Ahead ofGenshin Impact’s upcoming version 5.5 update releasing on July 02, 2025, the new characters coming in this update have already been officially revealed. This update forGenshin Impactwill introduce the long-awaited Iansan as a four-star character, and Varesa as a five-star character.
While these characters’ ability kits haven’t yet been officially revealed, there are already plenty of leaks from trusted community sources about these characters. Based on the latest leaks for thesenew characters coming toGenshin Impact, players should know what to expect from Varesa in anticipation of her debut Wish Banner in the version 5.5 update.
Varesa’s Strengths
Varesa’s Weaknesses
Varesa’s leaked attributes, attacks, and abilitiesare subject to balancing changes ahead of her official release inGenshin Impact’s 5.5 update.
Varesa’s Long Attack Combos Could Give Her a Disadvantage Over DPS/Hypercarry Characters With Nukes
One of Varesa’s biggest weaknesses is the timing required to activate her own damage buffs, since Varesa’s optimal damage setup seemingly relies on a rotation of specific attacks and abilities. Taking into account how long this process can take each time and then considering the limited amount of time that buffs from othersupport characters inGenshin Impactare active, Varesa might not be able to fully utilize buffs from multiple support characters before these buffs, and/or her own buffs expire.
Hence, Varesa likely won’t be able to outperform DPS/Hypercarry characters whose damage is concentrated in one attack or ability nuke that deals a single instance of damage, as these characters can generally utilize stackable, temporary buffs more reliably. However, instead of replacing meta DPS/Hypercarry characters inGenshin Impact, Varesa would seemingly be better as a sub-DPS and battery unit, specifically on team compositions with other Natlan or Electro characters.
Varesa Could be a Top-Tier Battery for Natlan and Electro Characters
Since Varesa can both generate and consume high amounts of Nightsoul Points on her own by rapidly landing plunging attacks and casting both her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst, she will be an efficient way to fuel otherNatlan characters’ Nightsoul’s Blessing states. Considering that Varesa also benefits from other characters triggering their Nightsoul’s Blessing state, using her as a battery on a Natlan team composition can create nearly endless cycles of fueling Natlan characters’ Nightsoul Points. Overall, Varesa could potentially replace Ororon as a better battery unit for both Electro and Natlan team compositions.
Varesa could be a good battery for Mavuika, in particular, because Varesa’s efficiency with generating and consuming Nightsoul Points can fuel Mavuika’s Fighting Spirit mechanic.
While Varesa can activate various damage buffs, the majority of these buffs don’t extend to other characters, and they could be difficult to manage together with buffs from other support characters. Although this limits her flexibility as a primary DPS unit, her efficiency as a battery arguably makes up for this. Ultimately, while Varesa’s reliance on long attack combos may not be able to outperform nukes from some of the bestDPS/Hypercarry meta characters inGenshin Impact, Varesa can still be a powerful character when slotted onto a team composition with Natlan characters or other Electro characters as a battery.
WHERE TO PLAY
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