Genshin Impact 2.7 Banners: Yelan, Xiao, and Itto rerun release dates revealed

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Genshin Impact, after much delay, has finally announced the official release of patch 2.7. Along with the livestream on May 20, 2022, the featured banners for the same patch were also officially announced.

For quite some time, it has been known that Yelan will be making her long-awaited debut on Genshin Impact. However, along with her, there will be rerun banners for two very prominent characters within the game, namely Xiao and Arataki Itto.

Itto rerun sort of makes sense as he has had only one banner till date, and Hoyoverse is following a sort of 6-month schedule for the characters. However, Xiao is definitely a surprise as he had his rerun very recently during the Lantern Rite festival and is getting a second banner in such a short time interval.

As has been officially revealed, the character banner for Yelan and Xiao will come out on May 31, 2022, right after the update. Itto, on the other hand, will be released three weeks later, on June 21, 2022, during the second half of the update.

The patch will run on its regular 6-week course, and Hoyoverse has assured players that there will be no changes despite the delay on account of the COVID-19 lockdowns in China. In any case, this is good news for fans as Genshin Impact has been looking dry on content for some time, and thus this new update will re-ignite the hype once again.

Yelan, of course, has been highly anticipated since she was first announced by Hoyoverse. Her design and her esthetics have impressed a lot of fans, which has catapulted her popularity quite significantly.

Itto, despite being a niche character, is loved by all as his damage output is quite enormous. The only issue is that he needs a full Geo team to function properly and requires a lot of investment,