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Genshin Impact Aloy build

Genshin Impact's Aloy, the cryo bow wielder, hails all the way from Horizon Zero Dawn and is now one the rarest five-star character.

Genshin Impact Aloy's splash art on a blue background

Officially the rarest character in the game is Genshin Impact’s Aloy. She made the journey into Teyvat in a crossover with Horizon Zero Dawn and is a cryo user armed with a bow, and some frosty bombs. If you happen to have a copy of her, you can find out her best build in our guide below.

If you’re brand new to the title, we recommend you check out our Genshin Impact tier list to find out which character is best, and our Genshin Impact codes guide to get some freebies.

Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Aloy build guide:

What’s the best Genshin Impact Aloy build?

Aloy is a five-star cryo bow wielder who was given out to players for free as part of a crossover with Horizon Zero Dawn.

Rarity ★★★★★
Element Cryo
Weapon Bow
Best weapon Thundering Pulse
Substitute weapons Prototype Crescent
Best artifact set Blizzard Strayer
Artifact substitutes Emblem of Severed Fate, Noblesse Oblige
Main stats Sands – Energy recharge
Goblet – Cryo damage bonus
Circlet – Attack
Sub-stats Energy recharge, attack, crit rate, crit damage, elemental mastery

While many overlook her, Aloy does have her uses. Her skill infuses her normal attacks with cryo, and she deals quick, wide-spanning AoE damage with her burst. Her bust has a low cooldown and energy requirement, and her skill generates plenty of cryo particles, making her a great quickswap unit that can battery other cryo characters.

Aloy doesn’t have any constellations, the long cooldown on her skill means her cryo application is pretty inconsistent, and that energy regeneration isn’t as steady as it at first seems. Regardless, if you’ve got her, there’s nothing stopping you from flaunting her – she fits well in those aforementioned cryo-fuelled quickswap teams, and a well-built Aloy is a rare gem for you to show off. In this guide, we’ll be focusing on the best quickswap build for Aloy.

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Can you still get Aloy in Genshin Impact?

Unfortunately, the event that rewarded new players with a copy of Aloy in the mail is now over. It ran for a year but came to an end in 2022.

Considering she doesn’t have constellations and hasn’t had a banner since her release, we think it’s unlikely that she’ll ever come back, especially since she didn’t appear in Genshin to coincide with Horizon: Zero Dawn Forbidden West’s release.

What are the best weapons for Aloy?

Like many characters, the best weapon for Aloy depends on how you want to use her. In quickswap teams, Polar Star is the best choice as Aloy can easily build two stacks during the first rotation. Alternatively, if you’re looking for a four-star option, Stringless at refinement rank five gives her a nice increase to both her skill and burst damage.

Thundering Pulse Bonus effect: Increases crit damage
Skill:
This bow increases Aloy’s attack by 20% and grants a Thunder Emblem. At stacks 1/2/3, normal attack damage further increases by 12/24/40%. Each stack has an individual duration gained by:
-Normal attacks with elemental damage
-Casting an elemental skill
-Having less than 100% energy
Weapon banner
Polar Star Bonus effect: Increases crit rate
Skill: Increases elemental skill and elemental burst damage by 12%. After a normal attack, charged attack, elemental skill, or elemental burst hits an opponent, you gain one stack of Ashen Nightstar for 12 seconds. When 1/2/3/4 stacks of Ashen Nightstar are present, your attack increases by 10/20/30/48%. The stack of Ashen Nightstar created by the normal attack, charged attack, elemental skill, or elemental burst calculates independently of others
Weapon banner
Rust Bonus effect: Increases attack
Skill: 
Increases normal attack damage by 40% while decreasing charged attack damage by 10%
All banners
Stringless Base stat: Increases elemental mastery
Skill: Increases elemental skill and elemental burst damage by 24%
All banners

What are the best Aloy artifacts?

Generally, the best artifact set for Aloy is Emblem of Severed Fate, especially in melt-focused teams. It’s a resin-efficient and universal set that’s easy to farm and provides her with a nice boost to her elemental burst damage and energy recharge. Alternatively, you can use Blizzard Strayer, offering a significant increase to her cryo damage.

Blizzard Strayer Two pieces: Cryo damage bonus
Four pieces: Increases crit rate by 20% when attacking an enemy affected by cryo. If the enemies freeze, crit rate increases by an additional 20%
Obtain from the Peak of Vindagnyr domain
Emblem of Severed Fate Two pieces: Energy recharge
Four pieces: Increases elemental burst damage by 25% of energy recharge. Obtain a maximum of 75% bonus damage in this way
Obtain from the Momiji-Dyed Court domain
Noblesse Oblige Two pieces: Elemental burst damage
Four pieces: After using an elemental burst, all teammates get 20% attack. This lasts 12 seconds and does not stack
Obtain from the Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern domain

Artifact stat recommendations

Main stats:

  • Sands: Attack
  • Goblet: Cryo damage bonus
  • Circlet: Crit rate or crit damage

Sub-stats:

  • Crit rate
  • Crit damage
  • Attack

What are the best Aloy team comps?

For those of you who have an Aloy in your account, you’re best using her as a cryo DPS or sub-DPS with an anemo and hydro character to enable plenty of freezing.

Aloy Shenhe Kokomi Kazuha
Aloy Ganyu Mona Jean

Genshin Impact's Aloy holding an item

What are Aloy’s abilities in Genshin Impact?

Aloy brings a kit reminiscent of her abilities in Horizon to Genshin Impact, infused with a frosty feeling:

Active skills:

Normal attack Rapid Fire
Normal:
 Aloy hits the enemy with up to four consecutive bow shots
Charged: Perform a precisely aimed shot that deals additional damage
Plunging: Shoot a number of arrows in mid-air, before landing with a mighty strike to the ground, causing AoE damage
Elemental skill Frozen Wilds
Aloy throws a Freeze Bomb that deals cryo damage in a small AoE. Upon exploding, it splits into many Chillwater Bomblets that explode when they come into contact with enemies after a short delay. These bombs all reduce enemie’s attack, and give Aloy one Coil stack every 0.1 seconds.

Each stack of Coil increases Aloy’s normal attack damage. At four stacks, she consumes them all to enter the Rushing Ice state, which further increases her normal attack damage and converts all of her damage to cryo

Elemental burst Prophecies of Dawn
After throwing a cyro Power Cell in the air, Aloy shoots it with an arrow to cause AoE cryo damage

Passive skills:

A1 Combat Override
After receiving the Coil effect from Frozen Wilds, Aloy gets a 16% increase in damage, while nearby allies receive a boost of 8%
A4 Strong Strike
When in the Rushing Ice state, Aloy’s cryo damage increases by 3.5% every second up to a maximum of 35%
Utility Easy Does It
Animals that drop fowl, raw meat, or chilled meat will not startle when your active character approaches them while Aloy is in your party

Does Aloy have constellations?

Unlike other Genshin Impact characters, Aloy doesn’t have any constellations due to her being a crossover event character. She can only get upgrades through levels and gear alone.

What are Aloy’s ascension materials?

Aloy still ascends through levels as all other Genshin units and thankfully doesn’t need anything particularly special to do that. Here are the materials you’ll need to get her up to level 90.

20➔40 20k mora
One shivada jade sliver, three crystal marrow, three spectral husks
40➔50 40k mora
Three shivada jade fragments, two crystalline blooms, 10 crystal marrow, 15 spectral husks
50➔60 60k mora
Six shivada jade fragments, four crystalline blooms, 20 crystal marrow, 12 spectral hearts
60➔70 80k mora
Three shivada jade chunks, eight crystalline blooms, 30 crystal marrow, 18 spectral hearts
70➔80 100k mora
Six shivada jade chunks, 12 crystalline blooms, 45 crystal marrow, 12 spectral Nucleus
80➔90 120k mora
Six shivada jade gemstones, 20 crystalline blooms, 60 crystal marrow, 24 spectral nucleus

What are Aloy’s talent materials?

Aloy’s talents require freedom books, drops from specter enemies, and La Signora’s weekly boss fight drops.

1➔2 12.5k mora
Six spectral husks
Three teachings of freedom
2➔3 17.5k mora
Three spectral hearts
Two guides to freedom
3➔4 25k mora
Four spectral hearts
Four guides to freedom
4➔5 30k mora
Six spectral hearts
Six guides to freedom
5➔6 37.5k mora
Nine spectral hearts
Nine guides to freedom
6➔7 120k mora
Four spectral nucleus
Four philosophies of freedom
One molten moment
7➔8 260k mora
Six spectral nucleus
Six philosophies of freedom
One molten moment
8➔9 450k mora
Nine spectral nucleus
12 philosophies of freedom
Two molten moments
9➔10 700k mora
12 spectral nucleus
16 philosophies of freedom,
Two molten moments
One crown of insight

And that’s all we’ve got on Genshin Impact’s Aloy for now. If you want to learn about other Hoyoverse games, check out our Honkai Star Rail tier list – we also have a list of all the Honkai Star Rail codes so you can grab some freebies in a space adventure, too!