Why Nilou Is WORTH Your Pull!
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- How strong is Nilou truly? In this video, I am gonna dive into that question and also share my nitpicks with you. Is she F2P-friendly? Is she easy to learn, hard to master? Is she a top-tier unit? Does she potentially grow massively at higher investments? How about her enabling of Bloom Bountiful Cores? Is Nilou still worth it in the modern day, even with all these other top tier Fontaine DPSes running around?
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00:00 Intro
00:11 AOE Goddess
01:35 Extremely F2P & Resource Cheap
03:58 Not Actually 'Niche'
06:02 Decent High-Investment
08:26 Unique Kit
09:17 Weaker Single-Target
10:33 Limited Weapon Options
11:55 Self-Damaging
12:37 No Grouping
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NILOU OUR BELOVED!!! will YOU be pulling for her???
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She’ll be mine
OFC, QUEEN NILOU COME HOME!!
Holdup, “glaze Nilou together”? What do you mean by that 🤨
Ive been waiting for a year, finally she's here, just 5 more days 🥹🥹🥹
YUP IM GUARANTEED
Nilou is probably the most f2p friendly character in terms of resources, artifacts, and teammates. Give her a lv1 dull blade, 1/1/1 talents, stack as much hp as possible, then team up with Dendro MC, Collei, and Barbara who are all free units.
agree with everything tho maybe give her a proper weapon :D she's so effiicient
I'd rather give her a lv 90 HP% weapon
She is going to be part of my first proper 4 character team for this reason (up till now I've been duoing Sunfire Jean and Bennet, because I can't find any better team combos) and she is guaranteed soon so I probably will get her in time! I got a bunch of leveling though because I've mostly ignored those characters :|
I see Nilou I click
Say no more
I want nilou so bad but I think yelan would be better for my account
@@afritect1445not really if u already have furina or Xinqui
@@thebetterelitenerd Xingqiu yes but Yelan still dish more damage. For Furina not really the same use case, slow hydro app is really bad for vape where Yelan/XQ excels.
man of culture
I don't even consider her as a hydro character, for me, she's the best 5* aoe dendro dps
For my story on why I got nilou, I actually got her weapon on her 1st release for my kuki because kuki was one of my favorite 4* units and it was pre-nahida so hyperbloom wasn’t really discovered yet. My main team was raiden, yelan, xingqui, and kuki and I just wanted more HP for kuki and she also scaled a little off EM. Upon her rerun, decided to pick nilou up since I had her weapon and did not regret that decision at all. Looking forward to the skin next patch!
hyperbloom was literally discovered and abused before the 3.0 patch even ended
Key is actually pretty good with kuki even on hyperbloom teams... The additional em by the passive will offset the lack of it..
based! hope you enjoy the skin man :)
Lmao my dumbass was gonna wish u good luck on getting the skin but remembered ur not gonna be pulling for it, oh well, hope ur forever satisfied with the purchase ig XD
@@Soy_boy-by8ez lol nilou just like pulling Eula will basically sit unused 99% of the time except the few abyss cycles she might be worth it. I think they held off re-running her and some characters so long to get people who are character hungry or desperate to spend their pulls before natlan
As someone who already has Nilou, I can’t wait to pull on her weapon banner because not only do I want her weapon, I also want Navia’s weapon as well. Plus, I am also looking to get 5 copies of Xiphos’ Moon Sword for my Kazuha.
Over all, I am very excited for phase 1 of 4.8.
I don't have Nilou but I have wanted her for a long time and now I have the chance to get her, Her Weapon Banner is also too good for me cause I have Navia and it's a win - win for me even If I didn't get Nilou Sig, Just Mihoyo Plzz Let me win my 50-50 in Nilou Banner
I have her and her weapon already so I can’t go for navia’s yet 😩 and my xiphos is stuck at r3 I think. I wish you good luck on your pulls though!
XIPHO'S IS ACTUALLY RUNNING??
How can u tell what the 4 star weapons are?
I got the key by "losing" the 50/50 trying to get Nahida's weapon... Wasn't long before i discovered it was actually the better pull. Now it's my most swapped weapon - Kuki, Layla, and Kirara all take turns with it.
key is underrated, it was a lot worse on release but really came into its own over time
I lost the 50/50 on furina and don't have enough to hit pity again.
I always thought Nilou was adorable, but didn't know she was so easy to invest.
I just happen to have the Dockman's assistant at R5 (Lyney's weapon banner) and I'm in desperate need of a hydro character.
You know what screw Furina, I'm bouta become a Nilou main!!!
This is your sign, welcome to the club
Furina better lil bro
omg every thing is same to me;-; but im bouta get nilou for neuvile bloom
I just got her a week ago. Built her up 75k hp and 150er and with nahida, koko, and collei. That team produces cores that hit 38k each.
0:00 I legit thought that she was going to say "WHAT ARE THOSE?" lmao
WHAT ARE niLOUS?
to be fair i go kind of nuts when characters don't wear socks. COVER YOUR DAMN GRIPPERS
If Neilou mains keep nuking that poor Abyss chamber it's gonna fall out of the sky one day
Im so glad that 4.8 has two BUSTED Hydro characters.
I'll try to get Nilou first, but im at a 50/50 and wont be able to guarantee her.
But if i lose, i can save to get my Yelan with that Guarentee!
My team would benefit from either of those characters, so its literally a win no matter what happens!
Best case scenario, i get both, which i can run on the SAME TEAM!
LITERALLY. THIS PATCH IS SO HOLY STACKED
Imagine disregarding talent levels and crit completely, just slapping hp on her with a dull blade, a bunch of EM on a hydro, a bunch of ER on other dendros, and doing 35k-30k like it's nothing? Cheapest and most easy to play team, u don't even care about proper rotation just spam random bullshit and ur good, literally perfect team
this video's editing is so good, i keep pausing and going back to see the images and details lol
makes me really happy to hear, thank you!!! the editing coal mines are a damp, dark place lmao
omg. this is the first video of yours I have seen and I laughed out loud several time (and got some good nilou info) ty!!!
Thanks for this recent Nilou video!
Will be pulling for Nilou in just a couple days! As a f2p who's played for almost a year, I already have Kokomi C0 and Nahida C2 (favourite character). Fill it out with Yaoyao (built) or the upcoming free Kirara and I'm hoping to go boom boom on my foes. RNG refused to give me a Kuki, and I won't pull for Raiden (for plot reasons - she's only loyal to Inazuma) so I never had a bloom team so far and just used Nahida in Keqing aggrevate. Which is lovely and all but lacking in explosions.
If I somehow have the luck/primos, should I aim for Key or Nilou C1/C2? The other banner character is Navia and her Verdict. I'm never getting Navia, and will only be building Noele eventually - seems like Verdict is a so-so statstick on Noelle. I'd be glad to hear your thoughts.
already have her. Helped me a lot with bloom team. Will try to get her weapon on her re-run banner.
good luck!!!
Nilou was a character I wasn't too interested in but I'm glad I pulled her. She's a cheap date, simple to build and play. And the results are so strong in AoE. I've been told that Kaveh isn't good at all but he drives my team just fine (he's at c6). Should I be using someone else?
she's super impressive for what she was built for, absolutely! & i enjoy her nonsensical rotations. the reason why kaveh isn't good is because his abilities kind of work against bloom; he makes it so that he limits the amount of bloom cores that can be on-field at one time as opposed to using any other driver, thus making the team do worse damage, so i recommend any other driver :) kokomi, barbara, candace-infused yaoyao, baizhu even, yelan even, ayato, you get the gist; thanks for watching man!!!
Personally for me. I want to get chiori. Couldn't get her cus i was saving for arlecchino. So sorry nilou and natlan characters. I have to save for my duel wielding queen chiori, c1. Signature, and albedo. ❤
based
@@yeetskeet4657thank u ❤❤❤
good luck! you'll probs have enough time to save for her c1r1 which makes her extremely good
@@Juice-chan hopefully lol ❤️
I have 2 Moonlights at R5. Also I have a question. Why does EVERY VIDEO guide I see play Persona 3 and 5 Music in the background?
whats the best kokomi build for bloom nilou? the main guide i use only list her regular healer build. would collei and yaoyao work for said nilou team with koko, or should one of the two be replaced with dendro mc?
do you think it's a great idea to wait for the chronicle wish banner to pull for her weapon? since it's guaranteed and I think I'll have enough primos
Lool, i really like nilou, but i really want at least 3 unit from natlan and at least 1 weapon. If a go for nilou, i would also fo for the weapon. Do you think 480 wishes would do the trick?
480 is more than enough if we assume each 5* is around 70 pulls
140 pulls for character if we assume you lose both 50/50s
then weapons 210
so 350 wishes worst case
if you get a 5* every 80 pulls
then 160 for nilou worst case
240 for weapons worst case
so exactly 400 pulls
so even if you have to go literally to max 90 pity worst luck ever, you would get your weapon & character
I want to get the key for my furina but its so ugly on her. I also dont have navia weapon. so is the weapon banner worth it for my Queens?
we will be pulling
TRUE & REAL
And winning 🙏 (hopefully)
i started genshin FOR nilou. been 1.5 years and still use her
this. I set eyes on her since the big sumeru leak. I have been maining her since
BASED
Does Nilou has any enemy restrictions in abyss or could i just obliterate any type of enemies?
I pulled for her on her first banner. I went all out on her for C2 and her weapon. She is one of my favorite characters in Sumeru. She is so damn gorgeous! My third favorite waifu 😍
The dreammm
who's your top 2?
@@Juice-chan 2. Ganyu. 1. Yoimiya.
I got her C5R1 (won multiple constellations in a row) and she absolutely elevated my account fr.
for me, I wanted Nilou, because her design is beautiful, but for the longest time I didn't fully understand her kit and abilities and I find her personality a bit generic, so I never pulled. I got her on my side account with Alhaitham and Kokomi though and I really love how that team plays. Gonna try to grab her this time around!
i'm not too into her personality either, its all in the kit, gameplay & abilities for me. so i feel you! good luck this time around, man!
2:27 who would you build em on in that case? i assume yao yao correct?
Nilou teams are crazy, crazy strong and easy to build. I never had a problem getting 36 stars in Abyss with my Nilou teams. Some don't like her because she is niche but for me that was a positive.
at least she is super flexible within her nicheness, if that makes sense, because we have so many viable options for her
love nilou!!!
What team u use with her in abyas
As a Nilou enjoyer, there's two major things that you want to consider for Nilou team comps at least in abyss: (1) ST vs AOE and (2) comfort vs damage. (1) It's already mentioned but to be clear if you want to lean towards ST, use triple hydro with XQ and/or Yelan and dendro (Nahida/Baizhu) as a driver. (2) Comfort leans toward survivability/ease-of-use over squeezing more dps. For example, the best AOE Nilou comp is Kok-Nahida-Collei(C6) but you can swap Collei to traveler (less clunky and larger AOE) or Yaoyao/Baizhu (more heals).
Note that Nilou's HP cap is actually 74,444. Also another tip 1 dendro app = 2 hydro therefore it's easier to generate more cores with a hydro driver.
interesting points, thank you! the 75k HP was to make a point with the key buff :)
I run C2Furina-C1Yelan-C2Baizhu-C0Nilou.
I use Nilou on-field with the Key/Marechaussee Hunter set, but I eventually plan on using Splendor/Golden Troupe for more skill attack damage. I will absolutely wallet for Nilou's C2 if it comes down to it for the Hydro/Dendro res shred. It's good single target with a lot of passive AOE and is really fun to play.
Nilou became my favorite character from the second I saw her design. I have her C2
brilliant! :D good choice
Got R5 xiphos when I was pulling for Key back on her release, my kazuha really enjoys using it lmao
5 cookies for you 🍪🍪🍪🍪🍪
Nilou my beloved❤ I've cleared one half of abyss w her if not both every time since release
I have two Xiphos Blade. One is R3, the other R1. Hope the Weapon is on Nilous next Weapon Banner. I want both of my Xiphos on R5.
4 cookies total
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I'm just scared to pull for characters at this point. I've had Neuvillette for a year now. I still haven't been able to farm up the artifact he needs. I've spend hours and all the fragile resin I could. I raised my world level hoping that would make the rng be a bit more favourable. I'm still farming. I'm feeling like pulling for the weapon might be the only option.
I got nilou on her first banner, and luckily got her weapon too. Her teams are one of my favorite, she is the best AOE damage dealer imo. Ever since I got her ive been getting other characters that work well with her like C2 nahida (I got a copy of her for every rerun and I won my 50/50 each time). Baizhu I also collected and he supports well. I love Nilou so much
I’m running Nilou, Furina, Nahida, and Kaveh. Nilou and Furina being hydro applicators for Kaveh and Kaveh heals off bloom damage so you don’t really need a healer even though Furina is a healer. I’m still trying to get Kaveh C4 to increase bloom dmg, assuming it works along with Nilou’s bountiful cores.
Also, Nilou is the most Imaginarium Theater friendly character out there.
"But wait, isn't she restricted to bloom?"
Dude, the girl has a consistent hydro application that is on par with Barbara, and people can do WONDERS with hydro application. As proof, Scuff Hu Tao teams with Nilou exists.
vape nilou is the funniest forbidden team that actually works its nuts
I'll pull for her bc i want to play bloom bc it looks fun to play
I like the design of nilou and I really want to pull for her but I dont have good dendro units (only collei, c6 mc and kirara when we get her for free) should I pull for her anyway?
she will still work well with those! :)
She is dancing ❤not fighting
i love ur vibe
imo i really like that theres only so much that you can invest into her teams artifacts wise since i have a lot of teammate options for her, so as long as i give her some artifacts that i already have she should be able to clear the aoe sides of the abyss with ease and allow me to focus more on my arlecchino/navia's artifacts :3
this would've been great for me to mention, thanks for pointing this out! resin-efficiency in this imaginarium economy is valuable
ill try to get her, if i lose the 50/50 ill try to get yelan
Is nilou good with Kuki?
yooo! nilou content ftw !
SHE SHALL *DANCE WITH THE WAVES!*
Can Nilou do decent damage with vape at C0? I know her c6 makes her into a full DPS but I'll do anything it takes to make her into a DPS, even at C0.
No, If you make the Mona combo with her, you got about 200k with her burst and nothing for the rest.
But this is a test made on her release, maybe now she's a little viable at C0 with Furina.
@@lucasayabe Do you think Nilou, Furina, Xianling and Kazuha be a good team for her?
@@Account-gh6bt i would rather changing Kazuha for Bennet, but this isn't a good team for her, she don't perform well in vape at C0, if you're trying this team is for the meme.
In this team she won't be doing any damage and would be carried by the Furina vapes.
@@lucasayabe Ohh right, I forgot Furina needs a healer and she'll steal the vapes. Damn it, seems like I won't be able to make her into a DPS. Well at least I can keep myself from pulling for her now.
@@Account-gh6bt this trully isn't the playstyle they intended for her, if you want to make her into a hypercarry or something like that, you should go all the way through her C6.
I tested a vape team with Furina now (XL, Furina, Nilou, Bennet) with her using my Neuvillette artifacts (as they scale on hp, so the artifacts would be the same), and she only do 20 to 30k vapes, sometimes 70k but really rare.
Note that my Furina is C2 so this team was being hard carried by her and XL vapes.
I have a R5 Xiphos that my Kazuha really appreciates
Do we have confirmation there’s going to be Xiphos?
Nope@@sev559
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I originally pulled for nilou because i fell in love with her theme It's so good that i have to get her and also at that time she offered a new way to play genshin so yeah that's my reason i pulled her lmao.
good reasons, also her theme is very peak indeed
Idc what anyone says I love nilou ans I pulled her even when people were saying they were gonna skip cauds Nahida was coming out and I pulled her c1 debating if i should for her c2 or her weapon on her rerun
For people who don't have kokomi, would c6 xingqiu be better than barbara?
I think a sustainable healer is more preferable. Bursting bountiful cores can kill your characters
@@athruncagallifan i would use yaoyao with xingqiu and barbara with collei
barbara better imo use XQ in a crit-based team
@@Juice-chan i use neuvillette on other side
One thing I would add for well built acc to get her is how different she is and her team from anything you use in your account right now, genshin biggest fun killer is the repetitiveness and niluo will be fresh air for you.
I hope I can get one copy of Nilou. I always wanted to add her on my roster.
I got her with her first banner when i promised myself to save for Scara since i was also lost my 50/50 with Tighnari. I promised myself that I'll get her on her rerun.
Then i played her trail and saw her animations and kept pressing buttons and she appeared...
Afterwards i accidently offed my friend's dendro lumine when we messed around because lumine got boomed by a bountiful core....oops
She does good in single target and is INSANE in AoE.
You can basically make a viable f2p Nilou team ALREADY with the characters ready for you, no need to gacha.
Nilou Barbara Dmc Collei is already a good team itself! (Collei is extremely underrated)
The only rng part you have to face against when building Nilou are artifacts mainstats and the amount of material drops.
(Collei is really underrated, I can talk for a few mins why but this is about Nilou)
go ahead about collei maybe i can put it in my nilou guide if you're cooking
agree with everything said here
I have R5 Xiphos!! What I consider BiS for my boy Kazuha, I don’t know what my teams would do without the ER gained from him holding it honestly.
If i have an R4 Xiphos, do i get 4 cookies?
yes 🍪🍪🍪🍪
Tbh i really need some advice about who should i pull.. i need yelan.
BUT I WANT NILOU TOO😭
I have 85 pity, 50/50, 20 wishes saved.
What should i do????
Pull. if you win, its a win. If you lose its also a win because guarenteed yelan
@@rottencoerz yeah, so i pulled, aand got mona and nilou so yeah, i think i made the right choice xd
nilou wanters will be nilou havers
TRUE & REAL
Already got nilou when she was with nahida❤
my friend desperately wants nilou but they don’t have time to play much, so i‘ve been prefarming and collecting primos for them on their account, now they got me also wanting nilou!! with nilou i can finally give my nahida something to do, she isn’t really good for my arlecchino or navia
sooo... do i pull nilou or yelan bcs i sorta need both foor a decent team
yelan if you don't have her
I just joined for the first time since the furina banner last banner and i got her with the free primogems no pity and no guarantee
Skipping or maybe will get Navia for Geo season in Imaginarium Theater (if it ever happens good lord please no) + I want to collect all of Fontaine's characters
But I'd rather finish up my Furina to C2 rn tbh (She is currently C1R1) so I am most likely not getting any of them and just wait for the Pyro Archon or other reruns (like Kazuha or Neuvi)
It's me! I have R3 Xiphos' Moonlight.
Getting nilou for my kaveh team. I’ve been trying to find ways to able to use kaveh without nilou team thats is to get the c6 of kaveh. But sadly he hasn’t rerun for decades(me think). And I currently on my guranteed after I accidently pulled on sigwinme banner. Amd knowing nilou banner is coming right away so Why wouldn’t get those chances. I think its fate for me to get nilou(lol idontthinkso)
Xiphos is like Kaveh at this point
Fun fact... while trying to get Xiphos Moonlight... I ended up reaching pity for Key before getting a single Xiphos... After burning all my primos and getting Key... I switched to Nilou's banner... just to loose the 50/50... now... after waiting over an year... Key can finally have her master... I've been saving for 5 months for her. hopefully i can win the 50/50 this time and have some leftovers for Natlan.
AT LAST
A WORTHY NILOU
YOUR PULLS SHALL BE LEGENDARY!
tell me whats better with arle, nilou or yelan? Because i think its yelan worth my pull
yelan, i'll make a video on her as well closer to her time
Got her on her release by accident and never regretted😂
happy accident
I mean yeah but I hate her team restriction so much
I wished it was just 1 Dendro and 1 Hydro (Herself)
How bad does it make it if I don't have a HP weapon?
she's still really good on EM weapons!
Actually, I have r4 xiphos moonlight but no dockhand even after 60 pulls
12:30 I looooove the video, but here is the one place where i disagree with you and it actually covers her main flaw you talked about with single target. Furina is AMAZING in Nilou teams, WHEN Nilou is the driver. Now, granted you wanted to have c2 Nilou to make this work super well, but even without it, Furina + Nilou's hydro damage, + dendro damage from the blooms make up some almost hyperbloom level ST. If you have c2 Nilou, its straight up better then hyperbloom. Anyway amazing video.
i will look into this & run some tests & if you're right then i'll put this into my guide, thank you!!! appreciate you watching the whole thing as well :)
@@Juice-chan Aw ty sm for commenting and looking into it! For more info on it, you can check the Nilou mains sub. I have some videos but i think im not allowed to talk about it since my last comment was del.
I'm getting nilou for her skin Yayyy
I kinda want Nilou, but what is holding me back is that I feel like she's one of those characters who *really* wants her and I don't know if I'll have enough pulls for both her and her weapon
I guess I'll go for Navia's weapon instead
she's good without sig, but she gets a massive upgrade with, think about neuvi C0R0 VS neuvi C0R1 (she isn't as strong as neuvi, i'm comparing how they both have similar attitudes towards their signature)
however, key is only getting better & better over time so if you lose verdict to it, don't be sad. my advice is pull on weapons, & if you lose to key, then pull for nilou
Who’s a better investment for newer casual players, nilou or Yelan?
yelan always primary, but nilou is still fantastic
they work together aswell
Pulled and got dehya C0... I guess I'll wait for Natlan🙂
GUUUUUUURL DON'T TEMPT ME WITH THE BOUNTIFUL CORE GO BRRR PROPAGANDA HEEERE
Incessant caps aside, I'm truly torn at the moment because I wanted to finish off my Navia and pull her C2 AAAAND be also getting Emilie and hopefully her weapon.
I really wanted Nilou for some time now because I have the characters needed for her team and all of 4.8 banners are so good. I'm really contemplating if I should pull C2 Navia or not.
Natlan will make characters go lvl 100. Dendro reactions will go Boom Boom
Failed to get Furina (unless I'm lucky in the next 6 days) so at least i have guaranteed for Nilou to look forward to!
good luck man! from one hydro queen to the next
i got R4 Xiphos in Key banner (Xiphos first banner). and as bonus also got R4 Key within 220 pull. then when Xiphos rerun again i got the R5. when Key rerun again not long after, i also got the R5 Key just for giggles 😂
needless to say, my Nilou is very happy using the R5 Key
This is probably random but I use her religiously in my TCG decks x'D I'm addicted to her bountiful cores lol.
came here cuz i thaught i was safe at 17 pity and i needed to cope
I spent my energy on C2 R3 Sigewinne running tenacity 65k hp, I’m now saving primos to get Zohngli, he‘s easy to build too.
Btw I‘m obsessed with burgeon Nahida, Dehya, Sigewinne and Ayato, amazing aoe damage too!
damn r3 sigewinne? were you charting course for splendor, why not sigewinne C6?
good luck for zhongli!!!
My Nilou team is ready Nahida,Baizhu ,Yelan/Furina.. hope to win 50.50
I really want to try my hand at superbloom but that new Dendro boi is seducing me. I already have alhaitham who I use religiously but I love pretty green things so much
Whatever weapon I get either Navia or Nilou's weapon I'll pull for the character
good choice
The ONLY character who wouldn't mind using a lv.1 Dull Blade
I’m getting her weapon this time no matter what
GOOD LUCK
I just lost my furina 5050, looking for the other good sword hp needy hydro character
I really really want nilou but I need emilie and I can’t pull for both😭
Should i try to get nilou and key or nilou and yelan
nilou & yelan if you don't already have yelan :)
it pains me that everytime my girl is on banner there's something really big coming 💔 i started playing a week before her banner so obviously i didnt have primos, then she ran while i was saving and now i'm saving for zhongli :((( PLEASE let there be a chronicled wish! sumeru characters are always paired with tough competition
imo nilou > ZL in pull-value but ZL is also big old dragon man so hard decision, i get you
good luck, hope both land on your accounts someday!
Because of Nilou, I can finally play Barbara as my main.
my first 5 star, pulled cuz cute, keept bc OP