Genshin Impact Leak Reveals Yoimiya Weapon Banner

A new Genshin Impact leak reveals the items that will appear alongside Yoimiya on the second weapon banner for Genshin Impact Version 2.8.

Genshin Impact updates are almost always divided into two parts, each of which includes a different set of limited items. The limited items can be obtained by wishing on a specific banner.

Each update has two weapon banners which include two five-star and five four-star items. The first weapon banner four update 2.8 introduced two strong five-star weapons, Freedom Swon and Lost Prayer. A new Genshin Impact leak apparently reveals the two five-star weapons that should arrive in the second part of the update.

A credible Genshin Impact leaker named hxg_diluc has revealed the two five-star weapons which should arrive on the second banner cycle. The live stream event for 2.8 has already confirmed that the second part of the update will introduce the first re-run for popular Pyro bow user Yoimiya. According to hxg_diluc, Yoimiya’s weapon banner will feature the following five-star items: Thundering Pulse and Summit Sharper. Both of these weapons are a great choice for the game’s DPS and sub-DPS characters.

Thundering Pulse is considered one of, if not the best bows in Genshin Impact. It’s a great fit for every DPS bow character in the game as it includes Crit Damage as the secondary stat. The weapon’s passive increases the holder’s Attack by 20% and grants a special effect called Thunder Emblem. The effect has three stacks which increase the character’s Normal Attack damage by 12-40% based on the number of stacks. Multiple replies in the comment section claim that Thundering Pulse serves as Yoimiya’s signature weapon, even though it has a completely different design.

The second weapon, Summit Sharper, is one of the oldest swords in the game as it was introduced back in December 2020. It’s considered an A-tier sword that can be used by almost any character in the game. The weapons passive increases shield strength by 20% which makes it a great choice for the Geo sword user Albedo. Attacking an opponent will also increase the character’s Attack by 4% for 8 seconds. This effect is limited to five stacks and its power is doubled if the character is protected by a shield.

Multiple replies in the comment section claim that, even though there is no information about the new four-star items, this will be one of the best weapon banners in a long time. This could be HoYoverse’s way of compensating for placing only one character banner re-run in the second part of Genshin Impact Version 2.8.

Genshin Impact is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, and mobile devices. A Switch version is in development.