This leak from Genshin Impact suggests that HoYoverse will be adding a third character banner phase to its anime game. This would increase the number of five-star banner characters available to nine per update, providing more options to take advantage of each release. It’s probably a necessary change when looking at the ever-expanding roster: characters like Eula haven’t been on a map since late 2021 because there just isn’t enough space.
Hu Tao and Shenhe were recently in the same boat as Eula, waiting over a year to become available for draws again. Fortunately, Hu Tao is currently in a banner in Genshin Impact version 3.4, and Shenhe is confirmed to arrive in the second half of version 3.5.
However, Eula has been missing since November 2021, and recently there has been no official mention of her banner. He won’t even be on a banner in the next Mondstadt events update, which is odd considering that four characters that have nothing to do with Mondstadt – Ayaka, Shenhe, Dehya, and Cyno – will be available. .
As HoYoverse starts adding new characters to get from Fontaine, the old options will start getting fewer and fewer replays. Currently, each update lasts around six weeks, so banners can be split into two weeks, each with a third phase.
Adding a third banner phase makes sense, and this Team China leak suggests it will happen sometime after 4.0 goes live. The information from the Chinese team has been translated and put in the Reddit thread linked above. It looks like this change will come before 4.3, but after we’ve already entered Fontaine.
Version 4.0 is still a long way off, though, so it’s best to focus on luring Hu Tao and Yelan before they disappear again for months when Genshin Impact version 3.5 launches next week.