Dahlia Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact
Dahlia is a 4-star Hydro Sword character in Genshin Impact. Our Dahlia guide and build will focus on Dahlia's best weapons, best artifacts, skills, constellations and Dahlia's best teams.
Dahlia Build Guide, Best Artifacts, Weapons and Talent Priority
Dahlia is best built as a support unit, providing shielding to the party using his Elemental Burst.
| BiS Weapon | Favonius Sword |
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Dahlia is primarily a shielder who scales based on HP. With Dahlia's shield being generated by his Elemental Burst, a good amount of Energy Recharge will be required in his build to ensure you can burst consistently.
Dahlias Best Team Compositions
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Dahlias Ascensions, Talents, and Constellations
Dahlia Ascension Passives and Materials
| Ascension Passive | Explanation |
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| The Wind's Gentle Grace |
When characters affected by the Favonian Favor effect of the Elemental Burst Radiant Psalter trigger Frozen, they will grant Dahlia 2 Benison stacks. This effect can trigger once every 8s. |
| Prayer of Well-Wrought Joy | When your active party member is affected by the Favonian Favor effect of the Elemental Burst "Radiant Psalter," their ATK SPD will increase based on Dahlia's Max HP: Every 1,000 Max HP will cause an increase of 0.4%, up to a maximum of 15%. |
| Life Talent | During the day (06:00 – 18:00), your party members gain the Swift Stride effect: Movement SPD increased by 10%. Does not take effect in Domains, Trounce Domains, or Spiral Abyss. Swift Stride does not stack. |
Dahlias Ascension Materials
Dahlia gains HP % as he levels giving him a total of 24% HP at level 90.
The total Ascension Material costs to upgrade all of Dahlias Ascensions are listed below.
| Source | Quantity |
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| Mora | 420,000 Mora |
| Boss Material | 46x Secret Source Airflow Accumulator |
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| Local Specialty | 168x Calla Lily |
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Dahlias Talents
| Type | Talent Name | Brief Explanation |
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| Normal | Favonius Bladework - Ritual |
Normal Attack Performs up to 4 rapid strikes. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact. |
| Elemental Skill | Immersive Ordinance |
Time for a fun little trick! Summons the Mist-Rain Mystery in different ways depending on whether you Tap or Hold it. Tap After a short prayer, summons the Mist-Rain Mystery in front of him. Hold Engages in continuous prayer, and when done, summons forth a Mist-Rain Mystery in the designated position. Mist-Rain MysteryWhen opponents or nearby party members touch the Mist-Rain Mystery, different effects will occur depending on the one who touches it: If an opponent touches the Mystery, it will explode and deal AoE Hydro DMG to nearby opponents. If a nearby party member touches it, it will bounce the one who touches it high in the air. Only 1 Mystery summoned by Dahlia himself can be on the field at once. |
| Elemental Burst | Radiant Psalter |
Appeals to the divine with earnestness and song, dealing AoE Hydro DMG to nearby opponents and granting his party members Favonian Favor, summoning a Shield of Sacred Favor. The Shield of Sacred Favor's DMG absorption is based on Dahlia's Max HP, and it will absorb Hydro DMG with 250% effectiveness. Favonian Favor While this effect is active, 1 Benison stack may be consumed to summon a new Shield of Sacred Favor when an existing Shield expires or is broken via DMG. Dahlia can obtain Benison via the following methods:
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Dahlias Talent Materials
The total material costs to upgrade a single one of Dahlias Talents is listed below.
| Source | Quantity |
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| Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
| Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
| Boss Material | 6x Eroded Scale-Feather |
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Dahlias Constellations
| # | Name | Explanation |
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| C1 | Infallible Procession |
Each time Dahlia gains 1 of his Elemental Burst Radiant Psalter's Benison stack, he will regain 2 Elemental Energy. |
| C2 | Revelation of Mercy |
After Dahlia consumes his Elemental Burst Radiant Psalter's Benison stack(s) to summon a Shield of Sacred Favor, the character protected by said Shield will gain 25% increased Shield Strength for 12s. |
| C3 | Windblume Offertory | Increases the Level of Radiant Psalter by 3. |
| C4 | Collect of the Assembly |
The Favonian Favor from Dahlia's Elemental Burst Radiant Psalter lasts 3 more seconds. |
| C5 | Let It Be Subtly So | Increases the Level of Immersive Ordinance by 3. |
| C6 | You Shall Go Out With Joy |
The current active character affected by the Elemental Burst Radiant Psalter's Favonian Favor has their ATK SPD increased by 10%. Additionally, when an active character affected by Favonian Favor falls, immediately:
This effect can trigger once every 15 minutes. |
Changelog
- 11 May 2025: Guide added.
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.