Summary
ThePyro Archon, Mavuika, is one ofGenshin Impact’s strongest carries. She can soar through the skies and run over hordes of enemies with her trusty motorbike, reaching levels of damage otherwise thought impossible, provided you know how to get it out of her.
While Mavuika can certainly make Arlecchino or Hu Tao envy her numbers, piloting Mavuikato fully utilize her kitcan be daunting. She needs specific combos, thorough gearing, and some other subtleties before she can rain down flares of justice. Here are some pro tips to turn you into a Mavuika main!
11Get Extra Hits On Mavuika’s Charged Attacks
Never Stop Moving
Mavuika’s Charged Attacks perform a cyclical slash when you’re on her motorbike in the same wayXiangling’s Pyronado spins around her. Since the cycle is continuous, this means Mavuika can hit enemies with large hitboxes,such as the Hydro Tulpa, multiple times with each spin.
Mavuika can usually hit eight times in her Burst’s duration. Using this tech, you can comfortably reach nine hits per rotation.
However, this can become even better due to Mavuika having the ability to move during her Charged Attack. Continuing to move right, the direction opposite to her Charged Attack spins, lets you fit in more hits even against normal enemies, increasing her overall DPS.
10Keep Track Of Mavuika’s Burst Timer
Colored Indication To Know When It Runs Out
Mavuika doesn’t use any Nightsoul points during her Burst, so she can continue cycling even after the duration ends. However, since her Buff’s enhancement is what makes her damage skyrocket, staying on field with her after its expiration can result in a DPS loss.
While you can certainly keep the duration in mind or swap out once the damage falls down, there is a better way to track her buffs. Usually, when she’s on her motorbike, the color of her Nightsoul bar is an orangey red. However, while she’s under her Elemental Burst’s effect, this changes into a fiery white instead. This visual indicator can help you comfortably time your rotations, even without manually counting each second.
9Dash In Vaporize teams
Easy Combos For More Damage
Mavuika’s Charged Attack usually deals eight instances of Charged Attack damage and then a separate instance of Final Charged Attack damage. This final damage is stronger, but a lot slower than her normal hits. This creates a situation where, under normal circumstances, the final damage goes unbuffed, resulting in a huge DPS loss for Mavuika.
The dash itself also deals damage, adding a nice bit of extra DPS.
you’re able to combat this quite easily by weaving in a singledash cancelanytime between your Charged Attack hits. This leads to you getting nine hits fully buffed by Mavuika’s Elemental Burst.
8Take Advantage Of Enhanced Plunge’s Immunity To Fall Damage
Safe Landing, Safer Crashing
Mavuikamakes exploration easier than it has ever been. From riding up mountainsides to flying in the air, there aren’t many things Mavuika can’t do. However, one thing that often gets overlooked is her ability to negate fall damage with her enhanced Plunge Attack.
This isn’t always the most useful thing to do, since even normal Plunge Attacks don’t let you fall below a certain percentage. However, if you’re exploring and don’t want to eat any restorative foods or switch to a healer, using this property of her attacks can make your daily chores even easier.
7Mavuika Needs A CRIT Rate Close To 60
Not As Much As You’d Think
Mavuika has a CRIT DMG ascension, which means prepping her with tons of CRIT Rate is integral to buffing her damage. However, since she’s a Natlan character, she can make use of the Obsidian Codex’s 40 percent CRITRate buff. This can make getting the right amount of CRIT difficult.
Usually, you’d have to decide between either a CRIT Rate circlet or a weapon with a CRIT Rate substat. Even then, your substats can mess up your build and make you reach above 100 percent CRIT. The simplified goal is to aim for a CRIT Rate closest to 60 percent without accounting for the Obsidian Codex buff dnd without ever going above the 60.
6Elemental Mastery Is Better Than ATK
Surprising, We Know
Pyro is the element tied closest to the ATK stat. As such, you’d expect it to benefit Mavuika greatly. After all,Mavuika and her weaponcombined have the highest base ATK in the game, making each percentage buff increase her damage more than other characters.
This only applies to Melt and Vaporize teams. Other options, such as Mono-Pyro or Overloaded, still prefer ATK.
Unfortunately, the reality is quite the opposite. Mavuika does have plenty of ATK, but she also has many ways of increasing it further. Since Genshin Impact’s damage calculations are additive, this leads to specializing in one stat yielding worse returns than getting enough of each. For this reason, Elemental Mastery becomes a lot better.
5She Works Well With Xinqiu And Yelan
She Can Make Use Of The Best Hydro Duo
Mavuika, when played perfectly, is primarily a Charged ATK user. SinceYelanand Xinqiu both need you to use your Normals instead, you may think they can’t work in a Mavuika team except if you use some weird combos. Luckily enough, the first hit of Mavuika’s Charged Attack is considered a Normal Attack and does proc them.
This means that, at the start of every spin cycle, enemies are afflicted with Hydro. You still can’t Vaporize all your hits if you play normally, though, so you’ll have to change your rotation to two Charged Attacks followed by a dash reset to get that first Normal Attack again.
4Dash When Using Mavuika’s Bike
Her Burst Makes Exploration Even More Seamless
Mavuika is arguably the best exploration unit in Genshin Impact. Her ability to speed up your walks while also providing ways to navigate any form of terrain is unlike anything else we’ve seen, but she can be even better, especially in non-Natlan regions.
Mavuika’s Elemental Burst stops her from using Nightsoul points. This can be used to lengthen the amount of time she can ride her bike, essentially doubling her already effective exploration whenever you have her Burst up. We can take this a step further, though, as holding the dash button while Mavuika is on her bike still doesn’t use any stamina or Nightsoul Points whatsoever. This makes her the fastest character in the game for eight seconds, and a remarkably decent way to travel afterward as well.
3Dashing Can Be Dangerous In Melt Teams
They Can Overtake The Cryo Aura
If you’ve been in the Genshin Impact community for a while, you’d know that dash cancels are one of the most widely used techs for increasing character damage. These can help you deal damage faster and save yourself from enemy attacks by using immune frames, serving as one of the fundamental mechanics of Genshin. However, for Mavuika, using them may come at a price.
This dash also shares ICD with your Charged Attack, which means it can lower the consistency at which you Melt or Vaporize your Charged Attacks.
Mavuika deals passive damage whenever she passes or dashes through an enemy. The extra damage is nice, yes, but it also messes up your elemental aura due to it dealing Pyro DMG. For example, if you use your Citlali to apply Cryo to Melt your Elemental Burst, a misplaced dash can steal and overtake the Melt aura, cutting your damage by half due to the Burst not Melting.
2Don’t Overlook The Golden Troupe And Gladiator For Mavuika
Obsidian Isn’t The Only Set For Her
TheObsidian CodexisMavuika’s best artifact set; there’s not much doubt about that. However, that’s only if you can make full use of the 40 percent CRIT Rate buff it gives. If, for example, you’re using a CRIT Rate weapon or already have plenty of CRIT Rate artifact pieces, other options start catching up, even becoming a better alternative very quickly.
The first set that may come to mind is Gladiator, buffing your Normal and Charged ATK DMG. While it does work fine on her, another set that is often overlooked is the Golden Troupe, thought of usually as a purely off-field set. The reason this works so well on Mavuika is that, first, it buffs her off-field damage a lot.
However, it also increases her on-field damage due to Mavuika’s enhanced attacks when she’s on her bike being considered Elemental Skill DMG. This gives a flat 20 percent DMG multiplier to all her hits on top of even more damage on her off-field flares.
