Sacrificial Sword in Genshin Impact – This is a four-star weapon that restores energy and allows you to cool down your elemental skill. Due to its unique passive, this sword brings great benefits to the party and can be equipped on a large number of characters.
In this guide we will tell you how to get the Sacrificial Greatsword, how to use it most effectively and who to give it to.
How to get the Sacrificial Greatsword
The Sacrificial Greatsword is either dropped in the standard Wanderlust prayer or in the Weapon Event prayer and less often in character events. It is not limited, so it can drop at any time. Sometimes the weapon shop increases its drop rate, which will help you get this weapon as quickly as possible.
Information on other equipment and suitable characters can be found in banner schedule и weapon tier list.
Sword characteristics
- A type: one handed sword.
- Rarity: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Base ATK: 41 to 454.
- Additional characteristic: energy recovery 13,3~61,3%.
- Passive: when an elemental skill deals damage, there is 40/50/60/70/80% chance of resetting its cooldown. May occur once per 30/26/22/19/16 sec.
| Level | Basic attack | Energy Recharge % |
| 1 | 41 | 13,3 |
| 20 | 99 | 23,6 |
| 40 | 184 | 34,3 |
| 50 | 238 | 39,7 |
| 60 | 293 | 45,1 |
| 70 | 347 | 50,5 |
| 80 | 401 | 55,9 |
| 90 | 454 | 61,3 |
How to Uplift and Awaken the Sacrificial Greatsword
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To upgrade the Sacrificial Greatsword, you need materials from Mondstadt:
- Shackles/chains/shackles/dreams of the lion's fang can be obtained from the dungeon "Cecilia Garden", which is located in the northwest of Wolfendom. This material is available in Wednesday, Saturday и Sunday.
- Chaos Device/Chain/Core get it from Guardians of the Ruins and Ruin Hunters. They can be found almost all over Teyvat, except Inazuma. The easiest place to hunt is either in Liyue or in Sumeru.
- Scroll of Divine Magic/Seal/Forbidden Curse drops from Shamachurls. They can be found all over Teyvat, but most Shamachurls are found in Mondstadt.
To awaken the sword to the maximum rank (P5), you need to knock out, in addition to the main weapon, four more copies and pour them into the first. Thus, the chance of the passive triggering will increase by 10% each time, and the cooldown will decrease by 3-4 seconds.
Who is the Sacrificial Greatsword in Genshin Impact for?
This sword is great for characters in the role of support or sub-damager. It allows you to deal damage with E more often, therefore, activate the elemental ability and ult more regularly. The Sacrificial Greatsword increases energy recovery well, which helps characters with a high cost of elemental explosion. However, it will not suit most main DDs due to the low base attack and the features of the passive.
Overall, this is one of the most versatile weapons for characters that are not the primary damage dealer. The best characters for whom the Sacrificial Greatsword is suitable are the following heroes:
| Character | Recommendation |
|---|---|
 Xingqiu | This is the best sword for a Guhua disciple. Xingqiu has an expensive but very useful ultimate, as it applies a large amount of Hydro status to the enemy. The additional characteristic perfectly closes this problem and allows him to set a clock for attack power. Xingqiu's elemental skill cooldown is 21 seconds, so the Sacrificial Greatsword passive on 5th awakening will work every time. |
 Qiqi | For the little zombie, the Sacrificial Greatsword is also great. The energy recovery stat will allow you to activate the elemental explosion more often, therefore, you can heal yourself and your allies better. The cooldown of the elemental skill for Qiqi is 30 seconds, which is very disruptive to the game, so the passive of the Sacrificial Greatsword will make it much easier. |
 Kazuha | Sacrificial Greatsword on Kazuha is relevant at C0 and essentially replaces C1. The hero's E is very useful, as it allows him to fly into the air and deal good area damage, as well as pull enemies. Activating the Elemental Explosion on cooldown will provide more stable damage. |
 Nilou | An option if she doesn't have the first constellation, as it covers the problem of the long cooldown of the elemental skill. But the energy recovery status is still useful, as the ultimate is an important part of Nylu's rotation. |
 Jean | This is useful if you lack energy or need to regularly pull enemies together. The Sacrificial Greatsword will allow you to use the elemental skill more often, which will make it easier to activate the ult and give additional damage in a critical build. |
There are also characters for whom this sword will only work under certain builds and circumstances:
- For Kaeya, Captain of the Ordo Favonius Cavalry, the Sacrificial Greatsword is not the best option, but if you assemble it into a Cryo support, which also works as a battery, then you can put this sword. It will allow you to press Elemental Explosion more often and attack more often with an elemental skill.
- For Traveler any element can find better options, but if there are no alternatives, then the sword will help to assemble a good support or damage dealer. The passive will allow you to deal damage more often with E-shka, and the additional characteristic will close the energy recovery, which will allow you to put artifacts for damage on him.
- For Layla This is a last resort option. The cooldown, both for the elemental explosion and for the elemental skill, is small, so the passive of the Sacrificial Greatsword is irrelevant, but a large amount of energy recovery will allow you to press the ultimate more often.
How the weapon works
The Sacrificial Greatsword is convenient because to activate its passive skill, you only need to attack the enemy. But remember that you need to actually hit the enemy, and not just activate the E-sword. If you accidentally pressed an elemental skill and the enemy managed to dodge, the cooldown will not be restored.
The rotation when playing as a character with the Sacrificial Greatsword looks like this:
- Switch to the character with the Sacrificial Greatsword.
- Run up to the enemy as close as possible and make sure he is not going to change location at an unexpected moment.
- Activate an elemental skill for the first time.
- If the cooldown is instantly restored, attack with E a second time.
- You can switch to other characters.
We hope this guide helped you understand how to get the Sacrificial Greatsword in Genshin Impact, level it up, and use it. If you have any questions, be sure to share them in comments. Read other guides on weapons in Genshin Impact on our website.
