The game outright told my ass that my mains will be Seth, Ben, Billy and Corin and I deal with it
Thought about getting Jane, but changed my mind and trying to get Vivian

at least Billy and Corin are fun to play but i'm also biased towards assault teams lol Seth apparently is a decent pseudo support agent too though i don't use him. since I have Caesar, I don't use Big Ben too much these days but his EX parry is fun to chain together

Viv is great man A lot of i- and dodge frames to play around with while setting up some big damage. Styling on ethereals with the Noblewoman state plus she makes my Jane go crazy like I know she's capable of

"Looking cool, Hugo!"

Im addicted :ariscared:

you and me both, brother

2.0 on the horizon

havent watched yet but
code ZZZANNIVERSARY

People will say "wow that's a nice anniversary gift" but am like "lmao after 3 soft launches and the game being reworked over and over this is nothing"

arent the anniversary gift just standard for hoyo games anyway? lol after they got rid of TV mode, their roadmap for this game got torched tf up. still havent watched the stream though so idk what theyve changed this time around

Rewards aside, the actual updates/additions to the combat are what have me excited. firstly, Ellen buff is real so I can give Miyabi a brief respite now lol The miasma hazards seem like they could be fun additions once combat really gets going and the tag assists expand aftershock utility (as well as shadow harmony set's usage). I do wish we got a couple more non-rupture w-engines (ie support) added to BoxGalaxy though. Speaking of Rupture, it seems like a hybrid offensive/support class built around a new PEN buff and I wonder how future characters will flesh it out as its own thing. As with Ellen's adjustments, a handful of older released agents are getting modified, this time with Rupture resonance, so there'll be at least some viable team variety early in the patch. And, finally, we have maps, maps, and minimaps. Figured the Melinoe Hollow was a test for a some sort of map system and I'm glad they landed on one that looks to have decent usability.

While I'll admit Yixuan's design is just ok (still pulling though), I'm not as down on the upcoming designs and the new hub as some of the louder voices are. Still looks urban enough to me, just a different aesthetic, plus the Angels of Delusion are coming sometime after 2.0 and all of their designs are bangers the Proxies are getting their (free) fits off too with some additional goofy headwear that I'll definitely be using lol overall, not bad for the start of yet another ZZZ refresh

Inky trust maxed out btw

just two bad b****es co-existing (kinda)

that was actually insane what the hell

had to pump up those Yixuan stocks before her debut lol they are NOT playing about her being void hunter level

void hunter = an evil sword killed my loved one by absorbing their consciousness

really nice short from Studio Tumble & Flintsugar

it's patch week

also an irl USA collab event (and it's actually somewhat near me this time)

Ellen 2.0 is pretty crazy they really did her justice

pulled Yixuan and her w-engine a M4 Panda and w-engine and still have 80 pulls left :banderas:

......now i just have to build them......

drip has started

Which s rank should I grab? Grace, on paper, seems like she'd be good to combo with Miyabi (no yanagi), but I'm hearing lycaon is the way to go. Rina seems good too. Guess I'm caught between those 3

I think Lycaon would be the better option, esp if you have a built Soukaku, as the mono ice team is pretty strong. Rina is good 2nd choice with her shared PEN boost core skill. While Grace triggers shock regularly, overall she's quite weak compared to the other standard S ranks. I think her w-engine might have more utility than her tbh lol If you're planning to build an anomaly team with Miyabi, maybe look into building Piper?

I see this sentiment shared a lot, how is grace weak when disorder seems to be miyabis bread and butter? Genuinely curious

And how would lycaon be better, just sharing more ice anomaly charge?

I believe she works well with Miyabi, but you're probably going to get more out of Lycaon since he applies 25% ice res shred and does a ton of stun/daze. Prior to getting Vivian, I more or less just used Miyabi and Lycaon together any chance I got. Granted, I have an M2 Miyabi and she can just solo so much of the game, but still lol.

I'd go with who you like more, but I think Lycaon is the stronger choice.

Grace was the first S-rank anomaly agent introduced so her elemental application just isn't as consistent as those that followed her (Jane, Miyabi, Yanagi, Vivian) while the other S-ranks still fill their niches well enough

With that mono ice team, Lycaon gains 35% more stun damage and Soukaku gives everyone a 20% boost to ice damage (after popping her EX to keep it active). Since Miyabi's Frost is treated differently than the regular Ice damage, it still triggers Disorders while benefiting from the Ice Oni's elemental boost. So, with the S-rank stunner, you can break down defenses while maximizing your anomaly/disorder attacks.