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Genshin Impact

Hu Tao Best Build

PyroPolearm
The 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. She took over the business at a rather young age.

Hu Tao is the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, a person vital to managing Liyue's funerary affairs.

She does her utmost to flawlessly carry out a person's last rites and preserve the world's balance of yin and yang.

Aside from this, she is also a talented poet whose many "masterpieces" have passed around Liyue's populace by word of mouth.

NameHu Tao
TitleFragrance in Thaw
VisionPyro
WeaponPolearm
NationLiyue
AffiliationWangsheng Funeral Parlor
Rarity5
ConstellationPapilio Charontis

Hu Tao Skills Talents

Secret Spear of Wangsheng

Secret Spear of Wangsheng

Normal Attack

Normal Attack

Performs up to 6 consecutive spear strikes.

Charged Attack

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

Plunging Attack

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

Guide to Afterlife

Guide to Afterlife

Elemental Skill

Paramita Papilio

Increases Hu Tao's ATK based on her Max HP at the time of entering this state. ATK Bonus gained this way cannot exceed 400% of Hu Tao's Base ATK.

Converts attack DMG to Pyro DMG, which cannot be overridden by any other elemental infusion.

Increases Hu Tao's resistance to interruption.

Blood Blossom

Enemies affected by Blood Blossom will take Pyro DMG every 4s. This DMG is considered Elemental Skill DMG.

Each enemy can be affected by only one Blood Blossom effect at a time, and its duration may only be refreshed by Hu Tao herself.

Paramita Papilio ends when its duration is over, or Hu Tao has left the battlefield or fallen.

Spirit Soother

Spirit Soother

Elemental Burst

Commands a blazing spirit to attack, dealing Pyro DMG in a large AoE.

Upon striking the enemy, regenerates a percentage of Hu Tao's Max HP. This effect can be triggered up to 5 times, based on the number of enemies hit. If Hu Tao's HP is below or equal to 50% when the enemy is hit, both the DMG and HP Regeneration are increased.

Hu Tao Passive Talents

Flutter By

Flutter By

Unlocked at Ascension 1

When a Paramita Papilio state activated by Guide to Afterlife ends, all allies in the party (excluding Hu Tao herself) will have their CRIT Rate increased by 12% for 8s.

Sanguine Rouge

Sanguine Rouge

Unlocked at Ascension 4

When Hu Tao's HP is equal to or less than 50%, her Pyro DMG Bonus is increased by 33%.

The More the Merrier

The More the Merrier

Unlocked Automatically

When Hu Tao cooks a dish perfectly, she has anm 18% chance to receive an additional "Suspicious" dish of the same type.

Hu Tao Constellations

Crimson Bouquet
Crimson Bouquet
Constellation Lv. 1

While in a Paramita Papilio state activated by Guide to Afterlife, Hu Tao's Charge Attacks do not consume Stamina.

Ominous Rainfall
Ominous Rainfall
Constellation Lv. 2

Increases the Blood Blossom DMG by an amount equal to 10% of Hu Tao's Max HP at the time the effect is applied.

Additionally, Spirit Soother will also apply the Blood Blossom effect.

Lingering Carmine
Lingering Carmine
Constellation Lv. 3

Increases the Level of Guide to Afterlife by 3.

Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Garden of Eternal Rest
Garden of Eternal Rest
Constellation Lv. 4

Upon defeating an enemy affected by a Blood Blossom, that Hu Tao applied herself, all nearby allies in the party (excluding Hu Tao herself) will have their CRIT Rate increased by 12% for 15s.

Floral Incense
Floral Incense
Constellation Lv. 5

Increase the Level of Spirit Soother by 3.

Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Butterfly's Embrace
Butterfly's Embrace
Constellation Lv. 6

Triggers when Hu Tao's HP drops below 25%, or when she suffers a lethal strike:

Hu Tao will not fall as a result of the DMG sustained.

Additionally, for the next 10s, all of her Elemental and Physical RES is increased by 200%, her CRIT Rate is increased by 100%, and her resistance to interruption is greatly increased.

This effect triggers automatically when Hu Tao has 1 HP left.

Can only occur once every 60s.