Aino Profile, Talents and Constellations
Aino is a 4-star Hydro Claymore character in Genshin Impact who applies Hydro from off-field while providing buffs to Elemental Mastery and Lunar Reaction DMG%. This guide will focus on Aino's best builds, artifacts, weapons and best team compositions.
Introduction — Aino
Aino is a 4-Star Hydro Claymore Character in Genshin Impact. Our Aino guide and best builds cover everything you need to know about Aino's best builds, including skills, artifacts, team compositions and more. To learn more about Aino, use the tabs above to switch to our build information for Aino or her team compositions.
Aino's Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
Can be obtained for free, while her best weapons are also free.- Counts as a Moonsign character for Ascendant Gleam.
- Provides sufficient Hydro application for Lunar Reactions.
- Provides decent Elemental Mastery and Lunar Reaction DMG% buffs via her Constellations.
Weaknesses
Deals very little damage of her own.
- Requires Constellations for her buffing.
- Enemies can move outside of her Elemental Burst radius, drastically lowering her Hydro application.
Ascension Stat & Materials for Aino
Aino gains Elemental Mastery each time she ascends, totaling 96 at level 90. The total Ascension material costs are listed below:
| Source | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mora | 420,000 Mora |
| Boss Material | 46x Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die |
| Ascension Material | |
| Local Specialty | 168x Portable Bearing |
| Enhancement Material |
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Talent Materials for Aino
Listed below are all the materials required to raise a single talent of Aino's to level 10. Please check our Aino build guide for recommendations on talent priorities.
| Source | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mora | 1,652,500 Mora |
| Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
| Boss Material | 6x Silken Feather |
| Domain Material |
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| Enhancement Material |
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Aino's Talents
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.
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.
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 Ascension Passive Talents
Aino will be granted the corresponding buff effects based on the party's Moonsign.
Moonsign: Ascendant 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.
Aino's Elemental Burst DMG is increased by 50% of her Elemental Mastery.
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...
When Aino is in the party, the party's Moonsign will increase by 1 level.
Aino's Constellations
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 other nearby active party members will be increased by 80 for 15s.
The Elemental Mastery-increasing effects of this Constellation do not stack.
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 25% of Aino's ATK and 100% of her Elemental Mastery. This DMG is considered Elemental Burst DMG. This effect can be triggered once every 5s.
Increases the Level of Precision Hydronic Cooler by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
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.
Increases the Level of Musecatcher by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
For the next 15s after using the Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler, DMG from nearby active characters' Electro-Charged, Bloom, Lunar-Charged, Lunar-Bloom, and Lunar-Crystallize reactions is increased by 15%.
Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam: DMG from the aforementioned reactions will be further increased by 20%.
Build Guide for Aino
To learn all about Aino's best weapons, artifacts and builds, check our dedicated Aino build guide below:
Changelog
- 06 Aug. 2026: Updated for 7.0
- 09 Sep. 2025: Aino full guide released.
- 08 Aug. 2025: Aino build added.
- 30 Jul. 2025: Aino's Skills added.