Genshin Impactrevealed which four-star characters will arrive on the Phase 2 banner for the upcoming update 3.4. The recently held Special Program event already confirmed that the second part of 3.4 will feature two very popular limited five-star characters, Hu Tao and Yelan.
This part of the update will also feature the Lantern Rite Festival, an annualGenshin Impactevent that celebrates the Chinese New Year. The festival is always held in the Liyue, probably because its design is based on Chinese culture. Lantern Rite is always filled with unique events that offer players a lot of free items, including precious Primogems that are used for wishing on a banner.
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Developer HoYoverse usually waits a couple of weeks before revealing the four-star banner characters that will appear on the second part of an update. However,Genshin Impact’s official social media accounts have already revealed the three characters that will join Hu Tao and Yelan. The Pyro user Hu Tao is one of the most anticipated characters, and she still holds the infamous record forskipping 10 consecutiveGenshin Impactupdateswithout a banner appearance. Her last re-run was back in November 2021, when she was introduced alongside another Pyro user named Thoma. According to the tweet, the second phase banner for update 3.4 will feature the following characters:
The Hydro user Xingqiu is one of the strongest four-star characters in the game, and he always seems to have ahigh pick rate in most versions of the Spiral Abyss. His kit has great Hydro application which makes him a must-have unit for most team comps that rely on Hydro elemental reactions.
Beidou is also a decent four-star supportive character that can be a part of almost any type of team composition in the game.Beidou has a unique playstylethanks to her Elemental Skill which allows her to absorb incoming damage and launch a counter-attack.
While many consider Hu Tao to be the main character of the update, a lot of players will probably spend their Primogems on Yelan, especially considering that this will be her first re-run. Before her release, some fans consideredYelan to be a five-star version of Xingqiuwhich could be one of the reasons why they are placed on the same banner.
Genshin Impactis now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.
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