As an open world RPG game, “Genshin Impact” has attracted widespread attention and heated discussions around the world since its launch. With the update of the version, the game content is constantly enriched and improved. Every version update will bring new gameplay, characters and elements, so that the game always remains fresh and challenging. In the 5.5 version of 2025, two new characters with unique characteristics, Varesha and Ianshan, were added, and the relic system was updated at the same time, giving players a deeper combat experience. We can see that with the addition of these new elements, “Genshin Impact” not only enhances the strategic nature of the game, but also gives players more tactical choices and matching space.
Varesha: From a dynamic glutton to a powerful warrior with full destructive power
The addition of Varesha is undoubtedly one of the most eye-catching highlights of the 5.5 version. As a five-star thunder attribute magic weapon character, Varesha is not only full of power in appearance, but her background story also adds a lot of unique colors to her. Varesha is from Teteokan and is a woman who is known as the “Big Eater” in her hometown. She is born with a huge appetite and once ate 80 meals in a big eater competition, becoming a household legend.
This “big eater” setting seems to be reflected in her fighting style. Varesha’s attacks are characterized by extremely strong destructive power and explosive power. Her skill system revolves around “Night Soul Points”. Players can activate her powerful skills by accumulating Night Soul Points. Varesha’s core skill “Fiery Passion” can increase her attack power in a short period of time and release powerful lightning attacks. Her falling attack not only has high damage, but also causes the accumulation of “Night Soul Points” when attacking the enemy, making her output more continuous and sustainable.
In actual combat, Varesha does not rely on complex skill combos. Players only need to focus on reasonably accumulating Night Soul Points and releasing the Fiery Passion skill to achieve fast and efficient kills. Her skill design focuses on high-burst and high-output play, suitable for players who like to quickly destroy the enemy’s defense line. The addition of Varesa undoubtedly provides players with a powerful output character, and her performance in battle is very direct and shocking.
Ianshan: A calm and rational tactical character
Different from Varesa’s “explosive” combat style, Ianshan represents another more calm, rational and strategic combat style. Ianshan is a four-star long-handled weapon character with thunder attributes. As a gain-type character in the team, her strength lies in her ability to provide gain effects to teammates through precise skill operations, thereby improving overall output and survivability in battle.
Ianshan’s skill system revolves around the “kinetic energy scale”, which allows her to accumulate “night soul points” and provide different degrees of gain to teammates according to the actions of team members. When her kinetic energy scale is full, Ianshan can release enhanced skills, significantly improving the attack power and elemental energy recovery speed of teammates. In team combat, Ianshan’s role is obvious-she can not only provide gains to teammates at critical moments, but also keep the team at a higher energy efficiency through skills, thereby improving combat sustainability.
Ianshan’s design concept emphasizes delicate operation and reasonable timing of skill release. Players need to flexibly adjust her skill use according to the battle situation to maximize her buff effect. This gameplay requires players to have a high level of strategy and team cooperation awareness, so Ianshan is more suitable for players who like rational thinking and focus on tactical layout.
New Relic System: Enhance Tactical Depth and Character Diversity
In addition to the addition of new characters, version 5.5 also fully upgraded the relic system and launched two new relic sets – “Long Night Oath” and “Deep Corridor Finale”, which provide different buff effects under different tactical needs. These relics not only improve the basic attributes of the characters, but also provide players with more tactical options, further enhancing the depth and diversity of the game.
The Long Night Oath set is particularly suitable for characters who rely on falling attacks. On characters equipped with this set, the damage of falling attacks will be significantly improved. At the same time, the four-piece set effect allows the character to accumulate the “Eternal Flow of Glory” effect when hitting the enemy, further enhancing the output of falling attacks. As a powerful output character, Varesha is very suitable for this set of relics. After equipping it, her falling attack damage can reach an astonishing value, thus quickly destroying the enemy.
The Deep Corridor Finale is a set of relics suitable for ice-attribute characters, emphasizing the output improvement of normal attacks and elemental bursts. The two-piece effect can increase the character’s ice attribute damage, while the four-piece effect can increase the damage of its normal attacks and elemental bursts when the character’s elemental energy is zero. This set of relics is particularly suitable for characters who rely on elemental bursts, helping them to maintain efficient output even without sufficient elemental energy.
Character matching and tactical combination: the complementarity of Varesha and Ianshan
The character matching and tactical combination in “Genshin Impact” have always been the focus of players, and the update of version 5.5 has made this element richer. As two very distinctive characters, Varesha and Ianshan can not only be used separately, but also form a powerful combat power through clever combination.
The powerful burst of Varesha and the buff effect of Ianshan complement each other perfectly. In battle, players can quickly eliminate enemies through Varesha, while Ianshan can enhance the output of teammates through skills and provide them with more elemental energy support. The advantage of this combination is that it not only improves the combat effectiveness of a single character, but also enhances the overall combat efficiency through team cooperation.
For example, when Ianshan provides buffs for Varesha, Varesha’s output will be more terrifying, and Ianshan can also restore Varesha’s elemental energy through skills, allowing her skills to be used more frequently. This collaborative combat method requires players to have a high degree of operational skills and tactical thinking ability. For those players who like to match multiple characters, the combination of Varesha and Ianshan undoubtedly provides a rich tactical choice space.
Improvement of game depth and player strategy
The update of version 5.5 has injected more strategic and playable into “Genshin Impact”. The addition of two new characters, Varesha and Ianshan, has greatly enriched the game’s combat methods. Whether it is the high-burst Varesha or the strategic Ianshan, players have more choices. At the same time, the innovation of the relic system also makes the character matching and combat strategy more diversified. Players can not only choose the appropriate relic according to the characteristics of the character, but also adjust their tactical combination according to the enemy’s attributes and combat environment.
With the addition of these new contents, the combat depth and strategy of “Genshin Impact” have been significantly improved. Players no longer rely solely on the output of a single character, but need to create their own strongest lineup through more sophisticated operations and reasonable cooperation. This depth improvement not only makes the game more challenging, but also allows players to feel different fun and sense of accomplishment in every battle.