Ayaka Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

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

Ayaka

Story Quest

Ayaka's Character Guides
Build Guide	Character Lore	Specialty Dish

Grus Nivis Chapter
The Whispers of the Crane and the White Rabbit	Act 2	Act 3

Ayaka Rating and Info

Ayaka's Character Information

Ayaka
	Rating: Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Cryo Weapon: Sword EN Voice Actor: Erica Mendez JP Voice Actor: Hayami Saori

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
		N/A

Character Tier List | Best Characters

Ayaka Strengths and Weaknesses

Ayaka's Stats

Recommended Constellations

How to Get Ayaka

Pull in Ayaka's Banner

Banner Status	Inactive

Ayaka's event banner, The Heron's Court, was released on July 21, 2021 and is currently inactive. As of now, there is no way to get Ayaka from any of the Standard Banners.

Ayaka Banner and Gacha Rates

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How to Use Ayaka

Use Ayaka's Special Sprint

Similar to Mona, Ayaka has a special sprint that lets her move faster and enables her to dash along the water. After sprinting, Ayaka's Normal Attacks are infused with Cryo for a short period of time.

If you want to deal the most Cryo DMG out of Ayaka, we recommend to use this special sprint first before auto attacking.

Ayaka can also create Cryo platforms at the end of her sprint while dashing on water.

Elemental Skill Boosts Normal Attack DMG

Ayaka's Elemental Skill, Kamisato Art: Hyouka, can deal Cryo DMG to surrounding enemies while also launching smaller enemies upwards.

After unlocking the passive talent, Amatsumi Kunitsumi Sanctification, using Ayaka's Elemental Skill boosts her Normal and Charged ATK DMG. We recommend using her Elemental Skill every now and then to maintain the DMG boost.

Deal Tons of DMG using her Elemental Burst

Ayaka's Elemental Burst, Kamisato Art: Soumetsu, deals multiple bouts of Cryo DMG. Ayaka's Elemental Burst is very effective against larger enemies as it doesn't pass through them, making you deal more DMG.

Ayaka's Elemental Burst is also effective against taking down Hydro and Electro Shields as it also doesn't phase through them.

Best Builds for Ayaka

Ayaka's Roles and Builds

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support

Ayaka DPS Builds

Hard-hitting Cryo DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
Mistsplitter Reforged	Blizzard Strayer x4
Set Bonus
• Cryo DMG Bonus +15% • When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.
Talent Priority
Normal Attack: Kamisato Art - Kabuki Perform up to 5 rapid strikes.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	ATK% Cryo DMG Bonus CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Substats	・ATK% ・CRIT DMG ・ CRIT Rate

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Primordial Jade Cutter	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate ・HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder’s Max HP.
The Black Sword	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate ・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.
Amenoma Kageuchi	Bonus Stat: ATK ・After casting an Elemental Skill, gain 1 Succession Seed. This effect can be triggered once every 5s. The Succession Seed lasts for 30s. Up to 3 Succession Seeds may exist simultaneously. After using an Elemental Burst, all Succession Seeds are consumed and after 2s, the character regenerates 6 Energy for each seed consumed.

Cryo Burst DPS

Weapon	Artifact Set
Mistsplitter Reforged	Blizzard Strayer x4
Set Bonus
• Cryo DMG Bonus +15% • When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.
Talent Priority
Kamisato Art: Soumetsu Summons forth a snowstorm with flawless poise, unleashing a Frostflake Seki no To that moves forward continuously.

Recommended Artifact Substats

Stat Priority	ATK% Cryo DMG Bonus CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Substats	・ATK% ・CRIT DMG ・ CRIT Rate

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Primordial Jade Cutter	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate ・HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder’s Max HP.
Amenoma Kageuchi	Bonus Stat: ATK ・After casting an Elemental Skill, gain 1 Succession Seed. This effect can be triggered once every 5s. The Succession Seed lasts for 30s. Up to 3 Succession Seeds may exist simultaneously. After using an Elemental Burst, all Succession Seeds are consumed and after 2s, the character regenerates 6 Energy for each seed consumed.
Favonius Sword	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge ・CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.

Best Artifacts and Weapons for Ayaka

Best Artifacts Ranked

Rating	Set	Bonus
Best	Blizzard Strayer	• Cryo DMG Bonus +15% • When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.
Second Best	Gladiator's Finale	• ATK +18%. • If the wielder of this artifact set uses a Sword, Claymore or Polearm, increases their Normal Attack DMG by 35%.
Third Best	Noblesse Oblige	• Elemental Burst DMG +20%. • Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.

Alternative Artifact Set

Set	Bonus
Martial Artist	• Increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 15%. • After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 25% for 8s.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Best Weapons Ranked

Rating	Weapon	Stats (Lv.1)
Best	Mistsplitter Reforged	Base Stats Base Attack: 48 Bonus Effect: CRIT DMG 9.6 Skill Effect Gain a 12% Elemental DMG Bonus for a character's Elemental Type. At stacks 1/2/3, Elemental DMG is further increased by 8/16/28%. Each stack has an individual duration and are gotten through: • Normal Attacks with Elemental DMG (duration 5s) • Casting an Elemental Burst (duration 10s) • Having less than 100% Energy (disappears at full Energy)
Second Best	Primordial Jade Cutter	Base Stats Base Attack: 44 Bonus Effect: 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.
Third Best	The Black Sword	Base Stats Base Attack: 42 Bonus Effect: CRIT Rate 6.0% Skill Effect 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.

Recommended Characters for Ayaka

Main DPS

Sub DPS

Support

Recommended Main DPS
Diluc	Eula	Hu Tao
Klee	Yanfei

Recommended Sub DPS
Albedo	Kazuha	Mona
Tartaglia	Venti	Rosaria
Sucrose	Xiangling	Xingqiu

Recommended Support
Jean	Qiqi	Zhongli
Barbara	Bennett	Diona
Xinyan

Ayaka Ascension and Talent Materials

Ayaka Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Shivada Jade Sliver ×1 Sakura Bloom ×3 Old Handguard ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Shivada Jade Fragment ×3 Sakura Bloom ×10 Perpetual Heart ×2 Old Handguard ×15
Lv.50→Lv.60	Shivada Jade Fragment ×6 Sakura Bloom ×20 Perpetual Heart ×4 Kageuchi Handguard ×12
Lv.60→Lv.70	Shivada Jade Chunk ×3 Sakura Bloom ×30 Perpetual Heart ×8 Kageuchi Handguard ×18
Lv.70→Lv.80	Shivada Jade Chunk ×6 Sakura Bloom ×45 Perpetual Heart ×12 Famed Handguard ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Shivada Jade Gemstone ×6 Sakura Bloom ×60 Perpetual Heart ×20 Famed Handguard ×24

Ayaka Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Tue/Fri/Sun Teachings of Elegance	Nobushi Old Handguard	Azhdaha Challenge Reward Bloodjade Branch
Guide to Elegance	Kageuchi Handguard
Philosophies of Elegance	Famed Handguard

Talent Materials per Level

Ayaka Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Kamisato Art - Kabuki

Kamisato Art: Hyouka

Kamisato Art: Senho

Kamisato Art: Soumetsu

Amatsumi Kunitsumi Satisfaction

Kanten Senmyou Blessing

Fruits of Shinsa

Ayaka Constellations

Snowswept Sakura	When Kamisato Ayaka's Normal or Charged Attacks deal Cryo DMG to opponents, it has a 50% chance of decreasing the CD of Kamisato Art: Hyouka by 0.3s. This effect can occur once every 0.1s.
Blizzard Blade Seki no To	When casting Kamisato Art: Soumetsu, unleashes 2, smaller additional Frostflake Seki no To, each dealing 20% of the original storm's DMG.
Frostbloom Kamifubuki	Increases the Level of Kamisato Art: Soumetsu by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Ebb and Flow	Opponents damaged by Kamisato Art: Soumetsu's, Frostflake Seki no To will have their DEF decreased by 30% for 6s.
Blossom Cloud Irutsuki	Increases the Level of Kamisato Art: Hyouka by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Dance of Suigetsu	Kamisato Ayaka gains Usurahi Butou every 10s, increasing her Charged Attack DMG by 298%. This buff will be cleared 0.5s after Ayaka's Charged ATK hits an opponent, after which the timer for this ability will restart.

Ayaka Story and Lore

Want to learn more about the Shirasagi Himegimi and her story? Check out our Story and Lore page on Ayaka here:

Kamisato Ayaka Story and Lore

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