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Ever since the beginning ofGenshin Impact, the story of the Traveler has unfolded with many twists and turns as they visit different regions and witness the world of Teyvat. During these adventures, you also get to meet various characters that you can use in the game, and Varesa is one of them.
She’s a five-star Electro character coming from the Collective of Plenty tribe in Natlan. you’re able to see one of the highest damage numbers from an Electro character if you put the right weapons and artifacts while building Varesa.
Best Varesa Builds
Most of Varesa’s kit (discussed below) is centered around dealing a ton of damage to a group of enemies in an area.There are two major ways to increase the damage she can deal: building her with the right gear and using the correct combinations. Thankfully, you have a couple of options for artifacts and weapons while building Varesa.
Weapons
Vivid Notions,Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds,Flowing Purity,The Widsith
With Varesa’s release in the Version 5.5 update, a new domain with the Long Night’s Oath set was also released, which is the best artifact set you’ll find for her. It gives her a25 percent Plunging Attack DMG bonus for two-piece and another 75 percent for four-piece, effectively increasing her main source of damage by 100 percent.
You can get the full damage bonus on this set as you useone Plunging Attack, two Charged Attacks, and two Elemental Skills, which happens very quickly for Varesa. This can be combined with her signature weapon, the Vivid Notions, to get the maximum possible boost while putting together Varesa’s build.
You can only getVivid Notions from the weapon bannerwhen Varesa isfeatured on the character banner.
Apart from the Crit DMG on the secondary stat, her signature weapon gives heranother 28 percent ATK and a whopping 68 percent Crit DMG increase. However, a good substitute for this is the Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds weapon that you can get from the standard banner.
This can give her someCrit Rate and DMG bonus, with the latter increasing with her time on the field. Finally, the craftable four-star Flowing Purity can also be great because of its Elemental DMG bonus with The Widsith being another good four-star option, though the randomness with this one makes it a little difficult to use.
Vivid Notions,Kagura’s Verity,Blackcliff Agate
The artifact sets mentioned in the main Varesa build above can only be acquired in the Atocpan region of Natlan, which is quite far away if you’ve recently started the game. It can also take you a while to farm this set if you’veacquired Varesa as soon as her banner released for the first timein the Version 5.5 update.
For these scenarios, you canuse Obsidian Codex or Thundering Fury as alternate artifact sets, though you’d eventually want to switch to Long Night’s Oath as it gives a much bigger damage boost. The former gives Varesa a ton of Crit Rate with some DMG boost, while the latter is a general Electro set increasing her reaction-based damage.
The best team for Varesa iswhere she’s the hypercarry with three supports, and if you’re using this, Thundering Fury isn’t a good choice.
For this build, apart from her signature weapon, you may also use Kagura’s Verity and Blackcliff Agate as thesegive a decent Crit DMG boost as a secondary stat to go along with the Crit Ratefrom Obsidian Codex. The Elemental Skill DMG from Kagura’s Verity isn’t useful for Varesa, but you can use the Elemental DMG Bonusa after getting all three stacks.
Varesa Artifact Stat Priority
Each artifact set in Genshin Impact has a total of five types of pieces,with each one having a specific main stat and four sub-stats. If you want to build Varesa properly, you’ll need to hunt for these stats on each piece:
Crit Rate/DMG
Crit DMG/Rate > ATK Percent > Energy Recharge
If you’re using the Long Night’s Oath artifact set, you can go forATK Percent on her Goblet as she already gets a ton of DMG bonusfrom other sources.
The main stat on your Circlet depends on the weapon you use. Varesa already gets Crit Rate with her ascension, and you can easily overcap her Crit Rateif you’re using Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds or any other weapon with Crit Rate. In these cases, you’d want to use Crit DMG as your main Circlet stat.
On the other hand,with Varesa’s best build consisting of Vivid Notions, you’d want to go for Crit Rate as she gets a ton of Crit DMG otherwise.
Overworld Exploration
S+ Tier
Natlan has quite a range of characters, with some of them beinggood at single-target bosses like Mualaniand Kinich while others being good at dealing with a hoard of enemies like Chasca. However, other than Mavuika, Varesa is the only character that’s good in every situation.
Though you might have a rough time understanding her kit while reading through it, so here’s a simplified version of it:
While using Varesa, your best combination will be the following: skill - normal attack - plunging attack to enter the Fiery Passion state, thenskill - normal attack - plunging attack - burst to deal high damage while exiting the state. You can repeat this combination as long as you have enough Energy to execute your special Elemental Burst.
Varesa Talent Upgrade Priority
Varesa has a total of three active abilities that you’re able to upgrade up to level ten, andher Elemental Burst takes priority since this deals the highest damage numbers. However, the Normal Attack comes in a close second, so you’d want to upgrade both of these at the same time.
For her Elemental Skill, you can upgrade it to around level eight and then keep it there since it doesn’t deal a lot of damage.
Is Varesa Worth Getting?
If you’re an F2P or low-spending player, the first question in your mind whenever a new banner releases in Genshin Impact is likely if a character is worth getting. Varesa is one of the few characters that would beworth pulling in every situation since she can work even with F2P-friendly teams.
Of course, much like every other character, you’ll lose a significant portion of her damage with these teams.If you have characters like Xianyun, Furina, and Xilonenon your account, you’re able to pull Varesa without a second thought. If you don’t have these characters, you can wait for a better-suited DPS.
At the end of the day, you shouldpull for the characters that you enjoysince the endgame of Genshin Impact is fairly easy to beat.
