Her E only prpcs 3 times with a 30 second CD, 1 time resurrection, and the fact her E causes you the wet status meaning.. you are fucked by things like freezing, electro, vape, etc. She's more of a hindrance than a helmet in the end and nothing will change that. Sayu, yaoyao, kuki, qiqi are better healers and the best one is the true healing goddess kokomi. The other great healer being baizhu coming in 3.6. So no, Barbara doesn't have much use if at all.
It's less about having contempt, and more of having better options. Not to mention her healing is barely enough for Abyss (this is where you minmax anyway) if you play her purely off-field. Still, she's okay in what she does and is a decent Hydro option if you don't have Kokomi.
It's because the early abyss on release were cryo field, everyone gets frozen when they used her, and then everyone condemned her for the rest of the game.
Barbara the unsung idol. As a caual-ish player, she allowed me to confortably 33* the last few abyss, on-fielding her in hyperbloom, and laughing at the face of the 12-2-1 birbs...
I know it’s not a fancy new team but I use Barbara in my Ayaka freeze team as a hydro applicator. It works well because it heals me, frees up xingqiu for other teams, and provides hydro application that follows the character. Highly recommend! Edit: Forgot to mention that the one downside to Barb is being frozen easily, but in a freeze team I’m not going up against cryo anyways so it works
Barbara was my first character wish (before Noelle) and she was a lifesaver in the pre-artifact-farming World Levels. Those elemental reactions carried me!
Barbara is the gigachad of healing. She's such a healing powerhouse, her E does the same as Kokomi's burst, except it's actually an upgraded version! I can totally believe the theory that Barbara was supposed to be a 5*, but Mihoyo realised they needed a starting 4* healer. The fact that she's the only 4* with a burst animation Is more convincing proof.
she has a burst animation to let the player know the burst was activated. If it has no animation you wouldn't know without clues like HP or energy meters
Her practical cooldown on healing is around 5 seconds, and you don't have to stand next to a jellyfish to benefit from it in co-op. Everyone loves Barbara in random co-op.
@@LibraritheWizardOfficial Im usually the co-op Barbara, and yes, everyone loves me for it (especially when I surprise them with my DMG). For a solid year, barbs was my only hydro. I ended building her in an old school DPS nuke charge atk build (20k to 60k on charge atk with R5 Widsith). Her healing is enough (for me) that I can focus her build on atk. She was the first charcater to wear a crown 👑. I watching this video now, thinking about changing her build to more dendro/EM, but Barbs has always had a top spot on most of my teams. The only character that has been able to give her a run for her money, surprisingly, is Yao Yao. Yao Yao can heal, she does off-field DMG and dendro application, and with the craftsble sumeru spear, she also provides atk boost. Yao Yao makes a great Barbara replacement in my Heizou soup team (Heizou/Barbara or Yao Yao/Raiden/Thoma). It will usually come down to which element I need more, or if I need some mid-to-long range atk power, which Barbara can provide better than Yao Yao
@@shenvega6688 I have her triple crowned, but that potential is usually wasted with Clam set. It's really hard for anyone to die with me on healing duty, though. This week, I was doing random Apep rounds for fun, and I don't even bother dodging anything expect the big nuke. Sunfire is pretty fun with Barbs, but I have to swap out artifact sets on Barbara, Jean, and Bennett to do it. Just not worth the trouble without a better artifact equipping system 😔
Very nice video! Very rare to see full guides, especially updated ones, on Barbara. I did miss the vaporize build tho, it would've been nice to have seen it mentioned in the video as well. Also, you can't just drop the guide saying you're a triple crown Barbara main and not share some abyss runs!
Figured it was time for a Barbara video! Also, my Barbara abyss runs are totally carried by Nilou, as you can probably see in a few clips. I’m addicted to using 4-Flower of Paradise Lost on Barbara haha.
@@Meowreii I, too, am using Flower set on Barbara, and I'm surprised no guides are pushing it over Gilded Dreams on Nilou bloom teams. Nothing more satisfying than 30k flower bombs evaporating everything on the screen. My second Dendro character changes a lot, but I'm thinking Baizhu will get the permanent slot when he's out.
@@claretclarinets it’s because of resin efficiency. You’d rather get more deepwood which is essential compared to the desert pavilion set which is not worth it if you don’t have an anemo DPS. The difference was also marginal (5-10%) that it wasn’t worth switching over entirely. I’m glad you can still get some of it doing abyss though xD
Barbs is my favourite character. I’m glad that the clams set has given her an opportunity to shine. Hopefully, she will heal and carry along for a very long time ❤
I decided to let Kokomi rest after not giving her a break since she got released and decided to go back with Barbara for a while. Very shocked at how good she is in Hyperbloom teams and also mono hydro teams !
Well made video, easy to digest. I love the small details such as colors on the text, it really helps emphasize the point. The effort put into this paid off well
ive been looking to make a dps barbara for a while just for fun, so this was a jumpscare and a half to see in my recommended lmao. but seriously this is really helpful, i appreciate seeing the love for barbara, she carries my team
I got Nilou on my early game alt account and this was exactly what I'm looking for. With Kaveh's release next patch, Barbara will get another new teammate to go with! I am excited.
And Kaveh is exactly the reason why I am in doubt as for who is the best pick for the on-fielder in a Nilou/Barbara/Kaveh/DMC team. Kaveh is an on-fielder, and Barbara needs the on-field time, too.
Barbara is actually really good . She’s an amazing healer , great for elemental reactions and with Kokomi’s set she can do good physical dmg . (Plus she’s the only 4 star in the game with a burst animation)
Excellent guide! I am a fellow triple-crowned Barbara enjoyer. The one thing the guide is missing, though, is vape DPS Barbara. 4pc Wanderers (or combinations of 2-pieces for EM, hydro DMG% and to a lesser extent ATK%) with ATK/Hydro/Crit or EM/Hydro/Crit on a team with Bennett, a shielder (or Dehya since the point of the shielder is interrupt resistance) and a fast off-field pyro applicator (typically Xiangling, but can also be Jean thanks to sunfire, Kazuha, or Venti provided you're against enemies that Venti can pull in). For weapons, the Widsith is the best F2P-friendly option, especially if you have high refinements on it. The idea is to stand in Bennett's circle and use her charged attack to vaporise against enemies that have been applied with pyro. It's quite similar to melt Ganyu actually, except that it doesn't work with burning. Make sure to dash as little as possible, since you want to conserve your stamina for Barbara's expensive charged attacks (which is why having interruption resistance through either Dehya or a shield is so important). Unlike the other teams, this one relies on a very high-investment Barbara, but it's so fun and satisfying that it's worth it IMO.
I thought about Vape Barbara when planning this video but decided against it even though it actually does work. I triple crowned Barbara way back for vaporize, but as time passed I found myself getting annoyed with the stamina restrictions. Fun build for sure but now with an easier playstyle like Nilou bloom I hardly find myself going back. Also, to keep the video short it’s not mentioned as the video already is long enough without mention of Barbara vaporize haha.
@@Meowreii Fair enough I go back all the time lol. But also switching artifacts is a pain. Nilou bloom is WAY stronger for sure. Like, Nilou/Barbara/Nahida/DendroMC is by far the strongest team on my account. Vape Barbara is strong but far from the strongest (I guess it's the strongest "off-meta" team on my account, at least by what I consider meta or not)
She's my tank! I'm her backpack. I like to use Shogun's E and then Barbara autos with her own E active. This will deal some damage while I heal my entire team at once *chef's kiss*
I’m using Barbara since the day I obtained her. Never had a problem with the so called “Frozen issue” since I knew how to dodge and set enemy priorities. I first used Maiden’s Beloved, now I use the Clam Set. She’s partnered with Anemo Lumine, Raiden Shogun, and Diona. Much fun in the abyss.
It's not even a 1.0 issue. It's an entire issue when aoe is a thing and enemies are hitting you or something procs randomly to cause the status in the first place. Not to mention for 30 second CD on her E skill her healing procs 3 times for very little when you can end up with more value using kuki, sayu, qiqi, kokomi or even baizhu who's coming in 3.6
@@nobody-xh6ii Skill issue. Furthermore, the CD is reduced by her C2 and the duration of her skill is extended by her passive, dodging or just using her burst during the remaining 7 seconds makes the downtime meaningless. It actually procs 4 times and the healing is quite massive actually. Especially if you consider her burst and the fact that she also heals with Normal Attacks. The rest is hyperbole as nobody even touched Kuki before Dendro. And she needs a healer or a shielder herself. Sayu is barely even used. Unlike Barbara, Qiqi just heals and has no insta-heal. Kokomi is only valuable for Hydro application, otherwise you’re forced in a single area to heal while Barbara gives you freedom of movement.
@@LuisBrito-ly1ko Kuki doesn’t need another shield or healer, she also commonly used with Xinqiu which provides more defence utilities. Sayu is meh, Jean does her job better. Kokomi can also use ttds, tenacity and has one of the best healing of the game, much better than barbara.
Bro u r the best!!! Nahida and Nilou are both getting a re-run banner on the next 3.6 update while I lack Kokomelon and is still waiting for her to have a re-run. This is exactly what i need! A full run down on the team artifacts for the triple hydro nilou bloom!
I love my Barbara! I’m still building her but she’s a great help with my team. I get quite sad seeing many people hate on her or streamers swearing her out when pulling on 5* banners like Xlice on the recent banner pull.
As "Nilou + Barbara team" user i would say - Best build for those team it's: 4 Ocean; HP + HP + Healing; substats full EM; EM weapon. Mine have 600 EM wthout any other buff and has enough healing potenical to protect whole team in 12 abyss. Full greedy EM build not worth it because in those team you can't be sure that your barbara would creater all blooms herself but healing is only her task. So you sacrifice a little non stable bloom damage to protect your whole team from enemy and blooms.
Oh, this is very important comment since I am looking to just get to Floor 12 (stuck at Floor 11-3 now). So, 1) Level 90, 2) Sac Fragments 3) Skill/burst talents at level 9, 4) OC HP/HP/HB + EM-> ER as substats, right?
I loved this guide, I used to use Barbara in the early game of Genshin but now I use Kokomi although I really like how you highlighted all the different ways you can use her now with bloom teams and the clam set you did a great job! 👍
I won't ever try to convince anybody Barbara is better than Kokomi but I've been having tons of fun recently with her in Nilou's bloom team. The sight of barbara emerging from pile of dissolving enemy bodies always makes me laugh. And I didn't even touch her build I used way back in 1.0, except giving her Sacrificial fragments (100% recommended, helps with her horrible E cooldown) meaning she could be made even better if I ever wanted to.
Wow so refreshing to see guides without reading talents or constelatios and just mentioning all viable options in the same boring format. Will check out other of you videos now but seems I'm a new fan!
amazing guide!! i've always loved barbara, but before dendro i rarely used her bc she just felt too replaceable by stronger units. with sumeru i started trying some burgeon xinyan teams, and of all the many, many comps i tested, i liked her for the hydro slot the most. now she never leaves my party!
even though i have my barbara lvl 90 9/8/8, i never knew how to slot her in my teams with a support build, so i always restricted my little idol girl to overworld duties,dismissing her as a dps loss... this guide helped me understand her better, very clear and simple! she was my only hydro for a LONG time and carried me through all of my pyro regisvine runs, so i'd love to use her more! it's nice to see barbara getting some love, thanks a lot for this video!
My barbara + nahida raiden hyperbloom works pretty well as a budget kokomi, even if i have kokomi, trying to use non meta favourite characters isnt as easy as people said
Barbara has been on my team for a long time. The latest is with Nahida and Raiden, with Barbara as the main trigger as her attack is instant. Very powerful, 60-70k+ dmgs hyperbloom on crit.
Honestly this was a really fun watch as content and not as a guide lmao Also, i heard the attack string for on field hyperbloom barbara is NA3CD? Is that correct?
As a new player at AR45... I got Barbara at C6. She can be a bloom driver but it's very tricky. She will be on field for hydro application while the dendro guys apply dendro off field. Experimenting on burgeon or hyperbloom. Awaiting Nahida on rerun tho on April, hopefully but Barbara C6 is still great, as they rez anyone who died and doesn't ruin your rotation. Edit: not to mention Barbara has to be arms length near the enemies to apply hydro.
I give Barbara a Kokomi's kit. Combined her with the Raiden Shogun, Nahida and Klee. Ocean-Hued Clam Artifact Set + Everlasting Moonglow as a weapon. The combination of having Nahida and Raiden Shotgun's reactions, I can spam Barbara's normal attacks and it's just wipes people out. Not the best combination of characters, but I like having variety on a team. Klee is just there for well, jumpty dumpty spam vs clustered enemies, similar to Raiden also being their as a burst DPS at opportune moments.
Barbara user here As a Nahida Main, barbara being MY ONLY HYDRO unit speaks wonders about her abilities.i've only been playing for 4 months and i can now clear floor12 pretty consistently. Albeit 5/9 stars
I've been using Barbara as an hybrid of some of your listed builds since before Nahida released! Mine uses the *Ocean-Hued Clam* set with *EM/EM/Healing%* pieces focusing on HP, EM and Crit% substats, and the *Favonius Codex* as the weapon, to generate energy for the team; She is joined with *Fischl* by the hip to proc reactions from her *Thundering Retribution* and *C6 coordinated attacks...* both are at ~500 EM while not losing much in personal damage (be it Oz or Clam), and both go so well with *Nahida* and her *Tri-Karma* procs (800 EM before buffs) that it's not even funny. The last slot is a flex and can be anything from Cryo to Anemo, another Electro (Beidou) or even off-field Pyro from Thoma or the awful Dehya.
I actually use Barbara since I got her. she's one of my favorite characters and I love using her I use her most of the time as a DPS and as a sub dps/healer in abyss. she was the first character I crowned and I absulotly do not regret it. I'm hapy to see more people use her now ❤
my barbara have always been in my team throughout abyss floor 12, out of all standard characters she's the one I still use since day one I play to this day, especially after ocean hue sets are released
Barbara is a great 4 Stars Hydro character, I would say she have more supportive utility than most credit for, just don't use her against Cryo-enemies, I have a feeling that once Natlan and Snezhnaya dropping new Cryo-enemies would be very nasty for Barbara mains, but the rest of other elemental obstacles and foes, she would be really good most of the times (I pretty much relies on her with so many stuffs at the recent Sumeru's desert
I adore Babs, and somewhat relevant, as an Ayaka main, , I find Barbara a much better hydro applicator for Ayaka freeze than Kokomi for her Elemental Skill's mobility, combined with Ayaka's alt dash+imbue, you get to CC anything you want for basically free
She was my first level 90 character and I always will use her . As vape dps or phys dps or dendro core dps o healing and buffing, I am all for her (I still waiting for her sister to join u.u)
Best Barbara Builds in short(I main her since 2.6): OHC HP/HP/HB - Proto Amber: For Hyperbloom. For Bloom. For Coop Fruit of Fulfillment/Sac Frag EM/EM/EM FoPL: For Bloom, Nilou, Fridge. 4pc HoD/Wanderer: DPS TTDS: Freeze
Thank you, and what is your impression on SacFrags EM/EM/EM Gilded Dreams on Barbara in Nilou teams? I hear this set is very close to FoPL. In the recent guides, I have also heard that a "hybrid" build (combining EM + HB) can work best, but unfortunately I do not remember more details.
@@stribijev Gilded is only like ~5% worse. Miserable difference. Fopl is just minmaxing. I personally have two 4pc triple em fopl holders in my Nilou team.
I didn't pull for Kokomi to make her replace my Barbara C6. I pulled for her because I wanted another Barbara in the second part of Abyss. Barbara is better than Kokomi 'cause her healing is more reliable. You don't have to stay in one place to get healed. Her elemental skill heals the entire party while she's a tank. She can buff the DPS, heal the entire party, ressurrect a fallen member with full HP (C6) and if everybody is almost dying, she bursts and make everybody come back for more. Almost impossible to be killed with Barbara in you team, besides she has one of the most essential elements in the game: hydro and her application is great for close combat DPS characters.
Hello. I want you to know that I am a new subscriber 🙋🏽♀️✨🥳 Your video is SO comprehensive and easy to follow, plus thank you for considering low ar and f2p players. Can’t wait to follow it and see how my gameplay changes.
Started seriously researching about Barbara, because I have a premonition that I'll end up getting her from c0 to c6 in trying to get both neuvellette and kazuha in their respective banner.
i didn't pull for any shielder from my day 1 of playing genshin and barbara carried my whole team (regardless of composition) until i got kokomi (after about 7 months of playing). it's primarily because of her that i breezed thru the game without the help of consuming food for healing. i could've gone easily with a zhongli (as most players would have) but i find having all my characters at 100% hp all the time more satifsfying than mitigating damages from enemies. i carried this playstyle at ar 58 because of her.
I'm in too. I don't even want to pull for Zhongli 'cause geo characters don't benefit chain elemental reactions and they get truly powerful with a team focused on geo which costs a lot of money. On the other hand, hydro is much more useful to reactions. Barbara is one of the best healers of the game, even better than Kokomi 'cause her elemental skill heals better than Kokomi's elemental burst and it's more reliable in terms of effectiveness.
barbara is actually a good unit at endgame ever since dendro was introduced. using the original 8 free units to perfect clear the abyss is a good challenge. barbara ,collei, mc, lisa is a solid team with barabara as the driver. 4pc instructor + r5 favonius is arguable her best build.
I always felt like I wasn't doing enough to contribute to coop domains as a Barbara main except for healing so I started to build a slight dps Barbara 😂 Her charged attacks deal around 12-16k damage and I tripple crowned her so her healing abilities would still be good. She's my fav character ❤️
@@SP-kc3fq I gave her 4 piece Heart of Depth because it increases normal attacks and charged attacks after using her elemental skill. I activate that and start spamming charged attacks. Goblet with hydro damage bonus, headpiece with crit damage and the rest is attack. I gave her the lost prayers weapon and now she's 200:60 crit ratio 😂
For her role as a healer, I barely had to invest anything into her to assist me in clearing the abyss... at least the first 8 floors. She was literally level 28 and she proved her worth with solely her healing and water application.
Worth mentioning the new fridge team with barbara, a dendro, an anemo and a ice dmg dealer that can be phisical too like rosaria or kaya Barbara will be exploding the cores while the enemies are frozen and then you dont need much healing and use barabara full em
I remember my first 20 ranks involved her with Yanfei cause she and Noelle were my only healers, I had to stop using her after pulling Jean and finally getting Xiangling from abyss but she’s still fantastic cheap support for bloom or vaporize.
@@Meowreii Right now, EM but i like to switch her back and forth. Team feels OP easy mode and As a Barbara lover, i've been testing out ways to make it even more OP. My Layla is also not a pure shielder, she's a hybrid Physical build, so they team feels like a fridge team with bloom and physical dps damage. Not sure, if its optimized perfectly but its fun as hell.
Barbs carried me for so long and I love her goofy personality. Once Kokomi came out though, her usefulness diminished. I still use her for Scaramouche and Puppet Raiden for her C6.
She is condemned by many players because of the early abyss on release. The cryo field was a nightmare with Barbara's constant wet application. She never recovered.
Fuck it. I'm building her for my Hyperbloom team. I'm tired of having to rip Yelan of my Hu Tao team or Kokomi from my Ayaka team just so I can play Hyperbloom. I really want Ayato, but I guess Barbara will do for now.
Barbara is so good, when pyro lectors were in Abyss 12 I used her to 3 star that chamber. She can do it! She was my best, most useful healer untill hard lategame, before even dendro came out. She was supposed to be a 5 star so no wonder :P Now I use Kokomi more, cause I got a donut catalist xD
Barbara carried me on her strong little back for a long time. Never understood the contempt some have for her.
Her E only prpcs 3 times with a 30 second CD, 1 time resurrection, and the fact her E causes you the wet status meaning.. you are fucked by things like freezing, electro, vape, etc. She's more of a hindrance than a helmet in the end and nothing will change that.
Sayu, yaoyao, kuki, qiqi are better healers and the best one is the true healing goddess kokomi. The other great healer being baizhu coming in 3.6. So no, Barbara doesn't have much use if at all.
@@nobody-xh6ii Ouch, so harsh.... yet so true... 😅
It's less about having contempt, and more of having better options. Not to mention her healing is barely enough for Abyss (this is where you minmax anyway) if you play her purely off-field. Still, she's okay in what she does and is a decent Hydro option if you don't have Kokomi.
It's because the early abyss on release were cryo field, everyone gets frozen when they used her, and then everyone condemned her for the rest of the game.
@DEFY its not just beginning of abyss though. This is EVERYWHERE in the game. Not just freezing but electro, vape, bloom, etc.
Barbara the unsung idol. As a caual-ish player, she allowed me to confortably 33* the last few abyss, on-fielding her in hyperbloom, and laughing at the face of the 12-2-1 birbs...
Ngl if it ain’t 36 it do be cope but I’m glad you like barbruh
I love playing her on field in hyperbloom! Makes me happy other people play her this way as well
You can 36 star Abyss using her if you want to
Play her as a driver in Raiden Hyperbloom team
I use her in Nilou Superblooms.
She is really a good f2p choice.
Same but 36*
I know it’s not a fancy new team but I use Barbara in my Ayaka freeze team as a hydro applicator. It works well because it heals me, frees up xingqiu for other teams, and provides hydro application that follows the character. Highly recommend!
Edit: Forgot to mention that the one downside to Barb is being frozen easily, but in a freeze team I’m not going up against cryo anyways so it works
I like to use Barbara using the clam set with Rosaria and fischl for physical damage from the clam. Greatest combo ever? Nope. Fun? Yep.
I am also a proud triple crowned Barbara main and she’s been with me since ar 15 and truly a life saver
Barbara was my first character wish (before Noelle) and she was a lifesaver in the pre-artifact-farming World Levels. Those elemental reactions carried me!
Barbara is the gigachad of healing.
She's such a healing powerhouse, her E does the same as Kokomi's burst, except it's actually an upgraded version!
I can totally believe the theory that Barbara was supposed to be a 5*, but Mihoyo realised they needed a starting 4* healer. The fact that she's the only 4* with a burst animation Is more convincing proof.
she has a burst animation to let the player know the burst was activated. If it has no animation you wouldn't know without clues like HP or energy meters
@@iamspencerx ?
Her practical cooldown on healing is around 5 seconds, and you don't have to stand next to a jellyfish to benefit from it in co-op. Everyone loves Barbara in random co-op.
@@LibraritheWizardOfficial Im usually the co-op Barbara, and yes, everyone loves me for it (especially when I surprise them with my DMG). For a solid year, barbs was my only hydro. I ended building her in an old school DPS nuke charge atk build (20k to 60k on charge atk with R5 Widsith). Her healing is enough (for me) that I can focus her build on atk. She was the first charcater to wear a crown 👑. I watching this video now, thinking about changing her build to more dendro/EM, but Barbs has always had a top spot on most of my teams. The only character that has been able to give her a run for her money, surprisingly, is Yao Yao. Yao Yao can heal, she does off-field DMG and dendro application, and with the craftsble sumeru spear, she also provides atk boost. Yao Yao makes a great Barbara replacement in my Heizou soup team (Heizou/Barbara or Yao Yao/Raiden/Thoma). It will usually come down to which element I need more, or if I need some mid-to-long range atk power, which Barbara can provide better than Yao Yao
@@shenvega6688 I have her triple crowned, but that potential is usually wasted with Clam set. It's really hard for anyone to die with me on healing duty, though. This week, I was doing random Apep rounds for fun, and I don't even bother dodging anything expect the big nuke.
Sunfire is pretty fun with Barbs, but I have to swap out artifact sets on Barbara, Jean, and Bennett to do it. Just not worth the trouble without a better artifact equipping system 😔
Very nice video! Very rare to see full guides, especially updated ones, on Barbara. I did miss the vaporize build tho, it would've been nice to have seen it mentioned in the video as well. Also, you can't just drop the guide saying you're a triple crown Barbara main and not share some abyss runs!
Figured it was time for a Barbara video!
Also, my Barbara abyss runs are totally carried by Nilou, as you can probably see in a few clips. I’m addicted to using 4-Flower of Paradise Lost on Barbara haha.
@@Meowreii I, too, am using Flower set on Barbara, and I'm surprised no guides are pushing it over Gilded Dreams on Nilou bloom teams. Nothing more satisfying than 30k flower bombs evaporating everything on the screen. My second Dendro character changes a lot, but I'm thinking Baizhu will get the permanent slot when he's out.
@@claretclarinets it’s because of resin efficiency. You’d rather get more deepwood which is essential compared to the desert pavilion set which is not worth it if you don’t have an anemo DPS. The difference was also marginal (5-10%) that it wasn’t worth switching over entirely. I’m glad you can still get some of it doing abyss though xD
@@xDsupremacist That makes sense. I was also building Wanderer at the same time so I needed both sets
She is literally the best character in every single way. I love her!
Barbs is my favourite character. I’m glad that the clams set has given her an opportunity to shine.
Hopefully, she will heal and carry along for a very long time ❤
I decided to let Kokomi rest after not giving her a break since she got released and decided to go back with Barbara for a while. Very shocked at how good she is in Hyperbloom teams and also mono hydro teams !
You are letting a pixels character rest? Or did i just misread things? 😶
@Happy Birthday metaphor
would you say kokomi or barbara is better for hyperbloom teams?
@@happybirthday2078 it's a figure of speech you monkey
@@winters_angel 100% Barbara !
Well made video, easy to digest. I love the small details such as colors on the text, it really helps emphasize the point. The effort put into this paid off well
She's my favorite. She has three artifact sets farmed just for her: Clam, Wanderer, and Paradise Lost.
ive been looking to make a dps barbara for a while just for fun, so this was a jumpscare and a half to see in my recommended lmao. but seriously this is really helpful, i appreciate seeing the love for barbara, she carries my team
An underrated ability unique to Barbara is the 12% reduced stamina usage that comes w/ her Glorious Season skill, great for certain CA characters
I got Nilou on my early game alt account and this was exactly what I'm looking for. With Kaveh's release next patch, Barbara will get another new teammate to go with! I am excited.
And Kaveh is exactly the reason why I am in doubt as for who is the best pick for the on-fielder in a Nilou/Barbara/Kaveh/DMC team. Kaveh is an on-fielder, and Barbara needs the on-field time, too.
Barbara is actually really good . She’s an amazing healer , great for elemental reactions and with Kokomi’s set she can do good physical dmg . (Plus she’s the only 4 star in the game with a burst animation)
Barbara has a 5 star burst animation because she was a 5 star in beta. She's still a 5 star in my heart :)
Excellent guide! I am a fellow triple-crowned Barbara enjoyer.
The one thing the guide is missing, though, is vape DPS Barbara.
4pc Wanderers (or combinations of 2-pieces for EM, hydro DMG% and to a lesser extent ATK%) with ATK/Hydro/Crit or EM/Hydro/Crit on a team with Bennett, a shielder (or Dehya since the point of the shielder is interrupt resistance) and a fast off-field pyro applicator (typically Xiangling, but can also be Jean thanks to sunfire, Kazuha, or Venti provided you're against enemies that Venti can pull in). For weapons, the Widsith is the best F2P-friendly option, especially if you have high refinements on it.
The idea is to stand in Bennett's circle and use her charged attack to vaporise against enemies that have been applied with pyro. It's quite similar to melt Ganyu actually, except that it doesn't work with burning. Make sure to dash as little as possible, since you want to conserve your stamina for Barbara's expensive charged attacks (which is why having interruption resistance through either Dehya or a shield is so important).
Unlike the other teams, this one relies on a very high-investment Barbara, but it's so fun and satisfying that it's worth it IMO.
I thought about Vape Barbara when planning this video but decided against it even though it actually does work.
I triple crowned Barbara way back for vaporize, but as time passed I found myself getting annoyed with the stamina restrictions. Fun build for sure but now with an easier playstyle like Nilou bloom I hardly find myself going back.
Also, to keep the video short it’s not mentioned as the video already is long enough without mention of Barbara vaporize haha.
@@Meowreii Fair enough
I go back all the time lol. But also switching artifacts is a pain.
Nilou bloom is WAY stronger for sure. Like, Nilou/Barbara/Nahida/DendroMC is by far the strongest team on my account. Vape Barbara is strong but far from the strongest (I guess it's the strongest "off-meta" team on my account, at least by what I consider meta or not)
I've only tried Sunfire Jean a few times, but man did Barbruh hit like a fire truck when I tried.
That's the only recent Kokomi build video online. Thank you
Yes I know that is Barbara, but poteto potato XD
She's my tank! I'm her backpack. I like to use Shogun's E and then Barbara autos with her own E active. This will deal some damage while I heal my entire team at once *chef's kiss*
I’m using Barbara since the day I obtained her. Never had a problem with the so called “Frozen issue” since I knew how to dodge and set enemy priorities.
I first used Maiden’s Beloved, now I use the Clam Set. She’s partnered with Anemo Lumine, Raiden Shogun, and Diona.
Much fun in the abyss.
The freezing issue was heavily ingrained to some people from 1.0 because of the cryo floors in Abyss 12 1.0.
@@Eclin
I know. Even back then, I always said to either just use her Burst or simply use another healer.
It's not even a 1.0 issue. It's an entire issue when aoe is a thing and enemies are hitting you or something procs randomly to cause the status in the first place. Not to mention for 30 second CD on her E skill her healing procs 3 times for very little when you can end up with more value using kuki, sayu, qiqi, kokomi or even baizhu who's coming in 3.6
@@nobody-xh6ii
Skill issue.
Furthermore, the CD is reduced by her C2 and the duration of her skill is extended by her passive, dodging or just using her burst during the remaining 7 seconds makes the downtime meaningless.
It actually procs 4 times and the healing is quite massive actually. Especially if you consider her burst and the fact that she also heals with Normal Attacks.
The rest is hyperbole as nobody even touched Kuki before Dendro. And she needs a healer or a shielder herself. Sayu is barely even used. Unlike Barbara, Qiqi just heals and has no insta-heal.
Kokomi is only valuable for Hydro application, otherwise you’re forced in a single area to heal while Barbara gives you freedom of movement.
@@LuisBrito-ly1ko Kuki doesn’t need another shield or healer, she also commonly used with Xinqiu which provides more defence utilities.
Sayu is meh, Jean does her job better.
Kokomi can also use ttds, tenacity and has one of the best healing of the game, much better than barbara.
I love how you give us examples of possible set-up team members very helpful for a beginner player. Thank you so much! Please do more 😭❤️
How nice explaining detail by detail, the color of every text attracts the eye. Nice videos
Bro u r the best!!!
Nahida and Nilou are both getting a re-run banner on the next 3.6 update while I lack Kokomelon and is still waiting for her to have a re-run.
This is exactly what i need! A full run down on the team artifacts for the triple hydro nilou bloom!
I love my Barbara! I’m still building her but she’s a great help with my team. I get quite sad seeing many people hate on her or streamers swearing her out when pulling on 5* banners like Xlice on the recent banner pull.
As "Nilou + Barbara team" user i would say - Best build for those team it's: 4 Ocean; HP + HP + Healing; substats full EM; EM weapon. Mine have 600 EM wthout any other buff and has enough healing potenical to protect whole team in 12 abyss. Full greedy EM build not worth it because in those team you can't be sure that your barbara would creater all blooms herself but healing is only her task. So you sacrifice a little non stable bloom damage to protect your whole team from enemy and blooms.
Oh, this is very important comment since I am looking to just get to Floor 12 (stuck at Floor 11-3 now). So, 1) Level 90, 2) Sac Fragments 3) Skill/burst talents at level 9, 4) OC HP/HP/HB + EM-> ER as substats, right?
@@stribijev yep you right. Good luck with 36/36 abyss!
I loved this guide, I used to use Barbara in the early game of Genshin but now I use Kokomi although I really like how you highlighted all the different ways you can use her now with bloom teams and the clam set you did a great job! 👍
Barbara is a secret 5*. Look at her burst animation.
Nice to see some Barbara love!
She is still going strong after all these years.
I love using barbara. I have managed to 36 star abyss using her in a klee burgeon team. It was so much fun
I won't ever try to convince anybody Barbara is better than Kokomi but I've been having tons of fun recently with her in Nilou's bloom team. The sight of barbara emerging from pile of dissolving enemy bodies always makes me laugh. And I didn't even touch her build I used way back in 1.0, except giving her Sacrificial fragments (100% recommended, helps with her horrible E cooldown) meaning she could be made even better if I ever wanted to.
Glad to see Barbara as an option! My Xingqiu is already hoarded by Raiden National, and it gives some comfort I don't need Yelan for a 2nd team.
As a 3C Barbara myself, I loved the video! Will certainly try out some things ♥
I have always used her in my teams and she’s amazing! Such a strong and comfortable support to play with.
Wow so refreshing to see guides without reading talents or constelatios and just mentioning all viable options in the same boring format. Will check out other of you videos now but seems I'm a new fan!
amazing guide!! i've always loved barbara, but before dendro i rarely used her bc she just felt too replaceable by stronger units. with sumeru i started trying some burgeon xinyan teams, and of all the many, many comps i tested, i liked her for the hydro slot the most. now she never leaves my party!
I was already using Barbara, and she carries me all the time in the Abbys, but now you've made me curious to try the clam set. Time to farm I guess.
even though i have my barbara lvl 90 9/8/8, i never knew how to slot her in my teams with a support build, so i always restricted my little idol girl to overworld duties,dismissing her as a dps loss... this guide helped me understand her better, very clear and simple! she was my only hydro for a LONG time and carried me through all of my pyro regisvine runs, so i'd love to use her more!
it's nice to see barbara getting some love, thanks a lot for this video!
My barbara + nahida raiden hyperbloom works pretty well as a budget kokomi, even if i have kokomi, trying to use non meta favourite characters isnt as easy as people said
Indeed. She is also very good at lifting curses.
Barbara has been on my team for a long time. The latest is with Nahida and Raiden, with Barbara as the main trigger as her attack is instant. Very powerful, 60-70k+ dmgs hyperbloom on crit.
Honestly this was a really fun watch as content and not as a guide lmao
Also, i heard the attack string for on field hyperbloom barbara is NA3CD? Is that correct?
As a new player at AR45... I got Barbara at C6. She can be a bloom driver but it's very tricky. She will be on field for hydro application while the dendro guys apply dendro off field. Experimenting on burgeon or hyperbloom. Awaiting Nahida on rerun tho on April, hopefully but Barbara C6 is still great, as they rez anyone who died and doesn't ruin your rotation.
Edit: not to mention Barbara has to be arms length near the enemies to apply hydro.
I give Barbara a Kokomi's kit. Combined her with the Raiden Shogun, Nahida and Klee. Ocean-Hued Clam Artifact Set + Everlasting Moonglow as a weapon. The combination of having Nahida and Raiden Shotgun's reactions, I can spam Barbara's normal attacks and it's just wipes people out. Not the best combination of characters, but I like having variety on a team. Klee is just there for well, jumpty dumpty spam vs clustered enemies, similar to Raiden also being their as a burst DPS at opportune moments.
I have Sayu, Diona, Kuki and Yaoyao and Barbara is still my favorite, she does the job and gets out of the way.
Barbara user here
As a Nahida Main, barbara being MY ONLY HYDRO unit speaks wonders about her abilities.i've only been playing for 4 months and i can now clear floor12 pretty consistently. Albeit 5/9 stars
I've been using Barbara as an hybrid of some of your listed builds since before Nahida released!
Mine uses the *Ocean-Hued Clam* set with *EM/EM/Healing%* pieces focusing on HP, EM and Crit% substats, and the *Favonius Codex* as the weapon, to generate energy for the team; She is joined with *Fischl* by the hip to proc reactions from her *Thundering Retribution* and *C6 coordinated attacks...* both are at ~500 EM while not losing much in personal damage (be it Oz or Clam), and both go so well with *Nahida* and her *Tri-Karma* procs (800 EM before buffs) that it's not even funny. The last slot is a flex and can be anything from Cryo to Anemo, another Electro (Beidou) or even off-field Pyro from Thoma or the awful Dehya.
I actually use Barbara since I got her. she's one of my favorite characters and I love using her I use her most of the time as a DPS and as a sub dps/healer in abyss. she was the first character I crowned and I absulotly do not regret it. I'm hapy to see more people use her now ❤
Go Barbara Go!
Barbara my Idol😢 please love her guys
Thank you! I have been looking for guides to put Barbara into Dendro teams!
I've been using Barbara with Nahida, Raiden and Yelan. works pretty well.
Barbara is amazing been using her since day one and she is on my frozen/Nilou team cheap Koko but does the job
My dream team is hu tao diona nilou and koko but i have only hu tao and my barbara has been carrying me since ar 10 so this is really helpful
Barbara has been with me since the release of Genshin and will be with me till the end.
my barbara have always been in my team throughout abyss floor 12, out of all standard characters she's the one I still use since day one I play to this day, especially after ocean hue sets are released
Perfect timing I just got her C6 and was looking to update my build 😁
i only have one hydro build character and that's xinque . recently i was thinking to build an hydro character.This video was much needed for me
Good traits: A good guide and subtitles
Barbara is a great 4 Stars Hydro character, I would say she have more supportive utility than most credit for, just don't use her against Cryo-enemies, I have a feeling that once Natlan and Snezhnaya dropping new Cryo-enemies would be very nasty for Barbara mains, but the rest of other elemental obstacles and foes, she would be really good most of the times (I pretty much relies on her with so many stuffs at the recent Sumeru's desert
As a triple crowned kokomi and barbara enjoyer, I'm very happy to see this video
My Barbra's a vaporize dps and was my first main.
I adore Babs, and somewhat relevant, as an Ayaka main, , I find Barbara a much better hydro applicator for Ayaka freeze than Kokomi for her Elemental Skill's mobility, combined with Ayaka's alt dash+imbue, you get to CC anything you want for basically free
Kokomi is supposed to be an on-field driver/damage dealer, her hydro application capabilities are limited to a small immovable area
Thanks for the guide man. I'm Something of a Barbara SIMP Myself !!
She was my first level 90 character and I always will use her . As vape dps or phys dps or dendro core dps o healing and buffing, I am all for her (I still waiting for her sister to join u.u)
Best Barbara Builds in short(I main her since 2.6):
OHC HP/HP/HB - Proto Amber: For Hyperbloom. For Bloom. For Coop
Fruit of Fulfillment/Sac Frag EM/EM/EM FoPL: For Bloom, Nilou, Fridge.
4pc HoD/Wanderer: DPS
TTDS: Freeze
Thank you, and what is your impression on SacFrags EM/EM/EM Gilded Dreams on Barbara in Nilou teams? I hear this set is very close to FoPL. In the recent guides, I have also heard that a "hybrid" build (combining EM + HB) can work best, but unfortunately I do not remember more details.
@@stribijev Gilded is only like ~5% worse. Miserable difference. Fopl is just minmaxing. I personally have two 4pc triple em fopl holders in my Nilou team.
Well done guide! I might re-build my Barbara again
Barbara is not my favorite personality but I relied on her since day 1 and she is a trooper and has always come through. She is now a c6 tank lol
I don't have koko but I really need that 25% HP bonus on my zhong li and neuvillette so this video really helped me
I didn't pull for Kokomi to make her replace my Barbara C6. I pulled for her because I wanted another Barbara in the second part of Abyss. Barbara is better than Kokomi 'cause her healing is more reliable. You don't have to stay in one place to get healed. Her elemental skill heals the entire party while she's a tank. She can buff the DPS, heal the entire party, ressurrect a fallen member with full HP (C6) and if everybody is almost dying, she bursts and make everybody come back for more. Almost impossible to be killed with Barbara in you team, besides she has one of the most essential elements in the game: hydro and her application is great for close combat DPS characters.
Shes slept on, i may be biased since i somehow made her my first C6 her 😭 but she is one of the best healers i have
Great vid, i definitely send it to my friend who love barbara
Hello. I want you to know that I am a new subscriber 🙋🏽♀️✨🥳 Your video is SO comprehensive and easy to follow, plus thank you for considering low ar and f2p players. Can’t wait to follow it and see how my gameplay changes.
Started seriously researching about Barbara, because I have a premonition that I'll end up getting her from c0 to c6 in trying to get both neuvellette and kazuha in their respective banner.
I like to use Barbara with Ayaka as well.
It works, honestly.
i didn't pull for any shielder from my day 1 of playing genshin and barbara carried my whole team (regardless of composition) until i got kokomi (after about 7 months of playing). it's primarily because of her that i breezed thru the game without the help of consuming food for healing. i could've gone easily with a zhongli (as most players would have) but i find having all my characters at 100% hp all the time more satifsfying than mitigating damages from enemies. i carried this playstyle at ar 58 because of her.
I'm in too. I don't even want to pull for Zhongli 'cause geo characters don't benefit chain elemental reactions and they get truly powerful with a team focused on geo which costs a lot of money. On the other hand, hydro is much more useful to reactions. Barbara is one of the best healers of the game, even better than Kokomi 'cause her elemental skill heals better than Kokomi's elemental burst and it's more reliable in terms of effectiveness.
got c6 barbara recently so i want to build her :) its always nice to have a variety of healers for co op hehe
Always loved Barbara! Great build ideas for my f2p account.
my barbruh tanked 450k damage this abyss cycle lmao. i use her as my on field character in my nilou bloom team and its crazy strong and fun
barbara is actually a good unit at endgame ever since dendro was introduced.
using the original 8 free units to perfect clear the abyss is a good challenge.
barbara ,collei, mc, lisa is a solid team with barabara as the driver.
4pc instructor + r5 favonius is arguable her best build.
I always felt like I wasn't doing enough to contribute to coop domains as a Barbara main except for healing so I started to build a slight dps Barbara 😂
Her charged attacks deal around 12-16k damage and I tripple crowned her so her healing abilities would still be good. She's my fav character ❤️
that's alot of dmg, if you don't mind me asking, what artifact set do you have on her? And what substats are you looking for in those artifacts?
@@SP-kc3fq I gave her 4 piece Heart of Depth because it increases normal attacks and charged attacks after using her elemental skill. I activate that and start spamming charged attacks. Goblet with hydro damage bonus, headpiece with crit damage and the rest is attack. I gave her the lost prayers weapon and now she's 200:60 crit ratio 😂
@@Schnubi dang lol, ty for the info
For her role as a healer, I barely had to invest anything into her to assist me in clearing the abyss... at least the first 8 floors. She was literally level 28 and she proved her worth with solely her healing and water application.
She found resurgence in my teambuilds that's for sure.
While me who builded Barbara with Crit circlet, hydro goblet and ATK sand with 60/150 crit ratio and used her as a dps in an early of the game.
Barb for me is pure OP hydro damage bonus when using her gleeful song “OP Yelan” insane heals I get compliments all the time when I Co-Op with her
WOOO
Now I can rebuild my Barbra beyond just a beginner healer 💙
Barbara MY DPSS FIR HYPERBLOOM AND BLOOM AND HER HIGHEST CRIT WITH CHARGED ATTACK WAS 123K!!! People underestimate her SOO MUCH WTH
Because she is easily replaceable in almost every team.
The info about the ocean hued bubble being only buffed by physical res shred is so funny to me. The more you know
I have mine full HP built with 4 piece clam, didn't know superconduct can buff the pearl dmg, definitely gonna try it
Worth mentioning the new fridge team with barbara, a dendro, an anemo and a ice dmg dealer that can be phisical too like rosaria or kaya Barbara will be exploding the cores while the enemies are frozen and then you dont need much healing and use barabara full em
I remember my first 20 ranks involved her with Yanfei cause she and Noelle were my only healers, I had to stop using her after pulling Jean and finally getting Xiangling from abyss but she’s still fantastic cheap support for bloom or vaporize.
Just clicked on this video because I run a Barbara, Layla, Raiden, Nahida team and wanna check out how the video builds her and with what teams.
Very interesting team! Curious if your Raiden is EM for hyperbloom or crit for aggravate since both are super strong.
@@Meowreii Right now, EM but i like to switch her back and forth. Team feels OP easy mode and As a Barbara lover, i've been testing out ways to make it even more OP. My Layla is also not a pure shielder, she's a hybrid Physical build, so they team feels like a fridge team with bloom and physical dps damage. Not sure, if its optimized perfectly but its fun as hell.
Love this my main team has been nahida barbara and em kuki with a 4th slot that I switch around (beidou yelan and noelle mostly
Barbara and Furina together are a Powerhouse
Mad respect for being a Barbara main. Might have to consider using her again since I kinda wanna try a burgeon team with Dehya, whenever I get her…
As a deyha haver I can confirm that burgeon is her most fun team comp
Perfect. I just got my last constellation of Barbara 😄
"It's undeniable that the donut is the ultimate healing weapon" 🍩
Barbs carried me for so long and I love her goofy personality. Once Kokomi came out though, her usefulness diminished. I still use her for Scaramouche and Puppet Raiden for her C6.
She is condemned by many players because of the early abyss on release. The cryo field was a nightmare with Barbara's constant wet application. She never recovered.
Fuck it. I'm building her for my Hyperbloom team. I'm tired of having to rip Yelan of my Hu Tao team or Kokomi from my Ayaka team just so I can play Hyperbloom. I really want Ayato, but I guess Barbara will do for now.
I'm using her as a healer/support for my Beidou since she is my main. Now I'm experimenting on Dehya with Barbara as her support/healer.
Barbara is so good, when pyro lectors were in Abyss 12 I used her to 3 star that chamber. She can do it! She was my best, most useful healer untill hard lategame, before even dendro came out. She was supposed to be a 5 star so no wonder :P Now I use Kokomi more, cause I got a donut catalist xD
i love her so much i will never replace my girl 😸