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Dehya has finally become available as a playable character in Genshin Impact with the release of Version 3.5 update. Despite her popularity among players for her personality and appearance, her gameplay kit may not be as desirable to some players due to its confusing aspects. At first glance, Dehya might be seen as a mediocre character with limited unique qualities. However, she offers a fresh new gameplay style that can complement the game's roster, especially with the release of new characters in the future.
To play Dehya effectively, players should first understand her role in the game. Although she is not the strongest DPS character in Genshin Impact's roster, she is capable of filling various roles such as a Sub-DPS with her strong Elemental Skill and Burst. It's important to note that she will perform best in teams that do not solely rely on her as the primary DPS, and that her gameplay has a few nuances that need to be understood in order to showcase her true potential.
6 Not Using A Battery Character
Battery characters play a crucial role in Genshin Impact's team compositions, especially for characters who heavily depend on their Elemental Burst. Characters like Dehya, for example, require a steady flow of Energy to activate her Burst with maximum efficiency. Given her limited particle generation, it can be challenging to maintain her Burst availability without the help of other characters with high Energy Recharge rates and particle generation abilities, even in a mono-Pyro team composition.
Adding battery characters such as Bennett to the team not only boosts the overall damage output, but also opens up more opportunities for setting up elemental reactions, providing an additional damage boost. In short, battery characters are a must-have for maximizing Dehya's potential and ensuring a smooth, consistent performance.
5 Using Her With A Shield Character
Dehya's kit includes the Fiery Sanctum field which enhances the resistance to interruption and damage mitigation of characters within the field. Additionally, her first Ascension Passive provides extra protection, making a shielder character unnecessary for her team composition. It's recommended that players use a good healer instead of a shielder to fully optimize Dehya's performance.
This becomes even more crucial when using her signature weapon, Beacon of the Reed Sea, as it increases her ATK after taking damage and her Max HP if she is not protected by a shield.
4 Not Using Her Elemental Burst Right
Proper timing of a character's Elemental Burst can significantly impact the outcome of battles in Genshin Impact, and Dehya is no exception. Dehya's Elemental Burst is great looking and is relatively simple to understand, but its timing is crucial for optimizing team performance.
When playing Dehya as a Burst-DPS, it's important to coordinate her Burst with the rest of the team so that it aligns with her uptime. Her Burst lasts for 4 seconds and during that time, she automatically attacks, making it impossible to cast her Elemental Skill or perform other attacks. It's also important to keep in mind that Dehya won't have control over her attacks during the Burst, so positioning is key to avoid missing any potential damage on the enemies.
3 Not Understanding how her AoE field works
Dehya's Fiery Sanctum is an important aspect of her kit. This AoE field is activated through her Elemental Skill and has two parts to it. First, by using her Elemental Skill, she sets up the field while also dealing damage. The field provides benefits such as mitigation and increased resistance to interruption to active characters within it. Second, by using her Elemental Skill once again, she can recreate the field, which is useful for moving it to another location or taking advantage of her Ascension passive that increases the damage mitigation provided. It is also important to note that owning her second constellation increases the duration of Fiery Sanctum to 18 seconds if it is recreated, making it almost always available for use.
Players should make sure that enemies are also within the Fiery Sanctum field when it is active, as, similar to Albedo's, the field will launch coordinated attacks that deal Pyro damage in certain intervals whenever enemies take damage within it. Finally, it is worth noting that recreating the field through Ranging Flame or any other means does not refresh its duration, but instead continues from its remaining duration.
2 Not Knowing About Her Split Scaling Talents
Split scaling is a familiar concept in Genshin Impact, as previously seen with characters like Ayato. Characters with split scaling require a balanced investment in multiple stats for optimal damage output. In the case of Dehya, both her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst deal damage based on a combination of her ATK and HP values.
This can be a bit challenging for players who need to balance their focus on both ATK and HP along with other important stats like Crit Rate and Crit Damage. However, as long as players do not focus solely on one stat, this shouldn't be a major issue and will help them avoid diminishing returns.
1 Focusing On Her Normal Attack
Normal attacks play a crucial role for many Main DPS characters in Genshin Impact, as they spend much of their time dealing damage through their auto attacks that are infused with elements. However, this is not the case for Dehya, as she is not meant to be used as a character that relies heavily on normal attacks. Despite her long presence on the field, especially during her Burst, her normal attacks are slow as a result of being a claymore user and don't benefit from her HP scaling, which makes them a secondary priority for her.
Her Elemental Skill and Burst both have their own damage scaling, and do not mention the normal attacks. As a result, it is recommended to prioritize her Elemental Skill and Burst over her normal attacks. It is also important to note that while many Pyro DPS characters can benefit from using characters such as Yelan or Xingqiu in Vaporize Reaction-focused team compositions, Dehya's normal attacks do not have a Pyro infusion, so she cannot have any synergy with these characters. Additionally, her Burst state is not considered a normal attack, unlike other characters with similar states like Raiden Shogun.
Genshin Impact is available on mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5 with a Switch version also in development.
