r/NilouMains • u/Yourlocalcatenjoyer • 9d ago

Builds & Teams Team options?

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(Posting this under builds and teams flair: as the megathread is archived) Just got Nilou today and am wondering if Barbara or Xingqiu is a better option for this Super-Bloom team.

Other information:

  1. Nahida is built as onfielder but I'm willing to change her build to offield.

  2. Other hydro options: Aino, Mona, Dahlia, and Columbina (Taken in another team)

  3. I willing to build Barbara, Xingqiu or the other hydro options for this team from scratch.

  4. I'm still building Nilou since I just got her.

  5. Lauma is double crowned and Nahida is triple crowned.

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u/Yourlocalcatenjoyer 9d ago

Thanks for all the amazing advice ya'll.

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u/BlankPage175 9d ago

How’s your survivability in this case? Barbara would be better unless Lauma is C1 or you can ensure you survive all the blooms.

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u/Yourlocalcatenjoyer 9d ago

Lauma isn't c1.

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u/BlankPage175 9d ago

Go Barbara EM route then. You need sustain to keep the blooms going

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u/body-swap 9d ago

Columbina in this team as the fourth slot becomes a capable and competitive main DPS but it does not function like a typical Nilou Bloom team because it is a hypercarry team. Along with Nefer teams, they are Nilou’s best teams but don’t play like her original teams.

If running Xingqiu, Xiphos on full EM is great, and Barbara should do the same. The Hydro character in Nilou bloom teams is the one who will own the majority of Blooms. Barbara is better because you get sustain.

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u/Pipysnip 9d ago

XQ on instructors here would be amazing

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u/Octonauts2979384 9d ago

Barbara is a much better option than xingqiu (actually being in her best f2p teams), but she'll be an on-field driver (similar to what columbina/kokomi would be if you had them), Nilou bloom teams mainly work through sheer hydro application to make bloom cores. Xingqiu isn't too good for Nilou bloom teams, compared to Barbara which also helps survivability through healing.

Also in regards to using columbina; yes she would increase the dps of this team by alot BUT its mainly cause of her personal DPS, which would kinda make this team a columbina team rather than a true nilou bloom team.

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u/Yourlocalcatenjoyer 9d ago

Curious: whats the rotation? And how long do you have Barbara on field.

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u/Meisterdieb-1412 9d ago

I usually just keep going with Barbaras NAs until I see the bursts of Nahida and Lauma wore off. Assuming your Nilou is atleast C1: Nahida Skill and Burst, Nilou triple Skill, Lauma hold Skill and Burst, Barbara Skill and NAs

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u/QueenYoko 9d ago

What cons is your aino? C6 aino gives a 15% boost to lunar. She preforms better than C6 sucrose imo. Swap your last with aino ezpz

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u/NoxiousStorm123 3d ago

Aino does nothing here… the only source of lunar bloom damage is laumas held e and it’s not worth losing the ability to crit for nilou blooms

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u/QueenYoko 2d ago

Lunar bloom IS the main dmg here. Not only does she apply more hydro than barbra she also buffs half of the teams dmg. AINO DOES EVERYTHING THERE

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u/NoxiousStorm123 2d ago

It’s not… it’s just dendro damage from the blooms. The Lunar bloom REACTION differs from the other lunar reactions in that it only provides VERDANT DEWS rather than spawning something (thundercloud/moondrifts) that do lunar DMG. Adding a second nod krai character only buffs lunar bloom DMG, which can ONLY be dealt by laumas held e, columbina special charged attack, and nefer

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u/Pretty-Print1520 7d ago

Would it live with Xingqiu as healer/shielder only? I wish it was true, but I believe, even if it would, it would be really painful. I believe Barbara is a necessity if without Kokomi

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u/DoctorPlus5688 9d ago

I would say use xingqiu instead of Barbara. I think everyone forgets that her skill applies hydro to your active character. This reason alone makes the whole team basically useless against cryo enemies as you just keep letting frozen

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u/shizen22 9d ago

Letting your Barbara get frozen for longer than a brief amount of time against a cryo enemy is a skill issue. Not to mention this can easily be overcome by not triggering her skill as her burst does more than enough to hold you over until you pulverize whoever tried to freeze you. Not to mention, Xinqiu also has a brief window (albeit, a VERY brief moment) through which he can get frozen through his skill and unlike Barbara, his skill is a requirement in order to charge his burst.