Why EVERYONE Plays: Kazuha | Genshin Impact

hey guys welcome back to another episode of why everyone plays now i haven't forgotten about this series i just thought people would rather watch the why no one plays episodes which is why i didn't make a new one for a while but as you know by now i'm running out of units from the bottom end so we're going to go back to the top end and start by going over kaita hara kazuha the best animal unit in the game to date and i'd imagine a lot of people are desperately waiting for his reruns to come out since it's been over half a year and he still hasn't gotten a part two now something i noticed was that both venti and kozaha didn't get much attention on their maiden voyage it was only until after their banners were taken off circulation that the playerbase realized what they were missing out on that said there is speculation that kazuha's rerun will be happening around maybe springtime next to ayato so by the time you see this video provided the links are true he should be on his way soon i don't really blame the community's initial poor impression of him he was the first character from inazuma before the region was even available to us and at the time he sort of just came up out of nowhere if i remember correctly there was no proper build up to him and thus no appeal or anticipation for his arrival which is usually what leads to characters becoming popular in the first place as an example what made shogun's banner explode in sales despite everyone complaining she was really weak at first for one she's the electro archon and also hopes that she's very attractive two the trailer leading up to inazuma version 2.0 first introduced dayaka and yoimia it wasn't until 2.1 when a was first available to pull by that point in time her role in the story all the promotion materials shown for her and her status as the god of that region gave her a reputation for preceding her actual release in contrast kazuha is somewhat of a nobody yes there was a bit of promo material with his teaser and demo but the main attention grabber of version 1.6 was the midsummer island adventure with cleve sheen and barbara during which there was no mention of him anyways i'm mostly explaining all this because it's a good case study of how important marketing is for the commercial success of our product in this case a new unit but you guys care about the gameplay stuff so time to proceed with the fomo inducing praise that will make all of you want to pull for him that is if you haven't been thirsting for him already as i'm sure all of you know by now animo is considered to be one of the best elements in the game for its fluidity and matching with other elements the roster size is small relatively speaking as there's only six playable characters buying traveler but each one has found great success in one field of play well most of them anyway not only is swell really good for augmenting existing reactions but the animal class itself is known for two important things mobility and crowd control his characters are largely oriented towards supporting their team which automatically increases their practicality when compared to damage focused elements like pyro and electro so before castle has released venti was the reigning king when it came to animal support his skyward sawn it was a quick burst of damage and energy battery while winds grand old was notoriously powerful for locking enemies in place and dealing staggering amounts of persistent damage sucrose was more or less the only competition for him and to her credit she wasn't half bad especially for her 4 star of course now we all know her for a busted taser build but while venti was no short of exceptional there were a few tanks in his kit that midas user experienced skyward saw in its whole version did more damage generated more energy and also let him ride up the wind at considerable distance but the casted animation time was horrendously long thus making it impractical for any use other than making exploration a breeze pun intended there was also a problem with his ultimate in that it suspended enemies high up in the air that rendered most melee attacks useless and restricted who could actually capitalize on the vortex so if you have someone like venti who despite what i just said is pretty much a must-have whether you're in the overworld taking on domains or running spiral abyss and release a quote-unquote better version of him that's katsuha in practice both of them do have slightly different cases but as far as the usage in combat especially in spiral abyss he's effectively a direct upgrade to the tone death bar shihayaburu has a press and hold mechanic as well but both versions propel him straight up into the air pulling in and launching nearby enemies along with him while he's in the air you can buffer a plunging attack to inflict a burst of animal damage or whatever element he collides with or is affected by that also creates a wind tunnel kazuha's skill addresses the main used ability flaw with skyward sonnet how slow it is it is virtually no cast time while being a hybrid between venti's elemental skill and burst not only that but mida ransom counts as a heavy attack doing bonus damage to shields ors and such it's honestly one of if not the best elemental skill in the game as the only one i can think of with this much utility in this skill alone is zhong lee's then we have kazuha slash very creative name it's a wide burst attack that creates a huge animal field periodically damaging enemies within his elemental burst is honestly not the most amazing thing on its own though since it's persistent it makes for a good quick swap or support attack and unlike venti's all kazuhas keeps everyone on the ground making it more consistent without even considering either his passive talents or constellations his elemental skill and burst alone tell us enough of what we need to know leading us to the number one reason why those who were prudent enough to chase after him during the summer use them for practically everything kazuha is versatile too versatile the speed of his attacks the area coverage the crowd control the reaction potential the mobility the persistent damage he covers almost every base you can think of within the game do you need someone who can corral multiple enemies who are spread out kazuha do you need someone to help you move around the map more easily kazuha do you need someone who can augment your team's damage while doing good damage himself kazuha the only thing he really lacks is any form of defensive support like heals or shields but if he had that he would be the best character in the game for a very long time prior to version 2.4 he has been the most frequently used character in spiral abyss among those who haven't there's really no situation where deploying him isn't a good idea the only exception i can think of would be against a single opponent as he's more suited to take on waves of enemies even so we'd be splitting harris at that point he can more than hold his own against bosses going back to what else he brings to the table let's look at the rest of his stuff poetics of allows him to grant his entire party bonus elemental damage based on his elemental mastery whenever he triggers a swirl reaction that stacks with other elemental damage bonuses for reference an ideal amount of elemental mastery on him would be around 600 meaning you'd pick up about 25 bonus elemental damage that's pretty damn insane for just as passive oh unless you forget cloud strider lowers your sprinting stamina cost by 20 which is honestly the best part of his entire kit no questions asked now if you watched any of my why no one placed episodes you'll know the importance of constellations when it comes to a character's longevity even five-star ones kazuha is already powerful at base he doesn't need to get constellations but if you do you get rewarded very handsomely scarlet hills grants 10 cooldown reduction on his elemental skill not bad but the real thing is that he completely resets the cooldown if you use his ultimate allowing you to double cast chihayaburu next one is yamadashi taiwan while standing in his ultimate you get 200 bonus elemental mastery for free and so if we assume he's got 600 on his own 800 means you get 32 bonus elemental damage not to mention with that much elemental mastery kaza has swirl damage will hit like a truck unlike kokomi kazuha double scales with no drawbacks whatsoever surprisingly his fourth and sixth constellations are not all that great in relation to the first two that said those two dramatically increase his already solid damage output one that synergizes with a ton of parties he gives way too many elemental damage bonuses that far exceed that of any other animal unit at the moment i mean not that there's a whole lot of competition to begin with i should also mention that unlike venti and sucrose whose attacks are prone to incorrect targeting both of kazuha's abilities center around himself and though he probably doesn't have the same effective range as those two he's a lot more consistent as you don't have to worry too much about spacing you need only to get up close to your targets which you were planning on doing anyway that's the other shining ass that kasah offers he's extremely consistent there's nothing in his kit that can whiff miss timing or fluctuate the way he can on others almost every character in genji even top tier ones have conditional factors that demand micromanagement let's look at hutah guide to the afterlife increases her attack equal to a portion of her maximum health sanguine rouge then increases her pyro damage by 33 while below half hp and if you have staff of houma you get even more attack and low hp as well when all those conditions are met spirit soother will smoke the living daylights out of anyone if triggering a vaporize or melt thing is you need to have all those different parts moving at the same time not saying it's weak without all those things but in a hectic situation like spiral abyss nailing perfect ultimates is not something you can afford to do a hundred percent of the time depending on the situation venti or sucrose are better choices than kazuha as they can probably output much more total damage on him or crowd control enemies for longer if the conditions are perfect for example venti loses a lot of effectiveness if you're facing down heavyweight enemies like rift towns and automatons but against a group of lightweight opponents wins grand old far exceeds kazakhstan overall dps easiest way to put it venti has higher heights than kazuha but lower loads as well kazuha is much easier to use and is always effective no matter what you're up against grab him a four piece resistance which frankly speaking has one of the most broken side effects in the game and you basically have a perfect unit i know it sounds like i'm gushing about him like he's the real animal archon well you could debate that but if you ask anyone who has a well-invested kazuha it's almost unfair how broken this guy gets when you swell but the thing about him is that he fits into any party like a glove you can think of him almost like the glue that sticks everything together the sheer number of different team compositions you can slot him into makes for a unit with almost infinite usability and that to me is why he feels so good to use it's not necessarily how he functions but how well his attributes mingle with other characters see the one thing with zhong li that i think a lot of players are beginning to realize is that he kind of brute forces his way into your party as then people use him so much because he makes the game so much easier for you only by virtue of what he brings synergy wise he doesn't actually do a whole lot when i say synergy i mean like using shincho in conjunction with ayaka to chain freeze everyone or venti and a pyro unit to give child the freest vaporized burst in the world none of jonly's abilities work well with other characters it's not like you can take the jade pillar he makes and throw it at enemies as for his meteor its only synergy stems from locking enemies in place the reason he's so widely used is due to how he effectively trivializes the game's difficulty being indestructible eliminates the need for you to consider things like team compositions you can just take him and three random units and hack away at whatever you see fit his purpose exists mutually exclusive from the rest of his party in that his individual strength is so ridiculously incredible it makes up for the fact that he doesn't have any coordinating abilities he's kind of like that one guy in college you're not exactly on good terms with but you still keep him around because he shares his notes with you since you're too lazy to write them yourself oh don't get me wrong he's a wonderful individual and our beloved geo daddy but as far as gameplay goes that's how i think a lot of us feel about him in his defense he still has the most commanding burst animation in the game kazuha actually feels good to use with other people he completes your team the guy has almost no value when used by itself everything he does has to be in tandem with other characters abilities and fortunately he just so happens to have a kid that works for any situation you run into at the moment in the past i've spent a great deal of time explaining how a character who can be quite strong in theory doesn't get much usage because they don't actually feel good to play cli eloy lisa something about their gameplay just doesn't sit right for lisa it's the annoyingly long channel time on violet arc that can leave her prone to interruption for eloy is trying to get enemies to set off her minefield for clee it's her clunky attack animations and inconsistent range no matter how strong they are on paper if using them is cumbersome that undermines their popularity as a whole one would think that a character's play rate is contingent on their overall strength when it comes to a game like this yes most of the time that is true but d look and coaching despite being vastly overshadowed by others still have a very strong and loyal fan base on account of their play styles kazuha is what happens when you have a unit who is equally strong and fun to use he's one of the most future proof units in the game the utility and versatility he provides is not damage related at least not entirely so the only way he gets power corrupt out of relevance is if there's a better kazuha i'm serious like if they cloned him gave him more range lower cooldowns more damage and i guess we can make him tall because the genqing community for some reason has a preference for tall dark and handsome i mean hey as we've established at the start of the video appeal does play a big part that's pretty much the only way i can possibly foresee him falling out of the meta eventually there will come a time where zhong li is replaced by someone who can provide better shields or better stunts and eventually bennett and shincho will be asked from their position as the most broken 5 stars who aren't actually 5 stars what they contribute to the team is indisputably valuable but expendable at the end of the day the beauty of animal units is that no one can exactly do your job kazuha's dominating presence in spiral abyss is a testament to that there is no one who can replace an animal unit besides another animal unit as no other element has crowd control or mobility to that degree even after more characters are released in the future there's a high chance you'll stay relevant people were quick to compare him to venti for having a lot of similar things but when you take the time to use both characters there's a fundamentally different experience kazuhas is just a bit more well-rounded he isn't a damage dealer who can support he's a support who can deal damage his damage amplification is great but people ultimately use them for his fluidity crowd control coverage and the sprinting stamina reduction come on like if there's anything you should take out of this video is that he lets you sprint for longer the best passive talent in the game and this is the hill i'm gonna die on one last thing before i wrap it up kazuha is a great example of why animal is the best element in genji there are different ways to design an animal character besides just damage or bursts or what have you xiao kazuha venti sucrose jean sayu they all do things in their own way which is why most of them have strong ratings we may see someone who is more powerful than huzzah but that doesn't detract from his viability anyways i think i'm going to end it off here tltr pull for him when his rerun comes out he is objectively one of the best characters in the game and you're missing out on so much by not getting him trust me on this for those of you who already have him if there's anything you feel like i forgot to mention feel free to share in the comments down below aside from that if you enjoyed the video please be sure to leave a like and subscribe consider following me on twitter joining my discord server and checking out my previous episode on why everyone plays strongly if you haven't yet but for now thank you all so much for watching and stay tuned for the next episode which will likely be lady shogun herself take care [Music] [Music] you

Channel: Vars II

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Length: 14min 13sec (853 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 12 2022

Reddit Comments

[u/scirvexz]

Kazuha is such a fun unit to use and good video

[u/ECK1991]

I just watched your video before seeing your post hahaha good job! I like your content, especially this series. You make some good analysis without being rude or prepotent. Keep it up 👍🏻

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Love you bro

[u/lydiaofmemeteam]

Very helpful video as a new player, as I’m considering rolling for Kazuha whenever his rerun comes around.

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