Summary
A recentGenshin Impactleak has revealed important details about a new character named Escoffier, who is expected to join the roster in the upcoming months. Since the arrival ofGenshin Impact’s Pyro nation, the pool of playable characters has been constantly expanding, with every new update adding at least one five-star unit.
Genshin Impact’s upcoming update 5.5 will also introduce two new characters, the renowned members of the Collective of Plenty, Varesa and her teacher Iansan. While the two are yet to officially join the live servers, new leaks have already started hinting at other characters that might become part of the roster in the future.
Over the last couple of weeks, many credibleGenshin Impactleakers have been hinting at a new mysterious chef character who apparently comes fromGenshin Impact’s Fontaine region. A new post by a popular leaker named hxg_diluc has revealed additional kit details about this character, who goes by the name Escoffier. The name Escoffier is most likely inspired by Auguste Escoffier, a popular French chef, culinary writer, and restaurateur. According to the leak, Escoffier’s kit will be “limited to Cryo and Hydro,” and this character will provide 55% Elemental Shred for these two elements. The leaker has also mentioned that Escoffier will need to be surrounded by Cryo and Hydro teammates, which could indicate that this character will carry one of these Visions.
Genshin Impact: Escoffier Team Comp Expectations
Considering that Escoffier requires Cryo and Hydro elemental damage in their team composition, the character’s playstyle might rely on triggeringGenshin Impact’s Frozen elemental reaction. Frozen itself deals no damage, but it applies a Freeze Aura that immobilizes an enemy target for a certain period. While this reaction can be fun to use in the overworld, players usually avoid it in more challenging domains like the Spiral Abyss since it provides no damage multipliers.
Many fans suggest that Escoffier’s kit might allow their team composition to deal more damage to enemies affected by Frozen. Overall, fans seem positive about these early kit details, claiming that they would love to see HoYoverse give more attention to older and somewhat forgotten elemental reactions. While Hydro has been widely considered one of, if not the most powerful, elements in the game due to its ability to trigger strong reactions, the use ofCryo characters inGenshin Impacthas been in steady decline.
One of the main reasons behind this is that, with the addition of Dendro reactions, Cryo has been left somewhat isolated since it cannot interact with Sumeru’s symbolic element. CryoDPS characters inGenshin Impactoften rely on Physical Damage, which is not as effective as it was in the early days of the game. As a result, players hope that a meta-shift is on the horizon.
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