Genshin Impact Artifacts Guide: Artifact Basics
Artifacts in Genshin Impact play a crucial role in enhancing a character’s performance by boosting their core stats such as damage output, utility, and survivability. They are among the primary ways to strengthen a character, alongside leveling up, talents, constellations, and weapons. Artifacts come with a tier system ranging from one to five stars, with five-star artifacts being the highest in terms of effectiveness.
The rarity of an artifact influences several factors, including the number of substats it starts with, the maximum number of substats it can have, the maximum level it can reach, and the value of its main stat. As the artifact rarity increases, so does the base value of the main and substats, which in turn makes higher-rarity artifacts essential for endgame content. Typically, players will only use four-star or lower artifacts in the early to mid-game, but in the late game, five-star artifacts become the standard, as four-star ones generally become inferior.
Artifacts are acquired through a variety of in-game activities such as exploration, quests, and domain farming. Early in the game, one- and two-star artifacts can be obtained through exploration, but these become less useful as you progress. More powerful artifacts, including three-, four-, and five-star variants, are most commonly obtained through farming domains and defeating weekly bosses. Artifacts obtained from domains are particularly valuable, and these will often be a player’s primary source of high-tier artifacts as they approach later stages of the game.
Adventure Rank 45 marks a significant milestone, as at this point, you are guaranteed at least one five-star artifact when you spend resin on domain runs. Many players recommend waiting until this rank before focusing on farming for artifacts, as the increased chances of high-tier drops at AR 45 significantly improve your chances of acquiring the artifacts you need.
There are five distinct types of artifacts in Genshin Impact, each with a specific main stat. These types are: Flower of Life, Plume of Death, Sands of Eon, Goblet of Eonothem, and Circlet of Logos. The main stats of these artifacts are as follows: Flowers always have Flat HP as their main stat, while Feathers always have Flat ATK. Sands of Eon can have various main stats including HP %, ATK %, DEF %, Energy Recharge, or Elemental Mastery, offering versatility depending on the character’s needs.
Flower of LifePlume of DeathSands of EonGoblet of EonothemCirclet of LogosGoblets of Eonothem can have main stats like HP %, ATK %, DEF %, Elemental Mastery, Elemental DMG bonus, or Physical DMG bonus, making them particularly valuable for enhancing elemental damage or physical damage output. Circlets of Logos can have main stats such as HP %, ATK %, DEF %, Elemental Mastery, Healing Bonus, CRIT Rate, or CRIT DMG, making them an essential choice for amplifying damage or healing effectiveness, depending on your character’s role.
In addition to main stats, artifacts also have substats that offer further bonuses. These substats can include a wide range of stats like Flat HP, HP %, Flat ATK, ATK %, Flat Defense (DEF), DEF %, Energy Recharge (ER), Elemental Mastery (EM), Critical Damage (CD), and Critical Rate (CR). Substats are random but increase in value as you level up the artifact, offering the potential for further enhancement of a character’s performance.
The substats on a given artifact are crucial in determining how well it can complement a character’s existing strengths and weaknesses. For example, a character who relies heavily on CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG will benefit from an artifact with those substats, whereas a character focused on healing will prioritize stats like HP %, Healing Bonus, and Energy Recharge.
Artifacts are also associated with set bonuses, which are activated when you equip two or four artifacts from the same set. These bonuses provide additional stat boosts and can significantly impact a character’s overall performance. For example, the Wanderer’s Troupe set increases Elemental Mastery, which benefits characters who specialize in elemental reactions, while the Crimson Witch of Flames set boosts Pyro damage and Elemental Mastery, making it ideal for Pyro-focused characters.
In general, most players will aim to equip sets that complement a character’s role in their team, such as focusing on damage-dealing stats for DPS characters or survivability stats for supports or healers. Some players also use single artifact pieces with set bonuses, especially headpieces, which grant a bonus even when equipped as a single item.
The importance of farming high-quality artifacts grows as you progress in Genshin Impact, and obtaining the right set bonuses and substats is essential to maximizing your character’s potential. It’s worth noting that farming for specific artifact sets can be time-consuming and requires strategic use of resin, especially for higher-tier artifacts. Understanding which sets and substats best suit each character is key to crafting the perfect build, as certain characters thrive with specific artifact combinations. Whether you’re aiming to enhance a character’s elemental abilities or boost their CRIT stats for higher damage, artifacts are indispensable tools that shape the effectiveness of your team and allow you to tackle increasingly difficult content.
Genshin Impact Artifacts Guide: Leveling Artifacts
In Genshin Impact, leveling artifacts is a vital process that helps enhance a character’s performance by increasing their main stats and substats. To level an artifact, you need Mora, other artifacts, or artifact enhancement materials. You can select an artifact from your inventory or through a character’s artifacts and then choose the materials to use as fodder before enhancing it. During the enhancement process, there’s a chance to receive double or even five times the normal amount of EXP, making it important to use the right materials for efficient leveling. It’s advisable to focus on leveling up artifacts that are desirable and will significantly benefit your characters, particularly those with higher star ratings and better substats.
When it comes to deciding when to level artifacts, new players are recommended to only level artifacts up to +16 at first. This is because the increase in stats from +16 to +20 is generally smaller compared to the increase from earlier levels. For veteran players, the approach may be to level artifacts to +12, as these will have already gone through three substat rolls, helping to determine if an artifact has potential or should be discarded.
It’s important to evaluate an artifact’s substats before investing too many resources into it. For example, a +12 artifact should be carefully checked to see if its substats align with your character’s needs. If an artifact doesn’t offer the right substats, it’s best to discard it, as keeping low-potential artifacts wastes resources.
In terms of deciding which artifacts to keep and which to throw away, five-star artifacts are worth special attention. These artifacts can have either three or four substats at level zero, with those starting with four substats being more valuable. Artifacts with four substats are more likely to offer better rolls, as at level four, they can roll into one of the four substats, making them more versatile and useful. For testing an artifact’s potential, it’s recommended to level it to at least level four to see how the substats roll. Additionally, to avoid losing valuable artifacts, it’s a good practice to lock them, preventing them from being accidentally destroyed or used as EXP fodder.
Locking any artifact that meets your current standard for starting substat rolls from level zero ensures that you don’t lose an artifact that could be useful in the future. Artifacts that show promise in the early levels should be marked for potential, ensuring they are not discarded prematurely. By carefully managing the leveling process and artifact inventory, players can optimize their resources and build stronger, more effective characters.
Genshin Impact Artifacts Guide: Artifact Sets
In Genshin Impact, artifact sets play a crucial role in enhancing a character’s abilities, as they provide set bonuses that can increase stats or grant special effects. Artifacts only need to be from the same set to activate a set bonus, with their star rating not affecting the bonus. Each set has a 2-piece bonus, which activates when two artifacts of the same set are equipped, and a 4-piece bonus, which activates when all four artifacts of the set are used.
Archaic Petra2-Piece: Gain a 15% Geo DMG Bonus.
4-Piece: Upon obtaining an Elemental Shard Created through a Crystallize Reaction, all party members gain a 35% DMG Bonus for that particular element for 10s. Only one form of Elemental DMG Bonus can be gained in this manner at any one time.
Blizzard Strayer2-Piece: Cryo DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece: When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.
Bloodstained Chivalry2-Piece: Physical DMG +25%
4-Piece: After defeating an opponent, increases Charged Attack DMG by 50% and reduces its Stamina cost to 0 for 10s.
Crimson Witch of Flames2-Piece: Pyro DMG Bonus +15%.
4-Piece: Increases Overloaded, Burning, and Burgeon DMG by 40%. Increases Vaporize and Melt DMG by 15%. Using an Elemental Skill increases 2-Piece Set effects by 50% for 10s. Max 3 stacks.
Deepwood Memories2-Piece: Dendro DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece: After Elemental Skills or Bursts hit opponents, the targets’ Dendro RES will be decreased by 30% for 8s. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is not on the field.
Desert Pavilion Chronicle2-Piece: Anemo DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece: When Charged Attacks hit opponents, the equipping character’s Normal Attack speed will increase by 10% while Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG will increase by 40% for 15s
Echoes of an Offering2-Piece: ATK +18%.
4-Piece: When Normal Attacks hit opponents, there is a 36% chance that it will trigger Valley Rite, which will increase Normal Attack DMG by 70% of ATK. This effect will be dispelled 0.05s after a Normal Attack deals DMG. If a Normal Attack fails to trigger Valley Rite, the odds of it triggering the next time will increase by 20%. This trigger can occur once every 0.2s.
Emblem of Severed Fate2-Piece: Energy Recharge +20%.
4-Piece: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.
Flower of Paradise Lost2-Piece: Elemental Mastery +80
4-Piece: The equipping character’s Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon reaction DMG are increased by 40%. Additionally, after the equipping character triggers Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, they will gain another 25% bonus to the effect mentioned prior. Each stack of this lasts 10s. Max 4 stacks simultaneously. This effect can only be triggered once per second. The character who equips this can still trigger its effects when not on the field.
Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy2-Piece: ATK +18%
4-Piece: When the value of a Bond of Life increases or decreases, this character deals 18% increased DMG for 6s. Max 3 stacks.
Gilded Dreams2-Piece: Elemental Mastery +80
4-Piece: Within 8s of triggering an Elemental Reaction, the character equipping this will obtain buffs based on the Elemental Type of the other party members. ATK is increased by 14% for each member whose Elemental Type is the same as the equipping character, and EM is increased by 50 for every member with a different Elemental Type. Each of the buffs will count up to 3 characters. This effect can be triggered once every 8s and even when not on the field.
Gladiator’s Finale2-Piece: ATK +18%.
4-Piece: If the wielder of this artifact set uses a Sword, Claymore or Polearm, increases their Normal Attack DMG by 35%.
Golden Troupe2-Piece: Elemental Skill DMG +20%
4-Piece: Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 25%. Additionally when not on the field, Elemental Skill DMG will be further increased by 25%. This effect will be cleared 2s after taking the field.
Heart of Depth2-Piece: Hydro DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece: After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 30% for 15s.
Husk of Opulent Dreams2-Piece: DEF +30%
4-Piece: A character equipped with this Artifact set will obtain the Curiosity effect in the following conditions: When on the field, the character gains 1 stack after hitting an opponent with a Geo attack, triggering a maximum of once every 0.3s. When off the field, the character gains 1 stack every 3s. Curiosity can stack up to 4 times, each providing 6% DEF and a 6% Geo DMG Bonus. When 6 seconds pass without gaining a Curiosity stack, 1 stack is lost.
Lavawalker2-Piece: Pyro RES increased by 40%.
4-Piece: Increased DMG against enemies affected by Pyro by 35%.
Maiden Beloved2-Piece: Character Healing Effectiveness +15%.
4-Piece: Using an Elemental Skill or Burst increases healing received by all party members by 20% for 10s.
Marechaussee Hunter2-Piece: Normal and Charged Attack DMG +15%
4-Piece: When current HP increases or decreases, CRIT Rate will be increased by 12% for 5s. Max 3 stacks.
Nighttime Whispers in the Echoing Woods2-Piece: ATK +18%
4-Piece: After using an Elemental Skill, gain a 20% Geo DMG Bonus for 10s. While under a shield granted by the Crystallize reaction, the above effect will be increased by 150%, and this additional increase disappears 1s after that shield is lost.
Noblesse Oblige2-Piece: Elemental Burst DMG +20%.
4-Piece: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members’ ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
Nymph’s Dream2-Piece: Hydro DMG bonus +15%
4-Piece: After Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks, Elemental Skills, and Elemental Bursts hit opponents, 1 stack of Mirrored Nymph will be triggered, lasting 8s. When under the effect of 1, 2, or 3 or more Mirrored Nymph Stacks, ATK will be increased by 7%/16%/25%, and Hydro DMG bonus will be increased by 4%/9%/15%. Mirrored Nymph stacks created by Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks, Elemental Skills, and Elemental Bursts exist independently.
Obsidian Codex2-Piece: While the equipping character is in Nightsoul’s Blessing and is on the field, their DMG dealt is increased by 15%.
4-Piece: After the equipping character consumes 1 Nightsoul point while on the field, CRIT Rate increases by 40% for 6s. This effect can trigger once every second.
Ocean-Hued Clam2-Piece: Healing Bonus +15%
4-Piece: When the character with this artifact set heals a party member, 1 Foam will appear. It accumulates healed HP for 3 seconds, then explodes and deals 90% of the HP healed as DMG to nearby enemies. Max accumulated healing is 30,000 HP, including over-heal. There can only be 1 Foam active, but it stays even if you swap out. Foam CD is 3.5s.
Pale Flame2-Piece: Physical DMG +25%
4-Piece: When an Elemental skill hits an opponent, ATK is increased by 9% for 7s. This effect stacks up to 2 times and can be triggered once every 0.3s. Once 2 stacks are reached, 2-set effect is doubled.
Retracing Bolide2-Piece: Increases Shield Strength by 35%
4-Piece: While protected by a shield, gain an additional 40% Normal and Charged Attack DMG.
Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City2-Piece: When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, the equipping character regenerates 6 Elemental Energy.
4-Piece: After the equipping character triggers a reaction, all nearby party members gain a 12% Elemental DMG Bonus for the involved Elemental Types for 15s. If the equipping character is in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state when triggering this effect, all party members gain an additional 28% Elemental DMG bonus for the Elemental Types involved in the reaction for 20s.
Shimenawa’s Reminiscence2-Piece: ATK +18%.
4-Piece: When casting an Elemental Skill, if the character has 15 or more Energy, they lose 15 Energy and Normal/Charge/Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 50% for 10s. This effect will not trigger again during that duration.
Song of Days Past2-Piece: Healing Bonus +15%
4-Piece: When the equipping character heals a party member, the Yearning effect will be created for 6s, which records the total amount of healing provided (including overflow healing). When the duration expires, the Yearning effect will be transformed into the Waves of Days Past effect: When your active party member hits an opponent with a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Plunging Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst, the DMG dealt will be increased by 8% of the total healing amount recorded by the Yearning effect. The Waves of Days Past effect is removed after it has taken effect 5 times or after 10s. A single instance of the Yearning effect can record up to 15,000 healing, and only a single instance can exist at once, but it can record the healing from multiple equipping characters. Equipping characters on standby can still trigger this effect.
Tenacity of the Millelith2-Piece: HP +20%
4-Piece: When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.
Thundering Fury2-Piece: Electro DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece: Increases damage caused by Overloaded, Electro-Charged, Superconduct, and Hyperbloom by 40%, and the DMG Bonus conferred by Aggravate is increased by 20%. When Quicked or the aforementioned Elemental Reactions are triggered, Elemental Skill CD is decreased by 1s. Can only occur once every 0.8s
Thundersoother2-Piece: Electro RES increased by 40%.
4-Piece: Increases DMG against enemies affected by Electro by 35%.
Unfinished Reverie2-Piece: ATK+18%
4-Piece: After leaving combat for 3s, DMG dealt increases by 50%. In combat, if no Burning opponents are nearby for more than 6s, this DMG Bonus will decrease by 10% per second until it reaches 0%. When a Burning opponent exists, it will increase by 10% instead until it reaches 50%. This effect still triggers if the equipping character is off-field.
Vermillion Hereafter2-Piece: ATK +18%.
4-Piece: After using an Elemental Burst, this character will gain the Nascent Light effect, increasing their ATK by 8% for 16s. When the character’s HP decreases, their ATK will further increase by 10%. This further increase can occur this way a maximum of 4 times. This effect can be triggered once every 0.8s. Nascent Light will be dispelled when the character leaves the field. If an Elemental Burst is used again during the duration of Nascent Light, the original Nascent Light will be dispelled.
Viridescent Venerer2-Piece: Anemo DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece: Increases Swirl DMG by 60%. Decreases opponent’s Elemental RES to the element infused in the Swirl by 40% for 10s.
Vourukasha’s Glow2-Piece: HP +20%
4-Piece: Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG will be increased by 10%. After the equipping character takes DMG, the aforementioned DMG Bonus is increased by 80% for 5s. This effect increase can have 5 stacks. The duration of each stack is counted independently. These effects can be triggered even when the equipping character is not on the field.
Wanderer’s Troupe2-Piece: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80.
4-Piece: Increases Charged Attack DMG by 35% if the character uses a Catalyst or a Bow.
A character can have up to two different 2-piece set bonuses simultaneously, but only one 4-piece bonus at a time. The 4-piece bonus often provides more substantial benefits compared to the 2-piece, including additional stats and utility for the character and sometimes their team. However, it is not recommended to use low-quality artifacts just to complete a 4-piece set, as the stats provided by substats can be more important than the bonus itself.
There are also 1-piece set bonuses, which are available only through specific Circlets, such as “Prayers for Wisdom,” “Prayers for Destiny,” “Prayers for Illumination,” and “Prayers to Springtime.” These Circlets do not provide 2-piece or 4-piece bonuses, and they are not ideal for farming unless you’re early in the game or need assistance with certain Spiral Abyss challenges.
When selecting artifact sets for your characters, it’s important to consider how you plan to use them in combat, as different sets offer unique benefits suited to various playstyles. For example, Archaic Petra’s 4-piece bonus benefits Geo characters in teams with Pyro, Hydro, Electro, or Cryo DPS characters, while Blizzard Strayer is perfect for Cryo characters, and Crimson Witch of Flames enhances Pyro characters. For Dendro characters, Deepwood Memories is a solid choice, while Emblem of Severed Fate provides a significant energy recharge and damage boost, which is useful for several characters.
Flower of Paradise Lost, Gilded Dreams, and Heart of Depth are also strong sets, depending on the character’s role, with Heart of Depth being especially good for on-field Hydro DPS characters. Husk of Opulent Dreams provides additional DEF and Geo damage bonuses, while Marechaussee Hunter, Noblesse Oblige, and Ocean-Hued Clam are beneficial for various playstyles, with Ocean-Hued Clam particularly effective for healers. Pale Flame is an excellent choice for Physical DPS characters, while Shimenawa’s Reminiscence is solid for many characters. Tenacity of the Millelith boosts shield strength and ATK for nearby party members, while Vermillion Hereafter increases ATK% but causes HP to deplete after Elemental Burst use.
Lastly, Viridescent Venerer is considered a top-tier set for Anemo characters, as it significantly enhances their capabilities. Several four-star sets, such as Instructor, Exile, and Scholar, also offer useful bonuses, such as boosting Elemental Mastery, energy recharge, and team support, respectively. The choice of artifact set should be made based on the specific needs of the character and their role within your team.
Genshin Impact Artifacts Guide: Artifacts and specific characters
In Genshin Impact, artifacts play a vital role in enhancing a character’s abilities, and understanding how to effectively equip them requires an understanding of the character’s role within a team and their specific talent scaling. Characters in the game are generally divided into two main categories: DPS (damage dealers) and support. While these roles focus on different aspects of combat, it’s crucial to note that all characters, regardless of their primary role, can contribute to the overall damage output and effectiveness of a team in some way. Choosing the right artifacts depends on a combination of the character’s strengths, their talents, and the role they will play in your team.
For DPS characters, the goal is typically to maximize damage output, and the selection of artifact sets should reflect this focus. DPS characters benefit the most from artifact sets that increase offensive stats such as ATK, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, and Elemental Mastery. For instance, the Pale Flame set is perfect for physical DPS characters, as it increases physical damage dealt and boosts attack power. Similarly, Blizzard Strayer is tailored for Cryo characters who rely on critical hits and increasing Cryo damage.
If you’re using Pyro characters as your main damage dealers, Crimson Witch of Flames is ideal, as it increases Pyro damage and boosts elemental reactions like Melt and Vaporize. Heart of Depth, on the other hand, is a great set for Hydro DPS characters who engage in normal attacks after using their Elemental Skill, as it increases Hydro damage and boosts attack power when used effectively. In addition, Archaic Petra can be particularly useful in teams that focus on elemental reactions, especially when paired with Geo characters in Mono Element teams.
Support characters, on the other hand, are focused on providing utility to the team, whether that be through healing, energy generation, or boosting damage for other characters. For support roles, the emphasis is on artifact sets that boost stats such as Energy Recharge, Elemental Mastery, Healing Bonus, or that provide team-wide buffs. Support characters generally prioritize 4-piece set bonuses to maximize their utility. For example, Emblem of Severed Fate is ideal for support characters who need to focus on energy recharge while also benefiting from a significant damage boost.
This set increases Energy Recharge and boosts Elemental Burst damage, which makes it perfect for characters who focus on providing energy to their team while still dealing damage when needed. Noblesse Oblige is another solid support set, offering a 4-piece bonus that boosts the ATK of the entire party when the character’s Elemental Burst is used.
For characters that focus on healing, Ocean-Hued Clam is a great choice, as it increases healing effectiveness and can generate extra damage based on the amount of healing done, which is particularly useful for characters like Qiqi or Barbara. Tenacity of the Millelith is also an excellent option for support characters who provide shields, as it increases shield strength and provides a boost to the ATK of nearby characters when the shield is active.
When selecting artifacts for any character, it’s crucial to consider their Talents and how they scale with certain stats. Each character’s talents provide information about how they benefit from specific attributes like HP, DEF, or ATK. This knowledge allows players to optimize their characters more effectively by choosing artifacts that complement these scaling factors.
For example, Hu Tao, whose talents scale with HP, will benefit greatly from HP% Sands, HP% Goblet, and HP% Circlet to maximize her damage potential. Similarly, characters like Albedo, whose abilities scale with DEF, should prioritize DEF% Sands and DEF% Goblet to increase their effectiveness. Understanding the scaling mechanics is essential to building the optimal artifact set for a character, as this ensures that they perform at their highest potential during combat.
In addition to 5-star artifact sets, 4-star artifacts are also viable and can serve as solid alternatives. While 5-star artifacts are often preferred due to their higher stat rolls, 4-star sets can offer substantial benefits, especially if they provide complementary bonuses for the character’s role. For example, Marechaussee Hunter is a useful set for certain characters, particularly those who require specific elemental bonuses to boost their damage output.
Additionally, Instructor is great for boosting Elemental Mastery, making it an excellent choice for teams that focus on elemental reactions. The Exile set ensures that characters equipped with it can act as effective energy generators or “battery” units for the team. Scholar is another useful 4-star set that provides Energy Recharge, which can be especially useful for support characters in need of more frequent Elemental Burst uptime.
Choosing the right artifact sets for your characters is not only about focusing on raw stats but also about considering the synergy between the character’s abilities, talents, and team composition. Artifact sets should be chosen based on a character’s specific role and their performance in your team, whether that be maximizing their damage output as a DPS or enhancing the support they provide to the team. When you align artifact sets with a character’s talents and the team’s overall strategy, you can ensure that each character performs at their best and contributes to the success of your team in Genshin Impact.
Genshin Impact Artifacts Guide: Using Genshin Optimizer
The Genshin Optimizer (GO) is a free, open-source web tool designed to help players optimize their Genshin Impact builds, specifically for artifacts, weapons, and characters. It’s a powerful tool that allows you to experiment with different configurations and find the best artifact setup for your characters based on the resources you have. It generates hundreds of thousands of potential builds, analyzing your existing artifacts and matching them to the characters you use.
GO then calculates the optimal setup based on how you intend to play the character, ensuring you make the most of the character’s abilities, roles, and synergies within your team. By using Genshin Optimizer, you can quickly identify the best artifact sets and weapons for your characters, providing a detailed view of your character’s performance in combat.
To use Genshin Optimizer effectively, you need information about your characters, weapons, and artifacts. The best way to upload this data is through scanners, which allow for a faster and more accurate upload compared to manually entering the details. Once you have uploaded your data, the next step is to set up your character configuration properly to ensure accurate results. Start by adding your character’s teammates in the “Team Settings” section, as Elemental Resonance buffs are only activated when all party members are included in the configuration.
Additionally, make sure that the target character’s weapon passive is activated, as it directly affects the character’s damage output. Check the Talent and Constellation effects to ensure they are accounted for, as leaving them unchecked can result in inaccurate recommendations. It’s also crucial to configure the Artifact Set Configuration to ensure that the sets are optimized according to your character’s needs.
A key feature of Genshin Optimizer is the ability to set artifact level assumptions, particularly setting your artifacts’ assumed level to +20. This allows lower-level artifacts to hypothetically compete with higher-leveled pieces, helping you make decisions on which artifacts are worth leveling. Additionally, you can select only the relevant main stats to focus your optimization on, reducing the processing time for the tool. For those uncertain about the main stats, leaving all options open allows the tool to suggest the best combinations.
It’s also helpful to exclude artifacts already equipped on other characters, particularly if those artifacts are optimized for DPS units. Enabling equipped artifacts will help the optimizer use your best available pieces, so it’s important to ensure these are included in the setup.
After configuring everything, you can begin the optimization process. One important aspect to consider is Energy Recharge (ER). Genshin Optimizer will default to recommending builds that maximize damage output, regardless of whether the character meets their Energy Recharge requirements. If your character’s performance depends on their Elemental Burst, you can set ER constraints to ensure the optimizer considers Energy Recharge percentages in the recommendations. This way, you can be sure your character can generate enough energy to consistently use their Elemental Burst.
For certain characters, damage sources may come from multiple abilities, making it difficult to pinpoint the most important factors to optimize. Some characters have dynamic buffs or scaling that affect multiple aspects of their damage, so it’s essential to understand where most of the character’s damage comes from. In these cases, you should use a multi-opt configuration, which allows you to consider all possible damage sources in the optimization process. For example, with characters like Bennett, it’s easy to optimize for his Elemental Burst healing, but for characters like Diona, who offers both shield support and healing through her Elemental Skill and Burst, it’s important to focus on stats like HP that scale both aspects of her utility.
To achieve the best results, it’s essential to set everything up correctly, as improper configuration can lead to misleading recommendations and suboptimal builds. Genshin Optimizer can be an invaluable tool for refining your builds, but it requires attention to detail to ensure that the results match your character’s needs and playstyle.
