Kujou Sara Build Guide (Patch 4.3)

Kujou Sara character card

Electro Support Sara

Sara

Emblem of Severed Fate (4)
EoSF FlowerEoSF FeatherEoSF SandEoSF GobletEoSF Circlet

Sands - ATK / ER
Goblet - Electro DMG
Circlet - Crit Rate / DMG
  1. Skill (E)
  2. Burst (Q)
  1. Energy Recharge
  2. Crit Rate / DMG
  3. ATK%
  1. Skyward Harp (5✩)
  2. Elegy for the End (5✩)
  3. Any 5-star weapon (5✩)
  4. Mouun's Moon (4✩)
  5. Alley Hunter (4✩)
  6. Blackcliff Warbow (4✩)
  7. Sacrificial Bow (4✩)

Raiden Hypercarry
SaraRaidenBennettKazuha
Beidou Hypercarry
SaraBeidouBennettSucrose

Sara’s Role and Skills

Kujou Sara functions as a support character that buffs her team ATK through both her Elemental Skill and Burst. Her Elemental Burst (Q) does a huge AOE electro damage and buffs any active character within its AOE. Her Elemental Skill (E) causes her to dash backwards and create a Crowfeather on the location of her next Charged shot. Once the Crowfeather explodes, the character within its AOE will receive an ATK buff base on Kujou Sara’s Base ATK.

Kujou Sara main weakness is that she has a high burst energy requirement of 80. Her next drawback is that her ATK buffs are incredibly short and applies to only one active character on the field. This limits her versatility in team comps and rotation as you’ll probably want to switch onto your main DPS right after using her. Apart from that, her play-style is clunky and hard to use especially if you don’t have her at least at C2.

Despite her weaknesses, she works fairly well in electro-focus teams as she can both give and benefit from electro particles. At C6, electro DMG of characters who have had their ATK increased by Kujou Sara’s buff also has their Crit DMG increased by 60%. This is the sole reason why you’ll always see her being utilized in electro hypercarry team (Raiden hypercarry).

Artifact set

Emblem of Severed Fate FlowerEmblem of Severed Fate (4)

EoSF is Sara’s best artifact as it buffs her Burst damage while also helps her energy problems. Since a proper built Sara will most probably have a high ER, she can easily obtain the max 75% bonus DMG from the set.

Noblesse Oblige FlowerNoblesse Oblige (4)

A decent option as it allows Sara to provide another additional ATK buff from the set. If you’re going for ‘Damage Per Screenshot’ showcases with Raiden Hypecarry, this is the set you should use.

Noblesse Oblige FlowerThundering Fury Flower
Noblesse Oblige (2)
Thundering Fury (2)

An okay option to boost Sara’s own personal damage primarily form her Burst.

Noblesse Oblige FlowerGladiator's Finale Flower
Noblesse Oblige (2)
18% ATK set (2)

An okay option to boost Sara’s own personal damage primarily form her Burst.

Weapon

Elegy for the End (5✩)

Elegy is Sara’s best 5-star support weapon as the cooldown on the weapon’s passive aligns perfectly with her Burst cooldown.

It has lower base ATK if compared with Skyward Harp, but can be considered better than Skyward Harp due to its teamwide ATK% and EM buff. It’s worth noting that Sara can experience issues triggering the Elegy passive consistently, against small hitbox single-target scenarios.

Skyward Harp (5✩)

Skyward Harp is Sara’s best generalist option, with a passive that increases her own personal damage and the second best buffing capabilities of any bow due to its high base ATK.

Mouun’s Moon (4✩)

At R5 this weapon can compete with other 5-star bow for personal damage due to the massive DMG buff you’ll gain from its passive. It has the highest base ATK on a 4-star bow and also has ATK as its secondary stat.

Its only drawback is that it doesn’t contribute to Sara’s ER.

Fading Twilight (4✩)

One of the best ‘F2P’ weapon for Sara that was given during the Perilous Trail event. It has the highest base ATK on a 4-star bow that also comes with ER as its secondary stat, both which benefits Sara massively.

Sacrificial Bow (4✩)

The combination of high base ATK and a Energy Recharge substat makes this one of her best 4-star weapon options in teams where she needs a Energy Recharge weapon to meet energy requirements and battery another Electro unit at the same time.

Talent

C0-C6

Skill (E) > Burst (Q)

Regardless if you have Sara at C0 or C6 you’ll always want to prioritize her Skill over anything else as the ATK Bonus (Tengu Juurai) from her kit scales relative to its level. Its also the only reliable way to get her ATK Bonus without relying on her Burst every rotation. Her Burst mainly is there for personal damage.

Main stat and substat

Sand: Energy Recharge / ATK%
Goblet: Electro DMG
Circlet: Crit Rate / DMG

  1. Energy Recharge
  2. Crit Rate / DMG
  3. ATK%
  4. Flat ATK

Energy Recharge Requirements

  • General recomendation: +200%
  • Raiden Hypercarry: ~180%
  • Triple Electro comp: ~170%
  • Solo Electro (Only Sara): ~240%

Kujou Sara’s should ideally have an upwards of +200% ER but this figure will depend primarily on your team composition. If you’re running her in an electro heavy comp, her ER should be around ~170% ER. In a Raiden Hypercarry comp, she can get by with ~180% ER due to Raiden’s Burst helping her ER.

Constellation

C6 > C2 > C5

By far the best constellation for Sara is C6 as it provides a huge damage buff for electro characters. Mostly used for Raiden Hypercarry as the team has a huge frontload Electro damage. Her buff can also be reapplied at every possible opportunity for sustained damage dealers.

It’s worth mentioning that Sara’s Crit DMG buff at C6 doesn’t snapshot and it also doesn’t show on the stats page, so don’t freak out when you don’t see it there. Ideally this is the constellation everyone should go for if they have Kujou Sara.

C2 is a significant Quality of Life (QoL) improvement for Sara’s gameplay. Sara can now buff the on-field character without the need to use a fully-aimed Charged Shot. This significantly reduces the clunkiness of her kit and makes using her actually enjoyable.

A straightforward level increase for her Skill which also increases the scaling on the ATK Bonus she provides.