The damage tester's Primogem rewards totaled 500 Primogems.
As long as one output over 100,000 damage once, all 500 Primogems could be taken.
"This is easy."
Mu Yang immediately pulled out the Raiden Shogun Nine Thousand Kazuha team.
Kazuha infuses Electro, Bennett's Burst, Yae Miko increases ATK, then Raiden Shogun's Burst—easily outputting over 100,000 damage.
"I never thought after so long, there'd still be a chance to play Raiden Nine Thousand Kazuha."
For whales, getting 500 Primogems was simpler than simple.
But for some players, this was quite difficult.
"Oh no, my Dragon King's one spray is only 40,000."
Ye took a break at noon to play the game.
When he got to the damage tester part, he subconsciously pulled out his C0 Hydro Dragon King for testing.
The result was gratifying: a C0 free-to-play weapon Dragon King, paired with all C0 supports, finally output around 40,000 damage.
Not to mention exceeding 100,000; it wasn't even half of 100,000.
"Why does Genshin set the numbers for these little events so high?"
"A lot of casual players like me probably can't output this high, right?"
Ye could easily clear Abyss Floor 12, but asking him to burst out over 100,000 damage in one go was truly difficult.
Luckily, he had joined many Genshin discussion groups; when encountering unsolvable problems, he could immediately ask the big shots.
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[Slacker King: Big shots, how do you output 100,000 damage on the damage tester?]
[Big Shot A: ?]
[Big Shot B: Are you a newbie?]
[Slacker King: No, I'm an old player from launch.]
[Big Shot A: With so many Fontaine hypercarries last year, and you're a launch old player who still can't output 100,000 damage? Don't joke.]
[Slacker King: Big shot, I'm really not lying; don't believe me, watch the video.]
[Slacker King uploaded a video.]
[Big Shot A: Isn't this simple? Have Chuychu apply Pyro first, then Dragon King one spray for Vaporize reaction, turning 40,000 into 80,000?]
[Big Shot B: The kid played too much straight damage teams and forgot about elemental reactions.]
[Big Shot A: Also, this is an open world event, not Abyss; you can eat food. If damage is still not enough, just eat some buffs and it's fine.]
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After seeing the big shots' suggestions, Ye finally reacted.
Yeah, he could still do Vaporize and eat food.
He really had played too many Fontaine hypercarries and almost forgot about Vaporize and Melt reactions.
Oh right, before Fontaine, there was Sumeru maining reaction teams, where they didn't play Vaporize and Melt much either.
Thinking it over, Ye not thinking of Vaporize first was all miHoYo's fault.
Ye followed the big shots' suggestions: after buffing up, have Chuychu apply Pyro first, then Dragon King one spray, directly spraying out 90,000 Vaporize damage.
"Looks like I still need to eat food." Ye opened his inventory, wanting to search for suitable food or potions.
However, after looking for a while, his inventory surprisingly only had Teyvat Fried Egg and Sweet Madame. The former revives downed characters, the latter restores HP to revived characters, but neither increased damage.
As for potions, he had none at all.
"I've been synthesizing Resin at the crafting table; it's been a long time since I synthesized potions."
Ye furrowed his brows tightly; did he really have to go to Liyue's crafting table to make a potion now, then come back here to test damage? That was way too much hassle.
Suddenly.
A bold idea popped into his mind.
"I can equip the Dragon King with the Witch set and stack some Mastery on him."
Ye said and did: he directly swapped the Dragon King's Hunter's Path set for the Crimson Witch of Flames set, and changed the Hydro DMG Goblet to a Mastery Goblet.
Accompanied by the line "O tide, I have returned," one spray output over 100,000 damage.
"Nice!"
Ye's emotions surged with excitement.
After pulling the Dragon King, his Genshin playtime turned into easy mode; any enemy he encountered, he just let the Dragon King hard spray.
Now, encountering an event that required 100,000 damage to get the reward, he finally felt that long-lost challenge, and thus the joy of completing the challenge.
"That said, with my Dragon King, stacking to 100,000 is this hard; wouldn't it be even harder for others?" Ye thought.
But in reality, his idea was wrong.
The Hydro Dragon King excels at smooth output, but if it was about bursting over 100,000 damage, many characters could do it easily.
Not long after, many burst videos appeared online, helping newbies output over 100,000 damage on the damage tester.
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[Fastest tutorial online: How to burst 100,000 with Baron Bunny]
[Tutorial: Taking full damage tester rewards with C0 Mona]
[Your Yingying Moon: Damage tester reward full clear tutorial]
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When Ye searched online, she never expected that just after 5.0 launch, so many people were already posting videos teaching players how to burst 100,000.
For Ye, who was used to Neuvillette, outputting 100,000 in one go was hard.
But for players who still used other characters, outputting over 100,000 damage was really too simple.
For example, someone used C0 Navia with only a four-star Sword of Narzissenkreuz, just one Elemental Skill for 100,000 damage.
Others had Amber use Baron Bunny, Bennett for ATK buff, Sucrose for resistance shred, Kaeya apply Cryo, bursting over 100,000 Melt damage.
Not to mention, some used the early burst tool Mona to easily output over 100,000 burst damage.
If using Fontaine hypercarries to easily burst 100,000 was one thing.
But surprisingly, so many people could output such high damage with early characters like Amber and Mona.
"Sigh, looks like connecting to the tide for too long has made me forget the meaning of travel."
Ye looked at the damage tester, wondering if he should test for even higher damage.
Primogems were tempting, but big numbers were equally alluring.
After seeing tens or even hundreds of thousands casually online, Ye also felt the impulse to try.
Just then, his phone received a message.
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[It's been 5 minutes past lunch break; still not coming out of the bathroom?]
[If I see you salaried shitting again, you don't need to come tomorrow.]
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Interesting!
Ye only then realized that to complete Genshin's quest, he had unconsciously used up his entire lunch break.
Online.
Ever since the damage tester came out, many players skipped the main storyline altogether and just grinded the damage tester for scores.
"Highest damage 480,000; just a bit short of 500,000; you not grinding?"
"You already output 660,000 damage; push a bit more to 700,000; come on!"
"I admit your 700,000 is strong, but the streamer next door is bursting 1,000,000; yours isn't that great."
"1,000,000 isn't anything; this burst tester lets you invite friends mid-way; someone's already pushed damage to millions."
"Interesting... I saw someone else's Kinich, not even fully leveled, no talents unlocked, easily outputting 100,000 damage."
"Isn't this miHoYo's scheme to sell characters? First give a damage tester, then let everyone see Natlan characters casually hitting big numbers; it's making me want to whale hard for Kinich."