Ganyu, if you were lucky enough to have her, is actually the current top DPS in the game right now along with Hu Tao. Of course, only a few people in the Genshin Impact community are aware of this through first-hand experience and even those who have Ganyu are a bit confused as to how she deals the highest consistent damage right now.

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Because while she's rather straightforward to pilot, Ganyu requires a certain understanding from her players. The same is true for all DPS or carry characters in Genshin Impact but Ganyu takes it a step further as she's actually good in everything she does from being a support to main damage dealer. So in order to maximize her existence, knowing what she can do is crucial.

This is rather optional for anyone who has Ganyu. For most characters, the Normal Attack talent takes a backseat to the Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst because those do the most work. For DPS or carry Ganyu characters, the Normal Attack stat is everything.

It's her bread and butter thanks to having the best stat increases among all the bow users in the game. Additionally, Ganyu benefits well from having the second-highest base ATK stat in the game, second only to Xiao.

Sure, level up her Normal Attack talent but don't actually use Normal Attacks. That's because Ganyu shines best as a DPS using her charged shots. She has the highest charged shot damage multiplier in the game right now. This multiplier then increases every time players level up Ganyu's talent.

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Moreover, her charged shots have the best area attack in the game so even those with poor aim can hit their targets regardless and even those beside them. Her normal attacks don't matter much and pale in comparison to her charged shots.

As for getting the most out of Ganyu's charged shots, having patience is the key. Players need to hold the charged shot for two seconds to it will reach the second level. This is Ganyu at her most damaging.

The level 2 charged shot or Frostflake Arrow has a two-part attack. The first is a cryo damage projectile that's typical of most elemental charged shots; after that, the arrow will burst into several pieces and those pieces will explode and deal the most damage. Ganyu is practically cluster bombing her enemies every time she charges her shots for two seconds at least.

Now here's the most unfair part of her charged shots: it doesn't require much training. All Ganyu has to do is aim at any body part. She doesn't even have to go for the weak spot as the level 2 exploding bloom of the Frostflake Arrow deals more damage.

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So if players are having difficulty hitting their targets, they can simply aim at the ground they're standing on and they'll still get hit by the Frostflake Arrow's exploding bloom. This is useful for dealing consistent damage when supported by characters like Venti or Jean who lift up the targets in the air, making them harder to hit.

Now, on to the Elemental Skill, Trail of the Qilin, because Ganyu's literally Qilin her enemies. Bad pun aside, this is one of the best utility skills in Genshin Impact. Its main purpose, of course, is to draw enemy aggression away from Ganyu as she's rather squishy... talking about her HP here.

However, players will soon find out that it's also a decent grouping tool in order to draw melee enemies and make them easier to kill all at the same time with Ganyu's charged shots. Moreover, Ganyu can also use it as a third dodge due to its animation.

With that said, getting used to the Trail of Qilin as a dodge or a taunt ability is rather finicky. Unlike other Elemental Skills, it doesn't seem to have any auto-targeting; thus, the bloom gets released in the direction she's facing.

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In many instances, such as when dodging or running away from an enemy, this can get impractical as it will launch Ganyu back in the direction of her foe. The best would be to use it as the first dodge instead of the third while taking note of its lack of auto-targeting.

Apart from being a charged shot monster, another Ganyu strategy that's popular is using her Elemental Burst, Celestial Shower, as a perma-freeze setup. This is easily done when she's paired with characters like Mona, Barbara, or Xingqiu. When leveling up talents, this is the second most important one to level after Normal Attacks.

What makes this also quite broken is the fact that Celestial Shower has a 15-second duration and also a 15-second cooldown. If players have enough Energy Recharge or an energy battery like Venti, then it's pretty much a winter wonderland for the enemies as they won't be able to move.

Then again, the perma-freeze setup isn't always for everyone since Ganyu's charged shots look way more glorious and produce higher numbers. In that case, Celestial Shower still helps a lot since it gives a bonus to everyone friendly in its area of effect. It's thanks to her passive talent, Harmony Between Heaven and Earth.

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That bonus would be a 20 percent cryo damage increase. Since Ganyu's charged shots only deal cryo damage, then it's a big boost for her. Add this to augment Melt team compositions for Ganyu (which isn't even necessary) and her damage numbers can easily reach six digits.

If players are on the fence about using their Celestial Shower against just one (presumably tough) enemy, they needn't be. The Elemental Burst actually has auto-targeting of some sort. The icicles slowly determine where the target is so they'll get hit eventually.

That doesn't mean they'll eat all the icicle shards though. The icicles are rather lazy in homing in on targets to they're still more suited for groups of enemies. However, if you can get someone like Venti or Sucrose to cluster up the enemies, then the shards will often go to their spot.

One of the best things about Ganyu, aside from getting Crit Damage for her Ascension Stat is that she also creates her own Crit Rate. That somewhat makes her the most readily independent character in the game who can also sustain herself.

Ganyu's passive talent, Undivided at Heart, gives her Frostflake Arrows (charged shots) 20 percent Crit Rate. This lasts for five seconds upon firing a Frostflake Arrow. That's already a permanent 20 percent Crit Rate for her which easily becomes 40 percent with the Blizzard Strayer set. Not many DPS characters can compete with that.

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