Detailed breakdown of Vzna, a new five-star Anemo sword character in Genshin Impact beta, focusing on her unique stellar swirl reaction and combat kit.
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Key Takeaways
- Vzna introduces a new reaction mechanic, stellar swirl, expanding Anemo gameplay.
- Her kit revolves around managing spirit sword might stacks and executing a fixed sequence of powerful attacks.
- Team composition affects her bonuses, making synergy important for maximizing her potential.
- Her exploration abilities add unique mobility options outside combat.
- Constellations greatly enhance her damage and skill efficiency, making her a strong contender for team slots.
What the video covers
- Vzna is a five-star Anemo sword character built around a new reaction called stellar swirl.
- Her normal, charged, and plunging attacks convert to Anemo damage during her Spirit Sword Armament state.
- She uses spirit swords and spirit feathers to deal Anemo damage and build stacks of spirit sword might for special attacks.
- Special elemental skills follow a fixed sequence: Spirit Sword Thrust, Spirit Sword Fall, and Spirit Sword Dance with high damage scaling.
- Her elemental burst, Spirit Sword Explosion, deals AoE Anemo damage and restores spirit sword might, enhancing her kit.
- Vzna's passive talents boost damage through Poise stacks, provide team-based attack and elemental mastery bonuses, and convert Cryo swirl into stellar swirl.
- Her Radiance Stellar Swirl state enhances her attacks and reaction damage, enabling powerful burst combos.
- Vzna has unique exploration mechanics allowing aerial cruising and stamina restoration via Glimmering Entrance.
- Constellations significantly boost her damage output, attack, and skill usage, with Constellation 6 enabling powerful follow-up attacks.
- The kit is highly specialized with aerial mobility, stacking mechanics, and introduces a new reaction mechanic, but numbers and mechanics may change before release.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction to Vzna and Stellar Swirl Reaction
- 00:37Vzna's Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks
- 01:12Spirit Sword Armament and Spirit Sword Might Mechanics
- 01:51Special Elemental Skills Sequence Explained
- 02:30Damage Scaling and Spirit Feathers
- 03:09Elemental Burst: Spirit Sword Explosion
- 03:45Poise Passive and Team Synergy Bonuses
- 04:34Stellar Benediction Passive and Radiance Stellar Swirl State
- 05:12Exploration Mechanics: Light Feather and Glimmering Entrance
- 05:48Constellations and Their Effects on Vzna's Kit
Full Transcript — Download SRT & Markdown
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Okay, Ginchin players, meet Vzna, the five-star Anemo sword character who apparently looked at normal swirl and said, "Nah, we can make this way more complicated." And honestly, she might be cooking. According to this beta kit, Vzna is built around a new reaction
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called stellar swirl. And her entire gameplay revolves around spirit swords, spirit sword might, and a very suspicious amount of floating around like she forgot gravity exists. Let's break this down before my brain gets swirled away.
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First, Vzna's normal attack, Light Dance, gives her up to six consecutive sword strikes. Her charged attack makes her jump into the air and perform a forward stomping attack while her plunging attack deals area of effect damage when she lands. But these attacks
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become much more interesting when Vzna enters her main state. Her elemental skill is called Spirit Sword: Rise. When Vzna casts it, she raises her weapon, summons the power of the spirit sword, deals area of effect Anemo damage
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around herself, and enters spirit sword armament. She also gains two stacks of spirit sword might. And this is where the fun begins. While spirit sword armament is active, Vzna's normal attacks, charged attacks, and plunging attacks are converted into Anemo damage,
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meaning other elemental infusions cannot override them. At the same time, she summons spirit feathers that attack nearby enemies and deal additional Anemo damage. Every time a spirit feather is summoned, Vzna restores one stack of spirit sword might. She can then consume
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this spirit sword might to unleash special elemental skills. And these special attacks aren't just random slashes. They follow a fixed sequence. First comes Spirit Sword Thrust, then Spirit Sword Fall, and finally Spirit Sword Dance.
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Basically, Vzna is playing Devil May Cry while everyone else is still pressing normal attack. Spirit Sword Thrust deals damage. Spirit Sword Fall upgrades the attack into a stronger strike. And Spirit Sword Dance is the big finisher, delivering a much heavier hit. At talent
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level 10, the listed damage is 72% attack for Thrust, 108% for Fall, and the dance sequence can reach some seriously chunky numbers with the finisher listed at 252% attack. Her spirit feathers also deal additional damage and the entire spirit
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sword armament state lasts 15 seconds with an 18 second cooldown. But here is the really spicy part. When Vzna is in her Radiance Stellar Swirl state, her spirit swords become stellar spirit swords. And these attacks are considered
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stellar swirl reaction damage. So, yes, Vzna is not simply an Anemo damage dealer. She is basically bringing a new reaction mechanic to the party and turning her sword into a flying elemental lawsuit. Now, let's talk about her elemental burst, Spirit Sword
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Explosion. Vzna summons numerous spirit swords and unleashes a spectacular explosion in front of her, dealing area of effect Anemo damage and restoring one stack of spirit sword might. The burst has a 60 energy cost and a 15-second cooldown
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with the current beta damage listed at 473.8%. And if Vzna is in Radiance Stellar Swirl mode, those spirit swords are converted into stellar spirit swords and deal stellar swirl reaction damage instead.
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So her burst isn't just there to look pretty. It directly feeds into her spirit sword gameplay. Now Vzna's passive talents make her even more interesting. Her first major passive is called Poise. Whenever she casts Spirit Sword Thrust, Fall, Dance, or
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Explosion, she gains one stack of Poise for 20 seconds, stacking up to six times. Each stack increases the damage dealt by Vzna's spirit swords and stellar spirit swords by 10% of their original damage. At maximum stacks, that means the damage can reach up to 160% of
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the original value. But there's a catch. Casting Spirit Sword Rise or leaving the field clears all Poise stacks. So basically, Vzna wants to stay on the field and keep the sword party going.
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Her second passive, Finesse, gives her different bonuses depending on the elements in her team. For every Cryo or Anemo character in the party, Vzna gains 6% attack. And for every character of another element, she gains 25 elemental mastery. So her team building is going
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to be pretty interesting because the elements you bring actually change what Vzna gets. Then we have her passive called Stellar Benediction, Shimmering Fairy.
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When a character in the party triggers a Cryo swirl reaction, it is instead converted into stellar swirl. Based on Vzna's attack, this passive also increases the party's base stellar swirl reaction damage. For every 100 attack Vzna has, the base stellar swirl damage
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increases by 0.7% up to a maximum increase of 14%. And after someone nearby triggers stellar swirl, Vzna enters her Radiance Stellar Swirl state for 8 seconds. So if your team is constantly triggering the right reactions, Vzna can basically
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enter turbo mode and start throwing premium quality elemental swords at everyone's face. She also has a special exploration mechanic called Light Feather. While outside combat, Vzna can enter a cruising state by performing a rapid dash or a short rapid ascent.
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During cruising, she floats through the air while continuously consuming stamina. Her jump becomes a leap, her sprint becomes a short aerial dash, and if she is high enough, her normal attack becomes a plunging attack. She can perform up to three leaps during one
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cruising state, including the leap used to enter it. And there's an extra trick specifically for Vzna. While outside combat, if another character is airborne on the field, Vzna can be switched in to cast Glimmering Entrance. She immediately enters cruising and restores
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50 stamina. Glimmering Entrance can be used once every 10 seconds. So yes, Vzna apparently decided that walking was overrated. Now for the constellations.
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Constellation one increases the number of times Spirit Sword Dance can be used by one while spirit sword armament is active and the first dance after entering the state doesn't consume spirit sword might. It also increases Vzna's own stellar swirl damage by 20%.
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Constellation 2 is where things get absolutely disrespectful. When Vzna enters spirit sword armament, she immediately gains maximum Poise stacks.
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And when she has maximum Poise, her attack increases by 60%. So basically, Constellation 2 tells the setup time to go home. Constellation 4 increases the effects provided by her Finesse passive by 200%.
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And finally, Constellation 6 is where Vzna goes full anime protagonist. Five seconds after casting Spirit Sword Dance, she can use her elemental skill or normal attack to trigger Spirit Sword Step. This deals 150% attack as Anemo damage. At the same time, the stellar
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spirit sword deals 200% attack as Anemo damage considered stellar swirl reaction damage. And if Vzna is in spirit sword armament, Spirit Sword Step can also summon a spirit feather. The stellar spirit sword created by Spirit Sword
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Step can also benefit from her first ascension talent. Plus, her stellar swirl reaction damage gets another 20% increase. So based on these beta numbers, Vzna looks like a highly specialized Anemo scaling, stacking mechanics, aerial mobility, and a whole army of magical
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swords. But remember, this is beta information. Her numbers, mechanics, constellations, and even parts of the kit can still change before release. So, don't sell your house for primo gems just yet. But if this kit survives beta in anything close to its current form,
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Vzna isn't coming to Genshin Impact to politely ask for a team slot. She's coming to steal one.
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