Venti

Normal Attack: "Performs up to 6 consecutive shots with a bow."

Venti’s normal attacks are traditional of other bow-wielders. Because of his playstyle and role in a team, players should seldom use Venti's normal attacks, except for solving anemo puzzles. And like the true drunken bard he is, some of his arrows will completely miss and burrow themselves into the ground.

Leveling Venti’s normal attack is the lowest priority and can stay at 1.

Energy Cost: 60 "Fires off an arrow made of countless coalesced winds, creating a huge Stormeye that sucks in opponents and deals continuous Anemo DMG. If the Stormeye comes into contact with Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro, it will deal additional elemental DMG of that type. Elemental Absorption may only occur once per use."

Venti’s burst is his most powerful combat tool. He summons a massive stormeye, pulling enemies in from great distances. It deals 20 ticks of anemo damage and 16 ticks of the infused element. It also triggers swirl up to 7 times, which can create their own reactions. While in the stormeye, enemies are trapped, bobbing up and down like apples in a pond. Wind’s Grand Ode gives teammates the fantastic opportunity to deal damage to multiple enemies at once. But there are two shortcomings: enemy height and Venti’s positioning.

While in the stormeye, enemies ragdoll above at great speed. Teammates restricted to dealing damage low to the ground or those requiring precise hits, like charged attack bows, are likelier to miss.

The second shortcoming is Venti’s positioning. When cast, the stormeye will be summoned toward the nearest enemy. It’s vital to position Venti in front of the majority of enemies to pull in as many as possible. An unexpected hilichurl lurking behind will cause Venti’s burst to be wasted in a lonely corner. And heed attention to teammates’ deployable fields, like Ganyu’s burst of Albedo’s skill. Position Venti a short distance away from the edge to summon the stormeye in the middle, to make use of the synergy.

Venti’s burst is the top talent priority. Get this to level 6 before considering his other talents.

Windrider

Vent’s utility passive increases his contribution to making exploration more efficient and enjoyable.

Embrace of Winds

Embrace of Winds has no benefits in combat, but it gives teammates a bit more height for the flight.

Stormeye

Stormeye lets Venti recharge the burst of his teammates and his own. This gives him more support and makes his playstyle more comfortable since he’s burst dependent.

"Fires 2 additional arrows per Aimed Shot, each dealing 33% of the original arrow's DMG."

Since Venti’s charged attack is nothing special, giving him two additional weaker arrows is pointless.

"Skyward Sonnet decreases opponents' Anemo RES and Physical RES by 12% for 10s. Opponents launched by Skyward Sonnet suffer an additional 12% Anemo RES and Physical RES decrease while airborne."

His second constellation gives Venti the rare ability to reduce anemo resistance, but the physical resistance reduction is borderline pointless. Venti prefers not to be in a team dealing physical damage since he’s a reaction-heavy unit. This, along with how low the anemo resistance shred is, makes it a weak constellation.

"Increases the Level of Wind's Grand Ode by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15."

Constellation three is the standard burst level-up.

"When Venti picks up an Elemental Orb or Particle, he receives a 25% Anemo DMG Bonus for 10s."

Venti’s fourth constellation is an okay increase to his personal damage, but it only affects his anemo damage, not reactions. It’s not as big of an upgrade as what it looks like on paper.

"Increases the Level of Skyward Sonnet by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15."

Constellation five is the standard skill level-up.

"Targets who take DMG from Wind's Grand Ode have their Anemo RES decreased by 20%. If an Elemental Absorption occurred, then their RES towards the corresponding Element is also decreased by 20%."

Constellation six is Venti’s best one. It’s a built-in Viridescent Venerer set with an additional anemo resistance reduction that stacks with his second constellation.

Elegy for the End

Venti’s signature weapon. While it has a long description, its effect is relatively simple. It increases Venti and his teammates’ Elemental Mastery and Attack when hitting enemies with his burst or skill. This buff will trigger with every Stormeye since it hits so many times during its duration.

The energy recharge sub-stat isn’t ideal since Venti has a low-cost burst with a refund through the talent Stormeye. But using Elegy for the End gives him more than enough energy to always be burst ready after the cooldown.

Favonius Warbow

Favonius Warbow is a decent option, but more team dependent. This bow allows Venti to provide more energy to his team but at the cost of providing no personal damage. Like Elegy for the End, the energy recharge sub-stat is less desirable than elemental mastery or crit.

The biggest downside to Favonius Warbow is the requirement to build crit rate to use the energy generation effectively. Building Venti with some crit stats isn’t bad, but reactions can’t crit. Therefore, it’s less impactful than building elemental mastery.

The Stringless

Stringless is Venti’s best 4-star weapon. It’s short and sweet, increasing his skill and burst damage. While that buff doesn’t affect his reaction damage, the elemental sub-stat does.

Stringless outperforms all other currently released 5* bows, which is why we only recommended Elegy for the End.

Windblume Ode

Windblume Ode was a reward during the version 1.4 event Invitation of Windblume, and is no longer available. For those lucky enough to be around during the time, this bow is a decent match for Venti, but a downgrade to The Stringless. It provides a minor increase to his personal damage, but the elemental mastery sub-stat is the real prize.

Sands of Eon

Goblet of Eonothem

Circlet of Logos

Sub Stats

Priority

2-Pieces: "Anemo DMG Bonus +15%"
4-Pieces: "Increases Swirl DMG by 60%. Decreases opponent's Elemental RES to the element infused in the Swirl by 40% for 10s."

Viridescent Venerer is the artifact set tailor-made for Venti. It increases his swirl damage by a sizable amount, but the real power comes from reducing the enemies’ elemental resistance to the swirled element. This allows his teammates to deal even more damage, giving Venti a huge checkmark for being the team’s damage enhancer. But be aware that Viridescent Venerer only triggers while Venti is on the field. Make sure not to swap him out too early.

No other set complements Venti’s playstyle like Viridescent Venerer does. If you plan to build him, this is the set to farm for.

While he can work with geo, dendro, or other anemo teammates, he can’t swirl their elements and thus can’t reduce the enemies’ resistance through the Viridescent Venerer set. Limit these types of teammates to only one among the three.

Venti’s best teammates are those that check all three boxes. Some include Kamisato Ayato, Yae Miko, Raiden Shogun, Albedo, Nahida, and Ganyu.