Genshin Faruzan Guide - Best Builds, Weapons, Artifacts, and Teams - Genshin Impact Guide - IGN (2024)

Looking for aGenshin Impact Faruzan Buildguide? This guide will cover all of Faruzan's important mechanics and the best talents, weapons, artifacts, and teammates for her.

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• How to Get Faruzan
• Gameplay Overview
  • Energy Recharge Requirements
  • Talent Discussion
  • Constellation Analysis
• Builds and Gear
  • Weapon Rankings
  • Artifact Rankings
• Best Faruzan Teams

Faruzan is a new 4-star character featured in the first half of banners in patch 3.3 . Once patch 3.4 arrives, Faruzan will be accessible on all banners.

• Element:Anemo
• Weapon:Bow
• Rarity: 4-star

Faruzan is a support unit designed to enhance the damage of other Anemo units. It is no coincidence that the 5-star character on her very first banner is Wanderer, an Anemo hypercarry unit.

What makes her strong for Anemo characters is an extremely rare debuff she possesses: the ability to reduce Anemo resistance. Nearly every team with a Pyro, Cryo, Electro, or Hydro character benefits from an Anemo support character due to their ability to use the 4pc Viridescent Venerer artifact set, which reduces enemy resistance to Swirled elements by 40%. The more diverse the buffs and debuffs being employed, the better, as many buffs and debuffs suffer from diminishing returns after a certain point. That said, there is no similar debuff for Anemo characters until Faruzan came along... unless you have C4 Jean, however it's unwise to assume the average player has multiple constellations on 5-star characters.

Not only does Faruzan provide Anemo resistance-shred, but she also provides and Anemo damage boost, some mild enemy-grouping, and with constellations, CRIT DMG and additional energy generation for Anemo characters.

Her achilles heel, however, is that nearly all of these buffs are attached to her Burst, and Faruzan has mediocre energy generation without constellations. This means Bursting off cooldown will be extremely difficult without an incredible amount of Energy Recharge; an Energy Recharge weapon and timepiece artifact are both absolutely mandatory for her performance, as well as good Energy Recharge substats on her other artifacts.

Faruzan Energy Recharge Requirements

I'll rip the ban-aid off right away; Faruzan needs at least 220% Energy Recharge with a Favonius weapon, and usually more than this without. Energy needs can be as high as 280%, especially if you're trying to "funnel" energy particles into your big-damage Anemo DPS characters so they can Burst more frequently. As such, you will typically need to sacrifice nearly all of her offensive potential individually in order for the most important part of her kit to be used to full effect.

Favonius Warbow, a free 4-star weapon given out for completing the Mondstat story, is almost required in order to control her hunger for energy. The average player simply cannot easily meet these requirements otherwise.

It is also heavily recommended not to neglect her Burst, as her Burst is head-and-shoulders above the rest of her kit.

Faruzan Talent Discussion

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Normal Attack - Parthian Shot

Faruzan's Normal Attacks are weak, even for a 4-star character, and it is not recommended to use Normal Attacks at all with Faruzan. Instead, focus only on her Skill and Burst.

Elemental Skill - Wind Realm of Nasamjnin

Any damage from Aimed Shots will come from Faruzan's Skill. After tapping her Skill button, you can use an enhanced Aimed Shot that pulls enemies together with air currents.

Please note that using her Aimed Shot is important for generating energy particles. Levelling this talent isn't quite important.

Elemental Burst - The Wind's Secret Ways

This is the bread-and-butter of Faruzan's kit. A geometric shape travels in a triangular pattern, dealing damage, reducing enemy Anemo resistance by 30%, and increasing Anemo damage for your teammates.

This talent is the sole reason to even include Faruzan into a team at all. Do not neglect her Burst and level it as high as possible.

First Ascension Passive - Impetuous Flow

After using Faruzan's Skill, her Aimed Shot will fully charge must faster than before. The Anemo shot that pulls enemies in can now offer the same buffs and debuffs of her Burst, helping Faruzan keep her buffs and debuffs active as long as possible.

Fourth Ascension Passive - Lost Wisdom of the Seven Caverns

Teammates that benefit from Faruzan's buffs get a damage boost equal to 32% of Faruzan's Base ATK. Base ATK is different from the ATK stat you normally see on characters; it does not count ATK% effects, whether they be on weapons, artifacts, or outside buffs.

Base ATK = Natural ATK from Level + ATK number on Weapon

Keep in mind that meetnig her Energy Recharge requirement is far more important than having the highest Base ATK possible, so it won't be realistic to try and push this buff to its limit.

Constellation Analysis

Most of Faruzan's constellations are underwhelming until you hit C6, which is an unbelievable buff to your team's damage.

Faruzan Builds and Gear

There'sreally only one way to play Faruzan: as a support that also deals a modest amount of damage off-field. Your stats will focus almost entirely on Energy Recharge, only focusing on CRIT stats and Anemo DMG% once those needs are satisfied.

Weapon Rankings

The best weapons for Faruzan are Energy Recharge weapons. It is not advised to use any non-Energy Recharge weapons unless your Faruzan has C6.

Artifact Rankings

Artifact choices will large depend on team needs, so it's hard to rank these as any better than other options. However, three main choices exist; one of which is even a 4-star set you can farm for even from near the beginning of the game!

Best Faruzan Teams

Building a team with Faruzan is quite easy. Simply pair her with a strong Anemo on-field DPS, then the rest of the team members should focus on making that DPS stronger. For more details on their teams, check the guides for the following Anemo DPS's