Genshin Impact Tighnari Guide: Build, Weapons and Artifacts

Tighnari is the first 5-star Dendro character in Sumeru. The ranger fights with a bow and is mostly played as a DPS. He will be able to inflict a lot of single-target damage with his charged attacks. We explain in detail the Genshin Impact Tighnari gameplay with this complete guide. Thanks to our tips and tricks, you'll know which artifacts and weapons to equip to give him the best build.

How to get Tighnari in Genshin Impact ?

Tighnari is a 5 star character, you can only theoretically summon him when he is featured in a Character Event Wish. But starting with the Genshin Impact 3.1 update, you will have a small chance to unlock Tighnari by summoning on the Standard Wish or by losing your 50/50 on a Character Event Wish.

However, you will have more chance to summon Tighnari in Genshin Impact on his Verdant Strider Wish available until September 9, 2022 at 6pm.

Tighnari constellations

From Genshin Impact 3.1 version, Tighnari will be part of Standard Wish, so its constellations will be easier to unlock.

With her C1, you can increase the critical rate of Tighnari's charged attacks. His C2 will give him a Dendro damage bonus, while the C4 can boost the elemental mastery of your entire team. The C6 will significantly reduce the charge time of Tighnari's charged arrows.

How to play Tighnari in Genshin Impact ?

Tighnari's gameplay revolves around his loaded arrows, which are the ones he will use to do the most damage. However (unless you have his C6), it will take you more than 3 seconds to get to the 2^nd charge and shoot a flower arrow. This one inflicts Dendro damage and generates 4 self-guided arrows that rush to the enemy.

Fortunately, Vijnana-Phala Mine, Tighnari's elemental attack, reduces the charge time of the next 3 floral arrows by 2.4 seconds.

For optimal rotation, after activating your support characters' abilities, always start by casting Tighnari's elemental attack in Genshin Impact. This will also inflict area Dendro damage and distract enemies. Use this opportunity to fire your 3 loaded arrows.

After firing a floral arrow, the Keen Sight passive increases Tighnari's Elemental Mastery by 50 points for 4 seconds.

This is the perfect time to unleash Tighnari's elemental rampage: Fashioner’s Tanglevine Shaft. You'll be able to cast it regularly as it only costs 40 energy points and takes 12 seconds to recharge.

Tighnari is best played as a DPS in quick-swap teams. To take advantage of its full potential, increase its normal attack, its elemental rampage, and then its elemental ability.

What is the best equipment for Tighnari?

Tighnari's Scholarly Blade passive increases the damage of her charged attack and elemental rampage by 0.06% for each of her mastery points (up to 60% maximum). But for a balanced build, don't just focus on this stat and also up the ATK, critical rate and critical damage.

In this guide we list the best artifacts and weapons to equip on Genshin Impact Tighnari.

The best artifacts for Tighnari

To maximize Tighnari's damage, we recommend equipping her with the 4-piece Wanderer's Troupe set. It increases elemental mastery by 80 points and the damage of charged attacks by 35%.

You can also opt for the Deepwood Memories artifact set. The set of 2 pieces of equipment gives a 15% bonus to Dendro damage. With 4 pieces, the Dendro resistance of enemies is lowered by 30% when they are hit by an elemental skill.

If you are playing a Dendro support with Tighnari, it is recommended that you equip this artifact set on him to favor a more offensive set on Tighnari.

The third choice is the 4-piece Gilded Dreams equipment set. It boosts elemental mastery and increases ATK by 18% for each member of the same elemental type as the wearer. The elemental mastery is increased by 50 points for each member of the same type.

For the statistics we recommend :

• Hourglass: elementary mastery or ATK% (if you already have a lot of mastery);
• Cut : bonus damage Dendro ;
• Crown: critical rate or critical damage.

For secondary statistics

• CRIT Rate;
• Critical damage ;
• Elemental Mastery;
• ATK;
• Energy recharge.

The best weapons for Tighnari

The Hunter's Path is the best weapon to equip on Tighnari in Genshin Impact. The bow increases its CRIT and elemental damage. With the passive, the damage of charged attacks is boosted to 160% of elemental mastery for 10 seconds after a charged attack hits an enemy.

But other 5-star weapons are also possible: the Amos' Bow (bonus of ATK), the Aqua Simulacra (bonus of DMG critical) or the Polar Star (bonus of critical rate).

If you don't have these 5 star weapons, you can choose the following 4 star bows:

• The Viridescent Hunt: The bow in the battle pass increases the critical rate and normal and charged attacks have a 50% chance to create a cyclone that attracts enemies when hit;
• Prototype Crescent: this bow is made by the blacksmith and boosts ATK%. If a charged attack hits the enemy's weak point, it increases the movement speed by 10% and the ATK by 36% for 10 seconds;
• The Stringless: This weapon focuses on elemental control and increases the damage done with elemental skills.

Genshin Impact Tighnari's ascension and skill materials

To raise Tighnari to level 90 in Genshin Impact, you will need:

• 18 Fungal Spores, 30 Luminescent Pollen and 36 Crystalline Cyst Dusts. You will find these on the Fungus (you will also need them for the skills);
• 168 Nilotpala Lotus: they grow in the rivers of Sumeru. Locate them directly with the interactive map of Sumeru ;
• 1 Sliver, 9 Fragments, 9 Chunks and 6 Gemstones of Nagatus Emerald as well as 46 Majestic Hooked Beaks to loot on the Jadeplume Terrorshroom.

To increase Tighnari's abilities, you will need:

• Teaching of Praxis, Guide to Praxis, and Philisophies of Praxis. These items are available Monday, Thursday and Sunday in the Steeple of Ignorance dungeon;
• From The Meaning of Aeons (from level 7), you will get them by facing Magatsu Mitake Narukami no Mikoto.

Which teams does Tighnari play in?

To maximize Tighnari's damage, we recommend that you play it with Electro characters. You will greatly increase the Dendro damage with the Propagation reaction and the Electro damage with Stimulation.

Among the best Dendro teams are:

Tighnari / Collei or the Dendro Traveler (in sub-DPS) / Fischl in support and Electro applicator / Shinobu (care and Electro resonance)

Tighnari / Raiden or Fischl / Yae Miko / Jean Zhongli or Kokomi

If you choose Kokomi or Barbara, you can also do Exuberance. You'll create Dendro Cores with the Dendro and Hydro elements, then turn them into projectiles that rush at the enemy with Electro. You can also play a single Electro character to place an Anemo hero.

Tighnari / Fischl / Zhongli / Kazuha or Sucrose: you will lower the electro resistance of the enemies with the character Anemo. The latter will also gather the enemies.

How old and how big is Tighnari from Genshin impact ?

Tighnari is a scholar from Sumeru, yet he chose to be a forest ranger in the Avidya forest. He is said to be about 25 years old and is a medium-sized character. He would be 1m62 tall (even if he seems taller with his long ears that you want to scratch).

That's it for our tips and tricks in this Genshin Impact Tighnari guide. In summary, this is a good single target DPS. Even if you're not an ace at aiming, its gameplay will be easy to pick up. With an adapted build and good elemental reactions, it will be able to do good damage in the abyss on big bosses. However, he will have more difficulty in multi-target, unless you play him with an Anemo hero. As a bonus, Tighnari has another asset: it shows on your mini-map all the Sumeru products around you. This comes in handy when farming resources in this new region.