Genshin Impact: Yae Miko gameplay leak from update 2.5

Genshin Impact’s update 2.5 will feature Yae Miko as a playable electro-fighter.

Genshin Impact’s update 2.5 will feature Yae Miko as a playable electro-fighter and is expected to release in March 2022. Now, gameplay footage of the highly anticipated character has been leaked online. 

Yae Miko has appeared in Genshin Impact several times over the course of the adventure through the eternal realm of Inazuma and has captured players’ imaginations with her manners and backstory. Among other things, she is the head of the Narukami Shrine, has the blood of supernatural beings in her veins, is a confidante of Shogun Raiden, and the owner of a publishing house – quite a resume.

Trusted leaker UBatcha, in collaboration with abc64, posted the first-ever gameplay scene featuring Yae Miko on Twitter just in time for the release of update 2.4 on Jan. 5, 2022:

In the footage captured from a beta build, the busy lady’s attacks and abilities can be seen, making her Kitsune roots quite clear: she whirls fox-shaped lightning bolts around herself and hurls them forward, summons lightning strikes from above, and can teleport away from danger while leaving sword-shaped crystals of electrical energy in her previous position. These build connections between each other and therefore seem to have another purpose, though that is unclear for the moment.

When using her Ultimate, a bundle of fox tails can briefly be seen behind her before she summons a massive lightning storm that blankets an area with destructive energy. In any case, the Catalyst user seems to have potent offensive capabilities to match her talents in other areas.

So far, little is known about update 2.5 other than the debut of Yae Miko as a playable character and the release of four new skins for Jean, Amber, Rosaria, and Mona, but users will be busy exploring the content from Version 2.4, such as the new area Enkanomiya, for now anyway.

Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.

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