Arlecchino Genshin Impact: a guide and construction

The disclosure of all the Harbingers, including Genshin Impact's Arlecchino , also known as The Knave or just Father, is drawing nearer to Snezhnaya every day.She was one of the archon quest members we encountered in Fontaine, and now she may join our teams as a powerful Pyro user. See her greatest weaponry, combinations of artifacts, and team compositions by reading on.

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Our Genshin Impact Arlecchino guide contains the following information:

Build
Weapons
Artifacts
Team comps
Constellations
Ascension materials
Talent materials

Which Genshin Impact Arlecchino build is the best?


Best weapon	Crimson Moon’s Semblance
Weapon substitutes	Staff of Homa, Deathmatch
Best artifact set	Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy
Main stats	Sands – Attack Goblet – Pyro damage bonus Circlet – Crit rate/damage
Sub stats	Crit rate, crit damage, attack, energy recharge

Note that Arlecchino is a pyro DPS who applies a Bond of Life to herself and that other party members are unable to heal her during combat.

Crimson Moon's Semblance is Arlecchino's greatest weapon, while Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy is her finest artifact set. Her kit is quite DPS-specific, thus these are the things you should try to get.

She uses her elemental talent to attack foes and then applies a Blood-Debt Directive to them during fight. She absorbs and clears the status if she attacks adversaries with this Blood Debt with her burst or a charged strike. She gains a Bond of Life as a result. This Bond shortens Arlecchino's elemental skill's cooldown, boosts her attacks, and absorbs any healing she gets.

A great bonus is that Arlecchino's polearm assumes the form of a scythe during her strikes. This may just apply to her trademark weapon, but it's still really awesome.

Which weapons suit Arlecchino the best?

Polearm user Arlecchino has her own distinctive weapon, Crimson Moon's Semblance, which she unveiled with her debut banner. We are unable to propose any particular polearms for you to be ready for at this time since we do not yet know the specifics of this weapon or what she scales off.

Weapon	Effect	How to obtain
Crimson Moon’s Semblance (five-star)	Bonus stat: Increases crit rate Effect: Grants a Bond of Life (equal to 25% of Arlecchino’s HP) when a charged attack hits an opponent. This can trigger once every 14 seconds. She gains a 12% damage bonus when the Bond of Life is active. If the Bond of Life goes over 30% of Arlecchino’s HP, she gets an extra 24% damage bonus	Weapon banner (alongside Arlecchino)
Staff of Homa (five-star)	Bonus stat: Increases crit damage Effect: Increases Arlecchino’s HP by 20%, and provides an attack bonus based on 0.8% of her maximum HP. When her HP drops to less than 50%, the attack bonus increases to 1.8%	Weapon banner (alongside Hu Tao)
Deathmatch (four-star)	Bonus stat: Increases attack Effect: If there are two or more enemies nearby, Arlecchino’s attack and defense increase by 16%. If there are less than two, her attack increases by 24%	All banners
White Tassel (three-star)	Bonus stat: Increases attack Effect: Arlecchino’s normal attack damage increases by 24%	All banners

Which relics are the greatest fit for Arlecchino?

The greatest choice for her is Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy, a four-piece set that was debuted concurrently with Arlecchino and plays into the Bond of Life mechanism. However, if you're having trouble finding a nice, complete set, you do have some additional choices.

Artifact set	Effect	How to obtain
Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy	Two equipped: Increases attack Four-piece set: When the value of a Bond of Life increases or decreases, Arlecchino deals 18% more damage for six seconds. This can stack three times	Faded Theater domain in Fontaine
Shimenawa’s Reminiscence	Two equipped: Increases attack Four-piece set: When Arlecchino uses her elemental skill if she has 15 or more energy, she loses this and gains a 50% damage bonus to her normal, charged, and plunge attack damage for ten seconds	Momiji-Dyed Court domain in Inazuma
Echoes of an Offering	Two equipped: Increases attack Four-piece set: When Arlecchino’s normal attack hits an opponent, there is a 36% chance to trigger Valley Rite. This increases her normal attack damage by 70% of her attack stat. This dispels 0.5 seconds after her normal attack deals damage. If an attack fails to trigger Valley Rite, the odds of it triggering next time increase by 20%	The Lost Valley domain on the Chasm’s surface
Crimson Witch of Flames	Two-piece set: Increases pyro damage Four-piece set: This set increases overloaded, burning, and burgeon damage by 40%, and vaporize and melt by 15%. Using an elemental skill increases the two-piece effects by 50% for ten seconds, which can stack three times	Hidden Palace of Zhou Formula domain in Liyue
Gladiator’s Finale	Two equipped: Increases attack Four-piece set: Because Arlecchino uses a polearm, she gets the four-piece bonus of a 35% damage increase on her normal attacks	Reward for Trounce Domains, world bosses, and the strongbox

Recommendations for artifact stats

As you choose artifacts, don't forget to consider the statistics. Though it's common knowledge, pay attention to the primary and secondary statistics.

Principal statistics:

Sands: Attack
Goblet: Pyro damage bonus
Circlet: Crit rate/damage

Sub-stats:

Genshin Impact Arlecchino during her boss fight, holding two weapons

Crit rate/crit damage

Attack/attack %

Energy recharge

Which Arlecchino team competitions are the best?

As your primary DPS, Arlecchino gains from the use of groupers like Kazuha or Sucrose, buffers like Bennett, and certain response enhancers like an electro or hydro unit.As Furina of Genshin Impact is a great hydro applicator, but when used with Arlecchino's Bond of Life, her HP drain mechanism might make it difficult to maintain their mutual health and build synergy. Thus, we advise using Xingqiu or Yelan instead if you have them.

It's important to keep in mind that Arlecchino has a passive skill that prevents other party members from healing her during fight. Zhongli will be a wonderful choice to keep her safe if you have him.

First character slot	Second character slot	Third character slot	Fourth character slot
Arlecchino	Xiangling	Yelan	Kazuha
Arlecchino	Xingqiu	Yelan	Bennett
Arlecchino	Chevreuse	Fischl	Thoma

What skills does Arlecchino possess?

This is the whole of Arlecchino's abilities. A lot of pyro damage, as a hint!

Skills in action:

Skill	Effect
Normal attack: Invitation to a Beheading	Normal: Arlecchino performs up to six strikes with her polearm Charged: She consumes stamina to charge forward toward an enemy. Holding this button causes her to consume more stamina, but she can float for five seconds Plunging: Arlecchino plunges from mid-air to strike the ground, dealing damage to opponents close by
Normal attack: Masque of the Red Death	When Arlecchino has a Bond of Life equal to (or greater than) 30% of her maximum HP, she enters the Masque of the Red Death state. This converts her normal, charged, and plunge attack damage to pyro damage and cannot be overridden. When in this state, her normal attacks deal extra damage to opponents, scaling off her attack stat, multiplied by a percentage of the Bond of Life. This consumes 7.5% of the current Bond of Life and can trigger every 0.3 seconds
Elemental skill: All is Ash	Arlecchino summons Balemoon Bloodfire, which deals pyro damage to multiple targets. She also dashes toward them, dealing AoE pyro damage. Opponents hit with this attack will have a Blood-Debt Directive applied to them Blood-Debt Directive: This lasts 30 seconds. Two instances of extra pyro damage trigger five seconds apart. When Arlecchino uses a charged attack or elemental burst, she absorbs any nearby Directives, which each give her a Bond of Life worth 65% of her maximum HP, up to a maximum of 145%. Using her elemental skill again during this time restarts the count on duration
Elemental burst: Balemoon Rising	Arlecchino’s great wing of Bloodfire causes her to absorb and clear Blood-Debt Directives. In this attack, she deals AoE pyro damage around her, while clearing the cooldown of her skill – All is Ash – and healing herself based on her Bond of Life value and attack stat

Skills in passivity:

Skill	Effect
Agony Alone May Be Repaid	Blood-Debt Directives have the following characteristics: -Arlecchino gets a Bond of Life worth 130% of her maximum HP when an opponent with the Directive gets defeated -Five seconds after applying a Directive, it upgrades to Blood-Debt Due. This, when absorbed, grants a Bond of Life worth 130%. A Bond of Life created in these ways cannot exceed the previous limit of All is Ash Bonds of Life
Strength Alone Can Defend	Arlecchino gains 1% elemental and physical resistance for every 100 attack she has over 1,000. The maximum she can gain from this is 20%
The Balemoon Alone May Know	When in combat, Arlecchino gains a 40% pyro damage bonus and can only be healed through Balemoon Rising

What constellations does Arlecchino use?

If you've been saving up, Arlecchino has some exceptional talents in her constellations. If you're pulling for more than one copy of her, we suggest aiming for her C2 and C6, since they are strong damage dealers.

Constellation	Effect
C1 – “All Reprisals and Arrears, Mine to Bear…”	Masque of the Red Death further enhances to 100%. Arlecchino’s interruption resistance increases when she performs a normal or charged attack under the Masque
C2 – “All Rewards and Retribution, Mine to Bestow…”	Blood-Debt Directives are now Blood-Debt Due by default. When she absorbs a Due, Arlecchino unleashes Balemoon Bloodfire in front of her, dealing 900% of her attack as pyro damage. This also increases her elemental resistance and physical resistance by 20% for 15 seconds. This can trigger once every ten seconds
C3 – “You Shall Become a New Member of Our Family…”	Increases Arlecchino’s normal attack level by three, up to a maximum of level 15
C4 – “You Shall Love and Protect Each Other Henceforth…”	When Arlecchino absorbs a Blood-Debt Directive, Balemoon Rising’s cooldown decreases by two seconds, and she gains 15 energy. This can occur once every ten seconds
C5 – “For Alone, We Are as Good as Dead…”	Increases the level of Balemoon Rising by three, up to a maximum of level 15
C6 – “From This Day On, We Shall Delight in New Life Together…”	The damage of Balemoon Rising increases by Arlecchino’s attack stat, multiplied by 700% of her current Bond of Life. For 20 seconds after using her skill, All is Ash, her normal attacks and elemental burst gain 10% crit rate and 70% crit damage. This can trigger once every 15 seconds

Genshin Impact Arlecchino with her hands crossed in front of her, and Lynette behind

What materials does Arlecchino use for ascension?

The key is ascending Arlecchino. You will need rainbow flowers found in Fontaine's overworld, agnidus agate jewels, and Fatui enemy drops in order to do it.

Required level	Mora	Materials
20	20,000	One agnidus agate sliver, three rainbow roses, three recruit’s insignia
40	40,000	Three agnidus agate fragments, two fragments of a golden memory, ten rainbow roses, 15 recruit’s insignia
50	60,000	Six agnidus agate fragments, four fragments of a golden memory, 20 rainbow roses, 12 sergeant’s insignia
60	80,000	Three agnidus agate chunks, eight fragments of a golden memory, 30 rainbow roses, 18 sergeant’s insignia
70	100,000	Six agnidus agate chunks, 12 fragments of a golden memory, 45 rainbow roses, 12 sergeant’s insignia
80	120,000	Six agnidus agate gemstones, 20 fragments of a golden memory, 60 rainbow roses, 24 sergeant’s insignia

You may locate all the things you need for her here:

Agnidus agate – these pyro gems drop from weekly and normal bosses, especially the pyro regisvine, pyro hypostasis, and king of fire and iron
Rainbow roses – these flowers grow in Fontaine’s overworld
Fragment of a golden memory – this boss drop comes from the statue of marble and brass boss in Fontaine’s Remuria area
Lieutenant, recruit, and sergeant insignia – these items drop from Fatui enemies in the overworld all across Teyvat

What skill materials does Arlecchino have?

In order to equip Father with the necessary skills, there are a few things you'll need.

Talent level	Mora	Materials
Two	12,500	Six recruit’s insignia, three teachings of order
Three	17,500	Three sergeant’s insignia, two guides to order
Four	25,000	Four sergeant’s insignia, four guides to order
Five	30,000	Six sergeant’s insignia, six guides to order
Six	37,500	Nine sergeant’s insignia, nine guides to order
Seven	120,000	Four lieutenant’s insignia, four philosophies of fairness, one fading candle
Eight	260,000	Six lieutenant’s insignia, six philosophies of order, one fading candle
Nine	450,000	Nine lieutenant’s insignia, 12 philosophies of order, two fading candles
Ten	700,000	12 lieutenant’s insignia, 16 philosophies of order, two fading candles, one crown of insight

Visit these places to find all of these drops and certain talent pieces:

Lieutenant, recruit, and sergeant insignia – these items drop from Fatui enemies in the overworld all across Teyvat
Order talent books – farm these in the Pale Forgotten Glory domain in Fontaine on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays
Fading candles – you can get these as a reward for the Knave weekly boss Fontaine’s Mont Esus East area. If you don’t get the right drop, you can transform them at an alchemy station

Priority talent:

Normal attack > elemental skill > elemental burst

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