Kaedehara Kazuha is a 5-star Anemo Sword support character in Genshin Impactwho excels at buffing your teams damage and provides crowd control. Hisincredibly powerful buffs and supportive capabilities make Kazuha one of thestrongest units in the game.
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AnemoElement
SwordWeapon
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Mark WhittenEN Voice Actor
Nobunaga ShimazakiJP Voice Actor
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Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
- Powerful buffs increasing damage, resistance shred and crowd control.
- Off-field elemental application of Anemo and Absorbed element.
- Incredibly flexible and used in a lot of the best team compositions.
Weaknesses
- Weak single-target damage
- Uses Elemental Mastery artifacts, which have a much lower drop chance
2.
Anemo Support Kazuha Build
Kazuhas main build focuses on increasing his Elemental Mastery to increasethe damage he can deal when Swirling elementsas well as increasing the bonus he provides with his 4th Ascension Passive: Poetics of Fuubutsu.
BiS Weapon | Freedom-Sworn |
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Best Artifacts |
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Main Stats |
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Substat Priority |
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Talent Priority |
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Kazuha always wants Elemental Mastery where possible and as much as you cangive. Therefore weapons which provide Elemental Mastery are great for Kazuha such as Freedom-Sworn and Xiphos' Moonlight. In situationswhere you are struggling to gain enough Energy Recharge to consistently burstyou may consider a weapon such as Favonius Sword or Fleuve Cendre Ferryman. If Ferryman is already being used on anothercharacter you could also opt for Sacrificial Sword.
The exact amount of Energy Recharge you want will depend on your teamand if you use Chihayaburu once or twice between each burst as wellas if you simply tap or hold Chihayaburu. Generallyspeaking, around the 180 - 200% area will be common.
Like many Anemo characters, Kazuha performs best whenusing Viridescent Venerer with the resistance shred being incrediblyhelpful.
With Elemental Mastery artifacts, weapon and the bonus from your 6th Ascension,you will already have over 800 Elemental Mastery giving you at least a 32% damage bonusfrom Poetics of Fuubutsu before you even need to worry about substats.
3.
Combos and How to Play Kazuha
Chihayaburu is Kazuha's main source of crowdcontrol due to the fact it can pull a range of enemies towards him. Thisalso causes Kazuha to jump in the air allowing you to perform a strongerplunge attack dealing damage based on the absorbed element.
Kazuha Slash is incredibly powerful providing the majority ofKazuha's damage as well as applying an absorbed element which is why it isso important to have enough Energy Recharge. This can help yourteam with additional elemental reactions. You just need to be careful thatthe right elements are absorbed.
Kazuhas Elemental Skill, Chihayaburu has different effectsand utilities depending on if you tap or hold the skill. They generate differentamounts of energy, pull enemies in more and even different amounts of elementalapplication.
You want to hold Chihayaburu whenever you need more powerfulgrouping or additional energy. Otherwise tapping the skill will allow you toswap to the rest of the party faster.
4.
Best Team Comps
Kazuha is an incredibly powerful support that can be used in a wide rangeof teams such as Hypercarry, mono elemental teams and various reactionbased teams. The biggest issue with Kazuha is that you only have one of him inSpiral Abyss.
4.1.
Ayaka Freeze
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Support | Support |
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Kamisato Ayaka | Kaedehara Kazuha | Sangonomiya Kokomi | Shenhe |
Kamisato Ayaka | Kaedehara Kazuha | Furina | Charlotte |
Ayaka is an incredibly powerful main DPS who utilities thesupportive abilities of Shenhe, Furina, and Kazuha to further increaseher damage while freezing enemies. Kazuha has great synergy with a mostcharacters you would use in a Freeze comp such as Ganyu,Layla, or Rosaria.
4.2.
Neuvillette Hypercarry
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS | Support |
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Neuvillette | Fischl | Kaedehara Kazuha | Zhongli |
Neuvillette is an incredibly powerful HydroDPS character who benefits greatly from Kazuha due to the resistance shred,elemental damage bonus and even the damage increase from his 1st AscensionPassive Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority.
4.3.
Mono Pyro
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Support | Support |
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Lyney | Xiangling | Kaedehara Kazuha | Bennett |
Lyney can be an incredibly powerful team compositionbeing able to utilise his 4th Ascension passive Conclusive Ovationto deal more damage with more Pyro characters. Kazuha helps improve this teameven without being a Pyro character due to the increasedresistance shred, damage buffs and by ensuring characters are consistentlyaffected by Pyro.
5.
Kazuha's Ascensions, Talents, and Constellations
Kazuha AscensionsKazuha TalentsKazuha Constellations
5.1.
Kazuha Ascension Passives and Materials
Unlock | Ascension Passive | Explanation |
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With Character | Cloud Strider | If Chihayaburu comes into contact withHydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro when cast, Chihayaburu willabsorb that element and if Plunging Attack: Midare Ranzan is used beforethe effect expires, it will deal an additional 200% ATK of the absorbedelemental type as DMG. This will be considered Plunging Attack DMG.Elemental Absorption may only occur once per use of Chihayaburu. |
1st Ascension | Soumon Swordsmanship | Upon triggering a Swirl reaction, KaedeharaKazuha will grant all party members a 0.04% Elemental DMG Bonus to theelement absorbed by Swirl for every point of Elemental Mastery he has for8s. Bonuses for different elements obtained through this method canco-exist. |
4th Ascension | Poetics of Fuubutsu |
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Kazuha requires a range of materials to ascend to the 6th ascension.Starting from the second ascension they gain additional Elemental Mastery as theirbonus stat giving a total of 115 increased Elemental Mastery at the final ascension.The total cost to upgrade all ascensions is:
Source | Quantity |
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Mora | 420,000 Mora |
Boss Material | 46x Marionette Core |
Ascension Material |
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Local Specialty | 168x Sea Ganoderma |
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5.2.
Kazuha's Talents
Listed below is each talent and a simplified explanation of how they work.
Type | Talent Name | Brief Explanation |
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Normal | Normal Attack: Garyuu Bladework | Normal attacks deal 5 rapid strikes, charged attack deal 2. Whendoing a plunging attack as a result of Chihayaburu, dealincreased Anemo damage. |
Elemental Skill | Chihayaburu |
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Elemental Burst | Kazuha Slash | Large AoE which absorbs Hydro, Pyro, Cryo or Electro to dealelemental damage of that type and apply to enemies. |
To upgrade a single talent to level 10, it costs:
Source | Quantity |
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Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
Boss Material | 6x Gilded Scale |
Domain Material |
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Enhancement Material |
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5.3.
Kazuha's Constellations
Kazuhas best constellation is his C2, Yamaarashi Tailwind due tohow incredibly powerful its buff can be to the entire parties damage output. Scarlet Hills is also a good constellation allowing you morefreedom with Chihayaburu and lower potential energy requirements.
# | Name | Explanation |
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C1 | Scarlet Hills |
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C2 | Yamaarashi Tailwind | The Autumn Whirlwind field created by Kazuha Slash has the following effects:
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C3 | Maple Monogatari |
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C4 | Oozora Genpou | When Kaedehara Kazuha's Energy is lower than 45, he obtains the following effects:
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C5 | Wisdom of Bansei |
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C6 | Crimson Momiji | After using Chihayaburu or Kazuha Slash,Kaedehara Kazuha gains an Anemo Infusion for 5s. Additionally, each pointof Elemental Mastery will increase the DMG dealt by Kaedehara Kazuha'sNormal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks by 0.2%. |
5.4.
Changelog
- 05 Jun. 2024: Reviewed for 4.7.
- 31 Jan. 2024: Guide reviewed for Patch 4.4.
- 29 Nov. 2023: Guide added.
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