Genshin 5.8 Phase 1 Banner Revealed – Characters And Weapons

Time: 2025-07-28 14:22:42

Author: Kevin Chan

The Genshin Impact 5.8 Phase 1 Banner will update around 11:00 AM on July 30. Hoyoverse has announced the 4-star characters accompanying the featured 5-star characters and the weapon banner details for the Ineffa & Citlali banner in Genshin Impact 5.8 Phase 1. How useful are these characters and weapons? Are they worth pulling? Let's take a look today!

▍Genshin 5.8 5-Star Characters

Ineffa, Citlali

For a global pulling recommendation on the 5.8 banners, interested friends can click on this article: "Genshin Impact 5.8 Banner Guide & Pulling Recommendations!" It details pulling advice for Ineffa and Citlali.

If you have the Pyro Archon at C0 and no Citlali, you must pull for Citlali C0; Ineffa is a powerful off-field DPS for the new system, but not a must-have. Meta players can consider pulling her C0.

▍Genshin 5.8 4-Star Characters

Sethos, Fischl, Xingqiu

Below we'll mainly discuss the 3 featured 4-star characters in the UP banner. Firstly, Sethos's skill set and mechanics are actually quite good, unfortunately, his damage ceiling is limited by being Electro and tied to the Aggravate playstyle, which is a pity. Currently, he's only suitable for dedicated fans to build. However, the emergence of Lunar-Charged might allow Sethos to find new playstyles. If there is a Lunar DMG-boosting support in the future, Sethos will perform better.

Fischl is an excellent off-field Electro sub-DPS. She has always been a great teammate in Aggravate teams. Now she can also join Ineffa's Lunar-Charged team to form a budget Lunar-Charged team. Players without Ororon can build her.

Xingqiu, once hailed as the 6-star Hydro Archon. After the decline of the National Team (Raiden National) and the lack of environment for pure Hydro teams, Xingqiu, as a premium Hydro character, relies on his high-frequency Hydro application and decent coordinated damage. He can enter Skirk's team as the second Hydro unit and can also join Ineffa's Lunar-Charged team, forming a budget Lunar-Charged team with Fischl, Sucrose/Ifa, etc. We can only say that characters with excellent mechanics, although not as dazzling as during their peak, can still find utility in different versions. Xingqiu's C2, C4, and C6 are key Constellations.

Overall, for new players who want to pull Ineffa and try out Lunar-Charged teams, this character banner is pretty good, as you can basically pull all the budget teammates together and start playing right away. For veteran players, however, it's fairly mediocre.

▍Genshin 5.8 5-Star Weapons

Starcaller's Watch, Fractured Halo

Fractured Halo is Ineffa's signature weapon. Overall, the boost from Ineffa's signature weapon isn't huge; Ineffa has many good alternative weapons available. Players not pulling Citlali's signature weapon can skip the weapon banner this time.

Starcaller's Watch is Citlali's signature weapon. Similarly, the boost this weapon provides to Citlali and her teams isn't significant. Sacrificial Fragments and Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers are both very good support catalysts and are very suitable for Citlali. The signature weapon is recommended only as a last consideration; prioritize pulling for Citlali's Constellations first.

▍Genshin 5.8 4-Star Weapons

Sturdy Bone, Mountain-Bracing Bolt, Sacrificial Greatsword, Favonius Codex, Favonius Warbow

This banner features two Natlan-exclusive 4-star weapons: Sturdy Bone and Mountain-Bracing Bolt. The other three are the classic Sacrificial and Favonius series.

Although they are limited weapons, the strength and versatility of Sturdy Bone and Mountain-Bracing Bolt are slightly inferior compared to limited 4-star weapons from other nations. Sturdy Bone has ATK% substat and its passive boosts Normal Attack DMG, making it slightly better. It can be used by Ayato and Clorinde. However, Mountain-Bracing Bolt has Energy Recharge substat, and its passive boosts Elemental Skill DMG. Currently, only Emilie and Chasca fit, but they almost never consider using this weapon because there are many more suitable 4-star alternatives. Therefore, pulling for these two weapons is only recommended for collectors wanting to add one to their archive.

The Sacrificial and Favonius series are Energy Recharge-focused support weapons. But their focus differs: Sacrificial provides self-battery, suitable for supports who need to cast their Elemental Skill multiple times or have long Elemental Skill cooldowns. Favonius helps with team-wide Energy Recharge and rotation. Both types of weapons can be used by support characters in the team as needed.

▍Conclusion

That's all the content. Overall, this banner's character and weapon pools are average. It's quite friendly to new players who want to play Lunar-Charged teams. That wraps up this analysis! What are your thoughts on pulling for this banner?

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