Best Xiangling build in Genshin Impact (weapons and artifacts)

Xiangling is one of the strongest characters in Genshin Impact, especially if you use the right build for her. Best of all, you can get it for free from the Spiral Abyss. Thus, making her a definite addition to your team. So, without further ado, let’s check out the best build for Xiangling in Genshin Impact, as well as her recommended weapons, artifacts, and team composition.

Best Xiangling build in Genshin Impact

You must be playing Xiangling as a Sub-DPS character. Therefore, to build it, you must use the following weapons and artifacts:

• Best weapon: Staff of Scarlet Sands.
• Best Artifact Set: Emblem of Severed Fate (4-Piece Set)
• Better Artifact Stats
  • Main characteristics
    • Sands of Eternity:% ATK
    • Eonotem Cup: Fire Damage Bonus
    • Circlet of Logos: Bonus Critical Strike Chance
  • Additional statistics
    • Energy recharge
    • Elemental Mastery
    • Critical Strike Chance Bonus

Apart from the Sub-DPS role, you can also use it for Burst-DPS. But in this build, we’ll be focusing on the weapons and artifacts that are best for her Sub-DPS role.

Xiangling’s best weapon

The Scarlet Sands Staff is the best Xiangling weapon in Genshin Impact. This gives her 542 base damage and 44.1% crit chance at level 90. With it, you also get the passive ability Heat Haze at Horizon’s End. When used, Xiangling gains 52 to 104% of her Elemental Mastery as a bonus ATK. And when it hits an enemy, the effect “Dream of the Scarlet Sands”is triggered for 10 seconds. This allows her to gain 28 to 56% Elemental Mastery as an ATK bonus for a maximum of 3 stacks.

Alternative weapon to use with Xiangling:

• 5-Star Weapon: Absorbing Lightning
• 4-Star Weapon: Catch
• 3-Star Weapon: White Tassel.

Best Xiangling Artifacts

Emblem of Severed Fate 4-piece set is the best Artifact set for Xiangling. This gives her +20% Energy Recharge as a two-piece bonus. In addition, it increases Elemental Burst damage by 25% of Energy Recharge as a 4-piece bonus.

Alternative artifacts to use with Xiangling:

• Crimson Flame Witch (4-piece set)
• Crimson Witch Of Flames (2-Piece Set) & Emblem of Severed Fate (2-Piece Set)

Best Team Roster for Xiangling in Genshin Impact

The best team for Xiangling is none other than the national team. It consists of:

• Xiangling
• Bennet
• jungkyun
• xingqiu

I suggest you check out our guide on what is a national team for why you should use it and everything else about it.

That covers this guide on the best Xiangling build to use in Genshin Impact and her team composition. For more build guides or other walkthroughs for this game, be sure to check out our Genshin Impact section.