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Alhaitham

Genshin Impact Alhaitham Build

Dendro
SwordSword DendroDendro Sumeru Akademiya 11/2 Vultur Volans Steeple of Ignorance
The current scribe of the Sumeru Akademiya, a man endowed with extraordinary intelligence and talent. He lives free — free from the searching eyes of ordinary people, anyway.

Best builds for Alhaitham

SPREAD DPS Build

Weapons

1
Light of Foliar Incision
Light of Foliar Incision

CRIT DMG

Signature weapon. High CRIT DMG and passive grants Elemental Mastery and bonus damage after Spread.

2
Uraku Misugiri
Uraku Misugiri

CRIT DMG

Provides CRIT DMG and a team NA buff, but Alhaitham benefits less from the defense scaling.

3
Primordial Jade Cutter
Primordial Jade Cutter

CRIT Rate

High CRIT Rate and an ATK bonus based on HP. Solid stat stick.

4
Mistsplitter Reforged
Mistsplitter Reforged

CRIT DMG

High CRIT DMG and elemental damage bonus. Requires managing stacks but fully works in Spread teams.

5
Haran Geppaku Futsu
Haran Geppaku Futsu

CRIT Rate

Provides CRIT Rate and elemental damage bonus when team uses same element. Good in mono-Dendro or Alhaitham as sole Dendro.

6
Freedom-Sworn
Freedom-Sworn

Elemental Mastery

High Elemental Mastery and team-wide ATK bonus. Supports personal damage and team.

7
Wolf-Fang
Wolf-Fang

CRIT Rate

Battle Pass sword. CRIT Rate and a passive that boosts Skill and Burst damage.

8
Toukabou Shigure
Toukabou Shigure

Elemental Mastery

Event weapon. High Elemental Mastery and a passive that increases damage against enemies affected by Hydro or Electro. Good for Spread.

9
The Black Sword
The Black Sword

CRIT Rate

Battle Pass sword. CRIT Rate and normal/charged attack damage bonus.

10
Summit Shaper
Summit Shaper

ATK%

ATK% sword that requires a shield to fully utilize passive. Decent if shielded.

11
Iron Sting
Iron Sting

Elemental Mastery

Craftable. Provides Elemental Mastery and a stacking damage boost after dealing elemental damage.

12
Blackcliff Longsword
Blackcliff Longsword

CRIT DMG

High CRIT DMG stat stick. Passive requires defeating enemies for ATK boost.

13
Harbinger of Dawn
Harbinger of Dawn

CRIT DMG

3-star with high CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG above 90% HP. Good early weapon.

14
Xiphos' Moonlight
Xiphos' Moonlight

Elemental Mastery

High Elemental Mastery and converts some EM to Energy Recharge for team. Good in teams needing ER.

15
Festering Desire
Festering Desire

Energy Recharge

Event weapon. Energy Recharge and Skill damage and CRIT Rate. Suboptimal but usable for ER.

16
Skyward Blade
Skyward Blade

Energy Recharge

High base ATK, Energy Recharge and a small CRIT rate. ER helps burst uptime.

Artifacts

Best in slot. 4-piece increases Elemental Mastery by up to 230 after triggering reactions. Boosts Spread damage.

4-piece reduces enemy Dendro RES by 30%. Essential if no other holder in team. Can sacrifice personal damage for team.

4-piece reduces enemy Dendro RES by 30%. Essential if no other holder in team. Can sacrifice personal damage for team.

4-piece increases CRIT Rate when HP changes. Not ideal as Alhaitham does not reliably trigger the passive. Use only as 2-piece for CRIT.

Substats Priority

1Energy Recharge
2CRIT Rate
3CRIT DMG
4Elemental Mastery
5ATK%

Talents Priority

1ESkill
2NANormal Attack
3QBurst

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

Elemental Mastery / ATK%

Goblet

Dendro DMG Bonus

Circlet

CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG

Burst up: Cast Burst (Q) then Skill (E). Follow with combo: N2D, 2N3D, N1C, 2N2C.
Burst down: Use Skill (E) first. Then combo: N1C, 5N2C, N1.

Spread DPS – Maximizes his kit by leveraging Spread reactions and Elemental Mastery-scaling Skill for significant damage. High on-field Dendro application and flexible teams suit Quicken/Quickbloom. Prioritize leveling to 90/90.
Light of Foliar Incision – Prefers Elemental Mastery sands even with fewer Spread procs (Bloom/Burgeon/Hyperbloom).
Toukabou Shigure – Best in single‑target; in AoE, falls behind Iron Sting and Blackcliff Longsword.
Harbinger of Dawn – With near‑perfect passive uptime, performs similarly to Haran Geppaku Futsu.
Xiphos' Moonlight / Festering Desire – Similar to The Black Sword in teams with higher Energy Recharge needs.
Wolf-Fang – At [R5], matches Haran Geppaku Futsu and Mistsplitter Reforged.
Uraku Misugiri – With a Geo unit, equals Light of Foliar Incision or slightly better in AoE when Foliar loses stacks.
Gilded Dreams (4) – Best if another unit holds Deepwood Memories; otherwise Deepwood Memories (4) is optimal.
Deepwood Memories (2) / Emblem of Severed Fate (2) / +80 EM set (2) – Split sets can match or surpass Gilded Dreams (4) with higher Energy Recharge needs or better substats.
Marechaussee Hunter (4) – With Furina, this is his best set.
Main Stat Priorities – In Quicken/Quickbloom: Elemental Mastery sands (~5% better). In Bloom/Burgeon/Hyperbloom with few Spread: ATK% sands (unless using Light of Foliar Incision). Energy Recharge sands for burst every rotation and more Dendro seeds.

Best teams for Alhaitham

1

Alhaitham Hyperbloom

SS

A high-damage Hyperbloom team with Alhaitham as driver, Lauma boosting Bloom, Xingqiu for Hydro, and Kuki for Hyperbloom trigger.

Alhaitham applies Dendro, Xingqiu applies Hydro to create Bloom cores. Lauma enhances Bloom into Lunar Bloom and reduces Dendro/Hydro RES. Kuki Shinobu triggers Hyperbloom with high EM Electro skill.

Team composition: Alhaitham (Dendro Main DPS), Lauma (Dendro Support), Xingqiu (Hydro Sub DPS), Kuki Shinobu (Electro Support)

Alhaitham·Dendro Main DPS

Infuses attacks with Dendro, generates Chisel-Light Mirrors for AoE Dendro projectiles.

Weapons: Light of Foliar Incision, Wolf-Fang

Artifacts: 2pc Deepwood Memories + 2pc Gilded Dreams

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Lauma·Dendro Support

Transforms Bloom into Lunar Bloom that can crit. Boosts team's Lunar Bloom DMG based on EM.

Weapons: Nightweaver's Looking Glass, Wandering Evenstar

Artifacts: 4pc Deepwood Memories

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Xingqiu·Hydro Sub DPS

Elemental Burst continuously applies Hydro to enemies.

Weapons: Sacrificial Sword

Artifacts: 4pc Silken Moon's Serenade

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Kuki Shinobu·Electro Support

Heals and triggers Hyperbloom with Electro skill. Maximize EM for Hyperbloom DMG.

Weapons: Key of Khaj-Nisut, Xiphos' Moonlight

Artifacts: 4pc Flower of Paradise Lost

Substats: Elemental Mastery

2

Alhaitham Hyperbloom #2

SS

A hyperbloom team where Alhaitham drives Dendro damage, Lauma converts Bloom into Lunar Bloom that can crit, Furina applies Hydro and buffs damage, and Kuki Shinobu triggers Hyperbloom with high Elemental Mastery.

Maximize Hyperbloom damage by using Lauma's Lunar Bloom enhancement and Kuki's Electro trigger, while Alhaitham generates Dendro cores and Furina provides Hydro and damage buffs.

Team composition: Alhaitham (Dendro Main DPS), Lauma (Dendro Support), Furina (Hydro Sub DPS), Kuki Shinobu (Electro Support)

Alhaitham·Dendro Main DPS

Infuses attacks with Dendro via Skill and generates Chisel-Light Mirror to unleash AoE Dendro projectiles. Burst deals damage based on mirror count.

Weapons: Light of Foliar Incision, Wolf-Fang

Artifacts: 4pc Marechaussee Hunter

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Lauma·Dendro Support

Transforms Bloom into Lunar Bloom with higher damage and crit capability. Skill stacks Hymn of Eternal Rest to boost Lunar Bloom. Reduces enemies' Dendro and Hydro RES and scales team's Lunar Bloom damage with her Elemental Mastery.

Weapons: Nightweaver's Looking Glass, Wandering Evenstar

Artifacts: 4pc Deepwood Memories

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Furina·Hydro Sub DPS

Provides continuous Hydro via Skill. Burst increases damage based on HP changes of allies, which her Skill enables by draining HP, healed by Kuki.

Weapons: Splendor of Tranquil Waters, Favonius Sword

Artifacts: 4pc Golden Troupe

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > HP% > Energy Recharge

Kuki Shinobu·Electro Support

Healer and Hyperbloom trigger. Skill applies Electro to activate Dendro cores. Maximizing Elemental Mastery boosts Hyperbloom damage significantly.

Weapons: Key of Khaj-Nisut, Xiphos' Moonlight

Artifacts: 4pc Flower of Paradise Lost

Substats: Elemental Mastery

3

Alhaitham Hyperbloom

S

Alhaitham drives the team as Main DPS, generating Dendro cores via <element type='hydro'>Hydro</element> from Xingqiu. Kuki Shinobu triggers Hyperbloom with high Elemental Mastery. Nahida provides additional <element type='dendro'>Dendro</element> application and EM buffs.

Alhaitham applies Dendro while Xingqiu applies Hydro to create Dendro cores. Kuki Shinobu triggers Hyperbloom with her Electro skill, dealing massive damage scaled off Elemental Mastery. Nahida boosts EM and provides off-field Dendro damage.

Team composition: Alhaitham (Dendro Main DPS), Nahida (Dendro Sub DPS), Xingqiu (Hydro Sub DPS), Kuki Shinobu (Electro Support)

Alhaitham·Dendro Main DPS

Alhaitham's Skill infuses attacks with <element type='dendro'>Dendro</element> and generates Chisel-Light Mirrors. Both Skill and Burst deal AoE <element type='dendro'>Dendro</element> DMG based on mirror count.

Weapons: Light of Foliar Incision, Wolf-Fang

Artifacts: 2pc Deepwood Memories + 2pc Gilded Dreams

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Nahida·Dendro Sub DPS

Nahida deals <element type='dendro'>Dendro</element> DMG via Skill, linking up to 8 enemies and triggering reactions. Burst buffs Skill based on teammates' elements.

Weapons: A Thousand Floating Dreams, Wandering Evenstar

Artifacts: 4pc Deepwood Memories

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK%

Xingqiu·Hydro Sub DPS

Xingqiu's Burst continuously applies <element type='hydro'>Hydro</element> to enemies, enabling Bloom reactions.

Weapons: Sacrificial Sword

Artifacts: 4pc Silken Moon's Serenade

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Kuki Shinobu·Electro Support

Kuki heals and triggers Hyperbloom by using Skill on <element type='dendro'>Dendro</element> cores. High Elemental Mastery maximizes Hyperbloom DMG.

Weapons: Key of Khaj-Nisut, Xiphos' Moonlight

Artifacts: 4pc Flower of Paradise Lost

Substats: Elemental Mastery

4

Alhaitham Lunar Bloom Hyperbloom

S

A Hyperbloom team where Alhaitham drives Dendro damage, Lauma transforms Blooms into high-damage Lunar Blooms, Nahida provides off-field Dendro, and Kuki Shinobu triggers Hyperbloom.

Alhaitham's Chisel-Light Mirrors enhance his Dendro damage, Lauma converts Blooms into crittable Lunar Blooms, Nahida applies Dendro and buffs, and Kuki's Electro procs Hyperbloom for massive reaction damage.

Team composition: Alhaitham (Dendro Main DPS), Lauma (Dendro Support), Nahida (Dendro Sub DPS), Kuki Shinobu (Electro Support)

Alhaitham·Dendro Main DPS

Skill infuses attacks with Dendro and generates Chisel-Light Mirrors for enhanced Normal Attack and Burst damage.

Weapons: Light of Foliar Incision, Wolf-Fang

Artifacts: 2pc Deepwood Memories + 2pc Gilded Dreams

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Lauma·Dendro Support

Transforms Bloom into Lunar Bloom that can crit. Boosts team's Lunar Bloom damage and reduces enemy Dendro and Hydro RES.

Weapons: Nightweaver's Looking Glass, Wandering Evenstar

Artifacts: 4pc Deepwood Memories

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Nahida·Dendro Sub DPS

Elemental Skill connects up to 8 enemies for Dendro damage. Burst buffs her Skill based on teammates' elements.

Weapons: A Thousand Floating Dreams, Wandering Evenstar

Artifacts: 4pc Silken Moon's Serenade

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK%

Kuki Shinobu·Electro Support

Provides healing and triggers Hyperbloom with her Electro Skill. Build full EM for maximum reaction damage.

Weapons: Key of Khaj-Nisut, Xiphos' Moonlight

Artifacts: 4pc Flower of Paradise Lost

Substats: Elemental Mastery

5

Alhaitham Spreading Team #2

S

Alhaitham teams with Yae Miko and Nahida for constant Spread reactions, shielded by Zhongli.

Alhaitham triggers Spread reactions with off-field Electro from Yae Miko and Dendro from Nahida, while Zhongli provides shield and buffs via Tenacity of the Millelith.

Team composition: Alhaitham (Dendro Main DPS), Yae Miko (Electro Sub DPS), Nahida (Dendro Sub DPS), Zhongli (Geo Support)

Alhaitham·Dendro Main DPS

Alhaitham's Skill infuses attacks with Dendro. His Burst deals AoE Dendro DMG based on Chisel-Light Mirrors, also generating them for Projectile attacks.

Weapons: Light of Foliar Incision, Wolf-Fang

Artifacts: 2pc Deepwood Memories + 2pc Gilded Dreams

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Yae Miko·Electro Sub DPS

Yae's Skill provides continuous off-field Electro for triggering reactions.

Weapons: Kagura's Verity, The Widsith

Artifacts: 4pc Golden Troupe

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > ATK% > Elemental Mastery

Nahida·Dendro Sub DPS

Nahida deals Dendro DMG via Skill linking 8 enemies. Her Burst buffs Skill based on teammates' elements.

Weapons: A Thousand Floating Dreams, Wandering Evenstar

Artifacts: 4pc Deepwood Memories

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK%

Zhongli·Geo Support

Zhongli's shield provides safe environment and team DMG buff via Tenacity of the Millelith set.

Weapons: Staff of Homa, Favonius Lance

Artifacts: 4pc Tenacity of the Millelith

Substats: HP% > CRIT Rate

6

Alhaitham Lunar Bloom

SS

A Bloom-focused team that leverages Alhaitham's on-field Dendro application with Xingqiu and Nilou's Hydro to generate Bloom cores. Lauma transforms these into Lunar Bloom, which deals higher damage and can crit, while also reducing enemy resistances.

Utilize Alhaitham as the primary Dendro DPS, supported by Xingqiu and Nilou for constant Hydro application. Lauma enhances Bloom reactions into Lunar Bloom, boosting damage and adding crit potential, while shredding Dendro and Hydro RES.

Team composition: Alhaitham (Dendro Main DPS), Lauma (Dendro Support), Xingqiu (Hydro Sub DPS), Nilou (Hydro Main DPS)

Alhaitham·Dendro Main DPS

Main DPS. Elemental Skill infuses attacks with Dendro and generates Chisel-Light Mirrors. Burst deals AoE Dendro DMG scaling with mirror count.

Weapons: Light of Foliar Incision, Wolf-Fang

Artifacts: 2pc Deepwood Memories + 2pc Gilded Dreams

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Lauma·Dendro SupportC1

Transforms Bloom into Lunar Bloom with higher DMG and crit capability. Elemental Skill stacks 'Hymn of Eternal Rest' to boost Lunar Bloom DMG. Reduces enemy Dendro and Hydro RES.

Weapons: Nightweaver's Looking Glass, Wandering Evenstar

Artifacts: 4pc Deepwood Memories

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Xingqiu·Hydro Sub DPS

Sub DPS. Elemental Burst continuously applies Hydro to enemies, enabling Bloom reactions.

Weapons: Xiphos' Moonlight

Artifacts: 4pc Flower of Paradise Lost

Substats: Elemental Mastery > Energy Recharge > CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > ATK%

Nilou·Hydro Main DPS

Provides Hydro for Bloom. Passive creates Bountiful Cores when team is only Dendro and Hydro, which burst quicker and deal larger AoE DMG.

Weapons: Key of Khaj-Nisut, The Dockhand's Assistant

Artifacts: 2pc Tenacity of the Millelith + 2pc Vourukasha's Glow

Substats: HP% > Elemental Mastery

7

Alhaitham Nilou Bloom

S

A Bloom team that leverages Nilou's passive to create Bountiful Cores for massive AoE Bloom damage. Alhaitham serves as the on-field Dendro driver, while Xingqiu provides off-field Hydro application and Yaoyao sustains the team with heals and Dendro DMG buffs.

Nilou's passive transforms Bloom cores into Bountiful Cores that detonate quickly and deal large AoE damage. Alhaitham's rapid Dendro application triggers constant Blooms with Xingqiu's Hydro, while Yaoyao heals and boosts team damage.

Team composition: Alhaitham (Dendro Main DPS), Yaoyao (Dendro Support), Xingqiu (Hydro Sub DPS), Nilou (Hydro Support)

Alhaitham·Dendro Main DPS

Main DPS. Skill infuses attacks with Dendro. Both Skill and Burst generate Chisel-Light Mirrors, causing AoE Dendro projectiles on hit. Burst deals scaling AoE Dendro DMG based on mirror count.

Weapons: Light of Foliar Incision, Wolf-Fang

Artifacts: 4pc Deepwood Memories

Substats: CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > Elemental Mastery > ATK% > Energy Recharge

Yaoyao·Dendro Support

Healer. Uses Tenacity of the Millelith to boost team ATK and provide a safe environment. At C1, increases Dendro DMG for teammates.

Weapons: Dialogues of the Desert Sages

Artifacts: 4pc Tenacity of the Millelith

Substats: HP% > Energy Recharge

Xingqiu·Hydro Sub DPS

Sub DPS. Burst continuously applies Hydro to enemies, enabling Bloom reactions.

Weapons: Xiphos' Moonlight

Artifacts: 4pc Flower of Paradise Lost

Substats: Elemental Mastery > Energy Recharge > CRIT DMG > CRIT Rate > ATK%

Nilou·Hydro Support

Bloom enabler. Passive creates Bountiful Cores when team only has Dendro and Hydro. These cores burst faster and deal larger AoE DMG than normal Bloom cores.

Weapons: Key of Khaj-Nisut, The Dockhand's Assistant

Artifacts: 2pc Tenacity of the Millelith + 2pc Vourukasha's Glow

Substats: HP% > Elemental Mastery

Alhaitham Skills

Passive Talents

Four-Causal Correction

Four-Causal Correction

Ascension Phase 1
When Alhaitham's Charged or Plunging Attacks hit opponents, they will generate 1 Chisel-Light Mirror. This effect can be triggered once every 12s.
Mysteries Laid Bare

Mysteries Laid Bare

Ascension Phase 4
Each point of Alhaitham's Elemental Mastery will increase the DMG dealt by Projection Attacks and Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena by 0.1%.
The DMG of both aforementioned abilities can be increased by a maximum of 100% this way.
Law of Reductive Overdetermination

Law of Reductive Overdetermination

Passive
When Alhaitham crafts Weapon Ascension Materials, he has a 10% chance to receive double the product.

Constellations

Intuition

Intuition

C1
When a Projection Attack hits an opponent, Universality: An Elaboration on Form's CD is decreased by 1.2s. This effect can be triggered once every 1s.
Debate

Debate

C2
When Alhaitham generates a Chisel-Light Mirror, his Elemental Mastery will be increased by 50 for 8 seconds, max 4 stacks. Each stack's duration is counted independently. This effect can be triggered even when the maximum number of Chisel-Light Mirrors has been reached.
Negation

Negation

C3
Increases the Level of Universality: An Elaboration on Form by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Elucidation

Elucidation

C4
When Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena is unleashed, the following effects will become active based on the number of Chisel-Light Mirrors consumed and created this time around:
·Each Mirror consumed will increase the Elemental Mastery of all other nearby party members by 30 for 15s.
·Each Mirror generated will grant Alhaitham a 10% Dendro DMG Bonus for 15s.

The pre-existing duration of the aforementioned effects will be cleared if you use Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena again while they are in effect.
Sagacity

Sagacity

C5
Increases the Level of Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Structuration

Structuration

C6
Alhaitham gains the following effects:
· 2 seconds after Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena is unleashed, he will generate 3 Chisel-Light Mirrors regardless of the number of mirrors consumed.
· If Alhaitham generates Chisel-Light Mirrors when their numbers have already maxed out, his CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG will increase by 10% and 70% respectively for 6s. If this effect is triggered again during its initial duration, the duration remaining will be increased by 6s.

Outfits

The Rational

The Rational

The Rational icon
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Alhaitham's outfit. "Don't bother the Scribe with trivialities... What do you think those soundproofers of his are for, anyway?" So observed an experienced staff member at the Temple of Silence.

Stats

Before Ascension
After Ascension
Ascend
-
1
Base HP
-
1039
Base ATK
-
24
Base DEF
-
61
Dendro DMG Bonus
-
0.0%

Ascension Materials

Mora

420,000

Nagadus Emerald Sliver

1

Nagadus Emerald Fragment

9

Nagadus Emerald Chunk

9

Nagadus Emerald Gemstone

6

Pseudo-Stamens

46

Sand Grease Pupa

168

Faded Red Satin

18

Trimmed Red Silk

30

Rich Red Brocade

36

LevelMoraMaterials
Lv.40
20,000
1
1
3
3
3
3
Lv.50
40,000
3
3
2
2
10
10
15
15
Lv.60
60,000
6
6
4
4
20
20
12
12
Lv.70
80,000
3
3
8
8
30
30
18
18
Lv.80
100,000
6
6
12
12
45
45
12
12
Lv.90
120,000
6
6
20
20
60
60
24
24

Talent Materials

Mora

1,652,500

Teachings of Ingenuity

3

Guide to Ingenuity

21

Philosophies of Ingenuity

38

Faded Red Satin

6

Trimmed Red Silk

22

Rich Red Brocade

31

Mirror of Mushin

6

Crown of Insight

1

LevelMoraMaterials
Lv.12
12,500
3
6
Lv.23
17,500
2
3
Lv.34
25,000
4
4
Lv.45
30,000
6
6
Lv.56
37,500
9
9
Lv.67
120,000
4
4
1
Lv.78
260,000
6
6
1
Lv.89
450,000
12
9
2
Lv.910
700,000
16
12
2
1