The newest replace for Genshin Impact goes stay this week, and HoYoVerse shared the most recent about Candace, one of many replace’s marquee characters alongside Cyno. The Genshin Impact Candace character demo video offers gamers perception into her function in Sumeru’s society. HoYoVerse additionally detailed her abilities and attributes in a weblog publish on its neighborhood web site, HoYoLab.

Check out the video beneath.

Titled “Candace: Shield of Sworn Protection”, the Genshin Impact Candace demo attracts consideration to Candace’s fight model. Though she’s a 4-Star Hydro-element polearm-wielder, Candace is best referred to as the Blessed Shield, sworn defender of Aaru Village. She’s additionally a descendant of King Deshret, a legendary determine among the many Desertfolk of Sumeru’s arid subregion. Candace additionally has heterochromia, a situation during which her eyes are two completely different colours. During the video, she implies that her amber-colored eye can see into the long run, remarking that she’d like to take a look at the Traveler’s future by way of it. She’s voiced in English by Shara Kirby (Bea in Pokémon Masters, Lucky in Tokyo twenty fourth Ward), and in Japanese by Ryota Yuzuki (Kayo from Horimiya, Shizuka in My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU).

In fight, Candace offers offensive assist capabilities to the occasion. She can increase her protect together with her elemental talent to soak up incoming harm. Tapping the talent button causes Candace to leap ahead and slam opponents with Hydro harm. Holding the button causes her to maintain her protect up, absorbing harm primarily based on her Max HP stat. After the talent expires or the participant releases it, she performs a leaping strike to deal Hydro harm to enemies in entrance of her. Candace’s elemental burst offers AOE Hydro harm that scales together with her Max HP. The burst additionally confers a buff, “Prayer of the Crimson Crown” on the lively character. This buff enhances elemental harm and infuses the traditional assaults of Sword, Claymore, and Polearm-wielding characters with Hydro. Swapping characters whereas beneath its impact additionally causes a Hydro harm shockwave.

Candace debuts in Genshin Impact with the three.1 Update. The replace opens on September 28, 2022. The recreation is on the market on PS4, PS5, PC, and cellular units.