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Genshin Impact Barbara Guide: Gearing and Ascension

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Genshin Impact Barbara, the sister of the church is an amazing starting healer from Mondstadt, her passion and drive to be like her elder sister Jean rains through in wanting to protect everyone she can. Based on an idol star she uses her music-driven attacks and healing to put on amazing combat performance.

This hydro user makes sure to keep all players topped up and adds the ability to apply the hydro debuff to anyone that comes near the character, which is amazing for stacking attacks.

Genshin Impact Barbara
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What weapon should you use for Barbara?

This healer strives on energy recharge to consistently be pumping out heals. The Prototype Malice is her best in slot weapon, due to the ability to use her healing will give her increased energy recharge, to be pumping out her ultimate ability.

Keeping her cooldowns in mind, she will almost always be able to heal through character rotations and keep your carries alive.

What are the best Artifacts for Barbara?

As a healer, you don’t get many options to put on them, so the Maiden Beloved set is the only option you have. Barbara also gains added healing the more HP she has so you are going to want to stack as much HP as you can, and looking for the specific Healing Bonus% on the chalice piece.

Her passive allows her to heal better the more added HP she has, which is why you are going to want to stack as many HP modifiers on the artifacts as you can.

How do you ascend Barbara?

Genshin Impact Barbara needs the Oceanid of Qingce, hydro boss located towards Mondstadt valley. She needs 48 Cleansing Hearts, and the Varunada Lazurite  drops from completing the boss. She also needs Philanemo Mushroom, which are found by running around Mondstadt’s roof tops.

Lastly she as a catalyst user needs Scrolls dropped by the mage/caster hilichurls.

For talent materials she needs 9 Teachings of Freedom, 63 Guide to Freedom, and 114 Philosophies of Freedom. Like her ascension materials she also needs more scrolls, and she needs Ring of Boreas from Andrius.

Barbara Overview

Not every team needs a healer, some teams have the sustain to survive on their own, but having a healer is never a bad idea, and Barbara has no problem playing her part and keeping your whole team topped off on HP and taking some massive hits for your team.

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