Genshin Impact Arlecchino Build Guide - Best Weapons, Artifacts, and Teams - Genshin Impact Guide - IGN (2024)

Arlecchino, also known as “Father” is the keeper of the House of the Hearth ranked #4 of the Fatui Harbingers. Her first debut was in the Fatui trailer before Fontaine was released, and she is one of the most eagerly awaited characters in the game. Luckily, Hoyoverse gifted us an incredibly interesting and powerful character with a lot of complexity to her kit. This guide to the best Genshin Impact Arlecchino build will explain the best weapons, artifact sets, constellations, and team compositions for Arlecchino.

Table of Contents:

• How to Get Arlecchino
• Arlecchino Gameplay Overview
  • Arlecchino Talents and Attack Combos
  • Arlecchino Constellation Analysis
  • Arlecchino's Best Weapons
  • Arlecchino's Best Artifacts
  • Arlecchino's Best Teams

How to Get Arlecchino in Genshin Impact

Arlecchino debuted in 4.6 and is a limited 5-star character, meaning the only way one can snag a copy of her is on her limited-time banners.

Genshin Arlecchino Gameplay Overview

• Element: Pyro
• Weapon: Polearm
• Rarity: 5-star

The main strategy for Arlecchino players is by utilizing reactions to amplify her damage, in which an off-field character constantly applies an element like Hydro, Cryo, or Electro for Arlecchino to trigger reactions with Normal Attacks.

For more information on elemental reactions, check out the comprehensive guide here.

Arlecchino’s build will mostly focus on ATK%, Elemental Mastery if you’re using Vaporize or Melt reactions, and CRIT stats. Energy Recharge needs are purely based on how much you need Arlecchino to heal herself with her Burst, as it is her only way to recover HP. By default, a player can usually get away with using her Burst every other rotation and building no Energy Recharge, especially if she is constantly being protected by a shield.

Overall, Arlecchino is a high-power Pyro DPS that could easily be the primary Pyro DPS for someone’s account, given they can account for her complex gameplay balancing her Bond of Life with survivability. Her on-field combos feel satisfying to play and she will have no problems clearing abyss when properly supported.

Stats Worth Consideration

• ATK%: This is the stat Arlecchino’s damage scales with.
• Pyro DMG%: DMG% should almost always be the Goblet of choice for DPS units.
• CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG: For nearly every DPS character, CRIT is the most important stat to build on the circlet and substats.

For any character devoted to building damage, it is important to prioritize a 1-to-2 ratio between CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG. 1-3 ratios, while they may give dopamine through bigger Crit numbers, is actually less damage overall. Aim for 75;150 in most cases!

Genshin Arlecchino Talents and Attack Combos

Your talent-levelling priority should be Normal Attack > Skill = Burst.

Normal Attack: Invitation to a Beheading

Arlecchino’s Normal Attacks are stylish and effective, and are a primary part of her damage. It is absolutely imperative to level this talent as high as possible as soon as possible. Whenever her Bond of Life is above 30% of her HP, her Normal Attacks will deal Pyro damage. The damage will increase the greater the Bond of Life is. Each Normal Attack, however, will consume 7.5% Bond of Life.

Normal Attacks also reduce the long cooldown of her Elemental Skill by 0.8s with each attack.

The optimal Normal Attack string is using three normal attacks, then a dash, then repeating.

Elemental Skill: All Is Ash

Arlecchino’s Skill attacks an enemy and marks them with what’s called a Blood-Debt Directive. The Blood Debt Directive deals damage overtime and upgrades after 5s. Killing the enemy affected with the mark or using a Charged Attack on them will grant Arlecchino a Bond of Life of 65% for every mark absorbed, maxing out at 145%.

The damage from the Skill itself is negligible, so you don’t need to spend many resources levelling the talent, but it’s important to use the Skill regularly in order to claim your debts, increase your Bond, and amplify Arlecchino’s Normal Attacks.

Elemental Burst: Balemoon Rising

The Burst, when used, consumes the entirety of Arlecchino’s Bond of Life in order to heal Arlecchino based on the amount of Bond absorbed while damaging nearby enemies.

This is Arlecchino’s only way to recover health. Other teammates cannot heal her, so it’s important that this is used in order to keep our favorite harbinger alive.

Arlecchino Passives

Next, come her passives.

• Her first ascension passive is responsible for the marks inflicted onto enemies doubling in efficiency after five seconds. Rather than granting 65% Bond when claimed, Arlecchino will gain 130%. The best way to maximize the Bond obtained, then, is to start rotations with Arlecchino’s Skill, then swap to teammates to establish buffs and use their Skills and Bursts as necessary, then swap back to Arlecchino to use a Charged Attack and claim the Bond of Life.
  
• Arlecchino's fourth ascension passive grants up to 20% Elemental and Physical Resistance: 1% for every 100 ATK beyond 1,000. You’ll only reach the maximum when Bennett is granting Arlecchino a large ATK bonus, and even then, it won’t help her survivability very much.
  
• Finally, her unique passive grants her 40% Pyro Damage, but eliminates the ability to be healed by any sources, including food, except for her Burst.

Arlecchino’s field time should be executed as such:

• Arlecchino Skill
• Arlecchino Burst (if available). The Burst resets her Skill cooldown.
• Arlecchino Skill again (only if you used your Burst)
• Swap to other characters for buffs and abilities
• Return to Arlecchino, using a Charged Attack to claim Bond of Life.
• Three Normal Attacks, dash to cancel the attack string. Repeat this step five times.

Genshin Arlecchino Constellation Analysis

Arlecchino is a fully functional character at C0 and her first constellation is a massive improvement to her damage. It is recommended to pull for C1, if you have the primos, even more than her signature weapon. Her best constellations are C1 and C6.

Genshin Arlecchino's Best Weapons

Arlecchino’s weapon needs are somewhat unsurprising. She wants CRIT weapons the most, followed by ATK% or Elemental Mastery. Arlecchino has solid weapon choices at every budget level, so you won’t need to worry too much about pulling 5-star weapons just so she’s playable. A strong F2P option is actually a 3-star weapon!

Genshin Arlecchino's Best Artifacts

• Sands – ATK% (EM is fine in Vaporize and Melt teams where you are not using Ballad of the Fjords)
• Goblet – Pyro DMG Bonus
• Circlet – CRIT Rate/DMG

Arlecchino’s has two primary options for artifact sets. The first is a new artifact set completely made for her, and offers a reasonable damage increase compared to her other option. The next option has been around since the beginning of the game, and you’re quite likely to have high quality artifacts in Gladiator’s Finale. You can choose to min-max damage (under a 10% boost) by farming for the new set, or you can settle with a slightly weaker set that you likely will not need to spend resin to farm for.

If you have access to neither, mix and match 2pc sets that compliment her desired stats.

Genshin Arlecchino's Best Teams

Arlecchino is a DPS who prefers a strong buffer like Bennett, a shielder (in many cases) and then any character who can help Arlecchino create valuable elemental reactions. If you’re feeling especially daring, you can also use an Anemo character to debuff enemies and further increase Arlecchino’s damage instead of using a shielder.

You’ll basically be expected to pick one of three paths: Overload (with Chevreuse, who is essential for this team), Vaporize, and Melt.

For a full list of notable teammates, please scroll to the bottom of this guide.

Vaporize Team

Your team will include an off-field Hydro character with great elemental application and an Anemo character with 4pc Viridescent Venerer or a shielder in pretty much every case. Bennett should be in this team whenever possible.

Vaporize may seem like an odd preference compared to Melt at first, but due to how elemental reactions work, Pyro-on-Hydro allows for more reactions without needing to reapply Hydro to enemies as much, making the damage increase much more consistent.

Melt Team

Your team will include an off-field Cryo character with great elemental application and an Anemo character with 4pc Viridescent Venerer or a shielder in pretty much every case. Bennett should be in this team whenever possible.

Melt teams require tons of Cryo application, since Pyro removes Cryo aura twice as fast as it removes Hydro aura on enemies. You should have at least two Cryo units with good application to make certain Arlecchino can consistently Melt. In exchange, you’ll get bigger numbers on Normal Attacks.

Chevreuse Overload Team

Chevreuse’s inclusion in this team is non-negotiable, since she is wholly responsible for providing huge debuffs and buffs based on Overloaded reactions. However, this restricts the teambuilding to only Pyro and Electro characters.

There isn’t a lot of wiggle room here in terms of teammates, but it is one of the more affordable ones, as it only requires 4-star characters. This noticeably doesn’t have a shielding option, but rewards you with high damage output comparable to Vaporize if Chevreuse is C6.

No Reactions, Just Add More Fire

Rather than focusing on an elemental reaction, Arlecchino takes advantage of both an Anemo character and a shielder alongside Bennett for buffs in order to maximize her personal damage.

Specific Teammate Choices