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Whenever you start building a character in Genshin Impact, their weapon and artifacts are the main things to consider. The wrong build can make the strongest character weak, while the correct build can even make the weakest character outshine others. There is a wide range of weapons to choose from in the game.

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Cyno is a Polearm-wielding character with an Electro vision who was released in the Version 3.1 update alongside Sumeru Desert. His skill set is based around dealing a ton of damage while staying on the field, giving him a lot of options from the existing Polearms.

14 Halberd

Genshin Impact Halberd Weapon With Passive
  • Rarity - Three Star
  • Source - Liyue Chests

Halberd is one of the free Polearms in the game, and it can be acquired randomly when you open chests while exploring in Teyvat. It offers up to 23.4 ATK Percent as the secondary stat. Furthermore, its passive allows you to deal 320 percent extra DMG once every ten seconds at refinement five.

Since it's a three-star weapon, it's easy to get it to refinement five. While this weapon already looks cool, the passive helps Cyno deal a big amount of damage every ten seconds as well. Although, you might struggle to get a good Crit ratio on him if you're using Halberd.

13 White Tassel

Genshin Impact White Tassel Weapon With passive
  • Rarity - Three Star
  • Source - Chests

This is another three-star weapon that can be acquired from different chests in the open world. It is better than Halberd for a couple of reasons, one of them being the 23.4 percent Crit Rate as the secondary stat that already resolves a lot of problems with Cyno's Crit ratio.

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Secondly, the weapon gives you a 48 percent increase in DMG of all your normal attacks. This makes it a lot more efficient since you'll constantly be dealing extra damage. Furthermore, Cyno's first constellation increases his attack speed, allowing you to perform more normal attacks in a short duration.

12 Wavebreaker's Fin

Genshin Impact Wavebreaker's Fin Weapon With Description
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Gacha System

Wavebreaker's Fin is a limited weapon that can only be acquired when it's featured on the weapon banner. It provides 13.9 ATK Percent as the secondary stat and also increases your Elemental Burst damage based on the combined Energy capacity of your entire party.

Elemental Burst is the main source of Cyno's damage since your Skill also gets a buff during this. With enough Energy Recharge and party members with high Energy costs, this weapon can give you a lot of value. Though it might be a little hard to get for free-to-play or low-spending players.

11 Kitain Cross Spear

Genshin Impact Kitain Cross Spear Weapon With Stats
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Inazuma Craftable

Kitain Cross Spear can be made using the Amethyst Lump found in Inazuma, along with a Northlander Polearm Billet. The weapon gives you up to 110 Elemental Mastery at level 90, which is great if you want to use a reaction-based team with Cyno.

Quicken and Aggravate are some of the strongest reactions in Genshin Impact, and they involve Electro and Dendro. Cyno's passive Authority Over the Nine also increases your damage based on the Elemental Mastery you possess. This makes Kitain Cross Spear one of his best weapons already.

Furthermore, Cyno has a burst cost of 80, and this weapon can also help you mitigate the lack of Energy Recharge. It takes away three Energy whenever the Elemental Skill hits an opponent, but gives three to five Energy every two seconds for the next six seconds in return.

10 Ballad Of The Fjords

Genshin Impact Ballad Of The Fjords Weapon With Description
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Battle Pass

With a whopping 27.6 percent Crit Rate, Ballad of the Fjords also gives you up to 240 Elemental Mastery if you have at least three different types of elements in your party. However, you'll only get 120 EM in this way unless you purchase this weapon in the premium tier of the battle pass five times and Superimpose it.

Cyno's Authority Over the Nine Bows passive can make good use of this Elemental Mastery and the Crit Rate makes the pressure on his artifacts a little easier. It can be a great weapon if you're planning to use him in a Hyperbloom team.

9 The Catch - Four Star

Genshin Impact The Catch Weapon With Description
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Fishing

The Catch is a Polearm that can be acquired through fishing in Inazuma. It's in the game permanently, which makes it one of the best F2P weapons for Cyno. The weapon gives you a 45.9 percent Energy Recharge while also increasing your Elemental Burst DMG and Crit Rate by 32 and 12 percent respectively.

Apart from solving your Energy Recharge problems, this weapon also buffs the major source of Cyno's damage. It's difficult to get the best artifacts for Cyno since he needs many different stats, but this weapon solves that issue to an extent.

8 Blackliff Pole

Genshin Impact Cyno With Blackliff Pole
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Starglitter Exchange

If you want to get your hands on the Blackliff Pole, you'll have to save a bunch of Starglitter and wait for it to appear in Paimon Shop. The Blackliff series is one of the three series that the shop cycles through every month. It gives up to 55.1 percent Crit DMG at the maximum level.

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Since you can get this weapon after wishing for a while, it is easy to get refinements for it as well. Whenever you defeat an opponent, this weapon increases your ATK by 24 percent for 30 seconds at refinement five, stacking up to three times. You can imagine how effective an ATK boost of 72 percent can be.

7 Dragon's Bane

Dragon's Bane polearm and its description in Genshin Impact
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Gacha System

It might seem like Dragon's Bane is an odd choice for Cyno since it gives you increased DMG only if the opponent is affected by Hydro or Pyro. However, the existence of Electro-Charged and Hyperbloom reactions makes this weapon decently viable for him, especially if you're using Yelan or Xingqiu in his team.

Moreover, the weapon gives you a whopping 221 Elemental Mastery as the secondary stat, which already makes it good on Cyno due to the damage bonus it provides.

6 Deathmatch

Genshin Impact Deathmatch Weapon With Passive
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Battle Pass

With every update, the Battle Pass in Genshin allows you to choose one of the ten four-star featured weapons if you buy the Premium tier. Deathmatch is one of these weapons, and it can give you a Crit Rate of up to 36.8 percent, which is quite significant.

At refinement five, Deathmatch can give you up to 48 percent ATK or 32 percent ATK and DEF. Cyno's resistance to crowd-controlling attacks is increased during his Elemental Burst, and this goes well with the DEF increase. Although, you'll have to buy five Battle Passes to have the fifth refinement.

5 Moonpiercer - Four Star

Genshin Impact Moonpiercer Weapon With Description
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Sumeru Craftable

Moonpiercer is another craftable weapon that can be unlocked from the Aranara quest line in Sumeru. There is an Aranara near the Tree of Dreams with the blueprint of all the Sumeru craftables including this one. Once again, it'll give you up to 110 Elemental Mastery at the max level.

This weapon specializes in Dendro-related reactions, making it useful only if you're going to trigger Quicken, Spread, or Aggravate with Cyno. Upon triggering these reactions, you can get up to 32 percent extra ATK for 12 seconds at refinement five.

4 Missive Windspear

Genshin Impact Missive Windspear Weapon With Description
  • Rarity - Four Star
  • Source - Event Exclusive

Missive Windspear was a limited weapon that could be obtained exclusively from Of Ballads And Brews event. It gives you a high 41.3 percent ATK bonus once it's upgraded to the maximum level. Moreover, the event also gives you an item to fully refine this weapon.

At maximum refinement, you can get a 24 percent ATK boost and 96 Elemental Mastery for ten seconds every time you trigger a reaction. There's no cooldown to this effect and Cyno performs best in reaction-based teams, which makes this weapon perfect for him.

3 Calamity Queller

Shenre weapon customization
  • Rarity - Five Star
  • Source - Shenhe's Signature Banner

We're heading into whale territory now, as Calamity Queller is a limited five-star weapon that can only be acquired through the weapon banner when it's featured. Its secondary stat has a very low ATK (16.5 percent) but the high base ATK and the passive makes up for that.

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Furthermore, you also get a 12 percent Elemental DMG bonus which is great for Cyno, since you'll be dealing Electro DMG most of the time. With this weapon, you'll have to focus on getting Crit stats on your artifacts to have a decent ratio.

2 Primordial Jade Winged-Spear - Five Star

Genshin Impact Primordial Jade-Winged Spear Weapon
  • Rarity - Five Star
  • Source - Standard Banner

Primordial Jade Winged-Spear is one of the best Polearms for the main damage-dealing characters. While it's perfect for Xiao, Cyno can also make good use of this weapon because of its passive and secondary stat. You can expect up to a 22.1 percent Crit Rate from this weapon.

Whenever you hit an enemy, your ATK is increased for six seconds, stacking up to seven times. When you possess the maximum stacks, your DMG is further increased by 12 percent at refinement one. The good thing about this weapon is that you can also acquire it from the Standard banner, even though the chances are low.

1 Staff Of The Scarlet Sands - Five Star

Genshin Impact Staff of the Scarlet Sands Weapon
  • Rarity - Five Star
  • Source - Cyno's Signature Banner

Finally, Cyno's signature weapon takes the crown when it comes to the best weapons for him. With a 44.1 percent Crit Rate as the secondary stat, this weapon already lessens the struggle for a good Crit ratio. Cyno also ascends on Crit DMG, making it a perfect fit.

Furthermore, you get extra ATK based on your Elemental Mastery when you use this weapon. The ATK buff increases every time you use your Elemental Skill as well. Cyno has a very low cooldown on his Skill, allowing you to get the maximum stacks very easily.

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