EVERY Genshin Impact Banner Explained 

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Fun fact: Why Childe was seemingly randomly in a banner in his first rerun at 1.4 during the Windblume Festival, was because it was the 11th banner since release. Edit: First of all, wtf 3,2k likes?? Second of all, to people doubting: Childe was originally released on the 11th day of the 11th month on patch 1.1. And of course, he is the 11th harbinger. So I don't think it's a coincidence that his rerun was on the 11th banner. Some people have also pointed out that 1.4 was the patch when we first saw the hydro abyss herald, who has a similar fighting style as Childe, so there's some connection to the patch.

19:30 I think it's also worth mentioning here that the archon story involving xiao was super super emotional. That story literally made me pull for xiao.

A thing to note about Kokomi's initial run, on top of the reasons you mentioned, is that it also coincided with Genshin's notorious 1 year anniversary, in which players were... less than happy and far less likely to spend money on the game.

I don't think any amount of Sumeru hype will lower Kazuha's banner. He's getting a story quest, better than average weapon banner, one of the best supports in the game and we won't have any "offical" sumeru info until after his banner ends. Yoimiya seems to have aged better as well. Yunjin, Thoma, Yelan etc. she's got a lot more synergies now. I'm gonna be optimistic about her banner

A couple things I think could have been included: - Zhongli being very hyped up probably brought the earnings up, even though he was really bad. - Raiden had a very powerful C2 which caused many players to spend 3x as much as for a normal character (+C3 and her weapon being also powerful for her). Oh wow, I didn't think Ayaka would get Nr. 1 because of the other 3 weeks. I find it so weird how people are constantly spending hmm

Albedo's rerun also did better because he was the focus of the dragonspine event, the geo artifact set came out, and we got the free 4 star sword custom made for him

Another problem with Kazuha is that the Archon quest featured him, as he was following us around, but they never let us play him in the open world with our characters, so many people didn't feel confident in using primos on him when a lot of cute girls where around the corner.

i’ll actually be very interested to see how well the Kazuha/Klee + Heizou banner performs since it’s right before Sumeru! people have been eagerly waiting for Kazuha’s rerun for months so no doubt his banner is probably gonna make up more of the sales than Klee… but i wonder how many people will be skipping for the 1st Dendro/Sumeru characters? and my poor girl Yoimiya is getting screwed over once again on her banner timing being literally right before Sumeru 😭

i think kazuhas banner will be at least in the top 10 since many people want his rerun... but yeah ofc all the sumeru hype could lower this

I think it's also important to note that one of the things that made people pull for Kokomi more is the fact that people didn't realise how good she was as Hydro application in her first banner and it was only after the banner ended that people started to realise just how versatile her kit is, especially in freeze and taser teams.

Also keep in mind that the data changes depending on country and platform. For example, CN banner sales tend to correlate close with a characters power level/utility where JP banner sales more closely follow how much people like a character design and personality.

it would have been repetitive to mention it for each banner but don’t forget that for some anticipated characters (ahem im looking at you kazuha rerun), players save a ridiculous amount of primo gems rather than spend money to get them it’s really hard to judge on popularity alone but the sales numbers are definitely pretty funny to look at

About Raiden, you didn't mention her C2 Having her peak constellation (and a really good one) as her second one and not just into whale territory boosted her a lot imo, combined with the top up resets, this tempted a lot of low spenders to actually spend a good chunk of money trying to get C2/3 Also fun fact: originally her C2 and C4 were swapped out, but hoyo did a really smart move

Something else with Childe specifically is that people just don't know how to use him. They just see a long cooldown and think he's not that good. I literally just pulled for him cause I thought he was funny, I didn't even know what weapon he used when I decided I wanted him (I was decently new lol). Learning how to play around the cooldown, even with c1, is something you have to actually learn and for a lot of people that's just not worth the time when there's so many other options. And now that Ayato exists, I think it just hurts Childe more.

I think the bigger factor in some of the failed banners. keqing, Kokomi, Yoimiya, and Klee rerun was mostly due to all content creators saying they were bad and in the case for kokomi specifically they didn't even want to wish on their banner but were "forced" to since they wanted to make content and whale for them. they constantly dogged on her even after she got the artifacf set and for her rerun they let off a little as to not cause another uproar of VA hate like they did in the first run.

Zhongli was only buffed due to Chinese comunity revolt: They kept spamming invoice requests to Mihoyo (In China, is required by law that if a consumer requests a invoice of a digital purchase the company must provide it within a certain amount of time) and CN community is the biggest income for Mihoyo 11:20 - Ayaka was also a very long waited character due to beta 12:18 - And again Yoimya is getting her rerun.... right before Sumeru's archon release 13:52 - writting was rushed for that part of the story. There is a rumor part of the story team just left Mihoyo due to dissagrements with direction of the story which made Mihoyo desperate to complete the story. THe livestream that showcased her was very cringy, you could tell the voice actors were following a script and they had to act positively surprised when it was announced that she couldn't crit 14:57 - LMAO I remember people theorizing that Hu Tao appearance was a omen to Childe's death 15:48 - his noodle arms of his 3d model were dissapointing

I think you forget that Teyvat trailer plays a huge role in introducing the character. I remembered that during 1.1, I met someone who already saving for Ayaka. This was due to them knowing Ayaka through Teyvat trailer. I met some people who prepare for Cyno and the twin (Lynell and Lynette) as well. Like yeah, I'm definitely pull the twin and depend on Cyno gameplay, might pull for him.

I remember Kazuha's banner. I wanted him because he looked adorable but hype for Ayaka was at an all time high and everyone was holding out. Also every single Genshin influencer were all saying why do you need him when we already have Venti? Go a month or so along from him banner and now everyone wants him.

Sumeru definitely is one of the factors affecting Kazuha’s banner, but I don’t think his banner will be affected that much, considering how long people have been waiting for him

They did Itto dirty twice with teasing Ayato with his first banner and Yelan's popularity with second

Some of the banner fails like Kazuha and Kokomi has something to do with the doompost people kept posting before their release (Kazuha with C6 Sucrose, Kokomi with -100 crit and 5 star Barbara). Others have already pointed out Raiden's C2 but there was also the fact that she was seen as the first DPS Archon since Venti and Zhongli were generally viewed as supports. With the amount of people begging for a Kazuha rerun, I actually expect him to be at least within top 5 because most players saving for him would go as far as C1 - but then there's the Sumeru leak which could potentially cut the spending spree of others

just seeing this, makes me realize how long ive stayed with genshin, its so much nostalgia (i joined back when ganyu's first banner came)

i think the no. 1 thing that affects characters' sales is definitely the hype, best example is yae miko's case, she isn't that great imo but still did pretty well. ayaka and raiden was also very hyped. 2nd thing is based on how good they are. lastly, the release date of the banners, heavily affects sales as well, example was albedo being sandwiched between geo archon and ganyu.

3:35 I proudly contributed to this. Watching Zhongli’s trailer every time a new trailer drops is *tradition*

What makes raiden's rerun having such good sales not only is her incredible c2-c3 but also the fact that on her release she was seen as kind of a disappointment by the community due to all the circumstances around her, but by the time of her rerun she was already seen as the very strong character she is... but also her c2 yeah.

I feel so bad for Yoimiya, she's my favorite character of all, I love her design, playstyle and personality but Hoyoverse did her dirty in both banners. I'm excited about her rerun cause I really want her weapon since I didn't get it the first time ❤

Kazuha also suffered due to the community being DPS focused and not caring about support capabilities... ...and a major factor for Sangonomiya was the community revolt during the time with many social influencers trashing the game and Kokomi in an intentional attempt to hurt Genshin's sales. (Even review bombing the game.)

A friend of mine has wanted Mona since day 1 and still has yet to get her, having Jean, Qiqi, and Keqing at C3+. They definitely want a Mona banner lol

this was a beautiful nostalgia ride from start to finish, and a wonderful analysis. great stuff!!!

I can vouch right now that Klee’s rerun during the golden Apple archipelago event might have bombed because some people (like me) went for C6 Yanfei, and then asked themselves “Why do I need a second Yanfei?” so that probably plummeted Klee’s sales a little.

Raiden got one of the highest reruns because she fits ALL of the criteria. Power, beauty, grace, and stepping on the traveler's face. Perfect.

as someone who got kazuha on his first run and on accident since i was tryna get bennett so i could have a healer that didnt freeze me infinitely resulting in me spamming spacebar infinitely more i am so glad i got him his attacks are so fluid hes so easy to build(even though im running him as quickswap dps not as support but support kazuha is so easy to build, literally just get iron sting/black iron sword a 4viridescent with em on everything and bam hes done) and i love his character, i got him triple crowned a while ago and when the update drops im playin his story quest instantly and [data removed due to it being leaks] loved his moment in 2.1 archon quest even if i didnt like the story from it in general but still was enjoyable to see him parry raiden's slash and activate his friends dead vision. just such a good character, enjoyed his appearance in the floral zither event(who actually remembers that thing lmao) and in the irodori festival, the reveal of his family making the sword raiden uses seemingly ties into what happens with his story quest and his father meeting scaramouche was amazing i think they realized how badly they messed up with kazuha and spent this past year trying to fix it i will keep the jade cutter i pulled for him on him even if looks awful on him(the black sword looks great on him but having a 77/184 ratio kazuha is too nice and seeing those 40k slashes is perfection) hoping everyone who wants him does end up getting him and that i get a qiqi while going for heizou so i can have her and guarantee zhongli since im not really interested in sumeru

Actually, Hu Tao's re-run in 2.2 might of been because of her banner starting on November 1st, Día de Muertos/Day of the Dead. Poor Yoimiya. Both her release and (as of writing this comment, future) rerun were (are) sandwiched between two hyped characters. I wouldn't be surprised if she's added to the Standard banner in the near future.

Out of all Characters Yelan was probably the the best performing one considering there wasn't much going for her unlike Raiden who received a top up reset as well. A good kit really does make a difference in sales. Oh and yeah she is number 1 in Japan.

18:21 Venti was really popular as well since a lot of people joined genshin in 2.4-2.5 and wanted him, I joined in 2.0 and really wanted him but I didn't have enough primos because of Kokomi's rerun so I had to spend a bit to get him, but definitely he needed a rerun and people spent on him

i like how this is basically the history of Genshin's update/characters with their reactions

man I remember starting to play in 1.6 and pulling C1 R1 Kazuha. Didn't even know he was skipped by many players due to Inazuma since I didn't interact with the community and just played through the archon quests like a happy little beginner Good times Now I'm so glad I pulled him. I feel like an OG

I love how it is thoroughly explained. Nice! For Shenhe, I think her story quest was part of the archon quest. The Raiden hype was the backstory, the cooking memes and booba blade!

During Venti’s 3rd banner, I went for him since I missed him during his second rerun when I started, and trauma FOMO kicked in. So I didn’t go for Ayato, as the banner ended without me noticing. Ayaka I saved tons of Welkin Primos on though, since I already had her.

I started Genshin around Yae Miko's baner, honestly I think she is underrated, she of course isn't in the same level of Raiden Shogun, but I think she is very valuable considering she is one of the unique characters that can hit the enemy with her burst no matter how high they are, for example against Oceanid i always pick Yae Miko because she can deal with the flying birds of water much easier than a character with a bow. I just wished for her because she is a fox tho🤷‍♂️

This was a very well put-together video essay. The visuals combined with your format made it pleasant to listen to. 👍

15:12 I pulled for Albedo because of the event quest and Cinnabar Spindle. Loved the lore and the sword obviously wouldn't be useful on anyone else, but is a great boost for Albedo (especially considering the upcoming Husk set at that time). They did a great job of selling him on that banner.

Yoimiya is pretty much almost the sole reason for me to keep on playing. After I get her, I would be able to finally enjoy this game to a much greater extent. She is exquisite, gorgeous, adorable and cute. Simply cannot withold any praise at this point, everything about her is good and lovely.

I'm only pulling for yoimiya because 1. I quit the game a long time ago so I dont really care about meta and 2. shes like my favorite character

Having most units and playing since release, Kazuha to me is the best character one could ask for. That man does it all. Hope the rerun does well.

It's all about the hype, they made kazuha rerun 13 months after his first release, they made so much hype for him and definitely gonna bomb the sales

I got Eula on her debut, she was the first character I ever got from a wish at AR6, to this day I still find her to be a fantastic character to play with.

i honestly think kazuha will get top 5 or top 3 from -how long people waited -how good he is -heizou

I wish in Hu Tao's next rerun, we can have her own event quest. It didnt happen last time so it was completely a bummer for me. I mean, with such personality, I am sure lots of people waiting for another story with her

as someone that started playing in 1.1, this gave me SO MUCH nostalgia and when you started talking about 1.3 i just started tearing up because xiao and hu tao are my top two favorite characters and i absolutely ADORED the first lantern right ToT and omg windblume was so much fun. as someone that c6'd kazuha during his first banner (when i saw the teaser and then played the story he quickly became my third favorite character) my jaw just dropped in shock from how long it's actually been wow...

I've been part of the fandom who literally pulls around those underrated characters. So yeah I have Kazuha simply because he's a Samurai

Considering what we know about the 3.0 banners from leaks, i think kazuhas banner is going to do really well even if its in the patch right before the release of a major region

another reason why kokomi didnt do well in my opinion was due to the anniversary controversy and players boycotting buy not spending money

I thought Itto would be a higher in sales since his selling point is him bursting with personality and he seems so loved by the fanbase. I'll be optimistic of his rerun doing better, I may not check these statistics often since they differ per country, but it is interesting to learn about it in video format like you did!

predicting that kazuha’s rerun might be on the top or average, even if sumeru is next Kazuha’s rerun was the most requested and awaited rerun, everyone had been waiting for him (me also lol) he’s like the most used character in spiral abyss. Considering the fact that many people did skip him and now regret it also due to inazuma’s release, his constellations are also pretty good with the EM bonus. Kazuha also had many story quests appearances lately and finally and his new own story quest, his story is pretty interesting

I think what this collection of insight proves, is that hype needs time, and characters that are well-established before their premiere will do much better by tendency, especially when their roles in the story are sufficiently centralized. Ayaka was the most wanted character from the beta since she was the only one missing from it after release, so she had almost a year of hype building up. Then, her rerun came with the many observations made after her initial release, cementing her as one of the most powerful cryo characters to go for, and some folks would grow impatient during the Shanghai lockdown and pull for her at that point - everything worked perfectly in her favor. On the other hand, out-of-nowhere characters whose power and/or relevance is suddenly played up, tend to annoy a good number of players. For instance, Eula was more vocally disliked for being one-note, and not having any build-up worth the claim that she's on equal footing with THE Dandelion Knight, Jean - and that's not taking her lack of elemental coverage into account. I feel like the same issue contributed towards Kokomi being unconvincing as a worthy opponent to Raiden Shogun, only going face to face with a literal electro simp, and barely edging out a victory. I'm certainly curious on how well Kazuha's rerun will go. He's currently sitting as the top elemental support in the game, and he had a lot of spotlight to himself far after his banner, so the outlook should be fairly positive. Klee is probably gonna lag behind for all the reasons you already mentioned, but Yoimiya, I fear, might just take a big L, seeing how general views on her have only worsened as one of the most poorly-desinged 5* DPS units in the game, alongside Yae.

The first Kazuha's trailer is still one of my favorite, my Kill Bill boy! I loved him at first sight. Was the first time, and only time since now, that I pulled for the c1 in a 5* banner. Just waiting to c2 or c3 him in the next banner * _ * Fun fact, I didn't want to pull for Ayaka, but her story quest totally broke my heart, and now is one of my fav dps

2.2 - 2.4 was my biggest nightmare. All characters I wanted to pull were right next to each other. What made it worse is that I lost my 50/50 in all of them

Love these vids so much. Thanks for making such high-quality videos RedFlaim!

The second I saw kazuha’s announcement on the Genshin twitter, I knew I had to get him. Tbh, I didn’t know much technical/combat elements of genshin at the time, but he just looked like someone I wanted. I am so glad that I got him, especially as I learnt more about his value. On his first banner, I got him C2. I am planning to eventually get him C6, as he is my favorite character. I’m glad I rolled on the OG kazuha banner, in a few days, I am sure almost everyone will have him.

I appreciate your analysis with its concise and gentle delivery. It was great to watch as a refresher, thank you!

Awesome work man. Very well made I loved taking a trip to Genshin's memory lane. Thanks for taking us there

Don't worry Yoimiya, I'll pass up on Kazuha just for you...

Great overall analysis, that low Kokomi initial banner earnings reminds me of how disappointed I was with the Sanganomiya story in 2.1. I suspect that Raiden wasn’t supposed to be the 2.1 banner character but she was pushed forward in time for the primogem pack reset, and then the 2.1 story had to be hastily rearranged to end on a good note for Raiden instead of arching over to 2.2. Just a theory though.

This is a really good video. Short and to the point so i dont get bored watching. Great work!

This video is actually super interesting and I can tell that you've spend a long time researching for this. Additionally the overall video quality, editing and organization is awesome. Give yourself a pat on the back, mate!

I would say I'm a proud supporter of the first Kleerun (since I missed her during her first run), but since I lost the 50/50 in the previous banner, I was able to save enough primos to actually get her without shelling out some cash. 😅

I started just as 1.6 was starting and 1.5 was ending and Kazuha was my first limited banner 5 star (I liked him cause he was pretty) and I'm happy with him, I'm going for Klee in 2.8 as I couldn't get her last time

This is such an interesting video! Ive always been curious about this, thanks!

your videos are always so clear and detailed

Skipped Kazuha once to save my guarantee for Yoimiya. I'll skip him a second time to try for Yoimiya cons.

Why was Raiden Shogun given so many highlights, I believe there is another reason for this. If you play Honkai Impact 2 and Honkai Impact 3, then you will know who Raiden Shogun is represented for. It's an iconic character throughout Mihoyo games. She is the daughter of Mihoyo. Most players in China knew her even before Genshin Impact came out.

Thank you for the reminiscing. It’s been such a journey so far…

what a nice analysis. thanks for the insight, it was enjoyable to watch

i am a keqing banner puller, i wanted her since launch and knew getting her from a 50/50 loss (or the few and far between standard banner 5 stars) would be unlikely and difficult. i have 0 regrets as currently she is the character i have the most investment in and still continuously use to this day.

As a C2 Kazuha haver, I will say this: Don't trust what the community says, trust your own guts and pull for all the support characters

Nice video; good structure and explanations!

Really enjoyed this type of video, Sumeru is going to be insane, I wonder how soon we'll have a new #1!

Man, 2.3 and 2.4 were a nightmare for me. I already skipped a a version and a half worth of banners to get Albedo because I wanted him for so long but I wasn't playing GI during his first release and Itto because his voice-over is just too good to pass up. Then came the surprise that Zhongli was having a rerun on 2.4 and I was devastated because I lost 50/50 on his banner but I still wanter him. Long story, short: I got all three of them after winning 50/50. Thank you gacha gods. XD

I'm so glad I return to Genshin when Zhongli reruns were near because I badly needed a shielder and he was the first 5* I really wanted. He has never left the team since I got him and the fact I got Yanfei was a double blessing. I have Ayaka and Xiao now as main DPS but I always return to Yanfei. Hoping to get Kazuha in 2.8 and hope everyone pulling for him get him too 😊

Really interesting, thanks for the work you put into that.

Kazuha was looked down on alot but I'm happy i went all the way on his banner

me who pulled venti in 2.6 bc i wasnt playing back then: 🗿 this was a very interesting video, personally i started playing during the kokomi banner :) the only banner i spent on was the venti rerun, apart from that ive been generally decently happy with everyone else i've gotten (c1 xiao, zhongli, etc) looking forward to kazuha!

Weird so many people pulled for Ayaka, since you can also just get her as an adventure rank reward

this was an amazing video man!

As someone who has joined relatively recently (2.4) I really enjoy these deep dives into the history of the game and what has happened on all fronts

Raiden also had a pretty big community of fans coming from Honkai Impact and her similarities with Raiden Mei's character Herrscher of Thunder which was the most powerful lightning dps in the game at that time added more to the hype. Yae also has her counterpart in Honkai Impact and the huge difference between Yae Miko and Yae Sakura both in terms of gameplay and character turned the fans off for a bit, and that has been reflected in sales numbers

Can’t believe that Shenhe had probably the most emotionally resonant story quest out of the entire game and yet Hoyoverse decided to make her only be effective a fighter if you have enough Cyro’s on your team. Like WHO WRITES ALL THAT CHARACTERISATION AND CHARM FOR ONE MAIN CHARACTER AND YET STILL MAKE HER A PISS POOR FIGHTER IN COMBAT???

Based on everything you said in this video, I think how much people care about a character's story could also play a big role. Most of there characters that did well have really solid, well loved stories. A lot of my friends and I pull for specific characters we like simply because we enjoy their stories- sometimes we don't even actually actively use the character in question (looking at you Albedo/Childe/Itto)

this is super cool! thank you for this video i love looking at analysis for gacha banners

It baffles me everytime those charts come out. And I guarantee Kazuha's rerun will be record breaking.

I will never not be miffed at how much Kokomi got shat on when her debut banner released, I literally skipped over Raiden in favor of her out of spite and it was unironically one of the best decisions I ever made. Couldn't ask for a better healer, and unlike some people I know that not every character is made to be a DPS lmao It makes me really happy to know her rerun did so much better (tbh I don't usually pay much attention to sales numbers so I wasn't aware it was so high up), Kokomi is my baby and she got done SO dirty the first time around. This was a really interesting watch overall. Thanks, man c:

seeing this video in 4.3 really makes me want to see you talk abouit the banners that happened after this video

Phenomenal work on this one RedFlaim.

I didn't even watched the video but as someone who played since day 1 I can pretty summarize this in a few words. Genshin's community is composed by 2 sides, first side, people who wants big pp numbers, and second side, people who want waifus and are tremendous down bad, and basically the second side just smashes, eviscerates and murders the first side, it's just not balanced, hence why basically all female characters banners succeeded more than males. this is a take based on the thumbnail only

For Hu Tao’s rerun, I don’t like Hu Tao. However, I told myself that if I lost the 50/50, I would 100% get Qiqi, who I wanted since I started playing, and Ocean Hued Clam exists now at this point. I got Qiqi that banner and saved my guaranteed for Albedo.

Great recap. It’s great to look back where we’ve been.

I'm pretty interested in knowing how much leaks influenced the sales of certain characters. This especially goes to characters that come out of nowhere like Hu Tao and Albedo.

You’re definitely undercutting the many many people who see the new characters and skip because they look mid, only for them to be great and make them pull on the rerun