Alhaitham
Alhaitham is one of the strongest and most beginner-friendly Dendro main DPS in the game: he self-applies Dendro so he needs no other Dendro partner, and his damage is both high and consistent through his Skill combo. The nice part is build flexibility — 4pc Gilded Dreams if a teammate holds Deepwood, otherwise run Deepwood Memories himself. Without a 5-star weapon, the craftable Iron Sting already carries him far. Reach level 90, as his reaction damage scales sharply with it. Worth pulling, worth investing, great for new and veteran players alike.
Alhaitham Build
Light of Foliar Incision
Primordial Jade Cutter
Uraku Misugiri
Wolf-Fang
Iron Sting-
4pc
Gilded Dreams -
2pc+2pc
Gilded Dreams +
Deepwood Memories
Priority substats: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate › Elemental Mastery › ATK%
E > NA ≥ Q — the Skill is his largest damage chunk so level it first; if you Burst every rotation, Normal Attack and Burst share priority. Do reach level 90.
Teams for Alhaitham
Nahida pumps Dendro and Elemental Mastery, Yae Miko applies Electro to trigger Aggravate, and Zhongli shields while shredding RES so Alhaitham can dump damage.
Alhaitham and Nahida apply Dendro, Furina applies Hydro to create Bloom seeds, and Kujou Sara triggers Hyperbloom while keeping the team's HP up.
Alhaitham's talents
Abductive Reasoning
Performs up to 5 rapid strikes.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes.
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Universality: An Elaboration on Form
Holding this skill will cause it to behave differently.
Hold
Enters Aiming Mode to adjust the direction of Alhaitham's rush attack.
Chisel-Light Mirror
When this skill is unleashed, Alhaitham will generate 1 Chisel-Light Mirror. If there are no Mirrors at this time, he will generate 1 additional Mirror. Chisel-Light Mirrors will have the following properties:
·When he possesses Chisel-Light Mirrors, Alhaitham's Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks will be converted to Dendro DMG. This cannot be overridden.
·When attacks of the aforementioned kind hit opponents, the Chisel-Light Mirrors will unleash a Projection Attack that deals AoE Dendro DMG based on the number of Mirrors on the field.
·A total of 3 Chisel-Light Mirrors can exist at once.
·The Chisel-Light Mirrors will disappear one after the other over time, and will all disappear when Alhaitham leaves the field.
"Truth inherently exists amidst uncertainty. Even the greatest of scholars are not immune to error."
Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena
If Chisel-Light Mirrors exist when this ability is unleashed, all such Mirrors will be consumed and increase the number of DMG instances dealt.
2s after this ability is unleashed, if 0/1/2/3 Mirrors were consumed, Alhaitham will generate 3/2/1/0 new Mirrors in turn.
"If a researcher makes wisdom their goal, then they should be prepared to make an enemy of every word they read. Only then can they avoid bias."
Four-Causal Correction
Mysteries Laid Bare
The DMG of both aforementioned abilities can be increased by a maximum of 100% this way.
Law of Reductive Overdetermination
Alhaitham constellations
When a Projection Attack hits an opponent, Universality: An Elaboration on Form's CD is decreased by 1.2s. This effect can be triggered once every 1s.
When Alhaitham generates a Chisel-Light Mirror, his Elemental Mastery will be increased by 50 for 8 seconds, max 4 stacks. Each stack's duration is counted independently. This effect can be triggered even when the maximum number of Chisel-Light Mirrors has been reached.
Increases the Level of Universality: An Elaboration on Form by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
When Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena is unleashed, the following effects will become active based on the number of Chisel-Light Mirrors consumed and created this time around:
·Each Mirror consumed will increase the Elemental Mastery of all other nearby party members by 30 for 15s.
·Each Mirror generated will grant Alhaitham a 10% Dendro DMG Bonus for 15s.
The pre-existing duration of the aforementioned effects will be cleared if you use Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena again while they are in effect.
Increases the Level of Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Alhaitham gains the following effects:
· 2 seconds after Particular Field: Fetters of Phenomena is unleashed, he will generate 3 Chisel-Light Mirrors regardless of the number of mirrors consumed.
· If Alhaitham generates Chisel-Light Mirrors when their numbers have already maxed out, his CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG will increase by 10% and 70% respectively for 6s. If this effect is triggered again during its initial duration, the duration remaining will be increased by 6s.
Sources: keqingmains.com · Reflects patch 6.7 (2026-07-06) — the meta store re-ranks every patch, never edited by hand.
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