Genshin Impact update 5.1 has been revealed, and the highlight is a new 5-star Geo character named Xilonen, who is set to become one of the strongest support characters in this RPG's four-year history. open world. Like update 5.0, it also offers another way to collect free Primogems by finishing new content relatively quickly, not to mention a set of quality of life changes.
As explained by developer HoYoverse in the version 5.1 special, which appears to have been attended to by English localization members due to the current video game actors' strike, Xilonen can skate along walls for exploration purposes, and his elemental ability can destroy the enemy's elemental resistance for up to three different elements depending on the other members of your party. This is similar to the gold-standard Viridescent Venerer artifact set available to Anemo characters, and will create a powerful combo with the new damage-boosting artifact set, Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City, which is tailored to Anemo characters. Natlan.
Any element that can trigger the Crystallize reaction (Pyro, Hydro, Electro, or Cryo) will work with his ability, and Xilonen will also reduce Geo resistance if there are only three elements total in the party. So if you have two Pyro characters and one Hydro character, for example, Xilonen will cause nearby enemies to take more Pyro, Hydro, and Geo damage. Meanwhile, his elemental burst will heal the active character as long as you have two or more members of those elements on your team increasing his ability. If you have one or fewer items, his beast will deal additional damage.
With considerable resistance and damage bonuses, Xilonen has been compared to Kazuha, one of the best 5-stars in the game, and even Hydro Archon Furina, which provides the largest universal damage type bonus. She can't group enemies like Kazuha can, but her healing is a powerful source of utility in itself. Suffice it to say that Xilonen should be one of the best characters in Genshin Impact history.
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Xilonen will debut alongside a reprise of Fontaine's 5-star Geo character, Chiori. The second half of the update will see reruns of Hu Tao and Nahida, with Nahida also appearing at a Sumeru festival linked to a 5.1 event. This Sumeru event will notably give away a free copy of the 4-star Hydro character, Candace.
Update 5.1 will give out another 500 Primogems for completing the next chapters of the region's Archon quest (50 days from now), and will also add new exploration rewards worth up to 400 Primogems for exploring 80% of Natlan and completing specific quests . These are limited-time rewards, which speeds up exploration a bit. However, unlike the quest bonus, you will apparently have two full patches to claim the exploration rewards, and this applies to all future areas as well.
This comes alongside the usual set of event rewards, including the return of daily Liben commissions, as well as monthly challenges like Spiral Abyss and Imaginarium Theatre. The Theater is adding new cosmetics for Zhongli and Keqing, while the Abyss will be faster to clear in the future as you can now skip the easy floors as long as you earned full stars in the previous cycle.
It's taken 4 years and roughly $900 million, but Genshin Impact is a better open-world RPG than ever after the 5.0 update..