Genshin Impact Xiangling Build — the best weapons and teams for the Pyro chef

XIANGLING is a common fighter to have on your Genshin Impact team as the popular Pyro attacker is just a four-star rarity.

She’s easily available and is a great damage deal even when taken off the field.

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Use this guide to find out how to get the best results when using Xiangling in Genshin Impact.

Best Weapons for Xiangling in Genshin Impact

Both of Xiangling’s abilities work while she’s off-field, making her an ideal sub damage dealer.

Players often send her out on the field, trigger her skills and then bring her off-field to make space for their main attacker.

For the best build she needs good damage on her reactions and skills, and a fast Energy Recharge.

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Engulfing Lightning, a 5-star polearm, is a perfect fit for Xiangling, as It increases Energy Recharge, ensuring that her Elemental Burst is readily available once the cooldown ends.

Alternative weapon options for Xiangling include:

• Staff Of Homa (5-star polearm) – increases Critical Damage, HP, Attack
• The Catch (4-star polearm) – increases Energy Recharge, Ability Damage
• Wavebreaker’s Fin (4-star polearm) – increases Attack, Ability Damage
• Skyward Spine (5-star polearm) – increases Energy Recharge, Critical Hit Rate, Attack Speed
• Calamity Queller (5-star polearm) – increases Attack, Elemental Damage
• Dragon’s Bane (4-star polearm) – increases Elemental Mastery, damage against targets affected by Hydro or Pyro effects

Best Artifacts for Xiangling in Genshin Impact

Emblem of Severed Fate works best to support the aspects important to Xiangling: 

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The complete set increases Energy Recharge by 20 percent and provides a bonus to Ability Damage based on Energy Recharge to boot. 

With these artifacts, Xiangling can recharge her abilities quickly and deal a lot of damage when they hit.

Crimson Witch Of Flames is a suitable alternative to this, as it improves Pyro Damage as well as the damage of Pyro reactions.

Here are the stats important for each ability:

• Plume: Attack (main stat), Critical Hit Rate, Critical Damage, Attack %, Energy Recharge (sub stats).
• Flower: HP (main stat), Critical Hit Rate, Critical Damage, Attack %, Elemental Mastery (sub stats).
• Sands: Attack % or Energy Recharge (in case you have problems charging your burst) (main stat), Critical Hit Rate, Critical Damage, Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge (sub stats).
• Goblet: Pyro Damage % (main stat), Critical Hit Rate, Critical Damage, Attack %, Energy Recharge (sub stats).
• Circlet: Critical Damage (main stat), Critical Hit Rate, Critical Damage, Attack %, Elemental Mastery (sub stats).

Best Teams for Xiangling in Genshin Impact

As a sub DPS Xiangling pairs well with either Hydro or Cryo characters in the main-DPS position.

We recommend:

• Ayato (Main DPS), Xiangling (Sub DPS), Kazuha (Support), Bennett (Support)

Ayato, or alternatively Tartaglia, have powerful Hydro attacks to create elemental reactions with Xiangling’s off-field effects.

Bennett provides healing, and generates Pyro Resonance while boosting Xiangling’s damage output.

Kazuha, or alternatively Sucrose, or Venti, reduces enemies’ Elemental Resistance, and groups enemies together for combos.

• Ganyu (Main DPS), Xiangling (Sub DPS), Kazuha (Support), Diona (Support)

This is an alternative Cryo-based composition if you prefer that elemental type. Xiangling is quite a flexible character working equally well here, unlike other characters such as Nilou.

• Raiden Shogun (Main DPS), Xiangling (Sub DPS), Xingqiu (Sub DPS), Bennett (Support)

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This is a classic team that takes advantage of the previously mentioned synergy between Xiangling and Bennett.

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It also adds in Xingqiu’s off-field effects, and Raiden Shogun’s massive damage output for a truly reliable team. 

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