'Genshin Impact' Guide: Best Builds For Noelle In Patch 1.5

No other character in “Genshin Impact” can fulfill the jack-of-all-trades role better than Noelle. The beloved maid of the Knights of Favonius can tank damage, heal allies and sweep enemies away with her claymore to great extent, but she needs a fair amount of investment to reach her optimal performance levels.

Noelle is one of the best characters to use for Spiral Abyss and any other domain that has a lot of enemies at once thanks to her high AoE damage with her Elemental Burst and Charged Attack. She’s also very beginner-friendly in terms of playstyle and acquisition since she’s featured on the beginner banner.

Here’s a short guide on how to make the most use out of Noelle.

Noelle’s Playstyle

Noelle can fill all three roles: Main DPS, Sub DPS and Support. How she’s played mostly falls under player preference as she has a few builds that are effective at all three roles, which opens up some interesting combos and team compositions.

Noelle’s main source of damage is her Elemental Burst, Sweeping Time, which grants her extended range on her attacks and converts her damage to Geo damage. It’s a very strong ability that scales off of Noelle’s DEF stat, but it’s offset by the high energy cost.

She also has Breastplate, a strong on-demand shield that lets Noelle heal her party members when she attacks enemies.

Best Noelle Builds

Retracing Bolide is arguably the best artifact set for Noelle because she can trigger its four-piece passive at any time with her shield. Simply pop the shield then use her Burst to buff her damage immediately.

It also buffs her shield’s HP, making her even tougher to take down. With enough DEF and the Bolide set, the HP of her shield can surpass Noelle’s own HP values.

Alternatively, the Maiden Beloved can be surprisingly effective on a pure support Noelle so long as she stacks DEF on artifact stats. Her Breastplate’s healing values scale off of DEF and the Maiden set can boost her healing power significantly.

Best Weapons for Noelle

The Whiteblind is the best free-to-play option for Noelle since it’s easy to obtain. However, the Unforged is the most ideal weapon for Noelle because its passive stacks with Retracing Bolide. It’s much more difficult to obtain, however, and its lack of DEF will make Noelle’s healing and shields a bit weaker.