Mastering Kaedehara Kazuha in Genshin Impact: Skills, Builds, and Team Comps Guide

Kaedehara Kazuha's Guide in Genshin Impact

This time, we're diving deep into Kaedehara Kazuha's skills, gear picks, and team comps in Genshin Impact. Plus, we're expanding into the nitty-gritty of how Anemo elements spread, get infused, and all that jazz.

Character Breakdown

Kaedehara Kazuha is an Anemo support character who's all about triggering those swirl reactions to boost your team's elemental damage. His combat skills can pull and gather enemies, while his Elemental Burst dishes out AOE elemental damage. Ever since Kazuha hit the scene, he's remained at the top of the charts as one of the must-have characters in the game.

Skill Breakdown: Boosting Kazuha's Damage Like a Pro

Talent Priority: Elemental Burst is greater than or equal to Elemental Skill, which is greater than Normal/Charged Attacks. Kazuha's all about that damage boost, folks. Stack that Elemental Mastery to crank up his Elemental Damage through his second passive talent, Poetics of Fuubutsu. The cool part? You don't even need to level up his skills to get those sweet Elemental reaction boosts.

Want More Damage? Focus on his Elemental Skill and Burst, aiming for levels 1/8/8 and beyond. Before hitting six constellations, you can pretty much ignore his normal attacks (but after six, you're gonna want to aim for 8/11/11+).

• Normal/Charged Attacks (A/Z)

Kazuha's main gig isn't his normal attack; it's about that awesome new plunging attack mode he gets after unleashing his Elemental Skill. This, mixed with his first passive talent, Soumon Swordsmanship, lets him dish out extra elemental damage.

His plunging attack, Midare Ranzan, ties its Anemo damage to his attack skill level, with bonus damage multipliers from Soumon Swordsmanship.

Midare Ranzan dishes out minor Anemo damage (1 Elemental Particle).

When it comes to output, mix and match A and Z (normal-charge) attacks.

Elemental Skill (E)

This skill is a game-changer, making Kazuha a star in both exploration and the Spiral Abyss. It saves stamina when climbing and pulls enemies together for a follow-up plunging attack that can stagger or knock them down.

Elemental Skill Mechanics:

• Tap for a gust of minor Anemo (1 Elemental Particle), hold for a stronger blast (2 Elemental Particles).
• Tapping generates 3 Anemo particles, holding generates 4. These particles are produced during the lift-off attack phase, with no particles from subsequent plunging attacks.
• Reset the skill's cooldown with the Sacrificial Sword to generate more particles on the next use.
• Midare Ranzan's conversion damage applies weak elemental effects (like weak Pyro/Hydro/Electro/Cryo, 1 Elemental Particle, 9.5 seconds), enabling elemental adhesion with each hit.
• When touching multiple elements, it converts to the highest priority element in this order: Pyro > Hydro > Electro > Cryo.
• Kazuha can't spread the element he's imbued with directly, but his conversions take it into account.

Elemental Burst (Q) Explained

The Basics: Launching Kazuha's Elemental Burst unleashes a powerful Anemo slash, followed by weaker Anemo attacks every 2 seconds. The moment Kazuha performs his slash, elemental conversion kicks in within the burst's range, dealing weak elemental attacks every 2 seconds. These converted attacks can trigger further elemental reactions, and the burst operates on a snapshot mechanism, calculating damage based on Kazuha's stats at the time of casting.

Spread vs. Conversion: When Anemo meets one of the four other elements (Pyro, Hydro, Electro, Cryo), it triggers a spread reaction. "Conversion," or the skill's elemental transformation, happens once and adopts the properties of the converted element. Kazuha's burst and talents, along with other Anemo skills like those from Venti or Sucrose, primarily involve conversion.

Inherent Talents Breakdown

Talent 1: Soumon Swordsmanship

• The priority for conversion (Pyro > Hydro > Electro > Cryo) mirrors that of his Elemental Burst. Only one conversion occurs, allowing for a weak elemental application and enabling another spread reaction with his Anemo attacks.
• The range, damage, and application intensity of the converted attack are constant, unaffected by the press or hold of the skill button.

Talent 2: Poetics of Fuubutsu

• Triggering spread reactions boosts the corresponding elemental damage, adding to Kazuha's damage enhancement. This boost works in the background, meaning if Kazuha triggers a reaction and then is swapped out, the damage boost remains active.
• Multiple enhancements from different elements can coexist, directly affecting his character panel.

Talent 3: Similar to Kaeya's third talent, offering a unique combat advantage.

Supplementary Note on Talent 2's Conversion

• For instance, if Kazuha has 1000 Elemental Mastery and Sucrose adds an extra 200 through her talent, the damage boost calculation from Kazuha's talent would still be based on the original 1000 Elemental Mastery.

Weapon Choices for Kaedehara Kazuha: Mastery and Damage Galore

Kazuha's gameplay splits between stacking Elemental Mastery for support and leveraging high constellations for Anemo damage and spread output. For the support role, focus on Elemental Mastery and Energy Recharge; when he's high constellation, because of the boost from his second constellation, consider crit rate/damage to up his Anemo skill damage.

• For the Elemental Mastery Supporters
  • Freedom-Sworn: This sword is a top pick for its high Elemental Mastery and the additional damage and attack boost it provides. Pairing with certain characters can significantly increase the team's overall damage. However, to make the most out of Freedom-Sworn, Kazuha will need to stack Energy Recharge through artifacts to maintain the team's damage cycle.
  • Iron Sting: Transforms Kazuha's stacked Elemental Mastery into extra Energy Recharge, optimizing his support role. It's a go-to for support Kazuha but remember, extra Mastery from characters like Sucrose or Nahida won't further improve Energy Recharge.
  • Favonius Sword/Sacrificial Sword: With Favonius, aim for a 30%-50% crit rate to trigger its passive more often. Sacrificial Sword is best at high refinement levels for dealing with tough enemies, allowing for multiple skill casts to pull and debuff them. These swords are great for skill rotation optimization, especially when artifact Energy Recharge exceeds 170%.

Other Notable Weapons

Amenoma Kageuchi: Ideal for Dendro reaction teams, providing both skill optimization and extra Mastery.

Cinnabar Spindle: A free weapon from version 3.3, it offers the same Mastery as the Iron Sting. If you haven't crafted the Iron Sting yet, this is a solid substitute.

Iron Sting: Another craftable option when lacking Mastery or Energy weapons, no refinement needed.

Dark Iron Sword: A good early game transitional weapon, obtained by chatting with Liyue NPC "Sharp Knife Chen," without the need for refinement.

High-Constellation Kaedehara Kazuha: Weapon Damage Expectations

• Primordial Jade Cutter: With its hefty crit rate bonus and additional attack based on HP, this sword is a no-brainer for Kazuha, easing the challenge of stacking crit rate. It's the top choice for enhancing his direct damage output, especially at higher constellations.
• Freedom-Sworn: Considering Kazuha's damage mainly springs from his Elemental Burst and Skill, high-constellation players often rely on an AZ (normal attack + charged attack) cycle, where normal attacks play a smaller role. Pairing this weapon with Bennett to boost Kazuha's attack power is a smart move.
• Mistsplitter Reforged: Ideal for a full-constellation Kazuha or when teamed up with a full-constellation Bennett, enabling the activation of its full damage-boosting potential and significantly upping the damage dealt.

Kaedehara Kazuha's Artifact Strategies: Boosting Damage and Support

For Support Kazuha: Focus solely on the Viridescent Venerer 4-piece set. This choice is a game-changer, reducing the elemental resistance of enemies through Swirl reactions and boosting the overall damage output of your team.

• Main Stats Priority: Elemental Mastery is the name of the game for support Kazuha. Stack it through artifact sub-stats and weapons to enhance his Energy Recharge rate. Aim for over 850 Elemental Mastery and an Energy Recharge rate between 150%-170% for optimal performance.
• Post 2nd Constellation (C2) Adjustments: Once Kazuha hits his second constellation, consider swapping to a circlet with Crit Rate/Damage. This tweak allows Kazuha to maintain his support role while significantly contributing to Wind damage output.
• Anemo Damage Playstyle: Prioritize artifact sets that enhance Anemo Damage, Crit Rate, and Crit Damage, such as ATK%, Crit Rate/Damage, and Anemo Damage Bonus. Stack sub-stats like Crit Rate, Crit Damage, Energy Recharge, and ATK% for maximum efficiency.
• Early Game Strategies: The Instructor set is a solid early game option. However, aim to collect the Viridescent Venerer 4-piece set as soon as possible to ensure resistance reduction during Swirl reactions.

A Deep Dive into Kaedehara Kazuha's Constellations

Exploring the constellations of Kaedehara Kazuha provides a fascinating insight into optimizing his abilities for enhanced gameplay. Each constellation unlock brings its own unique advantages, amplifying Kazuha's potential on the battlefield.

• First Constellation (C1): Unlocks the "EQE" combo, optimizing Kazuha's energy cycle. This is your first step to unleashing Kazuha's full potential, making energy regeneration smoother and gameplay even more fluid.
• Second Constellation (C2): The boost in Elemental Mastery available right when you unleash his Elemental Burst amplifies the damage enhancement effect of his second passive talent, Poetics of Fuubutsu. This additional mastery not only boosts your reaction team's damage but also paves the way for a "Mastery-Mastery-Crit" build in higher constellations.
• Fourth Constellation (C4): Further optimizes Kazuha's energy cycle and introduces an energy recovery mechanic through gliding in open-world exploration, enhancing the overall experience.
• Sixth Constellation (C6): Transforms Kazuha into a field powerhouse, applying weak Anemo to his attacks and following standard application rules. Also, note that his Anemo infusion can be overridden by talents like Bennett's C6, Chongyun's Elemental Skill, or Candace's Elemental Burst, instantly triggering a Swirl reaction with the overlaid element.

Overall Insights on Kaedehara Kazuha's Constellations: In essence, Kaedehara Kazuha's mechanics are pretty solid even without any constellation activations, with further unlocks enhancing his Elemental Mastery stacking and Anemo damage output. If your goal is solely to boost the damage of other characters in your team, C0 Kazuha is more than capable. For those looking to explore Kazuha's own damage potential, aiming for C2 or even C6 can unlock exciting new gameplay dynamics.

Synergizing with Kaedehara Kazuha: The Ultimate Team Builds

Kazuha's ability to amplify damage with his Anemo Swirl and reduce enemy resistances with the Viridescent Venerer set makes him a valuable asset in Freeze, Amplify, Direct Damage, and even Dendro reaction teams.

• Freeze Teams
  • Shrine of Depths Heart: Ayaka + Shenhe + Kazuha + Kokomi
    Use Shenhe's Elemental Skill with a tap; switch to Ayaka immediately after Kokomi, equipped with "Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers," exits. Weapons for Shenhe and Rosaria prioritize the Favonius Lance, with artifact sets leaning towards the "Noblesse Oblige."
  • Divine Momo Cat: Ayaka + Mona + Kazuha + Diona
    Initially, use Diona's skill with a tap for quick cooldown rotation, and use her skill with a hold to fuel Ayaka with energy later on. When Mona's equipped with "Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers," switch to Ayaka right after; Ayaka can be swapped for other Cryo DPS like Ganyu or Kaeya.
• Wonders of the World
  • International Wonders: Kazuha + Tartaglia (Childe) + Xiangling + Bennett
    Childe's Skill applies strong Hydro, followed by Bennett's Burst to apply Pyro, setting up Kazuha for a powerful Swirl of both elements. Keep an eye on Xiangling's Energy Recharge to ensure her Burst is ready, optimizing the cycle of output.

National Team Variations

Kazuha National Team: Kazuha + Xingqiu + Xiangling + Bennett

Electro Variant: Raiden Shogun + Kazuha + Xiangling + Bennett

From Kazuha's National setup, variations like "Xiao-Ye Wan-Ban" or "Lu-Ye Wan-Ban" can emerge, using Bennett's Burst for elemental application, enhancing Pyro DPS damage in the team.

• Suggested Output Order:
• For the Kazuha National Team: Xingqiu's QEA, Bennett's QA, Kazuha's QE, Xiangling's QEA.
• Electro Variant: Raiden's E, Bennett's Q, Kazuha's QE, Xiangling's QE, followed by Raiden's Q.

Mastering Double Swirls: With the Kazuha National Team, Xingqiu applies weak Hydro, Bennett counters with a strong Pyro via his Burst, then a basic attack triggers Xingqiu's Rain Swords, allowing Kazuha to Swirl both Hydro and Pyro. In the Electro Variant, Raiden applies weak Electro, Bennett's Burst counters to trigger Overload, followed by Raiden's Skill again, setting up Kazuha to Swirl both Electro and Pyro.

Raiden, Sara, Kazuha, and Bennett: A Dynamic Quartet

The Raiden Shogun, Kujou Sara, Kazuha, and Bennett Combo: If Sara hasn't unlocked her second constellation, use her Elemental Skill then a charged shot to generate Crowfeathers, or consider swapping her out for Yae Miko. Kazuha starts by spreading Electro, but to make the most out of the Viridescent Venerer set's resistance reduction, try this order: "Raiden's E, Sara's E (letting Sara benefit from her own buffs), Bennett's Q, and then Kazuha's QE (checking for Electro on enemies), followed by Raiden's Q."

Melting Teams with Diluc and Ganyu

Melting Diluc Style: Diluc + Bennett + Kazuha + Kaeya

• For a Cryo-infused fire spread: Kaeya applies Cryo, then Kazuha uses his Elemental Burst for a Cryo Swirl, followed by Bennett's Burst to consume the Cryo, allowing Kazuha's Skill to spread Pyro.

Burning Ice with Ganyu: Ganyu + Bennett + Kazuha + Nahida

• Kazuha spreads Cryo from enemies while under Bennett's Burst, infusing himself with Pyro to transition into a Pyro Swirl ("melting" strategy), thereby continuing Pyro application, complemented by Ganyu for Melting and Nahida for extended Burning effects.

Direct Swap for Classic Melt Ganyu: Swap Zhongli with Kazuha for enhanced damage in the classic "Ganyu + Zhongli + Xiangling + Bennett" setup when facing less aggressive enemies.

Suggested Output Sequences:

• For Diluc's Melting Team: Kaeya's E, Kazuha's Q, Bennett's QEA, Kazuha's E, Kaeya's QE, finishing with Diluc's EAEE then QA.
• For Ganyu's Burning Strategy: Ganyu's E, Nahida's EQ, Kazuha's Q, Bennett's QE, Kazuha's E, finishing with Ganyu's charged shot.

Pure Pyro Teams: Klee and Yoimiya's Fiery Forces

Klee's Trio of Flames: Klee + Xiangling + Bennett + Kazuha

• Sequence: Bennett's QE, Kazuha's QE, Xiangling's QE, followed by Klee's EQ then juggle A and Z for outputs.

Yoimiya's Pure Pyro: Yoimiya + Bennett + Kazuha + Zhongli

• Sequence: Zhongli's hold E, Bennett's QE, Kazuha's QE, finishing with Yoimiya's E into basic attacks.

Notes:

• Klee's gameplay involves continuous Normal and Charged Attacks (utilizing Normal Attack to reduce Charged Attack's delay) and jump-cancelling for fluid combat. Survival can be tricky, so dodging is key.
• In Yoimiya's team, Zhongli can be swapped for other shielders like Thoma, Layla, or Diona.
• For pure Pyro strategies, Dehya is also a viable option with her talent for high interruption resistance, ensuring smoother skill combos even without a shielder.

Triple Hydro Team Mastery with Kazuha

Triple Threat Hydro: Kokomi + Yelan + Xingqiu + Kazuha
Swap in Mona for Xingqiu if you're after that explosive 'Exorcism Shot' damage, especially if Yelan's hit her sixth constellation (though, at C6, she's pretty much a solo act).

For a "Steamy Night" strategy, mix Yelan with Mona/Nahida (high-spec), Kazuha, and Xiangling. Focus on stacking Energy Recharge for Mona and Xiangling, and consider a high-refinement Sacrificial Sword for Nahida for speed strategies.

• Suggested Output Sequences:
• Triple Hydro: Xingqiu's QEA, Yelan's QE, Kokomi's EA, Kazuha's QEA, then Kokomi's Q for field presence.
• Yelan Field: Zhongli's hold E, Xingqiu's QEA, Yelan's QE, Kazuha's QEA, then Yelan's field attacks for co-op strikes.

Electrifying Double Electro Reactions with Kazuha

Double Electro Resonance: Keqing + Fischl + Kazuha + Nahida
Keqing should gear up with a 'Thundering Fury' 4-piece set, while Fischl can mix and match 'Thundering Fury' 2-piece with Mastery/Attack.

Nahida's Skill syncs as a Dendro application, so kick things off with Electro to avoid overriding with Dendro.

Blossoming Tactics: Teams That Bloom with Kazuha

Ayato's Fiery Blossom: Ayato + Bennett + Kazuha + Nahida
The key here is cycling through Kazuha's Burst for energy efficiency.

Fischl's Overgrowth: Fischl + Dendro Traveler + Kazuha + Kokomi
Ideal against groups, leveraging Kazuha's high-refinement Sacrificial Sword to trigger multiple reactions, with a focus on Electro application for enhanced effects.

• Suggested Output Sequences:
• Ayato's Fiery Blossom: Nahida's EQ, Ayato's Q, Bennett's Q, Kazuha's QE, finishing with Ayato's E into basic attacks.
• Fischl's Overgrowth: Fischl's Q, Dendro MC's Q, Kazuha's Q, Kokomi's E, double E with Kazuha (Sacrificial Sword), Dendro MC's E, finishing with Kokomi's field presence.

Weapon Wise for Kazuha

At C0, there's a plethora of Mastery weapons to consider, such as the Freedom-Sworn, Iron Sting, The Alley Flash, and Fading Twilight, all excellent choices for enhancing Kazuha's capabilities. For optimizing energy cycles with his Burst, Energy Recharge weapons like the Favonius Sword or Sacrificial Sword are also solid picks.

If you're curious about unleashing Kazuha's Anemo damage potential at higher constellations, look into crit weapons like the Primordial Jade Cutter, Mistsplitter Reforged, or Freedom-Sworn for that devastating wind damage. Artifact-wise, aim to complete the Viridescent Venerer 4-piece set for maximum efficiency.