Genshin Impact Xiangling build

Genshin Impact’s Xiangling is known for being the head chef at the Wanmin Restaurant in Liyue. She loves to cook spicy foods and regularly experiments with unique ingredients in order to make surprising new dishes. So let’s see what tasty combos we can whip up with our Genshin Xiangling build guide, featuring her skills, constellations, best weapons and artifacts, and more.

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Let’s take a look at how to cook up the best Genshin Impact Xiangling build.

Build
Weapons
Artifacts
Abilities
Constellations
Ascension materials
Talent materials
Team comps

What’s the best Genshin Impact Xiangling build?

Xiangling is a super important sub-DPS staple in many of the top-ranking ‘National’ team comps. Available as a free character for anyone who braves floor three of the Spiral Abyss, she’s a versatile little bean capable of applying pyro and dealing damage from off-field. Her AoE burst is incredibly powerful and perfect for elemental reaction combos, and she scales very well with high investment and external buffs, such as Genshin Impact Bennett‘s burst.

On the other hand, her energy cost is pretty high and she does rely on Bennett in most of her team comps to manage energy and buffing. Guoba also has a limited range and can be very inconsistent with targeting, which can negatively impact your energy and damage without someone like Genshin Impact’s Kazuha to suck him up into enemies. Her high pyro application can also complicate elemental aura setups.

However, every account should realistically have a built Xiangling in their ranks, as she can be invaluable in many scenarios and isn’t too expensive to build.

What are the best Genshin Impact Xiangling weapons?

Xiangling’s best weapon relies heavily on what team comps you’re hoping to put her in. Generally, The Catch is a great all-round choice and is fully free to play. Alternatively, if you somehow have a spare copy of Staff of Homa or Engulfing Lightning, those are brilliant options. Or, if you’re planning on using Xiangling in a team without Bennett, you should go with Favonius Lance or Kitain Cross Spear to help her battery herself.

Outside of that, if you want a full statistical breakdown of how other polearms size up against each other, check out the Keqingmains Xiangling weapons section.

Weapon	Effect	How to obtain
The Catch	Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: increases elemental burst damage by 16% and elemental burst crit rate by 6%	Buy from Kujirai Momiji of the Fishing Association
Staff of Homa	Bonus stat: crit damage Skill: HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an attack bonus based on 0.8% of Xiangling’s max HP. When her HP is less than 50%, this attack bonus increases by an additional 1% of max HP	Weapon event gacha
Engulfing Lightning	Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: attack increased by 28% of Xiangling’s energy recharge over the base 100%. You can gain a maximum bonus of 80% attack. Gain 30% energy recharge for 12 seconds after using an elemental burst	Weapon event gacha
Favonius Lance	Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: crit hits have a 60% chance to generate a small number of elemental particles, which will regenerate six energy for Xiangling. Can only occur once every 12 seconds	Gacha
Kitain Cross Spear	Bonus stat: elemental mastery Skill: increases elemental skill damage by 6%. After an elemental skill hits an opponent, Xiangling loses three energy but regenerates three energy every two seconds for the next six seconds. This effect can occur once every ten seconds. Can trigger even when Xiangling is not on the field	Forging

What are the best Genshin Impact Xiangling artifacts?

Generally, a four-piece set of Emblem of Severed Fate is the best option for Xiangling regardless of her team comp. Four pieces of Gilded Dreams is also a good option, especially in overvape teams where she’s paired up with Genshin Impact Sucrose.

Crimson Witch of Flames is also a good option, though it falls behind in some team comps and can be very expensive and inefficient to farm.

Artifact set	Effect	How to obtain
Emblem of Severed Fate	Two equipped: energy recharge +20% Four equipped: increases elemental burst damage by 25% of energy recharge. You can obtain a maximum of 75% bonus damage in this way	Momiji-Dyed Court domain on Yashiori Island in Inazuma
Gilded Dreams	Two equipped: elemental mastery +80 Four equipped: within eight seconds of triggering an elemental reaction, Xiangling obtains buffs based on the elemental type of the other party members. Increases attack by 14% for each party member with the same elemental type as Xiangling, and increases elemental mastery by 50 for every party member with a different elemental type. Each of the aforementioned buffs count up to three characters. This effect can trigger once every eight seconds, even when Xiangling isn’t on the field	Spire of Solitary Enlightenment domain in Avidya Forest, Sumeru
Crimson Witch of Flames	Two equipped: pyro damage +15% Four equipped: increases overloaded and burning damage by 40%, and vaporize and melt damage by 15%. Using an elemental skill increases two-piece set effects by 50% for ten seconds. Maximum three stacks	Hidden Palace of Zhou Formula domain on Bashui Plain, Wuwang Hill, Liyue

Artifact stat recommendations

Main stats:

Sands: energy recharge/elemental mastery/attack%.
- Elemental mastery is only recommended for reverse vape and overload or overvape teams that use Xiangling as a trigger. Generally, you should use energy recharge with non-energy recharge weapons, and elemental mastery or attack% with energy recharge weapons
Goblet: pyro damage bonus
Circlet: crit rate/crit damage (try to maintain a 1:2 ratio overall)

Sub-stats:

Energy recharge to requirement (this varies, but 200% gives you flexibility and comfort)
Crit rate/crit damage
Elemental mastery
Attack%

What are Genshin Impact Xiangling’s abilities?

Active skills:

Skill	Effect
Normal attack: Dough-Fu	Normal: Performs up to five spear strikes Charged: Consumes stamina to lunge forward and deal damage along the way Plunging: Deals AoE damage on impact with the ground
Elemental skill: Guoba Attack	Summons Guoba the bear, who breathes fire at enemies, dealing AoE pyro damage
Elemental burst: Pyronado	Summons a Pyronado to deal AoE pyro damage that moves around the character for a set time

Passive skills:

Skill	Effect
Crossfire	Increases Guoba’s attack range by 20%
Beware, It’s Super Hot!	When Guoba’s attack’s effects end, he leaves a chili pepper on the spot where he disappeared. Picking up a chili pepper increases attack by 10% for ten seconds
Chef de Cuisine	When pulling off a perfect cook on an attack-increasing dish, Xiangling has a 12% chance to double the product

What are Genshin Impact Xiangling’s constellations?

Here’s every bonus you’ll receive when leveling up Xiangling’s constellations!

Constellation	Effect
C1: Crispy Outside, Tender Inside	Enemies hit by Guoba’s AoE will have their pyro resistance reduced by 15% for six seconds
C2: Oil Meets Fire	The final hit in a normal attack sequence will apply the implode status for two seconds. When the duration ends, an explosion will deal 75% of Xiangling’s attack as AoE pyro damage
C3: Deepfry	Increases the level of Pyronado by three
C4: Slowbake	Increases the duration of Pyronado by 40%
C5: Guoba Mad	Increases the level of Guoba Attack by three
C6: Condensed Pyronado	All party members receive a 15% pyro damage boost for the duration of Pyronado

What are Genshin Impact Xiangling’s ascension materials?

Each time you ascend Xiangling, she receives an increase to her elemental mastery.

Required level	Mora	Materials
20	20k	One agnidus agate sliver, three Jueyun chili, three slime condensate
40	40k	Three agnidus agate fragment, two everflame seed, ten Jueyun chili, 15 slime condensate
50	60k	Six agnidus agate fragment, four everflame seed, 20 Jueyun chili, 12 slime secretions
60	80k	Three agnidus agate chunk, eight everflame seed, 30 Jueyun chili, 18 slime secretions
70	100k	Six agnidus agate chunk, 12 everflame seed, 45 Jueyun chili, 12 slime concentrate
80	120k	Six agnidus agate gemstone, 20 everflame seed, 60 Jueyun chili, 24 slime concentrate

What are Genshin Impact Xiangling’s talent materials?

Make sure you keep hold of your slime concentrate, because here are all the talent level-up materials you need to ascend one of Xiangling’s talents to level ten.

Talent level	Mora	Materials
Two	12.5k	Six slime condensate, three teachings of diligence
Three	17.5k	Three slime secretions, two guide to diligence
Four	25k	Four slime secretions, four guide to diligence
Five	30k	Six slime secretions, six guide to diligence
Six	37.5k	Nine slime secretions, nine guide to diligence
Seven	120k	Four slime concentrate, four philosophies of diligence, one Dvalin’s claw
Eight	260k	Six slime concentrate, six philosophies of diligence, one Dvalin’s claw
Nine	450k	Nine slime concentrate, 12 philosophies of diligence, two Dvalin’s claw
Ten	700k	12 slime concentrate, 16 philosophies of diligence, two Dvalin’s claw, one crown of insight

What are the best Genshin Impact Xiangling team comps?

As long as she has a reliable battery, Xiangling can fit into a huge range of team comps, whether that’s mono pyro, National, or overvape. She also fits well into free-to-play team comps as we mentioned earlier.

Here’s an example of a strong Xiangling team comp: