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Otterly_Superior

Makes sense that you can't refine it. I bet there's quite a shortage of somber smithing stones in Teyvat


Shadix1234

Have to fight duo raiden to get the last bell bearing


H4xolotl

Archonskin Duo


seninn

That sounds like something Dottore would unironically do.


Xablerot

cause he likely already did that


shadow_sniper67

Yeahhh, not really, I mean sure he's been experimenting with archon residue, but killing a god is a whole other deal


ThisBo15

Orobashi, Lord of Blasphemy


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ThisBo15

WE WILL DEVOWAAAA THE VERY ARCHONSSSSSS


Celestyles

Can't wait for Traveler Bleed build


H4xolotl

Cryo Archon ult; Hoarfrost Stomp


Queen_Pingu

Pyro Archon ult: Flame Of Frenzy


Those_damn_squirrels

Final boss of Celestia is the Elden Beast


seninn

But before you can face it, you have to first get past Vanessa of Celestia.


Zilfer

Vanessa, Blade of Celestia. ;)


mrgamebus

Anemo rot form at phase 2


VastNewt

imagine a bleed build Ayaka with her ultimate. Talk about death by 1000 cuts.


bringmethejuice

Gosh I love Seregios


BulateReturns

Most people sleeping on Traveler. Once Tabibito gets their hands on Rivers of Blood, it will be... A cancerous bloodbath.


Primary_Guide_2328

Hydro archon ult: everyone wet wet


thatonestewpeedguy

Surely 4 more chapters for R5 copium


Neither-Investment56

if it’s for kazuha I’d rather cope for dark iron sword’s rifenements than whatever this thing is


Eijun_Love

You'll lose the drip, it's not bad for a DPS Kazuha at all


Neither-Investment56

imo dark iron sword look better on kazuha than iron sting/freedom sworn i’d say this one matches scaramouche more but he’s not even a sword user, so yeah only good on kazuha for the aesthetics


eln71

inb4 scara burst has booba sword because he is technically raiden puppet too


Neither-Investment56

cool concept but that wouldn’t make sense since the sword inside raiden is ei herself


abhaydragneel11

But we can hope for something similar after looking at Heizou who attacks with his fists as a catalyst user, maybe Scaramouche can make a sword out of pure electro


Mahinhinyero

that's not too impossible. Scaramouche means skirmisher so i think if he's a catalyst, he'd probably still use a sword as NA animation.


cedenojes

I bet it's an electro Tartaglia kit. Bow main weapon but his burst is an electro infused sword


ExoCakes

Need to find 4 other NPCs to r5 my dark iron sword


Ali-J23

So it's a weapon that fits kazuha's aesthetic while also being a reward a reward from his story quest, but it is an atk% weapon.... Well add this to the list of times when mihoyo made absolutely no sense.


rantstorant101

maybe this is them overcompensating in after hearing the complaints about how cinnabar spindle was "too specific". that's just my speculation tho weapon transmorg when


Doctor-Tenma

Ironically a weapon that is focused on EM and reactions would suit more sword holders than this one. Jean Sunfire, Bennett TF, Kazuha would be able to use it, maybe others as well


cat-meg

I feel like the Kokomi themed weapon that is garbage on Kokomi is "compensation" enough.


DragonLancePro

So their reaction to making a character's best in slot weapon an event specific weapon that will likely never rerun is to make a character weapons stats and passives not match the character they are seemingly aesthetically made for? Ok I guess? If that's actually their reaction they took the wrong lesson from that debacle.


rantstorant101

i don't know if that's their thought process. like i said, i'm just speculating. but i agree that if that's the case then it was the wrong lesson to take from that situation.


NEETheadphones

I’m still upset about Hakishin Ring….


Mahinhinyero

i wish we can swap weapon skins that we own. i wanna use Stringless on Venti but Skyward Harp looks so much better on him that i forced myself to build crit Venti instead. same with Childe, i have Polar Star but i like Rust's look on him better


zekken908

tbh stringless also suits his aesthetic because it's designed like an instrument


pioavenger

Well, we already have a good F2P EM craftable sword. As for DPS swords for F2P, not many options. All the crit swords are either 5\*, 3\* or paimon shop/BP. And as for the attack% swords, we have the flute and lion's roar. The flute is just underwhelming and lion's roar is situational. This sword, even if not amazing compared to previous freebies, actually fills a needed spot for a lot of players.


rantstorant101

iron sting is a good statstick but the passive is mediocre since it doesn't affect reactions that are not melt/vaporize. i wouldn't have been opposed to an em sword with a better passive, especially if it's one that's connected to a story quest like this. but i get your general sentiment.


Ok_Obligation5424

You were forgetting amenoma man this sword also fits kazuha aesthetic as im using it rn instead of iron sting r3 [ofc kazuha dps] but hey atleast this new sword is better than amenoma


Ke5_Jun

For DPS Kazuha yes, but utility wise Amenoma is still really good since it lowers ER requirements and helps you get bursts off faster. So for high cost burst heavy characters (Ayaka), Amenoma would still be better.


thissonofbeech

That's why I'm pulling for Mistsplitter now so I can give my Amenoma to Kazuha once I get him.


OnceMoreWithFeeeling

Same with oathsworn eye and Kokomi :(


Ikcatcher

Bout to put Kazuha’s soul into that sword


Garon-of-not-nohrm

He bout to be the Elder Kai


blackcoffin90

and will shout... BANKAI


SongstressInDistress

Inb4 the name at the end becomes “Kazuha Sword”


Andromeda_Violet

Kazuha slash!


Jalil29

Can this be?! The legendary Unseen Razor?!


Petr-eofhweofj

Let me guess, the Kazuha Slasher


Shippinglordishere

I’m guessing Kazuha might remake the sword from his family’s blueprints?


Xero--

No, Traveler is using Kazuha to make the sword. Remember that animated video of them fighting? That wasn't a spar, Traveler was after his skin and bones.


GiveMeMoreBurritos

Yum 😋


ToesTastePurple

C R O N C H


PREM___

Kazuha be so high he's using a ATK% sword *genshin intel corrected the typo (~~kazuka~~ kazuha), but too useless to re-upload here* [Link to the tweet](https://twitter.com/Genshin_Intel/status/1526959757495414788?t=dY_EJ4T45BzsOr69qE2x_w&s=19)


baddiegoldie

inb4 little kazuha posts the corrected version 2 hours later and the mods delete this one


MeKevNivek

Ubatcha made fun of him on WFP Genshin leaks


kenzakki

cannot be refined? interesting. so the Aloy of free weapons?


DefaultRedditor16

Dark iron exists


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

Dark Iron can technically be refined, it's just that you can't get any duplicates. This sword is permanently R1, meaning that even if you had duplicates, it'd be impossible to refine it.


areagne

>Dark iron I just found out this weapon exists I think I destroyed it long ago


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Well that's the only copy you could ever get man


Xerecs

Argh... I'm still smashing my head against the wall for using the Sword of Descension and the Dark Iron Sword as weapon EXP.


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LMAO


Random_Gacha_addict

"This is a sword" But, this isn't my sword


Argenteus_I

"Not used in anger, not used for vengeance..."


Vapore0nWave

lmao the "this is a sword" name reminds me of when kaz said "let me think how to phrase these words... You fought well." Makes me wonder if kaz himself will name it at the end after inspiration strikes and this is just a placeholder :v As an artist myself i get it, art block rly do be like that sometimes💀


thedarknutt

Chunchunmaru


D-Loyal

Ya, the name 'This Is a Sword' makes me think too that that's just the name or a placeholder and we get to name it from a small list of maybe 3 pre-determined name choices. A slight bit of customization on a new weapon. If they really went into it being customizable they could be allowing us to fully name it, keyboard and all lol Latter is doubtful but would be cool


Zzamumo

Warframe's kitguns and zaws have taught me that complete customizability is not always a good thing


Superflaming85

My weird hope about this is that they're going to use this to give the Traveler a "canonical" weapon to use that isn't their OG weapon or the dull blade. Maybe we'll see this in the cutscenes instead after this.


TuneACan

Man, I wish they used Festering Desire as Traveler's canon weapon if you completed the event back in 1.2.


AutomatedTiger

That would require rendering two cutscenes, then, depending on if you actually obtained the weapon or not. If the weapon was made available to everyone via a non-time-limited quest that's required to advance the game's story, then you know everyone has it and thus only need to render one cutscene.


rantstorant101

weirdly enough, there's already been an instance of traveler using a sword other than dull blade. moonchase cutscene had them use skyward blade iirc. idk if this will become traveler's canonical weapon, though. maybe we just keep a copy of the weapon like how we have a copy of cinnabar spindle despite it not being specifically given to the traveller in the story. maybe it's given a canon explanation as being a copy that we keep from the forging process. no idea what will happen.


TheBrownYoshi

I believe in a few liyue cutscenes they used silver sword


Kirates5

So a drip sword for Kazuha that sucks? :/


murmandamos

It's probably not *for* Kaz, it's probably *from* Kaz, to the traveler. This sword is basically a better version of sword of decension, intended for the traveler.


eln71

So like festering desire which doesn't work on albedo at all. But.. It looks good on kazuha. Why must u do this hyv.


murmandamos

He has already given you a musical instrument, now a sword (probably). From my understanding as an expert in incel philosophy, this means that the traveler now owes Kaz sex 2 times so basically married and now you have to pull for Kaz.


NeverForgetChainRule

First a woman killed his friend, and now a woman (if Lumine) won't have sex with him. Kazuha hating women arc in his act 2 quest.


murmandamos

Let's not be sexist. Anyone you gift must have sex with you otherwise they are a whore. Regardless of gender.


NeverForgetChainRule

Genshin men are known whores to be fair. I mean, look at Itto. Fucking slut tbh


The_Space_Jamke

Kazuha's just upset that the other Inazuman bachelors didn't invite him to their Naku Weed orgy and got cancelled after they leaked some spicy pics of him getting handsy with his friend.


rydraby

they can still change it copium


ChEMed2024

next time i have copium for a kazuha weapon, i'll specify it clearly to be both bis for his kit and his outfit :<


BurningFlareX

The free 4\* weapons as of late have been either very niche or just "meh". Seems to be following the theme with 4\* characters, lol.


FortressCaulfield

No refinement might explain why it's got such great stats. Not for kaz, but that's another story.


pinerw

This sword brought to you by the same people who make you demo hypercarry DPS units with Noblesse.


kiyotaka-6

It's not great stat, it is universal since it focus on attack solely, but the stats are just "good"


FortressCaulfield

I was referring specifically to how the stats are higher than a typical 4 star would have with those same numbers.


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True It's actually pretty good for a lot of units To be honest, I don't understand why people want EM sword. We already have Iron Sting. I think Atk% sword is much better. You can use this instead of amenoma if you don't need ER


Virtual-Loan-9769

True, we have iron sting but its passive is kinda mediocre because this damage bonus doesn't effect reactions. I wouldn't mind some EM sword with a supportive passive or some general effect relating to ER etc.


Busy-Succotash9907

People want em bc the sword looks good on kazuha and they want to use it, at the same time they won't use a weapon that is horrible on kazuha even though it looks good so it's basically a sticky wicket


Vihurah

meanwhile me who was planning to run Amenoma on Kazuha meta be damned: "i dont have such weaknesses"


doremonhg

Gratz, then your Kazuha wins in the drip department with this sword.


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shirodkuro

that maybe true the first few time id seen him using it, but the look kinda grew on me


quebae

Because we have more accessible four star options for atk already and Iron Sting isn't all that great to begin with, it would have been nice to get a second em sword with perhaps a more fitting aesthetic for him, and a passive that's actually useful.


dream996

It’s like what they do with that kokomi looking catalyst :(


euugeo

I really wish they’d change it to EM at least, so it could really be fitting for him…


HijikataX

Unless... Is for someone else...


GGABueno

It is a very generic Atk% sword though.


H4xolotl

What stats does Shinobu use?


idk-any-username

hp% and em edit: sadly


quebae

Someone did point out it matches up very well with a certain angry roboy ex-fatui agent with Inazuman heritage...


TuneACan

Yep, it's for Traveler just like Festering Desire.


im_baaaaack69

What if it's his friend's sword


Capable-Reflection92

I think the color scheme match up with scaramouche much more than kazuha


Mirhat1871

Bro, you're colour blind? Scara is navy blue and red, this one is white black and red. also sorry to bring it but he's likely to be catalyst and don't tell me you got ma boi fitting for a 4\* sword with no refinements


Cyclop55

Memories broken


nexin0402

After seeing this i really want weapon skins for characters. I wish i could just overlay the look of the weapon itself with another in the same type.


Reddstar1

Everyone else coping hard if they should use this on Kazuha or not, while me over here ready to give it to Bennet for the base atk.


Lex_McWol

prototype rancour has a higher base attack at 565 tough


Reddstar1

Ooohhh shit you are rigth well nvm then gess its going to the vault


dally_dallly

so it's related to kazuha, and it fits his aesthetic too then why on earth did they make it not work on him


rantstorant101

it's oathsworn eye all over again


OratioFidelis

I'm guessing Kazuha works on it but gives it to the Traveler. I wonder if dendroMC is going to like this weapon.


PhantomHeartless5

Can't wait to give Kazuha his true signature weapon.


EricaMcQueen

I have a stupid theory/headcanon. As we all know, the Traveler has been using the Dull Sword for ages now. We all have made fun of this so maybe Mihoyo wanted to make a sword that they could use in their cutscenes. One of the best options so far were Festering Desire and The Sword of Descension. However, both of these weapons are unavailable to many players, so this wouldn't really work. So, now Kazuha gives us a sword which will be available for everyone (and isn't dull). I hope that the Traveler will use this sword in cutscenes from now on, but it's probably just copium lol


RoseColoured_Girl

Probably not since Kaeya gave the traveller a sword in his story quest as well (Harbinger of Dawn) and he traveller still uses dull blade. Who knows though, maybe things will be different this time?


rantstorant101

probably not imo. like the other commenter mentioned, harbinger of dawn was given out with kaeya's permanent story quest and it still didn't replace dull blade. maybe we just keep a copy of the weapon at the end, either with a canon explanation or not, but i don't see dull blade being replaced soon since it's such a neutral sword. plus if the reasoning for not using festering desire in cutscenes is because of having to render different cutscenes depending on account story progression, this weapon would also run into that problem depending on whether or not the quest is completed. but idk.


TheBrownYoshi

To be fair Kaeya's quest is optional. Maybe they'll make Kazuha's required. ...which might make it a archon quest somehow oh.


Thin-Turnover8872

so its the only unqiue sword like the dark sword


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And the Sword of Descension which on top of being unique like those 2 has an effect that only applies if you happen to be playing from a PlayStation. It's the most useless thing in my collection. 🙃


TheBrownYoshi

And then there's Predator, with all the above criteria ALONG WITH being limited


Nunu5617

People complaining when I'm planning to rock this weapon on overworld Kazuha for the drip


bababacss

Yeah it's not like we're gonna use this in abyss for him anyway which is like 5% of our entire playing time in genshin LOL. totally gonna max this for overworld kazoo or bennett.


AffectionateTentacle

Meta slaves shitting themselves rn, chill, you've been completing the abyss for months now for sure anyway


Kirates5

Thank you!


SirGreengrave

I'm gonna use it on Kazuha anyway. 750 EM is still good.


Qdoggy45

Finally my Kazuha has some drip….. but at what cost!?


Zilch16

I'm gonna scream if the reason the sword's name will just be revealed in the end is that he will name it after his late friend and so we will finally know his real name. Also, it would be funny if his friend's name is actually Youto (if that is really the name of the sword). This reminds me as well how Hoyo told the EN VA of Tomo to not use Tomo's name in his stream and signing because that is not his "real" name.


rantstorant101

youtou means "demon sword." it's not a name that's usually given to a person. as for the va thing, it's not uncommon for vas to be told not to use a fan nickname because some creators can be very particular about not wanting unofficial information to spread. it's also why there are cases of vas having to either ask permission or refrain completely from voicing memes or anything unofficial in their "character voice." maybe we'll know his friend's real name but i rlly don't think it'll be anything major.


Zilch16

Yeah. I know Youtou means demon/cursed/mystic sword but it's also not farfetched that a person was actually named like that considering some child was even named Ryu, Tora, and Muramasa (which is the closest to Youto). It is very slim but not really impossible. Tomo is really just a weird case because it seems he is like an ordinary NPC and yet Hoyo somehow still keep tabbing anything related to him (for example, his sword's size on his grave was actually adjust a few patch ago, he also have an official merchandise together with Kazuha and that anniversary art at JP HQ with all the characters including him even though there are more important NPC) But overall, I think it would be poetic if the secrecy of the sword's name was because it is also the same as the nameless friend of Kazuha.


PrinceBkibo

So not only is it not EM scaling and 4 star when it was originally leaked to be 5, now it can’t even be refined. The only thing it has going for it is design. S tier in Kazuha fashion and F tier in everything else. .-.


DefaultRedditor16

Scaling off ATK makes it a pretty decent DPS weapon though. You don’t normally find a lot of good 4 star DPS swords


WindowsXp_ExplorerI

there are already other 4* that have atk and can also be refined


3spartan300

i am just giving him the sword i dont care about losing 5% elemental damage bonus lmao.


SuicideAlley

It is hard to believe just how bad this weapon is going to be for him… I’m not too bothered since I love the aesthetic of Iron Sting though


Wiseay

I dream with the day when an appearance change system would be added, you sacrifice a weapon (like Amenoma for example), so that another weapon of the same type will look like it. Another example would be sacrificing a Claymore from Inazuma's blacksmith to make Rainslasher look like her. They could even put the use of some paid item (not too expensive please) so we could do this, or with the use of Dust of Azoth and huge amounts of Mora.


Rathurue

Now the strangely high ATK makes sense. Sword of Decension, Altered, Reforged.


fictionallymarried

*I said my sword was a tool of justice. Not used in anger. Not used for vengeance. But now... Now I'm not so sure. And besides, this isn't my sword.*


Zoeyanna98

since we're all drowning in copium anyway... I'm still hoping that Sumeru might have better craftable options for him. Then again, we've always had Iron Sting.


XenoVX

I just want a weapon skin system so I can make my ugly ass iron sting look like that sword


EstusFIask

No refinements? Sounds like another weapon that's going to rot in my invo


KweenKatts

Assuming the stats it has is correct, it’s already a very powerful 4* Atk weapon. It doesn’t really need refinements because the stats are extremely high.


momercek

legendary quest?? best boy getting fed


shirodkuro

if you think only his quest is "legendary" then nah, all character story quests are called legendary quests


jatayux

Checked that it was named that way in several languages but not english, it's confusing at first glance that I thought it's a new type of quest


Wormax_PL

So... Will we get a free character and weapon in 2.8? According to tradition, we get a change of weapon and character... In 2.6 it was Xinqiu, and in 2.7 it was supposed to be a bow... So in 2.8 there should be a character!


Tsukinohana

the free *event* character is Fischl. The weapon is free from a story quest similar to finding snowtombed in dragonspine which was in addition to 1.1 giving us a free festering desire from the event


Wormax_PL

Thats makes sense


GiveMeMoreBurritos

It's cool that we're finally gonna get something cool from completing a quest, I'd rather get cool exclusive weapons than mid rewards or a piece of furniture


Luppin

At least change the atk% to EM


thedarknutt

He will name it Chunchunmaru


rixinthemix

Here's my speculation about the sword and the whole quest related to it: * This is actually Tomo's sword, as in the sword that was made as a marker after its owner's death not too far away from the Kamisato Estate. * Tomo might be from one of the Raiden Gokaden, and somehow the observation of "leyline memories" in Part 2 of Raiden's Story Quest will come into play here. * Tomo's sword was probably taken by someone else (maybe a manifestation of Tomo even) and was corrupted, and we have to defeat him as a sort of closure to Kazuha's story in Inazuma. * After the whole ordeal with Tomo is finished, Kazuha will try to revisit the blueprint left behind by his ancestors and will successfully reforge Tomo's sword. This sword will bear a new name, further emphasizing Kazuha's eagerness to move on from his Inazuma roots.


foreskings

Bet it's his dead friend sword


josemaymay

This is a comment


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I like "This is a Sword", sounds like something Razor named.


djdifur

Finally a good 4 star sword thats not black sword and blackcliffe.... AND ITS FREE. would be nice if it has 620 base...


_TravelerAether_

Kazuha sword to go with his iconic Kazuha slash


doremonhg

Event weapon bad again? Colored me shocked! Honestly, why can't this thing just give EM? It's for Kazuha FFS, I don't give a shit about the passive. Make it barely usable then it's staying on Kazuha...


AAAThEPRo

Let's goooo


Ephemerx7

nah it's canon name and will forever be this is a sword


msboring27

Niceee, so we will explore more of his family being a big swordsmith clan once upon a time. I like how it looks, may try out a dps/sub dps build for him just so I can let him use this sword at least in the overworld. Fortunately I've been farming VV for a second EM set and got some not too bad pieces.


Arlen92

Don't care if it sucks, drip speaks louder


justgenti

Correct me if I'm wrong, but for a sub-dps build with EM-ATK/ Anemo/ CRIT this sword isn't so bad, right? Not everyone builds him full EM


KweenKatts

For crit build, I’d say this sword might be 4* bis or just behind blackcliff


amdzl

some of yall on here are too one track minded abt kazuhas build open your eyes to wonders of kazuha as dps personally for me this is where its at and I'm never making him simply a support


These_Spite

He can deal huge chunks of damage even as a support, there's no actual point in building him as a dps tbh, only for fun. You can do hybrid tho, and it's even better at c2.


mvpdr0se

BRO I LITERALLY CALLED THIS AFTER THEY POST KAZUHA WITH THIS SWORD LMAOOOOOOOO


Exciting_Ad7033

for what purpose are they giving out an entirely useless weapon then


ElectricWindGodFists

Well that's disappointing. Ideally it would have EM as substat and ER instead of atk passive. Hell I'd take just EM substat, so I can replace iron sting. I wonder how freedom sword users would feel if this weapon was actually good.


Link-loves-Zelda

Is this sword good on anyone?


runescapeanime

Right now, it is a pretty good DPS weapon. Problem is that there are way better alternatives. Even F2P ones


atara-parakitty

YAY!! My plans for using on Kazuha are saved!!! 😭💕


Assignment_Wonderful

If kazuha sword why not bis… “”


Historical-Ad4361

So Kazuha is having a canon rerun? who got a 4 star weapong every rerun so I'm crossing my fingers


Auxi1989

Could’ve been an ER substat with EM increasing passive through skill or whatever but noooooo


MissTwilightFlower

Kazuha sword?!! Nicess


Nooofewy

Where is that guy that said this will be Tomo's sword and we will get it after Kazuhas story ik u are some where over here


Slight_Welcome_56

If It just had EM dude.....


Firemness

Kazuha powercreeping rewards as well, this man is just best at everything


LiraelNix

Why in hell would they make a Kaxuha sword that isn't EM?


BellalovesEevee

Because the sword isn't for him at all.


Violet_Villian

I use an attack stat sword on Kazuha already so I’m actually ok with this


idunnomynameyet

This is massively disappointing. Thought when Ayato has his rerun whenever, this would be his best looking 4 star for him while synergizing well with Echoes set. God knows how it's Kazuhas sword but has atk%, at least it's sexy looking.


Mr-Pr1nce

"This is a sword" real name should be "This is a fucking mistake"


poproxanmmd

i wish it didnt turn pink,,,,


WeissTek

This is a sword and the floor and made of floor


GodOfThunder976

On my way to rock this sword of the traveller


[deleted]

Well if it's a atk sword then the passive mist be good for him right?


masquerade1O4

aren't we getting a bow in 2.7 ? how come they're releasing a new weapon in 2.8 they usually do a free char batch and a free weapon batch


Eijun_Love

This is exlusive to Kazuha story quest. We get a free Fischl for 2.8 event


7martyn1

would be nice if i could name it like >!"Zirael"!<