Unlocking Nahida’s Potential: How Much Elemental Mastery Does the Dendro Archon Need?

The Dendro Archon, Nahida, is a powerhouse in Genshin Impact, capable of amplifying damage and enabling potent elemental reactions. A crucial aspect of maximizing her effectiveness is understanding how to optimize her Elemental Mastery (EM). The short answer? Aim for around 900-1000 EM. Reaching this sweet spot unlocks her full potential, balancing her personal damage output with her team-buffing capabilities. This article provides a comprehensive guide to navigating Nahida’s EM needs, answering frequently asked questions, and helping you fine-tune her build for any team composition.

Understanding Nahida’s EM Scaling

Nahida’s kit revolves around Elemental Mastery. Not only does EM boost her own reaction damage, but it also directly enhances her supportive capabilities. Here’s a breakdown of how EM impacts her performance:

• Tri-Karma Purification: This is Nahida’s Elemental Skill damage. While it also scales with ATK, EM provides significantly more damage potential, especially in reaction-based teams like Spread or Aggravate.
• Awakening Elucidated (A4 Passive): This passive is key. For every point of EM Nahida has above 200, she gains 0.1% Bonus DMG and 0.03% CRIT Rate to her Tri-Karma Purification. The maximum bonus is achieved at 1000 EM.
• Compassion Illuminated (A1 Passive): Nahida’s Burst provides an EM buff to the on-field character based on 25% of the character with the highest EM in the party. The maximum EM that can be granted this way is 250 EM.

Optimizing EM for Different Team Roles

Nahida’s ideal EM value can shift slightly depending on her role within the team:

• Off-Field Enabler: As an off-field Dendro applicator, you’ll generally want to prioritize reaching that 900-1000 EM range. This maximizes both her personal damage through Tri-Karma Purification and the EM buff she provides to your on-field DPS.
• On-Field DPS: If you’re playing Nahida as an on-field DPS, such as in Hyperbloom or Spread teams, you might consider a hybrid build that balances EM with Crit Rate/Crit Damage. In this case, even if your Nahida has closer to 800 EM, while the other characters have 1000 EM, your on-field DPS may have an edge with a better crit rate.

Balancing EM with Other Stats

While EM is crucial, it shouldn’t be the only stat you focus on. Once you’ve reached the desired EM range (900-1000), it’s time to prioritize other stats:

• Crit Rate/Crit Damage: These stats are essential for increasing the overall damage of Nahida’s Tri-Karma Purification, especially in Spread or Aggravate teams.
• Energy Recharge (ER): Ensuring Nahida can consistently use her Burst is vital for maintaining Dendro application and providing EM buffs.
• Dendro Damage Bonus: This directly increases the damage of Nahida’s Dendro attacks.

Weapon Choices

When selecting a weapon for Nahida, consider the following:

• Elemental Mastery Weapons: Weapons like A Thousand Floating Dreams (Nahida’s signature weapon), Wandering Evenstar, and Mappa Mare (F2P craftable) provide substantial EM boosts.
• Crit Weapons: If you’re aiming for a hybrid build, weapons like Kagura’s Verity or The Widsith can be valuable.
• Energy Recharge Weapons: Weapons like Favonius Codex can help with consistent Burst uptime, especially if your artifact substats lack ER.

Artifact Choices

• Deepwood Memories (4-Piece): This is generally the best artifact set for Nahida, as it reduces enemy Dendro RES and boosts team damage.
• Gilded Dreams (4-Piece): If another character in the team is already using Deepwood Memories, Gilded Dreams can provide a substantial EM boost to Nahida.
• Flower of Paradise Lost (4-Piece): If your Nahida is the main source of blooms, this artifact set can also be a suitable choice.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Nahida’s EM

1. How much Elemental Mastery should Nahida have?

Ideally, aim for around 900-1000 EM on Nahida. This ensures you maximize her personal damage and the EM buff she provides to the on-field character through her A1 passive.

2. Is 750 EM enough for Nahida?

750 EM is a decent starting point, but it’s generally recommended to aim higher. While it’s sufficient for some teams, you’ll be leaving potential damage and buffing power on the table. Consider how Nahida’s passive only buffs the EM of the on-fielder, thus if you are using other characters that have high elemental burst damage, you will want a higher EM.

3. Is 600 EM enough for Nahida?

600 EM is lower than ideal. While still functional, it’s best to prioritize raising her EM closer to the 900-1000 range to fully utilize her kit.

4. Is 500 EM good for Nahida?

500 EM is considered low for Nahida. While it’s better than nothing, you’ll see a significant improvement in her performance by increasing her EM. It is very important to at least get at least 500 elemental mastery(em), with 40% crit rate and 150% crit dmg for her to be decent enough, atk is a bonus.

5. Is 800 EM good for Nahida?

800 EM is a solid number, and you’re on the right track. However, pushing it closer to 900-1000 will provide further benefits, especially if she’s your main source of Dendro application. You’ll want to avoid triple EM, though! Analyzing Nahida was quite a headache due to the various results. However, to summarize, you’ll want NOT MORE than 1000 EM.

6. Is 900 EM good for Nahida?

Yes, 900 EM is excellent for Nahida! You’re very close to the optimal range and will see significant benefits from her A4 passive and EM sharing.

7. Does Nahida need Crit or EM?

Nahida needs both Crit and EM. EM boosts her reaction damage and buffs her teammates, while Crit Rate/Crit Damage increases the overall damage of her Tri-Karma Purification. Prioritize EM first, then focus on Crit stats.

8. What does EM do on Nahida?

EM on Nahida enhances her reaction damage, boosts the damage and Crit Rate of her Tri-Karma Purification (through her A4 passive), and provides an EM buff to the on-field character via her Burst (through her A1 passive).

9. Does Nahida need 800 or 1000 EM?

1000 EM is the hard cap after considering all buffs. EM is only important after 200 EM. In general off-field Nahida wants 900-1000 EM (incl. external buffs) before DMG and crit becomes more important.

10. Does Nahida scale on EM?

Yes, Nahida scales significantly with EM. Her Elemental Skill scales way better with EM… like 100% amount of attack scaling.

11. What is the best F2P weapon for Nahida?

Mappa Mare is an excellent F2P option for Nahida. Its EM substat and easy-to-stack passive make it a valuable choice. Mappa Mare is the best F2P Forgeable weapon for Nahida in Genshin Impact. It has an Elemental Mastery substat which Nahida really benefits from, and a passive that is easy to stack as long as Nahida triggers an Elemental Reaction. But, it is important to ensure that the Catalyst is on high refinement rank.

12. Does Nahida Hyperbloom need EM?

Yes, Nahida in Hyperbloom teams benefits greatly from EM. Her role is often to apply Dendro and trigger Hyperbloom reactions, so maximizing her EM is crucial for boosting the damage of those reactions.

13. How does C2 Nahida work?

C2 Nahida is extremely powerful. First, she allows Transformative Reactions to Crit, which is not normally possible. Meanwhile, for Quicken, Aggravate, and Spread, affected enemies will lose 30% DEF. Note that the effect is a DEF debuff and not a DEF-ignoring effect.

14. Should I level my Nahida to 90?

Level 90 is recommended to maximize Nahida’s reaction damage in teams where she triggers a lot of reactions.

15. How does Nahida’s EM buff work?

The on-field character gains a maximum of 250 EM based on 25% of the character in your party with the highest EM. Therefore, if another character in your party reaches 1000 EM, the on-field character will receive the full 250 EM buff.

Conclusion: Mastering Nahida’s EM

Optimizing Nahida’s Elemental Mastery is critical to unlocking her full potential as a damage dealer and support unit. By aiming for the 900-1000 EM range and balancing it with other essential stats like Crit Rate/Crit Damage and Energy Recharge, you can build a Nahida that excels in a variety of team compositions. Good luck optimizing your build, traveler!

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