 4* and people STILL say "weak"
I want to understand Mr Socks thoughts when he decided to make a Dori guide but not a Candace guide... YET.
Same
same
@@Zy0x same
NOT YET
Now with scara/wanderer, Layla is one of the good options as she provide 20% crit rate for scara + preventing interuptions (I run Wanderer-faruzan-bennett-layla) or just get mika and thoma to replace the last two place for similar effect
Tbh I just watched this video to find out how to use her right for exactly this team.
@@kibin806 wanderer freeze ;)
Wonderer, Faruzan, Xingqiu, and Layla. I freaking love this team. Made it on a whim 😅😅, but it works so well.
Omg I use wanderer/Layla/ganyu/xingqui! I am absolutely trying this out
@@pretty.billy. hows it workin out for ya?
@@andrewbeggs8515 I use Wanderer, Faruzan, Benett, and Layla. Works pretty well, this shield is a big thing for Wanderer.
@@marci8814 yeah that shield helps so much.
@@marci8814 use that team too lol
I’ve been loving Layla in my Nahida, Miko and Kokomi team. Her design and animations are so satisfying. Also love that her shield is instantly cast, compared to Zhongli and Diona.
Thank u for ur input i was curious about that combo
You got a point, just smash button instead of press and hold. like diona need to press and hold for stronger shield after all :/
I got Layla for C0 but aiming for c6 for her next rerun since I’m saving wishes for scaramouche. It’ll be fun to play her in his team combo
Yo we have same team Oh my god
Wait that's my exact team!!!
Finally got her after getting so many 4 star weapons, but I'm glad. She's seriously made my Ayaka team OP, she's C0 and still lvl 60.
Zy0x, I can't believe how informative this video is, I'm going to start watching your twitch, SURELY you're always calm and very tall on your twitch streams similar to how you are in your videos. You also dress like gru from minions.
layla is truly one of characters in genshin impact
bro. i feel u
Damn bro who knew 😨
Wow I didn't know she was a character from genshin
Look at this guy, chilling in the comments. Truening about Layla. Mighty impressive.
She’s pretty worthless if you have Diona though. All she does is shield. She can’t even battery or heal or anything.
one thing to remember on the shield strenght graph in terms of both diona and thoma...layla is the only one among them that can keep it up consistently
diona needs a few seconds of downtime
and thoma im pretty sure can only do so during his burst
dont remember if he can 100% keep his burst up but if he cant she is the only one of them with consistent shielding like zhongli
i think that alone makes her the best shielder below zhong if the shield is what you want and dont have him
The fact that it took me until her second boost re-run for me to get her gives me even more reason to build her. She's such a comfort character, honestly, and her idles are so pretty.
IS IT 2024 AND IM JUST NOW LEVELING HER? yeah..
Same, and she’s c1
Finally a solid 4*. What a relief. I benched Diona long ago, I don't expect finding any serious role for her. Meanwhile, I still see a role for Layla, like running cryo against bosses. Also - why not more emphasis on her c4 - buff for NA and... CA! That's first in the game CA buffer! Layla is a really nice 4*.
She’s just worse than Diona lol
@@kvdxx6603 how is she worse????
@@rottingmio2 shes just
not that good tbh
@@m.j.659 bro how, her shield scaling is almost the same as zhongli
@@rottingmio2 i wouldn't say they're that close to Zhongli's but yeah she's deffo better than Diona lmao.
layla and heizou are my favorite 4stars so far playstyle wise, they're awesome!
I want to mention in most playstyles you skill/burst and swap. Meaning that weapons like sac or favonius will only proc only when the character is on field. So favonius is only good as a er stat stick since to even get the white particles she has to be on field and crit. Imo her best 4 star is festering desire. It also has er as a stat and gives extra skill damage/crit rate
Imo it looks so good on her too!
oh wow, great suggestion. Guess bennett has to hand over his sword after almost 2 years
@@Bananenbauer123 Bennett has better options anyway. (Starglitter Sword)
i was two months late into the game to get festering desire :(
fav is so broken in terms of particle generation that it's worth doing a normal attack to proc the passive
--- also u can burst first before skill so that cryo rain starts before u swap
but yes u do need crit rate for it
Deepwood Memories is also a pretty decent set to run on Layla in Dendro team. If you have Freedom Sworn, it can be a solid option as well since she can trigger the passive reliably. Overall, nice guide :)
i recorded a section abt it then removed it bc like at that point idk if i'd even recommend using layla wothout the shield strength and hp that ToM gives u vs other options + vid was getting long
but ya -- if nobody has deepwood and you are running a dendro team then it can be viable (although her dendro teams are limited)
so fair point YEP
@@Zy0x Can you give us some options of dendro teams that will work with her? Loved her design but can't find usage of her in any of my team right now
@@yoswirawan
Nahida/hydro/EM Raiden or Kuki/Layla
Dude I actually love these guides. Your explainations are clear, consise and easy to understand 10/10
Layla truly is one of the Shilders of all time! Thank you for this informative, helpful and even inspirational video mr Zyonix, after watching this video I was able to 36 star abyss and attended my first born child's graduation.
"Wow I'm so funny and quirky🤓"
fav sword should cover almost all her energy needs depending on how often you want to use her burst
What "needs" honestly... In the current era of 80 cost burst characters, 40 cost is basically a free burst which can be easily sustained by an odd ER substat roll here and there
I tried her out with Ayaka and honestly combined with Fav Sword she batteried Ayaka so damn well I'm not planning on going back to Diona lol.
I was really hoping she'd work well with Hu Tao since my Zhongli is for my Xiao team so I'm super happy to see she can work well in that Hu Tao team! ^^
I'd like to see the synergy between Diluc and Layla investigated more thoroughly as Layla generates two stars when an elemental skill is used and Dliuc can trigger 3 elemental skill procs in a 10 second duration. Enabling more melts for pyro carrys appears to me as her greatest strength. She also boosts normal and charged attack damage as a percentage of her max hp at c4, something that greatly benefits pyro carries. I bet her pyro variant comps calc the highest amongst all available teams she couild be slotted into.
layla is like when the tsarista made a baby but the hydro archon tried to freeze it but the anemo archon swirled the element but the pyro archon tried to melt the baby but the dendro archon got burned instead but the electro archon tried to superconduct the baby but the geo archon made a crystalize reaction instead
..... What
Wait what? Hydro archon what? tried to freeze it?
@@SleepingLittleHedgehog so basically the nonmetal in the ionic compound makes the charge to 0 to make it stable with the metal element
Hold on a second… why does this make sense💀
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Had her for over a year and I love her. I started playing just for her and she is a staple in basically every team.
Also DANG THATS MY MAIN BATTLE TEAM AT 20:08
Main problem i am having with Diona - Layla comparison (most common one, for obvious reasons) is that a lot of people have a C6 Diona at this point, and if you do - there are very, very little point in switching to Layla. Diona's burst does some damage too, btw, and with C6 that 200 EM buff destroys almost every possible benefit of using Layla instantly, DPS and all. I don't hate Layla, far from it - i think she's rather cute and her idle animations are adorable, but with a lot of Sumeru's characters ahead you should REALLY think twice before summoning for pretty much the same character you already have.
C6 Diona is really incomparable to her. C4 Layla will excel in a Scara team though, with Faruzan as another buffer. Also, Layla suffers from not having any good 4* weapon since there's no sword with HP substat yet.
Ngl, I just don't like Diona's deisgn. I don't care if she's the better pic, I'd rather use Layla personally.
@@kirin1230 Fair enough, using whomever you think is more fun is always better, especially since there's no endgame. I just don't want to waste a lot of resources (since you kinda have to 90 her to use effectively), but i still got a copy for tesing. Gonna stick with Diona after all. Layla is a great pickup for new player who lacks dedicated shielder tho, that's for sure.
Almost ar60 and I still don’t have a c6 diano sadge
Very true, but if people find her pretty they can still use her in the open world and get the most out of her tbh, which is what I'm planning to do. Don't risk pity to get her if you want Scara, but if you don't mind using a few wishes in the current banner and you like her design, it's not really so bad.
Layla is such an easy and good good character to have on cryo teams which is so nice since she has one of the most easiest bosses to farm
honestly my friend has been fangirling over layla haha, and she wanted to know how she works. i just guessed w bit of stuff based on what she told me (based on max HP [shield/burst]) and i think i’m gonna use this to help her build layla too. ^^
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It's really interesting you brought up zajef's calcs, because that's the exact reason I don't think it's worth it to get her.
1) the most important thing, I would absolutely not use her as a shielder. Her shield is mostly fine, but most of her utility and function is in the shield being on. If it breaks, you get nothing. So that means instead of using the shield as a shield, you're actively still trying to dodge to make sure you get it's full time out and that defeats the purpose of using her as a shielder.
2) what she offers in place of her closest comparison, diona, is not nearly as good. She has a stronger shield and does cryo off field (sometimes). That means you lose out on the healing diona gives and the EM buff. As well as whatever bow buff she could give. In exchange, since it's been tested by zajef, you get very mediocre damage occasionally.
3) because of her off field status, her ER needs are slightly worse, taking away from other stats. She has a 40 cost burst and was in a team with 2 other cryos and still managed not to have her burst on after a rotation.
4) honestly the last and most annoying thing is that she's a hp sword user. Bow or catalyst would have fit her support role better
Layla is just one of those characters where I truly don't get the point. They just made a lesser version of diona.
Layla is definitely one of the cryo sword shield users who was released in the second patch of 3.2
I love her, I just wish upon my night/shooting stars that she was a catalyst user 😭❄️📖
Maybe one day, genshin will add a second weapon option to ALL characters
A sword-user with HP scaling is kinda pain, considering there's only 2 swords with HP scaling and they're both 5*s (Jade Cutter passive, Key of Khaj substat + passive). Such a low energy cost on her burst though is a welcome compromise, can get all/most of your ER from the weapon, but I still wish to see a 4* sword with HP substat.
Just got her from my first 10 pull after not playing for over a year 🙏🙏, thanks for the guides since the beginning zy0x ❤️
I absolutely love Layla's personality ( relatable) and how easy she was to build for me. I gave her some pretty decent stated leftover tripple HP Blizzard Strayer pieces I had from constantly trying to farm for my Ayaka, Rosaria and Kaeya decent sets still to this day. Her shield is strong and with sacrificial sword it will stay on almost always. She is awesome for freeze, melt and superconduct.
I pulled Layla a month ago and didn't use her. I really wanted a shielder but when I tried her playstyle I didn't like it. However, yesterday night I tried playing her again and she's actually great to have. She's so much fun to play. Idk why I didn't like her playstyle back then.
The same thing happens in Yanfei in my other account. Took me months before liking her and adding her to my team.
I've been using her in my yoimiya vape, and it can melt and doesn't mess up the reactions
Same!
and now we have an event where we can claim free Layla. But i have no place for her anywhere lol.
Hey guys, welcome to my Layla guide video comment. In this comment I am saying thank you Zy0x for releasing this video. I want to keep this comment short, but I do want to let you guys know that we can watch most nights on Twitch, link in the description above. With that being said, I'll see you guys in the next one, peace.
thank u
@@Zy0x no, thank you mr socks
Honestly I think Layla has the best design in genshin
you are over-selling Layla's shield strength. Diona's shields are much bulkier because of her Hold E giving her +75% Shield bonus for a total of 175% Damage Absorption.
That in combination with simply being a bow character and being able to heal + Noblesse Oblige makes Diona a better utility character
running her with Kaeya, Candace and Jean was the best decision I've ever made tbh lol after I land Tighnari and Alhaitham Ik she's making an appearance on those teams of mine too, I just love her to death-
when layla does her basic attacks she looks like she is about to hit the deck 😭💀
I put Festering Desire on Layla to give a little more oomph to her shooting star shots and get a hefty amount of ER. The thing I don't like about Favonius and Sacrificial swords is that their effects don't work in the user isn't on the field. So Favonius won't generate any particles if Layla's not the one currently in the shield when a shooting star shot crits and the same goes for the Sacrificial where the skill cooldown won't reset on any skill damage if the holder isn't currently the one that's out.
It really stinks that Nilou's keyblade is the only tried and true HP% sword in the game currently.
My initial thoughts on her from watching her Collected Miscellany video and checking her out in the Trial Run event was that running her with 3HP in Tenacity would be ideal. I think that's still my best option after watching this video. That said, while sleep deprived last night I suddenly remember a hydro goblet I have in the Blizzard Strayer set and started thinking of a team where she could be the on-field DPS in a freeze team 😅 I don't think that's a good idea, but the numbers I checked at least made it seem potentially viable. I mostly think that could be fun.
For her weapon I gave her Festering Desire. I guess you probably didn't mention that since most players these days probably don't have that sword and will never get it, but the ER is nice and the passive is very well-suited to her kit. I have found so far that the ER is enough, even when she's the sole cryo character in a team with no team ER buffs of any kind. I was running her with anemo traveller, Miko, and Nahida, so I don't think the team had particularly high particle generation.
Layla is my main and I use sacrificial sword and blue wind glider that I get from mail
I love her so much!! I’m gonna try her in a lot of teams
thank you so much
just what i needed zyox's satisfying voice
Love these guide videos, always super useful and accurate with the most complete information possible on every aspect
As a European follower tho, could you precise what time zone is "most nights on twitch" since idk when I can tune in to watch your lives 😅
Keep up the great work tho, I love your content !
This made me realize that I only have an R2 Favonius Sword, sadly. Don't think I'll wish on the weapon banner just for that, though, don't need any of these 5* weapons. I'm using Layla in my Hu Tao team over Diona, worked great so far and unlike with Diona (w/ Noblesse), I'm not hesitant to use her burst.
I used her with wanderer/ganyu/xingqui and it’s so fun!
Ive came across this team running wanderer/yelan/shenhe/layla its fun and strong
Ive came across this team running wanderer/yelan/shenhe/layla its fun and strong
I’m only here because I failed to get heizou c6 and got both Thoma and Layla at c6… so after long consideration I decide to check out the guides for fun and see if you can convince me to use her
Another great video socks good job.
I really like her I'm using her in my wanderer freeze team since I do not own zhongli, she's the first character I built after ar45 and I got really good artifacts very quick!
I would say C4 is very good concidering shes cryo and can proc superconduct which is amazing for physical team comps! :)
C4 might be good on Scara too. sadly I have no constellations with 50 pity
Yes. No idea why there is no more emphasis on this. That's first CA buffer in the game, I think? That's great for many characters, like for Itto.
also, wouldn't her C4 work with bow users? Wouldn't she be a good option for melters/reverse melters since giving a buff like that can increase Charged Shot damage thus increasing melt damage? Amber + Layla is something I've been thinking about, testing and with a second cryo unit/hydro unit it works surprisingly well.
@@Pyoron Yes, Layla is realy great shielder + buffer, solid unit, for many teams, not only cryo but for others, like Itto or physical dpss. No idea why so many people are confused thinking Diona is better... Diona can only help fulfill more roles if someone doesn't have certain characters and practically that's all.
not me pulling for ganyu getting dehya in my 50/50 and c6 layla instead and now watching this guide -_-
Diona C6 gives the onfield character 200 EM...
I'll stick with her for now
There's this Freeze Conduct team with Raiden, Kokomi, Beidou and Layla, it's such a satisfying team, it may not be a very meta team, but it's just so satisfying to hear all those stars chime and electric crackle
Ty for a guide and being consistent with broken builds ❤️
I've been using my Layla with my Hu Tao and man, that shield tanks the world. Honestly, I wonder if she's more valuable to Hu Tao than Zhongli, since not only you receive a pretty strong shield but also acts as a way to do melt reactions. I don't know much about meta stuff in Genshin, so I'll let this here to hear their opinions.
layla is truly one of the cryo characters in genshin impact
THE TEAM NAMES ARE TAKING ME OUT HAHDKSJHSJ
soo basically you need HP and atk and crit dmg/rate.... to be a diona substitute.
I am currently convincing my friend to pull for Layla. Thanks for the video! The only thing I could promote the most about her was her design lmao!
Layla? Where's Layla? I don't see any Layla. Lately the drop rates have become appalling. Getting a new 4* has become harder than getting a 5*. Too many useless 4* weapons instead of characters in your pulls. Getting Layla seems impossible without reaching Pity. Only 2 Heizou in more than 250 pulls considering his previous Banner and this rerun. Thoma everywhere. And a bunch of weapons.
I got C5 Layla during this recent Nahida rerun in just 70 draws.
As a F2P genshin player i don't have all chars. But i do have a C1 Layla. Been using her in a Beidou+Xinqui+Nahida+Layla team. And it just cruised through the abyss. I know Beidou isn't the best option for aggrevate/quicken but it's the best i have :(
Thank goodness I have always wanted a shilder
This is helpful since we can get her for free with the current summer event.
Mmm. Be nice to get her C3. Even without stacking HP, a shield 3/5ths as strong as Zhongli's would be nice, and from a 4* no less. MiHoYo's really been knocking it out of the park with the 4*s lately.
bro used the 5 head hairline thanks for the theatre team in the beginning
I want her but I'm saving for scara rn😭😭
same ☹️😞😞
Its ok definitely prioritize 5 stars more
Same :/ hopefully she'll be on another banner I want soon
Got Layla on nahidas re-run and got c2 kuki c6 Layla and c0 nahida
she is my new ayaka shushiuahiuhs i love to play with her as a cryo dps and fisical dps, it takes a bit to kill the enemys but i love her playstyle that i just cant get bored of her
Bro I have c1 Layla i want to build it for wunderur
Got her last minute. I use her in my Kequing team. (Kequing, Nahida, Xingqui, Layla) it works pretty well. ANd my Layla is just level 40
Omg my team is the same except i don't have nahida haha
I like how i just started using layla last week and zyr0x is giving us a guide... what a chad ❤
Please add subtitles zyox. It help me cuz im not good English. subtitles Indonesia and subtitles bahasa Melayu. I get Layla.. but c0.i like your video.. it help me build chac. Still like your channel since 2 year
This was a great breakdown, thanks!
"xiao is tall"
I've been using her with a Heizou freeze team (Heizou, Rosaria, Xingqiu and Layla) and it's been pretty good. I've pretty much cleared up to floor 11 (floor 11 I'm trying to find a good team to quickly beat dendro cube - comfortably cleared 1st half w/ Heizou freeze within a minute - floor 12 I just need to lvl20 my artifacts and overall up my DPS).
Thinking of switching Rosa with my c1 Mona (50/50 losses are pain) to get that double Hydro HP buff for Layla and buff Heizou to One Punch style (currently 2-3 punches does the job). But still need to finish building Mona and figuring her playstyle out. We'll see how it goes.
Layla is definitely one of the genshin characters
taller than Xiao
DANG THAT FAST? niiiice, i'll definitely watch reference this if I get her. Thank you for the guide!
I've always wanted a second Zhongli
I love it that her e-skill is basically her going to sleep in the midst of the battle :D
Unfortunately I want neither Childe, nor Yae, so I won't pull (more) on this banner. I risked two 10-pulls, but I won't do more.
if have a well build diona. I recommend you not to waste your resin on this character
bro the contrast to this guy’s streams and his guides is insane
Layla is too awesome.
Edit: Im building a national melt team with her as my sub dps :)
I have C6 Layla...may start investing in her
For me diona is still better
Cause of the healing + the particle generation+shield(it doesn't have 100%uptime but with sac bow the problem is solved)
Also giving EM to team at C6.
@@MarineRX179 yes which makes layla seem like a trade
Healingand ,em and paticle for stronger shield
Could you do 2pc millelith 2pc vourukasha since they both do 20% hp
My team comps lack defensive units that fit my playstyle, so having Layla definitely makes life much easier for me since it means I don't need to slap Kokomi in every single comp now LOL
I’m stuck because I’m gonna be doing the Ayaka Layla kokomi kazuah freeze team but I’m giving tenacity to Kokomi, and I’m conflicted on what set to give Layla. Right now Layla has 4 piece emblem severed fate as a cryo sub dps….what artifact set would be best for Layla in this situation?