Candace Profile, Talents and Constellations
Candace is a 4-star Hydro Polearm character in Genshin Impact. Our Candace guide and build will focus on Candace's best weapons, best artifacts, skills, constellations and Candace's best teams.
Introduction — Candace
Candace is a 4-Star Hydro Polearm Character in Genshin Impact. Our Candace guide and best builds cover everything you need to know about Candace's best builds, including skills, artifacts, team compositions and more. To learn more about Candace, use the tabs above to switch to our build information for Candace or their team compositions.
Candace's Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
Weaknesses
Incredibly High Energy Recharge requirements.- Low overall DMG output, primarily acting instead as a buffer.
- C1 and C6 are incredibly important to Candace's overall functionality.
Ascension Stat & Materials for Candace
Candace gains HP% each time she ascends, totalling 24% at level 90. The total Ascension material costs are listed below:
| Source | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mora | 420,000 Mora |
| Boss Material | 46x Light Guiding Tetrahedron |
| Ascension Material | |
| Local Specialty | 168x Henna Berry |
| Enhancement Material |
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Talent Materials for Candace
Listed below are all the materials required to raise a single talent of Candace's to level 10. Please check our Candace build guide for recommendations on talent priorities.
| Source | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
| Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
| Boss Material | 6x Tears of the Calamitous God |
| Domain Material |
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| Enhancement Material |
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Candace's Talents
Normal Attack
Performs up to 4 consecutive spear strikes.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way.
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Candace's fighting style is capable of warding off an entire tide of foes.
Tap
Rushes forward with her shield, dealing Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
Hold
Raises her shield to block incoming attacks from nearby opponents, forming a barrier that absorbs DMG based on her Max HP and absorbs Hydro DMG 250% more effectively. This barrier lasts until the Elemental Skill is unleashed.
After holding for a certain period of time, Candace will finish charging, and when the skill button is released, the skill duration expires, or when the barrier is broken, she will perform a leaping strike that deals Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
The oath of the guardians is more stalwart yet than the shields they inherit.
Raising her weapon on high, Candace calls upon a divine blessing that deals AoE Hydro DMG based on her Max HP and continuously confers the Prayer of the Crimson Crown on your active character.
Prayer of the Crimson Crown
This effect has the following properties:
- Characters deal increased Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
- Whenever a character takes the field, they will unleash a rippling wave of water that deals Hydro DMG to nearby opponents. There is a limited number of waves that can be triggered in the duration of this skill.
- Sword, Claymore, and Polearm-wielding characters under this effect will obtain a Hydro Infusion.
This secret rite has been passed down through Candace's clan from generation to generation. Though the old faiths have become lost over the years, the sands still protect the heirs of the ancient realm.
Candace's Ascension Passive Talents
If Candace is hit by an attack in the Hold duration of Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum, that skill will finish charging instantly.
Characters affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide will deal 0.5% increased DMG to opponents for every 1,000 points of Candace's Max HP when they deal Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
Decreases climbing Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%.
Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
Candace's Constellations
The duration of Prayer of the Crimson Crown effect triggered by Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide is increased by 3s.
When Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum hits opponents, Candace's Max HP will be increased by 20% for 15s.
Increases the Level of Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Shortens the Hold CD of Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum to be the same as that of the Tapping CD.
Increases the Level of Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctum by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
When characters (excluding Candace herself) affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide deal Elemental DMG to opponents using Normal Attacks, an attack wave will be unleashed that deals AoE Hydro DMG equal to 15% of Candace's Max HP.
This effect can trigger once every 2.3s and is considered Elemental Burst DMG.
Build Guide for Candace
To learn all about Candace's best weapons, artifacts and builds, check our dedicated Candace build guide below:
Changelog
- 29 Apr. 2026: Candace guide updated for 6.5.
- 27 Sep. 2025: Updated for 6.0.
- 12 Feb. 2025: Reviewed for 5.4.
- 03 Feb. 2025: Guide updated to 5.3.
- 30 May 2024: Guide added.
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