Genshin Impact: Kazuha character summary and gameplay tips
We’ve discussed Kaedehara Kazuha’s weapons, artifacts, and talent priorities in an in-depth manner already, but is he actually viable in your Genshin Impact comps?
I’ve done tests with Kazuha and I’ve cleared Spiral Abyss (max stars) with only him and Bennett in a team. I definitely love his kit. Kazuha is, technically, a mixture of three amazing Anemo characters: Venti (crowd control/CC), Xiao (DPS), and Sucrose (debuff/elemental mastery). To be clear, though, I found it very hard to make him a pure support character because Venti and Sucrose are better in this regard. It also requires a bit more investment (which is unlikely at C0). However, I did find more success when building him as a sub-DPS character, making him an interesting pick for your Genshin Impact roster.
In most cases, you’d have to choose between two builds:
| Build | Suggested Weapons | Suggested Artifacts | Suggested Artifact Rolls |
| Pure Support | Freedom-Sworn, Iron Sting, or Alley Shot (due to EM) | 4-piece VV (top choice) 2-piece VV and 2-piece Wanderer’s Troupe | Elemental Mastery stacking – EM/Anemo/EM or EM/EM/EM |
| Main or Sub-DPS | Freedom-Sworn and Iron Sting are still good, as well as Skyward Blade, Blackcliff Longsword, Sacrificial Sword, Lion’s Roar, or Black Sword | 4-piece VV (top choice) 2-piece VV and 2-piece Gladiator’s Finale | ATK%/Anemo/Crit – Having elemental mastery as a sub-stat for your artifacts is okay too |
His Chihayaburu elemental skill does fair damage and its crowd control (CC) pull is quite decent. Even better, his Soumon Swordsmanship passive allows for elements to be absorbed to deal extra damage. The move can also be used to avoid incoming damage, like a freebie dodge of sorts. Then, there’s the Kazuha Slash burst/ult which is great. Imagine a large AoE field that consistently deals Anemo and additional elemental damage to anyone who goes inside it. This lasts for 10 seconds and, because the burst’s cooldown is just roughly 13 seconds, you can use it again if you managed to regenerate your energy.
Ideally for C0, you’ll want to do “E (press) -> Q -> E (hold)” as his sequence. If you get C1, you can do “E (hold) -> Q (resets E cooldown) -> E (hold).” Moreover, if enemies were already affected by elements beforehand, then your Swirls can easily shred any existing shields.
In any case, Kazuha (as main DPS or sub DPS) excels as part of quickswap party comps, which means he doesn’t mesh well with “selfish carry” fighters like Xiao or Razor. You’ll be better off when he’s got backups such as Fischl, Xiangling, Ganyu, Bennett, Mona, Beidou, or characters whose elemental abilities stay on the field longer/affect multiple targets. Likewise, Klee and Childe work well with him. Childe can reliably hit foes with Riptide (Kazuha’s CC leaves enemies closer to the ground unlike Venti’s). Meanwhile, Klee’s mines can get funneled in by Kazuha’s pull CC (though, to be fair, Klee would shine more as the main DPS in another squad).
Finally, you can bring Albedo and Diona (C6) along for consistent shielding and elemental mastery stacking. It’s worth noting that Sucrose’s percentage-based EM bonus doesn’t apply to Kazuha’s damage conversion, but Albedo’s and Diona’s perks still work since they give flat value increases.
Genshin Impact is available via its official website. For more information, check out our guides and features hub as well as our version 1.6 overview.
