Genshin Impact 5.5 characters leaked

HoYoverse has officially announced two new playable characters for the upcoming Genshin Impact 5.5 update, namely Iansan and Varesa. However, leaks from reliable sources, such as HomDGCat, suggest that only one of them is a 5-star unit and the other is a 4-star. Furthermore, Travelers can look forward to the rerun banners of three of the best and fairly popular support units in the game.

This article covers the rumored Genshin Impact 5.5 banners, including the new and rerun banners.

Note: The following information is based on leaks and is subject to change.

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Genshin Impact 5.5 characters and banners leaked

New characters

Iansan and Varesa (Image via HoYoverse)

As mentioned, HoYoverse has officially announced the upcoming characters for the Genshin Impact 5.5 via drip marketing on X. The new version will release two new units from the Collective of Plenty tribe - Iansan and Varesa. Interestingly, both of them are Electro characters.

Dimbreath, one of the most reliable Genshin Impact leakers, has shared the supposed gameplay animations of Varesa and Iansan. Based on that, the former will be the only new 5-star character in the next update, while Iansan will be a 4-star variant.

The leaks show that Varesa is a Catalyst user who specializes in dealing Plunging Attack DMG. Meanwhile, Iansan is apparently a Polearm user who appears to be an ATK buffer and a healer, similar to Bennett.

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Rerun characters

5.5 banner update (venti added) byu/ISRUKRENG inGenshin_Impact_Leaks

As per leaks via HomDGCat, Xianyun and Xilonen are expected to get their first rerun banners in version 5.5. The Adeptus from Liyue is the best support for the Plunging Attack playstyle and provides amazing party-wide healing. Since Varesa is also hinted to be a Plunging Attack DPS, Xianyun getting a rerun banner makes a lot of sense.

Xilonen is also an amazing support unit that is on par with Kazuha, if not better. Interestingly, she is getting her rerun pretty early, so Travelers who missed her on her debut can take this chance to finally get her.

Lastly, it is expected that the Anemo Archon, Venti, will return to the game in version 5.5. He is an exceptional support character with strong crowd-control abilities.

Besides the 5-star characters, Travelers can also expect to see Gaming, Faruzan, Beidou, and Yanfei as the featured 4-star units on the limited banners.

HomDGCat is also a reliable source and their leaks for version 5.5 characters are also likely to be credible.

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