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Neuvillette Build Guide

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Updated on Jul 23, 2026
Jul 23, 2026

Character Profile

The Hydro Dragon of Fontaine, Neuvillette is an HP-scaling on-field Hydro DPS. Through his unique HP fluctuation mechanics and his passive asking for non-Hydro elements in the team, he has relatively unique teambuilding. The unequivocal best on-field DPS at a time, he has since fallen quite far behind the meta curve. Although still able to perform at the top endgame echelons with some early vertical pickups, his weaknesses at lower investment have been laid bare in Stygian Onslaught. Often-times reliant on some newer supports like Ineffa, his endgame flexibility will no longer cut it for several bosses. Worth noting that despite his passive encouraging Rainbow teams, Neuvillette will essentially always want to play with a 2nd Hydro unit in his teams for Energy reasons.


While less reliant on units like Furina compared to before, he will require strong supports to perform well. His Constellation 1 and Signature Weapon Tome of the Eternal Flow are even more important compared to before if looking to keep up with the increasing difficulty of newer endgame. Lunar units in particular can let him punch above his weight, and he will often not compete with newer units without them against many endgame scenarios. Neuvillette's rotations also tend to be very long and place constraint on how units without the ability to sustain significant uptime. This, combined with his lack of frontloaded damage, makes him ill-suited to be competitive a lot of the time.

Build Overview

Weapon
BiSTome of the Eternal Flow
Best 4 starSacrificial Jade
4 star alternativeThe Widsith
Best free optionPrototype Amber
Artifact
Artifact SetMarechaussee Hunter
Artifact Stats
SandsHP %
GobletHydro DMG
CircletCrit Rate/DMG
Substats
1Energy Recharge
2Crit Rate/DMG
3HP %
4HP

Energy Recharge Requirements: 100 - 130%

Neuvillette will often require a few Energy Recharge subs to reliably get his Burst back, particularly in Stygian Onslaught. Tome of the Eternal Flow becomes even more powerful in those situations, as do Favonius Weapons used on Neuvillette's teammates.

HP% Goblet tends to be very comparable to Hydro DMG Goblet. Whichever has better substats will tend to be thebetter option, though this can depend on Neuvillette's weapon and team.

Skill Overview

Talents
Basic AttackAs Water Seeks Equilibrium
SkillO Tears, I Shall Repay
BurstO Tides, I Have Returned
MiscEmpty
Passives
Ascension 1Heir to the Ancient Sea's Authority
Ascension 4Discipline of the Supreme Arbitration
UtilityGather Like the Tide
ResonanceEmpty

Best Teams

Mono Hydro Hypercarry

Neuvillette - Furina - RES Shred slot - flex

  • Furina is more or less required for this team to be good. Other options will be significantly worse in this structure.
  • RES Shred: Xilonen is typically the best partner here thanks to her relatively long and easy to maintain duration and decent buffing through Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City. Kaedehara Kazuha is another strong option, though harder to maintain full uptime on his buffs. Citlali works similarly to Xilonen, but she sometimes makes specific Hydro Swirl or Hydro Crystallize setups harder to do than otherwise. Escoffier is not bad and doesn’t necessarily force a fourth Cryo slot, but she does make that an option. Neuvillette loses much less damage going from 2 of his passive to 1 stack compared to going from 3 to 2.
  • Flex: Typically another of the above slots in order to maximize Neuvillette’s and Furina’s damage. The easiest to manage combination is Xilonen + Kazuha, but any will work. Other flex slots include Durin, Mavuika, Skirk if Escoffier was chosen as the RES shred slot, or even Lauma thanks to her Hydro RES Shred.

Rarely a particularly good option into content that isn't meant to be extremely favorable to Hydro teams, which is quite rare nowadays. Might struggle without vertical investment and without more specific supports like Durin or Ineffa.

Example Rotation

  1. Neuvillette Skill
    →
  2. Furina Skill Salon Solitaire
    →
  3. Xilonen Skill Yohual's Scratch + N2
    →
  4. Kaedehara Kazuha Chihayaburu Skill + Plunge + Burst Kazuha Slash
    →
  5. Furina Burst Let the People Rejoice
    →
  6. Neuvillette CA + Skill + CA + Burst
    →
  7. Xilonen Skill + N2 ( + Burst if necessary for rotation time)
    →
  8. Kaedehara Kazuha Skill + Plunge
    →
  9. Neuvillette CA + CA


On-field Carry with Lunar

Lunar-Charged or Lunar Crystallize

Neuvillette - Columbina - Ineffa or Linnea - flex

  • Columbina is the necessary 2nd Hydro slot here; she is an exceptional sub-DPS with enough uptime to last through Neuvillette’s long rotations, although she not provide a lot in the way of buffs for him. The only somewhat competitive alternative is Furina, but she will typically not be better in a Lunar format without significant vertical investment.
  • Ineffa or Linnea are the necessary Sub-DPS that truly makes this a Lunar team. They will have to refresh their turret uptimes twice per rotation to maintain them, but Neuvillette’s rotations are long enough to comfortably allow for that.
  • Flex: Typically a RES Shred slot like Xilonen or Kazuha. Sucrose also works quite well, as her EM buffs become just as relevant as DMG% buffs for the team. Xilonen can reliably proc Hydro Scroll with Columbina and Ineffa thanks to how Lunar Crystallize interacts with Electro + Hydro aura. Normally, Crystallize will always react exclusively with Electro, and thus won't provide a Hydro Crystlalize (required for Hydro Scroll).

Typically Neuvillette's best team in general, but especially into Lunar content or Electro-Charged content. The Linnea variant can be strong into certain bosses, but will rarely be as good as Ineffa. Linnea gives the team much less if it's not a Geo focused team.

  1. Neuvillette Skill
    →
  2. Columbina Skill Eternal Tides ( + Burst Moonlit Melancholy )
    →
  3. Ineffa Skill Cleaning Mode: Carrier Frequency
    →
  4. Xilonen Skill + N2
    →
  5. Neuvillette CA + CA + Skill + Burst
    →
  6. Xilonen Skill + N2 ( + Burst if necessary for rotation time)
    →
  7. Ineffa Skill + Burst
    →
  8. Neuvillette CA + CA


Hyperbloom

Neuvillette - Lauma - Ineffa - Columbina or Furina

  • Lauma is necessary to make this team a viable option of other Lunar options.
  • Ineffa is the best Hyperbloom trigger when Lauma is in the team, but Kuki Shinobu or other Electro units can do fine too.
  • Furina or Columbina: Both work just fine. Furina focuses more on Neuvillette’s damage and non-Lunar damage, whereas Columbina locks in on Lunar damage.

Typically not as good as the more Lunar-Charged focused variants, especially with some vertical investment. Usable in Abyss and against certain Stygian Onslaught encounters, but not widely applicable against Hydro or Electro content.

Example Rotation

  1. Neuvillette Skill
    →
  2. Lauma Hold Skill + Burst
    →
  3. Columbina Skill + Burst)
    →
  4. Ineffa Skill
    →
  5. Neuvillette CA + Burst + Skill + Charge
    →
  6. Ineffa Burst
    →
  7. Lauma Hold Skill
    →
  8. Neuvillette Charge + Charge

There are other archetypes Neuvillette can be played in, but most of them have very steep vertical and build requirements or are otherwise not that great. An interesting include Vaporize with some combination of units that lets Neuvillette consistently Vaporize his hits. This is possible through either Burning, Xiangling with some smart Pyronado hits, or a pair such as Durin + Kaedehara Kazuha. This team is quite hard to play, especially without the Energy provided by Tome of the Eternal Flow. The only second Hydro that can pair well here is Mona due to her low Hydro application.

Best Weapons

BiS Option: Tome of the Eternal Flow

Neuvillette’s Signature Weapon. The Energy refund passive is fantastic in Stygian Onslaught in particular, and it is overall an excellent stat stick that provides everything Neuvillette should want. Can be up to 30% more personal DPS compared to Prototype Amber.


Best 4 star: Sacrificial Jade

If your build allows for it to be used, this weapon at R5 can be surprisingly close to Tome. The extremely high Crit Rate significantly reduces the amount of good substats Neuvillette can make use of. The condition of needing to switch out after at most 10 seconds of field-time is something Neuvillette does naturally because of his Elemental Skill cooldown and rotations being long. Despite that, it can make those rotations a little tighter mechanically.


Other Limited 5* weapons

Catalysts like Surf's Up, Reliquary of Truth and other high Crit secondary stat Catalysts can be strong, close to high refinement Sacrificial Jade. Typically not incredible, but much better than the free options.


Best free option: Prototype Amber

The extra Energy is useful, but the lack of Crit Stats makes this weapon not be very impressive. It also doesn't help Neuvillette with getting his first Burst in Stygian Onslaught, making you have to build a little bit more ER regardless.

4 star alternative: The Widsith

â…” passives are useless, but Neuvillette will maintain higher uptime on the passive than most. Nevertheless, not typically stronger than Prototype Amber.

Best Artifacts & Stats

BiS Option: Marechaussee Hunter

Arguably Neuvillette’s signature artifact set. He makes great use of the 2pc and nearly instantly stacks the 4pc. There is little reason to consider any other option if a 4pc set is available. Golden Troupe is typically Furina’s best set on Neuvillette teams, making it an easy 2 for 1 domain. It is also available in the strongbox, so getting a decent set is easier than for most.


Alternatives: 4pc Heart of Depth, 2p2p combinations

These are all fine if available, but clearly worse than Marechaussee.


Niche alternative: Night of the Sky's Unveiling

Comparable to Marechaussee Hunter in Lunar teams. It makes Neuvillette do a little less damage, but lets your Lunar teammates do a little more. If an NSU set is available and you typically play Neuvillette in Lunar teams, this is a great alternative to Marechaussee.

Talent Priority

  1. Normal Attack
  2. Elemental Burst
  3. Elemental Skill

Neuvillette's NA Talent contains the damage values for his Charged Attacks, which are the clear majority of his damage. His Burst is not irrelevant in terms of damage, and is worth a decent chunk of it; his Skill less so, and is much less worth leveling. Still alright.

Constellations

C1Venerable Institution
C2Juridical Exhortation
C3Ancient Postulation
C4Crown of Commiseration
C5Axiomatic Judgment
C6Wrathful Recompense

Overview

Neuvillette features a pretty strong C1 and an otherwise weak lineup of Constellations, at least by modern standards. His C2 is quite weak compared to what a DPS's C2 is expected to be, and his C6 is decent but hardly amazing. Constellations beyond his C1 don't address many of his issues and aren't major DPS increases.

Constellation Details & Approximate Damage Increase

C1: Since Neuvillette will almost always want a 2nd Hydro slot in his team, this Constellation is going to accordingly be an increase of 28% to his Charged Attack damage outside of niche scenarios. This comes out to a roughly 20-24% personal DPS increase, one of the highest in the game. Against certain enemies with innate auras that Neuvillette can react with, this can become useless. There aren’t many such bosses that Neuvillette is good against though. Additionally, Neuvillette will now become impossible to interrupt during his Charged Attack. This can be very good QoL into many endgame encounters, as Neuvillette can have a hard time finding a Shield or other forms of Interruption Resistance for his teams.

C2: Fairly mediocre Constellation 2, only giving 42% Crit Damage to his Charged Attack hits. This comes out to a personal DPS increase of 10-15%.

C3: The talent levels to his CA make this be a personal DPS increase of about 15-16%, better than his C2. It's a strong C3.

C4: Useful for C6, but without it, it's most useless.

C5: Mostly negligible.

C6: Instead of having to do multiple Charged Attacks, Neuvillette can now perform one very long Charged Attack that will constantly absorb all Sourcewater Droplets around him. The additional hits provided by this C6 will give about 25% more MV to Neuvillette’s Charged Attack, which is strong but not incredible. An overall decent C6, but not up to par with modern C6 DPS.

How to Play

Overview & Draconic Glory

Neuvillette is an HP-scaling on-field DPS based around his Enhanced Charged Attack. He has large AoE and is a relatively maneuverable and dynamic character in terms of gameplay, but lacks frontloaded damage and can have less rotational flexibility than most. Neuvillette's Ascension 1 Passive will give him 'Draconic Glory' stacks, which multiply the damage done by his Enhanced CA based on the amount of unique Hydro Reactions triggered in his team. Neuvillette will deal 110 / 125 / 160% of his Enhanced CA's original damage, corresponding to 1 / 2 /3 unique Hydro Reactions triggred. Because Neuvillette typically requires additional Energy from his teammates and has natural synergy with Hydro supports like Furina, he will typically want to only go up to 2 of those stacks. His C1 will naturally provide him with an extra stack though.

Enhanced Charged Attack & Sourcewater Droplets

In order to access his Enhanced CA, Neuvillette has to charge it for a few seconds. He can reduce this charge-up time by absorbing 'Sourcewater Droplets', a mechanic he and a few other Fontaine units have. Sourcewater Droplets are generated when Neuvillette's Skill hits an enemy and when Neuvillette casts his Burst, as well as minimally by Sigewinne and Traveler (Hydro), although they are not good Neuvillette teammates. Any Sourcewater Droplets generated will last for 15 seconds, meaning Neuvillette has to make conscious use of them.

When Neuvillette starts up his Enhanced CA Charge, he will begin absorbing nearby Sourcewater Droplets within his field of vision. This means he won't absorb them if they're off-camera. Each Droplet absorbed will reduce the required time to complete the Charge and begin the Enhanced CA. If Neuvillette absorbs 3 Droplets, he will begin it near instantly. His Skill generates 3 Droplets, whereas his Burst generate 6.

Enhanced CA Details & HP Fluctuation

Charged Attack: Equitable Judgement is a Hydro laser with very large AoE. It will hit all opponents caught in its AoE throughout its duration of just above 3 seconds. During Equitable Judgement, Neuvillette can freely move around and aim it, and he will not automatically target enemies. Neuvillette can freely let go of his CA input while the animation is on-going, and it will not be cancelled; to do that, he has to input a Skill, Burst, or Dash out of it.

Equitable Judgement has a total of 8 hits it will perform throughout its duration. During its duration, Neuvillette will also periodically drain his own HP, at a rate of 8% max HP every 0.5 seconds. Whenever Neuvillette absorbs a Sourcewater Droplet though, he will restore 16% of his max HP. This makes Neuvillette's HP highly fluctuating, which ties into his Ascension 4 Passive. This will give him some extra Hydro DMG Bonus based on the amount of HP he is currently at. This will max out at 30% Hydro DMG Bonus at 80% of his Max HP.

Neuvillette's HP fluctuation also makes him a great teammate for Furina, whose Burst will record changes of her teammates' HP percentage. Neuvillette is one of the few characters in the game that can comfortably use Furina without a dedicated healer, although having one doesn't necessarily hurt.

Elemental Skill & Elemental Burst

Neuvillette's Elemental Skill will deal a little bit of AoE Hydro DMG on cast. If it hits an enemy, it will generate 4 Hydro Particles and spawn 3 Sourcewater Droplets. This Skill has a cooldown of 12 seconds, and Neuvillette will typically always want to perform 2 of them per rotation. Because of that, Neuvillette's best rotations will typically be quite long, at roughly the duration of 2 of those cooldowns + 1 Charged Attack duration. This is mostly done for Energy purposes, as Neuvillette has a pretty hard time getting his Elemental Burst back otherwise.

Neuvillette's Burst has an 18 second cooldown and Energy cost of 70. On cast, it will deal 3 hits of AoE Hydro damage and spawn 6 Sourcewater Droplets. Neuvillette will want to use this Burst every rotation, as it gives him an extra 2 Enhanced CAs.

Enhanced CAs and Rotations

With his 2 Skill casts and 1 Burst cast per rotation, Neuvillette will want to perform a total of 4 of his Charged Attack: Equitable Judgement. Each of these will last for about 3 seconds, so Neuvillette's total field time will be about 16-17 seconds. This is quite long, but because Neuvillette's rotations will typically run at a minimum of 26 seconds, he will have time to spare for his teammates.

This means that besides teammates with very high uptime like Furina or Columbina, Neuvillette also works well with anyone who can easily refresh their buffs. Neuvillette will actively want his teammates to do this, in order to maintain buff uptime and fill out rotational downtime.

Additional Info

Charged Attack 'cancel'

When Neuvillette begins his Equitable Judgement charge-up animation, even if he instantly absorbs 3 Sourcewater Droplets, he will take a little bit of time to get to its cast. This will happen if you hold down the button all the way, every time.

If you were to instead let go of the CA button at the right time, after Neuvillette has absorbed Sourcewater Droplets but still during the CA animation, he will skip this wind-up and instantly begin casting Equitable Judgement. This saves a little bit of time per CA, and since Neuvillette performs 4 of them, it ends being quite relevant.

Release Date

Neuvillette was officially released as a playable 5-star Hydro character in Genshin Impact on September 27, 2023, during the Version 4.1 update.

Portrait

neuvillette


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