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Portrait of Barbara

★★★★HydroCatalyst

Barbara

Shining Idol

Every citizen of Mondstadt adores Barbara. She learned the word "idol" from a magazine.

Region
Mondstadt
Released
Version 1.0
GenGuru tier
B Support

Overview

  • Healer
  • Hydro application

Barbara is a free Hydro healer. Her Elemental Skill creates a Melody Loop around her that heals the active character over time, and while it is up, her Normal and Charged Attacks heal the party. Her Elemental Burst is a large instant heal for everyone. All of her healing scales with her Max HP.

She is a good early-game healer and a reasonable choice for Bloom and Electro-Charged teams that need Hydro and healing. Build her for HP, Healing Bonus and enough Energy Recharge to bring her Burst back when you need it.

Weapons

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

  1. Prototype Amber ★★★★

    Craftable at the Blacksmith. HP plus Energy and party healing after her Burst make it her best easy choice.

  2. Everlasting Moonglow ★★★★★

    A 5-star with a large HP substat and extra Healing Bonus. Its Energy gain on Normal Attacks also helps her Burst.

  3. Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers ★★★

    A 3-star with an HP substat. It also gives the next character who takes the field an ATK boost when you swap.

  4. Sacrificial Jade ★★★★

    Raises Max HP while she is off the field, which suits a healer who mostly stays in the back.

  5. Favonius Codex ★★★★

    Pick it if her Burst is never ready. The Energy Recharge substat matters more than its passive here.

Artifact sets

  1. Maiden Beloved 4-piece

    Raises Healing Bonus and boosts healing received by the whole party after she uses her Skill or Burst.

  2. Song of Days Past 4-piece

    Turns her healing into extra damage for your active character's hits. A good pick in teams that want more damage.

  3. Ocean-Hued Clam 4-piece

    Converts her healing into extra damage. Useful when another character already covers healing buffs.

Main stats and substats

Sands
HP% or Energy Recharge
Goblet
HP%
Circlet
Healing Bonus or HP%
Substats
HP% > Energy Recharge > HP

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Burst Shining Miracle♪
  2. Elemental Skill Let the Show Begin♪

Teams

  • Nilou Bloom

    An all Hydro and Dendro team. Barbara adds Hydro and heals while Nilou's passive turns Bloom seeds into stronger cores.

  • Taser

    A free-to-build Electro-Charged team. Barbara applies Hydro with her attacks and keeps everyone topped up.

  • Budget Electro-Charged

    Xingqiu adds strong off-field Hydro, so Barbara can focus on healing.

Tips

  • Her Skill also applies Wet to the active character. Avoid using it right before you fight Cryo enemies, since being Wet lets them freeze you.
  • Charged Attacks heal four times as much as Normal Attacks while the Melody Loop is up.
  • Picking up Elemental Particles extends the Melody Loop, so she heals longer in teams that generate a lot of Energy.

Other character guides recommend Barbara as a teammate in these teams.

See every team comp, grouped by reaction.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP
9787
Base ATK
159
Base DEF
669
HP
24.0%

Talents

Normal Attack Whisper of Water
Normal Attack Performs up to 4 water splash attacks that deal Hydro DMG. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to deal AoE Hydro DMG after a short casting time. Plunging Attack Gathering the might of Hydro, Barbara plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE Hydro DMG upon impact with the ground.
Elemental Skill Let the Show Begin♪
Summons water droplets resembling musical notes that form a Melody Loop, dealing Hydro DMG to surrounding opponents and applying the Wet status to them. Melody Loop ·On hit, Barbara's Normal Attacks heal your own party members and nearby teammates for a certain amount of HP, which scales with Barbara's Max HP. ·On hit, Barbara's Charged Attack generates 4 times the amount of healing. ·Periodically regenerates your own active character's HP. ·Applies the Wet status to the character and to opponents who come in contact with them.
Elemental Burst Shining Miracle♪
Heals your own party members and nearby teammates for a large amount of HP that scales with Barbara's Max HP.
Passive talent Glorious Season
The Stamina Consumption of characters within Let the Show Begin♪'s Melody Loop is reduced by 12%.
Passive talent Encore
When your active character gains an Elemental Orb/Particle, the duration of the Melody Loop of Let the Show Begin♪ is extended by 1s. The maximum extension is 5s.
Passive talent With My Whole Heart♪
When a Perfect Cooking is achieved on a dish with restorative effects, there is a 12% chance to obtain double the product.

Constellations

C1 Gleeful Songs
Barbara regenerates 1 Energy every 10s.
C2 Vitality Burst
Decreases the CD of Let the Show Begin♪ by 15%. During the ability's duration, your active character gains a 15% Hydro DMG Bonus.
C3 Star of Tomorrow
Increases the Level of Shining Miracle♪ by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Attentiveness Be My Power
Every opponent Barbara hits with her Charged Attack regenerates 1 Energy for her. A maximum of 5 energy can be regenerated in this manner with any one Charged Attack.
C5 The Purest Companionship
Increases the Level of Let the Show Begin♪ by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Dedicating Everything to You
When Barbara is in the party but not on the field, and one of your own party members falls: ·Automatically revives the fallen character. ·Fully restores the revived character's HP to 100%. This effect can only occur once every 15 mins.