Genshin Impact official Twitter recently confirmed the weapon banner coming in the First Phase of Version Update 3.0. The confirmation sits in line with our previous speculations about it but what’s exciting are the 4-stars in the banner, which imply a lot more than what they let on. In this article, we’ll discuss the First Phase weapon banner for Version 3.0 in detail.
Epitome Invocation- First Phase in Genshin Impact Version 3.0
For the 5-star weapons in this banner, it is as per our expectations. We’re getting-
- Hunter’s Path
- Vortex Vanquisher
Hunter’s Path is expected to be Tighnari’s best-in-slot weapon because its main stat is Crit Rate%, and it scales off of elemental mastery to boost aimed/charged shots damage. The weapon is handcrafted for Tighnari’s kit, making him a viable Dendro bow-DPS.
The Vortex Vanquisher has featured alongside Zhongli for a long time since it’s his lore weapon featured even in his character demo and trailer. The weapon might not objectively be the best-in-slot for Zhongli, but it’s one of the best for his kit.
The 4-star weapons in this banner are as follows-
- The Stringless
- Favonius Sword
- Favonius Lance
- Favonius Codex
- The Bell
The Stringless is rumored to be Collei’s best-in-slot, so it’s appropriate to have such a weapon for her in the banner itself. The addition of The Bell raises the verity about our speculations on The Bell finally getting the desired user in Dori- who’s an electro claymore user with healing and support utility scaling off of max HP.
The choice of putting the Favonius series confirms one thing- we’re expected to use our elemental bursts for more reactions. Dendro will be EM-reliant, and since we do not have an EM (Elemental Mastery) set of weapons, we’ll have to make do with the next best thing- ER (Energy Recharge) weapons. The Favonius series has ER as their main stat, and its passive is also reliant on Crit hits to restore energy for your characters.