Genshin Impact already teased their upcoming new characters in Version 3.1 by drip marketing their official splash art designs. Version 3.1 is less than a month away players need tons of primogems to pull for these new characters. Candace is a confirmed 4-star Hydro polearm unit coming in Version 3.1. Since she’s a 4-star she could be featured in any one of the two new 5-star banners next patch.
Candace’s Kit in Genshin Impact Version 3.1
Candace is speculated to be a Hydro Beidou with a similar counter mechanism. According to leakers, she’s a 4-star Hydro support who boosts your team’s damage by buffing their normal attacks. Just like Nilou, she too scales off of HP and it’s actually refreshing how Genshin is taking a new direction when it comes to character damage and utility.
NA: Gleaming Spear – Guardian Stance
Normal Attack: Performs up to four consecutive spear strikes.
Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way.
Plunging Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
E. Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum
Candace’s fighting style is capable of warding off an entire tide of foes.
Tap: Rushes forward with her shield, dealing Hydro DMG.
Hold: Raises her shield to block incoming attacks from nearby opponents, forming a barrier that absorbs DMG based on her Max HP and absorbs Hydro DMG 250% more effectively. This barrier lasts until the Elemental Skill is unleashed.
After holding for a certain period of time, Candace will finish charging, and when the skill button is released, the skill duration expires, or when the barrier is broken, she will perform a leaping strike that deals Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
“The oath of the guardians is more stalwart yet than the shields they inherit.”
Q. Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide
Raising her weapon on high, Candace calls upon a divine blessing that deals AoE Hydro DMG based on her Max HP and continuously confers the Prayer of the Crimson Crown on your active character.
Prayer of the Crimson Crown:
- Characters deal increased Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
- Whenever a character takes the field, they will unleash a rippling wave of water that deals Hydro DMG to nearby opponents. There is a limited number of waves that can be triggered in the duration of this skill.
- Sword, Claymore, and Polearm-wielding character(s) under this effect will obtain a Hydro Infusion.
“This secret rite has been passed down through Candace’s clan from generation to generation. Though the old faiths have become lost over the years, the sands still protect the heirs of the ancient realm.”
Passives
Passive talents are activated upon character ascension.
Featherflow Guard
If Candace is hit by an attack in the Hold duration of Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum, that skill will finish charging instantly.
Sand Arch
Characters affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide will deal 0.5% increased DMG to opponents for every 1,000 points of Candace’s Max HP when they deal Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
To Dawn’s First Light
Decreases climbing Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
Candace’s kit looks geared toward dps characters that mainly rely on their normal attacks for damage. Maybe she’ll pair well with characters like Cyno, Ayato, Razor, Yanfei and so on.
Version 3.1 looks HP-hungry considering how both Nilou and Candace scale off of it. Maybe players will finally start saving their HP% main stat artifacts instead of feeding them to the strongboxes or sacrificing them to lever up other more desirable artifacts.