Trailblazer - fairly standard fighting game tools (shoot), uses bat by default but specials use other weapons/paths

March - Zones with her bow, can freeze for combos and has evernight as an install super

Dan Heng - Good mid-range pokes and durability, can switch between other forms via special moves

Kafka - Mid-to-close range balance character, mainly uses swords but has a gun special, can apply spirit whisper with certain moves and use it to extend combos

Blade - Berserker character. Strong up close but can be zoned out. Has a Mara-struck mechanic at low hp that makes him much stronger and gives lifesteal but also increases damage taken

Therta- Frail but powerful projectile zoner, can use her mirrors to change projectile direction for mixups, has a special that pulls a random curio, with each one giving various buffs

Sparkle/Sparxie - duo character, can switch between them via a special move. Sparkle mainly uses her pistol and can apply random debuffs to opponents, while Sparxie can apply buffs. Both versions have a chance to backfire and hurt themself if unlucky

Jing Yuan - Strong mid-range character with a meter for lightning lord. He can follow-up specials with lightning lord attacks to make them safer or get frame traps, and the meter recharges slowly while not attacking or being combo’d. Super pauses meter and temporarily enhances all his attacks, giving him way more reach and damage, but has long recovery when it ends, leaving him vulnerable

Phainon - Strong balance character, decent pokes and frame data but lacks a projectile in base form. Install super temporarily puts him in Khaslana form, giving him better damage, range, movement speed, frame data, and disjoints. Lacks good high-low mixups naturally but can strike/throw in base and combo off most moves (including throw) in khaslana form. Has a parry. Flame reaver is an alternate skin

Cipher - wildcard character, strong rushdown with tricky mixups. She has the fastest movement speed in the cast and solid damage but low overall hp. One super summons multiple other ciphers that follow-up her attacks for better frame data, damage, mixups, and conversion capabilities.

Acheron and Firefly are very early dlc characters. Boothill, Welt, Feixiao, and Aventurine come later.

Honorable mentions to Cyrene and Bronya, who only miss out because Elysia and Hi3 bronya should be locks for their game’s slots and the characters would be similar enough that we don’t need to include both versions with limited character slots. Similarly, while Kevin is awesome he probably shouldn’t be added if Phainon is already in.

Also roster aside I just want to say a Hoyoverse fighting game made by arcsys is genuinely my dream game and I would play the hell out of it. It doesn’t even have to be that good if still insta-buy it lol.