Genshin Impact’s Freminet is a four-star cryo claymore wielder, and the quiet, younger sibling to the fabulous Lyney and Lynette. With the help of his cute lil penguin pal, he can dish out a unique mixture of cryo and physical damage, making use of the shatter reaction to take down his foes. This guide will help you explore the best builds for Freminet, including weapons, artifacts, team compositions, and much more.
As you venture deeper into the vast world of Teyvat, understanding character builds becomes essential for maximizing your gameplay. Freminet stands out as a versatile character, allowing players to adapt their strategies based on the challenges they face. Whether you're looking to optimize your damage output or explore team synergies, getting acquainted with Freminet's abilities and gear options will enhance your experience.
Here’s how to dredge up the best Genshin Impact Freminet build that will elevate your gameplay and help you conquer even the toughest challenges!
What You Will Learn
- The best weapons for Freminet and their unique effects.
- Recommended artifact sets to maximize Freminet's potential.
- Optimal team compositions to enhance Freminet's performance.
- Detailed insights into Freminet's abilities and playstyle.
- Essential materials needed for leveling up Freminet.
What is the best Genshin Impact Freminet build?
| Best weapon | Skyward Pride |
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| Best artifact set | Physical build: Pale Flame Cryo build: Blizzard Strayer |
| Artifact substitutes | Physical build: two pieces of Pale Flame and two pieces of Gladiator’s Finale Cryo build: two pieces of Blizzard Strayer and two pieces of Gladiators Finale or Emblem of Severed Fate |
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Overall, Freminet’s best weapon is Skyward Pride, as it suits him well in both a cryo and a physical DPS build. However, if you have a Serpent Spine at refinement rank five, it actually outperforms Skyward Pride for cryo DPS Freminet. But, considering Serpent Spine is hotly contested, Skyward Pride is under-utilized, and that physical DPS is Freminet’s main role, we generally recommend sticking with Skyward Pride. I mean, we’ve all got one gathering dust in our inventory, right?
For a cryo build, Freminet’s best artifact set is a full set of Blizzard Strayer, and Pale Flame is his best set for a physical build. Either way, when picking artifacts you should focus on getting his energy recharge up first, then boost his crit rate/damage and attack%.
How to use Freminet
Freminet is a unique four-star cryo character who can act as a physical DPS, a cryo DPS, or a hyperbloom driver, giving you some flexibility in how you want to play him.
As a physical DPS (which is his standard role), your main focus should be getting Shattering Pressure to level four. You can do this by popping his elemental skill and weaving normal attacks in between to raise that pressure level.
In a cryo DPS role, you should focus on using his elemental skill as often as possible to dish out as many Shattering Pressure instances as you can throughout his elemental burst’s duration.
Freminet can also be a viable hyperbloom driver as he benefits from electro application and the hydro character can enable his shatter. However, this is a bit more of a niche role for him, so we’re primarily focusing on cryo and physical DPS builds in this guide. If you’d like to know more about superconduct Freminet, you can check out the KeqingMains guide or head over to the r/Freminetmains sub-Reddit.
What are the best Freminet weapons?
Overall, Skyward Pride is the best weapon for Freminet, especially if you have him at C2 or lower. Its base attack, energy recharge, damage buff, and vacuum blade passive all add up to make it a very strong option for him, with those aforementioned vacuum blades even providing the benefit of physical resistance shred.
However, Serpent Spine at refinement rank five actually pulls ahead of Skyward Pride if you intend to use Freminet in a cryo DPS role, and it’s a strong second to Skyward Pride in a physical DPS role. At R5, Serpent Spine out-ranks any other five-star claymores for him, but at R1 it is only slightly better than his free-to-play options, so it really depends on those refinement ranks.
In a cryo DPS build, Freminet’s next best five-star claymore is Wolf’s Gravestone. As a physical DPS, his next-best five-star after Skyward Pride is Song of Broken Pines. However, both of these have other uses and are likely better used on other characters. Beyond that, other five-star claymores primarily act as stat sticks, generally sitting behind Serpent Spine R5 and above Serpent Spine R1.
If you’re looking for something that’s a little easier or cheaper to obtain, then Prototype Archaic is Freminet’s best free-to-play option in both playstyles.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Skyward Pride | Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: increases all damage by 8%. After Freminet hits an enemy with an elemental burst, normal, or charged attack, he creates a vacuum blade that does 80% of attack as damage to enemies along its path. Lasts for 20 seconds or eight vacuum blades | All gacha banners |
| Serpent Spine | Bonus stat: crit rate Skill: Every four seconds Freminet is on the field, he deals 6% more damage and takes 3% more damage. This effect has a maximum of five stacks and will not be reset if Freminet leaves the field, but will be reduced by one stack when he takes damage | Battle pass |
| Song of Broken Pines | Bonus stat: physical damage bonus Skill: A part of the “Millennial Movement” that wanders amidst the winds. Increases attack by 16%, and when normal or charged attacks hit opponents, Freminet gains a 
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