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Extra Footage: Melt Amber Both Sides

This is more Melt Amber footage for those who want to see it.

I didn’t match the timers for the run, but the total time for each chamber was still under 3 minutes.

3 days ago (edited) | [YT] | 28

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6.6 Starter Characters Only: All Footage Acquired

No more than 2 cost was used in any half.

I used an Asia account to do attempts early, even though Lisa had a level 80 weapon and a 2-piece/2-piece build in 12-3-1.

Hopefully, I can get the video out sometime tomorrow.

Clear times
12-1: 1:22 | 1:31
12-2: 1:32 | 1:18
12-3: 1:23 | 1:15

5 days ago | [YT] | 124

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Extra Footage: Using Amber's Burst Against The Open-Eyed (Dire)

This isn't a DPS Amber clear, but I wanted to share one use case for Amber's Burst against The Open-Eyed.

The run starts at 3:33.

To record the same element in both Oversight of Vigil phases, the second phase requires 15 hits of that element. Amber's Fiery Rain delivers 18 rapid Pyro hits, which makes it effective for recording Pyro twice.

3 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 28

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Extra Footage: Melt Amber vs. Hydro Tulpa (Fearless)

This is extra footage for those who want to see more Melt (Vaporize) Amber runs.

The Melt Amber run starts at 1:04.

‪@lonesoul815‬ also cleared all bosses in the Stygian Onslaught with DPS Amber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zZP5...

3 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 28

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6.5B Starter Characters Only: Final Update

I’ve exhausted everything I could think of to lower the cost of the 12-1 run, and I don’t think I can improve it further with my current level of ability.

Some of you have suggested I stop the attempts and move on to the video, so I’ll start working on it. Hopefully, I'll have it out sometime tomorrow.

Also, I mistakenly said 20 cost for 12-1-1. It’s actually 16 cost, since Staff of Homa on XiangLing was only R1.

4 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 84

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6.5B Starter Characters Only: Update 4

I lowered the cost of the 12-1-2 run from 7 to 2 with the 60% ATK card. During certain parts of the Whisperer of Nightmares fight, I can safely bring Fischl below 50% HP to counteract her C4 self-healing and maintain the buff.

Lowering the cost of the first half has been much harder. If I remove one of the 5-star weapons, I still can’t clear the Super-Heavy Landrover in one rotation after stunning it. I likely need a sub-50-second clear to even have a chance at a 3-star clear for 12-1.

4 weeks ago | [YT] | 58

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6.5B Starter Characters Only: Update 3

I’m currently 1,669 battles in across 4 accounts. I have a tentative solution for 12-1, but it requires R5 5-star weapons. Below are the clear times:

12-1-1 (0:46): Amber, Kaeya, Lynette, XiangLing (20 Cost)
12-1-2 (2:10): Lisa, Traveler, Fischl, Collei (7 Cost, previously 15 Cost)

After about 4 hours of failed 12-1 attempts on the second channel, I’m not confident a run without R5 5-star weapons is possible. If I can’t find a lower-cost solution in the next few days, I’ll start working on the video.

I don’t like having to rely on R5 5-star weapons because of HP inflation and shilling, but I’d rather get a video out than cancel it.

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 62

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6.5B Starter Characters Only: Update 2

The Deepdark Ward in 12-1-2 is still hugely problematic for me, but I’ve achieved the following clear times for the other chambers:

12-2-1 (1:28): Amber, Kaeya, Lynette, and XiangLing
12-2-2 (1:07): Lisa, Dendro Traveler, Fischl, and Collei

12-3-1 (1:12): Amber, Kaeya, Sucrose, and XiangLing
12-3-2 (1:29): Lisa, Collei, Dendro Traveler, and Barbara

It’s also worth mentioning that I cleared 12-3-1 in 1:30 using Lynette instead of Sucrose. If I ultimately use Fischl for 12-1, then I won’t need to switch the Hexerei character mid-run for this version.

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 54

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6.5B Starter Characters Only: Update 1

12-1 is significantly harder than I expected. None of my low-cost starter characters teams can break the Whisperer of Nightmare’s Deepdark Ward or defeat the Fishers within the 18-second window.

After hours of attempts, the closest I got was with Lisa, Collei, Barbara, and Sucrose. Even then, my best attempt only brought the Ward down to 33% HP with one Fisher defeated.

What’s worse is that I can’t get anywhere close to 60K DPS in the DPS tester with that team, even with RES set to -60% to simulate the Paralyzed state. Roughly 60K DPS is needed to defeat the boss before the second Deepdark Ward.

As a sanity check, I brought my C6 Fischl, C4 XingQiu, C6 Collei, and C6 Sucrose team into the chamber to make sure I wasn’t doing anything fundamentally wrong. This non-starter team handled the Deepdark Ward much more effectively.

I’ll keep trying to find a solution for this boss using only the starter characters. For now, I’ll share the sanity check run in case people want to see some non-starter content. The sanity check run starts at 0:56. Ignore the Mavuika run, as I only used her to reach the second half faster for testing.

Some good news: 12-3-2 is possible in 1 minute and 29 seconds with Lisa, Collei, Dendro Traveler, and Barbara, without RNG-fishing Dendro Core placement like I did back in the 6.1 Spiral Abyss.

1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 8

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Should I loosen the Hexerei selector restriction?

I had to interpret how the Hexerei selector should be applied for my runs, since I don’t think there are any other active Starter Characters creators on YouTube anymore to establish a broader community consensus. I originally added this restriction because it made the most sense for the selector.

Right now, I choose one Hexerei character and stick with them for the entire run. However, with the current level of HP inflation and shilling, I’m not sure I can keep up with this restriction. What do you all think?

In both cases, I will still limit it to one Hexerei character per chamber.

1 month ago | [YT] | 37