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Genshin Impact "Starlight Reverie" Web Event Avatar Collection

Happy 4th Anniversary, Traveler! ~

An avalanche of character illustrations from the "Starlight Reverie" web event are here! Come choose your favorite one and make it your avatar to celebrate the 4th Anniversary together!

[Character illustrations for all 80+ characters can be found here (Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma) and here (Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan).]

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Some balancing ideas for supports

DA:

Riveret Crest (Base/Mod): Enemies hit by the skill will be inflicted with [Riveret Crest] debuff which decreases physical defense by 30% for 10 seconds.

Transcending Declaration: While [Holy Declaration] is active, when [Pioneer's Blessing] buff from Pioneer's Dignity passive is activated, reduce Special Active skill cooldown of allies, excluding yourself, for 1 second.

Bonus Opera: Lead-up time before Chung opens his wings decreased. After fully recovering party's HP/MP, grant all party members 10 stacks of [Bonus Opera] buff which generates a shield equals to 20% of the caster's max HP for 10 seconds. When the duration expires, consume 1 [Bonus Opera] stack to regenerate the shield.

Dius Aer (Stage 3/4): [Dius Aer] buff duration increased from 15/3 to 20/5 seconds.

OM:

Stimpack: Skill size increased. Changed to an install-type skill. The skill will stay in the field for 5 seconds, dealing multiple hits over time. Hitstun only on the initial hit. Damage per hit is adjusted so that the total damage remains the same. Players or enemies that come into contact with it will receive {Stimpack] buff and debuff.

Detoxication (Base/Mod): All Skill Damage Increase increased from 12% to 15%.

Defibrillator: Skill size increased.

Molecular: [Genetic Modification] Stage 4's Special Active Skill Cooldown Speed Increase is changed to Special Active, Hyper Active and Master Skill Cooldown Speed Increase.

Mass Examination: [Mass Examination] buff duration increased from 50/25 to 70/35 seconds.

Trolley Dilemma: [Trolley Dilemma] buff duration increased from 50/25 to 70/35 seconds. Players that are not selected will receive [False Trolley Dilemma] buff which reduces Special Active MP usage by 10% and Special Active Cooldown Speed Increase by 1.25x for 70/35 seconds.

Genetic Recombination (Stage 4): [Genetic Recombination] buff duration increased from 25/15 to 35/25 seconds. The buff can stack up to 200 seconds.

Nyx:

Chilling Rage (Base/Mod): Changed from Awakening Charge Increase to All Speed Increase (10% base; 15% Full Moon).

Moon's Origin: Stacking is removed. Base healing over time is increased from 6%/0.6% to 9%/0.9% (Full Moon: 12%/1.2%.)

Silver Moon's Calling: Skill size increased.

Salvation: Added the effect to reduce all party members' Skill Cooldown by 100% (except Force Active, Bonding Skill, HA and M. Skill) upon activation. Added the effect to grant a shield that is 15% of the caster's max HP to all party members for 15 seconds upon activation.

Storming Sea: [Storming Sea - Confession] Physical Attack buff is increased from 8%/4% to 10%/5%.

Brilliant Moon: Added an effect that whenever this passive activates, reduce Salvation's cooldown by 1 second.

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I like when offmon smile like this 😏

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Every wolf furry in a nutshell.

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I saw many people said that EP. 3 of the Demon Slayer Hashira Training Arc was just filler and should be skipped as fast as possible, but I have to disagree. While plot-wise, nothing much happened, but this episode showed how the 'common folks' aside from the main cast were struggling with this whole ordeal. We are too acquainted with the protags and the Hashiras that we forgot that the Demon Slayer Corps wasn't just composed of only them. There were many more men out there trying their best to fight the evil. Tanjiro joining the training definitely boosted his colleagues' morale to endure the harsh future that awaits them and seeing them getting motivated was refreshing. We also got to see how Tengen and his wives were doing. Tengen could still pose a threat even with one eye and one arm missing. Moreover, the anime has been doing well foreshadowing the new Upper Moon 4's power from the Infinity Castle appearing and disappearing in the first EP and then this EP where her eyeball stalked the patrol teams. It's bits and pieces of suspense, relaxation, and anticipation like this that keep the momentum of the episode going. I enjoyed it very much.

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Happy Birthday, Gorou!

"The Yae Publishing House's editors are so thoughtful sending me all these thank-you letters from the readers! I'm just so glad to have been able to be of help!"

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Happy Birthday, Gorou!

Good morning! I was just about to start my training routine. Why don't you join me for a few rounds of strength training?

Regular training is crucial in order to respond to the various emerging situations on the battlefield.

On top of that, warriors must have a profound understanding of tactics— Oh, you want to know the secrets behind my formations?

Let me give you a demonstration. With your intelligence and talent, I'm sure you'll get the hang of it in no time!

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Speculation of the new armor

The history of armors in Elsword was wild. From simple crafting to incomprehensible RNG hell. Here is a brief history (at least from when I started playing):

Normal dungeon gear: Pretty much straightforward. Just a regular gear with higher stats.

Henir gear: This starts having some interesting unique effects. It can be upgraded via grinding Henir.

Secret dungeon gear: Similar to normal dungeon gear but with unique set effects.

Heroic gear: This was the first gear that had RNG components, having to roll 3 lines of IDs for the stats you want. It also came with a set effect of 3 variations.

Elrianode gear: Even more RNG hell with the Tears. The set effects also have 3 variations.

Amethystine Prophecy (AP) gear: The first set to have a Reforge system as an additional grind. The set effects have 6 variations. However, this is the first set since SD gear to not have any RNG involved in the set effects but rather on the Reforge system instead, which, in my opinion, is more acceptable. After it's changed to be bank-sharbale, the value of this gear for early game players increase significantly since it's a common gear that can be equipped on all characters. The reforge system may prove to be daunting at first due to reforge durability, but it's become more friendly after the material requirement nerf and many events and season pass also alleviated that.

Tenebrous (Tene) gear: A DIY set that you can mix and match the effects by yourself with more interesting effects that do not exist in earlier gears. The reforge system is inherited from AP. However, the Shadow Effect RNG is the worst out of all sets released. With so many combinations possible, it can be difficult to obtain the stats you want. Moreover, the armor is character-specific, meaning you cannot share it with different characters unless you purchase the conversion tickets from the item mall, which is very expensive.

Now the criticism:

AP: After many adjustment, this is the set that players seem to like the most due to how straightforward it is. Craft the armor of the set you want > Reforge it to R21 > Done. You can use it on any character in your account.

Tene: Though stronger, players hate it for how many of the stats are locked behind RNG hell. Firstly, you have to get the Shadow Effect you want. Secondly, you need to roll the max value on that stat. Thirdly, if you want another effect or want to reroll, you have to extract the desired option from another piece and roll it again. At initial release, the chance of extracting the desired effect was not 100% but 50%, so there was even more RNG involved. As a result of these factors, many players were unable to enhance their gear to an acceptable level and raised a concern during KOG's new armor release plan last year. KOG acknowledged it and postponed to this year instead while also reworking the planned armor to become Harconium Tuning Reactor, which is compatible with Tene.

Now the speculation:

Given that Harconium was supposed to be the new armor, it could be surmised that, based on the appearance of the item icon, the new armor will return to being common and bank-sharable.

Given how reforge system is in Tene, it might reappear in the new armor as well. And if KOG is being greedy, they could demolish the existing Chlorite market and release a new item as a replacement for Chlorite to be used for the new armor instead.

Harconium or a new substitute could also be used on the new set.

Since the release of the armor will come before the new raid, we can surmise that the armor acquisition can be done without having to raid. This could be done by gathering materials via gridning or daily/weekly quests and crafting like AP/Tene.

Since the armor is common and bank-sharable, the quest will have to be account-wide to prevent rapid acquisition of materials.

The DIY Shadow effects of Tene might return. There could be stronger effects or more lines to identify. Whether it will retain the RNG elements depends on KOG's mercy. (I hope this is the case because god I love the Tene Barrier so much like can you imagine 60% barrier?)

Now regarding Raid, which is required to enhance the armor. It could be in a form of Stages like Raid weapons or doing account-wide weekly quest to get materials. If we have to do Stages like VoS/SoA, it could be challenging if our armors weren't fully prepared.

There could also be items that can be exchanged to NPCs like marks we obtain from helping 0% people completing the raid which can help accelerate things.

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Sethos TC

From reading his initial kit, I think he can be played in two ways: either Charged Attack focused or Burst + Normal Attack focused, and they should not be played with each other because they all need energy for something.

Charged Attack focused

This path will focus on his 2nd-tier Charged Attack: Shadowpiercing Shot (SS). He will need full energy (60) to deal full damage. From his A1 passive he will consume up to 20 energy to reduce his SS charge time, so with 60 energy, he can fire up to 3 SS consecutively. Because his energy is already spent, he cannot benefit from his burst. If he is at C6, he will be able to fire an additional SS.

He can use E to recover some energy, but using it during the barrage is going to be tricky due to Electro application from earlier SS clearing out other elements. If the energy is not full at first, this can be used as an opening move to easily trigger elemental reaction and receive particles afterward. If energy is already full beforehand, it might be better to use this last after another element is already applied.

Because there are so many passives and constellations that focus on his SS, it can be surmised that he should be played this way rather than focusing on his burst.

Burst + Normal Attack focused

This method is more straightforward. Use his burst and spam normal attack for 8s. Although the DMG boost multiplier is high, it is quite inferior compared to SS support. However, since you cannot move while using SS, this burst gives more flexibility to deal with more enemies. SS is limited to only 3 shots at full energy (4 if C6), while during burst, he can move freely and fires as many shots as he wants and able to deal with more enemies.

So if we face a small group of enemies, SS focused is better. And when we face a large group of enemies, burst focused is better. Unless you have someone who can group them together, then you can just use SS to kill them all.

Weapon

Cloudweaver (4* 4.7 Event Bow) - I think this is his F2P BiS. It gives EM stat when the wielder loses/consumes energy, which perfectly fits his kits. Its main stat is also EM, which also fits his scaling.

The First Great Magic (5*) - This is a good weapon because of Crit DMG main stat with ATK and CA DMG boost, but because his team comp consisting of 3 Electro characters might be hard to achieve (because others might steal reaction from his E), he might not be able to fully utilize the ATK boost passive.

Hunter's Path (5*) - Also a great weapon with Crit Rate, Elemental DMG bonus and increased CA DMG based on EM. I think this is his BiS 5* bow. Sadly, you can only obtain it via Chronicled Wish.

Thundering Pulse (5*) - Crit DMG stat stick. He can only utilize the ATK increase passive and not the NA DMG boost because both SS and Dusk Bolt from burst is considered CA.

Aqua Simulacra (5*) - Crit DMG stat stick. The DMG boost passive requires an enemy nearby, which might be hard to achieve because he should be firing from far away.

Polar Star (5*) - Crit Rate stat stick. The passive is almost useless on him. His burst can't even hit enemies at all.

Elegy for the End (5*) - While ER can be useful to upkeep his energy, the passive is hard to proc because his E has an 8s CD and his burst can't hit enemies.

Amos' Bow (5*) - An OK bow with a passive that is in line with his kit.

Skyward Harp (5*) - Crit Rate stat stick with a somewhat useful Crit DMG boost. An OK bow.

Range Gauge (4*) - An OK bow if you run a healer (i.e. Baizhu, Yaoyao)

Song of Stillness (4*) - Same as Range Gauge but more F2P friendly.

Scion of the Blazing Sun (4*) - An OK weapon that fits his kit. But in a group fight, you'll need someone who can gather them together so that the Sunfire Arrow can hit all of them.

Ibis Piercer (4*) - An OK weapon with EM buff.

King's Squire (4*) - F2P friendly. Usable, but he must be on the field for the duration of the buff.

Hamayumi (4*) - F2P friendly. Usable, but you'll never be able to keep your energy at 100% so this weapon isn't that interesting.

Viridescent Hunt (4*) - Crit Rate stat stick

Blackcliff (4*) - Crit DMG stat stick

Sacrificial Bow (4*) - Here's the thing. While the aspect of him using double Es to quickly regenerate energy is great, we don't know his E's ICD yet. So this could be a great weapon or not at all. Furthermore, you'll want to use a bow with offensive stat more.

The Stringless (4*) - Good for EM scaling, but can only use half of the passive with E.

Favonius (4*) - Should be used on your teammates instead.

Slingshot/Raven Bow (3*) - Fine.

Artifacts

Stats: EM/Electro DMG/Crit Rate or Crit DMG

Gilded Dreams - Probably his BiS

Hunter - If you run Furina then ok

Wanderer - Easy to farm

Thundering Fury - Triggering reaction on E will reduce the initial CD by 1s. After that, you can use SS to trigger more reactions (depends on SS's ICD ofc). So this is also an interesting set to use.

Shimenawa - Here's also an interesting one. When you use E, you'll lose 15 energy, but due to the skill's effect, 12 energy will be recovered if the skill triggers one of the specified reactions. So the actual cost for the 4-set effect is actually 3 energy. Probably still inferior to GD but hey, it's a thing.

Team comp

Definitely needs some resistance to interruption because during SS he can't move at all, so any shielder/Dehya is appreciated.

He'll be using Aggravate a lot, so Dendro unit is also a must. The rest can be buffers or healers.

Example: Sethos, Nahida, Baizhu/Zhongli/Dehya, and Kazuha/Bennett. If Furina is included, run a healer. Kazuha/Venti/Sucrose can be useful to group mobs together so that his SS can damage everything.

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I'm sorry Veemon, Guilmon and Gatchmon. I love you guys.

But Gammamon is just too fucking adorable.

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FF7 Remake has a theme song based on Cloud.

FF7 Rebirth has a theme song based on Aerith.

The last one in the trilogy will probably have one based on Tifa.

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They finally noticed it after like, what, almost 20 years???

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Your favorite Digimon calling your name for 100 minutes.

I can't remember which one I submitted my name for (Veemon) but apparently they're all doing Japanese names, which is fine by me. I think this is a great idea for giving fanservice despite it being a lottery.

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Reblogging this because somehow this came back to me.

Elsword China 3rd Anniversary Avatar

I want this set so much…

(Eve’s hair, man. Dat hair) 

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Finally reached 10,000 bond for His Dogesty.

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Changes in beta are here, so I'll update my TC.

His Q expires when he leaves the field. Apparently this has always been the case but was not reflected in ENG translation. This means all buffs must be used before he enters the field. The rotation that I suggest remains the same, however.

His A1 passive changed from a single heal to small multiple heals (3 times). This makes Hunter procs very easily so there's no other reason to use any other set unless you have a really good stat on Crimson Witch. With Hunter, his E plunge gets 5 (base) + 36 (Hunter) and + 20 (C6), resulting in 61% passively. This is already a high CRIT Rate and you only need about 10% more to reach respectable level, which, if you run Xianyun (and you should), you'll get 4% - 10% based on the number of enemies her E plunge hits (Max 4 enemies). You can even boost it further with Rosaria if you're planning to run a Melt team.

Therefore, the weapon and Circlet should focus on ATK% and CRIT DMG instead of CRIT Rate. You can also run EM on Sands if you're planning to use a Vape/Melt team with Furina or other Cryo chars, just keep in mind that you risk not procing VV on Pyro if you use Furina or chracters with too high Hydro/Cryo application, and you only got a few tries with Xianyun before she switches out to Gaming, which cannot leave the field until his Q is over.

If running non-Vape/Melt - Redhorn (if bossing) or Blackcliff (if mobbing)

If running Vape/Melt - Since there's no 5* Claymore with EM as main stat I still believe Redhorn will still do more damage, but 4* EM weapons like Rainslasher, Mailed Flower, and Makhaira Aquamarine might also be useable (Rainslasher is for Furina/Xingqiu/Yelan team only though). Other F2P suggestions remain the same.

Genshin Gaming TC

This is based on the earliest leak from 4.4 beta so anything can change in the future.

He's a 4* Pyro Claymore DPS based on Plunging Attack. His multiplier is lower than normal Claymore user, but that's ok, because his main DMG comes from Plunging Attack enabled by his skills.

His E will pounce forward and will end if no enemy is hit. If it hits an enemy, he will jump into the air and will enable a special Plunging Attack. This special Plunging Attack has higher multiplier than normal Plunging Attack and is an AoE Pyro attack. After he does this special PA, he loses HP.

His Q deals an AoE Pyro attack, heals himself, and summon his buddy lion. After his buddy attacks the enemy and return to him, his E is reset. For a duration, he enters a special state. In this state, if his HP is higher than a certain percentage, when he uses E (in either pounce or plunge form), he will be able to summon his buddy lion again. (Unconfirmed: Then after he returns to him, his E will reset again. This state does not end even if he leaves the field. (The text doesn't say anything about having to stay on field like Razor or Cyno's Q. So by default, this state can be maintained even off-field.))

A1 recovers his HP 1s after E plunge hits.

A4 increases Healing Bonus or Pyro DMG Bonus depending on his current HP.

Passive is the same as Dehya (increase movement SPD during the day).

C1 will make him restore his HP when his buddy lion returns.

C2 Increase his ATK for a short duration if healing overflows.

C3 Increase his E level.

C4 Recover energy if E plunge hits.

C5 Increase Q level.

C6 Increase CR/CD/AoE range of E plunge.

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The first team comp that comes to mind is Gaming, Xianyun, Zhongli, and Bennett.

Xianyun can enable and buff Plunging Attack, heals and applies VV.

Zhongli for shield and RES shred

Bennett for ATK buff, heals, particle gen, and, if C6, Pyro infusion.

Other substitutes for Zhongli and Bennett are Furina and Kazuha.

Rotation should be Zhongli hE > Bennett E > Xianyun 3EPQ > Bennett EQ > Gaming EQN2/3 then repeat EN2/3 until Q duration ends

Weapon

Sac Greatsword - Good for double E plunge and ER but lesser DMG.

Fav - Don't

Prototype Archaic - Don't. Doesn't buff Plunging Attack.

Blackcliff Slasher - Great for mobs. OK for bossing.

Serpent Spine - Good if you have a shielder.

Lithic Blade - Good if running Gaming/Xianyun/Zhongli

Katsugiri Nagamasa - Not good because his E plunge is considered Plunging Attack instead of Elemental Skill

Makhaira Aquamarine - Don't

Akuoumarou - While he can benefit from Burst dmg, his main kit is E plunge, so no.

Forest Regalia - No, even running with Dendro.

Mailed Flower - Maybe ok if running with Furina but still not worth it.

Talking Stick - Pyro from Bennett and Hydro from Xingqiu if you replace Zhongli with him. Too troublesome but usable. Pick your poison.

Tidal Shadow - Easiest to use since he has self heal. But not the strongest for sure.

Mega Sword - OK if you need ER but he has middle cost burst so I don't think he needs it that much, esp if you're running with Bennett.

Portable Power Saw - No

Skyward Pride - No

WGS - Good

Song of Broken Pines - His E plunge is Pyro so no.

The Unforged - Good if with Zhongli

Redhorn - Stat stick. Can't benefit from passive at all.

Beacon - While he can upkeep his E easily, the taking DMG part is a bit tricky as HP drain is not taking damage. You cannot run a shielder if using this weapon, so replace Zhongli with Furina or Kazuha. If you can activate both effects, this weapon is good.

Verdict - Stat stick because E plunge is considered Plunging Attack DMG not Elemental Skill DMG.

Weapon TLDR:

Easiest, F2P friendliest, non-reliant on Paimon's shop and non event-exclusive - Tidal Shadow

Paimon shop - Blackcliff Slasher (and F A S H I O N)

BP - Serpent Spine

4* Gacha - Lithic Blade (assuming running Gaming/Xianyun/Zhongli; can even be better than 5* weapons)

5* Gacha - The Unforged if running with shielder, else, Redhorn, WGS or Beacon

Artifact set

Hunter since he can manipulate his HP and can max capped during his setup (1st E reduces HP, A1 increases HP 1s after E, then Q recovers even more HP).

Crimson Witch is also good because he can quickly use E.

Lavawalker is doubtful because he cant apply Pyro that often.

Shimenawa is not good because he needs to Q after E.

Vermilion is ok because he can reduce his HP but there is quite a cooldown between each decrease so he might not benefit from it the most.

If cant find 4-set then Pyro/ATK%+ATK% 2-set is also ok. Main stats are ATK%, Pyro% and CR/CD with ER/CR/CD substats.