Genshin Impact

Xiao Best Builds, Team Comps & Weapons

Xiao is a character in Genshin Impact that uses Anemo Polearm. See best builds, best team comp, weapons, artifacts, ratings, voice actor, ascension materials for Xiao.

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Xiao Character Tier & Rating

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Xiao Character Type

Character Type	DPS
Weapon	Polearm
Element

Xiao Best Build & Weapon

Xiao Anemo DPS Build

This build focuses on increasing the overall damage output of Xiao. Making, not only his normal attack, but also his burst transformation attacks deal overwhelming damage.

Recommended Weapon

Weapon	Details
Primordial Jade Winged-Spear	On hit, increases ATK by 3.2% for 6s. Max 7 stacks. This effect can only occur once every 0.3s. While in possession of the maximum possible stacks, DMG dealt is increased by 12%.
Weapon Substitute
Staff Of Homa	HP increased by 20%, Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 0.8% of the wielder's Max HP. When the wielder's HP is less than 50%, this ATK Bonus is increased by an additional 1% of Max HP.
Deathmatch	If are there at least 2 enemies nearby, ATK increased by 16% and DEF increased by 16%. If there are less than 2 enemies nearby, ATK is increased by 24%.
Blackcliff Pole	After defeating an opponent, ATK is increased by 12% for 30s. This effect has a maximum of 3 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others.
White Tassel	Increases Normal Attack DMG by 24%

Recommended Artifacts

Artifact	Details
Viridescent Venerer 2-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Anemo DMG +15%
Gladiator's Finale 2-Piece Set	2-Piece Set ATK +18%

Recommended Artifact Stats

Artifact	Main Stat Sub Stat
	Flat ATK (Unchangeable) ① CRIT DMG ② ATK% ③ CRIT Rate ④ Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge
	Flat HP (Unchangeable) ① CRIT DMG ② ATK% ③ CRIT Rate ④ Energy Recharge / Flat ATK
	ATK% ① CRIT DMG ② CRIT Rate ③ Elemental Mastery/ Flat ATK ④ Energy Recharge
	Anemo DMG Bonus ① CRIT DMG ② ATK% ③ CRIT Rate ④ Flat ATK
	CRIT DMG ① ATK% ② CRIT Rate ③ ATK Flat / Elemental Mastery ④ Energy Recharge

When Using Blackcliff Pole, Invest More On CRIT Rate

Since the sub stat of Blackcliff Pole is CRIT DMG, it is recommended to put more effort on CRIT rate in Artifact's sub stats compared to CRIT Damage.

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Xiao Best Team Comp

Best Party For Xiao

Xiao is a character that tends to move around the field and reduces once health with Elemental Burst. The team suggested bellow will focus on increasing the longevity of Xiao while also helping him deal more damage.

Premium Team

Attack	Healer	Energy	Support
Xiao	Bennett	Sucrose	Zhongli
Details
・Xiao's attacks will be boosted by Bennett while providing heal. ・Sucrose can provide much needed Anemo Energy to keep up Xiao's ULT. ・1.3 Zhongli prevents significant damage with his shield while providing a moving debuff. He can also CC the enemies that Sucrose could not control.

Character Substitutes

Character	Sub	Details
Bennett	Qiqi Jean	・Xiao requires a healer because of his health drain mechanic. ・Qiqi can heal Xiao even if Xiao moves a lot while Jean will also work as a battery for Xiao.
Venti	Sucrose	・Can also provide Anemo resonance and Crowd Control. ・ Sucroses can also increase Xiao's Elemental Mastery.
Zhongli	Xinyan	・Can provide shield while spreading Pyro status.

Free To Play Friendly Party

Attack	Healer	Battery	Support
Xiao	Barbara	Traveler (Anemo)	Noelle
Details
・Xiao has a good synergy with Barbara's water ring. ・Anemo Traveler can provide energy enabling Xiao to cast his burst easily. ・Noelle can improve Xiao's survivability with her shields.

Xiao Ascension Materials

Materials Needed for Ascension

Lv 20	Vayuda Turquoise Sliver x 1 Qingxin x 3 Slime Condensate x 3
Lv 40	Vayuda Turquoise Fragment x 3 Juvenile Jade x 2 Qingxin x 10 Slime Condensate x 15
Lv 50	Vayuda Turquoise Fragment x 6 Juvenile Jade x 4 Qingxin x 20 Slime Secretions x 12
Lv 60	Vayuda Turquoise Chunk x 3 Juvenile Jade x 8 Qingxin x 30 Slime Secretions x 18
Lv 70	Vayuda Turquoise Chunk x 6 Juvenile Jade x 12 Qingxin x 45 Slime Concentrate x 12
Lv 80	Vayuda Turquoise Gemstone x 6 Juvenile Jade x 20 Qingxin x 60 Slime Concentrate x 24

Xiao Talent Materials For Level-Up

Enemy Drops (Slime)	Domain Drops (Mon/Thur/Sun)	Big Boss Drops (Childe)
Slime Condensate	Teachings Of Prosperity	Shadow Of The Warrior
Slime Secretions	Guide To Prosperity
Slime Concentrate	Philosophies Of Prosperity

Xiao's Recommended Talent Priority

Xiao's Skills & Talent List

	Talent	Talent Category
	Normal Attack: Whirlwind Thrust	Normal Attack
	Lemniscatic Wind Cycling	Elemental Skill
	Bane Of All Evil	Elemental Burst
	Trancension: Gravity Defier	Passive
	Conqueror of Evil: Tamer of Demons	Passive 2
	Dissolution Eon: Heaven Fall	Passive 3

Trancension: Gravity Defier

Decreases climbing Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provides the exact same effects.

Conqueror of Evil: Tamer of Demons

Bane of All Evil, all DMG dealt by Xiao increases by 5%. DMG increases by a further 5% for every 3s the ability persists.

Dissolution Eon: Heaven Fall

Lemniscatic Wind Cycling increases the DMG of subsequent uses of Lemniscatic Wind Cycling by 15%. This effect lasts for 7s, and has a maximum of 3 stacks. Gaining a new stack refreshes the effect's duration.

Xiao Constellations

Recommended Constellation

Constellation 1 For Easier Energy Gathering

With constellation 1, Xiao will have 3 charges of his skill enabling him to gather more energy with ease helping his Energy problems by alot.

Constellation 6 Will Change His Playstyle

At Max constellation, Xiao will receive a charge of his Elemental Skill when you hit 2 enemies or more with his Plunge attacks during Elemental Burst. Because of this, your main damage source will be the Elemental Skill instead of Plunge Attacks.

Xiao Constellations

*C＝Constellations, To upgrade constellations, you must aquire the same character more than once.

How To Use Xiao ?

Recommended Rotation For Xiao

Uses Of Xiao's Elemental Skill

Swift, High Damage Dash Attack

Xiao's Elemental Skill has dash through enemies, dealing high anemo damage to enemies hit. With his Disolution Eon: Heaven Fall talent, its damage is further increased with each subsequent use.

Can Be Used To Reposition

The Lemniscatic Wind Cycling can be used even when Xiao is in the air, allowing for quick repositioning or dodging. It can also be used to rush forward in pursuit of enemies.

Uses Of Xiao's Elemental Burst

Boosts The Damage Of All Of Xiao's Attack

Xiao's Elemental Burst itself does not deal damage itself, but rather boosts the damage of all of Xiao's attacks. This means Xiao's normal, plunge, charged attack, and elemental skill during his Burst's duration would all be boosted!

Xiao Loses Health During Burst Duration

Throughout Xiao's Elemental Burst, he will constantly lose health. This puts a risk to the burst when used and would require a healer for the team to constantly support him.

Increase The AOE Range Of Plunge Attack

The biggest benefit of Xiao's burst is increasing the AOE of Xiao's plunge attack. With increased damage from the Burst, Xiao's deals high damage to all enemies within its field with every plunge!

Strengths Of Xiao

A Very Effective Main DPS

Xiao has one of the highest damage ceiling in the game and can fully carry a team as its main DPS. He works well against both single-targets or multiple-targets.

High Damage, Versatile Elemental Burst

What makes Xiao powerful is his Elemental Burst. Every plunge attack deals high damage, hits all enemies within its range, and can be adjusted on the fly instead of it being a one-hit trick.

Weaknesses Of Xiao

Hard To Find Sub-DPS For

Unfortunately, due to the nature of Xiao's kit, it's hard to find a good sub-dps for Xiao. Although other characters can work, there's not a lot of option that can be paired with him.

Requires Battery For Constant Burst Up Time

Xiao's Burst requires a lot of energy and to have it up constantly, you will need a battery for him. Adding Energy Recharge to his build will lose you out on DPS and is not recommended.

Requires Support To Compensate For Burst Debuff

Since Xiao's burst shaves off his health during its duration, it's necessary to have a healer/support on his party. His burst can cause him to die on field if it's used when he's already at low health.

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Xiao Profile & Voice Actor

Xiao Basic Info & Voice Actor

Rarity	★5	Element	Anemo
Weapon
Polearm
How To Get
Wish
Voice Actor (EN)
Laila Berzins
Voice Actor (JA)
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
Birthday
April 17

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Xiao Story Overview

One Of The Five Yakshas

Xiao is the only remaining yaksha amongst the five and he was ordered to protect Liyue from the other demonic entities or spirits that will dare destroy the peace of Liyue.

Saved By Zhongli

Xiao was enslaved by a God who knew his weakness and used it against him. He forced to do some cruel and violent acts on behalf of the said God. During the Archon War, Morax (Zhongli) freed him and gave him a new name which is Xiao. After the war, Xiao pledged his forever loyalty to Morax.

Voicelines About Xiao

Voicelines About Xiao
Chongyun	The Conqueror of Demons himself has defended Liyue side-by-side with we exorcists for generations, day after day, night after night, I have the utmost respect for Adeptus Xiao. It's just... Why must he be so disparaging towards us? He says our repertoire is lacking and our power is trivial. I'm sorry, but I just can't accept that.
Hu Tao	What would I know of the adepti? Ai-yai-yai, that kind of stuff is top-secret! Don't come asking me about it!
Zhongli	You speak of the young adeptus of Guili Plains...*sigh* Still fulfilling his duty to this very day. Please, give this Remedium Tertiorum to him on my behalf. Oh, yes... be sure not to let Paimon eat them. Nothing of this world can withstand the power of this medicine.
Ganyu	He seems like a bit of an outsider, socially. Probably just his personality... I can understand that, to be honest, but I'm not really about to try and get close to him. I mean... all the people he's ever agreed to team up with are no longer with us...
Keqing	I feel like now that we live in the age of mankind's rule, it's time for the legendary boy-adeptus to be released from duty. We no linger need a defender of that kind, because we are capable of working through the challenges we face on our own strength.
Qiqi	About Name: Sounds like a historical artifact to me. About Memory: Remind me, have I met him before?

Appeared In Archon Quests

Xiao appears in two (2) acts of the Archon Quest whereas he joined and helped the traveler with his/her quest.

Has His Own Story Quest

Xiao's own story quest is consists of two acts, one is Xiao's back story, and his life as a yaksha. While the other was related to Ganyu.

Appeared In Events

Xiao's has appeared in an event, as he was invited to join the traveler to watch and witness the grand event of Liyue which is the Lantern Rite Festival.

Xiao In-Game Details

Special Dish Of Xiao

Dish	Ingredients
Sweet Dream	Milk x3 Sugar x1 Almond x1

Favorite Decoration Of Xiao

Character
Xiao
Favorite Decoration Sets
Cottage Kitchen	Qingce Cloud Residence	-

How Tall Is Xiao?

There is no in-game and official data regarding the height of Xiao. We compared characters and Xiao is Medium comparatively.

Effects In-Game

Character height gives advantages and disadvantages in-game. For instance, smaller characters will need to swim even at shallow waters but they easily dodge some enemies attacks or enter narrow entrances of caves.

How To Get Xiao ?

Get Xiao Through Invitation to Mundane Life Banner

You can get Xiao through his own featured wish banner, Invitation to Mundane Life. This banner started on February 3 and ended on February 17, 2021.

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