Which character is Skyward Atlas best for?

How to Build Heizou in Genshin Impact

As a Catalyst user, the best build for Heizou in Genshin Impact should focus on dealing Swirl DMG with his Anemo abilities. Accordingly, the optimal way to maximize Swirl DMG output is by providing him with more Elemental Mastery. Therefore, starting with his weapon, Skyward Atlas is the best choice for Heizou in Genshin Impact.

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Skyward Atlas offers bonus ATK and Wandering Clouds, a Skill that bolsters Elemental DMG Bonus and deals extra ATK DMG to nearby enemies for 15 seconds at a 30-second interval. This passive ability has a 50% chance of triggering whenever Heizou performs a normal attack. However, the Skyward Atlas is not the only weapon players can use for Heizou. Three other Catalyst weaponry include: 

• Second-best Choice: Kagura’s Verity
• Third-best Choice: The Widsith
• Best F2P Option: Mappa Mare

Both Kagura’s Verity and The Widsith are acquired through gacha pulls, while the Mappa Mare can be crafted using a Northlander Catalyst Billet, Crystal Chunks ×50, and White Iron Chunks ×50. Unfortunately, Kagura’s Verity is currently unobtainable, but The Widsith is available in the Epitome Invocation that ends on August 2, 2022.

The best Artifact Set for Heizou’s build in Genshin Impact would undoubtedly be the Viridescent Venerer Set, which offers the best Artifacts for Anemo users. The primary stat that players should be looking for is Elemental Mastery, as it is the one that enhances Swirl DMG. For substats, Travelers can focus on acquiring more ATK%, CRIT Rate, and CRIT DMG for Heizou. To get the Viridescent Venerer Artifact Set, players must farm the Valley of Remembrance, a Domain located in the Windwail Highland of Mondstadt, south of the Dawn Winery. This Domain becomes available after reaching Adventure Level 25.

They’re both great universal weapons that work with every ATK-scaling DPS catalyst user. So it’s often recommended to just use whichever one you have.

You have equal chances of getting them in the standard banner, so you can’t really pick which one you get – unless they’re featured in the limited weapon banner.

Still, one can outperform the other depending on the wielder.

Here’s a more detailed comparison of the two weapons for each catalyst DPS.

For Klee

Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds slightly outperforms Skyward Atlas for Klee – they’re very close and almost equal.

Lost Prayer only pulls ahead because of its CRIT rate secondary stat.

Although Atlas has a much higher Base ATK, Klee already has numerous sources of attack buffs (like Bennett’s burst and Pyro Resonance).

This makes the ATK stat much more saturated – and CRIT stats more valuable.

Still, Klee can’t fully take advantage of Lost Prayer’s passive like she can with Atlas. Klee does spend enough field time to get nearly max passive stacks, but this takes some time to take effect. It gradually ramps up while she’s on-field, so she won’t fully benefit from the 4 stacks buff.

And because you have to switch characters between rotations, Klee loses all stacks every rotation.

In contrast, she’ll always benefit from Skyward Atlas’ passive. Even when Klee is off-field, its extra damage will continue to attack opponents.

For Lisa

Skyward Atlas is the better option for Lisa.

This is mostly because Lost Prayer doesn’t synergize well with Lisa in the first place.

She doesn’t spend enough field time to get more than 2 stacks of its passive, so she’ll never fully benefit from this weapon. In contrast, Lisa can easily use Skyward Atlas’ high Base ATK and damage bonus.

But Lost Prayer is still a 5-star weapon – it will outperform all her other 4-star options.

For Ningguang

Skyward Atlas and Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds are both great weapons for Ningguang.

One can situationally be better – very often because of your artifacts. Here’s a more detailed list of when one outperforms the other.

• If you already have good CRIT stats in your artifacts.
• For quickswap team where Ningguang doesn’t spend a lot of field time.

• If you don’t have enough CRIT on your artifacts – Lost Prayer’s CRIT rate can be helpful.
• For teams where Ningguang spends a lot of field time.

Or just use whichever weapon you have available. They’re Ningguang’s two strongest weapon options, so either will work great.

For Yae Miko

Skyward Atlas is easily Yae’s better weapon option.

Yae is an off-field DPS, so she doesn’t benefit from ATK buffs that require her to be on-field (like Bennett’s burst). So ATK isn’t a saturated stat for her. This lets her greatly benefit from the abundance of ATK that Atlas offers.

Plus she has little to no synergy with Lost Prayer’s passive.

She doesn’t spend enough field time to stack its passive, and she losses the stacks when she goes off-field anyway.

Still, Lost Prayer’s CRIT rate stat is always useful, so it’s still a great option – just worse than Atlas.

For Yanfei

Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds is Yanfei’s best-in-slot weapon.

Since she already gains a lot of external ATK buffs (like from Bennett’s burst and Pyro Resonance), ATK becomes a very saturated stat – and CRIT stats become more valuable.

Additionally, Yanfei doesn’t ascend with CRIT stats. Her only sources of CRIT are artifacts, weapons, and external buffs.

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