

Her energy generation is great, but her own burst costs 80.

The sheer flexibility she brings to the table filling so many roles is incredible, being the missing piece of so many of the theorycrafted Ayaka freeze comps.īecause while she's a jack of all trades, she's also a master of none. They come with the wonderful added bonus of the Cryo resonance, increasing Ayaka's crit and reducing Electro duration - perfect for Inazuma.ĭiona is a healing cryo bow user that offers a stamina offsetting shield with flexible particle regeneration and debuffs. Energy Regeneration Giving Ayaka more room to burst is crucial for her DPS - so while theoretically you can avoid one of these if you have venti, you should probably consider picking one of these. Regardless, it is optimal for you to run a Cryo battery. If you have venti you can probably get away with pretty much anything - not running a cryo battery, not running a healer, even playing on mobile ( eyyyyy ). I would love for this section to just say "Cryo batteries", but the truth of the matter is Venti is such a broken support I can't afford to put that there. Despite this image, the lore has it he arguably has his life together much more than she does. Regardless, your other teammates should probably include a healer, some neat buffs and a battery to help Ayaka burst in time.Ī battle for the ages. If you picked XQ, your hydro application is good enough for you to utilize heroes like Bennet, since you can move around his pyro application and keep up freezing. Your choice of healers is also more tricky - while you can theoretically pick someone like Noelle, her shattering the bubble can really hurt your damage numbers, which is what Mona is all about. If you chose Mona, you'll want to avoid breaking her bubble, meaning greatsword users like Chongyun become less attractive. Picking your water hose of choice first imposes some limitations on where you go from there. He's hydro, he can work, but he also takes a lot of time on the field, meaning his application with Ayaka is limited. Her hydro application is decent but not too good, and her Q takes up a lot of energy I'd only resort to Barbara if you have no other option, or if you have no other means of healing. Her E helps Ayaka freeze, however she deals zero (0) damage and she self-inflicts consistent Wet on her E. XQ keeps hydro up, allowing more flexibility, control and ease of play, while Mona has a higher damage ceiling putting Ayaka's numbers the highest they can be.īarbara's main claim to fame is her healing. While the burst damage potential is meaningfully higher here, You can only keep freezing what Mona initially hit, and anything you missed will have some time between the Bubble CD ( And until you regain mona's Q ) and mona's E to attack you back. This means Ayaka can quickly freeze anything around her, benefitting from Mona's Bubble Freeze Manipulation to sustain the freeze and damage buff longer - Running mona means you also get either a decent chunk of base damage or TToDS, depending the build. His E self-applies wet, which can be tricky. Because of this XQ enhances Ayaka's single target damage and easily applies hydro to whatever she hits The consistent application enables certain teammates. XQ's swords are able to follow Ayaka around and keep freezing whatever single target she faces, dealing some light damage. The reason lies within their Hydro application. If you need consistent application for flexibility or like to lay back, XQ wins. If you like to play aware and minmax, Mona wins. Both of them are great The bit I'd like to add to this guide is playstyle. They're all cool looking, but some work better than others! Her ult could work in AoE, but her best solution is usually to position well, group enemies and take care of key threats in a timely manner. That ult scaling is useless if you can't use it Having that said, she has her disadvantages. The fact she has so much in common with Ganyu should indicate how strong she can be.Įven more of this ( e.g 298% for one attack per 10 sec ) on constellations if you whale. (In freeze teams) Essentially 40% Extra crit rates from her artifact set She beats other sword users by a small but meaningful margin that adds up, especially if she meaningfully remains on the field, which she does in most Freeze comps. For a good comparison, think of XQ's swords maintaining Hydro on enemies ( This comparison is pretty relevant - more on this in the synergy section ) This cheats Cryo's main weakness with the Internal Cooldown due to how easy she can apply it, allowing her to benefit from the best reactions in the game like Frozen with a consistent Cryo application. Her unique dash giving her cryo infusion on demand.
