Faruzan in Genshin Impact: A Comprehensive Guide

Faruzan, the four-star addition in Genshin Impact, is a character that has stirred up some discussions in the community.

With unique attributes in her kit, she stands out as both intriguing and potentially challenging to use effectively.

This complete guide aims to provide an in-depth look at Faruzan, evaluating her strengths, weaknesses, and optimal builds.

We'll also dive into how she performs at various constellation levels, particularly comparing her capabilities at C0 versus C6.

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Complete Guide to Faruzan: Best Builds and Team Compositions

Faruzan's Role and Abilities

Elemental Burst: The Wind's Secret Ways

Faruzan's Elemental Burst is central to her role.

It deals Anemo damage to enemies while crucially decreasing their Anemo resistance.

This makes her an invaluable asset in teams with Anemo DPS characters like Wanderer or Xiao.

Additionally, her burst provides a party-wide Anemo damage bonus.

This dual function (resistance reduction and damage bonus) significantly increases the overall damage output of Anemo characters in the party.

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Elemental Skill: Wind Realm of Nasamjnin

Faruzan's Elemental Skill places an object that creates a vortex upon a charged shot.

This vortex offers minor grouping capabilities and generates Anemo particles.

The skill generates only two Anemo particles, which contributes to her considerable Energy Recharge (ER) requirements to consistently use her Elemental Burst.

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Passive Talents

Impetuous Flow (A1)

When she is in the Manifest Gale state created by her Elemental Skill, the amount of time taken to charge a shot is decreased by 60%.

She can also apply her Burst passive to opponents who are hit by the vortex created by Pressurized Collapse.

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Lost Wisdom of the Seven Caverns (A4)

A passive talent that further boosts the damage of Anemo characters, adding a percentage of her base attack to the team's Anemo damage.

This passive attaches her role as a dedicated Anemo support.

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Talent Priority

Elemental Burst

Faruzan's Elemental Burst is her most crucial talent.

It significantly enhances Anemo damage for the team by reducing enemies' Anemo resistance and providing an Anemo damage bonus.

As the core of her support capabilities, maximizing this talent increases the effectiveness of her primary role in boosting Anemo DPS characters.

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Elemental Skill

Her Elemental Skill, Wind Realm of Nasamjnin, while not as impactful as her burst, is still crucial for energy generation and minor crowd control.

The skill generates Anemo particles, which are essential for her high energy demands, but the overall impact on the team's performance is less than her Elemental Burst.

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Normal Attack

Faruzan's Normal Attack, Parthian Shot, is the least important to level up.

As a support character, her primary role is not dealing direct damage.

Given that Faruzan's main function is to enhance other team members' Anemo damage, investing resources into her normal attack talent provides the least return compared to her other abilities.

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Artifact Builds

Viridescent Venerer Set (4 Pieces)

This set is the go-to for Anemo characters, especially those in a support role.

It enhances Swirl reactions and reduces the elemental resistance of enemies, which synergizes well with Faruzan's role in boosting Anemo DPS.

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Noblesse Oblige Set (4 Pieces)

If another character in the team is already using the Viridescent Venerer set, Faruzan can benefit from Noblesse Oblige.

It boosts the team's attack after using her Elemental Burst.

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Main Stats Priority

Sands: Energy Recharge or ATK%.

Energy Recharge is crucial, especially at lower constellations, to ensure Faruzan can use her Elemental Burst consistently.

At higher constellations (C6), where energy needs are less demanding, ATK% can be a viable alternative to boost her damage contribution.

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Goblet: Anemo Damage Bonus.

Maximizes the damage of her Anemo abilities, enhancing her overall support impact.

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Circlet: Crit Rate or Crit Damage, depending on her Crit Rate from other sources.

If using Favonius Warbow or another weapon that benefits from CRITs, Crit Rate is preferred.

If Crit Rate is already sufficient from other sources (ideally around 50%), then Crit Damage can be prioritized.

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Substats Priority

Primary Focus: Energy Recharge.

The primary goal is to ensure Faruzan can frequently use her Elemental Burst for team support.

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Secondary Focus: ATK%, Elemental Mastery, Crit Rate/Damage.

ATK% boosts her overall damage contribution.

Elemental Mastery enhances Swirl reactions, beneficial in teams where Faruzan can actively participate in triggering reactions.

Crit Rate/Damage improves her personal damage output, more relevant at higher constellations.

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Optimal Weapons

Favonius Warbow

Excellent for energy generation due to its CRIT Rate substat and passive ability that generates elemental particles.

Ensuring Faruzan can frequently use her Elemental Burst, especially crucial at lower constellations (C0-C5).

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Elegy for the End (5-Star)

Provides Energy Recharge, increases Elemental Mastery, and enhances party members' Attack and Elemental Mastery through its passive ability.

An overall boost to Faruzan's support capabilities and is particularly effective in teams that capitalize on elemental reactions.

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Sacrificial Bow

Offers a chance to reset the cooldown of her Elemental Skill, which can be useful for additional particle generation and utility.

Situations where additional skill usage and energy generation are needed.

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The Stringless

Increases Elemental Skill and Burst damage, enhancing Faruzan's own damage output.

Builds focusing on maximizing Faruzan's damage contribution, suitable for higher constellation levels.

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Windblume Ode (Event Weapon)

Offers an Attack% substat and a passive that increases Elemental Skill damage.

A balance between supporting Faruzan’s own damage and team utility, especially if other options aren't available.

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Prototype Crescent

Increases Attack% and provides a further attack boost upon hitting weak spots.

A more offensive approach, especially if Faruzan is used in a more active role in combat.

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Fading Twilight (Event Weapon)

Provides dynamic bonuses to Elemental Mastery, Attack, or Elemental Damage Bonus, based on its refinement level and passive stacks.

Versatile use in various team compositions, especially where Elemental Mastery is valued.

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Team Composition Strategies

Anemo DPS-Centric Teams

Pair Faruzan with an Anemo DPS like Xiao or the Wanderer (Scaramouche).

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Faruzan with Xiao‍

Use Faruzan to enhance Xiao's plunging attack damage.

Complement with characters who can provide additional support or healing, like Zhongli for shields or Bennett for healing and attack boosts.

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Faruzan with the Wanderer‍

Enhance the Wanderer's Anemo damage while providing crowd control.

Add a Hydro or Cryo character for Freeze or Vaporize reactions, and a healer or shielder for sustain.

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Elemental Reaction-Based Teams

Use Faruzan's Anemo abilities to trigger and enhance elemental reactions.

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Swirl Reaction Team‍

Combine Faruzan with characters like Venti or Kazuha for enhanced Swirl reactions.

Include Pyro or Hydro characters to create consistent reactions.

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Vaporize or Melt Team‍

Pair her with Hydro or Pyro characters to consistently trigger Vaporize or Melt reactions.

A character like Xingqiu or Bennett can be effective in these setups.

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Energy-Recharge Focused Teams

Build a team around ensuring Faruzan and other characters have sufficient energy to use their bursts frequently.

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Triple Anemo Setup: Include another Anemo character like Sucrose or Jean who can also generate energy, ensuring Faruzan can use her burst consistently.

Favonius Weapon Users: Team up with characters wielding Favonius weapons for additional energy generation.

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Mixed DPS Teams

Use Faruzan in teams that have a mix of DPS sources, allowing for flexible playstyles.

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Balanced DPS Team: Include a mix of characters who can provide both on-field and off-field DPS, like Ganyu for off-field Cryo DPS and a Pyro character like Diluc for on-field DPS.

Flexible Support/DPS Team: Combine Faruzan with flexible characters like Albedo or Fischl who can switch between support and DPS roles.

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Specific Elemental Teams

Use Faruzan in teams focused on a specific element to enhance overall team damage.

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Mono Pyro Team: Pair Faruzan with multiple Pyro characters like Hu Tao, Xiangling, and Bennett for a strong Pyro-centric team.

Mono Cryo Team: Use Faruzan with Cryo characters like Ayaka or Ganyu, enhancing their damage through Swirl and Cryo reactions.

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Constellation Impact

C1: Truth by Any Means

Adds an additional charge to Faruzan's Elemental Skill.

This constellation allows Faruzan to use her skill more frequently, enhancing her ability to generate energy and contribute to crowd control.

It's particularly beneficial in rotations where consistent skill usage is key to maintaining energy for the team.

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C2: Overzealous Intellect

Increases the duration of Faruzan's Elemental Burst and its effect.

With an extended duration, Faruzan's ability to reduce enemy Anemo resistance and boost team Anemo damage becomes more consistent.

This is especially valuable in prolonged battles where keeping the buff active can significantly enhance overall team DPS.

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C4: Divine Comprehension

Faruzan's Elemental Skill gains an additional effect based on the number of charges used before unleashing the charged version.

This adds versatility to her skill, allowing for strategic choices based on the situation.

More charges can lead to stronger crowd control or energy generation, enhancing her adaptability in combat.

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C6: The Wondrous Path of Truth

Faruzan's Elemental Burst gains additional effects, including crit damage increase for Anemo characters and more frequent skill procs.

C6 transforms Faruzan into a powerhouse support for Anemo DPS characters.

The increased crit damage and skill procs significantly enhance the team's damage output, making her a top-tier unit in Anemo-focused teams.

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Advanced Tips

Optimizing Skill Usage

Quick Swap: Incorporate Faruzan's Elemental Skill into quick-swap rotations. After deploying her skill, switch to your main DPS for immediate damage amplification.

Charge Shot Timing: Time the charge shot of her skill to match with maximum enemy grouping, enhancing crowd control and energy generation.

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Burst Deployment

Use Faruzan's Elemental Burst right before unleashing your main Anemo DPS's burst to ensure the longest possible duration of Anemo resistance reduction and damage bonus.

Place Faruzan in a position where her burst can affect as many enemies as possible, maximizing the debuff area.

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Energy Management

If Faruzan struggles with energy recharge at lower constellations, pair her with other Anemo characters or Favonius weapon users to ensure more consistent burst uptime.

Prioritize energy recharge in her artifacts, especially at lower constellations, to maintain burst availability.‍

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How to Play Around Constellations

At C2 and C6, Faruzan’s potential escalates significantly.

At C2, aim for 100% uptime on her burst, and at C6, focus on maximizing crit damage for Anemo DPS characters.

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Advanced Positioning

Use Faruzan's Elemental Skill for its mobility aspect, particularly in exploration or to reposition quickly in combat.

Use terrain and her skill's minor grouping ability to clump enemies together for your DPS to target efficiently.

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Final Thoughts on Faruzan

In summary, Faruzan is a character with a unique and valuable skill set that is unfortunately heavily gated by her constellation levels.

While she can function adequately at C0, her full potential is unleashed at C6, where she becomes a powerful asset for Anemo-focused teams.

This heavy reliance on constellations may be a point of frustration for some, but those who invest in her will find a capable and effective support character for their Anemo DPS.