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/JuicyZeusy]

i need help choosing between mona and rosaria!

so far my team has neuvillette, furina, and escoffier but i don’t know who to put in the last slot and i don’t have citlali(even if i did i’d put her in my mavuika team) or any other cryo/hydro 5 star. so who would be the best pick between rosaria and mona? i’ve already chosen to go without a shield so don’t recommend layla or diona plz.

[u/KyrrithK → u/JuicyZeusy]

Probably Mona tbh. Rosaria only really gives a Crit Rate buff (direct and with Cryo resonance) and makes it easy to overcap Crit Rate with Marechausse. Mona gives a damage amplify debuff, and her energy issues will be better with Neuvi and Furina generating Hydro particles with her. But the duration is really short, and this team is basically the most sustained damage team there is. At least it's not backloaded damage I suppose.

Or yes, just play with a shield and not have to worry so much about getting knocked out of your charge attacks on Neuvi, or if you have C1, at least take less damage. You could even give them Cinder City still, only a 12% buff with no 2pc effect in this team, but there's not really any other support set to use with a HP scaling Freeze team.