Finally the update happened, havent tried the new boss et, can this site please not crash for 5 minutes jesus christ.
So is Ayato a main DPS carry or another support character?
I've been scanning all about him since the leaks, here is what i gathered
Overall role:
Ayato seems to be intended as "short field dps -> swap support" like yoimiya. His main gameplan is using his skill to hit infuse and hit hard for 7~ seconds, casting his burst and swaping out, while someone else attacks to reduce his skill cd.
>Combo
His combo is pretty bug pointless. He gets a different combo after his skill.
>Skill
He leaves a taunt clone and does a backdash, exactly like ganyu but no damage on entrance, after 6 secs the clone pops. After using skill, ayato does huge hydro slashes that generate 1 particle every 1.9 secs. The CD is 20 seconds and reduces by up to 8 when allies do normal attacks (yae used to have this mechanic in beta).
>ult
It's literally hydro ganyu ult but 80 cost. It does random hydro damage on a large circle. Allies in the circle get up to 12% atk speed (ayato doesnt get it lol).
>weapon
His 5* weapon is mid atk mid crit (608 / 33%), gives free 12% elemental dmg and when an ally does normal atk, the holder gets stacks that give him normal atk dmg after skill. This sword heavily enforces the playstyle i mentioned first.
>passives?
Ayato gets, i kid you not, hp% scaling on his skill and stronger hp% scaling the more he attacks after the skill. This is really weird since he gets crit dmg on ascension. It's like Yae getting skill damage with EM, it just sounds random.
>Artifacts?
He can use heart of depth just like childe, maybe EoSF if you just want him as an ult bot.
>BUT IS HE GOOD?
By himself? I'd say not yet lol. Ayato is kinda like yoimiya, raiden and kokomi, designed to take a bit field time and then have someone else take it, but ayato kinda fucks it over by having an 80 burst cost and hydro not fitting his playstyle. He hits too fast to reverse vape but probably not fast enough to allow others to vape. Freeze is possible but generally requiring field time makes it awkward and his expensive burst means you gotta stack ER on him.
His best teammate sounds like raiden who can cover his downtime and charge his burst but then you're playing eletrocharge which neither is built for but alas, it probably works. EDIT: WAIT I FORGOT, Raiden's burst is considered burst damage so she doesnt reduce ayato's skill cd, not good for him.