Escoffier is a 5-star Cryo character added to Genshin Impact in the Version 5.6 update. She is a premium support character for Hydro and Cryo DPS units. Escoffier’s kit includes Cryo/Hydro resistance shredding, excellent healing capabilities, and impressive damage for a support character. You can even consider her a Cryo Xiangling—though naturally, she has a standard ICD.
Like all modern 5-star characters, Escoffier has powerful constellations that might tempt many players. But whether you should pull for Escoffier’s constellations is something you need to decide carefully. She is perfectly viable at Constellation 0, but pulling for her constellations can significantly boost her support potential. Below, we go through all of Escoffier’s constellations to help you decide if they are worth pulling.
Genshin Impact: All Escoffier Constellations and How Strong They Are
Constellation 1: Pre-Dinner Dance for Your Taste Buds
Effect: When 4 party members are Hydro or Cryo, all nearby party members will have their Cryo DMG CRIT DMG increased by 60% for 15s after Escoffier uses her Elemental Skill Low-Temperature Cooking or Elemental Burst Scoring Cuts.
You must first unlock the Passive Talent “Inspiration-Immersed Seasoning.”
Escoffier’s first constellation is one of her strongest. It makes her arguably the best Cryo support in the game—especially for Skirk, who is expected to release in Version 5.7. C1 provides a straightforward 60% CRIT DMG boost to Cryo attacks after Escoffier uses her Skill or Burst. This effect will be active nearly all the time in her best teams, which generally include only Hydro and Cryo characters.
If you are looking for a strong teammate for Skirk or wish to enhance the potential of older Cryo DPS units like Ayaka and Ganyu, C1 Escoffier is a strong investment. However, the same value doesn’t extend to Hydro DPS characters.
Constellation 2: Fresh, Fragrant Stew Is an Art
Effect: When Escoffier activates her Cooking Mek in its Cold Storage Mode, she will gain the “Freshly-Prepped Delicacy” effect for 15s. During this time, Escoffier will gain 5 Cold Dish stacks. When nearby active characters apart from Escoffier deal Cryo DMG with a Normal, Charged, or Plunging Attack, or an Elemental Skill or Elemental Burst, they will expend 1 Cold Dish stack to increase their DMG dealt by 240% of Escoffier’s ATK.
If you hit multiple opponents with a single instance of Cryo DMG, Cold Dish stacks will be consumed based on the number of opponents hit.
Escoffier’s second constellation grants a potent damage boost to your Cryo DPS characters. Upon using her Elemental Skill, she gains five Cold Dish stacks, each of which can be consumed when an ally deals Cryo damage. Each stack increases the character’s damage by 240% of Escoffier’s ATK. Since Escoffier scales entirely with ATK, you will naturally be stacking a lot of it—making this constellation a highly efficient use of her ATK stats.
Constellation 4: Secret Rosemary Recipe
Effect: Rehab Diet lasts 6 more seconds. While it is active, you have a chance of healing 100% extra HP and restoring 2 Energy to Escoffier when you trigger healing through Rehab Diet. This chance corresponds to Escoffier’s CRIT Rate. You can trigger this effect 7 times during any one Rehab Diet’s duration.
You must first unlock the Passive Talent “Better to Salivate Than Medicate.”
Compared to her other major constellations, Escoffier’s C4 is somewhat underwhelming. It focuses more on enhancing her healing rather than boosting team damage. The constellation extends the duration of the additional healing granted by her Elemental Burst and also helps marginally with her energy generation.
However, with a burst cost of 60 and Cryo teammates often generating plenty of energy, Escoffier rarely struggles with energy issues. For this reason, C4 is not recommended unless you are committed to collecting all of her constellations.
Constellation 6: Tea Parties Bursting With Color
Effect: Cooking Mek: Cold Storage Mode is enhanced:
· When your party’s active character’s Normal, Charged, or Plunging Attacks hit opponents, Cooking Mek: Cold Storage Mode will fire off another Special-Grade Frosty Parfait, dealing 500% of Escoffier’s ATK as AoE Cryo DMG. This DMG is considered Elemental Skill DMG.
This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s, and this effect can be triggered 6 times within the duration of one Cooking Mek: Cold Storage Mode.
Escoffier’s sixth constellation is her most powerful and transforms her into a top-tier sub-DPS. It allows her Elemental Skill to trigger additional attacks, each dealing 500% of her ATK as AoE Cryo Elemental Skill damage. While this doesn’t directly buff your main DPS, it dramatically increases Escoffier’s own damage output, giving her strong presence on-field and enabling more versatile team compositions.
Genshin Impact Escoffier Constellations FAQ
What Constellation is Best for Escoffier?
The best constellation for Escoffier is Constellation 1: Pre-Dinner Dance for Your Taste Buds. It provides a massive 60% Cryo Crit DMG boost to the entire team when her skill or burst is used, making her the strongest support for Cryo DPS units like Skirk, Ayaka, and Ganyu.
Are Escoffier Constellations Worth Pulling?
No, Escoffier constellations aren’t worth pulling. If you do have spare Primogems and really like her character, then Escoffier C1 can be a good investment.
Escoffier C1 vs R1: Which One Should You Get?
Escoffier’s C1 is worth more than her signature weapon, Symphonist of Scents. Instead of spending on her weapon banner, you should try for Escoffier’s first constellation, as it makes her a better Cryo support. On the other hand, Symphonist of Scents only buffs Escoffier’s personal damage and provides a high amount of ATK to her. Moreover, it is a pretty niche weapon and can only be fully utilized by Escoffier.
