Summary
A popularGenshin Impactcharacter has reached an unfortunate milestone regarding banner appearances. As the pool of playable characters continues to expand,Genshin Impact’s double banner mechanic has become the norm, with the last single banner appearing over two years ago.
Genshin Impact’s Limited Character Banner is the most popular gacha mechanic in the game, as it features limited five-star characters. Even though each update features four different limited characters, many fan-favorite units often go a long time without a banner appearance.
One such character isGenshin Impact’s famous bow user Ganyu, who went over 500 days without a banner appearance. A Reddit user named smoilr created an interesting simulation video commemorating this infamous milestone. The post received over 4.9k upvotes onGenshin Impact’s main subreddit, with many fans claiming they had even forgotten that Ganyu exists as a limited five-star character. She has already skipped 14 updates, with her last banner appearance way back in May 2023 duringGenshin ImpactVersion 3.6. This means that players went through the entire Fontaine arc without the option to pull for Ganyu.
Genshin Impact: Five-star Cryo User Ganyu Goes 500 Days Without Banner Appearance
Despite being one of the earliest characters to join the roster, Ganyu remains a powerfulDPS character inGenshin Impactwho fits well into many different team compositions. One reason HoYoverse might not have included Ganyu on a banner could be that Cryo characters have been pushed out of the meta, especially since the Dendro element was introduced. The arrival of Dendro has completely shifted theGenshin Impactmeta, introducing many new powerful elemental reactions, none of which involve the Cryo element.
Some fans claim that, in a strange way, going 500 days without a banner appearance could be considered an impressive achievement. Surprisingly, anotherCryo character inGenshin Impacthas skipped even more updates. Liyue’s polearm user Shenhe has accumulated 13 consecutive updates without being featured on a banner. RecentGenshin Impactrumors suggest that this number could grow even higher, as multiple leaks have revealed that she won’t be part of the 5.2 banner squad.
The 500-day milestone was first reached by a third Cryo character,Genshin Impact’s powerful Physical DPS unit, Eula. Many comments have pointed out that HoYoverse needs to make significant balance changes to the Cryo element in the future, either by introducing new elemental reactions or by buffing the existing ones. Some current Cryo reactions, like Frozen, are widely considered useless in most situations since they have little effect on bosses.
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Step into Teyvat, a vast world teeming with life and flowing with elemental energy.You and your sibling arrived here from another world. Separated by an unknown god, stripped of your powers, and cast into a deep slumber, you now awake to a world very different from when you first arrived.Thus begins your journey across Teyvat to seek answers from The Seven — the gods of each element. Along the way, prepare to explore every inch of this wondrous world, join forces with a diverse range of characters, and unravel the countless mysteries that Teyvat holds…
