Genshin Impact leaks reveal Yelan as 2nd Hydro Bow character, expected release roadmap revealed

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Genshin Impact leaks have confirmed that Yelan will soon become playable. The mysterious character has never been mentioned in the storyline, and there's no information on her personality, playstyle, or combat abilities.

Having said that, the 2.6 beta shocked the community as it contained the character model for Yelan alongside the Kirin bow. Obviously, she won't be released in patch 2.6 because the featured five-star character in it will be Ayato.

However, Yelan will appear as an NPC in an upcoming quest, and here's everything players need to know about her release date.

Ayato will be the only new character in patch 2.6, implying that Yelan won't be released for at least two months. This means patch 2.7 is when users can look forward to Yelan becoming playable.

As it turns out, the current cast of Inazuma's characters is almost released. The only prominent names that are yet to arrive are Ayato, Heizou, and Shinobu.

This does not mean that no Inazuma character will ever be released after Ayato, but there will be a long interval before anyone else from the region is available. Naturally, most upcoming characters should be from Sumeru and the Dendro elements.

Some leakers have suggested that patch 2.8 will be the last update before Sumeru. The land of the Dendro Archon will be released in the 3.0 update.

All new characters like Yelan and Ayato will be released before version 2.8, and the final update will primarily focus on the remaining rerun banners like Klee and Kazuha.

Hence, long story short, Yelan should most likely arrive in Genshin Impact version 2.7.

Yelan will be a five-star Hydro bow character like Childe. Her signature weapon seems to be Kirin Bow, which was earlier assumed to be for Ganyu.

However, Yelan being a bow