Albedo Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

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

Albedo Rating and Info

Character Information

Albedo
	Rating: Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Geo Weapon: Sword EN Voice Actor: Khoi Dao JP Voice Actor: Nojima Kenji

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
N/A

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Albedo's Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Ascension Stat
Lvl 20	2,671	74	177	Geo DMG Bonus 0%
Lvl 80	11,669	233	773	Geo DMG Bonus 28.6%

Albedo's Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
• Provides large AoE of Supplemental Geo DMG. • Has one of the lowest Elemental Skill CD at 4s. • Gives an additional 125 Elemental Mastery after using Elemental Burst. • Can use DEF % Artifacts like Noelle, lowering the build difficulty.
Weaknesses
• Solar Isotoma's Platform can interrupt combat or be destroyed by certain bosses or enemies.

Best Builds for Albedo

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Sub-DPS and Support Builds for Albedo

Recommended Roles for Albedo
Sub DPS Geo Sub-DPS	Support Geo Support

Geo Sub DPS

Best Weapon	Cinnabar Spindle
Replacement Weapons	1. Harbinger of Dawn 2. Primordial Jade Cutter
Best Artifacts	Husk of Opulent Dreams x4
Main Stats	Sands: DEF%
	Goblet: Geo DMG Bonus
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Substats	DEF%, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG

This Albedo build utilizes the effects of the Husk of Opulent Dreams artifact set, which buffs Albedo's DEF and Geo DMG, both stats that increase his Elemental Skill DMG.

Geo Support

Best Weapon	Cinnabar Spindle
Replacement Weapons	1. Harbinger of Dawn 2. Primordial Jade Cutter
Best Artifacts	Tenacity of the Millelith x4
Main Stats	Sands: DEF%
	Goblet: Geo DMG Bonus
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Substats	DEF%, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG

If you want Albedo to be in a Support role, just use the Tenacity of the Millelith artifact set which allows him to increase the party's ATK. Keep in mind that Albedo won't benefit much from the ATK buff as his talents don't benefit well from ATK.

Albedo's Talent Priority

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

You should prioritize on levelling up Albedo's Elemental Skill as most of the DMG he deals comes from that talent. Afterwards, level up his Elemental Burst for even more DMG.

We don't recommend on levelling up his Normal Attack talent unless you plan on using Albedo on-field.

Best Artifacts for Albedo

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Best Artifacts Ranked

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
1st	Husk	2-PC: DEF +30% 4-PC: A character equipped with this Artifact set will obtain the Curiosity effect in the following conditions: When on the field, the character gains 1 stack after hitting an opponent with a Geo attack, triggering a maximum of once every 0.3s. When off the field, the character gains 1 stack every 3s. Curiosity can stack up to 4 times, each providing 6% DEF and a 6% Geo DMG Bonus. When 6 seconds pass without gaining a Curiosity stack, 1 stack is lost.
2nd	Husk	2-PC: DEF +30%
	Archaic	2-PC: Geo DMG Bonus +15%
3rd	Tenacity	2-PC: HP +20% 4-PC: When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.

Best 4-Star Artifact for Albedo

Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
Defender's Will	2-PC: DEF +30% 4-PC: Increases Elemental RES by 30% for each element present among your characters in the party.

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Albedo Best Weapons

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Top 3 Albedo Weapons

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Cinnabar Spindle	Bonus Stat: DEF% 15.0% Skill Effect: Elemental Skill DMG is increased by 40% of DEF. The effect will be triggered no more than once every 1.5s and will be cleared 0.1s after the Elemental Skill deals DMG.
2nd	Harbinger of Dawn	Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG 10.2% Skill Effect: When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 14%.
3rd	Primordial Jade Cutter	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate 9.6% Skill Effect: HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder’s Max HP.

Best Free-to-Play Weapon for Albedo

Weapon	Weapon Information
Harbinger of Dawn	Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG 10.2% Skill Effect: When HP is above 90%, increases CRIT Rate by 14%.

All Recommended Weapons for Albedo

Recommended Weapons	How to Get
Cinnabar Spindle	Event
Primordial Jade Cutter	Gacha
Freedom-Sworn	Gacha
Festering Desire	Event
Harbinger of Dawn	Gacha
Traveler's Handy Sword	Chests

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Albedo Best Team Comp

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Best Characters and Strategies

Character	Element	Weapon
Zhongli	Geo	Polearm
	· Geo Resonance increases your DMG when shields are up. · Can support Albedo using his powerful AoE Geo attacks.
Gorou	Geo	Bow
	· Elemental Resonance increases your DMG when shields are up. · Can Increase Albedo's DEF and Geo DMG.
Xiao	Anemo	Polearm
	· Albedo's Elemental Skill can work together with Xiao's Plunge Attacks
Noelle	Geo	Claymore
	· Geo Resonance increases your DMG when shields are up. · Can provide Noelle supplemental DMG when doing Normal Attacks.

Albedo Best Constellations

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Constellation and Effects

	Albedo's Constellations
C1	Flower of Eden Transient Blossoms generated by Albedo's Abiogenesis: Solar Isotoma regenerate 1.2 Energy for Albedo.
C2	Opening of Phanerozoic Transient Blossoms generated by Abiogenesis: Solar Isotoma grant Albedo Fatal Reckoning for 30s: Each stack of Fatal Reckoning increases DMG by 30% of Albedo's DEF. The effect stacks up to 4 times. Unleashing Rite of Progeniture: Tectonic Tide consumes all stacks of Fatal Reckoning, increasing the DMG dealt by the Tectonic Tide and Fatal Blossoms based on the number of stacks consumed.
C3	Grace of Helios Increase the Level of Abiogenesis: Solar Isotoma by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4	Descent of Divinity Solar Isotoma increases Plunging Attack DMG by 30% for active party members within the AoE.
C5	Tide of Hadean Increases the Level of Rite of Progeniture: Tectonic Tide by 3. Maximum Upgrade level is 15.
C6	Dust of Purification If active party members within the AoE are protected by a shield created by Crystallize, Solar Isotoma increases their DMG by 17%.

Best Constellations Rating and Explanation

	Rating	Constellation Effect / Merits
C2	★★☆	• Elemental Burst will scale from DEF, increasing Albedo's DPS.

C2 Increases Burst DMG with DEF

C2 increases your Elemental Burst the more DEF you have. This also makes DEF% more desirable for Albedo than split chasing for ATK.

Albedo Ascension and Talent Materials

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Albedo Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Cecilia ×3 Prithiva Topaz Sliver ×1 Divining Scroll ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Cecilia ×10 Prithiva Topaz Fragment ×3 Divining Scroll ×15 Basalt Pillar ×2
Lv.50→Lv.60	Cecilia ×20 Prithiva Topaz Fragment ×6 Sealed Scroll ×12 Basalt Pillar ×4
Lv.60→Lv.70	Cecilia ×30 Prithiva Topaz Chunk ×3 Sealed Scroll ×18 Basalt Pillar ×8
Lv.70→Lv.80	Cecilia ×45 Prithiva Topaz Chunk ×6 Forbidden Curse Scroll ×12 Basalt Pillar ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Cecilia ×60 Prithiva Topaz Gemstone ×6 Forbidden Curse Scroll ×24 Basalt Pillar ×20

Albedo Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Wed/Sat/Sun Teachings of Ballad	Samachurls Divining Scroll	Childe Challenge Reward Tusk of Monoceros Caeli
Guide to Ballad	Sealed Scroll
Philosophies of Ballad	Forbidden Curse Scroll

Talent Materials per Level

How to Use Albedo

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Maintain Solar Isotoma's Uptime

Solar Isotoma Supplemental DMG

Albedo is a master of supplemental damage and his Elemental Skill, Abiogenesis: Solar Isotoma should always be active to optimize his damage potential.

Since Solar Isotoma is a Geo Construct it can be placed in advance of a fight, such as a Ley Line Blossom or Domain, and its low CD allows it to be moved easily.

Do Albedo's Transient Blossoms Scale in ATK?

No, Albedo's Transient Blossoms scale in DEF and only DEF. If you want to maximize Albedo's Elemental Skill DMG, you will need to invest in DEF stats in your artifacts or weapon.

The initial damage of Albedo's Elemental Skill when he places the flower still scales in ATK, but its Blossom effect can only scale with DEF.

Solar Isotoma Placement

Placement of Solar Isotoma is important when fighting Boss enemies as it will be destroyed instantly if placed directly on them. If you plan to use Albedo in a boss fight, try to position the construct to the around the Boss to minimize the chance of it being destroyed.

Elemental Mastery Boost

Rite of Progeniture: Tectonic Tide

After using Albedo's Elemental Burst, all characters in your party will automatically receive a 125 Elemental Mastery bonus for a few seconds. Swapping from Albedo to a party member to trigger an elemental reaction will ensure massive reaction damage.

A Home for DEF Stat Artifacts

Similar to Noelle, Albedo can take advantage of the unwanted artifacts that have DEF as the main stat, as his skills scale with his DEF. A usually unwanted artifact for other characters, might actually be the perfect match for Albedo!

Refund Weapon Crafting Materials

Albedo has a 10% chance to double the out come of the weapon material you are crafting. This effect can be extremely useful if you are lacking resources or when crafting multiple weapon materials.

Albedo Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Favonius Bladework - Weiss

Talent Description
Perform up to 5 rapid strikes. Charge Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. Plunge Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Abiogenesis: Solar Isotoma

Talent Description

Albedo creates a Solar Isotoma using alchemy, dealing AoE Geo DMG. At specific intervals, hits on enemies within the Solar Isotoma field will cause the Solar Isotoma to generate Transient Blossoms which deal AoE Geo DMG to the enemy based on Albedo's DEF. Only one Solar Isotoma can exist at any given time, and the Solar Isotoma is considered a Geo Construct. When a character stands at the locus of the Solar Isotoma, it will gather the power of Geo to form a crystallized patform that lifts the character up to a certain height. Only one platfrom can exist at a time.

Rite of Progeniture: Tectonic Tide

Talent Description
Crystaliized Geo energy bursts forth at Albedo's command, dealing AoE Geo DMG in front of Albedo. If a Solar Isotoma created by Albedo himself is on the field, 7 Fatal Blossoms will be generated in the Solar Isotoma field, bursting violently into bloom and dealing AoE Geo DMG. (Tectonic Tide DMG and Fatal Blossom DMG will not generate Transient Blossoms.)

Calcite Might

Talent Description
Transient Blossoms generated by Abiogenesis: Solar Isotoma deal 25% more DMG to opponents whose HP is below 50%.

Homuncular Nature

Talent Description
Using Rite of Progeniture: Tectonic Tide increases the Elemental Mastery of nearby party members by 125 for 10s.

Flash of Genius (Albedo)

Talent Description
When Albedo crafts Weapon Ascension Materials, he has a 10% chance to receive double the product.

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Albedo's In-Game Information

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Thoughts About Albedo

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Amber	Albedo spends most of his time in his workshop, tinkering away with all of his awesome stuff. But, when you see him in person, you never can quite tell what he's thinking... Who knows what goes on in that mind of his...
Diona	Alchemy genius? Hmm... I wonder if he knows of a way to finally help me make a drink that people don't like?
Jean	Sometimes I feel that terms like "genius" were originally created for Albedo.
Kaeya	Albedo, eh? Calm, collected, and incredibly talented. He's the type everybody likes, some even more so than others. What, you into him as well?
Klee	Me and Albedo have a secret code! Whenever he puts a sign on his workshop door saying "Experiment in Progress," that's code for "Come back later, Klee." Albedo's really nice and he's so patient with me, so I don't mind waiting until he's finished with his work.
Lisa	Albedo is quite the alchemist. Just say the word and he'll come up with a good solution. He's easy on the eyes too, just like you.
Mona	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...
Rosaria	He's like an oil painting you find hanging on the wall in some ancient hall, profound and mysterious... hard to see through. But what can I say, I find people with stories... interesting.
Sucrose	Artistry: As his Assistant I learn so much each and every day. What's key is not his existing knowledge, but his talented way of thinking. No matter how complex the task at hand, his way of thinking ensures he gets to the bottom of it, and is able to explain it thoroughly. His methodologies are amazing... to me, it's where alchemy meets art. Talent: Talent? Let's hypothesize that he and I were to perform the same research — I'd spend my whole life playing catch up. But, my studying of bio-alchemy has nothing to do with evading his line of research, we just happen to have different interests and dreams — nothing more.
Venti	How do you explain white chalk in black soil, or the earth's dense crust amidst the emptiness of space? Same reason the purest soil gave birth to human life... It's an ancient power with unmistakable properties. Trying to harness it is dangerous indeed, I can't imagine what would happen if someone lost control of it in the city... Ah, never mind! What goes on within Mondstadt's walls is up to Mondstadt's people to deal with!
Xingqiu	I've thought of all the illustrations I want for each of the major event in the next three volumes! I should write my thoughts down before I forget them, and send them to Mr. Kreideprinz...

Albedo's Thoughts About Others

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Barbara	About Barbara Barbara? She's a very earnest Deaconess. I once had the opportunity to sketch her a simple portrait... What happened to the sketch? Ah yes... Albert offered to purchase it, but I rejected his bid and gave it to the Acting Grand Master. Social relations... really require a lot of effort.
Jean	About Jean Jean? She has served exceptionally well as Acting Grand Master, one can even say she is more reliable than Grand Master Varka. Perhaps in our hearts, we all eagerly await the day she can become the official Grand Master herself.
Klee	About Klee Indeed, I view Klee as my younger sister. Whenever she gets herself into some explosive sort of trouble, I can only console myself with the fact that her current destructiveness is nothing compared to that of Miss Alice.
Lisa	About Lisa Lisa? I always am impressed by the valuable perspectives she brings to discussions. But is a person with her talents satisfied with such a basic occupation as librarian? There must be some hidden reason for this.
Sucrose	About Sucrose Direction: Sucrose? I think I more or less understand why she is so dedicated to her research in bio-alchemy... Either way, I'm happy to see her succeed more and more in her endeavors. Habits: Working with Sucrose on alchemy research is quite pleasant, but she has some... stubborn qualities in regards to certain aspects unrelated to research. For example, I have told her numerous times to just call me "Albedo" since we are about the same age, but she insists on addressing me in an excessively formal manner. ...Whatever she prefers, I guess.
Xingqiu	About Xingqiu Oh, Xingqiu? I find his written works quite interesting. The Yae Publishing House in Inazuma has been asking that I cooperate with a different author for greater royalties. Hmph, do I seem the type to be swayed by a few extra Mora?

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