Do you have a different opinion on Calcharo and his gameplay nearly 2 months into release? I've found his gameplay far too limiting compared to pretty much every other DPS on the roster so I've benched him for the foreseeable future. Hopefully he'll get a new sustain in the future that can simplify his rotations.

@CoolGrandmalol

19 күн бұрын

I feel like his rotation is actually pretty smooth and I've adapted it to a lot of the bosses in tower to 3 star clear and to clear hologram 6s.. Its def not jiyan or jinhsi easy, but its fun and rewarding. If you're interested in trying him out more, i can give you a rotation that feels pretty flexible and lets you ult ever 25-30 seconds with almost full buff up-time.

@lekoknightgaming8071

19 күн бұрын

@@CoolGrandmalol i’m also interested bro 🙏🙏🙏 Don’t want my calcharo to feel useless

@rsg_magfire

19 күн бұрын

@@saintontas I sometimes never use his ult at all. Using his ult is basically guaranteed death when fighting bosses specifically hologram or the middle toa

@saintontas

19 күн бұрын

@@CoolGrandmalol lets see them hands grandma

@Bahog_Bilat69

19 күн бұрын

​@@saintontashii do you think calcharo and encore is just the same? Or is encore slightly better?

I think they need to make 2 change to his kit: 1. let him gain stack even if he miss his attack 2. let him gain stack from using his dodge counter attack durring his utl 2 simple change, he will become a dps demon

@Cometkreatura

19 күн бұрын

I agree as a calcharo main

@Alex-gn6ii

19 күн бұрын

Big agree

@alatus_knight

19 күн бұрын

Kuro listens to its players, but I don't think they would change a character's kit since I don't see enough people complaining about it. People have moved on to other dps units

@Cometkreatura

19 күн бұрын

@@alatus_knight i think itd be cool of them to make some reworks down the line, if kits get crazy crazy

@LostWallet

19 күн бұрын

@@alatus_knight let me dream T_T but I also hope if they ever release his signature weapon, it might fix his kit. example, speed up his auto attack during his Liberation, that will help his kit tremendously

As a Calcharo main, I just can’t understand why his dodge counter doesn’t build his forte in his resonance liberation state. It would make total sense in a game like this.

@SevenRedSuns1296

18 күн бұрын

it would make even more sense for him to gain multiple stacks from that stuff

@z.e.v

18 күн бұрын

we need kuro to address this, honestly. it just makes no sense that dodge countering is almost guaranteed to make me miss out on a death messenger.

@letsrank9349

18 күн бұрын

All other characters are rewarded for dodging, Calcharo and Chixia to some extent, are the only characters punished for it.

@zeromailss

15 күн бұрын

@@letsrank9349 Chixia counter dmg is at least decent but yes she does suffer from being interupted during her forte but at least her burst window is shorter than Calc, getting maximum potential calc without quickswap or dodge is basically impossible outside of the enemy being stunned

@maik4218

9 күн бұрын

I totally agree, also i think they should change his 15% dmg reduction bullshit to knockback resistance, this would make him feel sooo much better to play and deal alot more dmg without buffing his numbers.

Just the fact you get punished for dodging attacks in his ult stance is already criminal

@ultimate1450

18 күн бұрын

well he is a criminal so it checks out

@hotpenguin607

18 күн бұрын

@@ultimate1450 😭

@Rainin.7

17 күн бұрын

​@@ultimate1450ruthless mercenary 👹👹

They nerfed him for no reason, people pulled him due to Yinlin and now he feels awful

@henqjuhh

19 күн бұрын

i think he got nerfed because right before wuwa released, pretty much every CC and reddit post was about skipping jiyan, be F2P and get calcharo get from selector. Think kuro was like hell you will lol. firmly believe community was the cause for that nerf. Losing yinlin buff when quickswapping was just the nail in the coffin for that duo/calcharo.

@bappibhai1

19 күн бұрын

@@henqjuhh They nerfed him to the point that he's not playable even without Yinlin. Very basic traits of a character are also missing. It's not like 'oh skill issues' no, it's more like 'hehe you got an occasional damage dealer'.

@w3lcom39

19 күн бұрын

@@henqjuhhwell now i feel cheated out of a 5 star from the selector.

@kochokanae8313

18 күн бұрын

@@w3lcom39 its okay at least hes hot

@ultimate1450

18 күн бұрын

@@kochokanae8313 true

People keep saying skill issue, but the character is literally just that bad. I don't even know why people thought he was good, the moment you play him against any enemy that keeps attacking you, he literally loses half his dps potential.

@DanielCruz-xq6eo

19 күн бұрын

Skill issue, the same could be said for many other dps- they lose damage as they are interrupted when attacked. His real fault is numerous animation cancellation which isn’t as easy as turn brain off jiyan in order to reach his damage potential. This will separate a lot of comfort players from mechanical enjoyers and of course him being restricted as a standard character. This video is rather biased but does highlight how punishing playing him can be. He did fail to provide all the effective solutions such as using your skill to cancel dodge animations during burst etc. Calcharo X Yinlin is all about pucssss s Animation cancel, Yinlin is arguably more clunky to play but she’s a hot anime lady that appeals to many lonely single guys and has less field time.

@BladeSerph

19 күн бұрын

I assume its due to whatever they nerfed after the beta, but if i have to be honest, his issue can be described as the same as the `camera` problem where you wanna focus one target down, but because he jumps all over the place, he loses out on his damage. Since if he was simply attacking the same enemy again and again, then he could likely dispatch them fast. But in mobbing scenarios, unlike Jiyan, he ends up spliting his damage, plus if you dont get the `Melphis echo` that does NOT involve spamming multiple attacks over, then you end up having to spend too much time just todo all his stuff. Guess we can be glad if we get a `free electro 5 star gauntlet user` next version, since that would mean Linyin won`t be half screwed on useful options, though i can atleast use Calcharo as a low floor option for ToA runs once we get more variety to work with, especially on supports to make chasing 21 or even 24 stars more possible, especially once the f2p/light-spenders get into the level 90 window to stop suffering sizable damage penalites. And of course since he has to `spam alot of actions` todo his damage, this means animation lock makes it too easy for you to get pot shot, the same kind of problem a certain Tiga boi was apparently suffering because he has to commit too much on the damage. Welp, i landed chi-girl on my first 5 star so i dont regret too much going for calcharo as my 2nd pick, since yinlin existed, since my only other option would of been Encore. Though a 50/50 flop decided to give me the tiga boi, since resource investments are too sparse once you chase the level 80 land, i dont really have the space to work on the chi girl or tiga boi at the current moment. Anyway, maybe if we get a electro 4 cost echo that `fixes` calcharo`s issues in 1.3., maybe he can still be salvaged as your low floor sweeper for ToA. Since we already know 1.2 is going to give a glacio `whale` world boss echo and the glacio unit for that verison is gonna be a `support, then that means the Turtle is probably gonna get retired soon since i would not be amazed if the whale echo`s skill is a healing specific and maybe damage bonus one with probably a more useful effect in a different direction, maybe gather up enemies as one possible effect maybe?

@horg7203

19 күн бұрын

Not bad character at all!! I’ve solod every hologram with him no hit other than mephis

@josephs.7960

19 күн бұрын

@@DanielCruz-xq6eo "the same could be said for many other dps- they lose damage as they are interrupted when attacked." But Calcharo is the one character that loses the most dps from a dodge. A Jiyan or jinhsi dodge is almost negligible to overall dps. A Calcharo dodge is not. In fact some other characters can use dodges to get more dps by skipping animations.

@hir0_ae687

19 күн бұрын

You can't even dodge with calcharo​@@DanielCruz-xq6eo

I used to think he was fine at release and learning how to pilot his "optimal" rotation was fun, but after building my Encore and seeing how much simpler she was to play and doing consistently doing more damage, it was hard to have the willpower to play him again. Needless to say after getting jinhsi, he never saw any field time ever again

@Chad-bc9vi

19 күн бұрын

Jinhsi do have that effect to remove your main character huh lol

@robertdotuan500

19 күн бұрын

@@brahahaga i stopped building calcharo on lvl 70 and use him as a fodder in lower stages of toa

@snigdhadevdas3191

19 күн бұрын

​@@robertdotuan500 same here 😂

@jahatkeh10

18 күн бұрын

Jinhsi with her 300k dragon breath sure can easily kick out many other main dps. 😎

@letsrank9349

18 күн бұрын

​@@robertdotuan500 same😂

I’ve already shifted from building my Calcharo. Building my Jinshi to replace him as my main dps

@2k3d

19 күн бұрын

Lol same. Even in my team with verina, yinlin and him, I used yinlin as main dps

@KuroiRyuuGaming

19 күн бұрын

Same.

@GhostyBoi119ts

19 күн бұрын

Same

@antonkazda

19 күн бұрын

You still need 3 teams for the tower. Calcharo is fine.

@ashishitD

19 күн бұрын

Same Seeing her dmg without weapon....hitting 60k I was pressured I to pulling her weapon and now I'm clapping 137k No gonna regret it tho Calcharo Boi I'm sorry ur retired

He is my most used character. Cleared all of the content with him and still my boi have to crawl just to squeeze out every bit of damage when others are running free getting them. Either we get forte stack with dodge attacks and buff his innate passive to atleast 50% with interuption prevention, or make death messenger on 3 charges instead of duration. We get to keep all the complexity of the character but we are not punished for doing what the games ask us to do, dodge. I hope more CN players complain about this so we get Kuro to revisit his kit. I don't want him to be easier to play, but I don't want to get punished losing 30% of my dps by doing a core game mechanic successfully.

@caryugly

19 күн бұрын

The Chinese player base figured this out pretty early but I doubt any change will be made since the audience has since moved on to hyping havoc main now, he is officially buried.

@letsrank9349

18 күн бұрын

True! Calcharo's dps just dips when he dodges. I just play him with Max Atk Jianxin, shield him, and Auto attack the lower floors.

@sendoh7x

18 күн бұрын

Make him hard to use and rewarded with high damage numbers

@randomhubbard3792

18 күн бұрын

@@letsrank9349 Same, I got Jianxin and her forte helps a lot along side with turtle and his passive. Do you full charge her forte? Im debating if one bar is enough for the dps loss charging it. Maybe it would be better if I actually build my Jianxin.

He needs a shield that increases interrupt resist. Missing a single attack during his ult means 1 judgement gone in his combo

@reverie4384

19 күн бұрын

S4 Yuanwu: My time to shine!

@rsg_magfire

19 күн бұрын

@@reverie4384 *tips fedora

@arch391

19 күн бұрын

Truth is people say it's not Genshin or it's skill issue. But WuWv combat is mainly about dodge counter. If you fought with new hologram boss at level 5 maybe you will understand how much dodge counter is used in game.

@rsg_magfire

19 күн бұрын

@@arch391 I know. But we're not talking about wuwa combat. We're talking about the state of calcharo

@digadeh

19 күн бұрын

@@reverie4384 I always knew Yuanwu is decent with Calcharo! interruption resistance on both forte and ult. Lets go Yuanwu

I have no idea why they made one of the coolest characters to exist in gacha and then proceed to nerf his damage like wtf?

@vrika4280

19 күн бұрын

They really fck up with him, they should've released him later and revised as a limited 5 star. I really feel he would've done a truck load on sales looking like Sephiroth and already having Yinlin, you tease him, knowing he will be busted with her, even add a quest between them like he is a sort of criminal she is chasing, etc., and recreate as sue free as possible the fire scene with electricity instead, and you are fkn done.

@Dooood24

19 күн бұрын

Dilic mains: first time?

@numaruldoi3031

19 күн бұрын

@@Dooood24 Diluc problem is his numbers no his gameplay. He has one of he most satisfiying gameplay in my opinion...

@vjbd2757

18 күн бұрын

@@numaruldoi3031 Diluc's burst pushes mobs away from you. That is counterintuitive if your character is mainly melee.

@Rejjis

18 күн бұрын

Because of Jiyan. He was said to be stronger than him... a limited banner Resonator lol! Imagine how he was stronger than Jiyan tho ._. I can't imagine.

This is so true. I always felt piloting him was so clunky. The optimal quick swap way to play him makes him safer, but you're multiplying the number of button presses you need to do within strict rotational timings for a relatively small gain. For example on my Jinhsi team I can do equal or higher damage with less cognitive load. Same for my Havoc Rover + Danjin team.

This is actually so true and I can’t deny it. Also adding to the fact that I rarely use the echo button on him. He’s literally my most built character at this point

@SaiDeLaRai

19 күн бұрын

If you put the Cyan-Feathered Heron on him (the one that counters), you may start using the echo button more.

@lekoknightgaming8071

19 күн бұрын

@@SaiDeLaRai I see But u have to use it to time parries right?

@Brix2000

19 күн бұрын

Not to mention the terrible auto aiming that Thundering Mephis have, bruh hits everything but the enemies on its last combo

@Namzilla_rbc

19 күн бұрын

@@Brix2000thats why you dont run thundering mephis but tempest instead

@Brix2000

18 күн бұрын

@@Namzilla_rbc but the thundering synergises with his kit more than tempest

Bro is not even introduced in the story and already got nerf😂

I know he was nerfed and is cumbersome to use. I just don't care. I like his design and kit.

@saintontas

19 күн бұрын

All good and well, I just think people need to be honest in saying he's not worth the effort for a lot of people, especially those coming from Jinhsi, Jiyan, or Havoc Rover.

@hijodelsoldeoriente

19 күн бұрын

​@@saintontasDefinitely! For those who want to optimize resources, he may be on the lower priority to build. Unless they really need an electro DPS say for Tower of Adversity. But man is he fun to use. I like him more than my Jiyan and Jinhsi, playstyle-wise. He has more room for skill expression in my opinion but of course, inside the Tower, META matters at least for first clears and for those who care. Great video as always!

@nahfr.

19 күн бұрын

​@@saintontas wait... so youre telling me havoc rover is better than sephrioth?

@zakim3O

19 күн бұрын

I agree 100% to his video and I agree with what he said at the end by 200%. I love how Cal looks and moves he's a free sephiroth.

@nencrows_4580

19 күн бұрын

​​@@nahfr.Why wouldn't they be the Rover is god(literally).

One thing that you forgot to mention is that even if you execute everything perfectly his special attack frequently misses destroying his DPS and making everything pointless. Another thing that would help a lot in making him feel better is making his special attack spawn directly above the target similar to other special attacks like Encore's. I really like Calcharo, but something is wrong when Rover clears content faster than my heavily invested 5* standard character supported by his best in slot 5* sub DPS limited banner character, supported by the best 5* standard character support.

@saintontas

19 күн бұрын

This is why sheet DPS needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Calcharo has very high potential DPS but it's hard to actually make it a reality.

@voshadxgathic

19 күн бұрын

I disagree with the Rover comparison. This is my first gacha game where the MC wasn't utter garbage. Rover is actually a viable character, worthy of at least a 4.5 star standard. I agree Calcharo sucks, but Rover isn't a fair comparison to other gacha games. If you were to compare Genshin's electro Traveler with Keqing, it's no contest that Keqing has always been better. Hell, the only element thus far that's worth anything is dendro, and that's 1 of 5 so far. Both of the Rover elements we have are already reasonably viable.

@Draygoon3l

13 күн бұрын

@@voshadxgathic but why u disagree

@beegyoshi1685

8 күн бұрын

​@@Draygoon3l because rover (the free main character) being good is good for the game so him being worse is not necessarily a bad thing, and technically rover is a 5 star character. Now 4 star characters that you still need to pull overperforming him, that is quite an upset.

As a veteran PGR player and a Calcharo main, I will continue to use him even if he's nerfed into oblivion

Two things I do not like is how his ultimate is 1 or 2 seconds too short and you absolutely have to animation cancel it even if the enemy is staggered to get his final death messenger. The other egregious thing is that dodge counters do not generate stacks. If you dodge counter you will not get his final death messenger. These things heavily affect his dps output. I think they did this on purpose to not hurt Jiyan sales. Yinlin is actually not his ideal team mate either. He needs a support character that maintains buffs on swap out like Verina or yes a character like Zhongli so swap out is not necessary. Calcharo is compatible with aura buffers. I do not find anything wrong with his dps in general and I actually find his playstyle fun. He is just missing QoL within his kit.

@elimgarak1127

19 күн бұрын

After 3 normal stacks the heavy attack should be changed to something faster and more versatile. It's inaccurate and barely works on multiple targets. The skill itself doesn't do enough extra damage. Clunky ultimate. He needs big buffs. Including a complete change to the top perk in his skill tree. Absolutely useless.

@kimakhiangte

19 күн бұрын

And it's even further effected by Ping.. Not everyone have single digit ping due to location and connection issue.

@jude2447

19 күн бұрын

He might become the jingyuan/cyno of wuwa

@apokarin427

19 күн бұрын

the first transformation damage from liberation is the only good damage from him but aoe is so small

@ancyaahhschmancy5328

19 күн бұрын

I belive s6 Jianxin will solve his problem.

His dodge mechanics nerfing his damage rotations is a bit hard to work around. They should really fix that. Especially not giving ult stacks feels bad. The 11 second duration is only enough time for 1 empowered heavy, 2 if you did nothing but attacking.

Now i realise why i benched him immediately after i pulled him and just used rover instead😭😭hes so clunky and it hurts when i cant dodge the bosses even if i wont die bc itll disrupt his ult

@effishcent317

19 күн бұрын

Yeah also I couldn't even clear TOA with him, Yinlin is far better now.

@Tarnisheddddd

19 күн бұрын

​@@effishcent317yinlin ain't a dps clown

@tonikorhonen7687

19 күн бұрын

@@Tarnisheddddd She can be lol if someone wants to play a character and use them even in a dumb way, let them, why do you care?

@Tarnisheddddd

18 күн бұрын

@@tonikorhonen7687 why do you care what I say kid

@tonikorhonen7687

18 күн бұрын

@@Tarnisheddddd So you can insult people and then get mad if people call you out? I'd say you're the kid here

im so glad you made this video, it really puts into perspective my thoughts that i couldn't articulate well at all

I hate when devs change something last minute before their release. Hoyo did that with Arlan. If it's the last round of beta testing, nothing drastic should be changed because how do you know that the changes implemented are gonna be good or balanced? If they really need to change something, there should be another round of testing. Also, having a pathetic disclaimer of "subject to change" doesn't make it less feel of a false advertising when people can see the development process (even if it's CBT, this is the internet, everything is bound to be leaked).

oh man this hits me like a truck. just today i maxed out his passives trying to finally get that third dorito on stage 4 in ToA but iam still missing like 20-30 seconds. meanwhile, i build encore like a weak ago and she manages to get 3 stars with no issues. made me feel super sad because i loved calcharo from the very first moment i saw his gameplay. i kinda want to keep going with him still but its damn rough with him out there compared to other characters for sure.

@myvariant9745

19 күн бұрын

Stay strong, he didnt get any side quest/companion quest yet. Hopefully they buff him, I love my Calcharo.

@Chad-bc9vi

19 күн бұрын

​@@myvariant9745 in time there's going to be characters that really compatible with him, but how long I'm not sure 🤣

@Kyzen743

17 күн бұрын

Same😢

In 1.1 they nerfed him even more. Now his intro always zooms camera in, which was the reason for many of my deaths. They fixed this bug for other characters, but kept it on Calcharo. At this point, i think they intentionally sabotage Calcharo, so people pull and play other units. Quite dirty tactic, and it sounds like something Mihoyo would do.

@weavesmoke5552

19 күн бұрын

it happens with every character, makes the game almost unplayable imo

@prestonleebenjamin

19 күн бұрын

Mihoyo huh 🙈 I think so honestly, they had to nerf him to give even more of a reason to pull on yinlin, otherwise people immune to mommy-dom woulda skipped 🤷‍♂️

@davidtapia597

19 күн бұрын

@@prestonleebenjamin or maybe they're preparing a powerful version of calcharo to pull in a banner😮

@destiny_02

19 күн бұрын

im getting camera zoom for all characters, its very annoying. if i remember correctly it wasn't the case in 1.0 edit: it got fixed after an update

@Kyugorn

19 күн бұрын

@@davidtapia597 That's the precise thing OP is referring to as dirty.

the worst thing atm for me is his camera bugg where it keeps zooming in so you miss e's resulting in everything you said

You pretty much nailed in the head the issues I started facing with Calcahro as I started doing endgame content. Overworld wise he was still ok, but high level of Holo bosses, and tower he was getting too tiring to play, that it started to feel cumbersome playing him. It got to the point that I got lazy and didn't do the one side of the tower for one rotation coz I did want to deal with him anymore, my excitement for the game returned as soon I started building my Jiyan and getting Jinhsi. They either need to make his ult last 3 secs longer (especially since his enhance intro interrupts the flow), and allow forte gain from dodge counter attack or make Yinlin's outro buff not be removed when he quickswaps his death messengers.

All i want to have is depths of illusive realm calcharo

@lekoknightgaming8071

18 күн бұрын

Same! When will they add him 🤧

@bancee

15 күн бұрын

Ong

The issue is Kuro cannot tune him. This sets bad precedence. If his kit is adjusted, this opens up the possibility of lot of player complaints about limited characters ("My Jiyan/Jinshi who I spent money on is getting out-damaged by XYZ new character. Their kits are not meta anymore. Please buff them Kuro!"). In the worst case scenario, Kuro releases a new ovebuffed character, milks everyone's wallets, and then "balances" them a few patch later (seems wild but some devs have done this exact same thing). So Calcharo is going to remain a second tier character for most. I have mostly given up on him.

@evanleone8434

17 күн бұрын

he can be tuned, but if they make him too strong, they legally can't nerf him

@snigdhadevdas3191

17 күн бұрын

@@evanleone8434 The issue is the current Calcharo is the release Calcharo. Things that were in the beta cannot be used as a standard and you can't hold the devs accountable. However, if they buff him now, that is misleading to the consumer in the same manner nerfing him after buffing him is. I can say that I didn't choose Calcharo as a character during the two free selectors as he was simply not good enough based on the available information. Now that you have buffed him, I have to spend money on him to get him with no guarantee when I will get him. You basically provided wrong information to me on purpose to make me use my selectors on other characters so that I will have to spend money to get him. This is a simplified argument but pretty much the gist of why characters in gacha games never get adjusted even if they are broken or useless.

@beegyoshi1685

8 күн бұрын

@@snigdhadevdas3191 that is stupid, warframe nerfs shit after release all the time for example (a non gacha game but you can still pay for stuff) the actual reason is the fact that gacha games just don`t have any reason to buff older characters that people already pulled because they won`t affect their current sales. This is why p2w games are riddled with power creep.

@snigdhadevdas3191

8 күн бұрын

@@beegyoshi1685 And so does League. But the nature of the transactions are different. Make a better argument and correct comparison before saying something is dumb. If you want real-life proof, look up what happened when Genshin tried to nerf Neuvillette.

As a Calcharo main that has managed to 3 star clear both Aix and Beringal with him in the current ToA, I see Calcharo as having 1 major flaw and 1 minor flaw. I don't have a problem with his kit in general, however with a higher degree of difficulty and risk associated with his kit, there should also be an increased amount of damage. With enough skill, it is possible to land all 3 death messengers without swap cancelling against most bosses (and without tanking the entire duration, you can dodge cancel your dodge counters and still push 3 death messengers), however it is disheartening to see the consensus being that Encore has higher damage while being easier to play for the same amount of investment. The 1 major flaw with Calcharo's kit is that his replacement Intro Skill "Necessary Means" does not trigger timestop, and takes almost 3 seconds to execute. This means that outside of his first rotation, even in his most optimal rotation, you won't be able to maintain Mephis and Bell-Borne echo buffs until his 3rd cast of Death Messenger. The 1 minor flaw is his second inherent skill Revenant Rush that is just bad design - "expect you to take damage so here is a bit of damage reduction" skill, which is not even impactful at all at 15%, to the point that I feel it is a waste of materials to even unlock. You shouldn't be encouraged to take damage in this type of game. If going the mitigation route, it should require precise timing but payoff with full mitigation (invulnerability/countermeasures), reducing duration from 5s to just the duration of the Death Messenger, ending when Calcharo lands on the ground, as a tradeoff for the increased reward. However, I would rather Death Messenger remain a risky move (no mitigation), but have this second inherent skill reward you accordingly - something like "After Calcharo casts Liberation, if at full HP, gains a buff granting +20% crit rate to Death Messenger. This buff lasts until Calcharo takes damage or is swapped out." Fixing the major flaw (giving timestop property to Necessary Means), along with releasing a competitive echo to Encore's Inferno Rider (Thundering Mephis taking too long and Tempest only providing partial benefits to Calcharo), should be enough to put Calcharo in that sweet spot of having slightly more potential than Encore for the increased risk and difficulty, whilst not having as much damage as premium characters such as Jinhsi (as premium characters should generally have more damage than standard characters). Fixing the minor flaw would just be a bonus. Calcharo just does not feel rewarding to play right now when you can have both an easier time AND push more damage with Encore. TLDR: give Necessary Means timestop property.

He was the first lego I pulled and he looked cool so I committed to him. Learning the game with him was basically like playing the game on hard mode and forced me to actually learn mechanics and git gud. After sticking with him all this time and picking up Yinlin for him, I absolutely shred with him but its still a lot of work. He kind of feels high risk with ok reward compared to other main DPS characters like Jiyan and Jinhsi. What I've found that makes him a bit easier to pull off is ditching this trash Memphis echoes for the Mech Abomination and running double 2 piece bonuses with Lingering Tunes and Thunder sets. His rotation is simpler this way of just light attack -> skill -> light attack -> skill -> echo -> skill -> heavy attack -> swap to Verina -> skill -> echo (bell) -> ult -> heavy attack -> swap to Yinlin -> skill -> ult/light attacks -> skill -> heavy -> echo (heron) -> swap to Calchero -> ult. During ult use either echo or skill to animation cancel the long animation hit of the chain. Outside of ult if you can't parry with the light attacks, then you can just dodge and counter instead into your skill cancels.

I agree his kit is cluncky and the character is kinda mid but why the hell are you showing a boss fight with electro res when using calcharo !??😂

Worse than that is when he does that grabbing part during his non enhanced basic attacks. he becomes immobilized for a few seconds

Besides all the suggested changes, what if his ult stack is kept at 3 instead of 5? It is the heavy hitter that counts anyways.

Then who should I get if I have Encore and Verina from the starting banner? I have my guarantee in 30pulls. Jianxin?

What's the point of nerfing a 5 star character to "balance the game" if you going to throw a character that deals 6 digits dmg the next patch, it makes no fucking sense

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@fastedwarrior7353

19 күн бұрын

Funny thing is that we ever get a character like this I will pull hard.

@MrReisler

19 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

@nhq4162

19 күн бұрын

ngl the moment this game shifts to that "get shield and start mashing" direction im gonna leave

@fastedwarrior7353

19 күн бұрын

@@nhq4162 Too late for that S4 and above Yuanwu should actually be able to do that and the best part is that there are going to be characters even better than Yuanwu at his role in the future.

@Chad-bc9vi

19 күн бұрын

​@@nhq4162 you could always not use them no? You seek challenge then don't pull for characters like that

So he needs yuanwu shields at s4 to be viable?

Man I wanted to main him alongside jiyan, but he's extremely hard to play perfectly since I'm on mobile

After one month of playing him, yes I feel very comfortable using him. I know when to cast his attacks, what to do and what not to do. Jiyan and Jinhsi are way better because they were not free picks. I’m very comfortable using him

Dont forget about his empowered intro skill where you waste like 3 second to deal a little more dmg

@gow_

19 күн бұрын

How you trigger that?

@myvariant9745

19 күн бұрын

​@@gow_ the next intro skill after Using Resonance Liberation

@gow_

19 күн бұрын

@@myvariant9745 oh Thanks 👍🏻

Nerfed to make way of 1.1 units 😂

Why use Electro on Thundering? They have electro resistance

Looking at early tier list, I thought I only need him, Jiyan, and Encore for DPS. Later two are fine, but Calcharo isn't as good as I expect. I thought it's just because he is ST DPS but apparently it's more than skill issue. Do you think I should just switch to Havoc MC & Danji comp instead? I pick the permanent 5* sword too.

Still one of my favorite character in-game despite his high skill cap. The only downside with his kit is the forte circuit in his liberation do not stack up when doing dodge-counter and u'll lose DPS when bosses move too frequently. I have him at S1 and planning to get his S3 but I know it will take a while since I'm f2p.

i dont support the idea of adding a new character to fix the previous chatracter, this is not GenShit impact , they have to change his kit to make him playable. look even if they change his kit people will still pull for new characters and the new characters will mostly be better at damage , so fixing his kit won't do any bad to the game.

@LeW-tu9ko

18 күн бұрын

Gacha games very rarely change the release kit unless it's a very special occasion

@LeW-tu9ko

18 күн бұрын

Gacha games very rarely change the release kit unless it's a special occasion

he is buried alive by wuthering waves, RIP Calcharo

I think the bell echo kinda fixes this problem since you get a moment of invincibility but only for one hit

And I chose him in the 5-star selector, lol. Should reroll account then?

so basically bro has summoned me to build and do a calcharro build video. geshu lin reincarnated clickbait xd

@SeireiYura

19 күн бұрын

he has a good amount of secret tech

@saintontas

19 күн бұрын

Does it involve quickswap? xd

@SeireiYura

19 күн бұрын

@@saintontas we can do it solo (: i messaged you on discord if you want

@DS_Takuya

16 күн бұрын

@@SeireiYura I need that guide ASAP bro i rly wanna main this guy

Question, does Kuro have a history of buff/nerf characters after they released?

@kikkuqi

19 күн бұрын

buff yes nerf only twice with calcharo and pgr's lee hyperreal. for pgr lee hyperreal, they removed time stlp for his first ult (pgr gen 2 s ranks have 2 ultimates whicb stops time in real time) and they removed the time stop for lee. HOWEVER, kuro does buff the characters and lees gonna get one soon. plus kuro listens to players. so calcharo may get buffed like lee might. though lee hasnt gotten it yet, but he has a high chance to.

This Is why, my favorite and most fun character went from calcaro to Jinshi

This video made me realise I don't really know how to use Calcharo effectively to even notice these problems...

I always pair him with taoqi n baizhi bc hes gotten increasingly squishy 😂 lets feedback from the ingame form to ask for calcharo fix?

NOW i always wondered why my chixia which is (600 atk/20crit rate/crit dmg) less than Calcharo but still deal almost more dmg than he does

Been maining Calcharo since Day 1. Here are my proposed list of changes for him: 1. Replace his 2nd inherent skill. I don't know what the guy who made that was smoking but a 15% damage reduction after hitting a Death Messenger just ain't it. Replace it with something that buffs his damage even more. He's a main DPS so his passives should make him deal more damage and NOT reduce any damage he takes. 2. Dodge counter should give him 2 stacks. As of now, his dodge counter only gives him 1 stack and that's only during the second attack. Currently, dodging well during Liberation punishes you since it almost always results in preventing you from getting 3 Death Messengers during your Liberation. 3. While in combat, Calcharo should gain 1 stack of Cruelty just by casting his Resonance Skill instead of hitting it. Also, fix the 2nd part of his Resonance Skill since it sometimes misses when Calcharo is too close to an enemy or if an enemy is awkwardly placed near a cliff/ledge. 4. Necessary Means should pause the timer. Currently, Necessary Means eats up about 2 seconds of Calcharo's time. If you so happen to use the upgraded Intro during his Liberation, this means 2 less seconds during it which prevents you from getting 3 Death Messengers and gives you 2 less seconds to deal decent damage during it. 5 is more of my bias taking over since he's my favorite character and are not necessary to his kit. 5. Change his 5th duplicate. A 50% increase in damage during his intro skills sounds like an inherent skill and not worth the value that a 5th duplicate should give. A good change would be to replace his 2nd inherent skill with the current 5th dupe and to replace his current 5th dupe with something that buffs his OUTRO instead of his intro.

@ShrpSwrd

19 күн бұрын

And maybe buff his numbers? I feel like he's been over nerfed in order to not have him cascade over Jiyan but comparing his previous numbers from his current numbers makes me tear up a bit.

@Axlken214

19 күн бұрын

If before calcharo gets revamped or buffed they need to do that Lingyang first 💀

@Ilikegames804

17 күн бұрын

@@Axlken214Dude LingYang is in a better position mechanically than Calcharo dude just needs a better gauntlet.

And this is why Jianxin has to stay on his team for me, just for the shield.

Given how all gaming businesses are distrustful and distasteful in their methods of making money coupled with the fact that Kuro wants to seem nice unlike HoYo and want to be quick and responsive with issues within the game ….it truly logically seems like Kuro fudged Calcharo on purpose due to the hype he received and the potential he had as a dps and have been progressively shadow nerfing him, because literally all they have to do is make a notice as with everything else and fix it …..take the camera zoom in that apparently was plaguing more characters yet left calcharo untouched? Another asian studio doing the same ol thing while trying to gain your trust and friendship

@dvornikovalexei

17 күн бұрын

Bingo. You nailed it.

There is a reason why he is the only 5 star not to get his own triller so I will keep building him

wait how can they change a characters kit after release? other games don't after they released a character like genshin impact... so there is a chance they'll change upcoming characters kit after pepole spent money one them???

@user-rj5hz2ct6x

19 күн бұрын

If the character is limited, there’s pretty much no way they would change the kit after release, but if it’s a standard character or four star, they can sense

@MK-qf3ve

19 күн бұрын

@@user-rj5hz2ct6x maybe

What about a new character that has an Outro that buffs the character swapped in with Shield and Interruption Resistance when using Resonance Liberation for a few seconds?

I agree, i think if reset the skill cooldown after using the ultimate is great moves. But I still use him in almost entire game so far because got S2 on guarantee & selector banner ^⁠_⁠^

don't forget without interruption resistance, he could literally take 0 damage and still lose 30% of his res lib damage bc he got knocked on the floor :(

basic things that are fairly common to other characters that is missing on his kit. Ult invisibility. (He does have it but at the very very start of ult, like .5 sec after hitting R) Time freeze during ult activation

I cannot express how great it felt to switch from Calcharro to Changli- like actually doing damage and being much more agile and flexible in combat was such a mind blowing feeling I mean if you eat dirt your whole life you’ll never know how good an actual sandwich tastes, and it really felt like a whole new experience

7:49 Calcharo's stand is T-posing🤣

So am not alone am also tired my numbness i feel in hands is too much

He's a debut char he was released in a state where he is supposed to be power crept by limited 5 star DPSers.

So who is everyone using in electro tower? Jiyan yinlin????yinlin with electro echos?

Ive watched 1 minute of the video. Can't understand why people say he's slow or that his kit is weird and dont work. For me y'all just aint playin right. He's completely my style and I can't have the same fun playin' any other character in this game, closest yet being Danjin, and she still far. He's not braindead, and that's why I think people say he's not a good character. I can easily clear any holo 6 boss in this game with him (except Mephis, of course, since Mephis has lots of electro resist) and just didn't 3* every floor of tower of adversity cuz ion got Verina and I'm also a f2p so I only got 1 dupe. Still able to clear the last floor with 2* easily though. If you want fun playing Calcharo, yall gotta learn how to quick swap. If yall dont quick swap, y'all simply ain't using him on his max potential. I also got no-hit bosses with that technique on my channel if y'all want to see what I'm talkin about. Definitely the best-feeling character in the game for me, by far. Edit 2: if y'all having hard times with his basic attack parries, something I really can't understand cuz for me it's easier than rover to parry with, keep in mind his 3 stages of resonance skill can also parry and the aoe on them makes it easier.

@MistAssassin69

6 күн бұрын

The quickswap playstyle is antisynergy with the nerfed Yinlin outro. All it takes is 1 new electro dps who doesn't need to swap and has good numbers (like possibly the upcoming Gauntlet guy) for him to get thrown in the dumpster forever.

@ZartKZur

6 күн бұрын

@MistAssassin69 Lmfao that is so wrong. But it's okay ig.

@MistAssassin69

6 күн бұрын

@@ZartKZur Sure let's check in a few weeks after he comes out and see if it happened

@ZartKZur

6 күн бұрын

@MistAssassin69 I'm talking about the "quickswap playstyle is antisynergy" part. Him being still used or not doesn't make difference for me.

@ZartKZur

6 күн бұрын

Of course people will stop playing him probably soon. But it aint cuz he weak or sum, it's just cuz y'all don't like having fun, only exploding stuff in seconds. That's sad, tbh.

he was nerfed into the ground and I regret building him even up to level 60. it was a waste of resources. but it wasnt a huge waste considering I have a few other characters setup now.

But he the Strom that is Approaching

The best part is that I leveled this character to 80 since I have R1 Razor and he still feels bad to play and I kinda regret leveling him Ahhhhhhh.

@BladeSerph

19 күн бұрын

Welp think of it ilike this: You can use that razor on other characters and you could use him specifically for low floor ToAs to conserve Stamina to have your optimal build units run. Though i havent tested if i can do solo and duo rounds, but im sure doing that would be helpful especially on the initial 2 floors if i could have someone like Calcharo and Yinlin able to clear 4 low floors, letting me have my main team able to cover 2 or even 3 of the higher floors once fully optimized. I`d say my fun is gonna be working on morfeti, once i get verina and baizhi caught up a smidge so my Jiyan comp can get a little more sturdy.

@fastedwarrior7353

19 күн бұрын

@@BladeSerph Mortefi is another unit I'm working on for my Calcharo team. I don't have Yinlin.

@BladeSerph

19 күн бұрын

@@fastedwarrior7353 Jinshi sadly didnt come home for me (yet) so im kinda suffering a smidge on some DPS variety lol. Plus side i can X-fer Calcharo`s gear to the new lightning main DPS coming in 1.2. While i can X-fer my Aalto`s gear to Morfeti. So atleast it should make gear preping significantly easier for me. Especially since if i recall correctly, we should see a x2 simulated training bonus down the line if i recall correctly. Just doesnt help it feelsl ike for floor 4 ToA you need the sub-stuff to 70 and the main dps to 80 atleast to 1 star clear it if your not fully optimized on a team comp.

@joji_tek

19 күн бұрын

This is me right now, his playstyle is good enough for me but it has a lot of inconsistencies, his forte and specially his most powerful move, is clunky and has horrible hitbox/targetting, and really slow to pull off. Should have used my resources building havoc rover or encore, still managed to 26/30 ToA so far.

2 changes would make calcharo feel so much better: + 2 stacks on dodge counter + Make his stand do the forte slam instead So no more dodge cancel his forte and he actually feel good to play

I assume there'll eventually be content that requires a full team of each elemental type so unless you normally top up to grab every featured using Calcharo alongside Yinlin is economically smart. He still does amazing damage. Apparently Xiangli might be a free 5* electro from leaks so maybe hold off building Calcharo until we see more of him.

@Johny_boi-The_second

18 күн бұрын

I'll just pair them up lmao, I've already invested in R3 Calcharo.. 🤡

Wait when did they nerfed him?

I agree with all your points 100%. I stopped playing my Calcharo when I couldn't even 3 star the 2nd floor of Electro Tower with him, Yinlin and Bazhi (Verina was elsewhere). Skill issue on my part ig.

@AzureDrag0n1

19 күн бұрын

That is definitely a skill issue for sure since I had not problem almost getting max stars. I just don't have enough damage to full clear it yet. Even if I use my much better built Jinhsi I do not clear any faster. You just have to accept that you must animation and swap cancel. It lowers his max dps to be more like a good dps 4 star but it is much safer and more consistent. His theoretical max single target dps is actually better than Jiyan but you have to jump through too many hoops to make it practical (Need to have all 3 death messengers and maintain full buff uptime). Jiyan you can just unga bunga.

@GGLord69701

19 күн бұрын

Skill issue I got 1 star in the lvl 90 heroin with Calcharo at lel 70

@haruusami1831

19 күн бұрын

Other than the last stage in the Elec Tower, cause my calcharo is lvl 70 and isn't build pretty good (cause my main is Rover and Jinhsi currently atm that i play most of the time). But yeah Calcharo kit overall is generally pretty slow especially if you use him as your main DPS and the most onfield char., Calcharo atm feels like something should just be used as a Liberation Spammer.

@letsrank9349

18 күн бұрын

I found a way to play Calcharo now. My issue with him was he can't reach all the enemies scattered around in time, and stage 2 today has these Young Roseshrooms that you need to dodge from multiple sides, cutting his damage significantly. I stopped bringing a healer since it's ToA 2, I want to use them for higher floors. I paired him with Jianxin that is Full attack to give him fat shields, and I didnt bother dodging at all. It was the most fun I had with this guy, probably will use this on all lower floors from now on. Sidenote: Electro tower was way tougher today than the Spectro tower. I really hate Young Roseshrooms😂

@GGLord69701

18 күн бұрын

@@letsrank9349 I think the young tentacle monsters has even more health that Tempest Mephis and you can't really group them because they are stuck on the ground😅

I guess he is bad because it requires more than two brain cells to work, and actually pay attention to the enemy

I just recently 30/30 tower with my s0 calcharo/s0 yinlin team beating the the mourning aix and the heron. Sucks when the boss moves and you lose half your dps (had to do alot of delaying my rotation cause of that) but its still clearable.

@joshs7160

19 күн бұрын

Can you tell me what teams you used and basic rundown of level/investment, if you don't mind? Thanks.

With how much resources you need to upgrade a character, I don’t know how I can undo all the upgrading I have done to my Calcharo. Add to the fact that Xiangli Yao is rumored to be a 5 star electro main dps, people will have no reason to level up Calcharo in the future… 😢

@dvornikovalexei

17 күн бұрын

I bought the last BP for his weapon. Refund pls🤣

Saw this in the tower playing him in my second team, yeah, he needs a rework/buff.

I literally picked him from the selector cause I didn't know who else to pick. Then I got him on yinlin banner. Now I'm watching to see if I wanna build him

honestly calcharo is the only thing that made me try the game but seeing the huge canyon between him and jiyan/jihnsi is honestly making me consider dropping wuwa cuz no one else rly interests me

@TaiNguyen-on3cz

19 күн бұрын

come back 2 years from now maybe you find another character you like.

@sakutaro3musik486

19 күн бұрын

same

@zeromailss

15 күн бұрын

It is absolutely suck but He is still usable at least, not being to compete with the best of the best doesn't make you terrible. Be grateful that your main is not Lingyang lol

I got Calcharo on my first few pulls and loved it. He actually goes extremely well with Spectro rover and while it doesn’t solve any of his issues - it’s a massive bandaid patch. Currently using his current best in slot team and it doesn’t feel that great. I’m able to do more damage than my previous team but at the cost of comfort. And on that note - I’ll likely switch Verina into a changli team and end up using Spectro Rover.

I am forced to use the mech abomination echo with him so that I press the echo button with him 😭

I genuinely believed that we are not currently having his signature weapon. If, and when they release his signature weapon, I believe he will rank much higher in the dps scaling

@myvariant9745

19 күн бұрын

Crit stats and SD with anti interuption passive would be great, I love my boi Calcharo

@numaruldoi3031

19 күн бұрын

Forcing you to pull for a weapon that "fixes" his gameplay sounds awful.

@Rainin.7

17 күн бұрын

​@@numaruldoi3031The jingyuan effect

Great analysis, fantastic video! Unfortunately he is cursed with being a standard character so most people don't care about him and even when we do, Kuro won't. His number is noticably lower than limited character by design but his main issue is the fact that he is basically having lower ceiling while also having a harder time reaching that ceiling making him feels worse than he is during the beta/compared to other chara (not having a limited weapon is also an issue, losing 30% dmg bonus compared to Jiyan or Jinshi is massive on top of non crit rate substat)

Was pulling towards him on the standard choice banner since I have yinlin but after seeing a couple videos I’m not sure anymore

Maybe the nurfed him to sell the NEW electrio DPS guy coming this 1.2 patch? Will they buff him tho after 1.2? I hope so.

He just got Diluc treatment.

@numaruldoi3031

19 күн бұрын

Diluc problem is his numbers, not gameplay...

@user-li2rd7uy8e

18 күн бұрын

​@@numaruldoi3031 Diluc got his revenge with Xianyun though

@numaruldoi3031

16 күн бұрын

@@user-li2rd7uy8e Ye, but his satisfying combo gameplay has ben lost for the plunge one...

Ah yes, Saintontas... my anger translator. Great job, take my like.

1 thing I'd like to see is they rework him a bit and make it so when he in his atk animation, if you perfect dodge Calcharo would dodge and leave behinh his phantom partner to finnish his animation and deal the damage. He fight with a phantom on his side but the only time you see that phantom is when he outro, LoL

I took Calcharo on the beginners banner just to pair him with Yinlin. Now the more I play Yinlin the more I realize there's almost no reason to swap out of her for Calcharo. My Yinlin has literally no Downtime. RS-RS-N4-HA-RL combo always guarantees I have Ult then just repeat again or swap to a support. I want him to get buff. At least Interuption resistance during his Ult Mode.

This is why I just play him with spectro rover instead of Yinlin, the 3 second time slow really is big for him. Along side spec rover just doing good damage an having extra trickle healing. Love playing him but he really needs a sub dps that’s a combo of yawnwu an taoqi combined to help him survive hits but provide team oriented buffs

Damn i was excited to build him today but i kinda change my mind now :(

@acidicloud

19 күн бұрын

Tbh? If you aren't meta obsessed just build him. I saw a guy get 30 crests in ToA with Lingyang, anything is possible. And at the end of the day, you literally do not have to do the boss ToA stages at all. They really don't give that much rewards, they're more for the people who want to challenge themselves. But if you do wanna do it and don't think you can do it with Calcharo, then just use other characters for ToA and him for overworld. It's not a race, you don't have to 30 crest ToA immediately. It's just a game after all, and it's supposed to be fun - if you like Calcharo, build him!

@nonyourbusiness165

19 күн бұрын

​@@acidicloudi mean 3 star and you have 75 astrite, kinda worth it tho

@acidicloud

18 күн бұрын

@@nonyourbusiness165 ik it builds up after a while, but at the same time... is it really? The hardest, middle tower, also only gives 50 astrite for 3 crests, so if you do both of the floors with 3 crests, you only get 100. Straight up not enough for even a single pull. Whichever characters you have, you'll almost certainly be able to get at least 18 crests, which is 450 astrite already, more than half of the total rewards. I don't think it's even close enough rewards to be worth it sacrificing your enjoyment, but that's just my opinion tho

off topic but damn that ZZZ gacha music hit just right 😂

7:50 nah this thing already convinced me that calcharo is a top tier character design 😎

I feel like he is doing more damage now.

Preach brother!!! 🙌 As a Calcharo main I had to swap him for my new dragon lady...

After I stopped playing him for a while to build others, I noticed a stark difference to his gameplay when I returned to play him yesterday. He felt somewhat 'clunky' when compared to the game's release (despite his still respectable damage), so this video made me realise the ton of patches actually nerfed my Sephiroth/ Vergil clone. 😭

I accidentally got him at s2 so I'm gonna stick with him plus he's so cool! Sadly I feel like I have to reset and get a lucky run to get full value 😅

@HowDo_IKnowBruh

19 күн бұрын

Sunken-cost fallacy at it's finest