Best Ganyu Build: Weapons, Artifacts & Teams (v7.0)

MELT DPSFREEZE DPSMONO CRYO DPS

MELT DPS Build

Weapons

1

Astral Vulture's Crimson Plumage

CRIT DMG

Massive CRIT DMG; even if its passive doesn't fully match her field time, the base stats alone make it a top-tier stat stick.

2

Hunter's Path

CRIT Rate

CRIT Rate from the substat aids consistency, while the passive converts Elemental Mastery into extra Charged Attack damage—perfect for Melt.

3

The First Great Magic

CRIT DMG

High CRIT DMG and a passive that grants ATK when teammates share different elements; in a standard melt team it reliably raises her base damage.

4

Aqua Simulacra

CRIT DMG

One of the highest CRIT DMG values available; keep an enemy close to activate its conditional DMG bonus and amplify Melt hits.

5

Amos' Bow

ATK%

The flight-time passive rewards medium-to-long range shots, so her frostflake arrows land harder exactly when Melt triggers.

6

Polar Star

CRIT Rate

Clean CRIT Rate substat and a stack-based ATK buff that includes Charged Attack hits; easy to stack without relying on Burst.

7

Skyward Harp

CRIT Rate

Balanced CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG with an extra damage proc; a dependable all-rounder that never fights the melt rotation.

8

Thundering Pulse

CRIT DMG

The unconditional ATK buff and high CRIT DMG are useful, but its Normal Attack stacks are wasted on charged shots; treat it mostly as a stat stick.

9

Flower-Wreathed Feathers

ATK%

A reaction-friendly 4-star that offers Elemental Mastery and a useful damage nudge; a budget pick that keeps Melt scaling solid.

10

Hamayumi

ATK%

Skipping the Burst means her energy stays full, which doubles the passive and gives a strong, unconditional Charged Attack damage bonus.

11

Scion of the Blazing Sun

CRIT Rate

An accessible option whose passive lines up with charged-shot combat, making it a serviceable free-to-play bridge before pulling a 5-star bow.

12

Prototype Crescent

ATK%

Consistent weak-point hits are easy with her aimed shots, and the resulting ATK spike makes her Melt arrows hit much harder.

Artifacts

1

Wanderer's Troupe

4

The 2-piece Elemental Mastery raises Melt multipliers, and the 4-piece gives +35% Charged Attack damage—her core damage source.

2

Shimenawa's Reminiscence

4

Its 4-piece boosts Charged Attack damage by 50% for 10s after using Skill; since she rarely spends energy on Burst, the energy cost is easy to absorb.

3

Gilded Dreams

4

The 2-piece Elemental Mastery helps Melt, and in a multi-element melt team the 4-piece can grant extra ATK or EM for bigger reaction damage.

Choose 2

Blizzard Strayer

2

ATK +18% set

2

Elemental Mastery +80 set

2

Only the 2-piece Cryo damage bonus is useful here; the 4-piece loses value because melt teams need a Pyro aura, not frozen or cryo-affected enemies.

5

Unfinished Reverie

4

The 2-piece ATK bonus is a solid stat filler; its 4-piece can align with short quickswap melt windows but is generally a backup choice over dedicated charged-attack sets.

Substats Priority

1CRIT Rate

2CRIT DMG

3Elemental Mastery

4ATK%

Talents Priority

1NANormal Attack

2ESkill

3QBurst

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

Elemental MasteryATK%

Goblet

Cryo DMG Bonus

Circlet

CRIT RateCRIT DMG

Ganyu's Burst applies Cryo too frequently in most Melt teams, overriding the Pyro aura needed for her Charged Attack to trigger Melt. Skip it to keep reactions consistent.

Ganyu Cryo MELT DPS: Ganyu's Level 2 Charged Shot applies two instances of Cryo due to separate ICD, enabling two Melt triggers. Charged Attacks are the primary damage source; Skill and Burst contribution is negligible in most scenarios.
Weapon Choices: Amos' Bow – Level 2 Charge Shot Bloom extends flight time, granting 3 stacks even at point-blank. Flower-Wreathed Feathers scales very well with refinements; at [R5] it beats The First Great Magic. Hamayumi prefers Wanderer's Troupe (4); high refinements outperform Thundering Pulse and Skyward Harp. Scion of the Blazing Sun at [R5] beats Thundering Pulse and Skyward Harp. Prototype Crescent at high refinement with passive uptime can match Skyward Harp; performance drops if enemies lack weak spots.
Artifact Sets: Shimenawa's Reminiscence (4) vs Wanderer's Troupe (4) – 5 Charged Attacks within 10s favors Shimenawa, but difficult; Wanderer's Troupe deals more damage for most players. Unfinished Reverie outperforms both if consistent burn is applied.
Talent Priority: Burst is low priority in Melt builds; avoid casting it to prevent stealing Melt.
FREEZE DPS: In Cryo freeze teams, Burst is the main damage source; Charged Attacks are used only during downtime. With Shenhe, weapons with CRIT Rate/CRIT DMG or DMG% are slightly favored.
Weapon Choices: Polar Star – high CRIT Rate makes optimization harder. Amos' Bow underperforms other 5-star options in quickswap rotations (Ganyu Mona Venti Diona). Song of Stillness assumes healing before Burst. Prototype Crescent requires weak spot hit before Burst; at [R5] close to Skyward Harp. Mouun's Moon performance varies with team burst cost; at [R5] similar to Thundering Pulse.
Artifact Sets: Marechaussee Hunter (4) only with Furina; slightly worse than Blizzard Strayer (4).
MONO CRYO DPS: Uses Blizzard Strayer (4) and Cryo Resonance; Ganyu deals damage via both Charged Attacks and Burst.
Weapon Choices: Amos' Bow underperforms Skyward Harp with Shenhe. Flower-Wreathed Feathers at [R5] similar to Prototype Crescent [R5]. Prototype Crescent needs weak spot before Burst; at [R5] slightly better (without Shenhe) or worse (with) than Skyward Harp. Mouun's Moon varies with team burst cost; performs better with Shenhe. Song of Stillness assumes healing. Flower-Wreathed Feathers scales well with refinements; at [R5] closer to Amos' Bow.