Genshin Impact‘s 3.4 version is only a few days away now, and to stir up further hype for its release, the official Genshin Impact Twitter account has revealed the weapon of Alhaitham, one of the two characters that will become available following the update.
The weapon, called Light of Foliar Incision, does, of course, have a 5-star rating, like Alhaitham himself, and is tailor-made to work well with his kit. This has been a long-standing trend in Genshin Impact, where new 5-star characters get a signature weapon along with their update that matches, and subsequently accentuates, their playstyle.
Light of the Foliar Incision is a Sword with 88.2% crit damage and a base ATK stat of 542, at level 90. The description of its passive ability, ‘Whitemoon Bristle’, reads as follows, “CRIT Rate is increased by 4%. After Normal Attacks Deal Elemental DMG, the Foliar Incision effect will be obtained, increasing DMG dealt by Normal Attacks and Elemental Skills by 120% of Elemental Mastery. This effect will disappear after 28 DMG instances or 12 seconds. You can obtain Foliar Incision once every 12s.”
This Sword will undoubtedly be a great fit for Alhaitham, as his Elemental Skill has his normal attacks deal Dendro damage, which will in turn proc this passive ability, so Alhaitham will often simply be dealing 20% more damage. Though any characters able to deal Elemental damage with Normal Attacks will surely benefit greatly from such a strong weapon.
As previously mentioned, Alhaitham will be a Dendro character, as will the other character coming in 3.4, Yaoyao. Alhaitham is a member of the Haravatat, one of the six main schools of the Sumeru Akademiya, and he’s the Akademiya’s scribe, responsible for documenting their findings and drafting ordinances. Yaoyao, on the other hand, is a 4-star character, who wields a Polearm. She is a disciple of Madame Ping, and though she is her youngest disciple, she is described as taking care of the other seniors as though she was their older sister. Her official introduction touts her as talented and driven, “the kind of student teachers dream of.”