Dear readers, welcome another key member of Fontaine’s society to your teams – Genshin Impact’s Emilie, renowned perfumier of the Court of Fontaine. She’s a five-star dendro character that can apply the leafy element while off field, and adds significant damage when paired with pyro party members. Here’s the best Emilie build and what to equip her with.
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Emilie build guide:
What’s the best Genshin Impact Emilie build?
Emilie is a five-star character who uses the dendro element and a polearm weapon.
| Best weapon | Lumidouce Elegy |
| Weapon substitutes | Calamity Queller, Prospector’s Drill |
| Best artifact set | Unfinished Reverie |
| Main stats | Sands – Attack Goblet – Dendro damage bonus Circlet – Crit rate/damage |
| Sub stats | Attack, crit rate, crit damage |
The best build for Emilie includes the Lumidouce Elegy polearm and a full set of Unfinished Reverie artifacts, making sure to include attack stats and a dendro damage-bonus piece, too.
Emilie’s kit focuses on allowing dendro reactions to happen, specifically burning, by deploying a Lumidouce Case onto the field, so you want to pair her with a pyro DPS and perhaps another pyro teammate to make sure you can pop off plenty of burn reactions – though we know that off-field pyro options are limited.
What are the best Emilie weapons?
The best weapon for Emilie overall is her signature polearm, Lumidouce Elegy. You can get this on the weapon banner while she has her own rate-up. Outside of this, you can use the Calamity Queller to massively boost her attack, or some great four-star options to add to her stats.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Lumidouce Elegy (five-star) | Bonus effect: Increases crit rate Skill: Emilie’s attack increases by 15%. After she triggers burning on an opponent or deals dendro damage to burning opponents, the damage dealt increases by 18%. This effect lasts for eight seconds and can stack twice. When Emilie has two stacks, or when the duration gets refreshed at two stacks, she restores 12 energy. Energy can be restored this way once every 12 seconds. The two effects can trigger even when she is off-field |
Weapon banner (alongside Emilie) |
| Calamity Queller (five-star) | Bonus effect: Increases attack Skill: Emilie gains a 12% elemental damage bonus, and obtains Consummation for 20 seconds after using her elemental skill. This causes her attack to increase per second, which can stack six times. When she is not on the field, the attack increase doubles |
Weapon banner (alongside Shenhe) |
| Prospector’s Drill (four-star) | Bonus effect: Increases attack Skill: When Emilie is healed, she gains a Unity Symbol that lasts for 30 seconds. She can hold three Symbols at once. When using her elemental skill or burst, she consumes the Symbols and gains the Sturggle effect for ten seconds. Each Symbol she consumes gives an attack and elemental damage bonus. The Struggle effect can trigger once every 15 seconds, and Emilie can gain Symbols when not on the field |
Weapon banner |
| Missive Windspear (four-star) | Bonus effect: Increases attack Skill: Within ten seconds of Emilie triggering an elemental reaction, her attack increases by 12%, and her elemental mastery increases by 48% |
Event reward |
What are the best Emilie artifacts?
Emilie benefits the most from a four-piece set of Unfinished Reverie artifacts to boost her damage to burning opponents. You can also mix and match a set of elemental skill-boosting pieces with a dendro damage-boost set, too.
A key stat to focus on for Emilie is her attack, as her passive skill and C6 (if you’re going for that) add a really big damage boost based on her total attack.
| Artifact set | Effect | How to obtain |
| Unfinished Reverie | Two equipped: Increases attack Four equipped: After leaving combat for three seconds, the damage dealt by Emilie increases by 50%. In combat, if there are no burning opponents nearby for six seconds or more, the damage bonus decreases 10% per second until it hits 0%. When a burning opponent exists, the damage bonus increases by 10% until reaching 50%. This triggers even when Emilie is off-field |
Faded Theater domain in Fontaine |
| Deepwood Memories | Two equipped: Dendro damage bonus Four equipped: When Emilie’s elemental skills or burst hits an opponent, their dendro resistance decreases by 30%, lasting for eight seconds. This triggers even when Emilie isn’t your active party member |
Spire of Solitary Enlightenment domain in Sumeru |
| Golden Troupe | Two equipped: Increases elemental skill damage Four equipped: Increases Emilie’s elemental skill damage by 25%. Additionally, when not on the field, her elemental skill damage increases by a further 25%. This effect clears two seconds after she becomes the active character |
Denouement of Sin domain in Fontaine |
Artifact stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Sands – Attack
- Goblet – Dendro damage bonus
- Circlet – Crit rate/damage
Sub-stats
- Attack
- Crit rate/damage
- Energy recharge
What are the best Emilie team comps?
You’re going to need off-field pyro characters to pair with Emilie – which means, once again, the power duo that is Xiangling and Bennett. Thoma is also a great option here thanks to his pyro damage-dealing elemental burst. As for your main DPS, you can use Gaming, Genshin Impact Arlecchino, Genshin Impact Lyney, or even Genshin Impact Klee – really any pyro DPS will work.
Interestingly, using a cryo DPS like Wriothesley or Genshin Impact’s Ganyu can also work well as Xiangling and Emilie will deal pyro and burning damage in the background, allowing Wriothesley (or Ganyu) to melt consistently.
While you can use Emilie in other dendro reaction teams, she is best for burning as her skill, passives, and constellations boost the specific reaction – quicken teams with Clorinde or Cyno are very fun, though.
 Emilie |
 Gaming |
 Xiangling |
 Bennett |
| Emilie |
 Wriothesley |
Xiangling |
 Thoma |
| Emilie |
 Kinich |
Xiangling |
Bennett |
| Emilie |
 Clorinde |
 Fischl |
 Baizhu |
| Emilie |
 Klee |
 Dehya |
Baizhu |
What are Emilie’s abilities?
Here is the full list of all of Emilie’s skills, including how she applies dendro to enemies and the boosts she can give your team while using the burning reaction.
Active skills
| Skill | Effect |
| Normal attack | Normal: Performs four strikes Charged: Consumes some stamina to perform an upward slash with her polearm Plunging: Plunges to the ground from mid-air to deal damage in a small AoE |
| Elemental skill: Fragrance Extraction | Emilie creates a Lumidouce Case that deals AoE dendro damage. The Lumidouce Case fires puffs of Puredew at enemies at set intervals, that deal dendro damage. When nearby opponents are affected by burning, they give off Scents. One Scent is created every two seconds. The Case collects the Scents and levels up after collecting two, which means it fires an extra puff of Puredew each time. The damage of the AoE attack increases. One Lumidouce Case can exist at once, and each Case starts at level one and can go up to level two. If the Case does not collect any Scents for eight seconds, it goes back to level oneArkhe: Pneuma Emilie deals Pneuma damage, which creates a Spiritbreath Thorn at regular intervals to piece enemies in front of her, dealing Pneuma-aligned dendro damage |
| Elemental burst: Aromatic Explication | Emilie converts fragrances collected by her Case to pure dendro energy, creating a level three Lumidouce Case. While this exists, the level three case does not collect Scents, but continuously causes Scented Dews to descent, attacking opponents with dendro damage. One drop of Scented Dew descends every 0.3 seconds, and one enemy can become the target every 0.7 seconds.When the duration of the Case ends, a level one Case appears. While Aromatic Explication is active, Emilie’s skill will not create a new Case |
Passive skills
| Skill | Effect |
| Lingering Fragrance | Each time a level two Lumidouce Case collects two Scents, it consumes all Scents and releases Cleardew Cologne, which deals AoE dendro damage equal to 600% of Emilie’s attack |
| Rectification | Emilie deals extra damage to burning opponents, based on her attack stat. Every 1,000 points of her attack increases damage by 15%. The maximum bonus she can achieve in this way is 36% |
| Headspace Capture | When a Lumidouce Case is on the field, all party members gain 85% pyro resistance against burning damage |
What are Emilie’s constellations?
If you happen to get more than one Emilie, or you’re going for the full C6, here are the constellations you can unlock as you get more copies of her.
| Constellation | Effect |
| C1: Light Fragrance Leaching | Increases the damage dealt by Emilie’s elemental skill and passive talent Cleardew Cologne by 20% – you need to unlock Cleardew Cologne first. When nearby party members trigger burning on an enemy or deal dendro damage to burning opponents, they generate extra Scent. This can trigger once every 2.9 seconds |
| C2: Lakelight Top Note | When Emilie’s elemental skill, burst, or passive talents hit opponents, the dendro resistance of the enemies decreases by 30% for ten seconds |
| C3: Exquisite Essence | Increases the level of Emilie’s elemental skill by three, up to a maximum level of 15 |
| C4: Lumidouce Heart Note | Emilie’s elemental burst’s duration extends by two seconds. The interval between opponents getting selected as the target for Scented Dew decreases by 0.3 seconds |
| C5: Puredew Aroma | Increases the level of Emilie’s elemental burst by three, up to a maximum level of 15 |
| C6: Marcotte Sillage | When using Emilie’s elemental skill or burst, she gains Abiding Fragrance for five seconds. While this is active, after Emilie uses normal or charged attacks, she generates one Scent. Her normal and charged attack damage also turns into dendro damage that cannot be overridden. The damage dealt increases by 300% of Emilie’s attack stat. The Abiding Fragrance effect removes after four scents get created, or after the duration expires. The state can get triggered once every 12 seconds |
What are Emilie’s ascension materials?
These are the materials you need to ascend Emilie through the levels and max her out at level 90.
| Required level | Mora | Materials |
| 20 | 20,000 | One nagadus emerald sliver, three lakelight lillies, three meshing gears |
| 40 | 40,000 | Three nagadus emerald fragments, two fragments of a golden melody, ten lakelight lillies, 15 meshing gears |
| 50 | 60,000 | Six nagadus emerald fragments, four fragments of a golden melody, 20 lakelight lillies, 12 mechanical spur gears |
| 60 | 80,000 | Three nagadus emerald chunks, eight fragments of a golden melody, 30 lakelight lillies, 18 mechanical spur gears |
| 70 | 100,000 | Six nagadus emerald chunks, 12 fragments of a golden melody, 45 lakelight lillies, 12 artificed dynamic gears |
| 80 | 120,000 | Six nagadus emerald gemstones, 20 fragments of a golden melody, 60 lakelight lillies, 24 artificed dynamic gears |
Here’s where you can get each of the materials you need to ascend her:
- Nagadus emerald – normal and weekly boss drops, especially dendro enemies like the dendro hypostasis
- Lakelight lillies – found growing in Fontaine, around Loch Urania
- Meshing gears, mechanical spur gears, artificed dynamic gears – these items are drops from meka enemies in Fontaine’s overworld. You can craft them into higher rarities at an alchemy bench
- Fragment of a golden melody – drops from the “Statue of Marble and Brass” boss in Fontaine’s Faded Castle area underwater
What are Emilie’s talent materials?
You need to make sure Emilie’s talents are upgraded at least a little in order to get the best out of her, and to do that, you need the following materials.
| Talent level | Mora | Materials |
| Two | 12,500 | Six meshing gears, three teachings of order |
| Three | 17,500 | Three mechanical spur gears, two guides to order |
| Four | 25,000 | Four mechanical spur gears, four guides to order |
| Five | 30,000 | Six mechanical spur gears, six guides to order |
| Six | 37,500 | Nine mechanical spur gears, nine guides to order |
| Seven | 120,000 | Four artificed dynamic gears, four philosophies of order, one silken feather |
| Eight | 260,000 | Six artificed dynamic gears, six philosophies of order, one silken feather |
| Nine | 450,000 | Nine artificed dynamic gears, 12 philosophies of order, two silken feathers |
| Ten | 700,000 | 12 artificed dynamic gears, 16 philosophies of order, two silken feathers, one crown of insight |
Here’s where to get all of Emilie’s talent materials:
- Order talent books – farm these in the Pale Forgotten Glory domain in Fontaine on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays
- Meshing gears, mechanical spur gears, artificed dynamic gears – these items are drops from meka enemies in Fontaine’s overworld. You can craft them into higher rarities at an alchemy bench
- Silken feather – drops from the weekly Knave boss fight in Fontaine. If you get the wrong drop, you can transform it at an alchemy bench using Dream Solvent
Talent priority:
Make sure to focus on Emilie’s elemental skill above all else, then her burst, and then her normal attack last.
- Elemental skill > elemental burst > normal attack
Who is Genshin Impact’s Emilie?
If you’ve spent much time wandering around Fontaine, you’ve probably heard of Emilie, the master perfumier creating scintillating smells for those who can afford it. Below Chioriya Boutique, there’s a store with a staff member outside who talks to you about Emilie.
We haven’t seen or met her in the game just yet, but Genshin Impact’s Chevreuse, Genshin Impact’s Charlotte, and Genshin Impact’s Lyney among other characters have voicelines about her. Judging by Charlotte’s line stating that a perfume she got also acts as an insect repellant and antiperspirant, it seems that Emilie really knows what she’s doing with alchemy.
As you travel through Teyvat, don’t forget to build key characters like Genshin Impact’s Xiangling, Genshin Impact’s Zhongli, Genshin Impact’s Yelan, and Genshin Impact’s Raiden Shogun.