Best Layla Genshin Impact build: Artifacts, weapons, more

Layla is a 4-star Cryo character in Genshin Impact, so find out everything you need to know about how to build her effectively. 

As a student of Theoretical Astrology, Layla isn’t able to get a lot of rest. Therefore, her studies cause her to frequently fall asleep.

Layla is a 4-star Cryo Sword character who can be beneficial in creating shields for her teammates with her low Elemental Burst cost. She also has a high HP percentage but lacks the ability to deal damage to enemies.

If you’re looking to build Layla, keep reading to learn our recommended artifacts, weapons, and more.

Best Layla build in Genshin Impact

Best Layla weapons

The best weapon to choose for Layla would be the 5-star Sword Key of Khaj-Nisut. If you’re looking for a 4-star alternative, you can use the Favonius Sword to ensure Energy Regeneration.

Weapon	Details
Favonius Sword	CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.
Key of Khaj-Nisut	HP increased by 20%. When an Elemental Skill hits opponents, you gain the Grand Hymn effect for 20s. This effect increases the equipping character’s Elemental Mastery by 0.12% of their Max HP. This effect can trigger once every 0.3s. Max 3 stacks. When this effect gains 3 stacks, or when the third stack’s duration is refreshed, the Elemental Mastery of all nearby party members will be increased by 0.2% of the equipping character’s max HP for 20s.

Best Layla Artifacts

The best artifact set to choose for Layla would be the 4-piece Tenacity of the Millelith. This will increase her Shield Strength and the ATK of nearby party members. You could also use the 4-piece Blizzard Strayer set if you wish to do so.

Artifact	Details
Tenacity of the Millelith	2-piece bonus: HP +20%4-piece bonus: When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.
Blizzard Strayer	2-piece bonus: Cryo DMG Bonus +15%4-piece bonus: When a character attacks an enemy affected by Cryo, their CRIT Rate is increased by 20%. If the enemy is Frozen, CRIT Rate is increased by an additional 20%.

Layla Ascension and Trace Materials

In order to ascend Layla in Genshin Impact, you will require Shivada Jade Silver, Divining Scrolls, Perpetual Caliber, and Nilotpala Lotus.

Ascension

As for Layla’s Traces, you must gather Teachings of Ingenuity, Divining Scrolls, and Mirror of Mushin.

Trace

Best team comp for Layla

We recommend using Layla in a Freeze team alongside Ayaka, Shenhe, and Kokomi. Layla would be able to shield the team while Kokomi maintains their HP percentage. Therefore, Ayaka and Shenhe could focus on dealing damage.

You could also place Layla on a Physical team with teammates such as Eula, Shenhe, and Kuki Shinobu. This would enable the Superconduct Elemental Reaction to reduce enemies’ Physical Resistance.

Layla abilities in Genshin Impact

Normal Attack: Sword of the Radiant Path

• Normal Attack: Perform up to three rapid strikes.
• Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of stamina to unleash two rapid sword strikes.
• Plunging Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE damage upon impact.

Elemental Skill: Nights of Formal Focus

Puts forth a shield known as the Curtain of Slumber, dealing AoE Cryo DMG.The Curtain of Slumber’s DMG Absorption is based on Layla’s Max HP and absorbs Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness. When the shield is deployed, Layla will have Cryo applied to her briefly.

Night Stars and Shooting Stars: While the Curtain of Slumber is active, it will create 1 Night Star that will be attached to it every 1.5s. When a character protected by this shield uses an Elemental Skill, 2 Night Stars will be created. Night Stars can be created once every 0.3s in this way. A maximum of 4 Night Stars can be accumulated at any one time.

Once the Curtain of Slumber has accumulated 4 Night Stars and there are opponents nearby, these Night Stars will transform into homing Shooting Stars that will be fired off in sequence, dealing Cryo DMG to any opponents hit.

If the Curtain of Slumber’s duration ends or it is destroyed, the Night Stars will disappear. If they are already being fired off as Shooting Stars, these Shooting Stars will last until this wave of shots ends.

New Night Stars cannot be created until the previous wave of Shooting Stars has been fired completely.

Elemental Burst: Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker

Unleashes a Celestial Dreamsphere that constantly fires Starlight Slugs at opponents within its AoE, dealing Cryo DMG.When a Starlight Slug hits, it will generate 1 Night Star for nearby Curtains of Slumber. Each Curtain of Slumber can gain 1 Night Star this way every 0.5s.

Passive Talents

• Shadowy Dream-Signs: When Layla crafts Character Talent Materials, she has a 10% chance to receive double the product.
• Like Nascent Light: While the Curtain of Slumber is active, the Deep Sleep effect will activate each time the curtain gains 1 star:
  • The shield strength of a character under the effect of the curtain of slumber increases by 6%
  • This effect can have a maximum of 4 stacks and persists until the curtain of slumber disappears.
• Sweet Slumber Undisturbed: The DMG dealt by the shooting stars fired by Nights of Formal Focus is increased by 1.5% of Layla’s max HP.

Layla Constellations

• Level One – Fortress of Fantasy: The Shield Absorption of the Curtain of Slumber generated by Nights of Formal Focus is increased by 20%. Additionally, when unleashing Nights of Formal Focus, she will generate a shield for any nearby party members who are not being protected by a Curtain of Slumber. This shield will have 35% of the absorption of a Curtain of Slumber, will last for 12s, and will absorb Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness.
• Level Two – Light’s Remit: When Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus strike opponents, they will each restore 1 Energy to Layla. Each Shooting Star can restore Energy to her in this manner once.
• Level Three – Secrets of the Night: Increases the Level of Nights of Formal Focus by 3.Maximum upgrade level is 15.
• Level Four – Starry Illumination: When Nights of Formal Focus starts to fire off Shooting Stars, it will grant all nearby party members the Dawn Star effect, causing their Normal and Charged Attack DMG to increase based on 5% of Layla’s Max HP.Dawn Star can last up to 3s and will be removed 0.05s after dealing Normal or Charged Attack DMG.
• Level Five – Stream of Consciousness: Increases the Level of Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker by 3.Maximum upgrade level is 15.
• Level Six – Radiant Soulfire: Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus deal 40% increased DMG, and Starlight Slugs from Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker deal 40% increased DMG.Additionally, the interval between the creation of Night Stars via Nights of Formal Focus is decreased by 20%.

Layla pros and cons

Layla Genshin Impact trailer

In November 2022, HoYoVerse posted a character demo of Layla. You can watch the video below:

That’s everything you need to know about building Layla in Genshin Impact. For more on the game, check out all the free characters you can get, how the Pity system works, and whether or not it’s cross-platform.