Sethos' Playstyle and Mechanics
Sethos is a 4-star Electro carry whose kit revolves around using his Elemental Skill to regenerate energy, then casting his Ultimate.
During his Ultimate, his normal attacks act as powerful charged attacks and become his main damage window.
His damage scales with both Attack and Elemental Mastery, but Elemental Mastery provides nearly double the damage scaling compared to Attack.
For talents, prioritize maximizing his Normal Attack and Ultimate. His Elemental Skill is less important to max because its main purpose is energy regeneration, not damage.
Constellations and Energy Management
- C0 - C5: Sethos has a passive talent that constantly drains his energy when he uses enhanced attacks, so aim for about 120% - 125% Energy Recharge.
- C1: Grants an extra 15% Crit Rate on his enhanced charged attacks.
- C6: Completely nullifies his energy-draining talent. At C6, you need 0% ER and can focus entirely on Crit and Elemental Mastery.
Best Artifacts and Stats
- Wanderer's Troupe: One of his best sets, giving 80 Elemental Mastery and 35% Charged Attack damage.
- Gilded Dreams: Performs very similarly, though Wanderer's Troupe is often easier to acquire because it has been available since day one.
- Alternative: If you do not have a full 4-piece set, mix 2-piece Elemental Mastery sets.
- Main stats: Elemental Mastery Sands, Electro Damage Goblet, and Crit Rate or Crit Damage Circlet.
- Substats: Prioritize Crit ratio and Elemental Mastery. Avoid flat stats and Attack %. Sethos has no practical EM cap, so stack as much as possible.
Best Weapons
- Best 5-star: Hunter's Path is his best-in-slot because it converts Elemental Mastery into Charged Attack damage and gives a massive 44% Crit Rate.
- Other 5-star options: Aqua Simulacra and Amos' Bow are also strong and outperform the free-to-play options.
- Best 4-star F2P: Cloudforged at R5 gives strong Elemental Mastery and beats older options like The Stringless or Windblume Ode.
Best Team Compositions
- Hyperbloom: Sethos, Nahida, Furina or Yelan / Xingqiu, and a healer like Baizhu.
- Aggravate: Sethos with a Dendro unit like Kirara or Yaoyao, an Anemo unit for Viridescent Venerer shred like Kazuha, and another Electro.
- Hypercarry: Sethos, Kujou Sara, Kazuha, and Bennett. Sara's 6-second buff aligns well with Sethos' 8-second Ultimate window.