Which Is The Best 4 Star Polearm Genshin Impact?

Getting the right weapon for your Genshin Impact characters is probably the best way to bolster their power. However, not many players can get 5-star weapons for all their characters. 4 stars can be just as powerful in the right build... and they are much easier to get. In this article, we are going to showcase the best 4 star Polearm Genshin Impact.

Best Rosaria Build Spear — The polearm is a very popular weapon in Genshin Impact.

1. The Catch

Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge+
Skill: Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 16% and Elemental Burst CRIT Rate by 6%.
How to Obtain: Exchange at the Inazuma Fishing Association

The Catch is probably the best 4 star spear for sub-DPS characters who mainly deal damage with their bursts such as Xiangling, Zhongli or Hu Tao. The secondary stat of Energy Recharge allows the user to fire their burst more frequently.

2. Wavebreaker's Fin

Bonus Effect: ATK+
Skill: For every point of the entire party's combined maximum Energy capacity, the Elemental Burst DMG of the character equipping this weapon is increased by 0.12%. A maximum of 40% increased Elemental Burst DMG can be achieved this way.
How to Obtain: Gacha

The Wavebreaker's Fin is another sub-DPS-oriented polearm. It has the same function as the catch, boosting Burst damage based on the whole party's maximum Energy Recharge. However, its sub stat is not as good as The Catch.

It can be used on all characters who use The Catch.

3. Favonius Lance

Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge+
Skill: CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small number of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s.
How to Obtain: Gacha

The Favonius Lance is yet another support polearm. It allows players to funnel energy to different characters via elemental particles. After scoring multiple critical hits, you can absorb those particles to charge your elemental Burst.

This weapon is best used on Xiao, Xiangling and Rosaria. You can get this weapon at any time from all three banners, making this an attractive option for free-to-play or low-spending players.

4. Prototype Starglitter

Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge+
Skill: After using an Elemental Skill, increases Normal and Charged Attack DMG by 8% for 12s. Max 2 stacks.
How to Obtain: Forge via the Blacksmith

The Prototype Starglitter is a f2p alternative to the Favonius Lance and other Energy Recharge polearms. Overall, it is a simple stat stick as characters who require energy recharge do not need Normal and Charged Attack damage bonus.

The best characters to use the Prototype Starglitter are Xiao, Hu Tao and Zhongli.

5. Crescent Pike

Bonus Effect: Physical DMG+
Skill: After picking up an Elemental Orb/Particle, Normal and Charged Attacks deal an additional 20% ATK DMG for 5s.
How to Obtain: Forge via the Blacksmith

The Crescent Pike is the top physical damage weapon for spear users, as its passive provides a lot of consistent Phys damage. However, Physical builds with polearms are not that powerful - it is the only thing that's holding this weapon back.

Best used on Xiangling, Zhongli and Rosaria.

6. Blackcliff Pole

Bonus Effect: CRIT DMG+
Skill: After defeating an enemy, ATK is increased by 12% for 30s. This effect has a maximum of 3 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others.
How to Obtain: Starglitter Exchange

The Blackcliff Pole is probably the best 4 star weapon for DPS characters, with the crit DMG sub stat. However, you need to kill mobs to get stacks, which make the weapon rather weak against a single strong enemy.

The only character who can make use of this weapon is Xiao.

7. Dragonspine Spear

Bonus Effect: Physical DMG+
Skill: Hitting an enemy with Normal and Charged Attacks has a 60% chance of forming and dropping an Everfrost Icicle above them, dealing 80% AoE ATK DMG. Enemies affected by Cryo are dealt 200% ATK DMG. Can only occur once every 10s.
How to Obtain: Forge in Festering Fangs Quest, Forge via the Blacksmith

The Dragonspine Spear is most effective in a Superconduct Physical build, with players dropping the Everfrost Icicle on Cryo targets to deal even more Phys damage. So far, the only characters to use this effectively are Rosaria and Xiangling Phys build.

8. Kitain Cross Spear

Bonus Effect: Elemental Mastery+
Skill: Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 6%. After Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the character loses 3 Energy but regenerates 3 Energy every 2s for the next 6s. This effect can occur once every 10s. Can be triggered even when the character is not on the field.
How to Obtain: Complete the ''Orobashi's Legacy'' Quest and forge via the Blacksmith

Kitain Cross Spear is mainly geared toward characters who deal damage with reactions, which makes its usage rather limited. The only characters who can really utilize it are Hu Tao, reverse melt Rosaria and reverse vaporize Xiangling.

9. Dragon's Bane

Bonus Effect: Elemental Mastery+
Skill: Increases DMG against enemies affected by Hydro or Pyro by 20%.
How to Obtain: Gacha

The Dragon's Bane is a very limited spear that's designed solely to trigger vaporize and reverse vaporize. The only characters who can use it effectively are Xiangling and Hu Tao.

10. Royal Spear

Bonus Effect: ATK+
Skill: Upon damaging an opponent, increases CRIT Rate by 8%. Max 5 stacks. A CRIT hit removes all stacks.
How to Obtain: Starglitter Exchange

The Royal Spear is a decent DPS weapon for Xiao, Xiangling and Hu Tao, the other spears on this list outperform it.

11. Deathmatch

Bonus Effect: CRIT Rate+
Skill: If there are at least 2 enemies nearby, ATK is increased by 16%. If there are fewer than 2 enemies nearby, ATK is increased by 24%.
How to Obtain: Battle Pass Reward

While the base ATK of the Deathmatch is rather low, its high Crit Rate makes up for that weakness. Furthermore, the weapon also has a decent passive that also makes up for the low ATK. Players can use it for either Hu Tao or Xiao.

12. Lithic Spear

Bonus Effect: ATK+
Skill: For every character in the party who hails from Liyue, the character who equips this weapon gains a 7% ATK increase and a 3% CRIT Rate increase. This effect stacks up to 4 times.
How to Obtain: Gacha

The Lithic Spear requires players to use Liyue characters to get the full benefits, which is very restricting. This is why the weapon is at the bottom of the list. With all Liyue characters, the maximum bonus is only slightly higher than the Deathmatch, with a worse sub stat.