Hu Tao build recommendations


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Hu Tao
Usage
?B
Weapons
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Artifacts
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Artifact stats priority
  • sands — hp%, em
  • goblet — pyro dmg
  • circlet — crit rate, crit dmg
Substats priority
  1. crit rate, crit dmg
  2. em
  3. hp%
  4. atk%
  5. er
Talents Priority
  1. attack
  2. skill
  3. burst
Notes

When ending Hu Tao's combos with an Elemental Burst, if you do not jump/dash cancel the last charged attack, the Elemental Burst will still benefit from Hu Tao's Elemental Skill.

cancels when performing your Hu Tao combos as to maximize damage.
N2CJ for [C0] and N2CD for [C1].
N3CJ/N3CD can be used to conserve stamina at the cost of damage.

*N = Normal Attack, C = Charged Attack, J = Jump, D = Dash

Hu Tao is most effective when used with Xingqiu to proc Vaporize/Freeze Melt reactions which utilizes her BiS Set, Crimson Witch of Flames (4). Freeze Melt refers to freezing enemies for Melt set up, since unlike Diluc or Klee, Hu Tao doesn't shatter frozen enemies.

Regarding Weapon Choices


Is better than the [R1] variants of and with ideal stacking. While this is a very strong weapon when fully stacked, maintaining the stacks on Hu Tao isn't ideal in realistic situations making the weapon less consistent than other options.


Deathmatch is better than Dragon's Bane when you're not doing Vaporize.


Despite seeming quite good due to the Crit DMG substat, Blackcliff at 1 stack performs only slightly better than an [R5] White Tassel in practice as it is difficult to maintain stacks consistently. It is not recommended to buy this weapon specifically for Hu Tao and should only be used if you already have one.

and
Provides little to nothing to Hu Tao since she scales better with HP% than ATK% with every spear in the game. Base ATK makes little difference on Hu Tao because she has a very high HP to ATK conversion cap.


White Tassel requires your combos to be more focused on Normal Attacks (N2C over N1C) to make use of it's passive.

Regarding Artifact Sets


Provides higher AA damage than 4CW but lowers your Elemental Burst damage which hurts your AoE damage, also if you're unable to burst, it might cause survivability issues if you're not running a healer.

and /**+**80 EM set (2)
All these options are almost on equal footing because both of the sets have an equal overall damage output assuming you have 100% shield uptime when using Bolide (4). The difference is, you want to use Wanderer's Troupe / Tenacity of the Millelith (2) + Crimson's Witch of Flame (2) when focusing on Nuking and better consistency, while 4 Bolide is for overall higher AA damage at the expense of lower burst damage, although inconsistent if you cannot keep your shield permanently.

Regarding Artifact Substats Priority

Since Hu Tao is able to trigger Vaporize on most of her damage output, Elemental Mastery is quite valuable on her. If you have less than 100EM total (including from Sucrose EM share, 4pc Instructor, etc) EM substat take priority over Crit Rate / DMG.

Usage
?B
Ascension materials
Artifacts
  1. or
    or
Artifact stats priority
  • sandshp%, em
  • gobletpyro dmg
  • circletcrit rate, crit dmg
Substats priority
  1. crit rate, crit dmg
  2. em
  3. hp%
  4. atk%
  5. er
Talents Priority
  1. attack
  2. skill
  3. burst
Weapons
  1. or
    or
    or
Notes

When ending Hu Tao's combos with an Elemental Burst, if you do not jump/dash cancel the last charged attack, the Elemental Burst will still benefit from Hu Tao's Elemental Skill.

cancels when performing your Hu Tao combos as to maximize damage.
N2CJ for [C0] and N2CD for [C1].
N3CJ/N3CD can be used to conserve stamina at the cost of damage.

*N = Normal Attack, C = Charged Attack, J = Jump, D = Dash

Hu Tao is most effective when used with Xingqiu to proc Vaporize/Freeze Melt reactions which utilizes her BiS Set, Crimson Witch of Flames (4). Freeze Melt refers to freezing enemies for Melt set up, since unlike Diluc or Klee, Hu Tao doesn't shatter frozen enemies.

Regarding Weapon Choices


Is better than the [R1] variants of and with ideal stacking. While this is a very strong weapon when fully stacked, maintaining the stacks on Hu Tao isn't ideal in realistic situations making the weapon less consistent than other options.


Deathmatch is better than Dragon's Bane when you're not doing Vaporize.


Despite seeming quite good due to the Crit DMG substat, Blackcliff at 1 stack performs only slightly better than an [R5] White Tassel in practice as it is difficult to maintain stacks consistently. It is not recommended to buy this weapon specifically for Hu Tao and should only be used if you already have one.

and
Provides little to nothing to Hu Tao since she scales better with HP% than ATK% with every spear in the game. Base ATK makes little difference on Hu Tao because she has a very high HP to ATK conversion cap.


White Tassel requires your combos to be more focused on Normal Attacks (N2C over N1C) to make use of it's passive.

Regarding Artifact Sets


Provides higher AA damage than 4CW but lowers your Elemental Burst damage which hurts your AoE damage, also if you're unable to burst, it might cause survivability issues if you're not running a healer.

and /**+**80 EM set (2)
All these options are almost on equal footing because both of the sets have an equal overall damage output assuming you have 100% shield uptime when using Bolide (4). The difference is, you want to use Wanderer's Troupe / Tenacity of the Millelith (2) + Crimson's Witch of Flame (2) when focusing on Nuking and better consistency, while 4 Bolide is for overall higher AA damage at the expense of lower burst damage, although inconsistent if you cannot keep your shield permanently.

Regarding Artifact Substats Priority

Since Hu Tao is able to trigger Vaporize on most of her damage output, Elemental Mastery is quite valuable on her. If you have less than 100EM total (including from Sucrose EM share, 4pc Instructor, etc) EM substat take priority over Crit Rate / DMG.