My Genshin Impact main party + Tips on how to use them

I started picking up on Genshin Impact these days after receiving a mechanical keyboard from my partner— and I am in love with this game! Spending hours threading on grass, fighting monsters and gliding across mountains is something that captured me entirely.

Read my first impression and review of Genshin Impact here.

However I always have shit luck at gacha games— and Genshin Impact’s 5* characters are gained through lottery/gacha methods which is still based heavily on your luck and probability. So I can only do my best with 4* characters.

There’s a huge urge to splurge a few dollars on the game but of course, I know I would be hooked as soon as I start so my better self is telling me to hold back and just be patient with farming the in-game currency, Primogems to prepare myself for a pity pull.

What’s a pity pull in Genshin Impact?

Basically if you have shit luck like me in pulling 5* or desirable characters/items, Genshin has a pity system that guarantees you a 5* item/character at every 90th pull. Basically you’ll have to play the gacha 89x before you get a 5* on your 90th time. If you’ve gotten lucky at getting a 5* on your 30th time pulling, then the pity system resets to 0.

With me waiting for my pity pulls, let’s take a look at my current main party! I absolutely love this team for carrying me throughout the entire game until this point.

• Traveller (Anemo)
• Beidou (Electro)
• Barbara (Hydro)
• Bennet (Pyro)

How I use my party + elemental combos

I prefer fast attackers, and that would mean short sword-wielders like Traveller and Bennet for weak enemies. And also because they attack fast, they can dodge at a faster rate. Barbara is a healer but also provides elemental effects like inflicting the Wet status before elemental combinations. Beidou on the other hand, wields a claymore and is slower but her attacks pack a more powerful punch.

My favorite elemental combination would be Pyro + Electro, meaning to cause Overload where Bennet steps in with his elemental skill then followed up by switching to Beidou to unleash her electro skills. But how I do it is to switch to Traveller (Anemo) before Beidou, by using Swirl to spread Bennet’s pyro AOE which inflicts a burn status on all enemies before Beidou swoops in to electrocute them.

Another combination is to inflict the Wet status by using Barbara as she heals the characters before swapping with Beidou to cause Electro-charged which causes DOT (damage over time). The combination of Barbara + Bennet also causes Vaporize, which if triggered by Hydro will cause 2x damage. Meaning Bennet will have to inflict the burn status first before Barbara attacks.

Genshin Impact artifacts for my team

Artifacts can be confusing but as you gain higher Adventure Rank, you’ll be rewarded with better quality artifacts. I generally equip Barbara with artifacts that increase her HP, as her healing is scaled with her max HP or a healing-bonus item. 

Movies to watch over & over again (during lockdown)

Malaysia has once again declared the state of emergency however unfortunately for my poor soul, I am still tasked to be working in the office. A part of me felt a great despise but then on the brighter side, I am happy to still have my job, go to work and be around my coworkers.

Weekends have turned boring— with so many places closed and dining, limited to only take-aways. I could rejoice, for I am able to spend more time home and this gives me more reasons to re-watch my favorite movies over and over again.

My personal selection to feel good and enjoy what fictional narratives can offer, here are 10 movies to watch over and over again.

1. Pretty Woman

An early romantic comedy, Pretty Woman is dear to my heart after watching it once in class. I believe it was for an assignment and I just fell in love with the movie. Julia Roberts was stunning, and Richard Gere handsome. You’ll enjoy watching fashion transformations, high posh life and sappy romance in this movie.

2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

I trust this movie needs no introductions. Re-experience the magic of Hogwarts in the first movie of the Harry Potter series. Oh, my favorite part is when the boys bought the whole lot of snacks and candies off the trolley on the Hogwarts Express. It makes me want to chew on gummy worms while watching.

3. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Whisk yourself into the world of Narnia with the Pevensie. Beautiful landscapes, talking beasts and singing trees greet you upon your entrance. The best part of the story has always been the war between Aslan and the Witch. Also, it makes me think a lot about Edmund’s Turkish Delights.

4. Howl’s Moving Castle

A favorite by Studio Ghibli. Although not as prominent as Spirited Away, I have always preferred Howl’s Moving Castle for its story. Not to mention that Howl is almost every girl’s first love. A romantic magical masterpiece of a cursed girl, Sophie and a wizard named Howl.

5. White Chicks

If you’re a fan of chick flicks, this is one movie that you are sure to watch over and over again. The acting and jokes will really get you laughing, not to mention with a little bit of action towards the end of the movie. It still makes me giggle thinking of the dinner date scene with Terry Crews.

6. Anastasia (the animation)

If Disney songs are your thing, Anastasia is a movie I can re-watch many times for it’s songs and story. Based in Russia and Paris, this story is about finding family, romance with a little bit of magic. It nurtures the little princess in me every time I see her dance.

7. Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King

I love all 3 movies (not so much for The Two Towers, where I actually just snoozed halfway through), the last and final movie from the trilogy is an epic battle-adventure from the start to end. Gimli and Legolas’ friendship got me giggling throughout the movie.

8. Mary and the Witch’s Flower

A fantasy animation by Studio Ponoc about a girl who found a magical flower and is granted magic for one night. She discovers the world of witches where she is forced to save her friend and stop a grand scheme of experiments.

9. Crazy Rich Asians

Dream of living the upper-society life in Singapore? A full Asian cast, typical romantic Korean drama-esque story of a middle class girl struggling to establish her place in the society of her mega rich boyfriend is something we definitely dig, right? Of course watching this movie made me miss Singapore so much.

10. The Princess Diaries

Time to channel my inner secret princess! Although I did enjoy watching Chris Pine in the second movie, I enjoyed the first movie so much more. I love watching Mia transform as she struggles with keeping her identity and learning to be a princess. Her little date with Julie Andrews really got me missing my grandmother too.