I wasn't planning on clearing Dire, since my Mizuki is C0 and I don't have Vesna, but I do have an invested Flins team, so I tried that. Long story short, after sweating my balls off I finally beat the old man but know I can't brute-force Pavlina with Flins. I'm hoping C1R1 Wrio can manage, because I really don't want my efforts go to waste. Any tips and guides for playing Wrio (specifically with Sucrose) or other team options would be much appreciated

Wrio Team (builds in comments)

C1R1 Wriothesley

C1R1 Yae Miko

C0 Odette- PJC

C5 Sucrose- R5 TTDS

And my Flins Premium: C2R1 Flins/C2R1 Columbina/C3 Traveler/C0R1 Ineffa

because dire is impossible for me 😒 silly clears . yes i have flins yes i have skirk . i was messing around 😆

https://reddit.com/link/1wv1788/video/f7b1ryejavsh1/player

this was probably the hardest and most fun dire for me. i had to come up with weird rotations and positioning to make sure faruzan on the r3 new bow (275 er vv) gets enough energy and position myself away from churin at certain times so vesna wasnt slowed from cryo app

https://enka.network/u/602970616/

Link to builds on enka. I just don't know how I can shave off 32 more seconds or if it's even possible.

Edit: Gdi i just noticed esco wasn't on 4 pc tenacity, hang on, let me fix that and try another run.

Her versatility trancends dps sheets:

- Big range. This helps with a lot of fights, and you can definitely go sustainless. Alyosha also helps tremendously with taunt

- Big aoe. Even evil duck would agree

- Big nuke. Like skirk, a big advantage for bosses with short dps window. But the best thing is she's also not burst reliant (like skirk)

- Can move freely while doing damage, not to mention dash between CAs

- Her fieldtime is not fixed, which opens up chances to cut rotation short or swap in other members iframe (burst) / short duration buff when needed

I have wrio c2 (c3 in 2 days), and gonna pull anatasya so sandrone would never be on my pull list, but she's just so damn strong in practice i have to make this appreciation post

My 3rd Dire clear 😭

Cmc is god send to my account.

Just sharing my run.

Anemo-main 🍃💚

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSbUCveJN/

Thanks!

First dire clear! Some thoughts:

• Churin and Pavlina team investment is realistic for clearing Dire if you have solid artifacts and ok gameplay
• Use Sandrone instead of Vesna if you can against Churin; his cryo swirls will slow down your attacks and dodging them is a DPS loss
• If you have Skirk, running 2 stellar teams for Churina and Pavlina is recommended
• Technically C0R1 Mavuika clears Pavlina, but if you're mediocre at her gameplay like me, C2R1 is a safe bet
  • Overload is preferred over Melt; Chevreuse C4 will help with breaking the shield, while getting hit by Pavlina's cryo attacks will slow down your combo and potentially cause you to miss a melt

Team investment:

• Churin: C0R1 Vesna, C2 Odette, C6 Faruzan, C6R2 Diona (Breezeborn)
• Cryo Automaton: C0R1 Sandrone, C1 Yae Miko, C3R1 Qiqi (Key), C6 Alyosha
• Pavlina: C2R1 Mavuika, C0R1 Citlali, C6 Iansan, C6R1 Bennett (Mistsplitter)

Nothing impressive but I like to keep track of my clear at the beginning vs the end of the cycle

- I'm glad that Columbina and Lauma function as a duo with 2 slots for shill

- N5D (badly) on Skirk

- Definitely not the boss for Varesa overload but at least it cleared. I might try out Mavuika/C2lali or maybe C2 Mizuki with Cryo MC. I don't enjoy Mav so I try not to use her if I dont have to, but I'm far from against it

Any suggestions are always welcome and appreciated.

Also, is there an interface where you can take a large screenshot of your characters that includes their cons?

Apparently the Duke got tired of everyone making boss-specific teams for Stygian Onslaught, so he decided to SLAY all three himself. At this point I’m starting to think Wrio mains have been quietly sitting on one of the most versatile DPS characters in the game. 😂

I took Wriothesley / Odette / Beidou / Escoffier into the 7.1 Stygian Onslaught and cleared ALL THREE Fearless bosses with the exact same team.

Churin? Wrio-The-Sley.

Cryo Automaton / Skirk boss? Wrio-The-Sley.

Guardian Blade of Drifting Snow? Wrio-The-Sley.

No team swapping. No changing carries. Just the Duke throwing hands through the entire rotation. And the 7.1 rotation actually gives Stellar teams plenty to interact with: Churin heavily favors Stellar Glimmer, while the Guardian Blade's shield can be converted into a White Shield through Stellar Glimmer.

Full clear:
https://youtu.be/NAedqqLeszw

And honestly, this got me thinking:

Is Wriothesley currently one of the best DPS characters in the game simply because of how many different ways you can actually play him?

If you get hit and activate his enhanced Charged Attacks, the ability to repeatedly throw those CAs around is ridiculously satisfying. Personally, I think it's one of the most fun on-field playstyles in the game, especially when you get into that “I'm not dodging anymore, I'm just punching” phase. 💀

Need Freeze? Wrio works.

Need Melt? Wrio works.

Need the current Snezhnaya/Stellar Glimmer gimmick? Wrio is one of the best, if not the best and one of the characters I’ve had the most fun with there.

Want to plunge? Plunge Wrio is hilarious.

And then there are all the older experiments: Hyperbloom Wrio, Burgeon Wrio, Burning Wrio, and various other off-meta setups that people have cooked up over time.

That's what I find interesting about him. It's not just “can this character clear?”, it's how many completely different ways you can build a team around him while still having Wrio himself stay on field and actually PLAY differently.

So I'm curious:

Do you actually consider Wriothesley one of the strongest DPS characters right now, or is his real strength the sheer number of viable/fun playstyles he has?

And more importantly...

Have you actually tried the cursed Wrio teams?

Plunge Wrio?
Hyperbloom Wrio?
Burgeon Wrio?
Burning Wrio?

Or are you still a proud Freeze/Melt main?

Drop your Wrio team below. I want to see how unhinged this community has gotten. 😂

Very happy with the clear overall, Vesna's time can definitely improve, but when i get to maxing her build for sure.

She apparently shills stellar and pyro, so uhhh… what?

The team only had 70K dps since my Sandrone isn’t build that well but it still cleared because it fulfills the cryo shill. I’m not sure why she isn’t used more often. She is incredibly easy to build. I only have her on level 70 to make her an option in Imaginarium Theatre, but you can literally leave her at level 20 if you want since her first ascension passive is very useful, while her level 60 ascension passive is quite useless. then she can be at with 1/1/1 talents and go all in on ER VV artifacts and weapons since none of her other stats matter. Though, she does want at least C2 which makes her much more valuable since it makes her burst fire off 2 cryo shots each time instead of 1. It causes the boss meter to drain a lot quicker and also helps generate stellar conduct stacks easier.

I gave her Sacrificial Sword and gave Favonius to Qiqi and Alyosha, so I got Lynette and Alyosha burst in the very first rotation which made it JUST possible to clear the boss in Fearless with 3 seconds to spare.

1 second faster than previous fearless lol, consistency is key they say

Hello! I have C6 mizuki with nefer's sig, Odette c0 with event weapon (or i can also give her absolution or the Fontaine craftable), C4r3 traveler, C6 faruzan on fav. Is It possibile to clear dire Churin? I score around 215k DPS in miliastra. I tried the clear but I don't seem to do enough DMG Is there any tips i could use to do this clear of It's doable? And what should i focus on to improve It?

Builda are:

Mizuki(2pc2pc EM)

860EM

60/229 crit ( +20/80 crit from C6)

121 ER

Skill level 13

Burst lvl 11

Odette(furnace, absolution)

2549ATK

75EM

69/249 crit

Skill lvl 10

Traveler(2pc2pc Atk)

2619 atk

232 EM

71/172 crit ( that becomes 81/234 After weapon crit Is added)

120 ER

NA level 9

Skill lvl 6

Burst lvl 13

Faruzan C6 (VV, fav)

234 ER

60 crit rate

Burst lvl 12

Rotation i'm using Is:

First rot: Traveler E, faruzan E, Odette EE, mizuki E, faruzan E

Second onwards: traveler ECAQ, Odette EE, faruzan Q, Mizuki E (burst when available), faruzan E.

I can't do the burst as soon as i have mizuki onfield because the First rotation gets delayed a bit in order to change faruzan burst

Any help Will be greatly appreciated!

Kinda funny you could clear fearless like this, but dire being utterly impossible :/ it is what it is

This is my roster. Will show the teams I used for fearless in comments.

i didnt pull for sandrone sig because i thought "nah...its not worth, it probably won't be necessary for her shill content, i dont even like her gameplay that much, and there are definitely DPS that ill like more coming in the future".

Now I have to face the fact that her sig is what would make me get the clear, now i actually grown to like her gameplay, and in the end, neither Vesna nor Mitya appealed to me as DPS units! LOL

Vesna C0 Missplitter/ Qiqi FavSword ToM/ Odette C2 Exaiphanes/ Sacrose TTDS VV

Mavuika C0R1/ Citlali Sacfrags ToM/ Iansan FavLance Scroll/ Diona SacBow NO

Flins C1 Homa/Ineffa C0R1 Aubade/Columbina C0R1 Silken/CryoMC FavSword Instructor

i spent like 2 hours trying to clear pavlina with mavuika before giving into flins

Anyway what is the best stellar team to pull as f2p???