Genshin Impact’s newest four-star character was revealed to be a Cryo Sword user in the two-minute-long video from prominent Genshin Impact leaker Ubatcha1. Layla’s idle animations show the character constantly dozing off and sometimes even drawing up star charts in her sleep. Her Normal Attacks feature Layla hitting a golden star-shaped particle shooting out stardust for the finisher of her combo. Her attack animations also feature very lively movements to contrast her half-asleep personality, with the character incorporating small hops into her attack pattern.
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Layla’s Elemental Skill shows the character creating a Cryo shield and dozing off within it, while generating Night Stars which deal Cryo Damage to enemies after amassing four of them. Her Elemental Burst uses the “Celestial Dreamsphere” often seen in her idle animations to deal Cryo damage to enemies across a wide area, similar to characters like Ganyu. Layla’s shielding ability and focus on wide off-screen damage may lead to the character being seen as a strong support or sub-DPS for Cryo teams.
Layla’s introduction as a new Cryo Sword-wielding character will be the fourth member of Genshin Impact’s roster to share the combination of weapon and element. Each region within Genshin so far has featured a Cryo Sword character released during its time in the spotlight with popular characters like Ayaka and Qiqi included. She will also stand as only the second Cryo character added to Genshin Impact during 2022 with her predecessor coming in Liyue five-star character Shenhe. While Layla was confirmed to be featured during Version 3.2, HoYoVerse has yet to reveal whether she will appear on the same banner as Nahida.
Layla comes as one of several new characters set to come to Genshin Impact throughout coming updates. The story for Genshin Impact’s Sumeru region has already revealed several characters planned to come in the future including Al Haitham and Dehya. HoYoVerse’s recent trailers have teased the Knights of Favonius’ Mika and the other members of the Fatui’s Harbingers, while official art has hinted at the highly-anticipated Yaoyao. Genshin Impact’s roster looks set to grow substantially through the coming months as more Sumeru updates are released.
Genshin Impact is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, and mobile devices. A Switch version is in development.
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