I HACKED in Windtrace? [Genshin Impact]

So I decided to try out the Windtrace event in Genshin Impact... I never played it before, so I was learning as I went. Eventually, I guess I became so skilled at it that someone called me out for hacking. (Though just to be clear, I still suck at this gamemode)
It's crazy how stupid some hiding spots can be, yet they still work somehow. Wish this gamemode was available more often because it's one of the most fun mini-games in my opinion.
Some of this was recorded from a livestream over on Twitch:
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[@BananaRamaa]

The best feeling is when the hunter walks right past you and there’s 10 seconds left

[@Thatonestrangerr]

I think that ties with the sensation of being in plain sight and they can’t find you

[@snoopywoopy-the-only]

Don't get too confident, I once caught a rebel in the last 3 seconds of the round.

[@otheturtle4028]

@@snoopywoopy-the-only i once did it in the last 2 because the rebel was being toxic and running around at the end

[@StellesPhone]

Nah, Its when theres barely half a second left for the match to end, ur the only one alive and just when u think ur gonna win, the hunter captures u :D

[@Akivili366]

Once while I was hunter and time was almost up one rebel called another that I had caught earlier noob and not even t seconds after I caught them

[@RoboVirtue]

I feel like this game mode needs an after-game chat. It would make the experience so much better.

[@cookiemoon7441]

Ikr, as a hunter and rebel I messed around a lot because I had all my coins, and some lobbies were hilarious. I did get friend requests from some of them, but I think an aftergame chat would be nice Of course, toxic people would probably abuse it to rub victory in peoples faces, so I can understand why they wouldn't include it.

[@tomikun8057]

@@cookiemoon7441 add vote mute for no toxic

[@cinderella0contrella]

It was the last ten seconds the last person sent a yawn emote and I captured them and won and I couldn't laugh at them

[@felipich]

@@cookiemoon7441 yeah but they just don’t really bother anyways, ignore them

[@KaruuxiOldAcc]

@@cinderella0contrella i would be laughing my ass off irl

[@ijin4037]

I remember playing as Sayu in the Qingce village map, I hid in a bush without a disguise and I can't describe how scared I was when the hunter waltzed over right next to me, and then walked away like I was invisible. A rollercoaster of emotions

[@enzoo7282]

I love that do that to people lol 😹. That might of been me XD

[@food8995]

at qingce, I hide either behind a vine or glitch into a slanted rock as a dead log :D (it blends in with the grass)

[@luhaguilar]

I did the same thing with Qiqi and we won hahaha it was so fun

[@MARUSHI-YT]

the closest we'll get to "hacking" in this game is probably going out of bounds, but that's hardly hacking and mostly accidentally (or purposely) clipping through the ground. plus it's interesting to see how they structure land and what's underneath it

[@otheturtle4028]

but people do have hacks? like infinite bursts or just to give them really good dmg or stuff idrk but people definitely have real hacks

[@MARUSHI-YT]

@@otheturtle4028 if there are, they're mostly obscured. and from what i know from honkai, mhy is really strict when it comes to third party programs, mods, and especially hacking. you could have your uid displayed on a notice for other players to see when they start the game, saying you've been banned

[@MASUZ57]

I went out of bounds on accident (i think it was a glitch or something) then it kicked me out of the game notifying me that I went out of bounds

[@snobsy2877]

Nah hacking is using the cage favor for hunterd

[@DelfyDaun]

Or when hiding in a tree simply jumping out of it turning invisible and hiding in some corner. The favor didn’t help the hunter at all because he tried to catch me xD

[@かたわれ時-e7x]

The reason why the Liyue maps pop up so much is because the new players haven’t unlocked Inazuma

[@MidnightGrey1950]

Really? That’s a thing???

[@かたわれ時-e7x]

@@MidnightGrey1950 I check the co-op players maps when I play, we're always playing on Liyue maps when the host hasn't unlocked Inazuma It makes sense in a way, if we were playing in unlocked areas then the map would be completely dark! And that would make everything much worse

[@MidnightGrey1950]

@@かたわれ時-e7x that does make sense. I never even realized that. Thank you!

[@ria_san]

*claps* No shit, Sherlock xD

[@かたわれ時-e7x]

@@ria_san elementary my dear watson

[@lightning_jayy5513]

the kaeya documentary though 😂

[@praharshaanatarajan3579]

IKR idon get why no one is talking about that

[@-Kaeya-]

DUDE I GOTTA MANE AN ANIMATIC FOR THIS LMAO

[@-Kaeya-]

THE DOCUMENTARY SENT ME S

[@IEATBASILS]

LMFAO

[@harm0ny_]

I feel like Java would love the waterfall tech where you just stand behind a waterfall the whole game and you’re completely invisible.

[@cookiemoon7441]

I actually did that quite a few times Not fully invisible, I've had a few hunters spot me multiple times, but if the hunter doesn't think about that possibility it's OP

[@lavenderiris9744]

I tried that, the favor spawned right next to me and the hunter and because of that, they caught me

[@wa3379]

you will have a hydro sign below your HP bar, which the hunter can see ;-;

[@jazzie8063]

I found a kaeya exactly like the one at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="250">4:10</a> and after the favour dropped, all the rebels befriended him and we waited for the round to finish. Windtrace is great

[@tigerwolfpip]

I just can’t wait for the next windtrace

[@tttakamuramamoru]

THE KAEYA MOMENT KILLED ME

[@Whosede]

Welcome to Keaya broadcast

[@Ashleycolorful]

SAME-

[@deathdragon789]

Fun fact: I once caught the last rebel with 1 second remaining, it was very stressful

[@bloody4558]

Looks like you had the same problem with lag. I had a lot of Lag as a hunter, failing to capture people even though I was literally glued to them, having to use all my capture stacks in a quick succession to finally capture people, and sometimes still failing and having to wait for more stacks

[@shortbolts6414]

This happened to me too. I spent 30 seconds spamming the same rebel trying to capture them and it not working.. The rebel ended up standing still and typing "WTF" which finally allowed me to capture them.

[@ginak5802]

This happened to me in Dawn Winery map and that Inazuma village. I 100% knew where the rebel was or was chasing them, but had to spam capture like 4 times because it just wasn't working.

[@Moumines]

This happened to me too! I chased after a rebel for a while but could not capture them even though they were in my capture zone. That was not Windtrace we played but a marathon !

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

Sameee I lost a round bc of it

[@lazyfrog1718]

bad wifi

[@ultimasdragon7840]

It's hilarious to me that people just don't look up as the hunter. In the Inazuma city map I hung off the side of a building down an alleyway undisguised, the hunter ran under me multiple time, using the skill that shows and "!" if there is a rebel in the area, even had me marked with the favor, ran under me stood there and ran off... like hello look up? lol My other favorite way to hide was a barrel in a tree, just blends in perfectly, and if they start climbing I jump and go invisible.

[@Ilwenray85]

I just wrote this in another comment, but I will write it again since it just answers your "hello look up" line. Just like you can't use as rebel your E again after you start climbing, the catch skill also doesn't work while climbing. So it is not that they don't see you, but they can't catch you to begin with, so most of us (as hunters) don't even bother to try to catch/look for people up if we can't stand on any surface at the same height level to use the skill nearby. It is preferable to ignore those areas and use the time to search for people you can actually catch. Which, of course, makes those areas the best hiding spots in return. That is why I don't like this event, the mechanics are too broken for my taste.

[@lavenderiris9744]

@@Ilwenray85 hm? Hunters can’t use catch skill whilst climbing? I thought they could. Maybe my memory is just bad but I’ll check it out in a few minutes and update you!

[@Ilwenray85]

@@lavenderiris9744 9:21 You can see it right here in this video, it turns grey when climbing. If for some reason works for you, is a glitch because it shouldn't xD

[@tfydreamt]

@@Ilwenray85 that was jumping, not climbing, hunters can use their skill when climbing.

[@Ilwenray85]

@@tfydreamt It was the character, grasping the wall to reach the top after jumping. So, climbing. You can even use the skill when gliding 15:09, jumping 15:19, falling 9:28, but not when climbing with another example climbing the tree here 15:24 The moment the animation of "glued Spider-Man" climbing triggers, where your feet doesn't touch the ground and both hands are in a surface it doesn't matter if you do it for a split second in a small height for just a "jump" or a whole building to reach the roof, the game treats it the same: as climbing. What some Hunters do, is to climb higher than the Rebel and then let themselves glide/fall to their level and try to spam the Catch skill at the right time in the air where they think the Rebel is... that if the Rebel turn invisible and move horizontally the skill can fail, and it is a waste of time to climb up again to repeat it so most of us don't bother with it. If you or more people can catch while climbing, then my game (and I guess a lot of people's games) are broken, because I sure as hell couldn't climb and use the skill at the same time, neither could a lot of people either. Edit: And for me, it makes more sense that people able to climb and catch are the bugged ones. Taking into account that Rebels can't use E while climbing either, after all. Edit 2: Or maybe the bug is that we should and is still applying the mechanics of the Rebels in the controls, not allowing the Hunters? Now I am doubting myself, dang it. But in the end, it just reaffirms my point, the mechanics are still broken if not for one reason is for another.

[@homemadewafflez_]

I remember cooping with a kokomi in the Dawn Winery Map as an albedo to do the npc trick. I swear the hunter would have gone for me, but only didn't because the kokomi was running up and down the whole time undisguised. When they left I did the ole 'lamp in a bush' tactic and neither of us got caught.

[@maryglaser9256]

this feels like if the characters chosen played the game

[@frostspetshops4993]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="588">9:48</a> himbo's stickers slowly descend into panic

[@hoshi6314]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="263">4:23</a> a wild kaeya has appeared 💀 lmao he sounds like those ppl in informative shows telling us what animals are doing😭

[@shinisnotonfire]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="366">6:06</a> OH IT'S SO FREAKING SCARY WHEN YOU'RE JUST SITTING THERE QUIETLY AND SUDDENLY HEAR A CHARACTER'S VOICELINE RIGHT ABOVE YOU

[@Child69]

AND IT WAS A LAUGH

[@thebidge]

@@Child69 AND NOT JUST ANY LAUGH, BUT ONE THAT SOUND VERY INNOCENT, THOSE ARE THE WORST

[@gurenfps]

ah yes, red bad, blue sleep, walkie path with the footsteps, haybale, wind, catcoin. windtrace explained

[@praevidens]

In this video, Java learns that try harding in windtrace works, but not trying at all gets the job done easier.

[@leightonisveryslay]

Java actually doing windtrace well for a while SWORDS ONLY ACCOUNT USING SAYU IS ILLEGAL!!

[@YujiSatoru28]

I mean if it was his sword only you cant even attack

[@lazycrow2853]

@Ai_iscool_2000 it was from both accounts, and he did use Sayu on swordImpact

[@GalderaVG]

@@lazycrow2853 yeah but he didn't attack as her, hence if you watched the video where he was "using" amber he said it would take one arrow to not be a swords only account, thus using sayu in a gamemode where you can't attack is fine

[@ShirinTara]

Once I played as sayu in wind trace and I locked in, all of the others turned into diona, Klee and qiqi, it was the best match of wind trace 😄

[@midnightscara]

Lmao i’ve never seen anyone call someone a hacker in this game, i guess no game is safe from those people

[@witchykaiden7643]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="361">6:01</a> *the utter disappointment in myself when i realize that I was there, in that game, and was the first to be captured.*

[@iamanimmaturechildonyoutub1110]

but… IM KAI

[@sunghoonsleftsock7241]

i’d like to appreciate you for putting out content as frequently as you do. whenever i see a video posted by you, my day is instantly made. thank you so much for what you do for the community, java. i don’t think you realise how impactful you are. you have our endless support

[@rngsushatesme6445]

The best hiding spot in every map in windtrace is the above without cover so you can stare at them

[@l3ila219]

lmao your first solution being to kill them rather than wait two minutes

[@tighnarix3229]

I love how his British accent is just dropping the hard ‘R’s and using old-fashioned words.

[@rabi2115]

my stomach hurt from laughing during the kaeya part omfg

[@wildfire_]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="202">3:22</a> yep, people just can't seem to grasp the idea that they perhaps aren't the best at the game

[@broccoliaaya4690]

The commentary for kaeya😂😂 omg I love this smm, you are too cute !!

[@Hikikomoriiiii]

in dawn winery, i usually hide as a lantern in the bushes at the edge, i even got marked by insight but i still wonlmao

[@Nix.Lumina]

I had the same issue you did at 10.10 once, I caught 2 rebels, then used the favor, and was chasing a visible rebel for a solid MINUTE, spamming my E the whole time and they still escaped cuz sth bugged and yeah, that was frustrating af xdd

[@robinogle974]

Remind me of bwaap with diff kinds of content. I really enjoy you both, sad he took off from here mostly but I’ve enjoyed finding you

[@eeeEEEeeeEEEEEE-eeeeeee]

In windtrace we have two team. Red? Bad. Blue? Sleep.

[@louai5940]

hey!!! i figured out how to finish the electro monuments quest in sword impact, so when u get bennett to lvl 70 you unlock one of his talents which reduces the elemental skill cooldown of the character inside of his Q circle by 50%, so instead of waiting 8 seconds for your electro travelers E cooldown, it will only be 4 seconds, try it out! i hope it works :D

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

I WILL COMMENT TO BOOST THIS

[@iknowyoursearchhistory]

Idk if that’s how it works but I will try

[@junim0_0]

I LOVE the kokomi Strat because I do that with bennett, it work 95% of the time, It's so OP

[@NavidSharifipour]

This man be out here thinking he invented house camping and I’ve been doing that since before he finished the quest

[@edythlutz1067]

Great job on the video, Java! I love your content!!

[@BananaRamaa]

It feels so weird hearing Java instead of xade lol

[@edythlutz1067]

@@BananaRamaa lol

[@MagisterRegulus]

@@BananaRamaa It should feel weird

[@lavenderiris9744]

@@BananaRamaa yea, Java always sounds like a Minecraft name haha

[@enzoo7282]

Lol I was about to say SWORDS ONLY? BUT HE'S USING SAYU?!?! Then I noticed he had Koko and realized he was on his main account. I am so used to sword only Edit: <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="684">11:24</a> This Hu Tao got actually destroyed lol 😆

[@lazycrow2853]

He was still using Sayu on sword only account

[@enzoo7282]

@@lazycrow2853 But he started to use Kokomi

[@emilyfalconer1005]

Poor Hungry Kaeya

[@YummyFluffyWater]

Lol- when you hide as a lantern in the water at the border and still lose

[@alecjaychris1970]

I think my favorite round I've had is where I was a hunter and this one person was literally right in front of me, following me, I saw them, and did not capture them. And then they drowned, but that's besides the point-

[@sarabeatrizcardoso7216]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="782">13:02</a> I survived so many times hiding in this spot

[@Aizen11507]

Congrats on 60k! The last time i viewed your channel you were at 52k :D

[@miriamepshteyn3937]

Seeing a new video in my recommended got me so excited!

[@setsuna3662]

Narrating confused kaeya was so good omg

[@reddisbuffering]

that last game just reminded me of the time i was albedo in dawn winery, and i just sat on the bench closest to the hunter's spawn the entire time and they didnt even know i was there the entire match, and even ran past me like SEVERAL times. the fact they were near me at the last few seconds was very funny to me because i just stood up from the bench and walked around and i could just see the visible disappointment

[@ria_san]

„That wasn't fun, I mean, that was fun, but that wasn't fun” got me dying XD Modern version of: „Yes, but actually no” XD

[@DracoEU]

This is the first time I’m here but I LOVED it. And your voice is so hot and calming

[@kararondano2481]

I have a funny Windtrace story, I was the last rebel left, there were literally 4 seconds left, I was about to win, and then I drowned. I fcking drowned.

[@Dragonix135]

Now thats what I call "a cliffhanger ending"

[@Kitty_130]

I always hide under the bridge, they can’t get fully across. Someone went over like they did to you, and didn’t see me. When they sometimes go under, I just go invisible. Bridge is OP lol

[@niloinreverse]

i actually used the troll strat and won as rebel since i didn't know where to hide on that map it was fun shuffling under a bridge the 'people never look up' strat is also quite the menace

[@knownpegasus907]

the box trap is for the hunters who cant catch the rebels, its a dirty trick, when you get caught you get to watch the hunter creepily crawl towards you, some even send an emote XD

[@harkiet_8701]

on his 4th game i was exactly like that hated the props and hid in that exact tree and wished on the standard banner i got mona!

[@Raven62]

Imitating David Attenborough ❤ This was the best of Windtrace I’ve seen!!

[@yongyilim1655]

The David Attenborough part was perfection

[@creampuffs2432]

Nice video! You’re soo good at Windtrace. Early ✨✨

[@Ilovescaaraae]

When childe was the hunter and he laughed like a fricking psycho literally made almost spit the juice I was drinking

[@agent6bell]

what was that kaeya documentary lol

[@peachyfroggyarmy695]

Him talking like he’s from a documentary and then just be like what a round

[@reveluv9614]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="261">4:21</a> if David Attenborough played genshin 💀

[@dexteritythe3853]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="197">3:17</a> "The thing that lives under the bridge" u talkin bout the trollhunter m8?? btw i liked it :)

[@RationalRain]

we all got the karma when we all said koko was weak well look at us now DIEING

[@LeanneKrv]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="366">6:06</a> that laugh would get me nightmares if that happened to me during windtrace.

[@quackquackDUCKS]

I love co-op windtrace

[@XinxYT]

Ok his last thing he did with the cliff I did with razor and no props it was so fun

[@racooncravesfood]

I found the best spot in windtrace. I WAS LITERALLY IN.THE.WALL. I couldn't be seen at all. and the hunter went past me so many times xd

[@moonporia]

Second : Why is your video just so funny LOL 🤣 They always make me smile

[@AliGali-zc7nt]

When you get a Genshin impact ad during a genshin vid. Me: … Me: Yes.

[@gasolinetank]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="444">7:24</a> On that map, just stand on the house to the right of where the hunter spawns and stay on the opposite side of where the hunter is.

[@30_vortex]

i never knew a man playing a game narrating a playable character walking be entairtaning in my whole life

[@partiallywhole]

getting Qingce map everytime in windtrace is big mood

[@Lortius]

KZbin pushing this to me almost a year later because of another Windtrace, hearing the Kokomi slander is hilarious considering the current consensus on her

[@accelerator9603]

fish was able to hide in rock

[@rainiplaysgames3545]

Loved the British nature documentary part

[@snowmoon8574]

I forgot he changed the channel's name and was so confused and was like Java who?????

[@marjanferdousi7707]

I miss the old windtrace.

[@snwa_owowo]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="679">11:19</a> YO MY FRIEND WAS IN YOUR VIDEO NADIA SHE IS A HU TAO MAIN DAYUM

[@shinisnotonfire]

man i hope java streams again sometime soon, it was so much fun!!

[@dragonkitty8912]

You: Uses a perfectly good provided skill from mhy Person: Hacker Me: ...

[@sunshinegirl20064]

I wish Wind trace is a permanent feature. It's so much fun! I can't get enough.

[@TheStarsoarer988]

Kokoflage strats be real.

[@vitriolicAmaranth]

I hacked in windtrace, used the cheat code that makes all the hunters blind and all the rebels unimaginative. Realtalk though windtrace was crazy fun when instead of trying hard (which was enough to guarantee a win) I just messed around. Sometimes as hunter I'd just chat with the rebels to give them a win too, because 95% of my matches were at points cap. Also oh my god I can't watch any more windtrace videos. I already miss that event so badly. It's ridiculously fun. Games like DBD try too hard and don't have the same low-stakes vibes so I just can't enjoy them the same way I enjoyed this stupid event in a gacha game.

[@hussaindalal206]

I hid under the bridge as Sayu once and won

[@kyilkakagamik7154]

i got scared for a moment, I thought HE got hacked. But im just dumb

[@dude-oo6rm]

🗿

[@V01D_impact]

The fact that I won with Kaeya twice in a row scares me

[@itzmailey6365]

When you see Hunter is triumphant thing that means that they win

[@zerddrez235]

I want to experience Windtrace, too 😭😭

[@willow_24k61]

For the military camp thing, you can squeeze between a box as a barrel but it will sort of be suspicious, it only works for me only 1 time

[@dailygenshindosis8546]

LMAO NOT CHUNGYUN SPAMMING IN AND NOT NOTICING YOU

[@luisalindstadt8452]

I once just ran around I circles and occupied the hunter the entire time

[@kleckskind]

Uhhh - I loved this game. It was sooo much fun! Hopefully they bring it once again this year.

[@luukthegamer]

Btw your chanse to get keqing on standard banner is lower then on event. If you lose the 50/50 you have a 1/5 chance to get keqing so effectively a 10% chance. But on standard banner you can also get a lot of different weapons

[@kleiodaphnecahilog8390]

Lol Itto's birthday wish ad came up

[@vanilla_dough8283]

the british documentary is everything

[@riuriumar]

when you get caught in 5 seconds in the round 😁😭

[@StarBerry_Gacha_Magnolia]

Yes, the narrator of the keaya.

[@noerinmeow]

YES I ALWAYS USE THE BRIDGE SPOT AND EVEN WITH A FAVOR THEY NEVER GET ME (they normally dont know we can go under or they dont go there)

[@nikaylarhiancostiniano9363]

oh nooo u found my fav hiding spot :(

[@Ak47.7]

I enjoy and dyed 🤣 from <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="262">4:22</a>. 👏

[@Ak47.7]

The Keaya documentary still 👌