Alyosha build guide: the free 4-star that runs Stellar-Conduct teams
By DayOneFix Editorial · August 12, 2026
Alyosha is free — you invite him by progressing the Snezhnaya Archon Quest — which makes him the most-built character of 7.0 by volume. Here is how the Chinese launch guides say to build him, with the official material list underneath.
What he actually provides at C0
Officially a “support character who heals party members while continuously dealing Electro DMG.” The CN numbers behind that, at C0:
- ~21% ATK to the on-field character
- +20% Stellar-Conduct reaction damage to the on-field character
- ~3,000 HP healing every 2 seconds at around 2,200 ATK — healing scales off his ATK
- Off-field Electro application from a summoned hound that bites every 2 seconds, plus a burst field that taunts — useful on Imaginarium Theatre defence floors
One limitation both guides stress: at C0 all his buffs only reach the on-field character, and off-field healing doesn’t arrive until C4. His own damage is ordinary Electro, under 10k a tick — he is a pure support, not a hidden damage dealer.
The comparison that matters: one guide benchmarked a Stellar-Conduct team at 2.2M total damage, and swapping in C0 Alyosha raised DPS by about 19% over Kuki Shinobu — landing close to C0 Yae Miko over a full rotation. If you don’t own Yae Miko, he is the budget replacement, which is exactly why he ships free this version.
Weapons — energy first, everything else second
His burst costs 80 energy and the whole kit depends on having it up, so Energy Recharge outranks every other stat:
- Favonius Lance — the consensus budget-best: high ER plus particle generation, and at high refinement the crit-triggered particles recharge the whole team.
- The new Snezhnaya forgeable polearm — restores energy on elemental reaction, free and well-matched (CN guides call it a strong pick; its English name we have not verified, so we’re describing it rather than guessing).
- Battle Pass polearm this version — for team-wide recharge.
- Engulfing Lightning — the whale option; Kitain Cross Spear and the 5.4 event polearm also work.
- Healing-focused alternative: Escoffier’s signature, if you want the healing numbers over the recharge.
Substat rule from both guides: anything without ER on it is unreliable for him.
Artifacts
Heart of the Furnace is his best set — it boosts his own ATK (which feeds the healing) and gives the whole party 50% Stellar Glimmer damage from off-field.
The trap worth spelling out: same-name set bonuses don’t stack across the party. If Odette already wears Furnace, do not put it on Alyosha too — the second copy does nothing. Give him Noblesse Oblige instead (he always bursts, so the 20% team ATK is fully live), or Emblem / Instructor as a stopgap.
- Mains: ER sands / ATK goblet / ATK circlet at C0 — switch the sands to ATK once you have C1
- Substats: ER > ATK > EM. One guide targets 270% ER, floor of 200%; the other simply says “stack until the burst never drops”
Talents
Skill only. The ATK buff scales with skill level, so level it to 9 — the guides agree the jump to 10 is 1.1% for a crown’s worth of resources. Normal attacks and burst give the support kit nothing; skip them.
Constellations
C0 is complete and usable. Above that:
- C1 — the quality-of-life node that frees your sands slot. Note both guides describe it differently: one says it restores 15 energy when nearby characters trigger Electro reactions (max once per 18s), the other says it reduces the burst cost by 15. Same practical outcome — the energy problem goes away — but we’re flagging the discrepancy rather than picking one; in-game text is final.
- C2 — +6s burst duration, effectively permanent uptime
- C4 — the hound also heals the lowest-HP off-field character, at half the on-field rate
- C6 — the real jump: up to 50% ATK and 100 EM to the on-field character
Since he’s free, C-levels come from banner dupes during his debut — pulling the Odette banner is the realistic route to them.
Teams
- The T0 setup: Sandrone + Odette + Alyosha + Kazuha (Sucrose works; swap to Diona or Qiqi if you need survivability). Alyosha’s ATK buff also helps Odette clear her 3,000 ATK threshold.
- Budget Stellar-Conduct: Wriothesley or Cyno + Odette + Alyosha + Diona — every unit easy to obtain, no Yae Miko required.
- Free-to-play: Cryo Traveler + Odette + Alyosha + Sucrose.
- Where he’s redundant: Cyno teams that already have enough Electro application — one guide argues he’s not worth the slot there unless you specifically need to enable a Cryo-side reaction.
Ascension materials (Lv. 20 → 90)
Straight from the official character data:
| Material | Total |
|---|---|
| Mora | 420,000 |
| Vajrada Amethyst Sliver / Fragment / Chunk / Gemstone | 1 / 9 / 9 / 6 |
| Flockingweed (Snezhnaya local specialty) | 168 |
| Severed Tail of the Sky-Roamer (boss drop) | 46 |
| Chimeric Core → Symbiotic Chimeric Nucleus → Prime Chimeric Nexus | 18 / 30 / 36 |
Same shape as Odette’s list — 168 local specialties is the wall-clock gate, the boss drop is the resin gate.
FAQ
Is Alyosha worth building? Yes, if you run Stellar-Conduct teams: one CN guide benchmarked swapping in C0 Alyosha as raising DPS by about 19% over Kuki Shinobu, landing close to C0 Yae Miko over a full rotation. If you don’t own Yae Miko, he is the budget replacement — and he’s free.
What is Alyosha’s best weapon? Favonius Lance is the consensus budget-best: high ER plus particle generation. His burst costs 80 energy and the whole kit depends on having it up, so Energy Recharge outranks every other stat — anything without ER on it is unreliable for him.
What artifacts does Alyosha use? Heart of the Furnace is his best set — unless Odette already wears it, since same-name set bonuses don’t stack across the party. In that case give him Noblesse Oblige (he always bursts, so the 20% team ATK is fully live). Mains at C0: ER sands / ATK goblet / ATK circlet.
Which talents should you level on Alyosha? Skill only, to level 9 — the ATK buff scales with skill level, and the jump to 10 is 1.1% for a crown’s worth of resources. Normal attacks and burst give the support kit nothing.
What is Alyosha’s best team? The T0 setup is Sandrone + Odette + Alyosha + Kazuha; budget Stellar-Conduct is Wriothesley or Cyno + Odette + Alyosha + Diona; free-to-play is Cryo Traveler + Odette + Alyosha + Sucrose.
Related
Sources
Ascension materials from HoYoverse’s official character data (HoYoWiki, read 12 August); role description from the official 7.0 update notes. Buff numbers, weapon ranking, artifact advice and team comps come from two independent Chinese launch guides (新提瓦特小助手, 蘑菇芋头) and are labelled community consensus — where the two disagree, the disagreement is shown rather than resolved.