Lion’s Roar in Genshin Impact: how to get and who suits

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In Genshin Impact, Lion’s Roar is 4-star one-handed sword, which has good initial indicators and an interesting passive that greatly increases damage against opponents with the corresponding statuses.

In this guide, we will talk about what purposes this weapon is suitable for, how to get it and who to give it to in order to truly unleash its potential.

How to get Lion’s Roar

Lion’s Roar can be obtained from standard banner "Wanderlust", as well as in the "Incarnation of the Divine" time event. The last time the sword appeared in the banner of the second half of update 3.6, With You with other epic weapons.

The main characteristics of the Dragon Roar

Rarity: 4 stars
Basic Attack: 42 to 510 HP
Attack Power: 9% to 41.3%

Passive Ability: damage against enemies affected by Pyro or Electro elements is increased by 20/24/28/32/36%.

How to upgrade Lion’s Roar

The table below lists the materials needed to elevate a sword. Plus, you'll have to prepare 605 magic amplification ore and about 755k mora.

Thus, you have to collect:

Guyun series materials can be knocked out in Labyrinth of Liangshan on Monday, Thursday and Sunday. Often they are issued as a reward for some events taking place on the territory of Liyue. Plus, they can be created using alchemy.
Ceremonial knives are obtained from Agents of Fatui, the location of which is shown on the interactive world map. In addition, a certain amount of materials per month can be bought at Paimon store with stardust or crafted using alchemy.
The seals are falling off treasure thieves. In addition, a certain amount of materials per month can be bought at Paimon store with stardust or crafted using alchemy.

How to awaken the Lion’s Roar

You can awaken it by obtaining several copies from the weapon banner "Incarnation of the Deity". Without taking into account the original, four of them will be needed in total.

To whom to give the Lion’s Roar

Lion’s Roar excels in the hands of damage dealers - both main and sub-dps, since many of them appreciate the high parameter of attack power. The following characters will perform well with this sword:

Character	Reasons for choosing
Keqing	Her ability allows her to inflict Electro status on enemies, and thanks to the skill's fast cooldown, she can maintain this effect almost continuously. The stats of the sword fit perfectly with her role as a main damage dealer, and her ultimate deals elemental splash damage.
Bennett	Although in the long run support options like Favonius Sword or Sapwood Blade will benefit Bennett's squad more, he is still able to wield Lion’s Roar and take advantage of it. For example, it will increase the bonus that Bennet's unit receives after applying his elemental explosion. In addition, the Pyro element will help to contribute to the overall damage of the team due to the activation of the passive of the sword (especially in the Pyro build). But best of all, the sword on him will look, perhaps, with an open C6, since it is this constellation that gives his Pyro party members an infusion in the ultimate area.
Kuki Shinobu	Cookie tends to be more in need of elemental mastery or energy regeneration than attack power. However, her gameplay and Electro element provide enough status to implement the sword damage bonus. This is a good option if you are combining Electro with Hydro (Charged reaction) or playing through Overload (Electro + Pyro).

Character

Reasons for choosing

Keqing

Her ability allows her to inflict Electro status on enemies, and thanks to the skill's fast cooldown, she can maintain this effect almost continuously. The stats of the sword fit perfectly with her role as a main damage dealer, and her ultimate deals elemental splash damage.

Bennett

Although in the long run support options like Favonius Sword or Sapwood Blade will benefit Bennett's squad more, he is still able to wield Lion’s Roar and take advantage of it. For example, it will increase the bonus that Bennet's unit receives after applying his elemental explosion. In addition, the Pyro element will help to contribute to the overall damage of the team due to the activation of the passive of the sword (especially in the Pyro build). But best of all, the sword on him will look, perhaps, with an open C6, since it is this constellation that gives his Pyro party members an infusion in the ultimate area.

Kuki Shinobu

Cookie tends to be more in need of elemental mastery or energy regeneration than attack power. However, her gameplay and Electro element provide enough status to implement the sword damage bonus. This is a good option if you are combining Electro with Hydro (Charged reaction) or playing through Overload (Electro + Pyro).

Also Xingqiu, Qiqi, Kaedehara Kazuha And Kamisato Ayato can potentially use Lion’s Roar if paired with Pyro or Electro God Eyes. Kazuha's sword will be useful if he acts as the main damage dealer, and Kamisato Ayato and Xingqiu will use it in teams through the Steam and Charged reactions.

However, it is always worth considering that in such cases, the passive may not work stably, since the listed heroes do not have the ability to carry out the necessary reactions on their own.

How to use Lion’s Roar

Despite a good basic attack, this weapon has a specific passive ability that makes its use rather narrow. You can reveal weapons only if there are characters in the team that have Pyro and / or Electro elements, since this directly affects the ability to activate the passive, and therefore the overall damage of the entire squad.

In theory, the necessary statuses can be set by other team members, even if the owner of the Dragon Roar has a different element. This role, for example, can be handled Fishil, Kujou Sara, Xiangling, Raiden Shogun or Yae Miko. You just need to bring them to the battlefield for a short while, activating abilities, and then switch back to main damage.

However, in the heat of battle, this can be easily forgotten, so such a decision can hardly be called effective. Therefore, we still advise giving the sword to a character who is able to independently create the necessary statuses.