Constellation 1: When characters in the team trigger Pyro-element related reactions, restore the Pyro Lord's Nightsoul value.
Constellation 2: When the Pyro Lord enters the Nightsoul's Blessing state, on-field characters' attacks can ignore XX% of defense.
Rios was not afraid to give the noble defense reduction attribute to the protagonist.
After all, according to Mihoyo's habits, even if they gave the Pyro Lord the noble defense reduction mechanism, they definitely wouldn't give too much, perhaps around 5%.
Constellation 3: Perfectly ordinary Elemental Skill +3.
Constellation 4: The [Super-Nightsoul] damage released by characters in the team will increase by XX%.
This damage increase is in the same multiplier zone as the increase from the Elemental Goblet in artifacts.
Rios deliberately wrote "characters in the team" in the description, rather than "current on-field characters," meaning that Natlan characters' off-field attacks can still enjoy this effect.
It looks very strong, but in reality, the vast majority of Natlan's DPS characters are on-field.
In Rios's impression, Natlan only has a few characters with mechanisms for dealing damage from off-field in the team.
Moreover, aside from Mavuika, everyone else's off-field attacks are just for applying elements to facilitate triggering elemental reactions.
Constellation 5: Elemental Burst +3
Constellation 6: After the Pyro Lord uses Elemental Burst, all Pyro characters in the team will convert the Pyro damage they deal to [Super-Nightsoul] damage, while simultaneously reducing the enemy's Pyro resistance partially.
In the previous constellation designs, the Pyro Lord supported Natlan people who could deal Nightsoul damage.
But in the final constellation, Rios expanded the Pyro Lord's support range, allowing all Pyro characters in Genshin to drink the soup.
(Diluc: Got soup, family!)
Rios had considered making the Pyro Lord's C6 allow all characters to deal [Super-Nightsoul] damage, but the system prompted that this mechanism was far too overpowered, so it could only be limited to Pyro elements.
However, even so, the Pyro Lord's support capability was already very strong.
You have to know that characters of the Pyro, Cryo, and Hydro elements frequently produce explosively powerful DPS characters.
A character capable of supporting Pyro elements means the Pyro Lord's value won't be low.
"Submit."
After handing over the Pyro Lord's skills to Mihoyo, Rios began waiting for messages from the players.
When Genshin players see their own protagonist suddenly become the team core like in the neighboring Honkai: Star Rail, they'll definitely be shocked.
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Player World.
A few minutes until the Genshin 5.0 preview livestream.
The well-known Genshin UP main Leon opened a certain non-perishable website and also started his livestream as a bonus.
"Here we go, here we go"
"Genshin 5.0 preview is coming"
"You can skip the preview, but you can't miss claiming from the livestream"
"I'll watch the preview livestream on behalf of everyone, and as soon as the redemption code comes out, I'll send it to everyone right away"
This is an operation many Genshin UP mains perform, watching Genshin livestreams together with their viewers while casually discussing their thoughts on the next version with fans.
However, the personalities of each UP's fans differ, so the sounds they make are somewhat different.
Leon's fans are all here to watch him sharply critique the game, so even the sounds become a bit sharper accordingly.
[Leon, the 5.0 preview livestream is about to come out, why haven't you released the video yet?]
"I'm making it, I'm making it, guaranteed to release it on the second day after the characters are released."
Leon's next-version character guide video was actually already completed.
Through information provided by leakers, he had long known what the next version's character mechanisms were like.
Mualani highly overlaps with the Hydro Dragon Sovereign, both Hydro mages with terrifyingly high damage.
But Mualani needs off-field Pyro application, and according to the leakers, the handfeel isn't great, so his suggestion is... don't pull.
The other character is Kinich, a Dendro claymore character, but the output method has nothing to do with claymore at all, relying entirely on cannonballs fired from the Elemental Skill, with extremely high damage, but still needing off-field Pyro application, barely worth pulling once.
If it were before, Leon wouldn't have suggested pulling these two characters, after all, there are only three characters capable of off-field Pyro application: the 80-energy Xiangling, the field-locking Dehya, and the perpetually missing Yoimiya.
Using these three characters for Pyro application?
You might smash the keyboard until it catches fire and still not manage to apply it.
In Genshin, off-field Pyro application is really too difficult, to the point that even with Dehya, players have to make do.
But ever since Chuychu came out, applying Pyro off-field became a very easy thing.
The Elemental Skill-activated off-field Pyro application plus team-wide healing made this character's stats underwhelming despite everything, but it still became a powerful character in the game.
On a certain mini-program's Abyss leaderboard, Chuychu's usage rate fully reaches SS tier, right behind Furina, with the two practically bound together inseparably in team comps.
Of course, this doesn't mean Chuychu can only shine in Furina teams; with her outstanding Pyro application ability, she was also crammed into Burgeon teams.
Because she can apply Pyro as long as someone on-field loses HP, and Burgeon damages characters, Chuychu can continuously apply Pyro and detonate Dendro Cores without ever being switched to.
At that point, teammates just need to continuously produce Dendro Cores.
Sumeru's 4-star character Kaveh became the best pick; after activating his Burst, he can apply Dendro for a long time and even has a talent to heal from being hit by Core explosions.
Paired with Chuychu's healing output, it guarantees Kaveh won't die while standing on-field.
Now, the Kaveh + Chuychu + off-field Hydro combo has already become another civilian team following the Grass Long-Lasting one. Lots of players love using this team, and even without pulling many 5-stars, they can still full-star Abyss.
However, Leon didn't have a very good impression of Chuychu.
He, who dislikes pulling on 4-star banners, gambled once for Chuychu's Pyro application ability, only to pull the Perfumer.
Talking too much is all tears!
[Leon, you're not saying you didn't make it at all, are you?]
Another barrage floated past Leon.
Perhaps recalling the heartbreaking past of pulling on a 4-star banner and wasting a hard pity, Leon couldn't control his mouth and vented bitterly.
"I do want to release it."
"But Mihoyo has been cracking down hard on leakers lately. I released a video dozens of days early, and in less than half an hour, not only was the video deleted, but my account got banned too. Do I dare release it?"
"Now I only dare to post a take on character mechanisms after the preview, then release a guide video and pull advice after the characters are actually released. I don't dare any earlier."
After the preview livestream ends, Leon would post mechanics explanation videos for Mualani and Kinich, stating his views on these two characters' mechanisms while subtly indicating that he's not optimistic about them.
Only after the characters are released would he openly post the videos, dissuading players from pulling these two characters.
"Okay, after introducing the Traveler's activities in Natlan, let's introduce the characters coming in this version"
"First are the 4-star characters: Kachina from the Children of Echoes, and Mualani from the People of the Springs..."
Seeing the preview content, Leon said: "Kachina's power level isn't great; even if you like the character, no need to force-pull, she'll be given away next version."
"As for Mualani, my suggestion is... wait!"
"Why did Mualani become a 4-star?!"