Baizhu is a 5-star Dendro healer in Genshin Impact. Although he’s been around for quite some time, taking part in various quests, he’s now got a shot at being part of your roster as part of the version 3.6 update. He’s got a powerful support kit that can easily keep your characters in tip-top condition. Here’s our guide to help you with the best build and talents for Baizhu in Genshin Impact. Likewise, to learn more about the character, you can take a look at our other Baizhu guides regarding his best weapons / artifacts and best team comps.
Baizhu’s Best Talents and Abilities in Genshin Impact
Normal Attack: Classics of Acupuncture – Boosts your normal, charged, and plunging attacks; this can be completely ignored.
Elemental Skill: Universal Diagnosis – Throws a Gossamer Sprite that deals Dendro damage. It will either attack up to three times or return to Baizhu if there are no enemies nearby. When it returns, it will heal based on Baizhu’s max HP.
Elemental Burst: Holistic Revivification – Creates a shield that absorbs Dendro damage; will automatically refresh the shield every 2.5 seconds. The shield will heal your active character and attack one nearby enemy whenever it expires, refreshes, or breaks.
Priority: Burst = Skill > Normal Attack.
Baizhu’s Passives
Herbal Nourishment – When Baizhu is in the party, interacting with harvestable items will heal your active character for 2.5% of Baizhu’s max HP.
Five Fortunes Forever – Baizhu gains +20% healing bonus if the active character is below 50% HP, or +25% Dendro damage if they’re above 50% HP.
All Things Are of the Earth – Characters healed by the elemental burst’s shields will gain increased Dendro-based reaction damage: 2% for Burning, Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon; 0.8% for Aggravate and Spread. This bonus is applied for every 1,000 HP not exceeding 50,000.
Baizhu’s Constellations
C1: Attentive Observation – The elemental skill gains +1 extra charge.
C2: Incisive Discernment – An active character that attacks an enemy causes Baizhu to fire a sprite that deals 250% of Baizhu’s ATK and heals for 20% of the elemental skill’s value.
C3: All Aspects Stabilized – +3 elemental burst levels; caps at level 15.
C4: Ancient Art of Perception – +80 elemental mastery for all party members for 15 seconds after casting your elemental burst.
C5: The Hidden Ebb and Flow – +3 elemental skill levels; caps at level 15.
C6: Elimination of Malicious Qi – Increases elemental burst damage by 8% of Baizhu’s max HP; creates a shield after using your elemental skill.
We generally do not recommend getting a constellation for Baizhu. Healers rarely, if ever, completely alter the meta or greatly boost your team’s overall output. As such, you’re looking at negligible upgrades when compared to the costs.
Baizhu character summary
So, how exactly does Baizhu stack up in Genshin Impact, especially when we look at talents and roles?
- Baizhu is primarily used in a support role, so try not to expect too much if you want him to become a main DPS. For the most part, he’s just there to heal and apply a bit of Dendro. He can do this while off-field or on-field (i.e., a single normal attack applies Dendro since he’s a catalyst user).
- Due to how his elemental burst works, he’ll mostly be used for single-target Dendro application. However, his elemental skill can hit up to three enemies, which isn’t a full/group AoE attack.
- Although his elemental burst does create a shield, it’s laughable weak and will break easily. The good news is that being shielded prevents interruption. And, because the shield can get refreshed every 2.5 seconds, you’re looking at six interrupts prevented for each use.
- As a healer, Baizhu opens up additional options for your party. Still, he might not be quite a must-have character if you already have Yaoyao.
In any case, these are just some tips related to Baizhu’s best talents and build. For other facets about the character, you can take a look at our best weapons/artifacts guide and best team comps guide. Likewise, you can visit our Genshin Impact guides hub.
