Constellation 2: When Chuychu enters the Nightsoul's Blessing state, her Healing Bonus increases by 20%.
Genshin Impact doesn't lack healers.
But in teams that include Furina, the stronger the healing, the better.
Most ATK-scaling main DPS characters have less than 20,000 HP. With Furina's HP drain mechanics, their effective survivability is practically cut in half.
If an enemy lands a heavy hit, the main DPS could be knocked out instantly.
So as a healer of the new era, Chuychu naturally needs high healing output.
Constellation 3: Increases the level of Elemental Skill by 3.
Constellation 4: While in the Nightsoul's Blessing state, Chuychu's Elemental Skill deals additional damage equal to 100% of her ATK.
As a modern healer, it's not enough to just heal — she also needs respectable damage.
Look at Yaoyao, Sigewinne, and Ifa. Don't be fooled by their healing roles; when built for damage, their output isn't low.
Constellation 5: Increases the level of Elemental Burst by 3.
Constellation 6: While Chuychu is in the Nightsoul's Blessing state, all party members gain 20% ATK. Additionally, if a party member falls, they are immediately revived and restored to 100% HP. This effect can trigger once every 15 minutes.
As expected of C6, the description is longer, and the support power reaches its peak.
Not only does she provide an ATK buff, but she also grants a revival effect similar to Barbara's C6.
"That should do it."
Caelus was very satisfied with Chuychu's overall kit. Even if he spent more time refining it, he might not necessarily come up with something better.
Besides, his job was simply to design characters that felt good to play.
Numerical balance was HoYoverse's responsibility.
"I hope Chuychu satisfies the players."
He pressed send, and the character he created was transmitted from Teyvat to the players' world.
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The Players' World
Xiao Mu entered the Genshin Impact Special Program livestream while simultaneously starting his own stream.
Whenever Genshin held a Special Program, he would chat with viewers while watching it together.
"I'm guessing Version 4.8 will definitely include a new limited-time island map."
At the end of every major regional version, Genshin always released a temporary exploration map. He believed Fontaine would follow the same pattern.
"There should also be some hints about Natlan."
"Just like what Liben mentioned before."
Xiao Mu still remembered how shocking Liben's hints had been.
The Pyro Archon "Big Sister" he had waited years for had suddenly turned into a Pyro Archon "Big Brother."
That emotional damage had been devastating.
[Xiao Mu, what do you think about the perfumer? Should I pull?]
"Hey, don't talk about leaks here."
"Everything should be based on official announcements."
Xiao Mu occasionally saw information from leakers.
He knew that the next version's new five-star was the Fontaine perfumer, Emilie — a character whose damage relied heavily on the Burning reaction.
For leaks like this, Xiao Mu usually only glanced at the basic mechanics.
He avoided everything else. Otherwise, what was the point of watching the Special Program?
[Then what's the point of watching it?]
[The leakers already revealed everything about next patch.]
[Isn't it enough to just wait for someone to post the redemption codes tonight?]
[Here we go again, acting superior just because you saw some leaks.]
Xiao Mu frowned.
There were always people who felt the need to show off because they knew a little more.
He simply banned them to avoid further annoyance.
But his mood while waiting for the Special Program had already worsened.
"Sigh… can't HoYoverse improve their anti-leak measures?"
"Leaks are everywhere."
Even as he complained, he knew it wasn't easy.
Each version, Genshin Impact distributed test builds of upcoming content to select players.
No matter how strong the anti-leak protections were, they couldn't completely prevent beta testers from leaking information.
So even though Xiao Mu disliked leakers, he had to accept their existence.
Sometimes he even comforted himself: "Leaks showing skill kits at least help me plan my pulls."
But then he remembered that he usually pulled based on pure "XP" anyway.
At that point, leaks felt pointless.
"Anyway, let's just enjoy the Special Program."
Fortunately, since he had only checked character mechanics and nothing else, he could still enjoy the event reveals without spoilers.
It was only when the new character segment approached that his mood dipped again.
The leakers were already at it in chat.
[The new character is Emilie. She needs Burning to deal massive damage.]
[Her DPS is higher than Yelan's. Meta players should pull.]
[Next region is Natlan, the Nation of Pyro. Releasing a Burning character now means she'll scale even better later. Great future potential.]
[Don't pull. There's no strong DPS that synergizes with her right now.]
Before the official introduction even began, Xiao Mu's chat was flooded with spoilers.
"Sigh…"
He turned off live chat entirely, his mood souring further.
Even though he already knew Emilie's mechanics from leaks, seeing others spoil it so casually still irritated him.
"Alright, after introducing Version 4.8's events, it's time for the exciting new character segment."
"Please welcome our first new character…"
Xiao Mu, who had been expressionless, suddenly frowned.
"First?"
"Isn't there only supposed to be one new character next version?"
From the leaks he had seen, there should only be Emilie.
But the host said "first."
Did that mean there were two new characters?
"Let's welcome the physician from Natlan's Flower-Feather Clan — Chuychu!"
Under Xiao Mu's stunned gaze, a completely unfamiliar girl appeared on screen.
She had short hair, fair skin, and wore a snow-white coat over a pink crop top with a heart pattern on the chest.
"Chuychu is a four-star Pyro character who wields a catalyst. She is a doctor from Natlan's Flower-Feather Clan."
"In the next version, she will appear on the event wish and meet all Travelers."
The chibi hosts announced cheerfully.
"Wait… there's actually a new character besides Emilie?"
Xiao Mu turned his chat back on.
It had exploded.
[Who is Chuychu? Why wasn't she in the leaks?]
[LOL, weren't you bragging about how accurate the leaks were? They missed an entire character.]
[Still showing off now?]
[Stop believing leakers. If you're going to believe anyone, believe HoYoverse.]
[HAHAHAHA]