Genshin Impacthas revealed a highly-anticipated rerun banner set to arrive during the game’s upcoming Version 3.3, featuring the fan-favorite Raiden Shogun. HoYoVerse debuted its “Special Program” broadcast for the upcoming patch Friday morning, giving plenty of details about new characters, events, and features coming with the next update. Version 3.3 is set tointroduce the long-awaited Wanderer, also known as the Fatui Harbinger Scaramouche, alongside a new four-star in Faruzan and multiple re-runs. One of the new version’s reruns has been revealed to feature arguablyGenshin’s most beloved character.
Raiden Shogun has seen immense popularity amongGenshin Impactfans since the character’s original debut in Version 2.1 last year. Both Raiden Shogun’s original release and her first rerun alongside Kokomi have been amongGenshin’s highest-earning gacha banners. The combined Raiden and Kokomi banner sat asGenshin’s top banner in terms of revenue for months, only being topped by Ayaka’s extended banner and, recently, the Nahida release banner. Now, Raiden Shogun is set to once again return toGenshin Impact’s gacha in Version 3.3.
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Alongside the plethora of new content coming with Version 3.3,Genshin Impactofficially unveiled which characters would be making a return during the coming update, with Raiden Shogun as a highlight. Raiden Shogun will feature during the second half of Version 3.3 alongside the first rerun for Kamisato Ayato after his release in 2.6. The two Inazuma reruns will be joined byGenshin’s newest four-star character, Faruzan, already confirmed for the second half. The banner is scheduled to begin in late December at the halfway point of Version 3.3’s duration.
The first half ofGenshin Impact’s Version 3.3 is also set to feature the return of a popular character alongside Wanderer. Version 3.3’s Special Program revealed Wanderer will be joined byArataki Itto, featuring in his second rerun and making his first appearance since Version 2.7. Itto will likely feature during the new version’s “Akitsu Kimodameshi” event and potentially during the introduction ofGenshin’s new TCG mode, with the character being a fan of the in-game TCG.
Raiden Shogun’s return toGenshin Impactcomes as her first return to the game since the debut of Sumeru andGenshin’s newest element, Dendro. Raiden is believed to be a powerful addition to teams focused around the game’s new element, being a staple DPS character for Hyperbloom team builds. She also joins the limited banner not long afterGenshinintroduced the game’s newest Archon,Nahida, as a powerful character for Dendro teams. Raiden Shogun’s newest rerun during Version 3.3 will look to see similar success to the character’s previous features.
Genshin Impactis available now for PC, PS4, PS5, and mobile devices. A Switch version is in development.
