Genshin Impact: Ganyu guide — Weapons, artifacts, and talents

Talents: Prioritize “Normal Attack: Liutian Archery”

As of now, the most effective way to use Ganyu in your Genshin Impact runs is to use her charged shot whenever possible. That’s why you should boost “Normal Attack: Liutian Archery” before anything else.

Aim for a little over a second and you’ll get charge level 2 of her ice arrow. Whether it hits an enemy or not doesn’t matter since the projectile will bloom and deal AoE Cryo damage.

Heck, you can safely shoot the ground just to blast nearby enemies.

Her elemental skill, “Trail of the Qilin,” is nice to have since it does a taunt (similar to Mona’s and Amber’s skills) before exploding to deal AoE Cryo damage. Sadly, it’s not something that’d let you pour a ton of DPS. Likewise, you wouldn’t want to boost Ganyu’s HP even if the skill scales off this stat.

Lastly, her elemental burst/ult, “Celestial Shower,” is actually pretty good. With it, Ganyu can spawn a frozen disco ball that makes icicles drop on enemies. Those within the area of effect get hit by the icicles and, if affected by Hydro, they’d get frozen, too. Still, these two abilities aren’t priorities compared to “Liutian Archery.” On the bright side, you won’t use up too many Diligence books or whopperflower nectars since there aren’t a lot of talents that need to be leveled-up.

Anyway, for the next part of the guide, it’s time to talk about Ganyu’s character ascension materials in Genshin Impact.