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Genshin Impact Ayato build

Genshin Impact's Ayato holds a hydro vision and plenty of power, so here's how to build him with weapons, artifacts, and the best teams.

Genshin Impact Ayato's splash art on a blue Pocket Tactics background

Head of the Kamisato estate, Genshin Impact's Ayato is a hardworking and intelligent young man. In this guide, we dive into the two best Ayato builds for him as a DPS and burst-based sub-DPS, both of which he excels in. He's got lightning-fast attacks and a fantastic AoE hydro application in his burst, and makes a big splash on the battlefield.

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Here's everything in our Genshin Impact Ayato guide:

What's the best Genshin Impact Ayato build?

Ayato is a five-star character who uses a sword and the hydro element.

Rarity ★★★★★
Element Hydro
Weapon Sword
Best weapon Haran Geppaku Futsu
Substitute weapons Mistsplitter Reforged, the Black Sword
Best artifact set Gilded Dreams
Artifact substitutes Echoes of an Offering
Main stats -Sands: Attack
-Goblet: Hydro damage bonus
-Circlet: Crit damage/rate
Sub-stats Energy recharge, crit rate, crit damage, HP

The best build for Kamisato Ayato is the Haran Geppaku Futsu sword, and a four-piece of the Echoes of an Offering artifact set, which can work for both his DPS and sub-DPS capabilities.

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Ayato has some very interesting utility, especially since the dendro element's release - Ayato's burst offers great off-field hydro application, and his normal attack deals incredibly quick damage that is devastating to both single targets and groups. Ayato is a very unique unit and excels in both burst sub-DPS and main DPS roles, as well as seeing him slot into both standard and quick-swap rotations.

How do I use Ayato?

To get the most out of main DPS Ayato, you'll want to ensure you have his elemental skill active as often as possible by ensuring you have plenty of energy recharge. We also recommend you build him with as much normal attack damage as you can and make sure his max health is at a decent level to help him live up to his high DPS potential.

If you want to use Ayato as a sub-DPS or burst support, you need to maximize the use of his burst. This build has great potential for supporting your team with constant hydro application and attack speed buffs.

What are the best Ayato weapons?

The best weapon for DPS Ayato is his signature weapon, Haran Geppaku Futsu. Alternatively, Mistsplitter Reforged and Summit Shaper are great choices. If you're looking for the best four-star weapon for Ayato, the Black Sword from the battle pass is a brilliant option that comes with a little bit of HP regeneration to keep him healed up on the field.

The Lion's Roar is an interesting choice for Ayato, but due to its skill only triggering when used on enemies affected by pyro or electro, you should only give him this weapon if you're using him in electro-charged, hyperbloom, or vape comps to get the most out of it.

DPS Ayato weapons

Haran Geppaku Futsu Stat: Crit rate
Skill: Obtain a 12% hydro damage bonus. When other party members use elemental skills, Ayato gains one Wavespike stack, for a maximum of two stacks. This can trigger once every 0.3 seconds. When Ayato uses an elemental skill, he consumes all stacks of Wavespike to gain Rippling Upheaval, which increases his normal attack by 20% for each stack by eight seconds
Weapon banner
Mistsplitter Reforged Stat: Crit damage
Skill: Ayato gains a 12% hydro damage bonus, and stacks of Mistsplitter's Emblem. His elemental damage increases with each stack he gets, with one/two/three stacks adding 8/16/24% damage. Any stacks obtained through elemental damage from his normal attack have a five-second duration, and stacks gained through his elemental burst have a ten-second duration. Ayato also gains stacks when his energy is less than 100%, which last until his energy is fully charged
Weapon banner
The Black Sword Stat: Crit rate
Skill: Damage dealt by normal and charged attacks increases by 20%, and he regenerates 60% of his attack stat as HP when normal and charged attacks score a crit hit. This effect can occur once every five seconds
Battle Pass reward
Lion's Roar Stat: Attack
Skill: Increases damage against enemies affected by pyro or electro by 20% - we recommend using this in a team with Thoma, Xiangling, Fischl, or Kuki Shinobu.
All banners
Wolf Fang Stat:Crit rate
Skill:
Damage dealt by Alhaitham's elemental skill or burst increases by 16%. When an elemental skill or burst hits an opponent, the crit rate increases by 2%. Both effects last for ten seconds, can stack four times, and trigger once every 0.1 seconds
Battle Pass reward

Sub-DPS Ayato weapons

As with DPS Ayato, the Mistsplitter Reforged is a good choice for sub-DPS Ayato because of its energy recharge and boost to his burst damage. Similarly, Skyward Blade and Primordial Jade Cutter are great for their buffs. All of the above are five-star weapons, so may be tricky to get any, but you still have some great four-star options, too. Amenoma Kageuchi and Festering Desire are strong options, one of which you can forge via the Blacksmith.

Mistsplitter Reforged Stat: Crit damage
Skill: Ayato gains a 12% hydro damage bonus, and stacks of Mistsplitter's Emblem. His elemental damage increases with each stack he gets, with one/two/three stacks adding 8/16/24% damage. Any stacks obtained through elemental damage from his normal attack have a five-second duration, and stacks gained through his elemental burst have a ten-second duration. Ayato also gains stacks when his energy is less than 100%, which last until his energy is fully charged
Weapon banner
Skyward Blade Stat: Energy recharge
Skill: Increases crit rate by 4%. After Ayato uses an elemental burst, he gains Skypiercing Might, which increases movement speed by 10%, attack speed by 10%, and normal and charged attack damage by 20% for 12 seconds
Standard banner
Primordial Jade Cutter Stat: Crit rate
Skill: Increases HP by 20%, and provides an attack bonus based on Ayato's max HP
Weapon banner
Amenoma Kageuchi Stat: Attack
Skill: After casting an elemental skill, Ayato gains one Succession Seed. After using an elemental burst, consume all Succession Seeds and after two seconds, regenerate six energy for each seed consumed. This effect can trigger once every five seconds, with each seed lasting for 30 seconds. A maximum of three seeds may exist simultaneously
Get the blueprint by completing the Farmer's Treasure quest, then forge via blacksmith

What are the best Ayato artifacts?

Like our weapon suggestions, we'll outline both DPS and sub-DPS choices for Ayato. You've got two main choices for artifact sets for a DPS build. If you want to use Ayato as a hydro-focused DPS it's best to go with Heart of Depth. The second option is Echoes of an Offering. This one has a very unique skill that is designed to complement Ayato's kit.

For sub-DPS or burst support Ayato, you've got a few artifact options. You can go with a full set of Emblem of Severed Fate to increase his energy recharge, allowing him to use his burst more frequently, or you can also choose to give him a full set of Noblesse Oblige if you don't have someone on your team already using that set - its four-piece, team-wide buff doesn't stack. You can also go with two pieces of Heart of Depth and two pieces of Noblesse Oblige to boost both his hydro and burst damage.

Echoes of an Offering  Two pieces: Increases attack
Four pieces:
When normal attacks hit opponents, there's a 36% chance to trigger Valley Rite, which increases Ayato's normal attack damage by 70%. The effect is dispelled 0.05 seconds after a normal attack deals damage. If a normal attack fails to trigger Valley Rite, the odds of it triggering the next time are increased by 20%. This trigger can occur once every 0.2 seconds
Obtain from the Lost Valley domain
Emblem of Severed Fate Two pieces: Increases energy recharge
Four pieces: Increases elemental burst damage by 25% of energy recharge. You can obtain a maximum of 75% bonus damage in this way
Obtain from the Momiji-Dyed Court domain
Heart of Depth Two pieces: Increases hydro damage
Four pieces: Increases normal and charged attack damage after using an elemental skill by 30% for 15 seconds
Obtain from the Peak of Vindagnyr domain
Marechaussee Hunter Two pieces: Ayato's normal and charged attack damage increases
Four pieces:
When Ayato's current HP increases or decreases, his crit rate increases by 12% for five seconds. This can stack three times
Obtain from the Denouement of Sin domain
Nymph's Dream Two pieces: Increases hydro damage
Four pieces:
After normal, charged, and plunging attacks, elemental skills, and elemental bursts hit opponents, one stack of Mirrored Nymph will trigger, lasting eight seconds. When under the effect of one, two, or three or more Mirrored Nymph stacks, Ayato's attack increases by 7%/16%/25%, and his hydro damage bonus increases by 4%/9%/15%. Mirrored Nymph stacks created by normal, charged, and plunging attacks, elemental skills, and elemental bursts exist independently
Obtain from the Molten Iron Fortress domain

Artifact stat recommendations

These are the stats to look for to get the most damage out of Mr. Kamisato:

Main stats:

  • Sands - Attack, energy recharge
  • Goblet - Hydro damage bonus
  • Circlet - Crit rate or crit damage

Sub-stats:

  • Energy recharge
  • Crit rat
  • Crit damage

Genshin Impact Ayato's birthday art

What are the best Ayato team comps?

Ayato is a flexible unit that can slot into pretty much any team that needs reliable hydro application. Therefore, he can be a strong member of many vape, taser, hyperbloom, and permafreeze teams. A personal favorite combination of mine is Ganyu and Ayato, as their elemental burst sizes match up perfectly to freeze everything around them.

Here are some examples of strong Kamisato Ayato team comps:

 Ayato Genshin Impact XianglingXiangling Thoma Kazuha
 Ayato Ganyu Diona Venti
Ayato Nahida Kuki Shinobu
Yun Jin
Ayato Fischl iconFischl  Bennett Kazuha

What are Ayato's abilities?

Here are Ayato Genshin Impact's talents and what they do. Regardless of what build you go with, we recommend you prioritize leveling Kamisato Art: Kyouka Art first.

Active skills

Normal attack Kamisato Art: Marobashi
Normal:
Perform up to five strikes
Charged: Consume a certain amount of stamina to perform a more powerful attack
Plunging: Plunge from mid-air to strike the ground, dealing AoE damage on impact
Elemental skill Kamisato Art: Kyouka
Ayato stands still and enters the Takemiguri Kanka state, where he slashes forward at high speeds as you hold the skill button. As he moves, a watery illusion stays behind, which explodes and deals hydro AoE damage.
While in this state, Ayato uses Shunsuiken to deal hydro damage to opponents in front of him. His normal attacks become infused with hydro. Each hit on an enemy grants Namisen, which further increases his damage based on his maximum HP.
The initial maximum number of Namisen stacks is four, and you can gain one stack via Shunsuiken every 0.1 seconds.
Ayato's resistance to interruption is increased while in this state, but he cannot use charged or plunge attacks
Elemental burst Kamisato Art: Suiyuu
Create a wide AoE where Bloomwater Blades constantly rain down, striking opponents and dealing hydro damage. Additionally, any allies within the AoE gain a boost to their normal attack damage.

Passive skills

Kamisato Art: Mine Wo Matoishi Kiyotaki Ayato's elemental skill has the following properties: after use, it gains two Namisen stacks, and when the water illusion explodes, Ayato gains a Namisen effect equal to the maximum number of possible stacks
Kamisato Art: Michiyuku Hagetsu If Ayato isn't on the field and his energy is low, he regenerates a set amount of energy at regular intervals
Kamisato Art: Daily Cooking You have the chance to receive a suspicious dish of the same type when cooking

What are Ayato's constellations?

Here are all of Ayato's constellations. While all of his constellations are great, his C1 can help flush out multiple enemies in one single swoop once their health is depleted.

C1 Kyouka Fuushi
Shunsuiken damage is increased by 40% against opponents with 50% HP or less
C2 World Source
Namisen's maximum stack count increases by five. When Ayato has at least three Namisen stacks, his max HP is increased by 50%
C3 To Admire the Flowers
Increases the level of Kamisato Art: Kyouka by three. The maximum upgrade level is 15
C4 Endless Flow
After using Kamisato Art: Auiyuu, all nearby party members gain a 15% increased normal attack speed for 15 seconds
C5 Bansui Ichiro
Increases the level of Kamisato Art: Suiyuu by three. The maximum upgrade level is 15
C6 Boundless Origin
After using Kamisato Art: Kyouka, Ayato's next Shunsuiken attack creates two extra strikes upon hitting opponents, with each one dealing 450% of Ayato's attack as damage. Both of these Shunsuiken attacks are not affected by Namisen

Genshin Impact Ayato as seen in promotional artwork

What are Ayato's ascension materials?

These are all the materials you need to ascend Ayato. You can gather sakura blooms by using electro on sakura clouds around Inazuma, and handguards drop from Nobushi enemies.

20➔40 20k mora
One varunada lazurite sliver
Three sakura blooms
Three old handguards
40➔50 40k mora
Three varunada lazurite fragments
Ten sakura blooms
15 old handguards
Two dew of repudiation
50➔60 60k mora
Six varunada lazurite fragments
20 sakura blooms
12 Kageuchi handguards
Four dew of repudiation
60➔70 80k mora
Three varunada lazurite chunks
30 sakura blooms
18 Kageuchi handguards
Eight dew of repudiation
70➔80 100k mora
Six varunada lazurite chunks
45 sakura blooms
12 famed handguards
12 dew of repudiation
80➔90 120k mora
Six varunada lazurite gemstones
60 sakura blooms
24 famed handguards
20 dew of repudiation

Here is where to find all of the materials you need for Ayato:

  • Varunada lazurite - these hydro gems drop from weekly and normal bosses, especially the hydro hypostasis and the oceanid in Liyue
  • Sakura blooms - these flowers appear as misty pink clouds around Narukami Island - you can collect them by hitting them with the electro element
  • Dew of repudiation - this boss drop comes from the hydro hypostasis on Watatsumi Island
  • Old, Kageuchi, and famed handguards -these items drop from the Nobushi enemies across Inazuma

What are Ayato's talent materials?

In order to get Ayato's talents leveled up, you need a stack of elegance talent books, plenty of handguard drops from Inazuma's Nobushi enemies, and a pile of mora. As for the weekly boss drops he needs, it's the Mudra of Malefic General that Raiden Shogun's fight gives you.

1➔2 12.5k mora
Six old handguards
Three teachings of elegance
2➔3 17.5k mora
Three Kageuchi handguards
Two guides to elegance
3➔4 25k mora
Four Kageuchi handguards
Four guides to elegance
4➔5 30k mora
Six Kageuchi handguards
Six guides to elegance
5➔6 37.5k mora
Nine Kageuchi handguards
Nine guides to elegance
6➔7 120k mora
Four famed handguards
Four philosophies of elegance
One mudra of the Malefic General
7➔8 260k mora
Six famed handguards
Six philosophies of elegance
One mudra of the Malefic General
8➔9 450k mora
Nine famed handguards
12 philosophies of elegance
Two mudra of the Malefic General
9➔10 700k mora
12 famed handguards
16 philosophies of elegance
Two mudra of the Malefic General
One crown of insight

Here's where to find all of the above materials:

  • Old, Kageuchi, and famed handguards -these items drop from the Nobushi enemies across Inazuma
  • Elegance talent books - farm these in the Violet Court domain in Inazuma on Tuesday, Friday, and Sundays
  • Mudra of the Malefic General - you can get these as a reward for the Raiden Shogun boss fight in Inazuma. If you don't get the right drop, you can transform them at an alchemy station

Talent priority

When you're choosing which of Ayato's skills to prioritize, level them up in this order.

  •  Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack

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