Candace Guide and Best Builds (2024)

Last updated on May 30, 2024 at 12:00by Shikhu

Candace is a 4-star Hydro polearm user in GenshinImpact who excels at providing AoE Hydro application as well asbuffs to Normal Attacking characters.

Candace is best played in more of a supporting role taking advantage ofher Hydro infusion, Normal Attack DMG bonuses and AoE Hydroapplication.

With Candace having incredibly high Energy Recharge requirements,her best weapons tend to be those which help to ease this. Favonius Lance is therefore her best weapon for most situations.Alternatively, if you are aiming to increase her personal DMG, you can useweapons such as Staff of Homa or Engulfing Lightning.

Candace's best artifact sets are Emblem of Severed Fate and Noblesse Oblige. Emblem is generally the best allowing you toeffectively use the 4-piece bonus of the artifact set as well as heavilybenefitting from the +20% Energy Recharge. Noblesse however can be a greatoption in teams that want a lot of ATK%.

Candace's most important Talent is her Elemental Burst which is the focusof most of her supportive utility. Her Elemental Skill can also be useful tolevel but it is not worth levelling her Normal Attacks when played off-field.

Candace has incredibly high Energy Recharge requirements with herElemental Skill only generating 2-3 particles. As a result of her lowpersonal DPS you also do not want to be funnelling particles to her eitherwhich only increases her requirements further.

Your Energy Recharge requirements will depend on how menu Hydrocharacters you have in your team as well as if you use her Elemental Skill onceor twice in a rotation.

Candace's Elemental Skill Sacred Rite: Heron's Sanctumhas 2 different modes with different uses:

• Tap - Dashes forward dealing Hydro in front of Candace.
• Hold - Allows candace to block incoming attacks. The shield is also chargedfor a period of time, when released or when the shield is broken she willdeal AoE Hydro DMG in front of herself. This charges instantly withher A1 Aegis of Crossed Arrows.

Tapping the Skill generates 2 Energy particles while Holding the skillgenerates 3 instead.

Candace's Elemental Burst Sacred Rite: Wagtail's Tide is themain way in which she helps to support your team. This provides the"Prayer of the Crimson Crown" buff to your active character.

This buff allows your active character to deal increased ElementalDMG with their Normal Attacks, deals AoE Hydro DMG periodically and also providesan Elemental Infusion to applicable characters.

Candace's best team compositions tend to revolve aroundBloom, Vaporize andHyperbloom team compositions allowing us to utiliseher AoE Hydro application.

This can be a great Arlecchino team, Candace providesenough Hydro application to allow Arlecchino toVape as much as Yelancan in other team compositions for Arlecchino. While Yelan providessignificantly higher amounts of off-field DMG, Candace insteadprovides a Normal Attack buff as well as AoE Hydro application whichcan turn her into a competitive option.

Candace can be great in Bloom teams especiallywith Yaoyao. This is because of Candace's HydroElemental Infusion which can be used with Yaoyao to providemore value while Yaoyao has to stay on field for 5 seconds during herElemental Burst.

Candace can also be played in Hyperbloom teamsusing characters such as Nahida and Baizhufor Dendro application. In this team, Kuki Shinobuprovides more than enough Electro application to sustainElemental Reactions.