I made a tier list based off this post: https://www.reddit.com/Genshin_Impact/comments/l0ac0x/i_hate_tier_lists_but_understand_their_usefulness/
It's a long tier list for the 1.3 update, but I hope it's useful for some of y'all. I assessed the constellation powers of each character based off late-game content and left some additional info below each character's assessment.
SS-Tier being the highest score and C-tier being the lowest.
The order of the weapons and artifact sets are not in any particular tiered order. F2P weapons will always be first in recommendation followed by whatever else fits in the character's build.
Just a disclaimer: tier lists will always be flawed, especially when there are so many opinions and information to go off from. Micromanaging a tier list can be very tedious, it's tough to set an evaluation for a character when you have to compare them to another 20 to see if the tier is valid. So if there's any issues with their tiers, feel free to share your opinion - I'm always keen to re-edit. This was just originally a small fun thing I did after seeing some tier lists online, so I apologise in advanced if any characters aren't in your preferred tier.
I'll be updating this every now and then until the end of 1.3.
Terminology:
DPS: Damage dealer or damage-per-second
Elemental Burst: Ultimate, Q ability, that one big move icon on the screen that requires energy
Elemental skill: Your E ability or that smaller move icon on the screen.
4P or 2P: Four-piece artifact / Two-piece artifact
F2P: Free to Play players, F2P weapon recommendation is listed first.
Cleanse: Removes elemental debuff from ally/allies with their own elemental application. eg. Bennett's burst which applies pyro on yourself and teammates or Diona's shield which applies cryo on self when cast.
Main DPS: The carry who is on the field most of the time and uses supports from the team to dish out damage. All main DPS are viable if you put in enough commitment.
Detonator: Damage dealers who have a high damage output in a short period of time. Previously labelled "Burst" but was changed to a more less confusing label to encompass overall burst damage and elemental bursts. Transformative bursts like Xiao, Razor, and Noelle are not included because of their kits.
Enabler: The support that allows the damage dealers to maximise their damage. This role utilises their kit by buffing, applying extra damage and crowd control, and setting up elemental reactions for overall team damage output potential.
Battery: The energy recharger of the team. Creates energy for the main DPS and supports.
Utility: A broad category that includes healing, cleansing, debuffing, taunting, buffing, and shielding.
Sub DPS: Includes all the battery characters, detonators, and enablers
Support: Includes all the utility characters
S / A: Borderline S-tier and A-tier
AMBER

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	C	C	C	B
C1	C/B	C	C	C	B
C2	B	B	B	C	B
C4	B	A	B	A	B
C6	B	A	A	A	A

- Pyro Ganyu
- Decent pyro application but gets a huge boost in potential damage at C2 with her deployable bunny.
- Low energy burst but the utility of her burst is lackluster compared to other 4 star pyros since it does only damage and constant pyro application for a short period of time until you reach C6. Her deployable elemental skill does, however provide taunt and a considerable amount of energy for her teammates and this enabling and battery potential doubles at C4.
- At C1, her physical damage potential is possible with aim-shot cancelling - similar to Fischl. Very high skill ceiling, but her arrows can hit enemy weak points if you master this approach.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Crescent (F2P), Amos Bow, Blackcliff Bow, Sharpshooter with 4P Wanderer's Troupe if charged attack DPS. 2P Crimson Witch + 2P Noblesse / Gladiator / Wanderer's will also work for more flexible builds. Skyward Harp, The Stringless if C2/C4+ with 4P Crimson Witch of Flames. Compound Bow, Amos Bow, Skyward Harp if C1 physical build with 2P Gladiator's Finale/ 2P Bloodstained Chilvalry
Sub DPS: Favonius Warbow (F2P), The Stringless, Skyward Harp with 2P Crimson Witch of Flames + 2P Noblesse Oblige or 4P Noblesse if you want to use her for her burst or if you want to capitalise on her C6. 4P Crimson Witch of Flames if C2+ and detonator.
KAEYA

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery
C0	B/A	B/A	A	B
C1	A	B/A	A	B
C2	A	A/S	S	B
C4	A	A/S	S	B
C6	A	S	S	B

- 5 Star Husbando
- A great physical DMG DPS considering that he has the highest sword-held basic attack multipliers in the game. A staple for freeze, superconduct, and melt comps. Elemental skill has a relatively short cooldown, good battery, and long range.
- Deployable burst makes him an excellent cryo enabler and battery, however its true potential is locked behind C2. C6 increases his burst damage while also reducing the energy requirement for his burst.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Rancour (F2P), Aquila Favonia, The Black Sword, Primodial Jade Cutter, Blackcliff Longsword with 2P Gladiator + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry for flexible physical damage. 4P Blizzard Strayer for freeze comp and additional critical damage.
Sub DPS: Any recharge weapon, Festering Desire (F2P) with 2P Blizzard Strayer + 2P Noblesse / Bloodstained / Gladiator's / Wanderer's or 4P Wanderer's Troupe.
LISA

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	B	C	C	C
C1	C	B	C	B	C
C2	C	B	C	B	C
C4	C	A	B	B	C
C6	B	A/S	B	B	C

- Strong ara ara energy
- Slow energy recharge and odd play style, her elemental skill cooldown and charge is too long to be capitalised with and also leaves her vulnerable.
- High burst cost for decent damage, second ascension talent allows her burst to reduce enemy DEF. Would be ranked higher in the tiers if her burst didn't push enemies away and had a lower energy cost. Her true potential unlocks at C6 as a detonator as she applies conductive status on surrounding enemies when she switches onto the field. This allows for high electro damage potential with her elemental skill in a small window of time.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Mappa Mare (F2P), Favonius Codex, The Widsith, Solar Pearl with 4P Thundering Fury or 2P Thundering Fury + 2P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Thundersoother
Sub DPS: Mappa Mare (F2P), any recharge weapon with 2P Thundering Fury + 2P Noblesse Oblige / Gladiator's or 4P Thundersoother
NOELLE

Constellation	Main DPS	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	B	C	A
C1	C	B	C	A
C2	C/B	B	C	A
C4	C/B	B	C	A
C6	A/S	B	C	A

- Pancake rock maid, literal definition of "one man army".
- Her giant sword knows no limits, except her constellations. C6 increases her damage by a considerable amount and solidifies DEF as her main stat while also increasing the duration of her burst.
- Can't regenerate energy well, but her excellent shield and decent heals make up for that as a support. With her low energy recharge and relatively high energy burst, she requires a team built around her to enable her DPS potential to the fullest.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Whiteblind or Archaic Petra (F2P) Wolf's Gravestone, Skyward Pride, Serpent Spine with 4P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Retracing Bolide
Support: Whiteblind (F2P) or any recharge weapon with 4P Retracing Bolide or 2P Maiden's Beloved + 2P Defender's. 2P Retracing Bolide's effect doesn't carry its buff to other allies.
FISCHL

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery
C0	B	B	S	S
C1	A	B	S	S
C2	A	B	S	S
C4	A	A	S	S
C6	A/S	A	SS	S

- Electro Chunnibyo
- Best electro support in the game at C6, her burst resets the cooldown of Oz. Oz can constantly apply electro on the enemy and allow for many main DPS' to shine. Her second ascension talent is an excellent quirk for potential damage. A staple in electro-charged comps.
- An extremely flexible 4 star unit, can be either a physical main DPS or electro support.
- Her physical damage potential can reach higher with aim-shot cancelling. Very high skill ceiling, but her arrows can hit enemy weak points if you master this approach.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Compound Bow (F2P), Skyward Harp, Rust, Amos Bow, Viridescent Hunt with 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry or 2P Thundering Fury + 2P Gladiator's / Bloodstained
Sub DPS: Favonius Warbow or Prototype Crescent (F2P), Skyward Harp, The Stringless with 2P Thundering Fury + 2P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Thundersoother. 4P cooldown effect of Thundering Fury does not work unless she's on the field. Elemental mastery is weak with electro supports; Stringless being the only exception with its passive.
BARBARA

Constellation	Main DPS	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	B	C	B
C1	C	B	C	B
C2	C	B	C	A
C4	C	B	C	A
C6	C	B	C	A

- Sadge 1.3 Barbara
- Has high healing output and can apply hydro on the enemy with her deployable elemental skill, albeit long cooldown - however, she has no decent support outside of heals except at C2 which gives additional hydro damage to allies with her E and C6 which allows her to ressurect a fallen ally.
- Her basic attacks have good multipliers in comparison to Mona, however the rest of her kit does not align well with the main DPS role.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Mappa Mare (F2P), Solar Pearl, Widsith with 4P Wanderer's Troupe or 4P Heart of Depth or 2P Heart of Depth + 2P Gladiator's
Support: Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers, Prototype Amber with 4P Maiden's or 4P Instructor
XIANGLING

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	A	A	A/S	B	C
C1	A	A	A/S	B	A
C2	A	A	A/S	B	A
C4	A	A	S	B	A
C6	A	A	S	B	S

- Destroyer of slime condensates
- Best pyro application in the game with her deployable elemental skill and elemental burst. A staple in melt and vaporise comps and excellent support for a pyro main DPS at C1 and C6. Her second ascension talent drops chillis for additional attack damage.
- A very flexible unit with high attack ratios. Huge enabling potential spike at C4.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Crescent Pike (F2P), Primodial Jade, Skyward Spine, Deathmatch with 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry or 4P Crimson Witch of Flames
Sub DPS: Prototype Starglitter (F2P), Skyward Spine, Dragon's Bane, any recharge weapon with 2P Crimson Witch + 2P Gladiator's. 2P Crimson Witch + 2P Noblesse if C4. The 4P effect of Crimson Witch does not work if she's not on the field.
ANEMO TRAVELER

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	B	A	C	A
C1	C	B	A	C	A
C2	C	B	A	C	A
C4	C	B	A	C	A
C6	C	A	S	C	S

- More like hurricane tortilla
- Big knockback and crowd control with their elemental burst and skill; the con of knockback could be easily thwarted if played around with enough. Elemental burst and skill can be infused with other elements. Long elemental skill cooldown and leaves them vulnerable while charging.
- Being an anemo pushes them higher in the tier as a support with access to 4P Viridescent Veneer. Very large power spike at C6 with its additional shredding capabilities with their elemental burst. This could also allow for other builds other than 4P Viridescent Veneer.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Rancour, Festering Desire (F2P), Skyward Blade, Aquila Favonia with 4P Gladiator's Finale or 2P Viridescent + 2P Gladiator's
Sub-DPS: Festering Desire (F2P), any recharge weapon with 4P Viridescent Veneer
GEO TRAVELER

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	B	C/B	A	C
C1	B	B	C/B	A	B
C2	B/A	A	C/B	A	B
C4	B/A	A	C/B	S/SS	B
C6	B/A	A	C/B	S/SS	B

- Stepping stone and king of rock tumours
- Underrated damage potential. Big power spike at C2 and battery capabilities increased a lot at C4.
- Elemental skill has low cooldown and gives additional crit rate to allies and self at C1. Geo construct can be used to block enemy damage. Also an excellent battery for geo comps.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Rancour or Festering Desire (F2P), Skyward Blade, The Black Sword, Summit Shaper with 4P Gladiator's Finale or 2P Archaic Petra + 2P Gladiator's Finale
Sub DPS: Festering Desire (F2P), Harbinger of Dawn, any energy recharge weapon with 2P Archaic Petra + 2P Noblesse Oblige / Gladiator's or 4P Noblesse Oblige. 4P Archaic Petra for additional supporting capabilities.
BENNETT

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	A	S	A	S	S
C1	A	SS	SS	S	SS
C2	A	SS	SS	S	SS
C4	A	SS	SS	S	SS
C6	A/B	SS	A/S	S	S

- The alpha chad of 4 star supports
- Elemental burst increases team damage output through the roof and cleanses the team with pyro. Fastest healing tick rate in the game although hampered by a 70% max HP heal limit. Low investment cost since his burst only scales off his base ATK. Elemental skill has a short cooldown and its cooldown is reduced by half in his burst at second ascension talent, making him the GOAT of pyro batteries.
- Main DPS potential is very high without constellations when paired with Chongyun or Xingqiu for melt/vaporise comps. A one man army capable of carrying his own team by himself.
- Bennett's C6 is the only detrimental upgrade out of the lot in this list. The constellation changes all melee damage and cryo/electro infusions into pyro damage when you enter his field. While it may boost his own DPS potential and other pyro damage dealers with its additional pyro DMG bonus, it is not best paired with skills like Chongyun's cryo infusion and Keqing's electro infusion. He also loses main DPS potential when paired with Chongyun as he loses access to melt.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Festering Desire or Iron Sting (F2P), Skyward Blade, The Black Sword, Primodial Jade Cutter with 4P Crimson Witch of Flames
Support / Sub DPS: Festering Desire (F2P), any recharge weapon with 4P Noblesse Oblige or 2P Crimson Witch + 2P Noblesse Oblige
DIONA

Constellation	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	B	B/A	A/S
C1	A	B/A	A/S
C2	A	B/A	A/S
C4	A	B/A	A/S
C6	S	B/A	S

- The better Qiqi + actual furry, ew.
- Excellent support with her shielding, healing, and cleansing capabilities. Her cryo application is alright with her short cooldown elemental skill and her burst which deals continuous cryo damage. Her shield and burst cleanses elements very well.
- While C1 greatly increases her enabling output, her true potential is unlocked at C6, allowing her to give 200 elemental mastery to the team when her burst is out and increases her healing output to a great measurable amount.
Recommendations:
Support: Favonius Warbow (F2P), Sacrificial Bow with 4P Maiden's Beloved or 4P Noblesse Oblige
XINYAN:

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	B	C	B	C	B
C1	B	C	B	C	B
C2	A	A	A	C	A
C4	A/S	A	A	C	A
C6	A/S	A	A	C	A

- Xinyan mains WYA
- A very expensive 4 star unit, her initial value without constellations is low. Her true potential is unlocked at C2 with her burst giving a guaranteed crit-hit and allows her to recast her shield. C4 is highly recommended to increase her DPS potential.
- Mixed stats are an issue, she may seem like a pyro enabler at first glance but she's more of a physical damage enabler for characters like Razor. Her elemental skill has a long cooldown but it can increase physical damage, cleanse herself with pyro, omit consistent pyro damage (if level 3 shield), and shield her allies.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Snow-tombed Starsilver, Prototype Archaic (F2P), Wolf's Gravestone, Blackcliff Slasher, Skyward Pride, Serpent Spine, The Unforged with 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry or 4P Gladiator's Finale.
Sub DPS: Whiteblind (if using her primarily for shields), Snow-tombed Starsilver or Prototype Archaic (F2P), Favonius Greatsword, Sacrificial Greatsword with 2P Bloodstained Chivalry + 2P Noblesse Oblige or 4P Noblesse Oblige
BEIDOU

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	B	B/A	B	B	C
C1	B	B/A	B	B	B
C2	B	A	A	B	B
C4	B	A	A	B	B
C6	B	A/S	S	B	A

- Queen of Counters
- Although her supporting capabilities are locked behind a high energy costing burst, her elemental skill provides a lot of defensive and offensive options with her short cooldowns. At C6, her enabling potential increases by a lot with her elemental burst.
- Her main DPS potential is locked behind her heavy reliance on being able to counter enemy attacks. Enemy AI can be very random and forces Beidou's DPS at a lower tier than it should be. If her elemental skill could taunt to force enemies to hit her, she would most likely be in a higher tier.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Archaic, Snow-tombed Starsilver (F2P), Wolf's Gravestone, Rainslasher, Skyward Pride with 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry or 4P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Thundersoother
Sub DPS: Prototype Archaic (F2P), Sacrificial Greatsword, Skyward Pride with 2P Thundering Fury + 2P Gladitator's Finale / Noblesse Oblige or 4P Thundersoother
XINGQIU

Constellation	Enabler	Detonator	Battery	Utility
C0	S	S	S	B
C1	S	S	S	B
C2	SS	SS	S	A
C4	SS	SS	S	A
C6	SS	SS	SS	A

- Hydro swords go brrRR
- Best hydro support in the game, but heavily reliant on energy recharge to cope with his high costing burst. His initial value is great, but his damage and enabling potential goes through the roof at C2. His main DPS potential is also very underrated.
- Although his elemental skill has a long cooldown, it does provide damage reduction, decent hydro application, and a lot of energy.
Recommendations:
Sub DPS: Prototype Rancour or Iron Sting (F2P), Sacrificial Sword, Skyward Pride, any recharge weapon with 4P Noblesse Oblige or 2P Heart of Depth + 2P Noblesse Oblige. If at C6 Xingqiu, there's no need to invest in an energy recharge weapon - probably should just focus on energy recharge on your sands if need be.
RAZOR

Constellation	Main DPS
C0	A
C1	A
C2	A
C4	A/S
C6	A/S

- Electro furry bait
- Damage potential is almost comparable to a 5 star's potential. Elemental burst increases his attack speed to a very considerable amount and his character ascension stat allows for additional physical damage. Has in-built energy recharge in his kit to combat his 80 energy burst.
- His true damage potential is locked behind his first 4 constellations which increase his damage output, crit-rate, and decrease enemy DEF. While most of his damage is physical, his electro output is considerably alright.
- However, although his damage potential is high - he is a selfish DPS who needs to take up a lot of field time to maximise his damage. His team should utilise characters with deployables that match his kit such as Qiqi, Diona, Xinyan, and Xingqiu.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Archaic or Snow-tombed Starsilver(F2P), Wolf's Gravestone, Serpent Spine with 4P Gladiator's Finale
CHONGYUN

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	A	B	B	A
C1	B	A	B	B	A
C2	B	A	A	B	S
C4	B	A	A	A	S
C6	A	S	A	A	S

- Popsicle boy
- His true utility and enabling potential is locked behind C2 which allows his elemental skill to reduce the cooldowns of elemental skills and bursts cast in his field. Although his elemental skill can be both a blessing and a curse with his cryo infusion, it can also increase weapon attack speed and reduce the cryo resistance of enemies.
- While having the lowest basic attack ratios of all the claymore users, he makes up for it with his kit and constellations. Having a burst with high multipliers, especially at C6, pushes him slightly higher in the list considering the cooldowns and buffs he can give to himself and his teammates. Shorter burst cooldown window from 12 - 10.2 seconds at C2 makes him a very valid 4P Noblesse Oblige user. Currently, there is no 4P artifact set that suits his DPS potential but if a cryo set were to come out that could maximise his melt reaction damage, he would be casted higher in the tier list.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Archaic (F2P), Wolf's Gravestone, Skyward Pride with 4P Gladiator's Finale or 2P Blizzard Strayer + 2P Gladiator's Finale
Sub DPS: Prototype Archaic (F2P), Sacrificial Greatsword, Skyward Pride with 4P Noblesse Oblige or 2P Blizzard Strayer + 2P Noblesse Oblige
SUCROSE

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	B	A	B	S
C1	B	B	A	A	S
C2	B	A	S	A	S
C4	A	A	S	S	S
C6	A	S	S	S	SS

- Anemo wallflower, budget Venti
- Has the highest support ceiling in the game; scales very well late game with an elemental mastery packed build. Capable of crowd controlling enemies, anemo debuffing, and increasing the team's elemental mastery. Her support potential shines at C4 where she can easily obtain her elemental skill with her basic attacks allowing her kit to shine without worry of cooldown. Even with low investment, her support potential still stands out well when paired with Viridescent Veneer.
- Her main DPS potential is incredibly underrated. With her ascension stat being anemo damage and her being a catalyst anemo user, she can become an on-field carry with Fischl, Beidou, and Xingqiu behind her back dealing damage with deployables. C4 and C6 is recommended.
Recommendations:
Main DPS / Sub DPS / Support: Mappa Mare (F2P), Sacrificial Fragments, Favonius Codex with 4P Viridescent Veneer
NINGGUANG

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	A	A	B	C	B
C1	A	A	B	C	B
C2	A/S	S	A/B	A	B
C4	A/S	S	A/B	A	B
C6	S/SS	SS	A/B	A	B

- Missile Launcher, Queen of GEO
- Excellent damage output, greatly increases her DPS potential with every passing constellation. Low energy requirement for burst and a catalyst user that can spam basic attacks. She unlocks her highest damage potential at C6, where her output alone is comparable to Diluc vaporise comps.
- Her damage ceiling stretches further as you learn to mitigate her basic attack animations with her animation-cancelling techniques.
- She is a capable niche support for geo teams being able to buff the team's geo damage with her deployable elemental skill. C2 also pushes her enabling, bursting, and battery potential by increasing her own damage output and provides additional energy to the team with its multiple elemental skill casts.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Solar Pearl, The Widsith, Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, Skyward Atlas, Memory of Dust, Eye of Perception with 2P Archaic Petra + 2P Gladiator's Finale
Sub DPS / Support: Solar Pearl, Favonius Codex, Memory of Dust, Eye of Perception with 2P Archaic Petra + 2P Noblesse or 4P Noblesse or 4P Archaic Petra
ZHONGLI

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	A	S	S/SS	B	S/SS
C1	A	S	S/SS	B	S/SS
C2	A	S	S/SS	B	S/SS
C4	A	SS	SS	B	S/SS
C6	A	SS	SS	B	SS

- CEO of GEO, he died for Geo's sins so they could rise again. The true covenant holder.
- Best shielder in the game, his utility support potential is now comparable to Bennett, Sucrose, and Venti with the new buffs. With his shield being capable of shredding all elemental and physical damage resistances and having 100% uptime potential, he has become viable in all comps and also validates Zhongli's potential as a main DPS. Second ascension talent and shield shred combined doubles his basic attack and elemental skill damage with additional HP% scaling.
- Deployable elemental skill does decent damage, but the energy recharge is random and its area of effect is relatively small. C4 greatly increases his enabling potential by extending the petrification status of enemies and the size of his burst. C6 expands his role as another healer, removing the need for an additional healing support in the team.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Crescent Pike (F2P), Vortex Vanquisher, Primodial Jade Winged Spear, Blackcliff Pole, Skyward Spine, Deathmatch with 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry / 2P Archaic Petra or 4P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Retracing Bolide
Sub DPS / Support: Prototype Starglitter (F2P), Skyward Spine, Favonius Lance, Blackcliff Pole, Deathmatch with 2P Archaic Petra + 2P Noblesse Oblige or 4P Noblesse Oblige or 4P Archaic Petra
XIAO

Constellation	Main DPS
C0	S/SS
C1	S/SS
C2	S/SS
C4	S/SS
C6	SS

- Edgy anemo grasshopper, plunge attack spam is no joke
- With the highest base ATK and his transformative burst, his damage output is considered the highest in the game when considering other units and their solo output. With his burst time and talent passives assessed, his damage potential is slightly higher than Diluc's vaporise comp. However, his overall main DPS potential is limited by his element, lack of team synergy, high energy cost of his burst, and burst downtime. For optimal damage, he requires another anemo to battery his burst and some energy recharge built into his kit.
- C6 solidifies his position in the highest tier and changes his playstyle in accordance to his elemental skill.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Starglitter (F2P), Primodial Jade Winged Spear, Skyward Spine, Blackcliff Pole, Deathmatch with 2P Viridescent Veneer + 2P Gladiator's Finale
TARTAGLIA

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery
C0	A	S	B	B
C1	A	S	B	B
C2	A	S	B	B
C4	S	SS	S	A
C6	SS	SS	S	A

- Who? I only know Childe.
- Although his damage output is hampered by the long cooldown on his elemental skill, his burst potential makes up for it with his elemental skill's passive: Riptide. Each Riptide has an individual elemental reaction proc and damage bursting potential, spreading to other enemies like the plague. Such reaction damage validates electro-charged comps. To maximise his damage potential, he is best paired with C6 Fischl oand C6 Beidou. At C6, his position in the highest tier is certified with the complete removal of his elemental skill cooldown.
- A very expensive unit to build around in comparison to other 5 stars.
- Heart of Depth is tailor-made to fit his playstyle.
- His enabling potential is greatly increased at C4. Riptide automatically triggers every 4 seconds his elemental skill lasts, greatly increasing his hydro application and damage.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Crescent (F2P), Rust, Skyward Harp, Viridescent Hunt with 4P Heart of Depth
Sub DPS: Prototype Crescent (F2P), The Stringless, Skyward Harp with 2P Noblesse Oblige / 2P Heart of Depth / 2P Wanderer's Troupe
GANYU

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	SS	A/S	A/S	A	A
C1	SS	A/S	A/S	A	A
C2	SS	A/S	A/S	A/S	A
C4	SS	S	SS	A/S	S
C6	SS	S	SS	A/S	S

- Cryo Bazooka
- The platinum standard for a 5 star character. Theoretically, she has the highest damage output in the game with a melt comp + 4P Wanderer's Troupe. However, being a charged aim shot damage dealer - her skill ceiling is higher than other main DPS'. Her charged attack and frostflake bloom damage is no joke when coupled with her ascension talents which give her additional crit-rate and bonus cryo damage when she's in the vicinity of her burst. Arguably, C1 is one of her best constellations as it reduces cryo resistance and gives her bonus energy.
- Her enabling potential is one of the best in the game, almost too good. When using her elemental burst to apply cryo on the enemy, her ice shards are usually the ones procc-ing the melt damage and not the main DPS. While being an occassional drawback for melt teams, her burst's overwhelming enabling potential with its almost 100% uptime potential is well suited for freeze comps. Her utility potential is greatly increased at C4 as her burst increases the amount of incoming damage enemies take in its field.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Crescent (F2P), Amos Bow, Blackcliff Bow with 4P Wanderer's Troupe for melt comps, 4P Blizzard Strayer for freeze comps, 2P Blizzard Strayer + 2P Gladiator's Finale for flexibility
Sub DPS / Support: Favonius Warbow (F2P), The Stringless, Sacrificial Bow with 2P Blizzard Strayer + 2P Noblesse Oblige
ALBEDO

Constellation	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	A	S	A	A
C1	A	S	S	A
C2	A/S	S	S	A
C4	A/S	S	S	A/S
C6	A/S	S	S	A/S

- Elevator boi
- A great battery with high enabling potential. His elemental skill lasts 30 seconds on the field and deals AOE geo damage in a wide radius with battery and damage potential being comparable to Fischl's Oz. Being a geo enabler, he also provides shields through crystallise and also increases the team's elemental mastery with his burst at second ascension talent.
- Mixed stats are usually an issue, but going full DEF build to maximise his elemental skill damage is very valid. C2 solidifies DEF as his main stat to build and greatly increases the amount of damage his burst deals. C4 and C6 allow a considerable increase to his utility capabilities with him being a niche pick for plunge attack teams and defensive teams utilising crystallise.
Recommendations:
Sub DPS / Support: Harbinger of Dawn (at refinement 5), Blackcliff Longsword, Festering Desire with 2P Archaic Petra + 2P Noblesse Oblige / 2P Gamblers / 2P Defenders or 4P Archaic Petra or 4P Noblesse Oblige
QIQI

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	C	C	B	C	B
C1	C	C	B	C	B
C2	B	C	B	C	B
C4	B	C	B	C	A
C6	B	C	B	C	A

- Hu Tao's best mate, #buffqiqi
- Best healer in the game. However, there is no content in the game that requires the healing that Qiqi provides for her team. While being only a heal bot, she does provide some utility at C4 which allows her to reduce the attack damage of enemies and C6 which allows her to resurrect fallen allies. Although her elemental skill is deployable, the cryo application is slow and is hampered by a very long cooldown.
- Her damage output potential is limited by the large energy requirement of her burst and the lack of energy she creates from her elemental skill. Even though attack is her primary stat, her basic attack multipliers are very subpar in comparison to Kaeya. At C2, she gets a small boost in her basic attack damage output against enemies affected by cryo.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Rancour (F2P), Aquila Favonia, The Black Sword with 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry or 4P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Blizzard Strayer
Sub DPS / Support: Prototype Rancour (F2P), Sacrificial Sword, any recharge weapon with 4P Maiden's Beloved for full support or 2P Maiden's Beloved + 2P Noblesse Oblige / Gladiator's / Bloodstained / Blizzard Strayer or 2P Blizzard Strayer + 2P Noblesse Oblige / Gladiator's for sub DPS.
JEAN

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	B	A	A	A	S/SS
C1	A	A	A	A	S/SS
C2	A	A	S	A	SS
C4	S	A/S	SS	A	SS
C6	S	A/S	SS	A	SS

- Dandelion TIGHTS
- Jack of all trades, however master of one role. The flexibility of her unit makes her the platinum standard for supports alongside Venti, Zhongli, and Bennett. Being a healer, cleanser, crowd control check, an anemo debuffer, and a battery - she can fit into any team. With her second talent ascension reducing the amount of energy required for her burst, she's also a decent burst damage dealer. Her enabling potential is pushed higher at C2 where she gives the team additional movement and attack speed when she retrieves an energy orb.
- Her fall damage exploit is no joke. Her charged attack is unique in comparison to other sword users, allowing her to crowd control her enemies into the air and dealing a considerable amount of damage. She's also one of the only physical damage users who can use 4P Bloodstained Chivalry properly. Her main DPS potential is greatly increased at C1, where her short cooldown elemental skill gains additional damage and pulling strength. C4 also shreds anemo resistance off enemies by a considerable amount making her a high tier main DPS and S tier enabler.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Rancour or Festering Desire (F2P), Aquila Favonia, Skyward Blade, The Black Sword, Blackcliff Longsword with 4P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Bloodstained Chivalry or 2P Gladiator's / 2P Bloodstained / 2P Viridescent
Sub DPS / Support: Festering Desire or Prototype Rancour (F2P), Skyward Blade, The Flute, Sacrificial Sword, Favonius Sword, any energy recharge or attack bonus weapon with 4P Viridescent Veneer or 4P Noblesse Oblige or 4P Maiden's Beloved or 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Viridescent / 2P Bloodstained / 2P Noblesse Oblige
KLEE

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	SS	A/B	A/B	A	C
C1	SS	A/B	A/B	A	C
C2	SS	S	S	A	A
C4	SS	SS	S	A	A
C6	SS	SS	SS	A	SS

- Terrorist, Destroyer of Worlds. Dynamite really does come in small packages.
- Her initial value is great as a main DPS, having access to a catalyst and area of effect pyro damage. Her damage ceiling increases as you learn to mitigate her basic attack animations with her animation-cancelling techniques. At C1, she gets a boost in damage potential with her attacks and skills randomly proc-ing additional pyro damage.
- With her deployable elemental skill and multiple charges, she can be an enabler for some vaporise and melt comps. Her enabling and utility potential increases with C2 which allows her to reduce enemy defence by a considerable lot with her elemental skill and C4 which turns her into a detonator when her elemental burst goes off. C6 gives additional energy and pyro damage to her teammates when she uses her burst.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Mappa Mare (F2P), Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, Solar Pearl, Skyward Atlas, The Widsith with 4P Crimson Witch of Flames or 2P Crimson + 2P Gladiator.
Sub DPS: Mappa Mare (F2P), The Widsith, Skyward Atlas, Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, Favonius Codex, Sacrificial Fragments with 2P Crimson Witch of Flames + 2P Noblesse Oblige / Gladiator's Finale
MONA

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	B	SS	S	B	S
C1	B	SS	SS	B	S
C2	A	SS	SS	B	S
C4	A	SS	SS	B	S
C6	A	SS	SS	B	S

- "Wow, you did 120K damage with your Childe? I can do 800K with my Mona"
- A staple in high DPS damage showcases. Her elemental burst is one of the best in the game - having the ability to multiply damage output by a great amount, crowd control mobs of enemies, apply hydro to a large AOE, and work well in tandem with elemental reaction comps. Not only that, she also receives energy recharge when she ascends, allowing her to spam her burst often. Her deployable elemental skill provides a taunt, a considerable amount of energy, and consistent hydro application, however it does have a long cooldown which hampers on her enabling potential. At C1, the elemental reaction damage output of her burst increases by a considerable amount.
- Her damage potential is considerably DPS friendly. Being a catalyst user, she can constantly apply area of effect hydro damage without being limited by her elemental skills. At C2, her damage potential spikes as she can randomly proc her charged attacks with her basic attack spam. C6 Mona also scales up the damage potential of her charged attack.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Mappa Mare (F2P), Solar Pearl, The Widsith, Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, Skyward Atlas with 4P Wanderer's Troupe or 4P Heart of Depth
Sub DPS: Mappa Mare (F2P), The Widsith, Favonius Codex, Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, Skyward Atlas with 2P Noblesse Oblige + 2P Wanderer's Troupe / Heart of Depth or 4P Noblesse Oblige
KEQING

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator
C0	A/S	A
C1	A/S	A/S
C2	A/S	A/S
C4	S	S
C6	S	S

- Electro furry bait, Kekw-ing
- Her charged attack spam is the fastest in the game and deals a very high amount of damage in a short window of time. Gains crit damage as an ascension stat and additional crit rate + energy recharge when using her burst. Having a low energy cost with her burst, she has a very high uptime with her electro damage despite being a physical damage / electro damage hybrid.
- However, being an electro damage dealer does have it's limitations. Electro-related reaction damage doesn't have considerably high multipliers compared to amplification reactions like melt and vaporise. Electro-charged is the best contender for damage over time and should be paired with Xingqiu to maximise her potential.
- Damage output heavily reliant on stamina. Her charged attack energy cost is slightly higher than other sword users.
- C4 and C6 have the greatest impact on her potential damage, increasing her overall electro damage output.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Rancour (F2P), Aquila Favonia, Skyward Blade, Summit Shaper, Primodial Jade Cutter, The Black Sword, Lion's Roar with 2P Thundering Fury + 2P Gladiator's Finale or 4P Thundersoother or 2P Gladiator's Finale + 2P Bloodstained Chivalry
VENTI

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator	Enabler	Battery	Utility
C0	A	S	SS	SS	S/SS
C1	A	S	SS	SS	S/SS
C2	A/S	S/SS	SS	SS	SS
C4	S	SS	SS	SS	SS
C6	S/SS	SS	SS	SS	SS

- Sadge alocoholic, allergic to furries
- The first platinum standard support since the game's release. His burst is among the best in the game, being capable of absorbing other elements, crowd controlling mobs of enemies in a large radius, and dealing an incredible amount of damage. His enabling capabilities are also boosted by his ascension talents which reduce the energy cost of his 60 energy burst and his ascension stat which gives additional energy recharge. C2 allows for additional shred on top of Viridescent Veneer and C6 shreds on top of that shred.
- As a main DPS, he is best paired with Jean for anemo battery-ing each other. His elemental burst coupled with Stringless greatly increases his damage potential. All of his constellations increase his damage output by a considerable amount.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Crescent or Favonius Warbow (F2P), Stringless, Sacrificial Bow, Viridescent Veneer, Skyward Harp with 2P Viridescent Veneer + 2P Gladiator's Finale / 2P Noblesse Oblige or 4P Viridescent Veneer
Sub DPS / Support: Favonius Warbow (F2P), Stringless, Sacrificial Warbow with 4P Viridescent Veneer or 4P Noblesse Oblige
DILUC

Constellation	Main DPS	Detonator
C0	SS	S
C1	SS	S
C2	SS	S
C4	SS	S
C6	SS	S

- Budget Bennett, Batman
- The first platinum standard damage dealer since the game's release. One of the best DPS damage dealers in the game with low technicality and high damage output. With pyro infusion from his elemental burst and being a claymore user, he has one of the highest damage outputs in the game being only beaten by Ganyu and Xiao. Paired with Xingqiu, he can maximise his damage potential with vaporise. All of his constellations are a considerable damage boost to his DPS potential and solidify his place in the highest tier.
Recommendations:
Main DPS: Prototype Archaic (F2P), Wolf's Gravestone, Skyward Pride, Blackcliff Slasher, Serpent Spine with 4P Crimson Witch of Flames or 2P Crimson Witch + 2P Gladiator's Finale.
Check the comment I posted in the comment section for additional info.

This is also know known as the:

Geo-Fischl Build

Japanese Video of the Skill-Idiot Albedo.
Since that's what the youtuber is essentially calling him, we'll just go with that.
Here's the quick TL;DR of the video

• Main point of this build is to just cast his E and swap out.
• Harbringer of Dawn is BiS for Skill-idiot builds
• 4-Petra > 2-Petra 2-Defender with Def/Geo/Crit for artifacts
• c2 > c3 > c6 are the main ones to look at, but for a skill-idiot build, those are only extra and no constellations are needed
• Skill > Burst > Normals is how you want to level your skills and honestly don't need to touch his normals, you're not using them.

In an updated video, he has his stats at:

• Lvl 90 Albedo
• Lvl 90 Harbinger of Dawn
• Talent levels 3 / 7 / 6
• He sadly dosn't have any decent sets for him, so is using a 2-piece Petra and nothing else. He does not have the gear to make a full Petra set that he wants to use. So the other 3 pieces are random parts just chosen for the rolls.
• Main Stats are DEF% / Geo% / DEF%
• Constellation Zero.
• 2007 DEF
• 65.7% Crit Rate
• 169.1% Crit DMG
• 90.4% Geo DMG

With the above stats, he is getting (seen in this updated video):

• When HP of the enemy is above 50%, blossoms were dealing 3473 damage on a normal hit and 9349 on a critical hit.
• When HP of the enemy is below 50%, blossoms were dealing 3930 damage on a normal hit and 10576 on a critical hit.

Of course that damage can happen every 2s.
Thankfully the blossoms do not fully consume the elements, so you can use him to supplement damage in any party.
The main focus for this is of course, his Skill.
It is noted that if you use him with Zhongli, only the center of is a construct (can resonate with Zhongli's pillar), but the resonance from both the pillar and the construct can trigger the Albedo's blossoms as well.

Weapon

• Harbinger of Dawn: Only a 3-star making it really easy to max out. It may have a low base 39 ATK, but we don't care about that, as the Blossoms only scale off DEF. The Blossoms however can crit and that's what this sword offers. It offers a nice 46.9% Crit DMG and at the easy to achieve R5, you get 28% Crit Rate when over 90% HP. With him never being on the field for any extended period of time, this is easily maintained. It is his E's BiS weapon as long as you maintain your HP. Dealing more DPS than Festering Desire at R5 by a bit. This is by far his Best in Slot weapon. Use it. You should have it.
• Festering Desire: While not as good as Stringless that helps both Skill and Burst, for Albedo, that's fine. We don't care about the Burst either with this build (not that it's not nice to still be able to do some damage with it, it's extra large scale AoE damage). This, once you have R5 through the event, will over 32% Skill DMG and 12% Skill Crit Rate. Perfect for boosting the Blossoms. The energy recharge substat is nice, but not as important, but will allow even more burst spam along with it's higher base 42 ATK to help that burst. In the end even for his E though, it deals less than Harbinger of Dawn and again, the skill doesn't affect his Q at all. Still the second best choice (and during the event, x1.5 exp bonus along with guaranteed R5, so raise for someone else if Albedo's not using it).

The new 5-star Sword, as well as the other 5-star swords, are actually terrible for him since none of them boost DEF or his Skill DMG. So they won't be helping his Blossoms. So yay, you can ignore the rare stuff.
Here's a video by Krush SG explaining exactly how much better Harbinger of Dawn is than Festering Desire.
To further add on how much Harbinger of Dawn is over everything else for Albedo, Kleeful's Albedo Albacus (included in the artifact section below) shows in even greater detail just how much better it is.

Artifact Recommendations

Here is a hopefully easy to understand comparison of the main combinations of Artifact sets used on Albedo
Forgot to add the note that the calculator was set for 3 Fatal Blossom hits on the Q, meaning you got lucky and essentially are doing the most with your Q. Instead of just the 1 guaranteed or the more often than not 2 blossom (I forgot to change it to 2, which I normally would do as that would be the average.... ah well).
It is also only set to 5 Transient Blossoms from his E. Given that you can do more than that (and less) depending on positioning and making sure you trigger them as fast as possible, you can technically get up to 15..... So that number for the E could almost triple in an ideal situation. Further pushing up how good the Defender build is.....
Here is an extra on why it is better to have Crit Stats on your Circlet over DEF%. Just a simple comparison.
Will possibly add another chart later with crit stat variances in substats, but that's a lot of extra work and only really needed to see how much better or where the breaking point would be between crit stats and DEF% in the substats. Since in general, just adding the same crit stats to any of the previous set combinations with those DEF% values will affect the numbers in the same way.
As of note, getting 60-80% DEF in just Substats alone is about 2-3 rolls towards DEF% on a stat that was there from the start (meaning a 5-star with 4 substats at +0 or a 4-star with 4 substats at +4). Depending on the rarity, you can get 3-5 substat rolls onto those base 4. So this is achievable along with still getting 2-3 substats towards crit stats. So the numbers shouldn't be unreasonable. On top of which, this is assuming you got the average in the roll (since rolls are variable in how much the roll is worth. See the wiki for more on that if you didn't know).
Of course these are endgame comparisons, as Albedo, the Harbinger of Dawn and the artifacts are maxed out. So do keep that in mind. Play with the following if you want to tweak the stats to exactly what you personally have if you would like.....
And here is Kleeful's Albedo Albacus used to make this shiny chart (saved me from doing all the math, which I admitadly already was halfway done with myself than found this..... so scrapped all that work and made my life easier. Thanks Kleeful (I mean it....).

• 4-piece Archaic Petra: This allows him for a full use of a 5-star set for those extra stat rolls. Geo DMG boost that helps him. As well as the occasional "Oh, I see a crystal of my carries element", swap to Albedo, grab it for the boost, then swap back. The damage from Albedo himself is the weakest of the combinations, but not by much and it can provide a good boost to your carry if you use it well. This set should only be used if your Carry is of the Pyro/Electro/Hydro/Cryo variety, as they are the only ones that can benefit from the Petra's bonus.
• 2-piece Archaic Petra with 2-piece Defender's Will. This set allows for the hardest hitting E's. It may force you to have two 4-star artifacts (preferably in the Flower and Feather slots, so as not to affect his E's damage), but it will probably be the favored set by most. This set should generally be taken by those with a Geo or Anemo Carry (or by players that don't want to have to think about making Albedo pick up crystals).

Because this is the Skill-Idiot build, no other sets really need be considered. Noblesse is nice for his burst, but it doesn't help his blossoms at all. Unless your rolls are perfect to take advantage of having 2 more on each of those 5-stars (that defenders was forced to be 4-star on), the damage difference might not make up enough.
Plus, again, this guide is an E focused build. But it's nice to see the comparison.....
For main stats, you want: DEF% / Geo% / Crit Stats (whichever is needed more).
On Substats, go for: Crit Stats > DEF% > Flat DEF.
If you are making him a BurstBot, Krush SG on youtube has tested and Noblesse does boost his Q's extra blossom's damage, so that is an option as well if you decide to do a different build and focus on that. This option pulls away from either support from a full Petra or takes away from a bonus that would further boost his E. With this build you also are not focusing on ATK stats, so this boost to his Q through Noblesse will not be as big as with other characters.
Added Bonus: With math done in another thread, we find that Defender's vs Gambler's 2-piece is almost exactly the same, leading only to generally a 1% difference in Defender's favor (I honestly thought it would be neck and neck with Gambler's ahead by a little, but ah well). So for E, it doesn't matter which you use. However if you have his c2, then Defender's wins by a long shot, as it affects his Q, while Gambler's does not.

Constellations

You don't need them at all for the Skill-Idiot build, but here are the thoughts on them anyway.

• c1 isn't worth much in this build by itself.
• c2 is probably his best constellation and gives meaning to his c1 , boo, see note below.....
• c3 is really nice to further boost your Blossom's power
• c6 is nice, but not worth it.

Didn't really have comments on c4, which does nothing for this build.
Or c5, which is a pure Burst boost, so again, nothing for this build.
In other words, if you're going for Constellations: c3 > c6 > c2 and the other's are not worth thinking about.

NOTE, it seems his c2 is just worded stupidly poorly and it only affects his Q. IT DOES NOTHING FOR HIS E.

So now it is worth as much to this build as c1 is..... not a lot. c1 and c2 do work well together and with the DEF, again it will help since you will pop out some Q's, but that's not the main focus of this build.
Further note from testing his c1. From what I can tell, it does not generate energy unless Albedo is on the field. Thus this is purely a carry constellation and will have no benefit to this build.
Further note on the further note....., I have been getting mixed notes on the c1. Some have agreed that it doesn't work off field and a couple have said that it does. I guess it needs further testing. For now though, I'm going to play it safe in saying that it doesn't. Since if it does, that's always a good thing, but it would be terrible to say it does work when it doesn't, only to let one down....
Personally, I feel that

• If you're at c0, it's not worth rolling for c1, as it won't help this build.
• If you're at c1 already, roll for c2 so that his Q does better damage with this DEF build.
• If you're at c2 and really want to maximize his E, roll for that c3. It is, in my opinion his best constellation for this build.
• If you're at c3, it's not worth rolling more, as the next two constellations are just.... eh.......
• If for some silly reason you're at c5, definitely just finish him off for that c6 as 17% DMG boost is reaaaally nice and super easy to maintain shields for the boost because of his E. But this is super whale territory. Though if again, you're already got him to c5, you're almost there, so just finish it.......

Thankfully, in general, Albedo doesn't need his constellations. Especially for an E build.

Talent Order

Being a Skill-Idiot build:

• E is obviously most important. It's what makes Albedo who he is.
• Q is there more as a just because, if he's doing any damage himself, this is where it's from.
• Normals/Charged doesn't really need to be leveled at all, you're not using his attacks in this build and they're just okay. He can do normal>charged>walk cancel if you were to make him a carry for some reason. But again, that's not for this build.

There we go, hope that helps some people with their Albedo Skill-Idiot Builds.

He's essentially a Geo Fischl without offensive reactions.

In terms of how he works and how one would normally use him.
Of course if you want to make him a Burst-Bot or turn him into a Carry, those are other build options as well, just not really covered here.

Do note that his E construct doesn't work in the same places as any other character's construct.

Such as GeoMC's Meteors, Ningguang's Screens and Zhongli's Pillars.
This makes this style of build for Albedo kind of worthless on these bosses.
Guessing that miHoYo was afraid that people would mess up the A.I. of the boss with odd placements.
So Oceanid is right out. Childe can instant break it, but you can play it right by summoning it far enough away so that the boss is right at the edge to make use of it a little. Same can be done on some of the other ones too.
Just note that this is this build's second biggest weakness.

With the biggest weakness for this build being that he cannot use his blossoms to break shields.

This is odd for a Geo character, which are know for being able to do so....
But you should have 3 other party members who can break shields, so that shouldn't be a problem in the end (hopefully).
Extra note, the Monster Hunter Math Guys (Jinx and Tuner) have found that:

• Albedo's Energy Particle Generation is random. They only did a bit over a half an hour of testing yesterday on it, but just like with Zhongli, it is inconsistant. Super sad on that part.
• The extra blossoms on his Q cast are can also be random (see new note below). You can at most hit 2-3 of those extra hits on a single enemy (and that's talking large enemies like Ruin Guards). So NO, you will not be getting all 7 hits on the enemy and more than likely, even on large enemies, you'll only get one extra blossom to hit. The 2-3 is if you're really lucky. This makes these extra blossoms only amazing if there is a large group of spread out enemies, so that each blossom has a chance to hit something.

They liked to comment that Albedo is a gacha filled character (calling the random things he does that). Gacha particle generation and Gacha bonus damage on Q.
They are going to be doing extra testing on him though to see if they an find anything they missed. However they did have some instances where they only got one particle in 10s, which is terrible. To sometimes having 4 particles in 10s, which is great. But because again it is so random, it's hard to plan on it.
Update on MHMG's thoughts on Albedo: In their final conclusion (above is their initial thoughts), they think that he's a really good support and probably the most "balanced 5-star" in the game. Not doing anything amazing, but not doing anything to terrible either. They still think his energy generation is pretty bad (60% chance or so to get a particle on a blossom), but the damage he offers makes up for that. That and he can easily be slotted into any team. They do not think he is a "must pull" character because of that (which they only deem towards characters like Venti and Diluc for 5-stars). But again, they do think he is a good character none the less.
New Note: As shown by redditor CCCchryse in their thread here, ONE fatal blossom is targeted on an enemy. Meaning if there are 7 enemies, every single one of the Fatal Blossoms will hit something guaranteed. It is when there are less enemies, especially 1 or 2, that you start getting RNG. So against one enemy, 1 will guarantee to hit and the other 6 then become random.
This also means that Venti (and to a lesser extent Sucrose and the AnemoMC) is great for gathering enemies in one spot, then casting his burst so that all those AoE Fatal Blossoms bloom in the same area to maximize his damage.
Extra extra note.
From the above, I highly agree with the redditior CCCchryse, who mentions that Ningguang is amazing with him.

• Ningguang as the main carry, she a single target DPS queen.
• Albedo offers her much wanted AoE to everything she does with his E.
• Albedo's Q we now know helps clear groups. (More so if you have c2 with this build, since you'll have a DEF focus.)
• Ningguang is essentially already self sufficient in her Energy Generation, meaning you don't have to worry about the randomness in Albedo's Particles. They'll be more of a bonus instead of trying to plan around it.
• Geo Resonance of course (when 1.3 eventually comes, this will be extra nice).

Extra extra extra note (wooo.... how many more of these will there be?).
Interresting thing to note on his E.

Albedo's E snapshots stats on cast.

This was first found out with the Harbinger of Dawn. If he casts E while above 90% HP, the E has the boosted Crit Rate. And if he takes damage to below that while his E is still up, it still has said Crit Rate. Giving you time to heal yourself up before you cast E again. Vice versa, if you are below 90%, cast E and then heal up above it, the E will still not have the crit rate boost.
This however does not work for the Geo Resonance boost. It is the only thing that sadly does not snapshot....
Of course, make sure you're topped up on HP before casting E if you're using Harbinger of Dawn.

Hey everyone, I wanted to make a more in-depth post about the newest 5 Star, Childe / Tartaglia, as it seems to be a very controversial topic whether he is good or not.
I will be working on a more in-depth version of this guide in Video format, but here is a highlight videos showcasing his power until then!
Find all my updated Character guides here: Reddit: Childe | Bennett | Fischl | Jean | Barbara Videos: Childe | Bennett | Fischl | Jean | Barbara
So my first impression is that he is an absolutely amazing Carry Character, probably on par with Diluc, Klee and Keqing. Another point about Tartaglia is that his scaling seems very exponential. He might seem underwhelming at first, but once you min/max his stats and get him to a nice Crit/Crit Damage Ratio with a lot of Hydro Damage (lvl 80 Weapon, lvl 20 5 Star Artifacts, Lvl 6+ Talents) he starts becoming an insane DPS machine, but I do think he will be more whale-friendly than F2P friendly, as a weapon like Skyward Harp really takes him over the edge.
Note that this is taking into account Childe as a main DPS. There are possible builds with more Energy Recharge and Elemental Mastery that would be using him more as a Ult Spam / Vaporize Secondary DPS that could also work very well.

Abilities

• His main strength is fast attacks as well as crazy burst and AoE damage. The way this character works is all based on him applying a debuff called Riptide on enemies, which will then cause that debuff to trigger AoE Hydro Damage in many ways.
• In ranged form, this applies only by doing aimed shots. Subsequent Aimed Shots will trigger Riptide:Flash which will do a few hydro damage hits in quick succession for a lot of burst damage.Enemies who die with the Riptide Effect on them will also explode for AoE Hydro Damage and Apply Riptide to all other monsters around. >> The Strategy in ranged form will be to full Aim Shot at monsters (and do huge dmg on weak points) and will do very well if you can snipe off weaker mobs in a pack 1 at a time, as they will keep spreading Riptide and Exploding. The damage is actually very impressive on these effects and makes waiting for the Melee Stance Cooldown a lot less painful than people think.
  
• His Elemental Skill turns Tartaglia into a melee god and simply activating the ability does a nice burst AOE Hydro Damage. All attacks are still considered "Normal Attacks" but do purely Hydro Damage. Hitting enemies affected by Riptide with Normal or Charged attacks will cause an AOE Hydro Burst Explosion that does very good damage (That damage is considered Elemental Skill DMG) and can only happen once every 1.5 seconds, per monster. >> The big concern here is the cooldown, which is not as bad as people think. If YOU are the one CANCELLING the skill, either by pressing E again, or switching to another character, the cooldown will be anywhere between 6 and 36 Seconds MAXIMUM. If you instead let it run out after 30 seconds, the cooldown will be 45 seconds. So PAY ATTENTION TO THIS. There will be flashing sword icon on top of your head once its about to expire. >> If you cancel the skill quickly, you will only have 6 seconds cooldown, and will be able to continuously go into melee form to trigger the burst damage of the stance. It is recommended to not stay in Melee form too much, and keep "Stance Shuffling" and alternate to other characters to keep triggering elemental combo. It seriously doesnt feel like the cooldown on E is a big deal once you get into a good flow.
  
• His Elemental Burst is one of the highest scaling ability in the game, even more-so in melee form.In Ranged Form, it shoots off an Arrow, similar to Venti, that does huge DMG to everything hit and applies Riptide. It also returns 20 (33%) of the energy cost. This is a very powerful ability not to be underestimated.In Melee Form, it will do a full 360 AOE Hydro Damage and Proc all riptide effects for enemies hit, consuming them and doing even more damage. This is considered Elemental Burst DMG and has gotten me crits close to 100K at Lvl 80 without crazy buffs.
  
• His Talents are pretty straightforward, Never Ending extends the duration of Riptide by 8 seconds, and Sword of Torrents makes it so Critical Hits in Melee Form apply Riptide. This is why Critical Strike is important on him.
  
• His Passive Talent is probably the best passive in the game, as it increases the Talent Level of Normal Attacks by 1 for every party member, Himself Included
  

Constellations

• The first Constellation reduces the cooldown of his Melee Stance by 20%, which is a very big buff to his biggest downside.
• The second Constellation gives him 4 energy every time he defeats a monster, and probably one of his most powerful one because of that, due to how powerful his Ult is.
• Constellation 4 is a huge DPS increase, triggering extra Riptide Effects on enemies consistently during combat and as a Damage over time.
• His 6th Constellation basically makes his melee stance have no cooldown at all and will make Whales stupidly powerful when using him

Stat Priority

• Crit Rate is very important to have on him, but you dont need to have 100% for it to work due to his insanely fast attack speed and the fact that his Riptide lasts a long time on enemies. Around 40% seems to be very sufficient to have all enemies instantly affected by the Debuff.
• Hydro Damage, Crit Damage and ATK will be the other priorities in terms of Stats while making sure to keep a good ratio close to 1:2 for Crit Rate/Crit Damage. Energy Recharge is also not bad at all, since his ult is insane especially if using 2-Piece Noblesse Oblige.
• You will want to make sure to have ATK on the Sands, Hydro Damage on the Goblet and Crit or Crit Damage on the Circlet

Weapons

1. Skyward Harp is by far his Best In Slot, providing him Crit Rate, Crit Damage and the passive works in both ranged and melee form. Its no wonder that it is available in the weapon Gacha right now.
2. Rust might be his second best weapon, due to the passive giving him Normal Attack damage which works with his Melee form, though, it also reduces Aimed Shot damage, which is actually a big part of Childe's kit as opposed to most other archers. Sadly, it gives ATK instead of Crit/Crit DMG but that is still a great stat for him. The passive on Rust is absolutely amazing, especially if you have refinement levels, but sadly this wont apply to his Ult nor his Aimed Shots so it has some drawbacks.
3. Amos Bow is very close to Rust for being second best, simply because its a 5 star, and will have much higher Base Damage late game which scales better than any other stat in the game. The passive is also amazing, and works very well with both his Melee and his Aimed Shot Ranged stances. It also has ATK which is, again, not the best, but still good.
4. The Viridescent Hunt, the BP weapon, is another incredible weapon for him. It seems like the passive effect also works in Melee, and as it gives Crit, it allows him to scale very well late game (and possibly run Crit Dmg on the headpiece)
5. Royal Bow and Blackcliff Bow are good options as well, can be bought from the Starglitter Shop and do provide with great Stats, Crit Chance and Crit Damage.
6. Most other bows don't seem to work super well with him, Compound Bow is quite bad as he doesnt do much Physical Damage at all, Stringless doesn't seem to apply to his melee attacks, Sacrificial bow doesn't work on his E cooldown, and most other just lack the damage bonuses, though some might build him more as a support and use them okay, it will definitely not be as good.

Artifacts

1. 2-Piece Noblesse Oblige and 2-Piece Gladiator seems to be the best combination, boosting both his Atk stat and his Ult damage which is a huge part of his damage. Until we get the Water Damage Set, this is probably going to be the best option for 5 Stars.
2. 4 Piece Gambler seems to be a very powerful option as it does reset his Skill cooldown, but the fact that there are no 5 star version will result in a big loss of dps
3. Wandering Troupe is another option that can be very good, but the 4-Piece doesn't work well in his Melee Stance and to get the max value from the 2-Piece, it requires him to have access to a lot of elemental combos, which is hard to manage with his Stance Shuffling.
4. There doesnt seem to be many other options for him sadly, as most items dont work well on him due to being a Bow User. Martial Artist and Berserker would be great, if they had 5 Star versions.

Team comps and Tips

• One of the best way to use and combo his abilities is as follow:

1. Starting the fight in Ranged Mode, Cast Aimed Shots at enemies and pick off the weak ones if possible to spread the Riptide.
2. Switch to other Characters and use their abilities
3. Cast his ult in Ranged form to trigger great damage (Especially Vaporize) and apply riptide to everyone
4. Can switch to other characters again to regen more Ult Energy and prepare more combos, or simply go right into Melee Stance (you will have a lot of your ult recharged already) and hit them until you can ult Again. With effects such as Xiangling's Goaba or Ult, you might be able to proc Vaporize here again with the ult which is going to be optimal.

• He is quite complicated and will require a lot of testing to figure out his best team comps and combo, but Vaporize is going to be his main source of big burst damage, so bringing a fire support character such as Xiangling or Bennett is going to be very important.
• Electric Support such as Fischl is obviously very powerful with him, enhancing his already crazy AOE even more with Electro Charge.
• Sadly, Chongyun does NOT work well with him at all.
• Anemo Supports such as Venti or Sucrose will be S+ with him as well, gathering mobs into a cluster will enable his maximum damage potential. I am not sure if the Veridiscent Venerer set not working with Hydro has been fixed yet, but once it is, that will be almost a requirement when playing with him. I think Sucrose is also going to be even better than Venti with him considering the fact that she keeps mobs on the ground and allows him to unleash his ult and melee abilities, though you can also use Childe's ranged Ult into Venti's ult for crazy burst too.
• So far in my testing, he is an absolute beast at clearing the Abyss. The more monster density, the better for him, and he seems to scale extremely well. At World Level 6, he melts almost everything with ease, and feels much stronger than my very powerful Diluc. I am excited to test him more and figure out even stronger combos and team comps!

Let me know what you think of Childe so far and what combos you think are best for him in the comments as I am eager to learn more! -Xoraz Youtube.com/NotCasuals

Hey everyone, here is my in-depth Character Build Guide for Albedo!
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Disclaimer: Yes, EVERY. SINGLE. CHARACTER. in this game is amazing, especially at high level, using decent artifacts and a good weapon. That is the essence behind all of our character guides, which have the sole purpose of showcasing all characters potential! All content in this game can be cleared using F2P Characters with 0 Primogems or Money investment, so, yes, you can play literally any character you like and do well!
Albedo is probably patch 1.2's biggest surprise after Rosaria's thighs, and I've been nothing but happy with his performance and playstyle since pulling him. Additionally, his banner has 3 of the best support characters in the game right now, making it one of the most worthwhile banners we have seen so far.
In this guide, I go over Albedo's Kit and how to use it efficiently. I will also explain the different Stat Priorities you should be focusing on his gear and go over his best Weapon Choices as well as Artifact Sets. Lastly, I will give a few Gameplay and Teamcomp Tips!
Abilities

• Albedo's support potential comes from his Elemental Skill, Solar Isotoma, which will allow him to cast a flower on the ground (this action can be held to place it wherever you want). This will do significant damage to enemies, and then will proc "Transient Blossoms" which deal additional GEO damage when you attack monsters in the radius of the flower. This can happen every 2 seconds and can hit multiple monsters at a time. This ability lasts for 30 seconds, but has 4 seconds of cooldown so it is easy to relocate. This ability will also do 25% more damage when enemies are below 50%.
• His Elemental Burst, or Ult, does a high amount of damage in an area in front of him. If you use it inside the Isotoma's Radius, it will cause 7 explosions for extra damage. It has an energy cost of 40, and a cooldown of 12 seconds, which makes it very spammable for a lot of extra AOE damage and crystallize reactions. Additionally, one of his passive talents makes it so Albedo boosts your party's Elemental Mastery by 125 for 10 seconds after casting his ult, which is a huge DMG buff for your party.
• His Passive Talent for Crafting can also save you hundreds in resin value, especially when duplicating an orange item, which are worth about 60 resin each

Constellations
My Albedo is at C0 and functions perfectly well, but it is important to note that he gets a huge power spike if you manage to get C2 on him, which is probably his best constellation.

• His First Constellation will cause the Transient Blossoms generated by his Skill to generate 1.2 Energy for Albedo. This will make the Ult even easier to charge up and be usable on cooldown.
• The Second Constellation provides a buff to Albedo when generating Transient Blossoms, that can stack up to 4 time. This buff will increase his ULT DMG by 30% of his DEF stat per stack as well as increase the damage dealt by the Ult based on the amount of stacks consumed. This is not only a HUGE damage boost, but also makes Defense the most important stat to put on Albedo when this constellation is unlocked.
• The Fourth Constellations will increase Plunging Attack DMG by 30% when within the Skills's radius. Something that might be very good for a character such as Xiao.
• The Sixth Constellation increases your Active Character's damage by 17% if standing in his Skill's radius when protected by a Crystallize shield. A very powerful buff that would be great if it did not cost $2000 to achieve.

Stat Priority
As far as what stats you should focus on your gear, it will depend on if you want to focus on the damage of your Skill, or your Burst. Personally, I use:

• Sands: Def% (Atk% is ok too but slightly inferior overall)
• Goblet: Geo DMG
• Circlet: Crit DMG or Def%
• Sub Stats: Crit Rate, Crit DMG or Def%

The extra damage triggered by his Skill scales off of Defense, and is his most consistent source of damage, so Defense is good very on him, but it doesn't boost the initial damage of his skill, nor does it boost his Ult. For that reason, I have found that Crit DMG, which boosts the damage of all his abilities, can provide more benefits than Def% on the Circlet when using his Ult on Cooldown, and hitting more than 1-2 enemy consistently with it, but in any case, both are perfectly viable options, and I find myself alternating between both items in different Abyss levels at times. EXCEPTION to this is if you have C2.
Tests
For reference, here are my dmg stats (without any buffs, in the open world on hilichurls) when it comes to damage with different items:
Skill DMG with Crit DMG Circlet: 3042 / 9724
Skill DMG with Def Circlet: 3934 / 10650
Ult DMG with Crit DMG Circlet: 6696 / 21406
Ult DMG with Def Circlet: 6351 /17145
Weapons
1. Refinement 5 Harbringer of Dawn, has proven the most valuable option in my case since my gear did not roll with a lot of crit rate (but rolled a ton of crit dmg). It provides a lot of crit damage, which is amazing for all of Albedo's abilities, as well as will provide him 28% Crit Rate as long as he stays above 90%, which is not too hard to do once you start getting shields and with a decent healer. The only downfall of this weapon is that its a 3 star, and has much lower Base ATK, but, Base ATK does not affect his Passive Isotoma Damage at all, which makes it a worthwhile tradeoff for all the damaged gained from how much Crit and Crit DMG you get from a single item.
2. Festering Desire is another absolutely amazing option on him, and easily obtainable for F2P. Even though the energy recharge is not always optimal since his energy cost is so low already, the effect will boost your Skill's damage significantly. Sadly, this doesn't work on his Ult but the higher Base ATK of the weapon helps a bit in that aspect.
3. While these 2 weapons seem to place the highest in most theory crafting, there are also plenty of other options that will work just fine as well, such as Skyward Blade, Black Sword, Blackcliff and Summit Shaper.
Artifacts

• I personally use 2-Piece Petra, 2 Piece Noblesse. It provides great damage buffs to his abilities and his Ult and they are sets that are used by many other characters and thus are easier to obtain good pieces of (especially using those Def% Substat rolls that you never wanted before)
• 4-Piece Petra is also a very good option, but you must be careful when using the Elemental Damage Bonus effect, as the wearer of the set has to be the one to pick up the elemental crystal in order to provide the buff.
• 4-Piece Noblesse is also very decent, as one of the best support sets in the game, and because the cooldown on his Ult is so low, you get very high uptime on the buff.
• You can mix and match any of those sets as 2 pieces sets and use Defender or Gambler as well, which provide very good set bonuses, but do not have 5 star version so will fall off in the late game.

Team Comp and Tips

• The Geo element is looking at some buffs in the upcoming patch, which makes it a more and more appealing element to add in a party. Geo Elemental Reactions can react with any other elements and proc a "Crystallize" effect, dropping a crystal the color of the element on the floor. By picking it up, your characters will get a shield that will protect you against damage! Also, Crystallize reactions will not disturb any other elements, its a bonus reaction, and thus does mess up any combos! This is one of the reason why Albedo can be used as a support to literally ANY DPS character!
• Albedo is probably one of the best Energy Battery Character in the game right now, for himself and your whole party.
• The elevator Albedo summons can be nice to hit Ruin Guard's eyes with melee characters, or dodge some elemental effects on the ground, as well as enable some Plunge attacks, and reach some tricky areas!
• Casting his skill underneath very big creatures, such as the Regisvine, will make the flower disappear. Make sure you cast the flower in the open field in order to get the extra damage working properly!

I hope that you guys enjoyed this guide, feel free to ask any questions or share you tips about him! Let us know what you think of her so far and what combos you think are best for her in the comments! -Xoraz Youtube.com/NotCasuals

Hey everyone! Considering the popularity of those Character guides Guides , here is my Jean Guide following the same format.
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Jean is probably one of the most unique character in Genshin Impact. Her abilities are super diverse and her kit can fit literally any role in the game, from Main DPS Carry, Absolute Beast of a Healer, or Incredibly Powerful and Fun Support. Not only is she one of the most iconic character in the story-line, she also looks like a bad-ass, and can single highhandedly carry your team in every aspect of the content in the game!
She is a 5 star character that can be obtained through the Gacha system only. Not everyone will have her, but if you were lucky enough to pull her, you will be able to do literally anything with her!
This guide will be divided in 3 Sections:

1. I will first explain in details how her Kit works, go over her Abilities, Talents and Constellations as well as give important tips on how to use them in general.
2. Secondly, I will go over her 3 roles, such as Main DPS, Healer, and Pure Support, and give an overview of the Stat Priorities, Weapon Choices and Best Artifact Set possibilities for each one.
3. Lastly, I will go over the different strategies behind how to play Jean efficiently as well as multiple team comps and useful tips on how to make her an absolute unit in your party no matter what role you choose!

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How to play Jean, the Jack of All Trades. Jean is a pretty unique Character because her kit allows her to fill many roles at once. Even as a main dps built with physical damage, her healing powers are very high, and she can easily fill the role of a healer, support and dps all at the same time. There are MANY ways of building her, and rarely will "one way" be better than another, as all builds and item choices will provide different bonuses, so you have a LOT of options here and you should focus on the gameplay style that you enjoy the most with her, since you can hardly go wrong!

• Her main auto attack ability is pretty standard, a chain of 5 attacks that all do progressively more damage. However, her Charged attack is very unique, as it does really high damage and also launches enemies in the air. They will then slowly fall to the ground (and sometimes take fall damage). This can be used as a way to control enemies, prevent damage and also as a setup for crazy fun combos!
• Her Elemental Skill is also extremely powerful. It does Anemo damage and has very high Attack scaling, while having a very short cooldown of 5 seconds. With certain build, it can be spammed and provide crazy nukes. If you hold the ability down, you will also create a whirlwind and suck in enemies, which you can then launch either forward, or upward. This is INSANELY Powerful for many fights in the world, or the abyss, as you can both launch enemies off edges/cliff/in water to instantly kill them, as well as you can launch them upwards and they will take huge amount of fall damage (a big % of their max HP usually)
• Her Elemental Burst/Ult is also a very powerful ability. The initial cast will do a very high Anemo Damage Nuke to everyone around her in a large AOE, launch them away and will then damage every enemy entering or exiting the Ult Area afterwards. Additionally, it will heal all party member for a huge burst amount, and then will heal any character standing in the field of effect on the ground over time. The healing effect scales entirely with her ATK Statistic. This ability has an energy cost of 80, which is quite high, but has a quite low cooldown of 20 seconds.
• Her Wind Companion talent is the other main component of her healing potential, making it so 50% of her Normal Attacks trigger a Heal for ALL PARTY MEMBERS. The healing is 15% of her ATK Statistic. This is an incredibly powerful talent, since Jean auto attacks animations are very quick, and will provide her with almost unlimited sustain as a DPS, as well as incredible healing for her party.
• Her last Talent Let the Wind Lead is a huge buff to her ult cooldown, regenerating 20% of its cost when used.
• Since all of Jean's healing scales directly off her ATK statistic, it has a lot of value in her kit, no matter if shes a DPS or a Healer, and it is one of the reason she is able to fulfill so many roles.

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Constellations

• Being a 5 star, constellations are a lot less realistic, but if you do get lucky enough, the first constellation boost the damage of your Elemental Skill by 40%, which is insane, but only if you hold it down for at least 1 second.
• Her Second constellation is also amazing and will give 15% Attack Speed and Movement Speed to her entire party when picking up Elemental Orbs and Particles
• Her Fourth and Sixth constellations boost her Ult very significantly. Both reducing enemy Anemo resistance by 40% and reducing Incoming Damage taken by 35%, but those are going to be mostly for whales only, so we should not tease ourselves too much by looking at them :')

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Main DPS Build.
When playing Jean as your main Damage Dealer, the most common and efficient route is most likely with Physical Damage. This build focuses on Jean using her normal and charged attacks as the main source of damage, while having basically infinite sustain due to her healing from ATK.
Stat Priority

• ATK on the Sands, Physical Damage on the Goblet, Crit Rate or Damage on the Circlet
• Physical DMG and Crit Rate/DMG are the most valuable stats for her as a pure DPS with ATK also being very valuable. Anemo DMG can also be a possibility if not using her for Normal and Charged Attacks as much. Remember that Crit Rate and Crit Damage are at their most efficient when keeping a 1:2 Ratio (Example: 50 Crit rate for 100 Crit damage)

Weapons

• One of her best weapon choice with this build is going to be Aquila Favonia, which is also her weapon in the lore. It provides her with very high Base ATK, Physical DMG Bonus as well as 20% ATK passive. The trigger also provides extra healing and a burst AOE dmg that is quite powerful. It is a 5 star that can be found in the Gacha System only.
• Another incredible option here is the Black Sword, as it provides Crit Rate, High Base ATK and increases the Damage of normal and Charged Attacks by 20% (can go higher if/when you can refine it). Additionally, it also provides an extra healing effect. This can be purchased with the Battlepass
• Another option that will be excellent for a DPS Jean is the Skyward Blade, due to its high base ATK since its a 5 star and the passive that gives Crit Rate. The energy recharge is also pretty good for her ult uptime and the trigger which activates with her ult is also very powerful
• As F2P options, The Prototype Rancour is probably one of the best option since you get a copy for free at AR10 and you can craft it easily for Refinement Levels. Royal Longsword and Blackcliff Longsword are also very good options that provide ATK, Crit Rate and Crit Damage bonuses and can be obtained through the Starglitter Shop.
• Other excellent options that can be found in the Gacha will include the Flute and the Alley Flash which are going to depend on your luck!

Artifact Sets.
There are so many ways to combine Artifact Set that will provide valuable for a DPS build, I will provide some of my optimal recommendations but you can mix and match almost any of these and get great results.

• 4-Piece Gladiator will provide 18% ATK and a super powerful 35% Damage on all normal attacks. Its a very obvious and easy choice after AR 40/45, the only downside is that it does not boost charged attacks, which are very powerful on Jean
• 4-Piece Bloodstained Chivalry provides both 25% Physical DMG as well as a 50% DMG Boost to Charged Attacks after defeating an opponent. This is both incredibly powerful, but focuses on Charged attack more than normal attacks
• 2-Piece Gladiator and 2-Piece Bloodstained Chivalry is a very common build as well, providing both 18% ATK and 25% Physical Damage
• Martial Artist is also an incredibly powerful set for Jean, as the 2 piece increases both her Normal and Charged Attacks by 15% and the 4 piece increases them by a further 25% (for a total of 40%) after using her elemental skill, and due to her short cooldown on it, it can have 100% Uptime. The only downside is it does not have a 5 Star version which will make it less beneficial in the late game
• Sojourner as well as Berserker are also good 4 star options for the early games to mix and match further!

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HEALER BUILD.
Stat Priority

• Energy Recharge or ATK on the Sands, ATK on the Goblet, Healing Efficiency or ATK on the Circlet
• As a pure healer, Jean will mostly focus on her Ult and Normal Attacks to Heal with the ATK, Healing Efficiency and Energy Recharge stats as priorities.
• Focus on more ATK if you want to heal purely by auto attacking, or on Energy Recharge if you want to mostly use her Ult to heal. You can also mix/match these stats to create any type of hybrid build and do very well.

Weapons

• Once again, Aquila Favonia and Skyward Blade can be very good options, as 5 stars, simply due to their very high base ATK plus their powerful passives and %ATK and Energy Recharge bonuses respectively. Using these to heal is also good because you are still going to be auto attacking a lot to heal, but obviously these weapons will prove better on main DPS characters in certain situations.
• The Flute is another amazing option, with very decent Base ATK as well as ATK% secondary, and very powerful passive ability
• If going for more of a Energy Recharge build, Favonius Sword and Sacrificial Swords are both absolutely amazing options as well.
• Many other weapons will also work here, what you are looking for is High Base ATK stat, ATK% Stat or Energy Recharge, depending on what kind of gameplay you want to use to heal!

Artifact Sets

• The obvious choice for a full healer is a 4-piece set of Maiden's Beloved, which provides 15% Healing Effectiveness as well as increases the healing received by all party members by 20% when using any of her abilities.
• You can also use 2-piece Gladiator and 2-piece Maiden's Beloved for 18% ATK and 15% Healing
• Other great options include the Exile Set 2-piece or 4-piece for 20% Energy Recharge and Energy Generation for the entire party, as well as other sets like Sojourner can be used to give an other 2-piece bonus of 18% ATK along with Gladiator

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SUPPORT BUILD.
This support build is going to be very subjective as it can be played so many different ways. Some builds will focus heavily on Anemo Damage/Support and her abilities, while others will focus more on Elemental Mastery/Swirl effects to destroy Elemental Shields, and others will focus on different buffs that can be brought. This is more to give an idea of whats possible, not to establish that anything is "better" than another.
Stat Priority

• Energy Recharge, EM or ATK on the Sands, Anemo DMG or ATK on the Goblet, Crit Rate/Damage or ATK on the Circlet
• Different builds will of course use different stats, but, as most of the artifacts are pretty limited in what they can have, this seems to be the best value you can get.

Weapons

• Weapons for Support build will depend heavily on what type of support you want to build. The most obvious choices are going to be the ones that give Energy Recharge in you are trying to focus on having her Ult up more often, as well as ATK or Crit if you are going for Anemo/Swirl Damage Builds.
• One of my favorite option is the Sacrificial Sword, which on hit can trigger her Elemental Skill cooldown to refresh instantly. It already has a very low cooldown, so with this, you can literally nuke for insane amounts very quickly
• Another very fun weapon here is the Favonius Sword, which on crit, has a chance to generate particles that will regenerate 6 energy. Great for Energy Recharge/Elemental Burst Builds.
• Literally every other weapon mentioned in this video can also be amazing with certain builds, so it will really depend on what you have, or can afford!

Artifact Sets

• 4-Piece Viridescent Venerer is a pretty incredible support build. It is usually better used on the other Anemo characters (Venti, Sucrose or MC) but Jean can still make use of it because that set is so brokenly good that it works well when combined with her very short E cooldown. That set gives 15% Anemo Damage, 60% Swirl Damage and decreases the Elemental Resistance of monsters afflicted by Swirl and another element by 40% which can grant your party a huge elemental damage boost.I have an entire Video on this set alone and how you can increase your damage 20-300% using it here and I recommend checking it out if you are interested in this set!
• 4-Piece Noblesse Oblige is also an incredibly Powerful set, and will focus on having as much Energy Recharge as possible to have it up as often as possible. It grants extra 20% DMG to the burst Damage of her Ult and will give all party members 20% ATK boost for 12 seconds.
• 4-Piece Exile is also excellent as it gives both Energy recharge to Jean, but also regenerates some energy to the entire party when she uses her Ult
• Other sets such as the Gambler can also provide very interesting effects if building Jean as an Anemo Damage Skill Support/Damage Dealer. You can also Mix and Match 2 pieces from Viridescent Venerer and Noblesse Oblige and give her abilities huge damage boost that way! There are most likely many other fun combinations that can be made using these sets and others that are available in the game so feel free to try it out :)

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Team comps

• Being an Anemo Character, there are VERY few parties in which Jean would not do well, since Swirl effects can trigger off almost every other elements
• She is a good candidate for an open world party with 2 Anemo Characters as well, and will give you the reduced stamina and increased movement speed Elemental Resonance buff.
• A good thing to know about Anemo Damage is that it affects almost every shield (Mages and Fatui) very efficiently, so if you are lacking a certain type of damage to counter a shield, Jean can do that role very well.
• A VERY fun thing to do with Jean is holding her Elemental Skill ability to launch monsters as mentioned earlier, but also, you can use this to drag monsters in and out of her ult and cause tons of damage to them that way.
• Her Elemental Skill ability can also be used to interrupt many of the monsters abilities or attack animations and can make a huge difference in some Abyss Levels
• Keep in mind that while I focused on 3 specific ways of playing her, it is entirely possible to mix and match and have her provide more than 1 of those roles at the same time! That is actually how I play her myself, as a mix of DPS and Support for an Anemo DMG Source and Extra Healing in some Abyss levels!

I hope you enjoyed this Guide! Jean is of course one of the most unique Characters in Genshin Impact and can be played in many different ways, this is mostly the result of my own experience and testing! Feel free to let me know about your experience with her and how you use her in the comments!

Hey everyone! Considering the popularity of the Bennett Guide, here is my Fischl Guide following the same format! Hope you enjoy!
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Fischl is probably the strongest and most versatile archer character in Genshin Impact right now. She can act as both your main dps, your secondary dps, and a support, and should be considered S tier in every single category, because yeah, she's THAT good!
One copy of Fischl will be available for Free in the upcoming 1.1 events, which means that most players will finally be able to experience her awesomeness, and for those who already have her, the possibility to unlock her first constellation is going to be incredibly powerful.
In this guide, I will explain in detail how to turn Oz, the bird that Fischl can summon, into a literal god of thunder in order to assist your carries and eliminate almost every enemy in this game with ease! He not only scales very well, but with the proper gear, your Oz is going to be on the field with a very high uptime, and he will hit almost as hard as your carry, which will make your burst damage completely nuts! I will also talk about how to make Fischl your #1 main DPS carry by focusing on Physical Damage and her normal attacks which can be insanely deadly with the correct weapon and gear.
Supporting with a DPS build. I believe Fischl supports best by focusing on high Damage Stats, which translates into a monster Oz who hits like a truck. Elemental Mastery and Energy Recharge build can also work, but from what I have seen, it results in a much weaker support. The only downside is that it is going to take more work and time to make Fischl very strong as opposed to just giving her off gear with support stats, so you can use that strategy until you reach the later stages of the game!

• With this build, you Focus on activating Oz, then switching to your carry and let Oz support them. Once Oz has expired, and your Ult is up, you go back on Fischl, activate the ult and deal the initial burst damage, and switch back to your carry with Oz out on the field again. You should not be auto attacking much with this build, but, in cases where you need an archer (when kiting or trying to survive) your normal attack damage will still be incredibly powerful and can be used!
• Oz can be summoned by pressing the Elemental Skill ability. If you hold it, you can decide where he will be placed. He will cause a huge amount of AOE burst damage when he first arrives, and then continually attack the nearest enemy with Electro Damage. He lasts 10 seconds with 25 sec cooldown.
• Fischl's ult will turn herself into a big Oz that will move around quickly striking any enemies in range once, for a huge burst amount of damage. This ability is very important as it will also reset Oz's cooldown on the field, so it is VERY IMPORTANT that you only use this once Oz has expired or is just about to expire, and that way you can have him be on the field for much longer. Since his cooldown is 25 sec, you can have him up 20 seconds at a time by alternating Elemental Skill and Burst.
• All of Oz's damage scales off Fischl ATK statistic, which can then be enhanced expodentially by the Electro Damage stat as well as Critical Hit Chance and Damage. This is why the order of priority for her is as follows: Electro Damage / Critical Damage / Critical Chance / ATK (Note that it is important to keep a ratio of 2:1 CritDMG:CritChance for optimal damage)
• At Ascension Level 4, she unlocks the Lightning Smite talent, which is one of the most insane talents in the game. When Oz is on the field, any enemies hit by an Electro Related Elemental Reaction (such as overload, electrocharge ect.) will also be hit for an additional attack that will deal 80% of Fischl's ATK as Electro Damage.
• Fischl can cast a Fully Charged Aimed Shot at Oz to trigger a big burst damage, but it usually is tricky to land properly and not get hit while charging the shot in the middle of combat, so not used very often.

Constellations

• Her first constellation is the best constellation for a Main DPS Fischl, and will simply add tons of white damage to her normal attacks when Oz is not on the field. It is not as important for a support Fischl though
• Her Fourth Constellation boost her Ult Electro Burst Damage by huge amounts, as well as provides her with 20% healing everytime she casts it. It's a godly ult for this build.
• Her Sixth Constellation is by far the best thing in the game. It makes Oz last 2 seconds longer (which can give Oz an uptime of 24 seconds out of a 25 second cooldown) and it makes Oz do additional attacks with whatever character is out in the field, causing even more Electro Damage hits scaling on Fischl's Stats. This will turn any dps attacking with Oz out on the field into a complete god and allow for crazy amounts of Electro-ability combos

Weapons (Crit or ATK are priorities)

1. Skyward Harp is the best late game Bow for Fischl, as once your main stats get high enough from levels, Crit and Crit Damage both scale exponentially and cause a lot more damage than the ATK stat.
2. Amos Bow is the second best choice simply because it is a 5 star with much better stat scaling as well as an incredible effect and high ATK stat which Fischl scales off of very well.
3. Stringless can also be an option for a support Fischl as it will boost the initial burst damage of her Elemental Skill and Burst as well as the damage of Oz and also provides Elemental Mastery, only downside being that it has lower base damage than other weapons and EM is not always that valuable.
4. For 4 Stars, the Starglitter Bows as well as the Battlepass Bow are all good options as well since they provide Crit Chance, Crit Damage and ATK buffs. Alley Hunter can also be an option, but it will simply depend on which one you are able to get
5. Prototype Cresent will be the other option for 4 star, as it is craftable, and provides ATK as a substat
6. For Main DPS Fischl, the Rust Bow is by far the best option, it provides Physical DMG bonus as well as an insanely powerful Passive for Normal Attacks, but because it is only available through Gacha, the other option will be Compound Bow, which provides similar stats, and is also a great choice for F2P since it can be crafted.

Artifacts

1. For this build, the best set option would be 2 piece Thundering Fury, for 15% Electro Damage, and 2 Piece Gladiator, for 18% ATK, which are 2 of the most Beneficial Stats for Oz's damage.
2. A full set of Martial Artist, as well as Gambler and Berserker, can also all be used together in the earlier stages of the game, but because these items do not have 5 star versions, they get outclassed in the late game.
3. It is possible to use 4 Set Thundering Fury as well, but this would require Fischl to be out in the field as the main DPS for the 4 piece bonus to activate, and will make it so Oz has basically 100% Uptime while Fischl is out doing normal attacks. This can also be a viable option to make Fischl the main dps of your team, and could result in even more dmg than a full physical dmg build in the late game (but has to be tested more)
4. Otherwise, for Main DPS Fischl with Physical DMG Build, 2 Pieces Bloodstained Chivalry mixed with either 2 pieces Gladiator, or 2 pieces Martial Artist will provide her with insanely powerful normal attacks!

Team comps

• Due to the nature of Oz being out in the field for a long time assisting other Characters, Fischl is probably one of the most valuable Support DPS in the game. She will enable tons of Electro Related Elemental Combos as Oz is going to be constantly activating Electricity on enemies he attacks.
• There is almost no character that doesn't pair well with Fischl and she can fit in literally every team.
• Being an Archer that still does incredible damage with normal attack, she can be very useful to kite mobs and survive while abilities recharge, and her Oz gives her insane movement speed to get out of trouble!
• If going for a Physical DPS build, it is important to include an Ice Character with her to reduce enemies Physical Resistance with SuperConduct
• She is also a great candidate to create Electricity Resonance for carries such as Keqing, Beidou or Razor.
• Her Electricity DMG counters the water shield from Fatui agents, and does decently well against Fire shield as well

I hope you enjoyed this Guide! Fischl is of course one of the most versatile Characters in Genshin Impact and can be played in many different ways, this is mostly the result of my own experience and testing, which seems to yield the best result so far! Feel free to let me know about your experience with Fischl and how you build her in the comments!