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Ganyu is a character in Genshin Impact. Learn about Ganyu's

stats, strengths and weaknesses, best builds and artifacts, how
to get Ganyu, and our rating of the character in this complete
profile!

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Ganyu's Character Guides

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List of Contents

Ganyu Rating and Basic Info #

How to Get Ganyu #

Best Builds #

Best Artifacts and Weapons #

Best Characters for Ganyu #

How to Use Ganyu #

Ascension and Talent Materials #

Talents (Skills) #

Constellations #

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Ganyu Rating and Basic Information

Ganyu's Character Information

Ganyu

Rating:

Rarity: ★★★★★

Element: Cryo

Weapon: Bow

EN Voice Actor: Jennifer Losi

JP Voice Actor: Ueda Reina

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS Sub-DPS Support Exploration

N/A

Character Tier List | Best Characters

Ganyu's Stats

Ascension
HP Attack Defense
Bonus Stat

Lvl 20 1978 68 127 CRIT DMG 50%

CRIT DMG
Lvl 80 9,108 234 586
38.4%

Ganyu Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths

• High base CRIT DMG.

• Multiple AoE Skills.

• Deals massive damage even at C0

• Provides Cryo DMG Bonus Support.

Weaknesses

• Low HP

• Charge levels take time to build without C6.

• Additional party support locked behind C1.

Ganyu Recommended Constellations

Constellation Constellation Bonus

・Fully charged aimed attacks reduces Cryo RES of

C1 opponents hit by 15%.
・Also generates 2 Energy for Ganyu per hit..

・Opponents in Ganyu's Elemental Burst will take

more damage from all sources gradually..
C4
・Enemies defeated during this time will increase
Yoimiya's ATK by 20% for 20s.

C1 for Main DPS C4 for Sub-DPS

Ganyu's C1 and C4 constellations will affect her Main DPS and

Sub-DPS capabilities respectively. If improving Ganyu's
damage is your goal, we recommend stopping at C1!

How to Get Ganyu

Wish on Ganyu's Rerun Banner in 2.4

Banner Status Inactive

Ganyu's latest rerun banner, Gentry of Hermitage, ended in

February 15, 2022. As of now, there is no way to get Ganyu
from any of the Standard Banners.

Ganyu's banner rerun was active at the same time as

Zhongli's banner rerun!

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Best Builds for Ganyu

Ganyu's Roles and Builds

Main DPS Sub DPS Support

Ganyu DPS Builds

Reverse Melt Team Main DPS

Weapon Artifact Set

Shimenawa's Reminiscence x4

Amos' Bow

Set Bonus

• ATK +18%.
• When casting an Elemental Skill, if the character has 15 or more
Energy, they lose 15 Energy and Normal/Charge/Plunging Attack DMG
is increased by 50% for 10s. This effect will not trigger again during that
duration.

Talent Priority

Normal Attack: Liutian Archery

Perform up to 6 consecutive shot with a bow.

Recommended Artifact Substats

ATK%

Stat
Cryo DMG Bonus
Priority

CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate

・CRIT DMG

Substats ・CRIT Rate

・ATK%

Replacement Weapons

Weapon Effect

Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG

・Increases ATK by 20% and grants

Thunder Emblem. At stacks 1/2/3, Normal
Attack DMG is further increased by
12/24/40%. Each stack has an individual
duration and are gotten through:
• Normal Attacks with Elemental DMG
Thundering Pulse (duration 5s)
• Casting an Elemental Skill (duration
10s)
• Having less than 100% Energy
(disappears at full Energy)

Bonus Stat: ATK

・Increases Normal Attack DMG by 16%

and Charged Attack DMG by 12%. When
the equipping character's Energy reaches
Hamayumi
100%, this effect is increased by 100%.

Freeze Team Main DPS

Weapon Artifact Set

Blizzard Strayer x4

Amos' Bow

Set Bonus

• Cryo DMG Bonus +15%

• When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate
is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by
an additional 20%.

Talent Priority

Normal Attack: Liutian Archery

Perform up to 6 consecutive shot with a bow.

Recommended Artifact Substats

ATK%

Stat
Cryo DMG Bonus
Priority

Crit DMG

・Crit DMG
Substats
・Atk%

Replacement Weapons

Weapon Effect

Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG

・Increases ATK by 20% and grants

Thunder Emblem. At stacks 1/2/3, Normal
Attack DMG is further increased by
12/24/40%. Each stack has an individual
duration and are gotten through:
• Normal Attacks with Elemental DMG
Thundering Pulse (duration 5s)
• Casting an Elemental Skill (duration
10s)
• Having less than 100% Energy
(disappears at full Energy)

Bonus Stat: ATK

・Aimed Shot hits on weak points

increase Movement SPD by 10% and
Prototype Crescent ATK by 36% for 10s.

Ganyu Sub DPS Builds

Cryo Sub DPS

Weapon Artifact Set

Noblesse Oblige x2

Blizzard Strayer x2
Favonius Warbow

Set Bonus

• Elemental Burst DMG +20%.

• Cryo DMG Bonus +15%

Talent Priority

Celestial Shower
Coalesces atmospheric frost and snow to summon a Sacred Cryo
Pearl that exorcises evil.
While active, the Sacred Cryo Pearl will continuously rain down shards
of ice, striking opponents within its AoE and dealing Cryo DMG.

Recommended Artifact Substats

ATK%

Stat
Cryo DMG Bonus or ATK%
Priority

ATK% or CRIT DMG

• ATK%
Substats
• CRIT DMG

Replacement Weapons

Weapon Effect

Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery

・Increases Elemental Skill and

Elemental Burst DMG by 24%
The Stringless

Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate

・Increases CRIT DMG by 20%. Hits

have a 60% chance to inflict a small AoE
attack, dealing 125% Physical ATK DMG.
Skyward Harp
Can only occur once every 4s.

Best Artifacts and Weapons for Ganyu

Best Artifacts Ranked

Rating Set Bonus

• ATK +18%.
• When casting an Elemental Skill, if
the character has 15 or more Energy,
they lose 15 Energy and
Best
Normal/Charge/Plunging Attack DMG
is increased by 50% for 10s. This effect
Shimenawa's
will not trigger again during that
Reminiscence
duration.

• Cryo DMG Bonus +15%

• When a character attacks an enemy
Second affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is
Best increased by 20%. If the enemy is
Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an
Blizzard
additional 20%.
Strayer

• Increases Elemental Mastery by 80.

• Increases Charged Attack DMG by
Third Best
35% if the character uses a Catalyst or
a Bow.
Wanderer's
Troupe

Alternative Artifact Set

Set Bonus

• Increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by

15%.
• After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack
Martial and Charged Attack DMG by 25% for 8s.
Artist

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Best Weapons Ranked

Rating Weapon Stats (Lv.1)

Base Stats
Base Attack: 46
Bonus Effect: ATK 10.8%

Best Skill Effect

Increases Normal Attack and Aimed Shot
Amos' Bow
DMG by 18%. Increases DMG by 12% for
every 0.1s that an arrow is in flight.
Stacks up to 5 times on each arrow.

Base Stats
Base Attack: 46
Bonus Effect: CRIT DMG 14.4%

Skill Effect
Increases ATK by 20% and grants
Thunder Emblem. At stacks 1/2/3,
Normal Attack DMG is further increased
Second by 12/24/40%. Each stack has an
Best Thundering individual duration and are gotten
Pulse through:
• Normal Attacks with Elemental DMG
(duration 5s)
• Casting an Elemental Skill (duration
10s)
• Having less than 100% Energy
(disappears at full Energy)

Base Stats
Base Attack: 41
Bonus Effect: ATK 15.0%
Third
Best Skill Effect
Prototype
Aimed Shot hits on weak points increase
Crescent
Movement SPD by 10% and ATK by 36%
for 10s.

Best F2P Weapon

Name Stats (Lv.1)

Base Stats
Base Attack: 41
Bonus Effect: ATK 12.0%

Skill Effect
Increases Normal Attack DMG by 16% and
Hamayumi
Charged Attack DMG by 12%. When the
equipping character's Energy reaches 100%, this
effect is increased by 100%.

List of Bows

Recommended Party Members for Ganyu

Character Element Weapon

Pyro Catalyst

· Enables Klee to do high Melt DMG.

Klee · Ganyu's taunt skill proivdes crowd control for Klee.

Cryo Bow

· Cryo Elemental Resonance: CRIT Rate +15%

Diona · Protects Ganyu with a Shield.

Cryo Polearm

· Increases Cryo and Charged attack DMG.

Shenhe · Reduces Cryo Resistance with Elemental Burst.

Anemo Bow

· Swirling Cryo with Viridescent Venerer decreases Cryo

Resistance of enemies.
Venti
· Elemental Burst is great for crowd control.

How to Use Ganyu

Empowered Charge Shots

Normal Attack: Liutian Archery

Different to other Bow users, Ganyu's Charged Shots will act

differently depending on their level of charge. A fully charged
Cryo shot will deal AoE Cryo damage. If you want to use her as
a Main DPS, upgrade Ganyu's Normal Attack: Liutian Archery
talent first!

Crowd Controlling Elemental Skill

Elemental Skill: Trail of the Qilin

Ganyu's Elemental skill will summon a frozen flower to attract

nearby enemies, before exploding dealing damage.

Massive AoE Elemental Burst

List of
Contents

Elemental Burst: Celestial Shower