All 5-Star Playable Characters In Genshin Impact: Character Guide – Updated February, 2022

Genshin Impact is a massive game with a massive roster of 5-star and 4-star playable characters. It wasn’t always this way of course. In the beginning the 5-star and 4-star playable characters list in Genshin Impact was a lot smaller. But as of now with Patch 2.4 having just recently launched on January 5, there are 45 playable characters in the game if you don’t count the starting character known as the Traveler.

That’s a whole lot of characters to play. And while they aren’t all of equal power, they all have their place in the world of Teyvat. This guide walks you through all of the 5-star playable characters in Genshin Impact. Alongside their passive abilities, and active abilities like normal attacks and elemental bursts. This post will be for 5-star playable characters only. Check out our guide on all 4-star playable characters if you want to learn about them. Also check out our guide on the game as a whole if you want to learn more about it in general.

Since miHoYo is constantly updating the game and adding new playable characters with each patch, this post will be updated with the added details of those characters as they become available in-game. We will list them based on their star-rating, and in alphabetical order.

Genshin Impact is a free-to-play game, and can be downloaded for Windows here. It’s also available for PS4 and PS5, and Android and iOS mobile devices.

All 5-star playable characters in Genshin Impact

5-star playable characters in Genshin Impact are generally the most sought after. They have some of the strongest skills and abilities, and they tend to be pretty OP. There are some strong characters with a 4-star rating too of course. But the 5-star characters can sometimes overshadow them.

Below you’ll find every 5-star available, listed in alphabetical order along with their abilities and skills.

Albedo

Main Attack: Favonius Bladework – Weiss

• Normal attack – Deal up to 5 rapid strikes.
• Charged attack – Deal 2 rapid sword strikes with increased strength by consuming stamina.
• Diving attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, and causes of Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Abiogenesis – Solar Isotoma

Albedo deals Area of Effect Geo damage using a solar isotoma that he creates.

• Solar Isotoma effects: Creates Transient Blossoms that deal Area of Effect damage to enemies within the Solar Isotoma zone. In addition, players can put themselves at the locus of the Solar Isotoma to create a crystalized platform to stand on. Players can hold this skill to designate the area of its location.

Elemental Burst: Rite of Progeniture – Tectonic Tide

Albedo shoots out a cone of Geo crystals in front of him which deal Area of Effect damage. Players can use this in conjunction with Solar Isotoma. Activating Tectonic Tide when Solar Isotoma is already active will create 7 Fatal Blossoms to spawn within the Solar Isotoma zone. These deal even more Area of Effect Geo damage.

Passive skills

• Calcite Might: Opponents below 50% health will take a 25% increase in damage from Transient Blossoms that are created by the Solar Isotoma.
• Homuncular Nature: Nearby party members gain 125 to their Elemental Mastery for 10 seconds after the use of Rite of Progeniture: Tectonic Tide.
• Flash Of Genius: The player gains a 10% chance to get double the product when using Albedo to craft Weapon Ascension Materials.

Aloy

 

Main Attack: Rapid Fire

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 4 shots with a bow.
• Charged Attack – Charge up a precision shot that deals more damage. Charging the shot up completely will add Cryo damage to the tip of the arrow.
• Diving Attack – Fire a volley of arrows beneath you from the air, then dive down onto your enemies and deal Area of Effect damage upon impact.

Elemental Skill: Frozen Wilds

Throw a Freeze Bomb at your target, dealing Cryo damage and slowing enemies that are within the explosion zone. The explosion also causes the Freeze Bomb to splinter into Chillwater Bomblets. Chillwater Bomblets explode when enemies walk over them, causing Cryo damage.

Enemies hit by these explosions also gain an attack decrease debuff, while Aloy receives a Coil stack for each explosion impact. Coil stacks increase Aloy’s normal attack damage. Upon reaching 4 stacks, Aloy gains a buff called Rushing Ice (clearing out the Coil stacks) which increases her normal attack damage even more while also applying Cryo damage to the normal attack shots.

Elemental Burst: Prophecies Of Dawn

Throw out a Cryo-filled power cell which Aloy then shoots to cause Area of Effect Cryo damage.

Passive skills

• Combat Override: Coil stacks from Frozen Wilds increases Aloy’s attack by 16%. Nearby party members gain an increase to attack by 8%.
• Strong Strike: Gain a 3.5% increase to Aloy’s Cryo damage bonus when the Rushing Ice buff is active.
• Easy Does It: Prevents animals from becoming Startled and running away from you when Aloy is in the party. So long as those animals produce fowl, raw meat, or chilled meat when caught.

Arataki Itto

Main Attack: Fight Club Legend

• Normal Attack – Deal up to four consecutive strikes
• Charged Attack – Deal a series of slashes that consume 1 stack of Superlative Superstrength each. Upon consuming the final stack, deal a powerful slash.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, and causes of Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Masatsu Zetsugi: Akaushi Burst!

Throw Ushi the young Akaushi bull at opponents to deal Geo damage. Each hit affords Arataki Itto 1 stack of Superlative Superstrength. Ushi will also stay on the field to give support by taunting opponents, giving Itto more stacks of Superlative Superstrength when hit, and when it leaves the battlefield.

Players can also hold down the skill button to direct the location of the throw.

Elemental Burst: Royal Descent: Behold, Itto The Evil!

Itto’s normal, charged, and diving attacks are converted to Geo damage. While this is active Itto also gains an increase to the speed of his normal attack. Additionally, he gains 1 stack of Superlative Superstrength on the first and third strikes of his attack combo.

Passive Skills:

• Arataki Ichiban: Each slash increases the attack speed of the following slash by 10%. Itto also gains increased resistance to interruption.
• Bloodline of the Crimson Oni: Gain an increase to damage for Arataki Kesagiri equal to 35% of Itto’s defense.
• Woodchuck Chucked: Boosts the chance for party members to gain an additional log from trees by 25%.

Diluc

Main Attack: Tempered Sword

• Normal Attack – Deal up to four strikes.
• Charged Attack – Consume stamina to unleash a barrage of slashes, with the last slash attack being a heavier slash dealing increased damage.
• Diving attack – A mid-air diving slash attack that deals damage to enemies in its path, and causing Area of Effect damage on impact..

Elemental Skill: Searing Onslaught

Diluc performs a forward slash with Pyro damage that can be activated up to three times in a row. The second and third attacks must be within a certain period of time of the previous attack or Searing Onslaught will go into its cooldown period.

Elemental Burst: Dawn

Knock back enemies with an intense burst of flames to deal Pyro damage. After the knockback, the flames transform into a Phoenix which knocks back enemies further while dealing a huge amount of Pyro damage.

The Phoenix will explode at the end of its path to deal Area of Effect Pyro damage to all enemies within the area. Diluc also gains Pyro damage on his normal attacks for a short duration after casting Dawn.

Passive skills

• Relentless: Decreases Diluc’s charged attack by 50% while also increasing its duration by 3 seconds.
• Blessing of Phoenix: Increases the duration of Pryo damage to Diluc’s normal attacks after casting Dawn by 4 seconds. Diluc will also gain a 20% buff to his Pryo damage while this effect is active.
• Tradition of The Dawn Knight: Using Diluc to craft Claymore weapons will refund 15% of the ore used during the crafting.

Eula

 

Main Attack: Favonius Bladework – Edel

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 5 slash attacks.
• Charged Attack – Consume stamina over time to initiate a sequence of slash attacks, with the last slash attack dealing increased damage.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving slash attack that deals damage to enemies in its path, and causes Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Icetide Vortex

Single press this ability to deal Cryo damage with quick slashes. Slashes that hit enemies provide Eula with a stack of Grimheart, which can stack up to 2 times.

• Grimheart: Increases both Eula’s resistance to interruption and defense. Consume all Grimheart stacks by holding the skill button down to slash forward and deal Area of Effect Cryo damage in a frontal cone. Consumed Grimheart stacks additionally decrease the resilience and Cryo resilience of nearby enemies. They will also transform into Icewhirl Brands that deal Cryo damage to nearby enemies.

Elemental Burst: Glacial Illumination

Deal massive Cryo damage to nearby opponents. The ability also calls forth a Lightfall Sword that follows Eula around for a 7-second duration. The lightfall sword increases Eula’s resistance to interruption, and it gains stacks of energy for any damage caused to enemies from her attack, elemental skill, or elemental burst while the sword is active.

The sword will explode and deal physical damage to nearby enemies at the end of its duration.

Passive skills

• Rolling Rime: Creates a shattered lightfall sword that explodes and deals 50% of the physical damage of a normal lightfall sword. The passive is activated once 2 stacks of Grimheart are consumed using the Hold function of Icetide Vortex.
• Wellspring of War-Lust: Resets the cooldown of Icetide of Vortex when Eula casts Glacial Illumination. It also immediately gives Eula 1 stack of Grimheart.
• Aristocratic Introspection: Adds 10% chance to get double the amount of Character Talent Materials when Eula is the one doing the crafting.

Ganyu

Main Attack: Liutian Archery

• Normal Attack – Shoot up to 6 arrows.
• Charged Attack – Fire a precision shot that deals more damage. Can be charged to level 1 (Icy Arrow) and level 2 (Frostflake Arrow), each level adding Cryo damage.
• Diving Attack – While in the air, fire a volley of arrows downward, and deal Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Trail of The Qilin

Deals Area of Effect Cryo damage by leaving behind an Ice Lotus while Ganyu dashes backwards. While the Ice Lotus is active, it taunts enemies and draws their attention away from Ganyu. It also deals Area of Effect Cryo damage by exploding once its duration ends or when destroyed by an enemy.

Elemental Burst: Celestial Shower

Summons a Cryo Pearl that will rain ice shards on enemies, slowing them and dealing massive Area of Effect Cryo damage.

Passive skills

• Undivided Heart: Increases the crit rating and bloom effects of Frostflake Arrows by 20% for 5 seconds. Activated by firing off a Frostflake Arrow.
• Harmony Between Heaven And Earth: Active party members that are within the Celestial Shower Area of Effect zone gain a 20% Cryo damage bonus.
• Preserved For The Hunt: Grants a 15% refund on ore used to craft bows when Ganyu is doing the crafting.

Hu Tao

Main Attack: Secret Spear of Wangsheng

• Normal Attack – Deliver up to six strikes.
• Charged Attack – A forward lunging spear strike that deals damage to all enemies in its path at the cost of stamina.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving spear strike that damages all enemies in its path and causes Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Guide To Afterlife

At the cost of some HP, Hu Tao will perform a knockback on enemies and activate her Paramita Papilio buff. This buff allows her to increase her attack based on her max HP. In addition, she gains Pyro damage. As well as resistance to interruption. Performing a charged attack while this buff is active also activates the Blood Blossom effect. Which causes enemies to take Pyro damage every 4 seconds.

Elemental Burst: Spirit Soother

Deals large Area of Effect Pyro damage. Hitting enemies while this attack is active drains HP from enemies and transfers it to Hu Tao as a percentage of her max HP. If her HP is below half, then the HP drain and the damage to enemies from her attacks are increased. This can be triggered 5 times.

Passive skills

• Flutter By: Increases crit rating for all party members except Hu Tao by 12% for 8 seconds. This effect triggers when the Paramita Papilio buff that’s activated by Guide To Afterlife ends.
• Sanguine Rogue: Increases Pyro damage by 33% when Hu Tao’s HP is equal to or lesser than half.
• The More The Merrier: Gain an 18% chance to obtain an additional “suspicious dish” of the same type when Hu Tao cooks a dish perfectly.

Jean

 

Main Attack: Favonious Bladework

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 5 strikes.
• Charged Attack – Launches enemies using wind power at the cost of stamina. Launched enemies slowly fall to the ground after the attack.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, causing Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Gale Blade

Jean releases a small storm to enemies in any direction with massive Anemo damage. If the attack is held, Jean then creates a massive whirlwind to pull enemies towards her front. This attack can be placed in any direction.

Elemental Burst: Dandelion Breeze

Creates a swirling dandelion field that launches surrounding enemies and causes Anemo damage. It also continuously regens health for every member of the party based on Jean’s attack level.

Passive skills

• Wind Companion: Jean’s attacks gain a 50% chance to regen HP for the party. HP regen is equal to 15% of Jean’s attack level.
• Let The Wind Lead: Get a refund on 20% of the energy for Dandelion Breeze upon use.
• Guiding Breeze: Gain a 12% chance to get double the product when Jean cooks a perfect dish that has restoration properties.

Kaedehara Kazuha

Main Attack: Garyuu Bladework

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 5 rapid strikes.
• Charged Attack – Deal 2 rapid strikes by consuming a small amount of stamina.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, and causes Area of Effect damage upon impact. This attack transitions to Midare Ranzan if it’s triggered by Kazuha’s elemental skill. The attack will then cause Anemo damage and pull in nearby enemies.

Elemental Skill: Chihayaburu

Pulls enemies in and deals Area of Effect Anemo damage. Can be charged for greater effect and used with the diving attack to initiate Midare Ranzan.

Elemental Burst: Kazuha Slash

Deals massive Area of Effect Anemo damage within a large whirlwind field. Also activates Elemental Absorption once per use, if it comes into contact with Hydro, Pyro, Cryo or Electro damage. Kazuha Slash will then deal additional elemental damage to enemies matching the type of element that it comes into contact with.

Passive skills

• Soumon Swordsmanship: When Chihayaburu is cast, it absorbs incoming Hydro, Pyro, Cryo, or Electro damage. If Midare Ranzan is cast before the effect expires it deals 200% attack of the absorbed element as damage.
• Poetics of Fuubutsu: Gives all party members a 0.04% elemental damage buff to the element absorbed by swirl attacks initiated by Kazuha.
• Cloud Strider: Decreases the amount of stamina consumed from sprinting by 20% for all party members. Will not stack with similar passive talents.

Kamisato Ayaka

Main Attack: Kamisato Art: Kabuki

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 5 rapid strikes.
• Charged Attack – Consumes stamina to unleash a flurry of sword ki.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, and causes Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Kamisato Art: Hyouka

Deals Area of Effect Cryo damage via blooming ice that launches nearby enemies.

Elemental Burst: Kamisato Art: Soumetsu

Summons a snowstorm that unleashes Frostflake Seki no To. Frostflake Seki no To slashes enemies repeatedly while dealing massive Cryo damage in a frontal cone. It also explodes upon ending causing Area of Effect Cryo damage.

Passive skills

• Amatsumi Kunitsumi Sanctification: Ayaka’s normal and charged attacks gain a 30% buff to damage for 6 seconds after casting her elemental skill.
• Kanten Senmyou Blessing: Ayaka gains 10 stamina and an 18% buff to Cryo damage bonus for 10 seconds when the Cryo effect from her sprint hits enemies.
• Fruits of Shinsa: Increases Ayaka’s chances of getting double the product when she crafts weapon ascension materials.

Keqing

Main Attack: Yunlai Swordsmanship

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 5 rapid strikes
• Charged Attack – At the cost of stamina, deliver 2 rapid sword strikes
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, and causes Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Stellar Restoration

Throws a stiletto at enemies which causes Area of Effect Electro damage. Also places a Stiletto Mark at the impact location. Hold this attack before letting go to adjust the stiletto’s direction, and gain the ability to jump to it in mid-air.

Elemental Burst: Starward Sword

Deals Area of Effect Electro damage. Followed by multiple thunder-clap strikes that deal Electro damage to various enemies, and ends with a final strike that deals massive Area of Effect Electro damage.

Passive skills

• Thundering Penance: Keqing can infuse her weapon with Electro for 5 seconds by recasting her elemental skill while a lightning stiletto is on the field.
• Aristocratic Dignity: Keqing gains a 15% increase to her crit rating and a 15% increase to her energy recharge for 8 seconds after casting her elemental burst.
• Land’s Overseer: Reduces Kiqing’s completion time for Liyue expeditions by 25%.

Klee

Main Attack: Kaboom!

• Normal Attack – Throw explosives up to three times, deal Area of Effect Pyro damage.
• Charged Attack – Consume stamina and deal Area Of Effect Pyro damage after a short cast duration.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, and causes Area of Effect Pyro damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Jumpy Dumpty

Throw a bomb that bounces three times and deals Area of Effect Pyro damage after each bounce. The last bounce will split the bomb into 8 proximity mines that will either explode when enemies step over them or after a short duration. These also deal Area of Effect Pyro damage.

Elemental Burst: Sparks ‘n’ Splash

Attacks nearby enemies with Area of Effect Pyro damage over a 10-second period.

Passive skills

• Pounding Surprise: Delivering normal attacks or casting Jumpy Dumpty gives Klee a 50% chance to obtain a buff called Explosive Spark. Klee can then consume this buff by using a charged attack that won’t cost stamina and does 50% increased damage.
• Sparkling Burst: Gives 2 elemental energy to party members when Klee’s charged attack deals critical damage.
• All Of My Treasures!: Shows nearby resources on the mini-map. Only works for resources unique to Mondstadt.

Mona

Main Attack: Ripple of Fate

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 4 Hydro damage attacks.
• Charged Attack – Deal Area of Effect Hydro damage at the cost of stamina.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, and causes Area of Effect Hydro damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Mirror Reflection of Doom

Summons a phantom that taunts enemies, deals Area of Effect Hydro damage every second for 4 seconds, and explodes at the end of its duration to deal Area of Effect Hydro damage. You can hold this attack before casting to dash backward before the summoning.

Elemental Burst: Stellaris Phantasm

Summons a large wave that applies an Illusory Bubble debuff to enemies, which traps them and applies the “wet” trait. It also activates the Omen debuff if enemies take damage while the Illusory Bubble debuff is active. This causes enemies to take more damage from the attack that activates Omen, while also removing Illusory Bubble and causing Area of Effect Hydro damage. You take increased damage from enemies while Omen is up.

Passive skills

• Come ‘n’ Get Me, Hag!: Summons a phantom with a 2-second duration after Mona sprints for 2 seconds. It explodes and causes 50% of the damage of the phantom from her elemental skill.
• Waterborne Destiny: Mona gains a Hydro damage bonus that is equal to 20% of her energy recharge rate.
• Principium of Astrology: Mona has a 25% chance to refund one unit of one of the materials used to craft weapon ascension materials.

Qiqi

Main Attack: Ancient Sword Art

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 5 rapid strikes.
• Charged Attack – Consume stamina and deliver 2 rapid sword strikes.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path and causes Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Adeptus Art: Herald of Frost

Casts Herald of Frost, dealing Area of Effect Cryo damage. Herald of Frost also causes Qiqi’s charged attacks to regen party HP and active character HP.

Elemental Burst: Adeptus Art: Preserver Of Fortune

Marks nearby enemies with a talisman that deals Cryo damage. Marked enemies that take damage will allow the character doing the damage to regen HP.

Passive skills

• Life-Prolonging Methods: Increases the healing bonus of Herald of Frost by 20% for 8 seconds, but only for the character that triggers an elemental reaction.
• A Glimpse Into Arcanum: Qiqi gains a 50% chance to apply a talisman to enemies damaged by her normal and charged attacks.
• Former Life Memories: Shows location of nearby resources on the mini-map for Liyue.

Raiden Shogun

Main Attack: Origin

• Normal Attack – Deal up to five spear strikes.
• Charged Attack – Deal an upward slash attack at the cost of consuming stamina.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that deals damage to enemies in its path, and causes Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Transcendence: Baleful Omen

Deals Electro damage to nearby enemies, while granting party members the Eye Of Stormy Judgement Buff.

• Eye Of Stormy Judgement: Attacks while this buff is active cause the Eye to deal Area of Effect Electro damage at the party member’s location. Party members with the buff also get an increase to Elemental Burst damage.

Elemental Burst: Secret Art: Musou Shinsetsu

Deals Area of Effect Electro damage, followed by an activation of the Musou Isshin buff.

• Musou Isshin: Adds Electro damage to Raiden Shogun’s normal, charged, and diving attacks. Attacks that hit enemies while this buff is active regenerates energy for party members. It also increases Raiden Shogun’s interruption resistance, and she becomes immune to Electro-charged reaction damage.

Passive skills:

• Wishes Unnumbered: Adds 2 resolve stacks to Chakra Desiderata when nearby party members gain elemental orbs or particles.
• Enlightened One: Gain an increase to energy restoration from Musou Isshin, and an increase to Electro damage bonus.
• All-Preserver: Adds a 50% decrease to the mora cost for ascending swords and polearms.

Sangonomiya Kokomi

Main Attack: The Shape Of Water

• Normal Attack – Deal three consecutive attacks that cause Hydro damage.
• Charged Attack – Deals Area of Effect Hydro damage at the cost of some stamina.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving attack that damages all opponents in her path, causing Area of Effect Hydro damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Kurage’s Oath

Summons a Bake-Kurage that heals allies and deals Hydro damage to nearby enemies. Also applies the Wet status to Kokomi.

Elemental Burst: Nereid’s Ascension

Deals Hydro damage to surrounding enemies, while also surrounding Kokomi with a Ceremonial Garment. Ceremonial Garment increases the damage of Kokomi’s normal attack, charged attack, and Bake-Kurage. Normal and charged attack hits also heal nearby allies, and Kokomi’s interruption resistance is increased.

Also allows Kokomi to walk on water while the buff is active.

Passive Skills:

• Tamanooya’s Casket – Refreshes Bake-Kurage if active while Kokomi is on the field and casts Nereid’s Ascension.
• Song Of Pearls – Further increases the damage bonus applied to Kokomi’s normal and charged attacks that are gained from Ceremonial Garment.
• Flawless Strategy – Gives Kokomi a 25% bonus to healing and a 100% decrease to crit rating.
• Princess Of Watasumi – Allies in the party gain a 20% decrease to swim stamina consumption.

Shenhe

Main Attack: Dawnstar Piercer

• Normal Attack – Deals up to five consecutive strikes.
• Charged Attack – Consumes stamina to lunge forward and deal damage to opponents.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving attack that damages all opponents in her path, causing Area of Effect Hydro damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Spring Spirit Summoning

Adds Cryo damage to attacks for all party members through the Icy Quill effect. When this effect is active, pressing the attack button will cause the player to rush forward and deal Cryo damage to opponents along the path. When the attack button is held, players will instead direct the Talisman Spirit to do Area of Effect damage.

Elemental Burst: Divine Maiden’s Deliverance

Calls forth a Talisman Spirit to deal Area of Effect Cryo damage to enemies. Enemies are also engulfed in a field that lowers their resistance to Cryo and Physical damage.

Passive Skills:

• Deific Embrace: Party members within the field created by Divine Maiden’s Deliverance gain an increase to their Cryo damage bonus.
• Spirit Communion Seal: Spring Spirit Summoning now grants additional effects bonuses including an increase to elemental skill and burst damage by 15% for 10 seconds, and an increase to attack damage for normal, charged, and diving attacks by 15% for 15 seconds.
• Precise Comings and Goings: Dispatching Shenhe on a Liyue expedition for 20 hours will get a 25% increase to rewards.

Tartaglia (Childe)

Main Attack: Cutting Torrent

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 6 bow shots.
• Charged Attack – Deal a precision arrow shot that gains Hydro damage when fully charged. Applies Riptide debuff. (Riptide: Enemies with this debuff take Area of Effect Hydro damage from Tartaglia from various types of attacks).
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that fires a volley of arrows and damages enemies in its path, and causing Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Foul Legacy: Raging Tide

Spawns weapons made of water that deal Hydro damage to nearby enemies, and causes Tartaglia to enter a melee stance. The melee stance changes his normal and charged attacks to Hydro. It also removes his diving attack and adds Riptide Slash.

• Riptide Slash: Deals Area of Effect Hydro damage. Activates after an enemy with the Riptide debuff takes damage from a melee stance attack. Can only occur once every 1.5 seconds.

Elemental Burst: Havoc: Obliteration

Tartaglia has three different attacks based on his stance.

• Ranged stance: Fires a fast, Hydro-powered magic arrow that deals Area of Effect Hydro damage and applies Riptide. Also refunds a portion of the consumed energy.
• Melee stance: A slash attack that deals massive Area of Effect Hydro damage to nearby enemies. This attack will trigger Riptide Blast.
• Riptide Blast: Creates a big Hydro explosion that deals Area of Effect Hydro damage.

Passive skills:

• Never Ending: Extends Riptide by 8 seconds.
• Sword of Torrents: While in melee stance, dealing critical hits, normal attacks, and charged attacks apply the Riptide debuff.
• Master of Weaponry: Party members gain an increase to the normal attack level by 1.

Venti

Main Attack: Divine Marskmanship

• Normal Attack – Shoot up to six arrows.
• Charged Attack – Shoot a precision aimed arrow with increased damage. A fully charged shot gain Anemo damage.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving attack that fires a volley of arrows, damaging enemies in its path, and causing Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Skyward Sonnet

This attack can be pressed or held.

• Pressed: Deal Area of Effect Anemo damage and launch opponents into the air.
• Held: Deal even greater Area of Effect Anemo damage and launch opponents into the air. Also launches Venti into the air after letting go of the button for the attack. Opponents fall to the ground slowly.

Elemental Burst: Wind’s Grand Ode

Creates a Stormeye that sucks in enemies and deals large amounts of Area of Effect Anemo damage. Deals additional elemental damage matching Cryo, Hydro, Pyro, or Electro, based on which if any of those elements come into contact with the Stormeye.

Passive skills:

• Embrace of Winds: Skyward Sonnet’s hold attack gets an increased duration for the upcurrent. Now lasts 20 seconds.
• Stormeye: At the end of Wind’s Grand Ode, regenerates 15 energy for Venti. Will also regenerate 15 energy for party members if an elemental absorption occured.
• Windrider: Reduces the gliding stamina consumption of party members by 20%.

Xiao

Main Attack: Whirlwind Thrust

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 6 spear strikes.
• Charged Attack – Consume stamina to deal a spear strike in an upward thrust.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, causing Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Lemniscatic Wind Cycling

A forward lunging strike that deals Anemo damage. It can be used in the air and it can be used twice.

Elemental Burst: Bane Of All Evil

Xiao puts on his Yasha Mask and gains the following benefits.

• Increased jump ability
• Increase to attack Area of Effect and attack damage.
• Attack damage becomes Anemo damage.
• Continuously loses HP until the effect is over.

Passive skills:

• Conqueror of Evil: Tamer of Demons: Xiao gains a 5% buff to all damage while Bane of All Evil is active. He continues gaining an additional 5% every 3 seconds, up to 25% max.
• Dissolution Eon: Heaven Fall: Increases damage for Lemniscatic Wind Cycling by 15% after its initial use. The effect lasts for 7 seconds.
• Transcension: Gravity Defier: Climbing costs 20% less stamina for party members.

Yoimiya

Main Attack: Firework Flare Up

• Normal Attack – Fire up to 5 arrows.
• Charged Attack – Fire a precision aimed arrow that does increased damage. Has two effects based on the charge level. A level 1 charged shot adds Pyro damage. A level 2 charged shot will cause Yoimiya to fire up to three kindling arrows in addition to the aimed precision arrow. Kindling arrows also deal Pyro damage and can home in on enemies.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that fires a volley of arrows, damaging enemies in its path, and causing Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Niwabi Fire-Dance

Converts normal attack arrows to Blazing Arrows, adding pyro damage and increasing the damage of each normal attack. Kindling Arrows cannot be fired off while this effect is active.

Elemental Burst: Ryuukin Saxifrage

Fires rockets that deal Area of Effect Pyro damage to nearby enemies. Also marks one of the targets with a debuff called Aurous Blaze.

• Aurous Blaze: All attacks, elemental skills, and elemental bursts from any party member other than Yoimiya that hit the marked target will trigger an explosion that causes Area of Effect Pyro damage. If the Aurous Blaze duration is still ongoing it will transfer to the nearest enemy upon death of the first marked target.

Passive skills:

• Tricks Of The Troublemaker: Yoimiya’s normal attacks increase her Pyro damage by 2% while Niwabi Fire-Dance is active. Stacks up to 10 times.
• Summer Night’s Dawn: Nearby party members gain a 10% increase to attack after Yoimiya uses Ryuukin Saxifrage.
• Blazing Match: Using Yoimiya to craft furnishings has a 100% chance to refund part of the materials used. If the furnishings are decoration, ornament, or landscape type furnishings.

Zhongli

Main Attack: Rain Of Stone

• Normal Attack – Deal up to 6 rapid spear strikes.
• Charged Attack – Consume stamina to lunge forward and deal damage, while also spawning stone spears that follow your path and stick into the ground.
• Diving Attack – A mid-air diving strike that damages enemies in its path, causing Area of Effect damage on impact.

Elemental Skill: Dominus Lapidis

This skill can be pressed and held for different effects.

• Pressed: Summons a stone stele that deals Area of Effect Geo damage at its location.
• Held: Summons a stone stele that will cause Area Of Effect Geo damage, and creates a jade shield around Zhongli that absorbs all incoming elemental and physical damage for the duration of the shield’s HP.

Elemental Burst: Planet Befall

Summons a falling meteor that does massive Geo damage, and petrifies enemies.

Passive skills:

• Resonant Waves: Fortifies jade shield when it takes damage. Fortified jade shield gain a 5% increase to the shield’s strength, and fortifications can stack up to 5 times.
• Dominance of Earth: Attacks deal bonus damage based on how much Max HP Zhongli has.
• Arcanum of Crystal: Crafting polearm type weapons gains a 15% refund on the ores used for crafting.