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To get Tartaglia’s Hydro blades, players have to use his Elemental Skill. It’s crucial to note that the hits Childe deals on this stance are considered Normal attack DMG and not Elemental Skill DMG. Therefore, the best weapons for Childe in Genshin Impact should enhance his Normal attack.
7 Blackcliff Warbow
Primary Stats: 565 Base ATK Secondary Stats: 36. 8% CRIT DMG Effect: After defeating an opponent, ATK is increased by 24% for 30s. This effect has a maximum of 3 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others.
Blackcliff Warbow has a somewhat similar playstyle to Childe’s mechanics in Genshin Impact. At R5, the Bow can enhance Childe’s ability to thrive as an AoE DPS by having his ATK% constantly increased as he keeps defeating enemies. Blackcliff’s CRIT DMG secondary stats also serves as a big addition to Tartaglia’s stats since he needs this kind of stats for his role.
6 Viridescent Hunt
Primary Stats: 510 Base ATK Secondary Stats: 27. 6% CRIT Rate Effect: Upon hit, Normal and Aimed Shot Attacks have a 50% chance to generate a Cyclone, which will continuously attract surrounding opponents, dealing 80% of ATK as DMG to these opponents every 0. 5s for 4s. This effect can only occur once every 10s.
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Viridescent Hunt has a classical kind of passive that activates an independent DMG, triggered by Childe’s Normal attacks. The Bow’s passive scales with Tartaglia’s ATK and can be triggered often because of its low cooldown. In addition, Viridescent Hunt’s secondary stats holds a decent amount of CRIT Rate, which can be helpful to trigger Childe’s Riptide.
5 Rust
Primary Stats: 510 Base ATK Secondary Stats: 41. 3% ATK Effect: Increases Normal Attack DMG by 80% but decreases Charged Attack DMG by 10%.
Rust is one of the best 4-star Bows in Genshin Impact. Simply place it in the hands of any character to maximize their Normal attacks’ DMG. When activating Tartaglia’s Elemental Skill, Foul Legacy Raging Tide, his attacks will be considered Normal attacks. At R5, Rust will add a whopping 80% buff to Childe’s Normal attacks, which will be added to all his Elemental Skill hits.
4 Skyward Harp
Primary Stats: 674 Base ATK Secondary Stats: 22. 1% CRIT Rate Effect: Increases CRIT DMG by 20%. Hits have a 60% chance to inflict a small AoE attack, dealing 125% Physical ATK DMG. Can only occur once every 4s.
Skyward Harp possesses something all Bows fail to bring to the table, having both CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG stats in one weapon. For that, Skyward Harp can be considered a standard pick for any DPS in Genshin Impact. Not to mention, Skyward Harp also has a high Base ATK, offering Childe solid stats buffs the moment he wields it.
3 Aqua Simulacra
Primary Stats: 542 Base ATK Secondary Stats: 88. 2% CRIT DMG Effect: HP is increased by 16%. When there are opponents nearby, the DMG dealt by the wielder of this weapon is increased by 20%. This will take effect whether the character is on-field or not.
As a classical Hydro user in Genshin Impact, Childe doesn’t scale with HP when dealing DMG like the new Hydro units. That makes Aqua Simulacra’s passive useless on him, but not completely. Even if the DMG addition is minimal, it’s still worth it when considering the whopping 88% CRIT DMG Aqua Simulacra offers.
2 Thundering Pulse
Primary Stats: 608 Base ATK Secondary Stats: 66. 2% CRIT DMG Effect: Increases ATK by 20% and grants the might of the Thunder Emblem. At stack levels 1/2/3, the Thunder Emblem increases Normal Attack DMG by 12/24/40%. The character will obtain 1 stack of Thunder Emblem in each of the following scenarios: Normal Attack deals DMG (stack lasts 5s), casting Elemental Skill (stack lasts 10s); Energy is less than 100% (stack disappears when Energy is full). Each stack’s duration is calculated independently.
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From the high Base ATK, to the solid CRIT DMG, into a great passive that crazily buffs Tartaglia’s Normal attacks by up to 40% at R1. Childe can find everything he needs when wielding Thundering Pulse in Genshin Impact.
1 Polar Star
Primary Stats: 608 Base ATK Secondary Stats: 33. 1% CRIT Rate Effect: Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG increased by 12%. After a Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst hits an opponent, 1 stack of Ashen Nightstar will be gained for 12s. When 1/2/3/4 stacks of Ashen Nightstar are present, ATK is increased by 10/20/30/48%. The stack of Ashen Nightstar created by the Normal Attack, Charged Attack, Elemental Skill, or Elemental Burst will be counted independently of the others.
While Polar Star and Thundering Pulse are so close in terms of DMG, Polar Star is Childe’s best-in-slot Bow in Genshin Impact. The Bow offers Tartaglia a consistent ATK buff alongside a 33% CRIT Rate to aid the Harbinger trigger Riptide more often.
Genshin Impact is now available on Mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is in development.
