Fontaine's Champion Duelist, Clorinde, has solidified her position as a premier Electro main DPS character in Genshin Impact. Her unique kit, centered around the Bond of Life mechanic, demands thoughtful team building to unlock her full destructive potential. While she possesses a degree of self-sustain, her synergy with traditional healers can be tricky, making the choice of teammates crucial for maximizing her on-field damage output. For players looking to harness her electrifying power, several team archetypes have emerged as top-tier choices, each leveraging different reactions and support strategies to turn Clorinde into an unstoppable force on the battlefield.

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Aggravate: Amplifying Electro Fury

This classic Electro composition focuses on raw, amplified damage through the Aggravate reaction. It's a straightforward yet devastatingly effective setup.

Team Core:

  • Main DPS: Clorinde

  • Sub DPS: Fischl

  • Sub DPS: Nahida

  • Support: Kaedehara Kazuha

Clorinde's damage is primarily Electro-based, making teams that enhance Electro reactions her natural home. The Aggravate reaction, triggered when Electro hits a Quicken-affected enemy, adds flat damage that scales with Elemental Mastery and character level. This team excels at creating that scenario constantly.

Nahida provides immense off-field Dendro application with her long-duration Elemental Skill, ensuring Quicken (and thus Aggravate) is almost always active. Fischl, especially at Constellation 6, is arguably the best Electro battery and off-field damage dealer, generating massive amounts of energy for Clorinde while dealing significant damage herself through Oz.

Kazuha's role is pivotal. By grouping enemies and Swirling Electro, he provides two massive buffs: a hefty damage bonus to Electro via his 4th Ascension Passive and resistance shred through the Viridescent Venerer artifact set. The Elemental Resonance from having two Electro characters further accelerates energy generation, allowing Clorinde to use her powerful Burst more frequently.

🔄 Optimal Rotation:

  1. Start with Nahida: Use her Elemental Burst, then hold her Skill to mark all enemies.

  2. Switch to Fischl: Deploy Oz with her Elemental Skill.

  3. Bring in Kazuha: Use his Skill (tap or hold), perform a Plunging Attack, then use his Elemental Burst to infuse with Electro.

  4. Clorinde's Showtime: Switch to Clorinde, activate her Elemental Burst to gain a Bond of Life, then immediately use her Elemental Skill to enter the Night Vigil state. Unleash a combination of lunges and pistol shots until the state ends.

This rotation ensures all buffs and debuffs are active when Clorinde takes the field, allowing her to devastate everything in her path.

Hyperbloom: Dendro Core Mayhem

For those who enjoy the chaotic and high-damage ceiling of Dendro reactions, a Hyperbloom team with Clorinde at the helm is a fantastic choice. This team allows for extended field time and massive transformative reaction damage.

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Team Core:

  • Main DPS: Clorinde

  • Sub DPS: Furina

  • Sub DPS: Nahida

  • Support: Baizhu

This composition is a masterclass in off-field synergy. Furina's Salon Solitaire provides relentless Hydro application, which interacts with Nahida's enduring Dendro application to spawn countless Dendro Cores. Clorinde then triggers Hyperbloom by hitting these cores with her Electro attacks during her Night Vigil state, dealing massive damage based on her Elemental Mastery.

The dual Dendro setup (Nahida + Baizhu) activates the Sprawling Greenery Resonance, granting the party 50 Elemental Mastery and an additional 30 EM when a Bloom reaction occurs (which is constantly). This can provide nearly 100 extra EM passively. Baizhu is the perfect support here; his shields and healing counteract Furina's HP drain while also providing a damage bonus to Hyperbloom and other Dendro reactions through his passive.

🌟 Key Constellation Highlights:

  • Furina's C2 allows her to reach her Fanfare stacks cap dramatically faster, granting a huge damage boost to her pets and the entire team.

  • Nahida's C2 is a game-changer, allowing Hyperbloom (and other Dendro reactions) to score Critical Hits, pushing team damage to astronomical levels.

  • Baizhu's C2 adds convenient off-field healing, minimizing the time he needs to be on the field.

🔄 Optimal Rotation:

  1. Furina: Summon her Salon Solitaire (Skill), then use her Elemental Burst.

  2. Nahida: Use her Burst, then hold her Skill to link all enemies.

  3. Baizhu: Use his Elemental Skill (and Burst if healing is urgently needed).

  4. Clorinde: Enter, use Burst for Bond of Life, activate Skill for Night Vigil, and unleash havoc, detonating the sea of Dendro Cores.

Electro-Charged: Taser on Steroids

A fast-paced, high-octane team ideal for quickly deleting bosses and clearing domains. It leverages raw Electro and Hydro damage alongside powerful buffs.

Team Core:

  • Main DPS: Clorinde

  • Sub DPS: Raiden Shogun

  • Sub DPS: Furina

  • Support: Kazuha

This team utilizes Clorinde's Dark Shattering Flame talent (unlocked after her first Ascension), which increases her Normal and Burst Electro DMG by 20% of her ATK whenever she triggers an Electro reaction—easily maxed out in this setup. Raiden Shogun's coordinated attacks from her Skill provide consistent off-field Electro application, triggering both Electro-Charged with Furina's Hydro and fueling Clorinde's passive.

Furina returns, her powerful Hydro application enabling constant Electro-Charged reactions. Kazuha returns as well, Swirling both Hydro and Electro to buff the entire team's damage output and group enemies. The caveat here is Furina's HP drain; this team is best for shorter, intense fights where you can defeat enemies before the HP loss becomes unmanageable without a dedicated healer. For longer engagements, swapping Raiden for a healer like Jean or swapping the team entirely might be wiser.

⚡ Why Raiden? Her Skill provides a universal Burst DMG bonus and uninterrupted Electro application, making her more valuable here than a second Hydro character like Yelan or Xingqiu, as Furina's application is sufficient.

🔄 Optimal Rotation:

  1. Raiden: Use her Elemental Skill.

  2. Furina: Use Skill, then Burst.

  3. Kazuha: Use Skill, Plunging Attack, then Burst (try to Swirl both elements).

  4. Clorinde: Take the stage, use Burst, then Skill, and begin her lunge-and-shot combo under Night Vigil.

Double Geo Carry: Unconventional Supremacy

For players who prefer brute force and unshakable survivability over elemental reactions, this team offers a unique and powerful playstyle centered around direct damage amplification and shielding.

Team Core:

  • Main DPS: Clorinde

  • Sub DPS: Fischl

  • Sub DPS: Chiori

  • Support: Zhongli

This composition forgoes intensive reaction damage in favor of massive buffs and near-invulnerability. Zhongli provides the strongest shield in the game, granting universal Resistance Shred to nearby enemies via the Tenacity of the Millelith artifact set. This lets Clorinde attack without fear of interruption or damage.

Chiori is the star support here. Her Automaton Dolls deal significant off-field Geo damage that scales with DEF, but more importantly, they provide a persistent damage source that doesn't interfere with other elements. With Zhongli's Geo Construct (his stele) on the field, Chiori summons an additional doll, maximizing her output. Fischl returns as a reliable battery and off-field Electro damage dealer.

The Enduring Rock Geo Resonance is active, providing a 15% shield strength increase and a crucial 15% DMG bonus to characters protected by a shield. Combined with Zhongli's shred, this gives Clorinde a massive direct damage increase for all her attacks.

🛡️ Safety First: With Zhongli's shield and Clorinde's own self-healing, this team is incredibly safe for all content, including the Spiral Abyss. It's perfect for players who want a straightforward, tank-and-spank approach.

🔄 Optimal Rotation:

  1. Zhongli: Hold his Elemental Skill to create a powerful shield (and a stele if possible).

  2. Fischl: Summon Oz with her Skill.

  3. Chiori: Use her Elemental Burst, then quickly tap her Skill twice to summon her dolls (two if Zhongli's stele is present).

  4. Clorinde: Switch in, use Burst for Bond of Life, activate Skill, and go to town with her enhanced attacks, protected by the might of Geo.

Choosing the right team for Clorinde ultimately depends on your preferred playstyle and available characters. Whether you enjoy the big numbers of Aggravate, the chaotic beauty of Hyperbloom, the rapid-fire pace of Electro-Charged, or the unyielding power of a Geo-backed carry, Clorinde has a team that can showcase her strength as Fontaine's finest duelist.