Aino Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact
Aino is a 4-star Hydro Claymore character in Genshin Impact. Our Aino build guide will focus on Aino's best weapons, best artifacts, skills, constellations and Aino's best teams.
Aino Build Guide, Best Artifacts, Weapons and Talent Priority
Theorycrafting can still change this character during beta so make sure to visit again later to check out our tentative build advice. Finally though, we have a Hydro Claymore character!
| BiS Weapon | Favonius Greatsword |
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Aino's main purpose is to be a support, and what better weapon than Favonius Greatsword which helps support the entire team. Other alternatives include weapons that provide a heafty amount of Elemental Mastery such as the recently available Flame-Forged Insight.
Aino generally wants to be built with the Natlan artifact set Silken Moon's Serenade to buff the team. That being said, it is not fully clear if this set stacks and the beta may change. If it does not stack, you will want to build Aino with other generalist sets depending on the team.
Aino is incredibly easy to build stat-wise, simply wanting Elemental Mastery in Bloom teams. In generalist teams, Aino simply wants to be built with enough ER and CRIT Rate to have no issues being a support, but the added Elemental Mastery is nice to have.
Aino's Best Team Comps
Listed below are some good team compositions to use with Flins. Aino mainly serves to buff the other Nod Krai DPS and are her main synergies.
| Main DPS | Support | Support | Support |
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| Flins | Ineffa | Aino | Sucrose |
| Nilou | Lauma | Aino | Baizhu |
Aino Ascensions, Talents, and Constellations
Aino Ascension Passives and Materials
| Ascension Passive | Explanation |
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| Modular Efficiency Protocol | When Aino is in the party, different buff effects will be granted, depending on the party's Moonsign. If the party's Moonsign is: Moonsign: Nascent Gleam Her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler is enhanced: The Cool Your Jets Ducky will fire water balls more frequently, and the water balls will deal AoE Hydro DMG over a larger area of effect. Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam After using her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler, nearby active characters will have their Elemental Mastery increased by 60 for 15s. Additionally, when Aino is in the party, the party's Moonsign will increase by 1 level. |
| Structured Power Booster | Aino's Elemental Burst DMG is increased by 50% of her Elemental Mastery. |
| Miniaturized Detection Sensor | Displays the location of nearby resources unique to Nod-Krai on the mini-map. Additionally, Aino appears to be able to alter the Cool Your Jets Ducky's appearance in some way... |
Aino Ascension Materials
Aino ascends with Elemental Mastery as she levels giving her a total of 96 EM at level 90.
The total Ascension Material costs to upgrade all of Aino Ascensions are listed below.
| Source | Quantity |
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| Mora | 420,000 Mora |
| Boss Material | 46x Precision Kuuvahki Stamping D-uck-ie |
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| Local Specialty | 168x Portable Bearing |
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Aino's Talents
| Type | Talent Name | Brief Explanation |
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| Normal | Bish-Bash-Bosh Repair | Normal Attack Performs up to 3 consecutive strikes. Charged Attack Drains Stamina over time to perform continuous spinning attacks against all nearby opponents. At the end of the sequence, performs a more powerful slash. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact. |
| Elemental Skill | Musecatcher | Aino throws a Musecatcher forward, dealing Hydro DMG and dragging her along behind it. When the dragging stops, Aino deals AoE Hydro DMG to nearby opponents. Holding the Skill will cause it to behave differently. Hold Enter Aiming Mode to adjust the Musecatcher's throwing direction. |
| Elemental Burst | Precision Hydronic Cooler | Aino deploys a custom water-spraying device, the Cool Your Jets Ducky to establish a Focused Hydronic Cooling Zone. While active, the Cool Your Jets Ducky will periodically fire water balls at nearby opponents, dealing Hydro DMG. |
Aino's Talent Materials
The total material costs to upgrade a single one of Aino's Talents is listed below.
| Source | Quantity |
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| Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
| Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
| Boss Material | 6x Silken Feather |
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Aino's Constellations
| # | Name | Explanation |
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| C1 | The Theory of Ash–Field Equilibrium | After Aino uses her Elemental Skill Musecatcher or her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler, her Elemental Mastery will be increased by 80. The Elemental Mastery of nearby active party members will be increased by 80 for 15s. The Elemental Mastery-increasing effects of this Constellation do not stack. |
| C2 | The Principle of Transference in Gear Differentials | If Aino is off-field while the Focused Hydronic Cooling Zone of her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler is active, when your active party member hits a nearby opponent with an attack, the Cool Your Jets Ducky will fire an additional water ball at that opponent, dealing AoE Hydro DMG equal to 100% of Aino's Elemental Mastery +300. This DMG is considered Elemental Burst DMG. This effect can be triggered once every 5s. |
| C3 | Cake and the Art of Mechanism Repair | Increases the Level of Precision Hydronic Cooler by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| C4 | Butter and Cats and the Law of Energy Supply | When the Elemental Skill Musecatcher hits an opponent, it will restore 10 Elemental Energy for Aino. Energy can be restored to her in this manner once every 10s. |
| C5 | Perpetual Turbine of Metal and Light | Increases the Level of Musecatcher by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
| C6 | The Burden of Creative Genius | For the next 15s after using the Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler, DMG from nearby active characters' Electro-Charged, Bloom, Lunar-Charged, and Lunar-Bloom reactions is increased by 15%. Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam: DMG from the aforementioned reactions will be further increased by 20%. |
Changelog
- 08 Aug. 2025: Aino build added.
- 30 Jul. 2025: Aino's Skills added.
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This guide has been written by Shikhu (Discord - Shikhu), an avid Genshin Impact player who has been exploring Teyvat since the game has launched. He has experienced all the game has to offer from building his favorite characters, exploring the world to clearing Spiral Abyss each rotation. His favorite character being his C6 Furina.