Alhaitham vs Aloy
The Dendro meta-definer vs. the niche out-of-world experiment
TL;DR — Quick Pick
Pick Alhaitham if…
- In almost every competitive combat scenario
- When you want to clear Abyss with ease
- If you enjoy complex Dendro reaction gameplay
Pick Aloy if…
- Only for collection purposes or personal challenge runs
- When you need a F2P Cryo battery (though others are better)
- If you are a fan of the Horizon series
There is no competition: Alhaitham is one of the strongest characters in the game, while Aloy is a limited, unconstellated promotional unit with fundamental kit flaws. Use Alhaitham for everything; use Aloy only if you have no other options.
At a Glance
Strengths & Weaknesses
Alhaitham
- Powerful On-field DPS and strong Dendro enabler for Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon teams.
- Dendro infusion can not be overridden by other elemental infusions.
- Has specific rotations that can be hard to get used to and master.
- No interruption resistances.
Aloy
- Great Freeze/Melt potential for teams.
- Buffs your team's ATK and lowers enemies' ATK.
- Low Energy Cost for Aloy's Elemental Burst.
- No constellations.
- Coil Stacks depend on her Elemental Skill's bombs hitting enemies.
- Unobtainable in-game if you were not here for the collaboration.
Shared Team Members
With Alhaitham
Although Alhaitham focuses on Dendro, Kazuha is vital for grouping enemies and shredding the RES of secondary elements like Electro or Hydro in his teams. This grouping ensures Alhaitham's mirror projections hit as many targets as possible for maximum efficiency.
With Aloy
Kazuha is essential for Aloy as he can group her Chillwater Bomblets together using his Skill, making it much easier to trigger all four stacks for her Rushing Ice state. He also provides the Cryo DMG bonus and RES shred necessary for her to deal relevant damage.
Best Builds (Signature)
Weapon
Light of Foliar Incision
Artifacts
Gilded Dreams
Sands
Elemental Mastery
Goblet
Dendro DMG
Circlet
CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG
Substats
Energy Recharge > Elemental Mastery > CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG
Weapon
Thundering Pulse
Artifacts
Noblesse Oblige
Sands
ATK %
Goblet
Cryo DMG
Circlet
CRIT Rate / DMG
Substats
Energy Recharge until requirement > CRIT DMG = CRIT Rate > ATK %
Who Should You Pull?
- In almost every competitive combat scenario
- When you want to clear Abyss with ease
- If you enjoy complex Dendro reaction gameplay
- Only for collection purposes or personal challenge runs
- When you need a F2P Cryo battery (though others are better)
- If you are a fan of the Horizon series