Genshin Impact

Kaeya - Skills & Best Build

Kaeya is a character in Genshin Impact. Guide includes skills and build, how to get Kaeya, voice actor, best artifacts, best weapon, ascend materials, & talents.

Kaeya - Character Ranking

Character Type

Kaeya Character Overview & Evaluation

Cross Bodies of Water

Kaeya's Elemental Skill freezes things in an area in front of him, including water! This means that if you're patient, you can use him to traverse large bodies of water! There are a few places you can't reach just by swimming where you can make use of this.

Apply Cryo To Enemies

Kaeya's low-CD Elemental Skill applies the Cryo debuff to enemies. This allows you to pair it with Pyro or Electro abilities to trigger a reaction and get beneficial buffs. This makes him a potent supporter as well as DPSer.

Kaeya - Best Build & Weapon

Cryo Sub DPS Build

Kaeya can easily inflict Cryo to opponents with his Burst and skill. This makes him the perfect character for Blizzard strayer Artifact. This build focuses on the use of his Elemental Skill and Burst to inflict Cryo and deal strong damage.

Recommended Weapon

Weapon	Details
Skyward Blade	CRIT Rate increased by 4%. Gains Skypiercing Might upon using an Elemental Burst:Increases Movement SPD by 10%, increases ATK SPD by 10%, and increases the DMG of Normal and Charged Attack hits by 20% for 12s.
Weapon Substitute
The Black Sword	Increase DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 20%. Additionally, regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attack score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.
Primordial Jade Cutter	HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder's Max HP.

Recommended Artifacts

Artifact	Details
Blizzard Strayer 4-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Cryo DMG Bonus +15% 4-Piece Set When a character attacks an opponent affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the opponent is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.

Recommended Artifact Stats

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

Free-To-Play (F2P) Physical DPS

Kaeya has a strong base attack making his normal attacks strong. This is further increased by the craftable weapon, Prototype Rancour. This set is best with an Electro support for it for Physical debuff.

Recommended Weapon

Weapon	Details
Prototype Rancour	On hit, Normal or Charged Attacks increase ATK and DEF by 4% for 6s. Max 4 stacks. This effect can only occure once every 0.3s.
Weapon Substitute
Fillet Blade	On hit, has a 50% chance to deal 240% ATK DMG to a single enemy. Can only occur once every 15s.

Recommended Artifact

Artifact	Details
Gladiator's Finale 2-Piece Set	2-Piece Set ATK +18%
Bloodstained Chivalry 2-Piece Set	2-Piece Set Physical DMG +25%

Recommended Artifact Stats

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

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Kaeya - Best Team

Best Party For Kaeya

Kaeya has stable elemental up time since his skills have relatively small cooldowns. His damage isn't that high so to do a ton of damage, elemental combos and reactions are a must

Premium Team

Damage / Combo	Damage	Support	Support / Heal
Kaeya	Diluc	Venti	Barbara
Details
- Kaeya's Elemental Burst and Skill are great for applying Cryo to enemies. They both have a high uptime. - Diluc will be the main DPS of the team, but the combo will start with Kaeya for Melt - Venti's Crowd Control will make it easier for Kaeya and Diluc to hit their attacks and create those combos - With Barbara, you have a healer and a way to freeze enemies. It's especially great since her Elemental Skill stays on the field even when she gets switched out

Character	Sub	Details
Diluc	Klee	- Klee can easily apply Pyro with her attacks. Although, using her is a bit trickier since her attacks are easier to disrupt by enemies
Venti	Sucrose	- Sucrose has similar Elemental Skill and Burst as Venti, making her a good replacement for him. She can also build Elemental Burst easily
Barbara	Bennett	- Bennett has both healing and buffs. A great combo for the whole team

Free To Play Friendly Party

Damage / Combo	Support	Damage	Heal
Kaeya	Traveler (Anemo)	Xiangling	Barbara
Details
- Kaeya is a great damage dealer but will require combos to deal more - Great for crowd control, the Traveler (Anemo) is great inclusion to the team to make it easier to create swirl and reactions - Kaeya can combo with Xiangling to create melt for big damage - Barbara can heal the whole team and apply Frozen to enemies with Kaeya

Kaeya - Ascension Materials

Materials Needed for Ascension

Kaeya - Talent Materials For Level-Up

Enemy Drops (Treasure Hunter)	Domain Drops (Wed/Sat/Sun)	Big Boss Drops (Lupus Boreas)
Treasure Hoarder Insignia	Teachings of Ballad	Spirit Locket of Boreas
Silver Raven Insignia	Guide to Ballad
Golden Raven Insignia	Philosophies of Ballad

Kaeya - Skills / Talents

	Talent	Talent Category
	Normal Attack: Ceremonial Bladework	Normal Attack
	Frostgnaw	Elemental Skill
	Glacial Waltz	Elemental Burst
	Cold-Blooded Strike	Passive
	Heart of the Abyss	Passive 2
	Hidden Strength	Passive 3

Normal Attack: Ceremonial Bladework

Normal Attack

Perform up to 5 rapid strikes.

Charged Attack

Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes.

Plunging Attack

Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging enemies along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Frostgnaw

Unleashes a frigid blast, dealing Cryo DMG to enemies in front of Kaeya.

Glacial Waltz

Coalescing the frost in the air, Kaeya summons 3 icicles that revolve around him. These icicles will follow the character around and deal Cryo DMG to enemies in their path for so long as they persist.

Cold-Blooded Strike

Every hit with Frostgnaw regenerates HP for Kaeya equal to 15% of his ATK.

Heart of the Abyss

Enemies Frozen by Frostgnaw will drop additional Elemental Particles. Frostgnaw may only produce a maximum of 2 additional Elemental Particles per use.

Hidden Strength

Decreases all party members' sprinting Stamina consumption by 20%

Kaeya - Constellation

*LB＝Limit Breaking, which can be done by acquiring the same character.

Kaeya - Voice Actor & Profile

Basic Info & Voice Actor

Rarity	★4	Element	Cryo
Weapon
Sword
How To Get
Story/Wish
Voice Actor (EN)
Josey Montana McCoy
Voice Actor (JA)
Kohsuke Toriumi
Birthday
November 30

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