The Traveller in Genshin Impact has access to many different elements and abilities, both of a defensive and offensive nature. Of the various different elemental variants players build, the Dendro Traveller may be the very best.
Dendro Traveller is a great Support or Sub-DPS unit for any type of Dendro team, especially for free-to-play players who might not have stronger Dendro characters such as the formidable Nahida. Dendro is, overall, versatile and effective to use, and it's natural that many players would be interested in focusing their party and protagonist around it. Here's how to build a Dendro Traveller (sometimes called DMC) to support these teams.
Recommended Artifacts
Building DMC (or a similar Dendro support character) is rather easy, as both of their best sets are obtained from the same domain.
4-Piece Deepwood Memories:
Most Dendro characters will run Deepwood Memories, DMC included. The 2-Piece Set Bonus will simply increase Dendro DMG by 15% while the 4-Piece Set Bonus will decrease opponents' Dendro RES by 30% for 8 seconds when they are hit with an Elemental Skill or Burst, which can occur even while the character is off-field.
This set is great for increasing the character's damage as well as that of reactions such as Spread, Bloom, Hyperbloom or Burgeon, as the damage from all of these reactions is considered Dendro damage.
4-Piece Gilded Dreams:
The Resistance shred from the 4-Piece Deepwood Memories set does not stack if two characters use it. If fans are playing DMC with someone who is already using the Deepwood set, then, it will be better to build them with a 4-Piece Gilded Dream set instead. The 2-Piece Set Bonus will increase the character's Elemental Mastery by 80. The 4-Piece Set Bonus will increase the character's ATK by 14% for every other character of the same element in the party, in the seconds after an elemental reaction, while also increasing the character's Elemental Mastery by 50 for every character of a different element type.
This will usually result in a 14% ATK Bonus for one other Dendro character and 100 Elemental Mastery from having two different elements in the party, plus the 80 from the 2-Piece Set Bonus. Elemental Mastery is important for increasing the damage from elemental reactions.
Unless the DMC is a team's main DPS, they don't need a lot of Elemental Mastery, as they won't be triggering most of the reactions. Elemental Mastery is recommended as a focus over ATK, however.
Recommended Weapons
Most of DMC's Dendro Application will come from their Elemental Burst, so they will need a lot of Energy Recharge to consistently have their burst available (About 180+). This means that a lot of the free-to-play weapons in particular will be very good for them. Here are a few stand-out weapons that they can use to great effect.
Freedom Sworn:
The best 5-star weapon for DMC. At Level 90, Freedom Sworn has 608 Base ATK with a sub-stat of 198 Elemental Mastery. The weapon's passive will increase DMG by 10%. Additionally, when the character triggers an Elemental Reaction they will gain a Sigil, which can be obtained every 0.5 seconds. Once the character gains two of these Sigils, they will be consumed to increase Normal, Charged and Plunging Attacks by 16% and increase ATK by 20% for 12 seconds. Once this effect is triggered the character cannot gain any more Sigils for the next 20 seconds.
Freedom Sworn is Kaedehara Kazuha's signature weapon and is featured on weapon event banners beside him.
As more of a support character, a Dendro Traveller may not particularly need a 5-star weapon, and it may be better spent on other characters.
Sacrificial Sword:
This sword will be a great option for DMC and is a standard weapon, making it available on any banner. Sacrificial Sword has a Base ATK of 454 and a sub-stat of 61.3% Energy Recharge. The passive of the weapon gives the character a 40% chance to reset their Elemental Skill cooldown when they hit an opponent with the skill, once every 30 seconds. This can reach up to a 100% chance once every 16 seconds as the weapon is refined.
This blade is great for helping the Traveller with their Energy Recharge, thanks to its sub-stat and its passive allowing them to use their skill more often (which will create more particles).
Another good option in this particular area is the Favonius Sword, which will also increase the character's Energy Recharge and will allow them to create more Energy particles from critical hits.
Iron Sting:
A crafted weapon available to players from the beginning of the game, Iron Sting is a great free-to-play weapon for DMC. At level 90, the Base ATK sits at 510 with an Elemental Mastery sub-stat of 165, while its passive will increase damage by 6% for 6 seconds after the character deals damage. The Elemental Mastery sub-stat of this weapon will help to increase the Traveller's reactionary damage. However, it will create a higher need for Energy Recharge in the Artifacts, so that they can use their burst.
Recommended Teams
DMC works well as a support in any Dendro reaction team. This team focuses on increasing Keqing (already very strong indeed) and Fischl's damage through the use of Aggravate, while Jean shreds Electro resistance with a 4-Piece Viridescent Veneerer set while also offering healing for the team.
This team can be adjusted in many ways. Replacing any one character with a Hydro applier will allow the team to trigger Bloom and Hyperbloom. Here are a few of the many characters that can be place into this team, thereby offering similar functionality while supporting the player's preferences in this expansive adventure.
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Character |
Replacement |
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Keqing |
Childe, Kamisato Ayato, Raiden Shogun, Lisa, Razor |
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Fischl |
Yae Miko, Yelan, Beidou, Kuki Shinobu, Xingqiu |
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Jean |
Kaedehara Kazuha, Zhongli, Venti, Sangonomiya Kokomi, Sucrose |