Sangonomiya Kokomi Guide and Best Builds

Sangonomiya Kokomi Guide and Best Builds for Genshin Impact

Sangonomiya Kokomi is a 5-star Hydro Healer in Genshin Impact who primarily focuses on Healing the party while also having incredibly powerful Hydro application. This guide will focus on Kokomi's best builds, artifacts, weapons and best team compositions.

Last updated on Jun 05, 2024 at 11:00 by Shikhu
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Hydro Element
Catalyst Weapon
Rarity
Risa Mei EN Voice Actor
Suzuko Mimori JP Voice Actor
1.

Strengths and Weaknesses

V Strengths
  • +Incredibly powerful healing for both single-target and AoE healing.
  • +Great Hydro application.
  • +Decent damage output for a healer while being able to heal the party at the same time.
X Weaknesses
  • -Starts with -100% CRIT Rate.
  • -High Energy Costs.
  • -Uses multiple competitive builds all with different artifact sets.
2.

Support Healer Kokomi Build

Kokomi's classic build is that of a healer, primarily focusing on stats which boost your healing to ensure your team stays alive. Thanks to her incredible Hydro application however, she also effectively support reaction teams such as Freeze teams.

BiS Weapon Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers
Alternative Weapons
  1. Prototype Amber
  2. Hakushin Ring
  3. Sacrificial Fragments
Best Artifacts
  1. Ocean-Hued Clam
  2. Tenacity of the Millelith
Main Stats
  • Sand Stats: Energy Recharge / HP %
  • Goblet Stats: HP %
  • Circlet Stats: Healing Bonus / HP %
Substat Priority
  1. Energy Recharge
  2. HP %
  3. ATK %
  4. HP
  5. ATK
Talent Priority
  1. Elemental Skill
  2. Elemental Burst
  3. Normal Attack

Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers is a really good weapon for Kokomi due to the damage buff it provides for the entire party. Sacrificial Fragments is an interesting weapon and can allow you to refresh your Elemental Skill Kurage's Oath without having to use Nereid's Ascension giving you guaranteed uptime while removing any energy issues.

Tenacity of the Millelith and Ocean-Hued Clam are both incredibly similar artifact sets in terms of how good they are for Kokomi. With Tenacity of the Millelith providing a damage buff to further increase your teams damage while Ocean-Hued Clam instead provides personal damage when healing. Ocean-Hued Clam is better if you plan to stay on field and attack while using Nereid's Ascension.

3.

Bloom DPS Kokomi Build

In Bloom teams, Kokomi is often the main trigger for a lot of reactions and therefore wants different artifact sets as well as having different stat priorities which instead focus on increasing the damage of Bloom reactions.

BiS Weapon A Thousand Floating Dreams
Alternative Weapons
  1. Sacrificial Fragments
  2. Magic Guide
  3. Fruit of Fulfillment
Best Artifacts
  1. Flower of Paradise Lost
  2. Gilded Dreams
Main Stats
  • Sand Stats: Elemental Mastery
  • Goblet Stats: Elemental Mastery
  • Circlet Stats: Elemental Mastery
Substat Priority
  1. Elemental Mastery
  2. Energy Recharge
  3. HP %
  4. HP
Talent Priority
  1. Elemental Skill
  2. Elemental Burst
  3. Normal Attack

As a Bloom DPS, Kokomi will be triggering a large majority of the bloom reactions and subsequently needs a lot of Elemental Mastery to increase that damage. This is why weapons such as A Thousand Floating Dreams and Sacrificial Fragments are great options for her.

Due to the focus on Bloom reactions with this build, Flower of Paradise Lost is a great artifact set for Kokomi as it increases reaction damage. Gilded Dreams is another solid option.

4.

DPS Kokomi Build

On top of the other 2 builds, Kokomi can also be played as an on-field DPS. While previously a more Niche option, it can now be quite powerful with the release of Furina which has enabled Mono Hydro team compositions.

BiS Weapon Everlasting Moonglow
Alternative Weapons
  1. Prototype Amber
  2. Hakushin Ring
  3. Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers
Best Artifacts
  1. Ocean-Hued Clam
  2. Heart of Depth
Main Stats
  • Sand Stats: HP % / Energy Recharge
  • Goblet Stats: Hydro DMG
  • Circlet Stats: Healing Bonus
Substat Priority
  1. HP %
  2. Energy Recharge
  3. ATK %
  4. HP
Talent Priority
  1. Elemental Burst
  2. Normal Attack
  3. Elemental Skill

As a DPS, this build will focus to increase her on-field damage during her Elemental Burst, Nereid's Ascension, which increases Kokomi's damage based on her max HP. Because of this her signature weapon Everlasting Moonglow is her best weapon.

Ocean-Hued Clam is her best artifact set due to it also being able to increase your teams damage through healing. Heart of Depth would be Kokomi's second best option though.

5.

Combos and How to Play Kokomi

Kokomi's playstyle mainly involves her Bake-Kurage summoned using Kurage's Oath to apply Hydro for reactions and heal the party. This has incredibly powerful Hydro application due to having no internal cooldown. The duration of Bake-Kurage can also be extended when using Nereid's Ascension allowing for constant uptime.

When playing as a DPS, it is more damage to do your Normal Attack, Normal Attack: The Shape of Water twice (or 3 times at C1) and then dash cancel the animation to be able to attack again.

6.

Kokomi's Best Team Comps

As an extremely powerful healer, Kokomi can be used in a very wide range of team compositions. On top of simply being a healer, Kokomi can be played in reaction-based comps to also increase their damage.

6.1.

Kokomi Freeze Teams

Main DPS Sub DPS Support Anemo CC
Kamisato Ayaka Shenhe Sangonomiya Kokomi

In Freeze teams, Kokomi provides impressive AoE Hydro application so that Cryo characters such as Kamisato Ayaka can consistently maintain Freeze. Anemo characters such as Kaedehara Kazuha and Venti can help support the team by providing off-field damage and crowd control as well as the benefits of the Viridescent Venerer artifact set.

6.2.

Kokomi Hyperbloom Team

Main DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS Support
Nahida Yelan Kuki Shinobu Sangonomiya Kokomi

In Hyperbloom team compositions, Kokomi can apply Hydro to Dendro so that an Electro character such as Kuki Shinobu or Raiden Shogun can trigger Hyperbloom reactions to deal massive damage.

6.3.

Nilou Bloom Team

Sub DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS
Nilou Nahida Dendro Traveler Sangonomiya Kokomi

Kokomi has great synergy with Nilou providing powerful healing to keep your party alive during Bloom damage. Your Bake-Kurage will apply a large portion of the Hydro damage however you may need to use Kokomi to apply additional Hydro occasionally.

Because Kokomi will be triggering a lot of the Bloom reactions, it is advised to equip her with Flower of Paradise Lost with a focus on Elemental Mastery.

6.4.

Mono Hydro Team

Main DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS Support
Sangonomiya Kokomi Furina Yelan Kaedehara Kazuha
Main DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS Sub DPS
Sangonomiya Kokomi Furina Yelan Xingqiu

While previously viable, Furina helps to make Mono-Hydro a powerful team composition. In this team, Kokomi plays the role of the main on-field damage dealer while Furina, Xingqiu and Yelan all provide powerful off-field damage. Additionally, Mono Hydro teams benefit from Hydro Resonance as well as low Energy Requirements due to everyone sharing the same Element.

7.

Kokomi's Ascensions, Talents, and Constellations

kokomi Ascensions Kokomi Talents Kokomi Constellations
7.1.

Kokomi Ascension Passives and Materials

Unlock Ascension Passive Explanation
With Character Flawless Strategy Sangonomiya Kokomi has a 25% Healing Bonus, but a 100% decrease in CRIT Rate.
With Character Princess of Watatsumi
  • Decreases swimming Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%.
  • Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
1st Ascension Tamakushi Casket If Sangonomiya Kokomi's own Bake-Kurage are on the field when she uses Nereid's Ascension, the Bake-Kurage's duration will be refreshed.
4th Ascension Song of Pearls While donning the Ceremonial Garment created by Nereid's Ascension, the Normal and Charged Attack DMG Bonus Sangonomiya Kokomi gains based on her Max HP will receive a further increase based on 15% of her Healing Bonus./td>

Kokomi requires a range of materials to ascend to the 6th ascension. Starting from the second ascension they gain additional Hydro Damage as their bonus stat giving a total of 28.8% increased Hydro Damage at the final ascension. The total cost to upgrade all ascensions is as follows.

Source Quantity
Mora 420,000 Mora
Boss Material 46x Dew of Repudiation
Ascension Material
Local Specialty 168x Sango Pearl
Enhancement Material
  • 18x Spectral Husk
  • 30x Spectral Heart
  • 36x Spectral Nucleus
7.2.

Kokomi's Talents

Listed below is each talent and a brief explanation of how they work.

Type Talent Name Brief Explanation
Normal Normal Attack: The Shape of Water 3 Normal attacks, 1 charged attack. All attacks deal Hydro damage.
Elemental Skill Kurage's Oath Summons a Bake-Kurage which will heal, deal damage and apply Hydro.
Elemental Burst Nereid's Ascension Increases Kokomis damage, heals the entire party and even allows you to walk on water. Will also refresh Bake-Kurage with the 1st Ascension Passive Tamakushi Casket.

To upgrade a single talent to level 10, it costs:

Source Quantity
Mora 1,625,500 Mora
Special Material 1x Crown of Insight
Boss Material 6x Hellfire Butterfly
Domain Material
  • 3x Teachings of Transience
  • 21x Guide to Transience
  • 38x Philosophies of Transience
Enhancement Material
  • 6x Spectral Husk
  • 22x Spectral Heart
  • 31x Spectral Nucleus
7.3.

Kokomi's Constellations

Kokomis best Constellation for many would be At Water's Edge (C1) because alongside increased damage it also increases your Hydro application.

# Name Explanation
C1 At Water's Edge A great boost to Kokomis damage and the additional damage bonus from the fish has no ICD meaning it allows you to apply more Hydro.
C2 The Clouds Like Waves Rippling This constellation is often useless because your party will have over 50% HP which is required for the constellation to activate. It can have minor applications with Fontaine characters who benefit from their HP being lower.
C3 The Moon, A Ship O'er the Seas
  • Increases the Level of Nereid's Ascension by 3.
  • Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 The Moon Overlooks the Waters A great Constellation increasing damage and even providing additional energy during Nereid's Ascension.
C5 All Streams Flow to the Sea
  • Increases the Level of Kurage's Oath by 3.
  • Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Sango Isshin Provides a large damage bonus during your Elemental Burst when heals occur making it very easy to proc.
7.4.

Changelog

  • 05 Jun. 2024: 4.7 Review, few secondary artifact options added and Kazuha to Mono Hydro.
  • 31 Jan. 2024: Guide reviewed for Patch 4.4.
  • 29 Nov. 2023: Guide added.
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