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The “Bittersweet” Betrayal of Genshin Impact’s Inazuma Arc (a Personal Reflection)

Inazuma arc, how it could have been my favorite arc...

Inazuma New Year 2022 from Genshin Impact Japan Twitter (by Pako)

This was a rather subjective and over exaggerated view of Inazuma arc, affected by so many personal experiences at that moment. I’ll do the more objective one later, that looking more from the game itself and less from myself.

WARNING! CONTAIN HEAVY SPOILERS OF INAZUMA AND SUMERU ARCHON QUESTS

Overview

Inazuma was one of the most anticipated update in Genshin Impact. It was the first major update after the game’s release in late 2020. The content drought was real as we approached the 2.0 update, and so many people saved up for Ayaka. You know how thirsty people for new content, new characters, new mechanics and new lore... of course, including myself.

In my personal rating that time, Genshin Impact was winning in so many aspects. I liked the combat, setting, exploration, story, even the gacha was forgiven! (What do you expect from a stockholm-syndrome FGO player), I only disliked the constant artifacts grinding. But Inazuma arc changed everything and destroyed my mighty view of Genshin entirely. This is just my love-hate letter about how this arc has everything that I could’ve loved, but I “hated” it. It’s a confusing feeling, the feeling of betrayal by something you love.

The Inazuma Build-up

To this day, I believe Inazuma still has the best build-up ever made in Genshin. At this point I’ve finished Sumeru archon quest and its interlude. I don’t feel like there’s anything exciting about Fontaine, meanwhile the Inazuma lockdown was already hinted since... THE RELEASE!

Some hints about Inazuma that’s already in the game long before 2.0:

The Inazuma girl in Liyue (Atsuko)

A letter in a bottle from Inazuma that landed in Dragonspine

Hints dropped by Zhongli by the end of Liyue Archon Quest

No new electro character until 2.1

Outside the game, Inazuma was hinted several times in the livestream, along with the islands’ concept art and Ayaka.

Some clearer hints later dropped in 1.6, a patch before Inazuma which was, one of my favorite patch ever. So many hints around the islands, the Maguu Kenki, and then the prologue ft. Kazuha in the second half of the patch!

Kaedehara Kazuha, the Inazuma Arc’s Beacon of Light and the Last Hope of Humanity

How Inazuma arc could’ve been my favorite...

Genshin Impact official artwork. I love you Kazuha

Yes, thanks to Kazuha. He’s the beginning and ending of Inazuma arc. You expect Ayaka as the MVP? No! It was all Kazuha!

I was so excited when I learned that there will be the first Inazuma character: Kaedehara Kazuha. To this day he’s still my favorite character so this is definitely heavily biased. This part will explain his influence as our first real introduction to Inazuma, but I’ll write more about his major impact to Inazuma arc later.

I think the way Mihoyo introduced Inazuma along with the release of new temporary region (Golden Apple Archipelago) and a new character is genius. Genshin Impact is a gacha game, meaning it’s very reliant to character collecting. And with the addition of Kazuha as our first “guide” to Inazuma let all players, not only the lore-aware ones, but even META/gameplay enthusiasts to notice how impactful is Inazuma! He also came along with EM reaction buff, granted turned him into the most broken character at that moment (and tbh even now lol).

As the players were trying to get better to know Kazuha in many aspects, let it be personality, gameplay, or his story, they would also learn more about Inazuma. His entire character is tied strongly to the main focus of Inazuma Archon Quest, he’s like the personification of Inazuma AQ itself. It can be seen from his character teaser and Inazuma AQ prologue. Not to mention he appeared with a character that already familiar to the players: Beidou. We’ll talk more about Kazuha later ;)

The 2.0 Version Livestream

This is one of build-up for Inazuma, other than the ones I stated before, but not in-game. I absolutely loved this livestream! Even now, after all the “betrayals”.

For the first time, Mihoyo introduced this “developer talks” format for a livestream. It gave us the sense of importance for the next patch, and personally I really love the content. They gave us short but insightful behind-the-scenes, from many aspects like the landscape designs (they explicitly said was inspired by Studio Ghibli) and the raw notes of Inazuma’s score medley played by the godly Yu-Peng Chen himself.

Personally to this day, this livestream is still the best and very dear to me.

2.0 is Another Build-up!

2.0 is still Inazuma build-up. It’s stopped right before the climax. I like 2.0′s story, and I think it’s still successfully held the might of Genshin in my eyes. There are some flaws in this patch--which aged terribly later on, but I’ll talk about it later.

I like the other aspects, such as explorations and new mechanics, pulled Ayaka first day and had a great time trying to ice bridge between the isles. Inazuma is so pretty! The OSTs are so enchanting! The world quests are awesome! Overall I love this update. It has strong feeling of we being a vigilant, and how people were locked out from other nation. It was living up the hype from release.

2.1 Version Trailer is Still the Best

Truly the peak of version trailer

The end of 2.0, and the 2.1 livestream is where all things started went downhill, but not with the version trailer. Just like Kazuha and 2.0 livestream, I still absolutely love 2.1 version trailer, even today. I think it’s still the best in every aspect, yes even as I wrote this, right after 3.7 dropped! Especially the OST. THE OST, MAN!! Also, there’s Scaramouche, the long awaited character since 1.1 appeared in the end of trailer!

The Birth of Disaster

2.1 livestream was a cancer. At least, the EN/global side is. I don’t want to go for details, you can see it yourself @ youtube. The newest 2.0 characters, Sayu and Yoimiya got many criticism, especially Yoimiya, after how recent *5 were bonkers and suddenly, there’s her. I never had any faith about character power balancing in any gacha game, so it didn’t affect me. Other thing is, Genshin 1st anniversary was in 2.1 as well, and they didn’t seem very rewarding for the players as seen in the livestream, but we’ll talk about it later.

The most bugging thing about 2.0 was Ayaka’s story quest for me. They seemed butcher her character very much to the point she’s just a “waifu longing for attention”. But the players also seemed enjoying her story as I read many comments and polls in Youtube so I thought Mihoyo did the right move. HOWEVER, apparently... this is cancerous, this is spreading to other aspects not only story quests. This is what ruined the Inazuma arc.

In the other hand, exploration-wise, their new Watatsumi and Seirai island were great, although not as exciting as the previously introduced Inazuma in 2.0

The Land of Waifus

“They said Honkai story was good!” My friend seemed so... pissed by the end of archon quest. Well actually, we all. “What is this?! Why all the women just there as waifu? Where’s the characterization?! Isn’t Honkai also all girls and they said the story is good?!”

I was pissed as well. I pulled Raiden on the first day, right after work and eager to finish Inazuma AQ with my brand-new all archon + traveler team (I already have Venti and Zhongli). I finished it with full concentration and dedication, and I was pissed.

It was so hollow.

I played the Raiden story quest, and I got EVEN MORE PISSED!! Like the hell, this waifu just ruined a nation and you, traveler, succeeded on making her out of her hikikomori era, but nOW YOU HAVE A DATE WITH HER?! And worst thing is, people “only” remember her boobas. She’s a very popular character despite her horrible characterization... because of boobas and big pewpew damage.

I still cannot forgive this part. To this day. The end of Inazuma AQ and Raiden story quest is the menace for my being. I hate it, and not as simply hate, but I felt so betrayed. My expectation about story in Genshin was ruined in shreds. There’s no climax. There’s no conclusion. There’s no redemption. It’s all end. The Inazuma finale was just Kaedehara Kazuha blocked Musou no Hitotachi.

The Kokomi and Anniversary Catastrophe

I don’t like Kokomi’s kit. I admit that. At least until dendro + Nilou introduced.

People also didn’t like her kit, but some people were just ahole who likes to ditch any character. Her release sparked many controversies, and the anniversary wasn’t helping either... it just fueling the fire!

I played Kokomi’s story quest for the sake of “seeking redemption for that disastrous AQ ending” and tbh, I liked her story better than Raiden’s. It’s less dating sim, but still has strong dating sim. People finally realized that this dating sim trope started by Ayaka was getting out of hand, and all of those aspects merged into one, big, anger of the players from every server and they finally let it all out in the anniversary... remember the google classroom hate rate?

There’s this Moonchase event actually in that patch, and honestly, this story about a glutinous panda was 1000x better than a god waifu’s.

There are SO MANY more issues with this particular topic (2.1 story & anniversary disaster), but lots of people already discussed it (many in Youtube) so I don’t think I need to write further. One funny thing is the players’ wrath successfully made Mihoyo gave us all more free 10 rolls + an exclusive glider. So lame.

We Left Genshin Impact

The cherry on top of those disaster was none other than...

A freaking Childe rerun.

The least character anyone wanted to rerun.

The 2.2 was the most “boring” and barren patch for most players. However not me. I like Childe, I was actually happy with the event LOL.

Obligatory Childe’s Rizz moment

Many players left the game or community after all 2.1 disaster (not to mention all the new *4 are pretty meh). It’s like cultural reset which is funny on their own. They actually have a new area (Tsurumi Island) this patch along with some banger world quests, but the island itself is so sorrowful and scary that can be easily forgotten... sadge.

Back to Mondstadt and Liyue, the Reflection Arc

The 2.3 patch was a geo patch with an intriguing Albedo event. 2.4 was the grand Lantern Rite™. The two patches were quite a reflection for the past 3 Inazuma patches, and to me as a player. I played the events, I played Itto’s story quest. They were good, in the initial Genshin Impact standard. So why the Inazuma AQ was so disastrous? Was it just a fever dream?

In 2.4 an Inazuma area, Enkanomiya was released. I like this area, despite haven’t been there in like 3 months lol. Imo this place is the prettiest “man-built” area in Genshin.

This is How Inazuma Archon Quest Should Have Been

Genshin Impact official artwork

The 2.5 and 2.6 were heavy Inazuma patches. And strangely, I actually enjoyed them a lot better than the AQ. 2.5 focused a lot to Raiden, with some Yae Miko. Yae’s kit, once again sparked controversies, but not causing uproar like Kokomi’s although funnily enough, I think Kokomi’s kit is a lot better than hers. 

Raiden 2nd story was very good. It’s SO GOOD that the AQ and her 1st story quest was probably just a surreal projection. Yae’s was good, standard in Genshin lah.

2.6 was actually my favorite Inazuma patch. It’s like the real conclusion of the story of Inazuma, and how they managed to do it within a temporary event, with characters from diverse nations! This is the patch that redeemed Inazuma for me, simply remove the “hatred” from 2.1. Although my chest still ache when I remember it, but I forgave it now, thank you Ayato, Kazuha, and... Scaramouche LOLL. It’s the Irodori Festival. I love the story very much and I think the lore here should’ve stated in a permanent story quest, alas.

In 2.7 they started to hint Sumeru via the Chasm. This was a Liyue patch, but done in similar way of 2.6. It’s like they prepared for the ending of Inazuma Arc.

Irodori Festival, the true conclusion of Inazuma Archon Quest (pict from 2.1 mil followers celebration of Genshin Impact Japan Twitter)

Kaedehara Kazuha, the Beginning and Ending of Inazuma Arc

We finally reached this part. Why I was so attached to Kazuha, and why Inazuma arc should have done better. 2.8 patch was actually a summer event, but it’s like an epilogue for Inazuma for me, especially how once again, they use Kazuha’s life story here. And this is why he matters so much.

Kazuha was the one who introduced traveler to Inazuma (told in 1.6)

He has strong ties to a direct “victim” of Sakoku Decree (1.6)

In the prologue (1.6) it was stated that he wanted to make his late friend’s vision’s glow. In the finale he himself made it glow by blocking Musou no Hitotachi (2.1), he answered the question given in the very beginning.

Has long history in Inazuman swordsmaking, since he’s from samurai family just like Ayaka and Ayato (told in 2.6 event)

Descendant of someone close to the puppet of Electro Archon herself: Kabukimono (Scaramouche), who’s very plot relevant later (2.6 event & Sumeru AQ interlude)

His family decline was directly tied to Inazuma’s history, that was told in the last event of 2.x (2.8). Kazuha himself decided to keep moving on instead going back to his homeland, it’s like Mihoyo told us to say goodbye to Inazuma.

Considering his “accidental” involvement to people responsible to either Sakoku Decree & Vision Hunt Decree, Inazuma commissions, Fatui, etc that basically the plot driver of Inazuma AQ, it’s safe to say that he’s the major backbone. Without Kazuha, the Inazuma arc’s story would stray even more random. He connected all of it, the lore stated in either AQ or event stories. His first banner was in the last patch of 1.x, and his first rerun was in the last patch of 2.x, the beginning and ending of Inazuma.

This is why I love his promo MV very much. It really shows us a “journey”, a sweet ending for Inazuma. I may will never forget the disaster, but Kazuha ended it with a smile, so... it’s a bittersweet feeling.

So long, Inazuma.

End of Sumeru Arc and the New Beginning of Wanderer

Genshin Impact official artwork

I wish I could move on from Inazuma AQ’s disastrous writing, but sadly I can’t, because... it tied strongly with Sumeru’s story, and the rest of Teyvat journey.

Scaramouche, or later known as Wanderer (this is actually Kazuha’s name smh), has an integral involvement in Inazuma lore/history just like Kazuha, but in different side of coin (imo). He was there, always there in every major circumstances that happened in Inazuma after he was born. But he was the villain when Kazuha was the “victim” or “hero”. It’s like Kazuha’s story was under the light, when Scara’s under the shadow.

All of it were just slowly revealed through Sumeru AQ story. Sumeru AQ was good. 1000x better than previous AQs. Especially the interlude, it made many of Inazuman events sensible, and I’m glad of it. Like we finally able to attach the light and the shadows altogether. Funnily enough all of it happened after Sumeru arc ended.

Wanderer is like the personification of “Inazuma arc reset”. I still “hate” how 2.1 happened and ended, but as his “redemption” goes on (especially by Nahida), I think it’s time to move on and don’t mourn so much to the “betrayal”. Genshin is no longer that mighty in my eye and the anticlimatic Inazuma AQ will always haunt my Teyvat journey, but I’m still here, at least until Sheznaya.

Tl;dr, I really like all about Inazuma, except the AQ finale which is like, if you’re on a test, it’s a segment with 60% of overall value and the rest are just 40%. Wasted opportunity. Anticlimatic occurrences are always the worst.

How Inazuma arc could have been my favorite... if only 2.1 was done better

#genshin impact #personal #lmk if I stated anything wrong regarding lore or something #games #gacha games #mihoyo

[aimixx]

NEW THEME I SEE..... SO PRETTY I THINK THAT KEQING

HELL YEAH YUHENG SUPREMACY

#—letters to traveler #—signed; ganyuslily #—companions #mihoyo electro buff when

[yostresswritinggirl]

1.5 Update Stream Summary

Spoiler warning for the upcoming update; watched and taken from KeqingMains Twitch stream of the CN Genshin Impact stream.

S T O R Y

Eula Story Quest

Zhongli Story Quest Part 2

N E W  C H A R A C T E R S

Eula, 5* Cryo Claymore User

Yanfei, 4* Pyro Catalyst User

N E W  W E A P O N

Song of Broken Pines, 5* Claymore (Eula’s main weapon)

B A N N E R

Zhongli banner, Yanfei included

Eula banner

E V E N T S

Energy Amplifier Event

Find Irminsul Fruit Fragments around the map.

Activating an Irminsul Fruit Fragment will spawn enemies, beginning a challenge

Activating Fractured Fruit Fragments requires energy which scales based on characters’ LV, and there is a max limit to how much energy you can use. You are able to borrow your friends’ characters to increase the energy max limit, maximum of 3 characters.

Finishing the challenge will award you with Fractured Fruit Fragments of three rarity: 2-4 stars.

Can equip these fractures to gain buffs for the Geovishap symphony.

Only a maximum of 11 Fractured Fruit Fragments can be activated: 6 2*, 4 3*, 1 4*.

4 stages, can choose buffs and debuffs just like Hypostasis Symphony

Rewards include The Crown

You can also obtain Diona as a reward.

Mimi Tomo

Locate and defeat the Unusual Hilichurl to obtain various rewards, including furniture

Windtrace (Hide and Seek/Prop Hunt)

A prop-hunt game where players split into two teams: Rebels and Hunters.

Rebels need to hide from the Hunters and avoid getting caught, while the Hunters needs to catch them all within a time limit.

Rebels can turn into various objects within the current map, place baits or temporarily go into a hidden state.

Hunters can detect the location of the Rebels

“Favors” will descend randomly upon the area, picking up this “Favor”can be decisive in determining victory or defeat.

Take part in Windtrace to obtain Windtrace coins, which you can use to unlock various rewards. Forming your own party to take part in the game or when the current amount of Windtrace coins have reached its maximum will not give any additional coins.

5 different maps (Qingce Village, Springvale, etc.)

Gives special name card

Overflowing Mastery

Similar to Leyline Overflow Event

Talent books drops increased, 3 times a day

Misty Dungeon (Dungeon Crawler)

No elemental resonance, no food buffs

Can only use certain characters

Turrets in your way

Getting buffs after completing challenges (Rejuvenation revive, plunge? attack increase, movement speed increase?)

G A M E  C O N T E N T

Housing System/Homeworld

Enter via Serenitea Pot gadget (gifted by Madame Ping)

Three different background maps to unlock and choose from

Materials used to create items can be gathered in the overworld

Obtain Realm Currency which can be used to buy various items

Hangouts

Diona added to Hangout Event!

Noelle Part 2 added to Hangout Event!

New Artifact Domain

Located at the top right of Sal Terrae (at the foot of Dragonspine)

Pale Flame Set (Physical Damage Set)

Tenacity of the Millelith Set (HP/Shield Set)

Azhdaha Trounce Domain

New weekly boss; Azhdaha, the ancient dragon

Eula and Yanfei Talent LV Materials

Might require you to finish Zhongli story quest to access

Changes elements midfight multiple times (Electro, Hydro, Cryo, Geo)

Domain stage changes too

Cryo Hypostasis

Located in Dragonspine

Eh, not much to say other than I hope yall suffer

Abyss Lector: Violet Lightning

Enemy attacks drain Elemental Burst Energy

S Y S T E M  C H A N G E S

Weekly bosses resin cost change

- From 60 resins per boss, it will reduce to 30 resins for the first three rewards you collect from weekly bosses, goes back to normal cost after that.

Friendship EXP

- Receive more friendship experience in Co-op

Warning before ending of limited events

- Players will now receive in-game mail with 1k mora to notify them before an event ends

Better management of voice packs

- You can now download and remove voice packs of your choice (for storage!)

C O D E S (Global)

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D E V E L O P E R  D I S C U S S I O N

There’s a developer note published in the Mihoyo page, questions and answers are usually about the security and other stuff.

P I N K  H A I R E D  G I R L

Please know that the identity of this person was not confirmed at all, only that she is a (good, old?) friend of Zhongli and Baal. But she is definitely not the electro archon. She is nicknamed Miss Fox, Yae.

#genshin impact #exile.feather #spoiler tag #goddamn #why do i do these things

[mattoyaki]

F2P Yanfei Build Tips

I mentioned in a previous post that I really think pulling on the upcoming Zhongli banner is a great idea for newer players and especially f2p players that have been saving their primos/are nearing pity. This is in large part because the new character Yanfei is looking like a very good character to add to your roster if you lack a main carry or Pyro DPS character.

Pyro is by no means required in this game, but Mihoyo definitely favors it over the other elements. It has access to the two best reactions in the game, melt and vaporise, and can be used with electro for overload to break shields with ease. Dendro when Mihoyo?

Yanfei seems like a f2p player’s dream character, she’s basically a budget Klee. Plus, she’s adorable and has a unique back story akin to Ganyu’s! Unless you just don’t like her design for whatever reason, I highly recommend trying your luck to get her!

Here is a little f2p friendly guide to help you build her should you pull her ! :)

Talents and Ascension

Prioritize Yanfei’s normal attacks when building her talents. Most of her damage will come from Charged Attacks, so her damage will scale better by leveling up her autos first.

Her burst should be second priority since it has a higher damage multiplier. Her skill can be saved for last.

She will require a boss drop from Azhdaha, Bloodjade Branch. Azhdaha is the new weekly boss being introduced in 1.5. Be sure to challenge him once a week!

Other items you will need to ascend her as a character are Agnius Agate, Primordial Jade, Noctilucous Jade, and Treasure Hoarder Insignias!

Weapon

If Yanfei is as much like Klee as she sounds, then the Widsith will likely be her BiS 4 star weapon. Obviously, if you have a 5 star catalyst then use that! If you don’t have either of these, don’t fret! The Mappa Mare is a craftable weapon and is a great choice!

Mappa Mare scales with Elemental Mastery, which is fantastic for a character that relies on reactions to do damage. It’s passive is also useful, granting a 10% elemental damage bonus when an elemental reaction is triggered. This effect can stack twice and scales higher with refinement.

Other great weapons if you have them on hand are the Blackcliff Agate and Solar Pearl. These weapons are great because they provide additional crit dmg and crit rate respectively. Blackcliff can be purchased in the shop with star glitter while the Solar Pearl is a BP exclusive weapon.

Artifacts

*If you are not AR45+* I do not recommend wasting your resin on artifacts. Wait until you’re world level 7 and challenge Lv 90 domains to get guaranteed 5 star artifact drops.*

I’ll also use Klee again for inspiration here. The ideal artifact set for Yanfei would likely be Wanderers Troupe 4pc set. WT is very hard to farm though so Crimson Witch or Lava Walker sets would be good alternatives. In terms of priority I’d say it’s WT > WT/CW > CW > LW but it really just depends on the quality of the artifacts.

For main stats your timepiece should be Atk% unless you have very low Elemental Mastery. If you’re using Mappa Mare and have at least a 2pc Wanderers Troupe set then I’d go with Atk% as a main stat. I’d also use Atk% if you plan on pairing her with Sucrose, since she provides free EM to her teammates. If you are not using Mappa Mare or you don’t have good rolls for EM on your artifacts than shoot for EM as the main stat. So, Atk > EM unless your EM is <100ish.

The cup should 100% be Pyro Dmg Bonus. If you don’t have a single Pyro cup you can run atk% until you do get a Pyro cup.

The circlet should be Crit rate or Crit Dmg, depending which one gets you closer to the ideal 1:2 crit ratio. If your crit rate is <50% I’d say go with Crit Rate over Crit Dmg for more consistency. If you have >50% crit rate then prioritize Crit Dmg.

Sub stats should be prioritized as: Crit rate = Crit Dmg > atk% > elemental mastery > energy recharge > flat Atk and pray you don’t get too many Def or HP rolls.

Team Comp

Yanfei will preform best in a quick swap reaction based team. She will have the best synergy with Hydro, Cryo, Anemo and other Pyro characters. And wouldn’t you know it? Diona will be given away for free in 1.5!

Diona is a fantastic support character, and especially to Yanfei for several reasons:

Cryo application for Melt procs. Diona can apply Cryo with her skill as well as her Burst.

Diona has one of the better shields in the game. As a charged attacker, Yanfei will benefit from the interruption resistance that a shield provides. Diona’s shield scales with HP, so it’s relatively easy to build. It also provides a movement speed increase which is pretty cool and can cleanse other elements off of you to remove unwanted debuffs.

Her burst heals while dealing Cryo damage. This synergizes great with Yanfei. If you happen to have her at max constellation, Diona provides a hefty elemental mastery buff to her teammates inside the AoE of her burst too!

Diona can make use of multiple artifact sets. The new Millieth set looks fantastic for her on paper. She can also utilize the 4pc Maiden Beloved set or pair it with Scholar/Exile. If you lack a Energy Recharge weapon such as Sacrificial Bow or Favonius Warbow, then a simple 2pc Scholar/2pc Exile will work exceptionally well on her. Stack HP% on her timepiece, cup, and circlet to get the most out of her healing and shield.

There are several other characters you could pair with Yanfei and Diona to get a solid team comp. It ultimately comes down to which characters you have in your roster, but for the sake of this build we’ll rely on free characters that everyone has access to.

For the third slot of this team comp, an Anemo character that can utilize Viridescent Venerer artifact set would be great for shredding Pyro resistance for Yanfei. Don’t have Venti, Sucrose, or Jean? Don’t worry, Anemo MC works great as a VV support thanks to their ability to reliably swirl! They also have a fair amount of crowd control and can reach c6 very easily.

For the last slot in this specific team I recommend Bennett if you have him, but if you don’t have him, Xiangling works great! Either way we will be using this slot as a burst support/nuke. I choose these two characters because they are Pyro, which gives the team Pyro resonance, increasing party Atk by 25%! I also chose them because they can both utilize 4pc Noblesse Oblige artifact set. The idea is to use their burst to increase the overall damage of the team. Again, Bennett is perfect for this role but I’ll focus on Xiangling since she’s free to everyone.

Yanfei + Diona + Traveler + Xiangling is a team that will use quick swap play style. Quickswap is a form of play that relies on swapping characters in and out more frequently for higher combined damage, as opposed to Sustained play style where one character is dealing most of the damage. This team can be used in a 4 step rotation:

1.) Start with Xiangling and use her skill or burst to apply Pyro to enemies/activate the NO boost.

2.) Once Pyro is applied, swap to the Traveler and use their skill to swirl Pyro against enemies. This will activate VV 4pc boost, which shreds swirled enemy’s resistance to Pyro by 60%

3.) Swap to Diona and apply Cryo with her skill or Ult.

4.) Finally, Swap Yanfei in and use her charged attacks/burst to proc melts and do big pp damage.

Other 4 ⭐️ characters that can be used with Yanfei include Bennett, Barbara, Chongyun, Sucrose, Xingqiu, Xinyan, Rosaria, and Kaeya. Shoot for Pyro resonance for that sweet Atk buff. Hydro or Cryo for vape and melt procs (Xingqiu is fantastic for this if you have him) and a VV user for resistance shredding (unless you have Zhongli as his shield will shred resistance for you!)

Yanfei can also be used with Electro characters like Fischl for niche shield breaking. Keep in mind that Overload does push enemies back and often requires you to sprint to keep up with them. Charged attackers like Yanfei do not like to sprint too much.

Geo resonance is also a solid choice for her if you have Zhongli, Albedo, or both. If you lack these 5 ⭐️ characters I’d use her in the standard Pyro + Anemo + Hydro/Cryo comp because she doesn’t really have the greatest synergy with other geo characters.

TLDR:

Yanfei is a Pyro DPS character very similar to Klee. She can make use of the 4⭐️ craftable weapon, Mappa Mare; use Wanderer’s Troupe, Crimson Witch or Lavawalker artifact sets with Atk/EM timepiece, Pyro Bonus goblet, and Crit circlet. She ascends with Noctilucous Jade and Primordial Jade, and her talents level up with Bloodjade Branch from new weekly boss Azhdaha. She pairs well with quick swap teams that focus on vaporise and melt elemental reactions!

I hope some people find this helpful! Again, I think Yanfei has really good potential and would make a great addition to your team if you’re looking for another main carry. If you’re new or f2p she’s a great alternative to characters like Diluc and Klee for both overworld and Abyss. Zhongli is also a very good character to have so you really can’t go wrong pulling on this rate up.

#genshin #genshin impact #genshin 1.5 #genshin impact 1.5 #gentry of hermitage #Yanfei #zhongli #f2p

[kazuhasbunny]

inazuma is really bringing out my size kink… like wtf mihoyo like the nobushi IS SO DAMN BUFF every time i see him i get all blushy and start giggling like a fucking idiot!! ill just stand close to him and avoid his attacks just to admire and take pictures like the creep i am. even the other enemies are fucking hot like the bigger electro and pyro samurais makes me wanna write a damn smut fic for these underrated npc/enemies. Even before them when the fatui were around in i would admire the anemoboxer and the pyro shooter i saw fanart one time if the anemo guy and he looked SO DAMN GORGEOUS and there was another cute fanart of him and another hydro big guy and they were protecting their little guy, the geo one. it’s so cute I love them so much and I can’t wait to see the other harbingers bc holy shit i might become a huge dump for capitano if i remember correctly I read somewhere he’s from fountaine AND THATS EVEN MORE GORGEOUS MEN i also can’t wait for sumeru~~~ and i think u can guess why 😩😩💳💳💥💳💥💳💥💳

PLEASE ME ALL THE TIME 😭😭 and i have to farm for them lots !! so i have to .. meet them all the time .. i become so stupid around them all sometimes i .. purposely die .... n-no reason of course ahaha .. if u do make it ahaha pls hmu ((im in need of more npc thirst they deserve it for being sexy))

THE FATUI ART i think .. i’ve seen it before ? not so sure but some art of them are <333 CAPITANO i mean .. from his name he sounds like .. damn ahaha it’s suddenly hot here woww i-i wonder how .. aha...

sumeru . the . forgive me for the person i’ll become once sumeru drops

#eli.replies #eli.talks #anon

[say0ranarts]

I just wanna know how everyone felt about this lol. So I just did the "Autumn Winds, Scarlet Leaves" quest and I kinda panicked for a moment. So yk beidoe said that to participate in the tournament thingy u musn't hold a vision. When she said that I was like, so mihoyo u want me to do only physical attack??!! But when we got there I was there with lumine and my jaw literally dropped and I scream-laughed so bad at that moment yelling "BUT I DIDNT BUILD HER SHE'S JUST LVL 37 SHE DOESNT EVEN HAVE A 4* SWORD OMG NOOO!!!". I didnt have her in my team and then after the first fight I immediately ascended her to phase 4 and gave her the flute. Fyi she was the first character I ascended to phase 4 cuz I couldn't think straight at that moment omg. Anyway how did u feel if u were one of these who hasn't built the traveler LMAO anyway byeee

dksjhgsdf what if i said.... i had built my traveler😅😅

my girl rn :') honestly tho i had already built her at that point when i reached the quest with kazuha in it bc i was very excited to have electro lumine soon and wanted to prepare before then. but i think that your traveler gets a huge attack buff during that quest i was kinda sad i didn't check what my stats were sdjfhsgsjka

#ask

[dourpeep]

mihoyo is so desperate to increase Childe’s pull rate they gave him a second rerun-

on a lighter note XINYAN GETTING THE SPOTLIGHT SHE DESERVES WOOOOO

Xiao avoided my grasp like the plague on his banner eueue, i haven’t pulled since the zhongli rerun (lost the 50/50 to mona she is glued to the bench), my primos are almost at 20,000 all for xiao (kazuha and raiden almost shook my will but i am staying strong gdi)

manifesting a xiao and bedo rerun update for us my liege 🤝

-🃏

YESSSS XINYAN I LOVE HER

(': I'm so happy she's getting more love! It feels nice to see that there's a lot of others who appreciate her since not long ago all I saw for Xinyan was that she sucks and also people trashing on the va's >>

Don't trash on va's guys, please-

BUT ALSO OHIDOFIHASDLHFLSKD I love her sm she's so strongggg she carries the team when Xiao doesn't do the trick nodnod. Which is good because Archons knows he needs a break once in a while.

Ah! Mona's a great support- her burst,,,so good. So much dmg buff-

I hope that you're able to get Xiao though!! I, as a Xiao main, can personally attest that he is my favorite character thus far, playstyle wise. But maybe that's just because I have a smaller threshold for patience when it comes to games and Xiao is f a s t >>

I also like that he has a lot of sweeping attacks?? Idk, I tried maining other polearms before like phys Xiangling or Zhongli, but I couldn't get into it. But like Xiao and Rosaria have at least a few big sweeping attacks that is more appealing nodnod.

Raiden also has some sweeping attacks, but her autos feel slower to me-

Moving on-

I hope we can both get our respective boys!

I won't lie...if you can, Kazuha and Xiao are incredible together--quickswap to Kazu, use his E, plunge, then switch back to Xiao and go to town...

Raiden is also great w/ Xiao because her E gives the extra electro bonk with every auto and it has over 100% uptime. Very tasty.

#anon asks #joker 🃏 anon

[animelover7032]

Just some things that I think would be nice to see in genshin (regarding playable characters) :

Playable dendro characters when?

Playable dendro characters when?

Amber buff amber buff amber bu-

I'll cry if we get another female hydro catalyst after kokomi

Male catalyst MALE CATALYST MALE CATALYST

Also younger/child/smaller male characters (like klee) would be nice to see

Mihoyo I see what you're doing and I get it but can we get some more female characters with longer skirts and pants (specifically pants. I wanna see women in pants pls) and more male characters wearing shorts or smth. Like- the majority of female character have short shorts/skirts or smth and thigh highs (or bare legs) and most male characters have a pants/boots combo going on and I wanna see smth else 😔 c'mon, you can do it

Idk how an electro healer would work but that'd be fun to see turns out they're like a defibrillator lol revives a character when they're about to die or smth. Okay ik that's c6 Barbara but-

MIHOYO GIVE US BUFF/MORE MUSCULAR PLAYABLE CHARACTERS PLS. WE SEE WAGNER AND CYRUS ik this isn't gonna happen but one can hope

Also male characters that have animal features. Our resident best boy razor doesn't count. We have cat boys men out in the wild, we just need them playable

Edit: So I just realized I forgot gorou exists 💀 I'm not too interested in rolling for inazuma characters so far so I keep forgetting about them.

Madame ping banner when?/j

Skins for the travelers :D have em dressed in outfits based on/from different countries they visit, that'd be fun. They could have quests you'd have to do after you do the main quest(s) that's in that country to get the outfits or smth. Or (in the case of main quests that haven't happened yet) maybe there could be a point where the traveler gets an outfit when going to a certain country (you can't tell me the travelers would survive in Snezhnaya with their current clothes). I have a feeling all characters will eventually get skins but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

4* anemo characters. Sucrose is lonely

Also more male 4* characters we have 5. Out of 18 total. I cri

#rambles #genshin impact #op

[doufuhua]

i’m gonna rant a long in-depth opinion about childe’s gameplay, sorry, feel free to ignore, or if you are thinking about pulling for him soon maybe my thoughts can provide insight.

i’m not a metaslave, honestly following meta is dumb in genshin impact, especially when the game is pve, you should enjoy the game the way you want to enjoy it. but, BUT...that being said, with childe banner coming, i have to say he does feel underwhelming to play sometimes. regardless of how much you like his character, the criticisms about his gameplay that people are bringing up have some truth in it. i agree that his kit and constellations need a revamp.

his constellations don’t provide dmg boost but a different playstyle which renders his range stance kind of useless because the constellations favors his melee stance more, hell even his kit favors melee. so in my conclusion, doesn’t it look like the fact that he wields a bow is counterintuitive? he should’ve just wield a spear in the first place if he’s gonna utilize it the most regardless of lore giving a reason why he uses a bow. and there’s the cooldown on his skill, now to me it’s manageable, i don’t have an issue with it, i think it’s a nice challenge to have a time limit, but not everyone thinks my way. actually based on observation, i see that when someone has an initial interest in childe’s gameplay, when they find out that his skill has a time limit, they give up, they just don’t want to bother, which is just a mentality thing unfortunately.

his constellations are i think a great example of how scummy mihoyo can be, they really gave him lackluster constellations at the top, c1 really only shaves off 4 seconds of cooldown and c2 is just...energy recharge....it’s not until c4-c6 does he get something interesting and it’s not more dmg, it’s a different playstyle. it’s obviously a money scheme to entice players to invest in pulling in gacha, it’s nearly predatory. in other words, if you’ve seen his playstyle and you really like it, he requires expensive investment. hu tao at c0 is basically childe’s c4 constellation, it’s pretty unfair. because of hu tao’s kit at c0, childe users feel cheated because his c4 should’ve been his c0.

now, speaking of c4, that is also a separate problem itself, especially if you’re a person who utilizes elemental reactions constantly. everyone knows that vaporize and melt are the strongest reactions in the game, and childe’s c4 has proven to be problematic when it comes to vaporize comps. childe’s c4 ability applies hydro to enemies every few seconds, and on the surface that sounds great, but players with c4 have realized that the comp is difficult to set up because he applies hydro too fast for pyro to take into effect, normally you have to apply pyro and then hydro, not the other way around. you basically sacrifice one playstyle for another, ultimately you have to choose which comp you like more, which is either you play vaporize comp or you pick something like permanent freeze. i don’t even want to get into the fact that, to get rid of the cooldown on his skill requires c6, which to reach that point, you’ll have to whale for it.

i hate to say it but i do feel like childe got powercreeped especially with characters like xiao, ganyu, and hu tao being released right after him, specializing in weapons he uses. ganyu is arguably the better bow user of the two, with her charged attack doing aoe dmg and having huge crit dmg modifiers. xiao’s gimmick is his plunge attacks which hilariously reminds me of the fact that childe’s melee stance has no plunging attack whatsoever. and hu tao...i’ve already said my piece above.

look i don’t hate childe, i actually like his character, maybe not at first, but after his story quest and learning about what he went through at age 14, he seemed like an okay guy. i’ve had him at c1 since version 1.1, he was one of the small amount of dps characters i had at the time who happened to use hydro. i didn’t have diluc, a highly sought for dps unit, at that time, i didn’t have xingqiu, a great support, until last month, i even have mona from losing the 50/50 on some character’s banner, i haven’t even built her yet. childe carried me through all the way up to this point, and yet i still think he can be improved. i’m criticizing mihoyo, which is the point of this post really.

don’t let me keep you from pulling his banner, he is a viable unit. his greatest asset is his aoe dmg, he’s great against large groups of enemies. he also hits as fast as polearm users, giving no chance for the enemy to counterattack. he can reach large numbers of crit dmg when you commit the effort for his artifacts. he works great with cryo and electro users, like beidou and fischl. i bring up his drawbacks because at the end of the day, mihoyo is a company and money is always foremost, they aren’t always on the playerbases’ side. honestly speaking, the decision to give zhongli a buff is an outlier, something that mihoyo didn’t anticipate doing. it wasn’t the efforts of western fans’ criticism that they gave him the buff, because america’s playerbase is small, it was the chinese players that complained the loudest, and god forbid a chinese company pisses of their own native players.

do i think mihoyo will give childe a buff? no. childe isn’t very popular, gameplay wise, on the chinese players side. so they most likely are not listening to any outcry by childe mains for example, mihoyo will keep releasing new characters, and these new characters will most likely powercreep some others. we barely made a big of a crack in the main story, we’re in the prologue stage of a sorts in a 6 or 7 act story, and so that definitely means new characters will just keep on coming. i just want you guys to keep in mind that you should always keep a distance, gambling can become an addiction, and never be bootlicker for a corporation who ultimately doesn’t care about you. like, i have a suspicion that the reason childe has a banner, why rosaria is on his banner, this time around on an event that’s all about mondstadt is, first, yes lorewise he is involved with the main story somewhat, he was accidentally in the abyss (the chasm?) when he was younger, that he was taught to fight by some woman there, and an upcoming main story quest with dainsleif reveals we will be fighting the abyss order at some point. but the second point, the “it’s just business” point, is that they know childe is a character phasing out in players’ interest, they put rosaria on his banner, to entice us to pull for her and by extension, childe, to make sales on his banner. this is basic business strategy. be aware of games like genshin impact, that are free to play on the surface, but have underhanded motives.

#艾美 #long post #gi #childe

[angel-bazethiel]

I have a feeling we won't get an electro buff until we get to Fontaine.

I mean, why did miHoYo buff geo besides the fact that the community practically bullied the devs to do so? bc geo is the best when it comes to fighting geo enemies which we have a lot in Liyue (tho yea we have overload but that besides the point).

And now we're getting a lot of new cryo characters bc miHoYo is prepping us for Inazuma, where I assume we would have a lot of electro enemies.

And well... the enemies that electro is best for are hydro enemies. So yeah. Methinks we won't get an electro buff until Act IV :^((

#genshin impact #as a beidou main i made myself sad :^((( #ALTHO TBH ELECTRO CHARAS ARE ACTUALLY SO GOOD SO IDK WHY PEOPLE KEEP ON ASKING FOR A REBUFF SKSKSKSKSKS #genshin impact meta #wao i can't believe im tagging something as gi meta wth hhhhh #genshin impact theory #idk how else to tag this ksjskfkkgg #baze talks #baze plays

[ollie-jpg]

mihoyo electro character buff When

#mihoyo did electro characters SO dirty #no you cannot change my mind #ollie talks genshin

[yeosangz]

rating genshin bosses and elite enemies! >:)

stole idea from fae<3 thank u bestie

**does NOT apply to the hypostatic event cuz that shit was hard ok...my score are so embarrassing

anemo: 3/10

idk what to say like f ur tornados but other than taht it’s e zzzzzz

electro: 2/10

EEE ZZZZZ

eat this for breakfast😋🍽

very predictable

only thing that makes it hard is the ripple effect thingy yk? idk what u call them 😭 (ik ur supposed to just go in circles to avoid but i keep messing up and taking dmg lol)

geo: 4/10

unpopular opinion but this one is SO EASY esp when u have noelle

noelle<3

it just takes some time if u have no claymore/geo honestly it’s pretty easy

cryo: 5/10

EASYYYYY

re spawns just to die again

i be fighting these for fun and ion even Need cryo lmao (until chongyun comes..ofc<3)

i main pyro and electro so E Z ‼️🤤

pyro: 6-7/10

really depends if xingqiu wanna go apeshit or not cuz he carries lolz

it’s aight?? it’s just...there ig LOL

oceanid: 10/10

fuck you fuck you fuck YOU F

stupid cranes and birds

DIE DIE DIE DIE PLZ I HATE U

icb i have to do these for xingqiu 😐🖕 he has so many demands like..ily and all but Not that much🤣

have never solo and would never solo🚶🏻‍♀️

childe: 5/10

I HAVE NEVWR SOLO HIM SINCE THE QUEST. BUT ITS HELLA FUN!!!

i’m horrible ok ik i should farm...

but this is the peak of my week inlove co op and playing him

it’s literally just me buff and healing my team while they go apeshit lmao

very fun would do it daily if i could

if i were to solo tho..10/10 😔😔💔

andrius: 100/10

have never solo and also would never solo

the wolf is not scary it’s the mf soundtrack

when he runs in circle i shit myself ngl

always get my friends to co op with me🙏😁

dvalin: 73818828/10

I HAVE ALSO NEVER DONE THIS BOSS EVER SINCE GHE QUEST‼️

fuck that i’m not doing him until it’s required for ascension idcidc

stupid ass dragon

it’s so hard to control and the view is so weird i hate it so much

I KNOW it’s bad for me not to farm these bosses but . like...i’m a pussy ok😭😭 plus i’m so unlucky with pulls i don’t even have a 5* char like 🙄 mihoyo 🖕🖕😐

abyss mages (domains only): 7/10

hydro: god thise bubbles are annoying! i hate getting stuck in them and they just be laughing like 😐😐what’s so Funny⁉️

cryo: should be easy until they relase those ice shards and the mist around them...one shot if i even go in the mist😭

pyro: i HAVE to rely on others to break the shield cuz i pyro main..but they’re ok?? kinda time consuming cuz again..pyro😭😭

mitachurls: 3/10 and basically any mobs of -churls(??)

they are ok!! not the best with mobs so it’s time consuming but i like fighting them

no this does Not apply to spiral abyss.

ruin machines: 7/10

FUCK THEM ALL

one request required me to fight ALL 3 at the SAME TIME while this thing was shooting at me from ABOVE and PROTECTING a monolith

never forget mihoyo for this🖕🖕🖕🖕

ok but they’re OK if i don’t have to fight all THREE ATVTHE SAME TIME??:$/$/??? it’s guard (easy) < hunter and grader (hard)

fatuis: 5/10

cicin mages: easyyyy Next

agents: “you can’t run from debt” uh yea i can‼️ i got xingqiu and he’s loaded😋🤲

eye of storm:

that one quest where u had to fight one with a thousand slimes too..yea never again❤️

but alone they’re e zzzzz

geovishap: 6/10

ANNOYING MFS I HATE THEM

tehyre jsut..getting on my nerves 🙄‼️

snowboar king:

never fought....oopsie

#genshin talks #this is basically me telling u how much i suck!