What is the best way to attack with Xiao? | Normal vs Charged vs Plunge vs Animation Cancel + Guide

Hey guys, welcome back to another long awaited guide! This video took a while as I was busy testing out Xiao and well, just enjoying him!

00:00 Intro
01:08 Normal attacks no animation cancelling
01:35 Normal attacks
dash animation cancelling
02:01 Charged attacks no animation cancelling
02:32 Plunge attacks no animation cancelling
03:15 Plunge attack animation cancelling with Normal Attacks (timed)
04:02 Plunge attack spam animation cancelling
05:00 Plunge attack animation cancelling alternate (jump jump attack attack)
05:44 Plunge attack animation cancelling alternate 2
(attack jump attack jump)
06:16 Conclusion
07:03 How to do Plunge attack Spam and both attack variations
07:44 Tips and tricks
08:48 Thanks for watching!

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[itsStephen]

I hope you guys enjoy today's video!
If you guys want to see how my pull was with Xiao and the Spear let me know and I will make a short video of it!
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More people in the comments are saying you don't always do high plunge damage in burst, and I have to agree on this, HOWEVER, I believe with enough practice you will be able to consistently always do high plunge damage, although sometimes there can be external factors that prevent high plunge damage.

A lot of people are asking about the normal attacl charged attack jump plunge attack variarion and here are my results:

Ok so I did the maths and it doesnt beat plunge attack cancelling, do not use it in Xiao's burst. In my test during his burst he does 7 plunge attacks, 6 H1 attacks, and 6 CAs. (if someone has better APM then me show me a vid so I can count how many times they did an attack during his burst)

Without the plunge damage you will do: 404.2x7+219.03x6+98.28x6 = 4733.26%

With the plunge damage you will do: 5865.58%

My plunge attack spam method does 5500.30% or 7603.18% if you include plunge damage.

Someone stated that he sometimes does low plunge damage, if this is the case and I am wrong, here are the updated values below:

Plunge attacks (11 hits): 3358.06%-4446.20% damage
Plunge attack cancel (10 hits 10 H1s): 4217.40%-5024.80%
Plunge attack spam (13 hits 2.5 H1s): 4450.68%-5500.30%
Plunge jump jump attack attack (11 hits 7 H1s): 4246.02%-5134.16%
Plunge attack jump attack jump (12 hits 5.5 H1s): 4422.06%-5390.94%

[azomrade]

Welp... Time to train my fingers to do all that (Mobile player).

[bloodwraith]

Xiao destroyed my Enemies including my controller

[aditiyatriansyah]

So in 3.55 u say 'as long as u jump u will always deal high plunge dmg'
No xiao is not always deal high plunge dmg on his ult, its depends on how high u are
If u r not high enough u deal low plunge damage
Im 100% sure about this

[justagirlexisting]

As a future Xiao main I can't thank you enough for this

[insaecticides]

This is a must watch for Xiao mains. TYSM!

[samrockwell]

Only 5 stars i have are Jean, Zhongli & Qiqi, i think i can use all 3 of them with Xiao when i get him (which i will soon as im at 71pulls with guarantee pity)

[inopig]

For me, when I use Xiao plunge attacks, I always tap the buttons really fast so I rarely go up too high and I've been comboing with normal attacks too. So happy to see my random playing was actually viable

[Finn-gmmf]

It's hurt to watch it when I played on mobile 😂😂

[FlipsMG]

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for, thanks for saving me and others the time!

[ferrdg]

3:53 Friendship lvl 9 with xiao doing my plunges as high as possible to just realize that its the worse way to actually plunge thank got I watched out for a video like this

[THUNDERsSTROKEs]

What about normal attack->Charge attack->jump cancel->low (/ high) plunge attack?

[apoclypto]

Well I got him today and he is so fun to play with
Just love the vegilant yaksha
And yeah he's my first 5. $tar

[awaidz]

in my opinion, if you tryna squeeze na in his burst is kinda bs because xiao's plunge basically pushes everyone off and the na wont do much, instead just plunge dash and plunge again with the big aoe on plunge xiao has. Focus on what you are hitting, sometimes the amount of attack you can squeeze in is not really necessary. He already has the big ahh aoe to kill everyone around his surroundings instead of whats infront of him.

[xiaomajm]

Thank u man..I tried it on my phone and now I'm getting used to jump jump attack attack pattern..love it

[Onarant]

Personally when in roaming around and doing domains i mix normal attack string and high plunge. It destroys everything. But when jm doing abyss i tryhard and spam plunge for dmg. Good thing is xiao is very strong either way.

[midhunmohan]

Sorry but Xiao doesn't always do High plunge during burst. But the dps for both are almost equal bcoz it takes 78 frames to do High plunge while only 59 frames to do low plunge

[adjiegi]

This is what I call a very good Guide. Thank you for making this video

[majidcoolmc]

3:05 I didn't get that part where you mentioned "if you hit them with your spear BEFORE landing, it deals plunge dmg" wdym by it? Hit an enemy before landing? Is it to use skill after jumping then plunging? Sorry I suck at comprehending and I understood only half of what you said😅

[Sayne]

based on this, when not in Ult, just spam charged attacks (and e/skill when you can) because the rest of the normal combo is pretty weak (normal attacks are also inferior to plunging when in ult). His normal attacks only serve as animation cancels.

I hate to say it because he's a powerful character already; but honestly his normal attacks need a buff, they are kinda pointless. in fact, all normal attack combo multipliers in the game (except for Diluc's) kinda need a buff, (excluding the plunge and charged attack portion), because the meta for all characters is "just Ult on CD and only use Ult and Skills" because normal attacking often does next to nothing compared to your other options with some minor exceptions.