Aino Best Build Guide

Comprehensive Aino Build Guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Aino's best build, team, kit, and materials for this 4-Star Hydro Sub-DPS Claymore user.

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Aino Character Overview, Base Stats, and Tier

Character Profile

	Rarity
	Element	Hydro
	Weapon	Claymore
	Ascend Stat	Elemental Mastery 96
	Region	Nod-Krai
	Birthday	September 21
	Roles	Off-Field DPS
How To Get	- Available in all Banners at a low drop rate. Currently on rate up in Linnea and Chasca's Banners. - Obtain for free by progressing through Nod-Krai's Archon Quest

Base Stats

Aino is a 4-Star Off-Field Hydro Claymore user in Genshin Impact. She applies AoE Hydro with both her Elemental Skill and Burst. She is a character from Nod-Krai that can increase the party's Moonsign Level by 1.

When the party has the Ascendant Gleam Moonsign level, which requires 2 Nod-Krai characters, her Elemental Burst will apply more Hydro and have a larger area of effect.

Aino's Tier & Rating

In battle, Aino serves as a Hydro Off-Field Sub-DPS that applies Hydro using her Elemental Burst and increases the team's Moonsign Level by 1. Her Elemental Skill is a traversal ability that can be used for easy repositioning towards enemy groups. When there's two (2) Nod-Krai characters in the team (including Aino), her Elemental Burst has an increased attack frequency and larger AoE.

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Roles & Playstyle Of Aino and Its Strengths and Weakness

Off-Field Sub-DPS for Nod-Krai Teams

Aino's intended role is to be an Off-Field Sub-DPS or Support for teams with two (2) or more Nod-Krai characters in it. While she can be used as a Hydro Sub-DPS or elemental applier, her Hydro application will be a lot slower compared to other Sub-DPS characters of the same Element.

Pros and Cons of Off-Field Aino

Best Build for Aino

Aino typically takes a supportive role in her teams and will be built to function as such. See below for recommendations:

Weapon	Favonius Greatsword
Best Artifact	Silken Moon's Serenade x 4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge Goblet: Elemental Mastery / Anything with Energy Recharge Circlet: Elemental Mastery or CRIT Rate with Favonius Greatsword)
Priority Sub-Stat	Energy Recharge > CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword) > Elemental Mastery
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Stat Goals For Off-Field Support Aino

Energy Recharge (ER) should be Aino's priority stat, like other Burst-oriented supports. Due to her personal damage being underwhelming in a lot of Lunar Reaction teams, she usually doesn't need to be built with a lot of Elemental Mastery unless you use her with Nilou in her specific Bloom teams.

Aino 's Recommended Talent Priority

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Best Weapon for Aino

Since Aino wants to ensure she has consistent uptime on her Elemental Burst, her weapon choices would include claymores that help her meet her Energy requirements. Weapons that provide buffs for the team should also be usable. See below for the recommendations:

Premium Weapons for Off-Field Support Aino

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Favonius Greatsword	Get from Banners - Energy Recharge secondary stat can help Aino use her Burst every rotation. - Aino needs to be built with some CRIT Rate if you want to reliably trigger the passive. - Best at R5.
2nd	Sacrificial Greatsword	Get from Banners - Also has an Energy Recharge secondary stat, which enables Aino to reach her Energy requirements. - The cooldown reset can help generate more particles for Aino, but whether this has an impact on her Energy needs needs to be tested after her release.
3rd	Skyward Pride	Get from Banners - Another Energy Recharge secondary stat weapon, which can be given to Aino if you happen to have it. - Damage from the passive can be a nice bonus.
4th	Makhaira Aquamarine	Get from Limited Banners - Elemental Mastery secondary stat allows Aino to contribute a little more to the team DPS. - ATK% buff is good for DPSes that care about attack. - No Energy means provided, which may require you to supplement it with higher Energy Recharge stat rolls on her Artifacts. - Only available on weapon banners where it has a specific rate-up.

Because she is designed for a support-oriented role, her personal damage is naturally non-existent or underwhelming. Aino will usually be better off equipping weapons that increase her supportive utility by providing buffs or Energy (like the Favonius Greatsword).

Free To Play Friendly (F2P Weapons) for Off-Field Support Aino

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	Flame-Forged Insight	Reward From Past Event (Sunspray Summer Resort) - Provides Elemental Mastery through the secondary stat, which is something Aino can use. - Restores Energy when triggering Electro-Charged, Lunar-Charged, or Bloom reactions, allowing Aino to charge her Elemental Burst consistently. - Best at R5. - No longer obtainable if you didn't participate in the event.
2nd	Forest Regalia	Sumeru Forgeable (Craftable) Weapon - Energy recharge secondary stat makes charging Aino's Burst more consistent. - Generates a leaf when triggering Dendro reactions, which provides a bit of Elemental Mastery to the character that picked up the leaf. - Best with teams that can trigger Dendro reactions, but still usable for the ER stat regardless.
3rd	Katsuragikiri Nagamasa	Inazuma Forgeable (Craftable) Weapon - Energy Recharge secondary stat can help Aino get her Elemental Burst up consistently. - Elemental Skill damage boost is irrelevant, but the weapon causes the holder to lose 3 Energy then refund 3 Energy back every two seconds. - Passive is good in theory, but is less comfortable in actual play in comparison to other Energy-focused weapons.

For Free-to-Play options, the event weapon, Flame-Forged Insight, provides a decent amount of Elemental Mastery while also generating Energy for Aino with relative ease. Her best teams should typically trigger the reactions mentioned in it's passive, making it very synergistic with her kit design. Other craftable options with Energy Recharge as the secondary stat should also be usable choices.

Aino Best Artifacts

Aino will be relegated to using supportive Artifact sets as a supportive character in a lot of her teams. See the recommendations below:

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Silken Moon's Serenade	★★★★★ - Has Energy Recharge% as the 2-piece effect, which helps lower Lauma's needs for high Energy Recharge rolls on her Artifacts. - Increases everyone's Elemental Mastery depending on the Moonsign level of the party. - Also buffs damage made by any Lunar reaction. - Artifact 4-piece cannot stack, so only one character on the team can equip this set. - Best to give Aino this set over other members in the party since she wants to use her Elemental Burst every rotation, which the 2-piece effect can help with.
Noblesse Oblige	★★★★・ - A good alternative to the new Artifact set, allowing Aino to provide another buff to the party. - Use this set if someone else in the party is already using the first Artifact suggestion, since the effect of the Silken Moon set cannot stack.
Instructor	★★★・・ - Powerful set when using Aino in reaction teams. - Provides less artifacts because of less levels being an artifact of 4 rarity.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat HP Sub: Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery / CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword)
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery / CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword)
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword)
	Main: Elemental Mastery Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword)
	Main: Elemental Mastery or CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword) Sub: Energy Recharge / CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword)

Prioritize Her Elemental Burst Uptime

Like most supports, having a decent Energy Recharge stat to use her Elemental Burst consistently. After that, getting to a substantial amount of Elemental Mastery can help elevate the total team DPS since Lunar Reactions will take into account the entire party's stats.

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Best Team Comp Aino

Lunar-Charged Team with Aino

Support	DPS	Support	Support
Aino	Flins	Ineffa	Sucrose
Details
- Aino works well with Lunar-charged and Electro-charge Teams since she applies a decent amount of Hydro for this reaction. - At C6, Aino provides a modest but appreciated Lunar-Charged DMG% buff, which is great for both Flins and Ineffa. - Sucrose provides additional EM and grouping capabilities. - Ineffa contributes her own personal damage and provides a shield for Flins, which is the only source of sustain in the team.

Aino is one of the few viable Off-Field Hydro additions to Flins' team, especially if Ineffa isn't present Without Ineffa, Flins would lose access to several beneficial buffs he gets from having the Ascendant Gleam resonance effect active, making Aino (who is a Nod-Krai character) essential to maintain the Moonsign benefits in some Flins team variations.

Other Team Comps For Aino

Zibai Lunar-Crystallize Team

Team		Detail
Aino	Zibai	- Aino can slot into Zibai's team as the Hydro applicator with decent results since the Lunar-Crystallize reaction doesn't require a lot of Hydro to be sustained.
Linnea	Illuga

F2P Friendly Team Comp

Team		Detail
Aino	Traveler	- A F2P-friendly team comp using free or easily obtainable characters. - This is mostly a Hyperbloom team since Aino doesn't enable any Lunar-Reaction herself. - Dendro Traveler provides more Dendro and can shred Dendro RES with Deepwood Memories. - Shinobu applies Electro to trigger Hyperbloom and acts as the primary sustain character. - Kaveh is the On-Field Driver that can occasionally cause some Blooms to happen, but is there mostly to provide Dendro.
Shinobu	Kaveh

Team Rotation of Aino and Combos

Team Rotation of Sub-DPS Aino

Since Aino will likely be holding Silken Moon set, she needs to go before the On-Field character since the set buff duration is short. But she can trigger the effect again while Off-Field as long as her Burst is active, making it even better if her Burst can last until the start of a new rotation.

Basics of Using Aino (Beginner Guide)

Characters from Nod-Krai have a similar mechanic to the Nightsoul mechanic of Natlan. Each Nod-Krai character increases the Moonsign Level by 1. When the Moonsign Level is 2, Aino's Elemental Burst has increased attack frequency and AoE.

Elemental Skill is a Dash Ability

▲ Aino's Elemental Skill Being Aimed at Enemies.

Aino's Elemental Skill works similarly to Chiori, Lan Yan, Alhaitham and Keqing's Elemental Skill. It pulls her over to the target area and deals AoE Hydro Damage. It can be aimed when Held.

Primarily Used for Energy

Aino's Elemental Skill can generate Energy Particles for Aino. Since the best weapon for Aino is a recent Event Claymore, her Elemental Skill can be used for Reactions to give her Energy.

Elemental Burst Applies Hydro in an Area

After triggering her Elemental Burst, Aino applies Hydro to every enemy within a certain radius or area The amount of times this applies Hydro and its area coverage increases when Aino is paired with another Nod-Krai character in the team, making her a decent support for the current selection of Nod-Krai damage characters.

Elemental Skill, Burst and Abilities Guide for Aino

How To Use Aino's Skills & Passives?

Hydro Sub-DPS For Nod-Krai Characters

Aino is a Hydro Sub-DPS meant for supporting Nod-Krai characters. Since it's likely she scales on EM, the new Support Artifact Set is her BiS for supporting Nod-Krai teams.

Elemental Skill Is Used For Energy And Getting Close To Enemies

Aino's Elemental Skill can be Held or Tapped and is used for generating Energy for her so she can use her Elemental Burst immediately. It's also great for repositioning for the optimal placement of her E. Burst.

Elemental Burst Applies Hydro Off-Field

Aino's Elemental Burst applies Hydro to enemies within its range and works Off-Field. The damage dealt is boosted by 50% of Aino's Elemental Mastery.

Best Used With Another Nod-Krai Character

▲ Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam is achieved by having 2 or more Nod-Krai characters in your team.

Aino's Elemental Burst will initially apply Hydro a bit slower than other characters of the same design. But this is remedied by having Ascendant Gleam active (2 Nod-Krai characters in the party), which increases her Burst's AoE and application rate.

Doesn't Convert Reactions To Lunar Reactions

Despite being a Nod-Krai character, Aino does not have the Passive Effect that converts Reactions to Lunar Reactions. This could be the case for 4-star Nod-Krai characters and only 5-star Nod-Kraians are able to have that kind of effect.

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

No Need for Weapon So You Can Aim for Constellations

C1 is a Good Stopping Point

Since Aino's best weapon is Flame-Forged Insight from Version 5.8's flagship event, there's no need to pull for a weapon for her. Constellation 1 is her earliest best Constellation level.

C6 Works the Best for Nod-Krai Teams

Aino's C6 allows her to buff Lunar Reactions dealt by her teammates. Since Lunar Reactions are locked to Nod-Krai characters, C6 can be prioritized if you use Aino in a team that has a Nod-Krai character activating Lunar Reactions.

Aino's Constellations & Effects

Aino's Constellation Name is Cistellula Mira

Cistellula Mira

Ascension Materials for Aino Talents & Level

Character Level Talent

Materials Per Ascension Level

Lvl 20	Varunada Lazurite Sliver x1 Portable Bearing x3 Broken Drive Shaft x3
Lvl 40	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x3 Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die x2 Portable Bearing x10 Broken Drive Shaft x15
Lvl 50	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x9 Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die x4 Portable Bearing x20 Reinforced Drive Shaft x12
Lvl 60	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x6 Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die x8 Portable Bearing x30 Reinforced Drive Shaft x18
Lvl 70	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x3 Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die x12 Portable Bearing x45 Precision Drive Shaft x12
Lvl 80	Varunada Lazurite Gemstone x6 Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die x20 Portable Bearing x60 Precision Drive Shaft x24

Materials Per Talent Ascension

Lvl 1	Default
Lvl 2	Teachings Of Elysium x3 Broken Drive Shaft x6
Lvl 3	Guide To Elysium x2 Reinforced Drive Shaft x3
Lvl 4	Guide To Elysium x4 Reinforced Drive Shaft x4
Lvl 5	Guide To Elysium x6 Reinforced Drive Shaft x6
Lvl 6	Guide To Elysium x9 Reinforced Drive Shaft x9
Lvl 7	Philosophies Of Elysium x4 Precision Drive Shaft x4 Silken Feather x1
Lvl 8	Philosophies Of Elysium x6 Precision Drive Shaft x6 Silken Feather x1
Lvl 9	Philosophies Of Elysium x12 Precision Drive Shaft x9 Silken Feather x2
Lvl 10	Philosophies Of Elysium x16 Precision Drive Shaft x12 Silken Feather x2
Lvl 11	Unlocked via Constellation Levels
Lvl 12	Unlocked via Constellation Levels
Lvl 13	Unlocked via Constellation Levels

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