Genshin Impact

Barbara Builds & Review

Barbara is a playable Hydro Character in Genshin Impact that uses a Catalyst. Barbara is also a maiden of the church and an idol of Mondstadt.

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Barbara Character Tier & Rating

Reroll Tier	C Tier ▶Reroll Tier List
Character Tier	B Tier ▶Best Character Tier List

Barbara Character Type

Character Type	HealerSupport
Weapon	Catalyst
Element

Barbara Best Build & Weapon

Barbara Hydro Healer

Barbara is one of the best healers in game but she has a pretty low damage. With the new Artifact, Ocean-Hued Clam you are able to deal damage with healing making Barbara a great sub-DPS.

Recommended Weapon

Weapon	Details
Thrilling Tales Of Dragon Slayers	When switching characters, the new character taking the field has their ATK increased by 24% for 10s. This effect only occurs every 20s.
Weapon Substitute
Prototype Amber	Using an Elemental Burst regenerates 4 Energy every 2s for 6s. All party members will regenerate 4% HP every 2s for this duration.

Recommended Artifacts

Artifact	Details
Ocean-Hued Clam 4-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Healing Bonus +15% 4-Piece Set When the character equipping this artifact set heals a character in the party, a Sea-Dyed Foam will appear for 3 seconds, a Sea-Dyed Foam will appear for 3 seconds, accumulating the amount of HP recovered from healing (overflow included). At the end of the duration, the Sea-Dyed Foam will explode, dealing DMG to nearby opponents based on 90% of the accumulated healing. Only one Sea-Dyed Foam can be produced every 3.5 seconds. Each Sea-Dyed Foam can accumulate up to 30,000 HP, including overflowed healing. There can be no more than one Sea-Dyed Foam active in the entire party at any given time. The effect can still be triggered if the character is not in the field.
Substitute
Maiden Beloved 4-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Increases Healing done by 15% 4-Piece Set For 10 seconds after casting an Elemental Skill or Burst, Teammates receive +20% additional healing

Recommended Artifact Stats

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

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Barbara Best Team Comp

Best Party For Barbara

Barbara's kit restricts her to be support/healer due to her Elemental Burst only heals and doesn't deal any damage. She can still be used as a sub-dps, but it's a pretty niche build for Barbara.

Premium Team

Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Barbara	Diluc	Venti	Bennett
Details
- Barbara will act as support rather than damage dealer. Her main point will be to apply Hydro to enemies to start the reverse vaporize combo. Save her Skill to when you're engaging in melee with Diluc - Diluc will be the main DPS of the team and will be on-field for most of the time. Make sure to take use his Skill on Hydro-affected enemies to get Vaporize even when the combo is not ready yet - With Venti, use him to group up enemies and apply Hydro to them with his Burst. It's important that you Swirl Hydro so Diluc can Vaporize it with either his Skill or Burst - Bennett can be used to enable Diluc to deal even more damage during the Vaporize combo. He can also act as a battery for Diluc so he can get his Burst sooner

Team Combo

Character	Sub	Details
Diluc	Yanfei	- Yanfei will act as the main DPS. Particularly, she should be the one that will proc Vaporize when Sucrose uses her Burst and infuses with Hydro
Venti	Sucrose	- Sucrose can group up enemies and increase the Elemental Mastery of the team. Make sure to swirl Pyro first with her Elemental Skill to increase its damage, before using your Burst to pull enemies and infuse against Hydro
Bennett	Zhongli	- Zhongli's main point will be to shield the team and provide extra crowd control with his Burst. With a full set of Tenacity of the Milileth, he can also give the team attack boost with his Skill

Free To Play Friendly Party

Support	DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS
Barbara	Amber	Xiangling	Kaeya
Details
- Barbara will act as the main support and can even start combos with either Melt or Vaporize with the rest of th team - Xiangling will be the main DPS and will be on the field for most of the time. Combo her Burst with Kaeya's Burst to get constant Melt Damage - Amber can be a finisher when you freeze enemies with Barbara and Kaeya - Kaeya can constantly apply Cryo when needed. Use him for either Freezing and Vaporizing enemies

Barbara Ascension Materials

Materials Needed for Ascension

Lv 20	Varunada Lazurite Sliver x 1 Philanemo Mushroom x 3 Divining Scroll x 3
Lv 40	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x 3 Cleansing Heart x 2 Philanemo Mushroom x 10 Divining Scroll x 15
Lv 50	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x 6 Cleansing Heart x 4 Philanemo Mushroom x 20 Sealed Scroll x 12
Lv 60	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x 3 Cleansing Heart x 8 Philanemo Mushroom x 30 Sealed Scroll x 18
Lv 70	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x 6 Cleansing Heart x 12 Philanemo Mushroom x 45 Forbidden Curse Scroll x 12
Lv 80	Varunada Lazurite Gemstone x 6 Cleansing Heart x 20 Philanemo Mushroom x 60 Forbidden Curse Scroll x 24

Barbara Talent Materials For Level-Up

Enemy Drops (Samachurls)	Domain Drops (Wed/Sat/Sun)	Big Boss Drops (Andrius)
Divining Scroll	Teachings Of Freedom	Ring Of Boreas
Sealed Scroll	Guide To Freedom
Forbidden Cursed Scroll	Philosophies Of Freedom

Barbara's Recommended Talent Priority

Barbara's Skills & Talent List

	Talent	Talent Category
	Normal Attack: Whisper of Water	Normal Attack
	Let the Show Begin	Elemental Skill
	Shining Miracle	Elemental Burst
	Glorious Season	Passive
	Encore	Passive 2
	With My Whole Heart	Passive 3

Glorious Season

The Stamina Consumption of characters within Let the Show Begin's Melody Loop is reduced to 12%.

Encore

When a character gains an Elemental Orb / Particle, the duration of Let the Show Begin's Melody Loop is extended by 1s.
The maximum extension is 5s.

With My Whole Heart

When a Perfect Cooking is achieved on a dish with restorative effects, there is a 12% chance to obtain double the product.

Barbara Constellations

Recommended Constellations

Constellation 2 For Hydro DMG Boost

Constellation 2 will not only decrease the cooldown of the Skill of Barbara, it will also give Hydro DMG Bonus to the active character making it a great character especially when supporting a Hydro Character.

Constellation 6 Revives You Automatically

The constellation of Barbara revives your fallen character and it works even in domains and Spiral Abyss.

Barbara Constellations

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

How To Use Barbara ?

Recommended Rotation For Barbara

Uses Of Barbara's Elemental Skill

Primarily Used To Heal Active Character

Barbara's Skill provides on-field healing, making it valuable to support your other on-field characters. This is best used for Main DPS characters who are constantly the active character.

Can Also Apply Hydro For Elemental Reactions

The Elemental Skill applied Hydro to nearby enemies. You can use it to set up Elemental Reactions since it can apply Hydro to multiple enemies the whole of its duration.

Barbara's Elemental Burst

Burst Healing For The Whole Team

Barbara's Burst can easily heal up a whole team since her Burst will heal every member of the party. It doesn't have any drawbacks, but it's best to use it when the party's health is below 50%.

Strengths Of Barbara

Great Hydro Applicator

Since Barbara is a Catalyst user, she applies Hydro to enemies with both her normal and charged attacks in addition to her Elemental Skill. She can easily apply Hydro to multiple enemies and can be a good Hydro Support through this.

Stable & Reliable Healer

Barbara's healing is one of the most reliable in the game. Her kit enables active healing with her Skill, while her Burst can heal the whole team in a single use.

Weaknesses Of Barbara

Burst Does No Damage

Barbara is crippled as a DPS due to her Elemental Burst. Although it's great at healing, it does no damage and doesn't even apply Hydro to enemies. Keep this in mind if you're building her to be a niche DPS or Sub-DPS.

Barbara Reviews From Other Users

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Barbara Skins List

Summertime Sparkle

Front	Back
Introduced in: Version 1.6 How To Get: Reward upon participating in the Echoing Tales event. Free Or Premium: Free

Barbara Profile & Voice Actor

Barbara Basic Info & Voice Actor

Rarity	★4	Element	Hydro
Weapon
Catalyst
Voice Actor (EN)
Laura Stahl
Voice Actor (JA)
Akari Kitō
Hangout (Date) Event
Hangout Event - All Branches & Endings
Birthday
July 5

Profile

Barbara Story Overview

Mondstadt's Local Idol

A self-proclaimed Idol, Barbara is beloved by the whole of Mondstadt. She's dedicated to her job as the Deaconess of the Favonius Church and can often be found withint the cathedral.

Safekeeper Of Mondstadt's Relics

As the Deaconess of the Favonious Church, Barbara is responsible for keeping the different relics of Mondstadt safe. This is why when needing to use Barbatos' Harp, it's her that the Travele approached.

Jean's Little Sister

Jean and Barbara are sisters despite having different surnames. Because of their family's situation, they did not grow up together, but that doesn't mean Barbara loves her sister any less.

Voicelines About Barbara

Voicelines About Barbara
Albedo	Barbara? She's a very earnest Deaconess. I once had the opportunity to sketch her a simple portrait... What happened to the sketch? Ah yes... Albert offered to purchase it, but I rejected his bid and gave it to the Acting Grand Master. Social relations... really require a lot of effort.
Bennett	She's the best singer and dancer out there! I always go to watch her in concert after an adventure goes south- it really lifts my mood, chanting along with all the other fans, cheering her on. It's really kinda magical! It's no wonder she's so popular... Boy, if I had even half her popularity as leader of my adventure team...
Diona	How come all my fans are drunk middle-aged men, while Barbara's are all young people...? Hmph! So stupid. Forget it!
Eula	Everyone loves her. What's her secret? Maybe I could learn a thing or two from her... Hmm, or maybe not. I can't imagine a "Shining Idol" would want anything to do with a descendant of a depraved dynasty.
Jean	Barbara is a hard worker, but I feel she's too hard on herself sometimes... What? You ask me how I know all this? It's because the order also manages the Church.
Lisa	Have you heard Barbara sing before? Her angelic voice contains a magical healing energy. A different kind of magical energy from the one in my potions, of course. I wonder which one you prefer?
Noelle	We take tea breaks together sometimes. Often she'll start humming a tune, saying inspiration has come to her. I'm not the right person to give useful feedback on anything musical... But I still love spending time with Barbara.
Razor	Shining Barbara is a good child. Very good child.
Venti	The darling Deaconess with the sweet singing voice — do you know her? You do? Idol, huh? Meet and greets? Concerts? Wow... That's the power of music for you...

Appeared In Archon Quests

You will encounter Barbara as she will have an appearance in the Archon Quest, where she will ask the traveler for a certain Lyre inside the Cathedral and in Chapter 1 where she talks about the missing statue of seven.

No Story Quest As Of Now

More coming soon as we will update this section once Barbara's own story quest is officially released! Check back again to get more updates.

Appeared On the Other Characters' Story Quest

Barbara also appeared on various character story quests. Check the table below for her quests appearances!

Barbara's Hangout Event

Check out Barbara's Hangout Event for the meantime while we are all waiting for Mihoyo to release her own story quest.

Event Appearances

Barbara also appeared in various events together with the other characters that were also featured in the game event.

Barbara - Special Dish, Favorite Decor, & How Tall?

Special Dish Of Barbara

Dish	Ingredients
Spicy Stew	Raw Meat x2 Cream x2 Snapdragon x1

Favorite Decoration Of Barbara

Character
Barbara
Favorite Decoration Sets
Amidst Whispering Winds	Bird And Blossom Park	-

How Tall Is Barbara?

There is no in-game and official data regarding the height of Barbara. We compared characters and Barbara 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 Barbara?

Obtain As A Free Character

You will be able to get Barbara as one of the free characters to obtain in the game upon completing the archon story quest.

Obtain Her Through Other Banners

You can still obtain Barbara through the Permanent Banner and other featured character banners.

Characters With Same Element and Weapon As Barbara

All Characters With Hydro Element

Barbara	Mona	Xingqiu	Childe
Kokomi	Ayato	Hydro Traveler	-

All Characters Using Catalyst

Lisa	Barbara	Klee	Sucrose
Mona	Ningguang	Kokomi	Yae Miko
Yanfei	-	-	-

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Tier Lists
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Characters By Rarity
★5			★4
Characters By Roles
DPS List		Support List		Healer List
Characters By Element
Pyro	Hydro	Anemo	Electro	Cryo	Geo

All Playable Characters

★5 Star Characters
Albedo	Aloy	Ayaka	Ayato
Childe	Diluc	Eula	Ganyu
Hu Tao	Itto	Jean	Kazuha
Keqing	Klee	Kokomi	Mona
Qiqi	Raiden Shogun	Shenhe	Venti
Xiao	Yae Miko	Yoimiya	Zhongli
★4 Star Characters
Amber	Barbara	Beidou	Bennett
Chongyun	Diona	Fischl	Gorou
Kaeya	Kujou Sara	Lisa	Ningguang
Noelle	Razor	Rosaria	Sayu
Sucrose	Thoma	Xiangling	Xingqiu
Xinyan	Yanfei	Yun Jin	-

The Traveler

The Traveler & Their Elements

Unreleased Characters

Arlecchino	Baizhu	Collei
Cyno	Dainsleif	Dottore
Feiyan	Iansan	Kate
Kevin	Kuki Shinobu	Kusanali
Lynette	Lyney	Murata
Nahida	Nilou	Pulcinella
Rhinedottir	Scaramouche	Shenli
Shikanoin Heizou	Skirk	Tsaritsa
Tighnari	Varka	Vennessa
Weiwei	Yaoyao	Yelan

Story Characters

Alice	Guizhong	Kamuna Harunosuke
La Signora	Teppei	Tomo