Hydro Traveler is a character of Genshin Impact 5.6. See Hydro Traveler's, best build, weapon, teams, tier, materials, , talent, stat goals, & abilities for Hydro Traveler.
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Hydro Traveler Tier & Review
| Rarity | Element | Weapon | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro | Sword | |||||||||
| How To Get? | |||||||||||
| Interact with the Statue of Seven in Fontaine | |||||||||||
| DPS | Sub-DPS | Support | Healer | ||||||||
| - | D | D | - | ||||||||
| ▶All Character Tier List | |||||||||||
**The Tiers above are ranked in 6 levels. With SS being the highest and D the lowest.
Tiers: SS → S → A → B → C → D
** Tiers above are at Zero Constellations
Strengths & Weakness Of Hydro Traveler
| Strengths |
|---|
| - Powerful consecutive Hydro DMG when holding Skill - Better damage output when max HP is high & current HP is above 50% - Can restore subtle amount of HP with C6 |
| Weakness |
| - Cannot move when holding Skill - Burst has long downtime |
Hydro Traveler Best Build
Hydro Traveler Is Best Built As On-field Reaction Driver
| Weapon | Sacrificial Sword |
|---|---|
| Substitute | 1. Xiphos' Moonlight 2. Wolf-Fang 3. Festering Desire (F2P) |
| Best Artifact | Golden Troupe |
| Artifact Stats | Sands: ATK% Goblet: Hydro DMG Bonus Circlet: Crit DMG |
| Priority Sub-Stats | 1. Crit Rate 2. CRIT DMG 3. Energy Recharge 4. ATK% |
| Recommended Team | |
This build focuses on increasing the uptime of the Hydro Traveler's Skill and increasing Skill DMG.
ATK Is Better Than HP Generally
While HP can improve the damage output of Skill, ATK is still better as it affects both Skill & Burst. However, if you focus on improving the Skill, it is ok to go for HP than ATK.
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Hydro Traveler Best Weapon
Hydro Traveler Works Best With Support Weapons
| Weapon | Details | |
|---|---|---|
| Best | Sacrificial Sword | Energy Recharge 61.3% (Lvl. 90) - Skill cooldown reset is important for Hydro Traveler's Skill uptime and Hydro application - Energy Recharge stat is good for Burst uptime but not necessary. |
| 2nd | Xiphos' Moonlight | Elemental Mastery 165 (Lvl. 90) - Passive is good for increasing ER and buffing team's ER without focusing on another stat. - Elemental Mastery is great for Bloom team if Hydro Traveler is the driver. |
| 3rd | Primordial Jade Cutter | CRIT Rate 44.1% (Lvl. 90) - Provides ATK bonus depending on the wearer's Max HP. - Crit Rate sub-stat is convenient for achieving good CRIT stat ratio. |
| 4th | Wolf-Fang | CRIT Rate 27.6% (Lvl. 90) - Improves the wearer's Skill & Burst DMG output. - Crit Rate sub-stat is convenient for achieving good CRIT stat ratio - Hydro Traveler can fully utilize its passive. |
| F2P | Festering Desire | Energy Recharge 45.9% (Lvl. 90) - ER substat is helpful for the uptime of Burst. - Improves the wearer's Skill DMG output. - Event-exclusive weapon which makes it easy to R5. |
Support Weapons Are Ideal
Hydro Traveler can easily apply Hydro much longer with Sacrificial Sword. However, high refines are needed for a consistent and guaranteed Skill cooldown reset, making other support weapons a great alternative.
All Weapon ListHydro Traveler Best Artifacts
Skill DMG Artifacts Work Best
| Artifacts | |
|---|---|
| Best | Golden Troupe [4-piece] |
| Substitute 1 | Any Hydro DMG Bonus [2-piece] Golden Troupe[2-piece] |
Artifact Stat Priority
| Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
|---|---|
| Main: Flat ATK Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
| Main: ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate/DMG / Energy Recharge / HP% |
| Main: Hydro DMG Bonus Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
| Main: CRIT Rate or DMG Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
Elemental Mastery Is Also Good
Besides ATK stat, you can also go for EM stat if you use want to include Hydro Traveler in an elemental reaction team like Vaporize.
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Hydro Traveler Best Team Comp
Vaporize Team For Hydro Traveler
| Driver | Support | Support | Sub-DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro Traveler | Xilonen | Bennett | Xiangling |
| Details | |||
| - Xiangling's Pyronado will be the main source of damage for this team. - Hydro Traveler will be applying Hydro for Xiangling to Vaporize her Burst hits with. - Xilonen and Bennett can buff Xiangling's damage and give healing. | |||
Other Characters That Works With Hydro Traveler
| Character | Sub | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Xilonen | ZhongliKazuha | - Zhongli is a Geo support that can be used since his shred debuff only needs his shield to be active. - Kazuha is a Swirl support who can buff the Pyro DMG Bonus. |
| Bennett | FurinaKokomi | - Both are good Hydro sub-DPS that can be used. |
| Xiangling | MavuikaDehya | - Mavuika is a good Pyro sub-DPS though her off-field DMG is slower than Xiangling's. - Dehya is a Pyro sub-DPS that can mitigate damage taken by the active character. |
Free-To-Play Party
| Driver | Sub-DPS | Support | Sub-DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro Traveler | Collei | Yaoyao | Fischl |
| Details | |||
| - Hydro Traveler will be creating Dendro cores with Collei and Yaoyao's off-field Dendro application. - Fischl's Oz will be triggering Hyperbloom to deal damage to enemies. - Yaoyao will heal the team with her Skill and Burst. | |||
Hydro Traveler Ascension Materials
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Materials Needed for Level Ascension
| Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80 |
|---|
| Brilliant Diamond Sliver x 1Brilliant Diamond Fragment x 9Brilliant Diamond Chunk x 9Damaged Mask x 18Stained Mask x 30Ominous Mask x 12Windwheel Aster x 108 |
| Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90 |
| Brilliant Diamond Sliver x 1 Brilliant Diamond Fragment x 9Brilliant Diamond Chunk x 9Brilliant Diamond Gemstone x 6Damaged Mask x 18Stained Mask x 30Ominous Mask x 36Windwheel Aster x 168 |
Windwheel Aster Farm Routes
Windwheel Aster Farming RouteTalent Materials For Hydro Traveler
| Enemy Drops (Fontemer Aberrants) | Domain Drops (Mon/Thurs/Sun) | Big Boss Drops (Guardian of Apep) |
|---|---|---|
| Transoceanic Pearl | Teachings Of Equity | Worldspan Fern |
| Transoceanic Chunk | Guide To Order Guide To Justice Guide To Equity | |
| Xenochromatic Crystal | Philosophies Of Order Philosophies Of Justice Philosophies Of Equity |
Hydro Traveler 's Recommended Talent Priority
| Talent | Level Up Priority |
|---|---|
| Normal Attack: Rapid Fire | ★・・・・ |
| Frozen Wilds (Elemental Skill) | ★★★★★ |
| Prophecies Of Dawn (Elemental Burst) | ★★★★・ |
Hydro Traveler Skill Guide & How To Use Hydro Traveler
Recommended Rotation For Hydro Traveler
| Recommended Rotation | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Use Traveler's Elemental Skill to attack enemies and gain energy. |
| 2 | Use Elemental Burst once Energy is full. |
| 3 | Switch to main DPS to deal damage. |
Uses Of Elemental Skill Of Hydro Traveler
Shoots Water To Enemies & Reduced HP
Press and holding Elemental Skill will release a series of Hydro hits to enemies. You can control where it hits too.
Releases Orb Every Time You Hit An Enemy
Every hit from Elemental Skill releases an orb. You can get the orb to heal the lost HP.
Uses Of Elemental Burst Of Hydro Traveler
Not Very Good Off-Field
Elemental Burst summons a huge bubble that hits opponents from the front. It deals damage but moves really fast so it is not very ideal for off-field DMG.
Should You Pull for Hydro Traveler's Constellation Or Best Weapon?
Hydro Traveler's Constellations & Effects
| Rating | Constellation Effect |
|---|---|
| ★★★★★ | C1: Swelling Lake Picking up a Sourcewater Droplet will restore 2 Energy to the Traveler. Requires the Passive Talent "Spotless Waters." |
| ★★・・・ | C2: Trickling Purity The Movement SPD of Rising Waters' bubble will be decreased by 30%, and its duration increased by 3s. |
| ★★・・・ | C3: Turbulent Ripples Increases the Level of Aquacreast Saber by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| ★★★・・ | C4: Pouring Descent When using Aquacrest Saber, an Aquacrest Aegis that can absorb 10% of the Traveler's Max HP in DMG will be created and will absorb Hydro DMG with 250% effectiveness. It will persist until the Traveler finishes using the skill. Once every 2s, after a Dewdrop hits an opponent, if the Traveler is being protected by Aquacrest Aegis, the DMG Absorption of the Aegis will be restored to 10% of the Traveler's Max HP. If the Traveler is not presently being protected by an Aegis, one will be redeployed. |
| ★★★・・ | C5: Churning Whirlpool Increases the Level of Rising Waters by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| ★★・・・ | C6: Tides Of Justice When the Traveler picks up a Sourcewater Droplet, they will restore HP to a nearby party member with the lowest remaining HP percentage based on 6% of said member's Max HP. |
Traveler's Constellation Name is Viator or Viatrix
| Viator | Viatrix |
|---|---|
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Characters With Same Role As Hydro Traveler
Best Characters With Same Role
| SUB DPS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Emilie SS | Escoffier SS | Furina SS | Mavuika SS |
| Nahida SS | Xiangling SS | Xingqiu SS | Yae Miko SS |
| Yelan SS | Chiori S | Fischl S | Kuki Shinobu S |
| Raiden Shogun S | Albedo A | Ayato A | Beidou A |
| Support | |||
| Baizhu SS | Bennett SS | Citlali SS | Furina SS |
| Iansan SS | Kazuha SS | Nahida SS | Xilonen SS |
| Zhongli SS | Chevreuse S | Escoffier S | Jean S |
| Kokomi S | Kuki Shinobu S | Mavuika S | Mona S |
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The Traveler
| The Traveler & Their Elements | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyro | Hydro | Anemo | Electro | ||||||||
| Dendro | Cryo | Geo | |||||||||
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| Barbeloth | Capitano | Columbina |
| Dainsleif | Dottore | Hroptatyr |
| Nicole | Pantalone | Pierro |
| Pulcinella | Rerir | Rhinedottir |
| Sandrone | Surtalogi | Tsaritsa |
| Varka | Vedrfolnir | Xbalanque |
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| Kamuna Harunosuke | La Signora | Lumine |
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