Last Wednesday, March 1, 2023, a new character arrived along with the 3.5 update to this game. Her name is Dehya and fans of her had high hopes for her, since they took a liking to her when they met her as an NPC, but sadly she ended up becoming the worst character in Genshin Impact. At least that’s what the players say.
If you take a look at the official post introducing Dehya on the Genshin Impact subreddit, you’ll see that it’s full of user comments asking for the character to be fixed, comments from disappointed players, and a few insults. Some even say that the character is “completely unplayable.”
What is the problem with Dehya?
Mainly, come on skills kit. Her elemental talent ‘Inferno Smelter’ creates an encirclement of fire that causes damage dealt to other characters to be transferred to Dehya, who cannot be protected by shields and can kill her. Also, her ultimate ‘Fire Jaw of the Lioness’ causes her to auto-attack, preventing us from dodging to avoid damage. Something as simple as jumping cancels the ability and its effects.
As if that were not enough, his damage not only scales with his Attack but also with his Max Life, which is considered inconvenient by the community.
His lack of synergy with the game’s more popular characters and lack of control over his abilities to cause elemental reactions have also been criticized.
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A case of discrimination?
This situation has led some players to accuse Hoyoverse of discriminating against Dehya and making her “the worst character in Genshin Impact» because of his dark skin. There are those who claim that they are making this class of characters less useful. Although it is true that characters like Xinyan and Kaeya are considered low level, there are no strong reasons to believe that racism is involved.
Hoyoverse has also been criticized for making Sumeru’s inhabitants mostly white-skinned despite the fact that this map is heavily inspired by the Middle East and North Africa.
Is Dehya the worst character in Genshin Impact?
We really like Dehya’s design and personality, but it is true that his kit is of little use for high level content like the Spiral of the Abyss. However, he is a perfectly usable character during exploration, casual combat, and most quests.
But is it the worst? We still prefer to use her than Amber, to tell the truth.
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