Columbina vs Furina : Who’s Actually Worth Your Pulls?

Travelers: Hey, little LDShop! Retuned to the game in the end of natlan and litteraly everyone now has furina, but now i'm confused between saving for Columbina or pulling for Furina in her rerun that can improve my teams significantly. If just Columbina could have that hydro application then it wouldn't be a problem to skip Furina.

LDShop: All right! I will give you some analysis and advice !

 

Comparison of Core Mechanisms

Aspect	Furina	Columbina
Core Role	Universal off-field sub-DPS / Support	Lunar Reaction-focused off-field sub-DPS
Mechanic	Manages team HP (drain/heal), providing massive DMG Bonus% to the entire team based on HP fluctuation.	Manages "Lunar Reactions," converting normal reactions (Electro-Charged/Bloom/Hydro-Crystallize) into "Lunar Reactions" and providing various buffs.
Buff	Direct, unconditional team-wide DMG Bonus% (via Fanfare stacks from Burst).	Indirect, conditional: 1. Burst provides "Lunar Reaction DMG" bonus 2. Through mechanics (e.g., Constellations), provides ATK, EM, Crit, etc.
DMG Type	Deals regular Hydro DMG with her skills.	Core damage is "Lunar Reaction DMG" — a Transformative Reaction-type independent damage.
Team	Must pair with a strong team-wide healer to enable the HP cycle.	Must pair with teammates who can trigger Lunar Reactions (Electro, Dendro, Geo) to activate her core mechanics.
Versatility	Extremely high. Fits into ~90% of teams that can accommodate HP fluctuation and a healer.	Niche. Specifically designed for teams built around Lunar Reactions. Effectiveness drops sharply in other comps.

 

Do they conflict?

No, their roles are different. Columbina is a support and damage dealer who utilizes "Lunar Reactions," which are transformative reactions. She boosts Elemental Mastery or provides other buffs that specifically benefit such team compositions.

Meanwhile, Furina is a damage percentage buffer, which means she does not overlap with teams focused on transformative reactions (since transformative reactions do not benefit from damage percentage). Furina remains exceptionally strong in other team archetypes that lack damage percentage buffs, especially considering the current scarcity of strong Hydro support characters.

Therefore, Furina serves traditional damage teams (direct damage or amplifying reaction teams that scale with damage percentage), while Columbina enables the new "Lunar Reaction" teams. Additionally, their buff domains hardly overlap: Furina provides "damage percentage," while Columbina offers "Lunar Reaction damage bonus" and other stats. Both are top-tier supports in their respective fields.

 

Can they work together?

Yes, and there is potential.

If future versions introduce amplifying-type Lunar Reactions such as "Lunar Vaporize" or "Lunar Melt," they would simultaneously benefit from both damage percentage and Lunar Reaction bonuses. In that case, these reactions would be able to utilize the buffs from both Columbina and Furina.

A team composition consisting of Furina (providing damage percentage) + Columbina (providing Lunar Reaction bonus and Elemental Mastery, etc.) + a Pyro DPS could become exceptionally powerful. Additionally, Hydro Resonance would further optimize the team's energy cycling.

 

Pull Advice

• For versatility & immediate power:

Furina's kit design grants her exceptional versatility, making her highly resistant to being completely powercrept. Currently, the only characters capable of "replacing" her in certain teams fall into two categories: those who outperform her in specific niches (such as Citlali or Escoffier—though Escoffier's teams often still prefer Furina) and main DPS units that fundamentally do not benefit from Hydro reactions (such as Kinich or Varesa).

• For new gameplay & future teams:

Columbina specializes in "Lunar Reactions," making her a superior support compared to Furina for future (6.x version) main DPS characters designed around Lunar Reactions. Thus, Columbina is the key to unlocking and defining the "Lunar Reaction" playstyle. If you plan to engage with the upcoming new meta, she is a core must-pull character.

• For resource-rich players / collectors:

Both are highly valuable. Furina represents the "peak of the old system," while Columbina is the "beginning of a new system."

 

Conclusion

In simple terms, Furina & Columbina, they represent two different design philosophies: one perfects an existing mechanic (Furina), the other pioneers a completely new gameplay avenue (Columbina). Both are arguably "must-have" characters within their respective domains.