So I pushed Beidou to the correct level, thinking that she would be fun and at least a good secondary DPS for the Abyss.
And... she is a good secondary DPS with my Tartaglia, that's for sure.
But she also pretty much replaces my Razor.
Her DPS is supposed to be lower, it's true! But coming from the MMO world, it's the "dummy fallacy" in full force. DPS should not be parsed on a static dummy while doing your optimal rotation (which is very easy for Razor to do, admittedly).
Beidou has a massively superior Q that stays on the team and affects more targets, with a larger range. Razor is selfish and cannot swap, worse in AoE, and nobody talks about that but his stand is an eyesore that blocks your view! Same for Venti, visibility is paramount in an action game.
Beidou melts shields of any sort with C4, and she has a MUCH higher survivability with her E that applies a personal shield, Razor is ridiculously squishy and just gets destroyed in high level Abyss, dots and lasting AoEs are everywhere in this game.
Ultimately... she is just better than Razor. Hitting slightly harder in physical damage does not justify the massively worse elemental reactions, much shorter range and better support for any team, but especially for other electro characters like Fischl (for which she is the best pairing as she applies electro DEF down, but only at C6).
Oh, and she also has a counter, the most damaging E in the entire game, even higher than Diluc. Didn't even need to factor that in.
But I when I see players complain that you have to wait to block, tells me a lot about their playstyle, maybe Dark Souls should be a tutorial for parries
And one last thing, it's a gacha game. Razor WILL be left in the dust by powercreep and new DPS characters. Beidou won't be, she has her own explosive niche.
And... she is a good secondary DPS with my Tartaglia, that's for sure.
But she also pretty much replaces my Razor.
Her DPS is supposed to be lower, it's true! But coming from the MMO world, it's the "dummy fallacy" in full force. DPS should not be parsed on a static dummy while doing your optimal rotation (which is very easy for Razor to do, admittedly).
Beidou has a massively superior Q that stays on the team and affects more targets, with a larger range. Razor is selfish and cannot swap, worse in AoE, and nobody talks about that but his stand is an eyesore that blocks your view! Same for Venti, visibility is paramount in an action game.
Beidou melts shields of any sort with C4, and she has a MUCH higher survivability with her E that applies a personal shield, Razor is ridiculously squishy and just gets destroyed in high level Abyss, dots and lasting AoEs are everywhere in this game.
Ultimately... she is just better than Razor. Hitting slightly harder in physical damage does not justify the massively worse elemental reactions, much shorter range and better support for any team, but especially for other electro characters like Fischl (for which she is the best pairing as she applies electro DEF down, but only at C6).
Oh, and she also has a counter, the most damaging E in the entire game, even higher than Diluc. Didn't even need to factor that in.
But I when I see players complain that you have to wait to block, tells me a lot about their playstyle, maybe Dark Souls should be a tutorial for parries
And one last thing, it's a gacha game. Razor WILL be left in the dust by powercreep and new DPS characters. Beidou won't be, she has her own explosive niche.
