Hu Tao Built-in Genshin Impact

Hu Tao is one of the fanbase's favorite characters in Genshin Impact. Many would even argue that she is a top ranked DPS in the game. Hu Tao works best in a party as a Pyro Main DPS, meaning she will be the team's primary damage dealer and her equipped items will support her Pyro abilities.

Although her hits scale with Attack, Hu Tao needs HP to perform as her HP is later converted to ATK. At the same time, equipping her with items that increase ATK is a bad decision because her Base ATK is one of the lowest among all available characters. Here is an overview of best Hu Tao built-in Genshin Impact to help travelers build her right.

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Updated on October 31, 2024 by Nahda Nabiilah: Hu Tao is still firmly rooted in the game's meta due to her versatility in Genshin Impact. This allows many characters to join her party to offer her new gameplay and mechanics. With the release of Xianyun in Genshin Impact, Hu Tao's playset evolved to involve more Pyro Plunging attacks, significantly raising her DPS. Now that there's another Hu Tao banner, it only makes sense to update this guide to include all the new things that improve Hu Tao's build in Genshin Impact.

Hu Tao Built-in Genshin Impact

Arms	Artifact set	Statistics
Staff from Homa Dragon's Bane Staff at Scarlet Sands Primordial Jade Winged-Spear Ballad of the Fjords Deathmatch Blackcliff Pole Lithic spear White tassel	4 Crimson Witch of Flames 4th Shimenawa's Reminiscence 4 pcs Marechaussee Hunter 2x 20% HP x 2x 15% Pyro DMG 2x 20% HP x 2x 20% HP	Timepiece: HP% or Elemental Mastery Cup: Pyro DMG Circle: Crit Rate or DMG Substatistics: Crit Rate, Crit DMG, HP%, Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge

Hu Tao's best artifact in Genshin Impact

The 4 Crimson Witch of Flames The set works great on Hu Tao because her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst use Pyro DMG, and the 2-piece set offers a 15% Pyro DMG bonus. Hu Tao's Vaporize hits will be more devastating when using Crimson Witch of Flames.

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On the other hand, you can go for 4 of Shimenawa's Reminiscence or Marechaussee Hunter as a substitute. They won't offer the same DPS as Crimson, but they can give her enough DMG to be a reliable DPS. Shimenawa's Reminiscence is straight up with a 50% buff to her Charged ATK DMG, while Marechaussee Hunter completely dictates her build to be more focused against Crit DMG.

Hu Tao's best weapon in Genshin Impact

As for weapons, the Staff at Homa is easily the best weapon for Hu Tao, as it was created for her. Its skill, Reckless Cinnabar, increases HP and grants an ATK bonus according to Hu Tao's maximum health. Since she will be banking on HP, she will naturally get a lot of ATK stats. Additionally, when Hu Tao's HP drops below 50%, she has been granted more ATK%. Considering that Hu Tao will reduce her own HP when she casts her skill, it is trivial for her to trigger this effect.

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Other than that, here are some other options for Hu Tao's best weapons:

Dragon's Bane: Strictly for Hu Tao's Vaporize team in Genshin Impact.
Primordial Jade Winged-Spear: Its passive can be inconsistent, but overall it's decent for Hu Tao.
death match: A strong Polearm coverall that fits virtually most damage dealers.
Staff at Scarlet Sands: Hu Tao can't activate Polearm's full effect, but the Crit Rate and extra ATK% is worth it.
Ballad of the Fjords: Another Battle Pass Polearm that gives Hu Tao a lot of elemental mastery for her Vaporize DMG.
Blackcliff Pole: It can be difficult to maintain its passive, but it's a great F2P weapon.
Lithic Spear: Require characters from Liyue to max, but since Hu Tao is usually paired with Xingqiu, Yelan, or Zhongli, that's two instant stacks for Polearm.
White tassel: A 3 star weapon in Genshin Impact which has an amazing passive and sub-stat. A good option for new travelers. However, note that players who stack HP to convert to ATK may exceed the limit with this weapon. The limit of converted ATK from HP is 400% of Hu Tao's Base ATK.

Hu Tao's talent overview

Much of Hu Tao's kit revolves around her health, which can be traced back to her roots as an undertaker. It's good for her team building as teaming her with Hydro units improves her Vaporize DMG and increases her HP by 25%. Even her constellations exhibit similar characteristics; C2 increases Blood Blossom DMG by 10% of her Max HP. And at C6, if she drops below 25% health, her CRIT rate is increased by 100%.

Hu Tao's Elemental Skill

Hu Tao's Elemental Skill increases her ATK based on her max HP and changes her Normal Attack DMG to Pyro DMG. At level eight she gains ATK based on 5.66% of her health, and at level 10 that number increases to 6.26%. Note that this bonus cannot exceed 400% of Hu Tao's Base ATK (This is usually not a problem, except if players use White Tassel).

To activate this skill, Hu Tao must sacrifice 30% of his current HP (so don't worry, Hu Tao can't die from casting this ability). When her health is below 50%, one of her passive talents increases her Pyro DMG by 33%. Because of this, players should keep Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Director at low HP.

Hu Tao's Elemental Burst

Hu Tao deals AoE Pyro DMG while regenerating her health. When she releases her Elemental Burst, if Hu Tao's HP is below 50%, both her damage output and health regeneration increase.

Hu Tao's talent priority

Many people's instincts would be inclined to level Hu Tao's skill, but the priority for Hu Tao's talent level up is actually: Normal attack > Elemental Skill > Elemental Burst.