Genshin Impact’s Rosaria is a sister of the Church of Favonius – though she may not look it. She’s a four-star cryo polearm wielder with skills that give her the power to deal plenty of cryo damage with a deadly ice lance. When she’s not in your party, though, she’s investigating the goings-on in Mondstadt behind the scenes…
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Here’s everything in our Genshin Impact Rosaria build guide:
What’s the best Rosaria build?
Rosaria is a four-star character available on all banners, who uses a polearm and the cryo element.
| Rarity | ★★★★ |
| Element | Cryo |
| Weapon type | Polearm |
| Best weapon | Staff of Homa |
| Substitute weapons | Wavebreaker’s Fin, Crescent Pike |
| Best artifact set | Blizzard Strayer |
| Artifact substitutes | Noblesse Oblige, Emblem of Severed Fate |
| Main stats | Sands: Energy recharge Goblet: Cryo damage bonus Circlet: Crit damage/rate |
| Sub-stats | Attack, crit rate, crit damage |
Rosaria applies consistent off-field cryo, has a short skill cooldown, and boasts great team flexibility. Her kit offers a very rare crit buff, regenerates a decent amount of particles, and both her skill and burst synergize well with melt team comps.
Unfortunately, Rosaria does face some stiff competition when it comes to other cryo units. Her burst is a little restrictive as the AoE is fairly small. Rosaria is an affordable, versatile, and powerful unit and you shouldn’t overlook her – she is capable of filling many roles, and with our help, you should have no regrets about investing in this icy beauty.
How do I use Rosaria?
The best part of Rosaria’s kit is her crit-boosting passive, which comes into play when her elemental burst is active. Note that this passive unlocks at ascension four.
As soon as it’s ready, activate her elemental burst and swap it to your main DPS so they can deal with a bit more damage. This is especially useful in combat events and the Spiral Abyss.
What are the best weapons for Rosaria?
Like many characters, Rosaria’s best weapon depends heavily on how you intend to use her. In a melt team, the five-star Staff of Homa is the best option for Rosaria, as it still maintains the second-best slot in freeze teams due to its amazing offensive capabilities. However, it’s a highly contested weapon and may be better on another character given its status.
Wavebreaker’s Fin at R5 is the best option for freeze and the second best option for melt. Even when you aren’t using its passive, it still offers a higher attack boost than all other options. Even at lower refinement ranks, it is still your best option if you don’t have a spare Staff of Homa at hand (and, honestly, who does?).
| Staff of Homa | Stat: Crit damage Skill: Increases HP by 20%. Rosaria receives an attack bonus based on 0.8% of her max HP. When HP drops below 50%, the attack bonus increases by an additional 1% of Rosaria’s max HP |
Limited weapon banner |
| Primordial Jade Winged-Spear | Stat: Crit rate Skill: Hits increase Rosaria’s attack by 3.2% for six seconds. Max seven stacks. This can only occur every 0.3 seconds. While in possession of seven stacks, damage increases by a further 12%. |
Limited weapon banner |
| Wavebreaker’s Fin | Stat: Attack Skill: Increases elemental bust damage by 0.12% for every point of the entire party’s combined maximum energy capacity. You can achieve a total of 40% elemental burst damage in this way |
All banners |
| Crescent Pike | Stat: Physical damage Skill: After you pick up an elemental particle, normal and charged attacks deal an extra 20% damage for five seconds |
Forged |
What are the best artifacts for Rosaria?
Generally, a full four-piece set of Blizzard Strayer is the best set for most team comps, with Noblesse Oblige coming close behind. However, if you’re looking for a unique reverse melt build, you can go with Lavawalker instead. The Emblem of Severed Fate artifact set would also work wonders for Rosaria in elemental damage-focused builds.
| Blizzard Strayer | Two pieces: Cryo damage bonus Four pieces: Increases crit rate by 20% when attacking an enemy affected by cryo. If the enemy freezes, it increases crit rate by an additional 20% |
Obtain from Peak of Vindagnyr domain |
| Noblesse Oblige | Two pieces: Increases elemental burst damage Four pieces: Elemental bursts increase all party members’ attack by 20% for 12 seconds |
Obtain from Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern domain |
| Emblem of Severed Fate | Two pieces: Increases energy recharge Four pieces: Increases elemental burst damage by 25% of Rosaria’s energy recharge. The maximum addition is 75% bonus damage |
Obtain from Momiji Dyed Court domain |
| Pale Flame | Two pieces: Increase physical damage Four pieces: When an elemental skill hits opponents, Rosaria’s attack increases by 9% for seven seconds. This can stack two times and can trigger every 0.3 seconds. If two stacks are reached, the two-piece effect increases by 100%. |
Obtain from Ridge Watch domain |
Stat recommendations
When picking artifacts for Rosaria, pay attention to the stats. The best stats to aim for are attack, crit rate, and crit damage, with a cryo damage bonus if you have one.
Main stats:
- Sands: Attack
- Goblet: Cryo damage bonus
- Circlet: Crit rate, crit damage (try to maintain a 1:2 ratio overall)
Sub-stats:
- Crit rate/crit damage
- Elemental mastery
- Attack %
- Energy recharge
What are the best Rosaria team comps?
Rosaria can be a fantastic physical DPS if you want her to be (in which case, we recommend the first team), or she can assist with melt, freeze, permafreeze, reverse melt – you name it. If it involves cryo, Rosaria can do it!
 Rosaria |
 Yun Jin |
 Raiden |
 Diona |
| Rosaria |
 Hu Tao |
 Xingqiu |
 Zhongli |
| Rosaria |
 Eula |
Raiden |
Zhongli |
| Rosaria |
 Bennett |
 Chongyun |
 Kazuha |
| Rosaria |
 Ayaka |
 Kokomi |
Kazuha |
What are Rosaria’s abilities?
Here are all of Rosaria’s skills, and what they can do for you in battle.
Active skills
| Normal attack | Spear of the Church Normal: Performs up to five strikes Charged: Consumes stamina to lunge forward and deal damage along the way Plunging: Plunges from mid-air, dealing AoE damage on impact with the ground |
| Elemental skill | Ravaging Confession Rosaria appears behind an enemy before piercing and slashing them with her polearm, dealing cryo damage |
| Elemental burst | Rites of Termination Rosaria summons an ice lance that deals AoE cryo damage after swinging her polearm. The lance also gradually deals more AoE cryo damage over time |
Passive skills
| Regina Probationum | Increases Rosaria’s crit rate by 12% for five seconds when Rosaria attacks enemies from behind using Ravaging Confession. |
| Shadow Samaritan | Increases nearby party members’ crit rate by 15% of Rosaria’s crit rate for ten seconds after Rites of Termination applies |
| Night Walk | Increases movement speed by 10% between 18:00 – 06:00 |
What are Rosaria’s constellations?
Here’s every bonus you receive when unlocking Rosaria’s constellations.
| C1 | Unholy Revelation Increases Rosaria’s attack speed and damage by 10% for four seconds when she deals a critical hit |
| C2 | Land Without Promise Increases the duration of the ice lance by four seconds |
| C3 | The Wages of Sin Increases the level of Ravaging Confession by three |
| C4 | Painful Grace Five energy regenerates if you land a critical hit using Ravaging Confession |
| C5 | Last Rites Increases the level of Rites of Termination by three |
| C6 | Divine Retribution Rites of Termination decrease enemies’ physical resistance by 20% for ten seconds |
What are Rosaria’s ascension materials?
Rosaria requires a few items in order to get ascended all the way to 80 and above.
| 20➔40 | 20k mora One shivada jade sliver Three valberries Three recruit’s insignia |
| 40➔50 | 40k mora Three shivada jade fragments Ten valberries 15 recruit’s insignia Two hoarfrost cores |
| 50➔60 | 60k mora Six shivada jade fragments 20 valberries 12 sergeant’s insignia Four hoarfrost cores |
| 60➔70 | 80k mora Three shivada jade chunks 30 valberries 18 sergeant’s insignia Eight hoarfrost cores |
| 70➔80 | 100k mora Six shivada jade chunks 45 valberries 12 lieutenant’s insignia 12 hoarfrost cores |
| 80➔90 | 120k mora Six shivada jade gemstones 60 valberries 24 lieutenant’s insignia 20 hoarfrost cores |
Here’s where to get all of Rosaria’s ascension materials:
- Shivada jade – obtain from normal and weekly bosses – especially the cryo hypostasis and Andrius – or craft via alchemy
- Valberries – gather from around Mondstadt, specifically in the Stormbearer Mountains, or grow them in your teapot
- Recruit, sergeant, and lieutenant insignia – obtain from Fatui enemies all across Teyvat
- Hoarfrost cores – drops from the cryo regisvine boss in Mondstadt
What are Rosaria’s talent materials?
Rosaria’s talents need even more insignia drops, along with the Ballad family of talent books. The Shadow of the Warrior item is a drop from the Tartaglia weekly boss fight.
| 1➔2 | 12.5k mora Six recruit’s insignia Three teachings of ballad |
| 2➔3 | 17.5k mora Three sergeant’s insignia Two guides to ballad |
| 3➔4 | 25k mora Four sergeant’s insignia Four guides to ballad |
| 4➔5 | 30k mora Six sergeant’s insignia Six guides to ballad |
| 5➔6 | 37.5k mora Nine sergeant’s insignia Nine guides to ballad |
| 6➔7 | 120k mora Four lieutenant’s insignia Four philosophies of ballad One shadow of the warrior |
| 7➔8 | 260k mora Six lieutenant’s insignia Six philosophies of ballad One shadow of the warrior |
| 8➔9 | 450k mora Nine lieutenant’s insignia 12 philosophies of ballad Two shadows of the warrior |
| 9➔10 | 700k mora 12 lieutenant’s insignia 16 philosophies of ballad Two shadows of the warrior One crown of insight |
Here’s how to get all of Rosaria’s talent materials:
- Ballad talent books – obtain from the Forsaken Rift domain in Mondstadt on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sundays
- Recruit, sergeant, and lieutenant insignia – obtain from Fatui enemies all across Teyvat
- Shadow of the warrior – drops from Tartaglia’s weekly boss fight in the Golden House, Liyue
Talent priorities
- Elemental burst > elemental skill > normal attack
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