Every year, Genshin Impact celebrates its most awaited Lantern Rite in Liyue, an event full of lights, minigames, and appearances from multiple characters. The Lantern Rite offers a unique opportunity to choose a free four-star character from Liyue, with powerful support and damage dealer options. In this article, we’ll delve into the top picks and the less optimal choices for the free character, as well as the reasons behind their rankings.
Xinyan, Chongyun, and Yun Jin are not the best choices for the free character, as they have sub-optimal shielding, damage, and support capabilities. Xingqiu, on the other hand, is the top pick among the Liyue four-star characters, with excellent off-field damage dealing and the best Hydro application in the game. Let’s explore the strengths and weaknesses of each character to help you make an informed decision.
Xinyan: Sub-optimal shielding and damage
Xinyan was one of the first new four-star characters released after the game’s launch, along with Diona. Since then, she hasn’t really seen the spotlight due to her split scaling of ATK and DEF, and being rather mediocre in all her intended roles. Her Elemental Skill produces a shield that scales off of her DEF, while all her DMG scales with her ATK. This means you’ll need to sacrifice either of the two, and even then, both her shielding and DMG aren’t very strong.
Chongyun: Falls behind other characters
Chongyun was one of the original characters to complete the infamous National Team, a powerful full four-star team that consisted of him, Xingqiu, Bennett, and Xiangling. He’s also a fair pick in Reverse Melt teams, with his Elemental Burst dealing a considerable amount of nuke DMG. However, with more Cryo characters getting released, both four and five-star, there’s very little reason to keep using him for the fourth slot.
Yun Jin: Extremely specific support capability
Yun Jin is a great DMG buffer that can significantly increase the DMG of your Normal Attacks. Despite this, her support only caters to a certain niche, which limits the teams that you can use her on. She’s great for buffing characters who deal DMG with their Normal Attacks, such as Ayato, Navia, Wanderer, Wriothesley, Yoimiya, Freminet, Razor, and Noelle. However, if you don’t use any of those characters, then there’s little to no reason to get her, as she can’t be used anywhere else.
Ningguang: Solid pick for new players
Ningguang is a solid pick for new players who need a good DMG dealer in the early game. She’s a catalyst user, which means she doesn’t need to rely on having her Elemental Skill or Burst to deal with Elemental DMG, which is perfect for overworld exploration. She has a flexible kit that lets you use her both as a main DPS and a quick swap DMG dealer. Her Elemental Skill also provides Geo DMG Bonus to everyone that walks through the Jade Screen that she produces.
Beidou: Good off-field DMG dealer
Beidou is a great off-field DMG dealer with her Elemental Burst, which gets further enhanced by the Aggravate reaction. She also offers DMG Reduction, which allows you to not use defensive characters, as well as a shield with her first Constellation. Her main issue is that she needs a lot of Energy and will almost always need another Electro character to battery her, such as Fischl.
Yanfei: Permanent uptime on Pyro DMG
Yanfei is another four-star catalyst DPS from Liyue. As a Pyro character, she has access to powerful Elemental Reactions such as Melt, Vaporize, Overloaded, and Burgeon, which significantly increase her DMG output. Her ability to Melt or Vaporize her already powerful Charged Attacks gives her an advantage over other four-star DPS characters. Additionally, she can trigger Pyro Resonance, equip the Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers, and offer shielding with her fourth Constellation.
Yaoyao: Enables Dendro reactions and provides healing
Yaoyao offers Single-Target healing through her Elemental Skill and teamwide healing through her Elemental Burst, which is great for emergencies. She can also apply Dendro to enemies, allowing you to trigger strong Dendro reactions such as Quicken, Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon. Ever since Dendro was released alongside Sumeru in Version 3.0, Dendro characters have always been useful due to their Element’s powerful Elemental Reactions. Yaoyao offers immense value by covering multiple important roles simultaneously, giving you more flexibility in team building.
In conclusion, the Lantern Rite event in Genshin Impact provides an exciting opportunity to choose a free four-star character from Liyue. It’s important to carefully consider the strengths and weaknesses of each character before making your choice, as this unique opportunity only comes once a year. Whether you’re looking for a powerful off-field DMG dealer, a flexible DMG dealer for overworld exploration, or a character with specialized support capabilities, there are various options to suit your playstyle and needs.
Source : www.thegamer.com
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