DPS SHOWDOWN! Heizou vs Yanfei vs Ningguang! Who's the Strongest 4★ Catalyst?

It's about time for another 4 star dps showdown! This time between the newest 4★ catalyst dps characters, Heizou! How will he perform in comparison to the two original 4★ DPS catalyst characters, Yanfei and Ningguang?

0:00 | Intro, Builds, Disclaimers
2:47 | Volunteer #1, Cryo Regisvine
4:46 | Volunteer #2, Primogeovishap
7:36 | Volunteer #3, Kaguu Menki
10:23 | Volunteer #4, Annoying Snake
11:54 | Volunteer #5, Abyss 12
14:19 | Closing Statements and Summary

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[IWinToLose]

The food expired for Heizou and Yanfei for the Kaguu Menki fight and I just now noticed 😞
It'll likely help save Yanfei a couple of seconds. Not sure about Heizou though as the most important parts of his kit still crit.
If I redo those runs I'll update the times in this comment 🙃

[geonhunlee]

One thing people have to know: Pyro characters' dmg ratios are generally lower than those of anemo, geo, and electro because they have vaporization and melt which both multiplys dmg insanely. Unlike them, anemo elevtro and geo, although have unique advantages, inevitably cannot do as much dmg as Pyro characters. Therefore, they have higher ratio to be in the same level with Pyro characters even without the elemental reactions. But in the video it is just mono dmg showcase of each character, which means yanfei particularly is not weaker than other if we see in party units. Nice video tho!

[Haze]

It seems people forgot how strong C6 Ningguang actually is.

[koshkoo]

... Did I just see Ningguang not pass through the jade screen for 12% more geo damage and still wipe the floor on the plant ? All Hail the queen!

[delta_cosmic]

Ningguang is lowkey underrated for new players

veteran players already know she's solid.

[ravenaloro]

doesn't surprise me. Non reaction based characters tend to have high scalings. These three are like hutao (yanfei) xiao (heizhou) and itto (ningguang). Hutao will definitely fall off without reactions like yanfei but because she has top tier hydro supports like yelan&xingqui she's way meta and we know meta likes reactions.

[Greatbabyred]

ningguang is so solid as a standalone character, but i've always been hesitant to use her because she just doesn't really fit into any team very well... like... she has difficulty finding synergy with other characters. its a shame she didn't get anything from the geo boom in 2.3, because she's not a DEF scaling character to take advantage of husk and gorou

[ZabieW]

This one felt unfair for Yanfei, Heizou was allowed to swirl to get his E charges faster, wich increased his DPS, while Yanfei wasn't allowed to vaporize or melt her attacks, wich would also increase her DPS. Being a solo DPS showcase I think neither of them should have been allowed extra DPS increases like those. Ninguang was the clear winner here though.

[blippy]

honestly it's kinda sad seeing how yanfei never had any vape runs considering it's her best team. even a xingqiu with lvl 1 dull blade and no artifacts would be enough to properly showcase how strong yanfei is with reactions, which is her ideal gameplay. heizou and yanfei getting the jellyfish is a huge difference in how much dmg they gain for sure, but it's only bc yanfei is just that good of a character with her intended playstyle

[kuu]

Ningguang was my first triple crown and I use her for everything from the spiral abyss to overworld farming/roaming. I spent all of the primos I got from Inazuma to get her C6 on Ayaka's banner. To beginners: do not sleep on her. She's so good, especially if you have constellations on her, though C2 is definitely where she shines.

[aimisan]

I too think it was a little bit unfair to let Heizou use Kokomi for swirls but not to Yanfei. Sure, the swirls doesn't improve Heizou's damage as much as vaporize does to Yanfei, but if not for the swirls Heizou would have to be 2 seconds charging his E which would make his time defeating the bosses a lot higher, therefore showing that just like Yanfei he needs to rely on reactions to propely function

[TechyCatz]

Always use characters with reactions in showcases. This is how most people will use them and shows their potential. I feel like heizou would have been last in most of these showcases if it was fair. I would like a rematch.

[clk]

I mean obviously yanfei without reactions would have worse scaling than the other two. Kinda sad we don't really get reactions on her, it dont seem fair

[corduroytm]

I love ur showdowns, but it kinda feels a little unfair. I wish you did showdowns using full teams for the characters, rather than just solo. People here may think a character like Yanfei is bad, but truthfully they just need to see her with good reactions. She's similar to Hu Tao in that sense. And Ning is an amazing DPS by raw power, I wouldn't say she really needs a super supportive like Yanfei, which I suppose gives her another leg up. I'm a Yanfei main to the core and it just makes me sad bcus she's so nasty with reactions. It's nice seeing big ning numbers too tho I love her as well. I just love catalyst characters. Can't wait for your next showdown

[kleemain]

12:44 Is it really a Ningguang showcase if Xiangling ate that cryo cube for lunch?

[anandaputrawijaya]

I don't mind it when you add another character to help Heizou swirl, but maybe you want to do the same for Yanfei. Like doing 2 runs where one is monopyro, and the other one is melt/vaporize for yanfei

[njcheddar]

Catalyst has always been my favourite weapon and gameplay and I have maxed out all three of them, but especially Ningguang as well as double crowning her. Thanks to her I was able to cheese Thunder Manifestation in this abyss. She's honestly so underrated and her burst and skill do an insane amount of damage for such low cooldown.

[zanthox]

Really enjoyed this showdown! I do feel that it is hard to compare anemo and geo to the reaction elements... Yanfei did her best but I feel, like you showed, she generally is behind without reactions and then just ahead (or dead even) with them.

[kandyslayer]

I like four star characters featured in videos cause it’s more relatable than all of your c6 five stars!

[acanthafiore]

People really forgot that at one point Ningguang was the champion of single target dmg.