Two new Fanfics posted
Life in the Honkai World Starting from Zero
Genshin Impact: I Became a God and Entered the Gacha Pool
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After finishing Xilonen's character mechanics, the next character introduced was Chasca.
Many players straightened their backs and watched seriously when they saw the preview livestream was about to introduce Chasca.
Although Xilonen's leaks differed greatly from what the leakers revealed, at least it added some new functions on the basis of the leaks.
But Chasca had no leak info beforehand; what the players could reference for this was only her performance in the Sacred Rite of Returning Flames.
However, would miHoYo bring the event's Chasca over unchanged?
That was definitely impossible.
The Fatui characters who became opponents first and then entered the pool later were basically changed a lot from the original, even to the point of treating them as completely two different characters.
Although Mualani and Kachina's performance in the Sacred Rite of Returning Flames is the same as in players' hands, it doesn't mean later characters won't have changes.
Thus, under the players' close attention, the preview livestream introduced Chasca's mechanics.
Anemo 5-star character Chasca, weapon is bow.
"When tapping the Elemental Skill, Chasca stands on her Spirit Gun and flies into the sky, firing bullets of corresponding elements based on the element types of characters in the team."
In the footage released by the official, Chasca's Spirit Gun loads six bullets when aiming: the first two are Anemo bullets, and the latter four are deep blue, ice blue, and red bullets, representing Cryo, Hydro, and Pyro.
"This is just like I guessed."
Mu Yang's mouth immediately grinned when he saw the demo footage.
When he fought Chasca in the Sacred Rite of Returning Flames, he had guessed that she definitely fires bullets based on the element types of characters in the team.
At that time, he also pointed out Chasca's pain point: if it's on-field DPS, it's hard to find suitable teammates to supplement off-field damage.
Furina can be used, but she's too popular; many characters are vying for her, and Chasca might not win out.
Moreover, according to the preview, Chasca is an ATK-scaling character, so it's easy to lose half HP from Furina's three little seafood, then get one-shot by a monster's casual hit.
In Mu Yang's view, unless Chasca's damage is very high, after entering the pool, she's not a very usable character in the current version.
However, Mu Yang mentioned a possibility at the time: if Chasca's Spirit Gun can be placed off-field for DPS, then Chasca becomes a character with no weaknesses.
"But that's definitely impossible." Mu Yang said with a smile, "miHoYo even made Chasca's on-field DPS animations; how could they position Chasca as an off-field DPS character."
Only heard of off-field characters with high damage coming on-field; never heard of on-field DPS going off-field.
This Chasca looks like an on-field DPS character at a glance.
Unless miHoYo went crazy, Chasca couldn't possibly have off-field DPS capability.
"Additionally, like Xilonen, Chasca can also hold the Elemental Skill."
"After holding the Elemental Skill, Chasca's Spirit Gun will enter auto-combat mode, automatically loading bullets to attack enemies."
"Even if Chasca leaves the field, the Spirit Gun will still stay on-field, prioritizing attacking the target the current on-field character is attacking."
Chasca's chibi figure introduced the mechanics; her tone was quite flat, but Mu Yang's heart surged with waves upon hearing it.
"What did you say!"
"Chasca's sky-piercing gun can really do off-field?!"
Mu Yang was completely shocked, subconsciously shouting loudly, startling the fans in his livestream.
[Scared me]
[It's just off-field DPS; is it worth getting so excited?]
[The streamer is definitely excited; up to now he thought Chasca was on-field DPS, and the next second miHoYo slapped him in the face]
[This face-slap is really fast]
[Too much entertainment value]
"No..." Mu Yang furrowed his brows, "Don't you realize how awesome it is for Chasca to become off-field?"
"Not to mention anything else, just take Neuvillette team: with Chasca alone off-field firing bullets, directly stacking Neuvillette's three layers of talent in one go, okay?"
Neuvillette has an imperfect point: his talent that requires Hydro reactions to stack layers is hard to fully stack at C0.
But if Chasca is off-field dealing damage, then one shot: direct Hydro spread, vaporize, freeze reactions all ready, directly stacking three layers.
C0 Neuvillette not only stacks layers quickly, but also gains a decent off-field teammate; simply explosive fun, right?
"And one more thing, not sure if I've told you before," Mu Yang said, "If you want to maximize Chasca's damage, it's best to keep Pyro attached to the enemy's head."
If the enemy has a Pyro aura on their head, the melt and vaporize frequency will be higher.
If Chasca is on-field, teammates need to apply Pyro off-field.
But good Pyro appliers like Chuychu are either snatched by Furina and Neuvillette or by Kinich's perfumer.
Even the single-target king Wriothesley needs Chuychu's off-field Pyro application.
So, Chasca's situation is a bit awkward.
But if Chasca is off-field, she doesn't need teammates applying Pyro off-field; she needs characters that can apply Pyro on-field.
And how many characters can apply Pyro on-field? Plenty, right?
[So, does this mean my Yoimiya is saved?]
[Chasca's Spirit Gun firing speed is so slow; enough for any Pyro character to apply Pyro on-field once]
[And if Chasca is off-field, she's not afraid of losing HP from Furina's three little seafood, since she basically doesn't come on-field]
[I'm tired of Neuvillette team; want to team Furina and Chasca; with those three little seafood, can it guarantee stable Pyro on enemy's head?]
[That might be hard; although many on-field Pyro appliers, wanting to stably suppress those three seafood every time isn't easy]
[And Chasca herself needs to trigger reactions, making it even harder]
[So, does this mean Chasca still can't team with Furina?]
Furina is the best character in Fontaine version, even up to Natlan version so far; C0 can give 75% damage amp to the whole team.
If Chasca can't team with Furina, that would really be a pity.
Seeing the barrages from fans, Mu Yang couldn't help but laugh.
"There are characters that can apply Pyro aura under the attacks of the three little seafood."
"Do you still remember that girl who can apply Pyro aura to enemies even in rainy weather?"
"That very red and hot girl."