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Being the first five-star Dendro character released in Genshin Impact, the community had heavy expectations from Tighnari. He's a forest ranger that refuses to work with the Akademiya because he wants to take care of the forest and deal with the dangers lurking within it, like the dreadful withering.

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Tighnari has a unique skill set in the game, as he has two levels of charged shots and can taunt enemies to avoid damage. He can fit into various play styles depending on his build, even though he reigns supreme against boss enemies.

Main DPS Build

After reading about the skills Tighnari possesses, your first thought might be to build for the main damage dealer. This character requires a high amount of field time, and it'd be detrimental to your overall damage if you didn't focus on making him the only main DPS with this build.

Firstly, the build requires the Deepwood Memories artifact set, which was introduced to the game along with Sumeru. Tighnari already gets a bunch of Dendro DMG Bonus when you ascend him, and this goes even higher with the 15 percent bonus for two pieces of this set.

Further, upon acquiring four good pieces for this set, you can reduce an enemy's Dendro resistance whenever you hit them with your elemental burst or skill. This helps him deal a significant amount of extra damage since most of his damage output is Dendro.

To finish this build, you can give Tighnari his signature weapon, Hunter's Path. With this, your Dendro DMG will be boosted even further, while it also increases your charged attack damage based on your Elemental Mastery.

Amos' Bow, Polar Star, or Prototype Crescent could be decent replacements if you don't have access to these weapons. While using Prototype Crescent, you'll have to make sure you hit your charged shots on an enemy's weak points.

Since Tighnari requires a ton of field time, especially when you're using Hunter's Path, off-field damage-dealing characters like Xiangling or Raiden Shogun can be good for this build.

Reaction-Based Damage

Every character in the game has a total of three passive talents. Two out of three for Tighnari are based around getting more Elemental Mastery. One of them provides him with more Elemental Mastery (EM), while the other one increases his damage based on the same stat.

Elemental Mastery is also the stat that makes your reactions better – the more of it you have, the more effective your reactions will be. Hence, whenever it is incentivized to build this stat on a character, reaction-based damage builds always outshine.

There are a couple of set bonuses that can be used for this build. A four-piece Gilded Dreams should be your first choice since it gives you a ton of Elemental Mastery for your reactions. A two-piece Gilded Dreams and two-piece Wanderer's Troupe set can be a decent replacement for this, giving you raw 160 EM.

If you're using a four-piece Gilded Dreams set for this build on him, the rest of the members in your party can belong to any element except Dendro, if you want to get the most value out of it.

For weapon choices on this build, you can use The Stringless or the King's Squire depending on your play style. Stringless gives you raw Elemental Mastery while the King's Squire will give you some extra damage while giving you limited EM.

Spread will be your go-to elemental reaction for this build, allowing the usage of characters like Raiden Shogun, Yae Miko, or Fischl for the off-field Electro application. If that's not possible, a Burning reaction involving Xiangling can always be a replacement.

Forbidden Elemental Burst

It's no surprise that Tighnari's Elemental Burst doesn't do that much damage. It's decent against a hoard of enemies, but if you're fighting a boss or tanky enemies, this skill wouldn't be that effective. Hence, this build allows you to use his burst in a different manner.

Shimenawa's Reminiscence is the crucial part of this build, since it's a unique artifact set that actually takes away energy from your burst's charge to give you extra normal, charged, and plunging attack damage. This gives you up to 50 percent charged attack damage, which is great for him.

Amos' Bow and Hunter's Path are the go-to weapons for this build again, since the former gives you more charged attack DMG, while the other is his signature weapon giving you extra Dendro DMG. Other than that, Hamayumi can also make an appearance in a selective scenario.

Hamayumi gives you some charged attack damage, but this effect gets doubled when you have 100 percent charge on your elemental burst. Hence, you'll need some Energy Recharge with this build if you are planning to use this bow.

Superior Charged Shots

While there's a great build to avoid his elemental burst currently, you might still want to use it since it's an important part of the character. Hence, this build can be used to buff your raw charged shot damage which is where Tighnari gets the most damage.

Wanderer's Troupe's four-piece set gives you an extra 35 percent charged attack DMG. This is the backbone of this build since it allows you to use your elemental burst and buff your charged attacks at the same time, especially along with Amos' Bow.

Sacrificial Bow could also be a decent option for this build since it'll allow you to use your elemental skill twice, making it so that six of your charged shots will require minimal charging, instead of three.

Artifact Stats Priority For Tighnari

No matter which of these sets you're using, the artifact stat priority for Tighnari stays the same. The only difference is that Elemental Mastery goes down in terms of priority if you already have around 500 of it which can happen in the reaction-based build.

Apart from that, here's the general priority for Tighnari's artifact main stat and sub-stats:

Artifact Type Main Stat Sub Stat
Flower HP (guaranteed) Crit Rate/DMG > Elemental Mastery > ATK Percent > Energy Recharge
Feather ATK (guaranteed) Crit Rate/DMG > Elemental Mastery > ATK Percent > Energy Recharge
Sands ATK Percent > Elemental Mastery Crit Rate/DMG > Energy Recharge
Goblet Dendro DMG Bonus Crit Rate/DMG > Elemental Mastery > ATK Percent > Energy Recharge
Circlet Crit DMG > Crit Rate Crit Rate/DMG > ATK Percent > Energy Recharge

Talent Priority For Tighnari

When it comes to talents, Tighnari can be quite resource-draining because all three of his active talents need to be upgraded. This is because his elemental skill and burst deal quite a bit of damage, while most of his output comes from charged shots.

Hence, the first priority for this character is to upgrade his normal attack talent. Elemental skill comes right after this, because you can still use the skill on a lower level and it will serve its purpose, even though it will deal lesser initial damage.

Finally, you can upgrade his elemental burst to the level of your liking. If you're using the forbidden elemental burst build, you don't need to upgrade this talent since you're never going to use it.

Tighnari Constellations

While he's not constellation-reliant, Tighnari still has some unique ones as follows:

  1. Beginnings Determined at the Roots - Increases the character's Crit Rate by 15 percent for Charged Attacks.
  2. Origins Known From the Stem - Whenever there's an opponent in the field created by elemental skill, your Dendro DMG bonus is increased by 20 percent. The effect lasts for a bit after the enemy leaves the field or if it ends.
  3. Fortunes Read Amongst the Branches - Increases the level of your elemental burst by three.
  4. Withering Glimpsed in the Leaves - Upon using the elemental burst, every party member's Elemental Mastery increases by 60 for eight seconds. If this skill triggers Burning, Bloom, Quicken, or Spread reactions, EM is increased by another 60.
  5. Comprehension Amidst the Flowers - Increases the level of your elemental skill by three.
  6. Karma Adjudged From The Leaden Fruit - The time to charge his second charged shot decreases by 0.9 seconds, and it spawns one extra Clusterbloom Arrow. This arrow deals 150 percent of Tighnari's ATK as DMG.

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