Best Xiao build in Genshin Impact: Artifacts and weapon combinations for F2P and P2W players

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Xiao is a self-sufficient DPS character who best uses damage-oriented Polearms in Genshin Impact.

A short summary of his best weapons in descending order:

A short summary of ideal artifact sets:

A short summary of the ideal artifact stats:

This guide will concisely cover these topics to make sense for new Xiao mains (both F2P and P2W).

F2P and P2W players will have access to the same artifacts, leading the main difference to be their choice of weaponry. Genshin Impact is a gacha game, so anybody can pull a 5-star weapon.

However, hoping to C5 a 5-star weapon is something that only P2W players can hope to do. Likewise, F2P players cannot obtain paid Battle Pass weapons.

F2P players can technically obtain any non-Battlepass weapon, but the following is a list of weapons they can easily C5:

Blackcliff Pole comes from Paimon's Bargains and is the most F2P-friendly weapon on this shortlist. As it has CRIT DMG as its substat, Xiao mains should build CRIT Rate on their artifacts.

Favonius Lance is good if the player wants Xiao to act as a battery or if they want to spam his Elemental Burst as frequently as possible.

P2W players can use any of the F2P options, but they also have some rarer weapons they may wish to use instead:

Both Primordial Jade Winged-Spear and Staff of Homa stand out as his best weapons. The former is better for general usage, while the latter needs specific team support to prevent him from constantly going above 50% HP, but it can deal more CRIT DMG.

Although Xiao doesn't have an innate shield, some of his best teammates have one. Thus, their shields can help make Vortex Vanquisher's ATK boost even stronger.

Calamity Queller is a great 5-star Polearm that synergizes nicely with Xiao's kit, but both it and Vortex