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The story centered around most of the characters involved in this banner run already appeared a few months ago. Lynette is fine as is Kinich but you'd think with such a long time without a rerun Charlotte might have wanted an appearance. And unlike the other times miHoYo reran her, Chevreuse actually appeared in the recent event.
Anyway Kujou Sara always reruns with the Raiden Shogun so that's not a surprise. Sara is basically the Shogun's best buffer and she needs the added help keeping her Burst consistent. Personally I prefer the character I thought miHoYo should be running this time but they put her on the unfortunate Chronicled Wish banner instead. The Shogun had actually already reran and also with Kinich a few months ago so this feels like a mistake.
Thoma feels like a good choice to pair with Kinich. One of the things that hurts Kinich's performance is that his attacks force him to circle around the enemy so if that enemy has AoE attacks then Kinich is a sitting duck. Thoma just happens to have abilities that compliment this because his application of Pyro comes from a Pyro shield. Kinich's attacks run off of reacting to Pyro so Thoma can both protect him and help him reach his damage potential.
(Actually it turns out this new banner is only 1 character off from just being a literal rehash of that previous run I link above.)
Finally Lynette.... well she is a freebie character you can get just by playing the game. I forget what the requirement was but you will definitely get her for free. She's the regional freebie miHoYo started setting up back in Sumeru a few years ago. You get a free Collei there, then Lynette for Fontaine and now Kachina in Natlan. This is also why she doesn't get her own trial. Also just like Collei and Kachina she's not really that good lol. Hey at least she makes sense for the banner because she does appear in the event!
In terms of this banner I'd only really recommend going for Kinich so if you have him I'd save up for the new Skirk and Dahlia releasing in the next version. But what did you decide on?
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