 | Name | Neuvillette |
| Title | Ordainer of Inexorable Judgment | |
| Occupation | Court of Fontaine | |
| Association | FONTAINE | |
| Rarity |  | |
| Weapon |  Catalyst | |
| Element |  Hydro | |
| Day of Birth | 18 | |
| Month of Birth | 12 | |
| Vision (Introduced) | Hydro | |
| Constellation (Introduced) | ??? | |
| Chinese Seuyu | 桑毓泽 | |
| Japanese Seuyu | 神谷浩史 | |
| English Seuyu | Ray Chase | |
| Korean Seuyu | Kwak Yoon-sang | |
| Vision (Discovered) | Hydro | |
| Constellation (Discovered) | Leviathan Judicator | |
| Description | The Chief Justice of Fontaine, known as the Iudex, is renowned for his unassailable impartiality. | |
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Stats
| Lv | HP | Atk | Def | CritRate% | CritDMG% | Bonus CritDMG% | Materials | Total Materials |
| 1 | 1144 | 16.22 | 44.87 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | ||
| 20 | 2967 | 42.07 | 116.4 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | 1033 20000 | 103320000 |
| 20+ | 3948 | 55.97 | 154.87 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | ||
| 40 | 5908 | 83.76 | 231.74 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | 32101540000 | 1013186000032 |
| 40+ | 6605 | 93.63 | 259.08 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 9.6% | ||
| 50 | 7599 | 107.73 | 298.07 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 9.6% | 64201260000 | 103318120K9612 |
| 50+ | 8528 | 120.9 | 334.52 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | ||
| 60 | 9533 | 135.14 | 373.92 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | 38301880000 | 106318200K914303 |
| 60+ | 10230 | 145.02 | 401.26 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | ||
| 70 | 11243 | 159.39 | 441.02 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | 6124512100K | 1010818300K92630912 |
| 70+ | 11940 | 169.27 | 468.35 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 28.8% | ||
| 80 | 12965 | 183.8 | 508.56 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 28.8% | 6206024120K | 1016818420K946309366 |
| 80+ | 13662 | 193.68 | 535.9 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 38.4% | ||
| 90 | 14695 | 208.32 | 576.42 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 38.4% |
Skills
Active Skils
 | As Water Seeks Equilibrium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
With light flourishes, Neuvillette commands the tides to unleash a maximum of 3 attacks, dealing While charging up, Neuvillette will gather the power of water, forming it into a Seal of Arbitration. In this state, Neuvillette can move and change facing, and also absorb any Sourcewater Droplets in a certain AoE. Every Droplet he absorbs will increase the formation speed of the Seal, and will heal Neuvillette. When the charging is stopped, if the Symbol has yet to be formed, then a Charged Attack will be unleashed. If it has been formed, then a Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment will be unleashed. Consumes a fixed amount of Stamina to attack opponents with a rupturing blast of water, dealing Unleashes surging torrents, dealing continuous Equitable Judgment will not consume any Stamina and lasts 3s. If Neuvillette's HP is above 50%, he will continuously lose HP while using this attack. Gathering the might of Hydro, Neuvillette plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in his path. Deals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Summons a Raging Waterfall that will deal At certain intervals, when the Raging Waterfall descends, a Spiritbreath Thorn will descend that will pierce opponents, dealing Pneuma-aligned "The law can restrict all manner of crimes, but it cannot extirpate evil itself. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Unleashes waves that will deal "The law is only established after its publication, and above that, the laws of nature have governed all species and eras since ancient times. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passive Skills
 | Gather Like the Tide |
| Increases underwater Sprint SPD for your own party members by 15%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects. |
 | Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority |
| When a party member triggers a Vaporize, Frozen, Electro-Charged, Bloom, Hydro Swirl, or a Hydro Crystallize reaction on opponents, 1 stack of Past Draconic Glories will be granted to Neuvillette for 30s. Max 3 stacks. Past Draconic Glories causes Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment to deal 110%/125%/160% of its original DMG. The stacks of Past Draconic Glories created by each kind of Elemental Reaction exist independently. |
 | Discipline of the Supreme Arbitration |
| For each 1% of Neuvillette's current HP greater than 30% of Max HP, he will gain 0.6% |
Constellations
 | Venerable Institution |
| When Neuvillette takes the field, he will obtain 1 stack of Past Draconic Glories from the Passive Talent "Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority." You must first unlock the Passive Talent "Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority." Additionally, his interruption resistance will be increased while using the Charged Attack Empowerment: Legal Evaluation and the Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment. |
 | Juridical Exhortation |
| The Passive Talent "Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority" will be enhanced: Each stack of Past Draconic Glories will increase the CRIT DMG of Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment by 14%. The maximum increase that can be achieved this way is 42%. You must first unlock the Passive Talent "Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority." |
 | Ancient Postulation |
| Increases the Level of Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
 | Crown of Commiseration |
| When Neuvillette is on the field and is healed, 1 Sourcewater Droplet will be generated. This effect can occur once every 4s. |
 | Axiomatic Judgment |
| Increases the Level of Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
 | Wrathful Recompense |
| When using Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment, Neuvillette can absorb nearby Sourcewater Droplets in an AoE. Each absorbed Droplet will increase the duration of Charged Attack: Equitable Judgment by 1s. Additionally, when Equitable Judgment hits opponents, it will fire off 2 additional currents every 2s, each of which will deal 10% of Neuvillette's Max HP as |
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Quotes
Audio Language:
| Title | VoiceOver |
| Hello | |
| Chat: Trials | |
| Chat: Water Tasting | |
| Chat: Melusines | |
| When It Rains | |
| After the Rain | |
| When Thunder Strikes | * Complete "Cataclysm's Quickening." |
| When It Snows | |
| When the Sun Is Out | |
| In the Desert | |
| Good Morning | |
| Good Afternoon | |
| Good Evening | |
| Good Night | |
| About Neuvillette: Trials | |
| About Neuvillette: The Weeping Hydro Dragon | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Neuvillette: The Meaning of Trials | * Complete "Masquerade of the Guilty" |
| About Us: Witness | * Complete "Masquerade of the Guilty" |
| About Us: The Human World | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| About the Vision: I | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About the Vision: II | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| Something to Share: Laws | |
| Something to Share: Rainy Days | |
| Interesting Things: Vishaps | * Complete "Cataclysm's Quickening." |
| Interesting Things: Humans | |
| About the Geo Archon | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| About the Anemo Archon | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| About the Electro Archon | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| About the Dendro Archon | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| About Wriothesley | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Clorinde | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Lyney and Lynette | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Sigewinne | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Furina | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Navia | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About the Pyro Archon | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| More About Neuvillette: I | |
| More About Neuvillette: II | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 3 |
| More About Neuvillette: III | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| More About Neuvillette: IV | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 5 |
| More About Neuvillette: V | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| Neuvillette's Hobbies | |
| Neuvillette's Troubles | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| Favorite Food | |
| Least Favorite Food | |
| Receiving a Gift: I | |
| Receiving a Gift: II | |
| Receiving a Gift: III | |
| Birthday | |
| Feelings About Ascension: Intro | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 1 |
| Feelings About Ascension: Building Up | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 2 |
| Feelings About Ascension: Climax | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 4 |
| Feelings About Ascension: Conclusion | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 6 |
| Elemental Skill: I | |
| Elemental Skill: II | |
| Elemental Skill: III | |
| Elemental Burst: I | |
| Elemental Burst: II | |
| Elemental Burst: III | |
| Opening Treasure Chest: I | |
| Opening Treasure Chest: II | |
| Opening Treasure Chest: III | |
| Low HP: I | |
| Low HP: II | |
| Low HP: III | |
| Ally at Low HP: I | |
| Ally at Low HP: II | |
| Fallen: I | |
| Fallen: II | |
| Fallen: III | |
| Heavy Hit Taken: I | |
| Heavy Hit Taken: II | |
| Joining Party: I | |
| Joining Party: II | |
| Joining Party: III |
Stories
| Title | Text |
| Character Details | Neuvillette is a solitary person. Fontainians who have tried to get close to him have, without exception, been politely rejected. To this day, no one even knows his first name, since he has always asked that he be referred to by his last name. He believes that close personal ties will lead to suspicions about the justness of one's judgments, while he must remain a symbol of absolute justice. Of course, there will always be people who just won't give up. They will say, "Come now, Monsieur Neuvillette. Not everyone will stand trial, nor will you always have to remain in the judge's seat." But is that really the case? If there is an answer in his heart, Neuvillette will not reveal it. Given enough time, every river will overflow and flood. Every last Fontainian is guilty, with judgment and doom certain to one day fall upon them — this is neither metaphor nor rhetoric. Yet, Neuvillette can share this fact with no one. Truly, he is a lonesome person. |
| Character Story 1 | Neuvillette is not known for his personal desires. Curious members of the public and journalists are wont to seek high and low for him all across Fontaine when he is not sitting in the Chief Justice's seat of judgment. He may sit at a seat for specially invited guests during performances, appear by the shore when the skies are just on the cusp of weeping, or be standing within the shadows cast by the afternoon sun. There was once a time when all believed that he was some kind of demon who existed solely to preside over trials and judge, forcing him to clarify that... Well, the gist of it was "to bear witness and judge is my great honor, but I am not a trial aficionado. Iudex is simply one of the hats I wear, and my time as a judge is but one phase of my life." This successful clarification led him out of the frying pan, and into the fire, as they say, with still more troublesome rumors emerging — "Shocking News! Neuvillette Claims 'Iudex' to be 'Springboard' Post! Unspeakable Plans Next; Where Will His Ambition End?" As for the new rumors, Neuvillette paid them no heed. Perhaps they were, in fact, right on the Mora, and he simply did not correct them out of principle? No one knows. Neuvillette is also not much of a drinker, nor does he like Fonta — indeed, he has never even been known to have given any sincere praise to the local chefs' most renowned dishes. This has led people to suspect that his lack of consumptive desire might come down to him simply not having a sense of taste. His response was to organize a water-tasting salon party, at which all were gobsmacked by the wide variety of flavors water from different regions could possess and floored by the Iudex's most refined tastes. Of course, the amount of authenticity present in such interactions cannot be known. But whatever the case, Neuvillette really is devoid of selfish want. * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 2 |
| Character Story 2 | Neuvillette is a just person. If not for that quality, he probably would not have been qualified to serve as the Iudex in the first place. To the children, the job of the man in the judge's seat is nothing more than wearing a wig, maintaining order in the court, and being the Oratrice's messenger pigeon. In truth, however, there are many administrative affairs that he must handle in private to keep the justice system up and running. Due to certain historical and traditional legacies in Fontaine, the Iudex also has the right to prosecute, as well as the power to enforce the law in person. This was originally intended to make it easier to maintain law and order during chaotic times, but as the system became further refined, this rule, which represented the spirit of the pioneer far more than that of the law, became maintained only symbolically. When the Iudex investigates a case or serves as the prosecutor, they must recuse themselves as judge, and have someone else take the seat. And in the few instances where he has personally investigated cases, Neuvillette has unerringly followed this rule. One thing to note is that he has been the only Iudex in the land for a very long time, so much so that people often speculate that he must have been given an unimaginably long life due to divine favor. As such, it is well that he is nothing if not fair-minded, or such an extensive term would surely lead to problems someday. As to what he is precisely — a familiar of the Hydro Archon, or a mysterious Hydro elemental creature, perhaps — there are a great many opinions, though Neuvillette has never once commented on such talk. Indeed, he is a person most impartial. * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 3 |
| Character Story 3 | Due to a variety of reasons, Fontaine's legal codices retain all manner of odd articles from days past. Neuvillette himself contributed this clause: "A Melusine shall be addressed as 'she,' rather than 'it,' for they are people too." This might look strange on its face, but the more one considers it, the more it makes sense. After all, Melusines have been found all over Fontaine since near-modern times, and fighting for equal rights for them beginning with terms of address sent a powerful signal. Indeed, Fontainians have noticed that Neuvillette displays different amounts of warmth toward Melusines and humans. Most regard this as the understated goodness in his heart having found an outlet, becoming the love of a father. Oddly enough, this one only gets stranger the more one knows about Neuvillette. For he is the Hydro Dragon, and in this capacity, he regards Melusines as dependents and successors, and also as the finest example of a new sort of Hydro Vishap species. Yet he is also the destroyer of the present order, the one who shall judge all gods, and the foe of humanity. So why, then, did he secure human rights for the Melusines? You alone could ask him this question, and this was his reply: "It wasn't up to me. Melusines simply prefer being around humans, that's all." * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| Character Story 4 | Neuvillette has always favored rainy days over sunny ones, as the moisture-laden air helps him relax. However, it has been a long time since he last delighted in standing under the rain. It seems that from the time he chose to walk alongside Fontaine, he began to play the role of a strictly law-abiding normal person. Of course, normal people would not walk through the rain without an umbrella, allowing the rain to drench their hair. It is worth mentioning that the role of Chief Justice is as much his true self as the Hydro Dragon is his essence. Only the role of "normal human" is one he must play. It was in their solitude and guilt that humans invented a god to judge them, and in their greed and guilt that they created a god to save them. And with that god no longer present, it falls to Neuvillette to fulfill such expectations. He has pardoned humanity, and has regained his original form. Now, he can finally walk in the rain and enjoy it. Indeed, he did do exactly this, and standing in the rain, he gazed into the distance, reminiscing about that day, so long ago, when he had received that letter. Yes, a letter had found its way to him by some unknown means. The name of the recipient had been left blank, with the text only addressing him bluntly as "you." A special you. A unique you. Neuvillette was not opposed to such a manner, but neither did he approve of it. He felt, vaguely, that the powers-that-be of the present world had no real right to judge him so. He knew that this letter had been written by the Archon Focalors, who was inviting him to come and see Fontaine, claiming "I shall leave you a seat with the best view in the greatest theater." Later, he would indeed come to receive that very seat — in the middle of the front row of the Opera Epiclese on the island known as Erinnyes. He would watch all manner of performances there, and the view was indeed excellent, just as Focalors had claimed. What happened later was not made public knowledge. In all likelihood, the people had no way of understanding what it meant that the throne was shattered, or how the power of water was fully restored to its original owner. As to their being pardoned, and why they had to be forgiven in the first place, that was an even broader and more complex tale. And thus did the curtain fall — Fontaine witnessed a happy ending to the greatest drama in history. Or was it? A happy ending, that is. It was then that Neuvillette understood that the "seat" mentioned in the letter was not merely a chair in an opera house. Focalors — or Furina, he should say — had given up her seat in the audience, come onstage alone, and become the heroine of the drama. There were only ever a fixed number of seats, and for one to sit down, was for another to depart. That letter had been an invitation, issued several centuries in advance. Well, Hydro Dragon? How do you feel about becoming a member of the human audience? Are you enjoying this human drama? * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 5 |
| Character Story 5 | One as great as he should have no need for a constellation to shine over him. After all, "fate" is merely the manner in which the present ruler of this world plays with living beings. Now that he has obtained one part of seven of the authority over the mortal realm, and reforged the throne and title of a "Fully Fledged Dragon," he is one strong enough to equal and rival "the human realm," and logic would dictate that he need not subscribe to this system known as "fate." He can see, in the skies of destiny, how many stars contend with one another, creating a complicated, fragile world. He did not initially care much about such, for the puppet strings glossed as "divine rules" would one day be burned away by the fires of judgment. But he too was taken in by certain pleasing rhetoric. "In that case, why don't you just watch over the Fontainians? They were born from the Primordial Sea, after all. That makes them part of this planet's native life, too, and a form of life that requires your care." He would never admit that he himself had become quite fascinated with the joys and sorrows of humanity. Was it not so, he would argue, that humans find their gaze stolen by the ripples from falling raindrops in puddles? And could it not be, he would explain, that King Nibelung had been wrong, and that the black void could only be opposed if all life were to band together as one? Thus did he, in the end, come into his own "fate." The skies had left a special, ennobled place for him, one reserved for the overseers and those who could defy the world itself — that of his own reflection. —Of course, he was born in the form of a human. But why, then, is his constellation the image of the great leviathan? Well, this leads us to a more mundane explanation for the situation, one quite separate from grave matters of the world's fate: As the one named "Neuvillette," he would often be roped by Melusines (especially Sigewinne) into a bit of astrology via The Steambird's constellation columns or astrology guides from Sumeru. Would it really do, at that point, to tell them that he "didn't have a constellation" or that his own constellation was just "Neuvillette"? * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| A Fontainian Nursery Rhyme | "Hydro Dragon, Hydro Dragon, don't cry." No one knows who composed this children's song, or when, but it has organically spread throughout Fontaine all the same. Neuvillette has been somewhat perplexed by this. No matter how much time he has spent with Fontainians or how much they've been through together, he still cannot quite put a finger on how people view the real him — or that is to say, the Hydro Dragon. In addition to commanding the power of Hydro, the Hydro Dragon also had mastery over the sea that was the source of life. Before any outside life forms were ever created, all life on this planet traced its origins to the Primordial Sea. Indeed, those placid waters were worthy of the title of "birthing waters" or "amniotic fluid" given by those who came after. And the Hydro Dragon could, in turn, be regarded as this planet's original "God of Life." Neuvillette knows all this, of course, just like he knows that all rivers meet again in the great ocean. These birthing waters might not be of any special importance to humans, but for Neuvillette, he can differentiate every drop, every minute memory. He still remembers the foreign usurper appointing their own "God of Life" to order the living. He still remembers how the usurper had made "her" to suppress the original vital force of this planet. And of course, he also knows how "she" came to commit the original sin... Having considered all this, Neuvillette decided, then, that whoever had penned that rhyme, as well as the Fontainians who came to believe in it, must not have known the Hydro Dragon all that well, considering that they thought the Hydro Dragon could cry. What did they take said Dragon for, some sort of bleeding heart who grieved for humans and the heavens alike? * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| Vision | Neuvillette does not need a Vision to manipulate the elements. However, there were some things he learned only after regaining his complete form: Severely wounded in the great war of vengeance, the usurper had their functions ruined, and could no longer use their absolute authority to suppress the original order of this world. To continue to subdue and control the resentments and loathing of the world, the usurper and one who came after created the Gnoses together. So it came to be that an order was made to be upheld, and thus did humans come to only possess these seven remembrances, and all fragments of the primordial were driven to devour each other. From that day on, whenever a person's wishes reached the heavens, the seven overseers of the material realm were duty-bound to grant them a gift. Though they might know nothing of who or what wish had stepped into the threshold of the sacred, the Seven Archons still had to impart a shattered shard of their mastery to that person. And when one so gifted completed their duty... the gift the gods would receive in return would be more abundant still. Neuvillette obeys no edict from the heavens, but he does acknowledge human will. So he too set aside parts of himself, as like unto the dragon-treasure hoards of old, awaiting valiant humans to come and claim them. * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
734 responses to “Neuvillette”
Just wondering if Tullaytullah Remembrance works well with Neuvillette
If they nerf him he will be garbage
No he won’t lmao. Alhaitham was in a similar position prerelease where he was insanely strong and people lost their minds when Hoyo nerfed him, but in the end he still ended up being S tier because he was already so strong to begin with. Right now Neu looks even better, and if they nerf him he’ll still be one of the best DPS units in the game. Even more so because he’s Hydro and Hydro as an element is busted.
*eagerly waiting for someone doing “interNEUtional” upon his banner
C3 gives levels to NAs?? we could have a character with lvl 13 NAs?? damn
Lyney also has +3lvl to NAs
lyney, freminet and wriothesley have that constellation too
its too unfair to the other chars who mainly rely on their NA/CA especially ganyu and yoimiya
ganyu c0 deals the same CA damage as c6 and yoimiya’s burst is pretty trash i dont see the point giving her burst +3 on her cons same with ganyu her +3 on her E couldve been just +3 NA
I really hope neuvillete can survive the nerfs.
this character looks pretty strong on his own, he doesn’t need other units to shine and that’s pretty rare in hoyoverse. Sure, the Focalors will most likely be played together, but if he can make this character even better, he’ll be really strong.
honestly he’s in a pretty odd position. He’s an all rounder that doesn’t need specific teams to work, but the downside of this is that none of his teams are busted or broken. He has really high scalings so his vape-able attacks do really high damage, but the game in general lacks HP supports, other than hydro resonance and yelan C4. Meaning that his higher scalings are justified and that his damage is about in line with most other units in game- or just a bit stronger than them.
I also haven’t been able to think of a unique team for him – hes pretty similar to ayato, but ayato has his burst, while neuvillette has higher scalings.
I’m also curious as to what they’re going to do with focalors, and how she will work with neuvillette.
ok I take back what i said about his damage, its a fair bit better than i gave it credit.
i did some napkin math, so with
HP/DMG/CR
The Event Catalyst, with 3 stacks applied
65%CD, 25%CR, 20%HP in substats,
hydro resonance,
hunter artifact set,
8 hits with CA,
kazuha on team,
HP above 80%
he can do about 50k DPS with his CA. So a rotation with 3 CAs lasting 12 sec total will do around 600k damage.
This is just his own damage as well, in a team like national he will be a very strong character (assuming he can keep up with xiangling).
This is with a decent amount of crit from substats, but not an unreasonable amount.
But this is just napkin math so its very possible i made a mistake. I am also hoping he can survive the nerfs.
Another team he could use is him with Raiden, Kokomi, and Kazuha. Not sure how good his damage will be then since there won’t be vape, but Raiden or Fischl whoever’s used will be able to do enough reactions for his charge attack buff passive, while Kokomi gives him more max hp and helps keep him over 80% hopefully, while Kazuha buffs his damage
I think a hyperbloom team might be more suitable for Neuvillette. Dehya’s got an overload burgeon team that takes both Kuki and Dehya, but replacing Ayato with Neuvillette may grant neuvillette all the Draconic Glories stacks he needs. If we instead have Xiangling, you’re getting more reactions with a monstrous AoE of pyro than a confined space of slower pyro app, which doesn’t let you finely tune towards hydro reactions like electro charged over overload, hydro swirl over pyro swirl, and bloom over burning. Dehya will have the opportunity to vape, but not steal any of Neuvillette’s thunder since Neuvillette’s the one to electro charged, not Dehya overloading to oblivion, and to have bloom over burning.
I can absolutely see Kazuha in a dragon soup team. Raiden’s an interesting choice but Em Raiden makes a lot more sense. Raiden will only have assisted hydro app from Kokomi and Kazuha. But if you want to keep him over 80% and get 3 stacks of Draconic Glories, may I introduce you to Baizhu. IR? Check. Healing enough to stay over 80%? Check. Enabling 3 hydro reactions to take place? Check. The salad team is Baizhu, Neuvillette, Kazuha, Fischl. Baizhu:Healer, slow bloom production, Ir. Neuvillette: Driver, hydro DPS, a cannon. Kazuha: Hydro swirl, CC, VV shredder, dmg bonus. Fischl: Electro-charged and quicken, off field dps (especially with Golden Troupe), energy.
Sure, Kokomi is a good sub but where oh where is your interruption resistance? It ain’t enough to be without a shield at C0. Just getting hit once will cut the CA short.
So, isn’t Neuvillette an inverse Hu Tao? Opposite elements yet plays like Hu Tao and even the same value of Max HP. Neuvillette’s dmg bonus ascension is based off the same 30% HP that it costs to use Hu Tao’s skill. Hu Tao wants to play at 50% max Hp or below. Neuvillette’s CA stops his HP drain at 50% max HP. Yet the dmg bonus passives are opposites. Hu Tao gains 33% pyro dmg bonus below 50% max Hp. Then Neuvillette gains a max of 30% hydro dmg bonus at 80% of max Hp or above.
So doesn’t that mean that Baizhu found a real job as a shield-healer? I know his shield is actually just an IR film, but it will still provide IR for Neuvillette plus it will heal him. Otherwise, you’re gonna have to play Zhongli and a healer besides him. I called it when I said we will have to have interruption resistance and a healer, yet people said I was coping.
So, with the inverse Hu tao, would he be better in national or a hyperbloom team? National keeps him from getting 3 Draconic Glories which is better than having an atk buff and dead pyro resonance for the star of the show, Neuvillette. If it were me, I think the reactions you’d have for Neuvillette are the soup reactions- Hydro swirl, electro-charged, and vaporize or bloom.
A. Hydro swirl is covered for with Kazuha or even Jean, with her healing of Dandelion Field.
B. Electro charged is covered for with Fischl, especially on Golden Troupe, or a high ER Beidou, who will provide IR through her Burst.
C. For vaporize, unfortunately, you’d give up a third reaction running Xiangling unless super high ER and on ER weapon, or you’d run with Dehya or just Bennett pyro swirl from Kazuha.
D. As for bloom, you could perhaps run with Nahida, but I’m thinking Baizhu or Yaoyao will be preferred- Baizhu for overpowered healing to keep Neuvillette at 80+% max Hp and once per 2.5s IR, or Yaoyao to compete against the depletion of HP, but it also causes a loss of dendro app, so it’s likely Baizhu for defense and Nahida on offense.
Neuvillette’s teams appear to run a pretty high ER requirement. You have national team for Neuvillette but Neuvillette’s not pretty cheap for managing his rotation. He has that 70 cost burst and produces 4 hydro particles, just like Yelan. You’ll need to sacrifice DPS for energy via Prototype Amber, and as a solo hydro, likely running as much ER as Yelan, or slightly less due to having on-field presence. There is also Beidou as competitor as a companion, who is also energy hungry so her own Atk stat falls short and beidou triggers Burst off of CA and gives IR so she is a highly contested associate. She will probably be running Fav or running hard on ER with ER sands and ofc Emblem as usual. Ofc, it is compensated with bennett and then Kazuha, so you have a soup team there.
The other thing is that we also lack a roster for CA-synergistic hydro batteries. XIngqiu doesn’t synergize with Neuvillette as someone who prays and sprays without doing any NA, so Xingqiu’s hydro app runs flat. Same with Yelan. My best bet is HMC. He sucks for sure, but as someone who with crit circlet and Marechaussee hunter set alone, has a remarkably high crit rate with no substats involved. We are looking at 67 crit rate for someone with a solid 6s of on-field presence. That plus HMC producing 3.33 repeating hydro particles as well as 4 Sourcewater droplets, of which can be used interchangeably between Neuv and HMC themselves, makes HMC a weird but suitable hydro battery for Neuv, with the issue of dropped team dps and instances where Fav proccs and HMC collects it instead, as well as missing 3rd hydro reaction.
Neuvillette is an interesting character, one that gives up to gain another thing. You gain flexibility, but you lose on stronger CA damage. He is also the type that wants healing and IR both. Just the fact that C1 grants IR means that the issue came across Hoyo game designer’s minds in his development. Neuvillette is likely our very first TRUE hydro DPS. Childe and Ayato are runner-ups but never taking an obvious majority of team damage. So Neuvillette really is a soup DPS but maybe an electro-charged vape team DPS as well.
so tell me, if his kamehameha is like a continuum, how its crit rate is calculated?
Each individual hit. I can’t think any multi-hit in the game where one crit means they all crit.
so if you miss the initial crit, the whole kamehameha is non crit? hm that could be fine but…
No it’ll work the same way every other skill in the game does.
Every individual hit to every individual enemy will be calculated separately.
Laugh at the META and proceed to build him FULL EM for the world most notorious NNNN team Neuv, Nahida, Nilou, Naizhu
LMAO
i was about to say ‘Gigabased’ replacing the first letter with N but i don’t think that’d be a good idea
This guy genshins
Honestly, He looks really fun! Unfortunately he looks like a pain to build.
He wants 4 main stats:
ER, HP, CR & Cdmg
If he uses MH for CR & his Signature he’s fine. Prototype Amber can replace it, but then you have no Cdmg unless you have lucky rolls.
You could use Rosaria for Crit and HP artifact sets like ToM and VG, but there are no good Cdmg options aside from his sig…
I’m spitballing here, but I think the best options would be MH + PAmber / sig, 2pcTom+2pcVg + Rosaria/Lost Prayer/Kagura?
Honestly I’m a psuedo-wannabe theorycrafter lol
What do y’all think?
i don’t think it’s as difficult as you make it out to be. it’s like building hu tao, she wants hp, EM, cr and cdmg. pretty typical for character to want two of the big stats and a crit ratio. i do agree that amber will be a good choice tho
the thing with hutao tho, em contributes directly to her dmg numbers where sacrificing an er sands/roles drops dmg numbers. its harder in that you need to reach a sweet spot of er to not lose out on too much dmg.
Its construction is not difficult, I would say that it is very easy.
He doesn’t need critical chance, because the new set of artifacts and a battle pass catalyst, for example, give him enough critical chance.
Your energy needs are not as high as you think, nothing that some auctions cannot solve, characters with favonius, etc.
The biggest thing I would look for and focus on is health and critical damage.
His damage multiplier would be appropriate considering the charge time and the time it takes to collect the water drops.
If you nerf him from here without taking that effort into account, you end up with a half-baked character.
I guess he is not ment to be played with charge time. just use burst and skill and you have 3 instant casts. he hits supposedly 8 times with each charge and it does 14,5% hp yelan does 8,8% hp 14×3. so they do around the same damage at a first glance but he has more cvalue thanks to a suitable artifact set and around the same dmg% AND A x1,6 dmg multiplier what is easy to achieve with c1 + aoe. not to forget that yelan is already broken as hell but a single target unit.
yes, I would say it’s pretty likely they nerf him like they did with alheitham. I also hope so otherwise his dmg becomes the standard and all the dps befor him become irrelevant what would suck hard.
I just notice, that C3 increase his normal attack talent instead of E skill. Is this the first time limited character have constellation increasing normal attack talent ? (He really does benefit with normal attack talent level up since his charge attack scale with it after all)
Lyney and Freminet have cons that increase their NA
So does Wriothesley, it’s becoming very common for Fontaine characters.
“C3 increases NA” trend started on Fontaine patch, so expect more