Viridescent Venerer is an artifact set that grants 15% bonus Anemo damage for its 2 piece effect and dramatically increases swirl reaction damage whilst also reducing the Elemental resistance of any element currently applied to the target. It is a very powerful set that both increases the personal damage of Anemo characters as well as providing an incredible amount of utility. It was released in Version 1.0,
About Viridescent Venerer Style Guide
| Minimum Rarity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| Maximum Rarity | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ |
| 2 Piece Bonus | Anemo DMG Bonus +15% |
| 4 Piece Bonus | Increases Swirl DMG by 60%. Decreases opponent's Elemental RES to the element infused in the Swirl by 40% for 10s. |
| Location | Valley of Remembrance, Mondstadt |
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| In Remembrance of Viridescent Fields | Viridescent Arrow Feather | Viridescent Venerer's Determination | Viridescent Venerer's Vessel | Viridescent Venerer's Diadem |
| Flower of Life | Plume of Death | Sands of Eon | Goblet of Eonothem | Circlet of Logos |
Pros and Cons
Every artifact set has its own pros and cons. Farming artifacts may not be easy due to the limited amount of resin that a player gets. Keep in mind that the higher your world level and the difficulty of the domain you challenge, the increased likelihood that you have of securing rarer and more powerful versions of the artifact sets.
Pros
- Broadly applicable, virtually every single Anemo character can use it to a high level of effectiveness. It is considered BiS for many of them.
- Can function as a purely supportive role, or even be used for main DPS Anemo compositions.
- One can obtain this artifact by farming the Valley of Remembrance artifact domain.
Cons
- The artifact set it is paired with Maiden’s Beloved in its domain, a generally undesirable set meaning bad RNG can lead to getting minimal drops.
- Xiao is one Anemo character who struggles to use the full 4 piece set, as he gets minimal benefit as Anemo cannot swirl itself. Consider sticking to just the 2 piece set and going into either Gladiator’s Finale or Shimenawa’s Reminiscence.
- Availability of alternatives.
Crimson Witch of Flames has a lot of alternatives that require much less grind for certain characters. For example, Hu Tao can do the same damage with the Shimenawa 4 piece set, whose domain has the best two artifacts for many characters, making it worthwhile to farm that domain instead of this one.
Lore
In Remembrance of Viridescent Fields
| A wild flower that was once a ubiquitous sight in its homeland. It was picked by a hunter who wore it on their chest. |
A white wild flower that used to cover the earth.
It has not withered one bit, and still gives off an exquisite fragrance.
In the days when wildlife still roamed the earth and monsters had not yet appeared,
the Viridescent Venerer would use this flower to conceal her human scent.
Thus it was said that to seek the silent and gentle Viridescent Venerer,
one simply need to close one's eyes and walk barefoot through the forest, following the subtle fragrance of wild flowers.
Only those who could tread as softly as a hunter could avoid making the leaves crackle underfoot, alerting the queen of hunters to their presence.
It was also said that the one who eventually found the hunter was a boy.
At that time, disaster had just befallen the ancient kingdom and misery was spreading across the land.
Viridescent Arrow Feather
| The fletching of an arrow that once pierced right through its prey, but somehow still remains spotless. |
A glossy and shining feather of a falcon. It once served as a fine fletching on one of the Viridescent Venerer's arrows.
In the past, when the Viridescent Venerer's arrow hit its target,
she would come down and stroke the fur of her prey gently until its life force returned to nature in peace.
For she knew that one day, she too would embark on a journey to the place where the souls of her prey rested.
The Viridescent Venerer believed that at the end of her life, she would wake up from reality,
and be reunited with the departed at an endless hunting ground.
But she also believed that the moment her arrow pierced through the monster that had killed the boy,
that endless hunting ground at the end of her life was gone from her grasp.
For she killed that mutated monster not for the sake of survival,
but out of vengeance and sufferingd.
Viridescent Venerer's Determination
| A wondrous instrument that a hunter once wore. It forever points towards their prey. |
A delicate device used for wayfinding.
Legend has it that when the Viridescent Venerer walked barefoot on the fields,
the grass beneath her feet would tell her what the birds in the trees could see,
and the mud she trod on would tell her what the roots in the earth could hear.
But it is said that ever since disaster struck, the grass and trees never spoke again.
For the God of the Woods had died in the disaster.
Since then, she relied on this device for direction when hunting.
At the request of a boy she encountered, she ceased hunting birds and beasts.
Instead, she made the monsters that brought destruction and suffering her prey.
Viridescent Venerer's Vessel
| A water pouch used by the Viridescent Venerer. Its capacity is much greater than one would expect. |
A very robust and leakproof vessel.
A legendary hunter known as the Viridescent Venerer once used it to collect whispers by the campfire.
One night, the Viridescent Venerer picked up the scent of other human beings.
As a hunter, she feared neither wolf packs nor monsters.
What she feared far more than this was joining the chatter by the campfire.
For she had long forgotten how to speak human language.
Even after rejoining the humans and accepting her place as Viridescent Venerer, no one ever heard her say a single word.
Similarly, no one ever saw her leave a single trace behind.
The Viridescent Venerer collected the laughter she heard that night and stored it in her vessel.
For many years, she would listen back to the voices in the vessel whenever she felt lonely.
Viridescent Venerer's Diadem
| A proud crown that once belonged to the Viridescent Venever. It is as lush and green as the breezes of the wild. |
A hunter's hat without any blood stains.
In folklore, it belonged to the uncrowned queen of hunters — the Viridescent Venerer.
"Never become the foe of the earth and the forest." This was the hunters' rule.
Instead, a hunter should become a silent part of nature.
It is said that a bird once built its nest in this hat.
None could ever bestow a crown upon the queen of hunters,
since the only one superior to her was nature itself.
In the crisis that soon followed, her hunter's hat became
a frightful sight for monsters to behold.
Trivia
- Viridescent Venerer as of Version 2.5 is the only artifact set that grants a resistance shred for one of its abilities.
- The lore of Viridescent Venerer refers to Viridescent, also known as a god of the woods.
Conclusion
Viridescent Venerer is outright one of the best artifact sets in the entire game, giving all Anemo characters the potential to provide an invaluable damage boost through the power of its 4-piece effect’s resistance shredding effect. In some team compositions and with certain characters it can even function as a Main DPS centric set as well thanks to great benefits it provides reaction based teams.
