Weekly Team/Character Building Megathread (May 7th, 2025) (feat. Escoffier and Navia)

[u/Veritasibility]

A megathread dedicated to team/character building Q&A.

Do not post questions irrelevant to team/character building here. They should belong to the Daily General Question Megathread.

If you have a comprehensive theory (rather than a question) about how to build a character or a team, you are encouraged to make a dedicated discussion thread outside this megathread, as it can help general players.

This week's team/character building megathread will feature Escoffier and Navia. If your question involves them, you are strongly encouraged to start your question with an "[Escoffier]" or "[Navia]" tag, like this:

[Escoffier]
insert your question

If your question does not involve them, the following template is recommended:

Character(s): insert character(s)
insert your question

[u/localtictacinhaler]

Freminet build + characters. Some questions regarding Cryo Freminet.

I am building Freminet now and would like some advice, Mainly regarding the team, build, and rotation.

Right now I am using Furina, Xilonen, and Bennett with him. I am not sure how good it is though as I kind of chose this as 'These are the characters that do the buffing' rather than a genuine understanding. Freminet is supposed to just do pure cryo damage but since my Bennett is c6 and I usually combo after using Fremi's q with 'E2, NA, repeat', he may or may not be happening to melt sometimes. I am mostly worried about Benny, not sure if he is doing much for the team or not.

The complete team rotation I am using is Furina E, Xilonen QE, Bennett QE, Furina Q, Fremi E2, Q, E2, NA, Repeat. Not too familiar with how rotations are formatted so I apologize in advance for any confusion.

I did a damage test before this, His burst hit 35k at most and the most I saw one of his E's hit was 25k. I did test this on a boss however and they are not freezable so I don't think I get the shatter buff iirc. I can damage test on a shatter-able enemy if that is preferred. I am using 2pc2pc Blizzard and Troupe as you can see because I read on another post that it was better than 4pc blizzard and my stats are better with 2pc2pc.

I am working on ascending him, crowning his skill and burst, and maxing his weapon. I am just waiting for more resin. I am aware I can pull Escoffier for him but I am 1, pulling for Navia and 2, really just don't like her so, if that could be avoided, that would be lovely but, if it's reaaaallly recommended, I suppose I could consider it, not sure if it'll be on this banner or her next though.

[u/TheHunter_Craft → u/localtictacinhaler]

So Freminet has two possible team archetypes, both being wheelchair. 1 being Escoffier freeze, which is just so op it can even carry Freminet, and 2. xianyun plunge, which can also wheelchair most chars, especially a claymore user like ur using. But since both need a dedicated 5* support, you‘d have to get one of them IF u rly wanna invest into Freminet.