Looking for the best Lohen build in Genshin Impact?
This guide covers his best artifacts, weapons, talent priorities, and team comps to help maximize his reaction-based damage output.
As an ATK-scaling Cryo polearm DPS, Lohen excels at amplifying his damage through elemental reactions, making him a strong pick in teams that consistently trigger Melt and other reaction setups.
For Lohen build, players must prioritize upgrading his elemental skill.
| Talent | Lohen talent Priority | Recommended level |
| Normal Attack | ★ ★ | 2+ |
| Elemental Skill | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 10+ |
| Elemental Burst | ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ | 10+ |
Although Lohen's main attack style involves plenty of Normal Attacks, you can leave this talent at level 1. This is because his Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst are much more important. Upgrade his Elemental Skill first, as it makes up the majority of his damage. Next, level up his Elemental Burst for a respectable damage increase.
Lohen's best weapons are Disaster and Remorse, Staff of the Scarlet Sands and Missive Windspear.
Lohen’s best-in-slot weapon is Disaster and Remorse, offering strong base stats alongside a powerful, all-round damage boost that benefits Normal Attacks, Charged Attacks, Skills, and Bursts.
Disaster and Remorse
After using an Elemental Skill, the character gains Path of Conflict for 17s and two short buffs for 3s: one boosts Normal/Charged Attack DMG by 40% (Unforgivable) and the other boosts Skill/Burst DMG by 40% (Irreparable).
While active, landing Normal/Charged Attacks extends the Skill/Burst buff, and using Skills/Bursts extends the Normal/Charged buff, allowing both to be maintained through combat.
When Path of Conflict ends or the character leaves the field, both buffs disappear. This effect can trigger once every 18s.
The Hexerei: Secret Rite upgrade significantly increases both DMG bonuses from 40% to 75%.
Staff of the Scarlet Sands is Lohen's second-best. This boasts higher crit rate than his signature weapon, albeit with lower base ATK.
Staff of the Scarlet Sands
Alternatively, Lohen players can use Missive Windspear for their free-to-play build. It has decent amount of crit rate for a 4-star weapon, and the Cryo DPS gets bonus ATK upon triggering elemental reactions. This fits his playstyle really well as he is best played in reaction-based teams.
Missive Windspear
For the best Lohen build, you'll need A Day Carved From Rising Winds or Blizzard Strayer.
Hexerei units such as Lohen can maximize their damage and potential by using A Day Carved from Rising Winds. This set is meant to provide a hefty amount of ATK, and some crit rate, resulting in higher damage.
A Day Carved From Rising Winds
Blizzard Strayer is strictly for Freeze team. Otherwise, you won't be able to get its maximum value.
With this Lohen build, he can receive Cryo damage and a total of 40% crit rate (55% with Cryo resonance), allowing him to focus on other stats.
Blizzard Strayer
Lohen's best constellations are C1, C2 and C6.
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| C1. O Breezes, That So Oft Bear Sorrowful Lament |
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| Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: Lohen's maximum Will to Win limit is increased to 300% of its original value. Additionally, when other nearby party members deal DMG while Lohen is in Masterstroke mode, they accumulate 500% as much Will to Win for him than they originally would have. Reason: Earliest power up for Lohen, allowing him to increase his Will to Win limit. |
| C2. In Flight, I Strike Whatever Flies |
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| Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: When in Masterstroke mode, after unleashing the special Elemental Skill Etched Into Bone and Soul or the Elemental Burst Manifest Judgment, Lohen gains "Evilsbane Blade" for 4s: The next time Lohen hits an opponent with a Normal or Charged Attack while in Masterstroke mode, he will follow up with an additional strike that deals AoE Cryo DMG equal to 300% of his ATK, and increase the Elemental Mastery of other nearby party members by 200 for 8s. Evilsbane Blade can be triggered once every 4s. Reason: Adds extra Cryo follow-up damage + team EM buff, which translates to bigger damage output. |
| C3. Only the Spear That Wounds Can Heal |
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| Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: Increases the Level of Unforeseen Strike by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. Reason: Increases the level of his elemental skill, which is decent boost. |
| C4. Radiant Love, Laughing Death |
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| Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: When Lohen unleashes the Elemental Burst Manifest Judgment while in Masterstroke mode, his Will to Win will be maxed out, causing this instance of his Elemental Burst to gain the maximum possible DMG increase. Additionally, when Lohen switches to Masterstroke mode, the following will occur depending on how much Elemental Energy he has: · When Elemental Energy is not full: Lohen recovers 15 Elemental Energy. · When Elemental Energy is full: If, during the next 15s, Lohen unleashes the Elemental Burst Manifest Judgment, he will recover 15 Elemental Energy. Reason: This constellation lowers Lohen's energy needs. Not really a priority. |
| C5. Never Ask, Nor Trouble You to Know |
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| Ratings: ★ ★ ★ Effect: Increases the Level of Manifest Judgment by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15. Reason: This constellation upgrades his elemental burst. Not really worth pulling unless used as a stepping stone for C6. |
| C6. To Drown, to Sink, Unconscious — Supreme Joy |
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| Ratings: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Effect: Using the special Elemental Skill Etched Into Bone and Soul or, while Masterstroke mode is active, unleashing the Elemental Burst Manifest Judgment, will not consume any Will to Win. Instead, Lohen's Joy will be maxed out, and when he next uses the special Elemental Skill Etched Into Bone and Soul, the duration of this instance of Masterstroke will be extended by 1.25s. Additionally, during this instance of Masterstroke mode, the number of times Lohen can unleash Etched Into Bone and Soul before he becomes unable to accumulate Joy is increased by 1. This effect can be triggered once every 7s. Additionally, the CRIT DMG of all the DMG described above is increased by 175%. Reason: This constellation removes or reduces key restrictions and massively boosts crit/damage |
The best Lohen Melt team typically features Lohen, Durin, Citlali, and Nicole for maximum reaction damage and buff stacking. While Lohen is on-field, Durin and Citlali provide consistent Pyro/Cryo application to enable frequent Melt triggers, while Nicole adds strong support utility and team amplification.
The best Lohen Freeze team is Lohen, Shenhe, Furina, and Escoffier, built around keeping enemies permanently Frozen while boosting Cryo damage. Shenhe greatly increases Lohen’s Cryo output, Furina provides steady Hydro application along with strong team buffs, and Escoffier adds healing, utility, and resistance shred.
For the best F2P Lohen team, a Melt composition works well with Xiangling serving as the primary off-field Pyro enabler. Sucrose provides crowd control while also reducing enemy resistance through Viridescent Venerer. Bennett completes the team by acting as both healer and strong ATK buffer, significantly boosting overall damage output.
Wanna know more about Lohen? Check out more here:
Genshin Lohen is a five-star Cryo Polearm ATK-scaling main DPS.
Lohen's best artifact sets are A Day Carved from Rising Winds (overall best-in-slot) and Blizzard Strayer (for freeze teams only).
Lohen's best weapons are Disaster and Remorse, Staff of the Scarlet Sands, and Primordial Jade Winged-Spear.
Genshin Lohen's best team is the Melt Hexerei team with Lohen, Citlali, Durin and Nicole.
Genshin Impact Lohen's birthday is on April 3.
Lohen is a main DPS with high damage output, especially when built and supported properly. He scales well, makes strong use of top-tier elemental reactions, and remains fairly free-to-play friendly.
Yes, Lohen is free-to-play friendly. He can use accessible 4-star weapons and still perform well. He also fits comfortably into teams made mostly of 4-star characters without a major drop in damage.
This concludes our Genshin Impact Lohen build guide! Lohen is a character that you can pull for if you're searching for a traditional Cryo DPS that can take advantage of Melt and Freeze teams. Build him properly, use the right teams, and he can comfortably handle both easy and endgame content in Genshin Impact.
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