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Found in the area of theGreat Red Sand, Candace is a descent of King Deshret and is also the Defender of Aaru Village inGenshin Impact. Her distinct feature is her amber-colored left eye.
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As a4-Star Hydro character, Candace cansupport your teamwith decentshielding and attack buffs. To enhancethis pole arm-wielderto her full potential, here is the best build you can create for her.
Candace’s Best Builds & Artifact Sets
Candace is best suited to the role of aSupportteam member. This is due to the fact that she canbuff her team members' Normal Attacks with her Elemental Burst, and she can provide ashield that absorbs damage with her Elemental Skill.To build on her abilities, we have recommended the best Artifact Set to build for her below.
4-Set Of Noblesse Oblige
A 2-Set of Noblesse Oblige will give Candace a base boost of 20 percent to her Elemental Burst DMG. With a 4-Set, using her Elemental Burst will increase all party members' ATK by 20 percent for 12 seconds. This set isperfect for Candace’s Elemental Burst, as it will already buff her team members' Normal Attacks, and will now give them aboost to their overall ATK as well.We recommend using the following main stats and substats for this set on Candace.
Type of Artifact
Sands of Eon
HP% or Energy Recharge
HP%, Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, Elemental Mastery, ATK%
Goblet of Eonothem
Circlet of Logos
You’ll want tobuild up on Candace’s HP as much as possible, as this is what most of her damage scales on. Focusing onEnergy Rechargeis also important, so Candace’sElemental Burst is always available to give her teammates an attack boost.If you switch to another character after using Candace’s Elemental Burst, a rippling wave of water will unleashHydro DMGon opponents. Increasing Candace’sElemental Masterywill help create stronger Elemental Reactions with this effect.
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Candace’s Best 5-Star & 4-Star Weapons
The best weapons for Candace focus on willincrease her Energy Recharge.Candace’sElemental Burst is her most important attack,and making sure that it is always available to her is extremely important for her role as a Support character.
5-Star Weapons: Staff Of Homa & Skyward Spine
Staff of Homawill give Candace a base increase of 14.4 percent to her CRIT DMG. Its Bonus Skill will increase her HP by 20 percent. It will also provide an ATK Bonus based on 0.8 percent of Candace’s max HP. When her HP is less than 50 percent, this ATK Bonus will be increased by an additional 1 percent of her max HP. While the main stat of this weapon isn’t extremely important to Candace’s build as a Support, theBonus Skillsit provides are ideal for her. You will have already built up her HP significantly with her Artifacts which will make this weapongreat for adding another attack boost to her team members.
Skyward Spinewill give Candace a base increase of 8 percent to her Energy Recharge. Its Bonus Skill will increase CRIT Rate by 8 percent and increase her ATK Speed by 12 percent. Also, Normal and Charged Attack hits on enemies have a 50 percent chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 40 percent of ATK as damage in a small Area of Effect. This can only occur once every 2 seconds. Use this weapon tobuild on Candace’s Energy Recharge for her Elemental Burst.It will also give Candace a niceincrease to the damage of her Normal and Charged Attacks.
4-Star Weapons: The Catch & Favonious Lance
The Catchwill give Candace a base increase of 10 percent to her Energy Recharge. Its Bonus Skill will increase her Elemental Burst DMG by 16 percent and Elemental Burst CRIT Rate by 6 percent. The Catch is great forkeeping Candace’s Elemental Burst availablewhile also giving it a solid damage increase. This weapon is also aFree-to-Play option; you may obtain it throughexchanging fish you have caught with the Inazuma Fishing Association.
Favonious Lancewill give Candace a base increase of 6.7 percent to her Energy Recharge. Its Bonus Skill will give CRIT Hits a 60 percent chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will generate 6 Energy for Candace. This can only occur once every 12 seconds. If you choose to use this polearm on Candace, you will want to make sure tobuild more on her CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG with her Artifact build to increase the chances of getting additional Energy Rechargefrom Favonious Lance’s Bonus Skill.
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Candace’s Best Team Compositions
Candace will be a great Support character with team members whowield strong Normal Attacksand could benefit from herabsorption of damage with her Elemental Skill.She can alsocreate strong Elemental Reactionswith the Hydro DMG from her Elemental Burst. She can work with a lot of different 5-Star and 4-Star characters, but we have picked out the best ones that suit her well.
Best 5-Star Team
This team is focused mostly onbuffing both Wanderer and Yelan’s Normal Attacks due to their strength.Wanderer will take the lead as the Main DPS, as his main source of damage is through his Anemo Normal Attacks. This team will also be able tocreate the Electro-Charged Elemental Reactionwith the mixture of Hydro and Electro.
Character Type and Benefits
Main DPS, Can provide strong Anemo Normal Attacks that will receive an ATK buff from Candace.
Sub-DPS, Can provide consistent Hydro DMG with Elemental Burst and Normal Attack.
Raiden Shogun
Support, Can provide consistent Electro Application to create Electro-Charged Reaction and provide Energy Regeneration for team.
Best 4-Star Team
This team is focused onbuffing Yanfei’s Normal Attacks with Candace’s Elemental Burst, as well as creating a few different Elemental Reactions. You’ll be able to createOverloaded, Vaporize, and Electro-Chargedwith this team.
Main DPS, Can provide strong Pyro Normal and Charged Attacks and create Overloaded and Vaporize Reactions.
Sub-DPS, Can provide consistent off-field Electro DMG to create Electro-Charged and Overloaded Elemental Reactions.
Support and Healer, Can provide additional Hydro DMG and strong healing.
