
Mualani
Mualani is one of the most explosive Hydro main DPS in the game; a single bite can wipe a whole screen of enemies. She scales on HP, so stack HP% everywhere while still building CRIT so 4pc Obsidian Codex can rocket her CRIT Rate. What she needs most is a Pyro enabler for Vaporize (Xiangling, Bennett) and ideally a Citlali or Xilonen for RES shred. If you skip Surf's Up, the craftable Ring of Yaxche or BP Sacrificial Jade still work great. Farm a Hydro goblet and CRIT circlet first.
Mualani Build
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4pc
Obsidian Codex -
4pc
Heart of Depth -
2pc+2pc
Heart of Depth +
Nymph's Dream
Priority substats: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate › HP% › Elemental Mastery
E > NA > Q — the Skill charges her bites and empowers Normal Attacks, her main damage; Burst comes last.
Teams for Mualani
Xiangling and Bennett lay down the Pyro base for Vaporize, Bennett also buffs ATK, and Xilonen shreds Hydro RES while healing.
Mualani's talents
Cooling Treatment
Performs up to 3 attacks that deal Hydro DMG.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to smack a Pufferball into the air that deals AoE Hydro DMG upon landing.
Plunging Attack
Gathers the power of Hydro and plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in her path. Deals AoE Hydro DMG upon impact with the ground.
Surfshark Wavebreaker
After using this skill, Mualani will gain 60 Nightsoul points and enter the Nightsoul's Blessing state.
Nightsoul's Blessing: Mualani
Continuously consume Nightsoul points. When they are depleted or when the skill is used again, Mualani's Nightsoul's Blessing will end. The state itself has the following traits:
·Mualani mounts her Sharky Surfboard, increasing Mualani's Movement SPD and interruption resistance. Mualani can move on water and liquid Phlogiston while this state is active, and she will take no DMG from the latter.
·Normal Attacks will be converted to Sharky's Bites, dealing Nightsoul-aligned Hydro DMG based on Mualani's Max HP. Sharky's Bites can be used in mid-air. DMG dealt this way is considered Normal Attack DMG.
·When she makes contact with opponents in this state, Mualani applies "Marked as Prey" to them and gains 1 Wave Momentum stack. Max 3 stacks. 1 stack can be gained from the same opponent every 0.7s.
Wave Momentum and Marked as Prey
When Mualani uses Sharky's Bite, her DMG dealt increases based on Wave Momentum stacks. When she has 3 stacks, Sharky's Bite will be converted to Sharky's Surging Bite, further increasing her DMG and removing all her stacks when hitting an opponent.
When Sharky's Bite hits an opponent Marked as Prey, that mark will be removed, and she will fire Shark Missiles at up to 5 nearby opponents Marked as Prey, dealing DMG to them equal to this Sharky's Bite instance and clearing their Marks. If more than 1 opponent is the target of Sharky's Bite and Shark Missiles, the DMG dealt will decrease, decreasing at most to 72% of the original DMG when 3 opponents are targeted.
First off, Sharky is a freshwater shark on top of being a surfboard. Second, it's not that it wants to eat for real, just that it definitely bites for real.
Boomsharka-laka
Mualani picked this moniker for launching her Shark Missile because it combines the warmth of explosive passion with a more chill, laid-back vibe — most hot spring-ish.
Heat-Resistant Freshwater Floater
Natlan's Greatest Guide
Night Realm's Gift: Crests and Troughs
While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, she can use Nightsoul Transmission: Mualani. When the active character is currently sprinting, swimming, in a movement mode caused by certain Talents, or at a certain height in the air, the following will trigger when switching to Mualani: Mualani will enter the Nightsoul's Blessing state and gain 40 Nightsoul points. Nightsoul Transmission can be triggered once every 10s by your own team.
Additionally, Mualani's Nightsoul point or Phlogiston consumption while moving on water and Liquid Phlogiston during Nightsoul's Blessing is decreased by 75% while in Natlan, and her Nightsoul point consumption is decreased by 35% while doing the same outside Natlan.
The Trick Is to Keep Smiling!
Mualani constellations
The DMG dealt by the first Sharky's Surging Bite after Mualani enters Nightsoul's Blessing and the Shark Missiles it triggers is increased by 66% of Mualani's Max HP. This instance of increased DMG is subject to the diminishing DMG rules of Surfshark Wavebreaker.
In addition, while out of combat, Mualani's Nightsoul's Blessing state consumes 30% less Phlogiston and Nightsoul points.
Mualani gains 2 of Surfshark Wavebreaker's Wave Momentum stacks when she enters Nightsoul's Blessing state. She will gain 1 stack when obtaining a Puffer.
In addition, whenever Mualani obtains 2 Puffers within a single instance of the Nightsoul's Blessing state, she will recover an additional 12 Nightsoul points over 2s. You must first unlock the Ascension Talent "Heat-Resistant Freshwater Floater."
Increases the Level of Surfshark Wavebreaker by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Mualani regenerates 8 Energy when obtaining a Puffer. You must first unlock the Ascension Talent "Heat-Resistant Freshwater Floater."
Additionally, Boomsharka-laka deals 75% increased DMG.
Increases the Level of Boomsharka-laka by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
The DMG increase from the Constellation "The Leisurely 'Meztli'..." is no longer limited to being triggered once every Nightsoul's Blessing.
Sources: keqingmains.com, genshin-builds.com · Reflects patch 6.7 (2026-07-06) — the meta store re-ranks every patch, never edited by hand.









