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If you’ve been playingGenshin Impactfor a little while, you likely already know that they only release one five-star character each update most of the time, which makes it quite easy to get every character in the game. Escoffier is the five-star character released during the Version 5.6 update.
Hailing from Fontaine, Escoffier is a Cryo polearm user who excels at off-field damage while also providing incredible buffs to Freeze team compositions. She’s also one of the easiest characters to build since you only need a couple of stats to get the most out of her kit.
Complete Escoffier Build Guide
When you think of an Escoffier build in Genshin Impact,you need to focus on two different gear types: weapons and artifacts. The weapon gives her some of the important stats likethe flat ATK, a secondary stat depending on the weapon, and a unique passive. On the other hand, the artifact set you choose can give additional buffs to her based on its two and four-piece bonuses.
The best weapon and artifact set for Escoffier is undoubtedly theSymphonist of Scents, her signature weapon, and Blizzard Strayer, respectively. The former provides both her and her allies with a bunch of ATK while the latter makes it much easier to build her as a sub-DPS. Thankfully, you have a ton of other choices if you’re able to’t get her best in slot:
Sub-Stat Priority
Crit Rate/DMG, ATK Percent, Energy Recharge
It’s much better to build Escoffier as a sub-DPS sinceshe only needs ATK and Energy Recharge for her support build, which is too easy to get.
However, if youthink that your main DPS can handle every combat scenario, then you can build her as a support and save a lot of resources and time.
Escoffier’s main stat on each artifact piece can change based on thebuild type you’re going for and the characters you’re planning to use her with. Here’s what you should use in each scenario:
Best Escoffier Weapons
When it comes to choosing Escoffier’s weapon for her build, you may get all the information about her best in slot and alternate options above. However, it’s also important to understand why each weapon is goodsince they’re only viable for certain types of play styles:
Symphonist of Scents
Both
Being her signature weapon, Syphonist of Scents works the best on Escoffier regardless of her build type, though itincentivizes the sub-DPS style more due to the whopping 66.2 percent as the secondary Crit DMGstat.
Other than that, you can get up to 56 percent ATK on Escoffier whilealso increasing your team’s ATK by 32 percent with this weapon.
Calamity Queller
Boasting a high base ATK, Calamity Queller can give you another 16.5 percent ATK as the secondary stat. With its passive, you canget a 12 percent Cryo DMG bonus along with up to 38.4 percent ATK.
As you can see, the overall utility for this weapon is lower than her signature,but the high ATK boost makes it perfect for her support buildsince her healing scales on ATK.
Engulfing Lightning
Support
As mentioned above, the main stats you need for Escoffier’s support build are ATK and Energy Recharge, and this weapon helps you with both.Its secondary stat already gives you a ton of Energy Recharge.
Moreover, you can getextra ATK based on your Energy Recharge over 100 percent, and additional recharge after activating your Burst.
Favonius Lance
Favonius weapons have been meta ever since the release of Genshin Impact due to theirhigh utility for support units and easy availability, being a four-star.
The Energy Recharge and particle regeneration from this weapongives Escoffier the chance to trigger her Burst more often.
Staff of Homa
Sub-DPS
While Staff of Homa doesn’t fit Escoffier’s kit perfectly,it is her second-best option for the DPS build. It gives her a similar Crit DMG boost as her signature, while also giving additional ATK based on her Max HP.
It does increase her Max HP as well, but you won’t be using the secondary part of this weapon’s passivesince she won’t go below 50 percent HP often.
Prospector’s Drill
Having a 27.6 percent ATK as the secondary stat Prospector’s Drill is tailor-made for Escoffier as it alsogives her a ton of ATK and Elemental DMG bonusafter the first rotation.
Tamayuratei no Ohanashi
This is a simple weapon that gives Escoffier30.6 percent Energy recharge with up to 40 percent ATKon the maximum refinement. Since it’s an event-limited weapon, you likely have it on maximum refinement already.
Missive Windspear
This weapon gives her a whopping 41.3 percent ATK as the secondary statwith another 12 percent after triggering an elemental reaction, which is at the center of Escoffier’s kit.
You can also gain some Elemental Mastery,though that’s not very useful for Escoffier.
You can still use the support weapons mentioned above on Escoffier’s sub-DPS build, but you’lljust have a harder time getting the right stats with her artifacts.
Best Escoffier Artifacts
Genshin Impact constantly adds new domains around its map,with each one having two artifact sets that you can farm for. Some of these artifacts are niche and only work with specific characters, while others are more universal. Most of Escoffier’s best artifact sets are universal, and you can even use some of them on her team members.
As mentioned above, Escoffier’sbest artifact set is the Blizzard Strayer, which was available quite earlyin the game. You can easily farm this one by either taking part in its domain or strongboxing it at an Alchemy Table. Here’s why all the sets mentioned above are good on her:
Blizzard Strayer
With a 15 percent Cryo DMG bonus as the two-piece, you may also get up to40 percent Crit Rate with this weapon as long as you have its four piecesand attack a Frozen opponent.
Freeze reaction is at the center of Escoffier’s kit, which makes this work with her perfectly.
Golden Troupe
Escoffier’s main source of damage in thesub-DPS build comes from her Elemental Skill. This set can boost this damage by up to 70 percent, making it perfect for sub-DPS Escoffier as long as you have a good Crit Ratio.
Noblesse Oblige
While it’s not recommended, you canstill use this set on Escoffier if you’re building her as a support. The Elemental Burst DMG you get from it is largely useless, but the extra 20 percent ATK for your party members is decent.
Tenacity of the Millelith
Finally, if you don’t have any of the other artifact sets mentioned above,you can use this one to get a similar ATK boost as Noblesse. Escoffier’s skill constantly hits the enemy, though the shield strength from the set isn’t useful for her.
While there are four artifact set choices for Escoffier, yourend goal should be to either go for Blizzard Strayer or Golden Troupe.
Escoffier Talent Overview And Priority
One look at Escoffier’s kit and you’ll realize that it’s quite an easy one to understand. While it is a simple kit, itcan give you a ton of value when you use her in the right team:
Escoffier Talent Priority
There are only three talents you’re able to upgrade for every character in Genshin Impact, including Escoffier. Her passives unlock as you upgrade, and thepriority for additional upgrades is her Elemental Skill for the sub-DPS build. On the other hand, you can upgrade her Burst first if you’re using her as a support.
Her normal attack can be ignored since you’ll never use them in a normal rotation. Talking about rotation,Escoffier generally just uses her Skill into the Burst before switching off, making her take very little time on the field.
Should You Go For Escoffier Constellation Or Weapon?
If you’ve already pulled for the first Escoffier copy and want to go for more,you mainly have two choices: the first constellation or the weapon. For Escoffier, it depends on the type of team you’re planning to use her in. Her first constellation can increase the Cryo character’s Crit DMG by 60 percent when all your party members are Cryo or Hydro.
While the constellation is only good for Cryo units, her weapon is more universal and gives ATK to all her team members. Moreover,it’s a support weapon that you can use on nearly every Polearm support. Overall, you get more value from her weapon, so that’s the better choice.
Escoffierdoesn’t have the most valuable constellations past the first one, so it’s a good stopping point unless you’re going for all of them.
