Genshin Impact Dahlia Builds and Teams Guide

Dahlia, a deacon from the Church of Favonius, is a brand new character coming to players in Genshin Impact version 5.7. With a very interesting utility skill kit that helps provide extra support to Hydro and Cryo centric teams, Dahlia shows amazing shielding and buffing ability.

In this guide, we will go over everything players need to know, regarding Dahlia and his skill kit as a Hydro character. This guide aims to help players best build him, so as to use him in as many different teams as possible.

Skill Kit & Leveling Priorities

General Introduction

Dahlia is a 4* Hydro character from the region of Mondstardt. He wields a sword as his main type of weapon, and specializes in providing allies and the party. With powerful Hydro shield to help boost the team’s survivability, as well as providing useful offensive buffs for Hydro and Cryo centric teams, Dahlia helps to enable various Hydro related team comps.

Additionally, if you are willing to invest, Dahlia can also become a strong burst DPS in reverse Vaporize teams with Pyro characters, making him a decently versatile character to build.

Element	Weapon Type	Role
Hydro	Sword	Support / Burst DPS

 

Dahlia Skill Kit Details & Leveling Priority

Dahlia, being a 4* character, have a very simple yet versatile skill kit that specializes in creating shields for allies, buffing their defensive and offensive powers through various buffs, as well as dealing Hydro burst damage to enemies when doing so.

Dahlia’s Elemental Skill allows him to create a Sacramental Shower at a designated location in front of him. This Sacramental Shower has different effects depending on if the enemy or an ally steps onto it. If an enemy steps on to the Shower, they will be hit with an instance of AoE Hydro damage, applying the hydro mark on them. If an ally steps on the Sacramental Shower, they will be launched into the air, allowing them to do a plunging attack.

Dahlia’s Elemental Burst is his skill kit’s main attraction, allowing him to deal a decently strong instance of AoE Hydro damage to all enemies, and summon a special Hydro shield for himself and ally. When the shield is active, Dahlia and the active character can refresh the shield by consuming the special Benison stack. For every 4 normal attacks made by the active character, or when the active character triggers the Frozen effect, they will gain 1 Benison stack, up to 4 stacks in total.

Due to his over reliance on his Elemental Burst, and all of his strong effects being focused on his Elemental Burst effects, Players Should Prioritize Leveling Dahlia’s Burst Level to maximize both his supporting utility and damage output.

For his normal attacks and skills, you do not need to level them up as they don’t affect Dahlia’s damage output.

 

Dahlia Best Weapons & Artifact Builds

Dahlia Recommended Weapons

Dahlia is a very easy to build character depending on the type of build you want to give him. This is due to the fact that he is solely reliant on his burst for both his supporting utility, and damage output and his HP scaling effects. Therefore, players only need to focus on giving him weapons that boost either his Max HP or his Energy Regen to maximize his potential.

 

For Support Dahlia:

For Support Dahlia, players need to focus on weapons with HP% & Energy Regen, with passives that buff allies or improve Dahlia’s shield.

For Support Dahlia, his Best In Slot Weapon is the 5* Weapon Key of Khaj-Nisut.

	Key of Khaj-Nisut (5* Limited)
	Attack (542)
	HP% (66.2%)
HP increased by 20~40%. When an Elemental Skill hits opponents, you gain the Grand Hymn effect for 20s. This effect increases the equipping character's Elemental Mastery by 0.12% of their Max HP. This effect can trigger once every 0.3s. Max 3 stacks. When this effect gains 3 stacks, or when the third stack's duration is refreshed, the Elemental Mastery of all nearby party members will be increased by 0.2% of the equipping character's max HP for 20s.

 

The Best Alternative F2P Weapon For Support Dahlia is Favonius Sword.

	Favonius Sword (4*)
	Attack (454)
	Energy Regen% (61.3%)
CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.

 

For DPS Dahlia:

For DPS Dahlia, players should focus on weapons with Crit Stats & HP% to boost Dahlia’s Burst Damage Instance.

For DPS Dahlia, his best in slot weapon is Primordial Jade Cutter

	Primordial Jade Cutter (5* Limited)
	Attack (542)
	CRIT Rate % (44.1%)
HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder's Max HP.

 

The Best Alternative Weapon For DPS Dahlia is Wolf-Fang.

	Wolf-Fang (4* Battle Pass)
	Attack (674)
	Crit Rate % (27.6%)
DMG dealt by Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst is increased by 16%. When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, its CRIT Rate will be increased by 2%. When an Elemental Burst hits an opponent, its CRIT Rate will be increased by 2%. Both of these effects last 10s separately, have 4 max stacks, and can be triggered once every 0.1s.

 

Dahlia Best Artifact Sets

For Dahlia, depending on how you build him, he will have different BiS artifact sets that focuses on different stats and effects:

For Support Dahlia, players should use the Noblesse Oblige artifact set to boost his Elemental Burst Damage, and provide the entire team with an attack boost when he uses his burst.

Artifact Set	Effects
Noblesse Oblige	2 Pcs: Elemental Burst DMG +20%.
	4 Pcs: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.

 

For DPS Dahlia, you can use either the Noblesse Oblige artifact set, like with the support build with different sub stats, or the Emblem of Severed Fate artifact set to massively boost his Burst Damage output.

Artifact Set	Effects
Emblem of Severed Fate	2 Pcs: Energy Recharge +20%.
	4 Pcs: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 25% of Energy Recharge. A maximum of 75% bonus DMG can be obtained in this way.

For Main Stats and Sub Stats, players should prioritize different main stats for the different artifact pieces, depending on the type of Dahlia you want to build:

 

For Support Dahlia:

	Main Stat	Sub Stat
Sands	Energy Regen	Priority #1: HP%, Energy Regen Priority #2: Attack, Crit Rate%, Crit Damage%, Other Stats.
Goblet	HP%
Circlet	HP% or Crit Rate%

 

For DPS Dahlia:

	Main Stat	Sub Stat
Sands	Energy Regen	HP%, Crit Rate%, Crit Damage %, Energy Regen
Goblet	Hydro Damage%
Circlet	Crit Rate% Crit Damage%

 

 

Dahlia Best Team Recommendations

Depending on how players build their Dahlia, different teams and teammates can be used to make the best Dahlia teams.

Best Teams & Teammates For Support Dahlia

When building a support Dahlia team, Dahlia works best as a support for Hydro and Cryo centric teams, which relies heavily on the Frozen elemental reaction. Therefore, making a team filed with relative element characters are highly recommended. The team should consist of:

The Main DPS: The Main DPS will be the main damage dealer of the team, and will need to take full advantage of all the buffs Dahlia provides. They will stay on field and deal damage while Dahlia buffs are active. Some good options for this role are: Neuvilette, Skirk, Ayaka, Wriosthesley, etc.

2 Damage Support/Sub DPS: The Sub DPS/ Damage Support slot should contain characters that buffs either Cryo or Hydro damage output, as Dahlia will help facilitate the Hydro mark on enemies. The best options for this role are: Escoffier, Furina, Shenhe,Citlali, etc.

Dahlia: Dahlia will fill the sustain/ support role in this team, providing the team with a consistent Hydro shield as well as decent buffs to boost the damage output of the main DPS.

Premium Team Composition for Support Dahlia:

Main DPS	Sub-DPS / Damage Support	Support	Dahlia (Sustain Support)

 

F2P Teams For Support Dahlia:

Main DPS	Sub-DPS / Damage Support	Support	Dahlia (Sustain Support)

 

Best Teams & Teammates For DPS Dahlia

A Dahlia DPS team takes advantage of the reverse Vaporize elemental reaction, dealing big amount of Elemental Burst damage to enemies in a single instance. When his burst if on cooldown, it leaves room for a sub DPS character .

For a DPS Dahlia team, players will need to bring:

A Sub DPS: The Sub DPS in this team should provide the team with strong DPS when Dahlia is off field, supplementing the team’s overall damage output, preferably with a Hydro or Pyro element. Some optional characters for this role include: Mavuika, Furina, Bennett, etc.

2 Damage Support/ Elemental Enabler: In Dahlia DPS team comp, Dahlia needs to do the Vaporize reaction while being buffed. Therefore, having 2 other characters that can enable the reaction is highly recommended. Some good options for these roles are: Bennett, Xiangling, Kamisato Ayato, etc.

Premium Teams For DPS Dahlia:

Sub DPS / Damage Support	Damage Support	Damage Support	Dahlia (Main DPS)

 

F2P Teams For DPS Dahlia:

Sub DPS / Damage Support	Damage Support	Damage Support	Dahlia (Main DPS)