Genshin Impact Mualani Build—The best artifacts and weapons

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Genshin Impact Mualani attacking a bandit

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The bestMualani buildinGenshin Impactcan help you turn this surfing Natlander into a pure powerhouse of shark bites and chilled, but incredibly damaging, attacks. As the first Natlan five-star character we’re getting, she’s going to have to do well to stand out against the powerhouses of Fontaine, but she just might manage it.

Mualani is at her best when riding on her Sharky Surfboard and moving through enemies before biting them for big damage. She’s not about hitting often, she’s about hitting hard. If that sounds like fun to you, then let’s get stuck into the Mualani build guide.

The best Mualani build

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Genshin Impact Mualani riding her surfboard

Mualani’s main playstyle is based around using her elemental skill to hop on her shark-like surfboard, and then her normal attacks to bite her opponents and deal hydro damage to them. She’s not an especially fast character when it comes to the speed of her attacks, which means she can be very strong when utilising the Vape reaction.

Mualani is going to want to use her signature five-star weapon, which isSurf’s Up. Surf’s Up gives her some extra crit damage, boosts her HP, and also grants an increase to normal attack damage after using her elemental skill. These are, unsurprisingly, all good things for Mualani, as the weapon is literally made for her.

In terms of four-star options, your best bet is theSacrificial Jade. This is a battle pass weapon that boosts crit rate, which can allow you to go over 100% crit rate—more on that below, but it mostly gives a boost to both HP and elemental mastery when off-field for more than five seconds, and lasts for ten seconds.

Mualani is a Natlan character, and at least the first three of them are all about the Nightsoul mechanic, which means you’ll want theObsidian Codexartifact set for her. That’s because this grants a damage boost when in the Nightsoul’s Blessing state, and also grants a huge crit rate boost of 40% when consuming one point of Nightsoul.

As Mualani is a damage-dealing HP-scaler, you’re going to want a lot of HP on her and as much crit rate and crit damage as you can get. However, it’s worth noting that not only does Mualani get bonus crit rate as she levels up, but this artifact set also grants her crit rate, which means you’re highly likely to only want crit damage stats on her artifacts. Here’s what I recommend for her artifact primary stats:

Swipe to scroll horizontallyArtifact stat prioritySands of EonHPGoblet of EonothemHydro damage bonusCirclet of LogosCrit damage

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Artifact stat prioritySands of EonHPGoblet of EonothemHydro damage bonusCirclet of LogosCrit damage

Mualani abilities and constellations

Now then, let’s look at Mualani’s abilities and constellations in detail, with thanks toHoney Impactfor the information.

Swipe to scroll horizontallyNormal Attack: Oath of Hunting ShadowsNormal attackPerforms up to three attacks that deal hydro damage.Charged attackConsumes a certain amount of stamina to smack a Pufferball into the air that deals AoE hydro damage upon landing.Plunging attackGathers the power of hydro and plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE hydro damage upon impact with the ground.

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Normal Attack: Oath of Hunting ShadowsNormal attackPerforms up to three attacks that deal hydro damage.Charged attackConsumes a certain amount of stamina to smack a Pufferball into the air that deals AoE hydro damage upon landing.Plunging attackGathers the power of hydro and plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE hydro damage upon impact with the ground.

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Swipe to scroll horizontallyElemental BurstBoomsharka-lakaFires a Super Shark Missile that can track opponents, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE hydro damage based on Mualani’s max HP.

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Elemental BurstBoomsharka-lakaFires a Super Shark Missile that can track opponents, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE hydro damage based on Mualani’s max HP.

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Mualani ascension materials

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Genshin Impact Mualani dancing

If you want to get Mualani to her max level, then you’re going to need a lot of materials. What materials? Well, here you go:

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