The long-rumored ‘lion dance boy’ is here – he’s Genshin Impact’s Gaming (pronounced gah-ming) and is a Wushou dancer hailing from Liyue. In combat, he’s a little fireball that’s a bit like Sonic mixed with Spider-Man, but on fire. Our Genshin Gaming build can help you to figure out which artifacts and weapons are best for him, and which teammates to pair him with.
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Gaming build:
What is the best Genshin Impact Gaming build?
Gaming is a four-star pyro user, armed with a claymore, and is a plunge-attack-based DPS.
| Rarity | ★★★★ |
| Element | Pyro |
| Weapon | Claymore |
| Best weapon | Serpent Spine |
| Substitute weapons | Redhorn Stonethresher, Mailed Flower |
| Best artifact set | Marechaussee Hunter |
| Artifact substitutes | Crimson Witch of Flames, Vermillion Hereafter |
| Main stats | Sands: Attack Goblet: Pyro damage bonus Circlet: Crit damage/rate |
| Sub-stats | Crit rate, crit damage, attack, energy recharge |
Gaming’s attacks cause him to lose HP, but his elemental skill can provide some healing to him, so you shouldn’t be in too much of a pinch. You can easily use him alongside healers or a shield, though.
If you want to focus on reactions, you really need off-field applicators in the party with him as he has no off-field capabilities himself. Characters like Xingqiu, Furina, Nahida, and Raiden work very nicely here.
His best weapon is the Serpent Spine claymore, and his best artifact sets are full four-piece sets of Marechaussee Hunter or Crimson Witch of Flames, depending on the team you have him in.
How do I use Gaming?
The best way to use Gaming is to use his ultimate, then perform plunge attacks with his elemental skill to deal heavy pyro damage. During Gaming’s ultimate, Man Chai – his summon – can end his skill cooldown early, allowing you to deal more instances of plunge damage in quick succession.
If you use teammates with off-field elemental applications or use them before you swap to Gaming, you can perform plenty of reactions during his turn. We recommend using him to trigger vape, burgeon, and burn.
What are the best weapons for Gaming?
In Gaming’s character demo and stream appearance, we see him using the Blackcliff Slasher claymore. This is a good option for any DPS, but is quite expensive as it is sold in the Starglitter exchange, and cannot be forged. As with a lot of claymore users in Genshin, if you have a Serpent Spine or Itto’s signature weapon – the Redhorn Stonethresher – will work a treat on Gaming. Perhaps you have Navia’s signature weapon, Verdict, or Dehya’s claymore, Beacon of the Reed Sea, knocking around too – you can easily use these on Gaming as well.
If you’re going for more reaction-based gameplay, the Mailed Flower claymore from a Sumeru event can boost his stats nicely, or the Ultimate Overlord’s Mega Magic Sword from a Fontaine event. Annoyingly, these weapons had a one-time window for you to get them, so you won’t be able to find them anymore.
| Serpent Spine | Stat: Crit rate Skill: Every four seconds Gaming is on the field, he deals 6% more damage but takes 3% more damage, too. This effect can stack up to five times and is not reset if he leaves the field. The stack reduces by one if Gaming takes damage |
Battle Pass reward |
| Redhorn Stonethresher | Stat: increases crit damage Skill: Increases Gaming’s defense by 28%. His normal and charged attack damage increases by 40% of his defense |
Weapon banner |
| Blackcliff Slasher | Stat: Crit rate Skill: After defeating an enemy, Gaming’s attack increases by 12% for 30 seconds. This effect has a maximum of three stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others |
Starglitter Exchange |
| Earth Shaker | Stat: Attack Skill: After a party member triggers a pyro-related reaction, Gaming’s elemental skill damage increases by 16%. This effect can trigger even when the triggering party member is not on the field |
Forged |
| Ultimate Overlord’s Mega Magic Sword | Stat: Energy recharge Skill: Increases Gaming’s attack by 12%. For every Melusine you help (that is, complete their associated quest) in Merusea Village, you can increase your attack by an extra 12%. The stickers on the claymore show how many Melusines you’ve helped |
Event reward |
| Talking Stick | Stat: Crit rate Skill: Gaming’s attack increases by 16% for 15 seconds after being affected by pyro. This effect can trigger once every 12 seconds. All elemental damage bonuses will increase by 12% for 15 seconds after being affected by hydro, cryo, electro, or dendro. This effect can trigger once every 12 seconds |
Battle pass |
What are the best artifacts for Gaming?
Gaming doesn’t specifically scale off anything with his attacks, so a few different substats won’t go amiss. As he’s a main DPS, though, a hefty attack stat and plenty of crit rate are your best bets, along with some pyro damage boosts. Specifically, we suggest a two-piece set of Crimson Witch of Flames, or a four-piece of Marechausee Hunter to give him some extra oomph as his HP changes.
If you want to aim more for a burgeon reaction team, we recommend using a four-piece set of Flower of Paradise Lost, with plenty of attack and crit sub-stats.
| Marechaussee Hunter | Two pieces: Normal and charged attack damage increase Four pieces: When Gaming’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 |
| Crimson Witch of Flames | Two pieces: Increases pyro damage Four pieces: Increases overloaded, burning, and burgeon damage by 40%. Vaporize and melt damage increase by 15%. Using an elemental skill increases the two-piece effects by 50% for ten seconds |
Obtain from the Hidden Palace of Zhou Formula domain |
| Vermillion Hereafter | Two pieces: Increases attack Four pieces: after using his elemental burst, Gaming gains the Nascent Light effect, increasing his attack by 8% for 16 seconds. When his HP decreases, his attack further increases by 10%. This can occur up to four times and can trigger once every 0.8 seconds. The Nascent Light dispels if Gaming leaves the field |
Obtain from the Lost Valley domain |
| Flower of Paradise Lost | Two pieces: Increases elemental mastery Four pieces: Gaming’s burgeon reaction damage increases by 40%. When he triggers burgeon, he gains another 25% attack bonus. This can stack four times, and each stack lasts ten seconds. You can trigger this once per second |
Obtain from the City of Gold domain |
Stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Sands: Attack
- Goblet: Pyro damage bonus
- Circlet: Crit damage
Sub-stats:
- Crit damage/rate
- Attack
- Energy recharge
- Elemental mastery
To find out more about how artifacts work, check out our Genshin Impact artifacts guide.
What are the best Gaming team comps?
Gaming works very well with Xianyun, or Cloud Retainer as you may know her, who boosts plunge attacks. Gaming also benefits from Bennett – as a lot of characters do. Pairing him with Furina or Xingqiu to capitalize on damage and elemental reactions works very well, along with keeping an anemo user in the party to swirl those elements around.
If you have Gaming equipped with a set of Crimson Witch of Flames, and perhaps a Mailed Flower claymore, you can pair him with a dendro unit and capitalize on burning and burgeon reactions – we recommend Nahida, Yaoyao, or the dendro traveler for this.
 Gaming |
 Xianyun |
 Bennett |
 Furina |
| Gaming |
 Emilie |
Bennett |
 Baizhu |
| Gaming |
 Ayato |
Bennett |
Flex healer/shield |
| Gaming |
 Chevreuse |
Bennett |
 Fischl |
| Gaming |
 Nahida |
 Kokomi |
Furina |
What are Gaming’s abilities?
Here is Gaming’s full kit, showing what his combat abilities are, and what he can do off the field as well.
Active skills
| Normal attack | Stellar Rend Normal: Gaming performs up to four consecutive strikes Charged: Draining stamina over time, Gaming performs continuous spinning attacks, ending with a powerful slash Plunging: Gaming plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents in an AoE |
| Elemental skill | Bestial Ascent Gaming pounces forward using the Wushou arts, leaping into the air after coming into contact with an enemy or a surface. After he uses this skill to rise into the air, if he immediately uses a plunge attack, he uses the powerful Charmed Cloudstrider instead: Plunging attack: Charmed Cloudstrider The damage from Gaming’s plunge attacks converts to pyro damage that cannot be overridden. Upon landing, Gaming consumes some HP. His HP cannot drop below 10% in this way |
| Elemental burst | Suanni’s Gilded Dance Gaming enters the Wushou stance, briefly applying pyro to himself and recovering some HP. He also summons Suanni Man Chai, his dog companion. Man Chai smashes into targets dealing pyro damage in an AoE. After hitting a target, Man Chai rolls away and then moves to Gaming. When it meets Gaming, Man Chai leaves the field and resets the cooldown of Gaming’s elemental skill. While the Wushou stance is active, Gaming’s interruption resistance increases, and if he lands a Charmed Cloudstrider attack while having over 50% HP he can resummon Man Chai |
Passive skills
| Dance of Amity | After Charmed Cloudstrider hits an opponent, Gaming gains 1.5% of his max HP once every 0.2 seconds for 0.8 seconds |
| Air of Prosperity | When Gaming’s health is less than 50%, he receives a 20% incoming healing bonus. When his health is more than 50%, he gains an attack bonus of 20% for Charmed Cloudstrider |
| The Striding Beast | Increases the movement speed of your party during the day by 10% |
What are Gaming’s constellations?
As you (hopefully) grab more than one copy of Gaming, you can unlock his constellations. Each one gives a handy boost to him, but his C2 is especially good.
| C1 | Bringer of Blessing When Man Chai from Suanni’s Gilded Dance meets back up with Gaming, it heals 15% of his HP |
| C2 | Plum Blossoms Underfoot When Gaming receives healing and it overflows, his attack increases by 20% for five seconds |
| C3 | Awakening Spirit Increases the level of Bestial Ascent by three. Maximum level is 15 |
| C4 | Soar Across Mountains When Bestial Ascent’s plunge attack hits an opponent, it restores two energy to Gaming. This can trigger once every 0.2 seconds |
| C5 | Evil-Daunting Roar Increases the level of Suanni’s Gilded Dance by three. Maximum level is 15 |
| C6 | To Tame All Beasts Bestial Ascent’s plunge attack crit rate increases by 20%, and crit damage by 40%, and the attack radius increases |
What are Gaming’s ascension materials?
You must gather a smorgasbord of items from Fontaine, Liyue, and all across Teyvat in order to ascend Gaming. Here’s the full list, divided into totals for each ascension level.
| 20➔40 | 20k mora One agnidus agate sliver Three starconches Three slime condensate |
| 40➔50 | 40k mora Three agnidus agate fragments Ten starconches 15 slime condensate Two emperor’s resolution |
| 50➔60 | 60k mora Six agnidus agate fragments 20 starconches 12 slime secretions Four emperor’s resolution |
| 60➔70 | 80k mora Three agnidus agate chunks 30 starconches 18 slime secretions Eight emperor’s resolution |
| 70➔80 | 100k mora Six nagnidus agate chunks 45 starconches 12 slime concentrate 12 emperor’s resolution |
| 80➔90 | 120k mora Six agnidus agate gemstones 60 starconches 24 slime concentrate 20 emperor’s resolution |
Here’s where to find all the items you need to ascend Gaming:
- Agnidus agate – obtain from normal and weekly bosses – especially the pyro hypostasis and pyro regisvine – or craft via alchemy
- Starconches – these shells appear on Liyue’s beaches, especially around the Guyun Stone Forest
- Emperor’s resolution – this item drops from the Emperor of Fire and Iron boss, located in an under-sea cave in Fontaine
- Slime condensate, secretions, and concentrate – obtain from slime enemies all across Teyvat
What are Gaming’s talent materials?
If you want to get Gaming’s talents up, you’ll need a stack of talent books, enemy materials, and weekly boss drops.
| 1➔2 | 12.5k mora Six slime condensate Three teachings of prosperity |
| 2➔3 | 17.5k mora Three slime secretions Two guides to prosperity |
| 3➔4 | 25k mora Four slime secretions Four guides to prosperity |
| 4➔5 | 30k mora Six slime secretions Six guides to prosperity |
| 5➔6 | 37.5k mora Nine slime secretions Nine guides to prosperity |
| 6➔7 | 120k mora Four slime concentrate Four philosophies of prosperity One lightless mass |
| 7➔8 | 260k mora Six slime concentrate Six philosophies of prosperity One lightless mass |
| 8➔9 | 450k mora Nine slime concentrate 12 philosophies of prosperity Two lightless masses |
| 9➔10 | 700k mora 12 slime concentrate 16 philosophies of prosperity Two lightless masses One crown of insight |
Here are all the locations of each item you need to level Gaming up:
- Slime condensate, secretions, and concentrate – obtain from slime enemies all across Teyvat
- Prosperity talent books – farm these in the Tiashan Mansion domain in Liyue on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Lightless masses – you can get these as a reward for the weekly All-Devouring Narwhal boss in Fontaine’s ocean. If you don’t get the right drop, you can transform them at an alchemy station
Talent priority
Upgrading Gaming’s burst is your priority, then his skill, and then his normal attack.
- Elemental burst > elemental skill > normal attack
We’re excited to meet Gaming, who we’re sure will be another solid Liyue four-star alongside the likes of Genshin Impact’s Chongyun, Genshin Impact’s Xiangling, and Genshin Impact’s Yanfei.