Candace is a playable Hydro character in Genshin Impact. She is one of the most powerful and thus popular champions. We decided to write this guide to help you learn more about Candace. In our Genshin Impact Candace Build and Best Team Comp post you will learn about Candace’s talents, how they work and how to upgrade them. Also, you will read about her Constellations that will help you make Candace even more powerful. After that, we have written Genshin Impact Candace Build where you’ll see weapon and artifact set. And at last, we have mentioned the best team comps for Candace as the Sub DPS hero.
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Candace Build
Below you can see the best weapon option for playing Candace in Genshin Impact. Accompanied by the best Candace artifact set and its stat priorities.
Sub DPS Build
If you play this champion as a Sub DPS in your comp you should take the weapon and artifacts from the list below. They are believed to be the most effective ones in almost all situations.
Weapon
Staff of Homa
Weapon Substitutes: Favonius Lance, The Catch.
Artifact Set
Emblem of Severed Fate (4-Piece)
Artifact Main Stats Priority: HP% Hydro DMG Bonus CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Sub Stats Priority: HP% > Energy Recharge > ATK% / CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery
Talent Priority
Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide > Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum > Gleaming Spear: Guardian Stance
Best Team Compositions for Candace
When you play Genshin Impact everything depends not only on your main character but also on the composition. You should learn how elements complement each other and build the best team for your main. Below you can see the best team composition for Candace with Main DPS, Sub DPS character and one support. Also, we have included alternative characters for each role that go well with Candace too.
Ayato gets boosted through Hydro Resonance and Normal Attack Buff thanks to Candace abilities. Xiangling will be the sub-DPS dealing Vaporized. Candace will act as sub-dps in this team boosting the normal attack of the team. Dori will be a support, providing healing, energy regeneration and Electro DMG for Electro-Charged reactions.
Good characters for this comp: Tartaglia, Yoimiya, Cyno, Yelan, Xingqiu, Fischl, Yun Jin, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Zhongli, Kaedehara Kazuha, Sucrose, Barbara, Bennett.
If you want to know more about every teammate for Candace you can click on the link below and find them in the list of all Genshin Impact characters that we have described.
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In case you are still not sure what champion you want to pick as main we have Genshin Impact characters tier list with explanations on how to build your best team.
Candace Talents
Below you can see the list of talents that Candace uses during the fight. Each of them we have described with the main characteristics.
Gleaming Spear: Guardian Stance
Normal Attack
Normal Attack: Performs up to four 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 opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum
Elemental Skill
Tap
Rushes forward with her shield, dealing Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
Hold
Raises her shield to block incoming attacks from nearby opponents, forming a barrier that absorbs DMG based on her Max HP and absorbs Hydro DMG 250% more effectively. This barrier lasts until the Elemental Skill is unleashed.
After holding for a certain period of time, Candace will finish charging, and when the skill button is released, the skill duration expires, or when the barrier is broken, she will perform a leaping strike that deals Hydro DMG to opponents in front of her.
Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide
Elemental Burst
Raising her weapon high, Candace calls upon a divine blessing that deals AoE Hydro DMG based on her Max HP and continuously confers the Prayer of the Crimson Crown on your active character.
Prayer of the Crimson Crown
This effect has the following properties:
Characters deal increased Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
Whenever a character takes the field, they will unleash a rippling wave of water that deals Hydro DMG to nearby opponents. There is a limited number of waves that can be triggered in the duration of this skill.
Sword, Claymore, and Polearm-wielding characters under this effect will obtain a Hydro Infusion.
Aegis of Crossed Arrows
1st Ascension Passive
If Candace is hit by an attack in the Hold duration of Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum, that skill will finish charging instantly.
Celestial Dome of Sand
4th Ascension Passive
Characters affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide will deal 0.5% increased DMG to opponents for every 1,000 points of Candace’s Max HP when they deal Elemental DMG with their Normal Attacks.
To Dawn’s First Light
Utility Passive
Decreases climbing Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%.
Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
Every talent can be upgraded up to level 15. But to do so you will need to gather materials on particular days. The list of the needed materials for leveling Candace’s talents is mentioned in the next block.
Talent Leveling Materials
So here you can see all materials that you will need in order to level up Candace’s talents.
Talent Level-Up Materials
Admonition Books: Teachings of Admonition, Guide to Admonition, Philosophies of Admonition.
Common Ascension Materials
Faded Red Satin, Trimmed Red Silk, Rich Red Brocade.
Weekly Boss Material
Tears of the Calamitous God
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Some of them are required at the beginning for low levels and others are more advanced. We just wanted to focus your attention on material types in general.
Kamisato Candace Constellations
In Genshin Impact characters have a specific upgrade system called constellation. You will need to get a specific item called Stella Fortuna to increase the level of constellation. Each character has their own version of Stella Fortuna, which you get by obtaining a duplicate of the character from Wishes.
Level 1
Returning Heiress of the Scarlet Sands
The duration of Prayer of the Crimson Crown effect triggered by Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide is increased by 3s.
Level 2
Moon-Piercing Brilliance
When Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum hits opponents, Candace’s Max HP will be increased by 20% for 15s.
Level 3
Hunter’s Supplication
Increases the Level of Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Level 4
Sentinel Oath
Shortens the Hold CD of Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum to be the same as that of the Tapping CD.
Level 5
Heterochromatic Gaze
Increases the Level of Sacred Rite: Heron’s Sanctum by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Level 6
The Overflow
When characters (excluding Candace herself) affected by the Prayer of the Crimson Crown caused by Sacred Rite: Wagtail’s Tide deal Elemental DMG to opponents using Normal Attacks, an attack wave will be unleashed that deals AoE Hydro DMG equal to 15% of Candace’s Max HP.
This effect can trigger once every 2.3s and is considered Elemental Burst DMG.
Every Genshin Impact character has own set of constellations above you can see Candace constellations list with descriptions.
Ascension Materials
In addition, there are ascension phases that increase the level cap for your character. After Candace reaches the 20th level she can be ascended to the next ascension phase, up to phase 6, which allow getting 90th level.
Character Ascension Materials
Varunada Lazurite: Varunada Lazurite Sliver, Varunada Lazurite Fragment, Varunada Lazurite Chunk, Varunada Lazurite Gemstone.
Light Guiding Tetrahedron
Common Ascension Materials
Faded Red Satin, Trimmed Red Silk, Rich Red Brocade.
Local Specialty
Redcrest
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In order to level up ascension phases you’ll need materials. So the list of those required for Candace is listed above.