Charlotte Best Build Guide

Comprehensive Charlotte guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Charlotte's best build, best weapons, and artifacts for this 4-Star Cryo Support Catalyst user.

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Charlotte Character Overview, Base Stats, and Tier

Character Profile

Gacha Art	Rarity
	Element	Cryo
	Weapon	Catalyst
	Ascend Stat	ATK 24.0%
	Region	Fontaine
	Birthday	April 10
	Roles	Off-Field Survivability
How To Get	Available in all Banners at a low drop rate

Base Stats

Charlotte is a 4-star Cryo character that wields a Catalyst in Genshin Impact. She excels as an off-field Cryo support character who can provide great amounts of healing. Lore-wise, Charlotte is always looking for the next scoops to share with her readers as a reporter of The Steambird, Fontaine's famous news publication.

Charlotte's Tier & Rating

What Kind Of Character Is Charlotte?

Charlotte can inflict periodic Cryo to enemies and also act as the healer with Elemental Burst. At 0 Constellation, she can only heal with Elemental Burst so building Energy Recharge is important to this character.

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Roles & Playstyle Of Charlotte and Her Strengths and Weaknesses

Cryo Sustain and Applicator

Charlotte's best use-case is as a healer for a team that can take advantage of her decent element application, which will almost always be in a Freeze-oriented team where another Cryo teammate can lower her Energy requirements.

Pros and Cons of Cryo Healer Charlotte

Best Build for Charlotte

Charlotte's build should revolve around increasing her supportive capability while being mindful of her high Energy requirements. See below for our top recommendations:

Weapon	Favonius Codex (R5)
Best Artifact	Noblesse Oblige x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge Goblet: ATK% Circlet: CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex)
Priority Sub-Stat	Energy Recharge > CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex) > ATK%
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Stat Goals For Off-Field Support Charlotte

Some of the easier steps that you can take to decrease Charlotte's desired Energy stat include adding more Cryo teammates on the team, since they can generate Cryo particles for her, or giving her an Energy-based Catalyst like the Favonius Codex or Prototype Amber. You can also give her teammates Energy weapons too.

Another option is to acquire Charlotte's fourth Constellation, which restores up around 10 Energy after she uses her Skill. This can drastically lower her required Energy stat (around 25-30%) if you manage to get multiple copies of her.

Charlotte 's Recommended Talent Priority

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Best Weapon for Charlotte

As an Off-Field support and healer, Charlotte will perform better with weapons that lets her provide more utility for her team. See below for our top recommendations:

Premium Weapons for Charlotte

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Favonius Codex	Get from Banners - Energy Recharge (ER) secondary stat allows Charlotte to reach her desired ER stat. - The passive has a chance to generate a clear Energy particle after a successful CRIT hit, which is meaningful utility to have in a game where a lot of characters are dependent on their Elemental Bursts. - Charlotte needs to be built with a decent amount of CRIT Rate to make full use of the passive.

Although Charlotte can deal some damage, her numbers are too low to justify increasing her DPS. Because of this, her premium options are truly limited to the Favonius Codex due to its ease of use and universal Energy-based passive. Fortunately, Charlotte has more F2P weapon choices which can comparable if not better than the Favonius Codex in certain scenarios.

Free-to-Play Friendly (F2P Weapons) for Charlotte

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P (Forge)	Prototype Amber	Liyue Craftable (Forgeable) Weapon - HP% secondary stat isn't ideal for Charlotte since her healing scales with ATK%. - The passive is much more important due to the Energy and minor healing it gives after the equipping character uses Burst, which is functionally similarly to the Favonius Codex's passive without the need for CRIT. - Best at Refinement Level 5.
2nd	Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers	Get from Banners - A 3-Star Catalyst that gives a hefty ATK% boost to the party member that you swap into, which is great utility if you're able to meet Charlotte's Energy needs from her artifacts alone. - Best at Refinement Level 5.

Prototype Amber is the next best thing to Favonius Codex if you aren't able to secure a copy of it yourself, especially since it's readily available to craft in the early stages of the game.

Charlotte Best Artifacts

Similar to her weapon choices, Charlotte's best Artifact options should focus on elevating her supportive value, rather than her personal damage. See below for our top recommendations:

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Noblesse Oblige	★★★★★ - Charlotte's strongest generalist option for buffing ATK-based DPSes thanks to the teamwide ATK% buff after using Burst. - Since this set doesn't help alleviate Charlotte's high Energy needs, you'll likely need an Energy-based weapon and higher ER sub-stats to compensate. - Heavily incentives you to build a lot of ER on Charlotte since this set requires you to use an Elemental Burst to activate the ATK% buff.
Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City	★★★★・ - An option for Charlotte if someone else is already holding the Noblesse Oblige set. - 2-piece effect offers flat Energy when the party has a Natlan character. - 4-piece effect gives a teamwide DMG% bonus, which is further increased if the equipping character has a Nightsoul's Blessing State. - Although Charlotte can't access the Nightsoul-required portion of the set, she can still trigger the first half of the 4-piece effect, which only needs her to trigger a reaction that involves the Element of the party member she wants to buff. - This lets her provide 12% DMG Bonus to all related Elemental types involved in the reaction she triggers, which is appreciated by a lot of teams and DPSes (except Lunar Teams).
Song of Days Past	★★★・・ - A set that helps increase the potency of Charlotte's healing due to the Healing Bonus increase from the 2-piece effect. - The 4-piece effect records the amount of healing done by the equipping character, and after surpassing a certain amount, translates this into a modest DMG increase to the all of the active character's abilities. - This increase only takes effect for a limited time (up to 5 hits or 10s). - The buff is smaller and usually has lesser uptime than other sets, but it can be an option if both the Noblesse set and Scroll set are taken.
Tenacity of the Millelith	★★・・・ - Gives a teamwide ATK% buff after the equipping character's Skill hits an enemy. - Note that due to buff's short activation and re-activation window, Charlotte would need to use her hold Skill in order to maximize the ATK% buff duration.
2-pc. Energy Recharge 2-pc. ATK%	★★・・・ - A mixed set can be an ideal setup for teams whose DPS doesn't want an ATK% buff or DMG% buff. It's recommended to pair an Energy-based 2-piece effect with either an ATK% or Healing Bonus 2-piece effect as a means of meeting Charlotte's Energy needs while also boosting her healing output.
Ocean-Hued Clam	★★・・・ - Healing Bonus 2-piece effect increases the potency of Charlotte's heals. - Produces a bubble that deals Physical DMG based on the equipping character's total healing (including heals made beyond 100% HP), which can total to a fair amount of Off-Field damage. - While this lets Charlotte contribute to the overall team DPS, it's a little more optimal to opt for pure utility sets like the Noblesse set on Off-Field Support characters to buff your On-Field DPS instead, especially in endgame content.

Artifact Stat Priority

	Main: Flat HP Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex) / ATK%
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex) / ATK%
	Main: Energy Recharge Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex) / ATK%
	Main: ATK% Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex) / ATK%
	Main:CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex) / Healing Bonus Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (for Favonius Codex) / ATK%

Focus On Her ER Requirements

A lot of Charlotte's best teams have her act as the main or secondary sustain, or as a Cryo applicator. Both require consistent and reliable usage of her Elemental Burst. It's for this reason that she should generally be built to meet her Energy requirements beforehand, since this will let her best fulfill her role in a majority of team setups.

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Best Team Comp Charlotte

Charlotte Freeze Team with Skirk

Support	DPS	Support	Support
Charlotte	Skirk	Escoffier	Furina
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- Charlotte can be a decent fourth slot in a Skirk team, especially in endgame scenarios where Escoffier's healing isn't enough to offset both Furina's HP drain and enemy attacks. - Skirk strictly prefers a full Hydro or Cryo-only team to perform well, and the fourth slot in her teams has been very flexible, provided they meet those requirements. - Escoffier and Furina are Skirk's premiere supports, with Escoffier being the most important due to her generous Cryo RES shred.

Charlotte can be flexed into a Skirk Freeze team surprisingly well due to the team having no definitive, overall 'best' option for the fourth slot. This position on the team can be filled by any Cryo or Hydro character, with minimal difference between the 5-star options, and decent performance from the 4-stars choices as well. Regardless, Skirk's core team is relatively meta as of the current version of the game even if the fourth slot isn't a 5-star buffer.

Other Team Comps For Charlotte

Neuvillette-Furina Team

Team		Detail
Charlotte	Furina	- Charlotte can always find a place in teams that include Furina since she can quickly offset Furina's teamwide HP drain with her own teamwide healing. - Furina's DMG% buff comes from her Fanfare stacks, which are reliant on HP fluctuation. - Neuvillette synergizes well with Furina and can gain a Draconic stack whenever Charlotte triggers Freeze. - Kazuha is there to provide an Elemental DMG bonus and RES Shred with the Viridescent Venerer set.
Neuvillette	Kazuha

F2P-Friendly Team Comp

Team		Detail
Charlotte	Xingqiu	- A F2P-friendly team comp that uses free or easily obtainable characters. - Rosaria and Charlotte provide the Cryo needed to sustain the Freeze reaction alongside Xingqiu, who supplies the Hydro. - Sucrose acts as the On-Field driver for Xingqiu, triggering his Elemental Burst while spreading the Freeze to nearby enemies through the Swirl reaction.
Rosaria	Sucrose

Team Rotation of Charlotte and Combos

Basic Team Rotation for Off-Field Support Charlotte

Charlotte plays like any other Off-Field Burst-dependent Support, using her Skill to generate Energy particles before quickly using her Burst. There are some rare cases where you can use her short-Hold Skill if enemies are spread apart, but her fully held Skill is rarely used due to the long cooldown.

Basics of Using Charlotte (Beginner Guide)

Cryo Healer with Decent Elemental Application

Charlotte is typically played as a sustain character for a team that can make use of the amount of Cryo she inflicts on enemies. Both her elemental application and healing are tied to her Elemental Burst. This leads to Charlotte being a Burst-reliant character, which naturally makes her want a surplus of Energy Recharge on her artifacts.

Her Burst Is Her Most Important Ability

Charlotte's value as an Off-Field Support is concentrated in her Elemental Burst since it provides teamwide healing and rapidly applies Cryo to nearby enemies within a certain area.

As stated before, her Burst being on the higher end of Elemental Energy Cost (80), coupled with her Off-Field nature makes Energy Recharge a priority stat for nearly all of Charlotte's use cases.

Note!	Charlotte's 4th Constellation restores 2 Energy whenever her Burst damages an enemy already marked by her Skill.

Skill Uses Charlotte's Camera to Deal Damage

Her Skill can be tapped or held to apply the 'Snappy Silhouette' mark on nearby enemies using her Kamera, Monsieur Verite. The Tap version applies the mark to a maximum of 5 targets in front of her, dealing Cryo damage at intervals.

Enter Composition Mode Through Her Hold Skill

The Hold version makes her go into Composition Mode where she can directly select the enemies to be marked. Depending on how long you hold her Skill, this can either simply apply the same 'Snappy Silhouette' mark or a stronger 'Focused Impression' mark that deals more damage at the cost of increasing her Skill cooldown.

Teammate Nationality Can Give Her Increased Stats

One of Charlotte's passives, called 'Diversified Investigation', gives her more Healing Bonus for every other Fontaine character present in the party. Conversely, every non-Fontaine character will instead increase her Cryo DMG Bonus.

Monsieur Verite Has In-Game Camera Features

Charlotte can use her Skill to take actual pictures or screenshots within the game when she's not engaged in combat. To activate it, you need to equip the Special Analysis Zoom Lens and have Charlotte as the On-Field character. This lets her Skill to snap photos even while moving regardless if you're in Combat (or in Domains).

Elemental Skill, Burst and Abilities Guide for Charlotte

How To Use Charlotte's Skills & Passives

Cryo Support That Can Heal the Entire Team

Charlotte's gameplay isn't very complex, especially since a lot of her power budget as a healer is focused on her Burst. Utilizing her Tap Skill to generate Energy before deploying her Burst should suffice in most cases.

Burst Is Her Source of Healing

Icon	Elemental Burst Summary
Still Photo: Comprehensive Confirmation	Charlotte creates a Newsflash Field that deals AoE Cryo DMG and restores HP to nearby party members based on Charlotte's ATK. Newsflash Field: - Deals AoE Cryo DMG when created. - Summons Monsieur Verite within the field. - Monsieur Verite periodically deals Cryo DMG to opponents within the AoE. - Continuously restores HP to the active character(s) inside the field based on Charlotte's ATK.

Charlotte's healing is tied to her 80 Energy cost Elemental Burst. This is on the higher end of Energy costs and rightfully encourages you to apply various ways of meeting that cost, which includes a higher Energy Recharge stat on Charlotte and/or having other Cryo party members on the team that can help generate more particles.

Mark From Skill Deals Cryo Damage

Icon

Elemental Skill Summary

Framing: Freezing Point Composition

Tap: - Takes a snapshot using Monsieur Verite. - Deals AoE Cryo DMG to opponents in front of Charlotte. - Applies Snappy Silhouette to up to 5 opponents, dealing Cryo DMG at intervals. Hold: - Enters Composition Mode and expands the viewfinder while holding. - Charlotte can move and aim freely, selecting up to 5 opponents (max 15s). - On release, deals Cryo DMG to locked targets and applies Snappy Silhouette. - If released at Finisher Frame, applies Focused Impression instead, which lasts longer and deals higher DMG but increases Skill CD.

Her Skill applies a mark that deals Cryo DMG at set intervals The Tap version is generally more preferable, since the maxed out Hold version, despite producing better damage, simply isn't worth using due to the 18-second cooldown. Charlotte's personal DPS is also unimpactful, so you won't lose much from ignoring the Hold Skill.

Passives Are There to Help Her Own Abilities

Icon	Ascension 1 Passive Description
Moment of Impact	When opponents marked by "Focused Impression" are defeated, Framing: Freezing Point Composition's CD will be decreased by 2s. This CD decrease can be triggered 4 times every 12s.

Icon	Ascension 2 Passive Description
Diversified Investigation	When the party contains 1/2/3 Fontainians other than herself, Charlotte gains a 5%/10%/15% Healing Bonus. When the party contains 1/2/3 non-Fontainians, Charlotte gains a 5%/10%/15% Cryo DMG Bonus.

While they still help increase the combat effectiveness of her kit, Charlotte's Ascension Passives don't really benefit others apart from herself. This makes her fall behind other supports whose passives increase their offensive utility through buffs or enemy debuffs.

Charged Attack Applies Pneuma

Icon	Arkhe Description
Cool-Color Capture: Arkhe: Pneuma	At certain intervals, upon using a Charged Attack, Charlotte will cause a Spiritbreath Thorn to descend and pierce opponents, dealing Pneuma-aligned AoE Cryo DMG.

Like all other Fontaine characters, one of Charlotte's abilities applies an Arkhe. This is a special Fontaine feature or system that creates a blade-like construct that, when used against an opposing energy force, creates an explosion called an Annihilation reaction. It's primarily used for disabling or enabling overworld mechanisms (like puzzles) and enemies. It also deals a modest amount of damage, but not on the same level as Nightsoul mechanics.

There are two types of Arkhe: Pneuma, which is a light-colored energy, and Ousia, the dark-colored variant. Charlotte's Arkhe is Pneuma and is triggered whenever she uses her Charged Attack.

Equip a Quest Item to Take Pictures

If you equip and activate the Special Analysis Zoom Lens that you get from a World Quest in Fontaine, Charlotte can make use of her Kamera to take screenshots. You can do this while moving, in combat or in Domains. This special skill of hers should feel a little smoother to use than the in-game camera.

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

Aim for C4 if You Are Able To

Charlotte's C4 Helps with Energy

Because Charlotte's teamwide healing is tied to her burst, you'll want her to have a means of gaining energy reliably to be able to use it as often as you can, which gives Charlotte's C4 significant value. Meanwhile, her C1 and C6 will work in tandem to upgrade her healing output. Getting her to this constellation level is good and makes using her more comfortable. Charlotte is a decent healer still even without any constellations.

Charlotte's Constellations & Effects

Charlotte's Constellation Name is Hualina Veritas

Hualina Veritas

Ascension Materials for Charlotte Talents & Level

Character Level Talent

Materials Needed for Level Ascension

Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80
Shivada Jade Sliver x 1 Shivada Jade Fragment x 9 Shivada Jade Chunk x 9 Meshing Gear x 18 Mechanical Spur Gear x 30 Artificed Dynamic Gear x 12 Beryl Conch x 108 Tourbillon Device x 26
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90
Shivada Jade Sliver x 1 Shivada Jade Fragment x 9 Shivada Jade Chunk x 9 Shivada Jade Gemstone x 6 Meshing Gear x 18 Mechanical Spur Gear x 30 Artificed Dynamic Gear x 36 Beryl Conch x 168 Tourbillon Device x 46

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Materials Per Talent Level

Level 1	Default
Level 2	Teachings Of Justice x3 Meshing Gear x6
Level 3	Guide To Justice x2 Mechanical Spur Gear x3
Level 4	Guide To Justice x4 Mechanical Spur Gear x4
Level 5	Guide To Justice x6 Mechanical Spur Gear x6
Level 6	Guide To Justice x9 Mechanical Spur Gear x9
Level 7	Philosophies Of Justice x4 Artificed Dynamic Gear x4 Lightless Silk String x1
Level 8	Philosophies Of Justice x6 Artificed Dynamic Gear x6 Lightless Silk String x1
Level 9	Philosophies Of Justice x12 Artificed Dynamic Gear x9 Lightless Silk String x2
Level 10	Philosophies Of Justice x16 Artificed Dynamic Gear x12 Lightless Silk String x2 Crown of Insight x1
Level 11	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 12	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 13	Unlocked via Constellation

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