ZZZ Top Up

For most players, the answer is **save aggressively through 5.6 unless you have a specific team gap** — Raiden Shogun is the one exception worth spending on. The April 25 livestream confirmed Phase 1 features Escoffier and Navia, Phase 2 brings Kinich and Raiden, and the Snezhnaya Harbinger pipeline — Skirk in 5.7, Durin in 6.2, Sandrone and Columbina potentially in 6.7 — makes 2026 the most Primogem-demanding stretch in the game's history. Every pull you spend on a niche 5.6 banner is a pull you won't have for Skirk.

Ellen Joe returns on the **Mellow Waveride** Exclusive Signal Search banner in Zenless Zone Zero Version 2.1, with A-Rank rate-ups Soukaku and Seth alongside her. Short answer: **pull if you lack a strong Ice DPS and have 75+ pulls saved or pity carryover**. Skip if your roster already covers that role or you're saving for something more critical. Worst-case cost is 180 pulls (28,800 Polychrome) for a guaranteed Ellen — here's everything you need to decide.

Quick clarification upfront: Version 5.6 runs **May 7 to June 17, 2026** — not March 2026. The **March 2026** angle comes from Version 6.4 leak data, where Escoffier gets her first rerun (March 17–April 7, 2026). Both are covered here. Phase 1 brings new 5★ Cryo Escoffier and 4★ Anemo Ifa alongside Navia's rerun; Phase 2 delivers Kinich and Raiden Shogun reruns. Here's everything you need before spending a single Primogem.

Citlali is worth pulling in Genshin Impact 6.5 — **if** your roster has a Cryo support gap and you're running Melt or Freeze teams. She's the best off-field Cryo enabler in the current meta: EM-scaling shields, 20% Pyro/Hydro RES shred on reactions, and native Nightsoul synergy with Mavuika and Neuvillette. If none of that applies to you, save your Primogems.

Short answer: top up now if you're within 40 pulls of pity, haven't used your first-purchase bonus yet, or genuinely want Qing'er on your roster. The Celestial Echo banner costs 200 Echo Jades per pull with hard pity at 150 pulls — 30,000 Echo Jades at maximum spend. Limited banners don't come with guaranteed rerun schedules, and the Final Beta Test is confirmed for July 25, 2026. Time is the one resource you can't recharge.

Version 3.1 brings two new limited 5-stars: **Tribbie** (Quantum Harmony) and **Mydei** (Imaginary Destruction). Tribbie is Castorice's best-in-slot support when 3.2 arrives. Mydei is a self-sustaining DPS built for Memory of Chaos. If you're topping up Oneiric Shards for either banner, the first-time bonus on the $49.99 bundle (6,560 Shards, 41 pulls) is your strongest entry point. Here's how to spend smart.