Looking for a strapping, smart, main DPS in the dendro element? Look no further than Genshin Impact’s Alhaitham. He’s the scribe of the Akademiya, and is a five-star unit that wields a sword and can dish out plenty of big green numbers when built to a good standard, so keep on reading to find out the best Alhaitham build.
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Here’s everything included in our Genshin Impact Alhaitham guide:
What’s the best Genshin Impact Alhaitham build?
Alhaitham is an incredibly strong five-star character who uses a sword and the dendro element.
| Best weapon | Light of Foliar Incision |
| Weapon substitutes | Toukabou Shigure, Sapwood Blade |
| Best artifact set | Gilded Dreams |
| Main stats | Sands – Elemental mastery Goblet – Dendro damage bonus Circlet – Crit rate/damage |
| Sub stats | Elemental mastery, crit rate, crit damage |
Alhaitham’s best build is as a main DPS, with the Light of Foliar Incision, and a four-piece set of Gilded Dreams artifacts. As for stats, you want to prioritize elemental mastery with a dendro damage bonus goblet. Crit rate and damage are also equally important, and you should aim to get a 1:2 split.
He’s an on-field damage dealer, as his Chisel Light Mirrors disappear when he leaves the field, and you want to capitalize on their buffs. Alhaitham’s dendro skills excel at triggering elemental reactions and as such he is best suited in a team that can apply or swirl multiple elements. The best reactions to aim for with Alhaitham are quickbloom and spread.
How do I use Alhaitham?
To best use Alhaitham, you want to use his skill first, then continue using normal attacks to make use of the dendro infusion. We recommend you throw out some charged attacks during his combo.
As you use Alhaitham, you’ll notice green diamonds appearing next to him – these are chisel light mirrors. When he has at least one, it means his attacks become infused with dendro, and also trigger a Projection Attack at the enemies. His elemental burst refills the mirrors and can deal some damage in an AoE. Keeping two or three mirrors is key to making sure Alhaitham deals constant dendro damage.
Alhaitham’s elemental skill is similar to Keqing in that if you hold it, you can aim where he zips to once you let go. This can be very helpful in targeting enemies properly or lining up with other elements on field.
What are the best Alhaitham weapons?
Alhaitham’s signature weapon, Light of Foliar Incision, is easily his best-in-slot, as it’s tailored perfectly to his kit. The next best option is Haran Geppaku Futsu, which offers a healthy boost to his crit rate and personal damage. However, that is another limited five-star sword.
When it comes to four-star options, Black Sword is a well-rounded choice with no real caveats. An R5 Sapwood Blade is good if you consistently grab the leaf that spawns after using Alhaitham’s skill, and Toukabou Shigure is also viable, but only really makes the cut in single-target situations.
| Light of Foliar Incision | Stat: Increases Alhaitham’s crit damage Skill: Increases crit rate by 4%. When Alhaitham’s normal attacks deal elemental damage, he obtains the Foliar Incision effect, which increases the damage dealt by normal attacks and elemental skills by 120% of his elemental mastery. You can gain one instance of Foliar Incision every 12 seconds | Weapon banner |
| Haran Geppaku Futsu | Stat: Increases Alhaitham’s crit rate Skill: Provides a 12% bonus to all elemental damage. When other nearby party members use elemental skills, Alhaitham gains one Wavespike stack, for a maximum of two stacks (you can gain one Wavespike stack every 0.3 seconds). When the wielder uses an elemental skill, they consume all stacks of Wavespike and gain Ripping Upheaval, converting each stack into an additional 20% normal attack damage for eight seconds | Weapon banner |
| Wolf Fang | Stat: Increases crit rate Skill: Damage dealt by Alhaitham’s elemental skill or burst increases by 16%. When an elemental skill or burst hits an opponent, the crit rate increases by 2%. Both effects last for ten seconds, can stack four times, and trigger once every 0.1 seconds | Battle Pass reward |
| Sapwood Blade | Stat: Increases energy recharge Skill: After triggering a burning, quicken, aggravate, spread, bloom, hyperbloom, or burgeon reaction, a Leaf of Consciousness spawns, lasting for a maximum of ten seconds. When a character picks the leaf up, they gain 60 elemental mastery for 12 seconds. They can only generate one leaf this way every 20 seconds. This effect can still trigger if Alhaitham is not on the field | Forged |
