
Kujou Sara Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact
Kujou Sara is a 4-Star Electro bow character from Inazuma who can deal AoE Electro damage and buff your team's ATK. Read our Kujou Sara guide to learn more about Kujou Sara's kit, Kujou Sara's best Builds and also her Ascension and Talent Materials.
Kujou Sara Strengths and Weaknesses
ATK buff can be equivalent to Bennett's.
Two ways to apply Sara's buff, it is not solely locked behind her Burst.
Can work as a battery for other Electro characters.
Can work as both a Support and Sub-DPS with the AoE Electro damage from her Burst.
Full potential for buffs is locked behind Constellations.
High energy recharge cost.
Not easy to play at C0. Automatic buff unlocks only at C2.
Short buff time compared to other similar characters.
Kujou Sara Build Guide, Best Artifacts, Weapons and Talent Priority
Kujou Sara is primarily built as a support thanks to her unique ability to buff her teammates ATK.
BiS Weapon | Skyward Harp |
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In order to understand Kujou Sara's build choices regarding her weapons, artifacts, and stats, you first need to understand how her buff works. Similar to Bennett's Elemental Burst mechanic, Sara's ATK buff is also based on her Total Base ATK. This means that it will only take into account Kujou Sara's Base ATk + her weapon's Base ATK. Stacking ATK on her artifacts will not give any bonus to her buff. If you want to maximize Kujou Sara's ATK buff, you need to wear the weapon with the highest Base ATK, and level her own level up to 90.
Knowing this, Kujou Sara's support build best weapon is the Skyward Harp with its Base 674 ATK. This weapon also has CRIT Rate as main stat, which makes it a great weapon for both Sara's personal DMG, and her buff capacity. Kujou Sara's support build best in slot F2P weapon is the Fading Twilight with high base ATK, energy recharge, and a good passive.
When building artifacts, for a Support Kujou Sara's build we recommand the Emblem of Severed Fate Artifact set for the Energy Recharge and Elemental Burs DMG including a 75% bonus DMG. If no one else wears a Noblesse Oblige set in your party you can also equip Kujou Sara with this one.
Kujou Sara requires a lot of ER. If she is the solo Electro unit in your team, you will have to aim for +300%. We don't recommand you play her as a solo Electro. With two Electro characters, the requirement already lowers more around +200%. If you have 3 or more Electro units in your team, you can go for only 130%.
Kujou Sara Combos and How to Play
The goal with Kujou Sara is to be able to Burst and use her skill at least once every rotation in order to get the buffs up for your team. Her gameplay changes slightly depending on if you have her at C0 or C2+.
At C0 she is a bit clunky to play. Every time you do her Elemental Skill, you have to follow up with a Charged Attack. This leaves her extremely vulnerable to interruption, and if you get interrupted you get no buff.
Once you get her C2, the ATK buff basically pops up automatically when you use her Elemental Skill. This allows you to skip the Charged Attack.
Once you have that in mind, her rotation mostly revolves around quickly swapping her in, to her Burst when available, her Skill each rotation, follow up with a Charged Attack if she's C0, otherwise swap back to your Main DPS and use the buff.
Kujou Sara's Best Team Comps
Kujou Sara is a support character specializing in creating buffs for your active DPS to fight with. As for teams, we aim to match her up with high DPS Electro partners to amplify her usefulness.
Raiden Hypercarry Teams
Raiden | Support | Support | Support |
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Raiden Shogun | Kujou Sara | Kaedehara Kazuha | Bennett |
Raiden Shogun | Kujou Sara | Chevreuse | Bennett |
Raiden | Support | Support | Sub DPS |
Raiden Shogun | Kujou Sara | Bennett | Yae Miko |
Raiden Shogun | Kujou Sara | Bennett | Beidou |
Raiden | Support | Sub DPS | Sub DPS |
Raiden Shogun | Kujou Sara | Fischl | Yae Miko |
Kujou Sara is one of the best support for Raiden Shogun as her buff synergises perfectly with Raiden's Burst. Raiden can also function as a battery for Sara to help with Energy Recharge. You can team them up with units like Bennett or Kaedehara Kazuha for additional buffs for Raiden, or you can go for a full Electro team.
Kujou Sara Taser Teams
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS | Support |
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Kamisato Ayato | Kujou Sara | Fischl | Bennett |
Kamisato Ayato | Kujou Sara | Fischl | Kaedehara Kazuha |
Tartaglia | Kujou Sara | Fischl | Bennett |
Taser teams like this consist in using both Electro and Hydro to trigger Electro-charged reactions. Kamisato Ayato or Tartaglia are perfect Main DPS for this. They benefit highly from Kujou Sara's Buff. Note that it is better to have a C2 Kujou Sara for this kind of teams, as you need to be able to swap her in and out fast, which is not possible with a C0.
Kujou Sara Aggravate Team
Support | Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS |
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Kujou Sara | Keqing | Nahida | Kaedehara Kazuha |
Kujou Sara can also be used in an Aggravate team. You will need both Electro and Dendro units in the team. Nahida is one of the best choices as she provides high Dendro application, allowing Keqing to trigger reactions. Keqing will take advantage of the ATK buff, and an Anemo unit will allow you to spread to all to surrounding enemies.
Kujou Sara's Ascensions, Talents, and Constellations
Kujou Sara Ascension Passives and Materials
Unlock | Ascension Passive | Explanation |
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With Character | Land Survey | When dispatched on an expedition in Inazuma, time consumed is reduced by 25%. |
1st Ascension | Immovable Will | While in the Crowfeather Cover state provided by Tengu Stormcall, Aimed Shot charge times are decreased by 60%. |
4th Ascension | Decorum | When Tengu Juurai: Ambush hits opponents, Kujou Sara will restore 1.2 Energy to all party members for every 100% Energy Recharge she has. This effect can be triggered once every 3s. |
Kujou Sara requires a range of materials to ascend to the 6th ascension. Starting from the second ascension he gains additional Bonus ATK % as she levels, giving a total of 24.0% Bonus ATK % at the final ascension. The total cost to upgrade all ascensions is:
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Mora | 420,000 Mora |
Boss Material | 46x Storm Beads |
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Local Specialty | 168x Dendrobium |
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Kujou Sara's Talents
Listed below is each talent and a brief explanation of how they work.
Type | Talent Name | Brief Explanation |
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Normal | Tengu Bowmanship | Standard normal attack dealing 5 rapid strikes with a bow. Charged attack is an aimed shot, when fully charged it will deal Electro. Plunging attacks strike the ground below with an AoE Damage circle. |
Elemental Skill | Tengu Stormcall | Steps back from battle and gains the Crowfeather Cover buff for 18s. If she fires an Aimed Shot with this buff, she will consume the buff and create a Crowfeather. Whoever picks up this feather will trigger a blast of Electro DMG and grants the active character within the AoE an ATK buff. |
Elemental Burst | Subjugation: Koukou Sendou | Deals AoE Electro DMG in a radius, offering the active character within the AoE an ATK buff while they remain inside the AoE radius. This cannot stack with other buffs from Kujou Sara and the buff will be overwritten if her other skill is used. |
To upgrade a single talent to level 10, it costs:
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Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
Boss Material | 6x Ashen Heart |
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Kujou Sara's Constellations
Kujou Sara is one of those characters that needs her constellations to really unleash her full potential. Her C2 allows you to skip the Charged Attack after using her skill as it will activate her ATK buff automatically. Her C6 is also extremely useful, turning her into a powerful Electro DMG support with a +60% CRIT DMG buff to Electro attacks.
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C1 | Crow's Eye | When Tengu Juurai grant characters ATK Bonuses or hits opponents, the CD of Tengu Stormcall is decreased by 1s. This effect can be triggered once every 3s. |
C2 | Dark Wings | Unleashing Tengu Stormcall will leave a weaker Crowfeather at Kujou Sara's original position that will deal 30% of its original DMG |
C3 | The War Within |
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C4 | Conclusive Proof |
The number of Tengu Juurai: Stormcluster released by Subjugation: Koukou Sendou is increased to 6. |
C5 | Spellsinger |
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C6 | Sin of Pride |
The Electro DMG of characters who have had their ATK increased by Tengu Juurai has its Crit DMG increased by 60%. |
Changelog
- 17 Jun. 2025: Updated for 5.7.
- 20 May 2025: Guide updated for 5.6.
- 11 Sep. 2024: Guide added.
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