CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG Guide

CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG are character stats that determine damage output in Genshin Impact. Read on to learn more about what CRIT is, how to raise CRIT Stats using weapons, artifacts, and characters, and the ideal CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG ratio.

CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG Basic Information

What is CRIT?

More Damage Dealt per Hit

CRIT (or Critical Hit) is an attack that deals more damage than usual. When damage numbers are scaled larger, it indicates that you managed to deal a CRIT Hit.

CRIT Rate VS CRIT DMG

CRIT Rate

CRIT Rate measures how often you can deal CRIT Hits. Higher percentages means a higher chance of your attacks becoming critical hits.

For Bow characters, all Charged Attacks that hit an enemy's weak spot will be a guaranteed CRIT Hit!

Every character has a base CRIT Rate of at least 5%.

CRIT DMG

CRIT DMG measures how much bonus DMG you deal when you get a CRIT Hit. Higher percentages means more bonus DMG output.

Every character has a base CRIT DMG of at least 50%.

CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG Ratio

Recommended 1:2 CRIT Ratio

CRIT Ratio
CRIT Rate = At least 50%	CRIT DMG = CRIT Rate x 2

Our recommended ratio of CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG is 1:2, with CRIT DMG being double of the CRIT Rate. For example, if your CRIT Rate is 60%, your CRIT DMG should be at least 120%.

Try to aim for at least 50% CRIT Rate when building characters, so everyone has a decent chance to deal CRIT hits!

Best Characters to Use CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG

Use on DPS and Sub-DPS Characters

The characters that benefit the most from CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG will be your main damage dealers. They will need these stats to deal more damage per hit.

Best Team Comps

Balance CRIT and ATK

The higher your ATK, the better effect your CRIT Rate/CRIT DMG can have, so make sure you are also building this important stat!

Don't Forget ATK

CRIT increases the damage multiplier on the initial damage you deal to enemies. This means raising only CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG won't deal high damage if you don't increase your character's ATK stat.

A healthy build is to find a middle ground between raising CRIT Rate, Crit DMG and ATK, as well as keep in mind the stat that your character's talent scales off of.

How to Raise CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG

Equip CRIT Artifacts

You can increase your CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG by equipping artifacts with CRIT Main and Sub stats.

Only Circlets can get CRIT stats as their Main artifact stat, so you should build your artifacts based on whatever your Circlet artifact has.

If your Circlet artifact has CRIT Rate, aim for CRIT DMG Sub-stats on your other artifacts. If it has CRIT DMG, you need CRIT Rate Sub-stats.

Artifact Sets that Increase CRIT Rate

Set	Set Bonus
Blizzard Strayer	2-Piece: Cryo DMG Bonus +15% 4-Piece: 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%.
Berserker	2-Piece: CRIT Rate +12% 4-Piece: When HP is below 70%, CRIT Rate increases by an additional 24%.

Best Artifact Sets

Use Weapons with CRIT Stats

There are weapons in the game that build up CRIT after every Ascension. Using these items will make building CRIT easier as you do not need to rely much on getting artifacts with CRIT substats!

Weapons with CRIT Rate Substat

List of Weapons
Beacon of the Reed Sea	Haran Geppaku Futsu	Primordial Jade Winged-Spear
Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds	Skyward Harp	Staff of the Scarlet Sands
Cashflow Supervision	Polar Star	Hunter's Path
Primordial Jade Cutter	The Viridescent Hunt	Deathmatch
Serpent Spine	Solar Pearl	Wolf-Fang
Scion of the Blazing Sun	Talking Stick	Sacrificial Jade
Ballad of the Fjords	The Black Sword	Twin Nephrite
Slingshot	White Tassel

Weapons with CRIT DMG Substat

List of Weapons
Tulaytullah's Remembrance	The First Great Magic	Redhorn Stonethresher
Light of Foliar Incision	Mistsplitter Reforged	Splendor of Tranquil Waters
Thundering Pulse	Staff of Homa	Kagura's Verity
Tome of the Eternal Flow	Aqua Simulacra	Blackcliff Longsword
Blackcliff Slasher	Blackcliff Pole	Blackcliff Agate
Blackcliff Warbow	The Widsith	Messenger
Harbinger of Dawn	Sharpshooter's Oath

Weapon Tier List

Characters Who Can Increase CRIT Rate

Character Talents and Constellations

Some characters can provide additional CRIT Rate for their party members, depending on their Talents or Constellations.

Talents that Increase CRIT Rate

Character	Talent	Effect
Rosaria	Shadow Samaritan	Casting her Elemental Burst increases CRIT Rate of all nearby party members (except Rosaria herself) by 15% of Rosaria's CRIT Rate for 10s.
Hu Tao	Flutter By	When a Paramita Papilio state activated by her Elemental Skill ends, all allies in the party (excluding Hu Tao herself) will have their CRIT Rate increased by 12% for 8s.

Constellations that Increase CRIT Rate

Character	Constellation	Effect
Hu Tao	C4 Garden of Eternal Rest	Upon defeating an enemy affected by a Blood Blossom (C2) that Hu Tao applied herself, all nearby allies (excluding Hu Tao herself) will have their CRIT Rate increased by 12% for 15s.

CRIT DMG and CRIT Rate Ascension Stats

There are some characters that raise CRIT stats when they ascend. These characters can make CRIT building much easier as you do not have to rely too much on Artifacts or Weapons to get CRIT.

Characters with Crit Rate Bonus Stat

List of Characters
Diluc	Xiao	Wanderer
Lyney	Yae Miko	Itto
Yelan	Furina	Yoimiya

Characters with Crit DMG Bonus Stat

List of Characters
Keqing	Eula	Ayato
Hu Tao	Ayaka	Wriothesley
Cyno	Neuvillette	Ganyu

Best Characters Tier List

Elemental Resonance

Use Cryo Resonance to Increase CRIT Rate

When you have two characters in the party that use Cryo, you activate Cryo Resonance, which gives you a CRIT Rate bonus of 15% against opponents that can get frozen or affected by Cryo.

Cryo Characters

List of Characters
Kaeya	Chongyun	Qiqi
Eula	Aloy	Rosaria
Ayaka	Layla	Wriothesley
Mika	Freminet	Charlotte
Diona	Shenhe	Ganyu

Best Elemental Resonance Setup

CRIT Rate Food

You can also consume food that gives a temporary boost to CRIT Rate for your party.

Keep in mind that this does not apply in some instances like the Spiral Abyss.

Food that Increases CRIT Rate

CRIT Rate Food
Berry & Mint Burst	Jueyun Chili Chicken	Satisfying Salad
Stone Harbor Delicacies	Pile 'Em Up	Come and Get It
Golden Fried Chicken	Tianshu Meat	Adeptus' Temptation

List of Food & Recovery Items

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