Venti Guide and Best Builds
Venti is the 5-Star Anemo Archon from Mondstadt. Venti has the ability to Swirl and massively Crowd Control smaller enemies with his Burst. Read our Venti guide to learn more about Venti's's kit, Venti's best Builds and also his Ascension and Talent Materials.
Venti Guide & Best Builds
Welcome to our Venti build guide for Genshin Impact. Venti is a 5-Star Anemo Character who is also considered a Hexerei character and can be played as an off-field DPS or Main DPS (thanks to the Hexerei buffs). In our guide, we will cover everything you need to know to get the most out of your Venti, from building the best Artifacts and Weapons to important stat priorities and rotations.
Different Venti Build Options
Venti has multiple options for how you can build him, including reaction focused teams where he functions as on off-field DPS, and Hexerei DPS where he can be used as the Main DPS. The type of team used can drastically effect his best builds. Keep in mind that Reaction Venti is much easier to build than DPS Venti.
Listed below are Venti's best weapons. While weapons are listed in a priority order, what is best to build on your Venti can vary depending on the team composition and level of investment you want to put into Venti.
Elegy for the End
The Parting Refrain
Base ATK: 608
Energy Recharge: 55.1%
A part of the "Millennial Movement" that wanders amidst the winds. Increases Elemental Mastery by 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120. When the Elemental Skills or Elemental Bursts of the character wielding this weapon hit opponents, that character gains a Sigil of Remembrance. This effect can be triggered once every 0.2s and can be triggered even if said character is not on the field. When you possess 4 Sigils of Remembrance, all of them will be consumed and all nearby party members will obtain the "Millennial Movement: Farewell Song" effect for 12s. "Millennial Movement: Farewell Song" increases Elemental Mastery by 100 / 125 / 150 / 175 / 200 and increases ATK by 20% / 25% / 30% / 35% / 40%. Once this effect is triggered, you will not gain Sigils of Remembrance for 20s. Of the many effects of the "Millennial Movement," buffs of the same type will not stack.
The Daybreak Chronicles
Ode Beyond Time
Base ATK: 674
CRIT DMG: 44.1%
The equipping character gains Stirring Dawn Breeze: 3s after leaving combat, Normal Attack, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst DMG is increased by 60% / 75% / 90% / 105% / 120%. While in combat, this DMG Bonus will decrease by 10% / 12.5% / 15% / 17.5% / 20% per second until it reaches 0%. When the equipping character's Normal Attacks, Elemental Skills, or Elemental Bursts hit an opponent, the DMG Bonus for the corresponding DMG type is increased by 10% / 12.5% / 15% / 17.5% / 20% until it reaches 60% / 75% / 90% / 105% / 120%. This effect can be triggered once every 0.1s for each of the attack types mentioned above. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field.
Additionally, when the party possesses Hexerei: Secret Rite effects, when the equipping character's Normal Attacks, Elemental Skills, or Elemental Bursts hit an opponent, the DMG Bonus for all these DMG types is increased by 20% / 25% / 30% / 35% / 40% instead.
The Stringless
Arrowless Song
Base ATK: 510
Elemental Mastery: 165
Increases Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG by 24% / 30% / 36% / 42% / 48%.
Other Bow Options
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Listed below are Venti's best weapons. While weapons are listed in a priority order, what is best to build on your Venti can vary depending on the team composition and level of investment you want to put into Venti.
The Daybreak Chronicles
Ode Beyond Time
Base ATK: 674
CRIT DMG: 44.1%
The equipping character gains Stirring Dawn Breeze: 3s after leaving combat, Normal Attack, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst DMG is increased by 60% / 75% / 90% / 105% / 120%. While in combat, this DMG Bonus will decrease by 10% / 12.5% / 15% / 17.5% / 20% per second until it reaches 0%. When the equipping character's Normal Attacks, Elemental Skills, or Elemental Bursts hit an opponent, the DMG Bonus for the corresponding DMG type is increased by 10% / 12.5% / 15% / 17.5% / 20% until it reaches 60% / 75% / 90% / 105% / 120%. This effect can be triggered once every 0.1s for each of the attack types mentioned above. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is off-field.
Additionally, when the party possesses Hexerei: Secret Rite effects, when the equipping character's Normal Attacks, Elemental Skills, or Elemental Bursts hit an opponent, the DMG Bonus for all these DMG types is increased by 20% / 25% / 30% / 35% / 40% instead.
Polar Star
Daylight's Augury
Base ATK: 608
CRIT Rate: 33.1%
Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG increased by 12% / 15% / 18% / 21% / 24%. After a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst hits an opponent, 1 stack of Ashen Nightstar will be gained for 12s. When 1/2/3/4 stacks of Ashen Nightstar are present, ATK is increased by 10/20/30/48% / 12.5/25/37.5/60% / 15/30/45/72% / 17.5/35/52.5/84% / 20/40/60/96%. The stack of Ashen Nightstar created by the Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst will be counted independently of the others.
Rust
Arrowless Song
Base ATK: 510
Elemental Mastery: 165
Increases Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG by 24% / 30% / 36% / 42% / 48%.
Other Bow Options
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Best Artifacts for Venti
Viridescent Venerer
Viridescent Venerer
2-Piece Set: Anemo DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece Set: Increases Swirl DMG by 60%. Decreases opponent's Elemental RES to the element infused in the Swirl by 40% for 10s.
A Day Carved From Rising Winds
A Day Carved From Rising Winds
2-Piece Set: ATK +18%.
4-Piece Set: After a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst hits an opponent, gain the Blessing of Pastoral Winds effect for 6s: ATK is increased by 25%. If the equipping character has completed Witch's Homework, Blessing of Pastoral Winds will be upgraded to Resolve of Pastoral Winds, which additionally increases the CRIT Rate of the equipping character by 20%. This effect can be triggered even when the character is off-field.
Desert Pavilion Chronicle
Desert Pavilion Chronicle
2-Piece Set: Anemo DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece Set: When Charged Attacks hit opponents, the equipping character's Normal Attack SPD will increase by 10% while Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG will increase by 40% for 15s.
Venti's Stat Priority
: EM
: EM
: EMFor this Venti Build you want as much Elemental Mastery as possible, and enough Energy Recharge in order to Burst every Rotation. CRIt Rate is useful if you use certain specifically weapons such as Favonius Warbow.
Recommended Stats for Venti
Build recommendations assume a "decently built" level of artifact rolls alongside Venti's best weapon. Using other weapons may increase or decrease certain stats relative to these recommendations.
Reaction Venti wants as much Elemental Mastery as possible. If he is the only Anemo character in your team, you will also require a ton of Energy Recharge. You need to be able to Burst every rotation so your Main DPS can take advantage of it. This means that you do need over 160% ER at least. If you play Venti with one or two additional Anemo characters, you can focus a bit less on ER. Once you meet the ER requirements, you can focus on EM as much as you can.
Venti's Talent Priority
Venti's Burst is the most important thing to level up first for a Reaction Venti. After that, you can focus on his skill. His Normal Attack is mostly optional for this build.
: ATK %: CRIT DMG / CRIT RateHexerei Main DPS Venti is pretty much straightforward. As any other main DPS he wants a good amount of CRIT and ATK, but do not underestimate ER, since you still want him to be able to Burst every Rotation. The only difference is that for this build, Venti is the one who is going to take advantage of his own Burst.
Recommended Stats for Venti
Build recommendations assume a "decently built" level of artifact rolls alongside Venti's best weapon. Using other weapons may increase or decrease certain stats relative to these recommendations.
If he is the only Anemo character in your team, you will also require a ton of Energy Recharge. You need to be able to Burst every rotation. This means that you do need over 160% ER at least. If you play Venti with one or two additional Anemo characters, you can focus a bit less on ER and more on CRIT.
Venti's Talent Priority
Venti's Normal Attack and Burst are the most important skills for a Main DPS Venti since he will be the one doing the most DMG, and for that, he needs those two skills leveled up as high as possible.
How to Play Venti
Whether you Build Venti as a Reaction DPS or Anemo DPS, the gameplay mostly remains the same. he is really not a hard character to play, he does not have any complicated rotation or anything like that.
Venti's Elemental Skill Skyward Sonnet has two modes, a tap one and a hold:
- Tap the skill to launch a single tunnel of wind that will lift small enemies into the air and grant you 3 particles of energy.
- Holding the skill however, will create a large wind current, deal more damage, and produces 4 particles of energy.
In most cases, you will use the Hold version only outside of combat during exploration, in order to make use of the Wind Current to launch yourself in the air. During a fight, using tap only will be faster and more efficient, and still crowd control enemies.
Venti's Elemental Burst skill Wind's Grand Ode is his most important ability, whether you build him as a Reaction DPS or Anemo DPS. This skill creates a massive vortex that will suck in all surrounding enemies and control them in the air. It also absorbs and swirls any element which will deal even more damage to the enemies trapped within. This is one of the main reason Venti will shine more if you build him as a Reaction DPS with high Elemental Mastery.
This Burst offers 20 ticks of Anemo damage and 16 ticks if you absorb another element, with a Swirl effect occurring 7 times regardless of which element is absorbed. This can create some powerful elemental reactions when combined with the right teammates. However, this burst can also lift some enemies out of reach for certain melee fighters and skills, so use it wisely.
Venti's Combo
Venti will use both of his abilities when you bring him out onto the field, leading with his Elemental Skill first and then his Elemental Burst. This combo is the most common combination for Venti due to the fact that you can cut the animation time of his Skill by combining the two abilities. Afterwards, you simply switch back to another support to stack a different Element to create reactions or move to a DPS character to fight.
If played as a Main DPS, you will first use all your supports, such as Nicole and Durin's Skills and Bursts, before swapping back to Venti in order to use his Skill, Burst, and then you can spam Venti's Normal Attack to kill what is left. Once the Vortex is gone, swap back to your supports and start over.
Venti's Best Constellations
If you use Venti as a Reaction DPS, he works perfectly fine at C0. His C1 is not really useful for this build, but his C2 can be pretty good if you want to invest in your Venti, since it provides with additional Anemo RES Shred. His C4 is useful if you play Venti with a main Anemo character since thee active character will get an Anemo DMG bonus. His C6 is really good because if does provide additional RES Shred of different elements, depending on what reaction occurs.
As a main DPS, Venti's constellations become much more interesting since he benefits heavily from all the Anemo RES Shred they provide, and his C6 also grants a nice 100% CRIT DMG bonus when Venti deal DMG to enemies who took DMG from Wind's Grand Ode. However, if you need to pick between his C1 and his new Weapon The Daybreak Chronicles, you definitely want to prioritise this weapon for a Main DPS Venti.
Venti's Best Team Compositions
To learn all about Venti's synergies and best team compositions, check our dedicated Venti team page below:
Changelog
- 31 May 2026: Updated build and guide.
- 20 Oct. 2025: Updated for Luna II.
- 30 Jul. 2025: Updated for 5.8.
- 17 Jun. 2025: Updated for 5.7.
- 06 May 2025: Updated for 5.6.
- 25 Mar. 2025: Guide Updated for 5.5.
- 29 Aug. 2024: Guide Review for Update 5.0.
- 07 Dec. 2023: Guide added.
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