Genshin Impact 4.6 leaks: Arlecchino Nerf/Buff and changes in Beta

Arlecchino changes and buff
This article covers changes to Arlecchino's kit in Genshin Impact 4.6 Beta (Image via HoYoverse)

Selected Genshin Impact players worldwide are currently testing Arlecchino in version 4.6 Beta. They have disclosed several details about the abilities and gameplay of this upcoming 5-star Pyro character. Following the first week of testing, the developers seem to have made certain changes to Arlecchino's kit, especially her Normal and Charged Attacks.

The latest information from Genshin Delta has indicated that the scaling of one of Arlecchino's abilities has been recently revised, providing her with a decent damage buff. Furthermore, prominent leaker hxg_diluc has also revealed some modifications. Let's take a look at the leaked changes in this article below.

Note: Some aspects of this article are based on leaks and are subject to change. Readers are advised to take the information with a grain of salt.


Genshin Impact 4.6 leaks show Arlecchino buff, changes, and more

Fresh leaks from Genshin Delta have shed light on the changes that have reportedly been made to Arlecchino's abilities after the first week of Genshin Impact's 4.6 Beta. Following the leak of Arlecchino's floating ability, this new piece of information suggests that she has received a new damage buff.

The buff mentioned above pertains to her Normal and Charged Attack powers, particularly the Masque of the Red Death ability. However, before diving into the change, let's first look at what it does.

According to Hakush.in, the description of Arlecchino's "In Praise of Shadows and the Masque of the Red Death" ability reads:

"When Arlecchino has a Bond of Life equal to or greater than 30% of her Max HP, she will enter the "In Praise of Shadows" state, where her Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks will be converted to deal Pyro DMG. This cannot be overridden. When in the "In Praise of Shadows" state, Arlecchino's Normal Attacks will be converted to "Masque of the Red Death": When she hits an opponent, this attack will deal extra DMG that scales off her ATK multiplied by her current Bond of Life percentage. This will consume 5.5% of said current Bond of Life. A Bond of Life can be consumed this way every 0.03s."

The effect allows Arlecchino to deal increased damage based on the Bond of Life status effect. The Masque of the Red Death deals additional damage that scales off the remaining value of the Bond of Life. Therefore, the higher the bond amount left, the more her damage will be.

Previously, she would drain 5.5% of the bond. However, Genshin Delta has suggested that this has been tweaked to 4% in Genshin Impact's 4.6 Beta test. As such, she will have more Bond of Life left after the drain, causing the change to buff her damage.

Furthermore, less bond consumption will also increase Arlecchino's survivability in Genshin Impact.


Aside from this, hxg_diluc has revealed that a few changes have also been made to Arlecchino's Elemental Burst, Constellations, and her signature weapon in Genshin Impact's 4.6 Beta.

It is expected that Arlecchino's leaked healing abilities will now be triggered by using her Burst, instead of her Elemental Skill, as was the case previously.

Moreover, Arlecchino's Constellations have received the following changes:

  • C1: The developers have added interruption resistance to her kit via this Constellation.
  • C2: Blood-Debt Directives will now be of level 3 when applied. Earlier it would be of level 2.
  • C6: The damage multiplier of 500% has now been increased to 2000%.

Lastly, the leaker disclosed that the developers may have also made some adjustments to her signature weapon, Crimson Moon's Semblance in Genshin Impact's 4.6 Beta. As per the information, its passive effect will now grant a Bond of Life worth 18% of max HP, instead of 25%.


Following the above-mentioned changes, Arlecchino also underwent some major modifications, as revealed by Hakush.in. The new tweaks in Genshin Impact's 4.6 Beta are pertaining to her Masque of the Red Death ability, Elemental Skill, Elemental Burst, and her Constellations.

The Masque of the Red Death ability has now been updated to the following:

"When Arlecchino has a Bond of Life equal to or greater than 20% of her Max HP, she will enter the "Masque of the Red Death" state, where her Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks will be converted to deal Pyro DMG. This cannot be overridden. When in the "Masque of the Red Death" state, Arlecchino's Normal Attacks will deal extra DMG to opponents on hit that scales off her ATK multiplied by a certain ratio of her current Bond of Life percentage. This will consume 6.5% of said current Bond of Life. Her Bond of Life can be consumed this way every 0.05s. When her Bond of Life is consumed in this manner, All is Ash's CD will decrease by 0.8s."

Aside from adjusting the scaling and description of the ability, the developers seem to have added an effect that can help reduce the duration of Arlecchino's Skill.

Furthermore, her Elemental Skill changes have buffed it so that it can apply Bond of Life on the character more often, resulting in higher damage output. However, it appears she has now lost the ability to heal via her Skill, which has now been made part of her Burst.

As per leaks from Hakush.in, Arlecchino's Elemental Burst will now restore her HP based on the value of Bond of Life affecting her and her attack.

The leakers also mentioned some changes to her Constellations in Genshin Impact:

  • C1: The Masque of the Red Death ability is enhanced further by 120%.
  • C2: Blood-Debt Directives are now already Blood-Debt Due when applied.
  • C4: The C4 effect has been changed so that whenever Arlecchino absorbs a Blood-Debt Directive, she will restore 15 energy and reduce the countdown of her Burst by 2 seconds.
  • C6: The scaling has now been nerfed to 700%.

The renowned leaker FouL has disclosed the latest changes made to Arlecchino in Genshin Impact's 4.6 Beta testing. According to them, a few alterations were made to her scaling in v4.5.53. Let's go through these latest changes:

  • The previously mentioned change regarding Arlecchino's signature weapon has now rolled back. The polearm will now grant a Bond of Life worth 25% again.
  • The developers seem to have nerfed the multiplier for her Normal and Charged Attacks.
  • Infusion activation of the Bond of Life has now been reverted from 20% to 30%.
  • The Bond of Life consumption has further been increased to 7.5%, which is a minor nerf.
  • The max stack directive recovery of Bond of Life is now increased to 130%.
  • Lastly, the developers seem to have reduced the scaling of her C1 again to 100%.

TeamMew has revealed some changes made to Arlecchino in the last week of Genshin Impact's 4.6 Beta test. It affects her C1 and Masque of the Red Death ability. Let's look at the tweaks:

  • Masque of the Red Death is further buffed with a value of 100%.
  • When under the effects of the aforementioned ability, Arlecchino will get resistance to interruption when performing Normal and Charged Attacks.

More details about Arlecchino will soon be disclosed in Genshin Impact's 4.6 Special Program livestream.

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