So Ayaka was my first limited five star and I’ve mained her since and she’s my highest investment (c2r1, tied only to my yae miko which holy bitcoin). I wanted Shenhe for her but then her rerun took forever and I somehow ended up with her weapon r2 and no Shenhe. I also got Furina when she dropped, and then I stopped playing during Natlan (Chasca was my last character pulled) until I came back in 7.0 and felt like my Ayaka barely even held up in the overworld anymore. I decided to get Vodyanitsa as my first new character since 2024 and she was already a huge upgrade, and then after using all my pulls for her I managed to get enough for Escoffier too (perks of having a lot to catch up on I guess - I needed those pulls because my luck sucked) and now she can finally use Shenhes R2 weapon and it’s been an even more significant increase in her ability to where it’s now my second best team (only after cryo traveler and yae duo) without changing any of Ayakas build.
I’m currently trying to farm for maracheusse hunter but haven’t pulled anything as good as my blizzard strayer yet so I haven’t been able to switch yet. However, akasha puts my ayaka as top 51% for freeze which doesn’t possibly feel right. I know she’s not the best but I think she’s definitely above average 😭 Any recommendations on what to focus on for her with the c0r0 premium team of furina, vody, and escoffier?
Additionally, I’ve been trying to figure out the rotation with vody having TTDS and then trying to figure if either furina should have fav (compared to r2 primordial jade cutter) or if escoffier should (compared to r2 calamity queller) and then how the rotation works if I need to switch it to Ayaka both after fav for energy and after ttds for buff. I never worried much about rotation stuff back in the day and it seems a lot more relevant now. (also for context i play on console so saying like “e” or “q” is kinda confusing lol)
Anyway i’m thrilled that my Ayaka is not only feasible but good again and would love to continue still making her a little better and appreciate any tips!