Genshin Impact’s Mavuika takes her place among the Seven and among the roster as a playable character. She finally adds another off-field pyro option thanks to her elemental skill but she has great capabilities as a main and sub-DPS. She’s also just really cool with her motorbike that can fly and incredible red hair.
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Mavuika guide:
What’s the best Genshin Impact Mavuika build?
Mavuika is a five-star character who uses a claymore as a weapon and the pyro element.
| Rarity | ★★★★★ |
| Element | Pyro |
| Weapon | Claymore |
| Best weapon | A Thousand Blazing Suns |
| Substitute weapons | Earth Shaker, |
| Best artifact set | Scroll of the Cinder City |
| Artifact substitutes | Obsidian Codex, Crimson Witch of Flames |
| Main stats | Sands: Attack Goblet: Pyro damage bonus Circlet: Crit rate/damage |
| Sub-stats | Attack, crit rate, crit damage |
Mavuika excels in the meta as she can fill an on-field and off-field role, and we’re very grateful for any off-field pyro application given the current lack of characters who can apply it.
Her ultimate can provide some heavy AoE hits while tapping her skill gives you a coordinated pyro attack every few seconds. This is key in teams with DPS characters like Neuvillette, Wriothesley, and Mualani who work best with vape and melt.
The best weapon for Mavuika is her signature claymore, A Thousand Blazing Suns, paired with a full set of either Obsidian Codex artifacts, or Scroll of the Cinder City – depending on whether you want her to be mostly on-field or off-field. You can also play around with a pyro-damage boosting two-piece if your rolls aren’t going to plan.
What are the best weapons for Mavuika?
| A Thousand Blazing Suns | Stat: Crit damage Skill: Mavuika gains the Scorching Brilliance effect when using a skill or burst. Her crit damage increases 20%, and her attack by 28% for six seconds. This triggers once every ten seconds. When she has this effect, the duration extends two seconds after normal and charged attacks deal elemental damage. This can trigger once a second and lasts six seconds. Additionally, when she’s in the Nightsoul Blessing state, the effects increase by 75% |
Weapon banner |
| Earth Shaker | Stat: Attack Skill: After a party member triggers a pyro reaction, Mavuika’s elemental skill damage increases for eight seconds. This can trigger even when Dehya is not on field |
Forged |
| Wolf’s Gravestone | Stat: Attack Skill: Increases Mavuika’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 |
Forged |
| Serpent Spine | Stat: Crit rate Skill: Every four seconds Mavuika is on the field, she deals 6% more damage and takes 3% more damage. This effect has a maximum of five stacks and is not reset if she leaves the field, but reduces by one stack when she takes damage |
Battle Pass reward |
What are Mavuika’s best artifacts?
| Scroll of the Cinder City | Two pieces: When a teammate triggers a Nightsoul Burst, Mavuika gains six energy Four pieces: After Mavuika triggers a pyro reaction, all teammates gain a 12% elemental damage bonus for the element types involved in the reaction. This lasts for 15 seconds. If she is in a Nightsoul Blessing state, the buff increases to 28%. She can trigger this while off-field |
Obtain from the Sanctum of Rainbow Spirits domain |
| Obsidian Codex | Two pieces: While Mavuika is in Nightsoul’s Blessing on the field, her damage increases by 15% Four pieces: After Mavuika consumes one Nightsoul point while on the field, her crit rate increases by 40% for six seconds. This can trigger once every second |
Obtain from the Sanctum of Rainbow Spirits domain |
| Crimson Witch of Flames | Two pieces: Increases pyro damage Four pieces: This set increases overloaded, burning, and burgeon damage by 40%, and vaporize and melt by 15%. Using an elemental skill increases the two-piece effects by 50% for ten seconds, which can stack three times |
Obtain from the Hidden Palace of Zhou Formula domain in Liyue |
Stat recommendations
Main stats:
- Sands: Attack
- Goblet: Pyro damage bonus
- Circlet: Crit rate/damage
Sub-stats:
- Crit rate/crit damage
- Attack/attack %
- Elemental mastery
What are Mavuika’s best team comps?
 Mavuika |
 Bennett |
 Furina |
 Xilonen |
Mavuika |
 Mualani |
 Candace (C6) |
 Kazuha |
Mavuika |
 Chevreuse |
 Fischl |
 Ororon |
Mavuika |
 Wriothesley |
Furina |
Xilonen |
Mavuika |
Mualani |
 Kachina |
 Xiangling |
What are Mavuika’s skills?
Active skills
| Normal attack | Normal: Performs up to four consecutive slashes Charged: Using some of her stamina, Mavuika performs a powerful strike Plunge: Mavuika plunges to the ground and deals damage in an AoE |
| Elemental skill | Mavuika deals nightsoul-aligned pyro damage. This depletes her nightsoul points, but after the skill they refill and she enters the blessing state. Mavuika’s skill has different forms when tapped or held: Tap: Mavuika gains the Ring of Seariang Radiance which follows the active character and attacks enemies at intervals with pyro damage Hold: Mavuika rides Flamestrider across the ground or in the air. Her normal, charged, and plunge attacks deal pyro damage. She deals pyro damage as she sprints |
| Elemental burst | Mavuika’s elemental burst does not rely on energy, but instead on Fighting Spirit. When she has at least 50% Spirit, she can use her ultimate. She gains Spirit when nightsoul points get consumed by her or her teammates, and when normal attacks hit opponents. Unleashing her ultimate sees her ride Flamestrider, and deal AoE pyro damage to enemies nearby. She then enters the Crucible of Death and Life state. In this state, her actions don’t consume nightsoul points, and the damage of her normal and charged attacks increases based on the amount of Fighting Spirit used |
Passive skills
| Gift of Flaming Flowers | When a party member triggers a nightsoul burst, Mavuika’s attack increases by 30% for ten seconds |
| “Kiongozi” | After using her elemental burst, each point of Fighting Spirit that Mavuika uses increases the damage of the current party member by 0.2%. The maximum increase of this is 40%. This lasts 20 seconds |
| Night Realm’s Gift: Exhaust Mode | After Mavuika uses all of her nightsoul points, she uses phlogiston to maintain Flamestrider. If in an area with phlogiston mechanics, you can swap to Mavuika when sprinting, climbing, and swimming to enter her nightsoul blessing state and gain 50% of her points |
| Night-Shattering Radiance | The party’s nightsoul transmission cooldown decreases by 20% |
What are Mavuika’s constellations?
| C1 | Mavuika’s maximum nightsoul points increase to 120, and she gains Fighting Spirit 25% faster. She also gains 40% attack for eight seconds after gaining Spirit |
| C2 | When in the nightsoul state, Mavuika’s base attack increases by 200, and she gains the following effects depending on her skill’s form: -Ring of Searing Radiance decreases opponent’s defense by 20% -Flamestrider: Mavuika’s normal and charged attack, and slice during her elemental burst deal 60, 90, and 120% of her attack damage respectively |
| C3 | Increases the level of Mavuika’s elemental burst by three |
| C4 | Mavuika’s passive talent Kiongozi’s damage increase does not decay over time and gains an extra 10% bonus |
| C5 | Increases the level of Mavuika’s elemental skill by three |
| C6 | Mavuika’s elemental skill gains improvements for both types: -When the Ring hits opponents, a Flamestrider crashes into them dealing 200% of Mavuika’s attack as pyro damage -When she’s riding a Flamestrider, she summons a Ring to follow her which decreases defense of nearby opponents and deals 500% attack as damage |
What are Mavuika’s ascension materials?
| 20➔40 | 20k mora One agnidus agate sliver Three withering purpurbloom Three sentry’s wooden whistle |
| 40➔50 | 40k mora Three agnidus agate fragments Ten withering purpurbloom 15 sentry’s wooden whistle Two gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 50➔60 | 60k mora Six agnidus agate fragments 20 withering purpurbloom 12 warrior’s metal whistle Four gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 60➔70 | 80k mora Three agnidus agate chunks 30 withering purpurbloom 18 warrior’s metal whistle Eight gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 70➔80 | 100k mora Six agnidus agate chunks 45 withering purpurbloom 12 Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles 12 gold-inscribed secret source core |
| 80➔90 | 120k mora Six agnidus agate gemstones 60 withering purpurbloom 24 Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles 20 gold-inscribed secret source core |
- Agnidus agate – these pyro gems drop from weekly and normal bosses, especially the pyro hypostasis, emperor of fire and iron, and the pyro regisvine
- Withering purpurbloom – these plants grow in the Ochkanatlan area
- Sentry’s wooden whistle, warrior’s metal whistle, and Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles – these items drop from human enemies in Natlan. You can craft them into higher rarities at an alchemy bench, and purchase them from the stardust exchange
- Gold-inscribed secret source core – these drop from the Secret Source Constructor boss in Natlan
What are Mavuika’s talent materials?
| 1➔2 | 12.5k mora Six sentry’s wooden whistle Three teachings of contention |
| 2➔3 | 17.5k mora Three sentry’s wooden whistle Two guides to contention |
| 3➔4 | 25k mora Four warrior’s metal whistle Four guides to contention |
| 4➔5 | 30k mora Six warrior’s metal whistle Six guides to contention |
| 5➔6 | 37.5k mora Nine seasoned fangs Nine guides to contention |
| 6➔7 | 120k mora Four Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles Four philosophies of contention One eroded horns |
| 7➔8 | 260k mora Six Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles Six philosophies of contention One eroded horn |
| 8➔9 | 450k mora Nine Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles 12 philosophies of contention Two eroded horns |
| 9➔10 | 700k mora 12 Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles 16 philosophies of contention Two eroded horns One crown of insight |
- Contention talent books – farm these in the Sublime Turning domain in Natlan
- Sentry’s wooden whistle, warrior’s metal whistle, and Saurian-crowned warrior’s golden whistles – these items drop from human enemies in Natlan. You can craft them into higher rarities at an alchemy bench, and purchase them from the stardust exchange
- Eroded horn – you can get these as a reward for the weekly Lord Of Eroded Primal Fire boss in Natlan. If you don’t get the right drop, you can transform them at an alchemy station
Who is Mavuika?
Mavuika is a tall, female character wearing a shiny black suit and sunglasses. She has flowing red hair (what a gal) that glows when she gets into combat and looks sure to pack a fiery punch in our teams and in the story.
Previously seen mention of Murata, Lady of Fire in the Genshin manga. Some expected her to be the playable archon, but it seems she’s from a bygone era. It was also expected that the pyro archon would be a Murata Himeko expy from Honkai Impact 3rd, no matter the name. Mavuika does look similar to Murata Himeko’s Vermilion Knight: Eclipse battlesuit, though, so maybe the expy theory holds up.
Don’t forget to check out the upcoming Genshin Impact banners and see which new characters or rerunning friends you want to pull for – you can check out our Genshin Impact tier list here for some inspiration.