Pyro Traveler is the most obviously free Pyro unit in the game, and you get exactly what you pay for with this unit. The traveler makes up for his damage output in versatility for newer players who need one character to be built in several different ways. This guide to the best Genshin Impact Pyro Traveler build will explain the best weapons, artifact sets, constellations, and team compositions for Pyro Traveler.

Table of Contents:

• How to Get Pyro Traveler
• Pyro Traveler Gameplay Overview
  • Pyro Traveler Talents and Attack Combos
  • Pyro Traveler Constellation Analysis
  • Pyro Traveler's Best Weapons
  • Pyro Traveler's Best Artifacts
  • Pyro Traveler's Best Teams

How to Get Pyro Traveler in Genshin Impact

Pyro Traveler is a character you will have simply by playing through the Natlan storyline. There is no wishing required to use the Traveler or gain their Constellations.

Genshin Pyro Traveler Gameplay Overview

• Element: Pyro
• Weapon: Catalyst
• Rarity: “5-star”

Pyro Traveler is a weak character, generally speaking, but the Traveler excels in being accessible and versatile in playstyle. They can be played in nearly every playstyle available.

• First, they can be played as a general support to offer buffs, slow Pyro application, and energy to the team.
• Second, they can be built as a Burgeon DPS, maximizing the potency of these powerful reactions by building entirely into Elemental Mastery.
• Third, they can be built as an Off-Field DPS utilizing their held Skill to deal coordinated attacks without relying on energy.
• Finally, if you work for all six Constellations, the Traveler can be played as an on-field DPS using Normal, Charged, or Plunging Attacks.

While the Traveler is not the best option in any of these roles, the fact that they can play any of them and cost zero wishes to acquire actually makes Traveler fairly valuable, especially on F2P accounts for casual players. It makes Pyro Traveler perhaps the best Traveler element after Dendro.

Keep in mind that Traveler as a DPS is not typically recommended unless you want to put an enormous amount of investment into them compared to other Pyro characters. They are outclassed in support by most Natlan support characters, Thoma and Dehya as Burgeon triggers, Mavuika, Arlecchino, and Gaming as an on-field DPS, and Xiangling, who is also free to acquire, as an off-field DPS.

Don’t anticipate them to carry you through Spiral Abyss, but they may one day end up being the last piece you need in your next F2P team.

Stats Worth Consideration

• ATK%: This is the stat Pyro Traveler’s damage scales with
• Energy Recharge (optional): This ensures you can reliably Burst every rotation. Building to Burst may lower overall damage potential in some cases with Pyro Traveler.
• Pyro DMG%: This is the element Pyro Traveler’s damage is aligned with.
• CRIT Rate + DMG: This is the stat Pyro Traveler’s damage scales with
• Nothing but EM (alternate build): This is to maximize the damage from transformative reactions like Burning and Burgeon. Burning is not advised for Pyro Traveler, since Pyro cannot consistently be the trigger for Burning, so build this way only if you’re determined to play a Burgeon playstyle.

Genshin Pyro Traveler Talents and Attack Combos

Your talent-levelling priority should be Skill > Burst.

Normal Attack

Pyro Traveler is usually an off-field DPS who does not deal sufficient damage with Normal Attacks to consider investing… unless they are C6 and playing the role of on on-field DPS.

While it’s not recommended to play Pyro Traveler in this role, it is at least possible to make work, so only level this talent if you really love using the Traveler on-field as much as possible.

Elemental Skill

There are two versions of the Traveler’s Skill: tap and hold. Both involve entering the Nightsoul state; a mechanic mostly unique to Natlanese characters.

When tapping the Skill input, a small ring will form around the active character that deals minor Pyro damage once per second for as long as the Traveler has Nightsoul Points to burn. Using the Skill generates 42 that deplete over time.

With standard internal cooldown on elemental application (3 hits or 2.5s), Traveler will only apply Pyro to enemies once every three seconds, but the additional hits of Pyro damage can still trigger Burgeon reactions. If you like this idea, you’ll want to build pure Elemental Mastery on Pyro Traveler.

Holding the Skill enables the Traveler to deal coordinated Pyro attacks alongside your active character once every three seconds. Again, the application is quite slow, so it’s usually better to have the Traveler trigger reactions than generate Pyro aura for someone else to create reactions with.

Elemental Burst

The Burst, when used, will hit for a powerful single instance of Pyro damage while also generating 24 Nightsoul Points. This can extend the duration of the Traveler’s Skill.

This isn’t a major part of their damage profile, so while it’s nice, you probably don’t need to dedicate building towards routinely using the Elemental Burst.

Pyro Traveler Passives

Next, come their passives.

• When Pyro Traveler has 20+ Nightsoul Points, the AOE of their Skill is increased.
  
• Once every 12s, Traveler can regain 5 energy when the Skill triggers a Pyro-base reaction. Ally Nightsoul Bursts will also generate 4 energy for Traveler.

Pyro Traveler Field Time Inputs

Pyro Traveler’s field time should be executed as such:

• Pyro Traveler Skill
• Pyro Traveler Burst (optional)
• Swap to someone else.

If you decide to utilize Traveler as an on-field DPS, use his Skill and Burst, and then use two Normal Attacks, followed by a Charged Attack, repeatedly. Alternatively, spamming Charged Attacks at C6 will apply much more Pyro to enemies, allowing you to, with the right team composition, trigger Pyro reactions on command.

Genshin Pyro Traveler Constellation Analysis

Pyro Traveler’s Constellations are free. They just require effort playing through the game to unlock them. That said, Traveler needs all the help they can get to be competent at their job.

Genshin Pyro Traveler's Best Weapons

Pyro Traveler’s has multiple different builds: Burgeon trigger with full EM, dedicated generic support, and on-field DPS. This makes recommending weapons a little complicated. Please see the notes in the Best-in-Slot options for each playstyle to get a general grasp of all the weapons in that playstyle.

Genshin Pyro Traveler's Best Artifacts

• Sands – ATK%, ER%, or EM, depending on needs.
• Goblet – Pyro DMG% or EM
• Circlet – CRIT% or EM

There a really five options for Traveler depending on your build route, and luckily, three out of four of these options come from resin-efficient dungeons.

Genshin Pyro Traveler's Best Teams

Pyro Traveler will primarily want Hydro, Dendro, and occasionally Electro teammates. Dendro is needed for the transformative reactions an EM-based Traveler can trigger, and he can also be played in Burning teams as a support for Kinich. Hydro teammates are best for both on-field DPS and reaction playstyles, since Traveler can Reverse Vaporize attacks thanks to Yelan and Xingqiu.

Electro teammates are used exclusively in Chevreuse teams that focus on Overloaded reactions. Cryo teammates like Citlali can also be used to forward Melt Traveler’s hits.

Since their playstyle is so diverse, so are their teammates.

Specific Teammate Choices