The Sixth Fatui Harbinger Scaramouche became reborn as Wanderer in Genshin Impact—a powerful five-star Anemo Catalyst character who excels at dealing damage as long as he has the best team possible.
Here are the best team combinations for Wanderer in Genshin Impact.
The best party members for Wanderer in Genshin Impact
While some Genshin Impact characters require carefully crafted and specific team lineups, Wanderer is very versatile and has multiple team characters he synergizes really well with.
The best Wanderer team will generally look like this:
- Wanderer: In any team, Wanderer will play the role of a main damage dealer who’ll spend most of the time on the field using his Normal Attacks while inside of the Elemental Skill.
- Support: Wanderer is a pretty squishy character and needs a strong healer or a shielder to consistently deal damage. You could have the NRE (Menu 30) gadget equipped as well but it shouldn’t replace a support character on your team.
- Sub-DPS: A secondary damage-dealing unit that will deal damage with off-field abilities or set up your team for Elemental Reactions (sometimes both) depending on what kind of team you’re building.
- Flexible: The last team member isn’t as strict and can be either a driver for Elemental Reactions, someone who’ll amplify Wanderer’s damage, or anyone else you might want to have on the team.
There are quite a few characters that work well with Wanderer and most of them are Pyro, Electro, Cryo, or Hydro elements to take advantage of his “Jade-Claimed Flower” passive talent and deal damage off-field. You can pair your Wanderer with Faruzan, Bennett, Charlotte, Rosaria, Yelan, Raiden Shogun, Kuki Shinobu, Xiangling, Ganyu, Snagonomiya Kokomi, and a few more all of whom will synergize very well.
Faruzan specifically has great synergy with the Wanderer especially at C6 thanks to her Elemental Burst “The Wind’s Secret Ways” which increases the Anemo damage of nearby allies and decreases the Anemo RES of enemies massively increasing Wanderer’s damage regardless of how well-built he is.
Best Wanderer team compositions in Genshin Impact
Depending on the type of content you are trying to clear, your team composition will be different. But ultimately, you need teammates who can primarily work off-field and amplify the damage output of their abilities.
1) Wanderer, Faruzan, Yelan, and Bennett
This is by far the best team for Wanderer and is often used to clear the Spiral Abyss. That said, depending on the enemies and the featured Ley Line disorders, you might have to make a few adjustments.
- Main DPS: Wanderer
- Buffer: Faruzan
- Sub-DPS: Yelan
- Healer and buffer: Bennett
This team focuses on amplifying Wanderer’s personal damage and takes advantage of his passive thanks to Pyro and Hydro characters. If you’ve obtained Wanderer then you’ve also likely been lucky enough to obtain Faruzan since she has always been featured on his banners and is a top-tier support for any Anemo DPS. Bennett is also generally regarded as one of Genshin’s best supports with the ability to both heal and buff nearby allies.
If you don’t have Yelan, you can always switch to her four-star counterpart Xingqiu. The overall damage might be lower, but you’ll still get some extra damage from his Burst as well as trigger the passive. In harder content, I recommend recommended switching Yelan for a shielder like Zhongli or Thoma especially if you feel your Wanderer is getting knocked out of the air a lot.
In case you don’t have Faruzan though, you can instead use Xiangling who is available from the Spiral Abyss, and make this a Vaporize reaction team. The gameplay will mostly be the same, except instead of increasing Wanderer’s personal damage, you will focus on triggering Vaporize through Xinagling’s and Xingqiu/Yelan’s Bursts.
2) Wanderer, Yelan, Ganyu, and Qiqi
A very different but powerful lineup is centered around the Frozen elemental reaction to keep enemies in one place and includes Wanderer, Yelan, Ganyu, and Qiqi.
- Main DPS: Wanderer
- Sub-DPS: Yelan
- Sub-DPS: Ganyu
- Healer: Qiqi
This lineup is less about Cryo damage and more about freezing enemies so that Wanderer can jump in and take them out with ease. Yelan functions primarily as an off-field Sub-DPS that can apply Hydro when you attack after using her Elemental Burst, freezing enemies almost on demand. Ganyu and Qiqi will apply a decent amount of Cryo through their Elemental Skills and Bursts while Qiqi is also a strong healer.
Having two Cryo characters in this team lineup means you will get the Cryo Elemental Resonance, which increases the Crit Rate against foes that are Frozen or otherwise affected by Cryo by 15 percent. In addition, Wanderer will also be able to consistently activate the Swirl reaction with Hydro and Cryo to trigger his passive.
If you like what this team can do but don’t have all the characters, there are quite a few substitutes. You can use Xingqiu as a decent substitute for Yelan. For Ganyu and Qiqi, some suitable substitutes include Layla, Charlotte, Diona, or Rosaria depending on what you are looking to add to your team.
You could also add another Anemo character to the team for grouping, like Venti or Kazuha as it’s much easier to have the enemies Frozen in one tight group rather than scattered across the battlefield.
3) Wanderer, Faruzan, Yun Jin, and Zhongli
This is a more obtainable team for any Genshin player who gets Wanderer since this lineup has an even split with two five-star alongside two four-star characters. Faruzan returns once again for this lineup due to her unmatched ability to powerfully bolster Wanderer’s overall skillset.
- Main DPS: Wanderer
- Buffer: Faruzan
- Buffer: Yun Jin
- Shielder: Zhongli
Yun Jin is an excellent character to use besides Wanderer in this team lineup or in another one you design yourself. She grants an attack bonus from her talent that will help amplify Wanderer’s damage output. Players who have C2 Yun Jin can raise Wanderer’s normal attack damage even higher with a 15 percent boost and C6 Yun Jin will grant a powerful 12 percent normal attack speed increase that is perfect for Wanderer.
The last core member of this team is Zhongli, who provides the best shields in all of Genshin and functions as a powerful support unit. Since Wanderer can struggle to stay afloat without being interrupted, he’ll greatly benefit from having Zhongli alongside him. The Geo Archon can also decrease foes’ elemental resistance which in turn makes Wanderer more effective against them.
If you don’t have Zhongli, several four-star shielders will work well including Noelle, Layla, and Thoma. Although for this composition Noelle will be better as you’ll get the Geo Resonance bonus for two Geo characters on the team and you aren’t focusing on Elemental Reactions anyway.
4) Wanderer, Yelan, Raiden Shogun, and Sangonomiya Kokomi
This lineup mostly works around the Electro-Charged elemental reaction with Wanderer making use of his passive at the same time.
- Main DPS: Wanderer
- Sub-DPS: Yelan
- Sub-DPS: Raiden Shogun
- Healer: Sangonomiya Kokomi
Yelan once more joins him in battle in this lineup as a strong support and damage dealer. As always you can use Xingqiu if you don’t have her. Raiden Shogun is another great Sub-DPS that will trigger an Electro-Charged reaction from off-field as long as you use Raiden’s Elemental Skill and Yelan’s Burst. Raiden also provides great burst damage when Wanderer is off-field through her Elemental Burst.
If you don’t have Raiden Shogun there are a few four and five-star substitutes that you can use. From five stars, the best alternative is Yae Miko, as her turrets can passively apply Electro off-field. Similarly, Fischl and Beidou are both four-star characters who’ll do the same even more effectively than Yae.
Your team’s support can be pretty flexible in this case. While Kokomi is one of the best healers in the game, you can also use Kuki Shonobu or Barbara who provide good healing and keep driving the Electro Charged reaction.
5) Wanderer, Faruzan, Raiden Shogun and Jean
The last composition is incredibly strong but only if you got lucky enough with Jean’s Constellations. Jean’s C4 decreases the Anemo resistance of enemies by 40 percent which is a phenomenal buff to Wanderer’s damage.
- Main DPS: Wanderer
- Buffer: Faruzan
- Sub-DPS: Raiden Shogun
- Healer and buffer: Jean
Pairing Jean with Faruzan will pretty much nullify the enemies’ Anemo resistance. If you feel like so much resistance shred is overkill or if you’re fighting enemies with low Anemo resistance in the first place, you could swap out either of them for someone else. But for general use, I recommend you keep both.
Without C4 Jean is still an amazing healer, however, for a more optimized team, you might want to replace her with a character who can not only sustain the team but contribute to its damage, like Layla providing some Cryo application for Wanderer’s passive or Bennett for an overall attack buff.
Finally, Raiden Shogun is here to get some Electro damage in and synergize with Wanderer’s passive. As always you can swap her out for someone like Fischl or Yae Miko, or even take the Geo route with Yun Jin.
