Genshin Impact – Varesa build and materials guide

Sate your hunger for justice with the best Genshin Impact Varesa build. This 5-Star Electro character wields a catalyst in combat and fancies herself as a hero of justice, traveling Natlan while wearing a mask to protect the trade routes from bandits and other rogues.

Varesa’s Elemental Skill, Riding the Night-Rainbow, makes her rush forward, dealing Electro DMG to all enemies in her path and gaining Nightsoul Points. She then gains the Follow-Up Strike effect and increased interruption resistance, making Charged Attacks without stamina cost instead of Normal Attacks. Follow-Up Strike ends after Varesa makes a Charged Attack. This rush attack has two charges with a third being gained in the Fiery Passion state, which additionally bolsters its damage.

Holding the Elemental Skill button results in a different effect: Instead of rushing forward, the character enters the Nightsoul’s Blessing state and goes into Sudden Onrush mode, which is consuming Nightsoul Points to increase her movement speed and interruption resistance. This enables her to cross terrain such as water and liquid phlogiston as well as leap over terrain.

When Varesa has maximum Nightsoul Points, which can be gained from her Skill, Elemental Burst, and Plunging Attacks, she enters the Fiery Passion state. This enhances her Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks as well as her Elemental Skill and Burst. Using a Plunging Attack during Fiery Passion also unlocks a special Burst.

Varesa’s regular Elemental Burst, Guardian Vent, deals Electro DMG in an area of effect and refills her Nightsoul Points completely. Following a Plunging Attack during Fiery Passion, she triggers Apex Drive, which increases her interruption resistance and allows her to ignore the Burst’s cooldown, unlocking the special Burst, Guardian Vent: Volcano Kablam, which deals Electro DMG counting as Plunging Attack DMG.

Varesa’s Constellations, which can be unlocked by pulling duplicates of her, have the following effects:

Genshin Impact: Best Varesa weapons

Varesa specializes in dealing Plunging Attack DMG based on her ATK and, naturally, her own signature weapon, Vivid Notions, is boosting those capabilities. It bolsters CRIT DMG and ATK as well as the CRIT DMG of Plunging Attacks.

Best weapons for Varesa in Genshin Impact:

• Vivid Notions (5-Star)
• Crane’s Echoing Call (5-Star)
• Tulaytullah’s Remembrance (5-Star)
• Kagura’s Verity (5-Star)
• Skyward Atlas (5-Star)
• Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds (5-Star)
• The Widsith (4-Star)
• Blackcliff Agate (4-Star)
• Solar Pearl (4-Star)

Genshin Impact: Best Varesa artifacts

Aside from the already mentioned ATK and CRIT DMG, you’d do well to stack CRIT Rate on her to maximize her damage output. Elemental Mastery is a great filler to enhance reaction damage, while Energy Recharge is nice to charge Varesa’s Burst a little more quickly.

Best artifacts for Varesa in Genshin Impact:

• Long Night’s Oath (4) – +25% Plunging Attack DMG,+15% Plunging Attack DMG for each stack of Radiance Everlasting; 1/2/2 stacks of Radiance Everlasting are gained after the wearer’s Plunging Attack/Charged Attack/Elemental Skill (up to five stacks).
• Obsidian Codex (4) – +15% DMG while the wearer is in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, +40% CRIT Rate for six seconds after the wearer consumes a Nightsoul Point.

Best stats for Varesa in Genshin Impact:

• Flower: HP (main stat), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, ATK %, Elemental Mastery
• Plume: ATK (main stat), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, ATK %, Elemental Mastery
• Sands: ATK % (main stat), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge
• Goblet: Electro DMG (main stat), CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, ATK, Elemental Mastery
• Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG (main stat), CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate, ATK %, Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge

Genshin Impact: Best Varesa teams

Varesa is a powerful candidate for Electro-based reaction teams, but her optimal environment is inside of a party dedicated to supporting her damage output.

• Varesa (Main DPS), Furina (Sub DPS), Xianyun (Support), Xilonen (Support)

Varesa is the star of the show in this team with Xianyun being the most vital Support, as she can substantially increase the Plunging Attack DMG dealt by the Main DPS and provide healing. She contributes some Swirl reactions as well, allowing her to reduce the Elemental RES of enemies — something Xilonen is even better at. Furina provides off-field Hydro application and enhances the entire team’s damage output through her Elemental Burst.

Iansan is an excellent 4-Star Support for Varesa, as she specializes in buffing ATK.

Genshin Impact: Varesa ascension materials

You’ll want to quickly raise Varesa’s level when you pull her, which means that you’ll need to farm her ascension materials. You’ll also require some material to upgrade her combat talents.

Here’s what you need to get Varesa to level 90:

• Vajrada Amethyst Sliver x1
• Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x9
• Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x9
• Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone x6
• Juvenile Fang x18
• Seasoned Fang x30
• Tyrant’s Fang x36
• Skysplit Gembloom x168
• Sparkless Statue Core x46
• Mora x2,092,530

Vajrada Amethysts can be obtained from any Electro-affiliated boss on the world map, such as the Thunder Manifestation on Seirai Island in Inazuma or the Electro Hypostasis in Mondstadt. Juvenile, Seasoned, and Tyrant’s Fangs are common drops from the Saurians roaming Natlan. Skysplit Gembloom is a regional plant you’ll only find in Natlan’s Atocpan region. Sparkless Statue Cores are a bounty from Lava Dragon Statues. The best way to earn more Mora in the game is to farm Golden Ley Line Blossoms.

Here’s what you need to upgrade all of Varesa’s talents to their maximum level:

• Juvenile Fang x18
• Seasoned Fang x66
• Tyrant’s Fang x93
• Teachings of Conflict x9
• Guide to Conflict x63
• Philosophies of Conflict x114
• Eroded Scale-Feather x18
• Crown of Insight x3
• Mora x4,957,500

For the materials already mentioned, check above. You’ll need to visit the Blazing Ruins domain in Natlan on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday to farm Scrolls of Conflict. Eroded Scale-Feathers are a boss drop only available from defeating the Lord of Eroded Primal Fire in Natlan. Crowns of Insight are a rare item gained from time-limited events or regional reward mechanics like the Grand Narukami Shrine in Inazuma, the Tree of Dreams in Sumeru, the Fountain of Lucine in Fontaine, or the Tablet of Tona in Natlan.