- Varesa is the new 5-Star Electro Catalyst unit in Genshin Impact!
- Varesa is a plunge-focused Electro DPS unit in Genshin Impact!
- Varesa is a Stalwart Warrior and Orchard Owner from the Collective of Plenty!
Varesa is a 5-star Electro Catalyst character in Genshin Impact that was released in Version 5.5, the first phase banner. She shines as a DPS-focused Electro Catalyst with a unique plunge-focused playstyle, offering solid damage output.
In this guide, we will detail Varesa, talk about her kit, find out her best artifacts and build, and more about Genshin Impact.
Genshin Impact Varesa Guide: Kit Explained
| Normal Attack: By the Horns | Varesa’s Normal Attack consists of up to three hits, all dealing Electro damage. Since she is a Catalyst user, all of her attacks are infused with Electro by default, making her a reliable source of elemental applications. |
| Elemental Skill: Riding the Night-Rainbow | Verissa excels in swift, electrifying footwork, dashing forward to deal Electro damage while gaining Night Soul points, enabling a follow-up charge attack without stamina cost. Entering the Fiery Passion state enhances her skills, granting a free skill charge and empowering her plunge attack to consume all Night Soul for a powerful burst. Her rotation revolves around skill → charge → plunge, repeating with a second skill before finishing with a Burst. However, some attacks miss out on buffs like Codex’s crit rate boost, as it only activates after Night Soul consumption. |
| Elemental Burst: Guardian Vent! | Verissa’s Burst launches her into the air for a high-impact flying kick, dealing AoE Electro damage and maxing out her Night Soul points, instantly triggering Fiery Passion (unless her skill is on cooldown). While the base burst damage is low, the enhanced version (after generating Night Soul) is stronger. After an empowered plunge in Fiery Passion, she activates Apex Drive, granting interruption resistance and enabling a special burst, a high-damage, low-energy alternative that bypasses her normal burst cooldown. This acts like a supercharged plunge attack, but the tight timing makes interruption resistance crucial. Her burst primarily serves as a Night Soul generator rather than a major damage source. |
Varesa’s Passives
| Tag-Team Triple Jump! | After using her skill, Verissa gains Rainbow Crash, enhancing her next plunge attack with extra motion value (increased damage). This only applies to regular plunges triggered after her skill, not her special burst. If she skips using her skill, she loses this damage boost, making skill-based plunges more optimal. |
| The Hero Twice-Returned! | When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, Varesa’s ATK increases. |
| Night Realm’s Gift: A Torch That Incinerates Evil | After Nightsoul points have been fully depleted, Varesa will switch to using Phlogiston to maintain the Sudden Onrush mode from her Nightsoul’s Blessing. |
Genshin Impact Varesa Build Guide: Constellations
In this section, we will break down the constellations for Varesa in Genshin Impact.
| C1 | Upgrades her Rainbow Crash passive, making all plunge-related damage boosts (including her Q2 special burst) use the higher 180 motion value instead of the weaker 50. This adds 620 total motion value per rotation, but the damage increase is still smaller than her signature weapon’s boost, making her weapon a higher priority than C1. |
| C2 | Allows Verissa to enter Apex Drive (enabling her special burst/Q2) after every plunge, not just every other one. Also boosts interruption resistance and refunds 23 Energy per rotation (effectively reducing her burst cost to 7 Energy). This makes her self-sufficient in Energy, allowing her to skip skill usage in teams like Xianyun plunge spam. A strong constellation, but still not worth prioritizing over her signature weapon. |
| C3 | Increases her Elemental Burst level by 3, improving its damage. While her burst gains more value at C2+, it’s still not a major part of her damage, making this a modest upgrade. |
| C4 | Makes her normal burst worth using by adding 500% motion value to her next plunge (capped at 4,000 ATK). Additionally, if she’s in Fiery Passion or Apex Drive, her burst deals 100% more damage (~30% actual increase). A solid but not game-changing constellation—only relevant if you want to use her normal burst. |
| C5 | Increases her Normal Attack talent level by 3, a minor boost since most of her damage comes from plunges and bursts. One of her weakest constellations. |
| C6 | Grants unlimited Energy (removing burst uptime issues) and 120 Crit Value (CV) to all plunges and bursts, drastically increasing her damage. Also improves exploration utility. While strong, Energy isn’t a major issue at C2+, making this more of a luxury upgrade rather than a necessity. |
As far as Constellations go, Varesa’s constellations are pretty average at best. C2 is the best stopping point. If you want her to deal more damage, C6 is a powerful but optional luxury. In order of best to least best constellation: C2>C6>C1>C4>C3>C5
Genshin Impact Varesa Guide: Best in-slot weapon
The best weapon for Varesa will be the Vivid Notions, a 5-star weapon that will be released with her. It has a Crit DMG as a sub-stat and is a DPS-based weapon. Here are other alternative 5-star weapons include Crane’s Echoing Call, Cashflow Supervision, Kagura’s Verity.
For F2P players, her best in the slot is The Widsith, which can be easily obtained from the Gacha as it is a fairly common weapon. Luckily enough, since Varesa scales from Crit, she has a fairly great amount of F2P 4-Star Weapons to choose from. Here are other alternative 4-star weapons included for Varesa:
- Blackcliff Agate
- Flowing Purity
Genshin Impact Varesa Build Guide: Artifacts to use
| Long Night’s Oath (BiS) | Varesa works exceptionally well with this artifact set. Her primary gameplay loop revolves around skill, then change, then plunge attack, and this set synergizes perfectly by granting stacks upon hitting enemies with a skill, charge attack, or plunge attack. This results in nearly 100% uptime on the set bonus, effectively granting a 100% damage increase to plunges, making it the clear best-in-slot option. |
| Obsidian Codex | If Veresa is not using a crit-rate weapon or is not overcapped on Crit, then this set is good for her. The correct rotation for maximizing the set involves setting up before initiation, beginning with skill, then dash, plunge, though this can slow down gameplay and may be too annoying for most players. |
As for her Main Stats and Sub-Stats:
- Timepiece: ATK
- Goblet: Electro DMH
- Circlet: Crit
- Sub-stat: Crit DMG, Crit Rate, ATK%, EM, ER
Best Team Comps for Varesa in Genshin Impact
As a plunge attack character, Vera has strong synergy with Xianyun. While her base motion value is high enough that Xianyun is not her only viable team, she remains a particularly powerful support for plunge-focused compositions. However, the primary strength of Xianyun is her synergy with Furina, allowing for high uptime on strong buffs.
This means Xianyun teams that do not include Furina are significantly weaker. One of Veresa’s strongest teams consists of Xianyun, Furina, and Iansan. If Iansan is unavailable, Bennett can serve as a substitute, though the team will perform worse. This composition benefits from high buff uptime and consistent plunge damage.
In the current meta, however, pulling for new carries is less attractive due to the dominance of characters like Mavuika, who has become a top-tier carry with the release of Iansan’s buffs. While Veresa’s best teams are strong, they do not reach the power level of Mavuika’s top compositions. That said, Veresa still performs better, though she lacks the versatility to slot into as many archetypes.
Beyond Xianyun-Furina teams, another top-performing composition for Veresa includes Chevreuse and Mavuika. Veresa can effectively utilize 18-second rotations, giving her an edge in teams that require extended uptime. Additionally, her synergy with Iansan makes her particularly valuable in certain Chevreuse-Mavuika setups. The primary drawback of these teams is their reliance on high off-field damage.
| Teams | Character 1 | Character 2 | Character 3 | Character 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varesa Best Team | Varesa | Furina | Xianyun | Iansan/Bennett |
| Overload Team | Varesa | Chevreuse | Mavuika | Iansan/Bennett |
| Mono Electro Team | Varesa | Nahida | Fischl | Iansan/Bennett |
Vera also has some viability in Overvape compositions that include Xianyun and Xiangling, but these teams are generally weaker. Similarly, she can be played in Hyperbloom or Aggravate setups, but her Dendro application is poor, making these options suboptimal.
If running an Aggravate team, it is crucial to prioritize off-field Electro damage from characters like Fischl, as Vera’s damage alone is insufficient to carry the team. A combination of Fischl and Iansan can work, though these setups are generally weaker than her best teams.
While some players may experiment with Mono Electro teams, including Xianyun, Kazuha, and Fischl, these compositions struggle due to redundancy in resistance reduction. In most cases, Furina will provide better results than a second Electro buffer. Ultimately, Vera’s strongest teams revolve around Xianyun-Furina teams, with other compositions falling behind in effectiveness.
Is Varesa worth pulling in Genshin Impact
Verissa is a strong on-field Electro DPS with a unique plunge-focused playstyle, offering solid damage output in her best teams. However, her release in the shadow of powerhouses like Mualani makes it difficult to recommend her purely for meta reasons. While she competes with Clorinde as the best on-field Electro carry, even surpassing her in optimal setups, her performance drops significantly outside of these specialized compositions.
Unlike Clorinde, who remains versatile across multiple team archetypes, Verissa struggles in suboptimal scenarios, making her highly reliant on specific supports. For players who enjoy her plunge-heavy mechanics and already have Xianyun and Furina, Verissa can be a fun and competitive choice. But if meta efficiency is the priority, existing units like Mualani or Neuvillette still dominate, leaving Verissa in a niche where she’s strong but not essential.
Ultimately, Verissa is a good but not must-pull character—worth considering for those who like her playstyle or want a fresh Electro DPS, but hard to justify for players focused solely on the strongest teams.
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