Collei in Genshin Impact: Best Builds for Weapons and Artifacts, Skills, Talents and Leveling

Collei is one of the new playable characters in Genshin Impact 3.0. The massive update will unlock access to the mysterious region of Sumeru and traditionally expand the list of available heroes. In this guide, we'll tell you how to obtain Collei, what abilities she possesses, how to quickly level her up, and also describe the best weapons and artifacts for the hero.

The girl with green hair is a Dendro character with long-range bow attacks. Collei serves as an intern for the Forest Watch in the Avidya Forest located in Sumeru. She started her training later than the others, so now she's trying her hardest to catch up with her colleagues. She's full of enthusiasm and ready for heroic deeds, but behind the mask of cheerfulness, there's a person with a troubled past and complex character.

Collei is a victim of the Fatui experiments, suffering from a very rare disease. For a long time, she hated all living things, not believing in the Archons and their help. It was only after meeting Amber that the heroine found the strength to see the world in a new light.

Collei's rarity is four stars, meaning she's not as hard to obtain as five-star heroes. In battle, the character is best suited for a support role, relying on her bow and area of effect elemental attacks. Collei will also be useful to players who want to increase their stamina during gliding.

The girl with green hair will become available immediately after the update launches — on August 24th. As usual, she can be won in wishes or obtained for free after completing the «Child's Tale» quest. In update 3.1, Collei will be available in the standard banner, making her possible to obtain with a much lower probability.

Ascension Phase 0

Ascension Phase 1

Ascension Phase 2

Ascension Phase 3

Ascension Phase 4

Ascension Phase 5

Ascension Phase 6

All her abilities are directly related to Dendro damage, which serves as a good foundation for subsequent reactions. Besides Collei, only the five-star character Tighnari — also a Dendro character — can create a similar base for combos.

Forest Watcher's Bow (normal attack): up to 4 shots with a bow. In charged form, it deals increased damage. The arrow also accumulates Dendro damage. During a plunge attack, Collei releases a barrage of arrows, dealing normal area damage.

Trump-Card Kitty (elemental skill): throws a Floral Ring (boomerang), dealing Dendro damage to all enemies in its path once. Upon returning to Collei, it deals elemental damage again. The skill's cooldown time is 12 seconds.

The Cat's Tail Secret (elemental burst): the heroine throws a Cuilein-Anbar doll, which explodes, dealing area Dendro damage. This outlines an area where Cuilein-Anbar continuously moves, dealing Dendro damage over 6 seconds. The skill's cooldown time is 15 seconds.

There are traditionally three passive talents. Initially, only one of them will be available to you, but others will unlock as you increase the ascension level.

Sumeru's Flight Champion: Stamina consumption during gliding is reduced by 20%. This effect does not stack with passive talents providing the same bonus.

Floral Sidewinder: The active character who triggered reactions of Burning, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Hyperbloom, Burgeon, or Catalyze before the Floral Ring's return, will receive the Sprout effect for 3 seconds upon its return. Enemies nearby will start taking Dendro damage (40% of Collei's Attack Power). Reactivating the skill removes the existing effect. Sprout damage is considered elemental skill damage.

Whispers in the Woods: When the active character within the area of the elemental burst triggers reactions of Burning, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Hyperbloom, Burgeon, or Catalyze, the duration of the Cuilein-Anbar area is increased by 1 second. The duration of the same Cat's Tail Secret can be extended up to 3 times this way.

Constellations are additional abilities that can significantly alter a character's properties.

We recommend paying attention to the first and fourth constellations. Forest Watch will allow the heroine to regenerate energy 20% faster. Since the main damage from Collei comes from the elemental burst, after activating the constellation, the archer will be able to use her most powerful attack more frequently, and from a safe distance. Gift of the Woods will increase the elemental mastery of the entire squad after using Collei's elemental burst, further enhancing the heroine's value as a support character.

Ascension is a qualitative improvement of a character after reaching a certain level. Different amounts of materials are required for each level.

Rukkhashava Mushrooms can be found in Sumeru. They are most abundant in the lands of Ashavan and the Avidya Forest.

Nagadus Emerald — stones, slivers, chunks, and fragments can be obtained through alchemical transmutations or as rewards for defeating the Feathered Mold King (the higher the level, the better the quality of the material). Also, the emerald can be obtained with the Parametric Transformer.

Arrowheads can be obtained after defeating Hilichurl Archers.

Mold King's Beak drops as a reward for defeating Feathered Mold Kings level 30 and above.

Tears of the Calamitous God — a reward that can be obtained for defeating the Raiden Shogun puppet (End of the Oneiric Euthymia). Access to this battle opens after completing the quest «Transient Dreams». The material can also be obtained through alchemy.

Scrolls of Sincerity can be found in Sumeru. They are also a reward for completing the Steeple of Ignorance domain.

Crown of Insight — one of the rarest but necessary materials for talent level-up. A crown is required for every character at the final levels of skills. Obtaining it is not easy. Most often, the Crown of Insight appears in the reward shop of various time-limited events. Another way is to level up the Frostbearing Tree or the Sacred Sakura. This way, you can earn several crowns.

Collei is a character optimized for enhancing reaction damage, which in turn relies on Elemental Mastery and Attack Power (due to her passive talent). Although the archer is primarily focused on supporting the team, she can also deal damage, especially through her Elemental Burst. When selecting artifacts, we recommend paying attention to the following stats:

Overall, for comfortable gameplay, the hero's stats should be approximately as follows:

Suitable Artifacts:

Deepwood Memories — a decent set that allows Collei to reduce Dendro resistance in the area of her Elemental Burst even when she is not the active character.

Gilded Dreams — this set provides a good bonus for Elemental Mastery and Attack Power. It also affects the damage of the Elemental Skill Seed and the miniature Cuilein-Anbar.

Each of these buffs includes up to 3 characters in the calculation. The effect can occur once every 8 seconds and triggers even if the artifact bearer is not on the field.

Noblesse Oblige — this set strengthens the squad and increases overall damage when using an Elemental Burst.

Instructor — a set that increases Elemental Mastery for both Collei and the team.

Suitable Weapons:

Elegy for the End — a five-star bow that provides a high base attack, good energy recharge, and a passive increase in Elemental Mastery. Increases the wielder's Elemental Mastery by 60-120 units, as well as increasing the Elemental Mastery of allies by 100-200 units.

King's Squire — a new four-star bow from Sumeru that enhances Collei's attack and Elemental Mastery. Using an Elemental Skill or Burst grants the Forest's Instruction effect, increasing Elemental Mastery by 60 units for 12 seconds. If the bow wielder leaves the field, the effect ends. At the end of the effect, a random nearby enemy takes damage equal to 100% of the attack power. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds.

Favonius Warbow — a four-star bow that passively generates energy particles for the entire party and increases the hero's energy recharge. A critical chance of 50% or higher is required to trigger the passive effect.

Sacrificial Bow — a four-star weapon. Hits with an Elemental Skill have a 40% to 80% chance to immediately reset its cooldown. Can occur no more than once every 16-30 seconds.

The Stringless — a straightforward four-star bow that increases Elemental Mastery and enhances ability damage. Elemental Skill and Burst damage is increased by 24% to 48%.

Mitternachts Waltz — a four-star bow. The damage of the character's Elemental Burst, who is equipped with this weapon, is increased by 0.12% for each unit of the entire team's energy. The resulting damage increase cannot exceed 40%.

Windblume Ode — this four-star bow is freely distributed by the Sumeru Fisherman's Association. It increases energy recharge and triggers an effect that deals AoE damage based on attack power. Activating an Elemental Skill triggers the Riptide effect: attacks on hit deal AoE damage equal to 80% of attack power. After 15 seconds or after 3 successful hits, the effect disappears. It deals damage no more than once every 2 seconds and can occur once every 12 seconds.

Dark Hunter — the bow has four stars. It increases the character's damage from 2% to 4% per second when they are off the field. The maximum amount of damage that can be dealt can reach from 20% to 40%. If the character appears on the field, the accumulated bonus will start to decrease from 4% to 8% per second until it reaches zero.

Collei is an excellent support for your team. Her passive talents are aimed at enhancing Dendro reactions.

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Cons:

Collei is not the easiest character to master. To utilize her full potential, you will need to keep track of many variables and switch characters timely.

Acting by default as a support, the archer is capable of dealing significant damage with her Elemental Skill and Burst. It's important to consider her very useful passive talents, which provide enhancements to reactions with Dendro element. The main thing to remember when playing with a team including Collei is the Sprout effect. If other characters trigger reactions before the boomerang returns, the buff deals prolonged Dendro damage to enemies, depending on Collei's attack power. The Elemental Burst summons a doll that attacks the area. If other heroes within the burst's area activate reactions, the skill's duration increases.

At the start of the battle, apply a status to the enemies with some hero (not Collei) or start the fight as her and use the Elemental Skill, then quickly switch to another character to continue the combo. It all depends on the team composition.

In any case, try to use the archer's Elemental Burst as quickly as possible, then switch her out for another character and trigger reactions to activate her passive talent.

Keep in mind that the reaction damage depends on the Elemental Mastery of the character who finishes it. Most often, it's advantageous for Collei to be the last one, however, there are times (when her Elemental Mastery isn't sufficient) that it's better to leave the final attack to another hero.

Team through Aggravate (Dendro+Electro), Bloom (Hydro+Dendro) and Burgeon (Dendro+Hydro+Electro) reactions:

Team through Burning (Dendro+Pyro), Bloom (Dendro+Hydro) and Burgeon (Dendro+Hydro+Pyro) reactions:

Team through Aggravate (Dendro+Electro) and Quicken (Dendro+Electro+Electro) reactions:

Alternative team through Aggravate (Dendro+Electro), Quicken (Dendro+Electro+Electro). Barbara and Collei can also create Buds, which Keqing turns into Dendro projectiles.

A team playing off Vaporize (Pyro+Hydro), Burning (Dendro+Pyro) and Bloom (Dendro+Hydro+Pyro) reactions:

Another variant through Vaporize, Burning, and Bloom:

Combining different reactions, although complicating the combo, allows for massive damage: Vaporize (Pyro+Hydro), Burning (Dendro+Pyro), Bloom (Dendro+Hydro), and Overload (Dendro+Electro).

A team focused on the Bloom reaction: