Genshin | Nahida Best Build & Weapons Guide

Nahida Guide for Genshin Impact 4.5. See what kind of character is Nahida, best build, review, weapon ranking, material, artifact (domains), tier, kit, f2p team for Nahida.

Table of Contents

Character Guide & Tier
Best Build
Best Weapon
Best Artifacts
Best Team Comp
How To Use Skills
Should You Get & Constellation Guide
Ascension & Talent Materials

Nahida Articles
Best Team			Best Build For Nahida
Story Quest: Act 2			Lore & Voice Actor

Nahida Tier & Review

Rarity		Element		Weapon
		Dendro		Catalyst
How To Get?
Obtained through Wishes (Limited Banner)
DPS	Sub-DPS		Support		Healer
-	SS		SS		-
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**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

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What Kind Of Character Is Nahida?

Nahida Is A Powerful Dendro Sub-DPS & Elemental Mastery Buffer

Nahida is an off-field Dendro damage dealer that mainly uses Elemental Skill to deal damage. She marks enemies and periodically deals Dendro DMG. Every Elemental Reaction triggers the DMG allowing her to consistently inflict Dendro to enemies. Her Elemental Burst also boost the Elemental Mastery of the team.

Strengths & Weakness Of Nahida

Strengths
- Consistent Dendro infliction through Elemental Skill. - Short Cooldown for both Skill and Elemental burst. - Can fit in many kinds of teams. - Elemental Mastery increases its CRIT Rate and DMG making her easier to build.
Weakness
- Burst does not deal damage. - Very reliant on reactions and other element to function.

Nahida Best Build

Nahida Elemental Support Build

Weapon	A Thousand Floating Dreams
Substitute	1. Wandering Evenstar 2. Magic Guide (F2P) 3. Mappa Mare (F2P) 4. Fruit of Fulfillment (F2P)
Best Artifact	Deepwood Memories x4
Artifact Stats	Sands: Elemental Mastery Goblet: Elemental Mastery Circlet: Elemental Mastery
Priority Sub-Stats	1. Elemental Mastery 2. CRIT Rate 3. CRIT DMG 4. Energy Recharge
Best Team

This build focuses on boosting the damage of Nahida's Off-Field Skill through reactions. With this build, Nahida is able to produce powerful reactions and can be used at any teams that needs Dendro.

Nahida Sub-DPS Build

Weapon	A Thousand Floating Dreams
Substitute	1. Kagura's Verity 2.The Widsith 3. Mappa Mare (F2P) 4. Magic Guide (F2P)
Best Artifact	Golden Troupe x4
Artifact Stats	Sands: Elemental Mastery Goblet: Dendro DMG Bonus Circlet: CRIT Rate / DMG / EM
Priority Sub-Stats	1. Elemental Mastery 2. CRIT Rate 3. CRIT DMG 4. Energy Recharge
Best Team

This build focuses on increasing the personal damage of Nahida. This can also be a Sub-DPS build but it is preferred that you will use Nahida as an on-field DPS when using this build.

Best Build For Nahida

Nahida Best Weapon Ranking

Nahida Elemental Support Build Weapon Ranking

	Weapon	Details
Best	A Thousand Floating Dreams	Elemental Mastery 265 - Amazing Elemental Mastery Stat. - Provides buff to the team and Nahida as well. - Amazing Elemental Mastery buff for the team as well enabling powerful reactions.
2nd	Wandering Evenstar	Elemental Mastery 165 (Lvl. 90) - Increases the ATK of the team and Nahida. - Great Elemental Mastery Stick because of sub-stats.
3rd	Sacrificial Fragments	Elemental Mastery 221 (Lvl. 90) - Gives the largest boost in Elemental Mastery among 4 star weapons. - Effect is wasted on Nahida because Nahida already has 100% up time on her skill.
4th (F2P)	Magic Guide	Elemental Mastery 187 (Lvl. 90) - Great Elemental Mastery stick because of Sub-Stats. - Easy to R5 because it is a 3 star weapon - Maximizing its effect can limit your team comps.
5th (F2P)	Mappa Mare	Elemental Mastery 110 (Lvl. 90) - Boost Elemental Mastery and reactions. - Requires you to be off-field often.
6th (F2P)	Fruit of Fulfillment	Energy Recharge 45.9% (Lvl. 90) - Gain Elemental Mastery in exchange of losing ATK. - Very high Energy Recharge.

Focus On Increasing Elemental Mastery

Elemental Mastery is amazing with Nahida because of how great Dendro reactions are. Maximize the Dendro reaction damages by selecting an Elemental Mastery weapon.

Nahida Sub-DPS Build Weapon Ranking

	Weapon	Details
Best	A Thousand Floating Dreams	Elemental Mastery 265 - Amazing Elemental Mastery Stat. - Provides buff to the team and Nahida as well. - Amazing Elemental Mastery buff for the team as well enabling powerful reactions. - Might be difficult to build Nahida when using this weapon because of lack of CRIT Stats.
2nd	Kagura's Verity	CRIT DMG 66.2% (Lvl. 90) - Huge CRIT DMG sub-stat. - Boost reaction damage which is great for any Dendro character.
2nd	The Widsith	CRIT DMG 55.1% (Lvl. 90) - Great CRIT DMG sub-stat. - Great for reaction based character. - DMG will not be consistent because of RNG based buff.
3rd (F2P)	Mappa Mare	Elemental Mastery 110 (Lvl. 90) - Boost Elemental Mastery and reactions. - Great weapon if you want to be on-field.
4th (F2P)	Magic Guide	Elemental Mastery 187 (Lvl. 90) - Great Elemental Mastery stick because of Sub-Stats. - Easy to R5 because it is a 3 star weapon - Maximizing its effect can limit your team comps.

Balance Of CRIT Statuses & Elemental Mastery

The weapon suggestions focuses on increasing personal damage of Nahida and the Elemental reaction damage.

All Weapon List

Nahida Best Artifacts

Nahida Elemental Mastery Support

Best Artifacts For Elemental Mastery Support

	Artifacts
Best	Deepwood Memories 4-Piece
Substitute 1	Gilded Dreams 4-Piece

Clicking on the icons will lead you to a page where the locations (domains) of these artifacts are provided.

Artifact Main Stat & Sub Stat Priority

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

Nahida Dendro Sub-DPS

Best Artifacts For Sub-DPS

	Artifacts
Best	Golden Troupe 4-Piece
Substitute 1	Deepwood Memories 4-Piece
Substitute 2	Gilded Dreams 4-Piece

Clicking on the icons will lead you to a page where the locations (domains) of these artifacts are provided.

Artifact Main Stat & Sub Stat Priority

	Main: Flat HP Sub: Elemental Mastery / ATK% / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: Elemental Mastery / ATK% / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: Energy Recharge / ATK% / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
	Main: Dendro DMG Bonus / Elemental Mastery Sub: Elemental Mastery / ATK% / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
	Main: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG Sub: Elemental Mastery / ATK% / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG

Nahida Best Team Comp

Nahida Is Amazing In Dendro Reaction Teams

Support	DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Nahida	Cyno	Dendro Traveler	Kokomi
Details
- Nahida will mainly be an off-field Dendro support in this team. - Cyno will be the main DPS triggering Aggravate for increased damage. - Dendro Traveler will give Dendro Resonance - Kokomi is the main healer and enables Bloom reactions.

Other Characters That Works With Nahida

Character	Sub	Details
Cyno	Keqing Ayato Nilou	- Any character that works well with Dendro is great with Nahida.
Dendro Traveler	Collei Fischl	- Choose the Sub-DPS based on the main DPS. Nahida is flexible enough to fit many teams.
Kokomi	Furina Kuki Shinobu Dori Jean Baizhu	Any healer will do. Choose it based on the main DPS.

Free To Play Friendly Party For Nahida

Main	Sub-DPS	Resonance	Support
Nahida	Xingqiu	Dendro Traveler	Kuki Shinobu
Details
- Nahida will be the on-field damage dealer focusing on Dendro reactions. - Xingqiu enables Bloom to happen and provide additional damage. - Dendro Traveler provides Elemental Mastery through Resonance. - Kuki Shinobu does not only heal but also trigger Hyperbloom for powerful damage.

Nahida Skill Guide & How To Use Nahida

Best Rotation & Skill Priority For Nahida

	Recommended Rotation
1	Use Nahida's Elemental Skill to enemies.
2	Switch to a different character and trigger reactions.
3	Repeat from No. 1
*	Use Elemental Burst before Elemental Skill when it is active.

Uses Of Nahida's Elemental Skill

Marks & Connects Enemies With Dendro

▲ Marked enemies are connected and get damaged when you trigger a reaction.

The main source of damage and off-field Dendro of Nahida is from Elemental Skill. You can mark up to 8 opponents and trigger its effects every 2.5 seconds.

Scales From Both ATK & Elemental Mastery

The DMG of the Elemental Skill of Nahida is calculated through its ATK and Elemental Mastery. The percentage from Elemental Mastery is higher so you can focus on Elemental Mastery instead since it also benefits reactions.

Gathers Materials From Distance

Using Nahida's Elemental Skill on an item/material will automatically place that item in your inventory. This will allow you to gather materials from a distance. However, not all materials can be collected this way.

Reads The Mind Of NPCs That Were Connected To Akasia

You can also get additional dialogue when you use Elemental Skill to different NPCs in Sumeru.

Uses Of Nahida's Elemental Burst

Buffs The Effects Of Elemental Skill Of Nahida

Element	Effect
	Increases the DMG of Tri-Karma Purification
	Increase the duration of Illusory Heart
	Decrease the interval between each Tri-Karma Purification

The Elemental Burst of Nahida has a low burst cost and deals no damage. However, it increases the effectiveness of Elemental Skill. At higher ascension level, in also increases the Elemental Mastery of the on-field character that you are using.

Provides Buff To The Team

Buffs That Nahida Provides Through Elemental Burst
Passive Talent: Compassion Illuminated When you are inside the Elemental Burst, buff the character's EM └ 25% of EM of the character with highest EM in the team. └ Maximum of 250 EM.

Elemental Burst increases EM of the active character inside it based on the character with the highest EM in the team. Because of this, it is recommended to aim for 1000 EM for Nahida for a consistent 250 EM buff for the whole team.

Nahida Wish & Constellation Guide

Should You Get Or Wish For Nahida?

Pull For An Off-Field Dendro Character

Nahida is the best off-field character that you can have for Dendro. She provides consistent Dendro inflictions with little to no downtime. She can also greatly increase the Elemental Mastery of characters in the team.

Best Constellation & Priority For Nahida

Rating	Constellation Effect
★★・・・	C1: The Seed Of Stored Knowledge When the Shrine of Maya is unleashed and the Elemental Types of the party members are being tabulated, the count will add 1 to the number of Pyro, Electro, and Hydro characters respectively.
★★★★★	C2: Aloof From The World Opponents that are marked by Seeds of Skandha applied by Nahida herself will be affected by the following effects: - Burning, Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon Reaction DMG they receive can score CRIT Hits. CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG are fixed at 20% and 100% respectively. - Within 8s of being affected by Quicken, Aggravate, Spread, DEF is decreased by 30%.
★★★★・	C3: The Shoot Of Conscious Attainment Increases the Level of All Schemes to Know by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★★・・・	C4: The Stem Of Manifest Inference When 1/2/3/4 (or more) nearby opponents are affected by All Schemes to Know's Seeds of Skandha, Nahida's Elemental Mastery will be increased by 100/120/140/160.
★・・・・	C5: The Leaves Of Enlightening Speech Increases the Level of Illusory Heart by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★★★・・	C6: The Fruit Of Reason's Culmination When Nahida hits an opponent affected by All Schemes to Know's Seeds of Skandha with Normal or Charged Attacks after unleashing Illusory Heart, she will use Tri-Karma Purification: Karmic Oblivion on this opponent and all connected opponents, dealing Dendro DMG based on 200% of Nahida's ATK and 400% of her Elemental Mastery. DMG dealt by Tri-Karma Purification: Karmic Oblivion is considered Elemental Skill DMG and can be triggered once every 0.2s. This effect can last up to 10s and will be removed after Nahida has unleashed 6 instances of Tri-Karma Purification: Karmic Oblivion.

Nahida Ascension Materials

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Materials Needed for Level Ascension

Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80
Nagadus Emerald Sliver x 1 Nagadus Emerald Fragment x 9 Nagadus Emerald Chunk x 9 Fungal Spores x 18 Luminescent Pollen x 30 Crystalline Cyst Dust x 12 Kalpalata Lotus x 108 Quelled Creeper x 26
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90
Nagadus Emerald Sliver x 1 Nagadus Emerald Fragment x 9 Nagadus Emerald Chunk x 9 Nagadus Emerald Gemstone x 6 Fungal Spores x 18 Luminescent Pollen x 30 Crystalline Cyst Dust x 36 Kalpalata Lotus x 168 Quelled Creeper x 46

Farming Locations For Kalpalata Lotus

Kalpalata Lotus Farming Locations

Kalpalata Lotus Location & Farm Route

Talent Materials For Nahida

Enemy Drops (Fungus)	Domain Drops (Tue/Fri/Sun)	Big Boss Drops (Scaramouche)
Fungal Spores	Teachings of Ingenuity	Puppet Strings
Luminescent Pollen	Guide To Ingenuity
Crystalline Cyst Dust	Philosophies Of Ingenuity

Nahida 's Recommended Talent Priority

Talent	Level Up Priority
Normal Attack: Akara	★★★・・
All Schemes To Know (Elemental Skill)	★★★★★
Illusory Heart (Elemental Burst)	★★★★・

Characters With Same Role As Nahida　

Best Characters With Same Role

SUB DPS
Furina SS	Nahida SS	Xiangling SS	Xingqiu SS
Yae Miko SS	Yelan SS	Fischl S	Kuki Shinobu S
Raiden Shogun S	Albedo A	Ayato A	Beidou A
Chiori A	Collei A	Dendro Traveler A	Ganyu A
Support
Baizhu SS	Bennett SS	Furina SS	Kazuha SS
Kokomi SS	Nahida SS	Raiden Shogun SS	Zhongli SS
Diona S	Jean S	Kuki Shinobu S	Mona S
Nilou S	Sucrose S	Xianyun S	Xingqiu S

Character Tier Lists

Tier Lists
Best Character Tier List	Reroll Tier List

All Characters

Characters By Rarity
★5			★4
Characters By Roles
DPS List		Support List		Healer List
Characters By Element
Pyro	Hydro		Anemo		Electro
Dendro		Cryo		Geo
Characters By Nation
Mondstadt		Liyue		Inazuma
Sumeru		Fontaine		-

All Playable Characters

★5 Star Characters
Albedo	Alhaitham	Aloy	Anemo Traveler
Ayaka	Ayato	Baizhu	Childe
Chiori	Cyno	Dehya	Dendro Traveler
Diluc	Electro Traveler	Eula	Furina
Ganyu	Geo Traveler	Hu Tao	Hydro Traveler
Itto	Jean	Kazuha	Keqing
Klee	Kokomi	Lyney	Mona
Nahida	Navia	Neuvillette	Nilou
Qiqi	Raiden Shogun	Shenhe	Tighnari
Venti	Wanderer	Wriothesley	Xianyun
Xiao	Yae Miko	Yelan	Yoimiya
Zhongli	-	-	-
★4 Star Characters
Amber	Barbara	Beidou	Bennett
Candace	Charlotte	Chevreuse	Chongyun
Collei	Diona	Dori	Faruzan
Fischl	Freminet	Gaming	Gorou
Kaeya	Kaveh	Kirara	Kujou Sara
Kuki Shinobu	Layla	Lisa	Lynette
Mika	Ningguang	Noelle	Razor
Rosaria	Sayu	Shikanoin Heizou	Sucrose
Thoma	Xiangling	Xingqiu	Xinyan
Yanfei	Yaoyao	Yun Jin	-

The Traveler

The Traveler & Their Elements
Pyro			Hydro			Anemo			Electro
Dendro				Cryo				Geo

Unreleased Characters

Arlecchino	Capitano	Clorinde
Columbina	Dainsleif	Dottore
Egeria	Emilie	Iansan
Nicole	Pantalone	Pierro
Pulcinella	Rhinedottir	Sandrone
Sigewinne	Skirk	Surtalogi
Tsaritsa	Varka	Xbalanque