How to play Sethos in Genshin Impact: Normal vs Charged Attack playstyles

Sethos is an Electro Bow user with two distinct playstyles. Once you’ve leveled him up, you’ll need to choose how you want to play him. Here’s a breakdown of both his Normal Attack and Charged Attack playstyles so you can pick which one works for you!

As a general overview, Normal Attack Sethos is easier to play, while Charged Attack Sethos is more unique and fun. Both are capable of decent damage, so try both and see which one you prefer! In either case, Sethos’ build will remain the same.

Normal Attack Sethos

Normal Attack Sethos is the easier, more straightforward playstyle. This playstyle relies on casting Sethos’ Burst to infuse his Normal Attacks with Electro for a short duration. For Normal Attack Sethos, his rotation will look something like this:

1. Rotate through teammates to set up their abilities.
2. Swap to Sethos.
3. Cast Sethos’ Burst.
4. Spam Sethos’ Normal Attacks until his Electro infusion runs out (8 seconds).
5. Swap to teammates and repeat.

Sethos’ best Normal Attack combo

You can just mash the attack button and use Sethos’ full three-attack string, but if you want to maximize Sethos’ DPS, you can cancel his Normal Attack string after his second shot. This eliminates the charge-up animation before his third shot and lets you chain more attacks in a shorter amount of time. There are a couple of ways to accomplish this:

• Dash immediately after his second Normal Attack arrow leaves his bow. This consumes some stamina.
• Jump after his second Normal Attack.
• Walk forward after his second Normal Attack. Do this by holding down the forward input and stop attacking right as his second Normal Attack animation starts. Once you see Sethos start walking, resume your Normal Attack inputs.

Charged Attack Sethos

Sethos has two levels of Charged Attacks. If you keep holding down his Charged Shot, he will eventually enter a fixed stance where he holds his bow upright. This is his level 2 Charged Shot, which deals increased damage and pierces enemies.

Sethos can consume his own elemental energy to charge up his level 2 shot more quickly. At full energy, he can fire three of these shots with almost no charging time. Cast his Skill in between shots to generate more energy for a fourth shot. In his Charged Attack playstyle, Sethos will not use his Burst.

1. Rotate through teammates to set up their abilities.
2. Swap to Sethos.
3. Perform a level 2 Charged Shot.
4. Use Sethos’ Skill.
5. Perform three more level 2 Charged Shots.
6. Swap to teammates and repeat.

Remember that Sethos’ level 2 shots pierce enemies, so try to line them up in front of you when you can. As with many Charged Attack characters, Sethos is prone to being interrupted, so I recommend a strong shielder.