Aloy build guide · GenGuru: Your guru for Genshin Impact

Overview

Cryo Normal Attack DPS
Freeze damage dealer

Aloy throws a Freeze Bomb with her Elemental Skill, and each hit from the bomb or its bomblets gives her a Coil stack. Four stacks put her in Rushing Ice, which turns her Normal Attacks into Cryo damage and makes them hit harder, while her passive keeps raising her Cryo DMG Bonus during that state. Her burst is a single large Cryo hit.

She has no constellations, so what you see is what you get. Build her as a Cryo damage dealer with ATK and crits, and pair her with Hydro for Freeze so enemies stay still while she fires.

Weapons

Best first. Every bow on this list links to its page.

Aqua Simulacra ★★★★★
High CRIT DMG and a damage bonus that is active whenever enemies are nearby. Her best general option.
Thundering Pulse ★★★★★
Made for Normal Attack users, and its stacks are easy to keep since she uses her skill often.
Polar Star ★★★★★
CRIT Rate and stacking ATK that suit a skill, burst and Normal Attack rotation.
Rust ★★★★
A 4-star with a large Normal Attack bonus, which is exactly where her Rushing Ice damage comes from.
Slingshot ★★★
A 3-star with CRIT Rate. Its damage bonus only applies when a Normal or Charged Attack lands very soon after firing, so stay close to your target. Usable when you have nothing else.

Artifact sets

Blizzard Strayer 4-piece
Cryo DMG Bonus and extra CRIT Rate against Frozen enemies. The best set in Freeze teams.
Blizzard Strayer + Gladiator's Finale 2-piece each
Cryo damage and ATK. A good fallback outside Freeze or while farming.

Main stats and substats

Sands: ATK%
Goblet: Cryo DMG Bonus
Circlet: CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate
Substats: CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Talent priority

Normal Attack Rapid Fire
Elemental Skill Frozen Wilds
Elemental Burst Prophecies of Dawn

Teams

Freeze
Kokomi keeps Hydro up and heals, Shenhe boosts Cryo damage, and Kazuha groups enemies and adds damage.
Budget Freeze
- Aloy
- Xingqiu
- Rosaria
- Sucrose
Xingqiu applies Hydro for Freeze, Rosaria adds Cryo and CRIT Rate, and Sucrose groups enemies.

Tips

Open with her skill so the bombs give you four Coil stacks before you start attacking.
Gaining Coil also gives the rest of the party a small ATK buff, so her skill helps even when you swap out quickly.
Rushing Ice does not last forever. Recast the skill when it is ready instead of waiting.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP: 10899
Base ATK: 234
Base DEF: 676
Cryo DMG Bonus: 28.8%

Talents

Normal Attack Rapid Fire

Normal Attack Performs up to 4 consecutive shots with a bow. Charged Attack Performs a more precise Aimed Shot with increased DMG. While aiming, biting frost will accumulate on the arrowhead. A fully charged frost arrow will deal Cryo DMG. Plunging Attack Fires off a shower of arrows in mid-air before falling and striking the ground, dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Elemental Skill Frozen Wilds

Aloy throws a Freeze Bomb in the targeted direction that explodes on impact, dealing Cryo DMG. After it explodes, the Freeze Bomb will split up into many Chillwater Bomblets that explode on contact with opponents or after a short delay, dealing Cryo DMG. When a Freeze Bomb or Chillwater Bomblet hits an opponent, the opponent's ATK is decreased and Aloy receives 1 Coil stack. Aloy can gain up to 1 Coil stack every 0.1s. Coil ·Each stack increases Aloy's Normal Attack DMG. ·When Aloy has 4 Coil stacks, all stacks of Coil are cleared. She then enters the Rushing Ice state, which further increases the DMG dealt by her Normal Attacks and converts her Normal Attack DMG to Cryo DMG. While in the Rushing Ice state, Aloy cannot obtain new Coil stacks. Coil effects will be cleared 30s after Aloy leaves combat.

Elemental Burst Prophecies of Dawn

Aloy throws a Power Cell filled with Cryo in the targeted direction, then detonates it with an arrow, dealing AoE Cryo DMG.

Passive talent Combat Override

When Aloy receives the Coil effect from Frozen Wilds, her ATK is increased by 16%, while nearby party members' ATK is increased by 8%. This effect lasts 10s.

Passive talent Strong Strike

When Aloy is in the Rushing Ice state conferred by Frozen Wilds, her Cryo DMG Bonus increases by 3.5% every 1s. A maximum Cryo DMG Bonus increase of 35% can be gained in this way.

Passive talent Easy Does It

When Aloy is in the party, animals who produce Fowl, Raw Meat, or Chilled Meat will not be startled when party members approach them.