After spending nearly 250 pulls, Mu Yang finally pulled Mualani out of the banner.
"Finally came out." Mu Yang slumped in his gaming chair like a deflated ball, his whole body as if drained of all strength.
Originally, he wanted to pull her because of Mualani's power level.
But now he had even pulled Kinich's C1.
Kinich is Natlan's 5-star DPS character, with stats just like those from Fontaine—all three-body people.
Even though he hadn't used him yet, the stats were definitely explosive.
Mualani, despite being strong among 4-stars, gets completely crushed in stats compared to Kinich.
So what was the point of pulling Mualani then?
[Streamer's face is turning green hhh (≧∇≦)ﾉ]
[Did the streamer forget the original purpose?]
[Didn't you originally want to pull Kachina?]
The facts were cruel enough, but the fans' follow-up stabs hurt even more.
Thinking that it was his own greed, wanting to get another Mualani, that led to using so many Primogems, Mu Yang clutched his chest, feeling a faint ache in his heart.
"Fine... then let's see what Kachina is like." Mu Yang forced himself to perk up, sitting straight and looking back at the game screen.
Mu Yang had already known Kachina's mechanics before the version launched.
He had seen the character demo in the preview livestream and learned the full mechanics from leaked images by insiders.
How to put it—her power level just isn't sufficient; she can only serve as a tool to trigger the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set and to form the double Geo resonance.
But all Natlan characters can use the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set, and the Geo element has fewer reactions it can trigger compared to other elements, so Kachina is only useful in the early game.
The reason Mu Yang pulled her was purely because Kachina is very cute.
However, when he opened Kachina's talent description, he suddenly widened his eyes, his mouth unconsciously opening.
He blinked in disbelief, then rubbed his eyes to confirm he wasn't seeing wrong.
Talent 1: After being modified by Xilonen, the Skyriser Drill's performance has been enhanced. When characters in the party trigger a Pyro Crystallize reaction, the Crystallize will transform into "Molten Crystals." "Molten Crystals" will explode upon absorption, dealing damage to the surroundings equal to 102% of Kachina's DEF.
[Kachina's talent is this?!]
[The insider's talent was clearly one that increases Kachina's own Geo DMG.]
[Insiders' leaks aren't accurate anymore; last time leaking Chuycchu became a joke.]
[Cold knowledge: Chuycchu was the one before last; last time it was leaking that Mualani is 4-star and Kinich is Pyro.]
[But even Uncle Mi didn't say Kachina has this talent.]
[Uncle Mi: I just didn't say it, but I didn't say it wrong.]
[With this, Kachina has basically become a 4-star Nilou.]
[Mu Yang, what's Kachina's power level like now?]
Faced with the fans' questions, Mu Yang couldn't answer.
He had only just pulled Kachina not long ago and hadn't even leveled her up yet—how would he know her specific power level?
Moreover, he hadn't even seen Talent 2 yet.
Talent 2: After being upgraded, the Skyriser Drill gains the function of attracting nearby ore. When the Skyriser Drill triggers a Crystallize reaction, it will adsorb the Crystal Shards produced by the Crystallize reaction to the current position of the on-field character.
[Absorb Crystallize?]
[What's the use?]
[It looks pretty matching with Archaic Petra, but shouldn't Kachina wear the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set?]
"No, the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set doesn't stack; even if multiple people in the team wear it, it can only increase damage by up to 40%."
Mu Yang analyzed calmly: "Kachina is Geo, and she can't react with many elements; even if she wears the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set, it's among the more disadvantaged types."
But if Kachina wears Archaic Petra and other Natlan characters wear the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set, then the two can combine to increase damage bonus by 75%.
For example, the Servant first uses his Skill to apply Pyro, Kachina absorbs Crystallize, then Mualani activates her Nightsoul's Blessing state and uses Hydro to consume the remaining Pyro—then the Servant can gain 75% Pyro DMG Bonus, which is already equivalent to bringing a 0-constellation Furina.
Plus Mualani's relay damage, and Kachina's that "Molten Crystals," the damage is probably even higher than bringing Furina.
[Streamer suddenly got professional.]
[This buff is solid.]
[Is our Geo element finally going to rise up?]
"For Geo to rise up, that's way too difficult." Mu Yang shook his head.
Leaving aside other things, just from the elemental reactions aspect, the Geo element is more difficult than other elements.
It doesn't have the Anemo element's Swirl mechanism, nor can it linger on monsters' heads for a long time like other elements.
The triggered elemental reaction is Crystallize, which only provides a shield to the player after picking it up.
Keep in mind, Genshin has many characters specialized in providing shields.
Those characters' shields definitely provide more than what Crystallize reactions do.
Crystallize reactions originally don't have high damage like other reactions, and in the shielding aspect, they have to compete in the same lane as shield supports, ultimately getting crushed into slag without exception.
Other elements can step on their left foot with their right to reach the heavens, but Geo can only hard-stack stats.
However.
Kachina's appearance does indeed give the Geo element a glimmer of hope.
If later Geo characters all have special Crystallize reactions, then Geo's future is indeed worth looking forward to.
"Speaking of which, I remember this picking-up Crystallize mechanism was originally placed in C1." Mu Yang recalled the insider info he had seen before.
Now that the absorb Crystallize mechanism has been moved down to 0 constellations, then what is the C1 mechanism?
Mu Yang looked at the constellations and found that Constellation 1 and Constellation 2 had both changed.
Constellation 1: After triggering a Pyro Crystallize reaction, all characters in the party gain 20% Geo DMG Bonus and 20% Pyro DMG Bonus.
Constellation 2: The damage dealt by "Molten Crystals" additionally increases by 50% of Kachina's DEF.
The former further enhances Kachina's support capabilities, while the latter boosts off-field damage.
"I fu..." Mu Yang touched his chin, speaking fluently, "Just now I thought Kachina was just a tool for triggering the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City set, and even compared to other Natlan 4-star characters, she has no advantage."
"But now I have to apologize to Kachina; this support ability is genuinely appealing. Not to mention anything else, just for this special Crystallize reaction, I have to build her."
[No one else like me whose first reaction to "Molten Crystals" is Lava of Fire and Earth?]
[Armor Hero, huh?]
[Mihoyo is domestic; it's normal to have a few Armor Hero fans.]
[Earth Tiger Hero is Geo, Kachina is Geo, and both are free.]
[Does Kachina play basketball?]
[Don't know, but since Kachina is from the Children of Echoes, she definitely knows how to sing, dance, and rap.]
[Mualani arriving in a watery place—doesn't that mean she has to say water makes me stronger?]
[Got it, Anemo Chasca will sky slam.]
[I get it too, the Pyro Archon uses a bow.]
After a certain fan's tangent, the topic Mu Yang was discussing immediately went off the rails.
And in the Genshin world.
At this moment, in the council hall, Rios was looking at the messages coming from the player world.
"I didn't expect that on a whim, I had Xilonen work overtime to improve Kachina's Skyriser Drill, and it actually really gave us a chance to revise the character."
Rios did this purely on a temporary impulse; thinking that in the gacha version, Kachina uses the Skyriser Drill as a weapon, he figured making the Skyriser Drill more powerful might give a chance to strengthen Kachina's power level.
In the end, it actually turned out just as he thought: after the Skyriser Drill became a deluxe enhanced version, it gained many powerful functions, allowing Kachina's character design to be revised as well.
Fortunately, Xilonen's hand speed is quite fast; she finished upgrading the Skyriser Drill before the Traveler arrived at the Children of Echoes.
Converted to the player world, that means completing the work before launch.
Otherwise, there really might not have been a chance to surprise the players.
For Kachina's current power level, the players naturally felt surprised.
But what they cared more about was the matter of Kachina's temporary strengthening.
[Previously said the insider info is unreliable, and now even the content from the preview livestream isn't accurate.]
[No, the preview livestream's content is accurate, but the preview didn't mention Kachina's strengthening.]
[Mihoyo is free (͡°͜ʖ͡°)✧]