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Ayato is a 5-Star Hydro Sword character in Genshin Impact. Check out Ayato's build, ascension materials, best weapons, best artifacts, talent priority, skills, teams, and our rating of the character in this build guide!
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Rarity |
★★★★★
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Voice Actors |
EN Voice Actor: Chris Hackney
JP Voice Actor: Akira Ishida |
Main DPS | Sub-DPS | Support | Exploration |
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HP | Attack | Defense | Ascension Stat | |
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Lvl 20 | 2,770 | 84 | 155 | CRIT DMG 50% |
Lvl 80 | 12,751 | 301 | 715 | CRIT DMG 88.4% |
Ayato's Strengths | |||
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• Can deal high single and multi-target DMG. • Elemental Burst can support teammates and himself. • Currently the only Hydro character that can deal AoE DMG over a large area for a long time. |
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Ayato's Weaknesses | |||
• Activating his Elemental Skill can leave you open to Attacks. • High Elemental Burst cost. This is slightly fixed thanks to his passive. |
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Substats | Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG, ATK%, HP% |
The Echos of an Offering artifact set should only be used if players have a low ping to Genshin Impact servers. This is because the chance of triggering the 4pc effect gradually gets more inconsistent the higher the ping is.
With a constant green ping (found on the top right), this build has the potential to deal more damage than the Heart of Depth set.
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Substats | Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK%, HP% |
This is Ayato's most consistent build for Ayato as a Main DPS. Not only does it increase his Normal Attack damage, but it also increases his Elemental Burst damage as well.
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Substats | Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG, ATK%, HP% |
This Sub-DPS build utilizes Ayato's Elemental Burst. His burst window will be used for buffing damage and setting up Elemental Reactions for the Main DPS.
For a Main DPS Ayato | For a Sub-DPS Ayato | |
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1st | Elemental Skill | Elemental Burst |
2nd | Elemental Burst | Elemental Skill |
3rd | Normal Attack | Normal Attack |
Ayato's Elemental Skill and Burst are key talents that change leveling priority depending on the build. Ayato's Normal Attacks does not affect the damage when using his Elemental Skill, so it should be leveled last.
Artifact | Artifact Bonuses | |
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1st |
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2-PC: ATK +18%. 4-PC: When Normal Attacks hit opponents, there is a 36% chance that it will trigger Valley Rite, which will increase Normal Attack DMG by 70% of ATK. This effect will be dispelled 0.05s after a Normal Attack deals DMG. If a Normal Attack fails to trigger Valley Rite, the odds of it triggering the next time will increase by 20%. This trigger can occur once every 0.2s. |
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2-PC: Hydro DMG Bonus +15% 4-PC: After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 30% for 15s. |
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2-PC: ATK +18%. 4-PC: If the wielder of this artifact set uses a Sword, Claymore or Polearm, increases their Normal Attack DMG by 35%. |
Echoes of an Offering is Ayato's best artifact when you have his signature weapon, Haran Geppaku Futsu. Due to the artifact's RNG, you may opt to use a combination of 2pc or 4pc Heart of Depth or Gladiator's Finale with good substats.
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2-PC: Increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 15%. 4-PC: After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 25% for 8s. |
Weapon | Weapon Information | |
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Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate 7.2% Skill Effect: Obtain 12% All Elemental DMG Bonus. When other nearby party members use Elemental Skills, the character equipping this weapon will gain 1 Wavespike stack. Max 2 stacks. This effect can be triggered once every 0.3s. When the character equipping this weapon uses an Elemental Skill, all stacks of Wavespike will be consumed to gain Rippling Upheaval: each stack of Wavespike consumed will increase Normal Attack DMG by 20% for 8s. |
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Bonus Stat: 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) |
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Bonus Stat: 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. |
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Bonus Stat: ATK 12.0% Skill Effect: 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. |
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Ayato Main DPS Teams | |
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Ayato Sub-DPS Teams | |
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Ayato can achieve his highest peronsal DPS by triggering Vaporize reactions during his Elemental Skill. Xiangling and Bennett will provide the Pyro status effect while also activating a damage-boosting Pyro resonance. Kazuha will buff the whole party's Elemental DMG.
You can replace Kazuha with Yun Jin if you don't have him. This will limit the damage buff to only Ayato's.
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Ayato is also a great enabler for the Hyperbloom reaction. His Elemental Skill will help create Dendro Cores while the off-field Electro Character will trigger the Hyperbloom reaction.
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This Dendro Team Comp for Ayato will only need 2 core teammates, a Pyro and Dendro off-field damage dealer. The goal is to create Dendro Cores by using Ayato and the Dendro Traveler's Elemental Burst. Afterwards, the off-field Pyro unit will trigger the Burgeon reaction with Pyro damage.
Afterwards, you can swap Ayato back in and do damage with his Elemental Skill.
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Ayato will be the ''trigger'' in this Electro-Charged team. Fischl (especially at C6) can help recharge Ayato's energy while Bennett can boost Ayato's damage and heal the party. Beidou or Bennett can be replaced by Yun Jin in this party.
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Ayato and Ganyu will freeze enemies, easily letting Ayato do his Normal Attacks on enemies. Venti's on the team for crowd control and because his Elemental Burst syncs great with Ganyu's. Diona will give you shields, heals, and Cryo Resonance.
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Xiangling will set up Vaporize reactions and Ayato will trigger it. The Geo Traveler will give energy with their C4 talent, increase CRIT Rate with their C1 talent, and create shields for the party. Barbara will support the team with off-field healing.
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Use Ayato's Elemental Burst to apply Hydro for Vaporize reactions and buff Yoimiya's Normal Attacks. He can also use his Elemental Skill to trigger Yoimiya's burst. Bennett and Kazuha will buff the party!
Yoimiya can be replaced with Raiden Shogun or by any character who would appreciate the Hydo DMG Ayato provides with his Elemental burst.
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Ayato's Constellations | |
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C1 |
Kyouka Fuushi Shunsuiken DMG is increased by 40% against opponents with 50% HP or less. |
C2 |
World Source Namisen's maximum stack count is increased to 5. When Kamisato Ayato has at least 3 Namisen stacks, his Max HP is increased by 50% |
C3 |
To Admire the Flowers Increases the Level of Kamisato Art: Kyouka by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
C4 |
Endless Flow After using Kamisato Art: Suiyuu, all nearby party members will have 15% increased Normal Attack SPD for 15s. |
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Bansui Ichiro Increases the Level of Kamisato Art: Suiyuu by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
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Boundless Origin After using Kamisato Art: Kyouka, Ayato's next Shunsuiken attack will create 2 extra Shunsuiken strikes when they hit opponents, each one dealing 450% of Ayato's ATK as DMG. Both these Shunsuiken attacks will not be affected by Namisen |
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C2 | ★★★ |
• Increases Namisen Stacks to 5, which translates to more damage. • if Ayato's Namisen stacks are at least 3, his Max HP will increase by 50%. This will help with survivability and damage. |
C4 | ★★☆ |
• Increases Normal ATK SPD by 15% for 15s for all party members after using Elemental Burst. • Great constellation for both Main and Sub-DPS Ayato. |
Ayato actually has all he needs at 0 constellations! If you have the extra Primos and want to go the extra mile, we recommend getting him to C2 or C4.
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Daily Domain Drops | Enemy Drops | Weekly Boss Drops |
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After using Ayato's Elemental Skill, Ayato's Normal Attacks become infused with Hydro that can deal AoE DMG. Swapping out Ayato will end this stance early.
Attacking enemies during this stance will create Namisen stacks, which increases damage based on a % of Ayato's current max HP during the skill.
Casting Ayato's Elemental Skill will deal Hydro DMG in a large area around him. The falling Bloomwater blades have pseudo random targeting, similar to how Ganyu's Elemental Burst works.
After casting Ayato's Elemental Burst, Normal Attacks of any characters within the field will deal increased DMG. Given how long the burst duration is, it is possible to use it as a Sub-DPS tool if Ayato's Elemental skill is still in cooldown.
While Ayato is off the field, his passive will provide him with 2 every second if his total energy is below half of his Elemental Burst cost. Ideally, you would only want Ayato to be swapped out when his Elemental Skill is in cooldown, so this passive should give at least 10 Energy at minimum.
When Ayato cooks a Perfect Dish it has an 18% chance of producing an additional Suspicious Quality dish of the same type!
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Perform up to 5 rapid strikes.
Charge Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to dash forward and perform an iai. Plunge Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact. |
Attribute | Effect (Lvl 1) |
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1-Hit DMG | 45.0% |
2-Hit DMG | 47.2% |
3-Hit DMG | 58.6% |
4-Hit DMG | 29.4%x2 |
5-Hit DMG | 75.6% |
Charged Attack DMG | 129.5% |
Charged Attack Stamina Cost | 20. |
Plunge DMG | 63.9% |
Low/High Plunge DMG | 128%/160% |
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Kamisato Ayato shifts positions and enters the Takimeguri Kanka state. After this shift, he will leave a watery illusion at his original location. After it is formed, the watery illusion will explode if opponents are nearby or after its duration ends, dealing AoE Hydro DMG.
Takimeguri Kanka In this state, Ayato uses his Shunsuiken to engage in blindingly fast attacks, causing DMG from his Normal Attacks to be converted into AoE Hydro DMG. This cannot be overridden. It also has the following properties: ・After a Shunsuiken hits an enemy, it will grant Namisen, which increases the DMG based on Ayato's Max HP. The initial maximum no. of Namisen stacks is 4, and 1 stack can be gained via Shunsuiken every 0.1s. ・Kamisato Ayato's RES to interruption is increased. ・Unable to use Charged or Plunging Attacks. Takimeguri Kanka will be cleared when Ayato leaves the field. Using Kamisato Art: Kyouka again while in this state will reset and replace the pre-existing one. Flavor Text: ''When, I wonder, did you come under the illusion that you were winning?'' - Ayato is like this in both matter of martial prowess and political intrigue, but to preserve the dignity of his fellow Commissioners, he does not say such things to them. As such, only Thoma, Itto, and Ayaka have ever heard this line. |
Attribute | Effect (Lvl 1) |
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Shunsuiken 1-Hit DMG | 52.9% |
Shunsuiken 2-Hit DMG | 58.9% |
Shunsuiken 3-Hit DMG | 64.9% |
Takimeguri Kanka Duration | 6.0s |
Namisen DMG Bonus | 0.56% Max HP/Stack |
Water Illusion DMG | 101.5% |
Water Illusion Duration | 6s |
CD | 12.0s |
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Unveils a garden of purity that silences the cacophony within. While this space exists, Bloomwater Blades will constantly rain down and attack opponents within its AoE, dealing Hydro DMG and increasing the Normal Attack DMG of characters within.
Flavor Text: I can see them, you know. The ripples of your beating heart within this realm of still waters." |
Attribute | Effect (Lvl 1) |
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Bloomwater Blade DMG | 66.5% |
Normal Attack DMG Bonus | 11.0% |
Duration | 18.0s |
CD | 20.0s |
Energy Cost | 80 |
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Ayato's Elemental Skill has the following properties: ・After it is used, Kamisato Ayato will gain 2 Namisen stacks. ・When the water illusion explodes, Ayato will gain a Namisen effect equal to the maximum number of stacks possible. |
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If Ayato is not on the field and his energy is low, he will regenerate a set amount of energy in regular intervals. |
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When Ayato cooks a dish perfectly, he has a set chance to receive an additional suspicious dish of the same type. |
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Banner Status | Inactive |
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Kamisato Ayato's banner rerun, Azure Excursion was last available for the Phase 2 of Version 3.3 from December 27, 2022 until January 17, 2022. His banner ran alongside Raiden Shogun's banner, Reign of Serenity.
Rosaria, Sayu, and Kujou Sara are the featured 4-star characters in both Phase 2 Banners. There are no other ways to get Kamisato Ayato outside his featured banner.
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