Genshin Impact Xiao Build

Polearm

Anemo Liyue Adeptus 17/4 Alatus Nemeseos Taishan Mansion

A yaksha adeptus who defends Liyue. Also heralded as the "Conqueror of Demons" and "Vigilant Yaksha."

Best Xiao Builds

DPS Build

Weapons

Fractured Halo

CRIT DMG

Staff of Homa

CRIT DMG

Primordial Jade Winged-Spear

CRIT Rate

Lumidouce Elegy

CRIT Rate

Symphonist of Scents

CRIT DMG

Staff of the Scarlet Sands

CRIT Rate

Calamity Queller

ATK%

Deathmatch

CRIT Rate

Crimson Moon's Semblance

CRIT Rate

Vortex Vanquisher

ATK%

Skyward Spine

Energy Recharge

Blackcliff Pole

CRIT DMG

Tamayuratei no OhanashiR5

Energy Recharge

ATK%

ATK%

ATK%

ATK%

Energy Recharge

CRIT Rate

Artifacts

Marechaussee Hunter

Vermillion Hereafter

Long Night's Oath

Desert Pavilion Chronicle

Choose 2

Long Night's Oath

ATK +18% set

Emblem of Severed Fate

Substats Priority

1Energy Recharge

2CRIT Rate

3CRIT DMG

4ATK%

Talents Priority

1NANormal Attack

2QBurst

3ESkill

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

ATK%

Goblet

Anemo DMG Bonus / ATK%

Circlet

CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG

Xiao's Optimal Skill Rotation:
Skill -> Skill -> Burst -> Plunge Combo

Xiao's Plunge Combo:
Single Target:

Normal Attack -> Charged Attack -> High Plunge (no collision possible)
Normal Attack -> Charged Attack -> Low Plunge (collision only possible on Low Plunge)
High Plunge spam (collision possible on High Plunge)

Multiple Targets:

High Plunge spam

General Tips:

Use Xiao's Elemental Mastery (EM) to increase Elemental Skill damage.
Equip Wolf's Gravestone or Gladiator's Finale artifact set for increased Elemental Burst damage.
Consider a 5-piece Gladiator's Finale set for increased Elemental Burst damage.

Team Composition:

Xiao (main DPS)
Keqing or Qiqi (support)
Barbara or Heizou (healer)

Farming Locations:

Winds of the Dawn (for Xiao's Elemental Mastery materials)
Wanderer's Paradise (for Xiao's Elemental Burst materials)

DPS
Xiao is a Hypercarry that revolves around plunge attacks. His expensive Elemental Burst requires a high amount of Energy Recharge and/or at least one Anemo battery (e.g., Sucrose, C6 Faruzan, Xianyun) on the team to recharge his burst effectively.
Weapon Choices:

Calamity Queller: Becomes more valuable in teams without Bennett or Xianyun.
Crimson Moon's Semblance: A strong stat stick with high base attack and Crit Rate substat. Its passive can be utilized by performing a charged attack at the start of Xiao's burst in teams without or with only Bennett's healing.
Vortex Vanquisher: Assumes no shield on the team. Performs better in teams with a shield or without Xianyun or Bennett.
Skyward Spine and Favonius Lance: These weapons shine in teams with very high Energy Recharge requirements.
Blackcliff Pole: Similar to Calamity Queller in teams with Bennett. Its passive is unreliable but can slightly improve rankings when triggered.
Lithic Spear: Performance varies with refinements and stacks. At R5, it matches Blackcliff Pole with one stack and Calamity Queller with two stacks.
Missive Windspear [R5]: If Xiao can reliably trigger its passive, it performs closer to Blackcliff Pole.
Prospector's Drill: At R5, it matches Skyward Spine with a reliable healer present.

Artifact Sets:

Marechaussee Hunter (4): Outperforms Vermillion Hereafter (4) with Bennett or Xianyun on the team. Difficult to build around with Crit Rate weapons.
Long Night's Oath (4): A strong alternative but not recommended to farm due to its inefficient domain and dependency on team and skill mechanics.
Desert Pavilion Chronicle (4): Perform a charged attack at the start of Xiao's burst to maximize its effect. With a low base attack weapon and Bennett, it matches Vermillion Hereafter (4). Not worth farming specifically for Xiao.

Detailed comparisons here.

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Weapons

Primordial Jade Winged-Spear

CRIT Rate

CRIT DMG

CRIT Rate

CRIT DMG

CRIT Rate

Artifacts

Vermillion Hereafter

Gladiator's Finale

Viridescent Venerer

Shimenawa's Reminiscence

Shimenawa's Reminiscence

Best Xiao Teams

Xiao Skills

Whirlwind Thrust

Normal Attack
Performs up to 6 consecutive spear strikes.

Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to perform an upward thrust.

Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Xiao does not take DMG from performing Plunging Attacks.

Lemniscatic Wind Cycling

According to the legends of another land, the world will someday be crushed by two great wind wheels. Xiao's mastery over polearms is transcendent, ripping his foes apart like those legendary wind wheels.

Bane of All Evil

Donning the Mask of the Yaksha, Xiao takes the terrifying, demon-conquering form of the Vigilant Yaksha. But this great power has also brought him great suffering. Some call him "The Bane of All Evil."

Xiao dons the Yaksha Mask that set gods and demons trembling millennia ago.

Yaksha's Mask
·Greatly increases Xiao's jumping ability.
·Increases his attack AoE and attack DMG.
·Converts attack DMG into Anemo DMG, which cannot be overridden by any other elemental infusion.

In this state, Xiao will continuously lose HP.
The effects of this skill end when Xiao leaves the field.

Passive Talent

Conqueror of Evil: Tamer of Demons

Ascension Phase 1

While under the effects of Bane of All Evil, all DMG dealt by Xiao increases by 5%. DMG increases by a further 5% for every 3s the ability persists.
The maximum DMG Bonus is 25%.

Dissolution Eon: Heaven Fall

Ascension Phase 4

Using Lemniscatic Wind Cycling increases the DMG of subsequent uses of Lemniscatic Wind Cycling by 15%.
This effect lasts for 7s, and has a maximum of 3 stacks. Gaining a new stack refreshes the effect's duration.

Transcension: Gravity Defier

Passive

Decreases climbing Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%.
Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.

Constellations

Dissolution Eon: Destroyer of Worlds

Constellation Lv. 1

Increases Lemniscatic Wind Cycling's charges by 1.

Annihilation Eon: Blossom of Kaleidos

Constellation Lv. 2

When in the party and not on the field, Xiao's Energy Recharge is increased by 25%.

Conqueror of Evil: Wrath Deity

Constellation Lv. 3

Increases the Level of Lemniscatic Wind Cycling by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Transcension: Extinction of Suffering

Constellation Lv. 4

When Xiao's HP falls below 50%, he gains a 100% DEF Bonus.

Evolution Eon: Origin of Ignorance

Constellation Lv. 5

Increases the Level of Bane of All Evil by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Conqueror of Evil: Guardian Yaksha

Constellation Lv. 6

While under the effects of Bane of All Evil, hitting at least 2 opponents with Xiao's Plunging Attack will immediately grant him 1 charge of Lemniscatic Wind Cycling, and for the next 1s, he may use Lemniscatic Wind Cycling while ignoring its CD.