Tall Male 5-star units of each element are finally here!

And when Varka comes home, I will finally have them all!

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Designer-Self-86972026-01-23 11:35

Is it crazy that I have none of these?

Stormy_Cat_554562026-01-23 11:46

…yes.

LittleWolfiez2026-01-23 11:50

I don't either!

Every time I'm thinking "okay maybe this time I'll pull for Zhongli", there's always a pretty women on the horizon that I have to save for instead :c

Also, I've strangely never lost 50/50 to Diluc. I have a C4 Jean though.

Edit to add: I actually did a silly 10 pull on Flins' banner and MIRACULOUSLY it was a 5 star but I lost the 50/50 so... guess he didn't want to join my account.

skyjp972026-01-23 12:00

As of right now I've pulled diluc twice in my 5 years of playing.

First time on a 50/50 when getting Hu Tao on her original banner. Then one more a couple months ago I think.

jpnapz2026-01-23 12:07

It's funny how RNG works. I've been playing daily since launch. Only got C0 Mona. Never got her from free selector, and didn't get her Cons from Temper Thyself yet.

Got C2 to C5 of all other Standard though (except Mizuki)

Dunno if I want to get her free Cons or if I wanna test RNGesus and see how long I go without another Mona lmao

LittleWolfiez2026-01-23 12:11

Funnily enough, my first Mona was during the anniversary selector from 2 years ago, and I've just gotten my second con from the 8 week event.

(Unfortunately, other than Yae Miko, I don't have any other limited characters that I can get a free con for lol)

Any_Interest972026-01-23 12:09

no, i dont have any limited tall males and my only limited tall female is raiden. i always pull the shorties

CoconutxKitten2026-01-23 12:14

Really? The only one I don’t have is Al

dnzgn2026-01-23 12:53

I only have Zhongli amongst them because I liked his character so much. But his gameplay is so boring and he isn't even in the meta for a while. My Childe and Ayato is collecting dust too. I'm now very wary of pulling for a character I don't find attractive or at least very cute because while I still enjoy finding a team for Yoimiya, my old male characters are collecting dust (besides the old reliables like Xingqui and Bennett, and Baizhu for the Nilou team).

Zephyr_ta2026-01-23 11:41

Nod krai actually has a lot of characters that were the first of their type

First tall male electro five star, first tall female dendro five star(s), first five star pyro sword (excluding the traveller) and now first tall male anemo five star

beratbayram2026-01-23 11:42

Don't forget the first hydro claymore

Imaginary_Camera_2982026-01-23 12:10

who's that oh..aino..

Glittering_MindIT2026-01-23 12:20

yeah easy to forget with how little screentime he’s had

common_juice272026-01-23 12:29

> "... he's had"

So little time that people wouldn't even remember aino's gender :\')

Organic-Army-90462026-01-23 12:41

*ineffa, steal this person’s krumkakes!*

eklatea2026-01-23 12:48

she appears all the time though. Even had a centered event around her in 6.0

But I can see how you could easily forget that she's a claymore user since you mainly just eq and swap

caucassius2026-01-23 12:50

did you even play the aq lol

is this an ai bot?

SandyArca2026-01-23 12:51

I don’t think kit is really related to story, but if you actually mean her kit then yes because it’s pretty much just her skill and burst

life-hacks132026-01-23 13:56

Obligatory r/cyno joke

plasma_soda2026-01-23 14:17

Aino way you forgot about the genius who engineers baking robots.

ErenIsNotADevil2026-01-23 18:45

...And who bakes robot engineers!

SoloWaltz2026-01-24 01:11

and robots engineer baking!

ImpactFrames2026-01-24 03:42

baking engineer robots and

Daring-Samantha2026-01-23 14:36

bro without her we wouldn't have breezed through defeating dottore using her duckies have some respect

FatalWarrior2026-01-23 18:13

That being temporary was heartbreaking. It was a justifiable buff, dang it!

Furicel2026-01-23 12:11

First hydro child too

Almighty_Brian2026-01-23 12:15

Sorry Sigewinne, guess you don’t exist.

Some1_352026-01-23 12:18

Age-wise, she isn't a child

Almighty_Brian2026-01-23 12:20

Age wise neither is Sayu. She has stated it repeatedly.

Some1_352026-01-23 12:23

Indeed, but nobody said anything about Sayu

Neospanner2026-01-23 14:42

She has said it herself - but the adults around her refer to her as a child. Most specifically, her caretaker [Kano Nana](https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Kano_Nana) who is highly unlikely to be mistaken on the matter. Additionally, Sayu behaves in a thoroughly childlike fashion.

Sayu's just sensitive about being thought of as younger than she is since she's a late bloomer.

aRandomBlock2026-01-23 15:15

we're obviously talking about model types here

Furicel2026-01-23 12:21

Who's that?

AmbitionOwn77592026-01-23 12:15

Technically the 2nd Hydro Child….e….I’ll see myself out

Commercial_Life51452026-01-23 12:18

3rd if your joke

noafelixart2026-01-23 12:26

Oh, hello there Cyno!

hollowres2026-01-23 12:15

Sigewin

beautheschmo2026-01-23 12:22

Holy f this was a meme for so long and yet i totally forgot about it finally ending lmao

Zephyr_ta2026-01-23 12:31

Focalors will always be the first in my heart 💙

beratbayram2026-01-23 12:59

☠️

Stormy_Cat_554562026-01-23 11:47

Who’s the pyro sword?? Nicole?

Lmao excuse my stupidity, I forgor about Durin for a second

ceos_ploi2026-01-23 11:48

Durin

Stormy_Cat_554562026-01-23 11:49

Omg why did the fact that he is a sword just evaporate out of my head 😭😭

I even got him and his sword

mommysanalservant2026-01-23 12:10

Durr-in

>!sorry, had to!<

Stormy_Cat_554562026-01-23 12:10

I deserve that

OliverOnBuffets2026-01-23 15:21

its okay once someone told me to name a pyro bow and i said yoimiya despite not having her (i main lyney…)

Luna_MariaHawke2026-01-23 11:48

Durin I guess

moojee_2026-01-23 11:49

Durin

YukioKushinada2026-01-23 11:49

Durin

CeerusLee2026-01-23 11:50

Durin

aikaph2026-01-23 11:50

bennett /s

Stormy_Cat_554562026-01-23 11:50

He’s a 6* smh

KzamRdedit2026-01-23 11:56

facts

Hollywill062026-01-23 11:51

As a person who looks at leaks, before the 5.8 special programme, there were leaks that Lauma would’ve been the first 5* Geo catalyst, but became Dendro, thus Geo starves without a 5* catalyst

Adventurous-Day-67382026-01-23 11:59

Not sure if that was ever the case, if there were such a sus leak then it probably got removed too quickly for me to see

YashamonSensei2026-01-23 13:37

There is simple solution for 5\* Geo catalyst, just rerelease Ningguang as a 5\* she was always supposed to be. Like they did to Anby in ZZZ.

Catherine9422026-01-23 12:05

Emille exists guys

swiftasacoursing2026-01-23 12:11

Not tall

Zephyr_ta2026-01-23 12:30

👠👠

Zonnebloempje2026-01-23 12:07

Tall female Dendro... Is Emilie medium? She always looked tall to me...

Thatuk2026-01-23 12:14

Yeah, it is her head and face details that make her look more "mature".

Zephyr_ta2026-01-23 12:29

I think she just wear really high heels

Grand_Protector_Dark2026-01-23 16:02

Her legs and chest are just sufficiently accentuated enough to make her model look more like yelan than ganyu

KaedeP_222026-01-23 12:07

Durin is also the first 5\* from Mondstadt since 1.5 (Eula).

thatonedudeovethere_2026-01-23 12:22

That's so depressing.

I get that Liyue is Hoyos favourite child with a 5* or 4* every year, but show other old nations at least a bit of love

At least Mondstadt was the first nation to get buffs to old units

fototosreddit2026-01-23 14:06

Meanwhile liyue characters are six feet under

TheWitcherMigs2026-01-23 15:50

Liyue only reached the same amount of characters than Mondstadt in 4.x and currently have the exact same amout

The "favourite child" was only them catching up in the amount because most of the hoster was Mondstadtian

thatonedudeovethere_2026-01-23 18:56

I mean, that's because Mondstadt was the starting region.

If you want to compare Liyue limited 5* to Mondstadt limited 5*, then we can talk

TheWitcherMigs2026-01-23 19:54

Think not about passion, and just do a cold marketing analysis, what would be preferable: keep pilling people from the nation who has already more than half of the roster OR even everything out between the years until you have a good average to use as target, and thus be able to fill in spots between releases?

Why do you think they set-up Varka expedition since 1.0, 5 years ago? They knew there were already too much Mondstadters to keep the game fresh adding more after 1.x, at the same time, they knew that eventually people would ask for more Mondstadtian chars purely by missing them out and laid up a opening to add them when it was time due. Now we have Durin, Varka and Alice (by vision design) with Mondstadt affiliation, all in the same patch cycle

SoloWaltz2026-01-24 01:12

> I mean, that's because Mondstadt was the starting region.

Mondstat and Liyue launched together.

Forsaken_External1812026-01-23 12:53

Who is 5 star pyro sword???

WastePermission96202026-01-23 12:56

Durin

Jrolaoni2026-01-23 21:13

Emilie not being a tall female model genuinely has me shaken.

Swacar2026-01-23 11:49

Woo Varka will be the first guy character I'll be pulling for.

CantaloupeParking2392026-01-23 11:53

Limited 5* tall male pyro would be nice though.

Relevant-Rub28162026-01-23 14:14

Here's hoping that it will be Pantalone or pierro, because Idk, they could have cool different colored flames, right?

At0kirina2026-01-23 14:57

Afaik, Pantalone doesn't even have a vision. He's just obscenely rich.

FortOfSnow2026-01-23 18:24

Delusion might be a possibility perhaps?

AncientAd49962026-01-23 18:38

Considering Hoyo's been more open to alternate sources of power lately (Neuvillette's Authority, Skirk's Seven Shifting Serpent & Columbina's Trilunar Convergence) who's to say they can't finally add a Delusion character (all Harbingers are granted one iirc)

Efficient-Scarcity-72026-01-24 02:32

pov he just shoots mora

Honest_Milk_82742026-01-23 15:54

Pantalone isn't a fighter (well, most playable characters aren't too). He is a banker, essentially. He is Batman, without the suit.

At0kirina2026-01-24 02:24

Would be funny to get him, but all his talents are just Fatui soldiers attacking for him while he just stands there menacingly.
Like, he has some elite agents who do his normal attacks, a pyro sniper as a skill and his burst is calling in an artillery strike.

InfiniteAJ2026-01-23 15:24

Dainsleif, surely. Surely.

Honest_Milk_82742026-01-23 15:57

Dainsleif doesn't have a vision, and for sure he won't be any of the 7 elements. After this arc concludes, I guess they gonna add new elements, just like they did in Honkai Impact 3rd (first they added Quantum and Imaginary, and more recently, Stardust).

Dainsleif is gonna be one of those new elements.

UnironicallyMe372026-01-23 16:18

After what they did with Skirk I feel doubtful of that. Our only hope for a new element is the Traveler's "light" powers.

hera-fawcett2026-01-23 17:37

light often translates to imaginary--- power of creation type shit. while dark (or abyss) usually translates to quanta/time.

InfiniteAJ2026-01-23 17:34

Yeah see so this is what EVERYONE said about Skirk back in Fontaine. Look what happened.

If you doubt Hoyo's ability to come up with a reason to make a character use one of the elements despite not having a Vision or not even being from Teyvat, you're living a happy life.

Resident-Sun-11102026-01-24 01:06

Xeblanque Ronova’s team BiS DPS

TiredGrass272026-01-23 11:53

Sans Varka, I have them all!

Moist_Inspection9292026-01-23 11:54

my eyes are blessed with this picture 😍

Jealous-Doubt24012026-01-23 17:39

I know, I can take them all on at the same time

Any-Oil-83552026-01-23 20:26

In a fight… right?

Jealous-Doubt24012026-01-23 23:19

😏

Nash_Ashton2026-01-23 11:56

What boy group is it called this time?

fubukishirou072026-01-23 12:11

The nutcrackers😂😂

app082026-01-23 11:58

Why is Varka here? We already have Xiao.

szigany_2026-01-23 12:11

isn't Xiao a medium male?

CoconutxKitten2026-01-23 12:13

It’s a joke

szigany_2026-01-23 12:15

i didn't know that💀 is it like an ongoing inside joke? i'm pretty new to the genshin fandom

CoconutxKitten2026-01-23 12:16

Yes. It’s because Xiao is canonically short so everyone jokes he’s actually the tallest

szigany_2026-01-23 12:16

OHHH lmao thanks for informing me💀💀

katheralinet2026-01-23 12:34

Well, he's the tallest genshin character if you let him stand on his tippy toes, use his burst and jump. I don't think anyone's taller than that

iamgodnoobjections2026-01-23 15:25

actually if you have him friendship 10 he's the tallest character in all of genshin /jk

Lunar345992026-01-23 12:18

when it comes to genshin players describing xiao's height, he's either the size of an apple or taller than everest. no in between i fear

night_fury00k2026-01-23 12:16

"Medium" you can't be serious.💀💀

(Context: even tho Xiao has a medium male model he can squeeze through the gaps that QiQi/Klee[small child models] can't go through.)

TheSuperContributor2026-01-23 12:37

No, he's short male.

Daring-Samantha2026-01-23 14:50

Xiao is a small male everyone knows this

Argentumhedgie2026-01-23 12:45

Ikr !! they just leaving the tallest anemo out like that 😔

Esch_44442026-01-24 01:07

r/okzyox adeptus is the tallest character indeed, real

Johnkovan_Jones2026-01-23 11:58

I find it hilarious that I started the game because of "waifus" and then making my goal to own one tall male for each element and each nation lmao.

So far I have collected
Pyro -diluc -monstadt
Geo- Zhongli - Liyue
Hydro - Ayato - Inazuma
Dendro - Al Haitham - Sumeru
Cryo - Writhosley - Fontaine
Electro - Flins - Nod krai

I might replace Diluc with varka later lmao.

Zonnebloempje2026-01-23 12:14

You are missing out on Natlan!

Aino, I know, there are no tall male 5* characters in Natlan...

CosmicWanderer_012026-01-23 14:35

Capitano?!

isleftisright2026-01-23 16:07

That would be sick

Confident_River_35832026-01-23 12:01

This lineup is actually **unreal**. The aesthetics are off the charts! Just one more slot for Varka and the collection is legendary.

AlreadyHalfXehanort2026-01-23 12:02

Now give me 5 star Cryo and Hydro medium males, Hoyo.

oof-eef-thats-beef2026-01-23 12:13

God please

Responsible_Club_9172026-01-23 12:17

Im gonna bet Lohen is 5* cryo medium male ngl

AlreadyHalfXehanort2026-01-23 12:36

Yeah, I have a feeling he's going to be our first Cryo Hexenzirkel character.

Honest_Milk_82742026-01-23 15:50

Leaks say he gonna be a "Cryo Xingqiu". It would be cool if he wasn't a Hexerei character, so he can be fully utilized in any team, especially because most characters that use Melt aren't Hexerei (Durin is not even good at it to begin with).

Kachulien2026-01-23 12:05

I'm only missing Wriothesly 😭

Bby please come hooome

(I will get varka 100%)

Senior-Astronomer3122026-01-23 12:10

Diluc so ugly bro omg 😭💔🥀

NeosFlatReflection2026-01-23 12:10

Varka is actually not just tall, he got a whole separate model type

fubukishirou072026-01-23 12:12

Thankfully i have them all, fully level and waiting for varka

Micorichi2026-01-23 12:12

my boy tartaglia has been unjustly forgotten

Apprehensive_Bad_3482026-01-23 12:30

Also Ayato 🥹

KuraPikaPika692026-01-23 12:53

Hydro stealing all the tall male 5 stars

hizashiYEAHmada2026-01-23 13:04

Hoyo has a fave element for most tall hot men and it shows

KuraPikaPika692026-01-23 13:06

All of them have driver kits too lol.

jinxedandcursed2026-01-23 13:24

Between Genshin and HSR, I can gather that men, according to Hoyo, are imaginary and wet.

phonograhy2026-01-23 13:11

Poor itto. At least today he enjoys his c2 on my account.

StickMick012026-01-23 13:21

How could they have forgotten Ayato? That's blasphemy

Drakengard2026-01-23 18:05

Inazuma mostly forgot him even when he released. I pulled him and his weapon. I do like him, but man I wish his kit had a bit more oomph to it.

glitterybugs2026-01-23 14:17

And Baizhu

dennisleonardo2026-01-23 16:03

Tbf, alhaitham released before baizhu. OP did tartaglia and ayato erasure to make space for neuvilette. But alhaitham is correct.

Treyspurlock2026-01-23 21:50

At the same time Baizhu has been in the game since 1.0, so it depends on if you count the first character as the first seen or the first released

DaveTheDolphin2026-01-23 15:47

OP is not an OG players that’s for sure

GGG1002026-01-23 12:14

Varka dwarfs over all of them.

alberich212026-01-23 12:17

Childe erasure 💔

Past-Muffin76472026-01-23 12:19

Ifa??!!

Edit: Actually Varka is taller than them, he has a newer model, so that's slot is definitely for Ifa

Maltosier2026-01-23 12:33

The only detail you're missing is that this is for 5 star males

corecenite2026-01-23 12:44

#5 STAR

gacha players ain't beating these allegations, only their balls.

MikaelPorter2026-01-23 12:19

and I almost have them all
Only Itto, Baizhu and Ayato left

PaleIrishEastcoaster2026-01-23 12:20

If I wasn’t f2p I would go for Varka but instead I will continue saving for whenever Alice finally drops.

corecenite2026-01-23 12:45

good thing that she's not coming anytime soon

OPPA_XL_AGANE2026-01-23 12:26

No way bro! You forgot Ifa! (Though i guess being 5 years old might be the issue)

corecenite2026-01-23 12:45

#5 STAR

gacha players ain't beating these allegations, only their balls.

HooterAtlas2026-01-23 12:27

I love this so much. I wish we had more tall males. I want them as my army and my bffs.

master089652026-01-23 12:29

……..what about Ifa?Did i miss something

corecenite2026-01-23 12:58

#5 STAR

gacha players ain't beating these allegations, only their balls.

imbusthul2026-01-23 12:31

When are we getting a geo character from Sumeru. Like come on more than half the region in Sumeru is a desert

Hydrazolic2026-01-23 12:32

Varka, my daddy

Apprehensive_Bad_3482026-01-23 12:34

I have both Tartaglia and Ayato but from this lineup the only one I have missing is Neuvilette (I'm coming for your ass Varka). Mr. Iudex always reruns when there's someone else (or a weapon) that I'm saving for 😭

Fit-Application-12026-01-23 12:35

This photo looks so pretty ❤️

TasBlue2026-01-23 12:36

So, out of these guys, are there any truly viable tall bro teams? 🤔

corecenite2026-01-23 12:47

Neuvi/Wrio/Diluc - Baizhu - Ayato - Zhongli

FallenAngelII2026-01-23 12:37

A Non-Emo Anemo!

Gyaru_Enjoyer2026-01-23 12:39

And it only took *checks notes*...five years!

brewstercafe2026-01-23 12:48

And soon I'll have them all 🙏

caucassius2026-01-23 12:49

xiao erasure

CarbenGenshin2026-01-23 12:54

oh damn i didmnt realize i have almost all of them LMFAO. guess I do have a bias....

meatballFist2026-01-23 12:55

Bro Varka built like a tank and bulkiest

LesserTierArchon2026-01-23 12:56

every single constellation and signature i pulled for is either for these guys themselves or their teammates/supports

blearutone2026-01-23 12:56

5 of these are my favourite characters from their elements lol, I so have a type (the remaining 2 being Skirk for Cryo and Arle for Pyro).

moohaitham2026-01-23 13:00

the others are tall while varka is TALL

_InFiNiTy162026-01-23 13:01

One of them are not limited....

Bow user nowhere in sight, Neuvi gotta let Childe take some spotlight this time

leafrek2026-01-23 15:41

“Bow users nowhere in sight” mentions Childe a few words after….

_InFiNiTy162026-01-23 15:46

Yeah, he isn't exactly bow either tbh

Hoochie_Daddy2026-01-23 13:06

It’s actually fucking embarrassing that it took this long

artheo4w2026-01-23 13:18

now we just need male child models, not bennet small, like klee small

CyborgLynn2026-01-23 14:24

MEN 💦👅

Monkey_Meteor2026-01-23 15:45

And you can't play them in the same team :( you need girls to synergize with them.