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Sayu
AnemoClaymoreInazuma★★★★

Sayu

Published Jul 17, 2026 · Updated v6.7
Content Tier List
Spiral AbyssB
Imag. TheaterB
OverworldA
Should You Pull?YES

Sayu is a niche Anemo Healer; consider pulling only if you want this specific playstyle.

Sayu is the 4-Star Anemo Claymore Character from Inazuma who can heal and swirl. Read our detailed Sayu guide to optimize their performance.

ClaymoreAnemoHealer

Overview

Quick Build

Weapon

Favonius Greatsword

Favonius Greatsword as her BiS weapon. You will need to build some CRIT rate for it however. This weapon will help her B

Artifacts

Viridescent Venerer

4-Piece recommended

Sands

Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery

Main stat

Goblet

ATK % / Elemental Mastery

Main stat

Circlet

Healing Bonus / Elemental Mastery

Substats

Energy Recharge > Elemental Mastery > ATK % > CRIT Rate (if Favonius)

Strengths

  • Strong Anemo damage
  • Versatile team options

Weaknesses

  • Requires investment
  • Best teams use limited 5-stars

Talent Priority

1
Elemental BurstPriority: Max (10)

Primary source of damage or support. Level to 10 first.

2
Elemental SkillPriority: High (8-10)

Important for damage or support value. Level second.

3
Normal AttackPriority: Low (1-6)

Lowest priority. Level last or skip unless you have spare resources.

Substat Priority

1Sands
2Goblet
3Circlet
4Substats
Sayu Standard Rotation
Standard

Cast Skill then Burst each rotation.

See build guide

Follow the recommended rotation for optimal Sayu performance.

Weapons

5-star Weapons

1
Favonius Greatsword

· Base ATK 0

4-star Weapons

2
Wolf's Gravestone

· Base ATK 0

3

· Base ATK 0

4
Mailed Flower

· Base ATK 0

5
Skyward Pride

· Base ATK 0

6
Sacrificial Greatsword

· Base ATK 0

7
Katsuragikiri Nagamasa

· Base ATK 0

8
Makhaira Aquamarine

· Base ATK 0

9
Tidal Shadow

· Base ATK 0

Artifact Sets

Viridescent Venerer
SViridescent VenererBest in Slot

Viridescent Venerer, whether you play her on field or off field. It allows both elemental RES shred and increases Sayu's Swirl. You do not have to level Sayu's Normal Attack.

Sands

Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery

Goblet

ATK % / Elemental Mastery

Circlet

Healing Bonus / Elemental Mastery

Team Compositions

Sayu

Sayu

Main DPS

Xiao

Xiao

Support

Fischl

Fischl

Support

Zhongli

Zhongli

Sustain

Sayu can be a good support for Xiao as she can provide him with a decent healing, and she can also serve as his personal battery. Fischl will serve as an off-field DPS while also applying Electro. Ororon can be used instead of Fischl if you don't have her. Zhongli will provide his shield to the team.

Character Synergy
Sayu
SayuMain DPS

Sayu acts as a mobile healer and VV shredder, utilizing her Skill to traverse the field while swirling elements. She provides consistent party-wide healing while shredding enemy resistances.

Xiao
XiaoSupport

Xiao benefits from Sayu's Anemo particle generation, which helps fuel his high-cost Burst. Sayu's healing ensures Xiao can safely consume his own HP during his damage window.

Fischl
FischlSupport

Fischl provides off-field Electro damage that Sayu can swirl to trigger VV RES shred. This increases both Fischl's own damage and the team's overall elemental output.

Zhongli
ZhongliSustain

Zhongli provides an unbreakable shield and universal RES shred, which protects the team during Xiao's Burst. His presence ensures the party can ignore enemy attacks while focusing on damage.

Talents & Constellations

Talents

Normal AttackNormal Attack

Sayu performs a sequence of Claymore-based Normal Attacks.

Normal Attack
Elemental SkillYoohoo Art: Fuuin Dash

Pressing the skill puts Sayo into a Windwheel roll, going a short distance than performing a whirlwind kick dealing Anemo DMG. Holding the skill down puts her into a continuous Windwheel, rolling around the field absorbing any elements she comes across and dealing that Elemental DMG on the field.

Elemental Skill
Elemental BurstYoohoo Art: Mujina Flurry

This summons a pair of healing hands and deals Anemo damage to nearby enemies. If the HP of the active character is above 70% you will deal more Anemo damage, if it is below you will heal the active character more.

Elemental Burst

Constellations

1
C1
2
C2
3
C3
4
C4
5
C5
6
C6
C1Multi-Task no Jutsu

The Muji-Muji Daruma created by Yoohoo Art: Mujina Flurry will ignore HP limits and can simultaneously attack nearby opponents and heal characters.

Is it worth getting?

Decent early constellation. Useful quality-of-life improvement.

C2Egress PrepPull Target

Yoohoo Art: Fuuin Dash gains the following effects. - DMG of Fuufuu Whirlwind Kick in Tapping (mobile) / Press (PC & PlayStation) Mode increased by 3.3%. - Every 0.5s in the Fuufuu Windwheel state will increase the DMG of this Fuufuu Whirlwind Kick by 3.3%.

Is it worth getting?

Strong constellation meaningful power increase worth targeting.

C3Eh, the Bunshin Can Handle It

- Increases the Level of Yoohoo Art: Mujina Flurry by 3. - Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Is it worth getting?

Situational improvement. Worth it once you have earlier constellations.

C4Skiving: New and Improved

Sayu recovers 1.2 Energy when she triggers a Swirl reaction. This effect occurs once every 2s.

Is it worth getting?

Situational improvement. Worth it once you have earlier constellations.

C5Speed Comes First

- Increases the Level of Yoohoo Art: Fuuin Dash by 3. - Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Is it worth getting?

Situational improvement. Worth it once you have earlier constellations.

C6Sleep O'ClockPull Target

The Muji-Muji Daruma created by Sayu's Yoohoo Art: Mujina Flurry will now also benefit from her Elemental Mastery. Each point of Sayu's Elemental Mastery will produce the following effects. - Increases the damage dealt by the Muji-Muji Daruma's attacks by 0.2% ATK.

Is it worth getting?

Major constellation that significantly changes the character. Recommended for dedicated mains.

C0 Sayu is solid and clears all content without any constellations.

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