Genshin Impact: Kachina Quick Character Guide

Kachina is a versatile DMG dealer who can flexibly choose to deal DMG on or off the battlefield.

After using her Elemental Skill, Kachina can summon Turbo Twirly to fight alongside her. By performing Normal Attacks while riding Turbo Twirly or when Turbo Twirly is independent of Kachina, it will slam the ground, dealing AoE Geo DMG to enemies.

Her Elemental Burst creates a Turbo Drill Field that strikes the ground, which increase Turbo Twirly's attack AoE and its Movement SPD within its range.

This guide is based on the Community Character Builds by the Genshin Helper Team.

Skills Overview

Normal Attack: Cragbiter

Normal Attack
Performs up to 4 consecutive spear strikes.

Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way.

Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Elemental Skill: Go, Go Turbo Twirly!

Fight alongside the turbo trusty Turbo Twirly!
Summons Turbo Twirly. When the skill is Held and released, Kachina will summon and ride Turbo Twirly.
After the Skill is used, Kachina will gain 60 Nightsoul points and enter the Nightsoul's Blessing state.

Nightsoul's Blessing: Kachina
Turbo Twirly's various actions consume Kachina's Nightsoul points.
The Nightsoul's Blessing state will end when these points have been depleted.

Nightsoul Point Limit: 60
CD: 20s

Turbo Twirly
Can exist independently or be ridden and operated by Kachina. When Turbo Twirly is present, Kachina's Elemental Skill, "Go, Go Turbo Twirly!", will change to an option to Mount/Dismount Turbo Twirly.

• When present independent of Kachina, it will slam the ground at intervals, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE Geo DMG based on Kachina's DEF.
• When Kachina is riding Turbo Twirly, she can control it to move and climb swiftly, and use Normal Attacks to slam the ground, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE Geo DMG based on Kachina's DEF.

Turbo Twirly will disappear once Kachina's Nightsoul's Blessing state ends, and it is considered a Geo Construct. 1 Turbo Twirly can exist on the field at any one time.

Elemental Burst: Time to Get Serious!

Striking the ground, Kachina deals AoE Geo DMG based on her DEF and creates a Turbo Drill Field.
The Field increases Turbo Twirly's attack AoE and its movement speed when Kachina is riding it.

If Kachina's own Turbo Twirly is present when this is used, Turbo Twirly will be summoned to her side.

Ascension 1: Mountain Echoes

When nearby party members trigger a Nightsoul Burst, Kachina's Geo DMG Bonus increases by 20% for 12s.

Ascension 4: The Weight of Stone

Turbo Twirly's DMG is increased by 20% of Kachina's DEF.

Night Realm's Gift Passive: Heart of Unity

After her Nightsoul points are depleted, Kachina will switch to consuming Phlogiston to maintain her Nightsoul's Blessing.

While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, she can use Nightsoul Transmission: Kachina. When the active character is currently sprinting, climbing, in a movement mode caused by certain Talents, or at a certain height in the air, the following will trigger when switching to Kachina: Kachina will enter the Nightsoul's Blessing state and ride Turbo Twirly when taking the field while gaining 30 Nightsoul points. Nightsoul Transmission can be triggered once every 10s by your own team.
Additionally, while in Natlan, Kachina will consume 90% less Stamina when climbing while riding Turbo Twirly.

Passive Talent: Boon of Crystal Flame

While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, 20 Stamina will be restored when interacting with some harvestable items. Additionally, the location of nearby resources unique to Natlan will appear on your mini-map.

TLDR / Rotation

She works as any other off-field Sub-DPS who have very little time on the field.
All you need to do is leave her Turbo Twirly (by tapping Elemental Skill) > Use her Burst (if available) > Switch to the next character.

Of course, you can try using her as the Main DPS, where you use every other support's Skill and Burst > Switching to Kachina to mount the Turbo Twirly. Then, while mounting the Turbo Twirly, use Normal ATK (right-click mouse) to slam the ground manually. Take note that the Normal ATK done while mounting Turbo Twirly will trigger other NA supports like Thoma or Yelan/Xingqiu's Burst.
But Main DPS Kachina is not too recommended because her damage scale is average.

Talent Priorities

Skill > Burst

Constellations

Best Constellations: C1, C2 & C4

C1: Shards Are Gems Too ⭐
When Kachina mounts or dismounts Turbo Twirly, she will absorb nearby Elemental Shards created by Crystallize.
Additionally, when a party member picks up such a Shard, 3 Energy will be restored to Kachina. Energy can be restored this way once every 5s.

C2: Never Leave Home Without… Turbo Twirly ⭐
When Kachina uses "Time to Get Serious!", she will regain 20 Nightsoul points. If there is no Turbo Twirly belonging to her on the field, she will enter Nightsoul's Blessing and summon one.

C3: Improved Stabilizer
Increases the Level of Go, Go Turbo Twirly! by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4: More Foes, More Caution ⭐
When there are 1/2/3/4 (or more) opponents within the Turbo Drill Field created by "Time to Get Serious!", the active character within the field gains 8%/12%/16%/20% increased DEF.

C5: All I've Collected Till Now
Increases the Level of Time to Get Serious! by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6: This Time, I've Gotta Win
When your active character's shield is replaced or destroyed for any reason, Kachina will deal 200% of her DEF as AoE Geo DMG. This effect can be triggered once every 5s.

Recommended Weapons

1. Favonius Lance (4⭐)
2. Footprint of the Rainbow (4⭐)*
3. Engulfing Lightning (5⭐)
4. Prototype Starglitter (4⭐)

1) Favonius Lance (ATK: 565 • Energy Recharge: 30.6%)

CRIT Hits have a 60~100% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12~6s.

2) Footprint of the Rainbow (ATK: 510 • DEF: 51.7%)

Using an Elemental Skill increases DEF by 16~32% for 15s.
Note: Kachina can opt to use this weapon if her ER needs are satisfied and the team does not value the energy from Favonius Lance.

3) Engulfing Lightning (ATK: 608 • Energy Recharge: 55.1%)

ATK increased by 28~56% of Energy Recharge over the base 100%. You can gain a maximum bonus of 80~120% ATK. Gain 30~50% Energy Recharge for 12s after using an Elemental Burst.

4) Prototype Starglitter (ATK: 510 • Energy Recharge: 45.9%)

After using an Elemental Skill, increases Normal and Charged Attack DMG by 8~16% for 12s. Max 2 stacks.

Recommended Artifacts

1. Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City (4)

1) Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City

2 Piece: When a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, the equipping character regenerates 6 Elemental Energy.
4 Piece: After the equipping character triggers a reaction related to their Elemental Type, all nearby party members gain a 12% Elemental DMG Bonus for the Elemental Types involved in the elemental reaction for 15s. If the equipping character is in the Nightsoul's Blessing state when triggering this effect, all nearby party members gain an additional 28% Elemental DMG Bonus for the Elemental Types involved in the elemental reaction for 20s. The equipping character can trigger this effect while off-field, and the DMG bonus from Artifact Sets with the same name do not stack.

Main & Sub Stats Priority

Team Compositions

Crystallize Team

Navia: Main DPS
Kachina: Off-field Sub-DPS
Bennett: Healer + Buffer
Xiangling: Off-field Sub-DPS

Vaporize Team

Mualani: Main DPS
Xiangling / Dehya: Off-field Pyro Application
Sucrose / Kazuha: Elemental RES with VV set + Crowd Control
Kachina: Off-field Sub-DPS (Can be a buffer with Scroll of the Hero artifact set)

Mono-Geo Team

Noelle / Itto: Main DPS
Kachina: Off-field Sub-DPS
Gorou: Support
Zhongli: Shielder || Chiori: Sub-DPS

Noelle-Furina Team

Noelle: Main DPS
Kachina: Off-field Sub-DPS
Chiori: Sub-DPS
Furine: Sub-DPS + Support