 Chongyun |  Cryo |  Claymore |  Liyue |
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Weapons in Genshin Impact are 50% of characters’ builds. It’s tricky to find the best weapon for a certain character since the item's stats and passive majorly affect its wielder's role.
Now, in the case of Chongyun, he also is tricky to build because of his Elemental Skill that negatively affects many of Genshin Impact’s characters. The confusion about what role he can fill makes it complicated to find the best Claymore for Chongyun. However, knowing his roles and where he shines the most, simplifies this task and gives players the ability to choose from multiple correct choices.
6 Luxurious Sea-Lord
- Primary Stat: 454 Base ATK
- Secondary Stat: 55.1% ATK
- R5 Effect: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 24%. When Elemental Burst hits opponents, there is a 100% chance of summoning a huge onrush of tuna that charges and deals 200% ATK as AoE DMG. This effect can occur once every 15s.
Luxurious Sea-Lord is a great choice for any Genshin Impact character that depends on their Elemental Burst to deal damage, and Chongyun is one of them. There’s nothing special about this weapon since it only adds a 24% raw damage to Chongyun’s Burst, and a small AoE passive.
5 Akuoumaru
- Primary Stat: 510 Base ATK
- Secondary Stat: 41.3% ATK
- R5 Effect: For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.24%. A maximum of 80% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.
Akuoumaru is a little tricky to use. To fully unlock its potential and rank it high in Genshin Impact's Claymore tier list, players need to add units with high Energy requirements to Chongyun’s team composition. Every 80 Energy Requirement in the team adds around 19% damage to Chongyun’s Burst. And given he has low Energy requirements of 40 per Burst, he can barely touch the 67% milestone (that without considering how hard it is to get R5 Akuoumaru in the first place). However, even without considering all that, Akuoumaru is a decent weapon for Chongyun.
4 Lithic Blade
- Primary Stat: 510 Base ATK
- Secondary Stat: 41.3% ATK
- R5 Effect: For every character in the party who hails from Liyue, the character who equips this weapon gains 11% ATK increase and 7% CRIT Rate increase. This effect stacks up to 4 times.
Since Chongyun is from Liyue, he has the chance to unlock Lithic Blade’s full potential. On R5, This weapon hides a massive buff to ATK and Crit Rate, and ultimately to Crit DMG too, because players can be more comfortable building Crit DMG in artifacts. Although R5 Lithic Blade holds these crazy Genshin Impact stats of 510 Base ATK, 85% ATK, and 28% Crit Rate, under R5, it can’t really compete with the other Claymores.
3 Skyward Pride
- Primary Stat: 674 Base ATK
- Secondary Stat: 36.8% Energy Recharge
- R1 Effect: Increases all DMG by 8%. After using an Elemental Burst, Normal or Charged Attack, on hit, creates a vacuum blade that does 80% of ATK as DMG to opponents along its path. Lasts for 20s or 8 vacuum blades.
Having high Base ATK and Energy Recharge as a secondary Stat really benefits Chongyun’s Burst. Skyward Pride will increase Chongyun’s damage by allowing him to unleash harder and more Bursts upon his enemies. The passive, however, doesn't really add anything to Chongyun’s kit, unless he is operating as a Main DPS, but that’s one of Chongyun’s mistakes players make in Genshin Impact.
2 Sacrificial Greatsword
- Primary Stat: 565 Base ATK
- Secondary Stat: 30.6% Energy Recharge
- R5 Effect: After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 80% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 16s.
What makes Sacrificial weapons significant in Genshin Impact is the ability to fit into any Support and Sub-DPS. With Sacrificial Greatsword, Chongyun will be able to keep casting his Elemental Skill, keeping his Cryo field active, quickly refilling his Energy requirements, and regenerating his team’s Burst too. The High Base ATK on Sacrificial Greatsword helps Chongyun to deal more damage, making it an all-around perfect choice for the character.
1 Wolf's Gravestone
- Primary Stat: 608 Base ATK
- Secondary Stat: 49.6% ATK
- R1 Effect: Increases ATK by 20%. On hit, attacks against opponents with less than 30% HP increase all party members' ATK by 40% for 12s. Can only occur once every 30s.
What makes Wolf’s Gravestone so good is that it works on both DPS and Sub-DPS units. With Chongyun in any team composition, players will have to get him out occasionally to Skill and Burst since he has low cooldown and energy requirements. That is perfect since he can keep increasing the team’s ATK by 40% from Wolf’s Gravestone passive.
Genshin Impact is now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.
