The best builds for Thoma in Genshin Impact
Genshin Impact Thoma build guide: set enemies alight with this Pyro polearm character.
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Want to find thebest Genshin Impact Thoma build? This four-star Pyro polearm-user first appeared back in version 2.0, helping us plot alongsideAyakaagainst theRaiden Shogunand her vision hunt decree. Since then, he’s been a frequent face in quests, and even introduced us to his strange and potentially dangerous ‘hot pot game’. Now, the manservant of the Kamisato clan is set to arrive as a playable character.
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Thoma is one of the featured four-stars on the rerun of Hu Tao’s banner — a lucky day if you like Pyro polearm-users. But Thoma isn’t what you’d call a typical Pyro character, and his skills focus more around defence and using his Blazing Barriers to protect your party. He can summon these stackable shields using both his elemental skill and burst.
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Builds
The best Genshin Impact Thoma build
Thoma is a little like a Pyro version of Xingqiu — he has an elemental skill that protects characters, and a burst that follows up regular attacks with elemental ones. If you want Thoma to deal damage, his burst is the best thing to strengthen, along with energy recharge, so he can use it more:
Burst DPS
The Raiden Shogun’s five-star polearm is a decent pick for a burst-focused Thoma, since it provides increased energy recharge. The weapon also boosts attack by 28% of energy recharge over the base 100%, as well as gaining 30% increased energy recharge after using a burst.
But Engulfing Lightning isn’t available on any weapon banners at the moment. A good alternative would be the Skyward Spine if you have it, or The Catch, a four-star polearm you can purchase from Inazuma’s fishing association that increases burst damage by 16% and burst crit rate by 6%.
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These artifacts are the natural pairing for Engulfing Lightning, since a two-piece set increases energy recharge by 20%, while a four-piece boosts burst damage by 25% of your overall energy recharge, with a max boost of 75% available.If you don’t have a full set of Emblem of Severed Fate, then an alternative is two-pieces of Noblesse Oblige for the 20% burst damage boost, and two-pieces of Crimson Witch of Flames for the 15% Pyro damage increase, which will both strengthen Thoma’s burst.
How to unlock
How to get Thoma in Genshin Impact
By the time you’re reading this, the rerun of Hu Tao’s banner, Moment of Bloom, is most likely already out, as it releases onNovember 2. Since he’s not a five-star, Thoma doesn’t have his own banner, but he is one of the featured four-stars available on this one, alongside Cryo archer, Diona, and Anemo claymore-user, Sayu. This banner is available for around three weeks, taking us to the end of version 2.2.
Abilities
Thoma’s abilities
Here are Thoma’s abilities, passives, and Constellations:
Ascension materials
Thoma’s Ascension materials
Character
These are the items you’ll need to level up Thoma. TheSmoldering PearlandAgnidus Agateitems are drops from Pyro Hypostases, though the latter can also be looted from Pyro Regisvines. Besides those, you’ll also need the following items:
You can find Fluorescent Fungus dotted around Tsurumi Island. The Insignias drop from Treasure Hoarder enemies which you can find in numerous locations across Inazuma.
Talents
These are the items you’ll need to ascend Thoma’s talents:
TheTeachings of Transience, and its variations, drop from the Violet Court domain on Mondays, Thursdays, and Sundays, while theInsigniasare dropped from Treasure Hoarder enemies, as mentioned above.TheCrown of Insightis a reward for various seasonal activities, such as Labyrinth Warriors. You can also obtain it by upgrading the Frostbearing Tree in Dragonspine or the Sacred Sakura in Inazuma. Lastly, theHellfire Butterflyis a potential reward for the La Signora weekly boss at level 70 and above.
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Sarah started as a freelance writer in 2018, writing for PCGamesN, TechRadar, GamingBible, Red Bull Gaming and more. In 2021, she was offered a full-time position on the PC Gamer team where she takes every possible opportunity to talk about World of Warcraft and Elden Ring. When not writing guides, most of her spare time is spent in Azeroth—though she’s quite partial to JRPGs too. One of her fondest hopes is to one day play through the ending of Final Fantasy X without breaking down into a sobbing heap. She probably has more wolves in Valheim than you.
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