Mona Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

Mona is a 5-star Hydro Catalyst character in Genshin Impact. Learn about Mona's stats, strengths and weaknesses, Japanese voice actor, best weapon and builds, and our rating of the character in this complete profile!

Mona

Story Quest

Mona's Character Guides
Build Guide	Specialty Dish

Astrolabos Chapter
Beyond This World's Stars	Act 2	Act 3

Mona Rating and Basic Information

Character Information

Mona
	Rating: Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Hydro Weapon: Catalyst EN Voice Actor: Felecia Angelle JP Voice Actor: Kohara Konomi

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration

Character Tier List | Best Characters

Mona's Stats

Mona Strengths and Weaknesses

How to Get Mona

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Banner Status	Active

Mona is a permanently available 5-star character you can get in both the limited banners as well as the standard banner.

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Mona Character Skins

Mona's Alternate Outfit

Side by Side Comparison of Outfits
Mona's Original Outfit	Mona's Alternate Outfit

New Designs for Default Outfits

A redesign for Mona's default outfit has recently been teased by Genshin Impact's official Hoyolab account. Character outfit redesigns for Jean, Amber and Rosaria have also been teased. Check out the details here:

Alternate Outfits

How to Use Mona

Direct Enemy Aggro to Decoy

Elemental Skill: Mirror Reflection of Doom

Her Elemental Skill, Mirror Reflection of Doom, will leave behind a decoy that taunts nearby enemies, and using the hold version makes Mona backstep upon cast.

Combining Mona's unique dash and her Elemental Skill allows for some quick emergency escape for safety.

Amplify Elemental Reaction Damage

Elemental Burst: Stellaris Phantasm

Mona's key focus is her ability to drastically amplify Elemental DMG with her Elemental Burst, Stellaris Phantasm.

Mona's ability places a debuff bubble on enemies that not only amplifies the damage dealt to them but also deals an explosion of Hydro damage when the bubble is popped. Using the Hydro explosion to trigger Melt or Vaporize will deal massive amounts of damage.

Able to Dash Across Water

Unlike most characters, Mona is able to continue dashing across the surface of the water, making it significantly easier to traverse. Although it doesn't last much longer than a standard Dash, it proves long enough to cross most rivers smoothly.

Mona cannot dash while already on water, so be sure to start dashing when you are still on land. Also, watch your stamina bar while dashing – Mona will drown just like other characters if she runs out of stamina in the water.

Select Mona When Crafting Ascension Materials

Mona's Passive Talent “Principium of Astrology” has the potential to refund 25% of the materials used when crafting Ascension Materials. This will allow you to save time on hunting for rare crafting materials, so be sure to always choose Mona when crafting these items.

Update 1.3 Adjustments

Mona's Passive Talent, Illusory Torrent as been adjusted

Best Build For Mona

Mona's Roles and Builds

Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support

Mona Sub DPS Builds

Burst Sub DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
The Widsith	Noblesse Oblige x4
Set Bonus
• Elemental Burst DMG +20%. • Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
Talent Priority
Stellaris Phantasm Mona summons the sparkling waves and creates a reflection of the starry sky, applying the Illusory Bubble status to opponents in a large AoE.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	ATK% or Elemental Mastery Hydro DMG Bonus/ATK%/E.Mastery CRIT Rate/CRIT DMG/ATK%
Substats	・CRIT DMG ・CRIT Rate ・ATK% ・Elemental Mastery

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Skyward Atlas	Bonus Stat: ATK ・Increases Elemental DMG Bonus by 12%. Normal attack hits have a 50% chance to earn the favor of the clouds, which actively seeks out nearby enemies to attack for 15s. Dealing 160% ATK DMG. Can only occur once every 30s.
Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers	Bonus Stat: HP ・When switching characters, the new character taking the field has their ATK increased by 24% for 10s. This effect can only occur once every 20s.

Hydro Sub DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
The Widsith	Wanderer's Troupe x2 Heart of Depth x2
Set Bonus
• Increases Elemental Mastery by 80. • Hydro DMG Bonus +15%
Talent Priority
Stellaris Phantasm Mona summons the sparkling waves and creates a reflection of the starry sky, applying the Illusory Bubble status to opponents in a large AoE.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	ATK% or Elemental Mastery Hydro DMG Bonus/ATK%/E.Mastery CRIT Rate/CRIT DMG/ATK%
Substats	・CRIT DMG ・CRIT Rate ・ATK% ・Elemental Mastery

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Skyward Atlas	Bonus Stat: ATK ・Increases Elemental DMG Bonus by 12%. Normal attack hits have a 50% chance to earn the favor of the clouds, which actively seeks out nearby enemies to attack for 15s. Dealing 160% ATK DMG. Can only occur once every 30s.
Magic Guide	Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery ・Increases DMG against enemies affected by Hydro or Electro by 12%.

Best Artifacts and Weapons for Mona

Best Artifacts Ranked

Rating	Set	Bonus
Best	Noblesse Oblige	• Elemental Burst DMG +20%. • Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
Second Best	Wanderer's Troupe	• Increases Elemental Mastery by 80. • Increases Charged Attack DMG by 35% if the character uses a Catalyst or a Bow.
Third Best	Heart of Depth	• Hydro DMG Bonus +15% • After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 30% for 15s.

Alternative Artifact Set

Set	Bonus
Instructor	• Increases Elemental Mastery by 80. • Upon triggering an Elemental Reaction, increases all party members' Elemental Mastery by 120 for 8s.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Best Weapons Ranked

Rating	Weapon	Stats (Lv.1)
Best	The Widsith	Base Stats Base Attack: 42 Bonus Effect: CRIT DMG 12% Skill Effect When a character takes the field, the will gain a random theme song for 10s. This can only occur once every 30s. Recitative: ATK is increased by 60%. Aria: Increases all Elemental DMG by 48%. Interlude: Elemental Mastery is increased by 240.
Second Best	Skyward Atlas	Base Stats Base Attack: 48 Bonus Effect: ATK 7.2% Skill Effect Increases Elemental DMG Bonus by 12%. Normal attack hits have a 50% chance to earn the favor of the clouds, which actively seeks out nearby enemies to attack for 15s. Dealing 160% ATK DMG. Can only occur once every 30s.
Third Best	Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers	Base Stats Base Attack: 39 Bonus Effect: HP 7.7% Skill Effect When switching characters, the new character taking the field has their ATK increased by 24% for 10s. This effect can only occur once every 20s.

List of Catalysts

Recommended Party Members for Mona

Character	Element	Weapon
Bennett	Pyro	Sword
	· Bennett can easily set up high-DMG Elemental Bursts when used before Mona's Elemental Burst. · Bennet can trigger Vaporize Reactions and provide healing.
Klee	Pyro	Catalyst
	· Klee and Mona's Normal Attacks can easily trigger Vaporize. Klee benefits from Mona's decoy to reduce aggro.
Sucrose	Anemo	Catalyst
	· Sucrose reduces Elemental Resistance and provides crowd control. · The combination deals heavy Hydro Swirl DMG with high Elemental Mastery.
Fischl	Electro	Bow
	· Fischl can easily trigger AoE DMG with Electro-Charged reactions.

Mona Ascension and Talent Materials

Mona Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Philanemo Mushroom ×3 Varunada Lazurite Sliver ×1 Whopperflower Nectar ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Philanemo Mushroom ×10 Varunada Lazurite Fragment ×3 Whopperflower Nectar ×15 Cleansing Heart ×2
Lv.50→Lv.60	Philanemo Mushroom ×20 Varunada Lazurite Fragment ×6 Shimmering Nectar ×12 Cleansing Heart ×4
Lv.60→Lv.70	Philanemo Mushroom ×30 Varunada Lazurite Chunk ×3 Shimmering Nectar ×18 Cleansing Heart ×8
Lv.70→Lv.80	Philanemo Mushroom ×45 Varunada Lazurite Chunk ×6 Energy Nectar ×12 Cleansing Heart ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Philanemo Mushroom ×60 Varunada Lazurite Gemstone ×6 Energy Nectar ×24 Cleansing Heart ×20

Mona Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Tue/Fri/Sun Teachings of Resistance	Whopperflowers Whopperflower Nectar	Lupus Boreas Challenge Reward Ring of Boreas
Guide to Resistance	Shimmering Nectar
Philosophies of Resistance	Energy Nectar

Talent Materials per Level

Mona Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Ripple of Fate

Mirror Reflection of Doom

Illusory Torrent

Stellaris Phantasm

Come 'n' Get Me, Hag!

Waterborne Destiny

Principium of Astrology

Mona Constellations

Prophecy of Submersion	The effects of Hydro-related Elemental Reactions are enhanced for 8s after a character hits an enemy affected by an Omen: ・Electro-Charged DMG is increased by 15%. ・Vaporize DMG is increased by 15%. ・Hydro Swirl DMG is increased by 15%. ・The duration for which enemies are Frozen is increased by 15%.
Lunar Chain	When a Normal Attack hits, there is a 20% chance that it will automatically followed by a Charged Attack. This effect can only occur once every 5s.
Restless Revolution	Increases the Level of Stellaris Phantasm by 3.
Prophecy of Oblivion	When any character in the party attacks an enemy affected by the Omen status effect, their CRIT Rate is increased by 15%.
Mockery of Fortuna	Increases the Level of Mirror Reflection of Doom by 3.
Rhetorics of Calamitas	Upon entering Illusory Torrent, Mona gains 60% increase to the DMG of her next Charged Attack per second of movement. A maximum DMG Bonus of 180% can be achieved in this manner. The effect lasts for no more than 8s.

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Pyro	Anemo	Electro
Hydro	Geo	Cryo

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Fischl	Beidou	Keqing
Sara	Albedo	Itto
Traveler (Geo)	Noelle	Ningguang
Gorou	Zhongli	Yun Jin
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