WhetherGenshin Impactplayers call him Childe, Tartaglia, Ajax, or the greatest toy salesman in all of Snezhnaya, everyone knows him. Given the number of reruns, manyGenshin Impactplayers also have him, but there are a lot of little unwritten tricks to using his kit effectively.
It can be hard to know how to use him to the best of one’s capabilities, let alone the best of Tartaglia’s capabilities. Though he may take a bit of understanding, he isn’t hard to learn how to use. He is very manageable once players can understand his elemental skill andwhat team comps Tartaglia is good for.
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Understanding Genshin Impact’s Tartaglia/Childe’s Kit
With Tartaglia, his normal attack doesn’t seem too important at first glance. It’s no different from any other bow user’s normal attacks without diving further. Other than the fact that his last hit in his normal attack has him physically throwing an arrow, there’s nothing to write home about. That’s until players learn about his charged attack, a using a fully charged shot willinflictGenshin Impactenemies with Riptide.
Riptide will deal AOE Hydro damage to enemies, and that damage is considered normal attack damage. There are two ways to trigger the AOE: either by using another charged shot or by defeating the target with Riptide on it. With his normal and charged attack being linked like that, one might assume that his plunging attack could then have some interesting move tied to it, but it doesn’t. Players should be careful, as when Childe’s elemental skill is activated, he cannot plunge.
It’sChilde’s elemental skill inGenshin Impactthat gets players confused and frustrated. After all, no plunging and a 45-second cool down—especially on the surface level—sounds intimidating, but that’s only if players use it wrong. When using his elemental skill, Childe switches from a ranged user to a melee stance. His normal attacks are switched to Hydro damage instead of physical, his charged attacks are now a Hydro slash instead of a Riptide applicator, and his skill would end the melee stance.
When hitting enemies with Riptide in his melee stance, Childe does still activate the AOE, although now it is considered elemental skill damage. The switch between melee/bow stance and knowing how and when to use it is integral to playing as the Fatui Harbinger. Players don’t want to stay in his stance for very long and should keep in mind that the time they spend in his stance is how long the cooldown will be, up to 30 seconds. However, if players hit the 30-second mark (which is unlikely in manyGenshin Impactteam comps), then the cooldown hits 45 seconds.
Childe’s burst, Havoc: Obliteration, also switches depending on the stance he’s in. The bow stance will apply Riptide in his burst, but the melee stance has a higher damage multiplier in exchange for not applying Riptide. Many players use him as aburst DPS using his melee stance inGenshin Impact. He’s a popular vaporize DPS, often paired with Pyro applicators like Xiangling, and since he does AOE damage, players may also use Sucrose or Kazuha with him to get the most out of his Riptide ability.
His passive talents all center around his Riptide ability too. Tartaglia’s first ascension passive extends Riptide duration by 8 seconds. This gives players a cushion of having more time to prepare their team rotation before using Childe again. His second ascension applies Riptide to enemies after Childe gets a critical hit in on enemies in his melee stance. And hisfinal passive talent inGenshin Impactups the team’s normal attack levels by 1, the same way a constellation would. This allows him to help out his teammates an extra step, more than just being the powerful DPS in the team.
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