The best build for Mitya in Genshin Impact is the most effective setup.

Background: A 5-Star Scientist With Two Viable Job Paths

Mitya is a 5-star character in Genshin Impact who can be built as a main damage dealer, or as a support/sub-damage dealer. This flexibility is very useful when teambuilding, especially because Mitya performs excellently in both roles. He is the scientist with the sentient scarf, and separate progression information covers Mitya's materials and Mitya's kit and Constellations.

Development: Team Choices Decide the Build Direction

The best damage-dealer team centers on Mitya, Odette, Yae Miko, and Valeriy at Constellation 6. If Valeriy is not at Constellation 6, it is often better to run Sucrose or another shielder in his place. At Constellation 6, however, Valeriy becomes Mitya's best teammate.

For on-field damage-dealer Mitya, bring a Cryo applicator and preferably a shielder, because he stands still while using charged attacks. You do not need to worry about a Stellar Glimmer enabler in the team, because Mitya does this himself. Odette, for example, is replaceable in free-to-play teams.

The best support team centers on Mitya, Sandrone, Odette, and Vodyanista. Any Stellar Conduct damage-dealer character can benefit from Mitya's buffs too, but Sandrone is the best damage dealer in the current meta.

When playing Mitya in a support role, Yae Miko and Odette are still his best teammates, but you no longer have to worry about bringing a shielder, because Mitya will not be using charged attacks. That means you can play both Yae Miko and Odette alongside Mitya and your chosen on-field damage dealer, or replace one or both of them with another support character.

Progression: Weapons and Artifacts for Either 5-Star Role

Mitya has a lot of 5-Star, 4-Star, and even 3-Star weapon options across both his on-field damage-dealer and off-field support builds. If you do not have the best listed options, there are many other stat sticks Mitya can take advantage of, such as the 5-Star Nightweaver's Looking Glass. Ideally, look for anything with a Critical Damage or Elemental Mastery main stat, and prefer passives that can also be used by Mitya for more damage gains.

Mitya's best Artifact sets depend on whether you are playing him in a support role or as a main damage dealer.

For support, the best Artifact set is the 4-piece Gilded Dreams because it increases Mitya's personal Elemental Mastery and attack stat. Other sets may perform better if you have good Artifact stats on these options:

• 4-piece Disenchantment in Deep Shadows
• 4-piece Heart of the Furnace
• 4-piece Tenacity of the Millileth
• Mix-and-matching 2-piece Elemental Mastery sets

If somebody on your team is already running one of those 4-piece sets, you are most likely better off equipping an alternate Artifact set on Mitya for better teamwide damage.

The main Artifact stats you should aim for on support Mitya are:

• Sands: Elemental Mastery
• Goblet: Elemental Mastery
• Circlet: Critical Damage, Critical Rate, or Elemental Mastery

The substats you should be looking for on support Mitya are:

• Critical Damage
• Critical Rate
• Elemental Mastery

Mitya gets +20% Critical Rate as part of his kit, so you actually only need to reach 80% Critical Rate before you should stop building it up.

For main damage dealer Mitya, there are also many Artifact options. The best sets are:

• 4-piece Disenchantment in Deep Shadows
• Mix-and-matching 2-piece Elemental Mastery sets
• 4-piece Gilded Dreams

The main Artifact stats are the same:

• Sands: Elemental Mastery
• Goblet: Elemental Mastery
• Circlet: Critical Damage, Critical Rate, or Elemental Mastery

The substats for damage-dealer Mitya should include:

• Critical Damage
• Critical Rate
• Elemental Mastery
• Energy Recharge

Remember that Mitya gets +20% Critical Rate as part of his kit, so you only actually need to reach 80% Critical Rate.

Latest Progress: Rotations, Bursts, and Leveling Priorities

Just like his build, how you play Mitya depends on whether you are using him in a support role or as your main damage dealer.

As a support, all you need to do is tap the Skill button and then swap to your other teammates to benefit from Mitya's buffs and off-field damage from a sub-damage dealer. His Burst is not usually worth popping when acting in a pure support role, because of the time it takes and the little damage it produces.

You can squeeze a little more damage out of a support Mitya by using quick rotations of 16 seconds minimum. Tapping the Skill button again will not only refresh its duration, but also cause the Gradient Beacon purple orbs to explode. When leveling him up as a support, prioritize Mitya's Skill first, then Burst if you really want to. Normal attacks can be ignored.

Playing an on-field damage-dealer Mitya can be slightly more complicated, but it is not necessary to min-max his quickswap potential to play a solid, meta-worthy damage-dealer Mitya.

Essentially, activate your team's buffs, swap to Mitya, hold the Skill button to enter his Overload Skill mode, and use charged attacks to consume the Gradient Beacon purple orbs floating around the gadget he summons. You should also use Mitya's Burst when he is a damage dealer, because it instantly generates three Gradient Beacons. This allows you to jump right into a new charged attack rotation as soon as you finish the last one. The more Gradient Beacons on the field, the more Critical Rate Mitya has.

Mitya's damage-dealer playstyle only becomes complicated when you use him in a sort of quickswap role. That is, hold down the Skill button first, then swap to one or two teammates and activate their buffs, then return to Mitya, where you will start his damage-dealer charged attack and Burst combos and go back to character swapping.

Or, you can:

• Tap Mitya's Skill
• Swap to one or two teammates and activate their buffs
• Tap Mitya's Skill again
• Swap to one or two teammates and activate their buffs
• Use charged attacks and Burst as Mitya
• Swap to other teammates

When leveling him up as a damage dealer, prioritize Mitya's normal attacks first, then his Burst. His Skill can be ignored.

Current Stage: What the Build Means for Team Planning

At this stage, Mitya's value is role stability: the same 5-star can be a main damage dealer or a support if the team changes around him. On-field builds lean on charged attacks, Cryo application, shield safety, and three Gradient Beacons from Burst. Off-field builds lean on Skill taps, Elemental Mastery, 16-second quick rotations, and buffs for Stellar Conduct damage-dealer characters.

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