Aino Builds, Weapons, Artifact & Team Comps | Genshin Impact

Together with the upcoming release of the special region of Nod-krai and the introduction of Lunar Elemental Reactions in Version 6.0, players will have the chance to roll for a new 4* character - Aino to help them in their journey. In this build guide, we will go over the best build for Aino, including her best weapons, artifacts and teams to make Aino shine even as a 4* character in Genshin Impact.

General Introduction

Aino is a 4* Character coming from Nod-krai that uses the element of Hydro. She wields a sword as her main weapon and has a skill kit that allows her to become a facilitator of different Hydro-based Lunar Elemental Reactions while also being a decent Sub DPS character.

Thanks to Aino being from Nod-Krai, she has access to both Nod-Krai exclusive mechanics: Lunar Phases and Lunar Elemental Reactions and will increase the Lunar Phase of the team by 1 phase when she is slotted into the team.

Element	Weapon Type	Special Effect	Role
Hydro	Claymore	Lunar Phases Lunar Elemental Reaction (Nod-Krai)	Sub DPS/ Elemental Enabler

 

Skill Kit Details & Leveling Priority

Aino skill kit focuses mainly on facilitating different Hydro-based Lunar Elemental Reactions for other Nod-Krai characters by increasing the Moon Phase when having her in the team and help apply Hydro marks on enemies to initiate Lunar Elemental Reactions.

Aino’s main skill is her Elemental Skill, which allows her to summon a Musecatcher that can deal Hydro damage in a large AoE and pull enemies to the center of the Musecatcher. Upon finishing dragging the enemies together, the Musecatcher will explode, dealing AoE Hydro damage instantly. When holding this skill, Aino will instead enter special aim mode, allowing her to adjust the position that the Musecatcher will land.

Aino’s Elemental Burst allows her once again to deploy one of her great inventions: the Cool Your Jets Ducky. When the Cool Your Jets Ducky is on the field, it will create a special Focused Hydronic Cooling Zone around it, periodically dealing Hydro damage to enemies on the field and apply Hydro marks on enemies, allowing allies to initiate Hydro-based Elemental Reactions.

Aino’s Ascension Talents help boost her damage and her potential as an Elemental Enabler when there are 2 or more Nod-Krai characters in the party by increasing her Elemental Burst damage, improves the shooting frequency and make the Hydro AoE area much larger. Players should prioritize unlocking Aino’s 1st Ascension Talent. As for her 2nd Ascension, it only improves Aino’s own damage output so players can invest into it when they can.

In terms of leveling priority, as Aino’s main damage output is from her Elemental Burst, players should focus on leveling up her elemental burst first. After that, players can focus on leveling up her Elemental Skill for better damage as well.

Resource Optimization Markdown:

Lv. 10 Elemental Burst → Lv. 10 Elemental Skill → Lv. 6 Normal Attack

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Best Weapons & Artifact Builds

Aino Recommended Weapons

As a sub DPS Hydro character whose main focus is on dealing strong Hydro damage to enemies and facilitate different Hydro-based Lunar Elemental Reactions for other Nod-Krai character on the field, Aino’s main weapon should provides her with stats that boost her Elemental Burst and Elemental Reaction damage output.

Due to this, Aino wants weapons that boost Elemental Mastery to boost the Lunar Reaction Damage output and weapons that boost Energy Regen to help support the team.

The best in slot weapons for Aino includes:

Flame-Forged Insight

Flame-Forged Insight (4*) Attack (510) Elemental Mastery (165)

When Electro-Charged, Lunar-Charged, or Bloom is triggered, restore 12 Elemental Energy and increase Elemental Mastery by 60 for 15 seconds. This effect can be triggered once every 15s and can be triggered even when the equipping character is off-field.

Favonius Greatsword

Favonius Greatsword (4*) Attack (454) Energy Recharge (61.3%)

CRIT hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.

Forest Regalia

Forest Regalia (4*) Attack (565) Energy Recharge (30.6%)

After triggering Burning, Quicken, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, a Leaf of Consciousness will be created around the character for a maximum of 10s. When picked up, the Leaf will grant the character 60 Elemental Mastery 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. The Leaf of Consciousness' effect cannot stack.

Katsuragikiri Nagamasa:

Katsuragikiri Nagamasa (4*) Attack (510) Energy Recharge (45.9%)
Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 6%. After Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the character loses 3 Energy but regenerates 3 Energy every 2s for the next 6s. This effect can occur once every 10s. Can be triggered even when the character is not on the field.

Makhaira Aquamarine:

Makhaira Aquamarine (4*) Attack (510) Elemental Mastery (165)
The following effect will trigger every 10s: The equipping character will gain 24% of their Elemental Mastery as bonus ATK for 12s, with nearby party members gaining 30% of this buff for the same duration. Multiple instances of this weapon can allow this buff to stack. This effect will still trigger even if the character is not on the field.

Mailed Flower

Mailed Flower (4*) Attack (565) Elemental Mastery (110)
Within 8s after the character's Elemental Skill hits an opponent or the character triggers an Elemental Reaction, their ATK and Elemental Mastery will be increased by 12~24% and 48~96 respectively.

Aino Best Artifact Sets

For Aino, her best artifact set is the Silken Moon's Serenade set, which boost Aino’s own Energy Recharge to allow her to use her Elemental Burst more frequently while also grant the entire team an Elemental Mastery boost when Aino deal Elemental Damage based on whether the Moon Phase is in Nascent Gleam or Ascendant Gleam (Only 1 Nod-Krai Character in the team or 2 Nod-Krai Characters in the team). This artifact help her to become a strong Elemental Mastery Support for the team to boost the Lunar Elemental Reaction damage.

Silken Moon's Serenade
2pcs	Energy Recharge +20%.
4pcs	When dealing Elemental DMG, gain the Gleaming Moon: Devotion effect for 8s: Increases all party members' Elemental Mastery by 60/120 when the party's Moonsign is Nascent Gleam/Ascendant Gleam. The equipping character can trigger this effect while off-field. All party members' Lunar Reaction DMG is increased by 10% for each different Gleaming Moon effect that party members have. Effects from Gleaming Moon cannot stack.

For Main Stats and Sub Stats, players should prioritize Elemental Mastery and Energy Regen Stats for Aino to maximize her ability to use Elemental Burst as frequently as possible while also boosting her team support and Elemental Reaction damage of the team.

For Aino, players should focus on these stats:

	Main Stat	Sub Stats
Sands	Energy Regen%	- Priority #1: Elemental Mastery, Energy Regen% - Priority #2: Other Stats
Goblet	Hydro Damage% or Elemental Mastery
Circlet	Elemental Mastery

 

Constellation Priorities

Aino Recommended Constellations

C1 - The Theory of Ash–Field Equilibrium

Aino’s 1st Constellation boost her Elemental Mastery and the team’s Elemental Mastery stat whenever she uses her Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst, making it a very good generic buffing Constellation

Rating: Highly Recommended (A Strong Generic Stat Buffing Constellation with no drawbacks)

C2 - The Principle of Transference in Gear Differentials

Aino’s 2nd Constellation helps Aino becomes a better sub DPS character even when she is off the field by allowing her Elemental Burst to deal additional Hydro damage whenever an ally on field is dealing damage to enemies, allowing Aino to apply better Hydro application on enemies when she is off field and helps her improve the team’s damage output.

Rating: Most Recommended (Massively improves Aino’s ability as both a Sub DPS and a Elemental Enabler when she is off field)

C4 - Butter and Cats and the Law of Energy Supply

Aino’s 4th Constellation allows Aino to recover 10 energy whenever her Elemental Skill hits the enemy. This is an extremely simple but good Constellation that allows Aino to recover energy consistently to be able to use her Elemental Burst extremely frequently.

Rating: Highly Recommended (Improves Aino’s rotation and reduce her energy regen requirements by a massive amount)

C6 - The Burden of Creative Genius

Aino’s 6th constellation allows Aino to boost the damage of all Hydro-related Lunar Elemental Reactions created by the team by a massive amount when she uses her Elemental Burst, which elevates her strength as a Lunar Elemental Reaction buffer in the team even more.

Rating: Extremely Recommended (Makes Aino into a Lunar Elemental Reaction buffer in addition to being an Elemental Enabler)

 

Best Team Recommendations

With Aino being a strong Hydro Enabler for the different Hydro-related Lunar Elemental Reaction teams and a strong Hydro Sub DPS and Hydro Elemental Enabler for different team compositions, players can use Aino in the different Lunar Elemental Reaction teams and even non Lunar Elemental Reaction teams thanks to her strong off field Hydro application.

Aino Lunar Elemental Reaction Teams

Aino Lunar Elemental Reaction teams are the different Lunar Elemental Reaction based teams that requires 2 Nod-Krai characters in the same team to boost the damage of Lunar Elemental Reaction elemental reactions to the maximum by having Aino in the team to help facilitate the Elemental reactions with her strong Hydro Off-field application.

- Ineffa Lunar-Charge Team

Aino	Ineffa	Sucrose	Ororon
Hydro Enabler	Main DPS	Elemental Support	Support

The Ineffa Lunar-Charge team focuses on using Ineffa as the main facilitator of Lunar-charge with the help of Aino Hydro off field Hydro applications and fulfilling the 2 Nod-Krai characters requirements to provide both Ineffa and Aino special buffs to Lunar Elemental Reactions. Sucrose is chosen as a support to boost the damage of Elemental Reactions by boosting the team’s Elemental Mastery and spreading the Hydro and Electro marks. Ororon’s skill kit also boosts the damage of Electro-related Elemental Reactions, helping to elevate the damage output of Lunar-charged even more.

- Flins Premium Lunar-Charge Team:

Aino	Flins	Ineffa	Ororon
Hydro Enabler	Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support

Flins Premium Lunar Charge team involves both Ineffa as a sub DPS Electro damage boosting character to boost the damage of Flins’ Lunar-charged Elemental Reaction with the help of Aino’s off field Hydro application. This damage can be boosted further with the help of Ororon Electro Elemental reaction boosting kit.

- Flins F2P Lunar-Charge Team:

Aino	Flins	Sucrose	Ororon
Hydro Enabler	Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support

This Flins F2P Lunar-charge team functions similarly to the Ineffa Lunar-charge team, with Flins serving as the main DPS that deals Lunar-charge Elemental Reaction damage with Aino helping to apply Hydro marks on the enemies with her off field Hydro application. Additionally, having Aino in the team will fulfill the 2 Nod-krai characters Moonphase requirement to activate Flins’ damage boosting Talent, helping to maximize his damage output. Sucrose and Ororon serve as the supports for the team with their effects to boost the team’s Elemental Mastery and Elemental Reaction damage.

- Lauma Lunar Bloom Team:

Aino	Lauma	Nilou	Nahida
Hydro Enabler	Dendro Enabler/ Sustain	Sub DPS	Support

The Lauma Lunar Bloom team focuses on fulfilling the Moonphase effect by having both Aino and Lauma in the same team to help provide buffs to Lauma thanks to her Talent while taking advantage of Aino’s Off field Hydro application to allow Lauma and Nahida to create Bloom and Lunar Bloom elemental reactions to deal damage to enemies. Nilou is used to create bountiful cores with the help of Nahida to help deal additional damage to all enemies on the field.

Aino Non Lunar Elemental Reaction Team

Aside from Lunar Elemental Reaction Centric teams, Aino can also be slotted into generic teams that want a strong off field Hydro application character that provides the team with Elemental Mastery to boost the damage of elemental reactions.

- Bloom Team:

Aino	Baizhu	Nilou	Nahida
Hydro Enabler	Sustain	Sub DPS	Support/ Dendro Enabler

Function similarly to the Lauma Lunar Bloom team but for generic Bloom, the Aino bloom team takes advantage of Aino Off field Hydro application and Elemental Mastery boost to help boost the damage of Bountiful dendro cores created by Nahida and Nilou while the entire team is protected by Baizhu’s strong Dendro protection shield.

- Electro-charge Team:

Aino	Raiden Shogun	Yelan	Ororon
Hydro Enabler	Main DPS	Sub DPS	Support

The Electro-charge team with Raiden Shogun and Yelan includes Aino as a strong substitute for Furina for players that don’t want to deal with Furina HP drain skill kit, allowing the team to run without a sustain character while still maintain strong Hydro off field application and decent buffs with both Aino and Ororon’s Elemental Reaction buffing skill kits.

 

Conclusion

We hope that with the help of this guide, players will have a better understanding of the best Aino builds, skills, constellations and teams in order to fully unleash her potential in the world of Genshin Impact.