Genshin Impact players have recently discovered a bizarre bug that turns Hydro Traveler, often considered one of the weaker characters in the game, into an overpowered character. The bug revolves around the Xiao Lanterns introduced during the Lantern Rite event. When placed in large quantities, can interact with Hydro Traveler’s abilities unintendedly, resulting in insane amounts of damage.
The following post showcases this perfectly, although many examples are being posted to social media to showcase the one time that Hydro Traveler will be a strong character.
To put the impact of this bug into perspective, players have been testing Hydro Traveler against many local legends. On the example above, this enemy without shields broken effectively has 15-20 million XP. Despite this high HP value, Hydro Traveler is currently achieving the fastest clear times of this boss, surpassing even C6 5-Stars.
This result is incredibly funny, considering that Hydro Traveler is arguably one of the worst DPS in the entire game but for a brief moment, can compete with characters such as C6 Mavuika and Arlecchino.
Why Does This Happen?
Hydro Traveler’s Elemental Burst has a mechanic where it deals extra damage when colliding with objects. Xiao Lanterns count as objects, and therefore generate a bunch of collisions in a small amount of time. At times the balls generated even get stuck inside of enemies allowing for further collisions. Makes me wonder if the same could happen with Neuvillette?
Given the nature of this bug, it will be fixed as soon as possible. Try this out quickly if you want to experience the Hydro Traveler as one of the strongest DPS in the game.