Diona is a 4-star Cryo support who is primarily played as a healer and shielder in Genshin Impact. She doesn’t scale with ATK or CRIT like most bow units, but she heavily relies on Energy Recharge to maintain her uptime on shield and healing. Choosing the right weapon for Diona isn’t just about stat bonuses—it’s about synergy with her utility-focused kit.
Best 3-Star weapon to equip with Diona
Recurve Bow
- Stat Bonus: +HP
- Passive: HP restoration after killing enemies
Though a 3-star, the Recurve Bow is a decent choice for Diona, particularly for F2P or early-game players. It raises her max HP, which directly benefits both her shield and healing. You won’t get Energy Recharge from it, but the bow is readily accessible through loots in chests and Wishes.
Use this as a temporary stopgap until you get a better 4-star option with Energy Recharge.
Top 4-Star Diona Weapons
1. Sacrificial Bow (Strongly Suggested)
- Stat Bonus: Energy Recharge (6.7%–30.6%)
- Passive: 40–80% probability to reset Elemental Skill cooldown after damaging an enemy (30s cooldown)
The Sacrificial Bow is often among Diona’s top 4-star options. It provides you with an Energy Recharge bonus that you really need, and its cooldown reset feature is highly sought after due to the long Skill cooldown of Diona. It allows you to play her shield more often, which increases team survivability.
Best pairs with constellations or rotations centered around heavy shield uptime.
2. Favonius Warbow
- Stat Bonus: Energy Recharge (13.3%–61.3%)
- Passive: CRIT hits have 60–100% chance to create Energy Particles every 12 seconds
Favonius Warbow is also a very good choice for Diona. It has even more Energy Recharge potential than Sacrificial Bow and rewards crit hits with extra particles to make your whole team recharge energy fast.
Do build some Crit Rate on Diona to activate the passive consistently.
3. The Stringless
- Stat Bonus: Elemental Mastery (36–165)
- Passive: Increases Elemental Skill and Burst DMG (24%–48%)
Though not designed for support units, The Stringless still works decently with Diona in certain team comps. It enhances her Skill and Burst damage, especially if you’re using her in reaction-based Cryo comps or trying to squeeze out some additional DPS.
No Energy Recharge makes this less optimal for healing/shield uptime.
4. Tamayura-tei no Ohanashi
- Stat Bonus: Energy Recharge
- Passive: Buffs ATK% after casting Elemental Skill
While this event-only weapon is not ideal for Diona, its Energy Recharge secondary stat still maintains her healing and shielding stable. The passive itself is more suited to DPS characters, but it does not neglect her kit either.
5. Lithic Spear (Niche pick – Only if playing in Liyue-heavy teams)
- Stat Bonus: ATK%
- Passive: ATK and CRIT Rate increase with number of Liyue teammates
While not ideal for Diona’s kit, the Lithic Spear can give her a good ATK boost if you’re going full Liyue team comps. Employ only in very niche compositions.
Best 5-Star Weapon for Diona
Elegy for the End
- Stat Bonus: Energy Recharge (12%–55.1%)
- Passive: Increases Elemental Mastery + gives team ATK and EM buff when acquiring 4 Sigils via Elemental Skills/Bursts
Elegy for the End is the only 5-star bow that actually fits Diona’s support playstyle. It gives her excellent Energy Recharge, and the passive allows her to increase team ATK and Elemental Mastery, making her a better support unit.
Best-in-slot for high-level Diona sets focused on buffing and rapid Elemental Rotations.
