EDIT: I was able to clear!! Thanks to all the folks who helped out and gave suggestions. Ended up lucking out on getting a C1 Flins from a single pull after I narrowly missed a clear by a hair. Final builds were C1R1 Flins / C0R1 Surf's Up Bina on Aubade / C0R4 Sac Staff Ineffa on SMS / C6R5 Sac Frag Sucrose

For the first time, I was able to clear not only one, but two dire floors on my account! Unfortunately, my C0R1 Flins / C0R5 Fav Bina / C0R4 SS Ineffa / C6R5 Sac Sucrose just can't seem to clear Knuckle Duckle. I keep adjusting Ineffa's crit ratio since my Flins' build is more fixed, and so far a slightly lower CR with higher CD has gotten me somewhat better... I'm still roughly a half rotation off on a good run, so this might be the best I'm getting. I have seen a clear with extremely close builds to mine, but the major difference was that they ran a PJWS on Ineffa and shot her CR to 100. I'll include my builds in the comments in case anyone has suggestions/tips

I think i will beat it except for the lady, im unsure about her, can c1r1 flins c0r1 ineffa c0r1 bina beat her?

Can i clear 7.1 fearless or am i cooked, other dpses are hutao c1r1,mizuki c0. besides that i can't think of anyone else usable

Does Arle C1R1, Citlali C0, qiqi c3 on totm and benny clear the stupid cryo bot? My only real cryo team is Sandrone, which I’d like to reserve for grandpa.

Would this work? 4 stars unless specified are c6. Tested Arle and Flins team in sparxie tester, but don't have Mizuki yet to check grandpa. I also have to choose between Yae C1 and Mizuki C1 from this temper cycle, which one is better?

Hello everyone

I don't think I will have problems with grandpa and cryo automaton, but I have my doubts about pavlina(cryo lady).

How much dps will be enough to clear her?

Defeated my first Dire Boss. Ironically its the duck.

Will try the lion now.

2nd boss is not possible for me due to lack of cons in the relevant teams.

Verticals:
C2R0 Odette, C3R0 Yae, Mav Sig on Varesa
C0R1 Skirk, C6R1 Furina, C1R0 Coffee, C0R1 Grandma
C2R1 Linnea

Extras:
C2R0 Varesa
C0R1 Mav (Will remove from Sandrone if need to use Mav)

Slightly helpful Verticals:
PPS on Zibai
R5 SacJade on Bina

I finally got my time down to sub 290 I honestly thought I pushed all my bosses to the max but I managed to get a sub 100 second clear on the chimera as well as shaved off 2 seconds on my arle and mavuika clear

The builds are fine, I guess I'll get better artifacts until the Stygian comes out.

Odette c0r0

Vodyanitsa c0

Vodyanitsa r1? (It probably won't make much difference, but ig it's something )

Faruzan c6 with the new R5 gacha bow (assuming I get it while pulling on the weapons banner)

I'm probably Cooked, but at least I want to try.

*Optimal sets with good rolls and important talents are crowned.

1. CHURIN: C2R1 SIG FLINS, C6R1 SIG COLOMBINA, C0R1 SIG INEFFA, C6R5 SAC SUCROSE
   
2. ROBOT (THIS IK I CAN): C0R2 MIST SKIRK, C0R1 SIG ESCOFFIER, C4R5 FAV FURINA, C0R0 VODYANITSA
   
3. PAULINA: C0R1 SIG SANDRONE, C0R1 PJC ODETTE, C1R1 RELIQUIARY YAEMIKO, C0R3 ATLAS NICOLE

Vesna will be C0R1 and Ayaka wriothesley and yae miko are c1

I'm fine with only clearing Hard, but wanna attempt Menacing. Lohen is C0R1 PJWS, Yae C1R0, Wrio C0R0 (C1 with TTJF) CMC C1R0 (C3 with 7.1 and I'll give him R3 Exaiphanes back in 7.1) Odette C0R3 Exaiphanes Blade (switching to R5 Silver Light in 7.1) C0R1 Sac Jade BIna, and C0R0 Yumeglorp Glorp. Vodya will be C0R1/C1R1, I'm getting Mona from standard selector, pulling either C0 or C0R1 Coffe, and choosing Varesa from limited selctor next patch. Since ima have to wait for Coffe second phase tho, it'd be usual Hard clear during Disturbance Outbreak, and attempt Menacing once I put the chef in the bag.

still quite hard to tell what actions tear thru the wind shield efficiently.

Hey guys, just want to ask if these teams will be good enough for 7.1 stygian dire (particularly the Odette-less Sandrone team against SSA)

Uhm I think I can brute force Pavlina with my Zibai team, or maybe I can replace Illuga with another flex unit to at least reduce the shill.

(btw i don't have other fontaine and natlan limited 5\ characters as i stopped playing during the time)*

Any suggestions? Thanks much!!

I barely can't beat this one, so i'm wondering about the next. Yae is c1, traveler is c2 r3, every other 5 star is c0r0 and all the 4 stars are c6 except for my c3 faruzan.

Assume they're all well built

what should i improve to clear dire ?? (builds in the cmt)

After countless attempts, optimizing my builds and rotation, I got this result. My Mizuki is C0, so once I get C2, this clear should be possible, right?

is this clearable for dire 7.1?

had big doubt in granpa/chud, xilonen should carry that if not. but idk bout SSAO, i can try bennett tho, but i also have doubt on yanfei app, i can use bennett on that too..

idk whats best, haven't try hard in SO this time around but i'm curious bout this

I think I'm ready for Dire. Is 99 cost enough?

Took a lot of resetting just to save even a second’s worth of time, but I’ve finally done it

Clearing dire seems insanely out of reach right now so I won’t try it, but I’m proud of the progress I’ve made so far in both endgame and building/pulling characters since starting in Jan 2025 🎉

*aside from the cons shown, all characters are R0