Nahida is the Dendro Archon of Sumeru and she’s finally officially confirmed to be releasing in Version 3.2 of Genshin Impact. The Lesser Lord Kusanali’s official splash art was also released just a couple of hours ago and she looks adorable.
Plenty of players are saving up to pull for her in the upcoming banner because Archons are high-value 5-stars in Genshin Impact who redefine the meta. They become one of the best characters if not the best of their respective elements and for good reason. In this article, we finally have a decent picture of the Dendro Archon’s full list of abilities and that’s what we’re discussing today.
Leaked Kit of Nahida in Genshin Impact 3.2
Nahida is leaked to be a Dendro Catalyst user which is ideal as it’ll allow players to maintain a 100% Dendro status on enemies for reactions. Her E skill and burst are discussed in detail below.
Elemental Skill (E)
Her E skill is the trickiest and most confusing part of her kit as it has a mechanic similar to the Fayz Trials event in Version 3.0 where you mark the weak spots of enemies in your field of vision by damaging them and then use further reactions against them to do more damage.
Further clarification by the leaker reveals that her E skill is able to scan enemies which your character is facing and this marks them while also dealing them Dendro DMG. As for the marked enemies, once you use a reaction against any one of them- all the marked enemies take consecutive damage. The damage numbers and scaling are still a mystery but this is still looking like a fun playstyle.
The “screenshot” mechanic will probably function like the Kamera gadget or the Fayz Trials Challenge but it’s still something beyond our imagination. For starters, players are curious if it’ll have the same time-stop or time-dilation mechanic as Fayz Trials and frankly we’re wondering the same. If not, Nahida will need a shielder to keep her protected during this process and maybe that’s why her banner is paired up with Layla who’s a Cryo shielder.
Elemental Burst (Q)
Nahida’s elemental burst is similar to the Dendro Traveler’s but it has a ‘huge’ area coverage and characters of Pyro/Electro/Hydro elements within this area are buffed. “Buff time” might also indicate increasing the duration of her burst- thereby allowing more reactions through her burst’s Dendro application.
Some leakers claim that her burst will also sprout a flower like that of the Dendro Traveler that will interact with Pyro/Hydro/Electro elements to give different buffs to characters. What we do know for sure is that Nahida’s kit allows a 100% up-time on off-field Dendro application which her elemental burst might allow.
C2 Nahida
We also have a leak on Nahida’s 2nd Constellation which gives her an Electro DEF shred similar to Raiden Shogun’s C2 and makes Hydro’s and Pyro’s reactions with Dendro able to CRIT. This is huge since Hydro and Pyro-based Dendro reactions don’t CRIT on their own. The leaker admits that there might be caveats or a catch to this constellation that they may not know of but this is still huge.
The above leaker has also confirmed the verity of this info and goes on to say that her C2 may as well make her a DPS unit like Raiden’s C2. This way Nahida functions as both a DPS and support.
Strangely enough, Nahida’s leaked kit raises more questions than it answers and we’re excited about further information. She’s already looking like a meta-defining unit and her playstyle looks the most fun out of all the Archons yet. Her dook dooks will break the game and we can’t wait to witness it when she finally drops in Version 3.2.