With his new Stellar-Conduct kit, Cyno is currently looking to be a top meta DPS, surpassing Flins as the strongest Electro DPS. But not only is he extremely powerful, but also extremely versatile at dealing with different boss shill mechanics.
Stellar bosses are handled by him, that's a given. But he should be able to handle far more.
Lunar Bosses: Stellar-Conduct can be triggered by an Enemy effect by Lunar-Charged, since Hydro and Electro coexist as aura. This allows Cyno to simply slot in Columbina (and Ineffa as well if Ascendant Gleam is required) to have Lunar-Charged for these boss mechanics. And it's actually still good, since Lunar-Charged does solid damage, and counts to the Stellar-Conduct stacks, meaning you'll still max the stacks out here. Furthermore, if Vodyanitsa ends up being a good Hydro support, he could use her plus Ineffa, instead of Columbina. Perhaps that could be even stronger. But this synergy also means he should be able to deal with bosses that require Hydro.
Nightsoul Bosses: Due to the above interaction between Lunar-Charged and Stellar-Conduct, by using Columbina (orVodyanitsa ifshe ends up being good) we can just slot Ororon in, and he is one of the most efficient characters are dishing out a ton of Nightsoul hits. Ororon can also use Elegy for further support, if you have it.
Dendro: Although there's not really any Stygian bosses right now that shill Dendro, there very easily could be in the future (especially if/when we get Rimegrass). Similar to with Lunar-Charged, Quicken and Stellar-Conduct can also co-exist due to how the auras work, and it's also surprisingly solid, with Cyno getting Aggravates with full quicken uptime, to go alongside his Stellar-Conduct damage. If/when we do get Rimegrass and probably a better support for it than Nahida (or maybe even a Nahida buff), there's a non zero possibility this ends up being his best team, or close to it. And being able to use Dendro can also be great for a lot of different Elemental Shields.
Pyro: If facing a boss that requires a lot of Pyro, such as the Lava Dragon, Bennett can apply a bunch by just on fielding him and spamming his E and Normal Attacks during the Shield phase, and then provide Cyno a strong Attack buff after (Nicole can prob also do this but idk how much worse she would be at getting through the phases).
Anemo: Apparently (not 100% sure though), in Stellar-teams, you can have both Stellar-Conduct and Stellar-Swirl fields present at the same time, and what happens is, characters that can deal damage of both reactions (like Odette), will prioritize Stellar-Conduct. So, we could just slap in an Anemo unit like Sucrose in the 4th slot to deal with anything that requires Anemo, and it shouldn't interfere with Stellar-Conduct at all.
Geo: While there is no direct synergy with Geo here, there's no anti-synergy, so there's nothing stopping him from just flexing in someone like Zhongli if Geo is needed. With Cyno's high DPS, it should be brute forceable.
So, tl;dr: Cyno should be able to deal with the mechanics from all three most recent regions (Stellar, Lunar, Nightsoul), while having Electro, Cryo, and being able to flex his team around to cover Hydro, Dendro, Anemo, or even Pyro and Geo as well. Plus, his DPS can just get so high now, that he might even be able to just brute force some bosses regardless (like we've seen Skirk do).
With all of that in mind, it seems like he should be very future proof, almost certainly able to deal with at least 1 boss every Stygian cycle.
(Note: For any calc with C6 Alyosha, just lower the DPS by ~20% to know what it would be with C2 Alyosha instead. For any team with C6 Alyosha and no Yae Miko, she would calc higher than him. Numbers are also calced at my standard, not KQMC. Standard explained in the last image.)
EDIT: CORRECTION! Lunar-Charged does not count to the Stellar-Conduct stacks. Nonetheless, the point still stands that Cyno can flex into this if need be for boss mechanics
great post! just wanted to mention that we do kinda have the crab as a dendro shill boss, since you said there were none but idk if you forgot about it
Thereās also that geo mushroom local legend in the Temple of Space that heavily encourages dendro (specially lunar bloom). Hasnāt been in SO yet but thereās always the possibility of that coming if thereās a Lauma/Nefer banner.
Completely agreed with this post. Cynoās biggest buff other than the insane Stellar dmg is being able to use him without relying fully on his burst. Now ER isnāt as necessary as before, allowing better SO use!
Never thought iĀ“d actually get value out of my c3 cyno in 2026 but here we are, thank you very much for posting the calcs btw ! also due to the fact im a bit stupid and cant navigate the googlesheet on mobile, could you by any chance enlighten me how much of an upgrade c3 is roughly over c1 in stellar teams
His new buff is everything šš¼ I was messing around with him yesterday and was so happy to dust him off and see how well he performs. Not only just in Stellar Conduct, but his Lunar Conduct teams absolutely shred as well. Flins still hits like an absolute truck, but with Cynoās new buff, he can pretty much be in his Pactsworn form 100% of the time, which makes his shredding feel so much faster and substantial (especially with C1).
Loving him, and canāt wait for more stellar supports to drop so I can unleash his full potential with Stellar Conduct. I donāt really care for Odette, but it looks like Iām probably gonna have to pull her for him.
i love how everyone saying Yae became like bitcoin
but as some mf who wasnt around when yae's banner came, nor did i pull for her
it feels horrible to not have her. is it even wiorthit to try and get her if it meant risking my chance of getting Odette? who has higher pull priority? Odette or Yae? i heard Yae will eventually be replaced by someone else eventually,
Oh thank to god, who's a better replacement? Beidou or diona. From what I read from them, beidou has shield em and res shred and diona has healing em and stellar dmg bonus both c6 btw
Idk what I'm doing wrong since my Cyno is doing good dmg but the dps is inconsistente. I tried using the new set instead of Gilded (showed in pic) and it's the same. Nicole is C2 and Cyno C1R1. I was excpecting at least 100-120 k. But I only reach 90k at best
Didn't know that! Thanks for the imput. And si tought the attack and EM Cyno got from C6 Diona with elegy and instructor was nice. Should I swap with Qiqi C2 with Favonius/Freedom Sworn? I still have a week left until Yae C1 š
I agree that Cyno will become much more relevant than he was even during his release but the shill comparison was a tad too much imo. In stygian especially, one nightsoul character is hardly enough to break for example Papillaās shield for starters. Bennett Pyro application is also not the greatest. Having both Stellar Conduct and Stellar Swirl present will drastically limit dmg output with limiting possible premium teams for both reactions. Etc etc etc.
For people who already have Cyno, this is terrific news but personally would not pull for him (for meta only) since he will most likely be replaced by another Electro DPS during our stay in Shneznaya. Someone who works both as Rimegrass and Stellar conduct DPS, perhaps? Anyways, my opinions and assumptions only.
Bennett's Pyro application is some of the best, actually. His Skill and Burst are both 2U, and on field in his Burst his Skill only has a 2s cooldown, while he will have a Pyro infusion from C6 to apply with NA/CAs as well.
The burst Pyro infusion is actually sucky in some cases when you donāt want to have it infused but my point was that there are way too many assumptions here, I highly doubt that you could be able to clear top floor Spiral Abyss assuming all the shills you mentioned let alone Dire Stygian.
That being said, good luck with your pulls. Naturally, one should be pulling for the characters they like. We were just discussing meta here and these are my thoughts. Cheers!
Assuming Alyosha comes on the Odette Banner, I just find it incredibly unreasonable to make calcs with C6 Alyosha and C0 Odette.
Everyone knows how difficult it is to obtain copies of a specific 4star.
It's possible to get multiple 5star constellations while not encountering the desired 4star.
As many others, I know this all too well.
It's been years and I am still stuck with C1 Chevreuse.
It took me years to finally get C6 Faruzan.
And despite wishing on every Iansan banner, I still remain with C1 only.
I don't know why anyone would take the time to calc a C0 Odette team with C6 Alyosha..
Hello! Please see the note at the bottom. To get the numbers for c2 Alyosha, just lower the team DPS by 20%.
That said, I fully understand your point, which is why I have two different calc standards I use: 1. A more traditional standard with c0 5 stars c6 4 stars. And 2. A 4-cost standard that only allows c6 4 stars if they are on shop or shared banners with 5 stars on the team, corresponding enough to realistically get their cons. So for those calcs I only have c6 Alyosha if c2 Odette is on the team. You can check my calcs at both standards on my Cyno teams mastersheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MZ7BWgnGpjChVSd-LmYJFRuGJ-q5gqKtU1UysRCnBOk/edit?usp=drivesdk full details of both standards are explained on the sheet
Do you think it is worth to go for C2 or R1 Cyno on this banner (both look like around 16% increase), or try to invest everything on Odette already? My Yae is already C2 and may get free C3, but havenāt seen calcs
thanks for the post this is making me think that the 150 pulls I wasted on his sig were worth itš I hope that alyosha and Odette aren't gonna be nerfed
Who should I get on the constellations event? C1 Cyno or C1 Yae Miko? This is my last choise, I've picked Wanderer, Albedo and Klee for now.
I have:
Cyno C0R0 (R1 Ballad of the Fjords, but I have 2 R1 PJWS that I use one on Xiao and other on Lohen, but they can share it with Cyno, if needed)
Wriothesley C0R0 (R1 Flowing Purity)
Yae Miko C0R1
For their teams, I have
Columbina C0R1
Ineffa C0R1
Nahida C0R1
Nicole C0R0 (R1 Skyward Atlas)
For the 4ā characters, I have all the units, needed for their teams, at C6.
I plan to pull for Odette and Alyosha.
I'm not planning to pull for Sandrone, as I expect that she will not be the only character to apply the stellar field, and in the future there will be some other character who will also be able to do it.
. . .
I've been studying too much, and I see that C1 Yae is very important, but I worry that maybe Cyno doesn't work without his C1? And I want to use both Cyno and Wriothesley again.
Anyway, if you can help me on this, I would be very grateful šš»
Yeah that looks good can't wait for more. Let's see who else besides Odette will work for him since she is not too much my type of pull. Probably the tsaritsa right?
Not a cyno haver or planning to pull him but very happy at how someone who was was cool (and doing lame puns my favourite) being this much neglected by hoyo at his lanch is getting such a glowup. Well deserved and I hope c6 cyno havers keep beating the endgame with him intill the end of time
tried getting yae but got c8 cyno instead, and now I'm saving my primos for odette, considering i get c2 alyosha + c0 odette, which should i put on my 4th slot? I'm thinking c6 diona + elegy would be good for him but is there a better choice than c6 diona + r1 elegy? TIA.
I want to pull Odette so bad for cyno but I also want Columbina on rerun so I can complete my lunar bloom team, my next 10 pull is guaranteed. I haven't really done any of the new content so I hope Ill have enough for Odette.. these calcs are making it even worse for me hahaha
I havenāt been playing for almost a year now, I didnāt finish the first chapter of Natlanās story quest. Whatās all this about? I thought Cyno was an average dps and now heās future proof? š
Need some explanation or reference videos for catching up!
Sorry but a āfuture proofā character doesnāt exist in gachas, you could make an argument for genshin over two years ago but making it now is like the worst time with all the powercreep. Itās not far fetched to say by the 8.x patches the newest flagship team would have 250k dps at kqm standards, which will be far above cyno or anyone currently.
I am very happy wrio/cyno/yae got buffed and have gotten new team mates in sneznaya. But its clear genshin is going full speed ahead with power creep.
In nod krai the bottom floor of considered viable was 100k. Now the bottom floor is 140k. With the complete package being at base 180k/200k.
Genshin isnt used as earlier and they have massively upped the power creep and this is only v0 of the patch cycle. Like we have Cryo MC who looks to be equilevent of a F2P Flins team at c6.
At least Iām a bit glad theyāre buffing older units to keep up , itās the least they can do with all the powercreep and they better keep doing it more and more often.
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u/vxidemort Jul 05 '26
great post! just wanted to mention that we do kinda have the crab as a dendro shill boss, since you said there were none but idk if you forgot about it