Weapons are an intrinsic part of Genshin Impact. There are currently 4 weapon types in Genshin Impact- Catalyst for elemental damage, Claymores for slow but heavy damage, Swords for swift and continuous melee damage, and Polearms for swift melee AoE damage to multiple enemies. Weapon passives and main stats can make or break a character. While there are some weapons that are dedicated to some characters and their kits, others are versatile and can be used on various characters for various effects.
Kazuha’s rerun is almost upon us in Genshin Impact update 2.8 Summer Fantasia. He’s a high-demand Anemo sword character who’s supposedly getting his own exclusive 4-star weapon for free in his upcoming Story Quest in Update 2.8. This is an opportune moment to look at how the current swords in the game match up to Kazuha’s kit. Without further ado let us move on to the tier list.
Kazuha’s Best to Worst Weapons Tier List
Kazuha is a 5-star Anemo sword unit with a sub-DPS and support role in the game. He benefits from Elemental Mastery and Elemental Recharge primarily while Attack and Crit bonuses come second in priority- at least as far as his ideal build goes. Dps Kazuha is also a great option for those without good EM artifacts, in which case other builds are also strong and viable. Below are his best to worst weapons categorized in a tier list.
S Tier
The best of the best swords- well suited to both the Elemental Mastery build or the dps build of Kazuha.
- Freedom Sworn
It’s a 5-star weapon whose passive synergises well with Kazuha and it has an EM main stat.
- Primordial Jade Cutter
A 5-star Crit Rate weapon with a high base Attack stat and Attack buffing passive.
- Iron Sting
Best-in-class weapon for F2P players as it’s a 4-star craftable weapon with EM main stat and a passive that suits Kazuha’s Swirls.
- The Alley Flash
A 4-star gacha weapon that has an EM main stat and is ideal for a dps Kazuha build.
A Tier
Good reliable weapons that you won’t need to change even in the endgame.
- Skyward Blade
A 5-star Energy Recharge (ER) weapon with plenty of buffs from its passive is ideal for spamming Kazuha’s burst over and over again.
- Sacrificial Sword
A 4-star ER weapon that has a high chance to negate elemental skill cooldowns at higher refinements- thus allowing Kazuha to cast his E a second time immediately after the first and get more particles.
- Favonius Sword
With a high Crit build, Kazuha will be a reliable energy battery for the whole team with this sword. Also has an ER main stat.
- The Black Sword
A Battlepass Crit rate weapon with a passive that facilitates healing is great for Kazuha in the Abyss.
- Blackcliff Longsword
This does more damage with multiple enemies around and thus is ideal for Kazuha’s crowd control utilities. Also has a Crit Damage main stat for more dps.
- Mistsplitter Reforged
Ideally not a sword for Kazuha and is best used on other units but it still has 5-star dps utilities and tons of perks from its passive.
B Tier
Decent weapons for a mediocre, temporary or experimental Kazuha build.
- Lion’s Roar
With an Attack main stat and damage buff to Pyro and Electro reactions, this could be situationally great for Kazuha.
- Festering Desire
A F2P weapon that most veteran players will have at R5. It has an ER main stat and is decent for Kazuha.
- Amenoma Kageuchi
A craftable Attack main stat weapon with an ER-based passive is usable for Kazuha’s kit.
- Summit Shaper
A 5-star weapon that buffs attack when the character using it is in a shield. Could be situationally decent for Kazuha.
- Aquila Favonia
A 5-star Physical Damage weapon that is great for a DPS Kazuha build but it’s best used on other characters.
- Haran Geppaku Futsu
A 5-star Crit rate weapon for DPS characters that don’t synergize well with Kazuha’s kit.
- Dark Iron Sword
A rare 3-star EM weapon available to all players but only at R1 could be a great weapon to use on Kazuha in the absence of other weapons.
C Tier
These swords don’t synergize well with Kazuha’s kit and are better not used.
- Skyrider Sword
A 3-star weapon whose damage and passive is of no use to Kazuha even though it has an ER main stat.
- The Flute
This 4-star weapon is unreliable with its passive and thus best not used on Kazuha.
- Prototype Rancour
This Physical Damage 4-star craftable weapon does not benefit Kazuha in any way.
D Tier
The remaining weapons include the rest of the 3-star swords, the starting 1-star and 2-star swords, and a few 4-star swords that are straight-up bad or unusable on Kazuha.
- Dull Blade
- Silver Sword
- Harbinger of Dawn
- Fillet Blade
- Cool Steel
- Traveler’s Handy Sword
- Sword of Descension
- Royal Longsword
- Cinnabar Spindle
Most players will sooner rather than later surely get a B-tier to S-tier weapon for Kazuha in no time because he is such a versatile and easy-to-build unit. As such players will have a lot to choose from and can build him as per their own specific needs and desires.