Xiao is one of the most well recognized characters in Genshin Impact and has been a major part of the story since his appearance way back during the game’s early days. It is totally understandable if you gave in to the temptations and spent your precious Primogems for the Yaksha and now look forward to using him in combat.
You can be a veteran player who finally pulled Xiao after losing 50-50s previously, or a new player who liked his character and kit and decided to get him. No matter who you are, if you are interested in building the Yaksha, you have come to the right place as this guide will provide you with the best Xiao build as of the ongoing 4.4 patch.
Contents
- Xiao’s Talents for best Xiao build
- Constellations for best Xiao build
- Xiao’s Ascension and leveling up materials
- Xiao’s artifacts for best Xiao build
- Weapon recommendations
- Best teammates for Xiao
Genshin Impact: Xiao’s Talents
Xiao brings a fun new playstyle to the table as he enables the Plunge attack playstyle. Here is a breakdown of his skills and abilities.
- Normal Attack: Performs a set of 6 attacks dealing physical damage
- Skill: Dashes forward dealing Anemo damage. Has two charges by default.
- Elemental Burst: Gains the ability to jump high which allows you to perform Plunge attacks. When the Plunge attack hits the ground, Xiao deals AoE Anemo damage. His normal attacks also gets an Anemo infusion when his burst is active.
Xiao’s kit’s bread and butter is the Plunge attacks. Upgrade his talent in the following order.
- Normal Attack -> Ultimate -> Skill
Keep in mind that you do need to upgrade all three of his talents to maximize his damage output.
Genshin Impact: Xiao’s Constellations
Xiao’s constellations can be worth it, given you have the funds to do so. His C1 and C2 are the ones you should target, as it solves his Energy Issues and is essential for getting the most out of your best Xiao build.
- Constellation 1: His skill gains a third charge.
- Constellation 2: Xiao gets an 25% extra energy recharge when he is off-field
- Constellation 4: When his HP falls below 50%, he gains a 100% increase in his defense.
- Constellation 6: During his Elemental Burst, if you hit atleast two enemies with plunging attack, you immediately gain one charge on his Skill. You can use his Skill for the next 1 second as its cooldown will not affect it in any way.
Genshin Impact: Xiao ascension and talent level up materials
Xiao needs the following materials for her to be completely leveled up.
Ascension Materials
- Mora: 420,000
- Boss Materials (Primo Geovishap): 46x Juvenile Jade
- World Material: 168x Qingxin
- Enemy Material: 18x Slime Condensate, 30x Slime Secretions and 36x Slime Concentrate
- Gemstone:1x Vayuda Turquoise, 9x Vayuda Turquoise Fragment, 9x Vayuda Turquoise Chunk, 6x A Vayuda Turquoise Gemstone
Talent level up materials
- Mora: 4,957,500
- Talent Books: 9x Teachings, 63x Guide, 114x Philosophies of Prosperity
- Enemy Materials: 18x Slime Condensate, 66x Slime Secretions, 93x Slime Concentrate
- Crowns: 3x
- Boss Material (Tartaglia/Childe): 18x Shadow of the Warrior
Genshin Impact: Xiao’s best artifacts
Xiao has one best-in-slot artifact set that you can farm. Besides that, we will also provide a few 2 piece set alternatives if you lack a complete 4 piece set.
- Vermillion Hereafter: His best 4-Piece artifact set as it gives you attack boost on using ult. This attack boost is further increased when you lose HP.
- If you lack a 4 piece set, you can opt for any 2 attack sets and 2 Anemo damage bonus for Xiao. Though in the long run, a 4 piece set will allow you to dish out more damage.
For artifact stats focus on the following
- 1:2 Crit Rate to Crit Damage ratio. Try to target a 65+ Crit rate build
- Attack sands
- Anemo Damage goblet
- Energy recharge should be around 120 if possible.
- Crit rate or Crit damage head-piece as per your requirements.
Genshin Impact Xiao: Best Weapon options
Xiao is a bit restrictive when it comes to weapon options. But you will generally need a weapon with either crit or attack sub-stats. Here are a few 5-star as well as 4-star options for him.
- Primordial Jade Spear: His signature 5-star weapon. You can get this weapon from the Standard Banner.
- Staff of Homa: Another great weapon that gives both crit Damage and increases damage on HP loss.
- Calamity Queller: High base attack makes it a fantastic weapon given you can balance out your Crit stats
- Deathmatch: The weapon you can purchase from the Battle Pass and is an excellent option thanks to the damage bonus it provides
For free-to-play or f2p options, he only has one bow suited for her
- Missive Windspear: If you are lucky enough to have this weapon from a previous event, this is his best-in-slot option thanks to the attack value it provides
Genshin Impact Xiao team guide
Xiao has very restrictive team compositions. Here are a few team suggestions including both 5-star and 4-star characters including a free-to-play one.
- Hypercarry: Xianyun, Xiao, Furina, Faruzan
- Hypercarry 2: Bennet, Xiao, Zhongli, Faruzan
- Hypercarry 3: Xiao, Jean, Raiden, Zhongli
Hypercarry 4: Xianyun, Xiao, Furina, Bennet - F2P: Xiao, Sucrose, Fischl, Thoma/Barbara/Bennet
You can swap around the team members to find who works best for you. He does not rely on elemental reactions, you can slot in quite a few other characters to act as a sub-DPS. Just make sure to run a healer because he loses HP.
The 2024 Lantern Rite have ended, but Genshin Impact’s ongoing version 4.4 has a lot of events that you can participate in and have fun till Hoyoverse reveals what’s in the bag for the future updates.
