Genshin Impact just got out of its first-ever lag, and HoYoverse just announced a wealth of events, quests and features. More importantly, Hidden Dreams in the Depths adds the highly anticipated Yelan and Kuki Shinobu to the Gacha character. And I’m excited for the new gaming opportunities they might open up on my account.
Here’s my confession: I don’t like Fischl or Venti as archers since their playstyles focus on casting a damaging spell and then switching to another character. I preferred other archers like Childe, Ganyu, and Kujou Sara whose more selective skills required precise timing and skill. Newest Hydro-Bow user Yelan seems to find a balance of both approaches genshin Battle.
Her Elemental Burst skill summons a cube that performs coordinated hydro attacks with the active character’s normal attacks, just like the four-star sword character Xingqiu. This makes Yelan a fantastic option for facilitating powerful vaporization reactions or permafreeze compositions. But she’s not just a passive reaction enhancer. After spending some time out of combat, her aimed arrows charge faster and become more powerful. And Yelan’s elemental ability increases her speed and “marks” any enemies she runs past, dealing damage to them at the end of the ability. I really enjoy that Yelan’s abilities allow her to play a variety of team roles.
And I am delighted that the ninja Kuki Shinobu is the electro healer I’ve been asking about since the Inazuma region was liberated. Yes, yes, I know “Electro is the weakest element”, but it sucked that it used to be the only element that didn’t have its own healer. Here’s the catch: she heals better when her own health is low, and using this elemental skill takes some of her own HP. So she combines a high-risk, high-reward playstyle with Hu Tao and Xiao. Best of all, she’s a four-star character. Which means you actually have a reasonable chance of getting them in character gacha.
The next update also includes a lot of quests and mini-games. The new characters will debut in the latest main scenario, where players will continue to explore Abyss region in Liyue. And if you’re not far enough in the story to join in, the update also includes a drumming mini-game and the ability to craft tiny robots.
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There are also important quality of life updates. Domains now display gameplay suggestions for completing their specific challenges, skill leveling screens show players the order in which to spend their talent books, and the artifact menu lists the most commonly used stats for each part. This update virtually eliminates the need to trawl through a million Reddit threads and YouTube videos for the best character builds. These improvements reflect how HoYoverse has steadily released official tools these are similar to those traditionally maintained by fans and Travel Guide Websites.
Version 2.7 is coming on May 31st.
