HoYoverse teased the next new Genshin Impact character, and she’s Kirara, a cat girl who delivers parcels across Inazuma. Kirara is a 4-star Dendro character in the RPG who, assuming HoYoverse’s usual reveal pattern remains the same, will likely debut sometime in Genshin Impact 3.7 once that update launched in late May 2023.
That brings the total number of Dendro characters to nine, even with the number of Hydro characters and two more than the number of Geo characters.
“She’s an adorable little nekomata,” HoYoverse said in an amended character blurb on Twitter. “Just whisper ‘the parcel delivery is going to be late’ in her ear while she’s asleep, and she’ll spring right up and start dashing faster than General Gorou does on the battlefield.”
"She's an adorable little nekomata. Just whisper 'your gonna be late' in her ear while she's asleep, and she'll spring right up and start dashing faster than General Gorou does on the battlefield."#GenshinImpact pic.twitter.com/ZVmYUzxKjR
— Genshin Impact (@GenshinImpact) April 10, 2023
HoYoverse didn’t reveal anything else about Kirara, though as usual, leakers with access to the next update’s beta already leaked a fair bit about the character. Early indications suggest Kirara uses a sword and generates a strong shield with her skill. The skill’s second function puts KIrara in a box – yes, a cat box – and grants her a movement speed boost while climbing. Her burst will reportedly drop several Dendro bombs, similar to Klee’s Jumpty-Dumpty skill and Aloy’s ice bombs.
While the basics of a character’s abilities don’t change much once a beta begins, their talents and how effective a skill is usually remain flexible. These details will likely change in some way before version 3.7.
Meanwhile, Genshin Impact 3.6 is live with reruns for Nahida and Nilou, ahead of Baizhu’s big debut later in the update.
Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
