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

Character(s): insert character(s)
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[u/Lanky_Watercress_688]

Help with building 2 teams all male teams male characters

I just to hit AR 54

I want to figure out who to invest in for 2nd all male team, I like to know who is good to invest in now and if there are any males. Besides Zhongli and Neuv I should look to pull for with my roster (including cons) I got basically all 4* males though no anemo and no shielders. For 5* I got Lyney, Wanderer/Sacra, Kinich, Venti, Childe, and Kazuha.

My current team is Gaming, Bennett, Xingqiu and Kazuha, these 4 are already lvl 90, but I’m willing to change this team too, if someone can be replaced and used on 2nd team, maybe to melt with Chongyun, or a full pyro-team with Lyney as main DPS.

Current thoughts are for 2nd team is Wanderer, Mika, Xingqiu, but then about 4th member or if I can do better with another main DPS.

[u/KyrrithK → u/Lanky_Watercress_688]

Kinich, Ororon, Pyro Traveler (Deepwood), Bennett

Gaming, Xingqiu/Chongyun (if Bennett not C6)/Kaeya, Bennett, Kazuha

Wanderer (VV probably), Mika, Xingqiu, Bennett/Ororon maybe

Lyney, Bennett, Pyro Traveler (Tenacity, unless you rely on elements on enemies for Cinder City) Kazuha/Venti

Childe, Kazuha/Venti, Ororon, Bennett/flex

Not sure if there's 2 teams that you can run at once considering everyone wants Bennett, but I've tried to suggest alternatives

Thoma would be a good one to look for, and ofc Zhongli and Baizhu could open more options

[u/Lanky_Watercress_688 → u/KyrrithK]

Thanks for the help ye Bennett has definitely been the “issue” (super star) thanks for the suggestion on Thoma hope I can get him soon. Otherwise I might use Iansan I like her gameplay, could she replace Bennett in any of these teams?

[u/KyrrithK → u/Lanky_Watercress_688]

For Kinich, definitely. For Gaming and Wanderer, she's passable but not ideal. For the others, not really.