Ganyu Best Build & Infographic Guide (v7.0 Meta Build)

Complete Ganyu endgame build guide: Cryo On-Field | Main DPS | Frostflake Sniper. Best Weapon: Amos' Bow, Artifacts: Blizzard Strayer. Main stat priorities, ER breakpoints, and premier team comps. Verified official meta build on TLDRBuild.

Element: Cryo | Weapon: Bow | Role: On-Field | Main DPS | Frostflake Sniper

Best Weapons for Ganyu

  1. #1 Amos' Bow (R1) — Signature Best in Slot (100% baseline)
  2. #2 Aqua Simulacra (R1) — Premier 5★ Alternative Weapon
  3. #3 The First Great Magic (R1) — Premier 5★ Alternative Option
  4. #4 Prototype Crescent (R5) — Top 4★ F2P / Accessible Option

Best Artifact Sets for Ganyu

  • Blizzard Strayer (4pc) — Undisputed Best-in-Slot for Freeze compositions, granting up to 40% free CRIT Rate against frozen targets.
  • Wanderer's Troupe (4pc) — Classic Melt Best-in-Slot granting +80 EM and +35% permanent Charged Attack DMG for consistent reverse Melt strikes.
  • Shimenawa's Reminiscence (4pc) — High-damage Melt alternative consuming 15 Energy to grant +18% ATK and a colossal +50% Charged Attack DMG bonus for 10s.

Main Stats & Substat Priority

  • Sands: ATK% | Elemental Mastery
  • Goblet: Cryo DMG%
  • Circlet: CRIT DMG | CRIT Rate
  • Substat Priority: 1. CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate > 2. ATK% > 3. Elemental Mastery > 4. Energy Recharge (120–130%)
  • Energy Recharge Benchmarks: Freeze Morgana (Burst Every Rotation): 130–140% | Melt Ganyu (Minimal Burst Usage): 100–110% | Solo Cryo In Team: 140–150%

Talent Priority

  • Normal — Liutian Archery (Target Lv. 10): Fires Frostflake Arrows that detonate into secondary frost blooms; accounts for the vast majority of her Melt damage.
  • Burst — Celestial Shower (Target Lv. 9): Creates a sacred ice basin that drops continuous icicles with quadratic scaling in grouped AoE situations.
  • Skill — Trail of the Qilin (Target Lv. 8): Leaves an Ice Lotus that taunts enemies, absorbs damage, and generates Cryo energy particles.

Best Team Compositions for Ganyu