Genshin Impact’s Layla is an elven Sumeru native and student of theoretical astrology. She is a cryo character capable of providing shields for her allies and dealing damage from off the field, all through the magical power of sleepwalking. Let’s take a look at the best Genshin Layla build, including top-tier weapons and artifacts, ascension materials, and more.
As you journey through the captivating world of Teyvat, understanding your characters is essential to mastering the game. Layla stands out as a unique support character, leveraging her abilities to shield allies while dealing damage effectively. In this guide, we will delve into her skills, optimal builds, and how to maximize her potential in your team composition.
Let’s head to the Akademiya and learn all we can about Genshin Impact’s Layla.
What’s the best Genshin Impact Layla build?
In the role of shield support, Layla’s best weapon is Key of Khaj-Nisut, which boosts her HP and in turn, buffs her shield’s damage absorption. Similarly, Tenacity of the Millelith is her best artifact set. Her most important stats are HP and energy recharge.
| Best weapon | Key of Khaj-Nisut (five-star) |
| Weapon substitutes | The Dockhand’s Assistant (four-star) Favonius Sword (four-star) |
| Best artifact set | Tenacity of the Millelith |
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How should I use Layla?
Layla is a cryo sword-wielder and an extremely powerful shield support. Her elemental skill has massive damage absorption potential that scales based on her max HP, while her elemental burst adds to its utility.
With careful energy recharge distribution in your team, you can achieve near-constant cryo shielding and damage, even when she is off the field. Layla’s cryo damage also makes her a decent sub-DPS, but her support potential is definitely her best asset.
The main skills you’ll be using are Layla’s elemental skill and elemental burst. Her skill creates a powerful shielding curtain that absorbs damage, and combining her skill and her burst will launch a barrage of cryo projectiles at the enemy.
What are the best Layla weapons?
The best five-star weapon for Layla is Key of Khaj-Nisut. This weapon takes the top spot for Layla’s shield support build as both its bonus stat and skill increase her max HP. Alternatively, Primordial Jade Cutter is suited more to a damage-focused build, but if it’s all you have access to, the bonus HP can certainly help.
If you’re looking for four-star alternatives, we’d recommend Favonius Sword, The Dockhand’s Assistant, or Sacrificial Sword. According to KQM, The Dockhand’s Assistant is Layla’s second-best shielding weapon thanks to its massive HP stats, and you don’t need to worry about its refinement level as she can’t activate its passive.
| Weapon | Effect | How to obtain |
| Primordial Jade Cutter | Bonus stat: crit rate Skill: Increases Layla’s HP by 20%. Additionally, provides an attack bonus based on 1.2% of her max HP | Weapon event banner |
| Key of Khaj-Nisut | Bonus stat: HP Skill: Increases HP by 20%. When Layla’s elemental skill hits opponents, she gains the Grand Hymn effect for 20 seconds. | Weapon event banner |
| Favonius Sword | Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: Crit hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of elemental particles, which regenerate six energy for the character. | Gacha |
| The Dockhand’s Assistant | Bonus stat: HP Skill:not applicable | Gacha |
| Sacrificial Sword | Bonus stat: energy recharge Skill: After Layla deals damage to an opponent with an elemental skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own cooldown. | Gacha |
What are the best Layla artifacts?
As Layla’s primary role in a team is shielder, the best artifact set for her is the four-piece Tenacity of the Millelith set. If you would rather buff her energy recharge than her shield strength you can pair this set with Emblem of Severed Fate, or use a two-piece Blizzard Strayer set for an extra cryo damage bonus.
