R1 Stringless vs.

R1 Alley Hunt, new formulas:

Assumptions: Venti L90 against L90 hilichurl,T8E/T10Q, no Bennett, no external EM buffs. Assume 1 swirl
on E cast. 7 swirls/ult for ST, 14 swirls on nT. 16 tick infusion assumed obtained. CR/Anemo%/ATK% used
for arti mainstats.

Interval for Alley Hunter assuming L90R1, CR hat, 20 crit rolls, 0-230EM obtained by substats.

Interval for Stringless assuming L90R1, CR hat, 20 crit rolls, 0% ATK%-58% ATK% obtained by substats.

Damage for E+Q, Alley Hunt:

DefMod=.5

ResMod=.9

ATK=(263+565)(1+.276+.466)+311=1753

DMGBonusMod=1.666 for all anemo damage, 1.2 for all infused damage

CritMod=(1+.625\*1.292)=1.8075

Damage per Swirl: between 722-1913 (@0-230EM)

Emod=441.6%

QMod=1353.6%anemo, 541.44% non-anemo

TotalDMGRaw=(4.416+13.536)(1753)(1.666)(1.8075)(.9)(.5)+5.4144(1753)(1.2)(1.8075)(.9)
(.5)=42644DMG

SwirlDMG=(5776,15304) for ST (0-230EM), (10830,28695) for nT (0-230EM).

TotalDMG=(48420,57948) for ST, (53474,71339) for nT (both 0-230EM)

Damage for E+Q, Stringless:

DefMod=.5

ResMod=.9

ATK=(263+510)(1+.466)+311 to (263+565)(1.466+.58)+311= between 1444 and 1892 ATK

DMGBonusMod=1.706 for anemo dmg, 1.24 for infused DMG

CritMod=(1+.625\*1.292)=1.8075

Damage per Swirl: 1602 (@165EM)

Emod and Qmod maintained from previous calc.

TotalDMGRaw=(4.416+13.536)(1444)(1.706)(1.8075)(.5)(.9)+5.4144(1444)(1.24)(1.8075)(.5)(.9) to

(4.416+13.536)(1892)(1.706)(1.8075)(.5)(.9)+5.4144(1892)(1.24)(1.8075)(.5)(.9)= 43856 to 57493 DMG

SwirlDMG=12816 (ST)- 24030 (nT)

TotalDMG= (56672,70309) (ST) to (67886,81523) (nT)

Conclusion:

At 0 substats:

Stringless 17% better for ST, 27% better for nT

At max substats:

Stringless 21.3% better for ST, 14.3% better for nT

Tl;dr: With the new update, Stringless takes the wheel over Alley hunter.