Genshin Impact | Best Teams for Valeriy

Anemo
Anemo Traveler	Chasca
Jean	Kaedehara Kazuha
Mizuki	Varka
Venti	Wanderer
Xianyun	Xiao
Vesna
Hydro
Childe	Columbina
Furina	Hydro Traveler
Ayato	Mona
Mualani	Neuvillette
Nilou	Kokomi
Sigewinne	Yelan
Vodyanitsa
Geo
Albedo	Arataki Itto
Chiori	Geo Traveler
Linnea	Navia
Xilonen	Zhongli
Zibai
Electro
Clorinde	Cyno
Electro Traveler	Flins
Ineffa	Keqing
Raiden Shogun	Varesa
Yae Miko
Dendro
Alhaitham	Baizhu
Dendro Traveler	Emilie
Kinich	Lauma
Nahida	Nefer
Tighnari
Pyro
Arlecchino	Dehya
Diluc	Durin
Hu Tao	Klee
Lyney	Mavuika
Nicole	Pyro Traveler
Yoimiya
Cryo
Aloy	Citlali
Escoffier	Eula
Ganyu	Kamisato Ayaka
Lohen	Qiqi
Sandrone	Shenhe
Skirk	Wriothesley

Anemo
Ifa	Jahoda
Lan Yan	Lynette
Prune	Sayu
Shikanoin Heizou	Sucrose
Hydro
Aino	Barbara
Candace	Dahlia
Xingqiu
Geo
Gorou	Illuga
Kachina	Ningguang
Noelle	Yun Jin
Electro
Beidou	Dori
Fischl	Iansan
Kujou Sara	Kuki Shinobu
Lisa	Ororon
Razor	Sethos
Alyosha
Dendro
Collei	Kaveh
Kirara	Yaoyao
Pyro
Amber	Bennett
Chevreuse	Gaming
Thoma	Xiangling
Xinyan	Yanfei
Cryo
Charlotte	Chongyun
Diona	Freminet
Kaeya	Layla
Mika	Rosaria

Best Teams for Valeriy guide for Genshin Impact. Read about Stellar-Conduct Support Valeriy teams, Electro Support Valeriy team, plus his best builds, weapons, and artifacts.

Note: This guide assumes Valeriy is an ATK-scaling Electro Shielder. Information can still change on release!

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Recommended Teams
Stellar-Conduct Support Valeriy Team
Electro Support Valeriy Team

Best Teams for Valeriy

Valeriy Prefers Stellar-Conduct Teams

Team	Rating Description
▼Stellar-Conduct Support Valeriy Team	★★★★★ - Valeriy is one of few sustain options designed to be played alongside specific characters in a Stellar-Conduct team, particularly those that can make use of his dedicated buffs. - He should be the current best sustain option for upcoming Stellar-Conduct DPS Mitya, whose special Charged Attack requires him to stay in a specific position where he is vulnerable to enemy hits. - Apart from Mitya being his likely intended partner, Valeriy should also have some synergy with other Stellar-Conduct DPSes like Cyno and to some extent, Wriothesley.
▼Electro Support Valeriy Team	★★★・・ - Outside of Stellar teams, Valeriy's satisfies the shielder role while having the ability to provide Electro application, which can be a nice bonus to have for teams that want to trigger Electro reactions. - He can be deployed in comps that can take advantage of this feature, or alongside DPSes that can appreciate having a shield for gameplay comfort.

Team

Rating

Description

▼Stellar-Conduct Support Valeriy Team

★★★★★

- Valeriy is one of few sustain options designed to be played alongside specific characters in a Stellar-Conduct team, particularly those that can make use of his dedicated buffs.
- He should be the current best sustain option for upcoming Stellar-Conduct DPS Mitya, whose special Charged Attack requires him to stay in a specific position where he is vulnerable to enemy hits.
- Apart from Mitya being his likely intended partner, Valeriy should also have some synergy with other Stellar-Conduct DPSes like Cyno and to some extent, Wriothesley.

▼Electro Support Valeriy Team

★★★・・

- Outside of Stellar teams, Valeriy's satisfies the shielder role while having the ability to provide Electro application, which can be a nice bonus to have for teams that want to trigger Electro reactions.
- He can be deployed in comps that can take advantage of this feature, or alongside DPSes that can appreciate having a shield for gameplay comfort.

Valeriy is designed to be an Electro Shielder whose dedicated Stellar-Conduct buffs make him a good fit for Stellar-Conduct teams, but his ability to apply Electro through his Burst expands his use-cases to a handful of teams that don't mind his Elemental application and would appreciate his Shield over a healer.

Stellar Glimmer Reactions

Stellar Glimmer Reactions Quick Info

The official umbrella term for both Stellar reactions is Stellar Glimmer.

Stellar-Conduct builds on Superconduct as the base reaction, requiring Electro and Cryo application, but flips its mechanics so that rather than dealing damage, Stellar-Conduct deploys a special area called the Polestar Field that gives Cryo and Electro DMG% to the party while simultaneously lowering the Physical RES of the enemies inside the field.

Stellar Swirl, on the other hand, is converted from Cryo Swirl. Rather than a Polestar Field, this reaction creates a Stellar Vortex that deals damage after exploding and at intervals. The damage and range of the vortex increases the more Stellar Swirls are triggered.

Remaining within the bounds of this Polestar field enables the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state, while triggering a single Stellar Swirl already applies the Radiance: Stellar Swirl state. The state is active for the entire party and depending on their abilities, this state grants each character specific buffs or advantages.

Stellar-Conduct Support Valeriy Team

Team Composition & Equipment

Character	Weapon Artifacts & Stats
Valeriy	Skyward Blade A Day Carved From Rising Winds x4 Main ATK% or Energy Recharge / ATK% / ATK% or CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) Sub 1. Energy Recharge 2. ATK% 3. CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword)
Mitya	Mitya Signature Weapon Gilded Dreams x4 Main EM / EM / CRIT Rate or DMG Sub 1. Energy Recharge 2. CRIT Rate or DMG 3. Elemental Mastery
Odette	Whitelake Frostfeather Heart of the Furnace x4 Main ATK% / ATK% / CRIT Rate or DMG Sub 1. CRIT Rate or DMG 2. ATK% 3. Energy Recharge or Elemental Mastery
Sucrose	Sacrificial Fragments Viridescent Venerer x4 Main EM / EM / EM Sub 1. Energy Recharge 2. Elemental Mastery

Note!	Stellar-Conduct follows the same reaction formula as Lunar Reactions. This means that regular elemental DMG% Goblets do not buff Stellar-Conduct like other reactions, which is why Stellar-Conduct damage-dealers want to have ATK% Goblets instead.

This variation of the Stellar-Conduct team features Mitya as the On-Field DPS. He makes full use of Valeriy's Assault Command stacks through his special Charged Attacks, and his stationary playstyle will greatly appreciate the increased resistance to interruption that a shielder like Valeriy provides

Stellar-Conduct Support Valeriy Team Rotation

No.	Procedure
1	Start with Yae Miko, use her Elemental Skill 3 times to place turrets.
2	Switch to Odette, use her Elemental Skill followed by recasting her Elemental Skill again.
3	Switch to Valeriy, Use his Elemental Skill followed by a Charged Attack into Burst.
4	Switch Mitya and use hold his Elemental Skill, then perform 4 Charged Attacks into Burst and then 5 more Charged Attacks.
5	Repeat step 1.

Substitute Characters

Character	Sub	Details
Odette	Cryo Traveler Rosaria Kaeya	- Cryo Traveler is a good F2P option, since their skill and burt provides a steady off-field Cryo application, which is essential to keep the Stellar-Conduct reaction triggering while Mitya is on the field. - Rosaria is also a good option since she offers great off-field Cryo application and her passive provides a bit of CRIT Rate, while helping Mitya's stats if you are running an EM-heavy weapon/artifacts. - Kaeya is also a good substitute, since he gives off-field Cryo support for your active character, making it easy to stay close to enemies while Mitya drives the reaction.
Sucrose	Yae Miko Lan Yan	- Sucrose is the strongest last slot option for this team since Mitya benefits from her Elemental Mastery buffs, but you can swap her out for any other Anemo character that can use Viridescent Venerer or, if you have her, you can even deploy Miko in this slot for more team DPS.
Mitya	Cyno Clorinde	- Valeriy's buffs only apply to Electro hits, so his best teammate is inevitably going to be Mitya and to an extent, Cyno, who can both deal direct Stellar-Conduct DMG. - A non Stellar-Conduct Electro DPS like Clorinde can also consider using Valeriy, but he may end up being an alternative in their teams rather than a strict upgrade.

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Electro Support Valeriy Team

Team Composition & Equipment

Character	Weapon Artifacts & Stats
Valeriy	Skyward Blade A Day Carved From Rising Winds x4 Main ATK% or Energy Recharge / ATK% / ATK% or CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) Sub 1. Energy Recharge 2. ATK% 3. CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword)
Nefer	Reliquary Of Truth Night Of The Sky's Unveiling x4 Main EM / EM / CRIT Rate or DMG Sub 1. CRIT Rate or DMG 2. Elemental Mastery
Lauma	Nightweaver's Looking Glass Deepwood Memories x4 └ Use 2 pieces each from a set that gives Elemental Mastery like Wanderer's Troupe and Gilded Dreams if the fourth teammate can't use Instructor. Main EM / EM / EM Sub 1. Energy Recharge 2. Elemental Mastery
Columbina	Nocturne's Curtain Call └ Prototype Amber can be an option if you're struggling to stay alive. Silken Moon's Serenade x4 Main Energy Recharge or HP% / HP% / CRIT Rate or DMG Sub 1. Energy Recharge 2. CRIT Rate or DMG 3. HP%

Being able to trigger a bit of Aggravate to boost some of Nefer's non-Lunar-Bloom hits on her special Charged Attack does result in a slight increase to her DPS, and Valeriy's shield will feel slightly more comfortable in practice than Kuki Shinobu, and can be easier to execute overall than Sucrose with the Instructor set.

Since Mitya is expected to scale with Elemental Mastery, Valeriy's Constellations might provide an EM buff that Nefer can also take advantage of, further increasing Valeriy's utility value in relation.

Electro Support Valeriy Team Rotation

No.	Procedure
1	Start with Lauma. Use her Burst, then Skill (hold). └ If this is the very first rotation, you can use Lauma's tap Skill.
2	Switch to Columbina. Use her Skill, followed by her Burst.
3	Swap to Valeriy, then use his Elemental Skill followed by a Charged Attack into Burst.
4	Switch to Nefer to execute her Charged Attack combos. └ Her ideal combo will be: Skill -> [ Charged Attack -> Dash ] (x3) -> Skill -> [ Charged Attack -> Dash ] (x2) -> Charged Attack -> Burst or swap to Columbina to do Charged Attack (x1)
5	Swap back into Sucrose. Use her Skill.
6	Repeat from Step 1.

Substitute Characters

Character	Sub	Details
Nefer	Columbina Flins	- Nefer is the premier Lunar-Bloom DPS and therefor has no true replacement (apart from Columbina herself) for the role since no other Dendro or Hydro DPS character can deal Direct Lunar-Bloom DMG. - Columbina's Charged Attacks do count as Lunar-Bloom DMG when you have Verdant Dew stacks, but the damage is still weaker when compared to Nefer unless you have specific buffers, like C2 Nilou. - Alternatively, you could also consider using Valeriy as the primary sustain character for other Electro DPSes like Flins under certain circumstances, such as in the case of not having Ineffa.
Columbina	Aino (C6) Xingqiu Yelan	- Columbina's Hydro application and relevant Lunar Reaction buffs make her the ideal Hydro support for the Lauma-Nefer Lunar-Bloom core. - Aino is the next best option, especially at C6 where she has a Lunar Reaction DMG% buff. Just note that her application's rate and AoE might not be enough to keep up with Nefer's optimized combo, which can consume Verdant Dew stacks too quickly. - Other options are a significant downgrade and only serve to apply Hydro for Verdant Dew stacks most of the time.
Lauma	Columbina Aino (C6) Ineffa	- Lauma is Nefer's best pairing due to all the buffs she provides that Nefer can easily take full advantage of. Without her, Nefer's DPS sees a significant decrease. - The best way to replace Lauma if you don't have her is with another Nod-Krai character. Columbina and Aino take on the role of Hydro applicator, while Ineffa can provide a shield, some EM buffs, and trigger a few Lunar-Charged hits now and then.

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