Key Takeaways
- Nahida is a 5-star catalyst user and one of Genshin Impact’s most powerful Dendro characters.
- Nahida now presides over Sumeru as the God of wisdom, after spending most of her life in captivity.
- Best Sub-DPS build for her should enhance her ability to inflict maximum Dendro DMG and Elemental Burst.
- A Thousand Floating Dreams is an exclusive 5-star catalyst that increases Nahida’s Dendro DMG and Elemental Mastery visibly, while Sacrificial Fragments is a solid F2P option.
- Deepwood Memories is the go-to artifact set for her as it increases her raw Dendro DMG and reduces Dendro resistance even when the character is off-field.
If you wish to stumble upon a great on and off-field Dendro character who can chain powerful Elemental Reactions, Nahida is just the sub-DPS you need. This catalyst user deals AoE Dendro DMG to opponents after minimum casting time and renders the enemies powerless by plunging toward them mid-air.
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Introduction Nahida
Nahida is a 5-star catalyst user and the new Dendro Archon. After staying in captivity for most of her life, Nahida is finally free to preside over Sumeru as the God of wisdom and the vessel of the Lesser Lord Kusanali, the youngest member of the Seven.
Nahida Sub-DPS Build
| Best Weapon | A Thousand Floating Dreams |
| Replacement Weapons | Sacrificial Fragments |
| Best Artifacts | Deepwood Memories x4 |
| Main Stats | Sands: Elemental Mastery Goblet: Elemental Mastery or Dendro Damage Bonus Circlet: Elemental Mastery or CRIT Rate/DMG |
| Substats | Elemental Mastery, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, Energy Recharge |
| Recommended Energy Recharge | ±110% Total Energy Recharge |
To figure out the best build for your character, feel free to play around with some options till you come across what suits your playstyle and team composition better. However, for a Dendro character like Nahida, we recommend a build that enhances her ability to inflict maximum Dendro DMG and cycle her Elemental Burst quickly.
Nahida Best Weapons
| Weapon | Details | |
| Best | A Thousand Floating Dreams | Bonus Effect: Elemental Mastery +265Skill: A Thousand Nights’ DawnsongEquipping Character gains buffs based on other party members’ elemental type. If their elemental type is the same as the equipping character, Elemental Mastery is increased by 32. If not, the equipping character’s elemental DMG Bonus is increased by 10%. Each effect can stack by a maximum of 3. All nearby party members will also gain an additional 40 Elemental Mastery. |
| F2P Option | Sacrificial Fragments | Bonus Effect: Elemental Mastery +221 Skill: Composed・After damaging an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 30s. |
Best 5 Star Weapon
A Thousand Floating Dreams
A Thousand Floating Dreams is an exclusive 5-star catalyst and a must-have weapon for Nahida. Being a weapon with Elemental Mastery as its bonus stat, it works perfectly for characters like her, who trigger Elemental reactions.
Equipping your character with this weapon helps her gain buffs based on other team members’ elemental types. This catalyst weapon also helps increase the overall DMG bonus of the team and Elemental Mastery.
Best F2P Weapon
Sacrificial Fragments
Sacrificial Fragments is a relatively easy-to-get 4-star Catalyst obtainable through gacha rolls. This weapon provides its wielder with an Elemental Skill reset when its effect triggers, allowing you to reuse your character’s Elemental Skill quickly.
Its passive ability is “Composed” which provides a chance to end the cooldown of the character’s elemental skill after they are done using it. It also increases Nahida’s Elemental Mastery and Elemental Skill DMG.
Nahida Best Artifacts
Deepwood Memories
| Set Pieces | Set Piece Bonus |
| 2-Piece Bonus | Dendro DMG Bonus +15% |
| 4-Piece Bonus | After Elemental Skills or Bursts hit opponents, the targets’ Dendro RES will be decreased by 30% for 8s. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is not on the field. |
Deepwood Memories is the go-to artifact set for Nahida, as it works wonders for increasing raw Dendro DMG individually for the character as well as for the team in general. It helps increase her Dendro DMG while decreasing enemies’ Elemental Resistance.
Its 2-piece bonus provides an additional 15% Dendro DMG Bonus while the 4-piece reduces Dendro resistance by 30% even when she is off-field. This ensures maximum uptime while constantly triggering Dendro reactions.
With this, we conclude our guide on the best build for Nahida, featuring recommended weapons and artifacts in Genshin Impact. We hope you found this guide helpful, and we welcome any feedback or recommendations you may have. To learn more about other top Sub-DPS characters in the game, check out our guides on Xingqiu and Xiangling.
