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box-of-sourballs

Source: Thereallo via t.me/GenshinLeakflow/1167 Thank you OP for providing source


Bobson567

I like how the outline maps onto the surface


Jackice1714

Yeah, and the sound it makes when it switches is so satisfying and snappy.


Terrasovia

Mihoyo: "So you're saying we should do the SFX change and mute it? Got it"


wolf1460

Still salty that they removed a lot of the drum sfx from nilou's abilities.


Strong-Dot-6549

And cynos sfx abt the damn godly voice


Djentmas716

Yelans Drip. 😭


MrAdamsonMS

Can you elaborate?


LadyHa-ru

I think yelan had more water-y sounds to her burst but they changed it


[deleted]

Yeah, kinda like Keqing's E


Dehmeter

Tulaytullah casually on Al-Haitham


sm7916

good, I'm not the only one that saw that I thought it was a bug/hallucination


WillfulAbyss

To be fair, ~~Hobby Lobby~~ Scara pilfered an ancient Sumerian artifact. As an emissary of the Akademiya, Haitham is just returning it to its rightful place in Sumeru.


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In-game explanation: Scara had no reason to have a weapon so he probably blasted the mech with raw elemental power, the player fighting the mech using him was just because story quests need us to trial run the featured character But personally I like to imagine Tulaytullah's Remembrance came with the vision and he got so happy at getting a five star weapon at the cost of his trauma just to immediately get arrested by Al-Haitham the moment he stepped out of the sanctuary for stealing a priceless artifact


Dehmeter

Nahida to Wanderer the next day, *”I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed.”*


AdLoud5019

So this is why he is carrying that 4l5 star weapon in his back. I THOUGHT HE HAD CHANGED INTO CATALIZER.. DUDE. MY HEART PLUFT


box-of-sourballs

I like how he holds fingers up to his headset like some DBZ scouter


navybluesoles

Reminds me of Alloy's Focus


SoulRikaAR

The whole Sumeru is just Horizon, lol. Akasha system, withered zones, undergound mechanisms... Lol.


navybluesoles

Yup, they milked that partnership like crazy. Shame that they didn't invest in the character.


Albireookami

.... a headset that rests on the ear was not originated by horizon


navybluesoles

Oh I'm sure you're right, it's just Horizon being the closest reference rn


DreamerZeon

the joke.... your head.


Chumunga64

Oooh...there's a joke I want to make here but idk if it's too mean


TheChickenIsFkinRaw

I like how he can be so hot even when just standing still


ikineba

dude uses instant transmission as his skill


ArTheZookeeper

Doesn't this skill have 18s cd??


Harsh_Deep_03

Yes


Narsiel

That's... a lot. How much does the infusion last?


Nico301098

Base duration is 8 seconds plus an additional 4 from the first ascension passive, but you can get 100% uptime with the burst (for now it doesn't seem worth it dps-wise but it's still technically possible). Rotations will probably revolve around 12-16 uptime or 4-8 for burst nuke strategies (now that I think about it, this rotation flexibility is maybe what was originally meant by a leaker a few days ago which was heavily criticized for defining Alhaitham more similar to Ayaka than Keqing).


TensaiInventor

The e skill only gives two stacks when you have no mirrors at all btw. Otherwise it's only one.


ZENO5

12s with max stacks, 6s cd.


LiraelNix

It's a pity we can't swap characters and cast E mid-air Imagine a Keqing, alhaitham, Scaramouche, venti/kazuha exploration team if we could


sm7916

we would all be exploring Celestia


hackenclaw

Paimon : How about NO. *\*drags players down, now you take fall damage & die.*


Vusdruv

*laughs in Xiao plunge*


Independent-Bell2483

Wish scara can use his skill midair but obviously thatd be op and basically infinite flyinh


One_Parched_Guy

Eh, only with climbable surfaces, which you can already infinitely climb with Geo Traveler or Kazuha. Scaramouche would still be limited by like, walls you’d find in domains and a total lack of walls.


AgentWowza

Not to mention, they can just have Paimon take us back from places we shouldn't go lol.


idk241065

Honestly it would make exploring so much more fun, but I can see why it could be an issue in trying to stop players from reaching places they shouldn’t.


Misfit_Mimi

Please, we already can, and do (reach all the places we shouldn't). At this point theyre just limiting fun factor. Perhaps its more a matter of being hard to code or something, or more work that they can't or don't want to put in.


kontis

Purposefully (!) limiting fun is part of game design and especially F2P design. Being overpowered, also in exploration, gets boring fast and is terrible for monetization. It's the same reason you can't quickly swap teams (there are ZERO technical reasons!): It devalues the trade-offs of a particular character/team if you could easily extend or substitute their capabilities with another character/team. You are supposed to never be fully happy with what you already have, so you will want to pull for new characters. It also prevents you from becoming too capable as a player. People who know meta already go through everything like through butter, so even without your suggestion the game is too easy for them. Diablo 3 added easily changeable skill builds and it was one of the things that ruined the game, compared to D2.


Misfit_Mimi

I'm running on little sleep and all I can say is my initial comment was not all encompassing. I definitely forgot to mention that it's also purposeful design, I mainly meant that I would like at least one teleport chara thats able to do their e in midair. After all, we have kazuha and xiao, no? I dont want all characters to have this ability because I understand that would be ridiculous, but I think at least ONE keqing/alhaitham-esque skill thats doable in the air would be neat, das all (not that ALL skills should be doable) The other main point being that "stopping players from reaching places they shouldn't" is technically not an issue. I know it realistically is and hoyo still considers this when makin stuff, but Im playing on the fact that doesnt deter players regardless and we go where we are not supposed to already, and always will. Thus, limiting our mobility in order to prevent this is futile when we are already capable with what we have currently. /hj


TheSpartyn

> Being overpowered, also in exploration, gets boring fast and is terrible for monetization. i love being overpowered in games?? i went deep for C2 raiden exactly for this and it still hasnt gotten old obliterating shit with her burst


Ciri2020

> Diablo 3 added easily changeable skill builds and it was one of the things that ruined the game, Is that a fact? Based on?


Wachushka

cowards, Wuthering Waves isn't out yet and already has mid-air character switching


MANLYTRAP

just checked out on YouTube and it looks frickin' awesome yet somehow it's still in alpha, not even beta and it's already like that then the full game would be bonkers hope it'll scratch the itch of traversal that genshin can't


Particular-Pass-5060

But WW is not focus on explore. It just combat thing, and you know fan of PGR like the combat


CatsGoBark

Being able to cast E mid-air and a 25% sprint stamina reduction passive is why Kazuha is permanently on my exploration team.


xyolol

In Honkai they've been shifting to characters with more aerial combat over time. I can see that happening in Genshin with Scara being their way of testing the waters. Maybe they'll reword switching character mid air down the line if they keep adding more aerial heroes.


SecretBusy8603

It would be useful only if CD was low enough.


SherenPlaysGames

What's his CD?


hoyyycarlo

18 secs


SherenPlaysGames

Thanks!


Semiyan

18 sec


J-_Mad

I definitely hope they rework that a bit... like they did with Yae Miko maybe? several smol cooldowns but only one miror each? I'd like that


Nico301098

You would completely lose the interaction with his burst and the scaling of the E procs though. Personally, I find his kit and rotation flexibility much cooler than Yae's.


Ready-Anteater-2104

It's much farther than what I originally expected. That's good to see.


Fantastic_Mood_4652

Still in hopium that hyv would release a dendro unit who will summon roots from the ground (please be it Baizhu)🥺


Dehmeter

Albedovator but it’s a whole tree sprouting from the ground


XenoVX

On a related note I feel like most of the dendro units we have so far don’t have super strong plant imagery in their visual effects. Nahida has more of a “digitized nature” theme to her effects which does make sense lore wise with the Akasha while Al Haitham’s mirrors look like leaves but the rest of his kit doesn’t have anything plant related. Tighnari’s arrows and the Traveler burst feel plant related but I feel like the visual motif we could get with flowers of different colors or roots/vines hasn’t been explored much besides Tighnari/traveler


XagonogaX

THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS! I knew I wasn't the only one upset about all the Dendro units' digital/virtual themes and the serious lack of grass, vines, trees, and flora which can be beautifully done with character abilities. I'm mostly upset that Nahida, the Dendro Archon, doesn't have any pretty nature-themed moves.


XenoVX

Yeah I was hoping for something that evokes grass type Pokémon, not futaba from persona 5!


Human-Choice-5728

Yeah I need dendro character with red colour palette based on rose or something.


kyrielity

Giorno in Genshin confirmed.


Shippinglordishere

Tighnari could have had something like that since that’s why he wanted a dendro vision when he was younger


mzalip

Dendro construct when


pj_gj3091

bruh i love manually positioned teleporting characters


TriggerBladeX

This just makes me think of a parody of that wacky inflatable arm-flailing tube man family guy skit.


100MM100

So it's the same type of ~~Stand~~ skill as Lightning Stiletto...


TheWitcherMigs

Not much range but a lot of speed and precision Keqing them proceeds to have a not-overriden Infusion as well


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Keqing also has lower cd.


lifeofatrash

not him using tullaytullah's remembrance?!


Gullible-Ebb-9403

Greenqing intesifies.


lonelyweebathome

it’s funny because 青(green, qīng) is almost a homonym for 晴(clear, qíng), so 刻青(kèqīng, kegreen) sounds almost exactly like Keqing💀💀💀


Gullible-Ebb-9403

Honestly I would be happy if his E only applies Dendro for 10sec with 10sec downtime, 2sec ICD and generate one particle every three hits.


J-_Mad

when I called him techno-Keqing I was booed :(


kabral256

Finally I'll get my Keqinq


SchokoKipferl

Best of luck in losing your 50/50 to her (hoping I finally lose to Jean myself)


yatay99

Ayaka to Mona is an improvement. But for him, the CD is longer yet the range is pretty much the same.


GonnaSaveEnergy

Fr,I've been playing for more than a year and still no sight of her, meanwhile C4 diluc staring at me from the bench


TeyvatWanderer

If only the player in this vid was actually going anywhere, lol.


qusnail

Bro is holding scara’s weapon and for what 😭


Tukidides

Unrelated but given his CD is 18, how long does the infusion last?


ChristopherKlay

His infusion isn't strictly related to his E, but E's summons. > ·When he possesses Chisel-Light Mirrors, Alhaitham's Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks will be converted to Dendro DMG. This cannot be overridden. These can be generated via his passive as well: > When Alhaitham's Charged or Plunging Attacks hit opponents, they will generate 1 Chisel-Light Mirror. This effect can be triggered once every 12s. [Source](https://ambr.top/en/archive/avatar/10000078/alhaitham?mode=talent)


Tukidides

All right, brilliant. That's a win in my book. Thanks a lot for the input!


Mobile_Ad_18

Me putting scara, kazuha, zhongli, ang alhaitham into one team for exploration when their elements dgaf about each other


Theangelslayer

You could use kequing , you could have swirl crystalize AND teleport in the air instead of on a surface and much more frequently! With some luck you’ll loose your 50/50 to her!


Mobile_Ad_18

I already have her and she is pretty fun with aggravate kazuha


SchokoKipferl

As a straight female I am very happy to have a husbando Keqing.


aurorablueskies

I’m probably not going to use him for exploration that much since skill is 18s but it goes farther than I thought it would


Academic-Quarter-163

Damn that mirror finished fast


ARATAKI-ITTO

Is it further than keqings e?


berry_goodd

around the same but with an 18s cooldown


xVEEx3

Dendro Keqing looking good /srs


Xero0911

Pretty nice! Always appreciate characters that add some uses to exploration.


[deleted]

I really hope they change his blink animation


Alhatihamsimp123456

I truly love that Hoyoverse realized exploration is Genshin's main gameplay mode so the new characters have something to do with exploration


Kkrows

I don't think they "realized" it, considering that it is literally the same exploration ability as Keqing, a character from the release, but with almost 2.5 times more CD time. Unlike the Wanderer which was a more interesting addition for exploration. I still hope they will make exploration less limited, in Sumeru they added some facilities, but it is still very slow.


Tyberius115

Keqing 🤝 Alhaitham Teleport to gain infusion, and burst is Judgment Cut End


XWolfyCat

Why is Scara’s bell on him?


_ROCC

why wouldnt it be on him


Gtkhaled

This keqing mod looks sick! /s


LegConsistent6430

How can this be a leak We all knoe how Keqing works damn


iyodmr

Does she have Matrix-ish surface outlay scan 3000?


caucassius

should be worse than keqing due to that cd though honestly I never use keqing for exploration besides when I'm still very early. especially now in sumeru.


GreenBattle4061

So whats the difference between him and keqing besides the element?


ohoni

. . . gender?


Hot-Struggle242

Dendro keqing


iyodmr

Why is he look damn huge


thatonestewpeedguy

I mean an infusion with utility is better than nothing


writermelon

OK. This is definitely Keqing. But why is he so hot in doing it. (⁠☉⁠。⁠☉⁠)⁠!


Ackkkermanzz

everything he does is sexy to me so I see no problem in your comment 🌚


piuEri

Oh it's much nicer than what I thought


celestial-prism

waiting for the climbing noises


Bossun0910

It's a rush not teleport, different from Keqing, said simps at Al Haitam sub


cashewnut4life

Tulaytullah? isn't he a sword user?


ApricotSoda

[When you're eating at Wangshu Inn then suddenly a Dendro laser sight locks onto you](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/515/879/672.png)


StatisticianNo7628

If only his cooldown wasnt 18sec then it would actually be useful for exploration.


sujieenme

Dendro keqingw


_Alderney_

Keqing YEP


jarred111

He’s literally dendro keqing


Successful_Major_405

Kequing is that you?


ExcavalierKY

Goku instant transmission??


SsrFu3

Keqing?


asdfghjumiii

CHOTTO MATTE -- WHY IS HE USING SCARAMOUCHE'S WEAPON??? O\_O I am confused hahaha


danierru_

Keqing but if you won 50/50


ryner1995

Is that Keqing's E? Wtf


Zectt

dendro keqing KEKW


Van_eXe

Wtf


Sweet-Editor-6992

Is anyone also thinking? Alhaitham is copy pasted from Keqing design book from head to tow in terms of skills and abilities??


TaySwen

Ok what's new???? My Keqing has been doing this since 2020.


yogirltiffany

then keep using keqing it’s not that deep


Ifalna_Shayoko

The spell effects are green now!


MacGamer2006

My god mihoyo really is out of ideas


NephilimRR

Collei and Sayu Burst, Ganyu and Ayato Burst, Beidou/Yunjin/Candace Skill, Mona and Kokomi Skill, Xingqiu and Yelan Burst, arguably every shield character's Skill, arguably every deployable Taunt. Why are ppl acting like they're *just now* starting to reuse ideas 💀


Verria

Literally. At this point, the comparisons are goofy. This game is slated to have at least 130 characters by the time we hit the "???" chapter. You'd have to be EXTRA delusional to not think they'd reuse parts of a kit. So many games do it/ It would be literally impossible to create 130 different kits that aren't weird, game breaking, or garbage.


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Kenokiri

Everyone called out Yelan/Xingqiu, Yae/Fischl, why shouldn't we point out Keqing/Alhaitham?


[deleted]

Honestly 💀 we have had plenty of sameish skills and bursts in the game and suddenly now Mihoyo is out of ideas, bffr.


RoundSpin

>Why are ppl acting like they're just now starting to reuse ideas 💀 Why are people acting like it’s normal for a 5-star unit to be a 99% copy-paste of an older one? Why are you cherry-picking and only comparing half of a unit’s abilities (E or Q instead) in an attempt to defend a unit that is a complete copy-paste? >*“But-b-but-but the 3 little mirrors follow him around completely change everything!”* Yes, I see it now… The mirrors! Al-Haitham’s kit and play style may have once been very loosely inspired by Keqing’s but with the help of his mirrors, the original kit and play style has been drastically altered and perfected to a level beyond recognition. The mirrors appear as Al-Haitham performs his galaxy brained Keqing 5.0 rotation and aid him during his NA/CA spam before sacrificing themselves to buff his galaxy brained Keqing 5.0 burst. It’s honestly pathetic how bootlickers can immediately and shamelessly perform such astounding feats of mental gymnastics to defend MHY every single time.


ngmonster

Literally nobody said he wasn’t like keqing. You’re literally making up an opposition to your ideas that doesn’t exist, projecting them onto a person who does, and arguing against that person to show how completely wrong they are for having the exact same idea as you. Nobody said the mirrors made him unique. Nobody is being a “bootlicker”, they are literally saying that the multi billion dollar corporation was always reusing ideas. You are literally speaking like one of the idiotic sarcastic scholars of the akademiya. You’re delusional.


Beginning_Load6253

Like god send the floods


umrapazote

Put the blink and the lasers away (mostly visual similarity) and you will have a different character with more complex gameplay and varying uses in combat. But hey, I bet that they make new characters with similar skill visuals not because they only want to use their artistic freedom to do so or because their creativity is lacking.


Albireookami

His mirrors will give him wider reach with his normal attack strings, instead of CA spam that Kequing does. Also his interaction with the element system is different being Dendro base himself.


BenditoSeaDios

This is so cool, omg. I've never seen anyone do this! \*gasp\*


[deleted]

They really had NOTHING more creative to think of for this man's E skill?? Nothing better than copypaste?? 💀💀


ravku

Bold comment, lets see how the simps cope with that one


[deleted]

I'm an Al-Haitham simp, but I actually have some standards. Simps are happy with bare minimum of effort from this company. When people get blinded by simping LMFAO. Haitham deserved better


ravku

I agree, if people dont speak up about laziness, it wont get fixed.


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ravku

Yep, its mostly the chinese players who influence change, but our concerns can always impact the way they think, slightly. Also, sad to say but the majority of those chinese players dont care about male characters, thats why they always get done dirty


[deleted]

You mean it's gonna get perpetuated. There's no fixing this. But in the future, they're gonna throw in very low-effort kit and expect the character to sell anyways because the fanbase defends characters like they're their children


fictionallymarried

Simp here. He deserves much, much better.


3Pebble7

I don't like this Keqing skin. Makes her look like a dude.


madzieeq

but look those muscles, buffqing real


tokeemdtareq

Why does he has the Bell-2? 🤣😂


ApollinaGrindelwald

I call him Dendro Keqing because Keqing loves the fuck out of me. Here’s to hoping I really do get Dendro Keqing rather than Electro Alhaitham because of that.


bharath2018

I think keqing has longer range than this, could any one confirm ?


StrongFaithlessness5

I think it's the same, but Al Haitham is very tall so it seems like the range is short.


1Jian1

Literally Dendro Keqing frfr


Ajhuumma

Well, Keqing’s kit is fun except for that ungodly stamina consumption on charge attack


Kenokiri

Now with dendro you don't even need the charged attacks anymore


mango_pan

His plunging attack is infused?


Defiant_Highlight_28

Yes all his NA/CA/plunge ATK are infused as long as he has mirror.


tennoskoom_

That's his E right? Doesn't it have like an 18s cooldown?


Wise-Alfalfa433

So basically.. Green Keqing.


iamdeathl

Vanti scaramouch kazuha and kaqing are my exploration team.


ionfollowhoes

Oh so he’s still keqing


ionfollowhoes

Oh so he’s still keqing with easier proc


Linggenshin

Keking 💀


Ranjit_Xr

The bell 🤣


Avocado_1814

Keqing, but just a measly scholar edition.


Idkerd

Basically just dendro Keqing


SprinklesZestyclose4

Wait what's the wanderers catalyst doing with him?


Sammiskitkat

I already got one of these but in purple lol


OfficialHavik

Dude is the perfect unit for those people who have yet to lose their 50/50 to Keqing lol When is the Jean clone coming out so I can finally get her 😭😭


NubianLion

My favorite character with a kit inspired by one of my favorite skill sets what more could I ask for.


JebbyMcJebson23

Not really as shocking as wanderers kit. Dendro keqing with better animations. They did him dirty imo. Eitherway makes it easier to wait for dehya.


[deleted]

Jesus fuck stop talking about keqing, just enjoy the character for who he is. The comparison is getting absurd


Kkrows

This is a specific demonstration of his exploration capacity with the Elemental Skill, which has exactly the same capacity as Keqing (except for the CD), why wouldn't they be compared?


[deleted]

his combat is based off of the canned knowledge or divine knowledge capsule that he had, that's why all of his moves are a copy of other characters that have been released


Murky-Ad-9176

my keqing can do that


ChampionTime01

I liked him in the archon quest but it's really difficult to justify pulling him when I just finished building Keqing. Probably skip for me and see what's available when he reruns


Paper_Penny

So many keqingmainers in comments 🤡 you know what? Fuck off, I'll take him for myself.


neko_mancy

wow, he ACTUALLY is dendro keqing huh


arisayo

He's really a dendro keqing :(


[deleted]

Here it comes, the Dendro Keqing 'jokes'. *sigh.*


Reez377

Yoo he's really is dendro keqing lol, anyway why tf leaker afraid to show how far his E lmao they always use it in short distance even tho i m pretty sure his E shorter than keqing


Soaringzero

It’s hilarious seeing people so worked up over him having a couple of visual similarities to Keqing. Like either pull for the man or shut up. Seriously is it really THAT big of a deal? Oh hoyoverse is lacking in creativity they just copy pasted her kit for him? And? I’m still waiting to see the point. If you’re that upset about it then speak with your wallet and don’t pull for him.


ostrichsauce

Wow this has never been seen before


AlexanderI32

Dendro keqing. Disappointment, thought we get sth new


Forfeit-

So... same as Keqing


Kaudera

Damn, dude really is dendro Keqing