Genshin Affect’s 2.5 “When the Sakura Bloom” replace has followers of the sport dropping their minds over its three new characters, one among which is a weekly boss. New characters present up within the anime gacha sport on a regular basis, however the 2.5 replace, set for February 16, confirms fashionable leaks of a few of the most anticipated ones.
Yae Miko, the pink-haired fox woman, will lastly be playable as a five-star Electro Catalyst person. We have met the intimidating lady earlier than and have seen a few of her AoE-based moveset in leaks, however with right this moment’s livestream, it is all official. Her banner shall be obtainable for the primary half of the replace.
Yae has been long-awaited by followers, largely due to her affect within the story and connection to a different fashionable character from the Inazuma area, Raiden Shogun—who can also be the character many followers pair up with Yae in one among the game’s most popular ships. The livestream additionally introduced that you’ll reroll for the Raiden Shogun after the Yae banner, which is especially impolite for anybody making an attempt to select them each up with out spending any cash.
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It is not simply playable characters which have Genshin gamers drooling although. A multi-armed and horned model of the Raiden Shogun shall be a weekly boss. Leaks counsel she’ll be powerful to beat with six phases, however everybody appears to be lining up for an opportunity to fulfill her.
In response to a video of the boss struggle with the Shogun, persons are speaking about how upset they’re that this aggressive model of the character is not the one we get to play as. “That is actually ‘the boss character once you struggle her’ and ‘when she be part of you’ meme,” Reddit user Aengeil wrote in a reply. The boss model of the Shogun retains the identical face because the Shogun we have already got, however is in any other case a lot nearer to the Honkai Affect third character she’s based on.
Kamisato Ayato, the brother of Kamisato Ayaka, additionally made an look within the livestream, though he will not be playable till the following replace. Ayato has been rumored for a very long time and all I see are individuals making enjoyable of the pose in his official artwork. Just a few artists have drawn him pulling a sword out of his chest just like the Raiden Shogun’s signature means and calling it mounted. There’s not a ton to go on exterior a little bit of textual content within the announcement, so many individuals are theorizing what it will be like to really play him and what his function within the present story shall be.
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Outdoors the brand new characters, the two.5 replace guarantees a motive to return to the Enkanomiya area to battle with new enemy sorts whereas combating off “corrosive darkness” with a brand new merchandise. A brand new bartending minigame was additionally teased, which could have you mixing components and performing a brief QTE to combine the drink. There will be lots to do within the new replace later this month, however, as with every new Genshin launch, persons are largely wishing one another luck on pulling the beautiful new character.