Which are the best Artifacts in Genshin Impact?

In order to have powerful characters in Genshin Impact and to do great damage in the abyss, your heroes must have the right equipment. Artifacts play an important role: they provide powerful buffs and increase stats. However, their choice depends on the type of hero you play. We'll help you with this Tier List of the best artifacts in Genshin Impact. This will tell you which ones to farm first and who to equip them on.

How to choose the right artifacts in Genshin Impact ?

The best artifact sets in Genshin Impact are obtained by farming dungeons or fighting Bosses. It is recommended that you wait until you are at least adventure level 45 before tackling the artifact dungeons. Only at this level will you be guaranteed to loot 5-star artefacts.

In order to choose your artifacts, first think about the role of the character you wish to equip.

For a DPS build: if the character's abilities are based on his ATK, you should increase ATK, critical hits and damage. An artifact with ATK as the primary stat, but DEF and HP as secondary stats should be avoided.

On the other hand, a healer will need as many HP as possible to provide better healing.

Support characters, on the other hand, are mainly used to perform elemental reactions. They will need a lot of energy recharge to quickly launch their elemental rampage, but also elemental mastery to do more damage.

We have divided this Tier List of the best artifacts of Genshin Impact according to the roles and types of characters in the game.

Artifacts that boost the attack of your characters

Does your DPS do most of its damage with normal attacks? In this case, we recommend equipment that increases ATK and ATK damage.

Several 2-piece artefact sets give an 18% bonus to ATK : Shimenawa's Reminiscence, Gladiator's Finale, Echoes of an Offering and Vermillion Hereafter.

You can then opt for 2 pieces of a set increasing your character's elemental damage, a combination of 2 pieces boosting ATK or a 4 piece set.

Shimenawa's Reminiscence

With 4 pieces of equipment, when the character has at least 15 elemental energy points, casting an elemental skill causes you to lose 15 energy points. The damage inflicted by normal, charged and plunging attacks is then increased by 50% for 10s.

The Shimenawa's Reminiscence set is particularly suitable for Yoimiya.

Gladiator's Finale

The 4-piece set increases the damage dealt by normal attacks by 35% if the character wields a one-handed sword, two-handed sword or hast weapon.

You can equip the Gladiator's Finale set on Ayato, Jean Razor, etc.

Echoes of an offering

The 4-piece set gives you a 36% chance when a normal attack hits an enemy to have its damage increased by 70% of ATK. If the effect does not trigger, it will then have an additional 20% chance to activate.

The Echoes of an Offering set is suitable for Ayato, Childe, Yoimiya or Razor.

Vermillion Hereafter

The 4-piece effect of the Artifact Set increases ATK by 8% on elemental rampage, and then by an additional 10% each time the character's HP decreases. The effect is cumulative up to 4 times and triggers once every 0.8s.

Vermillion Hereafter is the best artifact set to equip on Xiao. The hero Anemo sacrifices a part of his HP during his elemental rampage.

Artifacts that increase the physical attack of your heroes in Genshin Impact

The damage of your characters' normal attacks can be physical rather than elemental. This is particularly the case for Razor, Eula, Rosalia (in physical build) or Xinyan. In this case, opt instead for artefacts that enhance physical damage such as Bloodstained Chivalry and Pale Flame. The effect with 2 pieces of equipment is the same: it increases physical damage by 25%.

You can either opt for both sets to get a 50% bonus or go for one or the other to get the 4 piece effect.

Bloodstained Chivalry

Thanks to the 4-piece effect, charged attacks do not consume stamina for 10 seconds after defeating an enemy and inflict 50% more DMG .

Pale flame

When an elemental skill hits an enemy, the ATK increases by 9% for 7s. You can accumulate this bonus twice. The effect of the 2-piece set increases by 100%.

You can easily enjoy this boost with Eula and Rosalia.

The best artifact sets in Genshin Impact depending on your character's element

If you are playing a character whose majority of damage is based on his elemental, a set that boosts his elemental damage is a good choice. Depending on the needs of your characters, you can generally choose 2 pieces that increase elemental damage and 2 that boost ATK.

The Cryo element: Blizzard Strayer

With 2 pieces of Blizzard Strayer, you get a 15% bonus from DMG Cryo.

With 4, the critical rate increases by 20% when the character attacks an enemy affected by the Cryo element. If he is frozen, you gain 20% more CRIT rate.

Blizzard Strayer is the best choice of artifacts to equip on Ayaka, Ganyu, Shenhe or Kaeya in Genshin Impact.

The Pyro Element: Crimson Witch of Flames

2 pieces of the Crimson Witch of Flames set give a 15% bonus to DMG Pyro. If you equip 4 of them, the damage of Overload and Burn is increased by 40% and the damage of Evaporation and Melting by 15%. Using an elemental skill increases the effect of the 2-piece set by 50% for 10 seconds.

The Crimson Witch of Flames set is best suited for Pyro DPS such as Hu Tao, Diluc, Klee, Yanfei, etc.

The Anemo element: Viridescent Venerer

The Viridescent Venerer is one of the best artifact sets on Genshin Impact. It provides a big damage boost to your Anemo characters (Venti, Kazuha, Sucrose, etc.). It will be the most relevant choice for all characters in this element, except Xiao.

2 pieces of equipment give a 15% bonus to DMG Anemo.

And with 4 coins, the DMG inflicted by Dispersion is increased by 60%. As a bonus, the elemental RES of enemies is reduced by 40% for 10 seconds depending on the elemental type of the Scatter.

The Electro Element: Thundering Fury

The 2-piece Thundering Fury set grants a 15% bonus to DMG Electro. With 4 pieces, you increase the DMG inflicted by Overcharge, Electrocution and Superconduction by 40%. When you trigger these elemental reactions, the cooldown of the skill is reduced by 1 sec. This effect can be triggered once every 0.8s.

We advise you to equip Thundering Fury on Yae Miko, Fishl, Lisa, etc. You can generally make do with 2 pieces of equipment and complete with 2 pieces boosting ATK.

The Hydro Element: Heart of Depth

Similarly, the 2-piece Heart of Depth set offers a 15% bonus to DMG Hydro.

The full set increases the DMG inflicted by normal and charged attacks by 30% for 15s after using an elemental skill.

You can choose the 4-piece Heart of Depth set on Ayato, Childe(Tartaglia) and 2-piece on Mona or Xingqiu.

The best artifact sets for Geo characters in Genshin Impact

The Geo characters are in a class of their own in Genshin Impact. The only elemental reaction they can perform is Crystallize. Furthermore, the abilities of characters such as Noelle, Itto, Albedo or Yun Jin are based on their defence and not on attack.

We recommend the 4-piece Husk of Opulent Dreams Set. With 2 pieces, DEF is increased by 30%. And, with 4 coins, the equipped character can enjoy an additional defence bonus of up to 24% when performing Geo attacks.

You can also use the Archaic Petra set. It gives a 15% Geo damage bonus. And with 4 pieces, when you get a crystal following a Crystallize, all the members of your team receive a 35% damage bonus of the second element that triggered the reaction for 10 seconds.

The best artifacts for a healer in Genshin Impact

Healing abilities in Genshin Imapact are based on the amount of HP your characters have. So, you can either go for a HP increasing set, like Tenacity of the Millelith or/and a set focused on healing.

Artifact Set to increase HP: Tenacity of the Millelith

With 2 pieces of the Tenacity of the Millelith set, HP is increased by 15%. You can equip it on Diona, Kokomi and Qiqi, but also on characters whose abilities are also based on their health points, such as Zhongli and Hu Tao.

The 4-piece effect is a good boost for your whole team: when an elemental skill hits an enemy, theATK of all nearby team characters increases by 20% and their shield strength by 30% for 3 s. The effect works even if the equipped character is not on the active station.

The best set for healers in Genshin Impact : Ocean-Hued Clam

The Ocean-Hued Clam set allows you to generate damage when you apply heals. It is especially suitable for characters who apply large amounts of healing, such as Kokomi, Qiqi or Barbara.

With 2 pieces of equipment, you get a 15% healing bonus. And with 4, healing a character causes a sea foam to appear for 3 seconds. It then explodes and inflicts DMG on nearby enemies to the value of 90% of the accumulated healing (up to 30,000 HP).

Maiden Beloved

The 2-piece set Maiden Beloved also increases healing by 15% and with 4 pieces you get an additional 20% boost for 10 seconds after using an elemental skill or elemental rampage.

For a balanced healer build, you can usually start with 2 pieces of Tenacity of the Millelith and 2 pieces increasing healing.

The best artifact sets for increasing the damage of elemental reactions

Finally, for DPS bursts, i.e. characters you use mainly for their elemental rampage, the Emblem of Severed Fate and Noblesse Oblige sets are particularly recommended.

Emblem of Severed Fate

The 2-piece Emblem of Severed Fate set increases the energy recharge by 20%. And with 4 pieces, the DMG of the elemental rampage is increased to 25% of the energy recharge. The DMG can be increased to 75%.

Emblem of Severed Fate is the best artifact choice in Genshin Impact for Raiden, Xiangling and Xingqiu.

One of the best artifacts of Genshin Impact : Noblesse Oblige

The 2-piece Noblesse Oblige set will suit many characters. It increases the damage of the elemental rampage by 20%. With the 4-piece equipment effect, the ATK of all characters in the team is boosted by 20% for 12 seconds after an elemental rampage.

It is recommended that you assign this set to a character in your team (especially in the abyss) to boost your overall team. Noblesse Oblige is one of the most versatile and played artifact sets in Genshin Impact. However, the effect is not cumulative, so having several characters from the same team wear this set will not help.

You can fit it on Bennett, Amber, Xingqiu, Diona, etc.

That's it for this Tier List of the best artifacts from Genshin Impact. Now you know which artifact to choose based on your character's role and elemental type. For more details, please see our Tier List of the best characters as well as the detailed guides on the characters that interest you on our Genshin Impact page. And last but not least, the Dungeon tab in the Adventurer's Guide shows you all the dungeons in the RPG and the artefacts they offer