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If you’re gearing up for the arrival of Nefer in Genshin Impact (Version 6.1), you’ve come to the right place. This article gives you a complete breakdown of how to build Nefer as a top-tier DPS, covering her kit, stat priorities, best artifacts and weapons, team compositions, and pre-farming material strategy. Let’s dive in.

Who is Nefer and how does her kit work?

Nefer arrives as a 5-star Dendro Catalyst user with a focus on the unique Lunar-Bloom reaction system.

Key points of her kit:

• Her Elemental Skill puts her into a condition (often called Shadow Dance or similar) where her Charged Attacks are enhanced and convert into Lunar-Bloom damage.
• She generates and consumes special resources: e.g., Verdant Dew, Seeds of Deceit, Veils of Falsehood, which all interplay to boost her damage output.
• Because Lunar-Bloom is a reaction-based damage type, her damage scales heavily with Elemental Mastery (EM) in addition to the usual Crit stats.

In short: Nefer is built to shine when you set up the right reactions (Dendro + Hydro or other supports), keep her in her enhanced state, and maximize EM + Crit.

Stat priorities – What to aim for

Here are the stat goals to keep in mind while gearing Nefer:

Top priorities

• Crit Rate & Crit Damage: As with almost any DPS, these remain foundational. Several guides highlight this.
• Elemental Mastery: Because of the Lunar-Bloom mechanics, EM becomes significantly more important for Nefer than for many standard DPS characters.

Secondary stats

• ATK %: Useful, but less important than EM in her case. Some sources say EM often outperforms raw ATK for her.
• Energy Recharge (ER): Only needed if your team composition doesn’t allow her Burst to be used reliably. If your rotation supports it, you can deprioritize ER.

Stat roll targets (examples to shoot for)

• Crit Rate around ~50 % (or enough so that Crit DMG makes sense)
• Crit Damage ~150-200 % (depending on your gear)
• EM: Ideally very high (some builds go 800 + or more)
• ATK%: Enough to support, but not the main story

Best weapons for Nefer

Here are the weapon recommendations tailored to Nefer’s role:

• Best-in-Slot (Signature): Reliquary of Truth (5★ Catalyst) – According to guides this gives Crit Rate boost + when you use her skill you get a large EM increase for 12s + when you deal Lunar-Bloom damage you get Crit DMG increase for 4s.
• Alternative 5★ picks:
  • Nightweaver’s Looking Glass – boosts EM and plays into reaction builds.
  • Other good options: Catalyst weapons that either strengthen EM or boost Crit stats (check your banner/available pool).

To summarize: go for a weapon that backs up her EM + Crit-focused build, and if you have her signature, absolutely use it.

Best artifacts and main stat recommendations

Artifacts play a huge role for Nefer and the community consensus is quite consistent.

Recommended set

• Night of the Sky’s Unveiling (4-piece) – This set is frequently listed as her best build, because it supports EM, Crit stats, and boosts reaction damage.
• Alternatives if you don’t have the full set: Use 2-piece of Night of the Sky’s Unveiling + 2-piece of something else like Gilded Dreams or other EM-heavy set.

Main stat priorities

• Sands: Elemental Mastery
• Goblet: Elemental Mastery (not Dendro DMG bonus) – many guides point out that a Dendro DMG bonus goblet is less effective for her because a major part of her damage comes from Lunar-Bloom reaction, not pure Dendro DMG bonus.
• Circlet: Crit Damage or Crit Rate (choose whichever helps balance your crit ratio)
• Sub-stats: Crit Rate / Crit DMG first, then Elemental Mastery, then Energy Recharge if needed

Quick build tip: If you get good sub-stats in crit & EM, you’ll already be way ahead. Try to emphasize EM as early as possible because it unlocks her full potential.

Team composition – Who pairs well with Nefer?

Because Nefer uses the Lunar-Bloom mechanic, your team needs certain supports to enable her best output.

Core requirements

• Hydro character (to trigger Bloom or similar Dendro+Hydro reaction)
• That Hydro character needs to apply Hydro reliably so that Nefer can convert that into Lunar-Bloom-friendly surfaces/cores.
• Ideally another Dendro ally from the same region (Nod-Krai) to benefit from synergy with Nefer’s kit (because of the Moonsign/Ascendant Gleam effect)

Example teams
From build guides:

• Nefer + Lauma (Dendro support from Nod-Krai) + Hydro applicator + another Dendro or support that boosts EM or reaction damage.
• If Lauma isn’t available: substitute with a strong Hydro applicator and a Dendro support that can keep her buffed and reaction chain going.

Summary

Nefer is a powerful new DPS option in Genshin Impact whose damage is rooted in the Lunar-Bloom reaction system. To build her right you’ll want to focus on:

• High Elemental Mastery + Crit stats
• A strong weapon (ideally her signature)
• Artifact set that supports EM and reaction damage (Night of the Sky’s Unveiling)
• A team built around Hydro + Dendro synergies, ideally with shore supports from Nod-Krai region
• Pre-farm the ascension/talent/weapon materials so you’re ready at release

If you pull for her and set up correctly, you’ll unlock one of the most potent Dendro DPS characters to date.

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