Why Did Hoyo DESTROY Albedo...?

Xilonen & Chiori are coming soon in 5.1, yet I can't help but remember poor old Albedo who's been left behind in the chalk-dust... Let's discuss his fall from grace, & whether he has any hope left, why don't we?

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
00:25 His Past
03:40 What Being Replaced MEANT For Albedo
08:40 Is There ANY Hope For Albedo...?
09:15 Is This All Even BAD?

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[Juice-chan]

man, you know its bad when CHIORI is better than him lmao

[kyziaz]

One of his biggest problems I've found is his construct is way too easy to break. They really should make those unbreakable. It hurt him badly with bosses. I love him, never regretted getting him, and hate how I just don't have a place for him on my teams.

[eps-dtjp]

Hoyo not just destroyed Albedo, but powercreeped Albedo with a unit with "NO pull value"

[dasytaylor]

Saying "Hey look, Chiori's signature works with Albedo!" in that livestream really felt like rubbing salt in the wound for those who couldn't get Cinnabar Spindle for him.

I am still asking in surveys to bring back old event weapons somehow, especially in a case like this where it was literally designed for him and he doesn't have a signature weapon despite being a limited 5*.

[azuarc]

Albedo: I am the cutting edge of D-tier

TBF, there's a good chance there *will* be an Albedo winter event in 5.2

[jonathanguerrero]

He would have been meta if geo and dendro had reaction or something.

[Blushibunni]

Albedo should have been standard banner. some of his cons make 0 sense, like his c4 increases plunge attack damage? His flower is bad for trying to plunge as you can only get on the flower like once to plunge per e.. he also has a 4* weapon as his signature that is unobtainable. all standard banner characters except 2 have no 5* weapon he just is such a random character and geo doesnt help him.

[electraheart]

Albedo is the sole reason I began the game this summer, it just saddens me to see him so neglected

[orangemage]

They need to have a game mode that uses the Ley Lines to access events that are over a year old. You could download them individually and access limited weapons if you missed them. Albedo has already been pushed out of the meta, at least give new players access to his signature weapon.

[truegodofdestruction]

Albedo is my 3rd ever triple crowned unit on my account, imo he never fell off cuz I made him a dps unit and I loved him so much his limited weapon is the first weapon to be lvl 90ed on my account. I'm still waiting for Jade Cutter to come back to give it to him.

[arthurisinlondon]

I’m so sad about Albedo too 😭 I’m a 1.0 player and got him on his first ever banner. He’s one of my favorite characters. The geo renaissance was so good, I miss Geo Supremacy. I had such a great time using my Albedo with my super invested and cracked build. The thing that really kills him for me is his flower breaking almost instantly with bosses. It makes it so hard to use him and his teams sometimes. The Albedo winter events were so good too. It’s crazy that we still don’t know what happened with Susbedo. And the stuff about “if I destroy Mondstadt, would you stop me?” I’m really hoping they’re saving his story and lore for something in the future, kinda like what they did for Childe in Fontaine. They did tease that Durin is awakening, and that Scara and Mini Durin will need to help Albedo defeat him. Please another Albedo winter event Hoyo, I would be so happy.

[Opti-Miser]

my boy high key been powercrept but I still play my c0 albedo all the team in a bunch of different teams and he still feels quite fun and satisfying! When his blossom gets to slapping for 45k a tick on grouped up enemies my neurons start firing LOLL

[skyhart]

*Albedo should have been the Geo standard 5-star character that we never had in the last 4 years.* (if not for the advertising laws in china, that is).

His power level and constellations are that of a standard character. his materials are easily accessible in Mondstadt, so getting him early in the game is ok. it’s weird imo that geo doesn’t have a 5* representative standard character until now. it’s not like geo is so amazing anyway. It’s one of the worst elements in the game in fact. So, getting albedo at the start of the game wouldn’t break the game.

Albedo as Standard character would make sense while Chiori would be the premium limited version of Albedo.

[Memecs]

I still use him in my Noelle triple Geo teams, with 5.1 came a glimmer of hope with the Weapon banner; his BiS and a good support weapon which Albedo can use.

Always thought of Albedo as a really flexible character, maybe not the best option in many teams but he's easy to slap into almost any team. Had tons of fun with him on Xiao double geo team as well.

[Shane_A_M]

I feel like they could easily bring back Albedo through a 5 star signature weapon if they wanted to. He has enough specific aspects to his kit that they could make him one that is really strong for him but not too great for Chiori. Make it so he gets/gives damage/buffing through his construct getting broken (with an automatic resummmon of it too ideally), or give him buffing based on how fast he can trigger crystalize since that’s one of the things he’s actually good at with his high geo application rate.

[Estrio]

He's still peak Lore/Story wise though. Hopefully hoyo releases new versions of characters in the future. Would love to pull Susbedo as an actual unit.

[ArchonKujo]

Due to the weapons being limited, it makes this character feel more irrelevant, Albedo could probably have a step up if these limited weapons ever returned

[semconteudo]

Right now the only way that I believe that Albedo could become meta is wiff they realease a new element that makes a reaction which geo and EM is an important stat for that (Khaenri’ah chapter with Rhimedottir as a playable character? )

[joaovieira]

Hopefully he will rerun in 5.2 with a new 5* signature weapon. Imagine a passive where if he creates a construct it can’t be destroyed and it has ramping up damage for each second it stays in field. Please hoyo!! He’s my favourite character. With Chiori showing up before him it might be a sign that they might make him more desirable and stronger and more suitable for none mono geo teams.

[symartin]

As a Christmas gift of 2021, Albedo was my first 5-star unit that I own. I got him on his debut banner in Version 1.2.