2/3 done with the blog and from what i see there aren't anything controversial about the multiplier yet, those that seem iffy can be explained via solacis tier scaling, the few that seem really iffy and the reasons that i even write this in the first place: the shield multiplier of the character, all of them despite having ability that are used to create barrier have pretty shit multiplier and i categorize noelle def scaling to dura which might seem iffy.
How do you guys think we should treat def should we treat it as dura since noelle is stated to possibly be the physically strongest character in monstadt, or we treat it as something else.
For the shield multiplier, i have a proposal: we should treat the maxhp, def scaling in those ability as also including the normal barrier of the character.
It might sound weird but remember, they made this mechanic way before they made the comic, it would make the Amber feat of tanking the character null then? No since we know that the game integrate both the gameplay and lore from all sources, it would mean that by occam razor all of them do have the natural ability to create barrier and it isn't implemented in the game cause it's too late and it would break the game, what isn't natural however is the way that the character with the abitlity to create shield create it. The creation of a shield is just that creation of a shield as showed by lawarlchurl and Amber it doesn't create anything else and only require your own elemental energy to create, Abyss mage is too weak to create a shield and also don't have a vision so they have to do a small ritual to extract the elemental energy they create and focus them into their shield.
Now the character that do have the ability on the other hand: diona shield creation cause 2 cat paw to be launch at the enemy, noelle shield creation cause a small shockwave of geo energy, beidou is a special case as her force field were made to not withstand but to increase her power, xinyan swipe around her and depend on the amount of enemy struck her shield greatly increase in potency, zhongli literally absorb energy around him to create a far stronger shield. All of them either create something as a side effect of creating their shield, use their shield in pretty weird way, have a specific condition to strengthen the shield even further or just straight up absorb the energy around them to create it, i'm pretty sure normal shield creation is not that complicated of a matter as a newly awakened Amber was able to do it with ease so i doubt that those character above need to do something so excessive to create it. Now of course there is one glaring issue, diona and xinyan, they aren't combatant so how were they able to make such strong shield? I'ts beacause that they aren't combatant, they are literally hilichurl tier for f*ck sake no matter if they were to meet monster and in worst case scenario ruin guard how are they going to escape? Of course by creating a shield that can buy them enough time to run away and no way can the normal shield withstand a onslaught of hillichurls or a single ruin guard considering how weak they are.
That's all that i have folks, hope you guys have a good time reading and for those that ask what about other abilities that scale with hp, well they're either heal or creating something that can easily be destroyed so no for them, the only exception that i can see are geo construct as they're the hardest and most durable of all element so they scaling above the average shield wouldn't make that big of a deal as they're actual construct while the average shield are just hardened elemental energy that doesn't have a form unlike any of the one i list above which have actual form.
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