The Genshin Impact official Youtube channel recently posted a sneak peek of Sumeru which included some of the new Dendro reactions, a look at the Dendro Traveller, a new type of enemy and some terrain interactions. The teaser also included some developers talking about their take on the concept of Dendro and what it represents thematically- and how that, in turn, influences its interactions with the other elements, characters and the geography of Tevyat as a whole. Below we discuss some of the key highlights.
Dendro Traveller
The Dendro traveller seems to have an elemental skill similar to that of the Electro Traveller where it does an AoE frontward facing attack- affecting multiple enemies by what looks like Dendro blades or slashes. It seems to have a higher range than the Electro Traveller but it doesn’t seem to leave any sigils on the ground to be picked up.
The Traveller’s ultimate or elemental burst is one where he plants a plant onto the ground which seems to have a Dendro AoE. Some leaks suggest that this plant can be interacted with using different elements which will react with the plant’s Dendro to give various effects and stats to either the Traveller or the surrounding enemies. It’s likely to give buffs to the Traveller or debuffs to the enemy depending on the kind of reaction triggered with the Dendro plant on the field.
New Dendro Reactions and the Philosophy Behind Them
The devs spoke about two new Dendro reactions in this 2-minute teaser. We already have Burning which occurs when Pyro meets Dendro but the devs also confirmed, as per our leaks, two new reactions namely- Bloom and Catalyze. Bloom occurs when Hydro meets Dendro and Catalyze is when Electro meets Dendro.
The devs spoke about how the Dendro element represents Wisdom, Life and Catalysis. For Bloom, the Recovery aspect of Hydro meets the Catalysis aspect of Dendro to “Bloom” pods that deal Dendro damage when they burst- just like how flowers work in real life. For Catalyze, it was the Energy aspect of Electro that reacts with the Wisdom aspect of Dendro for a completely original reaction. The details of these reactions weren’t discussed but for now, these confirm the leaks about Dendro reactions we found earlier.
Dendro Enemy
A new type of enemy was showcased that looked like Mushroom slimes or floating mushroom pods. These behave and attack differently depending on what element is used on them. The devs also said how killing them with some specific element or elemental reactions will cause them to drop special materials.
Dendro Terrain Interactions
The Preview also showcased some special giant mushrooms in the overworld on which the Traveller can use different elements that react with Dendro or Dendro itself for some special effects like a wind-current to jump high and so on. These special terrain mechanics is also supposed to make Sumeru exploration fun and exciting.
Players can look forward to exploring these through Sumeru events and games that will introduce all these special terrain mechanics and enemies once they are released. Genshin Impact is currently drip-feeding us with Sumeru sneak peeks to get us hyped for Update 3.0 and hyped we are.