Freminet Guide and Best Builds

Freminet Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Freminet is a 4-star Cryo character in Genshin Impact who focuses on powerful Physical, Frozen and Shatter damage. Our Freminet build guide will focus on his Best Artifacts, Team Comps, Ascension Materials and More.

Last updated on Apr 22, 2024 at 14:00 by Shikhu
C Rating
Cryo Element
Claymore Weapon
Rarity
Paul Castro Jr. EN Voice Actor
Toki Shunichi JP Voice Actor
1.

Strengths and Weaknesses

V Strengths
  • +One of the only characters able to effectively utilise the Shatter reaction.
  • +Reduced stamina consumption underwater aiding underwater exploration.
  • +Capable of being built as either a Physical DPS or Cryo DPS depending on your gameplay preferences.
X Weaknesses
  • -As a character who focuses on Shatter and Physical DMG, Freminet lacks the supports to be able to fully utilise him.
  • -Low skill multipliers generally causing low damage.
  • -High energy Recharge requirements.
2.

Physical DPS Freminet Build

BiS Weapon Skyward Pride
Alternative Weapons
  1. Song of Broken Pines
  2. Verdict
  3. Beacon of the Reed Sea
  4. Wolf's Gravestone
  5. Serpent Spine
  6. Snow-Tombed Starsilver
  7. Prototype Archaic
Best Artifacts
  1. Pale Flame
  2. 2 Piece set of Pale Flame and Emblem of Severed Fate
Main Stats
  • Sand Stats: ATK %
  • Goblet Stats: Physical DMG
  • Circlet Stats: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Substat Priority
  1. Energy Recharge to requirements
  2. CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
  3. ATK %
Talent Priority
  1. Elemental Skill
  2. Normal Attack
  3. Elemental Burst

Freminet's best weapon tends to be Skyward Pride having high base ATK, Energy Recharge to lower requirements as well as a DMG buff. That being said, there are many good Claymores for Freminet. Serpent Spine is his best 4-star weapon although free weapons such as Prototype Archaic and Snow-Tombed Starsilver can also be effective.

Pale Flame 4-piece is significant better than any 2 piece combination. Therefore we would recommend either going straight for it, or slotting in 2 Emblem of Severed Fate while you work towards a 4 piece bonus. This is because Emblem helps with Energy Recharge which will make gameplay smoother while your still working towards better artifacts while your current artifacts likely do not meet requirements.

Once Freminet has enough Energy Recharge, you should focus on building up CRIT and ATK.

3.

Cryo DPS Freminet Build

BiS Weapon Verdict
Alternative Weapons
  1. Serpent Spine
  2. Wolf's Gravestone
  3. Skyward Pride
  4. Beacon of the Reed Sea
  5. The Unforged
  6. Tidal Shadow
  7. Mailed Flower
Best Artifacts
  1. Blizzard Strayer
  2. 2 Piece set of Blizzard Strayer and Any +18% ATK set.
  3. Golden Troupe
Main Stats
  • Sand Stats: ATK %
  • Goblet Stats: Cryo DMG
  • Circlet Stats: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Substat Priority
  1. Energy Recharge to requirements
  2. CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
  3. ATK %
Talent Priority
  1. Elemental Skill
  2. Normal Attack
  3. Elemental Burst

Both Verdict and Serpent Spine (at R5) are amazing weapons for Freminet, although there are many other options such as Skyward Pride and stat sticks such as The Unforged or Redhorn Stonethresher. For free 4-star options, Prototype Archaic tends to be your best choice.

Blizzard Strayer is by far his best artifact set and should be the goal. That being said, Golden Troupe is an incredibly resin efficient domain which can be "good enough" if you are focusing mainly on building other characters.

With regards to substats, once Freminet has enough Energy Recharge you should build him with CRIT and ATK.

3.1.

Energy Recharge for Freminet

Freminet has different energy Recharge requirements depending on if he is played as a Physical DPS or as a Cryo DPS. You can roughly take off 20% Energy Recharge when Freminet is played with an Electro character or if a teammate is using a Favonius Weapon.

Setup Physical Build C0 Physical Build C2+ Cryo Build C0 Cryo Build C2+
Single Cryo 170 - 190% 145 - 165% 180 - 200% 150 - 180%
Double Cryo 150 - 170% 125 - 145% 160 - 180% 130 - 150%
4.

Combos and How to Play Freminet

Freminet's gameplay mainly revolves around using Normal Attacks while under the effects of his Elemental Skill Pressurized Floe. Upon use of the skill, it activates his Pers Timer.

This causes Normal Attacks to deal additional Cryo DMG as well as increase the Pressure Level by 1 up to a maximum of 4. These change from blue to yellow as they increase. Pressing Freminet's Elemental Skill a second time will activate Shattering Pressure which does different things depending on the Pressure level:

  • Level 0 - An attack dealing Cryo DMG.
  • Level 1 to 3 - Attacks dealing both Cryo and Physical DMG.
  • Level 4 - Simply deals Physical DMG. Will automatically trigger if you use a Normal Attack at level 4.

Once Shattering Pressure is used, the Pers Timer will end. As the Pressure levels increase, more damage will be dealt however as you can see, Level 4 only deals Physical DMG.

Freminet's Elemental Burst Shadowhunter's Ambush helps to support this gameplay loop by resetting the CD of Pressurized Floe, decreasing the CD by 70% while also making Normal Attacks add 2 per hit to the Pressure Level.

You therefore want to use the following combos depending on a Physical or Cryo build.

Physical:

  • Pressurized Floe
  • Shadowhunter's Ambush
  • Normal Attack x2
  • Pressurized Floe
  • Normal Attack x2
  • Pressurized Floe
  • Normal Attack x1
  • Pressurized Floe
  • Normal Attack x2
  • Pressurized Floe
  • Normal Attack x1

Cryo:

  • Pressurized Floe
  • Shadowhunter's Ambush
  • Pressurized Floe x2
  • Normal Attack
  • Pressurized Floe x2
  • Normal Attack
  • Pressurized Floe x2
  • Normal Attack
  • Pressurized Floe x2
  • Normal Attack
5.

Freminet Best Team Comps

Freminet's best teams tend to include another Cryo character to help reduce Energy Recharge requirements, provide Cryo Resonance and also provide off-field Elemental Application. A Hydro character is then wanted to trigger Shatter to activate Parallel Condensers. From there, it depends on if you are playing Cryo or Physical.

5.1.

Physical Freminet Teams

Physical teams with Freminet include an Electro character so that he can trigger Superconduct to further boost his damage.

Main DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS Support
Freminet Rosaria Fischl Sangonomiya Kokomi
Freminet Yelan Yae Miko Layla
Freminet Xingqiu Shenhe Kuki Shinobu

Listed are some examples of Physical teams although the majority of party members listed are interchangeable. Rosaria tends to be your best choice for a Cryo party member, providing increased CRIT Rate as well as RES Shred alongside powerful off-field Cryo application. Fischl tends to be your best off-field Electro applicator while also helping to also be a battery.

5.2.

Cryo Freminet Teams

Freminet's Cryo teams include an additional Anemo character to Shred the enemies Cryo RES using Viridescent Venerer.

Main DPS Sub DPS Support Support
Freminet Rosaria Sangonomiya Kokomi Kaedehara Kazuha
Freminet Xingqiu Yelan Jean

Listed are some examples of Cryo teams for Freminet. Powerful Hydro application is incredibly important to ensure Shatter can regularly occur. This means characters such as Xingqiu, Yelan and Sangonomiya Kokomi are great for this team.

5.3.

Freminet Plunge Team

Main DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS Support
Freminet Rosaria Fischl Xianyun

With the release of Xianyun, Freminet can be used as a Physical Plunge DPS due to Claymore characters having high Plunge Attack scaling. On top of Xianyun, Rosaria and Fischl provide Superconduct to further increase Physical DMG.

6.

Freminet's Ascensions, Talents and Constellations

Freminet's Ascensions Freminet's Talents Freminet's Constellations
6.1.

Freminet's Ascension Passives and Materials

Unlock Ascension Passive Explanation
With Character Deepwater Navigation Decreases Aquatic Stamina consumption for your own party members by 35%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
1st Ascension Saturation Deep Dive When Freminet unleashes Pressurized Floe : Shattering Pressure, if Pers Timer has yet to reach Pressure Level 4, the CD of Pressurized Floe will be decreased by 1s.
4th Ascension Parallel Condensers When Freminet triggers Shatter against opponents, the DMG dealt by Shattering Pressure will be increased by 40% for 5s.

Freminet requires a range of materials to ascend to the 6th ascension. Starting from the second ascension he gains ATK as he levels, giving a total of 24% Bonus ATK at the final ascension. The total cost to upgrade all ascensions is:

Source Quantity
Mora 420,000 Mora
Boss Material 46x Artificed Spare Clockwork Component — Coppelius
Ascension Material
Local Specialty 168x Romaritime Flower
Enhancement Material
  • 18x Transoceanic Pearl
  • 30x Transoceanic Chunk
  • 36x Xenochromatic Crystal
6.2.

Freminet's Talents

Listed below is each talent and a simplified explanation of how they work.

Type Talent Name Brief Explanation
Normal Normal Attack: Flowing Eddies Standard 4-hit Normal Attack strikes. Cryo DMG from Normal Attacks utilised during his Elemental Skill count as Skill damage not Normal Attacks.
Elemental Skill Pressurized Floe

Deals Cryo DMG and enters Pers Timer for 10s changing the Elemental Skill to Shattering Pressure.

Normal Attacks deal Cryo DMG and build up Per's Pressure Level.

Elemental Burst Shadowhunter's Ambush

Resets the Cooldown of Pressurized Floe while also decreasing it by 70% so that the CD is only 3 seconds. Normal Attacks now increase the Pers Timer by 2 while the Cryo attacks DMG is increased.

Also increases Interruption RES.

To upgrade a single talent to level 10, it costs:

Source Quantity
Mora 1,625,500 Mora
Special Material 1x Crown of Insight
Boss Material 6x Worldspan Fern
Domain Material
  • 3x Teachings of Justice
  • 21x Guide to Justice
  • 38x Philosophies of Justice
Enhancement Material
  • 6x Transoceanic Pearl
  • 22x Transoceanic Chunk
  • 31x Xenochromatic Crystal
6.3.

Freminet's Constellations

Freminet's best Constellations are Penguins and the Land of Plenty (C2) due to it helping to alleviate Energy Recharge issues. Moment of Waking and Resolve (C6) is also a great Constellation because of the 36% CRIT DMG increase it can provide.

# Name Explanation
C1 Dreams of the Foamy Deep The CRIT Rate of Pressurized Floe: Shattering Pressure will be increased by 15%.
C2 Penguins and the Land of Plenty Unleashing Pressurized Floe: Shattering Pressure will restore 2 Energy to Freminet. If a Pressure Level 4 Shattering Pressure is unleashed, this will restore 3 Energy.
C3 Song of the Eddies and Bleached Sands
  • Increases the Level of Normal Attack: Flowing Eddies by 3.
  • Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Dance of the Snowy Moon and Flute After Freminet triggers Frozen, Shatter, or Superconduct against opponents, his ATK will be increased by 9% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. This can be triggered once every 0.3s.
C5 Nights of Hearth and Happiness
  • Increases the Level of Pressurized Floe by 3.
  • Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Moment of Waking and Resolve After Freminet triggers Frozen, Shatter, or Superconduct against opponents, his CRIT DMG will be increased by 12% for 6s. Max 3 stacks. This can be triggered once every 0.3s.
6.4.

Changelog

  • 12 Mar. 2024: Guide added.
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