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Genshin Impact Mona Best Builds and Teams

Genshin Impact Mona Best Builds and Teams

Mona is a unique Hydro catalyst user in Genshin Impact, capable of functioning both as a burst sub‑DPS or a support “driver” who sets up powerful elemental reactions. In this guide for Ultimategacha.com, we’ll go over her optimal builds and team synergies to help you decide how best to slot her into your roster.

Mona’s Strengths & Role Overview

Mona’s core strength lies in her Elemental Burst, Stellaris Phantasm, which applies her Omen buff to whichever character shatters her illusionary bubble. That lets Mona function as a support buffer or burst enabler for a main DPS.

She also has the Mirror Reflection of Doom skill, which creates a Phantom that taunts enemies and deals Hydro damage before exploding.

Because her buffs are time‑sensitive, many of Mona’s best team comps revolve around reactions like Freeze, Vaporize, or Electro‑charged, or quick swap setups where you break her bubble at the ideal moment.

Best Mona Builds

Artifact Sets & Stats

  • Emblem of Severed Fate (4‑piece) is often the go-to set for Mona. It increases her burst damage bonus proportional to her Energy Recharge.
  • Alternatively, Noblesse Oblige (4‑piece) or mixing 2-piece Emblem + 2-piece Noblesse is viable if you want to emphasize support utility.
  • Stat priorities:
     - Sands: Energy Recharge (or ATK% if ER is already sufficient)
     - Goblet: Hydro DMG Bonus
     - Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
     - Substats: Energy Recharge > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK%

Because her Burst is central, many builds aim for a high Energy Recharge baseline, often targeting ~180–220 % ER, so she can cast her burst reliably.

Best Weapon Choices

  • Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds is often considered her top option, thanks to its CRIT Rate substat and damage increase over time.
  • Skyward Atlas is a strong alternative, boosting her elemental damage output.
  • The Widsith can also work, giving boosts at random for CRIT DMG, ATK, or elemental damage.
  • For support roles, Favonius Codex or weapons with ER bonuses become more attractive, helping her get her Burst online more often.

Top Mona Team Compositions

Freeze Team (Morgana / Freeze Mona)

Suggested team: Mona + Cryo DPS (Ayaka, Ganyu) + Cryo battery / alternate + Anemo buffer (Venti, Kazuha) + shielder or healer (Diona, Shenhe)

  • Freeze teams are popular with Mona because when enemies are frozen, her Omen buff duration is extended.
  • Example: Mona – Ganyu – Venti – Diona. Use Mona’s Burst to apply Omen, break bubble with Ganyu to benefit from extra damage.

Vaporize / Nuke Team

Suggested team: Mona + Xiangling (or other Pyro DPS) + Bennett + Anemo buffer (Kazuha, Sucrose)

  • Here, Mona can act as an on-field nuke or as a support to enhance reactions.
  • A typical rotation: apply Mona’s Burst, break bubble with Xiangling or Bennett for Vaporize, then follow up with DPS.

Electro‑Charged / Quick Swap

Suggested team: Mona + Fischl + Beidou + Anemo (Venti / Kazuha / Sucrose)

  • Mona applies Hydro reliably, while Fischl / Beidou supply Electro. Add an Anemo unit to swirl and shred resistances.
  • Because Mona’s Omen buff is short, timing is key, swap in and out quickly to maximize burst windows.

Nuke / Hypercarry Support

Suggested team: Mona + main burst DPS + buffers (Kazuha / Sucrose) + burst battery or support (Bennett)

  • Mona launches her Burst and passes the Omen buff to a main DPS who breaks the bubble. The rest of the team stacks buffs, resets cooldowns, or sets up reactions.
  • Example: Mona support + Bennett + Kazuha + main DPS (such as Diluc or Ayato).

Tips & Considerations

  • Mona is often strongest as a support / sub‑DPS, rather than a sustained on-field DPS, due to her reaction and buff‑oriented toolkit.
  • Her constellations like C1 and C4 enhance her reaction buffs or CRIT rate for other units.
  • Be careful of buff overlap and timing: you want your main DPS to hit the Omen window and break Mona’s bubble efficiently, without losing time to cooldowns.
  • For free players, simpler teams like Freeze or Electro‑Charged with fewer high rarity units often offer more consistency.

By tailoring Mona’s build around Energy Recharge, Hydro DMG, and CRIT stats, and slotting her into teams optimized for Freeze, Vaporize, or Electro‑charged reactions, you can get tremendous value from her kit. Let me know if you want a version focused specifically on Spiral Abyss or F2P builds!

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