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Ganyu (Chinese: 甘雨 Gānyǔ, "Sweet Rain") is a playable Cryo character in Genshin Impact.
She serves as an emissary and secretary for the Liyue Qixing.
She first appears in Teyvat Chapter Storyline Chapter 1, Act 2: Farewell, the Archaic Lord.
Contents
Profile
Introduction
The secretary to the Liyue Qixing. The blood of both human and illuminated beast flows within her veins.
Graceful and quiet by nature, yet the gentle disposition of qilin sees not even the slightest conflict with even the most arduous of workloads.
After all, Ganyu firmly believes that all the work she does is in honor of her contract with Rex Lapis, seeking the well-being of all living things within Liyue.Description on the Official Website[5]
Personality
The secretary at Yuehai Pavilion. The blood of the qilin, an illuminated beast, flows within her veins.
In-game character attributes and profile page text.
Ganyu is usually very quiet and reserved due to her half-qilin heritage. Qilin are also vegetarians; as such, she will not eat any meat dishes, including vegetarian ones that have been fried in animal fat. Both Xiangling and her father note that whenever she visits Wanmin Restaurant, she always eats in small quantities.[6] She also completes whatever is given to her, whether it be tasks or food, even if she is reluctant to do so.[7]
Unlike most of the other adepti who isolated themselves, Ganyu, like Madame Ping, chose to actively guide humanity and has served as the non-stopping general secretary of the Liyue Qixing for thousands of years. The more important the task is, the more effort she puts into it, but she also becomes increasingly nervous and is more prone to making mistakes.[8]
She also has an unusually impressive work schedule that she always follows to the dot. Despite having a massive workload and frequent overtime, Ganyu is never fazed by the work. She has a good working relationship with her juniors, as she is willing to share her knowledge and ideas to help them with whatever problems they have, and they in turn respect her greatly. Due to her consistent overtime, Ganyu has very few friends outside of work.
Surprisingly, Ganyu gets along well with Beidou, but the captain's poor standing with the Qixing means that she usually keeps it a secret, lest she put her in a negative light.[9] Ganyu is one of the few who sees Beidou positively, even breaking character when hearing bad rumors about Beidou, knowing that she is not who they perceive her as.[10]
She is a devout follower of Morax and hopes to follow in his footsteps in protecting Liyue. She initially had trouble working with Keqing due to her controversial comments about him, but is slowly understanding her. Due to her age, she is very forgetful, and she often forgets important details which causes her much embarrassment. She is relatively sleepy and is very sensitive about both her horns and weight.
Appearance
As a half-human, half-adeptus (to be precise, half qilin) hybrid, Ganyu has characteristics of both regular mortals and features found only in the gods.
Ganyu has the appearance of a young woman with long blue hair, which fades into a darker shade at the end. The styling of her hair is, similar to Kaeya, easy to mistake for a ponytail, but it is not actually tied back by anything. Though she mostly resembles a human, she has dark red horns that bend back along her hair, similar to how a goat's horns look, with brighter red markings on them. Many people confuse it as a headdress, a misconception that Ganyu actively encourages. She has heterochromatic eyes whose irises are purple at the top and fade into pink and gold at the middle and bottom.
Around her neck, she additionally wears a golden bell. Her outfit consists of a black body-suit with gold accents underneath a purple and white bodice with long ends similar to a tailcoat, with a separated pair of sleeves to match. The bodysuit meets at the back of her neck to make a bow. She has white heels with gold accents and gray bottoms, with red knots around her ankles. Her Cryo Vision rests on her left hip with a red cloverleaf knot. Her outfit, Frostdew Trail, is described to be as elegant clothing blessed by the mighty and illuminated adepti.
Combat Info
Talents
| Icon | Name | Type |
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Liutian Archery | Normal Attack |
| Normal Attack: Perform up to 6 consecutive shots with a bow. Charged Attack: Perform a more precise Aimed Shot with increased DMG. While aiming, an icy aura will accumulate on the arrowhead before the arrow is fired. Has different effects based on how long the energy has been charged:
The Frostflake Arrow blooms after hitting its target, dealing AoE Cryo DMG. | ||
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Trail of the Qilin | Elemental Skill |
| Leaving a single Ice Lotus behind, Ganyu dashes backward, shunning all impurity and dealing AoE Cryo DMG. Ice Lotus:
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Celestial Shower | Elemental Burst |
| Coalesces atmospheric frost and snow to summon a Sacred Cryo Pearl that exorcises evil. During its ability duration, the Sacred Cryo Pearl will continuously rain down shards of ice, striking opponents within an AoE and dealing Cryo DMG. | ||
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Undivided Heart | 1st Ascension Passive |
| After firing a Frostflake Arrow, the CRIT Rate of subsequent Frostflake Arrows and their resulting bloom effects is increased by 20% for 5s. | ||
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Harmony between Heaven and Earth | 4th Ascension Passive |
| Celestial Shower grants a 20% Cryo DMG Bonus to active members in the AoE. | ||
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Preserved for the Hunt | Utility Passive |
| Refunds 15% of the ores used when crafting Bow-type weapons. | ||
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| Talent Level-Up Materials |
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| Common Ascension Materials |
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| Weekly Boss Materials |
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Constellation
| Level | Icon | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Dew-Drinker | Taking DMG from a Charge Level 2 Frostflake Arrow or Frostflake Arrow Bloom decreases opponents' Cryo RES by 15% for 6s. A hit regenerates 2 Energy for Ganyu. This effect can only occur once per Charge Level 2 Frostflake Arrow, regardless if Frostflake Arrow itself or its Bloom hit the target. |
| 2 | 
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The Auspicious | Trail of the Qilin gains 1 additional charge. |
| 3 | 
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Cloud-Strider | Increases the Level of Celestial Shower by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 4 | 
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Westward Sojourn | Opponents standing within the AoE of Celestial Shower take increased DMG. This effect strengthens over time. Increased DMG taken begins at 5% and increases by 5% every 3s, up to a maximum of 25%. The effect lingers for 3s after the opponent leaves the AoE. |
| 5 | 
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The Merciful | Increases the Level of Trail of the Qilin by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| 6 | 
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The Clement | Using Trail of the Qilin causes the next Frostflake Arrow shot within 30s to not require charging. |
Each Constellation activation requires a 
Stella Fortuna.
Ascensions
| Ascension Phase |
Level |  |
Character Ascension Materials |
Local Specialties |
Common Materials | |
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| 1 | 20 40 |
20,000 |  3 Qingxin |
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| 2 | 40 50 |
40,000 | 10 Qingxin |
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| 3 | 50 60 |
60,000 | 20 Qingxin |
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| 4 | 60 70 |
80,000 | 30 Qingxin |
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| 5 | 70 80 |
100,000 | 45 Qingxin |
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| 6/MAX | 80 90 |
120,000 | 60 Qingxin |
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Base Stats
The character's base stats before and after each Ascension:
| Ascension Phase |
Level | HP | ATK1 | DEF | CRIT DMG2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 763 | 26 | 49 | — |
| 20 | 1,978 | 68 | 127 | ||
| 1 | 20 | 2,632 | 90 | 169 | — |
| 40 | 3,939 | 135 | 253 | ||
| 2 | 40 | 4,403 | 151 | 283 | 9.6% |
| 50 | 5,066 | 173 | 326 | ||
| 3 | 50 | 5,686 | 194 | 366 | 19.2% |
| 60 | 6,355 | 217 | 409 | ||
| 4 | 60 | 6,820 | 233 | 439 | 19.2% |
| 70 | 7,495 | 256 | 482 | ||
| 5 | 70 | 7,960 | 272 | 512 | 28.8% |
| 80 | 8,643 | 295 | 556 | ||
| 6/MAX | 80 | 9,108 | 311 | 586 | 38.4% |
| 90 | 9,797 | 335 | 630 |
1 Does not include weapon ATK value.
2 Characters get specialized stats starting at Ascension 2.
Availability
Event Wishes
Ganyu was promoted or featured with a drop-rate boost in 1 Event Wishes:
| Image | Name | Featured |
|---|---|---|
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Adrift in the Harbor/2021-01-12 |   Ganyu |
Change History
- Updates to character voicelines:
- Updated audio for Japanese:
- "About Yanfei" (previously this line did not have audio)
- "Battle Hit Light #4" BnE
- "Battle Hit Heavy #4" BnE
- "Battle Hit Heavy #5" BnE
- "Battle Hit Heavy #6" BnE
- Updated audio for Japanese:
- Updates to character voicelines:
- New for All Languages:
- "About Yanfei"
- Updated audio for Japanese:
- "Battle Hit Heavy #3" battle and exploration voice-over
- New for All Languages:
- Updates to character voicelines:
- Updated audio for Japanese:
- "Favorite Food"
- Updated audio for Japanese:
- Updates to character voicelines:
- New audio for English:
- Battle and exploration "Standby Idle" voice-over
- New audio for Japanese:
- Battle and exploration "Standby Idle" voice-over
- Updated audio for Chinese:
- 50/57 battle and exploration voice-overs
- New audio for English:
- January 12, 2021 - Ganyu was released as a playable character with the Adrift in the Harbor event wish.
- Ganyu was introduced as an NPC.
References
- ↑ (EN) Twitter - Voice Actor Self Announcement
- ↑ (CN) Weibo - Ganyu Character Demo
- ↑ (EN & JP) Twitter - VA Announcement
- ↑ (KR) Twitter - VA Announcement
- ↑ Description on the Official Website
- ↑ Xiangling's voice-overs, "About Ganyu" and Chef Mao's dialogue
- ↑ Keqing's voice-overs, "About Ganyu – Skepticism" and Chef Mao's dialogue
- ↑ Ganyu's Character Story 2
- ↑ Beidou's voice-overs, "About Ganyu"
- ↑ Ganyu's voice-overs, "About Beidou"
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