Genshin Impact Noelle Guide: Best Builds

In Genshin Impact Noelle is a versatile 4 star character, which has Geo skills and wields a two-handed sword. In combat, she can act as a tank healer or damage dealer. In this guide, we will tell you about her best builds, as well as the most suitable weapons and artifacts for her.

Characteristics of Noelle

Skills

Her basic attack, Normal Attack: Favonius Bladework, allows up to 4 sword slashes on normal mode, and spins when charged, dealing damage to all enemies around her. A Plunging Attacks is no different from a similar strike from other Claymore heroes.

Thanks to the elemental skill Breastplate, the heroine is able to create stone armor that deals Geo damage to surrounding enemies and creates a Noelle: Protector that absorbs the damage inflicted (the amount of absorbed damage depends on Noelle defense parameter). In addition, the Noelle: Protector can restore health to all team members.

With the elemental explosion "Sweeping Time", this character performs a powerful attack on opponents, dealing Geo damage in an area. In addition, after using this ability, the radius of attacks increases, and they begin to deal damage to Geo. The higher the maid's defense, the more powerful her attack power will be.

If we consider the passive skills of this fighter, then they look like this:

With Devotion - If Noelle is not on the battlefield, and the active character's life bar drops to 30%, then a Noelle: Protector appears that absorbs damage equal to 400% of the maid's protection for 20 seconds. Occurs no more than once every 60 seconds.
ThatNice and Clean - the cooldown of Armored Apron is reduced by 1 second for every four hits on enemies with simple and empowered blows.
Maid’s Knighthood - Cooking the Guardian's Perfect Meal has a 12% chance of getting a free second.

Talents

One of the few cases where even low-level perks significantly strengthen the character. To open them, Noelle’s Stella Fortuna (pure random) is required.

I Got Your Back – When using Armored Apron and General Cleaning at the same time, the chance of triggering a healing skill increases to 100%.
Combat Maid - Reduces the stamina cost of using Charged Strike by 20% and increases its damage by 15%.
Invulnerable Maid - Increases Armored Apron by 3. Max Level: 15.
Everything will be clear - after the completion or destruction of the shield, nearby enemies receive Geo damage, the amount of which depends on the strength of the heroine's attack.
Broom and Brush Knight - Increases the level of General Cleaning by 3. Max level: 15.
Must Be Spotless - When "General Cleaning" is activated, attack power is increased by 50 percent of the character's defense. The skill's duration is increased by 1 second for each enemy killed. The maximum duration can be increased by 10 seconds.

How to play as Noelle

First of all, let's analyze its strengths and weaknesses. The advantages of the heroine include:

The elemental blast turns her normal attacks into elemental attacks, with their radius greatly increased.
Has a high base defense.
The elemental skill can restore HP to all characters, so you can do without a separate healer.

If we talk about the weaknesses of this character, then they include:

Low base damage, so making a damage dealer out of a maid is a little more difficult.
Full talent development is required to maximize her damage potential.

Good in duels as it can knock down enemies

Noelle uses a two-handed sword, so although her attacks are slow, they deal significant damage. She can even knock down larger enemies and mini-bosses, stopping them mid-attack and leaving them vulnerable to counters. This gives her the ability to safely finish off opponents while avoiding damage.

Elemental skill increases defensive and healing abilities

The Breastplate skill combines offensive, defensive, and healing abilities. He is often used simply as a shield, however, he can also restore HP to all team members if it is Noelle who attacks the opponents.

By using the shield as often as possible during the battle, you can easily heal your entire squad. Be sure to use this feature when fighting strong enemies, such as bosses.

Best builds for Noelle

Tank Traveling Doctor

Noelle can be a great healer tank. The weapon and artifact options we have listed below will increase her effectiveness as a healer. However, she will still have significant protection. So, as weapons, we advise you to take:

Skyward Pride (5-star; Obtaining Energy) - Increases damage dealt by 8%. When using an elemental explosion and successfully landing normal or charged hits, creates a blade that deals 80% damage to all enemies in its path.
Unforged (5-star) - Increases shield durability by 20%. After taking damage, the character's attack is increased by 4 percent for 8 seconds. The effect stacks up to five times and occurs every 0.3 seconds. This two-handed sword is extremely useful when there is a character in the team that can cast a Noelle: Protector.
Whiteblind (4-star) - After being hit by a charged or normal strike, defense and attack power are increased by 6 percent for 6 seconds. The effect stacks up to four times, occurring no more than once per 0.5 seconds. Can be crafted at the Forge by purchasing the recipe from the jewelry shop located in Liyue Harbor (see screenshot below).
The Bell (4-Star) - Taking damage creates a Noelle: Protector that absorbs damage equal to 20 percent of the hero's maximum life bar for 10 seconds. The effect manifests itself every 45 seconds. While under protection, the character begins to deal 12 percent more damage.
White Iron Greatsword (3-Star) - 8 percent of health is restored when an enemy is defeated. Budget option for Noelle.

As for artifacts, take a look at the following set:

Beloved Maiden (5-star) - 2 items: increase the character's healing by 15 percent; 4 items: Increases the healing of all team members by 20% for 10 seconds after using an elemental skill or explosion. This set can be found in Dungeon "Valley of Remembrance" .

If you have not managed to get a complete set yet, you can take two incomplete sets:

Beloved Maiden (5-star) - 2 items: Increases the character's healing by 15%.
Retracing Bolide (5-star) - 2 items: Shield strength increased by 35 percent. This set can be found in the Gu Yun Realm dungeon.

There is also a budget option called "Defender’s Will". 2 items increase defense by 30 percent, and 4 items increase resistance to all elements that differ from the elements of your team members by 30 percent. It can be found in the dungeon "Peak of Vindagnyr".

Basic DPS

If you managed to get Noelle last talent, and you want to make a full-fledged damage dealer out of her, then you can take the same weapon as a sword as for a tank:

Skyward Pride (5-star; Obtaining Energy) - Increases damage dealt by 8%. When using an elemental explosion and successfully landing normal or charged hits, creates a blade that deals 80% damage to all enemies in its path.
Unforged (5-star) - Increases shield durability by 20%. After taking damage, the character's attack is increased by 4 percent for 8 seconds. The effect stacks up to five times and occurs every 0.3 seconds. This two-handed sword is extremely useful when there is a character in the team that can cast a Noelle: Protector.
Whiteblind (4-star) - After being hit by a charged or normal strike, defense and attack power are increased by 6 percent for 6 seconds. The effect stacks up to four times, occurring no more than once per 0.5 seconds. Can be crafted at the Forge by purchasing the recipe from the jewelry shop located in Liyue Harbor (see screenshot below).
The Bell (4-Star) - Taking damage creates a Noelle: Protector that absorbs damage equal to 20 percent of the hero's maximum life bar for 10 seconds. The effect manifests itself every 45 seconds. While under protection, the character begins to deal 12 percent more damage.
White Iron Greatsword (3-Star) - 8 percent of health is restored when an enemy is defeated. Budget option for Noelle.

As for the set of artifacts, then it will suit you:

Gladiator’s Finale - 2 items: Increase attack power by 18%. 4-Piece: Increases damage from basic hits by 35% when using a spear, sword, or two-handed sword. Can be obtained from elite bosses.
Retracing Bolide (5-star) - 2 items: increase the strength of the shield by 35 percent; 4 items: Increase damage from normal and charged strikes by 40% while protected by a Achievement: Hero. This set can be found in the Gu Yun Realm dungeon.

Pumping Noelle

How to improve skills

You can do this by finding the following materials:

Teachings, Directions, and Philosophies about the "Resistance" - obtained from the Forsaken Rift dungeon on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Shattered, Dirty, and Sinister Masks - Dropped by Helichurls and transformed with Alchemy.
Dvalin’s Claw - Dropped by Stormterror Elite Boss.

Elevation

You will need the following unique materials:

1st Ascension (max level 20) - 1 Prithiva Topaz Sliver, 3 Valberry, 3 Damaged Mask.
2nd elevation (max level 40) - 3 fragments of Prithiva topaz, 2 Basalt Pillar, 10 Valberry, 15 Damaged Mask.
3rd elevation (max level 50) - 6 fragments of Prithiva topaz, 4 Basalt Pillar, 20 Valberry, 12 Stained Mask.
4th elevation (max level 60) - 3 pieces of Prithiva topaz, 8 Basalt Pillar, 30 Valberry, 18 Stained Mask.
5th elevation (max level 70) - 6 pieces of Prithiva topaz, 12 Basalt Pillar, 45 Valberry, 12 Ominous Mask.
6th elevation (max level 80) - 6 precious Prithiv topaz, 20 Basalt Pillar, 60 Valberry, 24 Ominous Mask.

Prithiv Topaz and Basalt Columns can be obtained by killing Geo Hypostasis. Topaz also drops from ancient geovishap And Azhdahi. Valberry is a local curiosity of Mondstadt - we talked about its location in a separate guide.