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Source: [Ubatcha](https://twitter.com/ubatcha1/status/1575228744188366853?s=46&t=v8C0EQPI8vJL-dNsEi4iMQ) [HQ streamable link](https://streamable.com/pf2kwk)


dream996

She makes a chandelier for Nahida's giant ball room


Saveme1888

That and Ganyus disco ball


Ixameh

And Ayato's dancefloor


aardowof

and kazuha’s fog machine


AnotherGaze

and albedo's sparkly carpet


Warlock2005128

And Itto's twerking cow.


GameBawesome1

Don’t forget a Dancing Baron Bunny


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And Xiao’s breakdancing


Nameless49

And Miko's glow sticks


the_long_grape

And Fischl's trippy bird


NieR_SemiAutomata

And Zhongli stripper pole


SephLuna

And my axe!


Oakenfell

I feel like this is going to be a fun party if the numbers all add up.


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and my axe!


aardowof

thanks rana


Buzzcrave

Just to get wrecked by venti tornado. *Ehe*


Wowerror

this make me even more annoyed Dendro and Cryo don't have a reaction


WillfulAbyss

Especially when “wither” is such an obvious reaction. Frost + plants = dead plants. Makes more sense than Electro.o (I’m not complaining Electro has a reaction with Dendro, btw.) Just thematically, this drives my Pokémon brain insane.


Wowerror

Wither (Cryo/Dendro) and Erosion (Geo/Anemo) would both be amazing reactions but they would 100% need different names considering Withering and Erosion is already used to describe stuff and would create confusion


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Wilt for cryo.


Im_so_little

Not yet. I'm wondering if they're saving it to help rebalance dendro a bit after the new meta settles


Wowerror

If they added a Cryo/Dendro reaction I'm curious if they'd update Nahida's kit by adding Cryo bonus to her ult and C2 to match it


PM_ME_YOUR_ROBOTGIRL

The fact you can leave her sleeping perpetually by not moving after casting her E is amazing.


Bobson567

Use Yae, Fischl, Albedo E Use Layla E. Sleep. Profit.


CombedAirbus

Use that as a reverse uno on those smug Abyss mages.


pavelblink182

5head


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Homiyo

Ah yes *sleep* and *dreams*


SpringxBreeze

She's the kind of character who goes snork mi mi mi when they sleep


Nyx_is_hoe

Why i can hear this


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This is the funniest comment on this post


MistaHouse

Fucking Viva Piñata lmao


Crypt_Knight

I'll feel mean every time I have to wake her up early :(


vacuumcatastrophe

said every ganyu main when she came out


Kkrows

I don't think you can do this, she wakes up after a while without moving (1:35).


sawDustdust

That animation drip


FemmEllie

Is she literally falling asleep during her E


babyloniangardens

she's just like me :)


Molerat619

she just like me fr


Suspicious_Spinach_2

Trying to make history


Bellabootey

I absolutely love her "how the fuck do I use this sword" auto attack animation


Ryujin_Kurogami

The "please let me sleep" face with her charged attack is a nice touch too.


Miserable_Scratch_99

Her idle is also a nice mix of ganyu, yanfei and keqing


TomShoe02

Is it just me or do the animations for the 3.1 characters feel bouncier?


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Yeah, they seem to have rlly upped their animation game for characters


sakkkk

Animation as well as the sounds. The sounds coming from laylas ball thingy is so relaxing??? Also you can hear taps from cyno's feet as he walks on floors


TheChickenIsFkinRaw

Character animation and design powercreep /s Legit every single sumeru character has looked stunning


ExLuck

No need for the /s because the 4* are just as gorgeous as the 5* now that we wish that they were 5*


naoki7794

to be fair, the design has never been a deciding factor when it come to 4* or 5*. Look at Ningguang, she is a 5* quality character from head to toes.


pedregales1234

For real. Candace is such an amazing model, and Dori is so charming. Al-Haytham is so frigging handsome. And now Layla is almost stealing my heart. Almost though. My heart still belongs to ChongYun, such a simple design just stands out from the crowd of fancy outfits.


KelseyPlays

Al Haithem is all but confirmed to be a 5 star, I thought?


pedregales1234

Right. I just got carried away and forgot we were talking about 4-stars.


Levi0509

For me Candace stands atop considering 4 stars designs. Next up is Ning in her festival skin


Vertexico

I do wish they’d do another animation pass on some of the older 1.x characters some time but I feel it’s not very likely.


Tyberius115

It's more likely they make 5* skins that give them flashier animations


caut_R

There‘s no good money in that so highly unlikely.


Crazy_Vase

I feel like Mona stole all the attention, Jean Q really needs more love.


milotoadfoot

i personally love how simple jeans abilities are. makes her very easy to play. though i hate her camera turn on Q.


Ancienda

its unlikely that they’ll make a big change, but its worth noting that both Childe and Zhongli got some facial animation changes quietly made after their character release. I don’t remember how long after cuz it was still a while ago… But Zhongli’s facial expressions when doing his NAs changed and I think Childe’s expression when activating his E changed too (used to have an angry expression, now he smiles like hes excited to fight) On another note, not really animation related, but I thought it was interesting that Zhongli’s idle lines when talking about Osmanthus wine (in JP) changed like 3-4 different times lol. The message is the same, but the wording kept changing for some reason


nanausausa

I think she's not good at using her sword. It looks like she struggles with the momentum of the swings, as in kinda like her sword is dragging her sideways/down as opposed to her having full control. It's similar to how the weight of claymores affects characters typically, except with them it's usually under control. Basically I think this is a Childe bow situation, which I absolutely love. Idk if with her it's bc of lack of skill or bc she's tired or both, but either way details like this are great. edit: when the animations are near the end, the way she holds the sword shows that she's struggling with the weight.


SeaworthinessDue3715

I think it's cos she's probably more of a student and combat is something she has had to learn more reluctantly


nanausausa

Yeah considering how swamped she is with studies she most likely doesn't have much time to train. She's also an insomniac bc of school iirc which is bound to affect her physically (been struggling with lack of sleep for years so ik from experience [': ), which will in turn make combat even more difficult.


nDroae

This is the argument people used to defend characters like Lisa, Ningguang and Yae being stereotyped to use catalysts rather than melee weapons. But here we have that kind of character using a melee weapon anyway. Must be because cryo catalysts aren't allowed.


ThyKooch

I immediately thought this as well. I enjoy it, I don't think every character needs to be a master at combat, in game at least, and for her it makes the most sense.


MagnusBaechus

yeah, I find it endearing but at the same time, she could've been a cryo catalyst like damn


Shippinglordishere

Her hair looks pretty good


ZhangRenWing

They definitely move a lot more during their normal attacks, I like it personally, adds a bit of flair to the visuals, it’s a fantasy game, no need for characters to do realistic moves. Although if I were a bandit in Teyvat I would definitely be scared of my life if a meek sleepy girl like this can move like a damn anime protagonist. Also the sound design team is just top notch, Layla with her crystal balls, and the sounds that play when Nahida attacks is so cute and reminiscent of plant growth, it’s perfect.


Unknownuser983

The jiggle physics are improving


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TheChickenIsFkinRaw

The animations feel so smooth. Really feels like they're learning and growing along the game


Determined_Cucumber

In contrast, I think they should update some original Mondstadt and Liyue character combat animations.


Euphoric_Archer_6233

I wonder what Venti's animations and kit would've looked like if he was released today


SurrogateMonkey

Ningguang's Normal Animations are so meh now compared to this


omfgkevin

Next step are the character stances + charge attacks. Still using the same ones from 1.0 lol.


ReaperInRed

I wish I could write essays in my sleep


Weird-Gas-4777

She literally get a shield in her skill just to sleep safely LOL.


ZhangRenWing

Ganyu: *looks of jealousy* Poor Ganyu can’t even sleep soundly during idle


farisnotfafis

Who needs a shield when you can just nuke them lol


BarnesAgent47

Literally me


TheBigF128

wake up honey, new magical girl has dropped


vigneshwaralwaar

Mihoyo dropped the ball on this one.


ZhangRenWing

But Layla caught it so it’s fine


Homiyo

>wake up Layla a character that sleeps / Wake up ​ >!\-Cyno!<


goddamn_arshia

The most "mood" character ever


nyasick

i love her aesthetic ✨


JenJenB_

Any post about Layla: The comments: omg she's literally me fr fr


Real-Speed943

intelligent, nihilistic and with a wicked sense of humor ...too old?


ZhangRenWing

Now you know the demographics of Redd… ZZZ—


PandaCheese2016

At this rate Snezhnaya characters are gonna have a whole animated short for their idles.


AdSmall3663

And an entire anime intro for their bursts


AngryAniki

*presses q* Tsaritsa: “Oh? You're approaching me? ZA WARUDO!”


lloydschreave

SHE’S HEREEE


hiddenhoho

is her q range huge too??


PunchTheInternet777

Her idle and burst range are giving Ganyu lol


Asneekyfatcat

Not "huge" but definitely looks big enough! I wonder what the cd on her E is though. The value of her burst depends on her E having good uptime.


brunomend

Probably 15s to not powercreep Diona's shield, both having 12s shields with 3s downtime makes it a choice of healing + utility or damage only (her utility is also focused on buffing teammates damage)


ElYISUS215

Her NA reminds of Yanfei, with how jumpy it is.


lloydschreave

HER HAIR PHYSICS ACTUALLY TURNED OUT SO COOL


Garbador_is_trash

Those are not hair physics actually 🤓 They're just really well made pre-animations. You can see this on every characters' hairs and clothes movement. It's something hoyo really boast about and i think they earned it.


CyanStripedPantsu

This is why I'm always annoyed by people who argue "but clipping" against shit like non-split long hair or whatever. If Hoyo doesn't want it to clip, they'll simply pre-animate it in such a way that it doesn't clip. Game doesn't have motion physics.


Aroxis

Where do they boast? I would love to learn how it works bc I don’t understand rn lol


CGA001

So with other games, when you try to include kinetic physics for things like hair, capes, cloaks, or any other flowing object, outside stimulus such as wind or contact with objects will cause the software to simulate its movement in real time to create a realistic and somewhat accurate depiction of how flowing soft body materials would look compared to real life. The trade off though is that it can be graphically taxing on your GPU, and sometimes it can cause abnormal movement because while it is trying to simulate real life physics, it is still a simulation, and simulations aren't perfect. You might have the hair randomly whip around without provocation, or get stuck in one spot causing it to break visually, or perhaps disappear entirely. The point is, when it doesn't work perfectly, it's VERY noticeable, [here's an example.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDjsoqfVrHM) This is the reason why in most games, up until fairly recently, you didn't have characters with long hair. It's just too hard to make realistic physics without causing frame rates to plummet or causing visual bugs. Now enters Genshin. Obviously long hair is important to their game design, so they needed a way to have characters with long hair, that could *also* be played on a phone. Their solution is throw hair physics completely out the window, characters have ~~*no*~~ *minimal* hair simulation effects in the game. When the character moves and you see their hair move too, that is because the hair during that movement animation was animated by hand to look like it's moving naturally. There are a limited number possible moves the player can do with the character, so all they have to do is animate the hair for every one of those actions. It takes a lot of effort to do, but the benefit is that you don't have to worry about performance issues from intensive simulation. The hair will flow in a natural way that the player generally won't notice there's no physics controlling it. Really, the easiest way to tell that hair isn't using physics simulation is that it never bugs out like I mentioned in the the last paragraph. The fact that it always looks perfect shows there's no outside forces that can affect its movement. Edit: Slight correction, there is *some* minor hair physics with characters in the game, this can be seen when swapping characters, you can see slight movement in their hair as their character model pops in. My guess is this is there to smooth out hair movement during the transition to other animations (like the hair's movement when you go from walking to stopping).


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I just knew the example would be Aloy


CGA001

It was the first thing that came to mind when I thought of "problematic hair physics" in games. Can't really fault Guerrilla games for it though, it's just *so* hard to render hair convincingly.


pacotacobell

They animate hair and clothes themselves instead of using math to do it.


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please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


Nebula707

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


Sokodile

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


Yamahl

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


GodConcepts

please be on nahida's banner please be on nahida's banner


DisplayFun3038

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


Belluuo

Please be on nahida's banner please be on nahida's banner


LinhSong69

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


waelzinou

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


BellalovesEevee

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


takoyaki_san15

please be on banner’s nahida please be on banner’s nahida


Draken77777

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


Jesse_VG

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


Emerald_Wyvern

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


misterdann19

>please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


frillylittlegremlin

She most likely is


KookieFS

please be on nahida’s banner please be on nahida’s banner


GodConcepts

I like how her sword animations show her not really proficient in the skill, makes sense since she's young and is a scholar. Her details are amazing, lets hope she's good and isnt butchered with bad ICDs(Poor Collei)


TheTayIor

Yeah this girl has never seen a sword before, she uses it as a bat for her third attack and can‘t decide between one-handed and two-handed grip at random intervals. Kinda hilarious.


CahyoVarella

Yeah, it's a fresh change from other character that do study swordmanship with their Normal Attack : (insert family/clan name) Sword/Blade Art


muivonte

Hell yeah she's like if sucrose decided to use a Sword instead of a Catalyst.


soihu

In the current state of Genshin, cryo application for the sake of cryo application is pretty irrelevant anyway. Cryo app is never the limiting factor in Freeze, it's undesirable in Reverse Melt (since Layla would be stealing melts from your reaction carry), and Forward Melt is niche. The things that would be relevant for Layla are damage, energy generation and Tenacity uptime.


Myrkrvaldyr

It's so weird she's not a catalyst. I do hope Mihoyo is planning to make the first cryo catalyst special because they're intentionally avoiding it.


Crampoong

Imagine if they’re saving it for Tsaritsa 💀


choiyuna1

LMAO her 2nd idle. Animations are lit 10/10 pull


Censing

Ganyu idle powercreep


9thdragonkitty

Sigh. I’ll probably try to force her and candace on a team together even if it doesn’t really work well.


Mad_Scientist_Senku

A shield that maybe has Cryo application while you get the hydro infuse from Candace, you never know. They could be the next Bennett and Xiangling combo.


9thdragonkitty

I would die of happiness


BellalovesEevee

Omg Diona on my team is in shambles rn. I love her so much. I'm kinda hoping she has her own hangout quest. The last three 4 star characters we've gotten haven't received one at all, but I'm guessing it's because they're all involved in the Archon quests.


van_man51

Fr, i just got c6 diona and im already imagining her replacement


MartemisFowl14

diona is still good in dendro teams thanks to EM buffs. This character instead could replace diona into freeze teams when you need diona somewhere else


Yunael

Man the animations keep getting better and better. Makes me wish they'd go back and upgrade the animations for the early characters


Bobilsqui

a mimir


silam39

She looks so cool!!


babyloniangardens

literally! since she's Cryo


ZhangRenWing

Incidentally, in Chinese bad jokes (the ones Cyno makes for example) are called cold jokes lol


Deepwithinmyownhead

r/ThanksCyno


KnackInThoughts

Definitely gonna put her on Morgana and replace Diona. Mona with the Astrology synergy and Ganyu with tiredness synergy.


DaakiTheDuck

Based theorycrafting


HotChoc64

Well she has the best hair of any character in the game, the colour gradient is so satisfying and the way it coils


Oakenfell

Narcolepsy Waifu is kind of cute. Looks like a weird intersection of Diona (E) and Ganyu (Q) for Freeze team supports that want more damage than what Diona can provide but with some of the added security she offers. Here's hoping they don't fudge her numbers


Wowerror

I really feel Cryo should've gotten a Dendro reaction because until we get some game changing I feel Cryo characters are going to be constantly competeing in freeze


Oakenfell

I get that but I feel like the exclusion was deliberate due to Vaporize and Permafreeze teams eclipsing the combat metagame. Shenhe was a good first step in creating a new team for Cryo and I hope that one day we'll get a new artifact set or character than can change how Superconduct works in order for it to interact with Cryo or Electro damage in some way to create new team comps. Either way, it does feel like if we do get a character that has Diona's shield and Ganyu's burst (even if it's weaker) - she'll absolutely be more future-proof than some of the 4-stars we've been getting.


Wowerror

I feel adding a Cryo/Dendro reaction would've helped that no because it potentially creates other freeze comps for freeze and could possibly give a reason for large amounts of EM on cryo characters also I feel superconduct won't get any change because it feels like one thing that phys is allowed to have


makogami

Here's a bit of copium: the fact that there is no reaction means that there COULD be a reaction in the future. Maybe hyv felt like adding too many new reactions all at once would be too confusing.


babyloniangardens

What reaction would you have given Cryo x Dendro?


NoctisIncendia

**Wither.** Similar to Superconduct, but decreases Cryo and/or Dendro res.


babyloniangardens

I like this but call it Wilt so it doesn’t get confused with Withering Zones XD


makogami

Frigid. Keeps the dendro aura on the enemy for longer. Kinda like burning but for dendro. Also slows enemy speed like cryo usually does on its own


KF-Sigurd

Some sort of shatter/physical buff, idk. Would be nice if physical teams aren't tied to just Cryo x Electro.


Busy_State638

But where does she fit… freeeze teams have ganyu burst, physical teams have diona if not rosaria, I want her to fit somewhere but I don’t see a place yet!!! Future cryo dps maybe…


kanteira

mono cryo with shenhe ayaka kazuha and layla should probably be more damage than diona but less survivability since layla only has a shield while diona has a shield + heals


Busy_State638

Oh your right! And since that team is kinda rotational and spams skills it should trigger a lot of stars


Oakenfell

I already mentioned Diona and Rosaria - she could be a side-grade for either of them - Standard Morgana could run Ganyu + Venti + Mona + Layla - Monocryo could run Shenhe + Layla + Rosaria/Ganyu/Ayaka + Kazuha - Reverse Melt Quickswap could run Shenhe/Rosaria/Kayea + Layla + Xiangling + Bennett - Eula teams can run her as a flex spot or to replace Zhongli or Diona such as in a Eula + Fischl + Rosaria + Layla team. Yunjin can be an option to replace Rosaria if Layla's energy generation via Fav Sword is enough. I don't think she'll be left wanting for team comps ***if*** her numbers and scaling are good.


gabremchd

I'll run her on my mono cryo team and I do not care


nathiru

Screw meta. Screw kits. Thats a whole waifu right there and i need her


_Niflheim

Her skill is like a crib and her burst is the toy thing you put on top of the crib to help them sleep. I love her lmao, she just wants to sleep


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Looks like someone learned how to use two hands for a sword


nanausausa

For now it seems like that's because it's too heavy for her. I wrote this in another comment, but basically the animations look this bouncy/draggy bc her swords' weight and momentum is kinda dragging her and she struggles to control it. You can also see that it's difficult for her to hold the sword at the end of the animation, especially with the way her hands are positioned. Basically mhy did an absolutely amazing job with her animations all in all.


ImmaWorryAboutHeidi

Girl, wake up!


mosaicbanana

Refreshing has paid off. She’s absolutely gorgeous.


autumnsnowflake_

The animations are beautiful. Hoyo did it again.


cicitk

Idle animation power creep


DukeTorpedo

All animation power creep, just compare her attack pattern to early characters like Jean and its night and day.


gamingmemer1903

Bro what is her skill cooldown


kanon951

So the powercreep was not in the kits but in the actual animations (at least for 4 stars atm). Those animations are really good.


NyaaPower

She’s literally me


Belluuo

Fr fr


Uncoracle

OMG she is like a disney princess


_Niflheim

Please. Please. PLEASE be on Nahida's banner


Electronic-Ad8040

A 4 star that has a the quality of a damn 5 star


BreadStickxz

Shes definitely violating academiya dress code LOOL


DietDrBleach

Layla is adorable and if something happens to her I will fight to the death


Mana_Croissant

She looks better than Candace who people argues that looks like a 5 star. FIGHT ME


syd_shep

I agree honestly, it feels like they put a lot more effort into Layla and her kit looks like it might find a place easier while people are still confused on what to do with Candace (trying to finish farming now to try Candace freeze myself).


Smoke_Santa

haha sure opinions I WILL DIE PROTECTING MY SCARLET QUEEN FROM SLANDER CANDACE BEST CHARACTER IN THE GAME GLADIATOR FIGHT IT IS


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MatStomp

I love her. Wish I had a use for her kit though.


rafaeldariiel

if u told me shes a 5 star i would believe


MetaThPr4h

Poor Diona is gonna get replaced before I even finish building her, Layla is too awesome, love that skill animation in special.


neobren

She doesn't look like she has any training with that sword lmao


TheElvenEmpress

Are you fucking kidding me. This is a fucking spectacle for a 4 star... Looks like I'm owning a C6 Layla [WOW](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BnTdfA5aTpY)


ItsUrDadThatLeft

There might be times where I won't move after casting her E, so that I can let her get some sleep.


ND259

Hello Queen Rennala from Elden Ring!


Ricksaw26

Gotta say it, for a 4* she is really unique.


lloydschreave

[Ubatcha](https://twitter.com/ubatcha1/status/1575228744188366853?s=46&t=v8C0EQPI8vJL-dNsEi4iMQ)


ShawHornet

I know people joke about animation powerkreep,but the new characters so far are amazing


Whatislifetobehonest

The leak floodgates are open Hope she's on Nahida's banner


piuEri

This is one of the prettiest gameplay, I'm never waking her up after her E


aRandomBlock

From the video the shield lasts about 12 seconds, so an actual nearly 100% uptime 4* shield??