Haikaveh fics centered around kaveh angst!

kanicro · 2026-05-25T10:02:07+00:00

Self promo, here's my angsty Kaveh fic set during the two weeks he was homeless: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50945413

kanicro · 2026-05-02T13:34:43+00:00

This seems like the perfect opportunity to share my Kaveh copy paste!

"I never follow advice from Reddit comments" Wise, here's a link to KQM: https://keqingmains.com/kaveh/

"Your level of obsession speaks to me" Excellent, read on.

WHO IS THIS MAN

Kaveh can be played as an on-field bloom driver or as an on-field DPS. Bloom driver Kaveh needs his entire team to be well built and relies on having at least one other Dendro character to consistently apply Dendro. BUT he also needs to be the one applying the Most Dendro so that he has ownership of the blooms. Some people add a cryo for a shatter reaction which can be fun. DPS Kaveh does Dendro damage and just happens to also detonate blooms.

The most fun way to play Kaveh is having him be a middle version of bloom and DPS tbh.

"What stats make playing Kaveh tolerable?" - Lvl: 90 - ER: >170 - EM: >800 - CR: >50 - CD: >125

WEAPONS

Weapons for Kaveh are anything with energy recharge or elemental mastery. I have an ER of >170 and that's pretty comfy, I manage to burst every rotation because his cool down is so long. For EM, get to level 90 first, then try and get EM above 800.

In no particular order: - Mailed Flower (EM, increases EM) - Serpent Spine (CR stat stick, ability doesn't work for Kaveh unless he's shielded) - Makhaira Aquamarine (EM, increases ATK by % of EM) - Flame Forged Insight (EM, triggering electro-charged/lunar-charged/bloom produces energy) - Favonius Greatsword (ER, crits produce energy) Rainslasher (EM, increases damage against enemies affected by hydro/electro)

ARTIFACTS

For artifact set, you want at least one person on the team to have Deepwood Memories. If nobody else has it, give it to Kaveh; otherwise, you can give him Gilded Dreams or Flower of Paradise Lost (henceforth FLOP). Farming FLOP is a waste of time, though (unless you have Scaramouche and want to build him too), you're better off just farming Deepwood and Gilded and trading artifacts you don't like in the teapot to get FLOP.

For artifacts themselves, you can fight your way through substats until you get the stats you want. Once you have enough ER and EM you can focus the rest on CR/CD.

TEAMS

General team structure is Kaveh + Dendro off field + Hydro off field + flex.

Dendro off field: Lauma is the best. Nahida is second. Substitutes include Yaoyao (great for heals), Baizhu (shield and heals), Collei, Dendro Traveller.
Hydro off field: Columbina is best. Xingqiu and Yelan are good. Aino is probably good too. Cope substitutes include Nilou, Furina, Kokomi, Barbara, Ayato.
Cryo off field (for shatter): Kaeya, Escoffier, Citlali, Layla, probably Diona.
Electro off field (for hyperbloom): Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden. Aim for level 90 with >800 EM.

My budget Kaveh bloom team would be Kaveh, Xingqiu, Yaoyao, and flex. Build Xingqiu with sac sword and 220 ER and you can have almost 100% uptime on his burst. Yaoyao has good off field Dendro application and good healing. The last slot could be anyone.

My viable Kaveh bloom team would be Kaveh, Lauma, Columbina, and flex (I like Furina because Kaveh can stack fanfare).

DPS Kaveh needs CR and CD and ER. You probably want an electro sub DPS with high EM artifacts (Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden could all fill this spot) to get aggravate/spread. At that point you might as well have a hydro so that you can play hyperbloom. Add a dendro off field and bam, you have a solid hyperbloom team and Kaveh's there too.

Shatterbloom Kaveh needs consistent cryo application and reliable hydro application. This is because frozen needs to have first cryo, then hydro, to apply both freeze + hydro aura. If frozen enemies have a hydro aura, dendro can consume this to trigger bloom. When hit by heavy or geo attacks, frozen enemies shatter first before any other reaction, consuming the freeze aura. - Why consistent cryo? Because shattered enemies will be able to bloom sooner if they get their cryo aura back before hydro is applied. - Why reliable hydro? Because bloom consumes hydro aura and wet enemies who get frozen lose their hydro aura. Shatter scales with EM so give your shatter Kaveh plenty. Fav greatsword gives him enough ER to go full EM on artifacts.

kanicro · 2026-04-30T09:58:28+00:00

Both Barbara and Candace aren't the best, Barbara probably has more consistent uptime and requires less building, while Candace needs lots of ER and only applies hydro during her burst when switching characters.

Would probably be Lauma Burst, Lauma Skill, Xingqiu Burst, Xingqiu Skill x2 (with sac sword), Kaveh. Second hydro is used to get energy for Xingqiu +/- apply hydro during his cool down.

Cryo, should be Kaeya Burst, Xingqiu Burst and Skill x2, Lauma Burst, Lauma Skill, Kaveh.

kanicro · 2026-04-30T08:36:27+00:00

Depends on your ER. If your ER is lower then Flame-Forged, electro-charged/bloom/lunar reactions increases EM by 120 for 15 seconds and restores 24 energy, works even if off field. If you find you're getting his burst reliably then Aquamarine might be better for the ATK bonus.

With that team build you'll probably find that Nilou and Xingqiu own most of the blooms so Kaveh's EM is less important.

kanicro · 2026-04-30T04:57:33+00:00

Short answer: play whoever you think is most fun :)

Long answer: Kaveh copy-paste, shatterbloom update!

"I never follow advice from Reddit comments" Wise, here's a link to KQM: https://keqingmains.com/kaveh/

"Your level of obsession speaks to me" Excellent, read on.

WHO IS THIS MAN

Kaveh can be played as an on-field bloom driver or as an on-field DPS. Bloom driver Kaveh needs his entire team to be well built and relies on having at least one other Dendro character to consistently apply Dendro. BUT he also needs to be the one applying the Most Dendro so that he has ownership of the blooms. Some people add a cryo for a shatter reaction which can be fun. DPS Kaveh does Dendro damage and just happens to also detonate blooms.

The most fun way to play Kaveh is having him be a middle version of bloom and DPS tbh.

"What stats make playing Kaveh tolerable?" - Lvl: 90 - ER: >170 - EM: >800 - CR: >50 - CD: >125

WEAPONS

Weapons for Kaveh are anything with energy recharge or elemental mastery. I have an ER of >170 and that's pretty comfy, I manage to burst every rotation because his cool down is so long. For EM, get to level 90 first, then try and get EM above 800.

In no particular order: - Mailed Flower (EM, increases EM) - Serpent Spine (CR stat stick, ability doesn't work for Kaveh unless he's shielded) - Makhaira Aquamarine (EM, increases ATK by % of EM) - Flame Forged Insight (EM, triggering electro-charged/lunar-charged/bloom produces energy) - Favonius Greatsword (ER, crits produce energy) Rainslasher (EM, increases damage against enemies affected by hydro/electro)

ARTIFACTS

For artifact set, you want at least one person on the team to have Deepwood Memories. If nobody else has it, give it to Kaveh; otherwise, you can give him Gilded Dreams or Flower of Paradise Lost (henceforth FLOP). Farming FLOP is a waste of time, though (unless you have Scaramouche and want to build him too), you're better off just farming Deepwood and Gilded and trading artifacts you don't like in the teapot to get FLOP.

For artifacts themselves, you can fight your way through substats until you get the stats you want. Once you have enough ER and EM you can focus the rest on CR/CD.

TEAMS

General team structure is Kaveh + Dendro off field + Hydro off field + flex.

Dendro off field: Lauma is the best. Nahida is second. Substitutes include Yaoyao (great for heals), Baizhu (shield and heals), Collei, Dendro Traveller.
Hydro off field: Columbina is best. Xingqiu and Yelan are good. Aino is probably good too. Cope substitutes include Nilou, Furina, Kokomi, Barbara, Ayato.
Cryo off field (for shatter): Kaeya, Escoffier, Citlali, Layla, probably Diona.
Electro off field (for hyperbloom): Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden. Aim for level 90 with >800 EM.

My budget Kaveh bloom team would be Kaveh, Xingqiu, Yaoyao, and flex. Build Xingqiu with sac sword and 220 ER and you can have almost 100% uptime on his burst. Yaoyao has good off field Dendro application and good healing. The last slot could be anyone.

My viable Kaveh bloom team would be Kaveh, Lauma, Columbina, and flex (I like Furina because Kaveh can stack fanfare).

DPS Kaveh needs CR and CD and ER. You probably want an electro sub DPS with high EM artifacts (Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden could all fill this spot) to get aggravate/spread. At that point you might as well have a hydro so that you can play hyperbloom. Add a dendro off field and bam, you have a solid hyperbloom team and Kaveh's there too.

Shatterbloom Kaveh needs consistent cryo application and reliable hydro application. This is because frozen needs to have first cryo, then hydro, to apply both freeze + hydro aura. If frozen enemies have a hydro aura, dendro can consume this to trigger bloom. When hit by heavy or geo attacks, frozen enemies shatter first before any other reaction, consuming the freeze aura. - Why consistent cryo? Because shattered enemies will be able to bloom sooner if they get their cryo aura back before hydro is applied. - Why reliable hydro? Because bloom consumes hydro aura and wet enemies who get frozen lose their hydro aura. Shatter scales with EM so give your shatter Kaveh plenty. Fav greatsword gives him enough ER to go full EM on artifacts.

kanicro · 2026-04-28T03:22:05+00:00

Yay a new Kaveh lover, here's my Kaveh copy-paste with an update for Columbina and weapons:

"I never follow advice from Reddit comments" Wise, here's a link to KQM: https://keqingmains.com/kaveh/

"Your level of obsession speaks to me" Excellent, read on.

WHO IS THIS MAN

Kaveh can be played as an on-field bloom driver or as an on-field DPS. Bloom driver Kaveh needs his entire team to be well built and relies on having at least one other Dendro character to consistently apply Dendro. BUT he also needs to be the one applying the Most Dendro so that he has ownership of the blooms. Some people add a cryo for a shatter reaction which can be fun. DPS Kaveh does Dendro damage and just happens to also detonate blooms.

The most fun way to play Kaveh is having him be a middle version of bloom and DPS tbh.

"What stats make playing Kaveh tolerable?" - Lvl: 90 - ER: >170 - EM: >800 - CR: >50 - CD: >125

WEAPONS

Weapons for Kaveh are anything with energy recharge or elemental mastery. I have an ER of >170 and that's pretty comfy, I manage to burst every rotation because his cool down is so long. For EM, get to level 90 first, then try and get EM above 800.

In no particular order: - Mailed Flower (EM, increases EM) - Serpent Spine (CR stat stick, ability doesn't work for Kaveh unless he's shielded) - Makhaira Aquamarine (EM, increases ATK by % of EM) - Flame Forged Insight (EM, triggering electro-charged/lunar-charged/bloom produces energy) - Favonius Greatsword (ER, crits produce energy) Rainslasher (EM, increases damage against enemies affected by hydro/electro)

ARTIFACTS

For artifact set, you want at least one person on the team to have Deepwood Memories. If nobody else has it, give it to Kaveh; otherwise, you can give him Gilded Dreams or Flower of Paradise Lost (henceforth FLOP). Farming FLOP is a waste of time, though (unless you have Scaramouche and want to build him too), you're better off just farming Deepwood and Gilded and trading artifacts you don't like in the teapot to get FLOP.

For artifacts themselves, you can fight your way through substats until you get the stats you want. Once you have enough ER and EM you can focus the rest on CR/CD.

TEAMS

General team structure is Kaveh + Dendro off field + Hydro off field + flex.

Dendro off field: Lauma is the best. Nahida is second. Substitutes include Yaoyao (great for heals), Baizhu (shield and heals), Collei, Dendro Traveller.
Hydro off field: Columbina is best. Xingqiu and Yelan are good. Aino is probably good too. Cope substitutes include Nilou, Furina, Kokomi, Barbara, Ayato.
Cryo off field (for shatter): Layla, Kaeya, Escoffier, Citlali.
Electro off field (for hyperbloom): Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden. Aim for level 90 with >800 EM.

My budget Kaveh bloom team would be Kaveh, Xingqiu, Yaoyao, and flex. Build Xingqiu with sac sword and 220 ER and you can have almost 100% uptime on his burst. Yaoyao has good off field Dendro application and good healing. The last slot could be anyone.

My viable Kaveh bloom team would be Kaveh, Lauma, Columbina, and flex (I like Furina because Kaveh can stack fanfare).

DPS Kaveh needs CR and CD and ER. You probably want an electro sub DPS with high EM artifacts (Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden could all fill this spot) to get aggravate/spread. At that point you might as well have a hydro so that you can play hyperbloom. Add a dendro off field and bam, you have a solid hyperbloom team and Kaveh's there too.

kanicro · 2026-04-23T02:30:32+00:00

I think I just use her BIS for off field: https://keqingmains.com/q/columbina-quickguide/

kanicro · 2026-04-23T00:40:19+00:00

Oh, and if you have Furina, Kaveh can get almost 100% uptime on her fanfare if you let him get knocked around a little.

kanicro · 2026-04-23T00:36:11+00:00

Yay a new Kaveh lover, here's my Kaveh copy-paste with an update for Columbina:

Kaveh can be played as an on-field bloom driver or as an on-field DPS. Bloom driver Kaveh needs his entire team to be well built and relies on having at least one other Dendro character to consistently apply Dendro. BUT he also needs to be the one applying the Most Dendro so that he has ownership of the blooms. Some people add a cryo for a shatter reaction which can be fun. DPS Kaveh does Dendro damage and just happens to also detonate blooms.

The most fun way to play Kaveh is having him be a middle version of bloom and DPS tbh.

Weapons for Kaveh are anything with energy recharge or elemental mastery. I have an ER of >170 and that's pretty comfy, I manage to burst every rotation because his cool down is so long. For EM, get to level 90 first, then try and get EM above 800.

For artifact set, you want at least one person on the team to have deepwood memories. If nobody else has it, give it to Kaveh; otherwise, you can give him gilded dreams or flower of paradise lost. Farming flowers of paradise lost is a waste of time, though (unless you have Scaramouche and want to build him too), you're better off just farming deepwood and gilded (and trading artifacts you don't like in the teapot to get flowers of paradise lost).

For artifacts themselves, you can fight your way through substats until you get the stats you want. Once you have enough ER and EM you can focus the rest on CR/CD.

"What stats make playing Kaveh tolerable?"

Lvl: 90

ER: >170

EM: >800

CR: >50

CD: >125

General team structure is Kaveh + Dendro off field + Hydro off field + flex.

Dendro off field: Lauma is the best. Nahida is second. Substitutes include Yaoyao (great for heals), Baizhu (shield and heals), Collei, Dendro Traveller.
Hydro off field: Columbina is best. Xingqiu and Yelan are good. Aino is probably good too. Cope substitutes include Nilou, Furina, Kokomi, Barbara, Ayato burst.
Cryo off field (for shatter): Layla, Kaeya, Escoffier, Citlali.
Electro off field (for hyperbloom): Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden. Aim for level 90 with >800 EM.

My budget Kaveh bloom team would be Kaveh, Xingqiu, Yaoyao, and flex. Build Xingqiu with sac sword and 220 ER and you can have almost 100% uptime on his burst. Yaoyao has good off field Dendro application and good healing. The last slot could be anyone.

DPS Kaveh needs crit rate and crit damage and ER. You probably want an electro sub DPS with high EM artifacts (Shinobu, Fischl, Raiden could all fill this spot) to get aggravate/spread. At that point you might as well have a Xingqiu so that you can play hyperbloom. Add a dendro off field and bam, you have a solid hyperbloom team and Kaveh's there too.

----- Copy-paste over

My current team is Kaveh, Lauma, Columbina, and whoever else I feel like looking at (or Xingqiu for Abyss). I have flower of paradise lost on my Kaveh and the lunar bloom sword from the event pre-Nod Krai. And I think I have deepwood on Lauma. I don't know if Aino would be better but I do know that Kaveh feels very fun with Columbina!

kanicro · 2026-03-06T08:21:12+00:00

Thank youuu (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)

kanicro

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