Genshin Impact regularly features new five-star characters relevant to the game's ongoing story and regions, but the game also offers fantastic, at times underrated, permanent four-star characters in its summoning pool. The game continues to add plenty of new four-star characters too, alongside the featured five-stars. These characters are easier to build and are formidable additions to any team.

RELATED: Genshin Impact: Xiangling Ascension And Talent Materials

Xiangling, for example, is one of Genshin Impact's free characters, and she's one of the most powerful and flexible characters in the game. She's a Pyro Polearm user, and if you haven't already, you can get her for free by clearing Floor Three of the Spiral Abyss. Since she's also a permanent banner character, you can easily build her constellations and maximize her capabilities. Here are the best Polearms for Xiangling and their rarities, ensuring she's ready to take on any role you assign to her.

Updated September 22, 2022, by Rebecca Timberlake: One of the best parts of Genshin Impact is the ever-expanding inventory of weapons to select for each character. As a Polearm user, Xiangling is in a particularly great spot, since these weapons have a large range of perks and star ratings to suit just about any need you could have when building up your character. Xiangling's Elemental Skill and Burst are strong by default, but cost a lot of Energy, so weapons that help boost this stat are going to be your primary goal.

10 The Prototype Starglitter - Four Stars

Polearm description

The Prototype Starglitter is a great Polearm for Xiangling both because it can be forged instead of pulled from Wishes, and because it has a substat of Energy Recharge that boosts the stat by ten to 45.9 percent, based on her level in the game. On top of a Base Attack increase that goes all the way up to 510 for a fully maxed out level Xiangling, she'll also get an eight percent boost to her Normal and Charged Attack damage whenever you use her Elemental Skill.

Since her Elemental Skill is already solid, having perks attached to it that will raise her main sources of damage is extremely helpful, along with the ability to gain Energy from the recharge.

9 The Lithic Spear - Four Stars

Lithic Spear Hu Tao posing with weapon

Though you can only get the Lithic Spear from Weapon Event Wishes, if you're lucky enough to pull it, it can be quite the Polearm for Xiangling. All stat boosts are focused on upping her Attack, with the Base Attack going up between 44 and 565, based on level, and the substat giving Attack an extra six to 27.6 percent.

The Lithic Spear also gives a bonus of seven percent Attack for each party member from Liyue — which, by default, will be one because of Xiangling alone — and a three percent increase to her Crit Rate. This effect is stackable up to four times, making an already powerful Xiangling even stronger.

8 The Deathmatch - Four Stars

Genshin Impact Rosaria Deathmatch

The Deathmatch is one of the weapons that requires paid access to the Battle Pass through the Gnostic Hymn. If you go this route, Xiangling will have an Attack increase and a Defense (an area she can always benefit from gaining more of) increase of 16 percent as long, as two or more enemies are near. If there are less than two, she'll see her stats go up by 24 percent.

RELATED: Genshin Impact: Best Team Members For Xiangling

Along with this bonus, Base Attack will increase as much as 454 when her level is maxed out, and her Crit Rate will go up between eight percent and 36.8 percent, depending on her level.

7 The Dragon's Bane - Four Stars

Hu Tao Dragon's Bane Genshin Impact

If you're working to build a Support Xiangling build, then Dragon's Bane is a solid choice. This Polearm increases the damage done against enemies that are affected by either Hydro or Pyro, meaning it's excellent for reactions.

Given how fast Xiangling moves and attacks, she's a great choice for reactions. Dragon's Bane also increases Elemental Mastery, but where it shines most on Xiangling is in a team where you have consistent Hydro support backing you up. That way, you can apply Hydro, switch to Xiangling, create reactions and amplify damage thanks to this weapon's unique properties.

6 The Catch - Four Stars

Xiangling The Catch Genshin Impact

Xiangling offers an incredibly powerful Elemental Burst ability, creating a tornado of flames that deals Pyro damage to enemies. This tornado stays in effect even after you take Xiangling off the field, meaning it's fantastic for setting up reactions. That's where The Catch comes in.

The Catch is a Polearm that increases both Energy Recharge as well as the damage and critical rate properties of the wielder's Elemental Burst. With The Catch, you can continually build up energy for Xiangling's Elemental Burst and increase how often it occurs and how hard it hits.

5

4 The Favonius Lance - Four Stars

swinging around a spear

When it comes to using Xiangling for her Elemental Burst, you want to ensure that you're getting as many Energy Particles as you can. That's where the Favonius Lance shines. It increases your Energy Recharge rate, making it easier for Xiangling to recharge and use her burst more frequently.

RELATED: Genshin Impact: The Best Builds For Xiangling, Ranked

The Favonius Lance also favors a build with a decent critical rate. At refinement level one, critical hits have a 60 percent chance of generating Energy Particles. By refinement level five, that becomes a 100 percent chance, so you'll want to build Xiangling with a high critical rate and then just let her Elemental Burst do its magic.

3 *The Calamity Queller - Five Stars

Shenhe with Calamity Queller Genshin Impact

The Calamity Queller can be pulled from Weapon Event Wishes for Xiangling. This Polearm enhances her strong Elemental Skill and Burst by increasing all Elemental damage by 12 percent. Once you've used her Elemental Skill, she'll get an Attack boost of 3.2 percent per second, as well.

If you have Xiangling's level maxed out, her Base Attack goes up by 741, one of the highest boosts of all the Polearms. This weapon also has a substat of Attack, giving another 3.6 to 16.5 percent increase there, depending on her level.

2 The Staff Of Homa - Five Stars

Xiao Staff Of Homa

Unique and instantly recognizable, the Staff of Homa is an often sought-after, limited banner weapon. If you have it, consider yourself and your characters to be lucky, as this Polearm is very powerful.

RELATED: Genshin Impact: Every Quest In Liyue That Gives Primogems

Using the Staff of Homa, you can build a powerful Sub-DPS Xiangling. This weapon increases critical damage, so it might be a good idea to invest in a high critical rate for Xiangling if you decide to use it. It also increases the wielder's HP by 20 percent at refinement level one, and gives an attack bonus that scales off of HP.

1 The Engulfing Lightning - Five Stars

Xiao Engulfing Lightning stats

Another limited weapon, Engulfing Lightning, makes for a great choice if you're focusing on building Xiangling for her Elemental Burst. Though Engulfing Lightning is hard to come by, it's a solid choice.

This weapon increases Xiangling's Energy Recharge while also increasing her attack stat. Attack increases by 28 percent at refinement level one, scaling off of Energy Recharge, giving you the best of both worlds. Better yet, after you use your Elemental Burst, you gain an additional boost to your Energy Recharge for 12 seconds.

NEXT: The Best DPS Characters In Genshin Impact, Ranked