While there are heaps of characters to fawn over in Sumeru, Genshin Impact’s Dehya certainly doesn’t intend on getting lost in the fold. Known as the ‘Flame-Mane’, Dehya works as a mercenary in the Eremites faction, and boy, is she good at it – she’s known all over Sumeru and is held in very high regard.
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Dehya guide and build:
What’s the best Genshin Impact Dehya build?
Dehya, the five-star claymore wielder, uses the pyro element in her kit.
| Best weapon | Beacon of the Reed Sea |
| Weapon substitutes | Wolf’s Gravestone, Favonius Greatsword |
| Best artifact set | Crimson Witch of Flames and Tenacity of the Millelith |
| Main stats | Sands – HP/attack Goblet – Pyro damage bonus Circlet – HP/attack |
| Sub stats | Attack, HP, crit rate/damage |
It’s, unfortunately, no secret that Dehya isn’t the powerful unit we’d hoped for, but with some work (and constellations), she can be a helpful party member. Dehya is capable of dealing off-field pyro damage and unleashing powerful melee attack strings. Any off-field pyro is welcome given that there are very limited options to provide this in a team comp.
Her best weapon is Beacon of the Reed Sea, and the best artifacts to equip her with are Tenacity of the Millelith and Crimson Witch of Flames. The main meat of Dehya’s kit goes towards mitigating damage for other party members by taking it herself, but you can use her as a main damage dealer if you wish.
How do I use Dehya?
As for her exact role, Dehya is a little confusing. Dehya fits a main DPS slot and excels most when you pair her up with strong buffer and support characters, especially when her burst is active. She’s not really made for a pyro application role and is more of a tanky damage dealer, but her elemental skill places a pyro-infused AoE on the ground, aiding elemental reactions.
What are the best Dehya weapons?
Dehya’s signature weapon is Beacon of the Reed Sea and is definitely her best-in-slot. It’s tailored around her kit and therefore is Dehya’s overall best weapon, though there are other options that work just as well.
The Serpent Spine, especially at R5, is an extremely well-rounded weapon and a great option for most claymore wielders. With its high crit rate and damage output, it is a solid choice for Dehya. Aside from that, Wolf’s Gravestone is also a good option, as the dramatic attack boost it offers should also increase the pyro damage dealt by her Fiery Sanctum.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Beacon of the Reed Sea (five-star) | Bonus effect: Crit rate Skill: Increases Dehya’s attack by 20% for eight seconds after her elemental skill hits an opponent. If she takes damage, her attack increases by 20% for eight seconds. These two effects can trigger even when she’s not on the field. When she isn’t protected by a shield, Dehya’s max HP increases by 32% |
Chronicled Wish banner |
| Redhorn Stonethresher (five-star) | Bonus effect: Increases crit damage Skill: Increases Dehya’s defense by 28%. Her normal and charged attack damage increases by 40% of her total defense stat |
Weapon banner (alongside Arataki Itto) |
| Wolf’s Gravestone (five-star) | Bonus effect: Attack Skill: Increases Dehya’s attack by 20%. On hit, attacks against enemies with less than 30% HP increase all party members’ attack by 40% for 12 seconds. This can only occur once every 30 seconds |
Standard and Chronicled Wish banner |
| Favonius Greatsword (four-star) | Bonus effect: Energy recharge Skill: Dehya’s crit hits have a 60% chance of generating an elemental orb. This orb then regenerates six energy for her once she picks it up. This can only happen once every 12 seconds |
Standard banner |
| Portable Power Saw (four-star) | Bonus effect: Increases HP Skill: When Dehya receives healing, she gains a Stoic Symbol for 30 seconds. She can hold three at any time. Using her elemental skill or burst uses these Symbols and grants her the Roused effect for ten seconds. Each Symbol grants her 40 elemental mastery and two energy |
Weapon banner |
What are the best Dehya artifacts?
Dehya’s kit takes a little getting used to, and so her ‘best’ artifacts can cause some confusion. Two pieces of Crimson Witch of Flames and two pieces of Tenacity of the Millelith are generally the best choices for her, as they boost both her pyro damage and HP. Alternatively, you can use a two-piece set of Vourukasha’s Glow to add to her HP.
In terms of what sort of pieces you should aim for, it depends on what you want to use Dehya for. Her skills scale off attack and HP, so those two stats are a good shout – however, if you have Dehya’s C1, it adds to her HP stat, allowing you to focus on other stats like crit and attack.
For those who wish to use her burst often, Dehya needs around 200% or more energy recharge. If you want to use her elemental skill as an off-field pyro application, we recommend a set of Golden Troupe or a full set of Vourukasha’s Glow.
If you’re using Dehya as support alongside a shielder, you can use a four-piece set of Tenacity of the Millelith to increase shield strength and buff the party’s attack.
| Artifact set | Effect | How to obtain |
| Vourukasha’s Glow | Two equipped: Increases HP Four equipped: Elemental skill and elemental burst damage increase by 10%. After Dehya takes damage, the damage bonus is increased by 80% for five seconds. This effect increase can have five stacks. These effects can be triggered even when Dehya is not on the field |
Molten Iron Fortress domain in Sumeru |
| Tenacity of the Millelith | Two equipped: Max HP increase Four equipped: This set increases the attack stat of all party members by 20%, and also increases shield strength by 30%, lasting for three seconds. This triggers when an elemental skill hits an opponent and can trigger when Dehya is off-field |
Ridge Watch domain in Mondstadt |
| Crimson Witch of Flames | Two equipped: Increases pyro damage Four equipped: Increases overloaded, burning, and burgeon damage by 40%. Increases vaporize and melt damage by 15%. Using an elemental skill increases the two-piece effects by a further 50% for ten seconds |
Hidden Palace of Zhou Formula domain in Liyue |
| Golden Troupe | Two equipped: Increases elemental skill damage by 20% Four equipped: Increases Dehya’s elemental skill damage by 25%. Additionally, when she’s not on the field, Dehya’s elemental skill damage will further increase by 25%. This effect will clear two seconds after taking the field |
Denouement of Sin domain in Fontiane |
| Emblem of Severed Fate | Two equipped: Increases energy recharge Four equipped: Increases elemental burst damage by 25% of Dehya’s energy recharge. Gain a maximum of 75% bonus damage in this way |
Momiji-Dyed Court domain in Inazuma |
Artifact stat recommendations
As for which stats to aim for, Dehya works best with a stacked HP and attack stat, but crit rate, crit damage, and energy recharge won’t hurt either.
Main stats:
- Sands: HP, attack
- Goblet: Pyro damage bonus
- Circlet: Crit rate or crit damage
Sub-stats:
- Energy recharge
- Crit rate
- Crit damage
- Attack
- HP
What are the best Dehya team comps?
Dehya, like many other on-field DPS, requires a team that revolves around supporting and enabling. As Dehya can heal herself, she doesn’t necessarily need a healer or shielder unless you’re facing some seriously hefty foes.
Generally, we recommend pairing her up with Bennett due to his handy attack buff (with the added comfort of some extra heals when needed), along with a hydro or cryo sub-DPS. She also works well with Kazuha, who can shred enemy resistance before she unleashes her furious fists.
 Dehya |
 Mualani |
 Emilie |
 Bennett |
| Dehya |
Emilie |
 Nahida |
Flex pyro DPS |
| Dehya |
 Lyney |
 Kazuha |
Bennett |
| Dehya |
 Chevreuse |
 Raiden |
Bennett |
| Dehya |
 Wriothesley |
Kazuha |
Bennett |
On a personal note, using Dehya with Genshin Impact’s Candace‘s burst means Dehya can vape on her own with the hydro infusion – we also like to use them together as they’re canonically friends! Kuki Shinobu’s electro ring is also really handy for extra damage and popping off some reactions, too.
What are Dehya’s abilities?
Active skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| Normal attack: Sandstorm Assault | Normal: Perform up to four consecutive strikes using Dehya’s weapon and physical attacks Charged: Using some of her stamina, Dehya deals continuous slashes to targets. This string ends with a powerful smash Plunging: Dehya plunges from mid-air and strikes the ground, damaging opponents with an AoE impact |
| Elemental skill: Molten Inferno |
Perform one of the following attacks depending on the combat situation: Indomitable Flame Ranging Flame Fiery Sanctum: |
| Elemental burst: Leonine Bite | Dehya enters the Blazing Lioness state and increases her resistance to interruption. In this state, Dehya automatically and continuously unleashes the Flame-Mane’s Fist, dealing pyro damage based on her attack and max HP. When the Blazing Lioness stat expires, Dehya unleashes an Incineration Drive, dealing AoE pyro damage based on her attack and max HP. If you activate Leonine Bite when Dehya’s Fiery Sanctum is active, Dehya retrieves it and creates another field once Blazing Lioness expires. This field takes on the retrieved field’s duration at the moment of its retrieval. While in the Blazing Lioness state, Dehya can’t cast her elemental skill or perform normal, charged, and plunging attacks – instead, they’re replaced by Roaring Barrage. If you unleash Roaring Barrage within 0.4 seconds after each Flame-Mane’s Fist strike it increases the attack speed of the next Flame-Mane’s Fist strike |
Passive skills:
| Skill | Effect |
| The Sunlit Way (unlocked automatically) | Increases the movement speed of your party members by 10% during the day (6:00 – 18:00 in-game). This doesn’t take effect in domains, trounce domains, or the Spiral Abyss, and doesn’t stack with passive talents that provide the same effects |
| Unstinting Succor (unlocked at ascension one) | Within six seconds of Dehya retrieving the Fiery Sanctum field through Molten Inferno: Raging Flame or Leonine Bite, she takes 60% less damage from Redmane’s Blood. This can trigger once every two seconds. Additionally, within nine seconds of Dehya unleashing Molten Inferno: Indomitable Flame, she grants all party members the Gold-Forged Form state. This state further increases a character’s resistance to interruption when they’re within the Fiery Sanctum field. You can trigger Gold-Forged Form max once every 18 seconds |
| Stalwart and True (unlocked at ascension four) | When Dehya’s health falls below 40%, she restores 6% every two seconds for the next ten seconds. This effect can trigger once every 20 seconds |
What are Dehya’s constellations?
If you pull a duplicate of Dehya on her banner, you can unlock a special buff called a constellation. Here are each of Dehya’s constellations – under the name Mantichora.
| Constellation | Effect |
| C1: The Flame Incandescent |
Increases Dehya’s max HP by 20%, and she deals bonus damage based on her max HP when she uses the following attacks: -Increases Molten Inferno’s damage by 3.6% of her max HP -Increases Leonite Bite’s damage by 6% of her max HP |
| C2: The Sand-Blades Glittering | When Dehya uses Molten Inferno: Ranging Flame, the duration of the recreated Fiery Sanctum field increases by four seconds. Additionally, when a Fiery Sanctum exists on the field, the damage dealt by its next coordinated attack increases by 50% when enemies attack active characters within the Fiery Sanctum’s AoE |
| C3: A Rage Swift as Fire | Increases the level of Leonine Bite by three, to a maximum of level 15 |
| C4: An Oath Abiding | When you hit opponents with Flame-Mane’s Fist and Incineration Drive during Leonine Bite, they restore 1.5 energy for Dehya and 2.5% of her max HP. This effect can trigger once every 0.2 seconds |
| C5: The Alpha Unleashed | Increases the level of Molten Inferno by three, up to a maximum of level 15 |
| C6: The Burning Claws Cleaving | Increases the crit rate of Leonine Bit by 10%. Additionally, after a Flame-Mane’s Fist attack hits an opponent and deals crit hits, it increases the crit damage of Leonine Bite by 15% and extends its duration by 0.5 seconds. This effect can trigger every 0.2 seconds. The duration can extend by a maximum of two seconds, and its crit damage can increase by a maximum of 60% in this way |
What are Dehya’s ascension materials?
In order to ascend Dehya, you need to head to Sumeru’s desert for most of her requirements:
| Required level | Mora | Materials |
| 20 | 20,000 | One agnidus agate sliver, three faded red satin, three sand grease pupas |
| 40 | 40,000 | Three agnidus agate fragments, 15 trimmed red silk, ten sand grease pupas, two light guiding tetrahedrons |
| 50 | 60,000 | Six agnidus agate fragments, 12 trimmed red silk, 20 sand grease pupas, four light guiding tetrahedrons |
| 60 | 80,000 | Three agnidus agate chunks, 18 trimmed red silk, 30 sand grease pupas, eight light guiding tetrahedrons |
| 70 | 100,000 | Six agnidus agate chunks, 12 rich red brocade, 45 sand grease pupas, 12 light guiding tetrahedrons |
| 80 | 120.000 | Six agnidus agate gemstones, 24 rich red brocade, 60 sand grease pupas, 20 light guiding tetrahedrons |
If you’re not sure where to find these items, let us help.
- Agnidus agate – these pyro gems drop from weekly and normal bosses, especially the pyro hypostasis, emperor of fire and iron, and the pyro regisvine
- Sand grease pupa – these insects grow in Sumeru’s desert of Hadramaveth, especially around the Passage of Ghouls
- Light guiding tetrahedrons – this boss drop comes from the Algorithm of Semi-Intransient Matrix of Overseer Network boss in Sumeru’s desert
- Faded red satin, trimmed red silk, rich red brocade – these items drop from Eremite enemies in Sumeru across the desert and forests
What are Dehya’s talent materials?
You can upgrade Dehya’s normal attack, elemental skill, and elemental burst to level ten each. Here are the materials you need:
| Talent level | Mora | Materials |
| Two | 12,500 | Three teachings of praxis, six faded red satin |
| Three | 17,500 | Two guides to praxis, three trimmed red silk |
| Four | 25,000 | Four guides to praxis, four trimmed red silk |
| Five | 30,000 | Six guides to praxis, six trimmed red silk |
| Six | 37,500 | Nine guides to praxis, nine trimmed red silk |
| Seven | 120,000 | Four philosophies of praxis, four rich red brocade, one puppet string |
| Eight | 260,000 | Six philosophies of praxis, six rich red brocade, one puppet string |
| Nine | 450,000 | 12 philosophies of praxis, nine rich red brocade, two puppet strings |
| Ten | 700,000 | 16 philosophies of praxis, 12 rich red brocade, two puppet strings, one crown of insight |
Here’s how to get each item you need for Dehya’s talents:
- Faded red satin, trimmed red silk, rich red brocade – these items drop from Eremite enemies in Sumeru across the desert and forests
- Praxis talent books – farm these in the Steeple of Ignorance domain in Sumeru on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sundays
- Puppet strings – you can get these as a reward for the Shouki No Kami (The Balladeer) weekly boss in Sumeru. If you don’t get the right drop, you can transform them at an alchemy station
Talent priority:
When you’re leveling up Dehya’s abilities, do them in this order.
- Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack
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