Interesting. I woudn't have guessed that based on my time with her in the trial. But to be fair I would never EVER use the team they stuck her with.
I'm currently using Chiori, Navia, Furina and Charlotte. Works well, but I could really use some Charlotte cons. Mine has 210% ER and it's still not enough...
I suppose. Maybe from a strict numbers perspective Chiori/Albedo beat out Zhongli, but QoL I don't think anyone will. I use "The Unforged" {5* Geo Claymore I got unlucky with a long time ago} that requires a shield to get most of the good buffs, so not having to depend on crystallize makes her a lot more consistent. And since I build C2 Zhongli with the catch and a bunch of ER, his ult provides petrify CC and shield renew which makes it very easy to line up enemies to hit multiple per Navia's shot. Her team has become my go-to for the Apep weekly boss because I can line up and blast entire waves of those little pod enemies in phase 2 with this strategy. I'm still using Gladiator's artifacts on Navia, so I'm only getting 120-150k shot crits, but that's more than enough to oneshot little enemies and does a nice chunk on the bosses/big guys. I imagine that team will get even better once I give her the signature artifact set.
There's always a compromise between comfort, preferences and optimal gameplay. You probably own a claymore that's better than Unforged, but you chose that one anyway because who else is gonna use that thing, right? I gave Cinnabar to Chiori. It's been sitting in the inventory unused and doesn't look awful on her. She actually has some purple details on her dress. But I believe Harbinger of Dawn is better in any non-Furina team. I ain't doing all that though.
So in that same vein, I accept that Chiori at C0 is gonna be sub-optimal because she loses out on the second doll and 30~40% DMG. That's fine though because this game's pretty easy anyway. The question is whether you think that's worth up to 180 wishes. Probably not, but I'm bored, stupid and loaded on primos.
Anyway, I think I'm at 120k shots on mine, so you seem to be doing fine with your setup.
Yea, you're right, but you know I like to try to jam characters into roles that they aren't really designed for. I hate spending resources on characters that MHY dictates "you WILL play them this way". It's bullshit and I wish the playerbase wouldn't be so accepting of it when it happens. Like why not give Chiori the Keqing skill treatment. It doesn't hurt anybody or MHY if players decide they want to stack attack stats and try to make her work as a Geo Keqing. But nope, they said "we don't want her to be used like that, sorry losers".
I mean, maybe you can still do that. I'm not sure. Haven't seen anyone try it. Maybe if you put Yun Jin in the team and some other proper supports... You'd probably need Sac Sword to refresh the duration of her infusion. I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's still a positive that they added the infusion to her kit. There's at least a possibility of maybe making it work. If not now then maybe in the future. I wish it was something they had promoted a bit more though.