Why NO ONE Plays: Albedo | Genshin Impact

one of Genji's most curious five stars in my opinion anyway has always been Albedo from an error to standpoint he's deeply connected with the Mythos involving the hexen circle a coven of witches at least mother Alice is a member of we also add two opportunities to further explore his involvement in monstat and the overall gentian Universe through Dragon spine and his affiliation with it giving him some of the most thorough development out of any non-ar Conquest relevant characters or in all honesty more development than even some characters directly involved in our Conquest from a gameplay standpoint there's a lot of mystery about him too in the eyes of those who went through the effort of exploring the extent of his abilities Albedo is considered to be a very worthwhile character with a lot going for him but for everyone else he appears to be a sub-optimal if not John right unusable character due to circumstance I've gotten comments over the years from people asking me why I haven't made a wino place for all day though when there's plenty of evidence suggesting he belongs in that criteria and to tell you the truth I wasn't sure if he deserved one I was of the opinion that he had kokumi syndrome where everyone's poor assessment of him stemmed from misinterpreting what he was all about so I abide in my time waiting for more information to come out and and nothing really changed about it statistically Albedo is not the least popular five star out there at least if we go by style of this data from the past few iterations every so often he gets involved in at least the floor too even so collectively I feel like he's not used very often as a character bringing me to this episode of why no one place where we'll be exploring olivado the most enigmatic character we've talked about in this series so far just a moment though before we continue I want to give a big shout out to our sponsor for today Tower of fantasy it was a game I actually had my eyes on for a while by the 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though Iran Albedo was Far stronger than zhongli before the ladder got buffed character appeal was completely on the side of the archon causing Albedo to have poor initial reception since most free-to-play players depleted this supply of Primos the version prior and even for Pay to Win types I'm concerned with catching them all the idea of another geofi star after quite possibly the most emblematic geofi star came off as redundant his sales may look impressive seen as how it was almost on par with Pluto but a lot of that had to do with genshin still being brand new and therefore riding off initial hype fortunately he showed great promise even in spite of a somewhat weird playstyle the inherent flaws of the geoelements went unnoticed for much of version 1. and at that point we were still evaluating every character's on merits instead of their contribution to the team as a whole damage wise sees a sub DPS after using solar isotoma he created a small field that would deal followed geodamage whenever enemies within were attacked even back then all field damage was appreciated by most players as evident by venti Shandling and xincho dominating the early metagame so there were obvious positives to having Albedo on your team in general especially since he would give everyone bonus Elemental Mastery just by pressing his ultimate overall he was a hybrid between dealing damage himself and boosting his team damage if you are somehow able to Max constellation him then having 17 bonus damage by simply picking up a crystallized Shield would make him a rather powerful buffer for the team in comparison to 5 Stars nowadays Albedo may come off as Bare Bones but that in no way detract him from his Effectiveness what really messed him up were the surrounding circumstances not unlike that of Eula both characters and frankly the majority of mustache's 5 stars were victims of circumstance Albedo being one of the more notable ones there were three major problems that forced him into this kind of limbo State and all of them linked back to the idea that playing him feels kind of bad not mechanically but he doesn't have a very comfortable spot in well anything first and foremost because I know all of you are going to clamor about this in the comments begging me to cover this Weapon by a pretty significant margin Albedo's best weapon is the Cinnabar spindle an item that was only available within a 14 to 21 day period back in December of 2021 during the dragon spider visit if you you were not around during this time you essentially can never unlock Albedo's full potential no matter how hard you try as the second best weapon on him is the harbinger of dawn which his secret weapon Minds you but a far cry from a signature one considering Albedo's very specific combat pressure entailing followed damage on an elemental skill that skills off his defense the number of one-handed swords that synergize with this kind of attack is few and far between if it were a more General stat like say HP then you can at least make use of primordial Jade cutter which is the blanket statement weapon for any Soul user but even if there are alternatives knowing that you can never fully tap into the best possible version of Albedo through no fault of your own can be disillusioning for players it's like playing a game knowing you can never get the DLC technically you can still play the game and enjoy the rest of it but you'll never fully experience the totality of it and Publishers are very much aware of this which is why they stack half of the gaming DLC nowadays to take advantage of every year missing out a squeeze or money from point being it sucks knowing the best weapon on a character is completely inaccessible to anyone who didn't play during that time to some that may come off as a small inconvenience and not at all enough to dissuade the community from giving them attention some are true that alone wouldn't have made the difference but that wasn't the only Factor problem number two is that Albedo belongs to the Geo elements quite possibly the worst element in the game in terms of Effectiveness and practical use for a more detailed breakdown on Geo's issues I suggest you take a look at my episode on it but to recap Geo despite having a reaction with the same Elemental correspondence as Animo is founded on homogeneity that is its characters depend on members of the same elements to achieve maximum efficiency and Yoon chin being the only real exceptions to this the modern to your team is a decently viable Rogue strategy thanks to offering magnificent bonuses based on the number of Geo units in your party so much so that if it wasn't Gio they would become instant material being a geo-unit who scales offer defense Albedo would make for a natural good choice but by putting him into a monogeotine you essentially forfeit to pass the town altogether the elemental Mastery buff he gives to his party is almost entirely useless on manojia since the only reaction you're using it on is crystallized which you don't get a whole lot of mileage out of given the fact that you're likely shielded by the yoonjin Noel origitone being considered HBO construct it helps out with maximizing their power but it feels out of place for a Geo unit to have an em Buff when shio itself doesn't make use of it all that well that being said an em buff is still an em buff and really the only thing allowing him to Splash into other teams but even that has issues Albedo's on damage output is nothing to scoffer especially if you take advantage of snapshot and gear improperly so if you're looking for supplementary damage you could do worse than him the elemental Mastery buff also gives them the opportunity to work with reaction Centric teams so initially one would think he's versatile but more often than not he's only ever a good choice not a great one reaction teams that stand to benefit from charging Elemental Mastery typically require all four potty members to be dedicated to the reaction in question as that's what the team derives most of its damage from take taster for instance the bulk of his DPS comes from electrocharged therefore the party should consist of units that either maximize consistency or efficacy a sample party would be sucrose official beta and chintzel Shinto brings Hydro official and Beethoven Electro sucrose can assimilate either elements and then buff everyone's em for Max damage all four members are necessary for this to take effect Albedo's buff would harmonize nicely with this kind of team but being a Geo character he offers no reaction support making the only benefit of using him being his personal damage and token party buff this makes him a passing great option for when you have a free slot in your party but it goes back to him only ever being a good choice not a great one that's the core issue with Albedo's design because of his inability to drive damaging reactions Albedo will never be best in slot for any reactions at your team leaving only manojio as the team of choice for him but in mono Geo you give virtually no benefit from one of his most important passive talents he's a jack of all trades master of none tragically the one Niche aspect of escaping constellation 4 which increases the damage of punching attacks by 30 gets beaten out by the attack Boost from Bennett so the one place where he could be considered best and Slot he's not even best in slotted well technically with enough investment he does do more for Charlotte than Bennett but Bennett heels and is far far cheaper is it really Albedo's fault not particularly I think Koyo didn't really think things through when designing his kit functionally he has a very powerful kid with a lot of potential persist and follow Geo damage strong ultimate making him good for a quick stop burst location cops really low field time required to use him he's got options it's just that in every place you would want to use him there's something making him not as good of a choice as other characters finally even with all that said Albedo is still viewed as a good character because of his versatility in an element Infamous for not having any at all much of why he's unpopular doesn't stem from him being bad but from geo-holding him and by extension everyone else back as the character Albedo was balanced around making use of all of his tools to reach meta status you want to maximize the damage of his offfield moves then you want to get his DM buff on relevant party members and if you have constellation 4 You ideally want one or more of your party members to do plunging attack attempt plunging attacks have not been expanded on outside a shell who has its own issues the EM buff is hamstrung by Geo having the worst reaction in the game which in turn makes albedos follow Geo damage and just overall Geo damage not as devastating as it could be as it stands there are no situations where you can make full use of all of his faculties at the same time hence why I said earlier it's uncomfortable to use at best he will only ever be a good character not a great one you might be wondering why that affects his popularity for most people being a jack of all trades is seen as a bad thing in video games sure on one hand you could see that as him being good in a lot of situations but unless you're fully committed to the waifu over meta ideology everyone even casual players subconsciously gravitate to the most effective tactic available over time think about it like this kenshin's a single player game with no semblance of competition whatsoever not even a leaderboard showcasing players of the fastest clear time in spiral Abyss or anything even so more than half of all content related to ganshin Via videos Twitter discourse Reddit posts or Discord arguments pertain to guides discussion over how good a character is and if they're worth pulling for common sense to dictate that to fully experience what a game has to offer it stands to reason that being in the best position to experience it would be the right cult since games are designed around what the player can or can't do if the option to do something more efficiently is there why in your right mind wouldn't you take it people create matters even in non-competitive games because games are designed to not only encourage you to be best prepared for its content but give you the option and freedom to do so at your discretion Albedo has so many factors and circumstances working against him that's why the consensus on him is so divided with some claiming he's criminally underrated I myself agree with that and others claiming he's not good from my perspective Albedo was intended to be a reaction quick swapper just like his people sucrose but unlike sucrose who belongs to an element with a very powerful and flexible reaction Albedo belongs to an element that is entirely devoid of Elemental applications not only that but as mentioned earlier if you don't have Cinnabar spindle you're never gonna unlock his full strength which he desperately needs to stay relevant with you being unable to act all of his supportive capabilities at the same time the only thing consistent with an Albedo's kit is his personal damage output and to his credit with enough investment you can get some pretty good numbers on him assuming you have Cinnabar spindle his best artifact set is husk of opulent dreams containing a rather overpowered 2 and 4 piece bonus 30 defense boost is massive for him and he can get 24 more defense and Geo damage from the four piece how it works is that when you're on field you get a stack of curiosity when dealing Geo damage and if you're off Fields you just generate a stack every 3 seconds simply by waiting 12 seconds before starting an abyss floor or domain provided albedos off VLT gets all those bonuses for free at full power he can do some pretty serious damage but just like with everything else he can't have the cake and eat it too what's the problem this time the problem is that Albedo doesn't have the backing of an element as stated countless times in previous videos a DPS characters on damage output alone doesn't make them top tier it's if they can Channel reactions on top of good personal damage I'll hate them broken because he does great damage while also being part of the elements with the two best damaging reactions in the game who thought it was broken because her Mega chat personal damage becomes Giga Chad thanks to vaporize and Neil is broken because their geekachad personal damage becomes I don't know what comes after Giga chat but you get what I mean Albedo has personal damage but that alone isn't enough in this day and age you need the backing of reactions if you want to get to that next level despite being a 5 Star I feel like Albedo suffers from a mixture of yanfei and Talma syndrome like yanfei Albedo gets overshadowed by so many other units in terms of damage even though he's easy to use and very practical like Toma Albedo's kid would be tremendously more efficient if he was any other element imagine if he was a dendro character snapshotable persistent damage on this skill Elemental Mastery shared across the entire team just by using his burst and said burst dealing damage to either multiple enemies or to one enemy multiple times makes perfect sense for Quicken and hyperbloom teams he's just held back by so many things that most players don't see a reason to use them over anyone else obviously there's no way Hoyle will ever retroactively change the character's element but at the very least they should let any player obtained cinnabar's mental that alone might bring more attention to him it makes playing him really disappointing for players who want to give him a try but don't have his weapon now if they ever decide to buff characters just like they did with Jong Li Albedo should definitely be one of them they released him before Genji's meta game developed if they released him after I guarantee he would have been a lot more efficient as sort of every other 5 Star they came out in early version 1. anyways I'm rambling at this point so we'll end things off here I myself enjoy Albedo as a character he gets a lot of screen time for someone who never appeared in wasset tsarconquest yet it feels so disappointing to you some half the time since you're always giving them something a good character I just wish they could give him a dedicated Niche let me know your thoughts in the comments down below if you agree or disagree with my points aside from that if you enjoyed the video it would be great if you left a like and subscribed don't forget to follow me on Twitter at varswear and join my Discord server and check out my other wide known Place episodes after this one but for now thanks so much for watching and I'll see you again soon in the next one take care [Music] thank you foreign [Music]

Channel: Vars II

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Id: zfcaItXkqLk

Length: 15min 21sec (921 seconds)

Published: Tue Jun 27 2023

Reddit Comments

[u/aruhirako]

I think its pretty obvious for every Albedo main what the reasons are but I main him for other reasons and will happily continue to main him no matter what the meta says

[u/phoenixerowl]

Crazy to me that he got buffed so much post launch (Husk set, Cinnabar Spindle, Gorou) and is STILL in this awful position in the meta simply because of the basic problems with his kit. Numbers wise, Albedo is honestly fine. But then you have...

-Geo Element (worthless, moreso now than ever)

-Split Scaling (in practice, and especially now with Husk, Spindle, and Gorou, the split scaling just means that he has a non functional burst, because it's only really viable to invest in his skill. The burst just exists as an EM boost, but now that he's only really used in Mono Geo the EM is worthless too).

-Entire functionality being locked behind his construct, which for some reason is breakable, and in some fights makes him completely unusable.

He has so many core issues that I don't think he'll really ever be able to compete with the likes of Yelan and Nahida (I bring these two up because they take similar roles on the team, but are so much better due to better element). All those post launch buffs and Albedo is still left in the dust. I don't know what Hoyo can even do to fix him other than reworking the entire character, which will never happen.

[u/Rextyn]

I haven't seen this one quite yet but I remember his version of this about Razor. I've been playing basically since launch, Razor was my very first main and I have a great deal of affection for that character.

But when I was watching that one all I could think was "this is completely fair."

[u/-Wensen-]

Yeah I saw this to albedo in on of my main mains and this is sadly all true.

[u/riga4564]

Saw it and yeah i agree but hey in resume he just says he is good in a lot of thinga but dont excell at any and yeah he is no the best sub dps( mainly because he is geo) and he isnt the best support for any team but he is fun to use, he is easy to build and f2p friendly even without cinnabar spindle (which vars said it having his bis locked in na event is horrible and yeah i agree ) so yeah a good take on albedo never the less

[u/Giganteblu]

idk maybe beause his bis is unobtainable and 80% of the boss destroy his flower just by walking.... mmmmmmmmmmm who know

[u/Kizeha]

I'm glad to see Albedo mains reacting to facts, rather than denying his performance issues. Our boy is good, but rarely the best. Hopefully, a new character will come and make him more relevant in the future ! For the time, I can only daydream of Dendro Albedo. He would've been incredible.

[u/Downtown_Claim_126]

😨...... Okay I see how it is posting this hours after mine 😞 (kidding)

[u/Bello_Wello_of_Jello]

I mean yeah… i knew what i was getting into maining albaedo but i aint ever gonna give him up never gonna let him down never gonna run around n desert him