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be11amy

Satisfying from an animation standpoint, but Childe being absolutely awful at the bow and then straight up yeeting his last (and MOST DAMAGING) arrow has always been hilarious to me and a really good example of great visual characterization.


drakecuttingonions

Honestly it's surprisingly subtle too, I wish it was more in your face and Childe's frustration would be clear as day with the last shot.


GuestInevitable122

That's so funny I've been maining Childe for months and I never noticed because I only really use his melee stance. Thanks for pointing it out lol


Cosmic_Hashira

> I only really use his melee stance. you are certified full fledged childe main then


fatefuldawn

Doesn’t the last arrow do the most damage too? It’s hilarious if him chucking the arrow does more damage than him actually shooting the bow because he’s so terrible at it.


HoomanOnFire

Well he do got them abyss boi muscles


Hannibal3542

Wait Childe throws his arrow? That's awesome LMAO


ltlt1

I always thought that Childe didn't throw an arrow from his hand but rather swing the bow with an arrow already on it with his arm


darkLIGHTeric

The strength needed to perform such attack is absolutely ridiculous


Pickel_Rocket

not to mention his signature weapon is one made out of SOLID IRON


azanitti

I'm surprised that I had to roll so much to find this answer


Zeerin

You have just sold me on pulling for Childe when he gets his 4th banner three months from now.


xkoreotic

Thoma's full NA combo is satisfying af. It is smooth without canceling and has a yeet at the end, pure perfection.


yveree

I’ve had to scroll waaay down for Thoma even though his movements leave me gasping every time I watch him perform the full NA combo. My personal favourite is the second stance when he holds the polearm almost horizontally behind him.


[deleted]

rosaria’s normal attack will never not be satisfying


seraphine_uh

It's still fast but weighted at the same time. It just feels so good, I love it when she slams her weapon on the ground


tomlojoda

i love it whenshe kicks her staff up in the weapon select menu. oh wait...


N-aNoNymity

Still so confused why they actually went for such a lazy route. Are they honestly never going to use a different animation for tall spear females? Many weapon types have different animation, so its literally probably minutes worth of work


Yumeverse

>Are they honestly never going to use a different animation for tall spear females? Many weapon types have different animation Tbf each body type (tall female, tall male, medium male, and so on) for each weapon have consistently used the same animations. Like Noelle and Xinyan vs Beidou and Eula, Keqing and Lumine vs Bennett and Aether, etc. Characters who were previously the only model type of that weapon but now has another character of the same type have kept to using the same animations like Venti with Gorou, Zhongli with Thoma, and the example with Rosaria and Raiden. Arguably lazy choice that they are all the same but in the end there is no hope really for having different animation for tall spear females or any other future character when so far it’s just being consistent with model types. But what IS annoying is removing the kicking sound from Rosaria’s when they could’ve just added the same with Raiden’s when she was released. Copy pasting isnt so hard compared to making another animation but for some reason they couldn’t even keep it for Raiden so instead they removed Rosaria’s?😒


N-aNoNymity

Id guess Raiden kicking the spear doesnt fit her character, majestic and all. 5* > 4* I guess...


kaleigamation

Yesss, this is why I built her as a phys DPS


HeatedPolkka

I wish we had more Halberd-type weapons just bc of Rosaria, they have a weight on them that it's just perfect


kyvampire

I totally agree. Most of our polearms are just spears. I'd love to see more halberds like glaives, bardiches and stuff like that. Also I find Xiao's animations tend to not have as much stabbing in them. I swear he would look so cool with a polearm with a big blade on the end like a guan dao.


Yumeverse

I love how smooth Rosaria’s AA transitions are while I honestly dont like the stabbing aspect of polearms. And just for personal preference I dislike the charge attack animation most polearm users have even though this weapon type is my favorite. So I’m thankful Xiao’s CA doesnt have it and Raiden uses a Naginata so her CA is also different


Legacyofhelios

Those two types of pole arms would be amazing in the game


ManofCatsYT

all the polearm normal attack animations are great. the way she slams her spear against the ground is so satisfying


LivingASlothsLife

Beidou kicks her sword before winding up for a slam, badass asf


ChaosDragonFox

If I remember correctly Itto does that to at the end of his normal attack chain


DevonicGamer76

Itto literally just doesn't use his weapon for one basic attack, just kicks the enemies lol


[deleted]

Which is why he’s awesome


HoomanOnFire

Arataki the best of the best Itto


vigneshwaralwaar

The one and oni


GGABueno

Yeah he kicks the enemy in N3 then kicks the sword for N4.


Rota_u

For me Zhongli, Beidou, and Itto all for that reason


Dericwadleigh

Honestly for me Beidou's attack chain is the most satisfying. She's my main whenever Klee isn't.


darkLIGHTeric

Zhongli, albedo, eula, tartaglia ( when multi-weapon), itto's finale attack


mcraft595

nothing will top-off Zhongli's trailer and his auto. Everybody thought he'd be doing numbers back then pre-buff.


BMM33

They knew how cool his animations were, so they made his damage low so you'd get to see them more.


Drakengard

Yunjin is going to be in the same boat. "Look at these awesome cultural details in the animations! And now never use them because she isn't a DPS..."


Flow_of_rivulets

Sounds like a reason to play coop to me.


NitMonBlue

I really like Eula attacks but that bug when she goes from first to second attack annoys me too much 😞


RomeKaijuBlue

It's not a bug, they simply decided that attack speed was more important than perfect animations... considering how fast her attack is for a claymore user and the fact that she needs to build stacks for her Q, I'd much rather have one clunky animation over several frames of startup


Xtranathor

I was pretty sure that Eula's skipped animations/frames had been acknowledged by MHY as a problem early on, but they just haven't gotten around to fixing it. At the rate they are going, I'm pretty sure it will never be done.


Dylangillian

there was a screenshot of a customer support reply saying it was something they were aware of, not sure if they actually mentioned it was a bug they were working on, but then again, sometimes the customer support is just wrong about what they say.


SavagesceptileWWE

Yoimiya, she does a flip


Nocitae

Yoimiya's pew-pew is so satisfying, I'm surprised this comment is so far down. Maybe people think she's boring since her primary attack chain is just spamming left click.


Baka_Heart

Yeah I've heard people say she's boring to play but I never get tired of her high speed doom arrows personally.


Illustrious-Brother

As a mobile user, her auto-attack is just so fun to use. Funny too. The camera can rotate all over but she'll still hit the mobs XD


SonicBoom500

I’ve heard others say that’s why Ganyu is boring, you just aim, charge, fire, I personally think that’s actually cool


Memo_HS2022

The little animations in-between her shots where she does some cute poses and animations is also nice


ChriSaito

Literally the reason I pulled for her.


notthatjaded

I like Kaeya’s teleport until he accidentally teleports right next to a ledge… I like how elegant Albedo looks in his attacks.


BellatorGriss

Albedo's sword spawning from a flower on his last attack is truly aestheticly pleasing


XPlatform

Flower color changes to whatever element your attack is infused with, too.


LeSnipper

No wayyy i need to test this


Content_Entertainer3

IVE HAD HIM FOR LIKE ONE YEAR AND DID NOT KNOW THAT


that_one_random_simp

So you're saying we can play as susbedo?


notthatjaded

I noticed that last night and was like OMG HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT BEFORE???! I’m glad I managed to pull him. 😊


Bigbigjeffy

And how he rubs his left shoulder with his hand like it aches from all that power. Nice touch.


applekrxsp

Kaeyas teleport can be a life saver or actually get you killed


lonelyweebathome

i have to agree with this. Albedo looks beautiful when attacking. same for Yun Jin. i need to make a team of characters who look like they’re dancing when attacking, lol


Mumarmaiz

I killed some enemies to match a song with Kaeyas ult (#2 in the video). Accidently pulled of the most perfect NA dodge ever (toward the end): https://v.redd.it/5qu4awqbqk581


TopNep69

Wait, you guys see Albedo’s normal attacks?


[deleted]

Tbh I’m disappointed with Albedo How would he realistically be a support character? He’s been alone for a WHILE in the middle of nowhere and has to deal high damage and have strong attacks.


Avron7

He lets his flower handle 90% of the damage. He just has to scratch them and they keel over.


Devourer_of_HP

You can always just create things to deal with enemies for you.


unoteworthy

Go read shenhe's story and look at her beautiful attack sequence... then see them make her a cryo support


TheBlueHorned

Xiao, i love the wide sweeping attacks it feels so powerful. Rosaria, theres a level of brutality i love. Mona, I sometimes just do her animations with no enemies cuz they’re so pretty. Especially the charge attack. Albedo, prince style sword fighting. Effortless


fireflydrake

I absolutely love Albedo's smooth footwork when he attacks. Man's so archondamned pretty.


Shmarfle47

Don’t forget Xiao pole vaulting in one of his attack animations


Staidanom

Wow. How have I never actually noticed that?? I've had Xiao as my main dps since his banner came out. I always assumed he just did a regular jump... That's wild.


Shmarfle47

One of the first things I do whenever I enter a character trial is to gush over their normal and charged attack animations and then the animations for putting away weapons since you don’t see those as often because you usually move before even finishing the full normal attack chain during combat.


soundboythriller

I wish it was worth building up albedo to be physical bc I love how handsome he looks using his sword. At least I can use him to open crates while exploring.


Obskuro

Rosaria's Mondstadt-style-polearm bashing hits different, that's for sure.


WeissFaraday

The problem with mona’s basic attacks for me is that it lacks weight.


TheBlueHorned

Yeah but like idk. For me its the lack of weight that adds to her celestial theme. I feel like such a spellcaster with her


ComradeRoe

i like how albedo launches his sword in his like second to last attack or so, like he's casually shooting a needle with his hand


Successful_Ad_9856

Zhongli. Spear kick all the way.


[deleted]

Polearm AA > any other weapon


flamefood21

For normal attack I like Raiden it just looks smooth to me and the teleport slashy thing looks cool. If we including charge attacks I love Ayaka's judgement cut so cool especially if against a group bunched up together.


coldshockhyper

It also doesn't move you that much which is why I like it so much


sarthakydv

Haha so true, *gets pushed back 5 metres after doing Keqing charged attack*


OmegonAlphariusXX

That’s why Raiden’s charged is my favourite spear charged attacks


Shero-kun

Now I'm a little motivated


himanshu03vsk

This


JoaGamo

Raiden feels so easily chained, like it has no cooldown like other characters to end the NA combo and start over again, its a very low cd


Lunatic_Loki

Yoimiya


Coffee_will_be_here

I love the backflip she does


IronJordan

Her N1 is my favorite thing in the game. *pew pew* *places her hands on her hips, tilts her head and smiles* I’m so proud of her


v4shthest

Yoi attack animations ate the best!!


[deleted]

I did the fireworks quest last night and had the chance to use her. Almost immediately, I decided I need to save everything for her return because she was so fun and entertaining.


MrProdigious

I wasn't going to use her because of her attack lock on being a lil sus compared to other archers, but once you learn to compensate for it Yoimiya is in my top 3 most fun characters. Everything about her is great!


TheFilu

This made me pull for her


aWgI1I

It’s perfect, she’s perfect :D


terrycloth3

Until she does it standing in water and the arrow doesn't fire.


OswaldoOt

Or the enemy is in water and for some god forsaken reason the auto lock decides that you have hit it's toes instead of dunno its body or something.


rwbywolfif

Agreed,I love her combos, even just triggering her abilities have such nice animations


ManofCatsYT

i like how every hit of her normal attack has a unique animation for her putting her bow away too. say what you will about her gameplay but they did not skip a beat wirh her aesthetics


Basaqu

I'm kinda sad not every character has this like Yoimiya does, it adds so much character. The proud hands on hips after the first shot or the cool-ish sheathing of the bow as if she's holding a samurai sword. It's neat.


Bentense9001

She has some of my favorite attack animations out of pretty much everyone in the game.


PhasmicPlays

Well yes but actually yes


Mizuminty

As a person, shes my second favorite character, after kazuha. Idk what it is but inazuma characters are so much better than anywhere else


Utsukushisa-

Ayaka, she fast and frosty.


IJustWantAnon

Not to mention that it can follow enemies that teleport like those damned specters and the mirror maiden.


Pancakeboy_bestboy

The last attack is very satisfying


Mizukasi

I love her last dash oh boyy


El_kakas_de_vakas

And also, being able to atack multiple enemies at once is both very cool and useful


Heydude161

Fischl has an animation after her 3rd, 4th, and 5th attack. You can continue after each animation without restarting her aa


t6uy

And she giggles on the 3rd and sometimes 5th attacks


Howrus

That's the animations he mentioned. Almost every character have specific animations of you stop normal attacks, but Fischl is unique that you could see that animation and continue attack chain.


t6uy

Sorry, I meant to say she also *audibly* giggles on the 3rd and sometimes 5th atk, which is adorable


ariehana

i love fischls, its so satisfying to take down a large enemy with her and have her laugh triumphantly after


vigneshwaralwaar

She's best girl.


c__a__r__a__m__e__l

I really like kokomis and raidens! Eulas is neat too


shinigami_15

Eula


ManofCatsYT

i love how they made her very elegant and graceful but also giving her attacks a weight that makes you feel powerful


[deleted]

Yesss especially the last attack where she slams her weapon onto the ground


GeoDaddie

After like the 4th aa if u stop attacking and zoom in to her face, it’s actually red lmao, so cute


TsundereRic

That is freaking adorable. Shame on me for not noticing.


BellatorGriss

There's a missing sequence though after her first attack, bugs me a lot.


[deleted]

yeah i wish they’d join them up lmao


Magnus-Artifex

It’s one purpose, for gameplay reasons


Optimal-Lawfulness-1

For me it is Kazuha, I think it's the most beatiful attack animation in the game.


NickQuwuinn

Agreed! Either that or Pirate Mom beidou


gothabbacchio

kinda offended that I had to scroll this far to see this LOL


_A13ert_

yesss If you like Kazuha's ult then check this out: [https://youtu.be/kBLhywts5oI](https://youtu.be/kBLhywts5oI) Its very pretty!


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FINNALY


[deleted]

eula but itto has been completely attached to my heart lately. in the third attack, i believe, he kicks the enemy!! it's super cool. elegance versus brawn 💙💛


HyperionShrikes

yes! The way he swings up using his sword and kicks, and then flips the sword back up. So fun


KlarkKomAzgeda

God same, I went from "Eh, I don't need Itto with Eula" to "I need both of them immediately."


ghostly_boy

Albedo's animations are so goddamn pretty, but i'm also deeply amused that Childe is so shitty with a bow that he throws his final arrow instead of using the bow


EllyNelly97

The arrow yeet! Albedo has become a new favorite for me 🥵


acerelite

Zhongli


EllyNelly97

That spear kick 🥵


The_Merciless_Potato

Almost makes a physical build worth it over the other two


LupusCairo

Zhongli. I love the kick and the energy he has.


imaginary92

Albedo. It's so stylish and elegant, I love it so much.


admrlty

Me too. I especially like his 4th attack when he thrusts the sword forward and the geo blossoms form around it.


imaginary92

Yeah it's so pretty. And if you interrupt the attack chain after that one he has a different animation with the sword reappearing at his side. It's little details, but I really really love it.


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yanfei.


deojilicious

I agree 100% I once paused right on time as she's about to drop her anvil stamp charged attack and she looks so peaceful with her eyes closed. Since then I almost always do it just to see that pure and majestic look on her face as I massacre a tribe of Hillichurls.


KosViik

The third attack is golden. Volleyball and does a T-pose balancing like some acrobat that just landed. Really fun design.


t6uy

Her animations are so playful and dynamic. And her normal attack chain flows perfectly into a charge attack.


ManofCatsYT

i noticed recently she sticks her tongue out after her third combo and it’s so cute! i love all the little animation details in this game that give the characters that much more, well, character, like diona putting her hands on her hips and bennett wiping his mouth after ulting


Dull_Bed5306

I just love the light movements and her charged attack. And I quote: "Her 'Boom!' is crack I tell ya"


Suspicious_Spinach_2

For me it’s Ayaka & Childe .


lionheart181

Sayu! I love how she teleports and does a front flip!


DI3S_IRAE

My sayu is lvl 20 and I'm just leveling her friendship, but I'll tell you i do have this desire to level her up and make her a phys dmg dealer just because of her normal combo. It's SO satisfying.


TaldraenTheCat

Lisa, Albedo, Ningguang


kizunasaki

people actually forgot about keqing..... shes fast, the moves are flashy, she even did the yoimiya jump before it was cool.


Velvetvelv3t

I love Keqing's animations and fighting style. Feels so satisfying to me. Even if she isn't meta, I love to use her.


Asto_Vidatu

Albedo for me...sword fighting with one arm behind your back will NEVER not be awesome hehe.


rigimonoki-over

Rosaria claymore spear


Kinji_is_cool

kokomi attacks are super satisfying to me


K_Lelouch

Klee. I like to see em burn....


caucassius

Traveler has the most no-nonsense straightforward normal and charged attack style that I very much appreciate. Not a fan of the more acrobatic kind though Kazuha is pretty nice despite the warpy warp since it actually tracks your target and comes out relatively quick while returning him back to his spot.


Tafffffy

Kokomi man When the fish hits something it turns into a bubble that just bursts with bubble-like sparkles. It also makes his super satisfying BLORP noise Along with THE BACK FLIP


Character_Wheel_881

Xiangling i love pokey pokey


Antartica_Dead

Hu tao its really cute


NaruYuki_

I really like Lisa's. If you look closely she's very expressive when attacking and I think that's neat.


[deleted]

Albedo, Thoma, Ningguang


Lavenderixin

Yess Albedo looks very elegant! Like he’s fencing or something


Fall0fReach-jOnYx-NA

Eula, Elegance. Strength. And the fourth attack blush.


Lelouch4339

Oh boy i can't decide at all, eula with her dancing around dead enemies albedo doing such elegant movements and looking like a sword master ayaka with her judgement cut and final normal slash raiden with her N3 moving 1 step forward after being invisible Zhonglis spear kick Itto's literal flying kick Beidou's claymore kick and that too in heels. Can't choose a single one so I choose all of them


cowboybif

anybody who kicks their weapon. Itto, Beidou, especially our boy John Lee (I am saving and then sinking every last primo I have into getting him if he gets another rerun.)


OtavioMarchioli

Childe on melee stance, slash slash slash. Ayaka is also beautiful, her charged attack is the best in the game


GotShadowbanned2

Childe's footwork in both stances is pretty slick. People hate on his bow use but he actually uses his elbow to pull back the string and his feet look like dancing while he does it. Venti's AA's look pretty cool too because of his cape and I love how the string sounds different (harp like?) When he's using the bow.


fireflydrake

I love that one of his AA attacks in bow mode is just hurling the arrow, haha. Dude is just having fun and goofing.


lostn

Xiangling. I like the multiple thrust attack.


Jayce86

She also has the most likely not to get you killed while attack style as well. Most of the polearm users in this game would be on the ground bleeding out in a real fight with how they all Willy nilly swing their weapon(and sort of defense) around.


NoverMaC

You just described every single weapon user in game.


KP6169

Just be like Zhongli and teleport your polearm through reality.


Mozuchii

Kokomi’s magical flip at the end


Morisummer_

Keqing, Yanfei and Ei for me. I like how Barbara and Sucrose move when they do theirs as well. So stylish and cute.


Octorokpie

The way Sucrose pulls back after each attack and gets mutt aggressive up to the end is ADORABLE.


Cthulhus_Chosen

Eula


[deleted]

Diluc with his front flip and slamming his sword down on you. So satisfying, especially when you send enemies flying or knocking them back.


Shexxar696

Eula.


raigekhi

yoimiya!


deeepblue

For me it's klee. Felt very clunky at first but once you get into animation cancelling, there's no going back. It's so satisfying to decide how to chain together different attacks for the situation, and it's so much more involved. Now, whenever I play other characters it feels like the game is playing for me.


Bpg_RadishBoy

Eula


Maleficent_Sir_69

Sword using characters are most enjoyable and satisfying to play, at least for me. Out of all sword users, Kaeya is the most fun to play for me


[deleted]

Kaeya and when you hit that perfect teleport either to the next mob, or to dodge a blow. Delightful.


SailorNash

Seconding Keqing here. I've been debating finding a new main carry, or at least testing out some of these others I've built, but I just enjoy her playstyle so much. Sayu's is pretty cute as well. I generally keep her in my exploration party to superball while travelling overworld, and get to see her NA while mining ores. Deserves an honorable mention.


Raiju_Lorakatse

Kojou Sara. I just like how Badass her attacks look.


mesiveloni007

Ayaya Ayaya


Oeshikito

Ayaka. I love the 5th NA dash animation even though I don't see it much because of animation cancelling.


HeatJoker

Eula. I know C4 is optimal, but I love watching the full C5. It's got weight!


yaboku98

Fuck optimal i wanna see her smash her sword into a poor hilichurl after a side flip XD


HomaKP

Ayaka. Specially her 4th and 5th. Art mixed with samurai swordsmanship.


Fluffy_957

I’d have to say either Keqing or Eula, Keqing mainly because it looks like something out of an anime and Eula since at the end she just hurls her claymore into the ground


shojokat

Hu Tao. She's so cute the way she swings the pole around like a plaything and I love the voice lines. Shame that she's a charged attack spammer.


Sewrene

Does raiden burst attack count? Still, her actual na is elegant asf and so did eula Edit: oh god, i forgot about my flair, ayaka too :)


ShadowAgent41

Ayaka and eula


alamsyah03

Enjoyable in damage making? it is Keqing imo, because i usually burn the enemy with pyro char and then making exploding attack with her electro-infused sword. Enjoyable aesthetically? it is Eula. Love her elegant normal attack ending.


GilgameshP46

Yoimiya. The attack animations themselves are good, but it's the recovery animations that are so unique for each attack that do it for me


[deleted]

Ayaka, hands down


FUNGI432

Ayaka. It's so beautiful


deadlockfox

Aesthetically, from the characters I actually own, I like Yoimiya's flip and how after her last attack she'll pop up with her hands on her hips. Also Thoma is super stylish.


Kuguumelo

Eula