Genshin Impact: Everything We Know About Banner 4.3 and Beyond

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Gacha games are on a neverending treadmill of new and returning content, leading to much speculation about what’s coming next. The 4.3 patch in Genshin Impact is the next big update, so here’s everything we know about the new banner and beyond.

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Genshin Impact 4.3 Character Banner Rumors

We won’t know anything official about the 4.3 Character and Weapon banners until the 4.3 live stream from HoYoverse, likely on December 6 or 8. However, there have been some reliable leaks over the past few weeks that give us a good, but not guaranteed, look at the characters and weapons coming with the new patch. The leaks come from WaffelGM on X (formerly Twitter).

I wouldn’t put as much credence on leaker information, as the 5-star character Albedo was long rumored to be coming in 4.3, but HoYoverse started marketing for the new Fontaine character Navia, adding credibility to the claims.

Genshin Impact 4.3 Phase I Banners

Should the rumors prove correct, the two 5-star characters we’ll get in Phase I of patch 4.3 are the new Geo character from Fontaine, Navia, and the Cryo swordswoman of Inazuma, Kamisato Ayaka.

Navia looks to be a GEO main DPS character focusing on explosions. She will also come with some off-field capabilities that allow her to synergize with other Geo characters like Noelle and Zhongli, though the full effect of her abilities is still a bit unclear. From what I could gather, her Skill functions similarly to Kamisato Ayato’s, allowing her to track enemies. Her Burst creates a field of Geo explosions in a radius around her, setting up plenty of opportunities for elemental reactions.

Kamisato Ayaka is one of the best main DPS units in the game