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The best Gorou build in Genshin Impact (Version 7.2) is Golden Frostbound Oath with Archaic Petra.
By Lorenzo BrunoUpdated August 28, 2026Build source: derived from game data
Genshin Impact 4★ Geo Bow Main DPS
Also works: Astral Vulture's Crimson Plumage, The First Great Magic, Scion of the Blazing Sun, Covenant of Frost and Snow
#1
Normal Attack
Max first
#2
Elemental Skill
Then
#3
Elemental Burst
Next
Albedo plays sub DPS in this Mono Geo team built around Arataki Itto, with Furina (sub DPS) and Gorou (support). Arataki Itto, Albedo and Gorou give Geo resonance (Enduring Rock: shield strength +15%, and DMG +15% while shielded). Furina heals.
Furina plays support in this Mono Geo team built around Noelle, with Albedo (sub DPS) and Gorou (support). Noelle, Albedo and Gorou give Geo resonance (Enduring Rock: shield strength +15%, and DMG +15% while shielded). Noelle and Furina heal, Noelle shields.
Illuga plays support in this Lunar Crystallize team built around Zibai, with Columbina (sub DPS) and Gorou (support). Zibai, Illuga and Gorou give Geo resonance (Enduring Rock: shield strength +15%, and DMG +15% while shielded). None of the four is a healer or a shielder, so the team leans on dodging or on a lead with built-in sustain.
Illuga plays support in this Lunar Crystallize team built around Arataki Itto, with Columbina (sub DPS) and Gorou (support). Arataki Itto, Illuga and Gorou give Geo resonance (Enduring Rock: shield strength +15%, and DMG +15% while shielded). None of the four is a healer or a shielder, so the team leans on dodging or on a lead with built-in sustain.
Illuga plays support in this Lunar Crystallize team built around Noelle, with Columbina (sub DPS) and Gorou (support). Noelle, Illuga and Gorou give Geo resonance (Enduring Rock: shield strength +15%, and DMG +15% while shielded). Noelle heals, Noelle shields.
Linnea plays support in this Lunar Crystallize team built around Zibai, with Columbina (sub DPS) and Gorou (support). Zibai, Linnea and Gorou give Geo resonance (Enduring Rock: shield strength +15%, and DMG +15% while shielded). Linnea heals.
Genshin Impact 4★ Geo Bow Main DPS
Golden Frostbound Oath is the closest fit on the game's own numbers: Gorou's kit multiplies DEF, and a weapon is ranked here on whether its ascension stat and its passive act on that stat. The Daybreak Chronicles, Blackcliff Warbow and Astral Vulture's Crimson Plumage come next. No playtested ranking has been imported for Gorou, so this is arithmetic over the kit data rather than a damage measurement.
Run Archaic Petra on Gorou, with Husk of Opulent Dreams and A Day Carved From Rising Winds behind it. Main stats are DEF% sands, Geo DMG Bonus goblet, CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG circlet. Roll substats in the order CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > DEF% > Energy Recharge.
Talent priority is Normal Attack > Elemental Skill > Elemental Burst. The Elemental Burst costs 80 energy, which is what an Energy Recharge target has to clear.
Gorou plays Support in the Arataki Itto team, alongside Arataki Itto, Albedo and Furina.
Gorou's abilities multiply DEF. That is read from the scaling rows on the Elemental Skill and Burst, not from the ability description, so it reflects what the game actually multiplies rather than what the text mentions.
Golden Frostbound Oath is the closest fit on the data: it is a 5-star bow with CRIT DMG as its ascension stat, and its passive acts on DEF. Blackcliff Warbow is the best 4-star alternative.
Archaic Petra. Its 2-piece bonus is: Gain a 15% Geo DMG Bonus. Its 4-piece bonus is: Upon obtaining an Elemental Shard created through Crystallize or triggering a Lunar-Crystallize reaction, all party members gain a 35% DMG Bonus for that particular element for 10s. Only one form of Elemental DMG Bonus can be gained in this manner at any one time.
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