{"id":11111,"date":"2020-12-19T21:59:56","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T21:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/genshin-s-controversial-5-star-zhongli-will-receive-major-buffs"},"modified":"2024-07-19T19:04:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T19:04:23","slug":"genshin-s-controversial-5-star-zhongli-will-receive-major-buffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/genshin-impact\/genshin-s-controversial-5-star-zhongli-will-receive-major-buffs","title":{"rendered":"Genshin\u2019s controversial 5-Star Zhongli will receive major buffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
After weeks of outcry over the perceived weakness of 5-Star character Zhongli, the character will receive a plethora of buffs to his Talents, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst. The buffs will be tested in the version 1.3 beta, where miHoYo will continue gathering feedback. The Geo element will also be tweaked to add more general utility.<\/p>\n
Zhongli has been a fan-favourite since first appearing in Liyue’s Archon questline. The end of that chain reveals Zhongli is just a secret identity for Rex Lapis, the Archon of the Chinese-themed Liyue region and the Geo element. As the region’s god and guardian, Chinese fans had high hopes for the character.
Western fans also clamoured for the CEO of GEO, though both groups immediately noticed that Zhongli’s damage numbers and support options were significantly lower than expected.<\/p>\n
For context, Monstadt’s Archon of Anemo Venti is a meta-defining support with an insane amount of crowd control. Zhongli’s pillars provide inconsistent energy regeneration and a way to climb hills faster.<\/p>\n
On the 7th December, miHoYo posted an announcement to their fans regarding the game’s newest Archon. The letter suggested that fans are misinterpreting Zhongli’s design as a damage-oriented character when he’s meant to be a support. Even though the team promised to continue monitoring feedback and considering adjustments, fans mostly latched on to the quote below.<\/p>\n “From a design standpoint, these two features enable Zhongli to fulfil his role as a support character, and from a review of actual game data, we have discovered that Zhongli is, in fact, effectively improving Travelers’ survival capabilities.” <\/p>\n
(Posts from the Chinese Genshin Impact forum, translated by miHoYo forum user Darel.) <\/span><\/p>\n