Almost every new version of Genshin Impact brings new character banners, allowing you to draw new limited characters. In addition to limited event banners, the game also features special wishes and standard wishes.

Special wishes appear sporadically, and the characters they contain vary depending on the game’s schedule. While the characters in the standard wish, Wanderlust Invocation, may be non-event-exclusive that had been launched, or conventional guaranteed.

If you’ve consumed a certain number of Genshin Impact Genesis Crystals on the event banner but haven’t received a 5-star character, you’ll be randomly awarded one of eight 5-star standard wish characters.

If you’ve been playing Genshin Impact for a while, you’ve undoubtedly already acquired quite a few of these 5-star characters. While you’ll likely be more drawn to limited characters, regular characters are also excellent companions in battle.

For this reason, we’ll introduce these characters from low to high order so you can prioritize the more valuable part.

8. Qiqi

• Element: Cryo
• Weapon Type: Swords
• Best Artifacts: Tenacity of the Millelith
• Role: Support

Qiqi’s ability to simultaneously deal Cryo damage and heal allies in combat is quite effective, making her a highly effective support unit. However, due to the long cooldowns on most of her skills and poor continuity, she’s ranked last on this list.

If you haven’t found a better healer yet, you can still use her, but it’s best to pair her with other Cryo characters to avoid gaps in attack and double her damage output.

7. Dehya

• Element: Pyro
• Weapon Type: Claymores
• Best Artifacts: Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City
• Role: DPS

The main reason this character ranks low is that, as a DPS character, her actual damage output in combat isn’t very high. However, Dehya has a unique advantage: her high base health, allowing her to withstand significant damage from enemies.

Therefore, if your team already has a reliable DPS character but is temporarily lacking a high-defense character, you can use Dehya as a temporary replacement. This can be very helpful in getting through the early stages.

6. Mizuki

• Element: Anemo
• Weapon Type: Catalyst
• Best Artifacts: Viridescent Venerer
• Role: DPS

It must be said that Mizuki’s combat performance is generally quite good, but this is all based on having the right teammates. Due to the skill restrictions, it’s especially important to avoid Yelan or Xingqiu when adding her.

Also, if Mizuki’s health drops below 70% during combat, her skills will be less effective, so it’s best to have a reliable healer on your team before adding her.

5. Keqing

• Element: Electro
• Weapon Type: Swords
• Best Artifacts: Thundering Fury
• Role: DPS

As an Electro DPS character, Keqing can deliver significant Electro damage to her team through her combos and charged attacks from swords. She’s particularly effective in Dendro Electro compositions, but only if you can fully level her up.

Not only can Keqing utilize Aggravate with precision, but she can also use it more quickly with a second Constellation. And if you lose to her a second time, you can even accelerate this process.

4. Tighnari

• Element: Dendro
• Weapon Type: Bows
• Best Artifacts: Deepwood Memories
• Role: DPS

Tighnari’s control is challenging because he’s a bow-based character, but if you master him, he can deal incredible damage with his long-range charged attacks.

Furthermore, Tighnari provides a Dendro advantage at the start of most encounters. With the right lineup, you can quickly enter Burning or Quickened effects.

Furthermore, after hitting his second constellation, Tighnari’s Dendro bonus increases by 20%, allowing him to fire four arrows at once.

3. Diluc

• Element: Pyro
• Weapon Type: Claymores
• Best Artifacts: Crimson Witch of Flames
• Role: DPS

As a veteran DPS in Genshin Impact, Diluc enjoyed immense popularity and effectiveness for a long time. While he’s become increasingly replaceable with the addition of more Pyro DPS, his claymore attacks still allow him to deliver reliable damage.

Furthermore, Diluc’s critical strike rate increases as his abilities grow, allowing him to better lock down enemies with artifacts as a DPS. And with the release of Xianyun, the two synergistically create powerful Plunge teams.

2. Mona

• Element: Hydro
• Weapon Type: Catalysts
• Best Artifacts: Noblesse Oblige
• Role: Support

Mona is ideal for Genshin Impact teams that rely on elemental reactions as their primary damage source. When the team’s elements are diverse, she can effectively use Freeze to create an Elemental Burst, soaking a large area and allowing Cryo teammates to shine.

This is because soaking enemies allows you to deal more elemental damage and also increases the damage taken by subsequent attacks that trigger elemental reactions.

1. Jean

• Element: Anemo
• Weapon Type: Swords
• Best Artifacts: Viridescent Venerer
• Role: Support

As captain of Knights of Favonious, Jean’s combat prowess fully matches her position. Although she’s a support unit, she can still deliver significant damage while also contributing to swirling damage teams.

Note that if Jean’s attack power and elemental mastery decrease, the amount of healing she can provide will also decrease. On the other hand, increasing elemental mastery will also increase her swirl capabilities.

That’s all for this introduction. While these characters may not be as appealing as the new ones, with leveling up and strengthening, their combat value is actually just as good as the limited characters, so you can definitely keep them on your team!

Teyvat continent created by Genshin Impact is actually composed of multiple different regions, and almost all characters have their own region.

When the game was first launched, there were only two regions, Mondstadt and Liyue. After that, each major version update X.0 would bring a new region.

Genshin Impact currently has 6 regions, and as version 6.0 approaches, the first to be announced is the autonomous region Nod-Krai of the seventh region Snezhnaya.

On this basis, the game further announced a group of Nod-Krai characters that will appear in version 6.X through trailers and other forms.

So who are these characters, and what kind of region will Nod-Krai be? We will introduce them to you.

Known Nod-Krai Info

Although Genshin Impact has recently released a map of the region at a web event, the official launch date is expected to be September 10, 2025, with the arrival of version 6.0.

According to the map, Nod-Krai is similar to Inazuma in terms of geographical structure, both of which are composed of multiple archipelagos, of which the five prominent islands are Paha Island, Blue Amber Lake, Nasha Town, Lempo Isle, and Hiisi Island.

It is expected that this will be the location of the new Archon quest Song of the Welkin Moon, with major locations including Nasha Town, Clink-Clank Krumkake Craftshop and more.

With the release of version 6.0 and subsequent updates, Genshin Impact should continue to release more subregions based on Nod-Krai, and eventually form a complete Snezhnaya to further explore the connection between Hyperborea and Frostmoon Scions.

What Characters Are Expected To Come From Nod-Krai?

Although the new character information currently confirmed is mainly for version 5.8, which will be launched on July 30, in order to warm up for version 6.0, Genshin Impact has released news about more 6.X character banners.

Although the combat power of the character is the main consideration for you to recruit them, it is not ruled out that you may fall in love with a new character in advance just because of the appearance shown in the trailer.

Based on this, we will give a preliminary introduction to the known 6.X Nod-Krai characters. If there is one that interests you, you might as well leave your Genshin Impact Genesis Crystals for him or her instead of version 5.8.

Nicole Reeyn

This character has a simpler code name “N”, and she seems to know many secrets of Teyvat. From the appearance, Nicole Reeyn has blonde hair, blue eyes and slender ear tips, which give her elf characteristics.

Aino

Aino is a young girl with pink hair, a slightly dull expression, and an oversized green jacket. The only specific information known about her is that she seems to be related to the new character Ineffa in version 5.8.

Varka

Although Genshin Impact has already announced that Knights of Favonius will travel to Nod-Krai, this is the first time that Varka, as the grand master, has been fully revealed to you.

Varka’s appearance is as reliable as his position: eye-catching blonde hair, a tall adult male body, and the iconic weapon Wolf’s Gravestone.

Jahoda

This mysterious blonde girl wears rose-colored glasses and a black cat-ear hat. Her background story and quests will also be related to Aino & Ineffa, which is worth looking forward to.

Durin

This is a special character because he is actually a dragon created by Rhinedottir, and Durin is his image when he appears in human form: a little boy with pink hair and dragon horns on his head.

Sandrone

Nod-Krai has a special organization called Fatui Harbingers, and Sandrone and Columbina, who will be introduced later, are members.

Since Sandrone always appears with a giant puppet in the character design, she is also called Marionette by those who don’t know the specific situation. It is worth mentioning that she seems to be very disdainful of Frostmoon Scions.

Lauma

As a member of the emissary of Hyperborea and Frostmoon Scions, there is unconfirmed news that Lauma may be one of the first five-star characters to appear in version 6.0.

In terms of appearance, Lauma has distinct Dendro Vision features. She has stag-like horns on her head and wears an elegant dress, which is very recognizable.

Nefer

According to the conversations between Aino and Varka with Nefer in the trailer, Nefer will take on responsibilities similar to storytellers in the future games and has a deep connection with Varka.

Kyryll Chudomirovich Flins

This black-haired man, who looks mysterious is usually called Flins. He seems to have no connection with any other characters, and his biggest feature is that he carries a lamp with him. In addition, it is expected that he may be an Electro or Pyro character.

Columbina

As the third known member of Fatui Harbingers, although Columbina plays an important role in the organization, for some reason she is rarely directly called a Fatui Harbinger, and she is likely to be related to Frostmoon Scions.

Alice

Based on previous voice and observation records of other characters, as well as the appearance shown in the trailer, Alice, codenamed “A”, is obviously a Pyro character. Her full appearance also indicates that a new climax of the game plot is coming.

If you are interested in the above content, please prepare for 6.0 and more versions after it from now on!