Ganyu can be excellent in dealing long to mid-range damage with Cryo-elemental attacks, whereas Xiao can be crucial in dealing with massive bursts of melee damage.
Therefore, if players are aiming for simplicity, then Ganyu is the easier character. But if they're aiming for more action in battle and a bit more challenge, then Xiao would be more satisfying to play.
To keep it short, Xiao is undeniably strong. Compared to Ganyu, he fought more than her during the Archon War. Plus, his title is literally the conqueror of demons.
Furthermore, her elemental burst can out damage Ganyu's charged shot; however, she has a high energy cost on her burst. Thus, it becomes very hard to get energy particles and keep her burst up all the time. Interestingly, in terms of damage, Ayaka overshadows Ganyu easily.
He also has a soft spot for Ganyu and takes time out of his day to train her. This is despite the fact that it seems like Xiao doesn't have any strong feelings towards her.
From the very beginning Xiao is willing to kill for Aether, something romantic to many. Who does Xiao have a crush on? 1 Xiao Loves Zhongli This was shown when he protected Liyue from Osial, despite the fact that he believed the Geo Archon to be dead.
This became a ship due to Ganyu's Story Quest and the two's interactions with each other. Xiaoyu is a rather small ship, but has a growing fanbase; there are over 170+ fanfictions written for the ship on AO3.
3 Ganyu Is At Odds With Ningguang And Keqing
Ganyu seems to not have much in common with Ningguang or Keqing. She believes that Keqing is disrespectful and that Ningguangs methods are questionable. Despite this, she still does her job to her fullest, even stopping to give the two pieces of advice.
Both are paragons of their respective roles: Zhongli has the strongest Shields in the game and Ganyu has the highest DPS in the game. Let's take a closer look at both of them to determine who's best for your account and playstyle, and what characters they work well with that you may already have.
Charged Attacks are Ganyu's strongest source of damage.
And among his many contracts, Ganyu is the oldest, having been created some 3000 years ago.
Venti is, by far, the weakest Archon in Genshin Impact.
Being more than 2,000 years old, Xiao has had the luxury of time and appropriately used that to become one of the strongest Adepti in existence.
Ganyu is certainly powerful, and I wouldn't complain about getting her. But… put it this way, I wouldn't be happy if I had to Wish until pity for her and would rather save my Wishes for characters like Raiden or Alhaitham. Overall, both Baizhu and Ganyu are worth considering spending your Wishes on in Genshin Impact.
Xiao is easier to build and more consistent. He has the highest base ATK in the game (whereas Hu Tao has the lowest). Xiao also has better AoE, higher scaling on his normals and plunging, and the #1 DPS (damage per second) potential in genshin. Meanwhile, it is not even clear that hu tao can best xiangling.
Ganyu Has Good Constellations
C4 is a team-wide DPS buff, while her C6 highly improves the speed of her damage dealing. Because her second notable boost lies far away from C1, players should only focus on getting one more copy of Ganyu and save the rest for other characters.
In both team compositions, Ganyu will need a shield character such as 4-Star Cryo Bow-user Diona or Zhongli in order to keep her powerful Charged Attacks free from interruption. Ganyu's best weapon is the 5-star Amos Bow, although she can do well with the 4-star Bow, Prototype Crescent.
All three of them are the strongest damage dealers in the game. However, Eula just got her re-run banner, and Ayaka might not get her for the next two-three updates. Therefore, if you really need a great Cryo damage dealer, then investing in Ganyu's banner would be a splendid choice.
Her Frostflake Arrow and the AoE Frostflake Bloom attacks have higher damage scaling than any other attack in Genshin Impact. As a result, Ganyu can not only deal AoE damage but also clear single boss fights in a matter of seconds.
Ganqing is the femslash ship between Ganyu and Keqing from the Genshin Impact fandom.
She's easily one of the most reliable people of Liyue as well. In spite of her generally cheerful nature, Ganyu is actually incredibly insecure about her status as a human-Adeptus hybrid and being accepted into society as a result of it.
XiaoVen is the slash ship between Xiao and Venti from the Genshin Impact fandom.
Why is Xiao shipped with Venti? Venti's playing ensured Xiao's survival, making him the only one of the four Yakshas not to succumb to the horrors of their duty. This was enough for fans to run with, creating fan art and fanfiction of Xiao being overprotective of Venti.
Many HuXiao shippers like the ship due to their fun dynamic, angst potential, and many thematic similarities. A key point is their shared associations with butterflies and death. Hu Tao and Xiao are like two faces of the same coin.