Mualani Rating and Best Builds

Mualani is a 5-star Hydro Catalyst User in Genshin Impact that best functions as a Main DPS. See her best weapons and artifacts, team comps, and our rating of Mualani in this guide!

Mualani

Story Quest

Mualani's Character Guides
Build Guide	Special Dish

Where the Springs Return Chapter
Journey to the Mysterious Island	Act 2	Act 3

Mualani Rating and Info

Character Information

Mualani
	Rating
	Rarity	★★★★★
	Element	Hydro
	Weapon	Catalyst
	Voice Actors	Cassandra Lee Morris (EN) Toyama Nao (JP)

Tier List Rankings

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Exploration
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Mualani's Stats

Stat Calculations

Base Stat Calculations

	Stats indicated above are obtained from Mualani's base values. These numbers also exclude the character's equipped weapon, artifacts, talents, or other passive effects that are not innate to the character.
	All characters start with 5% CRIT Rate, 50% CRIT DMG, 100% Energy Recharge, 0 Elemental Mastery, 0% Healing Bonus, and 0% Elemental DMG bonus before any additional stats are applied. The table above includes such values.
	The Level 20 stats indicated for this character are calculated before their first ascension.

Character Stat Rankings

Mualani's Ascension and Talent Material Summary

All Ascension Materials Needed
Varunada Lazurite Sliver ×1 Varunada Lazurite Fragment ×9 Varunada Lazurite Chunk ×9 Varunada Lazurite Gemstone ×6 Mora ×420,000 Sprayfeather Gill ×168 Mark of the Binding Blessing ×46 Sentry's Wooden Whistle ×18 Warrior's Metal Whistle ×30 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle ×36
All Talent Materials Needed
Mora ×4,957,500 Crown of Insight ×3 Lightless Mass ×18 Philosophies of Contention ×114 Guide to Contention ×63 Teachings of Contention ×9 Sentry's Wooden Whistle ×18 Warrior's Metal Whistle ×66 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle ×93

Mualani Strengths and Weaknesses

Mualani Best Builds

Mualani DPS Builds

Mualani is an HP-scaling character who uses her waveboard from her Elemental Skill to tag opponents, and then using her last enhanced Normal Attack from her rotation to deal damage to enemies, specializing in the Elemental Reaction, Vaporize.

Hydro Main DPS

Best Weapon	Surf's Up
Replacement Weapons	1. Sacrificial Jade 2. Ring of Yaxche 3. Tome of the Eternal Flow 3. A Thousand Floating Dreams 3. Ash-Graven Drinking Horn
Best Artifacts	Obsidian Codex x4 or Heart of Depth x4
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: HP% or Elemental Mastery
	Goblet: Hydro DMG Bonus or HP%
	Circlet: CRIT DMG
Artifact Sub Stats	CRIT DMG, HP%, Elemental Mastery, CRIT Rate, Energy Recharge
Sample Teams	Vaporize: Burn-Vape:

The Obsidian Codex artifact set is Mualani's best build, which provides an abundance of CRIT Rate and lets you stack CRIT DMG from substats. Focus on HP% and Elemental Mastery stats as well to ensure that her most important attacks benefit from as many multipliers as possible.

Mualani Talent Priority

Mualani's damage potential comes first and foremost from her Elemental Skill, followed by the emergency Burst Damage from her Elemental Burst, so level up those two in order.

Despite her primary source of damage being considered Normal Attack DMG, Mualani's Normal Attacks do not directly contribute to it, so you can level them last.

Mualani Best Artifacts

Obsidian Codex is the Best Choice

Obsidian Codex outshines the other two options solely because she can trigger Nightsoul's Blessing, and is something that Mualani can consistently trigger, leading to a near-unconditional 40% increase to CRIT Rate.

Other than that, Heart of Depth and standard 2-piece HP or Hydro DMG Bonus sets remain consistent choices for those still in the process of farming for 4-pc. Obsidian Codex or those deciding to settle on the artifacts, as their flat Hydro DMG increase is always welcome.

Mualani Artifact Rankings

	Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
Best	Obsidian Codex	2-PC: While the equipping character is in Nightsoul's Blessing and is on the field, their DMG dealt is increased by 15%. 4-PC: After the equipping character consumes 1 Nightsoul point while on the field, CRIT Rate increases by 40% for 6s. This effect can trigger once every second.
2nd	Heart of Depth	2-PC: Hydro DMG Bonus +15% 4-PC: After using Elemental Skill, increases Normal Attack and Charged Attack DMG by 30% for 15s.
3rd	Vourukasha's Glow	2-PC: HP +20%
	Nymph's Dream	2-PC: Hydro DMG Bonus +15%

Alternative 4-Star Artifact

Artifact	Artifact Bonuses
Martial Artist	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.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Mualani Best Weapons

Surf's Up is Her Signature and Best-in-Slot

Mualani's Signature Weapon, Surf's Up, is tailor-made for both her kit and her Vaporize-centered damage style.

If her Signature is not available, then use HP weapons such as the Battle Pass Sacrificial Jade, or the Natlan free craftable Ring of Yaxche.

Mualani Weapon Rankings

	Weapon	Weapon Information
1st	Surf's Up	Base ATK: 542 Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG 88.2% Skill Effect: Max HP increased by 20%. Once every 15s, for the 14s after using an Elemental Skill: Gain 4 Scorching Summer stacks. Each stack increases Normal Attack DMG by 12%. For the duration of the effect, once every 1.5s, lose 1 stack after a Normal Attack hits an opponent; once every 1.5s, gain 1 stack after triggering a Vaporize reaction on an opponent. Max 4 Scorching Summer stacks.
2nd	Sacrificial Jade	Base ATK: 454 Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate 36.8% Skill Effect: When not on the field for more than 5s, Max HP will be increased by 32% and Elemental Mastery will be increased by 40. These effects will be canceled after the wielder has been on the field for 10s.
3rd	Ring of Yaxche	Base ATK: 510 Bonus Stat: HP 41.3% Skill Effect: Using an Elemental Skill grants the Jade-Forged Crown effect: Every 1,000 Max HP will increase the Normal Attack DMG dealt by the equipping character by 0.6% for 10s. Normal Attack DMG can be increased this way by a maximum of 16%.

Best Free-to-Play Weapon for Mualani

DPS Free-to-Play Weapon

Weapon	Weapon Information
Ring of Yaxche	Base ATK: 510 Bonus Stat: HP 41.3% Skill Effect: Using an Elemental Skill grants the Jade-Forged Crown effect: Every 1,000 Max HP will increase the Normal Attack DMG dealt by the equipping character by 0.6% for 10s. Normal Attack DMG can be increased this way by a maximum of 16%.
Ash-Graven Drinking Horn	Base ATK: 510 Bonus Stat: HP 41.3% Skill Effect: When an attack hits an opponent, deals AoE damage equal to 40% of Max HP at the target location. This effect can be triggered once every 15 seconds.

All Recommended Weapons for Mualani

Recommended Weapons	How to Get
Surf's Up	Gacha
Sacrificial Jade	Battle Pass
Ring of Yaxche	Crafted
Tome of the Eternal Flow	Gacha
A Thousand Floating Dreams	Gacha
Ash-Graven Drinking Horn	Event
Prototype Amber	Crafted

List of All Catalyst Weapons

Mualani Best Team Comps

Mualani's Best Teams

Team comps specializing in Vaporize are Mualani's best teams as she can forward most of her attacks towards Pyro-afflicted opponents to trigger big Vaporize damage consistently.

Other than that, slotting her in as a Hypercarry or in Electro-Charged teams is also viable due to her easy Hydro Application using her Elemental Skill.

Mualani Double-Hydro Vaporize Team

Main-DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS/ Support	Support
Mualani	Furina	Xiangling	Xilonen
Mualani	Candace	Xiangling	Xilonen

The Hydro Resonance provides bonus to HP% which Mualani scales with, and buffer characters like Furina and Candace, who happens to scale with HP as well, greatly synergize with Mualani.

Note that certain setups without a strong Pyro applicator like Xiangling may result in your other Hydro character vaping instead, which means setting up a proper rotation where Xiangling reapplies Pyro before Mualani can use her Sharky Bites is crucial.

Mualani Standard Vaporize Team

Main-DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS/ Support	Support
Mualani	Xiangling	Sucrose	Xilonen
Mualani	Xiangling	Sucrose	Dehya

Mualani works best in Vaporize teams due to most of her damage being front-loaded into her Shark's lunging bites.

With that in mind, pairing her with characters with good Pyro application like Xiangling, and a buffer like Furina, Kazuha, or Xilonen can help ensure that she can always Vaporize this instance of attack.

If you have enough Energy Recharge on Xiangling, you may use someone else like Dehya.

Mualani Burning-Vaporize Team

Main-DPS	Sub-DPS	Sub-DPS/ Support	Support
Mualani	Emilie	Nahida	Dehya
Mualani	Nahida	Xiangling	Dehya

A variant of Mualani's Vaporize team utilizing the constant Pyro application of Burning with a Dendro character. Make sure to Burn the enemy first with Emilie and Xiangling before using Mualani as she may accidentally extinquish the Burn effect or make Bloom cores instead.

Mualani Constellations

Phoca Neomonachus

Constellation and Effects

Best Constellation Rating and Explanation

Mualani Ascension and Talent Materials

Mualani Ascension Materials

Below are the ascension materials needed for Mualani:

Lv.20→Lv.40	Varunada Lazurite Sliver ×1 Mora ×20,000 Sprayfeather Gill ×3 Sentry's Wooden Whistle ×3
Lv.40→Lv.50	Varunada Lazurite Fragment ×3 Mora ×40000 Sprayfeather Gill ×10 Mark of the Binding Blessing ×2 Sentry's Wooden Whistle ×15
Lv.50→Lv.60	Varunada Lazurite Fragment ×6 Mora ×60,000 Sprayfeather Gill ×20 Mark of the Binding Blessing ×4 Warrior's Metal Whistle ×12
Lv.60→Lv.70	Varunada Lazurite Chunk ×3 Mora ×80,000 Sprayfeather Gill ×30 Mark of the Binding Blessing ×8 Warrior's Metal Whistle ×18
Lv.70→Lv.80	Varunada Lazurite Chunk ×6 Mora ×100,000 Sprayfeather Gill ×45 Mark of the Binding Blessing ×12 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle ×12
Lv.80→Lv.90	Varunada Lazurite Gemstone ×6 Mora ×120,000 Sprayfeather Gill ×60 Mark of the Binding Blessing ×20 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle ×24

Mualani Talent Level-Up Materials

Below are the talent materials needed for Mualani:

Daily Domain Drops	Enemy Drops	Weekly Boss Drops
Mon/Thu/Sun Teachings of Contention	Sauroform Tribal Warriors Sentry's Wooden Whistle	All-Devouring Narwhal Challenge Reward Lightless Mass
Guide to Contention	Warrior's Metal Whistle
Philosophies of Contention	Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle

Talent Materials per Level

Mualani Talents and How to Use

Normal Attack

Balloon Throwing Normals and Enhanced Shark Attacks

Mualani's Normal Attacks have her throw an assortment of water-based attacks with balloons and fish, whereas her Enhanced Normal Attacks have her leading her Shark to lunge onto an opponent.

Elemental Skill

Elemental Skill Allows Her to Surf Through Enemies

Mualani's Elemental Skill allows her to ride her shark mount as she continuously runs through enemies, marking them and increasing the amount of damage that Mualani does to opponents.

Her combos are special due to her somewhat infrequent Enhanced Normal Attacks during her Elemental Skill being the primary source of her damage.

Can Also Surf Through Water or Terrain

Sharky Surfboard also gives Mualani faster movement speed and higher interruption resist and gives her the ability to navigate through terrain, water, and liquid Phlogiston.

Use this as one of the many movement abilities given to you in Natlan.

Elemental Burst

Elemental Burst is a Large AoE Explosion

Mualani's Elemental Burst summons her shark to shoot towards her opponents, exploding for large damage in an AoE.

Her Elemental Burst is a form of Burst Damage to close out or open her damage rotations.

Passive Talent 1

Extra Fuel for Her Elemental Skill

Mualani's A1 Passive allows her to sustain enough Nightsoul Points to charge up her Elemental Skill and hit the enemy with Surging Bite another time.

Use this as a way to squeeze in that last bit of DPS before needing to change off of her.

Passive Talent 2

Finish Fights with Mualani

Mualani's Burst gains more value whenever allies have their turns in dealing Elemental Damage, allowing her to exploit Nightsoul Burst by powering up her Elemental Burst.

Although not an active thing to consider, take note of this during her rotations so that you maximize the use of Nightsoul Burst.

Passive Talent 3

Back-up Fuel While in Natlan

This passive affects Natlan characters by default, allowing them to use Phlogiston instead to power up their Nightsoul's Blessing.

Nightsoul's Blessing and Nightsoul Points are the fuel that characters like Mualani need in order to maintain key abilities like their Elemental Skills.

Nightsoul's Blessing and Burst Guide

Passive Talent 4

Can Assist in Local Specialty Gathering

As one of the flagship characters for Version 5.0, Mualani's exploration passive gives her the ability to scout out the Local Specialties in Natlan.

This way, you are able to lessen the time and hassle of searching for these plants for your characters.

How to Get Mualani

Pull on Mualani's Banner

Banner Status	Inactive

Mualani was available in her own featured banner during Phase 1 of Version 5.0, which ran from August 28, 2024 until September 17, 2024. Mualani ran alongside Kazuha's rerun banner.

In addition to that, the 4-stars Kachina, Xinyan, and Bennett received rate-ups during this time period, but have sinced returned to normal rates.

New and Upcoming Characters

Mualani In-Game Information

Mualani Character Profile

Nation	Natlan
Title	Splish-Splash Wavechaser
Vision	Hydro
Gender	Female
Race	Human
Height	Medium Girl
Faction	People of the Springs
Constellation	Phoca Neomonachus
Birthday	August 3
Special Dish	Pass the Luck

Mualani Voicelines

Thoughts About Mualani

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Chasca	Mualani says we got into a fight as kids over some toy we both wanted, but I don't remember any of that. Hmm... I wonder if it's because I got into so many fights that I just lost track of them all? I also wonder if it was actually her surfboard I was after, rather than a toy... I'll bet I just wanted the ability to go hunting on water. Heh, whatever it was, I doubt our feud lasted more than a day. It never does with Mualani.
Kachina	Mualani's my first good friend! Before I met her, I never even knew that people as sweet as her existed, or how many fun things there are in the world! Look, this is a photo of us! She said we should jump right when they took the photo... I look a bit stiff? Hehe, you caught me! A lot of people were staring at us when we took this photo, so I was really nervous...
Kinich	I've taken jobs from her before. She offered to pay me to act as a "battle advisor," and the Mora was good, so I accepted. After working with her a few times, though, I noticed she's not exactly a pushover. When I pressed her about it, she eventually admitted that "battle advisor" was just code for mentoring Kachina in wilderness survival... So a "battle against nature," then. Hmm, I'd probably just call that "life." Anyway, that business is concluded, and I now have two new acquaintances.
Xilonen	Mualani is an amazing athlete. I've never seen anyone make surfing or gliding on the Spiritways look so smooth or easy. In fact, I have yet to see Mualani ever slip up. Hmm? What would happen if a person or Saurian got in her way? Hmm, I'm pretty sure she would just scoop them up and keep gliding along.

Mualani's Thoughts About Others

Character	In-Game Thoughts
Chasca	About Chasca I met Chasca when I was little. We even fought over toys a few times... I was pretty surprised when I heard she became a Peacekeeper. They say some people mature really slowly, while others grow up in an instant. Sometimes, I wonder if I've even started...
Citlali	About Citlali Granny Citlali is without a doubt the most experience priestess I've ever seen. She's more than just an elder, she's like the coolest elder ever! Her predictions are always super accurate. A long time ago, she said the lucky colors for my business were pink and blue. Sure enough, pink and blue floaters are now my top sellers! While I was bugging her...uh, I mean, visiting her recently, she mentioned there was an outlander who could bring me good fortune... Ah, wait a sec! Aren't you an outlander!?
Iansan	About Iansan Iansan is the pride of the Collective of Plenty and all of Natlan. She's been part of so many Pilgrimages, and is still unbeaten to this day! I registered for her training class, actually, paid the tuition fee and everything. I just haven't started because, uh... I've been too busy to train... Okay, fine. I'll admit... When I saw what looked like when she finished her training, I heard a voice inside me say, "Hey, you belong in the water. Stay dry on land for too long, and you'll wind up stranded there." Sometimes, you've just gotta listen to your heart!
Ifa	About Ifa Ifa is the best! No matter what we invite him to do, he's always happy to join. And he's super quick and efficient at everything, too. If he wasn't already as a vet, I think he'd make a pretty great water sports coach. Hmm? Is he from a different tribe? Well, yeah, but that won't be a problem at all!
Kachina	About Kachina Kachina is incredibly gentle and kind. From everything she says, it's clear she always thinking about others. She has so many great qualities, but she's constantly overlooked and ridiculed because she doesn't stand up for herself. (sigh) I know she can handle herself, it's just... I worry about her lack of confidence. More often than not, she ends up believing the awful things people say about her. So, I've made it my personal mission to encourage her and share her strengths with all the people around me. I'm sure one day, everyone will see her in a new light!
Kinich	About Kinich Ajaw will say more in a day than Kinich in a whole year. It can't be easy having to deal with all of Ajaw's antics, but somehow Kinich always manages to do his own thing. Now that I think about it, the only time they seem equally uninterested is when I talk about horoscopes...
Mavuika	About Mavuika The Pyro Archon is the most respected figure in all of Natlan. I really admire her, not only because she's the Pyro Archon, but because... she looks super cool when she surfs! I've challenged her to a race before, actually... huh? You wanna know who was faster? In that case, let's race, and I'll tell you once you beat me!
Xilonen	About Xilonen If the Pyro Archon acknowledges a craftsperson, then you know she's good. Even if an Ancient Name got all smashed up, I bet she could make it good as new again. Wait, did I just jinx something? An Ancient Name absolutely cannot get smashed. That would be so bad. I take it back! I take it back! I didn't say anything. And you didn't hear anything either, alright?

Who is Mualani?

Member of People of the Springs

In Mualani's official announcement post, as well as the Genshin 5.0 Livestream, it was revealed she's a member of a group known as People of the Springs.

It's said that in the past, their forerunners once measured the world with their feet, transforming the winding, perilous paths they walked into networks of orderly lines on their maps.

Other Natlan Characters Teased

Natlan Characters
Kinich	Mualani	Kachina
Citlali	Chasca	Ororon
Mavuika	Iansan	Xilonen

Natlan Release Date and Map Guide

Mualani Voice Actor

Voice Actors in English and Japanese

Mualani is voiced by Cassandra Lee Morris in English, and Toyama Nao in Japanese!

Voice Actors List for All Languages

Mualani Release Date

Release in Version 5.0

Genshin Impact Version 5.0
Release Date	August 28, 2024

Mualani has been released in Phase 1 of Version 5.0 on August 28, 2024 as part of her own featured banner. Running alongside her is Kaedehara Kazuha's rerun banner!

Kachina was also released alongside Mualani in Phase 1, making her one of the rate-up 4-stars in Mualani and Kazuha's banners!

Version 5.0 Release Date and Details

Genshin Impact Related Guides

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