While most of Fontaine is swept up in the spectacle of the court, there are other characters in the shadows like Genshin Impact’s Clorinde. We met the Champion Duelist right as we stepped into Fontaine, and now have her as a formidable five-star, electro DPS, dealing plenty of damage with a pistolier and sword in a lightning-quick sequence.
For more information on the Genshin Impact Fontaine region, check out some of the other characters like Genshin Impact’s Charlotte, Genshin Impact’s Neuvillette, and Genshin Impact’s Wriothesley.
Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Clorinde build guide:
What’s the best Clorinde build?
Clorinde is a five-star character who uses the electro element, and a sword weapon. She uses pistols in her animations, too.
| Best weapon | Absolution |
| Weapon substitutes | Mistsplitter Reforged, Lion’s Roar |
| Best artifact set | Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy |
| Main stats | Sands – Attack Goblet – Electro damage bonus Circlet – Crit rate/damage |
| Sub stats | Crit rate, crit damage, attack, energy recharge |
Genshin Impact’s Clorinde, the champion duelist, is a very capable electro DPS. Her elemental skill infuses her attacks and lets her zip from enemy to enemy multiple times, dealing electro damage on each hit.
She primarily scales off her attack stat, so we recommend artifacts like Echoes of an Offering, though she also employs a Bond of Life – which means the Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy set works well for her. In terms of swords, Clorinde’s best weapon is her signature, Absolution. As for who to put her in a team with, hyperbloom reactions work very well with Clorinde, but you can aim for overloaded, aggravate, or quicken as well.
What are the best weapons for Clorinde?
Clorinde, as a five-star unit, has her own signature weapon – The Absolution sword is her best in slot. However, there are plenty of options you can use instead, such as the Mistsplitter Reforged, or even the four-star Lion’s Roar. The key is to pick a weapon that has either attack or crit rate/damage as its main stat to add to Clorinde’s damage.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Absolution (five-star) | Bonus stat: Increases crit damage Skill: Clorinde’s crit damage increases by 20%. Increasing the value of Clorinde’s Bond of Life increases her damage by 16% for six seconds. This can stack three times |
Weapon banner (alongside Clorinde) |
| Mistsplitter Reforged (five-star) | Bonus stat: Increases crit damage Effect: Gain a 12% electro damage bonus. At stacks 1/2/3, Clorinde’s elemental damage increases by a further by 8/16/28%. Each stack has an individual duration and is gained through normal attacks (with elemental damage), using an elemental burst, and having less than 100% energy |
Weapon banner (alongside Ayaka) |
| Finale of the Deep (four-star) | Bonus stat: Increases attack Effect: When using her elemental skill, Clorinde’s attack increases by 12% for 15 seconds. She also gains a Bond of Life worth 25% of her maximum HP. This effect can trigger once every ten seconds. When the Bond of Life is cleared, Clorinde gains a maximum of 150 attack, based on 2.4% of the Bond when cleared – this boost lasts for 15 seconds |
Forged |
| Lion’s Roar (four-star) | Bonus stat: Increases attack Effect: Increases damage against enemies affected by pyro or electro by 20% |
All banners |
| The Black Sword (four-star) | Bonus stat: Increases crit rate Effect: Increases the damage of Clorinde’s normal and charged attacks by 20%. Additionally, she regenerates 60% of her attack as HP when normal and charged attacks score a crit hit. This can trigger once every five seconds |
Battle Pass |
What are Clorinde’s best artifacts?
Clorinde, as a DPS, needs damage-boosting artifacts to perform properly. Due to her Bond of Life mechanic, we recommend the Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy set, or if you’re not getting lucky with the drops, you can use any attack-boosting two-piece with a set of Thundering Fury, too. You should also aim for some HP stats, as Clorinde’s Bond of Life scales off her maximum HP, as does her self-healing.
| Artifact set | Effect | How to obtain |
| Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy | Two equipped: Increases attack Four equipped: When the value of a Bond of Life increases or decreases, Clorinde deals 18% more damage for six seconds. This can stack three times |
Faded Theater domain in Fontaine |
| Thundering Fury | Two equipped: Increases electro damage Four equipped: Increases the damage of overload, electro-charged, superconduct, and hyperbloom by 40%. Increases the damage of aggravate by 20%. If quicken or another electro reaction triggers, Clorinde’s elemental skill cooldown decreases by one second. This can occur once every 0.8 seconds |
Midsummer Courtyard domain in Mondstadt |
| Marechaussee Hunter | Two equipped: Normal and charged attack damage increase Four equipped: When Clorinde’s current HP increases or decreases, her crit rate increases by 12% for five seconds. This can stack three times |
The Lost Valley domain on the Chasm’s surface |
| Echoes of an Offering | Two equipped: Increases attack Four equipped: When Clorinde’s normal attack hits an opponent, there is a 36% chance to trigger Valley Rite. This increases her normal attack damage by 70% of her attack stat. This dispels 0.5 seconds after her normal attack deals damage. If an attack fails to trigger Valley Rite, the odds of it triggering next time increase by 20% |
The Lost Valley domain on the Chasm’s surface |
Artifact stat recommendations
Clorinde, as a DPS, requires a good deal of attack, crit rate, and crit damage. Aim for these stats when picking out artifacts for her:
Main stats:
- Sands: Attack
- Goblet: Electro damage bonus
- Circlet: Crit rate or crit damage
Sub-stats:
- Crit damage/rate
- Attack
- HP
- Energy recharge
To find out more about how artifacts work, check out our Genshin Impact artifacts guide.
What are the best Clorinde team comps?
For Clorinde’s teams, she’s going to be your damage dealer. Other members of the team should be anyone who can buff, heal, shield, or provide elemental reactions. Furina, Nahida, Fischl, and Chevreuse are excellent choices to help pop off plenty of reactions. Also, remember that Kazuha can easily be swapped out for Lynette, Jean, or Sucrose, depending on who your preferred grouper is.
Be mindful that when Clorinde’s skill is active, she cannot be healed by other characters – only herself.
| First character slot | Second character slot | Third character slot | Fourth character slot |
 Clorinde |
 Furina |
 Nahida |
 Baizhu |
| Clorinde |
 Raiden Shogun |
Nahida |
 Kazuha |
| Clorinde |
Raiden Shogun |
Furina |
Kazuha |
| Clorinde |
 Chevreuse |
 Thoma |
 Fischl |
| Clorinde |
Chevreuse |
 Bennett |
 Xiangling |
What are Clorinde’s abilities?
Here are all of Clorinde’s skills, including her off-field passive ability that allows her to mark Fontaine-specific items on the map.
Active skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Normal attack: Oath of Hunting Shadows | Normal: Clorinde performs up to five rapid strikes Charged: Consuming some stamina, Clorinde fires Suppressing Shots in a fan pattern Plunging: Clorinde plunges to the ground to deal AoE damage to targets around her |
| Elemental skill: Hunter’s Vigil | Using her pistolet, Clorinde enters the Night Vigil state. Here, her normal attacks turn into Swift Hunt pistol attacks and deal electro damage. This can’t be overridden with other infusions. She also cannot use charged attacks in this state. Using Clorinde’s elemental skill transforms it into Impale the Night, where Clorinde lunges forward dealing electro damage.Swift Hunt – When Clorinde’s Bond of Life is equal to or greater than 100% of her maximum HP, she shoots with her pistolet. If it is less than 100%, she grants herself a Bond when using her pistolet.Impale the Night – The current percentage of her Bond of Life determines different effects. If the bond is 0%, Clorinde performs a normal strike. If the bond is less than 100% of her max HP, she heals herself based on the value of the Bond, and does an AoE lunging attack. If the Bond is 100% or more of her maximum HP, she uses Impale the Night: Pact, which grants extra healing and damage. When Clorinde is in the Night Vigil state, she cannot be healed by anything other than her own abilities.Arkhe: Ousia When Clorinde’s Swift Hunt shots strike opponents, she summons a Surging Blade to deal Ousia damage to opponents |
| Elemental burst: Last Lightfall | Clorinde grants herself a Bond of Life based on her own maximum HP, before evading attacks and striking with her saber and pistolet together, dealing AoE electro damage |
Passive skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Dark-Shattering Flames (unlocked at ascension one) | When party members trigger an electo reaction, Clorinde’s electro damage increases by 20% during Last Lightfall and her normal attacks. This lasts for 15 seconds and can stack three times. The maximum damage increase is 1,800 |
| Lawful Remuneration (unlocked at ascension four) | If Clorinde’s Bond of Life is equal to or greater than 100% of her maximum HP, her crit rate increases by 10% for 15 seconds whenever the Bond’s value increases or decreases. This can stack twice. Additionally, Night Vigil state’s healing increases to 100% |
| Night Vigil’s Harvest (unlocked automatically) | Clorinde displays the location of Fontaine’s unique resources on the mini-map |
What are Clorinde’s constellations?
If you happen to pull more than one copy of Clorinde, or if you’re going for the full C6, you can unlock plenty of helpful boosts to her kit.
| Constellation | Effect |
| C1: “From This Day, I Pass the Candle’s Shadow-Veil” | While the Night Vigil state is active, electro damage from Clorinde’s normal attacks triggers two coordinated attacks from a Night Vigil Shade. These deal 30% of Clorinde’s attack as electro damage. This can occur every 1.2 seconds |
| C2: “Now, As We Face the Perils of the Long Night” | Enhances Clorinde’s passive talent, Dark-Shattering Flame. After a party member triggers an electro reaction, Clorinde’s electro damage from her normal attack and Last Lightfall increase by 30% of her attack for 15 seconds. This can stack three times. Each stack sounds independently. The maximum damage increase you can get this way is 2,700. When you have three stacks, her interruption resistance increases |
| C3: “I Pledge to Remember the Oath of Daylight” | Increases the level of Hunter’s Vigil by three, up to a maximum level of 15 |
| C4: “To Enshrine Tears, Life, and Love” | When Last Lightfall deals damage to opponents, Clorinde’s damage dealt increases based on her Bond of Life percentage. Every 1% of the Bond increases damage by 2%. The maximum damage you can gain this way is 200% |
| C5: “Holding Dawn’s Coming as My Votive” | Increases the level of Last Lightfall by three, up to a maximum level of 15 |
| C6: “And So Shall I Never Despair” | For 12 seconds after using Hunter’s Vigil, Clorinde’s crit rate increases by 10%, and her crit rate by 70%. While Night Vigil is active, a Glimbright Shade appears under specific circumstances, dealing 200% of Clorinde’s attack as electro damage. Glimbright Shades appear when Clorinde is about to be hit by an attack, and when she uses Impale the Night: Pact. You can summon one Shade every second. Six shades can be attained per Night Vigil duration. While Night Vigil is active, the damage Clorinde receives reduces by 80%, and her interruption resistance increases. This disappears when Night Vigil ends, or when Clorinde summons six Glimbright Shades |
What are Clorinde’s ascension materials?
To get Clorinde leveled up to the max, you need to find the following items for her ascensions.
| Level | Mora | Materials |
| 20 | 20k | One vajrada amethyst sliver, three lumitoiles, three transoceanic pearl |
| 40 | 40k | Threevajrada amethyst fragments, ten lumitoiles, 15 transoceanic pearls, two fontemer unihorns |
| 50 | 60k | Six vajrada amethyst fragments, 20 lumitoiles, 12 transoceanic chunks, four fontemer unihorns |
| 60 | 80k | Three vajrada amethyst chunks, 30 lumitoiles, 18 transoceanic chunks, eight fontemer unihorns |
| 70 | 100k | Six vajrada amethyst chunks, 45 lumitoiles, 12 xenochromatic crystals, 12 fontemer unihorns |
| 80 | 120k | Six vajrada amethyst gemstones, 60 lumitoiles, 24 xenochromatic crystals, 20 fontemer unihorns |
Here’s where to get all of Clorinde’s ascension materials:
- Vajrada amethyst – obtain from normal and weekly bosses or craft via alchemy
- Lumitoiles – gather from Fontaine’s beaches
- Transoceanic pearls and chunks, and xenochromatic crystals – obtain from most underwater enemies along with fontemer aberrants on Fontaine’s shorelines
- Fontemer unihorns – drops from the Millennial Pearl Seahorse in Fontaine’s ocean
What are Clorinde’s talent materials?
Similar to her ascensions, Clorinde’s talents need upgrading. Below is a table containing the materials you need for each skill.
| Level | Mora | Materials |
| Two | 12.5k | Three teachings of justice, six transoceanic pearls |
| Three | 17.5k | Two guide to justice, three transoceanic chunks |
| Four | 25k | Four guide to justice, four transoceanic chunks |
| Five | 30k | Six guide to justice, six transoceanic chunks |
| Six | 37.5k | Nine guide to justice, nine transoceanic chunks |
| Seven | 120k | Four philosophies of justice, four xenochromatic crystals, one puppet strings |
| Eight | 260k | Six philosophies of justice, six xenochromatic crystals, one everamber |
| Nine | 450k | 12 philosophies of justice, nine xenochromatic crystals, two everamber |
| Ten | 700k | 16 philosophies of justice, 12 xenochromatic crystals, two everamber, one crown of insight |
Here’s where to get all of Clorinde’s talent materials:
- Justice talent books – obtain from the Pale Forgotten Glory domain in Fontaine on Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sundays
- Transoceanic pearls and chunks, and xenochromatic crystals – obtain from most underwater enemies along with fontemer aberrants on Fontaine’s shorelines
- Everamber – drops from the Realm of Beginnings weekly boss in Sumeru
Talent priority:
When picking what to level up first, you should prioritize Clorinde’s elemental skill.
- Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack
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