Genshin Impact reveals Layla: Ascension materials, skills, and talent details

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Genshin Impact Layla is the new playable Cryo character brandishing a sword. She will be added to the next character banner alongside Yae Miko and Tartaglia. Today, the developers released an announcement regarding her talents and ascension materials.

Layla is a student from Akademiya under the category of Rtawahist Darshan. Although she recently enrolled in the academy, she has already earned many nicknames for herself. This article will go in-depth on her talent skills and provide an overview of her required materials based on the official announcement.

Genshin Impact developers released Layla's required materials to ascend ahead of her release date so players can pre-farm the said items. The Cryo-sword unit will be available on Yae Miko and Tartaglia's banners on November 18, a week from now.

The following are Layla's ascension materials from Level 1 to Level 90:

Besides her ascension, there are also talent level-up materials. Layla needs the following items to upgrade all of her talents from Level 1 to Level 10:

Layla is a sword wielder that can perform up to three rapid strikes. Meanwhile, her charged attack will consume a certain amount of her Stamina to unleash two rapid sword strikes. The Rtawahist Darshan student is better known for her unique Elemental Skill than Normal Attack, so players may want to skip upgrading this talent and focus on Skill and Burst.

Layla's skill has two instances. The first one is Night of Formal Focus, where she will put forth a shield known as the Curtain of Slumber, dealing AoE Cryo damage to the nearest enemies.

For the second instance (Night Stars and Shooting Stars), while the Curtain of Slumber is active, it will create one Night Star every 1.5 seconds. These stars will then charge