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The best Genshin Impact Candace buildLearn how to put together the best possible Candace build in Genshin Impact
Learn how to put together the best possible Candace build in Genshin Impact
Want to learn how to create the best build for Candace in Genshin Impact?It’s fair to say that two years after its initial release,Genshin Impacthas loads and loads of playable characters. However, there are still some weapon/element combinations that haven’t been represented yet, and so it’s exciting whenever we get a new character like Candace: Genshin’s first ever Hydro polearm wielder!
Since she’s available at a 4-star rarity, the odds are good that you’ll soon have a copy of Candace in your archive. So read on for details of the best build we’ve seen for her so far, including her best weapons, artifacts, party members, and more.
Character Demo - “Candace: Shield of Sworn Protection” | Genshin ImpactWatch on YouTube
Character Demo - “Candace: Shield of Sworn Protection” | Genshin Impact
How to build Candace as a sub-DPS in Genshin Impact
Best weapon: Staff of Homa
4-star alternative:The Catch
However, it’s not always realistic to equip a 4-star support character with a 5-star weapon. Fortunately, there are plenty of 4-star polearms that suit Candace’s build.The Catchis one such option: easily obtained through Genshin’s fishing mini-game, it provides generous bonuses to Candace’s elemental DMG (+16% to Burst DMG and +6% to Burst CRIT Rate).
Best artifacts: Heart of Depth
Aim for the following stats and substats to best support this Candace build:
Talent priority: Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide (Elemental Burst)
Secondary:Sacred Rite: Heron’sSanctum(Elemental Skill)
As with most elemental DPS and sub-DPS builds, Candace’s elemental talents should take high priority over her normal attacks. Her elemental burst is her most powerful feature, but her elemental skill doesn’t lag far behind and certainly shouldn’t be neglected. Note that her elemental talents both scale purely off of her HP, so it’s important to pay attention to other factors in this build which work to increase that stat.
Here’s a full list of Candace’s talents and what they do:
Party composition
5-star alternative:Kamisato Ayaka replacing Kaeya as DPS
This team composition focuses primarily on theFreeze reaction, which can be spread across a wide area using a combination of Hydro, Cryo, and Anemo elemental talents. Pair Candace with a swift Cryo DPS —Kaeyais a great F2P option, whileKamisato Ayakais one of the best options in the game if you have access to some 5-stars.Shikanoin Heizoubrings the Anemo support to increase the area of the Freeze effect, and can also perform a secondary sub-DPS role thanks to his unique melee Catalyst kit.
I’ve chosen to round out this team with a healer who can also provide some more elemental reactions on the side.Kuki Shinobuis at her best as an off-field healer, and her Electro skill can deal continuous DMG while active and can trigger Electro-Charged and Superconduct recations for even more damage.
How to level up Candace in Genshin Impact
Ascension Materials
To fully ascend Candace, you’ll need the following materials:
Note that Candace is a rareGenshin Impactcharacter whose boss levelling materials come from a completely different source than her gemstone levelling materials. So you’ll need to tackle Hydro enemies for her gemstonesandthe Algorithm of Semi-Intransient Matrix of Overseer Network boss for her Light Guiding Tetrahedrons. Luckily, her other materials are abundant in Sumeru: tackle Eremine enemies for her red fabrics, gather Redcrest flowers in the wild, and you’ll be there in no time.
Talents
To fully level up one of Candace’s talents, you’ll need the following materials:
Constellations
Candace is a 4-star character, so odds are good you’ll end up pulling a few duplicates of her over time. Below are a list of all of Candace’s constellations, so you can decide whether they’re something you want to actively spend your wishes aiming for:
How to get Candace in Genshin Impact
Candace is a 4-star character, which means that she’ll be joining the standard wish pool starting with the version after her introduction (in Candace’s case that means Version 3.2). However, during her introductory version, Candace was exclusively available as a promoted 4-star on the concurrent banners ofCynoandVenti. Thosebannersended on October 14th, 2022, so Candace is (for now) very briefly unavailable again, but she’ll be back to stay as part of the standard wish pool fromNovember 2ndonwards!
Now that you know all about Candace, be sure to take a look at ourGenshin Impact character tier listto see how she ranks alongside the rest of the roster! Or if you need to save up a bit more before pulling for Candace in the gacha, have a look at our comprehensive guide toGenshin Impact’s various currencies, as well as our regularly-updatedGenshin Impact codespage to help you score some free Primogems!
