I like how her melee animations look like Hoyoverse personally slapped the cryo catalyst out of her hand, handed her a sword and told her to figure it out
Apparently her E skill functions similarly to catalyst users (NPCs will clap for her instead of quiver in fear) so it could be she was meant to be a catalyst but we'll never know
If you really want to test a shield character, take them to the ruin guard in the desert that shoots eye lasers. If your shield can survive one hit of that, you're good to go!
So basically, she’s great especially if you don’t have zhongli. Her shield is pretty impressive. Utility wise Diona wins with universality but imma get at least one of copy of her because she’s so cuteeee.
I'm pretty sure he made a mistake when comparing Dionas shield to hers. Dionas shield is actually pretty similar in strength, since the shields DMG absorbtion is increased by 75% if you use the hold version of the skill. At talent level 8 with Diona you get: shield hp = 20.16% max hp + 2273 flat ((11.52% max hp + 1299 flat) * 1.75 ) At talent level 8 with Layla you get: shield hp = 17.28% max hp + 1950 flat Of course Layla still has more base hp than Diona, so it should still be slightly more bulky but not that much. Regarding the uptime, Dionas shield is pretty decent too with 12 second uptime and only 3 seconds downtime when using the hold version of the skill.
It's a bit disappointing she can't do more, but hey, second best shield in the game competing with Zhongli on a 4 star with almost 100% uptime? That's gotta count for something.
yeah it would but in the cases she would be used like freeze teams, noone needs that much shield, the whole point of freeze. and in other teams, just go for zhongli if u have him since she dont bring anything else on the table or go for other defensive utility such as diona with 200 em at c6 if ur team needs it, which...with dendro is now so good.
@@lostblueboy to be honest Im getting her just because she fills in Zhongli’s role as shielder while also applying Cryo resonance for a freeze team of mine. Diona isn’t cutting it for me so hopefully I find more success with Layla. Plus if i remember correctly Zhongli’s E applies shatter (is that what it’s called?), so often times it’ll randomly break frozen enemies when I don’t want him to. It’s not optimal, but it’s a start.
@@iexistiguess1920 .........okay sure u can get her for whatever reason u want, i am not trying to control ur account here. butttt, cryo resonance can be achieved many ways, rosaria is one way, diona is other, and kaeya too, and lets not even talk about the 5 stars. However.....please explain why diona isnt cutting it anymore and why u think layla would change that, alsooooo with freeze, u cant say laylas somewhat superior shield makes her better since well..........its a fucking freeze team, u shouldnt even have a shielder there but still, diona is moreeeeeeeee than enough for a freeze team. And also zhonglis one shatter at skill cast is not a reason to change the entire team, esp since he provides a CC of his own, petrification. And finally, unless you have some weird team, most freeze teams already have cryo resonance since one cryo and one hydro is a must and third slot is almost always another cryo damage dealer like rosaria aor ayaka or ganyu or whatever. so............what team do u have that needs the fourth slot to fulfill cryo resonance. only one i can think of is either double hydro in which case.........well not optimal and fridge teams in which case sure but thats a niche team and in that case barbara or kokomi is enough for defensive utility, u dont need a shielder.
I expected her to be just like diona with the shield but instead of healing, she applies cryo more fast and more consistent. Tbh if they made her a catalyst user she'd be a 10/10 unit since there are a lot of good catalyst weapons and you can do healing shenanigans with prototype amber haha.
Imo Layla is quite well-designed. At C0, she already has 100% uptime Shield, low-energy Burst cost (40), and can hang ice on enemy. Since her shield lasts 12 seconds, I feel like she would be great in teams that have a short rotation time, such as Ayato Hyperbloom or maybe in Melt-Vaporize Team like Yoimiya Layla Yelan. Need more testing for sure, but overall she's a pretty solid 4-star unit :)
@@nothing3887 Only if C6 and if you need the EM, otherwise Layla boosts dmg way further and has a better shield with better uptime without needing Sacrificial weapon. Thank goodness, I hated that cat.
Having Layla is almost the best thing i can ask for my Hutao team. Finally in able to enjoy consistent shielding without accidentally climb a pillar and served with delicious melt damage
A great shield support since her shield have 100% uptime, the drawback is the shield only last 12 second so you need to change to Layla, in actual battle this quite annoying since you often forget to re-shield hence why she is good for a quick swap team
I popped her into my Eula team and she fits perfectly well. She's a better Tenacity support than Zhongli, especially against bosses. I don't like bringing Zhongli everywhere and prefer to diversify my teams so having alternatives is great. Also, I don't play baby characters like Diona. I refuse.
I think it is probably better to compare her to Thoma, another four star shielder, than Diona, a much more well rounded support. Also, anyone else disappointed that Layla's kit doesn't involve summoning her fungi-buddy?
@@adamsun6168 Thoma is usefull on a role which was never intended for him lol He is good when his literal kit is ignored and only used as burgeon trigger bot
Finally someone mentioned double hydro Hu Tao with Layla. It's actually really nice since Layla enables some freeze melts and her shield duration fits Hu Tao's rotation perfectly.
love your content. not only super informative, but also soo entertaining. Unlike other cc who just focus on the negative about this game. you make playing fun and positive. annd youre actually the first ive watched to prefer diona to layla. i love diona. keep it up bro.
What was very important for me is that layla can apply cryo offield with her skill. Which is good for my DPS like razor. Personally I don't have the habit of using my elemental burst unless I have to because I'm not the kind to waste it on overworld enemies when they die with a kazuha E. Considering the only other character who can do this is qiqi (and I don't have qiqi) layla is quite a relief for me
She's actually gonna fit real well into my Eula, Raiden, team. This way I'll be able to add my Yelan into the team and stay relatively safe (and get cry resonance)
Sweet. She looks like exactly what I want for my Eula. She can be a Cryo battery that isn't Diona that has a strong shield so I can get Cryo Resonance. And shes cheap to built too? Perfect time to go farm Tenacity again.
You're better off using zhongli and rosaria if you need shielding and battery, plus rosaria can give you a boost in crit rate and she can generate more particles
@@OSauceda15 hey everyone has their own priority. It's a possibility that he prioritize a character that he likes than the the character he needs. And don't forget 50/50 exist pal. It's possible that he pulled on zhongli banner and then lost his 50/50.
I got the impression that Layla was maybe made with Wanderer in mind? I just built mine and I'm loving their synergy. He gets consistent Cryo buff from her shield (crit rate), doesn't get knocked around for once, and the cooldowns are near-perfectly timed for an easy rotation. Fun team to try: Wanderer, Layla, Yelan/Xingqiu, Faruzan. Everything is frozen and dead in seconds.
I love her SO much! I use her with Kokomi's jellyfish to freeze enemies while using her shield on my Scara, he isn't getting kicked through the whole room anymore! So glad I pulled for her. 💙
Her stars should be hp scaling honestly also thanks again for the video x3 it's almost not worth using a shield unite if they cant add to your dps even a bit diona is better
As a welkin moon and battle pass player well atleast from 1.0 to 2.3. It was very refreshing to see a banner with mostly four stars. This patch has lured me back after an extended hiatus (only doing abyss). A very worth while banner it didn't feel like I was waisting wishes on characters already c6. Also Nahida is nuts from the last banner even with talents at 6. Working through 8 months of story content and really liking it. Also while pulling for Layla Diluc came on the 21st wish from 0 pity. Got the 50/50 out early Just saving heaps of wishes for the next feature banner 5* banner I want to wish on
Well. As expected mihoyo loves to reverse powercreep 4* units. Damn. She and candace had such great aesthetics compare to other 5*s but mihoyo screws up their kits. She's like a diona that cant heal. If you have a diona or rosa, it's pointless to allocate resources to her. I would give her a pass if only she had a really fast cryo application. Screw mihoyo for screwing up great looking characters.
i'm hopium in her cons to make her..."usable" but damn getting new 4 star full cons is harder unless you whale lol so i might use her in 1 year after i get all her cons hopefully
Nope. Layla can use Tenacity in contrast to Diona, you can even stack it with Noblesse. Her shield is stronger. No idea what you don't understand thinking she is worse than Diona. Both are good, kinda similar, but can be better pick in different situations. Actually, I think Layla can be better pick more often.
That's for old players like us. New players would definitely love having her. If I started with a lvl1 Diona and Layla, ngl I'd grow Layla over Diona. She's also a powercreep for f2p shielders considering our good old Noelle would lose some of her already limited support spots.
@@よしみ-x5j ahem.....diona heals, is a battery with 4 cryo particles and best cryo battery with sac bow, heals really good in case you need it. andddddddd has 200 em at c6 so............yeah, diona is better. the theorycrafters put it best, layla is in middle rosaria and diona but not better than either of them. if u want cryo app and damage, go rosaria, need defensive utility, go diona.
I think these new 4 stars are just a fun way to mix and match teams, as well as old artifacts and weapons you have. I really don't see them replacing anyone in any situation. That Eula physical team for example would be much better off with a beidou instead
Lol fun? Maybe in a different game. You need to spend weeks farming for a single character. If you have Diona C6 she's way more valuable. Zhongli is a better big shield character too. If you like this character then sure, but her main selling point over Diona/Zhongli was her off field damage... before they nerfed it into obscurity.
@@Kaimax61 tfw all you reply in every comment is dissing people for enjoying meta, even people who just want fun useable characters and not just meta and yeah authoritycat is right, the farming to level up characters makes it quite hard to enjoy mix & matching, specially worse when the new character is so weak you basically have to force new teams around it to maybe make it work
@@Kaimax61 guess u built all char.. And farm nakapalta lotus.. (Idk wut it called..but whatever lol).. Added by farming leyline... And use different char everyday.. In the end .. Even if u convinced urself tha u are not meta slaves.. U will find urself dissapointed and hopping for more.. In the end we r hooman😑
honestly, there are already pretty strong characters so i kinda understand where does layla coming from. i cleared abyss okay-ly, so it's fun to play such mediocre characters yk, testing out different teams. she isnt a healer like our cat or stronger than geo archon ofc, but she does apply cryo fast and her shield is strong enough for fun teams. i 90 candace bcs i liker her in general even tho her kit is kinda meh, but we can always utilize characters in a way u know. if u like them then why not, genshin isnt all about meta for me personally.,
To me it seems like, layla could potentially have 100% uptime or close to 100% uptime on 4 pc tenacity with her c6 at least. Her c4 also buffs normal and charged atks by 5% of her hp. However, due to the way it works, I don't think a character who does many normal or charged atks in a short amount of time would profit from that. I think layla could be good for freeze ganyu and ayaka if your only other option is diona and you dont have anything better like shenhe.
Thanks for the video! I really like Layla, she's adorable and I'm in the process of building her. I was going to try 2pc blizzard strayer + 2ps retracing bolide, but now, since I know her damadge is non-existant, I guess I'll go with 2pc tenacity instead of blizzard strayer. I need her for her shield anyway.
What interest me is her c4 that increase team NA and CA. I wonder how good is that buff compared, say, Yunjin or Thoma for NA attacker such as Ayato, Childe or Yoimiya.
Well then i hope you get her constellation video soon. Because after 2 years it's started to get more and more important to look at 4* with constellations since they are more often nowaday build around them since many people will get more constellation at some point or another summoning for 5*
I got her for the strong shield, periodical cryo application, 100% tenacity uptime, and with the fav sword she generates more energy for the team than Zhongli. As a player who has gotten tired of Diona's shield breaking and zhongli's anti energy philosophy, she's a welcomed addition.
I got her for collection, right now I don't think there will ever be a team where I prioritize her over any other cryo applicator/shield characters, so she'll just stay lv20 for now resting in my teapot XD
Was just thinking about this team after Chenyu Vale - Layla/Yoi/Double Hydro is perfect for farming those cat enemies and the boss, and it got me wondering if I could do a proper melt. I don't have Diona built at all but I'll give it a try with Rosaria and see how that goes.
I used her for my wanderer exploration team 😊 wanderer, faruzan, layla, ganyu. This team is very convenient for me since my wanderer is stuck at 70% crit rate if I want to maintain his other stat above a certain treshold. With layla and ganyu, he can get 100% crit rate 100% of the time considering 20% from his passive and 15% from cryo resonance. Well in abbys I would use Benny instead of ganyu considering 90% crit rate is enough to not crit fish painfully whilst boosting wanderer damage decently.
I just got my C0 Neuvillette and after using the few standard pulls I got from ascending him, I got C0 Layla. Seems like fate, one of his best C0 teammates right there from his own pulls.🤩 So happy rn.
@@kidsworldrose4847 Lets be honest here, with the release of dendro, the shield really isn't as valuable as it was. You can pretty much delete anything especially if you have nahida. They told us to use Xinyan in a pyro team. Well that lasted about 2 weeks and she became unusable. The one thing she has going for her is her cryo application. But id use so many other units before her in a freeze comp. Only got 4 spots to fill and she doesn't make me take someone out to put her in. Therefore, i am hoping her potential is reached as newer characters are released else, she will be unusable for me.
Sounds like a solid 4 star to me. She's a cryo shielder with solid cryo application; decent particle generation and a very good shield. Nothing groundbreaking, but she fits well into the current roster. I think she'll be especially good in fridge teams, as Zhongli isn't ideal there. Particularly bloom-fridge. dendro+2*hydro+Layla, or dendro+hydro+sucrose+layla. Depends how her stars behave in AOE. Shame her personal damage isn't higher, though. She's also (like Candace) probably a good elemental applier for Diluc and Bennet's reaction carries. Actually, if her cryo-application is slow enough, she may just be able to melt off of burning... So Nahida, Bennet, Layla, flex?
the fact that she is cyro shielder is kinda a good new for me as yoimiya enjoyer, now i can put layla as shielder, sub dps ganyu, yoi and bennet to which i can enjoy 2 cyro sinergy
A Shielder needs to tank the DMG that's all, idk why people are sad cuz she doesn't do DMG? Tf is wrong? Her kit is meant to be 100% shield 🛡️! Why get dissapointed cuz she doesn't do DMG? You will be switching to your dps anyways.. Run her with sacrificial sword! And get her er and hp, even when her shield breaks you can always use another one😂😅
@IWinToLose. Most of us are aware that non feature 5 star characters have been outclassed by feature 5 stars. It would be an interesting to see a what constellation a Diluc would would out perform a c0 Hutoa and Homa.
I expected her to be a hydro shield to synergies with Nahida. We already have a cryo shield;, and cryo doesn't work with Nahida; what a terrible decision to make her cryo instead of hydro.
@@batatapalha1241 yet two of the best dps units in the game is cryo, and its elem resonance is busted, it doesnt need elem reactions to destroy anything
I blew through 60 rolls before a single Layla showed up, simply because I like her design. Regarding her performance in teams though... yeah, it's pretty much as everyone else has already said. Underwhelming. I'll likely use her purely out of stubbornness and blind hopium that future updates/characters will somehow make her better (think Kuki).
Perfect for Eula as a battery, cryo res, and shielder though most likely you can grab Rosaria for Eula albeit I think even with Raiden and Rosaria it can be difficult to charge Eula sometimes since you want to get away with barely any ER on Eula. Even better for Ganyu burning comp especially against multiple enemies where you need multiple charge shots and also Layla won’t fuck up the melts (diona C6 prob still better though if your Ganyu can just one shot). I would say too that she is good for main dps Ayaka with her Cs, possibly better than Diona though since Ayaka doesn’t do much with the EM boost. I do have a C1 Ayaka though and it helps with ER SO much. Needs more tests though cause I really think Layla’s biggest dmg potential is via her NA/CA boost in her Cons
@@arcoirisaycaramba2857 she's a solid pure DPS who plays her role perfectly lol Layla can't even do good battery , only thing she does is shield,cryo applications are slow even diona is better than her , she heals, reduce atk on enemies, removes debuff, gives movement speed, and can also be solution to corrosion while doing all these things and most of the players have c6 diona or have cons for her than having a c6 layla you're comment isnt logic it's just oozing with copium and hate wanna talk about her being a good support? Okay tell me what good about her other than shielding specially she's an ice unit who can't do reactions with dendro 🤷 she's a support alright but better support exists out there im not saying to not use her it's just there are better supports than her.. If you wanna talk about hutao she's the best pyro DPS ATM what you on about? Atleast she's playing her role perfectly another bonus for diona since we have those new flying machines we can use her to shoot those things while Layla can't.. whose laughing now lmao
Update: treat her like a lesser Zhongli in every shape or form. The fact that she's a low investment, consistent ToM user with shield utility means you can funnel necessary resources into other characters. And if you keep her alive, that 20% attack boost is up 100% of the time anyway. I find her better than Diona for overworld explorations TBH.
She's not bad with a physical DPS Fishcl. Her skill is a nice shield for the squishy princess and her burst puts out a lot of cyro for superconduct. Alot of cryo characters burst put out offfield cyro but only Diona is a shielder too
Bit sad to hear she doesn't have a very big focus on Damage. Kinda thought that was gonna be the main difference between her and Diona. Cool that her Shield is actually pretty good tho, feels like you can never be too sure how that sorta thing's gonna go..
I use layla only for shield and honestly she saved me a lot, love her. I have raiden, bennett and xiangling for damage so hers being weak doesn't really matter to me
Has anyone ever used Diona and thought the shield wasnt enough (and was worth trading healing for)? That about sums it up for me, especially when my Diona is already geared and C6 over all the past banners. Only for new players imo.
From what I looked at on her constellations her the stars from her skill and burst doesn’t really do better dmg itself until c6 but c4 gives team normal atk and charged atk dmg buff based off of her hp so there’s that. I do wish one of her constellations made it similar to fischl where could trigger shooting the stars faster
I like her design. As for her kit, I personally don't see the point in building her without c4, already have other supports. And since I'm not pulling on current banners and mihoyolab don't have an epitomized path system for 4* and never update the Starglitter shop with newer 4*...
she's definitely not built for dps but i can get her to a copium sub dps level with a little work. if you want her to do any kind of damage you have to nerf her shield and ignore her burst. her normal and charged attack scale on attack just like any other character. pair her with a decent cryo damage build and chongyun to infuse her sword and she can do 6~8k per normal even at 4/4/4 talents. shes never going to do numbers though lol. good cryo application if you can keep her burst up. basically stronger diona shield + 4* ganyu burst(though the tracking is better than just random drops).
The c1 from her is very great. I skip the banners bc I want Scaramouche. But if I would pull in yae banner or Childes i would go for c1 Layla. I’m coop she’s great!
Oops, I used a clip of Rosaria instead of Mona in the Shenhe team at 9:30. Oh well, my point is still the same.
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How come this comment is 9 hours ago when the video is uploaded 10 mins ago lmao
diona is benched
@@chrisfelonall1177 the video was probably “unlisted” but not yet posted as a public video.
Rosaria: Yoink it's my highlight now
I like how her melee animations look like Hoyoverse personally slapped the cryo catalyst out of her hand, handed her a sword and told her to figure it out
Yeah, not sure why hoyo is allergic to Cryo catalyst users. Maybe one day we will get one.
@@kylesmith987 They don't want to buff Xiangling anymore xD on-field cryo catalyst + Xiangling = OP
Apparently her E skill functions similarly to catalyst users (NPCs will clap for her instead of quiver in fear) so it could be she was meant to be a catalyst but we'll never know
@@s0shite sucrose’s animations make them quiver tho
@@fishwithbutter welp ok then I have no idea haha
If you really want to test a shield character, take them to the ruin guard in the desert that shoots eye lasers. If your shield can survive one hit of that, you're good to go!
But what if you turned it off already
What if they’d done the mission XD
@@Simptuber go to friend's world and ask them to shoot u
@@Simptuber you can use it on coop mode
Ask your friend to operate it 😆.
Its still working though
I will respectfully say Layla did huge amount of emotional damage in this showcase.
So basically, she’s great especially if you don’t have zhongli. Her shield is pretty impressive. Utility wise Diona wins with universality but imma get at least one of copy of her because she’s so cuteeee.
@@melaniabladeofmiquella 10:06
@@melaniabladeofmiquella did you? The video practically said she’s second best at shielding after zhongli lmao.
I'm pretty sure he made a mistake when comparing Dionas shield to hers. Dionas shield is actually pretty similar in strength, since the shields DMG absorbtion is increased by 75% if you use the hold version of the skill.
At talent level 8 with Diona you get: shield hp = 20.16% max hp + 2273 flat ((11.52% max hp + 1299 flat) * 1.75 )
At talent level 8 with Layla you get: shield hp = 17.28% max hp + 1950 flat
Of course Layla still has more base hp than Diona, so it should still be slightly more bulky but not that much.
Regarding the uptime, Dionas shield is pretty decent too with 12 second uptime and only 3 seconds downtime when using the hold version of the skill.
I like how Laylas damage is so low, that it got IWTL to question what damage is existentially for the first time in his life.
It's a bit disappointing she can't do more, but hey, second best shield in the game competing with Zhongli on a 4 star with almost 100% uptime? That's gotta count for something.
yeah it would but in the cases she would be used like freeze teams, noone needs that much shield, the whole point of freeze. and in other teams, just go for zhongli if u have him since she dont bring anything else on the table or go for other defensive utility such as diona with 200 em at c6 if ur team needs it, which...with dendro is now so good.
@@lostblueboy like iwintolose said it CAN be useful for a character who needs resistance to interruption in order to build stacks like eula
@@lostblueboy to be honest Im getting her just because she fills in Zhongli’s role as shielder while also applying Cryo resonance for a freeze team of mine. Diona isn’t cutting it for me so hopefully I find more success with Layla. Plus if i remember correctly Zhongli’s E applies shatter (is that what it’s called?), so often times it’ll randomly break frozen enemies when I don’t want him to. It’s not optimal, but it’s a start.
@@iexistiguess1920 .........okay sure u can get her for whatever reason u want, i am not trying to control ur account here. butttt, cryo resonance can be achieved many ways, rosaria is one way, diona is other, and kaeya too, and lets not even talk about the 5 stars. However.....please explain why diona isnt cutting it anymore and why u think layla would change that, alsooooo with freeze, u cant say laylas somewhat superior shield makes her better since well..........its a fucking freeze team, u shouldnt even have a shielder there but still, diona is moreeeeeeeee than enough for a freeze team.
And also zhonglis one shatter at skill cast is not a reason to change the entire team, esp since he provides a CC of his own, petrification. And finally, unless you have some weird team, most freeze teams already have cryo resonance since one cryo and one hydro is a must and third slot is almost always another cryo damage dealer like rosaria aor ayaka or ganyu or whatever. so............what team do u have that needs the fourth slot to fulfill cryo resonance. only one i can think of is either double hydro in which case.........well not optimal and fridge teams in which case sure but thats a niche team and in that case barbara or kokomi is enough for defensive utility, u dont need a shielder.
@@lostblueboy why do you sound like someone's trash talking your daughter?
I expected her to be just like diona with the shield but instead of healing, she applies cryo more fast and more consistent. Tbh if they made her a catalyst user she'd be a 10/10 unit since there are a lot of good catalyst weapons and you can do healing shenanigans with prototype amber haha.
She would have been amazing as a catalyst. Spamming prototype amber passives would be cool
ITS gonna be broken if Layla is catalyst ._.
@@ikomangyoga6401 Good.
@@ikomangyoga6401 mega good
Then she would be the first cryo catalyst in the game
It's a character probably for those who don't have Diona or Zhong, but for now she'll gather dust like Candace.
she can be a diona replacement on certain scenarios but yeah.. for some1 who doesnt have zhongli.. having layla is soo good
im so tired of them doing 4* like this
Me, who uses Candace in double hydro Hyperbloom: sad true
only losers let their characters gather dust
@@junyaiwase how about use some effort to use them instead of letting the meta slaves dictate what you use.
Imo Layla is quite well-designed. At C0, she already has 100% uptime Shield, low-energy Burst cost (40), and can hang ice on enemy.
Since her shield lasts 12 seconds, I feel like she would be great in teams that have a short rotation time, such as Ayato Hyperbloom or maybe in Melt-Vaporize Team like Yoimiya Layla Yelan.
Need more testing for sure, but overall she's a pretty solid 4-star unit :)
way better than diona
After two mediocrities(dori, Candace) we get a decent 4* and a niche supp, afterwards.
This is going well😂
@@Carbuncle0168 Diona is way way better lol
@@Carbuncle0168 no, she's not lmaooo they're pretty neck and neck and will depend on how and where you're going to use them
@@nothing3887 Only if C6 and if you need the EM, otherwise Layla boosts dmg way further and has a better shield with better uptime without needing Sacrificial weapon.
Thank goodness, I hated that cat.
Having Layla is almost the best thing i can ask for my Hutao team. Finally in able to enjoy consistent shielding without accidentally climb a pillar and served with delicious melt damage
A great shield support since her shield have 100% uptime, the drawback is the shield only last 12 second so you need to change to Layla, in actual battle this quite annoying since you often forget to re-shield hence why she is good for a quick swap team
Well quick swap teams want everyone outputting high damage. Which quick swap team would she be in and who would she replace and would it be better?
I popped her into my Eula team and she fits perfectly well. She's a better Tenacity support than Zhongli, especially against bosses. I don't like bringing Zhongli everywhere and prefer to diversify my teams so having alternatives is great. Also, I don't play baby characters like Diona. I refuse.
Someone someone give this guy a trophy for making such awesome videos
I think it is probably better to compare her to Thoma, another four star shielder, than Diona, a much more well rounded support.
Also, anyone else disappointed that Layla's kit doesn't involve summoning her fungi-buddy?
Thoma is only used for Burgeon teams, so yeah
I mean she gave away her fungi buddy so that wouldn’t have made sense
@@adamsun6168 Thoma is usefull on a role which was never intended for him lol He is good when his literal kit is ignored and only used as burgeon trigger bot
Finally someone mentioned double hydro Hu Tao with Layla. It's actually really nice since Layla enables some freeze melts and her shield duration fits Hu Tao's rotation perfectly.
So the curse of the 4 stars persists...
"She did something that resembled damage" 🤣🤣🤣
love your content. not only super informative, but also soo entertaining. Unlike other cc who just focus on the negative about this game. you make playing fun and positive. annd youre actually the first ive watched to prefer diona to layla. i love diona. keep it up bro.
Imagine if she had any form of CC like Anemo but instead of moving enemies around she sleeps them
Since I lost my 50-50 to qiqi and got c6 heizou with c2 Layla, Im gonna build her. She is one of the characters I wanted.
What was very important for me is that layla can apply cryo offield with her skill. Which is good for my DPS like razor. Personally I don't have the habit of using my elemental burst unless I have to because I'm not the kind to waste it on overworld enemies when they die with a kazuha E. Considering the only other character who can do this is qiqi (and I don't have qiqi) layla is quite a relief for me
She's actually gonna fit real well into my Eula, Raiden, team. This way I'll be able to add my Yelan into the team and stay relatively safe (and get cry resonance)
Sweet. She looks like exactly what I want for my Eula. She can be a Cryo battery that isn't Diona that has a strong shield so I can get Cryo Resonance. And shes cheap to built too? Perfect time to go farm Tenacity again.
You're better off using zhongli and rosaria if you need shielding and battery, plus rosaria can give you a boost in crit rate and she can generate more particles
@@OSauceda15 not everyone have zhongli pal....
@@iwaron2160 sucks to not choose to pull him if you have eula :[
@@OSauceda15 hey everyone has their own priority. It's a possibility that he prioritize a character that he likes than the the character he needs. And don't forget 50/50 exist pal. It's possible that he pulled on zhongli banner and then lost his 50/50.
@@OSauceda15 maybe the guy just want to play an all waifu comp you know ,something like eula,layla,kuki/sara and raiden or something 😏
I got the impression that Layla was maybe made with Wanderer in mind? I just built mine and I'm loving their synergy. He gets consistent Cryo buff from her shield (crit rate), doesn't get knocked around for once, and the cooldowns are near-perfectly timed for an easy rotation. Fun team to try: Wanderer, Layla, Yelan/Xingqiu, Faruzan. Everything is frozen and dead in seconds.
I did say previously she has some potential in Shielding.
I love her SO much! I use her with Kokomi's jellyfish to freeze enemies while using her shield on my Scara, he isn't getting kicked through the whole room anymore! So glad I pulled for her. 💙
Always love watching your videos, thank you for covering Layla!
Her stars should be hp scaling honestly also thanks again for the video x3 it's almost not worth using a shield unite if they cant add to your dps even a bit diona is better
As a welkin moon and battle pass player well atleast from 1.0 to 2.3. It was very refreshing to see a banner with mostly four stars. This patch has lured me back after an extended hiatus (only doing abyss). A very worth while banner it didn't feel like I was waisting wishes on characters already c6. Also Nahida is nuts from the last banner even with talents at 6. Working through 8 months of story content and really liking it. Also while pulling for Layla Diluc came on the 21st wish from 0 pity. Got the 50/50 out early Just saving heaps of wishes for the next feature banner 5* banner I want to wish on
Well. As expected mihoyo loves to reverse powercreep 4* units.
Damn. She and candace had such great aesthetics compare to other 5*s but mihoyo screws up their kits.
She's like a diona that cant heal.
If you have a diona or rosa, it's pointless to allocate resources to her.
I would give her a pass if only she had a really fast cryo application.
Screw mihoyo for screwing up great looking characters.
i'm hopium in her cons to make her..."usable" but damn getting new 4 star full cons is harder unless you whale lol
so i might use her in 1 year after i get all her cons hopefully
Nope. Layla can use Tenacity in contrast to Diona, you can even stack it with Noblesse. Her shield is stronger. No idea what you don't understand thinking she is worse than Diona. Both are good, kinda similar, but can be better pick in different situations. Actually, I think Layla can be better pick more often.
Personally I find Diona's shield too weak so I have high hopes for Layla, except she is on an unwanted banner so I guess that's for next year.
That's for old players like us. New players would definitely love having her. If I started with a lvl1 Diona and Layla, ngl I'd grow Layla over Diona. She's also a powercreep for f2p shielders considering our good old Noelle would lose some of her already limited support spots.
@@よしみ-x5j ahem.....diona heals, is a battery with 4 cryo particles and best cryo battery with sac bow, heals really good in case you need it. andddddddd has 200 em at c6 so............yeah, diona is better. the theorycrafters put it best, layla is in middle rosaria and diona but not better than either of them. if u want cryo app and damage, go rosaria, need defensive utility, go diona.
I think these new 4 stars are just a fun way to mix and match teams, as well as old artifacts and weapons you have. I really don't see them replacing anyone in any situation. That Eula physical team for example would be much better off with a beidou instead
Lol fun? Maybe in a different game. You need to spend weeks farming for a single character. If you have Diona C6 she's way more valuable. Zhongli is a better big shield character too. If you like this character then sure, but her main selling point over Diona/Zhongli was her off field damage... before they nerfed it into obscurity.
@@AuthorityCat meta slaves opinion. discarded
@@Kaimax61 tfw all you reply in every comment is dissing people for enjoying meta, even people who just want fun useable characters and not just meta
and yeah authoritycat is right, the farming to level up characters makes it quite hard to enjoy mix & matching, specially worse when the new character is so weak you basically have to force new teams around it to maybe make it work
@@Kaimax61 my brother in christ you are in a meta focused channel
@@Kaimax61 guess u built all char.. And farm nakapalta lotus.. (Idk wut it called..but whatever lol).. Added by farming leyline... And use different char everyday.. In the end .. Even if u convinced urself tha u are not meta slaves.. U will find urself dissapointed and hopping for more.. In the end we r hooman😑
wow...
I hope I get Kagura's Verity pretty early so I can wish for her and Childe!
The best, most well put together showcase on the entire EN youtube. keep it up man!
Layla is super useful for wanderer comp, makes me invincible as well as freeze,
nice new character!! nice video too..
honestly, there are already pretty strong characters so i kinda understand where does layla coming from. i cleared abyss okay-ly, so it's fun to play such mediocre characters yk, testing out different teams. she isnt a healer like our cat or stronger than geo archon ofc, but she does apply cryo fast and her shield is strong enough for fun teams.
i 90 candace bcs i liker her in general even tho her kit is kinda meh, but we can always utilize characters in a way u know. if u like them then why not, genshin isnt all about meta for me personally.,
To me it seems like, layla could potentially have 100% uptime or close to 100% uptime on 4 pc tenacity with her c6 at least. Her c4 also buffs normal and charged atks by 5% of her hp. However, due to the way it works, I don't think a character who does many normal or charged atks in a short amount of time would profit from that.
I think layla could be good for freeze ganyu and ayaka if your only other option is diona and you dont have anything better like shenhe.
I would love to have layla but sadly I'm saving for yelan
She is getting rerun?
Her rerun is 3.4
@@KonoKolonalda not soon. But y'know, f2p people save for single character in several months
snipe her
@@sasosasa8594 that's not confirmed yet. Just a rumour from leakers, along with Eula, Ayaka, and other rumoured characters
Thanks for the video! I really like Layla, she's adorable and I'm in the process of building her. I was going to try 2pc blizzard strayer + 2ps retracing bolide, but now, since I know her damadge is non-existant, I guess I'll go with 2pc tenacity instead of blizzard strayer. I need her for her shield anyway.
long names in genshin and your WWE way to recite them will always be iconic 😂😂
What interest me is her c4 that increase team NA and CA. I wonder how good is that buff compared, say, Yunjin or Thoma for NA attacker such as Ayato, Childe or Yoimiya.
comfy gameplay... that's what i was waiting for
Well then i hope you get her constellation video soon. Because after 2 years it's started to get more and more important to look at 4* with constellations since they are more often nowaday build around them since many people will get more constellation at some point or another summoning for 5*
I got her for the strong shield, periodical cryo application, 100% tenacity uptime, and with the fav sword she generates more energy for the team than Zhongli.
As a player who has gotten tired of Diona's shield breaking and zhongli's anti energy philosophy, she's a welcomed addition.
I got her for collection, right now I don't think there will ever be a team where I prioritize her over any other cryo applicator/shield characters, so she'll just stay lv20 for now resting in my teapot XD
Was just thinking about this team after Chenyu Vale - Layla/Yoi/Double Hydro is perfect for farming those cat enemies and the boss, and it got me wondering if I could do a proper melt.
I don't have Diona built at all but I'll give it a try with Rosaria and see how that goes.
We want
*ppl upvote this*
Xiao vs hiezou vs scaramouche
Surely after his release
I used her for my wanderer exploration team 😊 wanderer, faruzan, layla, ganyu. This team is very convenient for me since my wanderer is stuck at 70% crit rate if I want to maintain his other stat above a certain treshold. With layla and ganyu, he can get 100% crit rate 100% of the time considering 20% from his passive and 15% from cryo resonance. Well in abbys I would use Benny instead of ganyu considering 90% crit rate is enough to not crit fish painfully whilst boosting wanderer damage decently.
I just got my C0 Neuvillette and after using the few standard pulls I got from ascending him, I got C0 Layla.
Seems like fate, one of his best C0 teammates right there from his own pulls.🤩 So happy rn.
🌸😹It would be an impenetrable wall of ferocious defensive prowess that few could pierce!😹🌸
thanks for mentioning the hu tao team, i was theory-crafting that for ages
I always wait for your video
Your videos butter my biscuits thank you
I think her potential will be brought out with the release of new characters. If not, then she destined to be like Xinyan which will be a shame.
u what
Just use her in freeze team
@@kidsworldrose4847 Lets be honest here, with the release of dendro, the shield really isn't as valuable as it was. You can pretty much delete anything especially if you have nahida. They told us to use Xinyan in a pyro team. Well that lasted about 2 weeks and she became unusable. The one thing she has going for her is her cryo application. But id use so many other units before her in a freeze comp. Only got 4 spots to fill and she doesn't make me take someone out to put her in. Therefore, i am hoping her potential is reached as newer characters are released else, she will be unusable for me.
Liked and subscribed because of the cats in picture⭐
thanks for the video ❤️
Sounds like a solid 4 star to me. She's a cryo shielder with solid cryo application; decent particle generation and a very good shield. Nothing groundbreaking, but she fits well into the current roster.
I think she'll be especially good in fridge teams, as Zhongli isn't ideal there. Particularly bloom-fridge. dendro+2*hydro+Layla, or dendro+hydro+sucrose+layla. Depends how her stars behave in AOE. Shame her personal damage isn't higher, though.
She's also (like Candace) probably a good elemental applier for Diluc and Bennet's reaction carries.
Actually, if her cryo-application is slow enough, she may just be able to melt off of burning... So Nahida, Bennet, Layla, flex?
the fact that she is cyro shielder is kinda a good new for me as yoimiya enjoyer, now i can put layla as shielder, sub dps ganyu, yoi and bennet to which i can enjoy 2 cyro sinergy
Wow I've never been this early to a IWTL vid
I just hope we don’t land in a DPS C6 Dori scenario
A Shielder needs to tank the DMG that's all, idk why people are sad cuz she doesn't do DMG? Tf is wrong? Her kit is meant to be 100% shield 🛡️! Why get dissapointed cuz she doesn't do DMG? You will be switching to your dps anyways..
Run her with sacrificial sword! And get her er and hp, even when her shield breaks you can always use another one😂😅
@IWinToLose. Most of us are aware that non feature 5 star characters have been outclassed by feature 5 stars. It would be an interesting to see a what constellation a Diluc would would out perform a c0 Hutoa and Homa.
I want to do unhealthy damage but she just refuse to do any 😭 i love her so much, please hoyo buff her
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я помню она была в превью версии 2.2 (вроде )
I hope she's a great support for dehya 😍
I would go for her non interruption shield feature, for the rampaging dehya on field.
This didnt age well
I thought she'd be worse off to start. Going to have to wait for c6. Thanks for the video
Imagine you're sleeping and while in a dream you don't know you already killed hundreds of enemies
Hopefully Hoyo would put like a shield meter somewhere, like below your hp so we know much shield we have left
I expected her to be a hydro shield to synergies with Nahida.
We already have a cryo shield;, and cryo doesn't work with Nahida; what a terrible decision to make her cryo instead of hydro.
Well duh. She comes out with a hydro (childe) and an electro (yae) character. Not Nahida.
Cryo is not a good element for now. The only thing that saves is freeze.
Melt is way uncomfortable and physical is, well, physical
Cryo is a good thing! It minimizes the chances of interfering with Nahida’s combos with the remaining teammates.
@@batatapalha1241 yet two of the best dps units in the game is cryo, and its elem resonance is busted, it doesnt need elem reactions to destroy anything
I hope that more reactions will be added to the game, so that layla will be better and more relavant in the future
Player : i hope there is more content in this game
Mihoyo : sike!! jokes on you that ain't gonna happend
Probably this is the respond from them lmao
@@zabee8874 Nah they will add more elements. Ez $$$
@@talesoflight2024 if they do its gonna be years till then cos it has to tie in with lore
@@NaMe-zg9qs Mihoyo said they have a 10 year plan.
@@talesoflight2024 And then bam, Light and Dark element after we reaching Celestial. That's kinda pointless for some reason :v
Weaponized Narcolepsy is a fascinating and absolutely hilarious concept
I blew through 60 rolls before a single Layla showed up, simply because I like her design. Regarding her performance in teams though... yeah, it's pretty much as everyone else has already said. Underwhelming. I'll likely use her purely out of stubbornness and blind hopium that future updates/characters will somehow make her better (think Kuki).
Paimon, Mona, Yanfei and Layla
omg i love ur cat
I would love to be able to write my papers while sleeping
Perfect for Eula as a battery, cryo res, and shielder though most likely you can grab Rosaria for Eula albeit I think even with Raiden and Rosaria it can be difficult to charge Eula sometimes since you want to get away with barely any ER on Eula. Even better for Ganyu burning comp especially against multiple enemies where you need multiple charge shots and also Layla won’t fuck up the melts (diona C6 prob still better though if your Ganyu can just one shot). I would say too that she is good for main dps Ayaka with her Cs, possibly better than Diona though since Ayaka doesn’t do much with the EM boost. I do have a C1 Ayaka though and it helps with ER SO much. Needs more tests though cause I really think Layla’s biggest dmg potential is via her NA/CA boost in her Cons
Everyone debating diona vs layla, here i just need 1 layla for waifu collection :(
I'm glad we're getting a good 4 star unit instead of mediocre like we've usually been getting
Whats the good thing about her ?
@@Dr.Richtofen1 She’s the second best shielder next to Zhongli. She has 100% uptime and her shield is stronger than Diona’s. That’s pretty good
@@river461 and? That's it? Shielder yeah everything else no, lol waifu? Yeah
@@Zeela47 Hutao? damage, yeah everything else, no. That's the logic I'm seeing here lmao.
@@arcoirisaycaramba2857 she's a solid pure DPS who plays her role perfectly lol Layla can't even do good battery , only thing she does is shield,cryo applications are slow even diona is better than her , she heals, reduce atk on enemies, removes debuff, gives movement speed, and can also be solution to corrosion while doing all these things and most of the players have c6 diona or have cons for her than having a c6 layla you're comment isnt logic it's just oozing with copium and hate wanna talk about her being a good support? Okay tell me what good about her other than shielding specially she's an ice unit who can't do reactions with dendro 🤷 she's a support alright but better support exists out there im not saying to not use her it's just there are better supports than her.. If you wanna talk about hutao she's the best pyro DPS ATM what you on about? Atleast she's playing her role perfectly another bonus for diona since we have those new flying machines we can use her to shoot those things while Layla can't.. whose laughing now lmao
Update: treat her like a lesser Zhongli in every shape or form. The fact that she's a low investment, consistent ToM user with shield utility means you can funnel necessary resources into other characters.
And if you keep her alive, that 20% attack boost is up 100% of the time anyway. I find her better than Diona for overworld explorations TBH.
"A man with a speare is a fortress"
She's not bad with a physical DPS Fishcl. Her skill is a nice shield for the squishy princess and her burst puts out a lot of cyro for superconduct. Alot of cryo characters burst put out offfield cyro but only Diona is a shielder too
I had hopes I could finally replace Diona's battery role with a character design I prefer :p
Bit sad to hear she doesn't have a very big focus on Damage. Kinda thought that was gonna be the main difference between her and Diona.
Cool that her Shield is actually pretty good tho, feels like you can never be too sure how that sorta thing's gonna go..
Honestly, I wish she did exactly zero dmg but had much higher cryo application.
I use layla only for shield and honestly she saved me a lot, love her.
I have raiden, bennett and xiangling for damage so hers being weak doesn't really matter to me
I would really like to hear your thoughs on pairing C4 Layla with Ayato or Geo Boys (Itto + Albedo + Gorou).
You could do a freeze team with Ayato, Layla, Rosaria, and Xingqui/Anemo unit. If you don't have Rosaria you can use Kaeya instead.
I want her just because I like her design
omg that pyro rwgisvine dodging is what hapoens when you zhongli too much
5:10 "Somwthing that resembles damage" took me oooutt
Has anyone ever used Diona and thought the shield wasnt enough (and was worth trading healing for)? That about sums it up for me, especially when my Diona is already geared and C6 over all the past banners. Only for new players imo.
From what I looked at on her constellations her the stars from her skill and burst doesn’t really do better dmg itself until c6 but c4 gives team normal atk and charged atk dmg buff based off of her hp so there’s that. I do wish one of her constellations made it similar to fischl where could trigger shooting the stars faster
I like her design.
As for her kit, I personally don't see the point in building her without c4, already have other supports. And since I'm not pulling on current banners and mihoyolab don't have an epitomized path system for 4* and never update the Starglitter shop with newer 4*...
she's definitely not built for dps but i can get her to a copium sub dps level with a little work. if you want her to do any kind of damage you have to nerf her shield and ignore her burst. her normal and charged attack scale on attack just like any other character. pair her with a decent cryo damage build and chongyun to infuse her sword and she can do 6~8k per normal even at 4/4/4 talents. shes never going to do numbers though lol. good cryo application if you can keep her burst up. basically stronger diona shield + 4* ganyu burst(though the tracking is better than just random drops).
The c1 from her is very great. I skip the banners bc I want Scaramouche. But if I would pull in yae banner or Childes i would go for c1 Layla. I’m coop she’s great!
Oh second half arrived? I gotta get back into the game
If u want to sleep well, u must get Layla
People who svcks at dodging rejoice! We can now have 1 thicc shield per team in the Abyss now EleGiggle
I think she would be good with c0 neuvillette
The only thing she adds is a shield, I’ve already seen reviews saying she’s even less useful than Thoma, that’s about as low as it gets.
so shes a pure shielder, that will be useful for me.