Mona Rating and Best Builds

Mona is a 5-Star Hydro Catalyst character in Genshin Impact. Learn about Mona's build, ascension materials, best weapons, best artifacts, talent priority, skills, teams, and our rating of the character in this build guide!

Mona Rating and Info

Character Information

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

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
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Mona's Stats

Mona's Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
• Elemental Burst is still one of the best teamwide buffs in the game, and only scales with talent level. • Generally only needs ER to be effective as a support, but can be a good Sub-DPS unit with proper CRIT stats. • Offers crowd control through Elemental Skill and Burst. • Elemental Burst duration can be artificially extended via crowd control, which allows her to slot into Freeze teams.
Weaknesses
• Alternate sprint may be off-putting for some players. • Requires elemental reactions to maximize damage output. • Subpar Hydro application may stunt her damage contribution in teams like Hyperbloom if off-field.

Mona Best Builds

Mona Sub-DPS Build

Hydro and Burst Sub-DPS

Best Weapon	Skyward Atlas
Replacement Weapons	1. Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds 2. The Widsith 3. Oathsworn Eye 4. Mappa Mare
Best Artifacts	Emblem of Severed Fate x4 Heart of Depth x2 Noblesse Oblige x2
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: ATK%
	Goblet: Hydro DMG Bonus%
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Artifact Sub Stats	Energy Recharge, CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate, ATK%

This Sub-DPS build for Mona will provide her with the highest Elemental Burst DMG without Elemental Reactions. For Emblem of Severed Fate users, we recommend meeting your Energy Recharge needs (+150%) through substats.

For non-Emblem users, the 2nd build is best used when Mona only requires her base Energy Recharge to use her Burst off-cooldown. Between our two Sub-DPS builds, choose the one you have better substats for!

Support Build

Burst Support

Best Weapon	Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers
Replacement Weapons	1. Prototype Amber 2. Hakushin Ring 3. Favonius Codex
Best Artifacts	Noblesse Oblige x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge
	Goblet: ATK%
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Artifact Sub Stats	Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK%

This Support build for Mona sacrifices her DMG for more team-wide utility by stacking as much Energy Recharge (~200-300%) as she can for her to have her Elemental Burst ready off-cooldown.

With enough Energy Recharge, she can also gain enough Hydro DMG Bonus to the point where ATK Goblet would be a better slot.

Mona's Talent Priority

1st	2nd	3rd
Elemental Burst	Normal Attack	Elemental Skill

Mona's Elemental Burst is the key trait in what makes her a top tier character in Genshin Impact, so leveling it up first is a priority. Her Normal Attacks and Elemental Skill can be left for 2nd and 3rd respectively.

Mona Best Artifacts

Best Artifacts Ranked

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
1st	Emblem of Severed Fate	2-PC: Energy Recharge +20%. 4-PC: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.
2nd	Noblesse Oblige	2-PC: Elemental Burst DMG +20%. 4-PC: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
3rd	Heart of Depth	2-PC: Hydro DMG Bonus +15%.
	Noblesse Oblige	2-PC: Elemental Burst DMG +20%

Best 4-Star Artifact for Mona

Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
The Exile	2-PC: Energy Recharge +20% 4-PC: Using an Elemental Burst regenerates 2 Energy for all party members (excluding the wearer) every 2s for 6s. This effect cannot stack.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Best Weapons for Mona

Top 3 Mona Weapons

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Skyward Atlas	Base ATK: 674 Bonus Stat: ATK 33.1% 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.
2nd	The Widsith	Base ATK: 510 Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG 55.1% Skill Effect: When a character takes the field, they 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.
3rd	Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers	Base ATK: 401 Bonus Stat: HP 35.2% 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.

Best Free-to-Play Weapon for Mona

Weapon	Weapon Information
Mappa Mare	Base ATK: 565 Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery 110 Skill Effect: Triggering an Elemental reaction grants a 8% Elemental DMG Bonus for 10s. Max 2 stacks.

All Recommended Weapons for Mona

Recommended Weapons	How to Get
Skyward Atlas	Gacha
Kagura's Verity	Gacha
Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds	Gacha
A Thousand Floating Dreams	Gacha
The Widsith	Gacha
Oathsworn Eye	Event
Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers	Gacha
Solar Pearl	Battle Pass
Hakushin Ring	Crafted
Favonius Codex	Gacha
Prototype Amber	Crafted
Mappa Mare	Crafted

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Mona Best Team Comps

Mona can easily be slotted in any teams that need a damage buff for a massive instance of damage.

Freeze Team

Sub-DPS	Main DPS	Support	Support
Mona	Ganyu	Layla	Venti
Mona	Ayaka	Shenhe	Kazuha

Freeze remains one of Mona's best options for a team because of how Freeze interacts with her Elemental Burst.

Using Freeze can keep enemies in their place, as well as artificially extending her buff duration, hereby increasing the overall DPS of the Freeze team.

Vaporize Team

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Support
Mona	Xiangling	Bennett	Xianyun
Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Mona	Gaming	Yelan	Xianyun

Mona can either function as the on-field DPS in a Xiangling vaporize team, or as a buffer when paired with another On-Field Pyro DPS like Gaming or Diluc.

As an On-Field DPS, it is generally recommended to build her with Elemental Mastery in mind for more vaporize damage.

Electro-Charged Team

Support (Driver)	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Mona	Beidou	Fischl	Sucrose
Mona	Beidou	Yae Miko	Kazuha

This team strives in sustained damage as each member of the team can amplify the Electro-charged reaction ensuring greater ticks of damage against enemies.

Mona can easily apply Hydro consistently as long as both of her Electro teammates are able to apply their element.

Hyperbloom Team

Support (Driver)	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Mona	Shinobu	Nahida	Kazuha

With Dendro being added to the mix, Mona quickswap teams have seen more success, as each member is capable of doing great on-field and off-field damage.

Since Mona's off-field hydro application is not as frequent, she takes the role of an on-field driver, using a mix of her attacks and dashes to generate bloom cores.

Mona Best Constellations

Astrolabos

Constellation and Effects

	Mona's Constellations
C1	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%.
C2	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.
C3	Restless Revolution Increases the Level of Stellaris Phantasm by 3.
C4	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%.
C5	Mockery of Fortuna Increases the Level of Mirror Reflection of Doom by 3.
C6	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.

Best Constellations Rating and Explanation

	Rating	Constellation Effect / Merits
C1	★★★	• Overall amazing Constellation for Elemental Reaction based teams.
C4	★★☆	• Huge CRIT Rate buff. • Limited by the duration of the Omen Buff. • Works great in Freeze teams since Omen Buff extends its duration while enemies are frozen.

C1 for More Support Buffs

Mona's 1st Constellation is a huge buff to her as a support for Elemental Reaction-based teams. What makes it so good is that the buff applies as long as you're hitting an Omen-affected enemy, meaning if you hit an enemy just before her Omen buff expires, you will still get a full 8s Elemental Reaction buff!

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

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.

Mona Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Ripple of Fate

Talent Description
Perform up to 4 water splash attacks that deal Hydro DMG. Charge Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to deal AoE Hydro DMG after a short casting time. Plunge Attack: Gathering the might of Hydro, Mona plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all enemies in her path. Deals AoE Hydro DMG upon impact with the ground.

Mirror Reflection of Doom

Talent Description

Creates an illusory Phantom of fate from coalesced waterspouts. The Phantom has the following special properties: ・Continuously taunts nearby enemies, attracting their fire. ・Continuously deals Hydro DMG to nearby enemies. ・When its duration expires, the Phantom explodes, dealing AoE Hydro DMG. Hold Attack: Utilizes water currents to move backwards swiftly before conjuring a Phantom. Only on Phantom created by Mirror Reflection of Doom can exist at any time. Flavor Text: Skilled astrologers have always dreamed of using a phantom facsimile of themselves to ward off imminent ill fate, but Mona must be the first to make such a mockery of it in all of Teyvat.

Illusory Torrent

Talent Description

When under the effect of Illusory Torrent, Mona can move at high speed on water. Applies the Wet status to nearby enemies when she reappears. When Mona is hit, she can use Illusory Torrent more quickly, as is the case with sprinting for other characters. Flavor Text: This is something that Mona can do, but her teacher cannot. Well, but it's not as if her teacher would pursue any matter concerning Hydro Visions anyway...

Stellaris Phantasm

Talent Description

Mona summons the sparkling waves and creates a reflection of the starry sky, applying the Illusory Bubble status to opponents in a large AoE. Illusory Bubble Traps opponents inside a pocket of destiny and also makes them Wet. Renders opponents immobile. When an opponent affected by Illusory Bubble sustains DMG, the following effects are produced: ・Applies Omen to the opponent, which gives a DMG Bonus, also increasing the DMG of the attack that causes it. ・Removes the Illusory Bubble, dealing Hydro Elemental DMG in the process. The DMG Bonus does not apply to the Hydro Elemental DMG dealt in this instance. Omen During its duration, increases DMG taken by enemies. Flavor Text: It was from the time that gods first traced the lights in the heavens with their eyes that the notion of "fate" was born.

Come 'n' Get Me, Hag!

Talent Description
After she has used Illusory Torrent for 2s, if there are any enemies nearby, Mona will automatically create a Phantom. A Phantom created in this manner lasts for 2s, and its explosion DMG is equal to 50% of Mirror Reflection of Doom.

Waterborne Destiny

Talent Description
Increases Mona's Hydro DMG Bonus by a degree equivalent to 20% of her Energy Recharge rate.

Principium of Astrology

Talent Description
When Mona crafts Weapon Ascension Materials, she has a 25% chance to refund a portion of the crafting materials used.

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Mona's Alternate Outfit

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Mona's In-Game Information

Character Thoughts About Mona

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Diluc	The land of Mondstadt, by the Anemo Archon's grace, is bountiful. I see no need for the harvest forecasts of astrologers.
Fischl	Fischl: Aha, yes, Mona, the mighty astrologer... Mona, who once had the vanity to probe the fate of the Prinzessin der Verurteilung herself! She wound up a trembling wreck, overborne and overmastered. Oz: 'whispering' The poor lass was trying desperately not to laugh. It was no easy task.
Klee	Mona is the best! It's so much fun when she comes to play with me and Albedo. She talks about all these amazing things, and I don't understand most of it but... Ah, I just love it when Mona comes round!
Layla	Mona Megistus, the Astrologist... Her astrology column in The Steambird is well-known among Rtawahist scholars. Her articles always cover super specialized topics, but can still be appreciated by non-academics. That's no easy feat... Huh? Her name seems to just roll off my tongue? Uh, that's just because... I have a lot of respect for... amazing people.
Lisa	Mona? She seems to be an excellent mage, but I'm not a part of their Hexenzirkel. The idea of Irminsul exploration and formal tea parties just leaves me cold.
Venti	Oh, that astrologer? How should I put it? Fortune-telling and my singing are the same: Both lead to you being so poor you can't even cough up the money for a drink! ... You think that astrology is a cultural tradition, so at least still has some value? Hmph, so rude. In that case, so too is singing, so it still has its value too!

Mona's Thoughts About Others

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Albedo	About Albedo Albedo? Ah... I envy his ability to solely focus on his research without getting bogged down in mundane worldly affairs. What a wonderful life! If that batty old lady hadn't had one too many screws loose, perhaps that's the life I'd be living by now myself...
Diluc	About Diluc Diluc Ragnvindr. His constellation, Noctua, represents vigilance in the darkness of night... A lone guardian keeping watch, longing for the splendor of dawn, yet destined to solitude in the dark days preceding its arrival. ...Or, wait, maybe Noctua's the one tied to wealth...?
Jean	About Jean You mean the Acting Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius? her constellation is Leo Minor, which represents strength and responsibility shouldered too young... Though the lioness has been separated from her ride for a long time, she grows from strength to strength, and the day will come when she is ready to return as its glorious leader.
Kaeya	About Kaeya Kaeya Alberich? He's a Pavo Ocellus. Destined for greatness and grandeur... and to hide ugly realities behind a layer of charm and elegance. He believes he has made a clean break with his past, but one day fate will catch up with him. When it does, he will have a major decision to make.
Klee	About Klee Ah yes, Alice's daughter. She's in the custody of the Knights of Favonius, and Albedo looks after her too. She's blessed to have Trifolium as her constellation, which represents good luck. I'm slightly envious... 'smirk' Although, if I'd been blessed with good luck, I suppose I never would have had the great honor of running into that old woman, would I...
Lisa	About Lisa A Tempus Fugit... The constellation derives its name from the hourglass, and stands for knowledge and time - or rather, the trade-off between them. As each grain of sand falls down, a moment of time - of life, even dies for good. To stop the unrelenting flow of sand, one would have to turn the hourglass on its side. But once the sand comes to rest, it remains motionless forever... Hmm, maybe 'becomes lazy' is more accurate than 'comes to rest,' in this case.
Venti	About Venti Venti? The bard that sits around doing nothing all day? What's so interesting about him? Sure, I guess I can take a look... Huh, that's weird, the scryglass, it's... I can't see a thing... this wind... i can't... open my eyes! No, my hat! Ah! My clothes, stop! The wind's going to strip all my clothes off! Make it stop, make it stop! ... Alright! I'll never do this again!

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