[Game: Genshin Impact] Hu Tao Now

For those playing Genshin Impact the 77th Director of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, Hu Tao is finally here! She's only here for a limited time (3/2/2021 - 3/16/2021) and if you're wondering if she's worth rolling, she absolutely is. If you're playing the game for strong high tier characters Hu Tao's DPS is amazing. If you like story, she has a very fun story line. If you're on the waifu for laifu she is a great waifu. (She's supposed to be at least 18...I hope) Today I'll just be going over some common build's people are doing with her and what stats to be looking out for.

Here's a quick run down of her character:

Her Elemental Skill, "Guide to Afterlife" consumes 30% of her HP upon activation. However she receives a huge boost that scales off her maximum HP upon activation, to her attack damage as well as her attacks becoming Pyro damage. If you hit a target with a charged attack it applies the Blood Blossom debuff on her targets, which causes damage over time.

Her Elemental Burst is "Spirit Soother." Upon activation, she does AOE damage to all enemies in her radius. Upon hitting enemies with it Hu Tao will heal a percentage of her max HP. If Hu Tao is below 50% HP upon activation both damage and HP regeneration is increased.

Her passives are "The More the Merrier," which increases chances to cook an additional dish, "Flutter By," which increases the party (excluding Hu Tao) crit rate by 12% for 8s, and "Sanguine Rouge," which increases her Pyro damage by 33% if she's below 50%.

Hu Tao uses spear's as her primary weapon and her element is pyro. So item sets you'll want to look for are Crimson Witch of the Flames (4) and Gladiator's Finale (4). You can even mix up 2 piece Wanderer's Troupe for the elemental mastery, if you wanna do 2-piece with the previously mentioned sets.

Now for some stats to keep an eye out on. Since her Elemental Skill scales off her HP and is the main source of her big damage, obviously that will be one of the primary stats you want for her. You'll also want to keep an eye out for Pyro damage increase, crit damage, and crit rate. As for sub stats obviously again anything with HP will be a huge benefit as well, but also crit damage and crit rate are the other ones you would want to look for.

Her best weapon for her is the event polearm that dropped with this event "Staff of Homa." The weapons is literally built just for her. It gives her a boost in max HP as well as an attack boost when below 50% health. If you can't get that any other 5-star polearm you get works fine on her as well. "Dragon's Bane," is a good alternative if you don't have any 5-star spear. It has a nice passive that increases damage against enemies affected by Hydro or Pyro by 20%. (Combo with Xingqiu for better results.)

I was lucky enough to roll Hu Tao on the banner and I am having a blast playing her. I consistently have low health with her when engaging enemies so I'm walking a fine line between life and death (how fitting) to maximize her DPS. I'm now just experimenting who she synergizes well with and if you have any good ideas or suggestions please leave a comment below!