Vargs fucked around with this message at 06:14 on Jan 6, 2021

• A physical hit does (1000*TalentMultiplier)*(1.928); the full attack string does 11221 damage.
  
• A Burst-converted hit does (1000*TalentMultipler)*(1.77); the full attack string does 10302 damage.
  
• An R5 Crescent Pike bonus hit does (1000*0.4)*(1.928) or 771 damage.
  
• The combined damage outside of Burst is 11221+(771*8) or 17389 damage. We can ignore Burst damage because it's a DPS loss (though it probably ramps up to better with the Ascension Talent after 6-9s, but I'd say that probably evens out).
  
• Lemnistatic Wind Cycling does (1000*3.5392)*(1) or 3539 damage every 5 seconds.

• A physical hit does (1000*TalentMultiplier)*(1.345); the full attack string does 7828 damage.
  
• A Burst-converted hit does (1000*TalentMultiplier)*(2.236); the full attack string does 13014 damage.
  
• An R5 Crescent Pike bonus hit does (1000*0.4)*(1.345) or 538 damage.
  
• The combined damage outside of Burst is 7828+(538*8) or 12132 damage. In Burst, it's 13014+(538*8) or 17318 damage.
  
• Lemnistatic Wing Cycling does (1000*3.5392)*(1.466) or 5188 damage every 5 seconds.

• As Talent levels rise, the relative value of Anemo% also rises. The higher Xiao's basic attack Talent, the less impactful the Crescent Pike's extra hit is relative to his multipliers, and unlike a lot of Polearm users he has very high multipliers and tends to outpace the Pike. The higher Bane of All Evil is, the closer its multiplier comes to overcoming the combined Pike+Goblet Physical% bonus; at lv10 or higher, Bane of All Evil stops being a DPS loss for Physical% and obviously boosts Anemo% by more as it's leveled up.
  
• Damage amps and resistance shreds. Neither Anemo nor Physical can benefit from Venerer or Petra bonuses, but Anemo can use a potion to increase Anemo damage while Physical has to use food for that (though you can pop a Cold Cut Platter for +40% Physical instead of +ATK food). Outside of that it depends on your access to C6 Anemo Traveler, C2 Venti, C4 Jean, C4 Xinyan, or C4 Razor; only C6 Anemo Traveler is guaranteed, but C4 Xinyan is a lot more attainable than C2 Venti or C4 Jean and provides both amp and shred. There's also Superconduct, which is a very large buff to Physical, and considering how close the two are it could give a serious edge to the Physical% setup.
  
• Ideal team compositions. If Physical Xiao wants both Xinyan and Superconduct, that's his entire team setup right there. Anemo Xiao potentially has more flexibility since he can Swirl off any element but Anemo/Geo and can technically benefit from buffs to elemental damage via the Swirls themselves. It won't be much but it's soemthing. He'd probably want something like Xingqiu as I'm not sure anyone else could keep up with his Swirl output, but that leaves two more slots to fill however you like. Post-buff Zhongli for brainless shred and shielding would be easy to fit in, for example, as well as Bennett.
  
• Whether Xiao is actually able to stay on the field for his full 15s of Burst. It ends when he switches, unlike some buffs like Diluc's or Noelle's, so if Xiao can't stay out for the full 15s he loses the Anemo infusion and bonus damage. This heavily advantages the Physical% setup as it can tag out and lose nothing of consequence, doing effectively the same damage when he comes back in; it also mitigates Superconduct's shorter duration, not that Xiao would need Superconduct while in his Burst I guess.

RPATDO_LAMD fucked around with this message at 07:40 on Jan 6, 2021

S.J. fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Jan 6, 2021