Are Niche Buffers a Problem? (+ Mini Gorou & Faruzan Guide)

Bro has a problem with everyone

Niche buffers are not a problem, the problem is they all suck until C6 and thats a massive investment you have no control over for a niche playstyle as a reward.

I like niche characters, the problem is when their niche is really unlocked with their c6...

Id love a cyro support that had a passive that basically said "enemies who cannot be frozen instead become "brittle" brittle enemies take X% increased damage" or something along those lines, maybe a second passive on a con that gives the shatter reaction a massive buff or increasing the duration mobs are frozen for.

Putting all 4* characters in the Starglitter shop would be nice. It would give me hope that I could someday build teams like c6 Lynette + c6 Faruzan. We all know how bad things can turn out when you try to target 4* on a banner, so these non-meta team comps remain locked up. :( Gatcha gonna gatch.

I don't have a problem with niche characters, not every character has to be versatile, but i do have a big problem with their constellations

Nilou definitely counts as a niche buffer. She's just so good at it that it becomes generic, similar to Xianyun and Chevreuse. Same type of restriction as Chevreuse as well. No ones playing Bloom without Nilou except maybe Neuvilette with Baizhu and that isn't for the reaction.

The thing with Chevreuse is that she buffs Pyro characters that deemed bad in comparison with other top Pyro characters because they only had standard ICD in their kit that they can't do vape most of the time. At the same time she buffs the whole team's damage so it doesn't matter that they don't get strong reaction damage if every hit of everyone hits like a truck. It's also easy to keep a 100% uptime and isn't very strict with character rotation.

I think the problem with Shenhe is that she was designed not even as Ayaka support, but as a pure mono Cryo support. This is the team where her buffs give the most. However, Cryo really lacks a strong sub-dps character (and good characters in general), so those teams always turn out to be lackluster.

i cant wait for a good shatter and super conduct support

All 4 stars should be in the shop at all times. There is zero reason not to

I need a character who boosts charge attack and gives interruption resistance. Bring Ganyu back to the top

Chevreuse was definitely a blessing to my account and I don't even have her c6. Abyss bosses became a lot easier with Raiden Xiangling Bennett Chevreuse team.

I like niche supports tbh. It feels like how the game is SUPPOSED to be instead of the terribly balanced early ones that are to this day on every team and make the game still feel old and never changing while also being new (like getting a cool new Wrio with cool new mechanics only to still see the same brain dead Xiangling Bennett combo for the past 500 years same with Lyney...that is rough to see). I'm hoping Natlan will fix some of that and give us more cool niche supports. With the leaks pointing to cryo getting a buff I'm hoping they can finally have more comps outside of the Pyro duo and freeze.

It's kind of funny to me because people complain when characters are too niche and people also complain when characters have overlapping roles. I don't think niche characters are a problem, but I DO think their issue is almost always needing full cons to be worth it. Needing 7 copies of all these niche buffers is painful. Especially with how terrible of a job they do balancing 4 star rate ups.

Something I like a lot about niche characters is that you can free up a slot from the super high demand supports and use them on the other side, only thing thats annoying is when they lock the potential of said niche behind constellations.

There's an argument to be made for niche buffers, but I still like their kit design philosophy compared to other Gacha. Before Fontaine, I got no reason to build other healers, never saw crystalize reaction for my units, nor was I building an overloaded team. For my personal playstyle preference to change so quickly and frequently in such a short time, I am currently enjoying the characters they are releasing.

If they had a DEF polearm with some ER passive it could help Yun Jin so much. Right now to use her effectively you have to stack basically all her stats into ER and hope the DEF works out

I love niche buffers, give me more niche buffers, give me a DEF-Scaling Anemo Shielder that buffs Elemental Skill Damage based on their Max DEF like there's so many ways they can make wacky kits from supports and buffers

I want Tsaritsa to freeze all enemies including bosses in time around her and buff freeze.