Is Pantalone Playable Yet?
08/09/2026
... I'm not gonna lie to you all, it is REALLY hard not to read into this. For those of you who don't know, they're doing a countdown to Snezhnaya featuring the harbingers. Pulcinella got an animated short yesterday. Today, on the 9th, mind you... Pantalone got one. In Pulcinella's, hydro element was clearly visible. There's quite a bit of speculation that he'll actually be playable. And while I don't particularly like The Rooster, it is getting harder to deny playability when Hoyo releases shorts with clearly visible element play.
Pantalone looks suspiciously like he's toying with electro. I've also seen some players speculate a pyro element here, but besides the bullet turning into the flaming skull or whatever you want to call it, I really don't get any pyro vibes at all personally. I think the flame looking effects are more likely supposed to represent souls of the damned or trapped souls? Pantalone is turning out to be eldritch horror... 😳
That being said:
Is Pantalone Playable Yet?
The answer is now a good MAYBE.
We'll just have to see.
