With the new update, there's gonna be a bunch of mats from the event so I'm revamping my whole team. I realllly thought about it and decided that Barbara fucking sucks. The wet status effect is just way too much of a pain and the only thing she's good for is healing. I also kinda regret leveling Mona now because after playing with her for a while, I realized that with the way I play my Geo team, I barely ever use her. I pretty much only use Ningguang, Zhongli, and Bennett and sometimes I remember that oh shit I should probably use Mona.
So with my anemo team in mind, I decided that since I just got Xingqiu, I can redo all of it. For my Geo team, I'll be replacing Mona and Bennett and using Beidou and Diona instead. Basically cause I didn't want to do doubles with the Anemo team so no Bennett. Beidou will be the sub-dps and Diona will be the new healer/support. I decided on Diona cause she gives more shield uptime, which will be amazing for the geo resonance. The whole team is just "would you like more shield with your shield?"
The Anemo team will then be Xiao as main dps (once he gets here), Venti as sub-dps, Xingqiu as support, and Bennett as healer/support. It's literally a team of teenage boys. I genuinely don't know how to feel about that. Honestly I'm gonna just blame Genshin for making all their god-tier supports boys cause this is gonna be my "super meta" team.
Also, I've been enjoying the new region a lot. I don't mind the sheer cold mechanic at all since it's pretty easy finding a fire source. The new enemies aren't that hard either, though it's probably cause my Ningguang is genuinely a beast. If you're underleveled aka don't have good artifacts at high stats, you're probably gonna have a hard time. One thing you should remember so that you don't screw yourself over is to make sure there's a heat source nearby before starting any fights, especially against the frost lavachurls and the new ruin guards. You'll be feeling a lot of pain otherwise, and you might end up dying of sheer cold in the middle of the fight.