Best Kuki Shinobu Builds

HYPERBLOOM Build

Weapons

1

Freedom-Sworn

Elemental Mastery

2

Xiphos' Moonlight

Elemental Mastery

3

Iron Sting

Elemental Mastery

4

Key of Khaj-Nisut

HP%

5

Toukabou ShigureR5

Elemental Mastery

6

Dark Iron Sword

Elemental Mastery

7

Sapwood Blade

Energy Recharge

Artifacts

1

Flower of Paradise Lost

4

2

Gilded Dreams

4

3

Elemental Mastery +80 set

2

Elemental Mastery +80 set

2

4

Thundering Fury

4

Substats Priority

1Elemental Mastery

2HP%

3Energy Recharge

Talents Priority

1ESkill

2QBurst

3NANormal Attack

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

Elemental Mastery

Goblet

Elemental Mastery

Circlet

Elemental Mastery

To achieve optimal Elemental Reactions and damage, aim for around 850-950+ Elemental Mastery. This target may vary depending on whether you use an Elemental Mastery weapon or not.
Consider the following factors when building your character:

• Choose a suitable weapon that complements your character's Elemental Type
• Select an Artifact set that provides bonus effects for your character's Elemental Type
• Optimize your character's ER and EM for maximum damage output

When exploring Teyvat, keep in mind that Elemental Mastery plays a crucial role in triggering Reactions and dealing damage to enemies.

AGGRAVATE OFF-FIELD DPS Build

Weapons

1

Freedom-Sworn

Elemental Mastery

2

Primordial Jade Cutter

CRIT Rate

3

Key of Khaj-Nisut

HP%

4

Festering Desire

Energy Recharge

5

Xiphos' Moonlight

Elemental Mastery

6

Iron Sting

Elemental Mastery

7

Sapwood Blade

Energy Recharge

8

Favonius Sword

Energy Recharge

9

Dark Iron Sword

Elemental Mastery

Artifacts

1

Gilded Dreams

4

Choose 2

Thundering Fury

2

Elemental Mastery +80 set

2

Noblesse Oblige

2

3

Thundersoother

4

4

Thundering Fury

4

5

Tenacity of the Millelith

4

Substats Priority

1Energy Recharge

2CRIT Rate

3CRIT DMG

4Elemental Mastery

5HP%

Talents Priority

1ESkill

2QBurst

3NANormal Attack

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery

Goblet

Electro DMG Bonus

Circlet

CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG

HEAL SUPPORT Build

Weapons

1

Favonius Sword

Energy Recharge

2

Freedom-Sworn

Elemental Mastery

3

Key of Khaj-Nisut

HP%

4

The Dockhand's Assistant

HP%

5

Iron Sting

Elemental Mastery

Artifacts

1

Tenacity of the Millelith

4

2

Noblesse Oblige

4

3

Instructor

2

The Exile

2

4

Ocean-Hued Clam

4

Substats Priority

1HP%

2CRIT Rate

3Elemental Mastery

4HP

Talents Priority

1ESkill

2QBurst

3NANormal Attack

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

HP%

Goblet

HP%

Circlet

Healing Bonus / HP% / CRIT Rate

HYPERBLOOM
This is a Dendro team that requires a reliable Electro trigger unit to work, for which Kuki is one of the best Electro units to perform this role.
Weapon Choices:

• Key of Khaj-Nisut: This becomes a better choice than Iron Sting at C4 when you can gain the 3rd passive stack without extending your rotation time or taking extra field time. It can also net more Elemental Mastery than Freedom-Sworn at 3 stacks, assuming you have built some HP% Substats on your Sands/Goblet/Circlet, but this is usually not enough to out-perform the overall gains from Xiphos' Moonlight/Freedom-Sworn's respective passives.
• Toukabou Shigure: This weapon performs very similarly in a Hyperbloom-focused build to Iron Sting since its passive does not affect Hyperbloom damage.

AGGRAVATE OFF-FIELD DPS
This adds flat damage to the triggering Electro attack that scales off Elemental Mastery and levels, which essentially allows Kuki's personal damage to become relevant while also filling the role of a healer in the team.
Weapon Choices:

• Freedom-Sworn: While not having the highest personal damage, it makes up for it in overall team damage through its competitive buffs.
• Primordial Jade Cutter: Has the highest personal damage of any weapon on Kuki but little to no utility, which means it usually falls behind in overall team damage.
• Key of Khaj-Nisut: On paper combines a mixture of high personal damage with team buffs to potentially be her best weapon if you manage to get it fully stacked. This is usually an unrealistic scenario though, as it takes up to 2-3 rotations to fully stack or forces you to stay on-field to let it stack, which is usually a net DPS loss.

Artifact Choices:

• Thundersoother (4): It's potentially your BIS set if you can maintain a constant Electro aura or near that. To be this consistent usually takes up to 3 Electro units (or possibly 2 Electro units and an Anemo unit like Kazuha or Venti swirling Electro).
• Thundering Fury (2) + 80 EM set (2) Noblesse Oblige (2): Usually performs so close to Gilded Dreams (4) that you can simply pick the set or combination of sets with the highest possible substats.

SUPPORT
Outside of reaction teams where she can be a reliable trigger unit, Kuki's damage contribution is usually insignificant. Hence, her best usage case in those scenarios is building purely for utility.
Weapon Choices:

• Favonius Sword: The passive lets her provide energy to the rest of the team. A Crit Rate circlet or substats should be considered to reliably trigger the passive.
• Freedom-Sworn: In teams where Kuki can reliably trigger reactions, the teamwide buff from this weapon can make it preferable over Favonius Sword.
• Key of Khaj-Nisut: Highest possible healing in exchange for weaker utility. Worth considering in teams that can't reliably trigger reactions for Freedom-Sworn or don't need extra energy particles from Favonius Sword.
• The Dockhand's Assistant: Similarly to Key of Khaj-Nisut, this weapon trades utility for stronger healing.

Artifact Choices:

• Noblesse Oblige (4): When using this set, make sure to build enough Energy Recharge to cast Burst off cooldown and keep good uptime on this set's passive.
• Ocean-Hued Clam (4): Provides a decent amount of extra damage on a full healing build.
• Instructor (4) / The Exile (4): Can be a cheap alternative on teams where the extra ATK% buff from Tenacity of the Millelith (4) or Noblesse Oblige (4) is not as useful.

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Weapons

1

Iron Sting

Elemental Mastery

2

Toukabou Shigure

Elemental Mastery

3

Xiphos' Moonlight

Elemental Mastery

4

Freedom-Sworn

Elemental Mastery

5

Dark Iron Sword

Elemental Mastery

Artifacts

1

Gilded Dreams

4

2

Flower of Paradise Lost

4

3

Gilded Dreams

2

Wanderer's Troupe

2

4

Tenacity of the Millelith

4

5

Flower of Paradise Lost

2

Gilded Dreams

2

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