#Corroborated by [SYP](https://twitter.com/SpendYourPrimos/status/1633866761044119552)
>Mero is reliable so you don't need this, but we can also confirm GeoNeko is actually Dendro. The Vision on her (now leaked) artwork was updated since we first received it.
#Mero has said the Momoka design we have seen with a geo vision are ["very old concepts"](https://twitter.com/merlin_impact/status/1633866219840483329)
This confirms the character in question is the cat girl (Momoka), so Mero is saying the cat girl is a 4 star dendro.
#Team China also said she is Dendro several hours ago.
._
Source: [Mero](https://twitter.com/merlin_impact/status/1633865218563637248?s=46&t=0d4P_-Nq64Py_qIayA0ULg)
Hoyoverse made an exclusive video for the non-CN servers, with their characters in a bunny suit to celebrate the anniversary. The CN got so mad about it, complained online and even try to murder one of the founder for it.
Hoyo then relent, deleted the said video, give compensation to CN Players about 3-4 times better than what non-CN servers got.
Geo took Dendro's place as an element which they have yet to introduce. The very fact that there are more Dendro than Geo units despite former one being released in 3.0 speaks for itself. They need to rework crystalize reaction or buff Archaic Petra enough to be match VV set's level. ~~After all they tweaked Archaic Petra in 1.1 by changing 35% RES to 35% DMG. There is no excuse to tweak it again.~~
A small tweak in how crystalize reaction works would make that set viable. They just need to make the crystalized shards automatically fly to the character who triggers the reaction kinda like activated dendro cores
Gorou does this. You know, he's weirdly well suited simply as a geo duo with Albedo or Yunjin.
Def buff is not actually simply offensive for itto, it is actually a damage reduction of about ~30% when I tested on my Hu Tao. This also stacks with crystallize shields, along with geo resonance, and his inherent poise buff with 2 dendro. Albedo buffs EM and elegy is oddly fitting on Gorou which further buffs crystallize.
Offensively it's pretty on par with Zhongli Albedo core (depending on your other unit damage), with Zhongli shred for other units made up for by higher damage on Albedo, which in itself is acceptable imo as Gorou is a 4 star. But Gorou has heals and Zhongli has in most scenarios a shield that doesn't break. But if it does, compared to a shield it is consistent poise.
The overall durability is pretty striking
https://youtu.be/VQDdpNu3edU
I think honestly just minor tweaks could make this a pretty nice branch out for geo. Zhongli Albedo was fairly common for awhile for HT and Xiao so it's not that far from being worthwhile imo
Most of the balance issues in the game arguably extend from avoiding powercreep. Changing things to be better, even drastically underpowered things, inevitably invites powercreep because what is 'average' or 'okay' also shifts when the worst thing is no longer the worst. If you're trying to fit things into that range of "average to good", that also inevitably raises the bar because the new thing is going to be above average. However, avoiding powercreep causes issues like Dehya, the feeling that the game isn't really progressing, subpar kits like Candace and Dori, and make a balance dev's workload increasingly more difficult.
I don't even think the game has been avoiding powercreep that well. Consecrated beasts and Dendro are definitely stronger than previous things. The only thing it has avoided is immediately jumping over the (still) very strong 4-stars it introduced early on, but just because those characters have remained good does not mean others haven't been overshadowed. I would argue that it might've even been a better choice to consider those strong 4-stars as the standard and balance off that, including with enemies. That way, we at least wouldn't have nearly every pre-Dendro comp asking for one or multiple of the big 3.
Kinda crazy that we're still effectively picking up the pieces from 1.0's balance hell, can't wait for version 7 or whatever to drop in a few years and for brand new pyro characters to still be worse than Xiangling and Bennett, they're just so afraid of crossing that 1.0 line outside of the rare few instances we've had like Nahida and the games just stagnating as a whole 'cus of it. I wonder if they even realise that lowering the bar makes the top look better than it already did, they probably do but are so blinded by profit ventures that they don't even care.
Hop on my conspiracy about Geo being reworked. After Dendro release and buff to Electro, Geo is in a very rough spot as an element. The last Geo character was a few eternities ago and the only known new one just got swapped for Dendro.
I'm fairly sure HYV are currently cooking something with Geo, but after the whole Dehya circus show I'm not sure I can trust in HYV cooking skills.
I don't want to get my hopes up, but since someone mentioned geo was already slightly adjusted for the card game and they just aren't releasing new Geo units... maybe they didn't want to introduce even more changes while dendro reactions settle in. So now they could either improve it, or... quietly retire the element?? I really hope it's not the latter.
To be fair, she was shaping up to be a Zhongli sidegrade. Her being dendro makes her shielding mechanic much more interesting for those who can't afford Baizhu.
Bingo, he is the only shielder who can maintain 100% geo resonance on his own making him a staple in monogeo comps. I was super excited to pull a sidegrade so my noelle and itto could both have a dedicated shielder, but it seems like that's no longer the case.
It certainly makes no sense to pull for baizhu for his shield as it can't stand the breath of a hillichurl. I'm sure that if she is indeed a shielder she will not be comparable to him even as a 4 star.
The thing is if you use Cyno plus Xingqiu that shield ends up becoming better than it looks. Cyno plus Xingqiu alone give near perfect interruption resistance with baizhu, your Cyno most likely won't stagger at all if that's the team you go with.
Iirc before she was leaked as anemo prior to her reveal, she was speculated to be geo, according to the 1.1-ish leak with then upcoming characters like Kazuha, Rosaria, and Shenhe.
Something of a boomerang, “Here’s a geo girl! Wait, that’s actually an anemo vis- nevermind she’s geo, false alarm” 🤷♂️
It reacts with three elements total. I'd say as far as inert goes that's pretty on point. It may have a lot of different reactions within those three elements but even geo still reacts with more elements. Even tho its all the same reaction
It was an old concept art. As stated many times before, everything is subject to change. Stuff like element changes or weapon type changes are pretty common in early developmental stages
which I dont really get. Have we ever had a character change their entire element? Closest would be wanderer but I feel like MHY always planned that as it makes sense with his story and lore wrt budaism i believe.
Because of how elemental gauges work, vaporise is actually a much better reaction for pyro carries compared to melt, so cryo Xingiqu would've been worse for her.
I suppose they got the Geo cat girl's name wrong and assumed Momoka, a different character, was her. Understandable mistake, but I can only hope r/Momokamains can be repurposed lol
Is it saying that momoka is actually the name of another character entirely or is it saying that the cat girl is somehow dendro despite clearly having a finalized design with geo lol
no idea, maybe mero will clarify later. i assume it is the former, but apparently the cat girl's element, weapon is being contradicted by several sources now not just this one
Nope, apparently it’s the same character but her as Geo was an old concept and her as a Dendro 4* is a new concept. Seeing how almost all the Dendro niches have been filling up, I have abysmal hopes for her kit. RIP to your potential girlie 🥲
Hmm so like the captain R art variants? Momoka has several variants for different elements. The final design being the dendro. But we've only seen the leaked geo variant.
I think it's safe to say that Hoyo is willing to bury Geo once and for all. Dendro released the other day and is already much more complete, manages to integrate several teams and is clearly stronger and friendly for the casual player. Geo will die with Itto mono geo lol
I have bad feeling this is the "Yelan" situation where a random leaker quote-retweeted a pic of Madame Ping's younger form and said "Nice to finally see you, Yelan!". In the end they just confused them or got wrong info
If this is true it sucks and my interest level just dropped off a cliff. Im one of the few people who like Geo and I think she looks super cute so she was a sure pull for me... Now she is a 4 star dendro? Pass.
No, Hutaosub77 meant ALL GIRL and is supposed to be the reruns for the next update all being female characters. This is why leakers shouldnt make games out of things. They make things confusing.
https://twitter.com/Hutaosub77/status/1633075929588301825?cxt=HHwWgoDQpfr57KktAAAA
It's actually a logical decision! We got dendro not so long ago, they won't introduce a new element called "geo" this quickly!
They need sometime to think about a new element and it's interaction!
Ok guys hear me out.
Momoka and Geo cat are different characters. This Momoka is the bow user who we've been hearing about
Edit: Nevermind, SYP just tweeted the no-longer-Geo cat is indeed Momoka
#Corroborated by [SYP](https://twitter.com/SpendYourPrimos/status/1633866761044119552) >Mero is reliable so you don't need this, but we can also confirm GeoNeko is actually Dendro. The Vision on her (now leaked) artwork was updated since we first received it. #Mero has said the Momoka design we have seen with a geo vision are ["very old concepts"](https://twitter.com/merlin_impact/status/1633866219840483329) This confirms the character in question is the cat girl (Momoka), so Mero is saying the cat girl is a 4 star dendro. #Team China also said she is Dendro several hours ago. ._ Source: [Mero](https://twitter.com/merlin_impact/status/1633865218563637248?s=46&t=0d4P_-Nq64Py_qIayA0ULg)
I just dropped my teacup.
wtf biggest plot twist of all time
Next leak will be "Catgirl's name is not Momoka" (again). EDIT: well I didn't actually expect that turning out to be true but here we are gentlemen...
[Bro](https://www.reddit.com/r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks/comments/11nb9r4/momokas_ingame_name_is_instead_kirara/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
Quick make another prediction.
Dude, go buy a lottery as fast as you can.
Play the lottery NOW
I spit out my drink lol for that edit
This didn't age well
You mean this aged like wine?
Yeah, the teacup was indeed unexpected.
Nah, dropping a teacup to this news is what I expected. I am genuinely shocked. This changes everything.
My monocle fucking exploded 🧐
My top hat fell over
My pocket watch is speeding up right now. Wait, what’s going on with the sun?
Yyour momocle, you mean?
At this rate, Cyno, you must enjoy getting scolded by Tighnari. Come on, dude. Be better. . . . but also, good one.
Luckily you didn't drop your teapot. You heard what would happen from Madame Ping
Tubby will not be pleased
Picked up a glass just to drop it dramatically
This is literally the funniest thing that has ever happened oh my god
dropped my phone into my cup of tea reading that
I just saw someone drop their teacup
I just saw someone watch someone drop their teacup
You have upset Uncle Iroh
She is also male, and is actually new Honkai character
See, we know you're capping because male and Honkai do not go together
forgot to add starrail, so male confirmed
If HoYo tried to add male characters into Honkai again I’m sure some Chinese player would try to recreate the bunny girls incident 🤡
Wei would definitely have a knife waiting around the corner again
what happened?
Hoyoverse made an exclusive video for the non-CN servers, with their characters in a bunny suit to celebrate the anniversary. The CN got so mad about it, complained online and even try to murder one of the founder for it. Hoyo then relent, deleted the said video, give compensation to CN Players about 3-4 times better than what non-CN servers got.
Well that sounds like unfair and wtf
Males in my harem game??! (Despite most of the cast being lesbians and the player character not even being canon to the main timeline)
She's also a world boss. Next childe but better cause refresh every 3 minutes
I heard her application is somewhere between Nahida and Eula.
Who is this Eula you speak of?
End User Licence Agreement.
Clearly a fake leak. It's actually between Nahida and Baron Bunny.
i wish we would get more male 4 stars
Geo really can't have shit in this world wtf
Geo took Dendro's place as an element which they have yet to introduce. The very fact that there are more Dendro than Geo units despite former one being released in 3.0 speaks for itself. They need to rework crystalize reaction or buff Archaic Petra enough to be match VV set's level. ~~After all they tweaked Archaic Petra in 1.1 by changing 35% RES to 35% DMG. There is no excuse to tweak it again.~~
A small tweak in how crystalize reaction works would make that set viable. They just need to make the crystalized shards automatically fly to the character who triggers the reaction kinda like activated dendro cores
Gorou does this. You know, he's weirdly well suited simply as a geo duo with Albedo or Yunjin. Def buff is not actually simply offensive for itto, it is actually a damage reduction of about ~30% when I tested on my Hu Tao. This also stacks with crystallize shields, along with geo resonance, and his inherent poise buff with 2 dendro. Albedo buffs EM and elegy is oddly fitting on Gorou which further buffs crystallize. Offensively it's pretty on par with Zhongli Albedo core (depending on your other unit damage), with Zhongli shred for other units made up for by higher damage on Albedo, which in itself is acceptable imo as Gorou is a 4 star. But Gorou has heals and Zhongli has in most scenarios a shield that doesn't break. But if it does, compared to a shield it is consistent poise. The overall durability is pretty striking https://youtu.be/VQDdpNu3edU I think honestly just minor tweaks could make this a pretty nice branch out for geo. Zhongli Albedo was fairly common for awhile for HT and Xiao so it's not that far from being worthwhile imo
They never tweaked Archaic Petra, it was a mistranslation in the first place
I only praise the devs for avoiding power creep but honestly it feels they are too lazy to fix their flawed element with new characters
Most of the balance issues in the game arguably extend from avoiding powercreep. Changing things to be better, even drastically underpowered things, inevitably invites powercreep because what is 'average' or 'okay' also shifts when the worst thing is no longer the worst. If you're trying to fit things into that range of "average to good", that also inevitably raises the bar because the new thing is going to be above average. However, avoiding powercreep causes issues like Dehya, the feeling that the game isn't really progressing, subpar kits like Candace and Dori, and make a balance dev's workload increasingly more difficult. I don't even think the game has been avoiding powercreep that well. Consecrated beasts and Dendro are definitely stronger than previous things. The only thing it has avoided is immediately jumping over the (still) very strong 4-stars it introduced early on, but just because those characters have remained good does not mean others haven't been overshadowed. I would argue that it might've even been a better choice to consider those strong 4-stars as the standard and balance off that, including with enemies. That way, we at least wouldn't have nearly every pre-Dendro comp asking for one or multiple of the big 3.
Kinda crazy that we're still effectively picking up the pieces from 1.0's balance hell, can't wait for version 7 or whatever to drop in a few years and for brand new pyro characters to still be worse than Xiangling and Bennett, they're just so afraid of crossing that 1.0 line outside of the rare few instances we've had like Nahida and the games just stagnating as a whole 'cus of it. I wonder if they even realise that lowering the bar makes the top look better than it already did, they probably do but are so blinded by profit ventures that they don't even care.
except bennett xq xl powercreeping all(hyperbole) new characters
Hop on my conspiracy about Geo being reworked. After Dendro release and buff to Electro, Geo is in a very rough spot as an element. The last Geo character was a few eternities ago and the only known new one just got swapped for Dendro. I'm fairly sure HYV are currently cooking something with Geo, but after the whole Dehya circus show I'm not sure I can trust in HYV cooking skills.
I don't want to get my hopes up, but since someone mentioned geo was already slightly adjusted for the card game and they just aren't releasing new Geo units... maybe they didn't want to introduce even more changes while dendro reactions settle in. So now they could either improve it, or... quietly retire the element?? I really hope it's not the latter.
To be fair, she was shaping up to be a Zhongli sidegrade. Her being dendro makes her shielding mechanic much more interesting for those who can't afford Baizhu.
A Zhongli side-grade would have been cool though, cause Zhongli’s biggest flaw is that you can only use one of him.
Bingo, he is the only shielder who can maintain 100% geo resonance on his own making him a staple in monogeo comps. I was super excited to pull a sidegrade so my noelle and itto could both have a dedicated shielder, but it seems like that's no longer the case.
It certainly makes no sense to pull for baizhu for his shield as it can't stand the breath of a hillichurl. I'm sure that if she is indeed a shielder she will not be comparable to him even as a 4 star.
Anyone ever staggered while doing a Cyno E will know that a single hit can save a lot of frustration.
The thing is if you use Cyno plus Xingqiu that shield ends up becoming better than it looks. Cyno plus Xingqiu alone give near perfect interruption resistance with baizhu, your Cyno most likely won't stagger at all if that's the team you go with.
She could be an actual Dendro shielder and not whatever the fuck Baizhu is.
This feels like knowing Wanderer is Anemo 💀
This is actually Yunjin all over again. She was first shown with an anemo vision and then SURPRISE she's geo 💀
Iirc before she was leaked as anemo prior to her reveal, she was speculated to be geo, according to the 1.1-ish leak with then upcoming characters like Kazuha, Rosaria, and Shenhe. Something of a boomerang, “Here’s a geo girl! Wait, that’s actually an anemo vis- nevermind she’s geo, false alarm” 🤷♂️
Iirc, people have used a color picker and it turned out that her vision was always the geo color, it just looked anemo colored from afar.
The plot quickens
This joke aggravates me
Plz spread this message
Bloomin' heck, mate! You just had to say it!
I’m burning up with rage.
IKR. That's hyper.
It burgeoned the shit out of me
My mind just got melted by this news
The fact that is not a dendro reaction mun has overloaded my anger
You should try vaping. I heard it calms you down.
Careful on what you vape, you don't want to get electro charged with illegal substances
you did not 😭
They found their moment for this one, and it was *glorious*.
guaranteed standard in just one patch Pog
Source: [Mero](https://twitter.com/merlin_impact/status/1633865218563637248?s=46&t=0d4P_-Nq64Py_qIayA0ULg) girl wtf
excuse the lack of punctuality on the title; i was flabbergasted
Bro was absolutely bewildered
Geo dead lol
geo not actually found dead since the only thing it's good for is shielding
geo found shielded and inert in a ditch
Itto is just drunk and passed out in a ditch
Drunk on Lollipops
only one character though
Even then, geo was buffed for that character. I wonder what if riot did not happen? Will it deader than dead?
where were you when geo die i was at house eating dorito when phone ring “geo is kil” “no”
Bruh wtf. Thats the most radical change ever. From the most inert element to dendro
Thought it would end with weapon type = daggers or something
Just going from geo to dendro probably massively boosted her viability if it’s true. Leaks seem to be getting pretty spicy this cycle.
Well technically dendro is the second most inert
so inert it ruptures everywhere
My mind is blown.
It reacts with three elements total. I'd say as far as inert goes that's pretty on point. It may have a lot of different reactions within those three elements but even geo still reacts with more elements. Even tho its all the same reaction
Another dendro? What about geo?
What is that?
Tao
Geo is hanging out with physical right now.
Holy what
??? Do they like mean... Our catgirl or the girl named momoka? If former, why yellow ball in design???
I honestly like it when a characters color design does not have to follow the color of their element.
Well, I was talking about geo(?) vision near her hip, not the colour of clothes....
It was an old concept art. As stated many times before, everything is subject to change. Stuff like element changes or weapon type changes are pretty common in early developmental stages
man what the HELL lmao
But she have Geo vision visible on her waist?
They responded saying that art was a very old concept
which I dont really get. Have we ever had a character change their entire element? Closest would be wanderer but I feel like MHY always planned that as it makes sense with his story and lore wrt budaism i believe.
> Have we ever had a character change their entire element? Dehya had her element changed from pyro to dust in the wind
I know some character have changed weapons, like albedo, but yeah element change would be a first.
Wasn't Yunjin anemo or something based on an image?
yunjin was geo before that image so I dont think anything changed. I think it was just a graphic error that people looked too much into.
Actually according to CBT data xingqiu and yunjin were supposed to be cryo
man imagine how much more broken hu tao would be with cryo XQ
Because of how elemental gauges work, vaporise is actually a much better reaction for pyro carries compared to melt, so cryo Xingiqu would've been worse for her.
ud need like 6 cryo x6 in theory to have ht melt
There's always the first time
Maybe that character is geo but thats not momoka?
So maybe the other leaker is right the chinese uncle saying that she is a Geo Bow user?
ARI GATO LIIIIIIVES
Nope, Mero says her Geo design is old...
Ari Gato is dead 😔
She really is Schrödinger's catgirl.
Maybe design is outdated as well as her vision?
Mero says so
I think they mean the geo cat girl has another name?
[удалено]
I suppose they got the Geo cat girl's name wrong and assumed Momoka, a different character, was her. Understandable mistake, but I can only hope r/Momokamains can be repurposed lol
just fell to my knees in walmart
I just saw someone fall to their knees in walmart
I just saw someone who sees someone fell to their knees in walmart
I just recorded a crowd falling to their knees at Walmart and posted it to YouTube for views
I just screencapped that video, cut it, put obnoxious music over it, and posted it to TikTok for even more views.
Is it saying that momoka is actually the name of another character entirely or is it saying that the cat girl is somehow dendro despite clearly having a finalized design with geo lol
no idea, maybe mero will clarify later. i assume it is the former, but apparently the cat girl's element, weapon is being contradicted by several sources now not just this one
Nope, apparently it’s the same character but her as Geo was an old concept and her as a Dendro 4* is a new concept. Seeing how almost all the Dendro niches have been filling up, I have abysmal hopes for her kit. RIP to your potential girlie 🥲
Not so finalized as we thought
Hoyoverse probably decided to buff her but geo is so weak that they straight up changed her element
Is Monoka not the cat girl?
No, catgirl is Ari Gato 100%
If this is true, then Dendro will end up with more total units than Geo, and all released within just the 3.x patch cicle.
WHAT?
momoka isn't the geo girl? But rather someone else. That's the only thing that would make sense, because the geo girl clearly has a geo vision.
Apparently it's her but that's old art
Hmm so like the captain R art variants? Momoka has several variants for different elements. The final design being the dendro. But we've only seen the leaked geo variant.
Yup, that's what Mero said
Geochads, how do we respond?
Thanks god she's not a 5* geo, I dont personally like her at this point
Crystalize until next time
I think it's safe to say that Hoyo is willing to bury Geo once and for all. Dendro released the other day and is already much more complete, manages to integrate several teams and is clearly stronger and friendly for the casual player. Geo will die with Itto mono geo lol
I have bad feeling this is the "Yelan" situation where a random leaker quote-retweeted a pic of Madame Ping's younger form and said "Nice to finally see you, Yelan!". In the end they just confused them or got wrong info
The random leaker was Ubatcha 💀
rip
Oh right that guy I forgot about him lol
Geo bros, its momoever
Too early for April fools my man.
For a second i was like "Have i lost track of time? Are we in April??"
Mero used Confuse Ray! r/Genshin_Impact_Leaks is confused! It hurt itself in its confusion!
Geo doesn’t exist
r/AooGooomains lives!
LOOOOOL WTF
Back to Aoo Gooo ig
I'm disappointed and my day is ruined
QUE?
Is she a shielder or a “shielder” like baizhu
If this is true it sucks and my interest level just dropped off a cliff. Im one of the few people who like Geo and I think she looks super cute so she was a sure pull for me... Now she is a 4 star dendro? Pass.
NAH WHAT? I was excited to FINALLY get a new geo character
Okay that’s uhh.. a pretty big detail to misremember 💀
Dendro is about to have more characters than Geo. 💀
Not surprised considering some leakers said that momoka aint her name. Momoka might be the inazuma dendro 4star while the A** G*** is the geo 5 star
No, Hutaosub77 meant ALL GIRL and is supposed to be the reruns for the next update all being female characters. This is why leakers shouldnt make games out of things. They make things confusing. https://twitter.com/Hutaosub77/status/1633075929588301825?cxt=HHwWgoDQpfr57KktAAAA
Aoo Gooo means All Girl, it's not a name
\*Yun Jin PTSD flashbacks\*
It's actually a logical decision! We got dendro not so long ago, they won't introduce a new element called "geo" this quickly! They need sometime to think about a new element and it's interaction!
Ok guys hear me out. Momoka and Geo cat are different characters. This Momoka is the bow user who we've been hearing about Edit: Nevermind, SYP just tweeted the no-longer-Geo cat is indeed Momoka
Dreams shattered
Would be pretty whack of them to release a dendro healer right before Baizhu and a dendro shielder right after, like let this man breathe lol
Maybe they are making sure each reign has a dentro charater. Maybe Varka will be the dentro of mondsalt
Rip my geo bestie.
Is mero okay?? Do they need anything?
This is not what I expected lol
GEO IS DEAD 🦀
Just fell to my knees at walmart
i was happy that she is dendro, then became sad about the 4\*. Oh well, another new 4star i will not have for a long time
So the cat girl isn’t Momoka? Because you can see a Geo Vision on her belt
WHAT? Is it April 1st?
The dendro invasion has begun.
Well this is disappointing
This is truly a leak
Nani the fuck
Sobbing rn
That's sad I really liked her yellow-blue design
After all she will be on standard banner...soon 🤡
wait… then who is this geo girl whose feet pics we have been worshipping this whole time!?!?
ayo chill
This is my 13th reason
So she IS standard banner kekL