Genshin Impact 4.1 New Limited Weapon Analysis: Introducing the Powerful Four-Star Life Sword!

Genshin Impact 4.1 New Limited Weapons Analysis: A Powerful Four-star Sword for Max HP!

Table of Contents:

1. The Docksword

2. Portable Power Saw

3. Endless Azure Song

Conclusion:

In this 18183 new game editorial, we will analyze the new limited weapons in Genshin Impact 4.1, hoping to help everyone! Among them, The Docksword and Portable Power Saw are limited four-star weapons and will accompany the first half of the 4.1 banner. Endless Azure Song is a 4.1 event exchange weapon, and players can obtain a refined five-star version through completing certain quests.

Now let's analyze the strength and versatility of these three weapons.

1. The Docksword

The Docksword is a four-star one-handed sword with a white text secondary stat of HP. Its weapon effect grants a mark when receiving healing or performing healing. The sword can hold up to three marks, and consuming all marks during the release of an elemental skill or elemental burst will increase the wielder's elemental mastery within 10 seconds. Each mark raises elemental mastery by 40 points, with a maximum increase of 120 points, resulting in a total of 240 elemental mastery at full stacks. Consuming marks also restores the wielder's elemental energy, recovering 2 elemental energy per mark for a total of 6 or 12 at full stacks. This effect can trigger at most once every 15 seconds and even works while the character is in the background.

Although the description may seem lengthy, in summary, this effect allows the wielder to receive marks when being healed or healing others, and using an elemental skill or burst consumes these marks, providing a boost to elemental mastery and restoring elemental energy.

This weapon is a coveted four-star HP one-handed sword for many players. Although it's a limited weapon, it has changed the landscape of support one-handed swords. There are quite a few characters who rely on HP for their abilities, such as Bennett, Ayaka, Kokomi, and Yoimiya, who are in desperate need of a four-star HP one-handed sword, as the only five-star option in the game is Aquila Favonia, which is not easily obtainable.

The arrival of The Docksword completely changes this situation. Although it has around 45% less HP compared to a refined rank 1 Aquila Favonia, its weapon effect can provide 240 elemental mastery at full stacks, which is excellent for characters like Bennett and Yoimiya. If players are still using Iron Sting for their Bennett or Yoimiya, it is definitely worth pulling for this one-handed sword. For characters like Ayaka and Kokomi, pulling a refined rank 1 The Docksword with a secondary stat of 41.3% HP is equivalent to having an additional main attribute on a artifact, resulting in a noticeable improvement.

In terms of the boost to elemental mastery, in most cases, this weapon at refined rank 5 provides more elemental mastery compared to a refined rank 1 Aquila Favonia. The critical advantage of Aquila Favonia is its ability to provide elemental mastery to teammates, with a lower activation cost compared to this four-star weapon. The Docksword requires healing or being healed to gain marks, and for characters like Yoimiya, it will take at least one cycle to activate the weapon effect, and only in the second cycle will it reach its full potential.

For Yoimiya, this weapon at refined rank 5 provides more elemental mastery compared to Aquila Favonia, making it an excellent four-star special weapon for her.

Despite the activation requirement, this weapon still provides excellent attributes for Yoimiya. Therefore, if players have a refined rank 5 The Docksword, it is highly recommended to equip it on Yoimiya.

2. Portable Power Saw

The Portable Power Saw is a new four-star claymore with low white text stats and the same weapon effect as The Docksword. In terms of stats, it has slightly higher HP as a secondary attribute, but lower base ATK.

There isn't much to say about this weapon currently, but it can be summarized in four words: potential for the future. Currently, there are no claymore characters that benefit from stacking HP or require high elemental mastery. So, for now, it's better to just keep it alongside Wolfsbane.

3. Endless Azure Song

Endless Azure Song is a new catalyst with high white text stats and an energy recharge secondary attribute. Its weapon effect is similar to Dodoco Tales, providing a damage bonus to normal and charged attacks. At full stacks, it increases normal attack damage by 48% and charged attack damage by 36%.

This weapon is a free weapon in the 4.1 version and is released alongside the character Kokomi. It may have been designed to be suitable for the Hydro Archon, but the values provided are too conservative, with minimal damage increase and a high white stat that doesn't suit characters like Kokomi, who rely on HP for their damage output. However, in the second half of version 4.1, the catalyst user Thoma will be released, and this weapon may be suitable for him.

For other catalyst users like Klee, Ningguang, Mona, and Traveler, who focus on normal and charged attacks, this weapon can be used as a transitional option for new players. However, it may not be considered particularly strong, as its secondary attribute is energy recharge instead of crit rate/damage. The biggest advantage of this weapon is that it can be obtained for free.

Conclusion:

In version 4.1, only The Docksword has a significant value for pulling among the two limited four-star weapons. Endless Azure Song can be obtained for free and can serve as a temporary weapon for new players who lack catalysts.