Citlali Guide and Best Builds
Citlali is a 5-Star Cryo character who is a shielder as well as providing RES shred for both Frozen and Melt reactions. Read on to learn more about Citlali's kit, Citlali's Build and also her Ascension and Talent Materials.
Citlali Guide & Best Builds
Welcome to our Citlali build guide for Genshin Impact. Citlali is a 5-Star Cryo dedicated support character who focuses on Melt and Freeze reactions. In this guide, we'll cover everything you need to know to get the most out of Citlali, from the best artifacts and weapons to important stat priorities and rotations.
Best Weapons for Citlali
Listed below are Citlali's best weapon options. As a support character, Citlali focuses primarily on providing shielding, Cryo application, and team buffs rather than personal damage. Because of this, weapons that provide Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge, or team-wide buffs tend to perform the best for her overall utility.
Starcaller's Watch
Offering Unto Wind and Sun
Base ATK: 542
Elemental Mastery: 265
Increases Elemental Mastery by 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200. Gain the "Mirror of Night" effect within 15s after the equipping character creates a shield: The current active party member deals 28% / 35% / 42% / 49% / 56% increased DMG to nearby opponents. You can gain the "Mirror of Night" effect once every 14s.
Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers
Heritage
Base ATK: 401
HP: 35.2%
When switching characters, the new character taking the field has their ATK increased by 24% / 30% / 36% / 42% / 48% for 10s. This effect can only occur once every 20s.
Etherlight Spindlelute
Last Singer
Base ATK: 510
Energy Recharge: 45.9%
For 20s after using an Elemental Skill, the equipping character's Elemental Mastery is increased by 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200.
Wandering Evenstar
Wildling Nightstar
Base ATK: 510
Elemental Mastery: 165
The following effect will trigger every 10s: The equipping character will gain 24% / 30% / 36% / 42% / 48% 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.
A Thousand Floating Dreams
A Thousand Nights' Dawnsong
Base ATK: 542
Elemental Mastery: 265
Party members other than the equipping character will provide the equipping character with buffs based on whether their Elemental Type is the same as the latter or not. If their Elemental Types are the same, increase Elemental Mastery by 32 / 40 / 48 / 56 / 64. If not, increase the equipping character's DMG Bonus from their Elemental Type by 10% / 14% / 18% / 22% / 26%. Each of the aforementioned effects can have up to 3 stacks. Additionally, all nearby party members other than the equipping character will have their Elemental Mastery increased by 40 / 42 / 44 / 46 / 48. Multiple such effects from multiple such weapons can stack.
Favonius Codex
Windfall
Base ATK: 510
Energy Recharge: 45.9%
CRIT Hits have a 60% / 70% / 80% / 90% / 100% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s / 10.5s / 9s / 7.5s / 6s.
Sacrificial Fragments
Composed
Base ATK: 454
Elemental Mastery: 221
After damaging an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40% / 50% / 60% / 70% / 80% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 30s / 26s / 22s / 19s / 16s.
Best Artifacts for Citlali
Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City
Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City
2-Piece Set: When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, the equipping character regenerates 6 Elemental Energy.
4-Piece Set: After the equipping character triggers a reaction related to their Elemental Type, all nearby party members gain a 12% Elemental DMG Bonus for the Elemental Types involved in the elemental reaction for 15s. If the equipping character is in the Nightsoul's Blessing state when triggering this effect, all nearby party members gain an additional 28% Elemental DMG Bonus for the Elemental Types involved in the elemental reaction for 20s. The equipping character can trigger this effect while off-field, and the DMG bonus from Artifact Sets with the same name do not stack.
Tenacity of the Millelith
Tenacity of the Millelith
2-Piece Set: HP +20%
4-Piece Set: When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.
Noblesse Oblige
Noblesse Oblige
2-Piece Set: Elemental Burst DMG +20%
4-Piece Set: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.
Instructor
Instructor
2-Piece Set: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80.
4-Piece Set: Upon triggering an Elemental Reaction, increases all party members' Elemental Mastery by 120 for 8s.
Citlali's Stat Priority
Citlali’s most important stats are Energy Recharge and Elemental Mastery. She is a dedicated support who wants to use her Burst every rotation to activate all of her utility. Elemental Mastery also increases the strength of her shield, making it a very valuable stat to stack.
If Citlali is using Favonius Codex, a CRIT Rate Circlet can be a better choice for reliably triggering the weapon passive and generating additional Energy particles for the team.
Recommended Stats for Citlali
Build recommendations assume decent artifact rolls alongside Citlali's best free-to-play weapon, Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers. Using other weapons may increase or decrease certain stats relative to these recommendations.
Citlali's Talent Priority
Citlali's most important talent to level is her Elemental Skill, followed by her Elemental Burst. Her Normal Attacks can largely be ignored since they are rarely used in her support playstyle.
How to Play Citlali
Citlali is a dedicated support mainly used with Pyro and Hydro DPS characters. She provides Pyro RES Shred when Melt reactions are triggered and Hydro RES Shred when Freeze reactions are triggered, making her especially strong in Melt and Freeze team compositions.
Her rotation is extremely simple. Start by using her Elemental Skill to generate her shield and summon Itzpapa, then use her Elemental Burst and immediately swap into your main DPS. Ideally Citlali should be used right before your DPS so that all of her buffs remain active for the full duration of the damage window.
When using Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers, make sure you swap directly into your main DPS after Citlali to ensure the ATK buff applies to the correct character. Citlali provides reliable off-field Cryo application for Melt teams and can also act as a defensive shielder while holding several support artifact sets to provide additional team buffs.
Citlali's Best Constellations
| Constellation | % of C0 | % From Previous Constellation |
|---|---|---|
| C0 | 100% | 100% |
| C1 | 103% | 103% |
| C2 | 150.7% | 146.3% |
| C3 | 153.7% | 102% |
| C4 | 159.9% | 104% |
| C5 | 164.7% | 103% |
| C6 | 177.9% | 108% |
Note: These calculations are based on total team damage in a typical Mavuika / Citlali / Xilonen / Bennett composition.
Citlali's Best Team Compositions
To learn all about Citlali's synergies and best team compositions, check our dedicated Citlali team page below:
Changelog
- 14 Mar. 2025: Updated for 6.4.
- 27 Sep. 2025: Updated for 6.0.
- 13 Jul. 2025: Updated for 5.7.
- 28 Dec. 2024: Full build added.
- 10 Dec. 2024: Beta Update.
- 02 Dec. 2024: Beta Update.
- 26 Nov. 2024: Beta Update.
- 20 Nov. 2024: Page added.
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