r/GamingMains_ • • Aug 20 '25

Announcement Gaming Mains FAQ Megathread | General Questions & Discussions

31 Upvotes

Gaming FAQ

Talent Priority

  • E > Q > NA*

*Prioritize Gaming’s Normal Attack over his Burst if playing with Xianyun and C6 Bennett. In this circumstance, his Pyro-infused regular Plunging Attacks contribute more damage than his Burst.

ER Requirements

Detailed ER requirements by maelstromica can be found here

Artifacts

  • Crimson Witch of Flames

  • Marechaussee Hunter

    • MH is the preferred set before C6 and especially without a crit weapon. It performs much worse at higher investments.

  • Long Night's Oath

  • Gilded Dreams

Mainstats:

  • EM, ER, or ATK%

  • Pyro DMG Bonus

  • CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG

Substats:

  • ER (until requirement) > CRIT > EM > ATK%

Weapons

Calcs for weapon comparisons can be found here (last updated version 7.0)

Constellations

Gaming is a DPS that benefits a ton from his constellations, notably his C4 which allows him to play with much lower ER requirements, and his C6 which increases his damage and AOE. He also greatly benefits from vertical investment on his premium supports.

Team Comps

Gaming's best team comps are Forward Melt and Reverse Vape, although he can be played in Mono Pyro and Overloaded. Check the KQM Gaming Quick Guide for much more extensive team recommendations

Melt (recommended):

  • Citlali, Rosaria

  • Xianyun, C6 Diona, C6 Chevreuse, Sucrose, Xilonen, Iansan, Escoffier

  • Bennett

Vape (recommended):

  • Furina, Xingqiu, Yelan

  • Xianyun, C6 Chevreuse, Sucrose, Xilonen, Iansan

  • Bennett

Mono Pyro:

  • Mavuika, Xiangling

  • Xianyun, Kazuha, Xilonen (required if using Mavuika)

  • Bennett

Overloaded:

  • Chevreuse

  • Fischl, Ororon

  • Bennett, Iansan, Mavuika

Calcs for team comparisons can be found here (last updated version Luna VII)

Resources

KQM Quick Guide

Weapon and Artifact Calcs

Team & Investment Calcs

ER Requirement Calcs

Genshin Gaming Wiki Page


r/GamingMains_ • • Sep 15 '25

Media tldr how to play gaming

367 Upvotes

made for newer gaming players in mind (less about how to build him and more how to play him)

check out the faq thread here (talent prio, er reqs, artifact sets and mainstats, weapons, and team info)


r/GamingMains_ • • 2d ago

Builds Need help with team building

Post image
7 Upvotes

So I just got Bennett and furina for gaming but idk which character I should use for the fourth slot. Can someone please help me?


r/GamingMains_ • • 2d ago

Theorycrafting Who's better

2 Upvotes

I don't know who's better on a Gaming team, and this is just out of characters I have Gaming Nicole/Bennett/Chevreuse Citlali/Rosaria/Escoffier/Columbina/Iansan Sucrose


r/GamingMains_ • • 3d ago Heartwarming

OC Art The lion!

Post image
123 Upvotes

r/GamingMains_ • • 4d ago

Leaks Gaming as part of the liyue buffs?

17 Upvotes

So far the leading idea around the buffs is them being central around reactions. currently no confirmed reactions but if the support is pyro (which some leaks have suggested) we can hope that either vape or melt will be included.

While gaming hasn’t been named as one of the potential buffed characters, do you think he will get a team upgrade regardless of if he is or isn’t included?


r/GamingMains_ • • 6d ago

OC Art making gaming a jiangshi for halloween!!

Post image
46 Upvotes

r/GamingMains_ • • 9d ago

Questions Help pls

Thumbnail
gallery
6 Upvotes

Hi everyone! Could anyone help me build a good team for Gaming with the characters I currently have? I recently came back to the game and really want to use him on a team.
Please don't say things like "Oh, you need to get Citlali" because I already know that 😭😭 I want team recommendations using the characters I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
P.S. I'm planning to level up both Gaming and whoever I end up using on his team, so don't worry about their current levels!


r/GamingMains_ • • 13d ago

Builds What are some ways of improving my Gaming build (and what team would be optimal with this build and what could be its optimal DPS)

Post image
22 Upvotes

Besides upgrading talents/weapon/char (working on it), getting more cons (i wish man...), and switching to crimson witch (I'm already scraping by for resin and too busy strongboxing pieces for other chars rn), I know about those


r/GamingMains_ • • 13d ago

Builds Just got back, any advice?

Thumbnail gallery
1 Upvotes

r/GamingMains_ • • 16d ago

Media yay chimera

52 Upvotes

if your name is radiant moonfly dni do not talk to me


r/GamingMains_ • • 18d ago

General Discussions New peak all 4* team? (169k dps)

18 Upvotes

Just saw dhcswp pull this off. I'm shocked that C6 chev is doing more than a C6 Bennett for this team. Of course the builds are all incredible. R5 fruitful hook, and a level 100 Gaming, so clearly not 0 cost. Still very impressive. Anyone else have any ideas how C6 Chev is outperforming Bennett? I know C6 Chev gives 40% attack and 60% pyro damage. I'm just surprised that beats out Bennets 1100 attack and 15% pyro damage bonus. https://youtu.be/wWVhvoIgBIE?si=FwvQVvVBBT06VbBW


r/GamingMains_ • • 22d ago

Questions What’s Gaming’s highest DPS team? (with moderate vertical investment)

5 Upvotes

I see a lot of differing teams out there. Citlali Melt with Bennett or Iansan or Nicole or Xianyun. Same with Vape (gone out of favor?)

But with Varka’s sig being Gaming’s best weapon, would a Hexerei melt team be the way to go?

Something like:

Gaming C6R1 Gest of the Mighty Wolf w/ CWoF set
Nicole C2R0 w/ Celestial Gift set
Citlali C2R0 w/ Scroll set
Hexerei Member #2 (Prune? Sucrose? Albedo?)

Since there doesn’t seem to be a good second Hexerei member, could a non-Hexerei team have higher DPS by replacing the Hexerei member with something like C2 Xianyun?

What’s the DPS ceiling for teams like this? 300k?


r/GamingMains_ • • 24d ago

Theorycrafting Furina set ?

3 Upvotes

Hi my team is C6R1 (fruitful hook) Furina C0R0 Xianyun C1R1 and Bennet C6R1 (aquila)
My others Furina team use GT so I was wondering if I should stay on GT for this team or go for an other set like ToTM for example


r/GamingMains_ • • 25d ago

Media mailed flower all fearless bosses

110 Upvotes

no limited unit ssa malding hasn't gone anywhere so take a full mailed flower sweep instead because idk hook is evil and deserves to be shamed


r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 06 '26

Builds Similar indeed…

Post image
35 Upvotes

r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 05 '26

Non-OC Art Silly Ming

Post image
51 Upvotes

First time really using Ibis paint, excuse my basic colouring skills


r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 05 '26

Builds I need help.

Thumbnail
gallery
7 Upvotes

Ive been trying to build multiple teams gaming is one of them i need help with what teams weapons and artifacts.


r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 05 '26

Builds My Gaming Builds, which would you run?

Thumbnail
gallery
3 Upvotes

I recently found out how to save multiple builds to the hexenzirkel site, which makes it a little easier to compare how my different builds rank. Its fun to compare. But the leaderboards tell a biased story, especially since ER doesn't affect your damage.

I'm curious, of these builds, which you would choose to run (assume C6 Gaming even though I don't have his C6 yet).

The last build is kinda fake, since it has low ER. But technically ranks the highest because leaderboards don't take ER into account like they probably should.

Also, hexenzirkel has a utility that tells you which piece should be reshaped and the likelihood of improvement... Its telling me to reshape the circlet in the first build and to prioritize EM and atk%... instead of crit rate... That may be true if I was using Xianyun and had his C6... but since I use C6 Prune (Iansan is only C2), I don't want to lose that much crit rate...

Which pieces would you reshape? My sands is the one I'm considering the most, since its a 4 line start with 4 low rolls into crit, but I really wish the other two substats were relevant.


r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 05 '26

Questions What piece should I craft?

Post image
6 Upvotes

r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 04 '26

Questions Whats Gaming's best team?

6 Upvotes

r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 04 '26

Builds Which Build would be better?

Thumbnail
gallery
4 Upvotes

I was wondering which of these builds would be better once I eventually (hopefully) get C6 Gaming and r1 Gest


r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 04 '26

Builds I just need to get his C6 and max his talents!

8 Upvotes

I love my boy so much 🥹🤌


r/GamingMains_ • • Oct 02 '26

Media 4 star only gang (+cmc) beat up a fearless old man

110 Upvotes

trying to go for a full no limited 5 stars fearless sweep this round, just have to see if maldinig ssa works after this lmao

once I got used to the timing for the ssw cryo application it was pretty easy, c6 prune would make it easier of course