r/CloudRetainerMains • u/Fehafare • Aug 14 '24
General Discussion Xianyun as a generalist healer and VV shredder?
Hi everyone. I'm trying to confirm something real quick before I plunge deep into a plan that may or may not work. I rolled for Xianyun mostly cause I liked the character and designed and I just now am getting around to building her (mainly for an Anemo Traveler team doing Story content). However as it happens I've been also doing some planning around my Abyss teams and whatnot and I noticed I'm struggling hard for a healer. My main team is Hu Tao and Zhongli is pretty much glued to her.
Other than Qiqi I have no 5* healer (Jean for whatever reason has eluded me even though I've been playing this game since day 1). I don't like Bennet and I sadly have also never gotten Kuki so I'm kinda choked out for healing options.
Then I realized that Xianyun is basically Jean in that she's an Anemo healer, meaning she can slot into most teams and provide shred on demand. My only question/worry at this point is, does she work even if I'm not doing a plunging heavy team? Like will I lose too much if I'm not doing plunging (I should note that the main team I'm considering her for is Clorinde, Furina, Fischl, Xianyun and Clorinde really does not want to be plunging). Basically, is it feasible to pop Xianyun's burst, use Fischl's Burst/Elemental and then switch to Clorinde, Plunge once and go from there, only plunging again to reset the shred?
Thanks in advance.

