Genshin Impact | Aino Release Date, Best Build, & Weapon Guide for Ver. 6.0

Pre-release Aino guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Aino's best build, team, and kit for this 4-star Hydro Support Claymore user from Nod-Krai.

This article assumes that Aino scales from Elemental Mastery similar to any reaction based characters.

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Aino Character Overview

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.

Best Build for Aino

Aino is likely going to take a supportive role in her teams and will be built to function as such. This is a preliminary build that could see changes after the new version releases. See below for recommendations:

Weapon	Flame-Forged Insight
Best Artifact	Instructor x 4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Elemental Mastery Goblet: Elemental Mastery Circlet: Elemental Mastery
Priority Sub-Stat	Energy Recharge > Elemental Mastery > CRIT Rate (with Favonius Greatsword)
Recommended Team

Stat Goals For Off-Field Support Aino

Aino likely wants to have a generous amount of Elemental Mastery to further contribute to the team DPS via the Lunar Reactions. Because Lunar-Charged has been said to scale with everyone's stats and also accounts for Elemental Mastery, it is safe to assume that building Aino with this stat in mind should help improve the damage of the Lunar Reactions triggered by the team she's in.

Energy Recharge (ER) should also be a priority stat for Aino, like other Burst-oriented supports. But because she hasn't been released yet, it can be difficult to determine how much ER she needs at this time.

Best Weapon for Aino

Since Aino probably 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 seems to be designed for a support-oriented role, her personal damage could be underwhelming. These weapon choices reflect this assumption, but it can still be changed depending on tests made after her release.

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 appreciates. - 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

Based on available info from the 6.0 or Luna 1 Livestream, Aino may prefer to use supportive Artifact sets. See the recommendations below:

Artifact	Recommendation Details
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)

Aino Might Use New Artifacts

2 new artifacts releases on the same timing as Aino. One of which might be a set that is useful for Aino.

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.

Best Team Comp for Aino

Flins Lunar-Charged Team

Support	DPS	Support	Support
Aino	Flins	Ineffa	Sucrose
Details
- Aino works well with Lunar-charged and Electro-charge Teams as she can massively buff the team's damage. - Flins is revealed to be an Electro Lunar-charged DPS, thus would benefit from Aino's kit. - Sucrose provides additional EM and grouping capabilities. - Ineffa enables the Lunar-charged reaction, contributes her own personal damage, and provides a shield for Flins, which is the only source of sustain in the team.

Aino is likely to be a good addition to Flins' team as the Off-Field Hydro source. Since it was shown that he's a Lunar-Charged DPS, having enough Hydro to trigger the reaction is important. Aino can use the Silken Moon's Serenade set in this team, while Ineffa can be built for her damage instead.

Other Team Comps For Aino

Lauma Hyperbloom

Team		Detail
Aino	Lauma	- Aino provides Off-Field Hydro and can equip the Silken Moon set. - Lauma is the On-Field Driver for the Hyperbloom reaction, using her Normal Attacks to apply Dendro to enemies while also occasionally using her Hold Skill to deal damage. - Shinobu is the main source of Electro to trigger Hyperbloom as well as the only healer.
Yelan	Shinobu

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

Basics of Using Aino (Beginner Guide)

Aino is typically going to be played as an Off-Field Hydro support that applies Hydro to enemies in an area. She is a character from Nod-Krai and thus interacts with the specia Nod-Krail regional mechanic: Moonsign Levels and Effects.

Aino Increases Party Moonsign Level

Like all Nod-Krai characters, when Aino is added, the party is considered to have 1 Level of Moonsign. The Moonsign mechanic is unique to Nod-Krai characters only, similar to how Nightsoul is for Natlan characters, and is likely to be an important part of their abilities. For Aino, when there are at least two Nod-Krai characters in the party including herself, her Elemental Burst's attack frequency and AoE are improved.

Moonsign Has Two Levels

Elemental Skill Throws a Musecatcher

Aino's Elemental Skill has her throw an object called a Musecatcher, which will briefly pulls or drags Aino towards itself, which is functionally similar to a dash. This Skill then deals AoE Hydro damage in a small AoE after the pulling or dragging motion stops. You will most likely use this to generate Energy for her Elemental Burst, which seems to be her most important ability. Her Elemental Skill can be aimed when held.

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

Off-Field Hydro Support for Nod-Krai Characters

Without testing, Aino's optimal rotation is still up for debate. Check back later after her release for updates!

Elemental Burst is her most important ability

Aino's most important ability seems to be her Elemental Burst, since this is a source of AoE Hydro which can be useful in the teams she'll most likely be played in, especially for specific Lunar Reactions like Lunar-Bloom and Lunar-Charged.

Elemental Skill Can Be Used for Energy

Aino's Elemental Skill simply launches a projectile at an enemy. She can dash towards the enemy that the projectile hits, but it may be safe to assume that her Skill will mostly be used to generate Energy for herself for her Burst.

Does Not Activate Lunar Reactions When in the Party

At first glance, it seems Aino does not enable a Lunar Reaction when added to a party, unlike other Nod-Krai characters. Because of this, she is best paired with Nod-Krai characters that can do so, such as Ineffa, Flins and Lauma.

Aino - Affiliation & Profile

Aino's Profile Details

Aino's Voice Actors - Notable Roles

Takamori Natsumi Notable Roles

Annabel Brook Notable Roles

Aino - Voicelines About Her

Ineffa

About Aino: Housework: Aino is my family. She can piece together all kinds of machines for various functions just from the scrap metal she collects. But her proficiency with other tasks is at the opposite end of the scale. If she ever has the strange inclination to do housework or cook a meal, you must stop her before it is too late, because the consequences may be irreversible. Ineffa's Troubles: There is no discernible pattern to how Aino arranges things in her household. Sometimes, usable components are stacked together with garbage items. I end up spinning in circles on the spot because I cannot identify what is what. But I don't usually dare to execute garbage removal tasks by the batch... because when she can't find what she needs, she sometimes borrows a nut or bolt from me instead.

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