Genshin Impact

The Black Sword Best Characters and How to Get

Genshin Impact - The Black Sword Sword

The Black Sword is a 4-star Sword from the Battle Pass in Genshin Impact. See the Black Sword best characters, its ascension materials, passive skills, and more info here!

The Black Sword Best Characters

Who is The Black Sword Good For?

All Recommended Characters
Traveler (Geo) ImageTraveler (Geo) Kaeya ImageKaeya Keqing ImageKeqing
Ayaka ImageAyaka Ayato ImageAyato Alhaitham ImageAlhaitham
Clorinde ImageClorinde

Good for Main DPS Characters

The Black Sword is a good weapon for Normal and Charged Attack-based characters. Its HP Regeneration is especially useful in team comps where healing is substituted for a Sub-DPS character.

Best 4-Star Weapon for Ayato

The Black Sword is Ayato's best 4-Star weapon in the game. It provides a much needed Normal Attack DMG boost, which is his primary source of DMG. This holds true for other Normal or Charged Attack-based characters like Keqing or Alhaitham!

Is The Black Sword a Good Weapon?

The Black Sword is a good weapon for Main DPS Characters whose primary source of DMG is their Normal Attacks. However, It can still serve as a good weapon to raise the CRIT Rate of characters!

The Black Sword Stats and Info

The Black Sword Information

The Black Sword
The Black Sword Image
Type Sword
Base ATK 42
Rarity ★★★★
Bonus Effect
CRIT Rate + 6.0%
Skill
Justice
・Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 20%. Additionally, regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.
Description
A pitch-black longsword that thirsts for violence and conflict. It is said that this weapon can casue its user to become drunk on the red wine of slaughter.
How to Obtain
Battle Pass Reward

The Black Sword Stats

Lvl. Base ATK CRIT Rate
1/20 42 6.0%
20/20 109 10.6%
40/40 205 15.5%
50/50 266 17.9%
60/60 327 20.3%
70/70 388 22.7%
80/80 449 25.1%
90/90 510 27.6%

The Black Sword Refinement Levels

Justice
R1 Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 20%. Additionally, regenerates 60% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.
R2 Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 25%. Additionally, regenerates 70% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.
R3 Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 30%. Additionally, regenerates 80% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.
R4 Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 35%. Additionally, regenerates 90% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.
R5 Increases DMG dealt by Normal and Charged Attacks by 40%. Additionally, regenerates 100% of ATK as HP when Normal and Charged Attacks score a CRIT Hit. This effect can occur once every 5s.

The Black Sword Passive Skill

Justice Explanation

The weapon passive of the Black Sword is very straightforward. If you want to get the most out of the healing effect, you will need to use your Charged Attacks. This effect works for Charged Attacks that have multiple hits.

The Black Sword Ascension Materials

Ascension Materials for Each Level

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90

How to Get The Black Sword

Purchase the Gnostic Hymn

Genshin - Gnostic Hymn

You can get The Black Sword by purchasing the Gnostic Hymn in the Battle Pass and reaching Battle Pass Level 30.

What is the Battle Pass?

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Comment

5 Anonymousover 2 years

Lol what the sword actually does isn't anywhere in this article.

4 Anonymousover 2 years

I'm planning to get this sword. I have both Ayaka and Ayato as well as a Primordial Jade Cutter. Any recommendations as to who's going to use which weapon?

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