
Otherwise, one should use a Pyro Cup.īased on the above and the lack of a quadrahit in her combos, I would expect her combos to hit closer to the speed of Sword users than those of the other Polearm users (Zhongli can hit the enemy almost 4 times per second, for instance, but I would expect Hu Tao hit them about 2 times per second).

That being said, her best Cup choice might actually be HP% to best benefit both. Since this multiplier is higher than those of her attacks themselves, it will be worthwhile to prioritize E and Pyro Damage over Physical Damage (despite the 2 seconds of Physical Damage remaining after the Pyro Damage runs out). Since her E seems to add 102.4% ATK as Pyro Damage to eat attack, she deals an additional 2,259 Pyro Damage with each attack. With an HP% Timepiece, Hu Tao would have 871 ATK before E and 2206 during E. Thus, overall, HP% scales better for Hu Tao than ATK% does (although HP% might make it harder to get to lower HP). If she is level 90 with a level 90 Deathmatch, her base attack will be 560, and given a +20 Feather (311 ATK) and a +20 ATK% Timepiece (266 ATK) she will have 1137 ATK before activating E and 2117 during E (assuming, again, 20k HP).Ī +20 HP% Timepiece would instead give her 7,247 HP, which translates to 355 ATK during her E, which is more than the 266 gained from an ATK% Timepiece. If so, then at Talent Level 8 and with 20k HP (she will have over 20k just from Base Health at level 90 and +20 Flower) she loses 6k HP to gain 980 ATK and 102.4% of her total ATK as Pyro Damage. I presume that her E gives a small percent of her HP as ATK for 10 seconds and gives her additional Pyro Damage on attacks for 8 seconds.

Since her E seems like a huge buff to her and lasts 10 seconds with a 15 second cooldown, you will want to end her E by casting her Q (letting the animation drag into your remaining 5 seconds of E cooldown), and then swap to other characters for their Es and Qs.

As you will see below, ATK% is even worse than HP% for her damage. Given her low base ATK, you definitely don't want an ATK% hat. Speculation based on what little we can see (with some speculative math):ĭeathmatch and Crit Rate Hat will be really good for her based on her Crit Damage Ascension.
