Mona C1 freeze extend doesn't work my testing just had a weird unknown variable idk what happened. Huge thanks to Esqpur for the Mona nuke, ua-cam.com/users/engineeringplastics I PERSONALLY don't like ToM Mona because it makes awkward rotations and doesn't have 100% uptime. But if your team snapshots buffs, uptime doesn't matter too much. It's not a bad choice, but I wanted to clarify more on why I don't care for it. Going live in a few minutes! twitch.tv/braxophone Consider following on Twitter! twitter.com/braxophone
I literally begin playing because of Mona I almost shout out loud when I first got her, then I got 2 more, and I absolutely love my girl Right now I use her in a max energy recharge build, she's at 120% hydro damage bonus She's not the strongest character I've seen, but she made my Lisa hit 96k
I love your content and I only have one critique and I think kagura verity is her best weapon. She can proc the passive with her dash and a special e cancel tech she has. Love the videos and keep it up.
I pulled Mona on my first ten pull of the entire game. Mained her until around AR48 and was my first level 90. I’m now AR58, and haven’t gotten a single other copy of her
That's funny. I started the game the first week of launch because I wanted to pull her. Didn't get her until AR 58 and now she is C4 because she's ruined multiple 50/50s. But I do enjoy using her! Just not as a main. Her normal attack is so floaty and bad.
out of the standard banner 5 star characters, Mona is the only who has not only kept her utility, but has also gotten stronger over the updates. The Emblem of Severed Fate was made for Raiden, but Mona pretty much has similar types of scaling so as a result, Mona received a huge buff as well.
This is the best guide I've seen on Mona in nearly 2 years of my search. Not just among other videos, but above detailed write-ups too. This video is very efficient but still technical with precisely what players need to know. Mona is the most complex character in Genshin, so this video is really the best of the best.
[12:34] For those who were around at Version 2.5 *Oathsworn Eye* is an amazing choice for support Mona, as it gives 48% ER after using her "E" while also giving quite a ton of flat and % ATK (which isn't _copium_ by any means, as going for 200~250ER and 50/100+ Crit value at the same time would be a huge investment that not even necessarily pays off at the end). It may change her rotation a bit for certain comps but is really optimal otherwise.
Since I use Support Mona with ER Sands the Atk% on this weapon pretty much fixes her lower atk stats and the passive is really nice. I actually prefer this over most 5 Star Catalyst
@@word42069 Yes but the thing is it is really important to have her Burst on cooldown because it gives damage % bonus for freeze which is more important than TToDS buff
I finally built Mona after almost two years of pulling her. Playing the apple archapelago again and playing her story quest made me have more appreciation for her character. Have her at C6 with Widsith. I never knew how much fun she is dashing around water bombing enemies. Currently at level seventy. But planning to level her to 90.
Mona was my very first 5-star! She's been with me since forever and carried me through the lower ar ranks and she's still very present in my teams today. She's the first character I ever crowned and I've invested so much into her.
5:46 this also means that emblem stacks on top of that, meaning ER is actually one of the best things to build her with, making her a comfortable character to play.
Currently building my C2 Mona with Skyward Atlas and 4pc Emblem set. With ER at 263% she's sitting at 120% Hydro dmg bonus, so I'm pretty pleased with the results.
Do you primarily use her as a support or an on-field dps? I have her at C1 but conflicted if Skyaward Atlas is viable for a Mona Freeze Team support due to her ER issues. I use Fav on her.
@@hijodelsoldeoriente I use her burst for supp and dmg from hydro bonus is just a nice dps bonus. If you have her at C1 then go for supp to get better utility. I basically got lucky with ER rolls on artifacts to make it so high and my crit rate and crit dmg are not good because of it (26 crt rate/ 62 crt dmg) and her C2 and atlas passive help with the dmg
I have been wanting to use Mona in my teams again recently, and tbh I've been waiting for this video before I actually built her, so thanks, Brax. I appreciate it
Mona is great. She was the first character I got when I wished on the beginner banner and she helped me through early and mid game all the way until I finished the Liyue story. I triple crowned her to show my appreciation for her character and design and have no regrets. She’s just wonderful. That being said, I’ve lost 14 50/50s in total on the limited character banner and only one of those gave me a Mona. She’s elusive and I think it’s because Mihoyo knows I like her so much.
Separating the builds from the team comps is a good idea! If you're doing a separate video for team comps of different characters, I think that'll help a lot to have a more detailed suggestion for builds AND team comps! Your guides are awesome, and I can't wait to see more of your content!
Thank you for the clarification on her C1, as well as some of the more subtle mechanics to her Burst and Omen. From a character and visual design standpoint, Mona is easily one of my favorite characters in the game, and her EN voice is honey to my ears. Personally speaking, I wish her Charge Attack was a little snappier, and that her Normals and Skill had a bit better AOE and scaling, but that's small potatoes. I'd also like something different for her C6, but it will probably be years before I manage to get that.
Mona’s only edge over Kokomi is her omen buff so if you don’t care about huge damage then Kokomi is just better for freeze and more comfy because of her healing.
@@chongyun07 Kokomi's AoE and uptime on her Hydro application is just significantly better than Mona's. Kokomi overall is also lower maintenance and requires less investment as a pure support vs Mona, as Kokomi doesn't *need* to burst off-cd. You could have her on HP/HP/Healing with trash subs and she'd be fine with it. Slap TTDS (or Prototype) on her, and you're good to go. Mona's advantages in a freeze team would be higher team damage ceiling, and the fact that she isn't a limited banner character.
Be careful when using the skyward atlas, as the passive can pop the omen before you can use vaporize for big dmg. Not that big of a deal on freeze teams though
There is a little trick I discovered that can abuse the shimenawa 4 piece bonus, the oathsworn eye's passive or whatever passive requires you to cast the E. Basically you can cancel the E by tapping it and shortly dashing immediately after. It still counts as casting without actually having the phantom on field. This can help with big vapes without worrying for the phantom to mess things up.
Remembering back then when I first got Mona on the Standard Banner 21 pity. She helped me a lot in mid to end-game, still using her. My account's highest crit damage dealt is also from her as well but in the overworld at least. Also got her C1 while pulling for C2 Klee, which I wanna test it out even though it has some confusion to it being bugged. And speaking of Klee, *still waiting for a Klee Guide* because *it's just unfair not seeing an "updated guide" on her* even though she's one of the featured characters in the current patch but *overly overshadowed by a lot of Kazuha and Heizou guides.* Poor cute elf!...
I don’t mean to reign on your parade, but don’t you think every content creator would have covered it by now? You would have known long before this video
Mona's my first-ever 5-star, but I've only ever used her for exploration during my early days of playing. Bookmarking this for the future! I definitely appreciate Mona more now, after her GAA quest chain. Thanks for your awesome content, as always!
Thank you for this! Mona is my first ever 5-star character and I actually built her both as a DPS and as a Support with several level 90 weapon options because she deserves it. It's good to know that I was not the only one who used Wanderer's Troupe for on-field Mona. But hey, since you made an updated guide on Mona, one of the Standard 5* characters who is featured in this patch, maybe you can make one for Diluc as well? 🙂
Day 1 player here, randomly pulled Mona the other day and was confused about team building for her to say the least. What a an amazing guide you made, now i understand why permafreeze is such a good build on her - thinking of making a Ganyu/Mona setup now.
Mona is really fun to have on-field. Her NA and CA animations look smooth and pretty beautiful, they just feel satisfying to use. I play Mona (4p HoD) as a NA/CA main-dps along with Fischl, Sucrose, and Electro Traveler (lore-friendly team: they all know each other and/or are close friends). Electrocharged might not be optimal, but it's pretty fun to see the numbers flooding the screen. Plus, Sucrose can swirl both electro and anemo, so it's also sort of a taser team. Takes a few tries every time (only survivability is Mona's taunt), but I've used it in nearly all iterations of Abyss since 1.1, and it can reliably 36* along with my other team.
I NEVER understood how mona burst works, and It's one of my first 5 stars. Hopefully with this guide I can FINALLY understand to use her: and I have venti, ganyu and diona to make the team, but never ever use them together SIMPLY because of her burst being too weird to me.
Lost my 50/50 to Mona in the Kazuha Banner, and now, I have her at C1. I was disappointed somehow, but she is actually a decent unit! I usually run her in my freeze teams, but I want to try her in various reaction teams, and maybe even as a DPS! Thanks for the video!
Mona was my first gacha 5*, I lost 50/50 on hu taos reruns and was pretty sad over not getting hu tao but then learned monas benefits. From AR35-AR45 she carried my whole team Shes a great unit if you dont have kokomi
Hey Brax, I've been watching your channel for a while and I have noticed the hard work you have put in to make your quality skyrocket lately. Among the Genshin guide creators, you are my favorite now and the guides you put out are top-notch. I am excited about your soon-to-be 100k. Grats man! Thanks for all the work you have been doing.
Since Widsith is on Yae, my fav weapon for Mona is Oathsworn Eye. More Atk more damage, and bonus ER is welcome and give Hydro dmg bonus thanks to her passive. This weapon is pretty much a win/win for her =D
Liked before I even watch it cuz I know it’s gonna be a banger Edit: it was So glad you mentioned Prototype Amber. It’s not ideal, but my Ayaka team is Ayaka Kazuha Shenhe Mona I like using prototype amber on Mona it’s kinda like a ghetto kokomi
I use her exclusively in the updated Morgana comp (with Rosaria), with prototype amber for heals (that 20% energy refund is also nothing to scoff at!). Man that team comp is still broken even in the current Abyss!!
Been playing for like a year now and the only 50/50 i lost was to Mona on Tao's banner, the first one I really saved for even. At the time I was annoyed at having to hit hard pity but when I realized how well they play together.... lol. Thanks RNG, you knew what I needed.
I’ve got C4 diluc c3 Jean c0 Keqing c2 tighnari and c2 mona, I’m super happy having diluc at high constellations he’s been my main 5 star until I got itto a year ago, but with the upcoming arrival of Hutao I’ve been experimenting and theory crafting and I can’t wait to use Mona together with Hutao, Xiangling is already very impressive especially with yelan or xingqui and childe is a monster as well as ayato being a very easy to use hydro DPS, I was unsure how Mona would fit in, I also have tayatullah which I can rob from my c2 wanderer (who I named sasori since he’s a puppet) and I can get to testing her, atm I’m liking the idea of emblem and thrilling tales, though kokomi is already a more stacked support with tenacity and thrilling tales, I want my Mona to be unique, what do you guys think…
Mona was my first 5 Star character back in 1.0 and was my favorite dps, because she was the only character who could sprint over water. Mona-Fischl was my first introduction to Tazer at the beginning, before we called it Tazer (I called it team Palpatine). Sucrose-Xingqiu replaced her in 1.1 when Sac sword XQ started becoming popular and I completed my first 4.5 star VV set. She had her golden age around Morgana meta, but today doesn't see much playtime for me. Hopefully Dendro can revive her, highly recommend checking out Zajef's latest dendro video on quicken/aggravate/spread. Speculative Dendro predictions below, do not take as fact: With her very limited hydro application, she can possibly play a role in quicken/aggravate/bloom. Her E is just enough hydro to create seeds, but not enough to erase the quicken state, and her Q will probably erase quicken state, but with enough dendro and electro app it won't be for long. Her Omen debuff will increase Aggravate damage reaction and will cause seeds at the beginning of the bubble, but not when the bubble pops if it's within the 2.5 sec icd. So just 1 strong hydro application on her burst, not enough to ruin quicken/aggravate imo. I think she'll be a pretty good hydro for this type of dendro-electro team, because XQ, Childe, Ayato applies too much hydro and Kokomi's TTDS Millelith build doesn't increase Aggravate's flat electro dmg like Mona's Omen buff does, and Mona will buff the entire team's aggravate/spread dps vs Kokomi just buffing 1 character with TTDS. Mona appreciators rejoice!
I used to love playing Mona when I started playing Genshin but when Kokomi came out I never use her anymore because I enjoyed Kokomi play style more and I liked her more as a character and now mona is benched with no artifact on her Another great video brax!😆
I’ve had Mona for awhile but haven’t known how to use her properly but once I started working on building her I noticed I already had her at C2 but didn’t remember. She seems to be the 5 star I get most often
Mona fits into that special category of character, to me she is like Shenhue who is a massive cryo amplifier. But mona is more flexible and usable in more teams.
I've been playing since 2.2, the only character that I really need in my life was Mona. Last week I lost my first 50/50 with Her and now Im so happy and I really need an update guide. Thanks for sharing
For my support Mona build I opted for ER, Atk%, CritRate main pieces. Reason is that if you are running an ER Sands you need to get some attack from somewhere. You want a balance of Attack, Damage Bonus and Crit Rate/Damage for the best overall results. Since Mona gets 20% of his ER as Hydro Damage, and Emblem set gives her 25% of the ER as Burst Damage, in a build with 220% ER (common numbers thanks to her ascension stat, 2-piece Emblem Bonus and the ER Sands) you get 44% Hydro Damage from her passive and 55% Burst Damage from the 4-piece Emblem set. That's 99% Bonus damage already. Adding another 46% hydro damage from a Goblet is less valuable than getting some attack. If the weapon used has Atk% sub stat I can see it being more valuable, but if using a Crit weapon then you need some attack for the crits to be worth anything.
A cool team comp I like to use is "Ration" team with Raiden/Mona/Xiangling/Bennett. It doesn't do as well as standard Rational, but it lets you use Xingqiu with someone like Hu Tao on the other side, and in my experience it is still viable enough in my experience in the Abyss.
I never have any Mona since the beginning of 1.0 and was the character I want the most from standard banner, in this version, I win the 50/50 for my C3 Kazuha and with the 10 coins he gave me I did two pulls and she appeared, I'm so happy to see a recent guide for her
After watching your video, I feel like dusting off my C2 Mona which was rotting in my inventory for so long I can't even remember last time I pulled her from the standard wish banner (seems like I only get Mona, Jean and Keqing through free pulls/standard wishes since I got 2 of each so far 😅) ... Time to give her a chance as support and waste a gazillion resin trying. Thanks for that very well built Mona guide !
I've been using Mona in my Ayaka team with Shenhe and Sucrose/Jean and I've been pretty much amazed as how that team works but now that I have Kazuha this team got way smoother rotations and better energy management. I want to try Mona DPS just for fun though.
I have her with the lost prayer. About 50/150 crit rate to crit damage. She pairs so well with Raiden. Raiden makes it so that her energy recharge is irrelevant. Raidens burst following Monas is also something to behold. It does a lot of damage. Those two are a really good match but Raiden really pairs well with everyone.
I started watching this for background sound since I don’t have Mona (but enjoy the content) but paused to do my final Heizou boss fight to ascend him to 70-80 range. Got a free standard wish and pulled Mona for the first time ever since starting in 1.3 So time to finish this video for my own homework for when I can build her 🥰
Proto Amber actually works on support mona more because it can help you forgo a healer and also have the omen debuff on top of it. it also saves your kokomi for a taser team, which gives her a reason to use her burst there.
Mona loves my account for some reason. I’ve gotten her twice on standard and once when losing 50/50 so she’s my only 5 star at c2. I’m not a big fan of her alt sprint though so she’s mostly been benched since I’ve gotten her… One day I’ll slap some artifacts on her.
I've decided to finally raise Mona to the top ascension since Sumeru is coming out and I'll have higher priorities then, but I can spare the time now. Still probably not using her too often, but I dig her out for Abyss when Morgana seems fitting.
Sadly, ever since i got Kokomi, mona was on the bench. Kokomi just consolidate so much role.. Healer, 100% hydro application, catalyst user so she can use TTDS and since 100% uptime on her E, she can use Tenacity which together with TTDS works very well for her since shes HP scaling.. And due to role consolidation of kokomi, i got to use a 2nd cryo unit (Ganyu who was benched ever since 2.0) for my ayaka team to replace diona. With ganyu and Kazuha plus Ayaka's kit and weapon, i already have enough dmg bonus that I am fine losing the omen buff. What i need is attack.. And so far its good since ganyu is on noblesse elegy, kokomi on ttds+tenacity and kazuha A4 at 1000 EM
I'm just starting to use Mona myself, and I haven't understood how her burst works until now. I'm thinking about making a team called Double Nuke. Anemo Traveller and Mona are the SUB-DPS While Eula is the DPS and Bennett as the Support. Mona is already a Nuke, more so with Bennett's help. And if the enemy doesn't die to the Mona Nuke then you swap to Eula and give them the Physical Nuke and she gets stronger with Bennet's help too and Anemo Traveller is there to do Crowd Control and stagger enemies. Thus the name: Double Nuke
I've been putting off incorporating Mona into my freeze teams because I didn't know how to build her, good to know I'm heading back to the Severed Fates mines.
I don’t know who had the idea of her E not generating particles until it’s over but it’s very stupid. Sometimes in spiral abyss I end up purposely killing enemies slower just so I can get them lol
I don't know if it's an old buff but Mona is the first 5 star I got way back on AR10 or something and her E actually sometimes pop two times, first from the very moment you cast it and the last when the E ends. Both pop gives particles. AR56 now and it happens still
@@orekihoutarou2453 From what I've noticed, the first "tick" immediately on cast doesn't do anything. It doesn't do damage or apply hydro, although it does seem to stagger enemies? None of the subsequent ticks produce particles, and only the final explosion does. You could be seeing HP particles or Fav procs? Or maybe I'm wrong, and Mona's skill works the same as Ganyu's?
My personal favorite way to build mona is 4 emblem with the oathsworn eye catalyst. It really helps with giving her high energy and the buff lasts long enough to increase her entire bursts damage.
I primarily use her as a Freeze support with 4 pc Emblem of Severed Fate and R5 Widsith - and she’s actually pretty great. I got my first copy of her when I lost the 50/50 on Raiden Shogun’s first banner. While I wasn’t happy at the time about it, she’s proven herself to be a really nice unit, so long term I’ve liked her better and better over time.
Not mention in the video, but should be is the dodoco weapon! Pair this with c2, 4p heart of depth dps mona, and you get a huge huge boost to your charge attacks. As stated this is best with a tazer team since you will be using her taunt skill, but is one of her best options for dps mona imo.
Mona was one of my first 5 stars dating from 1.0 and I've always enjoyed having her on my teams. I've been using the Skyward Atlas on her to good effect. My artifact set had been a hybrid Heart of Depth/Noblesse set, but I recently built an Emblem set for her. One of my best Characters overall.
She was the one standard five star that kept avoiding me. I at least got her when losing the 50/50 draw for Yelan and haven't been sure what to do with her at this point. Might try your recommended support build since emblem has been the domain farm of choice lately.
I usually run Mona with Fischl - pull out Oz, switch to Mona, set her skill, then attack and charge with Mona (she has 4 piece Depth, btw). As a result I do get that energy when her skill disappears.
i kinda feel bad for Braxo, i also used to conect to an spirit level with Mona, but when i've discovered she's not broke at all, but just spends her entire money with books that cost like 990k Mora, it broke my heart :c
Yesss thanks man I remember when I first got Mona there were so many guides on different ways to play her so I ended up never building her now I have an excuse to do so lol
Cool... I recently pulled a skyward book from the standard banner and I have a ton of wanderer's troupe set, probably with em, so, dps mona it is then, ha... Well, something to try! Thanks so much for the info!
If you have a lot of ER it is also quite worth it to use atk sands as well to have a more rounded stats for her since you are getting bonus hydro dmg from her passive.
I was kinda lukewarm on Mona when I started playing the game because I generally just didn't know what I was doing with any of my characters. Came back in time to pull for Ganyu and Raiden Shogun on their rerun, and every 50/50 I lost was to Mona, and ever since then she's been a staple to my freeze teams. Her C4 makes her the best character to lose 50/50 to imo, so glad to have her enabling Raiden and Ganyu to destroy Abyss
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Mona C1 freeze extend doesn't work my testing just had a weird unknown variable idk what happened.
Huge thanks to Esqpur for the Mona nuke, ua-cam.com/users/engineeringplastics
I PERSONALLY don't like ToM Mona because it makes awkward rotations and doesn't have 100% uptime. But if your team snapshots buffs, uptime doesn't matter too much. It's not a bad choice, but I wanted to clarify more on why I don't care for it.
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I literally begin playing because of Mona
I almost shout out loud when I first got her, then I got 2 more, and I absolutely love my girl
Right now I use her in a max energy recharge build, she's at 120% hydro damage bonus
She's not the strongest character I've seen, but she made my Lisa hit 96k
Play the new story quest.Mona isnt as broke as we thought, so that joke aint valid anymore lol
I love your content and I only have one critique and I think kagura verity is her best weapon. She can proc the passive with her dash and a special e cancel tech she has. Love the videos and keep it up.
what the name of the outro song ?
But actually she is broke because she bought expensive as f books
I pulled Mona on my first ten pull of the entire game. Mained her until around AR48 and was my first level 90. I’m now AR58, and haven’t gotten a single other copy of her
C3 Mona here. I have zero copies of Keqing despite having at least C2 on all other standard 5 star characters.
That's funny. I started the game the first week of launch because I wanted to pull her. Didn't get her until AR 58 and now she is C4 because she's ruined multiple 50/50s. But I do enjoy using her! Just not as a main. Her normal attack is so floaty and bad.
C9 mona here
Edit : fyi i'm not a whale i just suck at winning 50/50 and got her all the time
Same, i pulled her on my first 10 pull on noelle banner, im AR57 and she is still on my team
@@0rokuSaki Lol you took my Mona cons and I took your Keqing cons. C4 here 😬
out of the standard banner 5 star characters, Mona is the only who has not only kept her utility, but has also gotten stronger over the updates. The Emblem of Severed Fate was made for Raiden, but Mona pretty much has similar types of scaling so as a result, Mona received a huge buff as well.
This is the best guide I've seen on Mona in nearly 2 years of my search. Not just among other videos, but above detailed write-ups too. This video is very efficient but still technical with precisely what players need to know. Mona is the most complex character in Genshin, so this video is really the best of the best.
[12:34] For those who were around at Version 2.5 *Oathsworn Eye* is an amazing choice for support Mona, as it gives 48% ER after using her "E" while also giving quite a ton of flat and % ATK (which isn't _copium_ by any means, as going for 200~250ER and 50/100+ Crit value at the same time would be a huge investment that not even necessarily pays off at the end). It may change her rotation a bit for certain comps but is really optimal otherwise.
Since I use Support Mona with ER Sands the Atk% on this weapon pretty much fixes her lower atk stats and the passive is really nice. I actually prefer this over most 5 Star Catalyst
@Mxnfriid If you’re struggling with team energy, use fav codex. if you’re not really struggling with team energy, oathsworn eye works well
@Mxnfriid If you are running a freeze comp and already have a cryo battery (diona, rosaria, etc.) that is using a fav weapon, use oathsworn eye
yes, but also *TToDS exists* and is hard to beat for support Mona.
@@word42069 Yes but the thing is it is really important to have her Burst on cooldown because it gives damage % bonus for freeze which is more important than TToDS buff
I finally built Mona after almost two years of pulling her. Playing the apple archapelago again and playing her story quest made me have more appreciation for her character. Have her at C6 with Widsith. I never knew how much fun she is dashing around water bombing enemies. Currently at level seventy. But planning to level her to 90.
Mona was my very first 5-star! She's been with me since forever and carried me through the lower ar ranks and she's still very present in my teams today. She's the first character I ever crowned and I've invested so much into her.
I'm super honored to be part of Brax's video, he is one of my favorite content creators in terms of character analysis and guides!
5:46 this also means that emblem stacks on top of that, meaning ER is actually one of the best things to build her with, making her a comfortable character to play.
Currently building my C2 Mona with Skyward Atlas and 4pc Emblem set. With ER at 263% she's sitting at 120% Hydro dmg bonus, so I'm pretty pleased with the results.
Do you primarily use her as a support or an on-field dps?
I have her at C1 but conflicted if Skyaward Atlas is viable for a Mona Freeze Team support due to her ER issues. I use Fav on her.
@@hijodelsoldeoriente I use her burst for supp and dmg from hydro bonus is just a nice dps bonus. If you have her at C1 then go for supp to get better utility. I basically got lucky with ER rolls on artifacts to make it so high and my crit rate and crit dmg are not good because of it (26 crt rate/ 62 crt dmg) and her C2 and atlas passive help with the dmg
Hey i have mona and want to support her what artifacts do u have?
@@atanglopez3982 Hydro DMG goblet and 4 piece set Emblem of Severed Fate.
Way too much ER
I have been wanting to use Mona in my teams again recently, and tbh I've been waiting for this video before I actually built her, so thanks, Brax. I appreciate it
Mona is great. She was the first character I got when I wished on the beginner banner and she helped me through early and mid game all the way until I finished the Liyue story. I triple crowned her to show my appreciation for her character and design and have no regrets. She’s just wonderful.
That being said, I’ve lost 14 50/50s in total on the limited character banner and only one of those gave me a Mona. She’s elusive and I think it’s because Mihoyo knows I like her so much.
Haha I lost 3 50/50s so far and all of them are Mona :)) I wish for Jean though, don't need C2 Mona:(
Yanfei + Mona is probably one of my favorite pairings in the game. Hope to see them in the team video!
Separating the builds from the team comps is a good idea! If you're doing a separate video for team comps of different characters, I think that'll help a lot to have a more detailed suggestion for builds AND team comps! Your guides are awesome, and I can't wait to see more of your content!
Thank you for the clarification on her C1, as well as some of the more subtle mechanics to her Burst and Omen.
From a character and visual design standpoint, Mona is easily one of my favorite characters in the game, and her EN voice is honey to my ears. Personally speaking, I wish her Charge Attack was a little snappier, and that her Normals and Skill had a bit better AOE and scaling, but that's small potatoes. I'd also like something different for her C6, but it will probably be years before I manage to get that.
"Mona is underrated because of Kokomi existing."
As a Kokomi Main, that's really wild to hear, usually Mona's the one getting the praise.
I have both, in terms of hydro application, Kokomi is so much better.
Mona’s only edge over Kokomi is her omen buff so if you don’t care about huge damage then Kokomi is just better for freeze and more comfy because of her healing.
But Mona can be a healer too, plus her constellations was so good
@@chongyun07 it’s not about healing, it’s about aoe hydro application which Kokomi excels at.
@@chongyun07 Kokomi's AoE and uptime on her Hydro application is just significantly better than Mona's.
Kokomi overall is also lower maintenance and requires less investment as a pure support vs Mona, as Kokomi doesn't *need* to burst off-cd. You could have her on HP/HP/Healing with trash subs and she'd be fine with it. Slap TTDS (or Prototype) on her, and you're good to go.
Mona's advantages in a freeze team would be higher team damage ceiling, and the fact that she isn't a limited banner character.
Be careful when using the skyward atlas, as the passive can pop the omen before you can use vaporize for big dmg. Not that big of a deal on freeze teams though
Lost Kazuha to Mona on my first 50/50. Was just looking for a guide yesterday.
Thanks, this will ease the pain.
Same but i love Mona so ok
Kazuha you smol brat
I also got mona while wishing for kazuha
I've been there, I did get him eventually in the first his banner tho
Got both of them
So I'm not the only one who got Mona in Kazuha's banner lol
There is a little trick I discovered that can abuse the shimenawa 4 piece bonus, the oathsworn eye's passive or whatever passive requires you to cast the E. Basically you can cancel the E by tapping it and shortly dashing immediately after. It still counts as casting without actually having the phantom on field. This can help with big vapes without worrying for the phantom to mess things up.
Remembering back then when I first got Mona on the Standard Banner 21 pity. She helped me a lot in mid to end-game, still using her. My account's highest crit damage dealt is also from her as well but in the overworld at least. Also got her C1 while pulling for C2 Klee, which I wanna test it out even though it has some confusion to it being bugged.
And speaking of Klee, *still waiting for a Klee Guide* because *it's just unfair not seeing an "updated guide" on her* even though she's one of the featured characters in the current patch but *overly overshadowed by a lot of Kazuha and Heizou guides.* Poor cute elf!...
🌸😆I must ask forgiveness in advance of my utterance for I could not help but compare 0:03 - 0:08 to 1:55 -1:58, the two sentiments conflict😆🌸
I love Mona so much! Mona was my first five-star character and I use her consistently with Beidou's elemental burst
I was probably going to check this video out anyway, but I clicked on it under the impression that Mona had received a buff of some kind
I don’t mean to reign on your parade, but don’t you think every content creator would have covered it by now? You would have known long before this video
I finally got Mona the other day, and I'm so excited to build her. Thanks for this video!!
Mona's my first-ever 5-star, but I've only ever used her for exploration during my early days of playing. Bookmarking this for the future! I definitely appreciate Mona more now, after her GAA quest chain.
Thanks for your awesome content, as always!
I've had her since Albedo's first every ended, now she's c2 and I want to build her finally. Thanks Brax
Thank you for this! Mona is my first ever 5-star character and I actually built her both as a DPS and as a Support with several level 90 weapon options because she deserves it. It's good to know that I was not the only one who used Wanderer's Troupe for on-field Mona.
But hey, since you made an updated guide on Mona, one of the Standard 5* characters who is featured in this patch, maybe you can make one for Diluc as well? 🙂
I got this 5 star recently as my first 5 star and honestly this video really helped me understand mona more
mona is really fun to play! i hope you end up liking her as your first 5 star :D
@@tharun9369 I honestly enjoy her already, she really is a lot of fun to play
Edits are really good. Great guide
Day 1 player here, randomly pulled Mona the other day and was confused about team building for her to say the least. What a an amazing guide you made, now i understand why permafreeze is such a good build on her - thinking of making a Ganyu/Mona setup now.
Mona is really fun to have on-field. Her NA and CA animations look smooth and pretty beautiful, they just feel satisfying to use. I play Mona (4p HoD) as a NA/CA main-dps along with Fischl, Sucrose, and Electro Traveler (lore-friendly team: they all know each other and/or are close friends). Electrocharged might not be optimal, but it's pretty fun to see the numbers flooding the screen. Plus, Sucrose can swirl both electro and anemo, so it's also sort of a taser team. Takes a few tries every time (only survivability is Mona's taunt), but I've used it in nearly all iterations of Abyss since 1.1, and it can reliably 36* along with my other team.
I NEVER understood how mona burst works, and It's one of my first 5 stars. Hopefully with this guide I can FINALLY understand to use her: and I have venti, ganyu and diona to make the team, but never ever use them together SIMPLY because of her burst being too weird to me.
I was no joke looking all day for some Mona guides. Absolutey blessed
Just use emblem 4pc
Weapon from ekonomiya even
Attack/ er
Hydro
Crit
Lost my 50/50 to Mona in the Kazuha Banner, and now, I have her at C1. I was disappointed somehow, but she is actually a decent unit! I usually run her in my freeze teams, but I want to try her in various reaction teams, and maybe even as a DPS! Thanks for the video!
Mona was my first gacha 5*, I lost 50/50 on hu taos reruns and was pretty sad over not getting hu tao but then learned monas benefits. From AR35-AR45 she carried my whole team
Shes a great unit if you dont have kokomi
saw you post in monamains disc and been waiting every since, love mona
Hey Brax, I've been watching your channel for a while and I have noticed the hard work you have put in to make your quality skyrocket lately. Among the Genshin guide creators, you are my favorite now and the guides you put out are top-notch. I am excited about your soon-to-be 100k. Grats man!
Thanks for all the work you have been doing.
Since Widsith is on Yae, my fav weapon for Mona is Oathsworn Eye. More Atk more damage, and bonus ER is welcome and give Hydro dmg bonus thanks to her passive. This weapon is pretty much a win/win for her =D
I was thinking the same thing! I think it works well with Emblem as well
Liked before I even watch it cuz I know it’s gonna be a banger
Edit: it was
So glad you mentioned Prototype Amber. It’s not ideal, but my Ayaka team is
Ayaka Kazuha Shenhe Mona
I like using prototype amber on Mona it’s kinda like a ghetto kokomi
I just got Mona in the standard banner. It made my whole day.
Great time to release this video, since i got C1 Mona a few days ago!
I use her exclusively in the updated Morgana comp (with Rosaria), with prototype amber for heals (that 20% energy refund is also nothing to scoff at!). Man that team comp is still broken even in the current Abyss!!
Been playing for like a year now and the only 50/50 i lost was to Mona on Tao's banner, the first one I really saved for even. At the time I was annoyed at having to hit hard pity but when I realized how well they play together.... lol. Thanks RNG, you knew what I needed.
I’ve got C4 diluc c3 Jean c0 Keqing c2 tighnari and c2 mona, I’m super happy having diluc at high constellations he’s been my main 5 star until I got itto a year ago, but with the upcoming arrival of Hutao I’ve been experimenting and theory crafting and I can’t wait to use Mona together with Hutao, Xiangling is already very impressive especially with yelan or xingqui and childe is a monster as well as ayato being a very easy to use hydro DPS, I was unsure how Mona would fit in, I also have tayatullah which I can rob from my c2 wanderer (who I named sasori since he’s a puppet) and I can get to testing her, atm I’m liking the idea of emblem and thrilling tales, though kokomi is already a more stacked support with tenacity and thrilling tales, I want my Mona to be unique, what do you guys think…
A week and the half, to watch your 75912 new videos about Yoimiya !
Gonna be great !
Mona was my first 5 Star character back in 1.0 and was my favorite dps, because she was the only character who could sprint over water. Mona-Fischl was my first introduction to Tazer at the beginning, before we called it Tazer (I called it team Palpatine). Sucrose-Xingqiu replaced her in 1.1 when Sac sword XQ started becoming popular and I completed my first 4.5 star VV set.
She had her golden age around Morgana meta, but today doesn't see much playtime for me. Hopefully Dendro can revive her, highly recommend checking out Zajef's latest dendro video on quicken/aggravate/spread.
Speculative Dendro predictions below, do not take as fact:
With her very limited hydro application, she can possibly play a role in quicken/aggravate/bloom. Her E is just enough hydro to create seeds, but not enough to erase the quicken state, and her Q will probably erase quicken state, but with enough dendro and electro app it won't be for long. Her Omen debuff will increase Aggravate damage reaction and will cause seeds at the beginning of the bubble, but not when the bubble pops if it's within the 2.5 sec icd. So just 1 strong hydro application on her burst, not enough to ruin quicken/aggravate imo.
I think she'll be a pretty good hydro for this type of dendro-electro team, because XQ, Childe, Ayato applies too much hydro and Kokomi's TTDS Millelith build doesn't increase Aggravate's flat electro dmg like Mona's Omen buff does, and Mona will buff the entire team's aggravate/spread dps vs Kokomi just buffing 1 character with TTDS. Mona appreciators rejoice!
This is also the reason why I'm building Mona right now. Because when dendro comes, Mona will shine brighter than ever.
I used to love playing Mona when I started playing Genshin but when Kokomi came out I never use her anymore because I enjoyed Kokomi play style more and I liked her more as a character and now mona is benched with no artifact on her
Another great video brax!😆
Bro I really do appreciate you for this help, Thanks! I subscribed and Liked the video.
7:01 I have Mona at C1 and I did not know that. Thanks!
Mona definitely is my favorite among the standard banner characters.
I’ve had Mona for awhile but haven’t known how to use her properly but once I started working on building her I noticed I already had her at C2 but didn’t remember. She seems to be the 5 star I get most often
I’m pairing Mona with Diluc, Bennett and Sucrose 💙 and I’m pretty impressed with the results. Thank you!
Thanks for this! Now I know how to use my C3 Mona! (No I don't have Qiqi, jean, or keqing thanks for asking...)
Mona fits into that special category of character, to me she is like Shenhue who is a massive cryo amplifier. But mona is more flexible and usable in more teams.
Technically speaking, Shenhe is a invisible DPS. She uses the active character crit stats instead of her's.
I've been playing since 2.2, the only character that I really need in my life was Mona.
Last week I lost my first 50/50 with Her and now Im so happy and I really need an update guide. Thanks for sharing
For my support Mona build I opted for ER, Atk%, CritRate main pieces. Reason is that if you are running an ER Sands you need to get some attack from somewhere. You want a balance of Attack, Damage Bonus and Crit Rate/Damage for the best overall results.
Since Mona gets 20% of his ER as Hydro Damage, and Emblem set gives her 25% of the ER as Burst Damage, in a build with 220% ER (common numbers thanks to her ascension stat, 2-piece Emblem Bonus and the ER Sands) you get 44% Hydro Damage from her passive and 55% Burst Damage from the 4-piece Emblem set. That's 99% Bonus damage already. Adding another 46% hydro damage from a Goblet is less valuable than getting some attack. If the weapon used has Atk% sub stat I can see it being more valuable, but if using a Crit weapon then you need some attack for the crits to be worth anything.
A cool team comp I like to use is "Ration" team with Raiden/Mona/Xiangling/Bennett. It doesn't do as well as standard Rational, but it lets you use Xingqiu with someone like Hu Tao on the other side, and in my experience it is still viable enough in my experience in the Abyss.
I never have any Mona since the beginning of 1.0 and was the character I want the most from standard banner, in this version, I win the 50/50 for my C3 Kazuha and with the 10 coins he gave me I did two pulls and she appeared, I'm so happy to see a recent guide for her
After watching your video, I feel like dusting off my C2 Mona which was rotting in my inventory for so long I can't even remember last time I pulled her from the standard wish banner (seems like I only get Mona, Jean and Keqing through free pulls/standard wishes since I got 2 of each so far 😅) ... Time to give her a chance as support and waste a gazillion resin trying. Thanks for that very well built Mona guide !
I've been using Mona in my Ayaka team with Shenhe and Sucrose/Jean and I've been pretty much amazed as how that team works but now that I have Kazuha this team got way smoother rotations and better energy management. I want to try Mona DPS just for fun though.
I have her with the lost prayer. About 50/150 crit rate to crit damage. She pairs so well with Raiden. Raiden makes it so that her energy recharge is irrelevant. Raidens burst following Monas is also something to behold. It does a lot of damage. Those two are a really good match but Raiden really pairs well with everyone.
I've been wanting to try a double nuke team with these two actually, I should give it a go. Maybe as a taser comp with a second electro and Kazuha ^^
Just got her yesterday after I lost to getting c2 Nahida, I was pleasantly shocked since she was the last standard 5 star I needed
Mona is one of the best support if her kit is understood fully. Even now I dont really get how to always pop her bubble but I am loving it.
Just pulled Mona and typed in mona genshin impact and this guide just poped up right on time
R.I.P Kazu
I started watching this for background sound since I don’t have Mona (but enjoy the content) but paused to do my final Heizou boss fight to ascend him to 70-80 range. Got a free standard wish and pulled Mona for the first time ever since starting in 1.3
So time to finish this video for my own homework for when I can build her 🥰
Lost my 50/50 to her just now, need to find a role for her now 😭
For a long time i was looking for this thanku
Proto Amber actually works on support mona more because it can help you forgo a healer and also have the omen debuff on top of it.
it also saves your kokomi for a taser team, which gives her a reason to use her burst there.
I was just looking for Mona builds and you post this video lol
Mona loves my account for some reason. I’ve gotten her twice on standard and once when losing 50/50 so she’s my only 5 star at c2. I’m not a big fan of her alt sprint though so she’s mostly been benched since I’ve gotten her… One day I’ll slap some artifacts on her.
Pov : You're watching this because you lost pity on Mona
I got Mona because I wanted her tho
well done on the info. it's easy to understand, thank you!
I've decided to finally raise Mona to the top ascension since Sumeru is coming out and I'll have higher priorities then, but I can spare the time now.
Still probably not using her too often, but I dig her out for Abyss when Morgana seems fitting.
Sadly, ever since i got Kokomi, mona was on the bench. Kokomi just consolidate so much role.. Healer, 100% hydro application, catalyst user so she can use TTDS and since 100% uptime on her E, she can use Tenacity which together with TTDS works very well for her since shes HP scaling.. And due to role consolidation of kokomi, i got to use a 2nd cryo unit (Ganyu who was benched ever since 2.0) for my ayaka team to replace diona. With ganyu and Kazuha plus Ayaka's kit and weapon, i already have enough dmg bonus that I am fine losing the omen buff. What i need is attack.. And so far its good since ganyu is on noblesse elegy, kokomi on ttds+tenacity and kazuha A4 at 1000 EM
I'm just starting to use Mona myself, and I haven't understood how her burst works until now. I'm thinking about making a team called Double Nuke.
Anemo Traveller and Mona are the SUB-DPS While Eula is the DPS and Bennett as the Support. Mona is already a Nuke, more so with Bennett's help. And if the enemy doesn't die to the Mona Nuke then you swap to Eula and give them the Physical Nuke and she gets stronger with Bennet's help too and Anemo Traveller is there to do Crowd Control and stagger enemies. Thus the name: Double Nuke
I've been putting off incorporating Mona into my freeze teams because I didn't know how to build her, good to know I'm heading back to the Severed Fates mines.
I finally pulled her last night! Been wanting her since Ganyu banner! Came right on time!
I don’t know who had the idea of her E not generating particles until it’s over but it’s very stupid. Sometimes in spiral abyss I end up purposely killing enemies slower just so I can get them lol
They wanted to handicap her energy regen down badly. Honestly I'd like her E to have an extra tick with 1 or 2 particles every other hit.
I don't know if it's an old buff but Mona is the first 5 star I got way back on AR10 or something and her E actually sometimes pop two times, first from the very moment you cast it and the last when the E ends. Both pop gives particles. AR56 now and it happens still
@@orekihoutarou2453 From what I've noticed, the first "tick" immediately on cast doesn't do anything. It doesn't do damage or apply hydro, although it does seem to stagger enemies? None of the subsequent ticks produce particles, and only the final explosion does.
You could be seeing HP particles or Fav procs?
Or maybe I'm wrong, and Mona's skill works the same as Ganyu's?
@@edelweiss9467 Oh I see, it is rare for that "tick" to happen as to why it is really hard to be observed.
Name checks out
My personal favorite way to build mona is 4 emblem with the oathsworn eye catalyst. It really helps with giving her high energy and the buff lasts long enough to increase her entire bursts damage.
I primarily use her as a Freeze support with 4 pc Emblem of Severed Fate and R5 Widsith - and she’s actually pretty great. I got my first copy of her when I lost the 50/50 on Raiden Shogun’s first banner. While I wasn’t happy at the time about it, she’s proven herself to be a really nice unit, so long term I’ve liked her better and better over time.
Just started building her last night. Thanks!
0:03 Jokes on you, that absolute territory is godly.
Not mention in the video, but should be is the dodoco weapon! Pair this with c2, 4p heart of depth dps mona, and you get a huge huge boost to your charge attacks. As stated this is best with a tazer team since you will be using her taunt skill, but is one of her best options for dps mona imo.
Here because it’s been what 3 years now ? And I have accumulated a c5 mona and I think it’s about time I make use of her. 💪
Something about her animations are just so damn smooth. I love autoing with her.
Mona was my second ever 5 star and now she’s c3. If I ever lose a 50/50 again I want her, she’s my favourite standard banner character.
Mona was one of my first 5 stars dating from 1.0 and I've always enjoyed having her on my teams. I've been using the Skyward Atlas on her to good effect. My artifact set had been a hybrid Heart of Depth/Noblesse set, but I recently built an Emblem set for her. One of my best Characters overall.
4 piece Noblesse and Thrilling Tales is just so satisfying for a support role for Ayaka tbh.
She was the one standard five star that kept avoiding me. I at least got her when losing the 50/50 draw for Yelan and haven't been sure what to do with her at this point. Might try your recommended support build since emblem has been the domain farm of choice lately.
I usually run Mona with Fischl - pull out Oz, switch to Mona, set her skill, then attack and charge with Mona (she has 4 piece Depth, btw). As a result I do get that energy when her skill disappears.
i kinda feel bad for Braxo, i also used to conect to an spirit level with Mona, but when i've discovered she's not broke at all, but just spends her entire money with books that cost like 990k Mora, it broke my heart :c
Yesss thanks man I remember when I first got Mona there were so many guides on different ways to play her so I ended up never building her now I have an excuse to do so lol
0:38 alright you got me right there
Mona was my first five-star character. It was incredible relief after what I witnessed Barbara is capable of.
Mona is my first 5* i've ever got, now i got her C3 and still use her in most of my comps, i mean 940% dmg on ult is insane
Cool... I recently pulled a skyward book from the standard banner and I have a ton of wanderer's troupe set, probably with em, so, dps mona it is then, ha... Well, something to try! Thanks so much for the info!
AR60 and finally got my first copy of mona... now i can use this guide woooo!
Good vid mr. Brax
Wow holy shit such perfect timing
If you have a lot of ER it is also quite worth it to use atk sands as well to have a more rounded stats for her since you are getting bonus hydro dmg from her passive.
I was kinda lukewarm on Mona when I started playing the game because I generally just didn't know what I was doing with any of my characters. Came back in time to pull for Ganyu and Raiden Shogun on their rerun, and every 50/50 I lost was to Mona, and ever since then she's been a staple to my freeze teams. Her C4 makes her the best character to lose 50/50 to imo, so glad to have her enabling Raiden and Ganyu to destroy Abyss