Alyosha is a 4-star Electro Polearm character tied to the Snezhnaya arc, built around tracking enemies with Hunting Marks and fighting alongside a hunting hound named Tugarin. His datamined kit points to a flexible support who heals, applies off-field Electro, and buffs teammates through the Stellar-Conduct mechanic. Everything below comes from early leaks and can shift before he actually goes live.
Quick answer: Alyosha is a 4-star Electro Polearm support. He builds Hunting Marks with his Normal Attack and Skill, activates them to grant the party an ATK buff (Hunter’s Precision), and summons Tugarin with his Burst for off-field Electro damage and healing.
Alyosha basics: rarity, element, and weapon
Alyosha is positioned as the first 4-star of the Snezhnaya roster, which usually means he will be obtainable for free after the region’s opening patch. His full stat block hasn’t surfaced yet, so ATK, DEF, HP, and ascension bonus values are still unknown.
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Rarity | 4-Star |
| Element | Electro |
| Weapon | Polearm |
| Role | Support / Sub-DPS / Healer |
| Companion | Tugarin (hunting hound) |
Expected release window
Alyosha is expected to arrive in Version 7.0 alongside Odette, the patch that kicks off Snezhnaya. Following the standard 42-day update cycle, that release lands around August 12, 2026. HoYoverse has not officially confirmed the character, so treat the date as a leaked estimate rather than a locked schedule.
Normal Attack: Spear of the Chase
Alyosha’s basic string runs up to four consecutive spear strikes, and the final hit applies a Hunting Mark to whatever it connects with. That last hit is what feeds the rest of his kit, since Hunting Marks are the resource he spends to buff the team.
- Charged Attack: Spends Stamina to perform a spinning attack.
- Plunging Attack: Drops from mid-air, hitting enemies along the path and dealing AoE damage on landing.
Elemental Skill: Ambush Thunderstrike
The Skill has two modes, and both apply Hunting Marks to whatever they hit. Tapping fires forward for AoE Electro damage. Holding puts Alyosha into an Aiming Mode where he locks onto enemies in a set area and gains increased interruption resistance while aiming. Releasing the hold deals Electro damage to every target he selected.
The core loop lives in the Hunting Mark itself. If you apply a Mark to an enemy that already has one, it doesn’t stack. Instead, it activates the Mark, which removes it and grants all nearby party members Hunter’s Precision, raising their ATK for 15 seconds.
| Value | Number |
|---|---|
| Tap DMG | 286.7% |
| Hold DMG | 358.4% |
| Cooldown | 15.0s |
| Hunting Mark duration | 15.0s |
| Hunter’s Precision ATK bonus | 14% |
| Hunter’s Precision duration | 15.0s |
Elemental Burst: Hunter’s Stand
The Burst does two things at once. It creates the Thunder Hunting Ground, a field that taunts nearby enemies to draw their attacks while dealing AoE Electro damage every two seconds. It also summons Tugarin, Alyosha’s hunting hound.
Tugarin dashes to nearby enemies and bites them every two seconds for Electro damage, and this counts as Elemental Burst damage. When it hits a target that carries a Hunting Mark, the attack activates that Mark as well, so Tugarin can keep the Hunter’s Precision buff cycling off-field. The hound also prioritizes enemies that already have a Mark on them.
| Value | Number |
|---|---|
| Thunder Hunting Ground DMG | 75.0% |
| Tugarin DMG | 50.2% |
| Duration | 14.0s |
| Cooldown | 18.0s |
| Energy Cost | 70 |
Ascension passives
The passives lean into two ideas. First, Tugarin doubles as a healer. Second, Alyosha wants Energy Recharge, which turns directly into more Skill and Burst damage. The Stellar-Conduct passive is what makes him a natural fit for teams built around Sandrone and the mechanic itself.
| Passive | Effect |
|---|---|
| Awakening the Sleeping Treeline | Whenever Tugarin attacks, it heals the active nearby party member for 120% of Alyosha’s ATK. |
| Farewell to Winter Wheat and Fallen Leaves | Elemental Skill and Burst DMG rise with Energy Recharge. Every 1% ER adds 0.35% damage, up to 70%. |
| Into the Polestar Field | Inside a Polestar Field, Alyosha enters Radiance: Stellar-Conduct. Activating a Hunting Mark then raises all nearby members’ Stellar-Conduct DMG by 25%. |
| Watching from the Treetops | Shows nearby Snezhnaya Local Specialties on the minimap. |
Constellations
As a 4-star, Alyosha’s ceiling depends heavily on his Constellations, and they mostly reinforce Energy generation, healing, and the Hunter’s Precision buff. Note that C4 heals the lowest-HP member rather than the active one, giving the team a second healing layer on top of his first ascension passive.
| Constellation | Effect |
|---|---|
| C1 – Thunder of the Frozen Valley | When nearby members trigger an Electro-related reaction, Alyosha restores 15 Elemental Energy, once every 18s. |
| C2 – Distant Howl | Extends Hunter’s Stand by 6s. Before each of Tugarin’s attacks, it applies a Hunting Mark to one target, though this cannot activate an existing Mark. |
| C4 – Retrieving the Quarry | Whenever Tugarin attacks, it heals the lowest-HP-percentage party member for 60% of Alyosha’s ATK. |
| C6 – Reclaiming the Banner | Hunter’s Precision can stack twice. At 2 stacks, affected characters gain an extra 100 Elemental Mastery. |
Put together, Alyosha reads as a low-cost support who covers healing, steady off-field Electro, and a team-wide ATK buff, with real payoff for Stellar-Conduct compositions. All of the numbers and mechanics here are pulled from early data and can change before Version 7.0 launches, so treat exact percentages as a preview rather than final tuning.
