Barbara is a character in Genshin Impact 3.4 that uses Hydro Catalyst. See best builds, teams, weapons, skills, weapon, artifacts, talent materials, rating for & tier!
Table of Contents
![]() Tier List | ![]() Build | ||||
Barbara Build & Team | Barbara Lore & Voiceline |
Barbara Tier

Rarity | Element | Weapon | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Catalyst | |||||||||
How To Get? | |||||||||||
Obtained through Wishes Obtained for free by reaching Adventure Rank 20. | |||||||||||
Character Tier | Reroll Tier | ||||||||||
A ▶Character Tier | C ▶Reroll Tier | ||||||||||
DPS | Sub-DPS | Support | Healer | ||||||||
- | B | B | S |
Strengths & Weakness Of Barbara
Strengths |
---|
- Is able to spread Hydro to opponents easily. - Powerful and consistent healing. |
Weakness |
- Inflicts Hydro to oneself that can trigger freezing and other reaction to self. ↳ May be an advantage at certain stages. - Elemental Burst & Skill does not produce damage. ↳ Ocean-Hued Clam Set enables it to produce damage. |
Barbara's Tier Poll
Barbara Best Build
Barbara Bloom Bot Build
Weapon | ![]() |
---|---|
Substitute | 1. ![]() 2. ![]() 3. ![]() 4. ![]() |
Best | ![]() |
Artifact Stats | Sands: EM Goblet: EM Circlet: EM |
Priority Sub-Stats | 1. EM 2. Energy Recharge 3. ATK% |
Quickly Produce Dendro Cores That Deal Powerful Bloom Damage
Barbara's Normal & Charged Attack, and Skill can apply Hydro which can immediately produce Dendro cores if it reacts with Dendro. Typically, only 5 Dendro cores can simultaneously exist and the succeeding Dendro cores that are produced can result in the explosion of prior Dendro cores.
Barbara Support Healer Build
Weapon | ![]() |
---|---|
Substitute | 1. ![]() 2. ![]() 3. ![]() 4. ![]() |
Best | ![]() |
Artifact Stats | Sands: HP% Goblet: HP% Circlet: Healing Bonus |
Priority Sub-Stats | 1. HP% 2. HP 3. Energy Recharge |
Consistent High HP Regeneration & Periodic Attack Buff
Barbara's Skill can consistently restore a significant amount of HP to the active character while Burst can instantly recover a high amount of HP for everyone in the team. In addition, Thrilling Tales can provide an ATK% buff to the next character that gets switched.
Character Build ForumBarbara Best Weapon
Barbara Bloom Bot Weapon
Best Weapons For Bloom Bot Build
Weapon | Details | |
---|---|---|
Best | ![]() | Elemental Mastery 265 (Lvl. 90) - Currently has the highest EM among the existing catalyst - The user can accumulate stacks that give buffs depending on the elemental type of other characters in the team (3 stacks at max) └ Buff can either be EM increase for other members of the team or Elemental DMG bonus for the user |
2nd | ![]() | Elemental Mastery 221 (Lvl. 90) - Highest EM for 4* catalyst - Has a chance to reset the CD of Skill which is great for sustaining Hydro application & healing with Barbara's Skill |
3rd | ![]() | Elemental Mastery 165 (Lvl 90.) - Can give an ATK buff periodically to everyone which is beneficial for the team └ Passive can stack with weapons of similar effect |
F2P | ![]() | Elemental Mastery 110 (Lvl. 90) - Gain stacks that give Elemental DMG bonus by triggering an elemental reaction (2 stacks at max) - Great for characters that are always on the field - Craftable which makes it easier to refine |
F2P | ![]() | Energy Recharge 45.9% (Lvl. 90) - Stacks reduces ATK% for additional EM └ ATK% is not that important for Bloom damage - Craftable which makes it easier to refine |
Aim Elemental Mastery For Higher Bloom Damage
Barbara has a fantastic Hydro infliction with Elemental Skill and normal attacks. The introduction of Dendro enables Barbara to produce an outstanding amount of Bloom, making her a great Bloom Bot.
Barbara Support Healer Weapon
Best Weapons For Support Healer Build
Best | ![]() | HP 35.2% (Lvl. 90) - Can provide ATK% buff periodically to the next character that takes the field - Easy to refine & upgrade since it is 3* |
---|---|---|
2nd | ![]() | HP 49.6% (Lvl. 90) - Currently has the highest HP for a catalyst - Can provide Energy to the team by hitting the enemy with Normal Attack after using Burst |
F2P | ![]() | HP 41.3% (Lvl. 90) - Restore 4 Energy for a period after using Burst └ Also restore HP% for a period - Craftable which makes it easier to refine |
4th | ![]() | Energy Recharge 45.9% (Lvl. 90) - ER substat is convenient for Burst uptime |
F2P | ![]() | Energy Recharge 39.0% (Lvl. 90) - ER substat is convenient for Burst uptime - Recover a small amount HP when receiving Energy orbs & particles - Easy to refine & upgrade since it is 3* |
Thrilling Tales Of Dragon Slayers Is Preferred For ATK Buff
With this build, Barbara is going to focus on off-field healing-per-second with Skill & strong healing with Burst and Thrilling Tales can provide an ATK buff to the next character that takes the field. On the other hand, substitute weapons can provide additional HP recovery due to a higher HP stat compared to Thrilling Tales.
All Weapon ListBarbara Best Artifacts
Barbara Bloom Bot Artifacts
Best Artifacts For Bloom Bot Build
Details | |
---|---|
Best | ![]() [4-Piece] |
Substitute 1 | ![]() [4-Piece] |
Substitute 2 | ![]() [2-Piece] ![]() [2-Piece] |
Recommended Artifact Stats
![]() | Main: Flat ATK Sub: Elemental Mastery / HP% |
---|---|
![]() | Main: Flat HP Sub: Elemental Mastery / HP% |
![]() | Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: HP% |
![]() | Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: HP% |
![]() | Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: HP% |
Maximize Elemental Mastery For Higher Bloom Damage
HP only matters to increase the healing that Barbara provides. If you want to increase the damage of Bloom, focus on increasing the EM of Barbara.
Barbara Support Healer Artifacts
Best Artifacts For Support Healer Build
Details | |
---|---|
Best | ![]() [4-Piece] |
Substitute 1 | ![]() [4-Piece] |
Substitute 2 | ![]() [2-Piece] ![]() [2-Piece] |
Recommended Artifact Stats
![]() | Main: Flat ATK Sub: HP% / Energy Recharge |
---|---|
![]() | Main: Flat HP Sub: HP% / Energy Recharge |
![]() | Main: HP% Sub: Energy Recharge |
![]() | Main: HP% Sub: Energy Recharge |
![]() | Main: Healing Bonus Sub: HP% / Energy Recharge |
Aim HP For Higher Healing
Barbara is a powerful healer with a weakness of inability to produce damage using her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst. Ocean-Hued Clam artifact is great for Barbara enabling her to deal physical damage using her skills. The substitutes are great for recovering a high amount of HP with consistency.
Related Articles
Barbara Best Team Comp
Premium Party For Barbara
Barbara is great for Hydro Reactions. Since her Elemental Skill does not damage but has a high Elemental infliction making her suited for Blooms and reaction teams.
Support | Sub DPS | Sub DPS | DPS |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Details | |||
- Barbara is the healer of the team who can also produce Dendro cores together with Nilou - Dendro Resonance increases bloom damage - Nahida can further amplify bloom damage - Nilou works well with Barbara because of HP increase through Resonance that benefits both of them and also upgrades Dendro cores to Bountiful cores |
Other Characters That Works With Barbara
Character | Sub | Details |
---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() ![]() | - Choose the Sub DPS based on the Main DPS that you chose. It is preferred that it reacts well with Hydro or Bloom |
![]() | ![]() ![]() | - Choose the support based on the main DPS instead of Barbara |
![]() | ![]() ![]() | - Nilou can be replaced with a character that works well with Hydro |
Free-To-Play Party
Support | Sub DPS | Support | DPS |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
Details | |||
- Team comp can trigger Electro-charged, Hyperbloom, Aggravate, Quicken, & Spread reactions |
Barbara Guide - How To Use Barbara?
Recommended Rotation For Barbara
Recommended Rotation | |
---|---|
1 | Use her Elemental Skill to heal active characters |
2 | If team needs burst healing, use her Elemental Burst |
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%.
Barbara Ascension Materials
Lack materials in your world? Search for people who would like to help in this: Item Exchange Thread
Materials Needed for Level Ascension
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80 |
---|
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90 |
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Philanemo Mushroom Farm Routes
Philanemo Mushroom Farm Routes | |
---|---|
![]() Click to Enlarge | ![]() Click to Enlarge |
Talent Materials For Barbara
Enemy Drops (Samachurls) | Domain Drops (Wed/Sat/Sun) | Big Boss Drops (Andrius) |
---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
![]() | ![]() | |
![]() | ![]() |
Barbara 's Recommended Talent Priority
Talent | Level Up Priority |
---|---|
Normal Attack: Whisper of Water | ★・・・・ |
Let the Show Begin (Elemental Skill) | ★★★★★ |
Shining Miracle (Elemental Burst) | ★★★★・ |
Should You Get Or Wish For Barbara?
Barbara Is A Free Character
Barbara can be obtained upon reaching Adventure Rank 20. Her constellations can be obtained in all banners and limited banners sometimes features Barbara. While Barbara's constellation gives her more support capabilities, it is not recommended to aim for Barbara when pulling unless Barbara's rate is boosted.
Best Constellation For Barbara
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.
Character Related Articles
Character Tier Lists
All Characters
Characters By Rarity | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | ||||||||||
Characters By Roles | |||||||||||
DPS List | Support List | Healer List | |||||||||
Characters By Element | |||||||||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||||
![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
All Playable Characters
List Of All CharactersOther Barbara Articles | |
---|---|
Barbara Build & Team | Barbara Lore & Voiceline |
Barbara Hangout Event | Barbara Story Quest |