Mualani — Build, Teams & Rating Genshin 6.7

Is Mualani worth building?

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

Community consensus, patch 6.7 — free-to-play option included

Best weapons

Artifacts

Main & sub stats

SandsHP% / Elemental Mastery

GobletHydro DMG Bonus

CircletCRIT DMG / CRIT Rate

Priority substats: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate › HP% › Elemental Mastery

Talent priority

E > NA > Q — the Skill charges her bites and empowers Normal Attacks, her main damage; Burst comes last.

Teams for Mualani

Mualani Vaporize

Mualani

Xiangling

Xilonen

Bennett

Xiangling and Bennett lay down the Pyro base for Vaporize, Bennett also buffs ATK, and Xilonen shreds Hydro RES while healing.

Mualani Citlali Vaporize

Mualani

Citlali

Bennett

Furina

Citlali shreds RES and buffs Hydro damage, Bennett provides the Pyro base for Vaporize, and Furina boosts damage while healing the whole team.

Mualani's talents

Cooling Treatment

Normal Attack
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

Combining her mastery of speed and the waves and water, Mualani can surf anytime, anywhere.
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

Fires a Super Shark Missile that can track opponents, dealing Nightsoul-aligned AoE Hydro DMG based on Mualani's Max HP.

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

When Sharky's Surging Bite hits an opponent, a Puffer will be generated nearby. Mualani will restore 20 Nightsoul points when she picks up a Puffer. Only 2 such Puffers can be created in this way during a single instance of being in Nightsoul's Blessing.

Natlan's Greatest Guide

After a nearby party member triggers a Nightsoul Burst, Mualani will gain 1 stack of Wavechaser's Exploits, which lasts for 20s. Max 3 stacks. When she uses Boomsharka-laka, Mualani will clear all Wavechaser's Exploits stacks and increase the DMG of this Boomsharka-laka by 15%/30%/45% of her Max HP based on the number of stacks cleared.

Night Realm's Gift: Crests and Troughs

After her Nightsoul points are depleted, Mualani will switch to consuming Phlogiston to maintain her Nightsoul's Blessing.
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!

While in an area with Phlogiston Mechanics within Natlan, 15 Phlogiston will be restored when interacting with some harvestable items. Additionally, the location of nearby resources unique to Natlan will appear on your mini-map.

Combat Rotation

Cast Elemental Skill (E) "Surfshark Wavebreaker" to enter Nightsoul's Blessing, gaining 60 Nightsoul points.
While in this state, Normal Attacks auto-convert into Sharky's Bites dealing Hydro DMG based on Max HP, usable even mid-air.
Keep landing hits to stack up to 3 Wave Momentum and apply "Marked as Prey" to the target.
At 3 stacks, Sharky's Bite upgrades into Sharky's Surging Bite (higher DMG, consumes all stacks on hit) — prioritize marked enemies.
Unleash Elemental Burst (Q) "Boomsharka-laka" (60 energy, 15s CD) for AoE Hydro DMG scaling off Max HP, weaving it in while still in Nightsoul's Blessing.
Keep chaining Normal Attacks in the Nightsoul state until points run out, or recast E to end it early on purpose.
Recast E to refresh Nightsoul's Blessing and repeat the mark-and-bite loop, firing the Burst again once it's off cooldown.
Since her damage scales with Max HP%, prioritize HP% and Hydro DMG Bonus gear to maximize both Sharky's Bites and the Burst.

Mualani constellations

C1

The Leisurely "Meztli"...

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.

C2

Mualani, Going All Out!

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."

C3

Surfing Atop Joyous Seas

Increases the Level of Surfshark Wavebreaker by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4

Sharky Eats Puffies

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.

C5

Same Style of Surfboard on Sale!

Increases the Level of Boomsharka-laka by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6

Spirit of the Springs' People

The DMG increase from the Constellation "The Leisurely 'Meztli'..." is no longer limited to being triggered once every Nightsoul's Blessing.