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Following complaints from the community that Zhongli feels underpowered, the developers behind Genshin Impact have provided a statement with their own perspective.
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Zhongli was the most anticipated character by far. The community adores him and I was among those personally excited.
He was advertised as doing "enormous" damage. He doesn't. Now they're telling us to git gud and play him as a support (despite the fact that there are no support spears and the spear that released alongside him is a dps spear).
He also sucks at support, by the way. He has a shield, which has no side effects and is the only shield to not cleanse status effects. Shields are also redundant on geo characters because they all inherently generate shields through elemental combos. His stun is too short to do anything, and his wonky, inconsistent energy generation ensures that you won't have reliable access to it.
And he's blatantly outclassed by Noelle - a 4 star character everyone is guaranteed to get from the starter banner. She tanks better, she heals your whole team, and she outdamages him to boot.
Zhongli isn't a main character. He's one of those 5 stars that is supposed to "easily achieve" things. And a very well loved one prior to launch at that.
His elemental ability in combo with another GEO generates massive area damage for each "GEO element in the SCENARIO" that easily generates 2 ~ 3k easily while there are active geo constructions.
I find it even a little strong for support compared to 4-star DPS!
But to play solo he is probably not a good choice>. <
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