7 Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss in Genshin Impact

The Spiral Abyss is some of the hardest content available in Genshin Impact, meant for the truly die-hard fans of the combat system with the most powerful teams. The Spiral Abyss is a regular source of Primogems and challenges for travelers to overcome. Naturally, you will have to bring in your best characters to have a shot at clearing all the Floors.

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In this guide, we will take a look at Spiral Abyss and the best characters you can add to your team to help clear it.

What is the Spiral Abyss in Genshin Impact?

The Spiral Abyss is a total set of 12 floors with various combat challenges that players must clear. The first 8 floors can only be completed once for their rewards and remain static. Once you complete these, you can challenge floors 9-12, which reset every 1st and 16th of the month. These resets bring with them new enemies, new buffs, and various rewards, such as 600 Primogems every reset.

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Completing a Spiral Abyss floor includes challenging a total of 6 chambers by using 2 separate teams. You are also given a time limit to earn the 3-star reward for every set of 2 chambers. This can be quite a challenge for players with low-level characters. 

Let’s look into some of the characters you should definitely be using to make your Spiral Abyss experience easier. 

Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss: Nahida(1/7)

Nahida is one of the latest additions to the game and has proven her capabilities as a top-tier support character for any Dendro-focused team. Her Dendro application is unmatched thus far, and she can apply it to many enemies at once. 

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Elemental Skill

The Dendro Archon’s Elemental Skill chains up to 8 enemies and marks them. Triggering elemental reactions on marked enemies results in a satisfying chain of Dendro damage being applied again, even if she is off-field.

Elemental Burst

Her Elemental Burst is also excellent for the Spiral Abyss, as it covers almost the whole field. Pairing Nahida up with characters like Yelan for Bloom reactions or Raiden for Quicken reactions. It is an efficient method of dealing damage to large mobs of enemies for faster clears. She is extremely viable currently, as most Spiral Abyss buffs revolve around Dendro reactions.

Usage Recommendations

Make sure to pair your Nahida with the right catalyst and focus on raising her Elemental Mastery and Energy Recharge with her best Artifact set, “Gilded Dreams and Deepwood Memories”.

Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss: Xinqiu(2/7)

Xinqiu is a 4-star sword user from Liyue who cemented his spot as one of the game’s most powerful Free-to-Play friendly units.  He had a 60% pick rate in the Spiral Abyss for the 3.0 patch and is a very popular sub-DPS pick.

This is because his Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst provide powerful and consistent Hydro application to your main DPS, even when he is off-field.

Elemental Skill

Xinqiu’s Elemental Skill deals Hydro damage and provides you with a defensive buff and some healing which are important for remaining healthy in the Abyss. 

Elemental Burst

His appeal comes from his Elemental Burst, which created rain swords that deal serious Hydro damage whenever your active character performs a normal attack.

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Pair him with powerful DPS characters such as Hu Tao or Raiden, and watch the Elemental Reactions destroy your enemies.

Usage Recommendations

Give Xinqiu the Sacrificial Sword to spam his Elemental Skill for consistent Elemental Burst uptime. His artifact priorities are an Attack % Timepiece, a Hydro Damage Goblet, and a Crit Rate/DMG circlet.

Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss: Raiden Shogun(3/7)

The Raiden Shogun Ei is a 5-star Electro polearm user serving as Inazuma’s Archon. She has a very consistently high pick rate for Spiral Abyss teams due to her Raiden National team and her performance as the best sub-DPS battery character in the game. Let me explain.

Elemental Skill

Raiden’s Elemental Skill gives an AoE Electro turret to anyone performing normal attacks similar to Xinqiu’s Elemental Burst. It has a very high damage output and makes for a great Electro application tool. 

Elemental Burst

Her Elemental Burst has her pull out her legendary blade, the Mussou No Hitotachi, and perform a massive AoE Electro damage-dealing slash. After this, her normal attacks are buffed and deal Electro damage for several seconds. These attacks will also generate Energy for your whole team allowing everyone to use their Elemental Bursts much faster.

Usage Recommendations

Raiden’s best weapon is the Engulfing Lighting or The Catch(F2P-friendly), and she can be used as both a main DPS and a sub-DPS using the same build and this lets her fit into most teams. Her best Artifact set is the Emblem of Severed Fate. Focus on raising her Attack%, Energy Recharge, and Crit Rate/DMG or Electro Damage.

Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss: Bennet(4/7)

Bennet is a 4-star sword user from Mondstadt that most players consider to be a one-trick pony. But he is a powerful one-trick pony that is almost mandatory in almost all of the strongest teams.

Elemental Skill

Bennet’s Elemental Skill is just a chargeable Pyro attack that is mostly used to apply Pyro and generate Energy for his Elemental Burst.

Elemental Burst

His Elemental Burst creates a Pyro circle that heals your team up to 70% HP providing valuable sustain. It also provides an Attack buff that scales with Bennet’s Attack. This is one of the strongest attack buffs available in the game and can provide your Main DPS with a ridiculous damage boost. 

Usage Recommendations

Bennet can be paired with any good Energy Recharge buffing weapons, such as Misplitter Reforged or the Sacrificial Sword. Noblesse Oblige is his best Artifact set, and you should focus on raising his Attack%, Energy Recharge, and Pyro damage.

Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss: Yelan(5/7)

Yelan is a 5-star bow user that despite not being extremely popular in the mainstream, continues dominating Spiral Abyss usage rankings. In fact some players have even completed the Spiral Abyss with just Yelan.

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Elemental Skill

Yelan runs through enemies and marks them with a string that explodes upon the end of the skill dealing big Hydro Aoe damage to them. This skill is a good source of consistent Hydro application and is very powerful on its own.

Elemental Burst

Her Elemental Burst is a quick and large Hydro AoE damage attack that also gives your active character a Hydro attack passive that triggers on normal attacks and Yelan’s Elemental skill.

Usage Recommendations

Yelan’s best weapon is the Aqua Simulacra, Elegy for the End, or the Favonius Warbow(F2P). She can be both a main DPS and Hydro sub-DPS. Her best Artifact sets are the Heart of Depth and Emblem of Severed Fate. Focus on raising her HP%, Hydro damage and Crit Rate/DMG

Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss: Kazuha(6/7)

Kaedehara Kazuha is a 5-star Anemo character who uses a sword as his primary weapon. He is often the most popular pick for Spiral Abyss teams due to his fun and powerful kit. If you have him consider yourself lucky because he makes most Spiral Abyss clears a breeze.

Elemental Skill

Kazuha’s Elemental Skill has him leap in the air and leave an Anemo vortex under himself that continuously sucks in enemies, deals AoE Anemo damage, and absorbs Elements. This is perfect for bunching up scattered groups of enemies and avoiding damage. After this leap, the general combo is to perform a plunging attack and use his Elemental Burst. 

Elemental Burst

His Elemental Burst is a powerful slash that deals AoE Anemo damage and creates a large autumn leaf field that can absorb Elements it comes into contact with and deals bonus damage from that element to enemies within it. This is a great tool to swap from Kazuha to your main DPS and perform extremely high amounts of Elemental damage.

Usage Recommendations

Equip him with the Freedom Sword(Signature 5-star weapon) or Iron Sting(F2P option) as a weapon. He can be paired with any good DPS unit that deals Elemental Damage. His best Artifact set is the Viridescent Venerer because it provides him with Elemental Resistance shred as well. Focus on raising his Energy Recharge, Anemo damage, and Elemental Mastery.

Best Characters For The Spiral Abyss: Zhongli(7/7)

Zhongli takes the top spot for this list, not necessarily for the best performance, but because of how he makes many of your encounters much easier. This is not to say he is weak by any margin because he is consistently in the top 3 picks for the Spiral Abyss.

Elemental Skill

Zhongli’s Elemental Skill provides him with a massive no-nonsense shield based on his HP. It also creates a Geo resonance pillar that deals damage, but we mostly care about the shield.

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The shield can block up to a whopping 30-40k Damage without breaking with some HP investment. It also provides a Physical/Elemental Resistance shred of 20%. This shield allows you to go for more risky plays and remain healthy throughout the Abyss.

Elemental Burst

Zhongli calls forth a massive Meteor that deals AoE Geo damage and petrifies all enemies for a few seconds. It’s decent crowd control and damage. Investment into Crit/Crit Damage can make it hit ridiculously hard.

Usage Recommendations

Shield support Zhongli uses the Black Tassel as his main weapon. He is just an amazing defensive unit to put into any team. His best Artifact sets are the Tenacity of the Milileth or the Noblesse Oblige, depending on your needs. Focus on building as much HP and Energy Recharge on him as possible. 

Final Thoughts

This concludes our list of the 7 best characters to use in Genshin Impact’s Spiral Abyss. The Spiral Abyss content is dynamic and quite challenging, but by using these characters, you will surely be able to clear all the floors quite easily. Just don’t give up, and keep leveling your characters properly, as it can be a fun and rewarding experience.