The following builds are listed with no particular order in mind aside from their main damage source.
In terms of damage output, right now Ice builds are at the top, followed by Bow builds.
Difficulty denotes how hard a build to use it effectively, while Power denotes the DPS ceiling in respect to other builds.
Color Coded Names
Each Souljade's name will have a color assigned to it
that tells the minimum difficulty of the missions that can drop it (including Nirriti's Ruins).
White = Commemorative Souljade (buy from the Narakapedia).
Light Blue = Normal and above difficulty.
Purple = Hard and above difficulty.
Red = Nightscream difficulty.
Brown = Enigma Domain.
Build Sections
Universal Builds
Ice Surge
Souljades
Successive Ice Blast
Frozen Blast
Depths Blast
Element Surge • Ice-Wielding
Chill Spike
Frostbite Chain
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x4 [Moderation]
x8 [Windfall]
x6 Ice Blast DMG
x6 Attack
Placeholder Attributes
DMG to Bosses & Melee Weapon Damage
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
+6 
Ice-Wielding
Curios
Wordless Sutra
Awakening: Execute enemies below 8% Health.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
DMG to Bosses
Attack
Skill DMG Bonus
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Passive Rage Recovery
DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
Your attacks will build up Frostbite and Toxin on enemies, which will explode into an Ice Blasts and Poison Blasts respectively once certain thresholds are met.
Ice Blasts out of Frost Surge will attempt to freeze you.
You can defuse this freeze attempt or use any ability that applies golden focus to yourself, such as Justina's Skill, Shadowswipe.
The freeze attempt will activate Frostbite Surge,
preventing you from accumulating Frostbite on yourself for 25 seconds and allowing you to summon Ice Thorns whenever you use your Hero's Skill (this has a 4-second cooldown).
After enough Ice damage instances, you will charge up an extremely strong attack known as Chain Crush.
You will see a symbol appear in the top left that indicates it is ready to be used. To activate it, use any uncharged melee attack.
[Moderation] +100% is necessary for this build to be effective.
Recommended Heroes
Viper Ning, Feria Shen, Tianhai, Tarka Ji,
Valda Cui, Yueshan, Matari, Tessa,
Yoto Hime, Justina Gu, & Kylin Zhang
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Ice Lotus Chain
Souljades
Successive Ice Blast
Frozen Blast
Element Surge • Ice-Wielding
Elemental Lotus
Ghastbloom
Frostbite Chain
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x4 [Moderation]
x8 [Windfall]
x6 Ice Blast DMG
x6 Attack
Placeholder Attribute
DMG to Bosses & Melee Weapon Damage
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
Ice-Wielding
Curios
Fiery Lotus Bell
accumulating significant elements on enemies around you.
Awakening: Number of Blossom Blasts required reduced to 5.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while out of Surge state.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
DMG to Bosses
Attack
Skill DMG Bonus
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Passive Rage Recovery
DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
This build is extremely easy to use as it features none of the penalties common in other builds and outputs competitive damage.
Therefore, it is recommended for most players to start with.
Your attacks will build up Frostbite on enemies, which will explode into an Ice Blast once certain thresholds are met.
Each Ice Blast will summon 3 Lotus (up to 4 per second) that will surround you and explode for high damage when they expire or when you exceed 4 total.
Over time, as you activate more Ice Blasts, you will charge up an extremely strong attack known as Chain Crush.
You will see a symbol appear in the top left that indicates it is ready to be used.
To activate it, use any uncharged melee attack.
[Moderation] +100% allows you to use your Hero Skill again after every Ice Blast.
Recommended Heroes
Viper Ning, Feria Shen, Tianhai, Tarka Ji,
Valda Cui, Yueshan, Matari, Tessa,
Yoto Hime, & Kylin Zhang
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Exclusive Builds
Valda·Burn
Souljades
Incineration
Element Surge • Poison-Wielding
Pestilent Pool
Miasma Drive
Renewed Vigor
Copper Ward
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x4 [Moderation]
x8 [Windfall]
x6 Health
x6 Attack
Placeholder Attribute
DMG to Bosses & Melee Weapon Damage
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
+5 
Poison-Wielding
+1
Ice-Wielding
Curios
Sea Leveler
dealing up to 4500% of your Attack over 15s
Awakening: Ne Zha's Might summons fireballs in front of you applying additional Burn.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
Attack
Skill DMG Bonus
DMG to Bosses
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
Health
DMG Reduction
Boss DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
This build focuses on Hydroflare damage by taking advantage of Valda's special ability to apply Soak that doesn't remove from Hydroflare and her Curio's ability to rapidly apply a powerful Burn from Ne Zha's Might. Moderation is required to make good use of this build, otherwise, you'll just be constantly overwritting your Burns as they do have a lengthy duration.
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Yoto Hime·Flying Edge
Souljades
Element Surge • Poison-Wielding
Pestilent Pool
Miasma Drive
Renewed Vigor
Backfire
Sub-Zero Seal
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x4 [Moderation]
x8 [Windfall]
x6 DMG to Bosses
x6 Attack
Placeholder Attribute
DMG to Astral Aegis & Rage/DMG
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
+5
Poison-Wielding
+1
Ice-Wielding
Curios
Imperial Wind Chime
up to 3 times.
Awakening: Skill also increases in size when hit by charged attacks, up to 3 times.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
Skill DMG Bonus
DMG to Bosses
Attack
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Passive Rage Recovery
DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
This build focuses on Yoto Hime's Skill and it's interaction with her Curio. Hitting it with any charged attack will increase it's rotation speed and size, vastly increasing its DPS. Make sure to save enough Rage to use your Ultimate right after the Skill expires for an easy activation of [Moderation], so you can get your Skill back as soon as possible.
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Tarka·Flame Force
Souljades
Incineration
Element Surge • Poison-Wielding
Pestilent Pool
Miasma Drive
Arcane Stratos
Backfire
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x4 [Moderation]
x8 [Windfall]
x6 DMG to Bosses
x6 Attack
Placeholder Attribute
Rage/DMG & Melee Weapon Damage
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
+2
Poison-Wielding
+3
Ice-Wielding
+1 
Thunder-Wielding
Curios
Flaming Soul Bead
Can be detonated with Universe Slash, Finisher Strikes, or Elbow Strike for up to 2100% of your Attack.
Awakening: Explosive can stack up to 5 times, doubling the damage at max stacks.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
Skill DMG Bonus
DMG to Bosses
Attack
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Passive Rage Recovery
DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
This build focuses on Tarka's Skill, Flame Force, and it's interaction with his Curio. Enemies hit by his Skill will be afflicted with Explosive, which can be detonated by certain attacks. However, if you let Explosive stack up to 5 times, it will deal 10 times the damage instead of 5. This in combination with Tarka's Ultimate can essentially allow you to continue using his Skill into 5 stack explosions, as long as you don't miss too many Skills.
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Kylin·Thunder
Core Souljades
Thunderpull
Thunder Counter
Element Surge • Thunder-Wielding
Thunder Charge
Backfire
Optional Souljades
Enrage
Sub-Zero Seal
Renewed Vigor
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x6 [Windfall]
x6 Rage/DMG
x6 Attack
x6 DMG to Bosses
Placeholder Attribute
Melee Weapon Damage
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
+2
Thunder-Wielding
+2
Ice-Wielding
+2
Poison-Wielding
Curios
Tideforce Bead
Awakening: 3 Elemental Bursts will summon Water Spears.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
Rage/DMG
Attack
Weapon DMG Bonus
DMG to Bosses
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Health
Luck
Armor
Description
A variant of Kylin's dedicated build that focuses more on personal damage than Divine Thunder damage. This build is easier to switch to and from due to not needing Divine Thunder DMG attributes, but is slightly weaker. Attacking will charge Thundershock on yourself, when full will summon a bolt of Divine Thunder that you can parry. Filling Thundershock also activates Thunder Surge, which increases your Attack and allows you to summon more bolts of Divine Thunder from Weapon Attacks. During Kylin's Ultimate, you want to alternate between parrying and using his Wrath Slash for massive damage.
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Deadeye Bow
Build idea by JustNaes (Discord: justnaes)
Souljades
Scattershot Enhance
Element Surge • Poison-Wielding
Toxic Arrows
Backfire
Desperation
Shattered Edge
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x6 [Windfall]
x6 DMG to Bosses
x6 Ranged Weapon DMG Bonus
x5 Attack
x1 Deadeye build rate
Placeholder Attribute
Attack & Charged Attack DMG
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
+2
Poison-Wielding
+2
Ice-Wielding
+2
Thunder-Wielding
Curios
Tideforce Bead
dealing 5400% of your Attack.
Awakening: Number of Elemental Bursts required reduced to 3.
Prevailing Robe
repair 60% of max Armor over 3s with a 10s cooldown.
Awakening: Gain +15% DMG Bonus while Armor is full.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
Weapon DMG Bonus
Attack
DMG to Bosses
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
DMG Reduction
Boss DMG Reduction
Armor
Luck
Description
Deal massive damage by using the Stage 2 Charged Attack of your Bow.
Perfectly timing the release of the charge, while Deadeye is active, will cast Void Destroyer, a massive 3-part attack that only consumes 1 ammo.
Beware, this build will leave you at 1 Health, so you'll mainly rely on your Armor to survive any hits.
Reaching ~8.5% Deadeye build rate will allow you to activate Deadeye with just 3 Stage 2 Charged Attacks instead of 4.
30.5%+ Deadeye build rate will allow you to activate Deadeye in 2 Stage 2 Charged Attacks if they're headshots.
43.9%+ Deadeye build rate will allow you to activate Deadeye in 2 Stage 2 Charged Attacks as long as one is a headshot.
Recommended Heroes
Temulch & Tessa
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Kurumi·Void Sunder
Souljades
Element Surge • Poison-Wielding
Pestilent Pool
Miasma Drive
Renewed Vigor
Backfire
Sub-Zero Seal
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x3 [Moderation]
x8 [Windfall]
x6 DMG to Bosses
x6 Melee weapon Damage
x1 Attack
Placeholder Attributes
Attack & Charged Attack DMG
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
+5
Poison-Wielding
+1
Ice-Wielding
Curios
Glazed Mirror
At full stacks, Horizontal Soul Slash becomes Void Sunder.
Awakening: Swift Cut generates 2 stacks per hit.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
Weapon DMG Bonus
Attack
DMG to Bosses
Charged DMG
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Passive Rage Recovery
DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
This build focuses on Kurumi's altered Skill from her Curio. While you at tethered to either a player or umbrella, your charged attacks will be altered to Swift Cut, a fast 3-hitting attack that generates stacks of Slash Mind per hit. At 6 stacks of Slash Mind, your next Horizontal Soul Slash will be altered to Void Sunder, an extremely powerful AoE attack that deals 7200% of your Attack.
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Ziping·Dual Chain
Souljades
Successive Ice Blast
Frozen Blast
Depths Blast
Element Surge • Ice-Wielding
Frostbite Chain
Toxified Chain
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x4 [Moderation]
x8 [Windfall]
x6 Ice Blast DMG
x6 Attack
Placeholder Attributes
DMG to Bosses & Melee Weapon Damage
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
Ice-Wielding
Curios
Wordless Sutra
Awakening: Execute enemies below 8% Health.
Nectar Bottle
Awakening: Hitting Toxic Flowers with Razor Swift will make them apply Toxified right away, up to 2 times.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
DMG to Bosses
Weapon DMG Bonus
Attack
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Passive Rage Recovery
DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
This build works very similar to Skill Surge in that it has 2 separate Elemental Bursts to work [Moderation] with, but allows you to charge Chain Crush in 2 separate ways for much more activations. Defuses will summon Toxic Flowers, which you'll then want to hit with Razor Swift to apply Toxified to enemies quickly. After 11 applications of Toxified, your next uncharged melee attack will trigger Chain Crush, dealing massive damage. After 15 instances of Ice Blasts, your next uncharged melee attack will also trigger Chain Crush. Stacking multiple Chain Crushes, will activate them as one for double damage.
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target
Wuchen·Poison
Souljades
Noxious Blast
Pestilent Pool
Miasma Drive
Element Surge • Poison-Wielding
Toxin Seep
Toxified Chain
Souljade Attributes
Target Attributes
x6 [Windfall]
x6 DMG to Bosses
x6 Attack
x6 Poison Blast DMG
Placeholder Attribute
Melee Weapon Damage
Potential Plan
Wielding Type
Poison-Wielding
Curios
Wordless Sutra
Awakening: Executes enemies below 8% health.
Verve Banner
heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Awakening: All attacks gain an additional +60% Rage/DMG and heal 10% of DMG dealt while Surging.
Curio Attributes
Yang Attributes
DMG to Bosses
Attack
Skill DMG Bonus
Elemental Accumulation Rate
Yin Attributes
Rage/DMG Taken
Passive Rage Recovery
DMG Reduction
Luck
Description
Poison Blasts activate Noxious Blast, which applies 1 stack of [Toxified] to the enemy,
and Pestilent Pool, which generates a poison pool that applies up to 2 [Toxified] stacks to enemies standing within it.
Standing in the pool for 2 seconds inflicts [Toxified] on yourself,
allowing you to transfer 2 [Toxified] stacks to the enemy by using a Martial Skill or
the 3rd attack in any uncharged attack combo (excluding Greatsword and Polesword) via Infectious Touch.
Furthermore, this will activate Toxin Surge,
which prevents you from being afflicted with [Toxified] for 15 seconds and allows you to apply an additional stack of [Toxified] whenever you use a Martial Skill.
When an enemy reaches 6 stacks of [Toxified], Toxin Blast activates, dealing 48x Attack damage to the surrounding area.
When you have applied [Toxified] to enemies 11 times, Chain Crush will be ready, adding a Poison Blast DMG attack equal to 2240% of your Attack to your next uncharged melee attack.
Difficulty
Skill Floor
Skill Ceiling
Power
Single-Target
Multi-Target