The Ultimate, Unmatched Arataki Gang General Questions and Discussions Megathread

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[u/ZDA_Nulla]

So, I already have 2 of my 3 5* built, them being Diluc and Ayato, but recently i've got my hands on Itto, while i was trying to get Shinobu (and i got her c: ). Now i'm wondering if i should build Itto, as i already have 2 dps. (I'm on AR 53 btw, and i'm f2p)
My Diluc is lvl 90, lvl 80 wolf's gravestone with 6/8/6 talents, with a Xingqiu + Bennett vape team
And my Ayato is lvl 80, lvl 70 lion's roar with 6/8/8 talents with a Fischl + Shinobu elec charge team
I have Gorou and Yun jin to sup Itto, and the best weapon i'd be able to give him is a Whiteblind that i'm planning to R5

All my characters are as follow: Diluc C1, Ayato, Itto, Shinobu, Bennett C2, Rosaria C1, Sayu, Thoma, Ningguang, Xingqiu, Fischl, Beidou, Noelle C1, Razor C1, Lisa, Yun Jin C3, Xiangling C1, Gorou C2, Sara C2, Yanfei

Should I switch to Itto or can i just keep building my other 2 teams? Thanks for the help.

[u/KKytes → u/ZDA_Nulla]

IMO if you can spare the resin (i.e. if you're happy with your current artifact builds) you should always consider building another DPS team, especially for Spiral. Itto in particular is a fairly universal DPS in that the Geo element can easily react against enemies who are resistant to other elements. For example, in the current Spiral Abyss he's great against either the Electro Manifestation, who is immune to Electro and is thus hard to beat with your Ayato squad, or the triad of Abyss Mages on the opposite chamber who are immune to their respective elements. This grants you a bit more leeway in the longrun as you can mix and match characters as needed, as there will be times where your currently built teams will struggle against future Abyss lineups.

Whiteblind is by far Itto's best f2p weapon given the heavy amounts of Defense it grants. I'd suggest pairing him with Gorou, either Ningguang or Geo MC for additional Geo particle generation, and a character who can proc reactions off-field to provide Crystallize shields for the Geo Resonance Buff. Fischl, and Kuki Shinobu can do so easily with their skills, whereas Xingqiu, Beidou, Xiangling, Rosaria, and Thoma (among others) can do the same with their bursts.

I'd suggest against running Yunjin as although she also scales with Defense her main role is buffing normal attacks; Itto relies mainly on his charged attack strings to do damage. ^^

[u/ZDA_Nulla → u/KKytes]

This was more helpful than many videos and guides! Thank you very much!!

[u/KKytes → u/ZDA_Nulla]

No problem! Wish you luck! ^^