The trailer cuts to a frozen ballroom and you feel the room tilt—someone just whispered Odette’s name. I watched a clip where her silhouette closes on a target and the comments explode. If you follow Genshin leaks, this is the moment you stop scrolling and start collecting primogems.
I’ve tracked leaks, hunted for datamines on HoYoLAB and YouTube, and parsed Hoyoverse teasers so you don’t have to. I’ll walk you through what the leaks say about Odette’s kit, how she plays in a team, and when she lands—so you can decide if you save or spend.
Genshin Impact Odette Overview
At a café last week I watched three players compare banner plans on their phones; Odette’s name was the hottest topic. The leaks position her as a 5-star Cryo swordswoman built to pressure the field from off-stage. She’s described as a sub-DPS who manipulates Stellar reactions, and her kit leans into persistent area damage rather than raw on-hit spikes.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Rarity | 5-Star |
| Element | Cryo |
| Weapon | Sword |
| Attack | – |
| Defense | – |
| HP | – |
| Bonus | – |
Genshin Impact Odette Kit
On a livestream I paused, you could hear the host say, “Her afterimage changed that fight”—and everyone leaned closer. Leaks show Odette summons a Solo Reflection that stays on the field and dishes out AoE Cryo damage; her role reads like an off-field sub-DPS that forces reaction windows for the rest of your team. Her Solo Reflection is a mirror on the battlefield.
Here’s the kit as the leaks describe it — I’ll flag the tactics you should be thinking about:
- Elemental Skill: A graceful dance that deals AoE Cryo and summons a Solo Reflection. If your Reflection is active, casting the skill refreshes it instead. The Reflection alternates between two attack patterns (Featherstep and Wingstep), both AoE Cryo hits. Only one Reflection from Odette can exist at once.
- Andante: Finale at Dawn (special skill while Reflection is nearby): Odette performs a duet with her Reflection that continuously deals AoE Cryo. When the duet ends it triggers one strong AoE Cryo hit counted as a Stellar-Conduct or Stellar-Swirl reaction. While performing the duet you can steer the dance direction—use that for positioning.
- Radiance: Stellar-Spark (skill state): The final duet hit becomes a Stellar reaction; if active while the Reflection remains, both of the Reflection’s attack patterns gain extra reaction damage.
- Elemental Burst: A rapid-dance sequence that fires multiple AoE Cryo instances, summons the Solo Reflection, and grants Dream of the Snow Swan, which raises Odette’s Stellar-Spark reaction damage.
- Ascension Passives:
- The Chosen One’s Spring Rite: Summoning a Solo Reflection grants 4 stacks of Brilliance.
- Brilliance: Each stack raises Stellar-Spark reaction damage by 15% until the Reflection leaves or is resummoned. When Odette is off-field, she loses 1 stack per second and transfers an equal number of stacks to nearby allies.
- Ballad of the Devoted: For every 100 ATK above 1000, Stellar-Spark damage increases by 1.5%, up to +30%.
- Starlit Benediction: Dance of the Silver Dawn: While inside a Polestar Field (or for 8s after triggering Stellar-Swirl) Odette forces party reactions to become Stellar variants and boosts the base damage of those reactions based on her ATK—every 100 ATK adds 0.7% base reaction damage (up to +14%).
When will Odette be released?
Leaks and datamines point to Genshin Impact 7.0, with a playable window around August 12, 2026. That timing aligns with the Snezhnaya rollout on Hoyoverse channels and the usual banner cadence on YouTube and Twitter/X.
What element and weapon does Odette use?
She’s Cryo and wields a sword—built to feed Stellar reactions rather than to solo carry via normal attacks. That means pairing her with catalysts of Hydro, Electro, or Anemo for reaction chains is where you’ll see the value.
Odette Constellations in Genshin Impact
At a con last month a dataminer casually showed constellation screenshots on their phone and you could hear a crowd react. The confirmed leaks show constellations that heavily amplify reaction damage and energy uptime—these are constellation buffs that push her from niche to team-driver. Her constellations are a stacked deck.
- C1: When the Traveler deals Stellar-Flare reaction damage they restore 5 Energy. This can occur once every 0.5s.
- C2: After an ice crystal hits an enemy, the active character gains 60 Elemental Mastery for 5s. If they trigger a Stellar Reaction or deal Stellar-Flare damage during that time, it instead grants 120 Elemental Mastery for the remaining duration.
- C4: Increases Frigid Froststar’s duration by 25%.
- C6: When casting Frozen Spear, each Frostglow stack consumed increases other party members’ Stellar-Flare reaction damage by 5%, stacking up to 40% for 15s.
Odette Release Date in Genshin Impact?
On the forums someone posted a banner schedule screenshot and the time stamp matched multiple leaks. Based on the current signal, Odette should arrive with the 7.0 update—banner fairness and regional marketing on Hoyoverse suggest a release window around August 12, 2026.
If you’re budgeting for her, remember to check codes on Moyens I/O and HoYoLAB giveaways to stack primogems ahead of the banner. Watch official Hoyoverse streams and the Genshin YouTube channel for the exact banner trailer date so you can plan pulls or decide to wait for a rerun.
So what now? Watch the official channels, earmark your primogems if you value Stellar reaction playstyles, and think about who on your roster will trade kills for consistent reaction windows—are you ready to rewrite your banner strategy?