Hu Tao

Roles

• On-Field DPS

• Burst DPS

Character Breakdown

• Elemental Skill infuses Hu Tao’s Normal Attack and Charged Attacks with Pyro and increases Hu Tao’s ATK based on her Max HP.

  • Elemental Skill consumes 30% of Hu Tao's current HP when cast.

  • Elemental Skill knocks back enemies near Hu Tao on activation and increases her RES to interruption.

  • Using Charged Attacks while the Elemental Skill is active applies Blood Blossom to the enemies hit. Enemies affected by Blood Blossom will take Pyro DMG periodically.

• Elemental Burst deals a large amount of AoE Pyro DMG and heals Hu Tao based on the number of enemies hit.

  • Elemental Burst DMG and healing are increased if Hu Tao’s HP is equal to or less than 50%.

• A4 increases Hu Tao's Pyro DMG by 33% if her HP is equal to or less than 50%

Additional Notes

• C1 makes Hu Tao's Charged Attack cost no stamina while her Elemental Skill is active.

• Hu Tao's ATK combo can depend on whether she is C0 or C1. 2 common combos are:

  • NA → NA -> CA → JC → NA -> NA → CA → JC at C0

  • NA → CA → DC → NA → CA → DC at C1

    • NA = Normal Attack CA = Charged Attack JC = Jump Cancel DC = Dash Cancel

    • Note: NA → CA is the result of using a Charged Attack. Hu Tao will always start her Charged Attack with an initial Normal Attack.

    • Animation cancelling the end of the Charged Attack is necessary for optimal DMG if using NA → CA. Can be done with Dash or Jump.

  • Dash Cancels provide more DMG overall in Hu Tao's attack combo but is often not performed at C0 because of the Stamina consumption from both the Dash and Charged Attack.

  • There are technically many different Hu Tao combo strings beyond always performing 1 Normal Attack and then 1 Charged Attack.

• Elemental Burst is mainly used at the end of her ATK combo just before her Elemental Skill expires or if Hu Tao needs to dodge an ATK or heal.

Works Well With

• Xingqiu provides strong Hydro application enabling Hu Tao to Vaporize her attacks for 1.5x more DMG. Check the Vaporize (Pyro) team page for team compositions and notes.

• Can be used in Oneshot Melt team compositions to quickly dispatch an enemy although this is fairly niche.

Does Not Work Well With

• Melt team compositions using Hu Tao typically do not work well due to the inability to apply Cryo Aura fast enough that Hu Tao will sometimes enable the Cryo characters instead.

  • It is possible to combine Xingqiu with Cryo characters to avoid this problem. See Character Specific Teams.

  • Ayaka is an exception when used in Oneshot teams.

• Electro supports generally do not work well with Hu Tao as the Overload reaction causes enemies to be knocked back out of Hu Tao's melee range. This can be mitigated through Crowd Control abilities such as Kazuha's Elemental Skill but is generally not worth building.

• Interferes with Hu Tao's Vaporize reactions which will result in a DMG loss.

• Although Bennett provides an ATK buff and Pyro Resonance. Bennett can heal Hu Tao over 50% HP which is detrimental to Hu Tao in most cases.

• It is still technically possible to manage this but is generally avoided.

Teams

Click on the team names below for more details on how the team works and alternative support options that can work with that team.

Oneshot

• A team where Hu Tao and Mona typically cast their Elemental Bursts and the fight ends before any actual use of Normal Attacks or Charged Attacks needs to take place.

Vaporize (Pyro)

• Hu Tao can Vaporize her attacks using the Hydro applied to the enemy by Xingqiu's and Yelan's Elemental Burst.

• Zhongli provides an Elemental RES debuff with his shield while also protecting the team.

• Using both Xingqiu and Yelan gives the team Hydro Resonance obtaining HP% bonus for increase Hutao DMG.

Character Specific Teams

Vaporize (Optimized)

• This is theoretically Hu Tao's highest DMG team although does not have a dedicated Healer and is therefore not recommended for newer players.

• Amber can apply Pyro with her Elemental Burst which can then be swirled by an Anemo character. Amber also provides Pyro Resonance.

• Amber and Kazuha are specifically chosen here due to access to Freedom Sworn, Elegy of the End, as well as a host of buffs and debuffs. Alternative Anemo or Pyro character can be used over these two characters but may result in slightly lower DPS.

Vaporize (+Melt)

• A Cryo Off-Field DPS character coupled with Diona can allow Hu Tao to occasionally Melt attacks alongside the normal Vaporizes from Xingqiu.

• Diona is particularly useful since she also provides shielding and reduces stamina consumption allowing Hu Tao to execute more Charged Attacks.

The occasional Freeze provides Crowd Control which may make it easier to play against more mobile enemies.