Hu Tao Genshin Impact character artwork
Genshin Impact Talents & Skills Guide

Hu Tao talents, skills, passives and Constellations

Talents & Skills Guide

Consumes HP to enter Paramita Papilio, boosting attack based on maximum HP and infusing attacks with Pyro. Calls forth a blazing spirit that damages enemies and restores Hu Tao's health on hit.

12 ability entries1 Normal Attack1 Elemental Skill1 Elemental Burst2 Ascension Passive1 Utility Passive6 Constellation
Talent controls: Normal Attack, Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst have separate buttons. Tap, hold, recast and airborne requirements vary by talent. Passives and Constellations trigger through their listed conditions; they do not have separate activation commands. Energy, cooldown and unlock requirements appear with the talent.

Normal Attack

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Secret Spear of Wangsheng
Normal Attack
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
PC: Left Mouse Button | PlayStation: Circle | Xbox: B | Mobile: Attack icon. Charged attack: hold Attack where supported; plunging attack: press Attack while airborne.

Performs six spear strikes; the charged attack lunges forward and, while Paramita Papilio is active, applies Blood Blossom.

Cooldown / cost: Charged Attack Stamina Cost: 25.0

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Elemental Skill

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Guide to Afterlife
Elemental Skill
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
PC: E | PlayStation: R2 | Xbox: RT | Mobile: Elemental Skill icon. Use the tap, hold or recast variant described for this talent.

Consumes HP to enter Paramita Papilio, boosting attack based on maximum HP and infusing attacks with Pyro.

Cooldown / cost: CD: 16.0s

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Elemental Burst

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Spirit Soother
Elemental Burst
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
PC: Q | PlayStation: Triangle | Xbox: Y | Mobile: Elemental Burst icon. Requires sufficient Energy and an available cooldown.

Calls forth a blazing spirit that damages enemies and restores Hu Tao's health on hit.

Cooldown / cost: CD: 15.0s; Energy Cost: 60

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Ascension Passive

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Flutter By
Ascension Passive
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Requires the listed talent unlock or trigger.

After Paramita Papilio ends, other party members gain 12% critical rate for eight seconds.

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Sanguine Rouge
Ascension Passive
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Requires the listed talent unlock or trigger.

Below half health, Hu Tao gains a 33% Pyro damage bonus.

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Utility Passive

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The More the Merrier
Utility Passive
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Requires the listed talent unlock or trigger.

When perfectly cooking a dish, has a chance to receive an additional suspicious dish of the same type.

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Constellation

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Crimson Bouquet
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Charged attacks during Paramita Papilio no longer consume stamina.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 1

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Ominous Rainfall
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Blood Blossom damage increases based on maximum HP; Spirit Soother also applies Blood Blossom.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 2

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Lingering Carmine
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Increases Guide to Afterlife's talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 3

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Garden of Eternal Rest
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Defeating an enemy affected by Blood Blossom boosts other party members' critical rate.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 4

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Floral Incense
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Increases Spirit Soother's talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 5

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Butterfly's Embrace
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

On a potentially lethal hit or very low HP, Hu Tao gains a short-lived survival and critical-rate effect.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 6

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Plan a team around these talents

Read the Elemental Skill and Burst separately from passive talents and Constellations. A listed Constellation effect should only be included in your plan when unlocked.

GetCheatBeacon's practical checklist for Hu Tao:

  • Which talent needs field time, and which can contribute after switching characters?
  • What Energy, cooldown or unlock requirements are listed for the effect you want?
  • Which teammate covers the gap in your current party?
  • Test a rotation you can repeat before investing further. This reference is not a ranked artifact or weapon build.

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