Barbara Best Build, Weapon, & Team Guide

Comprehensive Barbara guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Barbara's best build and the best weapon for this 4-Star Hydro Catalyst user.

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Table of Contents

Character Overview
Strengths & Weaknesses
Best Build
Best Weapon
Best Artifacts
Best Team Comp
Team Rotation and Combos
Basics Of Barbara
Elemental Skill, Burst & Abilities
Constellation VS Weapon Priority
Ascension Materials
Talent Multipliers & Passive Details
Lore & Story

Barbara Character Overview, Base Stats, and Tier

Character Profile

	Rarity
	Element	Hydro
	Weapon	Catalyst
	Ascend Stat	HP 24.0%
	Region	Mondstadt
	Birthday	July 5
	Roles	Off-Field Survivability
How To Get	- Available in all Banners at a low drop rate - Can be bought with Masterless Starglitter at Paimon's Bargains shop - Obtain for free by progressing through Mondstadt's Archon Quests

Base Stats

	Base HP	Base ATK	Base DEF
Lvl. 90	9,787	159	669
Lvl. 80 (Ascended)	9,110	148	623

Barbara is a 4-star Hydro character that wields a Catalyst weapon. Barbara is one of the first characters that you will meet in their first journey in Teyvat. She is a beloved idol in Mondstadt, the Deaconess of the Church of Favonius, and also Jean's younger sister. Known for her cheerful personality and healing abilities, Barbara is also one of the top-tier support characters for both beginner and veteran players since you can build her easily.

Barbara's Tier & Rating

Overall Tier
C
On-Field	Off-Field	DPS	Support	Sustain
-	D	-	-	A

Barbara is a Hydro Support character who works great as a healer and On-Field Reaction Driver for Hydro Reactions. Both of her Active Skills are used for healing while her Hydro Normal Attacks are the main focus for Reaction Driver Barbara. Barbara is given for free in the first few Archon Quests and makes for a great healer for beginners in the game.

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Roles & Playstyle of Barbara and Her Strengths and Weakness

Healer Barbara

Barbara's whole kit is geared to being the team healer with both of her Skills being healing skills. Building her as a pure healer is a lot easier since you need only one stat while Bloom Driver build needs balancing between EM and HP.

Pros and Cons of Healer Barbara

Pros
- Easier to build as healer and needs only HP/Healing focused equipment.
- Can work entirely Off-Field and swaps in only for healing.
Cons
- Elemental Skill CD can affect healing uptime while her Elemental Burst's high cost makes it difficult to use consistently.

Bloom Driver Barbara

Barbara's Hydro-infused Normal Attacks and Elemental Skill's Hydro aura makes her a good On-Fielder for Bloom teams since she can apply Hydro easily. With the release of Nod-Krai's new weapons, Bloom Driver Barbara is a lot more viable now.

Pros and Cons of Bloom Driver Barbara

Pros
- Can heal when taking damage from Bloom damage.
- Elemental Skill aura also applies Hydro on enemies, allowing for more Dendro Core creation.
- On-Field Barbara can ensure she gets more Energy to consistently use her Elemental Burst for team healing.
Cons
- Needs both EM and HP to balance the Bloom damage and healing.

Best Build for Barbara

Barbara is Best Built As a Healer

Weapon	Thrilling Tales Of Dragon Slayers
Best Artifact	Ocean-Hued Clam
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: HP% Goblet: HP% Circlet: Healing Bonus
Priority Sub-Stats	HP% > Energy Recharge
Recommended Team

Stat Goals for Healer Barbara

HP	35,000
Energy Recharge	130%~

Barbara only requires one stat to be a good healer and that is HP. Energy Recharge can be built on her if you want to use her Elemental Burst for instant healing. However, it does have a high Energy cost which can make it difficult to balance building HP and Energy Recharge.

Barbara Can Be Built as a Bloom Driver

Weapon	Blackmarrow Lantern
Best Artifact	Flower Of Paradise Lost
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: EM Goblet: EM Circlet: EM
Priority Sub-Stats	Elemental Mastery > HP% > Energy Recharge
Recommended Team

Stat Goals for Bloom Driver Barbara

Elemental Mastery	500+
HP	20,000
Energy Recharge	120%

For Barbara's Bloom Driver build, she needs to balance Elemental Mastery and HP. This is to allow her to still heal decently while also improving her Bloom damage.

Barbara 's Recommended Talent Priority

Talent	Level Up Priority
Normal Attack: Whisper of Water	★・・・・
Let the Show Begin (Elemental Skill)	★★★★★
Shining Miracle (Elemental Burst)	★★★★・

Best Weapon for Barbara

Barbara's weapon choices depend on the role you wish to use on her. For healing build, use HP weapons with supportive abilities. For Bloom Driver build, use Elemental Mastery stat sticks.

Premium Weapons for Healer Barbara

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Thrilling Tales Of Dragon Slayers	Get from Banners - Can provide ATK% buff periodically to the next character that takes the field - Easy to refine & upgrade since it is 3*
2nd	Everlasting Moonglow	Get from Limited Banner - Kokomi's Signature Weapon that can only be obtained if her Banner is also available. - Currently has the highest HP for a catalyst. - Restores Energy to Barbara by dealing damage with Normal Attacks after using her Burst..
4th	Favonius Codex	Get from Banners - ER substat is convenient for Burst uptime

Thrilling Tales is Barbara's best weapon for healing and providing support to her teammates. Since it's easy to obtain and max out when doing wishes, using other weapons is not recommended.

F2P Options for Healer Barbara

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	Prototype Amber	Craftable (Forgeable) Weapon - Restore 4 Energy for a period after using Burst. └ Also restore HP% for a period.
2nd (Loot)	Otherworldly Story	Get from Chests - ER substat is convenient for Burst uptime. - Recover a small amount HP when receiving Energy orbs & particles.

For F2P players, Prototype Amber is Barbara's best weapon followed by Otherworldly Story. If you managed to max refines on Thrilling Tales as F2P, you can use that weapon instead.

Premium Weapons for Bloom Driver Barbara

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	A Thousand Floating Dreams	Get from Limited Banner - Nahida's Signature Weapon that can only be obtained when her Banner is also available. - Currently has the highest EM among the existing catalysts - Can buff either EM for other members of the team or Elemental DMG bonus for Barbara.
2nd	Sacrificial Fragments	Get from Banners - 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	Wandering Evenstar	Get from Limited Banners - Can give an ATK buff periodically to everyone which is beneficial for the team └ Passive can stack with weapons of similar effect

Barbara's best weapon as a Bloom Driver is the new Nod-Krai craftable catalyst. Her next best options are the premium weapons listed above.

F2P Options for Bloom Driver Barbara

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	Blackmarrow Lantern	Nod-Krai Craftable (Forged) Weapon - Best weapon for increasing Bloom Damage. Moonsign mechanic can be ignored if you don't have Lauma. - EM substat makes it great for Bloom Damage.
2nd (Forge)	Mappa Mare	Craftable (Forgeable) Weapon - 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.
3rd (Forge)	Fruit Of Fulfillment	Sumeru Craftable (Forgeable) Weapon - Stacks reduces ATK% for additional EM. └ ATK% is not that important for Bloom damage .

With the addition of Nod-Krai's new craftable weapons, Bloom Driver Barbara can use a dedicated Bloom and EM boosting weapon. If you are unable to craft it, Mappa Mare and Fruit of Fulfillment can be used instead for boosting her EM.

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Barbara Best Artifacts

Barbara's best Artifact set depends on the role you want to use her in. For healer build, Healing focused sets work best while for bloom driver, sets that increase her EM and Bloom Damage work the best.

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Song Of Days Past	★★★★★ - Best artifact for boosting healing and buffing allies. - Teammate buff is reliant on Barbara's healing amount (including overflow) so using her Burst is recommended.
Ocean-Hued Clam	★★★★ • - 2nd best artifact for Healer Barbara. - Gives the same amount of healing bonus as Song Of Days Past but turns the healing amount into additional damage.
Any Healing Bonus Any Healing Bonus	★★★ • • - Best 2-pc artifact sets when farming for Barbara's full set.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat ATK Sub: Energy Recharge / HP%
	Main: Flat HP Sub: Energy Recharge / HP%
	Main: HP% Sub: Energy Recharge
	Main: HP% Sub: Energy Recharge
	Main: Healing Bonus Sub: Energy Recharge / HP%

Focus on HP and Energy Recharge for Substats

As a healer, Barbara only needs HP and Energy Recharge. HP will boost her healing while Energy Recharge will allow her to use her Elemental Burst more and provide more healing to the team.

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Flower of Paradise Lost	★★★★★ - Best set for boosting Bloom Damage. - Buffs EM and Bloom Damage directly.
Gilded Dreams	★★★★ • - 2nd best set for Bloom Damage. - Buffs only Elemental Mastery. 4-pc set effect allows Dendro teammates to buff Barbara's EM while Hydro teammates buff ATK.
Any Elemental Mastery Any Elemental Mastery	★★★ • • - Best 2-pc set effects for boosting Bloom Damage while farming for Barbara's full set.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat ATK Sub: Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / HP%
	Main: Flat HP Sub: Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / HP%
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: Energy Recharge / HP%
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: Energy Recharge / HP%
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: Energy Recharge / HP%

Focus on Elemental Mastery then Healing Substats

For Bloom Driver Barbara, she needs Elemental Mastery to buff Bloom Damage but she will still need HP% and Energy Recharge to ensure that the damage from Bloom explosions don't lower her HP so low. With the release of Blackmarrow Lantern, you can have a 50/50 ratio on EM and Healing Substats since the weapon buffs Bloom Damage massively.

Best Team Comp Barbara

Use Barbara as Support for ATK Scaling On-Fielders

Support	DPS	Support	Support
Barbara	Chasca	Bennett	Furina
Details
- Barbara can help activate Hydro Resonance to ensure that Chasca has more HP for survival. - Bennett and Barbara work together to buff ATK for Chasca while Barbara focuses more on providing healing since Bennett's healing can be weaker before C1. - Furina's HP drain can be offset with two healers and buffs Chasca's damage.

Since Barbara's healing can be inconsistent depending on the rotation and Energy Particles generated by her teammates, it can be good to use her with another healer that can make up for the healing loss. Especially if the team has Furina boosting damage for the DPS.

Other Team Comps for Barbara

Bloom Team Comp with Driver Barbara

Team		Detail
Barbara	Nilou	- Bloom Team with Barbara as the Reaction Driver. - Barbara needs to be built with both EM and HP but the new Nod-Krai craftable catalyst can be used to boost the Bloom damage dealt without needing too much EM. - Emilie can be replaced with a Dendro healer if Barbara's healing is still too weak to sustain the team.
Nahida	Emilie

Free-To-Play Party

Team		Detail
Barbara	Yaoyao	- Free to Play (F2P) Burgeon team with Barbara. - While it's also a Dendro team, Barbara can focus on HP instead of EM since it's the Pyro Off-Fielder who needs to be built on EM. - Barbara is the On-Field Reaction Driver that applies Hydro to create Dendro Cores with Yaoyao and Collei's Dendro application while
Pyro Traveler	Collei

Best Teams for Barbara

Team Rotation of Barbara and Combos

Barbara's rotation differ greatly based on the role she plays. Her Healer playstyle is mostly Off-Field while her Bloom Driver playstyle is On-Field.

Basic Team Rotation for Healer Barbara

Basic Rotation For Healer Barbara
1. Use other Support/Sub-DPS abilities. 2. Switch to Barbara and use her Elemental Skill. 3. Switch to On-Field character. 4. (Optional) Switch to Barbara and use her Elemental Burst for healing.

Barbara's team rotations have her switch in before the On-Field character. This is because she's often used to hold Thrilling Tales and buff the ATK-scaling DPS character who is switched in after her. But even if she's not used as the Thrilling Tales holder, her Elemental Skill's Hydro application still needs to come before the On-Field character.

Basic Team Rotation for Bloom Driver Barbara

Basic Rotation For Bloom Barbara
1. Use Support/Sub-DPS abilities. 2. Switch to Barbara and use her Elemental Skill. 3. Spam Normal or Charged Attacks to apply Hydro.

As a Bloom Driver, Barbara is the On-Fielder that applies Hydro with her Normal Attacks. She can use Charged Attacks if you need more healing per hit since Barbara's Normal/Charged Attacks allow for healing when her Elemental Skill is active.

Basics Of Using Barbara

Easy To Build Healer for Beginners

Barbara is a free character given away after progressing in Mondstadt's Archon quest. As a healer, she works very well early game and can still be used late game. Her best weapon is a 3-star Weapon that can be easily obtained from Wishing.

Use Elemental Skill for Continuous Healing and Applying Hydro

Barbara's Elemental Skill is a continuous healing aura that surrounds the active character and applies Hydro to them and the enemies that come in contact with it. If Barbara is the active character, her Normal/Charged Attacks will also heal her teammates.

Charged Attack While Her E. Skill is Active Gives More Healing

Barbara's Charged Attacks while her Elemental Skill is active generates x4 healing to her teammates. While it can consume a lot of stamina, Barbara's Passive reduces Stamina consumed during her Elemental Skill's duration.

Elemental Burst is Instant Healing

Barbara's Elemental Burst doesn't deal damage but it heals the team instantly. It has a massive amount of healing given and can overflow easily, making her compatible with Ocean-Hued Clam and Song of Days Past sets.

Has a High Energy Cost

While Barbara's E. Burst healing is very good, it comes with a very high Energy cost of 80. This requires a 2nd Hydro to be used with her if you want consistent healing from Barbara.

Needs Only HP for Healing

Barbara's healing all scales on her Max HP and Healing Bonus. Her best weapon is Thrilling Tales that can increase her HP and allow her to buff ATK for the next character who gets swapped in after Barbara.

Elemental Skill, Burst and Abilities Guide for Barbara

How To Use Barbara's Skills & Passives?

How To Use?

▼ Healer Support or Bloom Driver
▼ Elemental Skill applies Hydro and Continuously Heals the Active Character
▼ Elemental Burst is an Instant Healing
▼ Both Builds' Best Weapon is 4-Star or Lower

Healer Support Or Bloom Driver

Barbara is a Hydro Catalyst user who is great as a pure Healing support or Bloom Driver. Both builds are viable but her Bloom Driver build can only be used if you have Nilou.

Elemental Skill Applies Hydro And Continuously Heals The Active Character

Barbara's Elemental Skill provides Healing and Hydro Application. It has a lengthy CD so it's best used before the On-Field character's turn. The Skill applies Hydro to both you and the enemies. While her Skill is active, Barbara's Normal/Charged Attack has an extra effect of healing her teammates.

Elemental Burst Is An Instant Healing

Barbara's Elemental Burst is an instant Healing that can easily cap out HP bars and overflow. This makes using Song Of Days Past or Ocean-Hued Clam very nice with her. However it has a very high Energy Cost and will require good ER to use it regularly.

Both Builds' Best Weapon Is 4-Star Or Lower

Best Healer Weapon	Best Bloom Driver Weapon
Thrilling Tales Of Dragon Slayers - HP substat and buffs ATK for the next character.	Blackmarrow Lantern - EM substat and buffs Bloom Damage.

Aside from being a versatile character, Barbara is an easy character to build and doesn't require premium weapons for both of her builds. For healer build, Thrilling Tales is easy to obtain from Wishes. For Bloom Driver build, Blackmarrow Lantern is craftable and can easily be refined.

Should You Pull for Barbara's Constellation Or Best Weapon?

Constellations Aren't Necessary

Constellation Priority
C2 > C3 or C5

C2 Is Decent for More Healing

Barbara doesn't gain a ton of value from her constellations in total, but her C2 does reduce the cooldown of her Skill by a decent amount while also providing the on-field Hydro character additional an Hydro DMG Bonus while her skill persists, and it can be a good stopping point if you are looking to grab a few of her constellations. Beyond that, either C3 and C5, which give extra levels to her Burst and Skill respectively, are also viable pickups, notably if you are equipped the Ocean-Hued Clam set on her. Her C6 offers a limited-use party revive, but isn't very practical due to the long cooldown.

Barbara's role as an off-field Hydro healer isn't unique, but she is still decent at it even without further investment. Because her constellations only provide marginal improvements to a fully functional C0 kit, getting more copies of her isn't an ideal pull priority, and should instead be treated as nice bonuses to have if you happen to get them.

Barbara's Constellations & Effects

Rating	Constellation Effect
★★・・・	C1: Gleeful Songs Barbara regenerates 1 Energy every 10s.
★★★★★	C2: Vitality Burst Decreases the CD of Let the Show Begin by 15%. During the ability's duration, your active character gains a 15% Hydro DMG Bonus
★★★・・	C3: Star Of Tomorrow Increases the Level of Shining Miracle by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★★・・・	C4: Attentiveness Be My Power Every opponent Barbara hits with her Charged Attack regenerates 1 Energy for her. A maximum of 5 energy can be regenerated in this manner with only one Charged Attack.
★★★・・	C5: The Purest Companionship Increases the Level of Let The Show Begin by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★・・・・	C6: Dedicating Everything To You When Barbara is in the party but not on the field, and one of your own party members falls: - Automatically revives the fallen characters - Fully restores the revived character's HP to 100% This effect can only occur once every 15 mins.

Barbara's Constellation Name is Crater

Crater

Ascension Materials for Barbara Talents & Level

Materials Per Ascension Level

Lvl 20	Varunada Lazurite Sliver x1 Philanemo Mushroom x3 Divining Scroll x3
Lvl 40	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x3 Cleansing Heart x2 Philanemo Mushroom x10 Divining Scroll x15
Lvl 50	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x9 Cleansing Heart x4 Philanemo Mushroom x20 Sealed Scroll x12
Lvl 60	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x6 Cleansing Heart x8 Philanemo Mushroom x30 Sealed Scroll x18
Lvl 70	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x3 Cleansing Heart x12 Philanemo Mushroom x45 Forbidden Curse Scroll x12
Lvl 80	Varunada Lazurite Gemstone x6 Cleansing Heart x20 Philanemo Mushroom x60 Forbidden Curse Scroll x24

Level 1	Default
Level 2	Teachings of Freedom x3 Divining Scroll x6
Level 3	Guide to Freedom x2 Sealed Scroll x3
Level 4	Guide to Freedom x4 Sealed Scroll x4
Level 5	Guide to Freedom x6 Sealed Scroll x6
Level 6	Guide to Freedom x9 Sealed Scroll x9
Level 7	Philosophies of Freedom x4 Forbidden Curse Scroll x4 Ring of Boreas x1
Level 8	Philosophies of Freedom x6 Forbidden Curse Scroll x6 Ring of Boreas x1
Level 9	Philosophies of Freedom x12 Forbidden Curse Scroll x9 Ring of Boreas x2
Level 10	Philosophies of Freedom x16 Forbidden Curse Scroll x12 Ring of Boreas x2 Crown of Insight x1
Level 11	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 12	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 13	Unlocked via Constellation

Barbara Skills & Talents Details