Genshin Impact 2.6 leaks: Event banners, 4-star characters, and featured weapons revealed

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For those that might have missed it, recent Genshin Impact 2.6 leaks have revealed everything about the first phase's banners. These include details on the featured 4-star characters and the concurrent weapon banner. miHoYo hasn't officially released these details yet, but some credible leakers have.

Both Venti and Ayato are already known to have their own banners in the first phase of Genshin Impact 2.6. These are the featured 4-star characters:

The concurrent Epitome Invocation will feature:

The next version update (along with these banners) should launch at 11:00 AM (UTC+8) on March 30, 2022.

Just to preface: Both Ayato and Venti share the same 4-star characters. Past updates have also had separate concurrent banners running the same 4-star characters, so it shouldn't surprise Travelers here. In this case, players will have an increased chance of pulling Yun Jin, Sucrose, and Xiangling.

Any Traveler who wants their Constellations (or is even missing a single copy) should take advantage of this banner. 50% of all 4-star characters are expected to be one of these three, and it can be several months until the player sees them featured again in the future.

Venti hasn't had a rerun in nearly a year, while Kamisato Ayato is making his playable debut in this version update. Some Travelers will have to decide which of these 5-star characters is the more appealing option to pull for, as they're technically on two separate banners.

This Tweet displays all of the weapons that Travelers could potentially pull for in the upcoming Epitome Invocation. The only new weapon in this Genshin Impact 2.6 banner is the 5-star Sword, Haran Geppaku Futsu, which has the following effect (according to recent leaks):

It further says:

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