During the Genshin Impact Version 4.4 special program, HoYoVerse revealed the upcoming line-up of characters to pull from. Xianyun and Gaming will make their playable debuts, while Nahida, Xiao, and Yae Miko banners will be re-run.
Xianyun will be a five-star Anemo catalyst character. Her kit focuses on Plunging Attacks. Not only can she activate them even without climbing to a high spot, she can allow other characters to use them at will. In practice, it looks similar to the Dragon Strike technique. Her Burst can also heal the party while increasing how high a character can jump. When a character uses a Plunging Attack in this state, they’ll deal AoE Anemo DMG. The special program also showed how HoYoVerse developed Xianyun’s design and kit.
Gaming will be a four-star claymore character. He’s based on lion dancers, who are a key part of Chinese culture. This is not surprising considering he’s debuting in a version with the Lantern Rite, which is the Teyvat version of Chinese New Year. Gaming’s Skill lets him leap into the air, and then deal Pyro Plunging Attack DMG. He also consumes HP, but he can recover a fixed amount when he uses his Burst. His Burst is a stance-based system in which he summons Man Chai to deal AoE damage. It can roll around the field as well to hit enemies. The cooperative aspect of lion dance makes up the core of his kit.
Nahida, Xiao, and Yae Miko will return to the game as well for this update. Both Xiao and Yae Miko are DPS characters, with Xiao an Anemo Polearm and Yae Miko an Electro Catalyst. As for Nahida, she is an excellent Dendro support character who uses Catalysts as well.
As for the order of the banners, we’ll see Xianyun and Nahida first. Gaming will also be available in the first half. Xianyun and Nahida’s signature weapons will be available too. In the latter half of Version 4.4, we’ll see Xiao and Yae Miko.
Genshin Impact is readily available on the PS4, PS5, Windows PC, and mobile devices. Version 4.4 of Genshin Impact will come out on January 31, 2024.
