Not all DPS characters are made equal in Genshin Impression, and we’ve got a fairly complete record of who’s sturdy and who isn’t. However one unusual interplay between a capability and a consumable merchandise has elevated a sure Traveler from the underside of the rankings to the highest.
Hydro Traveler’s lantern bomb
Genshin Impression is at present celebrating the lunar new yr with its annual Lantern Ceremony occasion. As a part of the occasion, gamers should buy objects known as Xiao Lanterns from an NPC in Liyue. Older gamers may even have some Xiao Lanterns stockpiled from the very first Lantern Ceremony occasion in 2021. Xiao Lanterns are consumable objects that, when used from the stock, summon fairly paper lanterns that float gently into the sky. You may summon as many Xiao Lanterns as you want, filling the sky with a cloud of lanterns till they despawn a couple of seconds later.
Effectively, for those who create a number of Xiao Lanterns on high of an enemy after which use Hydro Traveler’s Burst, you’ll be able to deal many cases of Hydro harm in fast succession. The harm is sufficient to decimate the hardest enemies and probably crash your recreation. The sheer variety of lanterns may cause huge quantities of lag, too.
How does the Hydro Traveler bug work?
There are two theories for the way the Hydro Traveler/Xiao Lantern interplay works. Hydro Traveler’s Burst is often fairly mediocre. It creates a transferring ball of water that, whereas decently highly effective, passes by enemies too shortly to deal significant harm. When the ball of water first hits an entity, it triggers one tick of AoE harm. Further harm is dealt at a hard and fast charge if the enemy stays throughout the water bubble because it strikes ahead.
The primary concept is that Xiao Lanterns are coded as distinctive entities, so when the ball of water hits a lantern, it triggers an occasion of injury. Multiply this by a number of dozen lanterns, and also you get numerous harm ticks directly. This explains the speedy charge of injury that outpaces the flexibility’s regular tick charge.
The second concept is that Xiao Lanterns are bodily stopping the ball of water from passing by the enemy. The lanterns have collision, so a wall of lanterns can stop Hydro Traveler’s Burst from transferring ahead, forcing the enemy to take repeated ticks of injury. Whereas this interplay could also be occurring, it doesn’t clarify how a lot harm occurs directly, effectively past the everyday tick charge for a Hydro Traveler Burst.
Will Hydro Traveler be patched?
As of writing, Genshin Impression’s developer HoYoverse has not acknowledged any points with Hydro Traveler or Xiao Lanterns. It’s unclear if this interplay can be patched, since Xiao Lanterns are solely obtainable for buy for a restricted time. Gadgets like Xiao Lanterns can’t be used within the Spiral Abyss, both, limiting the place this technique can be utilized.
I don’t advocate attempting to set off this bug your self. It’s clearly unintended habits, and HoYoverse has a historical past of cracking down on gamers who exploit bugs to achieve a bonus. Your account could face a short lived or everlasting ban. Within the meantime, let’s simply wait and see if we get apologems within the mail.
