Why Xiangling Is Going To Be Better Than Bennett... | Genshin Impact

Xiangling is better than Bennett in Genshin Impact. As many people will argue that Bennett is the best character in the game, I would disagree.

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[arnowisp]

So long as there are characters who scale with ATK. Bennett will always be good.

[KamisatoElias]

A character that almost completely relies on another character to be viable will never be better than that character. It’s very hard to get xianglings burst off-cool-down without Bennett battery

[ittoluvr]

honestly i think bennett's versatility and low maintenance is what makes him cracked. you have to invest a lot in xiangling to make her top tier whereas bennett you can get him to lvl 90, give him a high base atk weapon and any artifact set and he can buff and heal almost every character to high hell

[yuurai]

but bennett is xiangling's best battery and buffer.

while it is true that there are teams with xiangling that doesn't have bennett, they are either difficult to play (sukokomon) or she is just a flex slot (hutao double hydro).

her damage and ult uptime decreases significantly without bennett and building her with more er means you have to sacrifice other offensive stats such as atk, crit, or EM just so she can ult every rotation but doing this will also decrease her total dps output. a bennettless xiangling is like using a bike without the pedals.

i disagree with this take. bennett is just too good not to be slotted with xiangling.

[tradingcomparisons]

The issue with her is that she NEEDS a battery. If you go high energy recharge on her then her damage is trash. She 100% needs Bennett to be optimal

[asherOwO]

I feel like there both great xianglin is a support pyro applicator Bennet is atk buffer/healer

[Heliotropic_hx]

Bennett actually has slowly (very slowly) starting to phase out only because of all these "specialist niche supports" hoyo has been releasing lately... For eg. In appropriate teams Yunjin has already replaced Bennett... Cryo teams have Shenhe, electro teams are going with Kujou Sara and Geo teams don't even wanna see Bennett because of Gorou.

Bennett is still OP don't get me wrong but he has went from being the best in slot to being a placeholder until you get the specific support.

[rindos-mom]

My way to keep the game fresh is to stop using the same old 1.0 four stars in every comp. I only bring out XL if I want to beat the Abyss quickly.

[daud]

I think you are missing one thing Bennet Is battery for XL.

[Jammanlife]

For me xiangling has been on my team since the beginning of the game.

[tekatosensei]

I'm sorry but you'd need like 300% er to run xianling without bennett lol. Maybe once we get another pyro battery u can make this video. But yes i do agree you should invest more resources into xianling than your Bennett since he doesn't really need much.

[roreinu]

The only time I would use Xiangling is with Raiden, when her energy is not a problem. Otherwise Xiangling’s gameplay is really no fun for me.

[dimpejogja]

Your arguments does sound make sense. But boy you're comparing a DPS unit with support unit. Ofc the DPS one will deal more damage. It's almost a given that you should build your DPS first before you build their support. Even so, you can actually build Bennett as DPS. He is one of the very few Pyro character that can utilize full stacks of 4set CWoF. Pair him with Xingqiu and Chongyun, and you can reliably Melt your tap E. Still, since we are talking about support Bennett, let's focus on that.

Yes we can't deny that he might not be as a must-have character as he used to be. In Yoimiya's team, you can replace him with Yunjin, and she can offers more damage than him. In mono Geo, we have Gorou that also can replace Bennett. In Freeze team, we have Shenhe, and even Bennett is useless there. And we have Yelan, of which completely ignores Bennett's buff since her kit mostly scaled with her Max HP. Of course we can expect more characters in the future that either can replace him, or his buff doesn't affect them. Thing is, while he might not the best character for your team, he is still a great character that can be put in almost any team. He offers Attack boost, high healing, Pyro energy, cleanse, shield-breaking and maybe many more. So IN THE CURRENT VERSION of GI, he's still a very valuable character. Xiangling is a great character as well, but she only offers damage off-field (maybe shield-breaking as well), nothing else. Well tbf, her Guoba can become a Pyro source to be Swirled.


Both characters are great, and they do their respective job very well. You can't say "oh she's better than him" since both of them do their thing very differently. We can only speculate the future. Currently, rather than only focusing on Xiangling, you should build Bennett as well, maybe to 80/80 since she's greatly benefits from his support, and even if he's gonna be powercrept later (that we even don't know yet), before that happen you can have a very good combination that can tackle almost any challenge. Only Anemo supports who should be at lvl 90 since it increase their Swirl damage as well.

[zeseku]

i think you are forgetting a very important part here, while yes, xianling is the only real consistent offield pyro applicator she is extremly energy hungry, her damage rapidly goes down if you use her as a solo pyro unit that only operates offield, it is a similar issue to beidou as solo electro support unit... however if you build her for the sole purpose of pyro application she can still do that, it's just a big tradeoff for raw damage from herself

[MrVhatever]

Bennet virtuallly doubles attack scaling characters damage. most teams run at least 2 strong damage dealing characters, so including him is like adding two additonal damage dealing characters along with immortality standing in his aura. have you ever seen the kind of damage beidou is capable of with bennet? She also does all that damage off field, too, like XL, She also is far more effective at getting her energy back if needed via her e.. i havent seen anything in sumeru that makes me think XL is going to suddenly get better, though it does appear as if EM is going to get more important so perhaps bennets stock will drop a bit.

Also, regarding newer players bennet is particularly good to invest in because newer players will be stuck with lower stat 4 star characters and lower stat 4/3 star weapons.

[MeganeKoEx]

Been playing Genshin for over a year and my C4 Bennet is still level 1.

[shironeko]

Why make an issue by comparing them when they're so different? And also using xiangling alone raises it's own issues which is why bennett is there to solve them. The only teams I can think of using her alone are sukokomon and funerational and tbh both aren't very desirable and needs ungodly high ER anyway which means less personal dmg.

[ETPangilinan]

been using Xiangling along side Lisa. Their explosions are great even if I just use the elemental skill. By the time my first combo is over, I can set off Xianglings Elemental skill again quickly enough. Her burst is just a bonus. This was long before I could buy Bennet. He makes it possible to attack more agressively.

[dimpejogja]

After saw your livestream, I think I understand more about your point and I respect your opinions. Still I gonna disagree with you.

1. "Xiangling doesn't need Bennett." Yes she don't need him, so are Yoimiya without shielder, Ayaka without any Hydro or Cryo, Hutao without Xingqiu, etc. If you just talking whether she's functional without Bennett, or she can Burst every rotation after off cd, well yes she is functional, you just slap other teammates with Favonius weapons. BUT without Bennett, not only you'll lose Pyro energies, you also will miss his massive ATK buff, will miss his great healing for your team, and will miss his cleanse. Is it really worth trying to justify losing Bennett in Xiangling's team, when it is much easier just to pair Xiangling with him? In short Xiangling doesn't need Bennett, but she DOES BENEFITS MASSIVELY from him.

2. "Xiangling will matters more in Sumeru, it is EM era now." We are talking about unknown area here. We don't know if Dendro can benefits more from Xiangling than Bennett. We also don't know if EM will be better than ATK buff. All of them is a speculation that is yet to be proven. And you believe Xiangling will be better than Bennett because of that VAGUE information just because she has better Pyro application. Honestly, that argument is.... very flawed. Which lead us to next point.

3.1. "Xiangling has better Pyro application than Bennett." What if I say you're wrong with this one? What if I say Bennett HAS BETTER PYRO APPLICATION than Xiangling? You might not believe it, but Bennett's Burst together with Jean's Burst (aka Sunfire) will apply Pyro so much that even Ganyu CAN MELT EVERY CA SHOT UNDER HER BURST. Sure you "might" do that as well with Xiangling, but Sunfire version is much more reliable than Xiangling's one. Well, he does need another unit to apply a lot of Pyro, while she can do it by herself, so let's talk about Burning reaction, in the current version of Genshin.

3.2."Xiangling is better for Burning reaction than Bennett." Thing is, you ONLY NEED ONE INSTANCE OF PYRO. You don't need continous Pyro application. Just burn enemy once, and that's it, you have permanent Burning reaction. Well, ofc is there is a catch. You don't need a continous Pyro application, but you DO NEED CONTINOUS DENDRO APPLICATION. That is the different. As long as Burning reaction is in effect, you need to periodically add Dendro so the Burning will still go on. You can even try it yourself right now. Just find random Dendro Samachurl, let yourself be burn, and let yourself under his continous Dendro application. Use Zhongli shield just in case. In conclusion, Xiangling isn't much better than Bennett for Burning team. In fact, Sunfire might be better since it also reduce enemies' Pyro resistance, and you might need Double Dendro to complements each other Dendro energy need, and even better, if you say that Sumeru is the era of EM, these team can benefits even more since Burning and Swirl scales with EM. What if we replace Sunfire with Xiangling + Anemo? Well, do you think her burst without ATK buff, without Hydro aura on enemies, can benefits more on Burning team than Sunfire team can? The enemies need Pyro aura on them for Burning reaction, and it's kind of contradicts since her Damage mostly comes from Vaporize, which needs Hydro aura on enemies, and if you apply Hydro, Burning reaction will be gone. Might just put her on National rather than Burning team. We don't know yet about exploding seed from Bloom reaction so we don't just go there yet, see my point 2.

4. "Bennett will be powercrept sooner or later." You are not wrong. With the release of niche supports like Gorou, Shenhe, Yunjin, and DPS that scales with any other stats than ATK like Yelan, he definitely not as good as he used to be, and he might be even less relevant in the future. But CURRENTLY, he is one of the best support that you can have, and building him won't be a bad investment. I think you say it yourself that National will still gonna be relevant even more units will be released, since you probably don't get the new shiny characters. Also if we talk aboutt Bennett gonna be powercrept, what if mhy releases Pyro off-field DPS than Xiangling that might replace her? When that is happen, sadly she might really be powercrept. Xingqiu didn't get powercrept by Yelan is because he is offers so much utilities other than damage, and his Hydro application is still better than Yelan. You can argue that XL 5* will powercrept other Pyro 5*, but what stopping you to pair them together? Mono Pyro exists, Double Hydro Double Pyro exists, and Yelan doesn't actually powercreep Childe or Ayato. You might build Childe/Ayato + Yelan + Xiangling + brand new XL 5*, and probably it will still works. However, just like my point 2, it is unclear whether we really gonna get it or not. It's just speculation.

5. "Xiangling is better than Bennett." Well, it's your opinion, I won't say your opinion is wrong or something like that. Still I can also say Bennett is better than Xiangling because he offers ATK buff, Pyro energy, healing, cleansing, shield breaking, all in one character kit. Of course she's better than him in other aspects. That is why we SHOULDN'T rate a character that HAVE DIFFERENT ROLES. Even tierlist have their own category, an onfield DPS has their own tierlist, an off-field DPS has their own as well, support has it too. Ofc, we can say Ganyu is better than Xiangling because I like Ganyu more than Xiangling, and you can't change my mind. Sadly it's bias, and you make arguments based on your bias. You only says he is gonna be powercreep but you focus on the unknown future too much you forgot that he is still VERY RELEVANT even at this current version.

tl;dr You are saying Xiangling is gonna be better than Bennett based on your (unproven) assumptions and unfair arguments for him that she is gonna be better in the 3.0 and above version.

[kkobayashi]

I honestly respect you opinions but very bold choices of topics lately not that its a bad thing, its good for healthy discussions. Just be more careful once in a while.