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Seasoned gatcha gamers would not have been surprised to see Keqing, the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing, announced as one of the banner characters for Genshin Impact 1.3.

To others, she might have been unexpected, since miHoYo has been releasing new 5* characters all this while on their limited banners, while Keqing has been in the game since launch.

If you're a Free-to-play (F2P) player saving up your primogems for Hu Tao or a future character, it would be wise to stay away from Keqing's banner. But if you're anywhere in the class of dolphins to leviathans, here are five reasons you could consider wishing for the Electro swordswoman in the Dance of Lanterns banner that starts on 17 February.

1. Electro is overdue a buff

Pyro Melt or Vaporize team comps have been all the rage recently, with the Cryo bow user Ganyu causing many to worry about power creep when she was released. Bundle that with Xiao's insane damage potential, and Zhongli's buffs which pretty much allow you to use him as main DPS (attacker), there is a slight worry that the OG 5* characters will get left behind.

When you factor in the new buffs to Geo overall, there does seem to be little space for Electro, the element of choice for early game. Characters like Razor, Beidou, Fischl and Keqing, who excelled on the path to AR 45, start to require more specific team setups to get the most of them. Meanwhile, Diluc is still smashing things, Klee is still happy blowing things up, and Tartaglia recently got new Hydro artifacts to play around with.