Wanderer Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Strengths

• Strong single target and AoE Damage
• Can fly making them amazing for exploration
• No Stamina used on charged attacks while in the air

Weaknesses

• Can easily be knocked out of the air making shielding important
• Teambuilding often requires Faruzan, ideally at C6
• Terrible at grouping and crowd control compared to most Anemo characters

Wanderer's main role in your party should be as a DPS Hypercarry. Therefore this means your build should focus on improving their own personal damage.

Tulaytullah's Remembrance gives a less significant damage increase compared to the signature weapons of some of the other characters in the game. Therefore many other Catalysts can easily be used without worry of significant damage decreases. Other good weapons include Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds, Skyward Atlas and The Widsith as a 4-star option.

Wanderer's best artifact set is Desert Pavilion Chronicle which is tailor-made for him. Shimenawa's Reminiscence is a decent secondary option and a more resin efficient set. This does mean you can only burst every 3 rotations. This is also not a recommended set if you have Niban: Moonlit Isle Amidst White Waves .

Furthermore, Energy Recharge is not worth building unless you are at C2 or above. Bursting every other rotation is more damage than tailoring your artifacts to hit around 160% Energy Recharge which is required at C1-2. This however changes if you hit C2 because Niban: Moonlit Isle Amidst White Waves increases your Elemental Burst's damage making bursting every rotation more worthwhile.

Due to being a Hypercarry, you want to start with any skills, bursts and buffs from other party members first which will increase Wanderer's damage once he gets out onto the field. Using Hanega: Song of the Wind will raise Wanderer into the air, make him deal more damage and increase his manoeuvrability.

While in the air you can use both Normal and Charged Attacks to deal damage to your opponents with Charged Attacks not consuming stamina while under the effects of your Elemental Skill. Additionally, thanks to the effect of Gales of Reverie while in the air any Normal or Charged Attack that hits an enemy occasionally allow you to dash in the air without consuming stamina and also fire wind arrows to a nearby enemy.

Finally, use your Elemental Burst, Kyougen: Five Ceremonial Plays near the end of your flight. Once used, Hanega: Song of the Wind ends.

Wanderer can absorb up to 2 different elements during Hanega: Song of the Wind if he comes into contact with them. These then give unique buffs depending on the element:

• Hydro — Increases Kuugoryoku Point (stamina) cap by 20
• Cryo — Increases CRIT Rate by 20%
• Pyro — Increases ATK by 30%
• Electro — Restores 0.8 energy with each attack

Wanderer can fit into a range of teams however his strongest ones by far are focused on increasing his personal damage. Faruzan is therefore incredibly important to the vast majority of team compositions. Historically, Faruzan has appeared with each Wanderer banner and is expected to do so in the future.

In Hypercarry teams you want a combination of Faruzan or Bennett to accompany Wanderer. Using either of these two characters if not both will be a substantial increase to Wanderer's DPS. This therefore leaves space for an additional character such as Yelan who has strong off-field damage and Zhongli with powerful shields or even Layla for the additional 20% CRIT Rate.

Consider the Spiral Abyss line-up before you decide what team you want to use, Yelan for example won't be useful on enemies with Hydro resistance while Chiori would be great against Geo shields.

Double Pyro makes use of Pyro Resonance to increase Wanderer's damage even further with Xiangling helping to provide additional damage which can be useful for example with shields. However, the downside is that players often use Xiangling for many other more powerful team compositions instead. Interruption resistance is also incredibly important to ensure that Wanderer stays up in the air.

Thoma and Dehya are good options to help increase Wanderer's survivability.