Vodyanitsa build guide · GenGuru: Your guru for Genshin Impact

Overview

Healer
Hydro and Cryo RES shred
Stellar Swirl support

Vodyanitsa is a Hydro catalyst support who works from off the field. Her Elemental Skill takes her Water Imp form and starts Song of Ages Past: the Horn of Spring's Call keeps striking an enemy with Hydro, every hit lowers Hydro and Cryo RES, and the active character steadily regains HP based on her Max HP and resists interruption. Her Elemental Burst deals more damage while that state is up.

In Stellar Swirl teams her passive turns Stellar Swirl into Wandering Vortex, which lowers Anemo RES, and extends the Radiance state for anyone who enters it. Outside those teams she is still a strong healer for Freeze and other Cryo or Hydro line-ups. Build her for Max HP, since her healing scales with it, and add enough Energy Recharge to keep her burst ready.

Weapons

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

Hymn of the Maelstrom ★★★★★
Her signature catalyst. Huge HP, Healing Bonus, and an ATK buff for the active character that gets stronger when the team triggers Frozen or Stellar Swirl.
Jadefall's Splendor ★★★★★
A large HP bonus plus extra Energy for her. A good 5-star alternative.
Everlasting Moonglow ★★★★★
HP and Healing Bonus. It improves her healing but does little else for the team.
Prototype Amber ★★★★
Craftable at the Blacksmith. Gives HP and some extra healing and Energy, which covers what she needs.
Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers ★★★
A 3-star that passes an ATK buff to the next character you switch to. Useful when your damage dealer scales with ATK, such as Vesna.

Artifact sets

Tenacity of the Millelith 4-piece
HP for her, and an ATK buff for the whole party each time her skill hits.
Song of Days Past 4-piece
Her steady healing builds up a damage bonus that she hands to the active character.
Tenacity of the Millelith + Vourukasha's Glow 2-piece each
Two HP bonuses. A good stopgap while you farm a four-piece.

Main stats and substats

Sands: HP% or Energy Recharge
Goblet: HP%
Circlet: HP% or Healing Bonus
Substats: HP% > Energy Recharge > HP > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG

Talent priority

Elemental Skill Rechitativ: Sonorous Dawn
Elemental Burst Koda: Sink With Thee

Teams

Vesna Stellar Swirl
- Vodyanitsa
- Vesna
- Odette
- Traveler
Odette and the Cryo Traveler apply Cryo, Vesna swirls it into Stellar Swirl, and Vodyanitsa turns that into Wandering Vortex for Anemo RES shred while healing the team.
Vesna with fewer 5-stars
- Vodyanitsa
- Vesna
- Traveler
- Rosaria
Rosaria replaces Odette as the second Cryo source through her burst. She is the only healer here, so keep her skill active.
Ayaka Freeze
- Vodyanitsa
- Kamisato Ayaka
- Shenhe
- Kaedehara Kazuha
She supplies the Hydro for Freeze, lowers Cryo RES for Ayaka and keeps the team healthy.

Tips

Her skill lowers both Hydro RES and Cryo RES, so she helps Cryo damage dealers even outside Stellar Swirl teams.
Cast her skill before Vesna starts swirling, so Stellar Swirl becomes Wandering Vortex for the whole window.
Her burst deals more damage while Song of Ages Past is active. Use the skill first, then the burst.
Outside combat, hold her skill to swim fast in Water Imp form. It is a handy way to cross lakes.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP: 14818
Base ATK: 108
Base DEF: 484
HP: 28.8%

Talents

Normal Attack Psyshkhwe Arietta

Normal Attack Sings an ancient song of the Water Imps, unleashing up to 4 strikes. This deals Hydro DMG to the opponent. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to hurl a water ball forward, dealing Hydro DMG. Plunging Attack Plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents along the path. Deals AoE Hydro DMG upon impact with the ground.

Elemental Skill Rechitativ: Sonorous Dawn

Reveals her true Water Imp form, dealing AoE Hydro DMG and gaining the Song of Ages Past effect: While this effect is active, Vodyanitsa summons the ancient Horn of Spring's Call, periodically moving closer to an opponent in a swift movement to attack them, dealing Hydro DMG. The above two types of attacks will also decrease the Hydro RES and Cryo RES of opponents hit. Additionally, while the Song of Ages Past effect is active, the party's active character gains increased resistance to interruption and periodically regenerates HP based on Vodyanitsa's Max HP.

Elemental Burst Koda: Sink With Thee

Leads a song of the Water Imps which lures its listeners to their doom. This deals AoE Hydro DMG to the opponent. When in the **Song of Ages Past** state, DMG dealt is further increased.

Passive talent The Last Djeguako Songstress

When the Elemental Skill Rechitativ: Sonorous Dawn is used, any Stellar Vortex on the field will turn into a Wandering Vortex instead. While the **Song of Ages Past** effect is active, nearby party members' Stellar Swirl reactions will generate Wandering Vortex instead. Generating or detonating a Wandering Vortex will also reduce nearby opponents' Anemo RES by 35% for 6s. Additionally, nearby party members who enter the Radiance: Stellar Swirl state while Song of Ages Past is in effect will have the Radiance: Stellar Swirl state extended by 4s.

Passive talent Dirge of the Fandyr

When the Elemental Skill Rechitativ: Sonorous Dawn is used, Vodyanitsa will also gain 25 stacks of **Lead Vocal** as well as 10 stacks of **Chorus**. The two effects above last 30s each, and the stack count is refreshed when the Elemental Skill is used.

Passive talent Echoes Over the Frozen Lake

Holding the Elemental Skill outside of combat will cause Vodyanitsa to embody her true Water Imp form and swim for up to 10s at the cost of Stamina. Naturally, as a Water Imp, she can also move across the water's surface. Vodyanitsa will exit her Water Imp form when the Elemental Skill is used again, when the duration ends, or when all Stamina is depleted. Additionally, while Vodyanitsa can swim faster, her Stamina consumption rate is also increased.

Passive talent Heartless Siren Song

As the Prima Donna of the Korolevskiy Troupe, Vodyanitsa sings in person in place of playing an instrument.

Constellations

C1 Waters in Full Splendor

Each time Vodyanitsa triggers the healing effect of **Song of Ages Past**, it also increases the ATK of all nearby party members by 0.8% of her Max HP for 5s.

C2 Echoes That Pierce the Snow

When the Horn of Spring's Call from the Elemental Skill Rechitativ: Sonorous Dawn attacks the opponent, Vodyanitsa gains the "Two Voices in Black and White" effect which increases the CRIT DMG from Hydro DMG and Cryo DMG dealt by the currently active party member by 50% for 5s. If there is a Wandering Vortex present on the field or in the 5s after a Wandering Vortex explodes, the effect changes to: increases the CRIT DMG from Stellar Swirl reaction DMG caused by the currently active party member by 60% for 5s. Additionally, the Elemental Skill Rechitativ: Sonorous Dawn is enhanced as follows: the duration of the **Song of Ages Past** effect is extended by 9s.

C3 Song Lingering on a Spring Morning

Increases the Level of the Elemental Skill **Rechitativ: Sonorous Dawn** by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4 Melancholic Voice Upon the Gentle Waters

When Vodyanitsa triggers the healing effect of **Song of Ages Past**, an additional effect will be triggered based on the healed character's HP. · If the character's HP is below 40%: The healing is increased by 50%; and · If the character's HP is 40% or above: Vodyanitsa's Max HP is increased by 20% for 6s. Max 3 stacks, and each stack's duration is counted independently.

C5 Together, Down Into the Deep

Increases the Level of the Elemental Burst **Koda: Sink With Thee** by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6 Neverending Song of Revelry

The Constellation Echoes That Pierce the Snow is enhanced: "Two Voices in Black and White" now applies to all nearby party members. Additionally, while the **Song of Ages Past** effect is active, Stellar Swirl reaction DMG dealt by nearby party members is **elevated** by 25% while Hydro DMG and Cryo DMG dealt are increased by 60%.