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Kaeya is one of the Knights of Favonius who joins the Traveler at the very beginning of their journey in Genshin Impact. His presence gives players an excellent DPS option to base their team around at the free-to-play level. While Kamisato Ayaka fills Kaeya's role much more aptly, her five-star rarity and limitation to Event Wishes make her difficult to recruit.

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Building a team around Kaeya allows you to unleash fast, powerful melee strikes bolstered by some of the strongest elemental reactions in the game. Read on to see our favorite lineups.

Always Bring Xingqiu

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If Kaeya is going to form the cornerstone of your team, you should always include Xingqiu in the party if he's available. At four stars, he's easier than most characters to obtain, and his abilities synergize extremely well with Kaeya.

Xingqiu's elemental skill strikes quickly and applies Hydro, setting Kaeya up to freeze enemies with his own skill. Better yet, Xingqiu's elemental burst allows Kaeya's sword strikes to deal Hydro damage, making Kaeya a one-man freeze machine.

If you don't have Xingqiu, any Hydro character can prime enemies for freezing, especially catalyst wielders like Mona or Barbara, but Xingqiu is the most efficient choice.

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Kaeya The Invincible

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  • Kaeya
  • Xingqiu
  • Barbara
  • Noelle

This F2P-friendly team focuses on keeping Kaeya in the fight as long as possible, switching to other characters only to deploy their skills as needed. Kaeya attacks relentlessly, tagging in Xingqiu to deploy Rainscreen as soon as its cooldown expires. Barbara provides healing, bolstered by the team's Hydro resonance, and can apply Hydro damage in emergencies using her catalyst weapons.

For situations where Kaeya needs extra defense, Noelle can tank hits for a while, using Crystallize to make shield crystals attuned to the enemy elements. With an elemental shield in place, Kaeya can rejoin the fight with renewed confidence.

Alternates

They are much rarer, but Arataki Itto and Sangonomiya Kokomi can both be considered upgrades at the same position for Noelle and Barbara, respectively. Just be sure to level them up before adding them to the lineup if you get either character in a Wish!

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Kaeya The Destroyer

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  • Kaeya
  • Xingqiu
  • Yanfei
  • Thoma

Having two Pyro characters in the lineup gives your entire team an attack boost, which Kaeya can use to his advantage. While this team needs to rely on items for healing, it allows for heavy damage output with Melt and Vaporize, to say nothing of the usual barrage of strikes from Kaeya. Have Thoma and Xingqiu use their elemental skills in tandem to enhance Kaeya's attacks, freezing and exploding enemies.

If your foes are all clumped together while under the effects of Hydro or Cryo, switch to Yanfei and unleash her skill (or burst if it's available) to deal massive damage via elemental reactions. This works best if you've equipped Yanfei with an eye toward maximizing her Elemental Mastery.

Alternates

If you have Klee and don't mind taking the spotlight away from Kaeya, she can deal considerable damage in Yanfei's place - especially while under the effects of Xingqiu's elemental burst. If you're missing one of the two Pyro characters for this lineup, Amber is always ready to help her fellow knights.

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Kaeya The Relentless

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  • Kaeya
  • Xingqiu
  • Raiden Shogun
  • Yae Miko

Players lucky enough to have Raiden and Yae can put their Electro powers to good use. Each of their skills allows for additional lightning strikes during Kaeya's onslaught, ensuring that you're never without Superconduct and Electro-charged when you need them. Additionally, since both characters are Electro-attuned, their resonance will mean there is no shortage of elemental particles during combat.

Alternates

As with Amber above, Lisa can fill the role of Raiden or Yae in the likely event that you have one character but not both. If the stars haven't granted your Wishes for either of these five-star fighters, the other slot can be filled by the Traveler themself, attuned to Electro.

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