Alhaitham Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

Alhaitham is a Dendro sword user whose main role is a damage dealer who builds Elemental Mastery artifacts to trigger powerful Dendro reactions. See Alhaitham's best builds, weapon, artifacts, team comp, and our rating of this character in this guide!

Alhaitham

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Alhaitham Rating and Info

Character Information

Alhaitham
Rating
Rarity	★★★★★
Element	Dendro
Weapon	Sword
Voice Actors	EN Voice Actor: Nazeeh Tarsha JP Voice Actor: Umehara Yuuichirou

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
	N/A	N/A

Character Tier List

Alhaitham's Stats

Alhaitham Strengths and Weaknesses

Alhaitham Best Builds

Alhaitham DPS Builds

Dendro DPS

Best Weapon	Light of Foliar Incision
Replacement Weapons	1. Primordial Jade Cutter 2. Mistsplitter Reforged 3. Toukabou Shigure
Best Artifacts	Gilded Dreams x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Elemental Mastery
	Goblet: Dendro DMG Bonus
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Artifact Sub Stats	Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK%
Recommended Energy Recharge	±130% Total Energy Recharge

This Main DPS Alhaitham build focuses on maximizing his Projection Attack damage from his Elemental Skill to defeat enemies as fast as possible. He is best for enabling Dendro reactions like Quicken and Hyperbloom.

Use this build if you have another character who's already equipping the Deepwood Memories artifact set, while having around 130% to 150% Energy Recharge.

Solo Dendro DPS

Best Weapon	Light of Foliar Incision
Replacement Weapons	1. Primordial Jade Cutter 2. Mistsplitter Reforged 3. Toukabou Shigure
Best Artifacts	Deepwood Memories x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Elemental Mastery
	Goblet: Dendro DMG Bonus
	Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Artifact Sub Stats	Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK%
Recommended Energy Recharge	±160% Total Energy Recharge

The Deepwood Memories artifact is Alhaitham's best artifact set if there are no characters in the party who can equip it except him.

Since he's alone, he will need more energy to recharge his burst. Thus, characters who can wield Favonius weapons are recommended.

Alhaitham Talent Priority

Alhaitham's entire kit mainly focuses on improving the damage of his Projection Attacks, which scales with his Elemental Skill. While Alhaitham uses every talent in hand, players should prioritize leveling his Elemental Skill and Normal Attacks as he uses them the most.

Alhaitham Best Weapons

Alhaitham Weapon Rankings

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Light of Foliar Incision	Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG 19.20% Skill Effect: CRIT Rate is increased by 4%. After Normal Attacks deal Elemental DMG, the Foliar Incision effect will be obtained, increasing DMG dealt by Normal Attacks and Elemental Skills by 120% of Elemental Mastery. This effect will disappear after 28 DMG instances or 12s. You can obtain Foliar Incision once every 12s.
2nd	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.
3rd	Iron Sting	Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery 36 Skill Effect: Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 6% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can occur once every 1s.

You can substitute Iron Sting with Toukabou Shigure for Alhaitham, but only if you are up against bosses. Iron Sting will be better in AoE situations, and as a generalist option in the overworld.

Best Free-to-Play Weapon for Alhaitham

Weapon	Weapon Information
Iron Sting	Bonus Stat: Elemental Mastery 36 Skill Effect: Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 6% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can occur once every 1s.

All Good Weapons for Alhaitham

Recommended Weapons	How to Get
Light of Foliar Incision	Gacha
Primordial Jade Cutter	Gacha
Mistsplitter Reforged	Gacha
Haran Geppaku Futsu	Gacha
Iron Sting	Crafted
Toukabou Shigure	Event
Xiphos' Moonlight	Gacha
The Black Sword	Battle Pass
Harbinger of Dawn	Gacha

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Alhaitham Best Artifacts

Alhaitham Artifact Rankings

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
Best	Gilded	2-PC: Elemental Mastery +80 4-PC: Within 8s of triggering an Elemental Reaction, the character equipping this will obtain buffs based on the Elemental Type of the other party members. ATK is increased by 14% for each member whose Elemental Type is the same as the equipping character, and EM is increased by 50 for every member with a different Elemental Type. Each of the buffs will count up to 3 characters. This effect can be triggered once every 8s and even when not on the field.
2nd	Deepwood	2-PC: Dendro DMG Bonus +15% 4-PC: After Elemental Skills or Bursts hit opponents, the targets' Dendro RES will be decreased by 30% for 8s. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is not on the field.
3rd	Gilded	2-PC: Elemental Mastery +80
	Wanderer	2-PC: Elemental Mastery +80

Alternative 4-Star Artifact

Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
Instructor	2-PC: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80. 4-PC: Upon triggering an Elemental Reaction, increases all party members' Elemental Mastery by 120 for 8s.

Alhaitham Best Teams

Alhaitham Quickbloom Teams

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS / Support
Alhaitham	Nahida	Yelan	Shinobu
Alhaitham	Yelan	Shinobu	Baizhu
Alhaitham	Xingqiu	Raiden	Baizhu

This Alhaitham team comp focuses on applying as much Dendro as possible to cause and trigger a combination of Hyperbloom and Quicken with Alhaitham. The Dendro in this team can be substituted with another Electro if you have enough Energy Recharge for Alhaitham.

If you do not have Nahida, Raiden, or Yelan, a more free to play option with Yaoyao, Xingqiu, and Shinobu are also good.

Alhaitham Best Team Comps

Alhaitham Spread Teams

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Alhaitham	Nahida	Yae Miko	Zhongli
Alhaitham	Fischl	Yae Miko	Baizhu

A party consisting of Dendro and Electro characters enables Alhaitham to focus on maximizing his own personal damage with Spread. Other supprortive characters like Zhongli, or buffers for Electro like Kazuha are okay alternatives.

Alhaitham Burgeon Teams

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Alhaitham	Thoma	Xingqiu	Baizhu

This team comp for Alhaitham centers around him enabling the formation of cores for Thoma to trigger Bugeon. For the reaction to not cause Burning, two Hydro Characters (or an Anemo to swirl Hydro) are recommended to facilitate the reaction.

Alhaitham Free-to-Play Teams

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Alhaitham	Traveler (Dendro)	Lisa	Barbara

If you don't have premium characters, this free-to-play party that centers on Hyperbloom or Quicken can perform well for Alhaitham. Lisa, however, will need a lot of Energy Recharge to make her accessible.

Alhaitham Constellations

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Constellation and Effects

Best Constellations Rating and Explanation

C0 is Good Enough for Alhaitham

Alhaitham's constellations simply increase his damage and comfortability, but they are not necessary if you can follow his rotations well.

Alhaitham Ascension and Talent Materials

Alhaitham Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Mora ×20000 Nagadus Emerald Sliver ×1 Faded Red Satin ×3 Sand Grease Pupa ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Mora ×40000 Nagadus Emerald Fragment ×3 Faded Red Satin ×15 Sand Grease Pupa ×10 Pseudo-Stamens ×2
Lv.50→Lv.60	Mora ×60000 Nagadus Emerald Fragment ×6 Trimmed Red Silk ×12 Sand Grease Pupa ×20 Pseudo-Stamens ×4
Lv.60→Lv.70	Mora ×80000 Nagadus Emerald Chunk ×3 Trimmed Red Silk ×18 Sand Grease Pupa ×30 Pseudo-Stamens ×8
Lv.70→Lv.80	Mora ×100000 Nagadus Emerald Chunk ×6 Rich Red Brocade ×12 Sand Grease Pupa ×45 Pseudo-Stamens ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Mora ×120000 Nagadus Emerald Gemstone ×6 Rich Red Brocade ×24 Sand Grease Pupa ×60 Pseudo-Stamens ×20

Alhaitham Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Tue/Fri/Sun Teachings of Ingenuity	Eremites Faded Red Satin	Scaramouche Boss Challenge Reward Mirror of Mushin
Guide to Ingenuity	Trimmed Red Silk
Philosophies of Ingenuity	Rich Red Brocade

Talent Materials per Level

How to Use Alhaitham

Rotations

It's recommended to keep up his Chisel-Light Mirrors around 2-3 stacks. This means you will need to juggle around using his Elemental Burst, Elemental Skill, and Ascension Passive every 4 seconds.

Simple or No Burst Rotation

If you are looking for a simple rotation in the overworld, or if you have no burst, then using his Elemental Skill into Charged/Plunge Attack is Alhaitham's simplest rotation. Only switch when your mirrors decay to 1 stack.

We recommended to fast hold your Elemental Skill then to do a Plunging Attack to get 3-Mirror stacks immediately.

Six 3 Mirror Projection Attacks Rotation

The video above showcases how you can deal the 3-stack Projection Attack six times with this long rotation for Alhaitham. Due to the tightness of the rotation, you will need practice to achieve at least four to six of said Projection Attacks!

Note that there is a 2 second delay of gaining mirrors after using your Elemental Burst. You can utilize that time for the next variant of rotation:

Low Ping Variant of Long Rotation

This is a variant of the long rotation above that lets you swap to one of your supports after using his Elemental Burst, then immediately swapping back to Alhaitham to get 3 Mirror stacks. This is to compensate the 2 second delay of gaining mirrors from his Burst.

Note that this rotation requires lower ping to do so.

Short Burst Rotation

To get the most damage out of your Elemental Burst, only use it after getting 3 Mirror Stacks from your Elemental Skill and Charged/Plunge Attacks. Due to the energy cost and mirror removal, we recommend using this only when you're about to defeat a boss.

Normal Attacks

Most unique to Alhaitham is his dual-wielding prowess. Based on his kit, players can expect to use his Normal Attacks regularly, especially right after using his Elemental Skill!

Chisel-Light Mirror Mechanic

The Chisel-Light Mirrors mechanic is integral to Alhaitham's entire kit. He can gain Chisel-Light Mirrors through his Elemental Skill, Ascension Passive, and Elemental Burst.

If Alhaitham has at least 1 mirror, whenever he deals damage with his Normal, Charged, or Plunging Attacks, he will also do Projection Attacks with increasing intensity the more mirror stacks he currently possess.

Gains Dendro Infusion

In addition, having at least 1 Chisel-Light Mirror will infuse his attacks with Dendro, which cannot be overriden.

Elemental Skill

His Elemental Skill can either be pressed or held. If pressed, Alhaitham will immediately teleport and damage enemies around him. If held, he can instead aim it.

When Alhaitham uses his Elemental Skill, he also gains 1 Chisel Light Mirror. If he doesn't have any stacks prior to activation, he'll also gain 1 additional mirror. The maximum mirrors he can have is 3.

Elemental Burst

His Elemental Burst deals instances of damage and will vary in power depending on the number of Chisel-Light Mirrors he currently has. The more mirrors you have, the more times his burst will damage enemies.

Replenishes Chisel-Light Mirrors

The catch here is that using his Elemental Burst also creates a number of Chisel-Light Mirrors the fewer the stacks you had prior to activation. If you had no mirrors, you will gain 3 mirrors. If you had the maximum mirrors, you will regain nothing.

This means that if you want to prolong his Chisel-Light Mirrors and Dendro Infusion, you will need to burst with no mirror stacks.

Alhaitham's Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Abductive Reasoning

Universality: An Elaboration on Form

Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena

Four-Causal Correction

Mysteries Laid Bare

Law of Reductive Overdetermination

How to Get Alhaitham

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Alhaitham is available in Phase 2 of Version 3.7, which runs from June 13, 2023 until July 4, 2023. His banner runs alongside Kazuha's rerun.

Since Alhaitham is an event exclusive 5-star character, he can only be acquired through limited Character Event Wish Banners.

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Alhaitham Release Date

Genshin Impact Version 3.4 Phase 1
Release Date	January 18, 2023

Alhaitham was released on January 18, 2023 in the first phase of the Version 3.4.

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