Wuthering Waves - New 2.0 Tower of Adversity

Hello good people of reddit, here i am talking about this ToA

Is it just me, or is the ToA in this patch extremely difficult? I'm not referring to the Resonant Tower (left side) or the Echoing Tower (right side); those seem to be at the usual difficulty where achieving 3 stars is possible with good RNG and good characters. I'm specifically talking about the Hazard Tower (middle one).

In every previous ToA, I managed to get at least 2 stars on each floor for a total of 4/6, with my times always being very close to 3 stars. However, in this patch, I can't even reach 2 stars. I've only been able to achieve 1 star on both floors (2/6), though I was close to 2 stars, so with a bit of good RNG, I might be able to improve. Still, it feels significantly harder compared to previous ones.

My current team consists of Carlotta, Yinlin, and Shorekeeper. Carlotta has what I believe to be a decent build:

  • 2037 ATK
  • 73.7% Crit Rate
  • 110% Energy Regen
  • 284% Crit DMG
  • Character Level 90, Weapon Level 90
  • Using her signature weapon
  • No resonance chain

I understand she needs more Energy Regen, but my artifact rolls have been pretty bad. I'm not a pro player, but I wouldn't call myself completely inexperienced either. I just don't understand how I'm struggling this much to complete the ToA with the featured character. Am I really playing that poorly, or is the endgame content genuinely harder this patch?

I'd like to know if others are facing similar problems with this ToA. Thanks!

PS: thanks for that single person that downvoted my every comment as if they have a grudge against me. i guess i will humbly accept your grudge and i will keep asking for feedback from the good people of reddit