Genshin Impact Kaeya Best Sub-DPS Build

Key Takeaways

• Kaeya is a 4-star Cryo character who is currently one of the most useful sub DPS characters in Genshin Impact.
• He is a member of the Knights of Favonius, serving as the Cavalry Captain. He is known for his calm and collected demeanor, as well as his exceptional combat skills. 
• The best build for Kaeya should focus on increasings his DMG and ATK% while prioritizing substats that increase her supporting potential.
• Best weapon for him is Mistsplitter Reforged, a 5-star sword that provides a substantial ATK boost and has a powerful passive ability which can enhance his damage. Sacrificial Sword is a good F2P option.
• Blizzard Strayer is a valuable artifact set for Kaeya as it prioritizes dealing Cryo damage while also hosting damage against frozen enemies.

If your team requires an enigmatic knight who can deal continuous Cryo damage to opponents, you need to have Kaeya on board. Kaeya’s abilities make him versatile in combat. He has the potential to deal Cryo damage to freeze his enemies, reducing their movement and attack speed, making him a valuable character providing both crowd control and elemental reactions.

Kaeya is one of the fairly strong Sub-DPS characters in Genshin Impact (You can check out our Sub-DPS Tier List here)

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Introduction Kaeya

Kaeya is a 4-star Cryo character and the Cavalry Captain for the Knights of Favonius. He is known for his calm and collected demeanor, as well as his exceptional combat skills. Kaeya is a mysterious character whose true origins and motivations are shrouded in secrecy. Aside from being an exceptional warrior, he is also known for his sharp wit and sarcasm, often using humor as a defense mechanism. He is also brother to Diluc, the owner of the Dawn Winery in Mondstadt.

Kaeya Best Freeze Sub-DPS Build

Best Weapon	Mistsplitter Reforged
Replacement Weapons	Sacrificial Sword
Best Artifacts	Blizzard Strayer
Main Stats	Sands: ATK% Goblet: Cryo DMG Bonus Circlet: CRIT DMG
Substats	ATK%, CRIT DMG, CRIT Rate

The optimal build for Kaeya as a sub DPS can vary from player to player, depending on, available resources and team composition. However, to utilize him to the best of his abilities, make sure to prioritize his ATK%, Crit Rate, Crit DMG, Energy Recharge and Elemental Mastery. Most of his off-field damage relies on his Elemental Burst.

Kaeya Best Weapons

	Weapon	Details
Best	Mistsplitter Reforged	Bonus Stat: CRIT DMG 9.6 % Skill Effect: Gain a 12% Elemental DMG Bonus for a character’s Elemental Type. At stacks 1/2/3, Elemental DMG is further increased by 8/16/28%. Each stack has an individual duration and are gotten through:• Normal Attacks with Elemental DMG (duration 5s)• Casting an Elemental Burst (duration 10s)• Having less than 100% Energy (disappears at full Energy)
F2P Option	Sacrificial Sword	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge 13.3% Skill Effect: After damaging an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own CD. Can only occur once every 30s.

Best 5 Star Weapon

Mistsplitter Reforged

Mistsplitter Reforged is a godsent weapon for Kaeya as it can greatly enhance his damage output. It is a 5-star sword that provides a substantial ATK boost and has a powerful passive ability called Mistsplitter’s Edge, which can enhance your damage based on the number of Energy stacks you have. Moreover, the base attack is quite high and will provide excellent damage numbers.

This weapon also increases his DMG by a percentage for every Energy stack consumed, proving particularly useful for Kaeya as it synergizes well with his Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst, allowing him to deal high amounts of damage.

Best F2P Weapon

Sacrificial Sword

Sacrificial Sword is a valuable F2P weapon choice for Kaeya that complements his Elemental Skill. This 4-star weapon has an interesting passive ability Composed, which has a chance to end the cooldown of his Elemental Skill, Frostgnaw, after damaging an enemy with it. This effect can greatly increase your ability to use Frostgnaw frequently, allowing for more damage and Cryo application. This makes him less reliant on only his Elemental Burst for damage and also provides an Energy Recharge increase to hasten that Elemental Burst.

Kaeya Best Artifacts

Blizzard Strayer

Set Pieces	Set Piece Bonus
2-Piece Bonus	Cryo DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece Bonus	When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.

It can prove incredibly helpful to equip Kaeya with artifact sets that emphasize his Cryo damage and boost his overall damage output. Our best recommendation is Blizzard Strayer, which increases Cryo damage and provides bonuses against frozen or affected enemies, and can work well for him. 

When building Kaeya with the Blizzard Strayer set, focus on obtaining artifacts with Cryo DMG Bonus and substats that increase his ATK, Crit Rate, and Crit Damage. This will enhance his overall damage output and increase the chances of dealing critical hits.

That concludes our guide on the best build for a sub-DPS Kaeya, with suggestions on the best weapons and artifacts. If you want to learn about other powerful Cryo sub-DPS characters, please refer to our guides on Shenhe and Ganyu.