Alleged Genshin Impact 3.0 and Dendro leaks are so dicey even leakers won't touch them
The latest Genshin Impact leaks could shed some light on what's to come in update 3.0, including the long-awaited release of the Dendro element, but the game's community is split on how accurate they are and how they were obtained.
Genshin Impact has been leaking since before its global launch, but the delayed release of update 2.7 has shifted the timeline of the usual pre-patch leaks. We still have a few weeks before the launch of update 2.8 which, based on in-game bug fix advisories, is the last patch expected before 3.0, yet multiple characters and even artifacts allegedly coming in 3.0 have already been leaked.
The headlining leak is a new male character reportedly styled after the character Su from Honkai Impact 3rd, developer Hoyoverse's other main gacha game (or rather, one of them, with Zenless Zone Zero and Honkai: Star Rail soon to come). Purported concept art (opens in new tab) for this character, unofficially dubbed Al-Haitham according to reputable leaker UBatcha (opens in new tab), even surfaced last week.
Genshin Impact characters are regularly leaked before their release, but we don't often see art of them before Hoyoverse officially shows them off. The company has pursued legal action against leakers before, particularly where identifiable assets were involved, and this has sparked caution and doubt among Genshin leakers, not to mention a cavalcade of obviously fake (and often stolen (opens in new tab)) art passed off as leaks.
That's not the only radioactive leak, either. Just last night, the abilities for three alleged characters, all tied to the Sumeru region expected to arrive in update 3.0, were shared (opens in new tab) by another source simply known as Blank. These arrived alongside
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