Ifa Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Strengths

• Strong ability to group up enemies with his Burst.
• Easy to build, does not need a ton of investment.
• Efficient healing abilities.
• Good driver for taser teams with his Electro-Charged buff.

Weaknesses

• Ifa is another Anemo catalyst healer.
• Team restrictions since he only buffs Swirl and Electro-Charged DMG from party members.
• Requires at least one another Natlan character to get his maximum buffs.
• Requires a lot of on-field time.

Ifa is built mainly a support character with good synergy with Electro-Charged reactions and swirl. Ifa will be able to provide massive crowd control while also healing the entire party.

Ifa's best-in-slot weapon for this build is the Sunny Morning Sleep-In for the massive Elemental Mastery it provides! Mappa Mare is your best F2P build Weapon for Ifa as it can be crafted. Hakushin Ring is a good F2P option that you can craft as well if you want to focus more on the Electro reactions and further buff your Electro teammates.

Ifa's healing can be quite weak until you reach his C6, so if you use him with Furina, and you struggle to keep up, you may want to use Prototype Amber.

As most Anemo Support characters, Viridescent Venerer is Ifa's BiS artifact set for this build. It increases his Swirl damage and at the same time shreds elemental resistance which will be important since your teams with Ifa will revolve around elemental reactions and swirl.

If should not require too much energy recharge for this build, as his burst only needs 60 to be cast. You can aim for around 130% ER max. If you play Ifa with other Anemo characters, or if you use Favonius Codex, you can largely aim for less Energy Recharge. Same if you have his C1 he gets some Energy refund, so you don't need that much.

Ifa's heal scales on his Elemental Mastery, so make sure to get at least around 1000 EM.

Ifa is an on-field driver for elemental reactions, specifically Electro. This means you want to switch him in every rotation to use his Burst. He can also provide team-wide healing.

Ifa is really not hard to play. Get him on-field in order to Burst to swirl and buff Electro-Charged damage. If you decide to not use any Electro character, he will only buff his swirl damage. Ifa's Burst also sucks in enemies, which can help with good crowd control before swapping back to your Main DPS.

After Ifa's Burst, use his elemental skill, which makes him enter his Nightsoul state, and fire his enhanced shots until he runs out. Attacking during this state will heal your entire party. Note that he can have a hard time keeping up the healing.

During exploration, Ifa can fly with Cacucu and attack at the same time.

Ifa is a on-field swirl driver for Electro-charged reactions. This makes Ororon and Furina the best teammates for Ifa because they can make use of Ifa's abilities. The only downside with Furina is that Ifa may struggle to keep up with the healing required without C6.

The best taser team for Ifa for this build features Ororon, Furina, and Fischl! Ororon synergizes the best with Ifa, proving both electro and the Nightsoul Points required for Ifa. Furina can provide buffs for the whole team while also applying Hydro efficiently. Fischl is the best option as a second off-field DPS providing additional damage and electro!

Taser teams in general are best options for Ifa since he buffs both his swirls and the Electro-Charged reactions caused by any Hydro application, and the Electro characters triggering the Electro-charged reaction. You can use Fischl, but if you want to trigger Ifa's Second Passive, you need a Natlan character in the team. Xilonen can be a substitute for Ororon for the Nightsoul points, if you use another Electro unit in the team.

You can use Ifa as just a Viridescent Venerer wearer to boost Swirl only, if your other Anemo characters are already busy in another team, however, keep in mind that you will loose a good part of his bonuses by doing so.

Hyperbloom teams can be an option for Ifa. While it may not be the most optimal, Hyperbloom teams can still take advantage of Ifa's Electro-charged and Swirl buffs. Since Ifa wears Viridescent Venerer, it also gives additional RES Shred. The best option remains to use Furina and Ororon, with the last slot being rather flexible for a Dendro unit such as Nahida or Alhaitham.

Ifa can be used with Wanderer, however, this team implies some specific build options on Ifa! If you want to play him with Wanderer, you need to equip the Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City Artifact set on Ifa, and on top you should wear the 3-star weapon called Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers which increases the on-field character's ATK once you switch Ifa out. The combination of both on Ifa will allow this team with Wanderer to function better than with a C0 Furina.