what super niche weapon do you think would secretly be a banger addition to genshin

I predict Gaunlets. We learned from an event that Natlan has shadow boxing Techniques. This means they very likely have punching based characters and therefore possible gaunlet users in the future. Edit: Yes People I am aware of Melee Catalyst being Added. But it does open doors for alternative uses of Catalyst. Like...a Gun.

First things that came to my mind while reading the title: Gauntlets, Hammers and chains. 2 out 3 but i gotta say that hammers could be mixed up with claymores, like the scythe and polearms.

5:06 Actually, Itto kicks with one of his attacks

Whoa! The game actually found a way to introduce bare fisted/gauntlet type movesets without needing to create a new weapon category. I'm excited for Heizou now.

I don’t think characters utilizing kicks along with their fists is as big of an issue as you said it would be. You can keep the weapons as fists only while allowing their model to throw in some kicks as hits. Honkai already does it with Fu Hua involving some kicks in her rapid strikes, whilst still only having gauntlets as their equip-able weapon. Fists would easily be the likeliest candidate to me due to the large amount of real life counterparts to reference, and a potentially unique charged attack mechanic similar to Carole’s in Honkai.

5:08 but Itto's third normal atk is a kick and even with his burst buff, the animation doesn't change and he does a kick with geo dmg, the same could be done with fist weapons

Love that catalysts will cover hand to hand styles, it really does fix the issues addressed by a whole new gauntlet weapon class

5:06, as an Itto main, in the third one of his four basic attacks he sticks his claymore in the ground and uses it as a support to fling his legs and kick the opponent. His leg even has the trail that weapons leave behind when swinging.

Out of all of these choices, I think gauntlets have the highest chance of becoming a weapon type. But not small, glove-like, gauntlets. I think they would be huge and clunky like Vi from League of Legends

Heizou's release has pretty much confirmed my long time theory that there won't be new weapon types. Catalysts are the perfect way to make any kind weapon animations that aren't currently in the game without having to rework old systems. Whips, guns, charkram, hand to hand would all be easily implemented as the style of attacks from a catalyst. We've already seen at least one hammer in game (debate club). Axes could also just be lumped in with claymores if they decided to add some. There is little to no reason to actually add a new weapon type.

I always said from the moment I saw Ayaka and Sara, there should be a fan weapon. Hand fan weapon woukd be so cool.

I would love to see 2 sword users. It'll be faster than 1 sword, versatile and easy to fit the genshin aesthetics. Daggers would also be nice. It is the closest to hand to hand combat, but also can be thrown :)

Speaking of Honkai, they’re literally adding a Chakram character next update which I think is interesting because not only is it a weapon type that would fit Sumeru, but the character themselves looks a lot like a character that would appear in Sumeru, almost more like a Genshin character than a Honkai character. For anyone curious, her name is Pardofelis and people are already calling her adult Diona because of her cat thematic lol.

Gauntlets are cool, but I always imagined a catalyst user that infuses their fist with an element.

I’ve always thought an actual shield weapon would be cool, though shields are considered a role, not a weapon. Most users are simple supports, with even a set that utilises distributing the shield users Def/Hp to others/converting it for others, like other supports in game can do. They would hit weak, but if you hold a shield, you could block weak attacks and projectiles/take less damage from lethal attacks, or DPS made users (characters like Noufumi in shield hero is an example of a heavy damage dealer) wouldn’t be able to take lethal hits like support based, and probably not make a shield like other units, but could focus on rush attacks. Tho they wouldn’t come too often, DPS shield users, as the rest focus on shield, absorbing, healing, application, converting or sharing % of stats, etc.

Ooh I'd love to see a scythe since it's my favorite type of weapon ever Just seeing a scythe get spun around is why I like it Chain whip also fits the Egyptian vibe that sumeru gives off because you know... Whips

I just want a fistfight character. Just for the personality. Imagine itto throwing hands. Functionality wise, probably heavy hitting like the claymore, a bit fast, but much smaller range. I dunno, I'd just wanna see it for funsies Edit: I should stop commenting before watching videos lmao, yes this was akin to the gauntlet suggestion. Maybe if the shoes would be too complicated, the character would be purely a boxer?

Chain whips sound surprisingly possible and refreshing, I think the biggest problem is actually "brand recognition", like if you say chain or whip, is super niche, is better to just use the term "rope". since is more broad. As for gauntlets, gameplay wise I don't think kicks matter that much, since that sounds like moves for specific character animations (like Zhongli or Itto), there is also some build up with some name drops here and there, also the fact of opening tons of collab units since there are lots and lots of characters that straight up don't use weapons, also makes the heavy attack niche more broad, since you can only use overload, geo or claymores for that, things that aren't very flexible or common to use. Though, visuals are pretty inflexible for that weapon type.

The gauntlet part aged so well 🍷and so soon. except there is no gauntlet.

I like the idea of axes having melee normal attacks and a ranged charged attack. Not only does it remind me of God of War 4, it allows for the weapon itself to take on different shapes like a throwing hammer, a boomerang, a throwing dagger, a kama sickle, or just a normal tomahawk.

I think it's gonna be the Kusarigama (a chain with a sickle on one end and heavy weight on another), with this, Mihoyo can introduce a new hybrid weapon type (kinda like Childe). You can hit the enemies from mid-range (further than sword but shorter than bow) with the weight and hook enemies towards you when doing charge attack with the sickle. At close range, you will hit with the sickle. Imagine how sick(le) it would be!

Long axes and scythes can just be added into the polearm categories. They're similar enough in shape and usage.

for the gauntlets… a type of putting them away could be smashing them together, or stomping on the ground. these are actually a lot more easy to deal with then you put them to be, as having a character land while punching the ground (making some kind of element do something with the ground around them) could be a good way to plunge. In fighting terms, it would be a unpopular option in terms of usefulness- yet that doesn’t matter to some, the cool look with gain it popularity. You can only focus on one target at a time, which harms its mobility. Overall, I like this choice.

I actually think the scythe could be cool as a new weapon. It could be a mix between pole arms and claymores.

I think there’ll be more characters w/ weapon stance changing abilities like Childe and Raiden so maybe there could be a “gauntlet” catalyst user eventually

Chain whip really does fit the game! While watching this, I quickly remembered about my original character and thinking of having a collaboration with genshin (lmao), anyway, I think, chain whip will be like the changing weapon mechanics just like shogun and itto, for example, when a polearm character uses their burst, it will turn into something like chain whip....that's what I think...but having it as a new weapon type will be really great!

I would absolutely love to see Chain weapons or fists. Unique from the other weapons and potential for interesting attack strings

The new 4* char Heizou actually could wield gauntlets. His attacks are punches and kicks, only they deal elemental dmg. So I think if they wanted to make gauntlets, either this is the first step towards it, or they would just make ppl using martial arts catalyst users and have them punch electricity or smth.

Honestly, dual wielding swords is something I always like in games. I feel like the difference you could make between dual wield and one handed is attack speed and damage. Each individual attack is weaker, but you hit twice as fast. It is interesting how you talk about how Genshin’s more realistic and grounded sorta prevents more flashy stuff like other games. I think FGO is one example for me. Despite a servant being put into a certain class, they many times are distinct enough from each other with some wilder concepts. Such as swords for arrows, fire weapons out of a portal, or just tossing random shit at the enemy.

5:00 doesn’t itto kick enemies in his 3rd normal attack? he uses his claymore to lift himself up and kick his foes.

Heizou: allow me to introduce myself...

Gosh, I know it comes with complications, but I’ve fallen in love with the idea of gauntlets and the inclusion of hand to hand combat. I had always preferred claymores over swords and polearms because even though it’s slow, it hits heavy. With the gauntlet, though it’s range is short, I imagine it having rather quick and strong attacks, and with skills that infuse or deal elemental damage, I would 100% welcome gauntlets to the game. Also, though it’s not a claymore at all, would a big war hammer fit the claymore’s animations?

Guns or Muskets would fit in a hybrid Melee and Ranged Weapon style, mainly in you can just give Bayonet to a Musket and have Normal Attacks being Melee Attacks but able to do an aimed shot. However Aimed Shots from Guns would be different for Bows, like for starters it travels faster and doesn't arc too much, and characters can only shoot when the gun is fully charged or similar to bow's elemental aimed shot. Basically look at Samurai Warrior franchise character Magoichi Saika.

The possibility of roping enemies in (or chaining yourself to them) with chain whips sounds like it could be a great solution to the problem I, (and many others) have with teleporting enemies; they also just sound dope as hell, especially with how flashy they could be.

I think that the rope/chain weapon idea is awesome and I would love to see it in game, as there would be a lot of ways to make characters have unique animations for them and being able to move enemies around would also be cool. It would also mean that we have more crowd control options if we could use ropes/chains to move enemies

They already have crossbows from treasure hoarders so it be cool to have characters with it as a weapon

5:00 actually itto kick enemys with his normal attacks

I feel Fans and whips would be super cool because you could have throwable fans like crosses in Honkai

Another idea I had is a staff which acts basically as a claymore catalyst hybrid with elemental infused melee/short range attacks and a lot of aoe (like hitting the ground with it to produce a shockwave). It would just go on the back like polearms and their simplicity in design I think makes them VERY easy to make skins for due to them pretty much coming from fantasy entirely (not bo staffs, magic staffs). The only problem I can think of in terms of design is the fact that they'd probably need to make contact with the ground which makes animating difficult because genshin isn't flat like honkai is in terms of terrain

I always felt like the fatui soldiers were given the weapon types that were once considered for gameplay, but were ultimately cut. Guns, hammers, staffs, gauntlets and dual blades. They're all pretty good ideas but maybe they didn't have as much potential as the ones we did get.

I think shields could be a unique weapon addition to genshin. some creativity might be needed for the combat animations unless they wanted those characters to have a sword or something as well, but it would be very easy to differentiate from the other weapons, and wouldn’t have weird character interactions like gauntlets, or be too flashy like scythes or whips. it could even be neat to have a unique charged attack where they block with the shield instead of a normal charged attack.

With the chain whip idea, I think it would be a pretty neat machanic if you could use it like normal, but also aim where's you want the blade/ball to go. Like you can group a bunch of enemies and then aim it and aim the weapon at said group.

Really love your idea about chainwhips and think that it would be really badass, but unfortunatly really niche have as a full on weapon type. My thoughts is that they can add something like you said "meele-range" where by tapping you just hit in front of you, but by holding attack you will throw weapon. (still can be easilly implemented with any melle weapon type as a character moveset) As for the guns, they are will be unique, cuz all ranged weapons right now have limitation of projectile speed, while guns would hit instant. And on hold they might have any type of unique mechanics, that might even be dependend on a weapon equiped by character (another unique feature) for example one weapon will charge shot and deal one target hard hit, another might start shooting fast weak shots, another might on hold leave a cloud of elemental damage, like fatui do.

We have some precedence for bombs (Klee, Aloy, that one section in Amber's story) so I feel like they'd be a good candidate for expansion. Also guns could be a happy medium between bows and catalysts: aimable projectiles that don't need charging.

on the argument of gauntlet and kick, while it is true that there is none char that kick the enemy but there is already many char that have kick animation, which mean they don't shy away from using kick so only thing they need to do is connect the kick into a hit. The main problem i'm worry about gauntlet is combo, gauntlet user is famous for having chain of combo, which is also one of the reason why they are a fan favorite, but mhy is making it very clear that they want the game to be casual friendly so adding something like combo might make it seem complicate for those really casual or new player as char with combo usually have learning curve. edit: a slight correction, Itto do kick his enemy so the redflaim problem about kick is not so valid anymore

One thing you could do with daggers is make them melee/ranged hybrid weapons if you also allow for characters to throw knives. In that case you could also design weapon/character abilities around that by combining different types of attacks

FINALLY! SOMEONE WHO SHARES MY EXACTLY THOUGHT! I've seen people voting for these other weapon types and I've always thought that chain whips would be the best addition to make. One of the best animations I've seen with these wepon type was the Castlevania animation series.

Even if new weapon types aren't added, it would be cool to see new movesets or variations implemented on existing ones. Honkai's Darkbolt Jonin and Flame Sakitama use the same weapon type, but one of them dual wields while the other single wields, and all that would be needed is to duplicate the weapon model for the second hand.

I personally feel it would be something from Honkai, Which would be Gauntlets, Scythe, or Lances. Gauntlets having the same U.I. Fu Hua has with punches and kicks letting us combo, Scythes being able to pull enemies towards us and keeping them always in our hit range, and lances might take the throw mechanic.

5:00 to 5:10 Heizou: Let me introduce myself

I’m surprised there aren’t a lot more people talking about Chakrams. They’re weapons that are meele and ranged. They seem like they’d have really beautifully animated combos close up and afar

Since catalyst is the only magic weapon type out of the 5, i'd like the idea of expanding that category; Guns, staves, and magic gauntlets come into mind.

Honestly, I can see scythes as a new category, mainly because Honkai already makes that difference between Seele/Rita's scythes and Durandal's lance. While Seele does play more with teleportation, Rita's original battlesuits don't really do that and simply do quick strikes, although with a weapon that has the coverage of a claymore and the speed of a polearm might either lead to an unbalanced mess. Gauntlets are also a viable candidate due to the multiple styles they can do and how they already have experience with Fu Hua, also it's very likely that we'll see those in Natlan, considering the character's lack of weapon. The chained blade might be a bit trickier, mainly cuz game physics and its possible exploration exploits, and chakrams might offer unique styles, they could also just have characters dual wield swords and throw them at a target just like a chakram. If anything, I think an elemental staff could be another candidate, a ranged weapon like a catalyst by throwing and charging elemental attacks but the melee properties of a sword that unleashes quick waves or arcs to push enemies away. This is like full fantasy and their normal attacks might not be properly set, but it could bridge the gap between swords and catalysts

Funny thing is, i read the title and thought “Meteor hammer” (Basically a chain whip, but with a ball of metal on the end) Mostly due to yelan’s attack animation haveing similar qualities basically, her 4th or 5th auto attack, she kicks her bow straight out and yoinks it back by a “rope” if you look closer, the “rope” is around her right arm, while it’s her left that catches it

We actually have a model who uses an axe. The female treasure hoarder. She was used in one of the mini games in the fleeting colours in flight event. I don't know if she's appeared any other time but she does exist.

Here's some food for thought and rambling: Since the catalysts are considered a wild card, them have some melee catalysts too? Imagine an unarmed fighter have a catalyst float nearby, infusing their strikes with elemental power. I agree with the chain whip being a unique style, but the base 5 can be reimagined into plenty of other weapons. Catalysts open many new styles. Claymores are now the catch all for heavy weapons, with things like large greatswords, the debate club, and a fish. Scythe wanters will probably be satisfied if they made a one a claymore. There are so many more influences the main 5 can have. Tangent here also, where the hell are the 3 star Inazuma weapons?

Introducing a new weapon type to the game would also mean introducing a new class of characters who can wield it, so it isnt really that much added work from introducing new characters of the same weapon class since a lot of the attack animations are mostly character specific, unless otherwise. Besides, its in favor of both the company (more oportunities to rob whales of their money) and the player base (more new and fresh conteny, since its getting really boring lately)

Now that Heizou has essentially allowed Catalysts to include gauntlets I'm just kinda disappointed it didn't exist sooner

I absolutely love the Sparring Weapons type ( fists and kicks ) like Balrog in DMC5 The kick mode animations are so good.

Gauntlet is most likely to be the next weapon type. I still remember the Phantom Flow event in 2.0, the NPC told us some information about the boxing skills in Natlan, and Iansan in their main story PV also shows the possibility of martial arts combat in the future. Besides, I've envisaged some possible moves on gauntlet: Normal attack sets will perform combos up to 8 hits due to its limitation in attack range; Attack while sprinting could release a dash punching or kicking while rushing towards the opponent; Holding the attack button could release elemental energy blast towards the opponent at a distance; Falling attack could release ground smash and this move could break the orbs easily like claymore.

Really interesting and well thought out video! I'd thought that something like a flail would be a cool addition, but chain whips would open up so many more options for character animations and fighting styles. You've definitely sold me on that idea haha!

Video : no character touches the enemy with his body Heizou: am I a joke to you

on the contrary, i think Gauntlets would be a fun addition. i don't even care about usability, and i know this video was made before Heizou was even leaked, but i've been playing with Heizou and i freakin' love his schtick. the martial arts visuals and loop of weaving in between attacks to build his declension bonus for his haymaker to deal huge damage (i've only got level 6 on his skill and i'm hitting for 20K on the anemo damage) and then releasing his massive soccerball kick is super, super fun. also, in regards to the point made about characters not making contact with the enemy with their body, Itto literally does a sideways kick for his 3rd attack in his normal combo. he also kicks his sword to give it more oomph, like Beidou does, but those are semantics. Gauntlets wouldn't even need to be specifically hand-shaped, they could go the way of Yang from RWBY with the sliding plates that just sort of envelop her knuckles, or a similar kind of deal with a bar-handle thing. gripes aside, some sort of whip comes to mind as a probable new addition, if any at all were to be implemented. it'd be super cool if they were to add a chain sword as a 5 star, but i feel like the visuals on that would be a logistical nightmare. a weapon i didn't see mentioned at all would be a dagger or other knife-adjacent weapon, being quick, probably with a longer-than-normal auto attack combo, and perhaps having an emphasis on debuffs. Though to be honest, i'd just want a character that has proper stealth mechanics. imagine they go invisible like Yelan (does she even go invisible, actually?), but you can sneak attack enemies for massively increased damage from behind. the only other weapon type i could imagine would be a shield. I know it sounds like a stretch to imagine them adding enough characters to warrant implementing and using a defensive tool as a weapon, but it would be really interesting to see the kind of stuns or innate bonuses to defense or something that may arise from their combos and heavy attacks.

I played Honkai for a bit and immediately fell in love with Fu Hua's double button combo style with her gauntlets. They're a weapon that I still think would mesh fantastically into Genshin, and kicks could maybe be weaker parts of a combo as filler; after all, it's just a kick, not the gauntlets themselves. I never thought about chain whips, though. Seeing the Terraria weapons scroll by did make me realize, "Wow, they really do have a lot of potential."

On the topic of gauntlets, I feel they could just have catalyst characters use melee fighting techniques, and have their catalysts empower their moves, portrayed using either holographic projections parented to arms and legs, or sweeping arcs of elemental energy (that can double as cool anime-esque motion lines) with their own mid-range hitbox, that don't have to adhere to the characters' body structures. That would dispel all the problems that hold back gauntlets visually, as well as being able to implement kicks like Gilgamesh (DMC4) or Balrog (DMC5). Also, chain whips/rope darts is a welcome addition to any melee fighting game in my book. EDIT: CAN'T BELEIVE I ACCIDENTALLY PREDICTED HEIZOU'S ENTIRE KIT LMAO

There is one character in a game called Elsword, her name is Laby and she uses a mirror as a Catalyst abut instead of elemental projectiles, she punches the air causing an explosion of energy where the punch lands. This could be and idea of "gauntlets" (sorry for my bad english)

On the idea of guns, I think something like a Shougun would be an interesting choice. Now I'm not expecting like a standard Shougun to make the cut, but I could see a sort of like a powder based shotgun where when reloading, a character puts in elemental powder of their vision into where a shell would go. I also think this could be a thing of both long and short range where it's viable to get close, but you can't stay close. I donno, it's just more of an unlikely hope, but I can't help but share.

Chakrams dont have to be niche, they could be a stand in for any throwing or throwing/returning weapon. Chakrams, axes, throwing knives, boomerangs, they can all be fit into the same category. All those same items can be swapped and the animation will still make sense in Genshin, where weapons teleport back to you.

I'd actually love seeing a bard class that uses Lyres or Air Horns as weapons

I think it'd be cool to have chain whips/rope darts, and it could include not only a ball or spike at the end, but it could be a sickle on the end, like how Thresh uses. So much weapon variety as well as being unique and stylish!

I would love a weapon type with an aimed teleport charged attack, would fit dagger(s), I think. Then the movesets could incorporate more teleports accompanied by dagger throws, zipping all over the place and using the moveset to dodge. Even the charged attack could be used to teleport away, especially if it comes with an auto-targeted dagger throw at the end. Ohh, and make the plunge attacks cool too, those are a nice way to add some variation like with Keqing. Your axes/hammers/chakrams and chainwhip sections could also merge with these concepts, perhaps varying how each character uses the class.

whenever i imagined gauntlets in genshin, i always imagined them as short to mid range type of weapons with their primary attacks being ranged elemental shots, like the character punches and instead of the weapon directly hitting the opponent, a fire fist would hit them instead

I doubt there will be any new weapon types, thanks to characters like Tartaglia and Raiden we have gotten elemental skills and bursts that change their weapon types, this is a better way of doing it, you can have a catalyst user busting out a whip when they activate their burst or a claymore user straight up using a gun, this system allows for more flexible characters designs and pretty much any weapon you can imagine.

I honestly don’t know why but sayu would be insane with a scythe

For the gantlet thingy and the kicking ITTO has a animation that’s a kick just counted as phys/geo (from his burst”

I doubt a new weapon type will be introduced with Sumeru because of the new element, but I definitely think they will have to add new weapon types after Sumeru if they don't want things to become too stale. I can see Fontaine introducing us to guns. And maybe gauntles or whips for Natlan

Do you agree that Hoyoverse should make a 4* & 5* club weapon for claymore users? I mean, it's looks pretty good but why only the debate club? Haha

I really like your idea with chain whip!!!

With fontaine being all steampunk it would make sense to introduce a new weapon type with that region. But man I would love some gauntlets and chains

Genshin Fandom: "We want gauntlets to be added to the game." Hoyo: "Here have a Heizou."

I would like to point out that Itto has a kick in one of his normal attacks. I think it’s his third normal attack?

Greatshields could have interesting combos i think, you could have the user use the shield as both a weapon and leverage to throw themselves around in the attacks. A heavy short range cannon could also be interesting if implemented well

Chain scythes similar to one's from dauntless are an idea I'd like to see in genshin. I'd love to see some attacks that mhy would make with them

I would love something with actual range, like a longbow or crossbow!

floating blades of some sort could be such a cool weapon type in genshin. i know zhongli and xingqiu already invoke this, but could you imagine how cool it'd be to see a character actively wielding floating blades like theresa from honkai, which is also produced by hoyoverse. since it's a really fantastical concept, they could really put a unique spin on it to differentiate its gameplay from the other weapon types

I agree that a chain whip would be a great addition to Genshin !! I actually have an Adeptus oc that uses a rope of thorned roses in their ULT, and I discovered that the combat style really suits the game

Can't wait to see a Pyro chain user yelling GET OVER HERE as he pulls an enemy closer.

In Honkai Impact some gauntlets characters have combo moves that uses normal attack botton and ult botton. So having a character that the burst costs 10 energy and can store up to 6 or 8 and different order of attacks will have different effects would be cool. Gauntlets can also have punch blades or have a small shield (buckler) to parry enemy attacks A spear chain (kinda like madoka magica anime) that can extend or retract. Can grab small enemies into you or can latch to larger enemies so you can yeet yourself into them

🌸😹It is quite an intriguing thought, and I would hope MiHoYo introduces a new weapon type, such as scythe!😹🌸

I'd love to see maybe whips (since we've seen Signora use this during her boss battle), but I think it'd be niche and limited a small pool of all the Genshin characters. I love the idea of a whip sword as a skill/burst like Ivy's sword/whip from Soul Caliber.

Scythes can just be the standard Polearm, but reskinned Dual wielding can depend on the character, like one character can dual wield the Jade Cutter without creating a new architype. Guns however can't be reskinned like bows catalysts, and so must be a brand new weapon type. Another would be weapon and shield, which would arguably a bit tough to implement unless it's unique to the character.

I want guns, gauntlets, anything with a shield, and lances (I mean heavy ones. a jousting lance like Durandal's weapons in honkai, I REALLY hope "pointy stick" is not too close to polearm to disqualify it...) Gun is doable with damage falloff. You'd be surprised how much damage falloff can negate the range advantage in a game. By your logic, bow already would break the game's design just because we can attack far. Anyway, consider this. If we have close-range elemental skill/ult, the range advantage is "lost" because it only applies to basic atk. Another option. Weapon bashing or bayonets. You'd need to risk and move closer to get the extra hits. Lore-wise, I don't know all the lore but Teyvat doesn't seem to have the best technology for gunpowder and stuff. Except maybe the fatui has better stuff. Not us though! That's another reason it can be justified. For me it would be poggers if we had pistol + some one-handed blade for huge comboing potential. And it's more grounded than full-blown snipers. or Kiana gun kata LMAO Gauntlets/"boots" are possible, why would there be an unspoken rule about contact? Also animations are no problem. The characters ltterally can whisk their weapon out of existence! Just fade the gauntlets (and/or boots) out of the hands. The weapons can be folded into a pack or something if you really need them on the back. For weapon display it's easy for the character to show its fists or lift a leg to show a boot. The camera is not too far up. I don't think there will be crossbows, gunblades or scythes. Crossbow fall too close to bows. Gunblade no because it's too special for genshin. Scythes as you said it's not very doable to do it like honkai.

look at heizou leak :D

My input. I feel as though Gauntlets would be fantastic for a few major reasons. If you look at character design in Genshin, there is a link between Weapon type and base stats and multipliers. It seems to be it's highest with Claymore dropping off with Swords, Polearms, Bows, and Catalysts (with exceptions of course), it differs for other stats but adding a new weapon type would lead to so much room for diversity. I feel Monks (Bracers, Fighters, or whatever), Gauntlet users would have high hp and def, and either low multipliers with multiple hit combos or high multipliers with heavy slugs. I'd prefer the former. Like a catalyst user, with low damage Normals but devastating charge attacks.

I've actually been wondering for a while what it would be like to have scythes in the game, there's also actually a decent variety of them and I feel like the combat would be pretty cool.

I feel gauntlets and greaves should have been used in place of artifacts, used along side armor that gives buffs, that way, we can better understand what they do, even if they don't visually change anything, it would be more interesting in my mind

5:05 i really disagree with this point i think it’s a non-problem. the other animations don’t ever solely use hand to hand combat because… they’re not hand to hand combat weapons lol. it’s not an unspoken rule it just logically follows that a bow character is gonna use their bow during attacks. i promise you, no dev at mihoyo is gonna push back on this, that would be stupid asf.

I really wish for a melee/ranged hybrid - the one that gives you enough range to attack enemies somewhat afar, but you still have to move around to kite wider enemy attacks. Although whips would be kinda weird to see, it's a pretty could idea. What do you think about throwing weapon like knives or shuriken?

i always thought about weapons like shurikens. They would be like some sort of physical catalist. I would love to see them in game