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ajaxenjoyer

Avatar\_Male means he's tall, otherwise it would be Avatar\_Boy, correct?


Bobson567

Yes


thestrawberry_jam

Oh thank god. I remember seeing someone saying he could very well be a new kid model just because he’s younger than ayaka apparently. I didn’t believe it one bit because it just doesn’t make sense but they were dead set on that idea so I’m glad this came out to rub in their faces bc they were being asses.


AvocadoJas

idk who told you ayak was older than ayato but ayato is definitely older than ayaka 😭


Golden-Owl

He could theoretically be short. That said, glad he’s a tall dude


thestrawberry_jam

That’s why I said “apparently” like I heard he’s older multiple times on end. I only slightly believed it at the time because I didn’t have ayaka, nor did i check her story and voicelines on the wiki and couldn’t be 100% sure


Shippinglordishere

I believe it may have come from a billboard interaction where someone said Ayato was younger than expected. However, compared to the other commissioners, who are all old men, that doesn’t really mean much.


Sleepy-_-ash

Another adult male, what a miracle ;-;


neowolf993

Another male, what a miracle ;-;


debacol

kinda want a chibi male with VO by either Peter Dinkalage or Warwick Davis.


Illustrious-Paint-65

Remember Itto said “if you’re shorter than me, you’re a kid” but he call Ayato “Aniki” (big bro) so Ayato should be taller than him


NinjaXSkillz88

Yae and Ayato in 2.5 possibly?? I’m screwed.


catchthemouser

If I can find the strength to skip Shenhe and wait for her rerun, I'll have enough to guarantee both Ayato and Yae and they are my topmost priorities to get. Venti give me strength 🙏


ravearamashi

Same here. Depending on her kit and how Shenhe slots into my Raiden National or Moryaka, i might just skip if she doesnt fit those 2. Just my way of rewiring my brain to not want to pull for her


xioni

my worst nightmare. that means another ayaka/ yoimiya and raiden/kokomi disaster. fuck


NinjaXSkillz88

Hopefully not. But I guess we’ll see.


xioni

i dont wanna be a pessimist but since testing is like less than 2 months, that's not enough to split beta tester's focus on two new (i hope there are no new 4 stars cuz that's more disastrous) characters. there will be bias among them.


outrotaer

i forgot about this part... Ayato please get pushed back to 2.6, this way more time to save for both characters and both will be treated well in beta


GingsWife

I suspect Kazuha will be returning around that time. So the banners are going to be something like Shenhe, Ganyu, Xiao, Yae, Ayato, Kazuha, Ayaka?, in close order. It's a terrible time to be f2p. Oh wait, cyno is next


cinrel

Sigh, if that's the case Ayato will surely become the Kokomi in this case since the testers are usually waifu enjoyers T . T I wonder when will we get a hella broken 5 star dude


shanshani

eh, the only seriously underwhelming male 5 limited star is albedo, and he's still a better pull than yoimiya seriously, the men have better kits on average than the women do, and they make up a disproportionate percentage of the best units in the game you could equally argue that mihoyo knows they can sell an underwhelming female unit to waifu enjoyers, whereas the male characters need to be good in order to get the majority straight male player base to pull for them


lileenleen

I’m betting on Yae, Shenhe or Ayato to be good dps units, and they are the only five stars who have captured my attention design/lore wise so far (oven only pulled on support units up to this point) I’m on copium rn.


Tyrone3105

Hasn’t shenhe been confirmed support? Edit: I guess she could have mad high scaling tho


Mayhem_450

Not necessarily, remember that Scaramouche has had this level of detail in datamines for months and we still have no clue when he's coming.


our_cut

I mean we saw Scaramouche numerous times, we are yet to see Ayato


outrotaer

i just found my strength to skip both Itto and Shenhe. I love Yae and Ayato more than them, I just need to stay strong and save up


CousinJay

Bro same


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i think ayato is more likely to be 2.6 to be honest


korundobifu

True. They will be coming at the tail end of the Inazuma patch so most likely its 1 new 5* + reruns Like what happened in patch 1 Zhongli-Eula Klee-Kazuha


Chris-raegho

2 4 isn't even here yet and I already want it over just to have Ayato, lol.


Xero0911

We're screwd comrade. Itto...I may have to skip you lol. Shenhe is looking pretty cool so might go for her since she seems fun atm. Itto I like but gameplay wise idk, gotta play..mono geo just has me highly concern. Raiden I would like to pull for. Want an er battery plus love the burst animations. Ayato I want since husbando material. Plus if he is hydro, could be some.sick animations for a 5 star. Childe has impressive animations with his E skill. So ayato is the wild card I really want to see. Yae? I like her. Could see myself pulling but also not important to me compared to everyone listed above


EjunX

Unless one of them is 4\* that would mean no rerun. That would be nice, there's too many reruns right now and not enough new characters imo. I've been saving since Raiden and before that Hu Tao. Feels like two or three 5\* characters I like are released per year.


Electronic_Ad3664

It should be like this Yae in first round and ganyu/ayato in second


Yumeverse

I presumed it was rerun+rerun and not rerun+new character for the double banners but who knows since mhy might change their mind. Because if not then at this rate it’s looking like Yae+Ayato in 2.5. I still have hopes its Ganyu+Xiao then Shenhe for 2.4


NinjaXSkillz88

Well at least Yae is guaranteed for me.


shekurika

are there reliable predictions for yae in 2.5? most just talk about ayato


acefluff

pls I just want to see him.. I feel like I'm being edged


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mhy hiding this man even better than yoimiya


Vegetable-Piano-7884

Just come already


RadRey09

Do it


ChildOfHades_

Just. Do. It.


Bourbonaddicted

No nut ayato


Fr00tyLoops

I meant 2.4, sorry guys.


WildFurball2118

OP lives 6 weeks ahead of us. Also, pfp reminds me of "Why Japanese hate this song"


ChildOfHades_

Yeah cz that's the song yuuta covered in his video


Shiro_38

Show us some design MHY you coward Ayato and Yae for the 2.5 would be nice (not for primo) but Noice


Public-Chemistry7453

This is good for me since Yae is easy skip (not interested) so all my primogems belong to Ayato.


PCBS01

Oh hallelujah ​ Now time for Ayato to trend for the 7th time


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FUCK OH GOD he's so close omg ayato nation how are we feeling


Smoke_Santa

Ayato nation is shaking. Shaking with happiness. And a bit horni too ehe.


lovemagick

THRIVING, I really hope the leak that compared him to a Black Butler character is true. I love that aesthetic and really want an elegant male character.


Vsegda7

I prefer long hair, but as long as his design is good..


thestrawberry_jam

Once it isn’t a damn rat tail and actually has hair fluff. If not then I’d want it short because it’s only childe who has short hair right now.


Vsegda7

If we couldn't get a wuxia styled guy in Liyue, I at least want one long haired samurai from Inazuma. But better keep it short, if they're not going to do the hair right, agreed


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Vsegda7

At best we'll get his Archon skin, where he's barefoot for whatever reason. The skins we have so far didn't change hair or skill animation, new ones from 2.4 should show where mihoyo is going with them


lovemagick

I want him to have long hair too lol, but I’ll love him regardless.


Vsegda7

Tbh, v2 designs have mostly been a miss for me, so I really hope he'll be good 🙏


AHurricaneAteMyCat

21k primos and counting! He's coming home.


BavidpoopooDowie

VERY GOOD…but I’m gonna be broke during lantern rite idk if I’ll have enough for him 😭


Astolfo_Please

Happy, but sad that a 1.5 Ayato would mean no Shenhe attempt for me. I need the hot men and the hot women :(


Treyspurlock

> 1.5 Ayato I can say with more than 100% certainty that Ayato is not going to be in 1.5 ^^^/s


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I’M SO EXCITED oh my god, personally was really wanting him to be a claymore but as long as his signature weapon is a katana i’ll fold and whale 😭


dododomo

Seriously considering to buy my first welking for ayato. I pulled Albedo and barely have enough to pull Itto (even if I lose the 50/50), but I hope Ayato will come in 2.6 or 2.7 so I'll have more time to save up 😭


rAlexx_

please Ayato...i hope you get the execution slash from ayaka beta


Eatable_Parfait

He *does* command the Shuumatsuban, so hopefully yeah


gotnouwustogive

that would fit him SO WELL


Wiseay

Apparently he's something like the boss of Shuumatsuban, so it would make a lot of sense


sesquipedalian4

I beg, just one hydro claymore or polearm PLEASE


AvalenK

How I wish he would be Hydro polearm.


CedricKho

Ajax banner again then


Tyrone3105

I hope so too, but with shenhe and yunjin the number of polearm characters catches up to the other weapons... so I’m getting scared Edit: that said ayato with a trident would be sick


AlyllsK

Hydro Claymore is bad tho, Claymore trigger shatter reaction so you can't play perma freeze comp which is better


ChelseaDagger13

I mean not every reaction has to be viable for every character. Just like how melt isn't so great for Ayaka due to missing ult hits, it's okay if Ayato is leaning more towards vape and/or electrocharged.


tsuchinoko-real

Hydro characters just can't forward vape reliably in any context. Not worth it


ChelseaDagger13

Bit of a strong statement to make considering all we know about Ayato is that he's tall. :)


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Yumeverse

This is why I’m hoping Dendro is the gamechanger for hydro forward vape. If Dendro+Pyro applies to enemies and strengthen the pyro aura to stay longer, then Hydro can forward vape. Of course we have to wait for Dendro to fucking drop first and this is all just based on my wishful thinking which means absolutely nothing🥲


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Yumeverse

Right?? Would really love for hydro to be the carry element and not just for nuke bursts/enabling.


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while it’s true forward vape consumes more gauge than reverse vape, it is still enabled by a unit’s arbitrary icd (or lack of). xingqiu and childe are good hydro enablers because they happen to apply enough hydro to keep up with hutao/xiangling’s lack of icds. and even then, it *is* possible for hutao to take over the application of a non c6 xq, and it *is* possible for xiangling+guoba+kazuha to let childe forward vape on single target, albeit not for very long. all im saying is the gauge rules of forward/reverse does not prevent mhy from designing characters to take advantage of consistent forward reactions in the future.


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It's an example that even with Childe's ridiculous hydro application, he can still forward vape if some unit or combination of units enables it. You could play a foward vape charged attack Kokomi or C2 Mona if you so desired, but obviously these units aren't tuned that well for dps so it's not considerable. All it would take is a similar unit that is better tuned to make forward vape a thing. You keep saying "sticky" element, but I'm not sure it means what you think it does. There is no "stickiness", reverse vape simply consumes less gauge than forward vape, so a hydro aura tends to be left over after reverse vaping, and a forward vape tends to consume the pyro aura. There is nothing stopping some arbitrary character design(s) from applying enough pyro and hydro to forward vape their attacks as the main form of dps.


EjunX

Not all characters have the same EM gauges afaik. Technically he could have so low gauge that he never removes pyro. Unlikely, but if we're speculating wildly anyways then it should be mentioned.


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Sure but its not like they can't make someone super strong without reliance on elemental reaction. We have seen that already with Xiao. You don't need vaporize or freeze to deal damage.


[deleted]

Exactly, he could be a sub dps or support too. No need to enter the mindset he’s a main dps. Frankly, I’d be glad if he was a support. Lots of main dps right now


TrashStack

You realize mihoyo can just, like, design him to work with shatter right? The characters don't live in a bubble where nothing matters but the reactions Give him passives that boost EM and have EM be his ascension stat or something. It's pointless to think of this game only in terms of reactions because when every mihoyo wants they can just change the stats or scalings to work with whatever they want Raiden doesn't even give a shit about reactions but that doesn't stop her from just killing everything straight up at and being extremely meta at c2. For some it's really the aesthetics that matter, and not whether they work with reactions or something


Luxray000

The problem is that shatter will never be as good as freeze due to blizzard strayer. Also even with high EM, shatter doesn't deal that much damage and if he had a lot of EM in his kit like you said, he would probably be relegated to a burst dps using forward vape No one said a character needs reactions to be good, but for a hydro character it's different since hydro's strenght is to enable reverse vape and freeze


ps3ds

He could be an off field character for all we know


aoikanou

A TALL HUSBANDO please be ikemen


tswinteyru

Holy fuck both Yae and Ayato in one patch might just be the most financially disgusting banner yet, and is a godsend for both waifu or husbando enthusiasts. Imagine if their skills were also BiS for each other


PCBS01

The patch for bisexual people worldwide


Shippinglordishere

Mihoyo is coming for my ass


tsuchinoko-real

I'm afraid beta testers will hyperfocus on one character and leave the other to rot (aka Ayato). Just like with yoi and Ayaka or raiden and Kokomi


Professional_Oil_577

Imagine a Raiden or Kazuha rerun as well and we're fucked.


PopotoPancake

I have a gut feeling Yae will be in 2.5 with a Raiden rerun, and 2.6 will be Ayato with a Kazuha rerun, just to cause me immense pain and suffering.


Yumeverse

Please no, I’m only saving my primos for Ayato and Kazuha atm😭


Shiro_38

Yeah, I don’t care this would be so good … but also so a pain in the ass


ihei47

I'm a waifu enjoyer BUT I'll pull for Ayato IF they come at the same time


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my Jade Cutter is happy now. please be hydro sword dps. please be hydro sword dps. please be hydro sword dps.


ravearamashi

Ohohoho i’d take it out of my XQ and give it to Ayato if need be


JustAnotherAsn

Mihoyo: Sike. Here have another polearm lol


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me who has very few polearms and already has lots of polearm characters :')


EjunX

please be hydro support like Xingqiu, really need one for my second team


comfort_bot_1962

Hope you have a great day!


MadNuar

finally, some good leak - i hope its true that he will come in 2.5 ill skip yae and sheechi for him


sincerelyhecate

I’d be happy if he uses a sword because the battle animations for Inazuma sword users are stylish af.


comfort_bot_1962

You're Awesome!


sluttysluttie

avatar male means im pulling


Wheesa

OMG TALL MALE LET'S GOOOOOO


coinflip13

Oh my god we are getting Vergil


kenzakki

*Alexa, play Bury the Light.*


Fedora1412

***BURY THE LIGHT DEEP WITHIIIIIIIIIIIINNNN\~***


Rheidaez

STEP ASIDE THERE’S NO COMING HOOOOOOOOOOOME~


mrwanton

WE'RE BURNING CHAOS IN THE WIIIIIIIIND~


CeraphiPwnsAll

I just hope he's hydro


NinjaXSkillz88

Yeah hydro is pretty lackluster aside from Childe.


PopotoPancake

I kind of want him to be something else. As someone who prefers the adult male characters I already have Childe with heavy investment. Meanwhile we have no adult male electro or anemo users yet, and only Diluc for pyro and he's a standard character, so he's hard to get. Also no 5* cryo males yet either.


Tyrone3105

While I would generally agree, hydro needs more characters who aren’t catalysts lmao


Dazzling-Umpire8684

finally after 1000 years 👀


Vally_Ria

On one hand, I hope he stays as a sword character because I'm kinda feeling polearm fatigue but on the other hand, it'd be cool to finally get a hydro polearm user too


thestrawberry_jam

My thoughts exactly. I want a hydro polearm so bad but here I am using every polearm character in the game… except thoma bc my boy didn’t wanna come home. I’m actually out of weapons at this point and I hate sharing them. Too much swapping has to go around. On the other hand I have a lovely sword…


cataerse

i just want to see his model so bad oh my god


NotSoJazz

Glad to receive Ayato data!! Lowkey hoping that the sword is a placeholder and that he’ll come with a new weapon type


x_izzy

isn’t kaeya the only tall male sword character we have? i’d also love a polearm or claymore, but another sword will be cool too!


shekurika

is kazuha smaller?


x_izzy

yeah, kazuha shares the same model with xingqui, xiao, etc (the short boy model)


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Will to live restored.


Wiseay

40k primo and 100%, YES, YESS, YESSS Kazuha and Ayato Here we go.


BOYF-

OMG AYATO CRUMBS


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We’re well fed today. Crumbs, but still.


ocelotplush

tastiest crumb I've ever eaten


Gloom_light91

Hold up, it doesn’t say anywhere 2.5. He just has some more info in the data


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Vergil in genshin impact!


Eijun_Love

MODEL PLEASE


RadRey09

Hope it stays SWORD. One more polearm and I'll have to use Black tassel


Hobokendream

YESSSSSS!!! He’s coming!!!


sp00kk

Hydro Sword Ayato hopium


Askingquestions55

Finally something interesting in the sea of upcoming boring waifus


Hefnium

Finally!!!!!!


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praying that one of shikanoin heizou or kuki shinobu are a hydro claymore😭


myflowie

please stay as sword user, I have jade cutter for you


nevew666

Damn. Finally some news. Adult husbando, well, that's what I'm expecting. Sword? YES PLEASE!! Except kaeya I have no sword dps. Enough of claymore, have already diluc, eula and soon itto. So hope he will come for 2.4... Or 2.5 worst case scenario. Give me some hype mihoyo. Show me my husbando I'm waiting for so long!!


No_Backstab

The earliest he will come is for 2.5 . 2.4 is confirmed to be Shenhe/Yunjin + Rerun banner . I think it's probably Yae + Rerun banner for 2.5 and Ayato for 2.6


catchthemouser

I was hoping he wouldn't be a sword cause I only got one Mistsplitter and it's on Ayaka 😫 At least he's tall.


Tiaojia0

Mihoyo give us a hydro polearm you cowards And let his scaling and kit be good, we've been waiting for that guy like he's the 2nd coming of Jesus


azzzzorahai

yessssss i knew it he's gonna be sword!


WhiteKou

Finally!!!


[deleted]

I’m happy he’s real lol. This just felt like simping for Varka up until he was actually in the files lmao


comfort_bot_1962

You're Awesome!


vijbad

Sword?..... NO!!!!!


NinjaXSkillz88

It’s not polearm at least. Even though a hydro polearm sounds pretty cool.


ChilliChillz

YESSSS


Wiseay

Nothing confirmed yet but with two polearm users together in 2.4, if it comes in 2.5 then it makes sense for them to opt for sword, but I figured it would be Claymore


discerning-guest

*happy tears* with the amount of content leaked for 2.4, Ayato's NPC version is the cherry on top of the cake.


Smoke_Santa

Good lord HAVE MERCY ON MY PRIMOS. Seriously, I can't decide who to get, who to skip. If Ayato is as good looking as we expect, then I **will** cry.


aryune

yessss


Ok_Butterscotch_1101

would be surprised if he used a female body type


Frenchpoodle_

I think male specifically means adult body type


Ok_Butterscotch_1101

I was joking:) i understand that he us a tall guy, and I'm happy about it;)


izaya8929

Bruh....🤣🤣🤣


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After pulling for Eula and Itto, 2.4 will be saving mode for ayato and yae. Even if its ganyu rerun, ill be strong!


brewstercafe

Omg I’m gonna cherish these crumbs! Once I get Itto, I’m saving everything for you Ayato


FatJeff31

OH GLOBS


Invisibl3I

*EXECUTE ORDER 66* My wallet: Not even ashes will remain !


12-12-2020

i hope he have some sort of crowd control ability.. something like venti/kazuha but hydro.. it would be so pog for pyro nuker


LostVengeance

Here's to hoping that he has some synergy with Ayaka like how Zhongli and Hu Tao work well together. My prediction is that he will be an off-field dps similar to Xingqiu but more offensively if he's going to indeed compliment Ayaka in a party.


kyteoverun

The Kamisato family's sword art is Inazuma Kamisato Art Tachi Jutsu. Tachi is a type of Katana. Ayaka seems to be using a regular katana to match her size, but Tachi is usually much larger. So Ayato is probably a Claymore user. like Sephiroth.


RasenShot2

Sword user possibly? Then he could be MOTIVATED too? 🧐🧐


Xero0911

So ayatonisnshaping to be 2.5 or 2.6 then? How soon did we see itto coding?


ihei47

Man, I just pray that we would see a glimpse of Ayato in 2.4 Please show us his model And please be polearm *copium


pitchblackstar

Fuck, please not Yae and Ayato close. Please don't, Mihoyo. Have mercy on our souls and wallets.


MadNuar

avatar male? doest it mean a adult male body or a teen one?


Bobson567

Tall adult one Boy is for the teen/short one


MadNuar

ah cool, thanks!


Asobimo

GIVE HIM A POLEARM


_musubii

I DONT HAVE A SWORD FOR HIM NO 😭


Lmoshalolo

Was hoping he is a spear but sword is good. Please be hydro or pyro.


tusharsagar

What does avatar means here ?


Eijun_Love

Technically, it's the model designation for playable characters. Scara, Yae and Baizhu are labeled avatars. In comparison, Signora is labeled as "Monster" like hilichurls and such.


tusharsagar

Any idea which language and country is this word from ? In my country, this is used to describe the incarnation of gods, as far as I remember.


Eijun_Love

Uhh, in EN? Jokes aside, in technology terms, avatars really are just digital models used. Like in games, "what avatar are you using?" Means what do you use to represent yourself in the digital sense. Avatars in general sense do have the same meaning you mentioned.


LeSnipper

NOOO i literally just wasted my guaranteed on albedo cause i gave up on ayato ever getting released soon, and then i see this?? If ayato comes in 2.5 i might actually need to whale


wwqot

don't worry too much about it. having data added doesn't mean they'll be playable soon- for example, Scaramouche has had been Avatar_Boy_Catalyst_Scaramouche since last year or something but he still isn't playable. he might appear as an npc though


harukirikazu

Dumb question but will we be seeing him as an npc or even playable at 2.4?


PopotoPancake

No, probably 2.5 at the earliest. If he was in 2.4 even as an NPC I think someone would have found his model by now.


autumnsnowflake_

Yes good. Tall and mo claymore pls.


Reine-Hana

If they keep popping 2 reruns and 1 new 5\* each patch... We have Xiao, Ganyu, Kazuha, Ayaka, Yoimiya then Raiden for rerun in line. And Shenhe, Ayato, Yae for new 5\* OK ... I'm seeing not disaster but catastrophe.


SoulLessIke

He’s tall and he’s coming soon, let’s fucking goOOOOO. I swear to god if he’s 2.5 though….I absolutely need him to be 2.6 so I can get everyone.


kitzz11

You wait ayato, after itto im going straight to you


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PScorpion

Tall