Sayu build guide

Sayu

Sayu serves as a support character that can either specialize in dealing damage with her swirls or being a healer similar to Jean. Its generally recommended on building her for damage as her Elemental Skill (E) can last very long by holding E thus making her spam swirl. Regardless of Sayu’s build, you generally want to run her with other off-field DPS characters. She needs to be on-field doing her rolls to spam swirl so running characters like Xiangling, Kaeya or Fischl is an ideal choice. Basically, you want characters that can attack with her as she rolling around.

Support EM/Healer Sayu

Similar to all Anemo characters, her best set is a 4 piece Viridescent Venerer so she can shred enemies resistance with her swirls. If you’re building her for damage then concentrate on Elemental Mastery (EM) for higher swirl damage above anything else. For healer role, focus on ATK% and Healing Bonus for more heals. If she is the only Anemo character in the team, she needs around 200% ER for her Q uptime. Regardless of her role, pair her up with strong off-field DPS characters and then hold her E to swirl and shred enemies resistance.

Cast other character skills -> Sayu Q -> Sayu E (Hold)

Talent

  1. Burst (Q)
  2. Skill (E)

Weapon

  1. Wolf’s Gravestone (5⭐)*
  2. Sacrificial Greatsword (4⭐)
  3. Katsuragikiri Nagamasa (4⭐)
  4. Favonius Greatsword (4⭐)
  5. Rainslasher (4⭐)
  6. Bloodtainted Greatsword (3⭐)

Artifact

  1. Viridescent Venerer (4)
  2. Noblesse Oblige (4)
  3. Emblem of Severed Fate (2) Maiden’s Beloved (2)

Main Stat

  • Sands – Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery
  • Goblet – Elemental Mastery / ATK%
  • Circlet – Healing Bonus / Elemental Mastery

Substat

  1. Energy Recharge
  2. Elemental Mastery
  3. ATK%

Sayu does more damage with EM builds and heals more with ATK hybrid builds, Healing Bonus hat can be used for better heals while maintaining respectable damage. Note that Sayu wants a large amount of energy recharge when used as the only anemo slot on the team (200%ish).

Regarding Weapon Choices:

Wolf’s Gravestone: Wolf’s Gravestone is a universal claymore that is capable of buffing your teammates along with providing more healing in Sayu’s case. It is best used once you achieve your ER threshold. Sacrificial Greatsword: Make sure the animation kick that Sayu does after coming out of her E roll hit an enemy to proc the cooldown passive.

Regarding Artifact Sets:

Viridescent Venerer: The bread and butter artifact set for Anemo units, this set provides the ability to shred the enemy’s elemental resistance while also buffing Sayu’s swirl damage output.