Character stats
Level Stats
Base HP11,201
Base ATK242
Base DEF607
Elemental Mastery96
Sands
Genshin Impact character guide
4-star
Hydro
ClaymoreMascot
Aino Build and Guide
Best Aino build, teams, weapons, artifacts, combos, rotations, and gameplay notes for Genshin Impact.
4-starHydroClaymoreMascotTitleClinky-Clank Gadgets-A-GogoConstellationCistellula MiraBirthday09-21OrganizationClink-Clank Krumkake CraftshopRelease2025-09-09
Last updated: October 20, 2026
Overview
Aino Introduction
Aino is a 4-star character from the Hydro element who wields the Claymore weapon. Aino was added to the game with the 6.0 patch.
A genius mechanic and inventor from Nod-Krai who loves interesting machines and sweet treats.
Videos
Currently, this character has no video guides available.
Aino Profile
Skills
Talent text and per-level multipliers, straight from the character data.
Normal Attack
Bish-Bash-Bosh Repair
Normal Attack
Performs up to 3 consecutive strikes.
Charged Attack
Drains Stamina over time to perform continuous spinning attacks against all nearby opponents.
At the end of the sequence, performs a more powerful slash.
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Performs up to 3 consecutive strikes.
Charged Attack
Drains Stamina over time to perform continuous spinning attacks against all nearby opponents.
At the end of the sequence, performs a more powerful slash.
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Full multiplier table
1-Hit DMG131.5%
2-Hit DMG130.8%
3-Hit DMG97.3%×2
Charged Attack Loop DMG123.6%
Charged Attack Final DMG224%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost40.0/s
Max Duration5.0s
Plunge DMG147.4%
Low/High Plunge DMG295%/368%
Elemental Skill
Musecatcher
Aino throws a Musecatcher forward, dealing Hydro DMG and dragging her along behind it. When the dragging stops, Aino deals AoE Hydro DMG to nearby opponents.
Holding the Skill will cause it to behave differently.
Hold
Enter Aiming Mode to adjust the Musecatcher's throwing direction.
Holding the Skill will cause it to behave differently.
Hold
Enter Aiming Mode to adjust the Musecatcher's throwing direction.
Full multiplier table
Stage 1 DMG118.1%
Stage 2 DMG339.8%
CD10.0s
Elemental Burst
Precision Hydronic Cooler
Aino deploys a custom water-spraying device, the Cool Your Jets Ducky to establish a Focused Hydronic Cooling Zone.
While active, the Cool Your Jets Ducky will periodically fire water balls at nearby opponents, dealing Hydro DMG.
While active, the Cool Your Jets Ducky will periodically fire water balls at nearby opponents, dealing Hydro DMG.
Full multiplier table
Water Ball DMG36.2%
Duration14.0s
CD13.5s
Energy Cost50
Passive Talents
Passive talents are shown in full as kit cards.
Moonsign Benediction: Force Limit Analysis
When Aino is in the party, the party's Moonsign will increase by 1 level.
Miniaturized Detection Sensor
Displays the location of nearby resources unique to Nod-Krai on the mini-map.
Additionally, Aino appears to be able to alter the Cool Your Jets Ducky's appearance in some way...
Additionally, Aino appears to be able to alter the Cool Your Jets Ducky's appearance in some way...
Modular Efficiency Protocol
Aino will be granted the corresponding buff effects based on the party's Moonsign.
Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam: Her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler is enhanced: The Cool Your Jets Ducky will fire water balls more frequently, and the water balls will deal AoE Hydro DMG over a larger area of effect.
Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam: Her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler is enhanced: The Cool Your Jets Ducky will fire water balls more frequently, and the water balls will deal AoE Hydro DMG over a larger area of effect.
Structured Power Booster
Aino's Elemental Burst DMG is increased by 50% of her Elemental Mastery.
Constellations
All constellation names and descriptions in full for quick reference.
C1
The Theory of Ash—Field Equilibrium
After Aino uses her Elemental Skill Musecatcher or her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler, her Elemental Mastery will be increased by 80. The Elemental Mastery of other nearby active party members will be increased by 80 for 15s.
The Elemental Mastery-increasing effects of this Constellation do not stack.
The Elemental Mastery-increasing effects of this Constellation do not stack.
C2
The Principle of Transference in Gear Differentials
If Aino is off-field while the Focused Hydronic Cooling Zone of her Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler is active, when your active party member hits a nearby opponent with an attack, the Cool Your Jets Ducky will fire an additional water ball at that opponent, dealing AoE Hydro DMG equal to 25% of Aino's ATK and 100% of her Elemental Mastery. This DMG is considered Elemental Burst DMG. This effect can be triggered once every 5s.
C3
Cake and the Art of Mechanism Repair
Increases the Level of Precision Hydronic Cooler by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4
Butter and Cats and the Law of Energy Supply
When the Elemental Skill Musecatcher hits an opponent, it will restore 10 Elemental Energy for Aino. Energy can be restored to her in this manner once every 10s.
C5
Perpetual Turbine of Metal and Light
Increases the Level of Musecatcher by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6
The Burden of Creative Genius
For the next 15s after using the Elemental Burst Precision Hydronic Cooler, DMG from nearby active characters' Electro-Charged, Bloom, Lunar-Charged, Lunar-Bloom, and Lunar-Crystallize reactions is increased by 15%.
Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam: DMG from the aforementioned reactions will be further increased by 20%.
Moonsign: Ascendant Gleam: DMG from the aforementioned reactions will be further increased by 20%.
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Aino Review
Pros
Incredibly cheap to build
Short cooldowns
Cons
No personal DMG
Requires Constellations for buffs
Circle Impact
Review
Short Kit Explanation
Aino is a 4-star Hydro Claymore user who is most commonly played as a Support for Lunar teams, offering good Hydro application and buffs with Constellations. As a Moonsign unit, he also features important synergies with other characters in the faction.
Her kit is remarkably simple: her Burst is her primary ability, and using it creates a “Cool Your Jets Ducky” for 14 seconds that periodically fires “Water Balls” at the enemy. By default, these fire every 1.5 seconds and apply Hydro every other hit; however, with Ascendent Gleam, her first Ascension Passive enhances these Water Balls to fire twice as quickly and hit with a larger AoE. This being said, she still generally only applies Hydro every third hit or once every 2.25 seconds due to internal cooldown rules on elemental application. With a cooldown of only 13.5 seconds, it is possible - albeit typically unnecessary - to maintain full uptime on her Burst.
While her second Ascension Passive endeavors to increase Aino’s damage by offering Elemental Mastery scaling to her Burst, her damage is negligible.
Aino’s Skill is similarly basic, causing her to dash towards the enemy when Tapped and deal two attacks with the first hit applying Hydro. The Skill is primarily used for its energy generation; thanks to Aino’s low Burst cost of 50 and freedom to build Energy Recharge, she is generally self-sufficient when it comes to energy. The Hold variant of the Skill allows to aim her Skill’s launch and is typically only used for exploration.
Rounding things out Aino’s base kit are her Normal and Charged Attacks, which are lackluster and only used if required to trigger weapon effects.
As a 4-star, her Constellations are relatively accessible - and in Aino’s case, provide useful additional utility to her core role. C1 allows her to provide 80 Elemental Mastery to herself and the active character with her Burst, while C2 improves her Hydro application by allowing her to fire an off-field attack with the active character that deals Hydro damage every 5 seconds; C4 then further reduces her already negligible ER Requirements. Her C6 caps things off by allowing her to provide an effectively unconditional 35 Reaction DMG% to Lunar Reactions after using her Burst, since any team with Aino and a Lunar reaction enabler has Ascendent Gleam regardless.
MOONSIGN
Moonsign characters increase the Moonsign level of the party by a stage; at level 1, this grants the Nascent Gleam effect. This has almost no benefits of its own, and is mostly relevant for the incomplete effect of certain character, weapon, and artifact passives.
At level 2 and above, however, it grants Ascendant Gleam – unlocking the full effect of the above passives, alongside allowing non-Moonsign units to increase Lunar Reaction DMG% by up to 36% when using their Skill or Burst. This is based on their stats, which varies by element as follows:
- Pyro, Electro, Cryo: increase Lunar DMG by 0.9% for every 100 ATK.
- Hydro: increase Lunar DMG by 0.6% for every 1,000 Max HP.
- Geo: increase Lunar DMG by 1% for every 100 DEF.
- Anemo, Dendro: increase Lunar DMG by 2.25% for every 100 EM.
All 5-star Moonsign units can additionally enable the use of and buff the Base Damage (separate from Reaction DMG%) of their corresponding Lunar Reaction. For example, Zibai adds 1 Moonsign level while activating and buffing Lunar-Crystallize, while Illuga just adds 1 Moonsign level to the team.
How to Play
(Mechanics & Gameplay Loop)
EQ
Aino’s default combo.
QE
Can be used to funnel Aino’s energy to an ally due to her fairly easy to meet ER Requirements, while potentially allowing for improved uptime on certain artifact sets like Instructor’s.
Aino Build
Weapons
Aino Weapon Ranking
WeaponNotes
Favonius GreatswordR1Generally her BiS since it provides Energy for both her and the team. Since Aino doesn’t want any particular stat except ER, it’s easy to build enough Crit Rate to trigger the effect.
Makhaira AquamarineR1Can be used if Favonius Greatsword’s Energy is superfluous and when paired with ATK-scaling teammates; it requires Aino to build some Elemental Mastery to maximize its value, but requires no management otherwise.
Flame-Forged InsightR5Its massive 24 Energy refund further trivializes Aino’s Burst cost, and so can prove more comfortable than Favonius Greatsword if the team energy is not required.Artifact Sets
Aino Artifact Ranking
ArtifactNotes
Silken Moon's SerenadeHer best general option, with the 2-Piece effect also helping with ER Requirements.
Noblesse ObligeAlternative in Flins team without Ineffa, where the second Electro, usually Fischl, prefers to use Silken Moon’s Serenade.
InstructorAnother alternative if there is already another Silken Moon’s Serenade holder in the team.
Deepwood MemoriesAlternative in Nefer team, albeit she is typically a suboptimal holder for the set.Main Stats
Artifact main stats
Sands
Goblet
CircletInvestment
Aino Investment Priority
Stats
ER
CRIT Rate
EM
ATK%Energy Recharge takes precedence over other factors to ensure smooth and comfortable gameplay by minimizing the chance she does not have her Burst up. CRIT Rate is used for Favonius Greatsword, while Elemental Mastery is used for Makhaira Aquamarine.
Talents
LevelTalent investment provides negligible benefit on Aino, simply levelling her enough to unlock her Ascension Passives is all that is required.
Energy
Energy Recharge Requirements
| C0-C3 | C4+ | |
|---|---|---|
| Favonius Greatsword | 160-190% | 120-150% |
| Flame-Forged Insight | 100-130% | 100% |
Constellations
Aino Constellations
Team used:
Zibai
Aino
Illuga (C6)
Linnea
ZibaiAinoIlluga (C6)LinneaConstellationTeam DMGInfo
C0100.0%
—
C1103.8%
Allows her to provide 80 Elemental Mastery to herself and the active character with her Burst for a small but nice boost.
C2103.8%
Improves her Hydro application by allowing her to fire an off-field attack with the active character that deals Hydro damage every 5 seconds, though relatively negligible.
C3103.8%
—
C4103.8%
Further reduces her already negligible ER Requirements by allowing her Skill to restore 10 extra Energy every 10 seconds, making funneling her particles to an ally even easier.
C5103.8%
—
C6109.0%
Caps things off by allowing her to provide an effectively unconditional 35 Reaction DMG% to Lunar Reactions after using her Burst, since any team with Aino and a Lunar reaction enabler has Ascendent Gleam regardless.
ConstellationTeam DMGInfo
C0100%
—
C1105%
Allows her to provide 80 Elemental Mastery to herself and the active character with her Burst for a small but nice boost.
C2105%
Improves her Hydro application by allowing her to fire an off-field attack with the active character that deals Hydro damage every 5 seconds, though relatively negligible.
C3105%
—
C4105%
Further reduces her already negligible ER Requirements by allowing her Skill to restore 10 extra Energy every 10 seconds, making funneling her particles to an ally even easier.
C5105%
—
C6111%
Caps things off by allowing her to provide an effectively unconditional 35 Reaction DMG% to Lunar Reactions after using her Burst, since any team with Aino and a Lunar reaction enabler has Ascendent Gleam regardless.
Aino Statistics
Usage statistics
Observed Aino Profile Data
Usage rates are gathered from player profiles connected to Enka and refreshed periodically. They describe what people are running, not what performs best.
Last statistics update: 03/November/2026
Based on Enka-connected profiles matching this character. Usage rate describes observed profile popularity, not optimality. Characters may have multiple viable builds, and guide recommendations can differ from popularity.
Sample: 157,335Weapons
Top Weapons
Favonius Greatsword31.2%Flame-Forged Insight30.9%
Master Key6.7%
Waster Greatsword6.3%Artifacts
Most Used Artifact Sets
Silken Moon's Serenade [2PC] + Rainbow6.9%Rainbow3.5%
Instructor2.5%Noblesse Oblige1.5%Sands
Main Stat Usage
Goblet
Main Stat Usage
Circlet
Main Stat Usage
Constellation ownership
Ownership by Constellation Level
C010.2%C111.2%C211.7%C311.0%C410.0%C58.3%C637.6%Aino Teams & Synergies
Team Rules
Aino typically wants a Lunar hypercarry to support; while she can also enable Moonsign for the Sub-DPS characters they tend to be both less reliant on it, and Aino’s lack of personal damage means the team is more reliant on a strong carry to compensate.
Major Synergies and Teammates
Dendro Main DPSThe premier Lunar-Bloom DPS, Nefer enjoys Aino’s steady Hydro application to ensure good Verdant Dew generation.
- Great Main DPS
- Up to 14% Lunar-Bloom Base DMG
Electro Main DPSFlins is the premier Lunar-Charged DPS, and thus a natural synergy for Aino.
- Great Main-DPS
- Up to 14% Lunar-Charged Base DMG%
Weapons
Artifacts
Geo Main DPSZibai is the premier Lunar-Crystallize DPS, and thus also a natural synergy for Aino who provides Hydro application.
- Great Main-DPS
- Up to 14% Lunar-Crystallize Base DMG%
Lauma’s importance to Lunar-Bloom teams cannot be undersold, and so any Nefer team that makes use of Aino will want Lauma to increase Lunar-Bloom damage alongside other buffs.
- 14% Lunar-Bloom Base DMG
- 25% Dendro RES Shred
- Additional Lunar-Bloom DMG (Quills)
- 10% CRIT Rate, 20% CRIT DMG for Lunar-Bloom DMG
Artifacts
Ineffa has potent off-field damage that is easily enabled by Aino’s Hydro application and good defensive utility; with a synergistic carry, she only becomes better.
- 14% Lunar-Charged Base DMG
- EM buff after using Elemental Burst
- Strong Sub-DPS
- Shielding
Weapons
Linnea is a strong Support for Zibai and a potent off-field character for other DPS. Aino at C6 is an affordable alternative Hydro unit for any Lunar-Crystallize teams with Linnea.
Teams
Relative team damage chart. Best listed team is treated as 100%.
Lunar TeamsAino’s kit is built for supporting Lunar DPS characters; Flins, Nefer, and Zibai are the three units that clearly fulfil this niche, backed up by their respective Sub-DPS or support of Ineffa, Lauma, and Linnea or Illuga respectively. Columbina is a 25 - 55% DPS increase over C6 Aino depending on the team.
Gear Information + Rotation18.5s
100 ER100 ER167 ER110 ER
Premium Variant RotationAino E, Illuga EQ, Linnea E, Aino Q, Zibai E N1Q*E N4E N4E N4E
AinoSkill
IllugaSkill
IllugaBurst
LinneaSkill
AinoBurst
ZibaiSkill
ZibaiN1Q*E
ZibaiN4E
ZibaiN4E
ZibaiN4E
Zibai bursts when available, replace N1 with N4 when not bursting.
AnemoGear Information + Rotation18s
100 ER
210 ER195 ER
100 ER
Premium Variant RotationLauma tEQ Aino EQ Sucrose E Nefer E 3CAD Q*E 3CAD
LaumaTap Skill
LaumaBurst
AinoSkill
AinoBurst
SucroseSkill
NeferSkill
NeferCAD x3
NeferQ*E
NeferCAD x3
Nefer bursts every other rotation.
Gear Information + Rotation16.5s
125 ER
100 ER130 ER100 ER
Premium Variant RotationIneffa E (Q if available) > Aino EQ > Sucrose E > Flins E N1 EQ 2[N4d] EQ N4dN3 > Sucrose E
IneffaSkill
IneffaBurst*
AinoSkill
AinoBurst
SucroseSkill
FlinsSkill
FlinsN1
FlinsEQ
FlinsN4d x2
FlinsEQ
FlinsN4dN3
SucroseSkill