[Guide] Genshin Impact – Wanderer Kit and Build Overview

Wanderer, the Eons Adrift, is a 5-star Anemo Catalyst character featured in the first half of the 3.3 Update in Genshin Impact.

If you like using Heizou, then he is right up your alley as he plays much like him if not better. Short cooldown, superb multipliers, he is all around a solid on-field DPS for your needs.

WANDERER KIT

Wanderer’s Elemental Skill is “Hanega: Song of the Wind” and deals AoE Anemo Damage and leaps him upwards to enter him in the Windfavored state.

Windfavored changes his Normal and Charged Attack, increasing both of its damage and AoE. His Charged Attack also costs no stamina in this state.

When in Windfavored state, Wanderer will have a separate bar called the Kuugoryoku Points. The bar will deplete over time to keep him hovering in the air. You can sprint to dash mid air and jump to increase the hover even higher but that will consume the Kuugoryoku Points even faster.

The Windfavored state ends when the bar is completely depleted or when you recast his Elemental Skill.

Wanderer’s Elemental Burst is called “Kyougen: Five Ceremonial Plays” and it deals AoE Anemo Damage up to five times when used. His Elemental Burst will also end his Windfavored state should he be in it when cast.

WANDERER PASSIVE

His first passive is “Jade-Claimed Flower” that provides him with buffs when the initial AoE Anemo Damage from casting his Elemental Skill comes into contact with certain elements.

Hydro increases the cap to Kuugoryoku Points, Pyro increases his Attack%, Cryo increases his Crit Rate and Electro restores his Energy for each of his Normal and Charged Attack.

Only a maximum 2 of the buffs can be activated upon cast so you cannot have all 4 of the buffs at the same time, and the buffs last throughout his Windfavored state.

His second passive is “Gales of Reverie”, giving him the chance to activate Descent effect when he hits opponents with Normal or Charged Attack while in Windfavored state.

This Descent effect removes the Kuugoryoku Points consumption when dashing mid-air and will also fire off 4 arrows to deal Anemo Damage to enemies. The Descent effect is then removed afterwards.

His adventure skill decreases the mora cost when ascending Bows and Catalyst weapons, much like how Raiden does for Swords and Polearms.

ARTIFACTS

Main Stats:

Sets:

Artifact	Set Bonuses
Desert Pavilion Chronicle
	2-Piece: Anemo DMG Bonus +15%
	4-Piece: When Charged Attacks hit opponents, the equipping character’s Normal Attack SPD will increase by 10% while Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG will increase by 40% for 15s.

Desert Pavilion is the new artifact set in the update made for Wanderer. Not only does it provide bonus Anemo Damage, you can activate the 4-piece bonus without worry since Wanderer does not consume stamina when using Charged Attack in Windfavored state.

Artifact	Set Bonuses
Shimenawa’s Reminiscence
	2-Piece: ATK +18%.
	4-Piece: When casting an Elemental Skill, if the character has 15 or more Energy, they lose 15 Energy and Normal/Charged/Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 50% for 10s. This effect will not trigger again during that duration

Shimenawas Reminiscence is the best choice if you are going for Normal Attack focused gameplay for Wanderer. This however, would mean Wanderer would be unable to use his Burst to end his rotation due to the effects of the 4-piece bonus.

Artifact	Set Bonuses
Desert Pavilion Chronicle
	2-Piece: Anemo DMG Bonus +15%
Viridescent Venerer
	2-Piece: Anemo DMG Bonus +15%

Mixing Desert Pavillion and Viridescent Venerer is the budget option if you are not willing to farm for a perfect 4-piece of the first 2. As a catalyst user, Wanderer benefits greatly from the double bonus Anemo Damage.

WEAPONS

Weapon	Rarity	Substat	Passive	Comment
Tulaytullah’s Remembrance	5★	Crit Damage	Normal Attack SPD is increased by 10%. After the wielder unleashes an Elemental Skill, Normal Attack DMG will increase by 4.8% every second for 14s. After hitting an opponent with a Normal Attack during this duration, Normal Attack DMG will be increased by 9.6%. This increase can be triggered once every 0.3s. The maximum Normal Attack DMG increase per single duration of the overall effect is 48%. The effect will be removed when the wielder leaves the field, and using the Elemental Skill again will reset all DMG buffs.	Wanderer’s BiS, increasing not only his attack speed but also the damage from his Normal Attack both from casting his Elemental Skill and dealing Normal Attack.
Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds	5★	Crit Rate	Increases Movement SPD by 10%. When in battle, gain an 8% Elemental DMG Bonus every 4s. Max 4 stacks. Lasts until the character falls or leaves combat.	The next best choice since it passively increases his Elemental Damage up to 4 stacks. The bonus movement speed also works while in his Windfavored state, giving more leeway to reposition yourself.
The Widsith	4★	Crit Damage	When the character takes the field, they will gain a random theme song for 10s. This can only occur once every 30s. Recitative: ATK is increased by 60%. Aria: Increases all Elemental DMG by 48%. Interlude: Elemental Mastery is increased by 240.	Two of the random passives from The Widsith greatly benefit Wanderer while the bonus Elemental Mastery works if your team is more reaction focused.
Dodoco Tales	4★	Attack %	Normal Attack hits on opponents increase Charged Attack DMG by 16% for 6s. Charged Attack hits on opponents increase ATK by 8% for 6s.	Good choice especially when you play Wanderer for his Windfavored state since Wanderer’s Charged Attack does not consume any stamina while in that state.

TEAMS

Character	Rarity	Element	Comment
Faruzan	4★	Anemo	Faruzan is the prime choice in your team since she’s built to support Anemo DPS much like how Shenhe is for Cryo DPS, from bonus Anemo Damage to Anemo Shredding.
Yun Jin	4★	Geo	Yun Jin is the Normal Attack support that would work well with Wanderer while also giving him a shield for a little bit of survivability. Jean would be a better choice but it’ll require C4.
Jean	5★	Anemo
Xingqiu	4★	Hydro	Yelan and Xingqiu provide bonus DPS to Wanderer’s Normal Attack and casting his Elemental Skill to Hydro afflicted enemies gives more duration to his Windfavored state.
Yelan	5★
Venti	5★	Anemo	Either Venti or Kazuha would synergize well in not only giving the Anemo Resonance but to also group enemies up to benefit the increased AoE from Wanderer’s attacks.
Kazuha

STRENGTH

Wanderer’s is a pure on-field DPS that can stay on the field for as long as you need. You can pretty much go monkey brain with him since both his Elemental Skill and Burst comes with a short cooldown. The Burst also comes with a 60-cost battery and unless you are running Shimenawa on him, you can pretty much have his Burst ready every time it finishes cooldown.

WEAKNESS

If there is one thing that Wanderer is weak at is in Reactions. Much like Heizou and Xiao, Wanderer does not benefit greatly with Swirl damages, even more so since he does not have any significant bonus when other elements are included.

The only benefit of other elements in the party is from his passive “Jade-Claimed Flower” and even then, it is to buff up his Windfavored state and support his Normal Attack.

SHOULD YOU PULL

2 years since he drops in and calls the sky fake and if you’ve been waiting that long, then I salute you for your dedication. He is downright a menace and I respect your choices if you want to roll for him. He is even good gameplay wise since the multipliers for his offense are pretty solid with short cooldowns on his kit.

His only downside is his lack in Elemental Reactions which is one of the key features in the Spiral Abyss. Outside of the current season which favours him, he probably would not replace any existing Spiral team but can still be a solid DPS for it, especially with Faruzan on the team.

Scara-, I mean Wanderer is a good choice to pull for if you are on the fence since he is only lacking if you are playing Genshin on the more meta side of things and otherwise, he is a pretty solid character all around.

He also floats. Can you imagine just how easy exploration is with that floating? Practically SSS tier if I say so myself.

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Genshin Impact

Publisher: miHoYo

Developer: miHoYo

Release Date: 2020-09-28

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