The best Sethos build in Genshin Impact will let you get some serious damage out of this four-star archer. Sethos has some pretty unique abilities for a bow-user, and though he's cursed with lower stats since he's a four-star, his interesting playstyle more than makes up for it.
Sethos is an electro unit who uses powerful charged shots that consume his energy normally, and then switches to normal attacks with electro infusion after using his burst. It’s the first time Genshin Impact has released an archer that actually wants to use both charged shots and normal shots, and he’s also in a great element, too. All that said, here's our favorite Sethos build.
The best Sethos build
When playing Sethos, you’ll generally want to start off with his skill to generate some energy, and then use his charged shots to deal damage. The fully-charged shots deal electro damage to everything in their path, and can even pierce enemies. They also use his elemental energy to decrease the time it takes to charge up those shots, meaning they’re a lot faster. This makes his charged shots take around the same time as Tighnari’s after he uses his skill, so he’ll feel like burst-firing rifle.
His elemental burst puts him into the Twilight Meditation state, which changes his normal attacks into piercing dusk bolts. These also pierce enemies, and are considered to be charged attack damage. This allows you to switch playstyles at will, which makes Sethos feel pretty special.
- Weapons: Hunter’s Path or Cloudforged
Sethos’ best weapon will change based on what team you’re putting him in. If you’re playing him in a quicken team, you’ll want Tighnari’s five-star Hunter’s Path bow. This weapon not only has a crit rate sub-stat, but also boosts all elemental damage, and increases the damage of charged attacks based on your elemental mastery. A lot of Sethos’ kit is buffed by elemental mastery, so this is a very good thing.
The other main option is the new four-star Cloudforged bow, which you’ll get from the Mutual Security Enhancing Simulation event in 4.7. This bow is practically built for Sethos, and not only has an elemental mastery sub-stat, but also boosts elemental mastery further when elemental energy is reduced. This will be an incredible option if you’re playing Sethos in hyperbloom teams.
- Artifacts: Wanderer’s Troupe (four-pieces equipped)
Sethos’ best artifact set is the Wanderer’s Troupe. This set boosts elemental mastery, but also substantially buffs charged attack damage for bow users. That’s incredibly hard to beat for Sethos. You can, however, also do well with the Gilded Dreams set, which boosts elemental mastery and attack, making it a solid second choice.
In terms of stats, you’ll want to go for all elemental mastery if you’re putting Sethos on a hyperbloom team because that’ll result in the highest damage. Otherwise, you’ll want elemental mastery on the sands, electro damage on the goblet, and a crit rate or crit damage circlet.
Sethos Abilities and Constellations
Here we have everything you need to know about Sethos’ abilities and constellations. Huge thanks to Honey Impact for having all of this information up:
Sethos ascension materials
Here are the ascension materials for Sethos:
- Vajrada Amethyst (One sliver, six gemstones, nine fragments, nine chunks)
- 18 Faded Red Satin
- 30 Trimmed Red Silk
- 36 Rich Red Brocade
- 46 Cloudseam Scale
- 168 Trishiraite
- 420,000 Mora
Vajrada Amethyst pieces can be obtained by fighting a few different bosses, but we recommend the Electro Regisvine and the Millenial Pearl Seahorse. You can get the Satin, Silk, and Brocade items by killing off Eremite enemies in Sumeru. Cloudseam Scales are gained by repeatedly murdering Solitary Suanni in Chenyu Vale in Liyue.
Finally, you can grab the Trishiraite in the Girdle of Sands in Sumeru. It’s a rock, so make sure you bring a Geo character or someone with a claymore to farm it efficiently.
