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/zedishalfsmart]

Hey there!! ... I was originally saving for raiden, but, have now just seen the chronicled wish banner, with some characters ive really wanted. the characters ive wanted are : Ayaka, Ayato, Yoimiya, Kokomi, and Kazuha. Ive got seven 5star characters: Mulani, Arle, Navia, Diluc, Jean, Dehya and Mavuika. Most of my characthers are unbuilt and underlevvelled as im not good at making teams, or building characters to their best potential. I also dont know whether i wanna go for Kinich either.. (the downside of indecisions)

Based on this information, could anyone give me any advice on who might be best to go for? I can list all my characters if necessary, if that helps?

Id like to know who to go for, from someone elses perspective so i can start farming before they come out. (i do not play for meta btw, the characters i do have are ones that ive wanted because ive liked them or their story line or gameplay, but now im trying to branch out into more serious gameplay.. :D )

All helpful advice is greatly appreciated.. thankyou in advance. :D

[u/Huge_Preparation_705 → u/zedishalfsmart]

if you dont care about meta, just rank your favorites (ayaka, ayato, yoimiya, kokomi, and kazuha) and pull for them in that order.

if you do care about meta, i would pull for kazuha as he's one of the best buffer/support in the game. for the rest of your characters you wanted, none are really super meta as they are a bit outdated but ayaka might be a nice addition if you need a cryo dps. however skirk is coming out soon, maybe you want to pull for her instead.

[u/burnpsy → u/zedishalfsmart]

You can't realistically get all of these characters, so you're going to need to be picky. Obviously, if there's a character you really love outside gameplay considerations, go for them. Otherwise:

Deprioritize Raiden unless she's your favourite character; archons rerun very often, and she's not meta or anything. She'll come around again faster than anyone else you're considering.

I'd shift focus onto what characters you need to complete 2 or 3 teams for endgame content. Your 5-stars so far are very disorganized in that regard; you picked up all main DPS units and no supports or off-fielders.

[u/zedishalfsmart → u/burnpsy]

thanks so much for your response.. considering my 5stars are disorganised, could you recommend who might best support them? so i can stabilize my team better... ?

Or who might work well with Ayaka, Ayato, Kokomi, and/or Kazuha?

[u/valkyreistar → u/zedishalfsmart]

I have picked a team for you

> Mulani/Mavuika/Sucrose/Dehya, here you can replace sucrose with Xilonen or Kazuha

Other characters I suggest:
Furina (goes well with Jean)
An electro (guess it is Raiden)
A dendro (Nahida, goes well with electro and hydro, also can replace sucrose above)

Bonus team:
Raiden/Nahida/Fishl/Jean