Should You Pull for Ayato or Ayaka? Why I Recommend Ayaka for Most Players

As someone who has extensively played and built both Kamisato Ayato and Ayaka, my recommendation for most players is to prioritize pulling Ayaka. With her incredibly strong permafreeze teams, Ayaka provides top-tier cryo DPS that can carry you through all of Genshin‘s toughest content. Let‘s compare the two in depth and see why Ayaka has the edge for the average player.

Ayaka‘s Unmatched Cryo Damage Ceiling

While Ayato is extremely versatile, when it comes pure cryo damage potential, no one comes close to matching Kamisato Ayaka. Let‘s examine why:

• Her elemental burst, Kamisato Art: Soumetsu, has one of the highest damage ceilings in Genshin, capable of exceeding 300k damage with optimal builds.

• She has access to Mistsplitter Reforged, which gives a massive 44.1% cryo damage bonus and provides Ayaka her BiS weapon.

• Blizzard Strayer gives 40% free crit rate against frozen enemies, which Ayaka excels at freezing. This further boosts her burst potential.

• Her dash provides superior mobility and iframes while applying cryo for reactive combos.

• Ayaka‘s crit damage ascension stat scales her damage further as you invest in her.

Overall, the combination of an extremely high scaling burst, specialized cryo weapons and artifacts, and freeze synergy gives Ayaka unmatched cryo damage potential.

Ayaka‘s Strong and Meta Freeze Teams

While Ayato is flexible in team building, Ayaka‘s best freeze teams dominate the meta for their strength:

Among ownership rates for Spiral Abyss usage, Ayaka has consistently ranked near the top as one of the most used and powerful characters in end-game content. Herfreeze teams shred through content.

Ayaka is More Beginner and F2P Friendly

For new players starting out, Ayaka is much easier to build and play effectively:

• She only needs around 30-40% crit rate thanks to Blizzard Strayer and cryo resonance. This makes building crit stats easier.

• Craftable 4-star weapons like Amenoma Kageuchi work exceptionally well on Ayaka.

• Her dash helps avoid damage and reposition in challenging combat scenarios.

• Permafreeze gives protection againstinterruptions and staggers while boosting Ayaka‘s damage.

Overall Ayaka‘s flexibility in stats, weapons, and defensive utility make her a great pick even for F2P players.

Ayaka Has More Future Proof Value

With cryo being such a strong and evergreen element that enables freeze, melt, and superconduct teams, Ayaka feels very future proof.

Even as new regions, enemies, and reactions release, you can count on Ayaka‘s freeze teams to still dominate. Her role as a premium cryo DPS will stand the test of time.

Ayato‘s Strengths and Versatility

Now this isn‘t to say skip Ayato completely. He‘s an amazing character with plenty of strengths:

• Ayato provides consistent and high value off-field hydro application through his elemental skill and burst. This enables cryo DPS characters like Ayaka to freeze enemies.

• His unique normal attack sequencing and elemental skill provide a very fluid combat flow.

• Ayato fits flexibly into many team archetypes like freeze, taser, hypercarry, and soup teams.

So while Ayaka specializes in cryo damage, Ayato offers more versatility in roles and team building. And he remains one of the best hydro applicators in the game.

Conclusion – A Powerful Sibling Duo!

In conclusion, my recommendation is to pull for Kamisato Ayaka first, especially if you lack a strong main DPS. Her unmatched cryo damage potential and fantastic freeze teams make her one of Genshin‘s top meta characters.

However, Ayato is also an amazing addition whenever you have the resources. Running Ayaka and Ayato together combines their strengths into a freeze powerhouse of a team!

So aim to eventually get both if possible. Having such powerful cryo and hydro 5-star siblings gives you the tools to decimate any content Genshin throws your way.