Even in 2025, the legendary National Team remains Genshin Impact's undisputed king of Spiral Abyss clears. This explosive composition pioneered by Chinese players continues to shred through floors with its relentless elemental reactions, proving that sometimes the classics truly are unbeatable. Watching those vaporize and melt numbers pop off never gets old - it's like fireworks synchronized to destruction! What's truly remarkable is how this F2P-friendly squad has maintained meta relevance through multiple regions and updates.

🔥 The Unbeatable Core Trio

Xiangling, Xingqiu, and Bennett form the sacred trinity that makes this team tick. Removing any of them feels like trying to bake a cake without flour - technically possible but fundamentally wrong. Xiangling's Pyronado remains absolutely terrifying, especially with that C4 extension. The way those spinning flames chew through hydro-infused enemies? Chef's kiss perfection! And let's be real, pairing her with The Catch polearm (still the best F2P option after all these years) creates pure magic.

Xingqiu's rain swords provide that rhythmic hydro application that turns Xiangling into a vaporize machine gun. The satisfaction of watching those blue swords dance while Pyronado whirls? chef's kiss. His damage reduction and healing bits often mean the difference between a 3-star clear and restarting the chamber.

Then there's Bennett - the broken 4-star who outshines most 5-stars. That attack buff circle remains game-breakingly powerful. Stacking Noblesse Oblige on him feels like activating god mode! The community still debates weapon choices though - is Skyward Blade worth pulling over Prototype Rancor?

❄️ OG F2P Perfection

The original Chongyun variation holds special place in veterans' hearts. That beautiful rotation: Bennett Q → Xiangling Q → Xingqiu Q → Chongyun E → Xiangling normal attacks creating constant freeze/melt/vaporize chains. The elemental symphony! Chongyun's cryo infusion turns Xiangling into an elemental machine gun, and the sound design of shattering frozen enemies never gets old.

Recommended builds:

Character	Artifact Set	Key Stats
Xiangling	Emblem of Severed Fate	ER/Pyro/Crit
Xingqiu	Emblem of Severed Fate	ER/Hydro/Crit
Bennett	Noblesse Oblige	HP/Healing/ER
Chongyun	Noblesse/Blizzard	ATK%/Cryo/Crit

That satisfying rhythm when you nail the rotation - Bennett's burst warming up the stage, Xingqiu's swords whooshing into position, Chongyun's field dropping with that crystalline ching, then Xiangling going brrrr with flaming tornado and cryo-infused normals. Pure poetry in motion!

⚡ Evolution of a Legend

Enter the Raiden Shogun variation - the upgrade that turned nuclear. Replacing Chongyun with the Electro Archon creates absolute chaos: overload explosions popping like fireworks, electro-charged zaps dancing across wet enemies, all while Raiden's Musou no Hitotachi cleaves through everything. That burst damage buff and energy recharge she provides? It turns the team into a perpetual motion machine!

Other popular variations:

• 💨 Sucrose version: Swirls for days with VV shred

• 🏹 Tartaglia variation: Melee stance fireworks

• 🪨 Geo flex: Zhongli's shield for unshakeable dominance

But here's the real question - does Raiden National's raw power outweigh the nostalgic perfection of the original Chongyun freeze-melt combo? The heart says Chongyun, the Abyss timer says Raiden!

💭 Why It Still Reigns

Five years later, what keeps this comp on top? It's that magical synergy where every character amplifies the others. Bennett fuels Xiangling who vaporizes Xingqiu who enables everyone. The rotations feel like conducting an orchestra where every instrument enters at the perfect moment. And let's be honest - deleting Abyss heralds in 20 seconds with 4-star characters never stops being satisfying.

But is it still truly F2P friendly? With all the new artifact sets and weapons, optimizing requires serious grinding. That perfect Emblem set with 70/140 crit ratio? You'll be farming that domain until Snezhnaya melts! Still, when everything clicks and you see those six-digit melt numbers? Worth every resin.

What's your favorite National Team variation for conquering the current Abyss rotation? Do you still run the classic Chongyun version or have you fully converted to the Church of Raiden? 🤔