The new playable characters in 1.6 were confirmed by HoYoverse much ahead of the actual version’s release. The turn-based RPG from the same developers of is also a live-service game that often receives new content. Among the updates to story missions, introductions of limited-time events, and additions to quality-of-life features, the game also gets new playable characters, which deepen the gameplay mechanics and offer players further customization options when it comes to building teams in . With various elements and different Paths, which serve as roles in a classic RPG sense, players can mix and match different heroes for different occasions.
The fact that new heroes are arriving gives players more options to draw from and, even if there are no such things as elemental reactions in the game, there is a lot of unwritten synergy between characters. Blade, for instance, thrives on losing HP, while Luocha automatically can heal characters that fall below the 50% threshold, making them a fantastic duo. Even before the 1.5 livestream was held, HoYoverse announced three new playable characters for Version 1.6, and with the new bits of information shared about them, it seems like they will be valuable additions when they actually arrive.
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Three new characters were officially revealed. As is custom, HoYoverse shared the designs and small pieces of information about these characters ahead of the release of the version prior to their own – Version 1.5 has yet to arrive, but the 1.6 characters were announced. The characters, most of which had already been leaked or at least mentioned in leaks, are Ruan Mei, Dr. Ratio, and Xueyi. Two of these heroes are 5-stars, while
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