Best Charlotte build in Genshin Impact – Weapons, Artifacts, & more!

Charlotte is a four-star Cryo catalyst user who functions as an off-field healer, Cryo applicator, and Cryo sub-DPS. With a stacked kit, fun animations, and interesting gameplay mechanics, she offers a ton of utility, which is rare for characters of her Element.

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Best weapons for Charlotte in Genshin Impact

While all of Charlotte's skills scale off Attack, you can choose to build her as a support unit with more Energy Recharge (for triggering heals via her Burst) or a sub-DPS unit with more Attack and Crit.

While I prefer to use Charlotte as a full-on support, I wouldn't say that picking a support weapon is 100% necessary. If you can get her ER high enough to use her Burst often through Artifacts, then you can opt for a damage-boosting weapon instead.

Support Weapons

• Oathsworn Eye
• Favonius Codex (requires a high Crit Rate)
• Prototype Amber

Sub-DPS Weapons

• Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds
• Skyward Atlas
• Tome of the Eternal Flow
• Cashflow Supervision
• The Widsith (best four-star)
• Tulaytullah's Remembrance
• Kagura's Verity
• Flowing Purity

Best Artifacts for Charlotte in Genshin Impact

When built as a support, Charlotte will need an extremely high amount of ER (up to 250% when solo Cryo at C1) to be able to use her Burst for heals at regular intervals. Meanwhile, when built as a sub-DPS, Charlotte performs decently with typical DPS stats.

• Sands: ER (support) or Attack (sub-DPS)
• Goblet: Attack (support) or Cryo Damage Bonus (sub-DPS)
• Circlet: Attack or Healing Bonus (support) or Crit Rate or Crit Damage (sub-DPS)
• Substats: ER and Attack for a support build (plus Crit Rate if using Favonius Codex), or Attack, Crit Rate, and Crit Damage for a sub-DPS build

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Meanwhile, for Artifact sets, the options for Charlotte are quite complex and situational. Choose any of the sets below.

• Four-piece Tenacity of the Millelith (when supporting Attack-scaling units)
  • Increases HP and offers a party-wide Attack and Shield Strength buff when her Elemental Skill hits opponents.
• Four-piece Noblesse Oblige (when supporting Attack-scaling units)
  • Offers an Elemental Burst Damage increase and boosts the party's Attack when using her Burst.
  • Only one character in the party should be using this set as the effect doesn't stack.
• Two-piece combos (support build)
  • Emblem of Severed Fate
  • Gladiator's Finale
  • Echoes of an Offering
  • Shimenawa's Reminiscence
• Four-piece Golden Troupe (best for sub-DPS build)
  • Increases Elemental Skill Damage and further increases her damage output when off-field.
• Four-piece Blizzard Slayer (best for Freeze team)
  • Offers a Cryo Damage bonus buff and increases Crit Rate when attacking Frozen enemies.

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Best team for Charlotte in Genshin Impact

While Charlotte is a healer, she also provides Cryo application across all of her attacks, so she can mess up Reactions when paired with the incorrect team. She offers a lot of utility but isn't a universal character who can be slotted across all comps. Some of her recommended team comps include:

• Freeze team
  • Pair Charlotte with a Hydro applicator and Anemo Swirl support. The final flex slot can include a second Hydro, Cryo, or Anemo character, or a shielder for interruption resistance.
  • Options include Wriothesley, Neuvillette, Kaedehara Kazuha, Furina, Kamisato Ayaka, and more.
• Fridge team
  • Pair Charlotte with a Dendro, Hydro, and Electro applicator.
  • Options include Raiden Shogun, Alhaitham, Nahida, Kuki Shinobu, Xingqiu, Yelan, Kirara, and more.
• Furina plus HP manipulation characters
  • Charlotte is a really good healer to pair with Furina in general as they can trigger Freeze (being Hydro and Cryo), and because Furina needs a team-wide healer to offset her party HP drain.
  • When paired with characters who use weapons and Artifacts requiring HP manipulation, Furina is the top-of-mind support, and Charlotte likewise helps with healing.

• Shielder
  • Charlotte has no interruption resistance while in her Elemental Skill's viewfinder mode, which can be a major inconvenience if you're using the hold version of the Skill. A shielder will prevent her from getting interrupted.

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