Genshin Impact – Aino build and materials guide

Scrap together genius inventions with the best Genshin Impact Aino build and enjoy some sweets afterwards. A 4-Star Hydro character wielding a Claymore, Aino specializes in Hydro application from off-field to support a reaction-based playstyle.

Her Elemental Skill, Musecatcher, unleashes a little robot that deals Hydro DMG in its path and drags Aino along behind it. Coming to a halt, it continues to deal Hydro DMG around itself. You can hold the button to aim the Musecatcher into a specific direction.

Aino’s Elemental Burst, Precision Hydronic Cooler, deploys another device dealing Hydro DMG to nearby enemies. Her Elemental Mastery increases this attack’s damage. Furthermore, if the party has the Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam, the device’s attack rate and area of effect increase.

One of her passive skills ensures that Aino increases the Moonsign level of her party, meaning you can pair her up with any fellow Nod-Krai character to activate Moonsign effects.

Unlocking Aino’s Constellation levels by obtaining duplicates of her provides additional bonuses.

Best Aino weapons – Genshin Impact

Aino mainly wants Elemental Mastery to enhance her Reaction DMG and Energy Recharge to increase the uptime of her Elemental Burst. There aren’t really any 5-Star Claymores that feed both of these demands, but the 4-Star weapon Master Key delivers. 

It increases Energy Recharge and temporarily boosts the wielder’s Elemental Mastery after they caused an Elemental Reaction. This boost is doubled under the Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam.

Best weapons for Aino in Genshin Impact:

• Master Key (4-Star)
• Flame-Forged Insight (4-Star)
• Mailed Flower (4-Star)
• Makhaira Aquamarine (4-Star)

Best Aino artifacts – Genshin Impact

In addition to Elemental Mastery and Energy Recharge, Aino can make use of CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, and ATK to increase her personal damage output. Silken Moon’s Serenade is a great set for her, especially if another member of the team brings Night of the Sky’s Unveiling.

Best Artifact Sets for Aino in Genshin Impact:

• Silken Moon’s Serenade (4) – +20% Energy Recharge, gain the Gleaming Moon: Devotion effect for 8s when the wearer deals Elemental DMG (can be triggered off-field); +60/120 Elemental Mastery for all party members when the party’s Moonsign is Nascent Gleam/Ascendant Gleam; +10% Lunar Reaction DMG for the entire party for each different Gleaming Moon effect party members have.

Best stats for Aino in Genshin Impact:

• Flower: HP (main stat), Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG
• Plume: ATK (main stat), Elemental Mastery, Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG
• Sands: Elemental Mastery (main stat), Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK %
• Goblet: Elemental Mastery (main stat), Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK %
• Circlet: Elemental Mastery (main stat), Energy Recharge, CRIT Rate, CRIT DMG, ATK %

Best Aino teams – Genshin Impact

Aino is a robust off-field character for compositions requiring Hydro input to trigger reactions.

• Raiden Shogun (Main DPS), Ineffa (Sub DPS), Aino (Support), Xilonen (Support)

Aino can support Lunar-Charged teams with Ineffa, making for a lore-consistent team-up. She contributes the necessary Hydro application and provides the team with the buffs deriving from her Artifact Set. Ineffa converts Electro-Charged into the more potent Lunar-Charged, boosting Raiden Shogun’s damage output. Xilonen debuffs enemies and provides healing.

Clorinde and the upcoming Flins are strong alternatives as Main DPS units for this team comp.

• Kokomi (Main DPS), Ineffa (Sub DPS), Lauma (Support), Aino (Support)

Aino can fulfill the same role in a Lunar-Bloom composition featuring Lauma and a Hydro Main DPS like Kokomi, who can double as the team’s healer.

Aino ascension materials – Genshin Impact

Aino’s upgrade to level 90 requires you to invest the following items:

• Varunada Lazurite Sliver x1
• Varunada Lazurite Fragment x9
• Varunada Lazurite Chunk x9
• Varunada Lazurite Gemstone x6
• Broken Drive Shaft x18
• Reinforced Drive Shaft x30
• Precision Drive Shaft x36
• Portable Bearing x168
• Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die x46
• Mora x2,092,530

You can farm Varunada Lazurite by defeating any Anemo affiliated bosses such as the Hydro Hypostasis. Drive Shafts can be looted from Fatui Landcruisers in Nod-Krai. Portable Bearings are found near Krumkake Workshop in Nod-Krai. Precision Kuuvahki Stamping Die is dropped by Knuckle Duckles, the big robot at Krumkake Workshop. Mora, of course, are best sourced from Golden Ley Line Blossoms.

To upgrade Aino’s talents to their highest level, you’ll also need these items:

• Broken Drive Shaft x18
• Precision Drive Shaft x66
• Precision Drive Shaft x93
• Teachings of Elysium x9
• Guide to Elysium x63
• Philosophies of Elysium x114
• Silken Feather x18
• Crown of Insight x3
• Mora x4,957,500

Check above for the materials we already mentioned. Books of Elysium are found in the Lightless Capital domain in Nod-Krai. Silken Feathers are won from The Knave. Finally, the Crown of Insight is a common reward during events and can also be obtained from regional reward mechanics like the Thunder Sakura in Inazuma, the Tree of Dreams in Sumeru, the Fountain of Lucine in Fontaine, or the Tablet of Tona in Natlan.