Genshin Impact 2.2 Character Rerun Hu Tao Build and Team Guide

Mihoyo has announced that there will be two Character Rerun in Genshin Impact 2.2. Las time, the first rerun character, Tartaglia (Childe) was reviewed. This time, we are going to review the second rerun character, Hu Tao. The banner will be available on 2nd, Nov 2021.

Hu Tao, 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, is a playable 5-Star Pyro character in Genshin Impact. Since first release of Hu Tao, Hu Tao has already been the highest use rate Pyro DPS. There are several outstanding features of Hu Tao which makes Hu Tao be so popular. Hu Tao Elemental Skill can infuse her attack with Pyro Elemental and increase Hu Tao ATK based on her maximum HP/First. This article will have a in-depth review of Hu Tao best build, best weapons, best artifacts and best teams.

Hu Tao General Information

• Rarity : 5-Star
• Element : Pyro
• Tier : SS
• Position : DPS
• Weapon : Polerarm

 Tier list of Genshin Impact Playable Characters (Source: Genshin Lab__)

Hu Tao Skills and Talent

Hu Tao’s attacks are infused with Pyro element via her Elemental Skill

The most special feature of Hu Tao is her Elemental Skill :

• Elemental Skill(Guide to Afterlife) : Hu Tao turns into Paramita Papilio State :
  -ATK is increased based on Hu Tao maximum HP
  -Attack DMG is converted to Pyro DMG

-Increases Hu Tao’s resistance to interruption
-Charged Attacks apply the Blood Blossom effect(Enemies affected by Blood Blossom will take Pyro DMG every 4s) to enemies

• Elemental Burst(Spirit Soother) : Hu Tao deals one slash of Pyro AoE DMG. DMG Maximized when HP<50%.

You can see full description of Hu Tal Skills and Talent via here.

Hu Tao Constellations

Constellations of Hu Tao

The Constellations of Hu Tao are as below :

C1 : While in a Paramita Papilio state activated by Guide to Afterlife, Hu Tao’s Charge Attacks do not consume Stamina.

C2 : Increases the Blood Blossom DMG by an amount equal to 10% of Hu Tao’s Max HP at the time the effect is applied.

Additionally, Spirit Soother will also apply the Blood Blossom effect.

C3 : Increases the Level of Guide to Afterlife by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4 : I Upon defeating an enemy affected by a Blood Blossom that Hu Tao applied herself, all nearby allies in the party (excluding Hu Tao herself) will have their CRIT Rate increased by 12% for 15s.

C5：Increases the Level of Spirit Soother by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6 : Triggers when Hu Tao’s HP drops below 25%, or when she suffers a lethal strike:

Hu Tao will not fall as a result of the DMG sustained. Additionally, for the next 10s, all of her Elemental and Physical RES is increased by 200%, her CRIT Rate is increased by 100%, and her resistance to interruption is greatly increased. This effect triggers automatically when Hu Tao has 1 HP left. Can only occur once every 60s.

C1 is the most valuable constellations. During Paramita Papilio state activated by Guide to Afterlife, Hu Tao’s Charge Attacks do not consume Stamina. That’s mean Hu Tao can do consecutive Charge Attacks. C6 is excellent too but not necessary. C4 increase the support ability of Hu Tao.

Hu Tao Best Weapon

The best 5-Star weapon for Hu Tao is Staff of Homa. It provides extra HP to Hu Tao and the bonus increases when Hu Tao HP is less than 50% which suit mechanism of Hu Tao. 

Deathmatch is the best 4-Star weapon. It increases very much CRIT Rate of Hu Tao.

Hu Tao Best Artifact Sets and Artifacts Stats

Hu Tao’s artifact sets is very fixed. Crimson Witch of Flames is the Best Artifact set for Hu Tao. The set increase DMG of burning and Pyro related reactions. :

The Main Stats of Artifacts for Tartaglia is recommended as below :

• Sand – HP
• Globet – Pyro DMG
• Circlet – CRIT Rate or CRT DMG

While for Sub Stats, the order of them should be : CRIT DMG>CRIT RATE>HP%>Elemental Mastery>ATK%

Hu Tao Best Teams

Hu Tao usually participates in Vaporize Team, this makes one of her best teammate is Xingqiu. Due to her mechanism, Zhongli is another best teammate of Hu Tao as he provides shield which can protect Hu Tao during low HP.

Didn’t get Zhongli? Mihoyo prepared a new 4-Star shield character for you – Thoma. Thoma is new Genshin Impact character which will be included in the banner of Hu Tao rerun. It is an alternative of Zhongli in Hu Tao’s team.

1. Vaporize Team #1 – Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Kazuha, Zhongli

Hu Tao s the main DPS in this team. The core of this team is the maximization of Hu Tao’s DMG by Vaporization. Kazuha can further increase DMG of whole team.

2. Vaporize Team #2 – Hu Tao, Xingqiu, Sucrose, Thoma

Similar to the above team, Hu Tao is the main DPS in this team. The core of this team is the maximization of Hu Tao’s DMG by Vaporization. Sucrose can further increase DMG of elemental reactions and Thoma replaces role of Zhongli.

3. Melting Team – Hu Tao, Ayaka, Sucrose, Diona

Hu Tao can also play in Melting Team. Hu Tao is one of the DPS in this team while the other one is Ayaka. The core of this team is the melting.

For more details of the team including each team members’ weapon and artifacts, you can take reference from here for more information.