11-3 is what I was talking about when I said the stage was designed for Venti. Sixty enemies!
Bewitching EyesYay, go Xilonen at 50 pulls.
My gacha luck is still alive and well.
…The only problem is that I have zero materials left to upgrade her after spending everything on Mav and a few others.
I also visited the Spiral Abyss for the first time in… 2 years? Failed to 3-star lvl 10 on my first attempt, I’ll try again tomorrow. Those water gun chicks are mighty annoying to deal with.
Edited by Lyendith on Apr 16th 2025 at 7:19:00 AM
Implication I didn't pick up on from Varesa's quest at first. Her strength and appetite potentially stem from the fact that she's been regularly eating divine flesh her entire life.
Also if you've finished her quest you can go back and talk to Xamaran about it if you've done their quest too.
Bewitching EyesSpeaking of Varesa, I stumbled upon that Tatankasaurus guarding her garden… I was looking for a way to get it out of the way until I was sidetracked by the two adventurers nearby… and then by the two kids… and then by the continuation of the dragon quest inside the volcano.
Yeah, there are so many quests around that place that I wasn’t even sure which one I was doing at some point lol.
So this is the obligatory secret underground area of Natlan, eh. More linear and straitforward than Enkanomiya or the Aranara world, I’ll give it that.
Now it may be just me but it seems that Mavuika performs pretty terribly in a dendro-explosion team compared to Yanfei… I’ll follow the advice and start building another team with Xilonen for her.
I already have a full Cinder City set, so that’s nice… Which stat should I focus on for Xilo, though? Probably not ATK…
You have Husk of Opulent Dreams as her artifact set, right? That set gains defensive buff stacks when you deal geo damage or are off-field.
The number represents how many stacks you have, and counts down the longer Yunjin is on-field but not dealing geo damage.
Edited by Stage7-4 on Apr 17th 2025 at 10:34:36 AM
Similar to Iansan, you don't really "play" as Xilonen. You use her skill, kick 3 times, then get out. Use burst if healing is needed. Her contribution is immense but you'll barely notice her.
Kinda ironic that the laziest and the most energetic characters in Natlan are the best buffers, and both use barely any field time.
Edited by Stage7-4 on Apr 17th 2025 at 12:16:04 PM
Some of the test runs for the Natlan characters just don't feel great to play. From Kinich's being in an area that doesn't show off his movement well, to Mavuika's being patched so she wouldn't die of self-inflicted electro-charge. It's good that they want to show off both overworld mobility and combat ability, but they don't always leave the best first impression (which is kinda baffling, you'd think that'd be a much higher priority).
I don’t usually like to skip events, but man this is two combat centric events in a row where the design of the challenge just… completely lost me.
The base-taking conquest mode in the last event felt like it should’ve been really fun, but everything from a subpar map design to the way the side quests just felt like padding just turned the whole thing into a slog. I liked the baby-saur mini game, though.
And this one is just bland imo. Making the “power yourself up” bit an entirely different repetitive part from the actual fight was not a good idea.
That one event a little while back where you had a short time to do micro-challenges that hopped you ahead difficulty levels depending on how quickly you completed the current ones was such a step in the right direction, but these… eh.
Edited by KnownUnknown on Apr 17th 2025 at 2:10:58 AM
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While the character free trials aren't perfect, they're still 300% better now then what they used to be. The progression path from soloing it with "oops all ER" artifacts to now where they're in an appropriate yet budget team is fascinating in retrospect.
I miss Labyrinth Warriors from version 2. Sad that likely will never come back nor be mentioned ever again.
Edited by Stage7-4 on Apr 17th 2025 at 1:43:28 AM

I did it first try without Venti, still waiting for Navia
Buffalo Chicken pizzas and Cheez-It pizzas are the GOAT; Aromantic cynic all the way