Kachina Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Strengths

• Turbo Twirly can exist independently of Kachina allowing for good damage while Kachina is off-field.
• Geo DMG % Ascension passive which further increases her damage.
• Has value in team comps outside of Geo which has often been an issue for other 4-star Geo characters.

Weaknesses

• First 2 passives simply provide flat damage buffs and nothing which impacts gameplay outside of making number go up.
• Constellations provide the vast majority of her utility including increased DEF, Energy and Nightsoul.
• Turbo Twirly has a relatively small AoE making positioning very important.

Kachina is a Geo DEF scaling character who uses her Turbo Twirly to deal AoE damage to nearby opponents while also supporting your team.

Kachina is extremely budget friendly weapon-wise as she is primarily built as a support character meaning you want weapons that help to buff her and the team. Favonius Lance tends to be her best option as it provides increased Energy Recharge which she needs a lot of and also decreases the requirements on her party. Footprint of the Rainbow is the new Natlan craftable weapon and is her best option for her personal damage instead.

Kachina mainly exists to bring some damage while also carrying the effects of the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City, this provides huge damage buffs for the team while in the Nightsoul Blessing State which she often is.

If Kachina is being played in non-Geo teams, you will want an Energy Recharge Sands but with other Geo characters a DEF % sands is your best option. Kachina wants around 200-230% Energy Recharge without Geo teammates and 150-180% with Geo.

Kachina is incredibly simple to play, use Go, Go Turbo Twirly! to place the Turbo Twirly and then swap to your other teammates. An important thing to know is that Time to Get Serious! increases the AoE of Turbo Twirly which can be incredibly useful.

Kachina's Rotation depends on if you have Never Leave Home Without... Turbo Twirly (C2) or not. This is because C2 regains Nightsoul Points instead of increasing the cap which therefore means you need to spend some Nightsoul to have room to gain it back.

• C0/1 - Supports > Skill > Burst > Swap to DPS
• C2+ - Skill > Supports > Burst > Swap to DPS

Using your skill before your supports at C2 is important to increasing her overall damage and benefits of having the Turbo Twirly out.

Being a Geo character, Kachina has a lot of Synergy with other Geo characters such as Chiori and Navia. Kachina can also be used in many non-Geo teams due to her versatility and what she brings as a support.

Kachina can be a great support in teams that focus on Geo using characters such as Arataki Itto or Noelle who perform great with other Geo characters. Because Kachina needs Crystallize to occur, a non-Geo character is needed for reactions.

In Itto teams, this is generally more of a shielder/healer whereas with Noelle you want SubDPS such as Fischl and Yelan, but Furina continues to be a great buffer for Noelle too.

Kachina Navia teams tend to work best with a Double Geo pairing and then 2 other characters for Crystallize to take place. Normally this is best with 2 characters of the same element for example Xiangling + Bennett but Furina + Xianyun instead provides a powerful plunge team which is one of Navia's best teams.

In non-Geo teams, Kachina needs increased Energy Recharge to ensure she can use her Elemental Burst every rotation. Rotation lengths and Energy Recharge requirements are going to change on a per-team basis. Listed above are some team examples but with Kachina being a Geo character she can be used in any team that needs a general buffer as you are mainly bringing Kachina for her artifact set.