Apologies for the lack of visuals with somet hings. I’m away at EVO for the weekend so just editing the best I can while I’m here! Hopefully the video is still helpful🙏🏾
The nice thing about the Zhu yuan banner is that Nicole will be on it allowing players to get more eidolons or mindscape or whatever the hell the game calls it so thats nice, same with her weapon too.
Was on the fence on getting her mostly due to saving for Miyabi, and I dont want to talk about banner leaks in CC channels unless you don't mind, but to put it short, since apparently Miyabi is still quite far away (we talking about possibly more than 3 months of wait here), and I do need more characters/copies, considering I sub to the monthly pack & would very likely have enough for Miyabi then? Might as well. Zhu Yuan seems quite future proof too somewhat? Especially with her being the only 2nd ether & only anomaly atm. The more flexible team comp sounds great too. I also like the playstyle & mobility in her overall kit, need a good gun character & think she looks great overall. So seems like a no brainer pull decision to me lol.
I won’t be covering leaks but if you do in the comments all I ask is to let everyone know what you are going to say is a leak just incase others don’t want to see! Zhu is looking really flexible and future proof tho especially with the upcoming 1.1 units so I think she’ll be around for a while as a good unit
@@SolessSolXS yea word, I won't ever discuss story leaks, don't worry. And characters, only when they're specifically being discussed about & I'd always clarify that they're being leaks, nothing is confirmed. I'll also keep discussion around that to a minimum. That said, figure I'll just go for Zhu anyway. I already have Ellen, and if Miyabi is going to be another Ice unit, she'd be redundant unless I need another Ice hypercarry for the second team. Right now, covering more roles & elements is top priority. If, because of this I'd miss on Miyabi I can live with that I suppose lol. Either I'll wait until her rerun or if someone cooler gets released. The things with Zhu is, even if she gets powercrept later on I figure she'd still be really great for ether anomaly buildup one way or another, so she's much less likely to lose her spot in teams & with it, still remain useful in the long run.
@@asoret ahh my bad. Mislooked & she's actually an attack character. Would probably be able to trigger ether anomaly quickly with Nicole though. And yep, seems to be no other ether anomaly in the horizon so far.
Looking forward to Zhu Yuan. I was interested in Ellen’s gameplay but after playing Zhu Yuan in the story, I planned to pull for her instead. I did play Ellen in the story and trials but she kinda feels a bit clunky to play compared to Zhu Yuan to me. Zhu yuan feels very fast paced and agile while surprisingly feeling good to play. Plus when I saw both Zhu and Miyabi talking to each other about their graduation times, it made me tear up 😢 I started play ZZZ because of Miyabi and this interaction made me love her and Zhu Yuan more!
Nicole is my favorite character and using her in the trial with Zhu Yuan was the most fun I’ve had playing g this game. Can’t wait to see what Zhu teams look like in the future.
I was still contemplating whether to pull for Ellen or wait for Zhu Yuan. But, as soon as I got to ZY's story section, I was sold. Going all in on her. Kiting with her is so much fun.
Here are all the teams that i could come up with that does do 3/3 with Zhu Yuan but idk how good they will be. ZY, Anby, Nicole ZY, Lycaon, Soukaku ZY, Piper, Lucy ZY, Koleda, Lucy ZY, Lucy, Ben ZY, Grace, Rina ZY, Grace, Anby and in the future ZY, Qingyi, Rina ZY, Jane, Qingyi Thats a lot of teams but of course not all of them we be as strong as other ones.
Game has already blessed me with a C4 Nicole. Aiming to get Zhu Yuan and her W-Engine.I feel like 18k Polychromes and 25 tickets is a pretty comfortable gamble. 😊
@@nagi-springfield93 Yup! I skipped Ellen. Was originally aiming for an Ice team, but I didn't get Lycaon during the beginner pity. Pivoted to building a team around Soldier 11 instead and saving resources.
Pretty much the same situation as you. Somehow I rolled a c5 Nicole already just from standard banner 😂 The downside is I have so few characters cause of all the dupes
@@kuruto3189 It could work but Zhu Yuan will still need another Ether unit to build Anomaly DMG. The buff does make space for Lucy + Koleda or Lychoan + Shoukaku while waiting for patch 1.2. From leaks, Seth is a Defense unit that buffs Zhu Yuan's Anomaly DMG which could forgo necessity for Nicole.
Koleda, Lucy, Zhu Yuan may be cracked too. I think her best team may actually be Rat girl in next patch with Nicole personally, but we will be waiting for a while. Those with Lycoan though keep profitting from pulling him for sure. I wanna try Grace & Rina with Zhu Yuan one day too but I don't have Rina yet, really interested if whales display how good this team is because Anomally based teams may actually be best with Zhu Yuan.
I love the Housekeeping faction and actually main it right now but I do feel like Ice is getting glazed a bit too much, my first thought was to put her with either Rina and Lycaon or Rina and Grace but I do also understand the hype. Just disappointed so many skip over how good of a support Rina is. (I'm currently using Rina, Corin and Piper.)
I think Rina is an amazing support but I think Zhu Yuans best team with her will come in 1.1. You can definitely switch Soukaku out for Rina tho but I just felt like it was too early to be talking about 5* Star only teams at the moment like that. I know you can do Anby too but honestly at that point I feel you should run Nicole for the better synergy.
Hey man. I was wondering- how do you do the text in your thumbnails? I’m trying to improve mine and I really love the way yours pop. I’m doing them in canva currently and I don’t see a way to have a dual color tone like you do.
You gonna use Nicole regardless but this free up a lot, like A LOT of Zhu Yuan's teams option. You can mix match with other support + stun/def unit with synergistic element or faction. i.g. Sokaku + Lycaon or Seth / Lucy + Koleda or Ben / Rina + Anby or Seth. The option is almost limitless.
Yeah I normally would have but I’m currently out of town so just doing my best with this videos while I’m gone😭 Will do more in depth videos with better visuals once I’m back and she releases!
Great video! Great to hear about other combos I feel Koleda Lucy would be the best combo for now. Soukaku can't give other buffs it provides to Juyeon, and Lucy is much faster, stronger in terms of character specs itself. Piper Lucy is great for disorder setups, but it lacks daze compared to other comps, as well as Juyeon not that fit for a disorder setup imo (due to her long field times wothout ether damage)
Yeah I can imagine this team being one of her best definitely. I know Somali doesn’t directly buff her but she does buff Lycaon if you have him on your team which just overall makes the team very synergistic. Same with Piper and Lucy tho so I believe both teams are great options definitely
To be completely honest, although it may seem like a buff for her, I personally think of it as a mini change for the current state of the game... When 1.1 comes out with Qingyi, Seth and Jane Doe, will the developers revert that change so she can be used the way she was intended to? I'm just a bit concerned if we're hyping it up a bit too soon. If they don't change it back then she will be a really good character for many teams I'm sure. BUT if they do, don't be upset about it because this is how the main component of team building works...
Them making changes to character kits like that on full release from my understanding can get them in trouble in CN but even so I don’t think this is a temporary change I think this will be future implementations for other characters to make them more flexible down the road. I don’t think ever character will be like that but certain units potential will
Ngl game already blessed me with c2 anby (whom I enjoy.) and c1 Nicole for now, I’ve been saving up since I started a day ago. But I lowkey am gonna somehow use this character fr I’ve only been building both Nicole and Abby instead of a attack character as of now I’m using Corin as a place holder 🙏
thanks for the update man. I'm looking forward to pulling her. I've almost saved up 50 pulls, let's see in 5 days if i can push it to 74 which is the soft pity if i cannot get her in those 50 pulls.
Got 3 bens and 3 nicoles from my standard pulls. Didnt touch ellen banner. Well i used 9 out of the 10 free pulls we recently got and pulled a koleda but im set for zhu yuan. Next banner is perfect for me.
I figured this out by putting soukaku in team and it still satisfied the requirement. My Ellen, anby, rin, matchup will be satisfied. By sub Ellen with Zhu yuan.
I really like the combo Lucy-Piper, but unfortunately I won't have enough resources and I'm alredy building up 5 agents, they'll definitely will be soon enough 😢
Great video! Im really looking forward to Zhu Yuan, but ngl I will probably wait until the last week to attempt pulling her lol (Im going for the Sons of Calydon team)
I saw in the story that she got her additional ability off support and thought "That's a cool thing for them to do for the story." I hope you're right and that this persists to her actual release. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't, it does give extra design space and can lead to more team building options. Anyway, good video!
@@nivlet42 yep definitely. I think changes like that are something we should expect more for the feature so that units don’t feel so limited with teams because honestly if they didn’t Zhu Yuan was really only going to have 1 true team😭
I lost my 50/50 early on Ellen. Was a bit sad, but that was before I got to Zhu Yuan's story. Now I'm glad that I have the banner guarantee for her. Currently sitting at 4800 pulls... Also should I pull for her W Engine?
Im not sure if theyll keep the passive like that, I feel like they olny changed it for the story mission but once she comes out it'll be back to how it was. I could be wrong but with a passive like that she's literally breaking the rules of the game every other character has to abide by besides her. Faction/Element is the rule for every character and Zhu Yuan said F*ck that 😭 Either way Ima still use her with Nicole cuz its Nicole :P
i dont know wtf you going on about, nicole one of best support at endgame cus her def shred even for other elements, she will be the best support for zhu for a long time, utill some broken support comes out
Will Zhu Yuan be back after the banner is gone? I intend to pull her as much as I can, but wondering if there's any hope of getting more cinemas down the line. (Maybe we'll be able to get a copy off of trust level at least)
@@NamelessDjinn I'm happy with Ly and Soukaku. I don't think mono elements will be as good in ZZZ without a Silverwolf to apply weaknesses. So I think I'm good with Dump truck swat lady.
zhu yuan really wants a stunner on the team for her kit so rather than pairing her with piper and lucy I think it would make more sense to do koleda and lucy :)
With the rate that Piper triggers Anomaly Build Up & Zhu Yan with Nicole, I think they might be ok with sacrificing a stunner for a team but I would need to test it on release to see. Giving her a Stunner would more than likely still be best tho! Just experimenting with ideas is all
I have 6500-700 polychromes left and a round band (Limited), do you advise me to invoke on Zhu Yuan? The thing is, as he's one of the only ethereal characters besides Nicole, I'm hesitant a lot. However, I watched the video, but hey... it's complicated. Otherwise I will surely invoke Jane Doe (Even if I already have quite a few Physical characters (Billy, Corin, Piper).
The game is too early to consider the current roster as "the best". Zhu Yuan is the ONLY ether dps option atm. Still, It'll be months before we get another ether dps so if you like her and you're lacking DPS units It's a good investment.
@@roxasreturns2183 Going by this logic you'd be saying Ellen is not the current best DPS in game because the game is too early to consider her the best DPS.
What would be a smarter way of pulling for units/weapons as a casual f2p? Try and get as much dupes for a character or get the character and aim for their signature weapon?
Depends on your situation. If you have a guarantee, calculate EXACTLY how many pulls you'll need to hard pity the character. Once you have that, go for the weapon. Since the unit is a guarantee, do as many pulls as you can on the weapon banner and see what happens but don't pull OVER the amount required to get the unit. However, if you're on a 50/50 obviously go for the character first. Once you get the 5 star you want, do what I said above. To answer your question, imo getting a signature weapon is much more important than getting dupes for 4 stars or even the 5 star (depending on how good the 5 stars dupe is). Just the nature of the 4 stars is answer enough, you'll definitely see 4 stars later on in different banners, but you'll NEVER see the signature weapon or character you want unless their banner is currently running.
I would say aim for the character and only go for weapons if you want to future proof the unit. Weapons will allow them to not be power creeped as fast but I would only do it if I really like that unit. I only go for dupe for characters like A-Rank units if they are on a banner of a character I like. Outside of that just save for who you want
@@dr.strange1300 thx for the answer! I really want to pull for characters i actually want instead of what character is going to be meta/op but with what happened to my star rail account after we got more end game stuff kinda cucked me over. And now i’m starting to be a little more mindful with ZZZ and have more cohesive units/teams
@@SolessSolXS appreciate the info! Looks like i’ll just compare the value of their dupes to their signature and go from there, i ask this because i atleast want my zhu yuan to have passable performance when future end game comes. Learned my lesson with star rail and i never want to go through the pains of having to grind more when building units/teams because i didn’t invest enough dupes or signatures with my 5 stars
@@ThreshtheWeebWarden ofc! I think with Zhu have more faction members coming in the future she will at least have some legitivity for a while. Investing dupes into characters can be worth it but we just always have to remeber that going that far just means just have to skip out on possibly 2 banners or so in the future when being F2P. As long as you are ok with that then invest into what you want! Personally for me I think I'm going for Zhu Yuan and her weapon at least
@@SolessSolXS I did I got Lycaon from the discount banner and I'm a stubborn fool 😂💀. I just like the cop designs and I thought she was sick when I tried her in the story.
@@SolessSolXS Thanks for this one might have to skip and wait for the next five star then and just save since I really don't have anyone for Zhu that would fit my third slot.
Not worse, just less valuable. But here's the thing for the argument of powercreep. Just because a future unit might be better, does NOT mean that past units are trash. They're still just as good as before, if not BETTER due to the release of future supports or characters that make Zhu Yuan better. If you can clear shiyu defense with Zhu Yuan against enemies weak to ether, then you'll always be able to, no matter what patch the game is in. The biggest issue with powercreep is the nature of brute forcing the content. Look at acheron from hsr, she can clear any content regardless of the weaknesses since she bypasses elemental types. In this game enemies are resistant to elements in much the same way. The best way to not worry about powercreep is to just focus on the units that make you have fun when you play, cause everybody says "pull who you like" and whatnot but sometimes that doesn't always transfer into gameplay. For instance I really love cloud retainer in genshin impact, but I hate her fucking gameplay lmao. Imo if you're already worried about powercreep stuff this early into the game then you've already lost the war lmao because you'll just end up never pulling anything since the next best thing is coming right after.
@@dr.strange1300 was not talking about her being ether was talking about her core change it was working with other ether before but now it's been changed to work with supports only. Cause the old her would be able to team with any ether. Buts now only team with surpports
This "buff" is nothing. Of the 4 support characters, Nicole buffs everything Zhu Yuan wants. You simply will not have the output or synergy for Zhu Yuan from any other support that Nicole gives her. And guess what, that's 100% fine. Your only swap option is anby for Lycon or Koleda as a stunner. Once Qingyi is obtainable she'll likely take up that spot permaently. Sometimes you don't need a dps to be flexable, you just need them to work well with their intended party comp.
It does a lot because it doesn’t limit her to just one team to start. A lot of players could not have Nicole upgrade or just don’t want to. Nicole can be her best partner but that doesn’t mean everyone wants to use her lol
Statistically speaking since the calculations are different for damage, atk% buffs are more ideal than flat atk buffs (ex. Soukaku) so if you're using Nicole for something else or if you don't want to use her, she's her next best A-rank support
@@TheZij hey what do you think abt pen ratio over ether dmg bonus for zhu yuans 5 slot? she has a ton of dmg bonus in her kit so i’m thinking i should run crit dmg, pen ratio, and atk%
@@Edengoldengardens I'd use it if there's nothing better for slot 5, but ether% is too good of a stat to ignore. Unless we have a number database for the enemies that show some have INSANELY high defense, I'd wager it's better to still go for Ether%. Rina is the only one that uses Pen Ratio for a main stat anyway
Apologies for the lack of visuals with somet hings. I’m away at EVO for the weekend so just editing the best I can while I’m here! Hopefully the video is still helpful🙏🏾
Ayo! good luck at evo!
@@rixdespo9144 Appreciate it!
The nice thing about the Zhu yuan banner is that Nicole will be on it allowing players to get more eidolons or mindscape or whatever the hell the game calls it so thats nice, same with her weapon too.
Yep!
OMGGG YESSS
Cinema/Mindscape
jokes on me i guess, game refused to give me anyone but nicole. Just got her to C6 today :(
@@Three60MafiaLucky you, her c6 is cracked
ZHU YUAN WANTERS RISE UP
Btw if you use nicoles special attack (not ex) and call in zhu yuan with her slide in…it starts a Disgusting juggle that looks really sexy.
Ooooo definitely going to lab that out we she drops
@@SolessSolXSI saw you might hold a combo competition. I have a sequence I think might interest a decent amount of people.
Blud aays it like a drug dealer
@@PRSWAGSTER99 we will be! I’m out of town for EVO this week but I’ll be setting everything up once I’m back🫡
Was on the fence on getting her mostly due to saving for Miyabi, and I dont want to talk about banner leaks in CC channels unless you don't mind, but to put it short, since apparently Miyabi is still quite far away (we talking about possibly more than 3 months of wait here), and I do need more characters/copies, considering I sub to the monthly pack & would very likely have enough for Miyabi then? Might as well.
Zhu Yuan seems quite future proof too somewhat? Especially with her being the only 2nd ether & only anomaly atm. The more flexible team comp sounds great too. I also like the playstyle & mobility in her overall kit, need a good gun character & think she looks great overall. So seems like a no brainer pull decision to me lol.
I won’t be covering leaks but if you do in the comments all I ask is to let everyone know what you are going to say is a leak just incase others don’t want to see!
Zhu is looking really flexible and future proof tho especially with the upcoming 1.1 units so I think she’ll be around for a while as a good unit
@@SolessSolXS yea word, I won't ever discuss story leaks, don't worry. And characters, only when they're specifically being discussed about & I'd always clarify that they're being leaks, nothing is confirmed. I'll also keep discussion around that to a minimum.
That said, figure I'll just go for Zhu anyway. I already have Ellen, and if Miyabi is going to be another Ice unit, she'd be redundant unless I need another Ice hypercarry for the second team. Right now, covering more roles & elements is top priority. If, because of this I'd miss on Miyabi I can live with that I suppose lol. Either I'll wait until her rerun or if someone cooler gets released.
The things with Zhu is, even if she gets powercrept later on I figure she'd still be really great for ether anomaly buildup one way or another, so she's much less likely to lose her spot in teams & with it, still remain useful in the long run.
@@Don_Akane89but she isn't really anomaly, the moment a ether anomaly releases it's over or another ether main dps but will take a long time
@@asoret ahh my bad. Mislooked & she's actually an attack character. Would probably be able to trigger ether anomaly quickly with Nicole though.
And yep, seems to be no other ether anomaly in the horizon so far.
My second team is on standby just waiting for her. Pushing through Shiyu Defense as soon as she comes home.
+30% free crit rate Zhu Yuan passive is wild
i had to get Ellen's weapon fo that 😅
I mean, Ellen is more CR and Zhu Yuan is more CD on their weapons, and their kit also gives the opposite of the weapon
Looking forward to Zhu Yuan. I was interested in Ellen’s gameplay but after playing Zhu Yuan in the story, I planned to pull for her instead. I did play Ellen in the story and trials but she kinda feels a bit clunky to play compared to Zhu Yuan to me. Zhu yuan feels very fast paced and agile while surprisingly feeling good to play.
Plus when I saw both Zhu and Miyabi talking to each other about their graduation times, it made me tear up 😢 I started play ZZZ because of Miyabi and this interaction made me love her and Zhu Yuan more!
Zhu Yuan, Qingyi, and M6 Nicole im tellin you is gonna be the peak team in the game! Can't wait to get those juicy m2s1's hehehe....
Oh yeah I can imagine teams with the new Pub Sec units are going to be insane!
yeeesssss thats what im going for, especially qiqi. Not sure about Nicole tho but for right now she’ll do.
Nicole is my favorite character and using her in the trial with Zhu Yuan was the most fun I’ve had playing g this game. Can’t wait to see what Zhu teams look like in the future.
I was still contemplating whether to pull for Ellen or wait for Zhu Yuan. But, as soon as I got to ZY's story section, I was sold. Going all in on her. Kiting with her is so much fun.
Same! I love the character a lot!
Here are all the teams that i could come up with that does do 3/3 with Zhu Yuan but idk how good they will be.
ZY, Anby, Nicole
ZY, Lycaon, Soukaku
ZY, Piper, Lucy
ZY, Koleda, Lucy
ZY, Lucy, Ben
ZY, Grace, Rina
ZY, Grace, Anby
and in the future
ZY, Qingyi, Rina
ZY, Jane, Qingyi
Thats a lot of teams but of course not all of them we be as strong as other ones.
Yeah she has a lot at her disposal. Can’t wait to test out a lot of these!
Qingyi is pretty much guarantee to be Zhu yuan Best Partner. If you know you know
ZH, Nicole, and Qingyi will be the best team
Zy grace anby doesnt work, you probably meant ZY rina anby
Game has already blessed me with a C4 Nicole. Aiming to get Zhu Yuan and her W-Engine.I feel like 18k Polychromes and 25 tickets is a pretty comfortable gamble. 😊
Oh yeah a C4 Nicole already is good asf! You basically guaranteed to C6 her so good shit! Wish you luck with your pulls!
are u f2p and not pulling for ellen too? Because I had almost exact same poly and pull as u right now
wtf, how people getting so much polychrome and im starving. im level 35 with little more than 6k
@@nagi-springfield93 Yup! I skipped Ellen. Was originally aiming for an Ice team, but I didn't get Lycaon during the beginner pity. Pivoted to building a team around Soldier 11 instead and saving resources.
Pretty much the same situation as you. Somehow I rolled a c5 Nicole already just from standard banner 😂 The downside is I have so few characters cause of all the dupes
Mihoyo: *Decides to give Zhu Yuan flexibility by changing dmg-type requirement to support.*
Players: *decides to ONLY pair her with Nicole anyways.*
Lucy and koleda could work
LMAOOO
@@kuruto3189 It could work but Zhu Yuan will still need another Ether unit to build Anomaly DMG. The buff does make space for Lucy + Koleda or Lychoan + Shoukaku while waiting for patch 1.2. From leaks, Seth is a Defense unit that buffs Zhu Yuan's Anomaly DMG which could forgo necessity for Nicole.
We were in it for the fanservice from the start. Ass, booba combo... + Anby's thighs
@@kuruto3189 Nicole and koleda
She just sounds so flexible and gonna perform no matter the team in my mind
Koleda, Lucy, Zhu Yuan may be cracked too. I think her best team may actually be Rat girl in next patch with Nicole personally, but we will be waiting for a while. Those with Lycoan though keep profitting from pulling him for sure. I wanna try Grace & Rina with Zhu Yuan one day too but I don't have Rina yet, really interested if whales display how good this team is because Anomally based teams may actually be best with Zhu Yuan.
Your video has cemented my decision to pull for Zhu Yuan. Having another Ether unit will be a major boon in the long run.
Love to see more players joining the Zhu Yuan hype🫡
I love the Housekeeping faction and actually main it right now but I do feel like Ice is getting glazed a bit too much, my first thought was to put her with either Rina and Lycaon or Rina and Grace but I do also understand the hype. Just disappointed so many skip over how good of a support Rina is. (I'm currently using Rina, Corin and Piper.)
I think Rina is an amazing support but I think Zhu Yuans best team with her will come in 1.1. You can definitely switch Soukaku out for Rina tho but I just felt like it was too early to be talking about 5* Star only teams at the moment like that.
I know you can do Anby too but honestly at that point I feel you should run Nicole for the better synergy.
2:26 it's so cute watching the bangboos running around throwing some random shit
Went from skip to a guarantee pull for me, thanks!!!
Alternative title " I am a Zhu Yuan main that's why she is the best "
Currently I am very divided between Zhu Yuan and Jane Doe.
Jane is looking kinda fye. I’m hoping she’s later into 1.1 honestly😭
idk why but i always see zy to be sub dps in the future.. like 2 dps + 1 supp team comp
She has high burst DMG potential so I can definitely see her playing that role in the future
I already have this team built for Ellen so now this is easily a good patch for me. W.
I already have Ellen but I want her for my second team. I'm gonna play her with Anby and Rina and hopefully qingyi and Rina when she comes out
Deym that tactical coordination rework makes her all rounder in all factions
Hey man. I was wondering- how do you do the text in your thumbnails? I’m trying to improve mine and I really love the way yours pop. I’m doing them in canva currently and I don’t see a way to have a dual color tone like you do.
Hard skipped Ellen for Zhu Yuan now I got 145 pulls ready
My C6 Anby and C4 Nicole are rubbing their hands like Birdman for Zhu
Zhu Yuan is going to be Future Impact agent, her value will increase as her dedicate teammates are introduced 💪🏻
I pulled rina two days ago, I’m so hype for zhu yuan
LETS GO!
You could also run Zhu Yuan, Rina, Grace then the Ether Anomaly Bangboo for a disorder team
Dont spend your Bangbucks yet, there's a chance a Pubsec Bangboo will drop, just like Belabog, Amillion and Butler Bangboo
You gonna use Nicole regardless but this free up a lot, like A LOT of Zhu Yuan's teams option. You can mix match with other support + stun/def unit with synergistic element or faction.
i.g.
Sokaku + Lycaon or Seth / Lucy + Koleda or Ben / Rina + Anby or Seth. The option is almost limitless.
Good information, maybe could you put a screenshot of ether elements party buff or sumtin? So we can visualize easily
Yeah I normally would have but I’m currently out of town so just doing my best with this videos while I’m gone😭 Will do more in depth videos with better visuals once I’m back and she releases!
@@SolessSolXS all good mannn, nice content for real tho. Keep up the good job brudda 🔥
W video... glad that there are others that felt the same way about the character.
Great video! Great to hear about other combos
I feel Koleda Lucy would be the best combo for now.
Soukaku can't give other buffs it provides to Juyeon, and Lucy is much faster, stronger in terms of character specs itself. Piper Lucy is great for disorder setups, but it lacks daze compared to other comps, as well as Juyeon not that fit for a disorder setup imo (due to her long field times wothout ether damage)
Yeah I can imagine this team being one of her best definitely. I know Somali doesn’t directly buff her but she does buff Lycaon if you have him on your team which just overall makes the team very synergistic. Same with Piper and Lucy tho so I believe both teams are great options definitely
To be completely honest, although it may seem like a buff for her, I personally think of it as a mini change for the current state of the game...
When 1.1 comes out with Qingyi, Seth and Jane Doe, will the developers revert that change so she can be used the way she was intended to?
I'm just a bit concerned if we're hyping it up a bit too soon. If they don't change it back then she will be a really good character for many teams I'm sure. BUT if they do, don't be upset about it because this is how the main component of team building works...
Them making changes to character kits like that on full release from my understanding can get them in trouble in CN but even so I don’t think this is a temporary change I think this will be future implementations for other characters to make them more flexible down the road. I don’t think ever character will be like that but certain units potential will
Ngl game already blessed me with c2 anby (whom I enjoy.) and c1 Nicole for now, I’ve been saving up since I started a day ago. But I lowkey am gonna somehow use this character fr I’ve only been building both Nicole and Abby instead of a attack character as of now I’m using Corin as a place holder 🙏
thanks for the update man. I'm looking forward to pulling her. I've almost saved up 50 pulls, let's see in 5 days if i can push it to 74 which is the soft pity if i cannot get her in those 50 pulls.
Wishing you the best with your pulls! I think I have about 70 pulls saved up right now as well
Got 3 bens and 3 nicoles from my standard pulls. Didnt touch ellen banner. Well i used 9 out of the 10 free pulls we recently got and pulled a koleda but im set for zhu yuan. Next banner is perfect for me.
I figured this out by putting soukaku in team and it still satisfied the requirement. My Ellen, anby, rin, matchup will be satisfied. By sub Ellen with Zhu yuan.
That's crazy. I wonder if this is the standard going forward or a 1 time thing. Also wonder if it hurts QingYi sales.
I don’t expect it to happen for every unit but I do believe this change will be introduced to other units in the future
oh , maybe no one know this but the song in the vid is from Lost Planet spinoff E.X troopers
the best Lost Planet game haha
I really like the combo Lucy-Piper, but unfortunately I won't have enough resources and I'm alredy building up 5 agents, they'll definitely will be soon enough 😢
Great video! Im really looking forward to Zhu Yuan, but ngl I will probably wait until the last week to attempt pulling her lol (Im going for the Sons of Calydon team)
@@clsoelaosledaed thank you and understandable. The other characters in Calydon look super sick so can’t wait for them😤
I have lycaon and soukaku but lost the 50/50 for ellen, but I prefer zhu yuan gameplay so I'm glad now that's one of her best team :)
Looking forward for your next video with guides 😁
🙏🏾getting them ready once she drops
I'm so ready for Zhu Yuan, I'll he using Lycaon and Soukaku with her
Letss goo!
I saw in the story that she got her additional ability off support and thought "That's a cool thing for them to do for the story." I hope you're right and that this persists to her actual release. I don't see any reason why it wouldn't, it does give extra design space and can lead to more team building options. Anyway, good video!
@@nivlet42 yep definitely. I think changes like that are something we should expect more for the feature so that units don’t feel so limited with teams because honestly if they didn’t Zhu Yuan was really only going to have 1 true team😭
I think she is balanced character. Have good broken powerhouse but the downside is you lose your eye tracking on the enemies. Seriously.
I think they need to update Nicole’s skill so the orb is somewhat translucent so you can see through it. Can’t see shit when it’s in the field rn.
Remember for gacha people, always save there always more op character than starting banner
Ofc. Just always pull for who you like!
We all want that gyat
I lost my 50/50 early on Ellen. Was a bit sad, but that was before I got to Zhu Yuan's story. Now I'm glad that I have the banner guarantee for her. Currently sitting at 4800 pulls...
Also should I pull for her W Engine?
If you want to extend her life on your account I would pull for the weapon! I’ll more than likely do a video on talking about pulling W-Engines soon
@@SolessSolXS Thanks! I'm looking forward to the video.
Qingyi in 1.1 is rumored to be a stun unit so zhu yuan gets even better in future
I need to wait on how meta she is, I don't wanna spend on a character just for a better one to show up the very next banner😭
I keep going back and forth haha. I don't know who to try and pull, Ellen or for Zhu Yuan. I basically have the best ice team, I just need Ellen
Im not sure if theyll keep the passive like that, I feel like they olny changed it for the story mission but once she comes out it'll be back to how it was. I could be wrong but with a passive like that she's literally breaking the rules of the game every other character has to abide by besides her.
Faction/Element is the rule for every character and Zhu Yuan said F*ck that 😭
Either way Ima still use her with Nicole cuz its Nicole :P
I'm just happy on getting another Ether type
Isn't Koleda the best stunner in the game after they fixed her?
She was originally doing negative 30% stun, she's now doing +30%
From my understanding Lycaon still out Stuns her
Fuck i just realized lycaon + shoukaku could be a good team, really should've wait for her instead of chasing Ellen.
I'm just going for her after loosing my 50/50 on 90 pity for Ellen
i dont know wtf you going on about, nicole one of best support at endgame cus her def shred even for other elements, she will be the best support for zhu for a long time, utill some broken support comes out
"best movement in the game PERIOD" *scoffs in m3 Ellen Joe*
Will Zhu Yuan be back after the banner is gone? I intend to pull her as much as I can, but wondering if there's any hope of getting more cinemas down the line. (Maybe we'll be able to get a copy off of trust level at least)
Eventually but we don’t know when. They always do reruns down the line but it normally takes a while for them to happen.
you missed the quick swap team Rina Grace Zhu Yuan
Missed Ellen for Lycoan, so I guess I'm set up.
you have lycaon get ellen
@@NamelessDjinn I'm happy with Ly and Soukaku. I don't think mono elements will be as good in ZZZ without a Silverwolf to apply weaknesses. So I think I'm good with Dump truck swat lady.
zhu yuan really wants a stunner on the team for her kit so rather than pairing her with piper and lucy I think it would make more sense to do koleda and lucy :)
With the rate that Piper triggers Anomaly Build Up & Zhu Yan with Nicole, I think they might be ok with sacrificing a stunner for a team but I would need to test it on release to see.
Giving her a Stunner would more than likely still be best tho! Just experimenting with ideas is all
Yeah because she desperately needs her enhanced basic attack and the easiest way is to do chain attacks
I have 6500-700 polychromes left and a round band (Limited), do you advise me to invoke on Zhu Yuan? The thing is, as he's one of the only ethereal characters besides Nicole, I'm hesitant a lot. However, I watched the video, but hey... it's complicated. Otherwise I will surely invoke Jane Doe (Even if I already have quite a few Physical characters (Billy, Corin, Piper).
What do you think about zhu nicole and grace as a team?
still not gona pull her
Billy have a better fell back with his guns
Lycaon have WAY more fell back with his kick (she don't like hell)
I'm glad someone else sees it the same way I do I was told I was lying when I said Zhu Yuan will be the best Ether DPS
While the fact that she is the ONLY ether dps, shes so good and many enemies does not have much resistance against ether element, so yeah a big W
Yeah she’s going to be one of the best DPS in the game! Super excited to finally get her🥳
This never happened, Zhu Yuan is the only Ether dps in the game there’s literally no one else that people could say is better
The game is too early to consider the current roster as "the best". Zhu Yuan is the ONLY ether dps option atm. Still, It'll be months before we get another ether dps so if you like her and you're lacking DPS units It's a good investment.
@@roxasreturns2183 Going by this logic you'd be saying Ellen is not the current best DPS in game because the game is too early to consider her the best DPS.
Sharing the name Yuan from a specific HSR character, not a good sign folks. 😂
I'm thinking of either getting her C1, signature or Qingyi i can't choose 😭😭😭
I'm waiting for one person in particular, I don't know her name but she has furry ears and a sword along with a little blue fire boy
Miyabi
where can i find that cutscene at the beginning of tgis video? i dont think ove seen it before despite doing all quest ://
That’s from the release trailer on the Zenless TH-cam channel lol
@@SolessSolXS ohhhh i see, thanks
What would be a smarter way of pulling for units/weapons as a casual f2p?
Try and get as much dupes for a character or get the character and aim for their signature weapon?
Depends on your situation. If you have a guarantee, calculate EXACTLY how many pulls you'll need to hard pity the character. Once you have that, go for the weapon. Since the unit is a guarantee, do as many pulls as you can on the weapon banner and see what happens but don't pull OVER the amount required to get the unit.
However, if you're on a 50/50 obviously go for the character first. Once you get the 5 star you want, do what I said above.
To answer your question, imo getting a signature weapon is much more important than getting dupes for 4 stars or even the 5 star (depending on how good the 5 stars dupe is). Just the nature of the 4 stars is answer enough, you'll definitely see 4 stars later on in different banners, but you'll NEVER see the signature weapon or character you want unless their banner is currently running.
I would say aim for the character and only go for weapons if you want to future proof the unit. Weapons will allow them to not be power creeped as fast but I would only do it if I really like that unit.
I only go for dupe for characters like A-Rank units if they are on a banner of a character I like. Outside of that just save for who you want
@@dr.strange1300 thx for the answer! I really want to pull for characters i actually want instead of what character is going to be meta/op but with what happened to my star rail account after we got more end game stuff kinda cucked me over. And now i’m starting to be a little more mindful with ZZZ and have more cohesive units/teams
@@SolessSolXS appreciate the info!
Looks like i’ll just compare the value of their dupes to their signature and go from there, i ask this because i atleast want my zhu yuan to have passable performance when future end game comes. Learned my lesson with star rail and i never want to go through the pains of having to grind more when building units/teams because i didn’t invest enough dupes or signatures with my 5 stars
@@ThreshtheWeebWarden ofc! I think with Zhu have more faction members coming in the future she will at least have some legitivity for a while. Investing dupes into characters can be worth it but we just always have to remeber that going that far just means just have to skip out on possibly 2 banners or so in the future when being F2P. As long as you are ok with that then invest into what you want! Personally for me I think I'm going for Zhu Yuan and her weapon at least
ellen is still on top
I'm gonna try and get her but I lost my 50/50 to Ellen which set me back wish me luck bois 😑
Did you pull for Ellen again because if not, after losing the 50/50, the next pull you do guarantees the limited character
@@SolessSolXS I did I got Lycaon from the discount banner and I'm a stubborn fool 😂💀. I just like the cop designs and I thought she was sick when I tried her in the story.
Is it just me or do her guns do more or better damage then billys guns
They definitely do lol
Is Grace playable with Zhu? Might look to pull for her but I'm not sure if Grace would fit her style. I'm thinking of Nicole Grace and Zhu.
Grace could possibly work but when reading her kit she really doesn’t do anything for Zhu Yuan. They both kinda just exist together lol
@@SolessSolXS Thanks for this one might have to skip and wait for the next five star then and just save since I really don't have anyone for Zhu that would fit my third slot.
This is HUUUUUGE
im kinda fucked on resources, can i just build her with nicole and lycon?
You can! Lycaon doesn’t mesh well with them but he’s busted so he’ll cook regardless and Zhu Yuan & Nicole just have good synergy
Man I kinda regret building my Nekomata, now my Nekomata will be out of job RIP to my resource spent on Nekomata
If you haven’t built a 2nd team yet then she won’t be a waste. You still need a Pure DPS for that team as well🫡
Could Zhu Yuan Lucy Koleda work? It should right
That’s definitely a team to test out. From what I remember about Koleda tho she should be a good pairing for the team!
@@SolessSolXS Is Zhu Yuan a character that stays on the field a lot? I haven't played the beta, couldn't test her too much
The thing is…. Zhu Yuan or Ellen Joe?
Is neckomata any good? I got her at pity
Where are the hotfix and patch notes?
I didn't like her design, but luck with those pulls y'all
i like zhu yuan but gonna skip i need Jane doe and miyabi
Feels like its good now but worst once more ether comes out? Or future chars?
Not worse, just less valuable. But here's the thing for the argument of powercreep. Just because a future unit might be better, does NOT mean that past units are trash. They're still just as good as before, if not BETTER due to the release of future supports or characters that make Zhu Yuan better. If you can clear shiyu defense with Zhu Yuan against enemies weak to ether, then you'll always be able to, no matter what patch the game is in. The biggest issue with powercreep is the nature of brute forcing the content. Look at acheron from hsr, she can clear any content regardless of the weaknesses since she bypasses elemental types. In this game enemies are resistant to elements in much the same way. The best way to not worry about powercreep is to just focus on the units that make you have fun when you play, cause everybody says "pull who you like" and whatnot but sometimes that doesn't always transfer into gameplay. For instance I really love cloud retainer in genshin impact, but I hate her fucking gameplay lmao. Imo if you're already worried about powercreep stuff this early into the game then you've already lost the war lmao because you'll just end up never pulling anything since the next best thing is coming right after.
Naw because more ether units just mean more units to work with her unless they are specially Ether Attack.
@@dr.strange1300 was not talking about her being ether was talking about her core change it was working with other ether before but now it's been changed to work with supports only. Cause the old her would be able to team with any ether. Buts now only team with surpports
@@godlikejasonSure, but what kinda team doesnt have a support on it, ya know? I feel like support is an evergreen requirement.
@@kylerqaz22 not really like Jane team wants another anomally and the new 4star defender goes better with her
This "buff" is nothing. Of the 4 support characters, Nicole buffs everything Zhu Yuan wants. You simply will not have the output or synergy for Zhu Yuan from any other support that Nicole gives her. And guess what, that's 100% fine. Your only swap option is anby for Lycon or Koleda as a stunner.
Once Qingyi is obtainable she'll likely take up that spot permaently. Sometimes you don't need a dps to be flexable, you just need them to work well with their intended party comp.
It does a lot because it doesn’t limit her to just one team to start. A lot of players could not have Nicole upgrade or just don’t want to. Nicole can be her best partner but that doesn’t mean everyone wants to use her lol
Zhu koleda Lucy or Zhu Nicole anby?
I’m going to try both but the better option is probably still Nicole, Zhu, Anby
I’m doing Koleda Lucy Zhu Yuan
That team definitely sounds a lot of fun!
@@SolessSolXS Nicole Zhu and koleda not fit work?
@@abpdaily4778 they won’t get the full team synergy to give Koldea her bonus but they could probably still somewhat work.
@@SolessSolXS so which team is good right now ? I'm building 2nd team now and don't want wasting resources , Zhu Nicole and ?
@@abpdaily4778 mostly the 3 teams I listed in the video but if you have Koleda you should build Lucy for the full team synergy.
Would yall say that zhu yuan koleda and lucy will be a good team? I have them built for my s11 team, so i was hoping they would work
yeah it’ll work but you’ll want to build nicole eventually
Statistically speaking since the calculations are different for damage, atk% buffs are more ideal than flat atk buffs (ex. Soukaku) so if you're using Nicole for something else or if you don't want to use her, she's her next best A-rank support
Yeah this should be solid especially with the ATK buff and then Koldea gives the chain attack dmg buff too! Her stun is really good as well
@@TheZij hey what do you think abt pen ratio over ether dmg bonus for zhu yuans 5 slot? she has a ton of dmg bonus in her kit so i’m thinking i should run crit dmg, pen ratio, and atk%
@@Edengoldengardens I'd use it if there's nothing better for slot 5, but ether% is too good of a stat to ignore. Unless we have a number database for the enemies that show some have INSANELY high defense, I'd wager it's better to still go for Ether%. Rina is the only one that uses Pen Ratio for a main stat anyway
Idc about meta, but i skip ellen just for zhu.. i like her model.. hopefully i want the rate off 😂😂
Zhu best girl!
PAWG
Can zhuyuan works with rina?
Yes you can probably just run Anby, Rina, Zhu Yuan. She csn take advantage of the PEN Ratio Buff from her but that’s about it
Hmmmmm..... ZY Rina Lycaon?
Can I replace anby with Grace?
Possibly? I’m just not sure how great her Daze is and if the Shock into Corruption is a good disorder comp. Would need to test that out
@@SolessSolXS thanks alottt