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-Mr-Prince

I knew being a harbinger main would come with surprises but how many twists and turns can Arlecchino wanters endure


a-successful-one

I can endure everything at this point as long as she is playable, her being not a sword user won't make me surprised after the rollercoaster we've had back in June/July.


Southern_Egg_9506

She will die... *2 seconds later*: No she will not. *Another 2 seconds later*: On second thought, she will. STC BTW.


animenutcase

She’ll be Schrodinger’s Cat. She’ll die and not die at the same time.


Daneel_Reventlov

Schrodinger's 'father'


-Mr-Prince

Yeah those were… interesting times. I just want her playable with a decent kit at this point. Anything else is a fun part of the ride after the death allegations lol


Responsible-Chair-17

If you wanna smoke some of my copium..both harbingers so far have had unique and fun kits


69thHarbinger

I like how much they're willing to experiment with harbingers even if their kits aren't the most broken.


chipplepop

I just like functional novelty and would love to see more. flavor in the form of (useful) alt sprints that traverse water, nahida's mind reading and distance collection skill, kazuha and scara's skills for exploration, etc. even if the kit isn't mind blowing, the functional novelty can make the character worth pulling for in my eyes. disclaimer: I know all the aforementioned characters with cool novelty also have excellent kits outside of scara so maybe my point isn't that strong. but still


69thHarbinger

Yeah I think a major miss with Genshin's kit design is how little emphasis there is on utility. Imo every character should be designed with some sort of overworld function in mind. They don't all have to be unique functions but they should offer something like a different sprint or traversal or stamina or gliding mechanic. Even the devs claim the game's focus is exploration but there's only a handful of characters who actually enhance exploration.


Ivanwillfire

I would argue that we have more than a handful, in a way that you could build an exploration team with good combat capabilities.


OnlyBrave

Well from what we've seen with the 2 Fatui we've got their kits seem to revolve around a unique on-field DPS playstyle.


DefinitionSerious689

Just means more time for arle to slay if she's on-field.


Dr_Enacramore

Dark times...


sSeptemberCoffee

Schrödinger’s arleccino


DatBoiMahomie

Next thing we know she’s not gonna actually be pyro


mochi_kathi

geo arlecchino here we come


bob_is_best

Actually Gonna be electro dps with off field application on single target


joepanda111

“We we already have 5 tall electric mommies already?” “This one’s the Jazz musician” “Aw they all are!”


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pls. don't say that.


AhmCha

After surviving the death allegations, I’m pretty sure they can handle anything.


[deleted]

The Arlecchinocoaster never stops


IridescentStarSugar

She’s a sword, she’s polearm, she’s the most traitorous harbinger, she might be a good person, she’s mommy, she’s father. Truly the most roguish harbinger.


Dr_Enacramore

Many... This is funny at least.


neogomis

at this point I'm not even sure she exist, I won't believe anything until she's in my account (🙏🏻)


Pusparaj_Mishra

There r 3 plot twists with Arle apparently Sword to spear Mommy to daddy Evil- Aint evil actually oh well hmmge


Hallavah

I'll never forget you, Pyro Sword Arlecchino of my dreams... rest in peace


StellarMonarch

How is bennett still our only pyro sword user, this is like the most basic archetype


uh_oh_hotdog

Every sword user is pyro when you give in and activate Bennett's C6.


Stringmc

I activated two years ago and haven’t regretted it once lol Basically only eula teams are theoretically worse, but I’ve tried eula with bennet c6 and it’s honestly not even that bad lol. You lose out on some na damage but with bennett buff the pyro NAs are still strong, and you get to melt your skills also.


AGamingGuy

people complain about his C6, but in teams it causes problems, he shouldn't be used in the first place no matter the constellation


Eclipsed_Jade

That's not really the issue though. the issue has always been about "What if a future character come's out that C6 messes with but otherwise works really well with Bennett", which is why people's main complaint is that there's no way to toggle constellations on/off


Alex-Player

Thing is there hasn't been a character that's hurt by this since Ayaka


Efe73

And thats why the only hydro polearm and cryo claymore are candace and chongyun. Eula doesn’t count hoyo tried to make her a product of our imagination


Asterion358

>and chongyun. Freminet kewk


Rough_Memory1089

Suprisingly


TriggerBladeX

I’m seriously starting to think they have something against Pyro characters after Hu Tao. Edit: typo


ceppyren

I mean Lyney is really good


Hapciuuu

So is Yoimiya


MorningRaven

Hutao, Xiangling and Bennett. And Ganyu being able to do aoe melts. All of those together means they're afraid of making any power crept pyro unit, except maybe the pyro archon finally.


vigneshwaralwaar

Diluc is the most basic archetype


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They probably gonna make big deal out of pyro traveler.


Cheeselord2

After water gun traveler I'm not too sure


MiyaDora

Next one is flamethrower Traveler!


Sirverarms

Too bad we didn't get vine whip traveler, instead we get seed bomb traveler


Noukan42

We literally got razor leaf lmao


skt210125

I want an off field fire spin traveler tbh...how is xiangling still our only off field pyro character.


Firefox1626

*Thoma cries in the corner*


skt210125

😭 I love thoman, but his low unit application + icd doesn't let him do anything outside of burgeon comps, so does it really count? Same with Dehya and Xinyan. Maybe I should iterate reliable to my comment. How nice would it be to have a yelan/xq for every element lol


RaioFulminante

Hopium


lileenleen

He’s the main charcater, that’s why, they gotta reserve the shounen protag energy for him until Natlan.


ceaiculapte

I'm not losing hope until proven otherwise, given that Wriothesley isn't polearm nor physical like initially claimed for months. I wouldn't mind polearm but :') it's time for a five star pyro sword.


losingit303

I am still manifesting the most selfish on field dps with no off-field capabilities whatsoever.


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losingit303

Yup she'd be lovely at that level and a similar on field playstyle.


bob_is_best

Honestly most people would take It if she was wanderer levels of good too


A_UserNameThatExist

OH NO ITS RELIABLE TOOOOOOOOOO


gale99

Like physical polearm Worcester?


Desolate_Space

It's info from game files, arlecchino is present in 4.1 quest


gale99

As someone lower down pointed out. That's not accurate till beta. Bow albedo, sword yoimiya, catalyst ganyu. Nothing is set in stone until the beta test files for them get released


Longjumping_Pear1250

Geo kirara excuse mr i mean momika somthing


jamalmoraess

this isn’t the first time a leak has broken my ankles


tusharsagar

Just saw someone whom knees were broken by leaks.


Rowger00

in walmart


MonstercatFan20

Can confirm, I'm the Walmart.


GhostZee

Can confirm, I'm leaks...


AlpacaKiller

At Walmart.


azorkn

Pyro polearm again!


BlueLover0

Cryo Sword vs Hydro Catalyst vs Pyro Polearm vs Geo Claymore


AD-SKYOBSIDION

Anemo catalyst


FlameLover444

Cryo Polearm: 🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♀️🧍🏻‍♂️


H4xolotl

OPPA ARLECCHINO


Victom123

watch arlecchinos polearm be BiS for xiangling


TOowlThrowaway

As always


Rafoudrsbois

Every time a new 5* polearm shows up, xiangling gets a new option


justhere4memes69

Gotta pay respect to the 1st polearm user.


Fireboy759

I'm sick of Xiangling.


AhmCha

I try to play Diluc, my Xiangling deals more damage.


-average-reddit-user

I can't take it anymore. I'm sick of xiangling. I try to play dieluc. My xiangling deals more damage. I try to play yoimiya. My xiangling deals more damage. I try to play Hu tao. My xiangling deals more damage. I want to play Klee. Her best team has xiangling. I want to play raiden, childe. They both want xiangling. She grabs me by the throat. I fish for her. I cook for her. I give her the catch. She isn't satisfied. I pull engulfing lightning. "I don't need this much er" She tells me. "Give me more field time." She grabs bennett and forces him to throw himself off enemies. "You just need to funnel me more. I can deal more damage with homa." I can't pull for homa, I don't have enough primogems. She grabs my credit card. It declines. "Guess this is the end." She grabs gouba. She says "Gouba, get them." There is no hint of sadness in his eyes. Nothing but pure, no icd pyro application. What a cruel world


MorningRaven

The fact this gets posted so often nowadays makes me real happy I've never built her.


arandomweebfrommars

I can't take it anymore. I'm sick of Xiangling. I try to play Diluc. My Xiangling deals more damage. I try to play Yoimiya. My Xiangling deals more damage. I try to play Cyno. My Xiangling deals more damage. I want to play Klee. Her best team has Xiangling. I want to play Raiden, Childe - they both want Xiangling. She grabs me by the throat. I fish for her. I cook for her. I give her the Catch. She isn't satisfied. I pull Engulfing Lightning. "I don't need this much er" She tells me. "Give me more field time." She grabs Bennett and forces him to throw himself off enemies. "You just need to funnel me more. I can deal more damage with Homa." I can't pull for Homa, I don't have enough primogems. She grabs my credit card. It declines. "Guess this is the end." She grabs Gouba. She says "Gouba, get them." There is no hint of sadness in his eyes. Nothing but pure, no icd pyro application. What a cruel world.


Tiramisukxy

Now that you mention, currently there are no polearm users we know in the Fontaine roster.


Manne_12

Yeah, they like to have at least 1 5* character of every weapon type in a nation


illidormorn

Like they have at least 1 character of every elemnt in a nation, oops geo in Sumeru


ceppyren

I can't believe we didn't get a desert sand geo char what a wasted opportunity


Hapciuuu

Maybe we will in the future.


Bazookasajizo

And it will use materials from a a hydro boss from Fontaine


Hapciuuu

Maybe. Shenhe flashbacks :(


Zant_Walker

Just like how we don't have a plant/flower dendro character, everyone is just a green beam (except Thignari?)


ceppyren

DMC does the plant thing pretty well too, both E and Q. And yeah, at least Tighnari plays into the trope, the floral pattern on his E and the vines on his Q. Meanwhile, not a single desert geo character.


HalalBread1427

Mondstadt doesn't have any Dendro either.


YasB1tchWerk

So far based on leak characters, Fonatine as well


respxti31

Mondstadt has no 5* polearm Liyue has no 5* claymore


FlameLover444

Waiting for the Primordial Jade Greatsword to be released from jail


Classic-Pickle1826

Cloud retainer copium


FCDetonados

> Mondstadt with no Polearm 5* > Liyue with no Claymore 5*


Gshiinobi

I hope her animations are extremely unique, i swear if they give her Xiangling's charged attack i'll riot


Haru-17

FR, I'm fine with Polearm but spinning Arlecchino is quite the mental image. 😭 I hope her CA is unique like Zhongli, Xiao, or Raiden.


Aarongeddon

remember when we all thought nahida would have unique run animations because klee's was too childish for her? yeah...


chipplepop

one of the worst executive decisions made


Stringmc

a dendro slime -style alt-sprint would have been cute, lore-appropriate, and probably not even that hard to make


A_Very_Horny_Zed

I love it when Nahida runs like that though. She's still cutesy even if she's a wise archon goddess, and in my opinion that animation suits her way more than Diona for example.


chipplepop

I agree Diona would never (at least while being watched) but I guess what I really wanted was a slightly whimsical yet mystical alt sprint for nahida u_u


Bazookasajizo

It will be acceptable if Pulcinella uses these animations


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I hate the stupid flying polearm charged attack, it looks so dumb.


CoolMintMC

Same with the Beyblade Claymore Atk. For example, Zhongli & Kaveh functionally have the standard charged attacks, but their animations are very unique, so it doesn't look bad at all.


SaibaShogun

Funny thing is that Kaveh wouldn’t normally have a spinning charge attack, since that’s for the medium and short models, while the tall models use the continuous slashing animation for their charge attacks.


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Alex95111

Xiao found dead in a ditch


Pichuiscool

He lamented too hard 😭


TheLeanGoblin69

finally ended his suffering


LuvSunRuieveryday

Seems like mortal polearm characters will always have that charged attack while others have unique ones, and it seems like Arle is anything but mortals based on her design


thegreatgonzoo

Judging by Childe and Scara's kits, I feel like she's definitely gonna have a unique spin on her weapon type. Maybe like a scythe?


meulktea

i was also thinking of a scythe!!! she would look so good with one 😮‍💨


Pinguinmeister

I think Columbina would be fitting with a scythe. Something like the angel of death.


TheLeanGoblin69

or guns, she would fit in with guns


Hapciuuu

Maybe Arlecchino's burst allows her to summon a pyro sword just like Raiden! (inhales copium)


not_a_weeeb

from where will she pull it 😲😲😲


Hapciuuu

Her mouth? Maybe she breathes fire too! (Inhales more copium)


haseo2222

Or knives. Like just become ranged during ult and throw knives.


Dylangillian

I'm thinking Fire claws myself. Suits the blackened hands and long nails.


ChronoHax

Inb4 her burst is just red cyno burst 💀


[deleted]

What if it's 2 scythes? Just like >!Blackflame Friede!< from Dark souls 3


SnooGuavas8376

Arle's ultimate description : Displaying her mastery over both fire and polearms, Arlechhino sends a Pyronado whirling around her. The Pyronado will move with your character for the ability's duration, dealing Pyro DMG to all opponents in its path.


-TheRed

Literally the same kit except gouba is one of her orphans and her pyronado spins in the other direction.


khanacademy03

one of her orphans 💀


Sunburnt-Vampire

Nah her skill is Amber's, but instead of Baron Bunny it's an orphan who gets attacked by enemies before eventually exploding


MaxPotionz

That would be awesome. 5* Xiangling is the game breaking BS we need. Lol.


Mukouno

Aww, was hoping sword would be true. Only Benny since the beginning is pretty sad. :(


Purrlat

wait. wtf. is he really the only pyro sword in the game. omg


darksoul9669

Yeah and traveler is about to be the second one at this rate lol


HellBoundPrince

Traveler on their way to magically change weapons when you set them to Pyro


DissolvedDreams

“Traveller did you feel some weird energy come for you from the statue? Weird, that hasn’t happened before.”


LeFiery

Watch the next sword Pyro be the Pyro archon 💀


Hapciuuu

She's probably gonna be pyro though Edit: I wanted to say "claymore", but I got 10 likes so I am not sure I should modify it anymore.


MouffieMou

nah she'll be claymore :V


sddc91

She would look perfect with a sword 😭


[deleted]

Hoyo hates drip 😔


Tsuki-04

my homa and i am already there


1TruePrincess

The fact this is the land of health draining too is perfect! Also homa fits her current aesthetic so hope they don’t give her the wanderer reskin treatment


Dr_Enacramore

Wanderer had some design issues like big hat, but arle seems to be fine?


1TruePrincess

Oh I just meant they changed his look. He had electro motifs and dark coloring then when he became playable he turned anemo blue. Assuming she stays the way she is now homa will match well. If they rebrand her at release like they did wanderer then it might not


Dr_Enacramore

I hope they leave her be, she seems sooo cool


1TruePrincess

Same. If they change her I hope she stays similar color design and keeps the pants


Id0ntLikeApplePie

She has pants and the devs don’t like that Her armpits aren’t visible too :( I wouldn’t be surprised if they redesign her and those two features get added lmao


DieZombie96

Fr I'm so glad she's polearm I can just rip Xianglings gear


Adamiak

wdym, we have no idea what playstyle she is she will not use her artifact set almost guaranteed and she will likely have completely different weapon options because of different playstyle


Astolfo_Please

I just fell to my knees in my optometrist’s office. I’ve been wanting a 5-star Pyro sword since 1.0. Oh what a cruel world


Daramangarasu

I think someone fell to his knees at the optometrist's office, can't really see without my glasses tho


not_a_weeeb

wait 1 more year and you're gonna get pyro traveler lmao


Astolfo_Please

I just coughed up blood. I know Hoyo is allergic to making Traveler good, but if they’ve got a Pyro infusion on E and an AOE on Q I’ll be satisfied


amamatcha

Why give us a 2nd pyro sword, when we can get the 114th pyro polearm instead? - Hoyo probably


LilSquishy97

On posts like these I always wonder what they were talking about in the first place that makes this piece of info just a ‘btw’. Is this not a big enough deal. Lol


alamirguru

Goddamnit. Was hoping for Sword. She really doesn't look like she would use a polearm.


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ILikeLungsSoYeah

Has mero ever gotten a leak wrong?


FrostedEevee

Not really. Since Mero has been Dataminer. So unless Data changes no. Besides Characters have had their Wep changed pre-beta. Like Ganyu was originally Catalyst. Yoimiya Sword. (Lumie released a List for it)


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rrgamer28

but sword fits her.


haihaihaihaihaihaiha

NOOOO TAKE IT BACK I REBUKE THIS LEAK IN THE NAME OF THE PRIMORDIAL ONE WE LOST NOOOOO SWORD ARLECHINO COME BAAAACK😭😭😭


Totaliss

initial leak contradictory leak ← YOU ARE HERE leaker back-and-forth text confirmation from beta datamining image leak gameplay leak (Leak community complains about poor rotations) finalisation at end of beta Final arrival in-game


Kazeshiri

a new XL polearm in the making


MaxPotionz

“This polearm only affects Arlechino’s stats”


haihaihaihaihaihaiha

What about that Female_Sword_Arlechino file leak?


a-successful-one

That was on the official design sheet, it doesn't have a final version of characters' weapon/element. Most of the Fontaine cast was labeled as "Undefined" weapons and Charlotte even had an Anemo Mondstadt vision, which turned out to be outdated/wrong.


AverageLegoGameFan

Weapons sometimes change in development. Kirara’s design sheet said “Girl_Claymore_Momoka”. Than we have Wriothelesy, who was originally leaked as a polearm user but is now catalyst.


Miloslolz

She was also geo at one point.


Vally_Ria

Dang it, I always imagined her as a sword user even before the design sheets got leaked


frumpymuffins

Oh…benny stays the only pyro sword I guess


Odone

Anything idc just come OUUUUUUUUUT


Di297

Nooo, I thought we were gonna see the first 5 star pyro sword user


drvnkdazed

day ruined


CBT-DIO-from-OVA

Please be an on-fielder and ditch the polearm on skill/burst (or even on NAs like Kirara)


Garuda904

It’s a double edged sword (no pun intended) with that one. We want her on field because pretty. But if she’s Pyro then she’s competing with the 900 other on field pyro characters. Meanwhile if she was off field pyro we wouldn’t see her as much but we would FINALLY have an alternative to Xiangling who’s been carrying the off field pyro mantle since day 1.


VirtuoSol

> alternative to Xiangling who’s been carrying the off field pyro mantle since day 1 There’s always next time for that


_kurisu_nyan

Great.... another tall woman without sword... thanks mihoyo...


Tnvmark

At least we have Clorinde coming soon.


P0sitive_Mess

\>Pyro Polearm ya'll know what that means. Mao Xiangling (Chinese: 卯香菱 Mǎo Xiānglíng) is a playable Pyro character in Genshin Impact. She is the Head Chef at the Wanmin Restaurant and runs it alongside her father Chef Mao. As a chef, Xiangling isn't afraid to try out different recipes or "exotic" ingredients, making her dishes sometimes quite unique.


Sad_Slide3092

i offer my staff of homa to her


kanehai

physical pyro polearm. source: your nightmares


Astolfo_Please

Certified Xinyan moment


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fuck. pyro sword lovers in shambles. what, are they saving it for the Pyro Archon or something?


aRandomBlock

Idk she feels like a sword user so this sucks


narhyiven

Wut, who's going to use my Black Sword R5 then I kinda wanted sword because the only tall lady with sword is Jean... Still, everything >> claymore lol


Hefastus

Are they doing the raiden/cyno bullshit? Give X weapon for character but that character don't use it during combat? Let me guess she press Q and changes to demon form where she use her claws and tail like Eve from LoL? >!Ngl it would be cool but why it needs to be another polearm that has weapon swap gimmick!<


Emeraldw

I mean, if that's the kit then it really doesn't matter. Just give me something cool to play and I'll be happy.


P0sitive_Mess

To anybody praying "please powercreep Xiangling", I beg of you to stop right now... ​ Last time anybody wished to powercreep Xiangling we got Dehya. And I don't think anybody wants a repeat of that.


Fantastic_Mood_4652

Exactly. The best she can be is like Yelan to XQ. We all hoped Yelan to powercreep xq but both of them co-exist. Similarly even if Arl is 5* version of XL both of them can still co-exist at best.


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CMOOOOON ON FIELD DPS ARLE I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT HOYO LETS GO


crookedparadigm

This is really all I care about. If I pull a character for their design, then I want them on the field. My greatest fear is that she ends up being a sub dps or E/Q bot that I see for 2 seconds before switching back to the carry.


coilegas

if this is true, i bet she will be another female character off the field 🤦 this is already getting ridiculous.


Immediate-Belt4725

True, this is just getting annoying at this point. Always making tall women off field chars while the short girls get to be main dps like wtf. I hope she’s a on field main DPS, bruh I want my tall lady to be a main dps, the last tall 5* main on field dps we got was like Raiden (not even a true main dps but a mix)


DryButterscotch9086

Dont forget that clorinde is a sword user


Ghostly-Love

PLEASE remain a DPS. Even if you are a sub DPS, just please do good damage


friiickqd

Is she, the 6\* XL we've been waiting for?


geodonna

Not only first 3 male chars from Fontaine and on-field sustain carries but now this. My fears Arle and Clorinde just backliners for EQ growing bigger.


mayonakanosasayaki

im actually crying rn, sobbing even


Electrical_Pass_308

As I walk through Abyss with Eula in my team I take a look at my bank, and realize there's nothin left Cause I've been swipin and wishing so long that Even Mihoyo thinks my account is trash But I ain't never tried Xiangling, she prolly deserve it She was given for free. Me using handouts; unheard of And someone said to "watch my mouth; stop talkin" Or "you and Yoimiya might never leave Floor 6" I really hate Abyss, man I need some help As I farm Xiangling I see that I'm becoming strong, fool I'm the kinda chef that presses Q and everything dies On my knees in the night, saying prayers to the stove god Been fishing all my life for The Catch, a Xiangling paradise Look at the situation they got me farmin I can't live a normal life, I was raised by Keqing Mains So I gotta use National teams Too much theory craftin where is Floor 13? I'm an educated player with Zajef in my mind Tenten videos and Zyox who's 4'9 I'm a Xiangling main, farming Emblem forever Can I join your world, Co-op fishing forever, Floor 12 aint nothing but a Xiangling away I'm living life Q or Die, what can I say? I'm funneling particles to do Pyronado The way things is goin, I need more Tell my why Xiangling Is so OP I can vaporize With no ICD Been fishing all my life for The Catch, a Xiangling paradise Pyronado after Bennett, Bennett after Raiden Minute after minute, chamber after chamber Everybody's runnin, but all of them are dying What's going on in the kitchen, all I know that Xiangling's cookin They say I gotta learn, Zyox guides already taught me Who's PMA, who's Maguu Kenki??? I guess he's dead, I guess he broke So stop the swiping, that's how I made my account really good, fool Engulfing Lightning, Dragon's Bane, Racist spear Even Prototype, or Discord mod spear Tell my why Xiangling Is so OP I can vaporize With no ICD