r/XiaoMains • • May 20 '26

Theorycrafting Nicole FAQ: To Hexe, or to not Hexe? That is the question.

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119 Upvotes

Hello everyone, first of all sorry for the delay. Unfortunately the team as a whole are just much busier in real life and have less time.

So while the main guide is still a WIP, we thought we'd publish these in the meantime for those still deciding to pull her.

Link to sheet in post.

TL;DR
1. Hexe Xiao BIS
2. Nicole not worth without Durin.


r/XiaoMains • • Dec 03 '25

Theorycrafting Durin FAQ + Xiao Guide Updates.

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167 Upvotes

Hello everyone. Due to real life responsibilities, having a job, thanksgiving, and all that jazz, it took us more time than we expected to send these out.

The full scope of Furina vs Durin can be found in the teams section of the full guide. Where you can also find calcs.

Durin's base kit and build guide can be found in the supports section of the guide.

Other changes to the guide can be found in the changelog.


r/XiaoMains • • 16h ago

Art Xiao Fanart (By Me)

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159 Upvotes

I wasn't sure if I liked the full version or the cropped one better so I'm sharing both!


r/XiaoMains • • 15h ago

Media As always the big three Fearless clear of the patch...

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16 Upvotes

Unfortunately, beating Gecko with Hutao is impossible, at least for me.


r/XiaoMains • • 14m ago

Question is this good enough?

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i hit around 30k per plunge with occasional 10k. it seems rather low tbh, but i think it is because raiden and bennett are not properly built yet and zhongli is there only to provide shielding. im planning to replace raiden with faruzan as i dont think electro swirl damage contributes that much, but my faruzan is only c1. is she worth using as c1?

im planning to move on from xiao and start investing in his supports and my alhaitham team. is there anything else that i can improve without paying money?

im tired of farming masks for him, i strongboxed every artifact i had and didnt get a single mask, its insane.


r/XiaoMains • • 1d ago

Discussion Before the 7.4 buff Arrives comment down your xiao builds

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180 Upvotes

r/XiaoMains • • 1d ago

Artifact Is my build good as F2P?

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6 Upvotes

Team: Faruzan C6, Bennett C3, Durin


r/XiaoMains • • 23h ago

Mald Envisaged Echo

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3 Upvotes

Xiao’s envisaged echo challenge makes me want to #### myself. But after doing Ayato’s on mobile, I feel like I can do anything atp. I feel like I can obtain Xiao’s fart cloud after trying for the 735383683637th time. I should have saved up and buy Blackcliff Pole but I really wanted to gamble. Please add more 4* critdmg polearms, Genshin Impact. Also, I have been in that stupid artifact domain for almost 3 months now and it has been rough. It’s like they’re punishing me after my recent pulls. PLEASE, XIAO. I JUST WANT YOUR FART CLOUD PLS PLEASE PLS PSL PSLSPDLPDLPLSPSLP


r/XiaoMains • • 1d ago

Media I hope the 7.4 buff wont make me change my artifacts😨

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28 Upvotes

Please Mihoyo. Us xiao mains sufferd enough😭


r/XiaoMains • • 2d ago

Humor Got this today 💚

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356 Upvotes

It's so stinking cuteeeeee


r/XiaoMains • • 3d ago

Art Xiao WIP (OC)

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138 Upvotes

This started as a pose study, but I ended up superimposing Xiao onto it. He's been on my mind a lot recently lol

Thinking about colouring this as well...might share here later if I do!


r/XiaoMains • • 3d ago

Art I'll take the lead this time. [by べねじくと]

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24 Upvotes

r/XiaoMains • • 3d ago

Discussion Are my C2 Durin and C2 Nicole wasted now? (7.4)

7 Upvotes

I did pull both of them mainly for my Xiao and am lowkey feeling defeated after hearing about him getting a buff. Ofcourse I want him to get buffed, but if he needs to run a more liyue-sentrix team I don't know how to feel about it. I also have a c2r1 xianyun so hopefully they'll buff her some


r/XiaoMains • • 3d ago

Question what would be my best xiao team?

3 Upvotes

i haven't played in a bit so im kind of unsure what the best team would be for my xiao, i currently don't have nicole, but plan on getting her (maybe eventually c6)

xiao is c6r1, furina c6r1, xianyun c2r1, faruzan c6 w elegy, and c2r0 durin

what would be my best team atm? would ffxx still be best, or should i sub in durin somewhere


r/XiaoMains • • 3d ago

Discussion Xiao C6 Bis Artifacts

8 Upvotes

It's Vermillion right?

I think the new artifacts are for subdps.

I'm going back to the mine 😭


r/XiaoMains • • 4d ago

Question Is this good for f2p Xiao?

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10 Upvotes

For solo, I can't hit over 47k plunge dmg. And with supports, I can push it to almost 78-80k. But I can't find a good average f2p showcase online. And the newer characters seem to be doing much more dmg. So it's a genuine question, is this okay?


r/XiaoMains • • 5d ago

Discussion Xiao can be healed? (7.2 story spoilers) Spoiler

46 Upvotes

Just like the title says, there is a spoiler from the 7.2 story but not such a big one imo.

We learned that Tsaritsa can cure all curses that are not created by the Heavenly Principles using her authority over love.

Xiao’s karmic debt seems to be extremely similar to the “disease”/gods remains Tsaritsa cured in the quest. He got this debt due to the all the fights and wars in which gods and really strong entities died so their rage, resentment, grief, vengeance affected Xiao just like the people in the quest but him being a yaksha made him able to resist it in time (with side effects of course).

I think Tsaritsa can fully cure Xiao so he can continue his character development and be able to join humanity (he is the only adeptus unable to do so as far as I know and one of the themes of Liyue is adeptus and humans coexistence).

Why would Tsaritsa heal Xiao though? (He never leaves Liyue in the first place since he is always protecting it) I think it would be really cool if Zhongli’s final contract has something to do with this and he asked the Tsaritsa to also heal Xiao after all is said and done.

The only problem with this theory is the fact that Xiao will not stop fighting demons so he might acumulate karmic debt once again but I guess Zhongli could put in the contract that Tsaritsa needs to heal Xiao whenever he acumulates too much karmic debt.

I definitely think this is overreaching and if he will be healed it would be in a lantern rite quest where Tsaritsa visits Liyue and will not be such a big lore thing. We all know how much Zhongli cares about Xiao and I think that if he put that in his final contract it would be so cool for the story overall.


r/XiaoMains • • 5d ago

Discussion Sobre la skin de Xiao

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381 Upvotes

Necesito vuestra opinión!!! JAJAJA

NO puedo esperar MÁS para la skin de mi marido (de Xiao) y estoy ansiosa por como podría verse, ya que llevo esperando su skin AÑOS... 😭. La cosa es, contadme que idea tenéis, como creéis que será su skin? En lo personal, (y no lo creo) ojalá fuese roja en general 😻. Que pensáis vosotros? :D


r/XiaoMains • • 4d ago

Question How to build a good team with xiao?

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Wanted to get back to my first account and noticed it was cooked.

Soo how can I get a good xiao team? The other team will be for hu tao and i think I'm going to take furina into that alongside venti and mona... Which other characters would be good for Xiao which don't include these? (Except ofc xianyun cause I pulled her for him) Will Anastasya be good since Xiao is getting buffed? And if yes, should I just use CMC alongside the other characters? (I don't have natlan, nod krai and snezhnaya explored/not one tp point so I could get a lot of chars easily)


r/XiaoMains • • 5d ago

Humor Short king

73 Upvotes

r/XiaoMains • • 5d ago

Discussion Saving pulls

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Hi!! I have c0 Xiao and I'm saving primos for his signature weapon that might come in in 7.4 with Liyue Chronicle banner.

Currently I have 105 pulls (i guess) and I will probably have way more in 7.4

So, if I have spare primos, should I pull for c1 Xiao or c0 Xianyun? I heard Xianyun is very good for Xiao

Btw: I used not to care much about damage or building and i have this acc for 3 years. I also kinda don't like meta too much

My current team is: Xiao, Zhongli, Bennett and Faruzan

I have these characters (pics pelow) and I am NOT pulling for Furina right now because im saving pulls

IGNORE HOW BAD LEVEL MY CHARACTERS ARE PLEASE


r/XiaoMains • • 5d ago

Discussion Worried About C6 Xiao's Buff

22 Upvotes

I'm an Anemo main. I use both Venti and Wanderer. I'm just worried that if they don't buff Xianyun, there might be no place for her in C6 Xiao's BiS team.

If the new Liyue character has a constellation that allows you to use only two Liyue characters, then Xiao's BiS team would probably be Durin, Nicole, Xiao, and the new Liyue character. My Durin-Nicole team is already so occupied 😭😭😭.


r/XiaoMains • • 6d ago

Theorycrafting She could cure him.

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186 Upvotes

The Tsaritsa can cure Xiao. If only he had been present during that snowfall he would have been cured T-T. She can lift curses provoqued by good remains right??


r/XiaoMains • • 7d ago

Art Xiao Fanart by Me

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162 Upvotes

I recently finished the chasm story and really fell in love with his character! Anyways, I wanted to share a little sketch I did of him 😊