Weapon banners in Genshin Impact are riskier to pull on compared to the character banner as it requires three 5-star pulls before players are guaranteed to get the weapon they want; one 5-star more than a character banner which only demands two 5-star pulls for a guaranteed unit. To add to that, unlike the character banner whose pity carries to the next one, the weapon banner pity doesn't get carried, which means players have to save more Primogems to get guaranteed equipment.