Mika Best Builds and Artifacts | Genshin Impact

Mika is an 4-Star Cryo Polearm character in Genshin Impact. See Mika's Best Builds, Artifacts, Weapons, teams, ascension materials, and if he's worth pulling 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

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Mika's Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Ascension Stat
Lvl 20	2,694	48	154	HP 0%
Lvl 80	11,640	208	664	HP 24%

Mika's Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
• Good Elemental Particle Generation. • Great Physical DPS buffer. • Provides party-wide burst healing and continuous single-target healing for the on-field character.
Weaknesses
• High Elemental Burst cost. • Long Elemental Skill cooldown.

Mika Best Builds

Mika Support Build 1

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

	Support Talents
1st	Elemental Skill
2nd	Elemental Burst
3rd	Normal Attack

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	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	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	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

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Constellation and Effects

	Mika's Constellations
C1	Factor Confluence The Soulwind state of Starfrost Swirl can decrease the healing interval between instances caused by Skyfeather Song's Eagleplume state. This decrease percentage is equal to the ATK SPD increase provided by Soulwind.
C2	Companion's Ingress When Starfrost Swirl's Flowfrost Arrow first hits an opponent, or its Rimestar Flare hits an opponent, 1 Detector stack from Passive Talent Suppressive Barrage will be generated. You must have unlocked the Passive Talent Suppressive Barrage first.
C3	Reconnaissance Experience Increases the Level of Skyfeather Song by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4	Sunfrost Encomium When Mika's own Skyfeather Song's Eagleplume state heals party members, this will restore 3 Energy to Mika. This form of Energy restoration can occur 5 times during the Eagleplume state created by 1 use of Skyfeather Song.
C5	Signal Arrow Increases the Level of Starfrost Swirl by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6	Companion's Counsel The maximum number of Detector stacks that Starfrost Swirl's Soulwind can gain is increased by 1. You need to have unlocked the Passive Talent "Suppressive Barrage" first. Additionally, active characters affected by Soulwind will deal 60% more Physical CRIT DMG.

Best Constellations Rating and Explanation

	Rating	Constellation Effect / Merits
C1	★★☆	• Healing becomes faster, letting you act a bit more reckless when dealing damage.
C6	★★★	• Active character deals 60% more Physical CRIT DMG.

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.

How to Get Mika

Pull from Version 3.5 Phase 2 Banners

Version 3.5 Phase 2 Banners
The Heron's Court	The Transcendent One Returns

The new 4-Star Cryo Character, Mika, will receive a huge drop-rate boost in Ayaka and Shenhe's rerun banner. It will run from March 21, 2023 until April 11, 2023 of Version 3.5 Phase 2.

3.5 Release Date & Patch Notes

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

Wolfhook Locations and Farming Route

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

Talent Description
Will take effect in different ways if Tapped or Held. Charge Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way. Plunge Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Starfrost Swirl

Talent Description

Mika uses his crossbow to attack, granting all nearby characters in your party Soulwind. When characters in the Soulwind state are on the field, their ATK SPD will be increased. Press: Fires a Flowfrost Arrow that can pierce through opponents, dealing Cryo DMG to enemies it comes into contact with. Hold: Goes into Aiming Mode, locking on to an opponent and firing a Rimestar Flare at them, dealing Cryo DMG. When the Rimestar Flare hits, it will rise before exploding, launching Rimestar Shards into a maximum of 3 other opponents, dealing Cryo DMG.

Skyfeather Song

Talent Description

Derives the ability to spur his teammates on from the recited prayers of the knightly order, regenerating HP for all nearby party members. This healing is based on Mika's Max HP and will grant them the Eagleplume state. Eagleplume When the Normal Attacks of active characters affected by Eagleplume hit an opponent, Mika will help them regenerate HP based on his Max HP. Characters affected by this state can only regenerate HP in this way once per short interval of time.

Suppresive Barrage

Talent Description

Per the following circumstances, the Soulwind state caused by Starfrost Swirl will grant characters the Detector effect, increasing their Physical DMG by 10% when they are on the field. - If the Flowfrost Arrow hits more than one opponent, each additional opponent hit will generate 1 Detector stack - When a Rimestar Shard hits an opponent, it will generate 1 Detector stack. Each Rimestar Shard can trigger the effect 1 time. The Soulwind state can have a maximum of 3 Detector stacks, and if Starfrost Swirl is cast again during this duration, the pre-existing Soulwind state and all its Detector stacks will be cleared.

Topographical Mapping

Talent Description

When an active character affected by both Skyfeather Song's Eagleplume and Starfrost Swirl's Soulwind at once scores a CRIT Hit with their attacks, Soulwind will grant them 1 stack of Detector from Suppressive Barrage. During a single instance of Soulwind, 1 Detector stack can be gained in this manner. Additionally, the maximum number of stacks that can be gained through Soulwind alone is increased by 1. Requires Suppressive Barrage to be unlocked first.

Demarcation

Talent Description
Displays the location of nearby resources unique to Mondstadt on the mini-map

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?

Mika's Thoughts About Others

We'll update this section once more information is available!

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