Arlecchino Guide and Best Builds (2024)

Last updated on Apr 22, 2024 at 15:08by Shikhu

Arlecchino is a 5-star Polearm character released inpatch 4.6. Our Arlecchino guide will cover Ascensions, Talents,Constellations as well as some building advice.

Arlecchino should mainly be played as a hypercarry DPS, dealingpowerful Pyro DMG from her Masque of the Red Death state.

Arlecchino's best weapons tend to depend on if she is being played in anOverload team or a Vaporizeteam. That being said, her best weapons are generally pretty flexible.

Arlecchino's best weapon is her signature weapon Crimson Moon's Semblance being tailor-made for her gameplay and kit tothe point where it has a unique style specifically on her. Primordial Jade Winged-Spear is otherwise an amazing substitute,there are many other good 5-star weapon options while Deathmatchand Ballad of the Fjords are her best 4-star options.

Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy is by far Arlecchino's best artifact set.Nothing even remotely comes close. Gladiator's Finale is a goodtransitional set to prepare or to easily use to help make Arlecchino viablewhile farming for Fragment of Harmonic Whimsy pieces.

Arlecchino's Normal Attacks are her main source of damage and is thereforethe most important talent to level. Consider raising it to level 10before spending boss materials on the other talents. From there her Skilland Burst are roughly equivalent with her Skill being the more important talentbecause of the fact that you may not always burst every rotation.

Arlecchino's Energy Recharge requirements depend on if she is played withother Pyro characters, if she has her C4 You Shall Love and Protect Each Other Henceforth... and if any charactersare using Favonius weapons.

Additionally, because Arlecchino's Elemental Burst Balemoon Risingis primarily used for healing, if you do not need the healing youshould not use her Burst as it is a DPS loss. This can drastically lower theEnergy that you realistically need. Because she is a Hypercarry, there willoften be a support on her team that should be using a Favonius weapon.

You can subtract roughly 35-40% Energy Recharge for C4 and 10-15%for any character using a Favonius Weapon.

Arlecchino's gameplay kit primarily revolves around "Bond of Life" whichwas introduced with Fontaine's release. Bond of Life essentially preventshealing with the Bond absorbing any healing received until enough HP has beencleared. Once the Bond of Life has been cleared, a character will obtainbenefits depending on what caused the Bond to be applied.

Arlecchino however uses the Bond of Life differently, insteadhaving it more as a stacking buff. The higher the value of the Bond ofLife, the more damage dealt by her Normal Attacks as well ashealing provided by her Elemental Burst.

Both Arlecchino's Normal Attacks and Elemental Burst will consume Bondof Life with Normal Attacks consuming a small amount with each attackand the Burst consuming the entire thing when healing.

To generate Bond of Life, you need to utilise her Elemental Skill All Is Ash. This marks opponents with Blood-Debt Directiveand then grants Bond of Life if you defeat the marked enemy or if youhit them with a Charged Attack. Additionally, her Signature Weapon Crimson Moon's Semblance also generates Bond of Life whenCharged Attacks hit opponents.

Listed below is the following rotation. If your Arlecchino is C6,you would instead start with Skill > Burst > Skill so that you gain theadditional CRIT DMG and CRIT Rate on your burst which now does a lot more damage.

• All Is Ash
• Switch to and setup supports
• Charged Attack
• Normal Attack: Invitation to a Beheading Combos
• All Is Ash
• Balemoon Rising
• Repeat

There are various Normal Attack combos which can be used. Generallyamounting to 15 or 16 Normal Attacks. The most important thing to know is thatthe sixth Normal Attack is very slow and therefore you can often dashcancel after the fifth Attack. Normal Attack combos do depend on what worksbest for your specific team however. 3 N5D and 4 N4D are common combos.

Arlecchino has a range of teams primarily involving theOverload and Vaporizereactions but can also be played effectively in Mono Pyro teams.

Due to Arlecchino's Ascension Passive The Balemoon Alone May Know,Arlecchino cannot be healed during combat and instead heals herself. Thismakes a shielder more preferable or a healer with DMG buffing utilitywho only heals the other party members.

Bennett is in theory an incredibly powerful support forArlecchino due to the attack buffs he provides. This does mean howeverthat you have to restrict your gameplay to the buff circle which canresult in more difficult gameplay, no interruption resistance if Bennett is usedinstead of a shielder and DPS losses when you leave the AoE as a result ofmobile enemies, Overload knockback or enemy knockback.

The first team involving Bennett should beArlecchino's best overload team assuming you can reliably maintainBennett's buff. This can be difficult depending on the enemy that youare facing. Some good Pyro alternatives areThoma and Dehyaboth of which do not interfere much with Elemental Reactionswhile Thoma brings shielding and Dehya brings interruption RES.Beidou however is a powerful Electroshielder alternative.

In this team Fischl helps by bringing amazingElectro application and acts as a battery whileChevreuse brings powerful Electro and Pyrobuffs.

In Vaporize teams, Yelan isArlecchino's best teammate with her incredible Hydroapplication. Xingqiu is also another great Hydrooption while also being able to provide some DMG reduction.

Zhongli is best used when paired with Chioridue to the amazing synergy they have, but Zhongli can otherwisejust be used with Bennett so that you can have both shieldingand Bennett's DMG buffs.

While Mono Pyro teams are best used with Lyney,you can still deal great damage. Xiangling is able todeal great off-field Pyro DMG while Bennettbuffs the team and Kaedehara Kazuha helps to lowerthe enemies Pyro RES or Zhongli instead provides universalRES Shred and more survivability.