Genshin Impact: Best Weapons For Candace

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The Guardian of Aaru Village, Candace is a character that’s released along with the desert area of Genshin Impact Sumeru. Aaru Village is a place in the desert where the Desert Folks now reside. This place is also where the Akademiya exiles their mad researchers, creating more grudges between the Desert Folks and the people of Sumeru City.

However, with the Dendro Archon’s help, the exiles eventually became a protector of Aaru Village, where they would prevent the village from meeting a certain doom on some occasions. Meanwhile, Candace’s role in this place is to halt intruders and ensure the well-being of the people. For this work, she has to know how to fight, and in battle, these are the best weapons for Candace in Genshin Impact.

7 The Catch

Primary Stat: 509 ATK
Secondary Stat: 45.94% Energy Recharge
R5 Passive: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 32% and Elemental Burst CRIT Rate by 12%.

The Catch is a F2P weapon in Genshin Impact obtained via fishing. The weapon offers Energy Recharge secondary stat along with a boost to Elemental Burst damage. This Polearm is the best F2P option for Raiden Shogun, while it’s also a good option for a sub-DPS C6 Candace.

6 Skyward Spine

Primary Stat: 674 ATK
Secondary Stat: 36.8% Energy Recharge
Passive: Increases CRIT Rate by 8% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on opponents have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 40% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.

Skyward Spine’s Energy Recharge passive helps Candace regenerate her Energy, which is crucial, since she relies on her Burst to buff the team. However, other than that, Skyward Spine doesn’t add too much value. Players can get more of Skyward Spine if they use Candace as the main DPS.

5 Engulfing Lightning

Primary Stat: 608 ATK
Secondary Stat: 55.13% Energy Recharge
Passive: ATK increased by 28% of Energy Recharge over the base 100%. You can gain a maximum bonus of 80% ATK. Gain 30% Energy Recharge for 12s after using an Elemental Burst.

Engulfing Lightning is not the best for a support Candace, but it’s amazing for sub-DPS Candace. At C6, players can equip her with a 4pc Emblem of Severed Fate to enhance her Elemental Burst damage. One downside is that Engulfing Lightning’s ATK buff is rather useless on Candace as she scales with HP.

4 Favonius Lance

Primary Stat: 564 ATK
Secondary Stat: 30.63% Energy Recharge
R5 Passive: CRIT Hits have a 100% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 6s.

Favonius Lance doesn’t directly add HP, but it’s a great option for support Candace as it helps the team regenerate their Energy, enabling her to function as a Genshin Impact Battery. Its Energy Recharge stat also helps Candace ensure her Elemental Burst is always active, providing an endless Normal Attack DMG buff for the team. Just remember to equip Candace with some Critical Rate to activate the weapon’s passive.

3 Moonpiercer

Primary Stat: 564 ATK
Secondary Stat: 110% Elemental Mastery
R5 Passive: After triggering Burning, Quicken, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, a Leaf of Revival will be created around the character for a maximum of 10s. When picked up, the Leaf will grant the character 32% ATK for 12s. Only 1 Leaf can be generated this way every 20s. This effect can still be triggered if the character is not on the field.

Moonpiercer is another supportive Polearm that players can use on Candace. If there’s a Dendro unit in the team, players can use Candace to trigger Bloom and produce a Leaf of Revival. Use the main DPS to pick up the Leaf to grant them some ATK bonus. Players can get the Moonpiercer by forging the Genshin Impact weapon.

2 Staff of Homa

Primary Stat: 608 ATK
Secondary Stat: 66.2% CRIT DMG
Passive: HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 0.8% of the wielder's Max HP. When the wielder's HP is less than 50%, this ATK bonus is increased by an additional 1% of Max HP.

Staff of Homa is not as terrific as Black Tassel when it comes to enhancing Candace’s HP, but it’s still great for increasing her personal DPS. With this polearm, players can now play Candace as both a support and sub-DPS. However, note that the character should have some Critical Rate sub-stat if players want to benefit from Staff of Homa’s Critical Damage bonus.

1 Black Tassel

Primary Stat: 354 ATK
Secondary Stat: 46.9% HP
Passive: Increases DMG against slimes by 80%.

Candace’s fourth Ascension passive increases the team’s Normal Attack DMG by 0.5% for every 1,000 HP. This means, at 42k HP, players can get a 21% Normal Attack DMG Bonus for the team.

With the 3-star Genshin Impact weapon, Black Tassel, players can bump the number to 47k HP, which is a 2.5% addition. A 23.5% damage bonus is a great value, considering artifact sets like Gladiator’s Finale and Heart of Depths grant 35% and 30% bonuses, respectively.

Genshin Impact is now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.

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