The "Echoing Conch" artifact set is a pretty interesting choice for Abyssal runs. It’s all about boosting your character’s Elemental Mastery, which is a stat that affects the power of reactions like Vaporize, Melt, Electro-Charged, and Superconduct.
Here’s the breakdown of how it works:
- 2-Piece Bonus: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80. This is a decent boost right off the bat, but the real power comes with the 4-piece bonus.
- 4-Piece Bonus: This is where things get fun! When you trigger a reaction (Vaporize, Melt, etc.), you gain a "Conch Shell" buff that lasts for 8 seconds. Every time you trigger a reaction with a different element, the Conch Shell buff stacks, and its duration is refreshed. So, you can have multiple stacks of this buff going at once. The buff increases the damage of your Elemental Skill and Burst by 20% for each stack.
So, how does this affect your Abyssal runs?
- Elemental Mastery Focused Builds: The Echoing Conch set is perfect for characters that are built around maximizing their Elemental Mastery, like Sucrose, Kazuha, and Xiangling (especially when using her Guoba!). These characters excel at triggering reactions and can benefit greatly from the extra damage boost.
- Support Characters: This set can be really effective on support characters who can trigger reactions consistently, even if they don’t directly deal a lot of damage. Think of characters like Yelan, Xingqiu, and even Bennett (though Bennett usually focuses on healing and ATK%).
- Team Synergy: This set is all about teamwork! You need to have characters that can consistently trigger different elemental reactions to maximize the benefit of the Conch Shell buff.
Things to Keep in Mind:
- Not for Everyone: The Echoing Conch set won’t work for all characters. Characters that rely heavily on their normal attacks, like Razor or Diluc, won’t see much benefit from this set.
- Artifact Farming: This set is farmed in the Pale Flame domain, which is a good thing because it’s a domain that many characters use! However, it can be a bit of a grind to get good pieces with the right substats.
- Elemental Mastery vs. Other Stats: It’s important to find a good balance between Elemental Mastery and other stats like ATK%, Crit Rate, and Crit DMG. You don’t want to sacrifice too much damage output just for the sake of EM.
In Conclusion:
The Echoing Conch set is a great choice for characters built around Elemental Mastery and reaction triggering. It can be a powerful tool for increasing your damage output in Abyssal runs. However, it’s important to carefully consider the strengths and weaknesses of your team and characters before deciding if this set is right for you.
