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Portrait of Kaedehara Kazuha

★★★★★AnemoSword

Kaedehara Kazuha

Scarlet Leaves Pursue Wild Waves

A wandering samurai from Inazuma who is currently with Liyue's Crux Fleet. A gentle and carefree soul whose heart hides a great many burdens from the past.

Region
Inazuma
Released
Version 1.6
GenGuru tier
SS Support

Overview

  • Crowd control
  • Elemental damage buffer
  • Swirl support

Kazuha is a short-burst support. His Elemental Skill pulls enemies together and lifts him into the air for a plunging attack, and his Elemental Burst leaves a whirlwind that keeps grouping and hitting enemies. When he Swirls an element, his passive gives the whole party a damage bonus for that element that grows with his Elemental Mastery.

Build him almost entirely for Elemental Mastery, with enough Energy Recharge to have the burst ready each rotation. His own damage matters far less than the buff and the grouping, so he slots into nearly any team whose main damage is Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo.

Weapons

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

  1. Freedom-Sworn ★★★★★

    His signature sword. The Elemental Mastery main stat feeds his passive, and his Swirls quickly trigger its party-wide ATK and Normal, Charged and Plunging Attack buff.

  2. Xiphos' Moonlight ★★★★

    Elemental Mastery plus Energy Recharge that scales with it, and part of that Energy Recharge goes to the team. A strong 4-star choice.

  3. Iron Sting ★★★★

    Craftable at the Blacksmith. The Elemental Mastery main stat is all he really needs from a weapon.

  4. Favonius Sword ★★★★

    Use this when the team is short on Energy. You lose some Elemental Mastery, but the extra particles help everyone burst on time.

Artifact sets

  1. Viridescent Venerer 4-piece

    The standard set. It lowers enemy resistance to the element he Swirls, which stacks with his own damage buff.

  2. Instructor 4-piece

    A cheap stopgap while you farm Viridescent Venerer. It gives Elemental Mastery to him and to the whole party after he triggers a reaction, but you lose the resistance shred.

Main stats and substats

Sands
Elemental Mastery or Energy Recharge
Goblet
Elemental Mastery
Circlet
Elemental Mastery
Substats
Energy Recharge > Elemental Mastery > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Burst Kazuha Slash
  2. Elemental Skill Chihayaburu

Teams

  • Neuvillette hypercarry

    Kazuha groups enemies inside Neuvillette's beam and adds a Hydro damage bonus on top of Furina's buff.

  • Raiden National

    Kazuha Swirls Pyro from Xiangling's burst to boost her damage and groups enemies so her Pyronado hits all of them.

  • Ayaka Freeze

    His Cryo Swirls buff Ayaka's burst while the whirlwind holds Frozen enemies in place.

  • Budget Vaporize

    Made entirely of 4-stars. Kazuha boosts whichever element Xiangling or Xingqiu has applied and keeps their targets grouped.

Tips

  • Hold his Elemental Skill to pull enemies in from a wider area, then plunge to finish the combo.
  • His damage buff matches the element he Swirls, so make sure the enemy carries your main damage dealer's element before you swap to him.
  • Every point of Elemental Mastery strengthens the team buff. Once his burst is reliable, stop adding Energy Recharge and stack Elemental Mastery instead.
  • Use the burst before your damage dealer's big hits so the whirlwind groups enemies for them.

Other character guides recommend Kaedehara Kazuha as a teammate in these teams.

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Base stats at level 90

Base HP
13348
Base ATK
297
Base DEF
807
Elemental Mastery
115

Talents

Normal Attack Garyuu Bladework
Normal Attack Performs up to 5 rapid strikes. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact. If this Plunging Attack is triggered by Chihayaburu, it will be converted to Plunging Attack: Midare Ranzan. Plunging Attack: Midare Ranzan When a Plunging Attack is performed using the effects of the Elemental Skill Chihayaburu, Plunging Attack DMG is converted to Anemo DMG and will create a small wind tunnel via a secret blade technique that pulls in nearby objects and opponents.
Elemental Skill Chihayaburu
Unleashes a secret technique as fierce as the rushing wind that pulls objects and opponents towards Kazuha's current position before launching opponents within the AoE, dealing Anemo DMG and lifting Kazuha into the air on a rushing gust of wind. Within 10s of remaining airborne after casting Chihayaburu, Kazuha can unleash a powerful Plunging Attack known as Midare Ranzan. Press Can be used in mid-air. Hold Charges up before unleashing greater Anemo DMG over a larger AoE than Press Mode. Plunging Attack: Midare Ranzan When a Plunging Attack is performed using the effects of the Elemental Skill Chihayaburu, Plunging Attack DMG is converted to Anemo DMG. On landing, Kazuha creates a small wind tunnel via a secret blade technique that pulls in nearby objects and opponents. Midare Ranzan's DMG is considered Plunging Attack DMG.
Elemental Burst Kazuha Slash
The signature technique of Kazuha's self-styled bladework — a single slash that strikes with the force of the first winds of autumn, dealing AoE Anemo DMG. The blade's passage will leave behind a field named "Autumn Whirlwind" that periodically deals AoE Anemo DMG to opponents within its range. Elemental Absorption If Autumn Whirlwind comes into contact with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro, it will deal additional elemental DMG of that type. Elemental Absorption may only occur once per use.
Passive talent Soumon Swordsmanship
If Chihayaburu comes into contact with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro when cast, this Chihayaburu will absorb that element and if Plunging Attack: Midare Ranzan is used before the effect expires, it will deal an additional 200% ATK of the absorbed elemental type as DMG. This will be considered Plunging Attack DMG. Elemental Absorption may only occur once per use of Chihayaburu.
Passive talent Poetics of Fuubutsu
Upon triggering a Swirl or Stellar Swirl reaction, Kaedehara Kazuha will grant all party members a 0.04% Elemental DMG Bonus to the element absorbed by Swirl for every point of Elemental Mastery he has for 8s. Bonuses for different elements obtained through this method can co-exist.
Passive talent Cloud Strider
Decreases sprinting Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.

Constellations

C1 Scarlet Hills
Decreases Chihayaburu's CD by 10%. Using Kazuha Slash resets the CD of Chihayaburu.
C2 Yamaarashi Tailwind
The Autumn Whirlwind field created by Kazuha Slash has the following effects: · Increases Kaedehara Kazuha's own Elemental Mastery by 200 for its duration. · Increases the Elemental Mastery of characters within the field by 200. The Elemental Mastery-increasing effects of this Constellation do not stack.
C3 Maple Monogatari
Increases the Level of Chihayaburu by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Oozora Genpou
When Kaedehara Kazuha's Energy is lower than 45, he obtains the following effects: ·Pressing or Holding Chihayaburu regenerates 3 or 4 Energy for Kaedehara Kazuha, respectively. ·When gliding, Kaedehara Kazuha regenerates 2 Energy per second.
C5 Wisdom of Bansei
Increases the Level of Kazuha Slash by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Crimson Momiji
After using Chihayaburu or Kazuha Slash, Kaedehara Kazuha gains an Anemo Infusion for 5s. Additionally, each point of Elemental Mastery will increase the DMG dealt by Kaedehara Kazuha's Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks by 0.2%.