Genshin Impact has been bringing back banner re-runs frequently, and it seems as though every new update contains a new character and a double banner re-run. The official stream for Genshin Impact Version 2.4 has confirmed that the second part of the current update will bring back two very popular characters, Zhongli and Ganyu.
Adding double banner re-runs is probably miHoYo's way of compensating for the absence of a brand new five-star character in a banner cycle. The first double banner is about to pass and players can already start building the right Genshin Impact party for Ganyu and Zhongli.
A recent leak posted on the popular Genshin Impact Leaks subreddit has revealed that update 2.6 could bring two popular banner re-runs featuring two Anemo characters, Venti and Kazuha. They will most likely be placed on the same double banner cycle considering that multiple leaks have pretty much confirmed the arrival of two brand new Genshin Impact characters, Kamisato Ayato and Shikanoin Heizou.
Kazuha was not well received in the Genshin Impact community at first, but once players finished grinding for his build, he turned out to be one of, if not the strongest support character in Genshin Impact. He was usually perceived as a much weaker version of Venti because they have a similar Elemental Burst, but Venti's seemed much better at the time. However, most players didn't pay much attention to his potential to increase damage for his party members, which is much more useful against stronger opponents.
Kazuha is also fairly easy to build since Elemental Mastery is the main stat that should be focused on. When it comes to choosing the right artifact, players usually go by the 3/4 rule, which means that an artifact is considered fairly decent if it contains three out of four desired sub-stats, provided that the main stat has to be the correct one. Luckily, players usually have no use for their Elemental Mastery artifact pieces which means that Kazuha should not be hard to build properly.
But in terms of versatility in team composition, Venti has the upper edge given his crowd control capabilities and exploration potential. Despite being the first limited five-star character to be released, Venti still remains one of the best characters in the game. He has the ability to combine elemental reactions, shred elemental resistances and recharge his own elemental burst which makes him a perfect pick for the infamous Spiral Abyss which keeps getting harder.
Genshin Impact is available right now for Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5, with a Switch version also in development.