Swift-Striding Hound

Alyosha

★★★★ElectroPolearm
Constellation
Canis Borzoides
Region
Snezhnaya
Birthday
February 9
Released in version
7.0
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A "professional hunter" and master of the Snezhnayan snowfields. A fierce, distinct "idealism" burns beneath his calm demeanor.

Stats at level

Lv. 90
Base HP
11,962
Base ATK
265
Base DEF
703
Energy Recharge
26.7%

Build patch 7.1, updated 9/28/2026

Support, Electro for Stellar-Conduct

Weapons

  1. 1Engulfing Lightning ★★★★★Best option: Energy Recharge and ATK from Energy Recharge
  2. 2Symphonist of Scents ★★★★★
  3. 3Skyward Spine ★★★★★
  4. 4Frostbreath ★★★★
  5. 5Favonius Lance ★★★★Energy for the team
  6. 6Tamayuratei no Ohanashi ★★★★R5, free
  7. 7Song of the Vigil ★★★★Craftable, at R5

Artifacts

  1. 1Noblesse Oblige4-piece — best option
  2. 2Heart of the Furnace4-piece, if Odette isn't using it
  3. 3Emblem of Severed Fate4-piece
  4. 4Gladiator's Finale + A Day Carved From Rising Winds2 + 2, temporary
SandsEnergy Recharge / ATK%
GobletATK%
CircletATK% / CRIT Rate
SubstatsEnergy Recharge > ATK% > CRIT Rate
Talent priorityElemental Burst > Elemental Skill > Normal Attack

In short: a 7.0 Electro support for Stellar-Conduct. Almost all his value is in the Burst: it summons Tugarin, who puts a hunter's mark on enemies (boosting Stellar-Conduct DMG), gives the team ATK and heals. That's why the Burst is leveled first and the build goes into Energy Recharge and ATK.

Stats: Energy Recharge around 200% (180–230% depending on the team; about 160% is enough at C1), ATK 2000+: both the buff and the healing scale with it. With Favonius Lance you need about 50–60% Crit Rate for the weapon to proc.

Partners: Sandrone, Cyno or Wriothesley as the main DPS, Yae Miko as the second Electro, and Odette. He's useful outside Stellar teams too — for example in Overload with Arlecchino, where his ATK buff and off-field damage help.

Constellations: C6 is the key one: it strengthens his buffs and gives the team Elemental Mastery. C1 helps with energy, C2 closes the gap between Bursts.

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Sources: Game8, genshin.guru, Genshin-info.ru, Wotpack, genshin.gg. Texts are our own summary. Found a mistake in this build? · Improve this guide

Rotation

  1. E
  2. Q
  3. switch
Burst before the main DPS comes in, so the hunter's mark and ATK buff are already active.

Legend: E — Skill, E (hold) — hold Skill, Q — Burst, M1-M2-M3 — Normal Attack string, CA — Charged Attack.

Teams

Sandrone Stellar-Conduct

Cyno Stellar-Conduct

Wriothesley Stellar-Conduct

Also appears in other teams

1st half: Mizuki

Recommended in: Spiral Abyss, Sucrose, Yumemizuki Mizuki

Stellar-Conduct

Recommended in: Traveler (Cryo)

Free team with Alyosha

Recommended in: Valeriy

Is it worth pulling team damage gain, gcsim simulation

How much the whole team's damage grows compared to C0 with Frostbreath (R5). Gains are cumulative: C2 includes C1.

Best 5★ weapon (R1)Engulfing Lightning
+0.6%
or
C1
First constellationone more copy of the character
−0.3%

Neither the weapon nor the first constellation adds much — better save your pulls for new characters.

  1. C1−0.3% (−0.3% vs previous)safe to skip
  2. C2+3.8% (+4.1% vs previous)safe to skip
  3. C3+4.5% (+0.7% vs previous)safe to skip
  4. C4+4.6% (+0.1% vs previous)safe to skip
  5. C5+5.5% (+0.9% vs previous)safe to skip
  6. C6+12.3% (+6.8% vs previous)nice, not essential
How we calculated

We put this team and rotation together ourselves from an open guide, since the gcsim simulation database has no suitable team. Teammate builds come from our guides; the whole team's substats are tuned to the KQM standard for each weapon separately. C0 with Frostbreath: 51,037 damage per second.

The gain depends on the team and investment: treat it as a guideline, not an exact number for your account. Rotation source · gcsim 4eda9fc, 2026-10-17

Talents

Normal Attack

Skirmishing Spear

Normal Attack Performs up to 4 consecutive spear strikes and applies the **Hunter's Mark** to the opponent hit by the final strike. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents in his path. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Scaling
1-Hit DMG94.5%
2-Hit DMG95.2%
3-Hit DMG67.7%+62.9%
4-Hit DMG149.9%
Charged Attack DMG219.5%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost25.0
Plunge DMG126.4%
Low/High Plunge DMG252.7%/315.6%
Elemental Skill

Thunderbolt Strike

Follows his hunter's instincts. Tap or hold to produce different effects as well as apply the **Hunter's Mark** effect to the hit opponents. Tapping Fires at opponents in front of him, dealing AoE Electro DMG. Holding Enters aiming mode, then targets opponents within a certain area in front of him. Alyosha's Interruption RES is enhanced when in this mode. At the end of the button hold, he deals Electro DMG to the targeted opponents.

Scaling
Press DMG516.1%
Hold DMG645.1%
CD15.0s
Hunter's Mark Duration15.0s
Hunter's Precision ATK Bonus21.2%
Hunter's Precision Duration15.0s
Elemental Burst

Hunter's Advance

Summons his trusted companion Tugarin to fight alongside him on the field. This also turns an area in front of him into a Fulgurite Hunting Field for a short time. Fulgurite Hunting Field · Continuously taunts nearby opponents to incite them to attack. · Every 2s, deals an instance of AoE Electro DMG to any opponent that enters the field. Tugarin · If there are any opponents nearby, Tugarin will quickly move close to an opponent and maul them every 2s, dealing Electro DMG. · If an opponent affected by the Hunter's Mark effect is hit, the Hunter's Mark will also be activated. · Where there are multiple opponents, Tugarin will attack those affected by the Hunter's Mark effect first.

Scaling
Fulgurite Hunting Field DMG134.9%
Tugarin DMG90.4%
Duration14.0s
CD18.0s
Energy Cost70

Passive talents

Awakened by the Baying Hounds

When **Tugarin** attacks, it will also restore HP to nearby active characters at 120% of Alyosha's ATK.

Suffer the Winter Wheat Will

Increases the DMG Alyosha deals with his Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst by 0.35% for every 1% of his Energy Recharge. Up to a 70% increase can be obtained in this way.

Into the Fray

Alyosha will enter the Radiance: Stellar-Conduct state when inside a **Polestar Field**. Radiance: Stellar-Conduct: The Hunter's Precision effect obtained when the **Hunter's Mark** is activated will also increase Stellar-Conduct reaction DMG dealt by the character when on the field by 20%.

Treetop Watch

Displays the location of nearby resources unique to Snezhnaya on the mini-map, and this effect also applies in the Shadow Realm.

Constellations

C1

Frostvale Thunderclap

Alyosha regenerates 15 Elemental Energy when nearby party members trigger an Electro-related reaction on an opponent. This effect can trigger once every 18s.

C2

Howl From Afar

The duration of the Elemental Burst Hunter's Advance is extended by 6s. Additionally, each time **Tugarin** attacks the opponent, he will also apply the **Hunter's Mark** to a target. This effect does not activate existing Hunter's Marks.

C3

Friendly Call

Increases the Level of the Elemental Skill Thunderbolt Strike by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4

Harvest the Spoils

When **Tugarin** attacks, he will also restore 60% of Alyosha's ATK as HP to the nearby party member with the lowest HP by percentage.

C5

When the Nightbird Falls Silent

Increases the Level of the Elemental Burst Hunter's Advance by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6

Standard Reclaimed

The Hunter's Precision effect obtained from activating a **Hunter's Mark** can now stack, max 2 stacks. When the stack count reaches 2, characters affected by Hunter's Precision will also have their Elemental Mastery increased by 100 if they are on the field.

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