National Team: Bennett, Xiangling, Xingqiu, Sucrose

Bennett bursts and makes the circle. The attack buff uses his base attack, so his weapon is a high-base sword and his sands are energy recharge. Xiangling bursts inside that circle so Pyronado snapshots the buff, then she leaves. Xingqiu bursts so rain swords apply Hydro whenever the driver normal-attacks. Sucrose swirls the Pyro with her skill and holds four-piece Viridescent Venerer, full Elemental Mastery, so the wheel's Pyro resistance is lower.

Sucrose's skill pulls and swirls. Use it after Bennett has applied Pyro and after Xiangling has snapped the wheel, when you still need the shred on the enemy the wheel is hitting. If you swirl a Hydro aura first because Xingqiu's swords hit before Bennett, you shredded Hydro for a Pyro carry. Reapply Pyro with Bennett's tap skill and swirl again.

Xingqiu skill and burst. Bennett burst. Xiangling burst inside the circle, then Guoba if her energy is the thing that will be missing next rotation. Sucrose skill on the Pyro. Then stay on Sucrose or Bennett and normal-attack so Xingqiu's swords keep applying Hydro under the spinning wheel. When the wheel ends, collect particles with Bennett's tap skill and start again. Do not spend the downtime on charged attacks. Xingqiu is listening for normal attacks.

The first chamber starts with full energy, so the team feels stronger than it is. The second chamber is the test. If Xiangling's burst is late, she needs more energy recharge, not a crit circlet. If Xingqiu is late, he needs Sacrificial Sword's second skill or a second Hydro's particles. Adding a fifth idea, like a shielder, means someone above is gone. The wheel is the piece you do not remove.

Xiangling: Emblem, The Catch, energy recharge until the burst is on time, Pyro goblet, crit circlet. Bennett: Noblesse, a high-base energy-recharge sword, energy recharge sands. Xingqiu: Emblem, Sacrificial Sword, energy recharge sands, Hydro goblet. Sucrose: Viridescent, mastery on every piece, and as much mastery on the weapon as the team can spare. Level Xiangling's burst, Bennett's burst, Xingqiu's burst, and Sucrose's skill. Everything else on these four is optional until those four talents are up.

This team does not need five-star characters. It needs the order. A crowned Xiangling who bursts outside the circle loses to a Xiangling at talent eight who bursts inside it.