Mika Rating and Best Builds

Mika is an 4-Star Cryo Polearm character in Genshin Impact. His main role is to provide buffs to the on-field character while providing a bit of healing. See his best builds, and our rating of this character in this guide!

Mika's Character Guides
Build Guide	Specialty Dish

Mika Rating and Info

Character Information

Mika
Rating
Rarity	★★★★
Element	Cryo
Weapon	Polearm
Voice Actors	EN Voice Actor: Robb Moreira JP Voice Actor: Yūko Sanpei

Tier List Rankings

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

Character Tier List | Best Characters

Mika's Stats

Mika's Strengths and Weaknesses

Mika Best Builds

Mika Support Buffer Build

Best Weapon	Engulfing Lightning
Replacement Weapons	1. Favonius Lance 2. Black Tassel
Best Artifacts	Noblesse Oblige x4
Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge% or HP%
	Goblet: HP%
	Circlet: HP%
Substats	Energy Recharge, HP%
Recommended Energy Recharge	±180% Total Energy Recharge

This Mika build has him use the Noblesse Oblige to further buff his teammates when he uses his Elemental Burst. Focus on providing him the required Energy Recharge that will let him use his Elemental Burst off cooldown based on your team comp.

The 2pc. effect isn't useful for Mika, but granting the bonus +20% ATK to the entire party should more than make up for it.

Mika Support Healer Build

Best Weapon	Engulfing Lightning
Replacement Weapons	1. Favonius Lance 2. Black Tassel
Best Artifacts	Ocean-Hued Clam x4
Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge% or HP%
	Goblet: HP%
	Circlet: HP% or Healing Bonus
Substats	Energy Recharge, HP%
Recommended Energy Recharge	±180% Total Energy Recharge

If you already have a party member using the Noblesse Oblige set or don't need the ATK% buff that it provides, you can instead equip Mika with an Ocean-Hued Clam artifact set for more healing.

Mika's healing is definitely not enough to let you face-tank certain attack combos, so commit to using dashes to avoid big damage when you can.

Mika Talent Priority

For Talent priority, focus on increasing Mika's Elemental Skill since it improves the ATK Speed buff it provides. Next should be his Elemental Burst for more healing, while leaving his Normal Attacks for last.

Mika Best Artifacts

Mika Artifact Rankings

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
1st	Noblesse Oblige	2-PC: Elemental Burst DMG +20%. 4-PC: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
2nd	Ocean-Hued Clam	2-PC: Healing Bonus +15% 4-PC: When the character with this artifact set heals a party member, 1 Foam will appear. It accumulates healed HP for 3 seconds, then explodes and deals 90% of the HP healed as DMG to nearby enemies. Max accumulated healing is 30,000 HP, including over-heal. There can only be 1 Foam active, but it stays even if you swap out. Foam CD is 3.5s.
3rd	The Exile	2-PC: Energy Recharge +20% 4-PC: Using an Elemental Burst regenerates 2 Energy for all party members (excluding the wearer) every 2s for 6s. This effect cannot stack.

Mika's artifacts are pretty straightforward. Always focus on providing enough Energy Recharge for Mika for him to use his Elemental Burst off-cool down.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Mika Best Weapons

Mika Weapon Rankings

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Engulfing Lightning	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 12.0% Skill Effect: ATK increased by 28% of Energy Recharge over the base 100%. You can gain a maximum bonus of 80% ATK. Gain 30% Energy Recharge for 12s after using an Elemental Burst.
2nd	Favonius Lance	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 6.7% Skill Effect: 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.
3rd	Skyward Spine	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 8.0% Skill Effect: Increases CRIT Rate by 8% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 40% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.

Best Free-to-Play Weapon for Mika

Weapon	Weapon Information
Black Tassel	Bonus Stat: HP 10.2% Skill Effect: Increases DMG against slimes by 40%.

All Recommended Weapons for Mika

Recommended Weapons	How to Get
Engulfing Lightning	Gacha
Favonius Lance	Gacha
Skyward Spine	Gacha
Black Tassel	Gacha
Kitain Cross Spear	Crafted

List of Polearms

Mika Team Comps

Hypercarry Eula

Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support
Mika	Eula	Raiden	Shenhe

Mika is highly recommended for supporting Eula in her Hypercarry team. Adding Raiden to this team will greatly reduce the energy requirements for this energy-hungry team comp.

Razor-Mika Team Comp

Support	Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS
Mika	Razor	Fischl	Rosaria

Mika provides some much-needed buffs for improving Razor as a Main DPS. When paired with Fischl and Rosaria, the three of them can more or less cover for each other when it comes to recharging their Elemetal Bursts.

Mika Constellations

Palumbus

Constellation and Effects

Best Constellations Rating and Explanation

C6 for a Massive Physical DMG Buff

Mika provides a massive 60% CRIT damage boost to the Physical damage of the on-field character for 12s after using Mika's Elemental Skill. This is a massive source of damage that will be appreciated by any Physical DPS!

Should You Pull for Mika?

Is Mika Good?

Setting aside the current issues of Physical damage, Mika is a good Physical damage buffer. At C6 he can even manage to beat Bennett as a Phys damage buffer. His main role is to provide buffs to the on-field character while providing a bit of healing, a true all-in-one support role.

The only problem Mika has is not being able to act as a battery for other Cryo units and himself. If you use Mika on his own or with Eula, you will need another unit to help deal with the Energy needs of the party.

Mika Ascension and Talent Materials

Mika Ascension Materials

Lv.20→Lv.40	Wolfhook ×3 Shivada Jade Sliver ×1 Recruit's Insignia ×3 Mora ×20,000
Lv.40→Lv.50	Wolfhook ×10 Shivada Jade Fragment ×3 Recruit's Insignia ×15 Mora ×40,000 Pseudo-Stamens ×2
Lv.50→Lv.60	Wolfhook ×20 Shivada Jade Fragment ×6 Sergeant's Insignia ×12 Mora ×60,000 Pseudo-Stamens ×4
Lv.60→Lv.70	Wolfhook ×30 Shivada Jade Chunk ×3 Sergeant's Insignia ×18 Mora ×80,000 Pseudo-Stamens ×8
Lv.70→Lv.80	Wolfhook ×45 Shivada Jade Chunk ×6 Lieutenant's Insignia ×12 Mora ×100,000 Pseudo-Stamens ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Wolfhook ×60 Shivada Jade Gemstone ×6 Lieutenant's Insignia ×24 Mora ×120,000 Pseudo-Stamens ×20

Wolfhook Farming Locations

Mika Talent Level-Up Materials

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Wed/Sat/Sun Teachings of Ballad	Fatui Recruit's Insignia	Scaramouche Boss Challenge Reward Mirror of Mushin
Guide to Ballad	Sergeant's Insignia
Philosophies of Ballad	Lieutenant's Insignia

Talent Materials per Level

How to Use Mika

Elemental Skill - Soulwind State

When Mika uses his Elemental Skill, he will attack with his crossbow and grant all nearby characters with Soulwind, which increases their ATK SPD while on the field.

If Mika's Elemental Skill hits more than one opponent, the Soulwind state will grant Detector effect, which gives additional 10% Physical DMG per enemy hit (Max of 3 enemies at C0).

Elemental Burst

When Mika uses his Elemental Burst, he will heal all nearby party members and grant them the Eagleplume state.

The Eagleplume state works similar to Qiqi's Elemental Burst, which lets the attacking character regenerate HP when they perform Normal Attacks against opponents!

Passive Talent - Mondstadt Local Specialty

Mika can display the location of nearby Mondstadt Local Specialties on the Mini-map, similar to Klee's passive talent!

Characters with Local Specialty Passives

Mika Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Spear of Favonius - Arrow's Passage

Starfrost Swirl

Skyfeather Song

Suppresive Barrage

Topographical Mapping

Demarcation

How to Get Mika

Pull from Version 3.8 Phase 1 Banners

Version 3.8 Phase 1 Banners
Sparkling Steps	Born of Ocean Swell

Mika, alongside Thoma and Razor, was a featured 4-star character on both Klee and Eula's rerun banners in Phase 1 of Version 3.8 from July 5, 2023 to July 25, 2023!

Mika is also available at a normal rate on all Standard Wish Banners except Beginner's Wish.

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Mika's In-Game Information

Mika Voicelines

Thoughts About Mika

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Amber	Oh! Mika's a veteran of Eula's team. When he first arrived, it was always ''Yes, Commander!'' every time he spoke to me - I guess it must have been because he saw how close I was with Eula. But then, even after I told him I was actually an Outrider, he still called me ''Ma'am''... It was so embarrassing. We have completely different responsibilities, after all. I definitely could never match his expertise in cartography.
Eula	When Mika was assigned to the Reconnaissance Company; I thought that he'd only last a few days, just like the others before him. But he surprised me. He never made a peep, but he completed all of his tasks quite admirably. He even volunteered to run errands for me, and assist with communication... Hmph... I don't know who is going around telling people that I need looking after...
Jean	The Grand Master placed Mika on the front line of the expedition team not simply because he met the requirements of the mission --more importantly, he was impressed by Mika's hardworking and grounded nature. From my own perspective, I feel very honored to work with someone like him.
Kaeya	When I first met Mika, he seemed like the nervous type, so I decided to joke around with him a little. I didn't count on that making him even more nervous... His smile looked as if it were plastered onto his face, and in the end, he even wrote me a letter of apology. Tsk-tsk. Does taking everything so seriously run in the Schmidts' blood?
Lisa	I do rather envy Huffman for having such a caring little brother. Mika takes care of everything around the house and even looks after him when he's drunk... Ah, how nice it must be to lounge around all day without. a care in the world... Hmm? What do you mean, I already do that? You're getting quite bold these days, aren't you, cutie?

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