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Tighnari’s apprentice was one of the first characters the Traveler met upon arriving in Sumeru and one of the first playable Dendro characters in the game. Collei and Dendro were game-changers in Genshin Impact for elemental resonances, builds, teams, and reactions. Fortunately for the players, HoYoverse gave Collei for free just by finishing the quest that led to entering Sumeru. But just because it’s free doesn’t mean Collei is a bad character; it’s quite the opposite. This is the time for your trainee forest ranger to show off.
The Best Collei Build in Genshin Impact
Collei is one of the best Dendro characters because, being the first character of this element in Genshin Impact, HoYoverse made sure to make a flexible build for her. This ranger has a skill with many effects that can help trigger Quicken and Spread Reactions. It is also a better option than the Dendro Traveler, allowing you to use it with Electro or Hydro for Bloom and Hyperbloom reactions.
The Best Artifacts for Collei
The best artifact set for Collie is Deepwood Memories, one of the artifacts that best catalyze her skills. This set is better for Dendro supports to crate basic reactions with this element and do Dendro damage. This is because when we came to Sumeru with the new compositions, Collei was the transition to making the first teams. Now, with more Dendro characters, Collei has become one of the best supports.
| Artifact Set | Effects | How to Acquire |
|---|---|---|
| Deepwood Memories | 2-Pieces: Dendro DMG Bonus +15%.4-Pieces: After Elemental Skills or Bursts hit opponents, the targets’ Dendro RES will be decreased by 30% for 8s. This effect can be triggered even if the equipping character is not on the field. | Spire of Solitary Enlightenment Domain in Avidya Forest, Sumeru. |
Best Alternatives
The best part of the builds in Genshin Impact is that you don’t have to follow the same recipe. So, changing your Collei to be your main damage dealer is possible. To make this bow user become a Sub-DPS or even a DPS, Gilded Dreams is your best choice for dangerous Aggravate reactions.
| Artifact Set | Effects | How to Acquire |
|---|---|---|
| Gilded Dreams | 2-Pieces: Elemental Mastery +80.4-Pieces: Within 8s of triggering an Elemental Reaction, the character equipping this will obtain buffs based on the Elemental Type of the other party members. ATK is increased by 14% for each member whose Elemental Type is the same as the equipping character, and EM is increased by 50 for every member with a different Elemental Type. Each of the buffs will count up to 3 characters. This effect can be triggered once every 8s and even when not on the field. | Spire of Solitary Enlightenment Domain in Avidya Forest, Sumeru. |
Best Main and Sub-Stats
One of Collei’s weaknesses is that her Skill Cooldown is very long and costs a lot of energy particles, which you must compensate with Energy Recharge. Besides that, she doesn’t apply Dendro constantly; Elemental Mastery is ideal for increasing her damage and improving buffs.
- Sands: Energy Recharge / ATK% / Elemental Mastery
- Goblet: Dendro DMG
- Circlet: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
- Substats: Energy Recharge > CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG > ATK% / Elemental Mastery
The Best Weapons for Collei
Elegy for the End is a 5-start weapon from Genshin Impact. It provides both recharge and Elemental Mastery, two of the essential stats for Collei. This Forest ranger can take full advantage of this bow’s passive and, together with Deepwood Memories, will maximize her Dendro damage.
| Artifact Set | Effects | How to Acquire |
|---|---|---|
| Elegy for the End | Increased Elemental Mastery by 60. Gain sigils when dealing damage with Elemental Skill or Burst every .2s even when off-field. At 4 sigils, all sigils will be consumed and Elemental Mastery is increased by 100 and ATK increased by 20% for 12s. Once the effect is triggered, you cannot gain Sigils for 20s. The same buffs from the Millennial Movement series does not stack. | Weapon Event Wishes. |
The Best 4-Star and F2P Weapons
Favonius Warbow is one of the most accessible weapons in the game. But to use it with Collei, you must upgrade its refinement and use it with Gilded Dreams. Gilded Dreams can turn Collei into a DPS by improving his CRIT, and that stat will make it easier to activate the Skill of this bow.
| Artifact Set | Effects | How to Acquire |
|---|---|---|
| Favonius Warbow | CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. It can only occur once every 12s. | From any banner or A Long Shot Quest. |
The Best Teams for Collei
The best teams in Genshin Impact for Collei are with Bloom or Aggravate Reactions, depending on the weapons or artifacts you used in her build. For both teams, there are several 4-star characters to replace Nilou or Kazuha. In the case of adding Fischl, she works as an excellent battery for many teams or to apply Electro constantly for Hyperbloom Reactions.
| Bloom team | Aggravate team | Quickswap team |
|---|---|---|
| Nilou / Barbara Collei Nahida / Traveler Dendro Kokomi | Keqing Fischl Collei Kazuha / Sucrose | Tighnari Collei Fischl Shinobu |
Collei is a terrific character that makes it easy to complete your build or team up with the characters in your roster, even with other Dendro characters from Genshin Impact. If you love bow characters, she won’t let you down. Just remember to have a shielder so you don’t get interrupted in the middle of a shot and let those Dendro arrows fly away.
