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That said, choosing weapons for a support character in Genshin Impact can be a fairly difficult task, vastly different from how weapons are chosen for DPS. Players will need to choose Bennett’s weapons carefully in order to optimize his support abilities. Here are some of the best options.

How Does Bennett’s Healing/Support Work?

Generally, there are two types of healers in Genshin Impact: burst healers and skill healers, which require different stats to increase the strength of their healing. Bennett is a burst healer, with his healing built into his elemental burst. In this way, players can either boost healing quality by focusing on Bennett’s max HP, or focus on healing quantity with Energy Recharge. Bennett’s support and healer builds should focus on these stats, and to that, end, equip one of the following weapons.

Skyward Blade

Base ATK: 608 Sub-Stat: 55. 1% Energy Recharge Effect: Increases CRIT Rate by 4%. The user gains Skypiercing Might upon using Elemental Burst, which lasts 12 seconds and has the following effects: Increases Movement SPD by 10% Increases ATK SPD by 10% Normal and Charged hits deal additional DMG equal to 20% of ATK

Skyward Blade has two major benefits for Bennett. First, the blade’s skill increases movement and attack speed, as well as the damage of normal and charged attacks. This skill only activates after using a burst attack, making Skyward Blade one of the few weapons that increases the boosts found in Bennett’s elemental burst.

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Secondly, the Skyward Blade also increases the user’s energy recharge. This means that Bennett can use his elemental burst more often, increasing heal quantity.

Festering Desire

Base ATK: 510 Sub-Stat: 45. 9% Energy Recharge Effects: Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 16%; increases Elemental Skill CRIT Rate by 6%.

While not a common strategy, Festering Desire is the best weapon for a damage-dealing Bennett. The weapon increases the strength of his elemental skill and burst. Seeing that Bennett uses these often in the support role, this can be a very synergetic arrangement. Most importantly, Festering Desire also boosts the energy recharge stat.

Sacrificial Sword

Base ATK: 454 Sub-Stat: 61. 3% Energy Recharge Effect: After dealing damage to an opponent with an Elemental Skill, the skill has a 40% chance to end its own cooldown. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds.

While it may not be the most direct route, the Sacrificial Sword is also a good weapon for Bennett. It works by canceling the cooldown of Bennett’s elemental skill. By doing so, players can use his skill twice in a row, which builds up more energy for his interesting elemental burst. The Sacrificial Sword is perfect for characters that have a skill that can be used in quick succession for energy management and quick damage.

Favonius Sword

Base ATK: 454 Sub-Stat: 61. 3% Energy Recharge Effect: CRIT hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. This can only occur once every 12 seconds.

The Favonius Sword works like the Sacrificial Sword, indirectly building Bennett’s elemental burst. When using the Favonius Sword, the weapon has a chance to generate energy with each critical hit. As such, when using the Favonius Sword, players may want to consider increasing Bennett’s critical hit rate as opposed to other stats (after energy recharge and HP).

Genshin Impact is available on mobile, PC, PS4, and PS5. A Switch version is currently in development.

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