Genshin Impact Escoffier Build Guide: Best Weapons, Artifacts, and Teams
Escoffier is a Cryo polearm character from Fontaine who excels as an off-field DPS, healer, buffer, and debuffer. She can fill multiple support and sub-DPS roles simultaneously and makes Freeze and Cryo-Hydro synergy teams incredibly efficient.
This expanded guide covers the best weapons, artifacts, constellations, playstyle, rotations, and teams for Escoffier in Version 5.7 and beyond.
How to Get Escoffier
Escoffier is a limited 5-star banner-exclusive character, which means you can only pull her during event banners where she is featured. Check current banners regularly to see when she becomes available again.
Escoffier Overview
- Element: Cryo
- Weapon: Polearm
- Rarity: 5-Star
- Role: Off-field DPS, Healer, Buffer, Debuffer
Escoffier consolidates four roles into one character:
- Deals consistent Cryo damage off-field using her Skill.
- Provides team-wide healing through her Burst and passives.
- Reduces enemy Cryo and Hydro resistance based on team composition.
- Buffs team ATK through her weapons and supportive passives.
Her only significant drawback is her very high Energy Recharge requirement (200%+), especially when used as the sole Cryo character. Pairing her with another Cryo character or Energy Recharge weapon is advised.
Talent Priority
Skill > Burst >>> Normal Attack
- Normal Attack: Not used in optimal rotations.
- Elemental Skill (Tap): Deploys a Cryo turret that follows the active character and attacks enemies periodically for 20s.
- Elemental Burst: Deals AoE Cryo damage and activates the “Rehab Diet” healing effect for 9s.
The turret has exceptional uptime and synergy with Freeze and Melt reactions. Burst is important for healing Furina or keeping your team sustained in long battles.
Passives
- Rehab Diet: Heals active characters every second for 9s after using Burst, scaling with ATK.
- Cryo/Hydro RES Shred: Reduces Cryo/Hydro RES of enemies up to 55% based on the number of Cryo/Hydro characters in the party (1/2/3/4 = 5%/10%/15%/55%).
- Utility Passive: Crafting bonus when using Hold Skill outside of battle (minimal relevance).
Best Weapons
| Weapon | Stats | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Symphonist of Scents |
66.2% CRIT DMG | Heals trigger 32% ATK buff to team for 3s. +12-24% ATK off-field. | Best-in-Slot. Huge teamwide buff and great synergy. |
|
Calamity Queller
|
16.5% ATK | Gathers ATK stacks off-field. Very high Base ATK. | Excellent healing & damage combo. Strong off-field synergy. |
|
Skyward Spine
|
36.8% ER | Bonus CRIT Rate. Energy regen. | Good generic stats. Mostly useful for ER support. |
|
Deathmatch (R5)
|
36.8% CRIT Rate | Buffs ATK depending on number of enemies. | Watch CRIT Rate when using Blizzard Strayer. |
|
Favonius Lance
|
30.6% ER | CRIT hits generate Energy. | Great for ER-focused builds but low personal damage. |
Best Artifacts
Main Stats:
- Sands: ATK% or ER%
- Goblet: Cryo DMG%
- Circlet: CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate
Substat Priority: ER > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK%
| Artifact Set | Effect | Notes |
| 4pc Golden Troupe
|
+20% Skill DMG (2pc); +50% total Skill DMG off-field (4pc) | Best Overall Set. Perfect synergy with Escoffier’s turret. |
| 4pc Blizzard Strayer
|
+15% Cryo DMG; +20-40% CRIT Rate (vs Frozen targets) | Best in Freeze teams. Avoid if not consistently Freezing. |
Constellations
| Constellation | Effect | Notes |
| C1 | CRIT DMG +60% to Cryo characters post Skill/Burst (15s) | Very powerful team buff for Freeze comps. |
| C2 | Grants stacks that deal 240% ATK Cryo dmg when allies deal Cryo DMG | Big damage spike for Cryo-heavy teams. |
| C3 | +3 to Skill Level | Increases turret damage significantly. |
| C4 | Extends “Rehab Diet” duration by 6s, CRIT heals trigger extra HP + 2 Energy | Improves sustain and reduces ER needs. |
| C5 | +3 to Burst Level | Slightly increases healing and AoE Cryo damage. |
| C6 | Basic attacks by teammates trigger 500% ATK Cryo AoE (max 6 procs) | Strong upgrade but doesn’t change playstyle. |
Best Team Compositions
Freeze Teams (Pure Cryo-Hydro)
| Slot | Characters | Notes |
| On-Field DPS | Ayaka / Ganyu | High Burst Cryo damage |
| Hydro Support | Furina / Yelan / Xingqiu | Reactions, buffs, and healing synergy |
| Cryo Buffer | Shenhe / Rosaria | CRIT buff / ATK buff / extra Cryo |
| Healer + Off-field DPS | Escoffier | Core of the team |
Why It Works: Full Cryo/Hydro teams activate Escoffier’s max debuff potential. Furina’s healing scaling benefits from Escoffier’s consistent healing.
Melt Teams
| Slot | Characters | Notes |
| Pyro DPS | Mavuika / Hu Tao | Uses Escoffier’s Cryo for Melt |
| Cryo Support | Kaeya / Rosaria | Cryo particle battery + Aura |
| Healer / Buffer | Bennett | ATK buff and healing |
| Flex / Burst Sub-DPS | Escoffier | Maintains Cryo aura and provides healing |
Why It Works: Melt teams work well with off-field Cryo like Escoffier. She enables consistent Cryo application for Pyro DPS to trigger strong reactions.
Rotation Example
- Escoffier Skill (summons turret)
- Furina Skill (summon familiars)
- Ayaka Dash + Burst
- Escoffier Burst (heal + ATK share)
- Swap to Main DPS (continue rotation)
Additional Tips
- Don’t use Normal Attacks. Level only Skill and Burst.
- Furina synergy: One of the best partners due to her healing-based scaling.
- ER >200% is necessary if she is the only Cryo unit.
- Freeze-resistant enemies: Consider alternative comps like Melt or Mono-Cryo.
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