Genshin Impact Zhongli Build

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Best Zhongli Builds

SHIELD SUPPORT Build

Weapons

1

Black Tassel

HP%

2

Favonius Lance

Energy Recharge

Artifacts

1

Archaic Petra

4

2

Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City

4

3

Deepwood Memories

4

4

Instructor

4

5

Tenacity of the Millelith

4

6

Vourukasha's Glow

2

Tenacity of the Millelith

2

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

HP%

Goblet

HP%

Circlet

HP% / CRIT Rate

Substats Priority

1HP%

2HP

3Energy Recharge

Talents Priority

ESkill>QBurst>NANormal Attack

BURST SUPPORT Build

Weapons

1

Staff of Homa

CRIT DMG

2

Lumidouce Elegy

CRIT Rate

3

Primordial Jade Winged-Spear

CRIT Rate

4

Skyward Spine

Energy Recharge

5

Vortex Vanquisher

ATK%

6

Calamity Queller

ATK%

7

"The Catch" R5

Energy Recharge

8

Deathmatch

CRIT Rate

9

Engulfing Lightning

Energy Recharge

10

Lithic Spear

ATK%

11

Blackcliff Pole

CRIT DMG

12

Missive Windspear

ATK%

13

Favonius Lance

Energy Recharge

Artifacts

1

Emblem of Severed Fate

4

2

Noblesse Oblige

2

Archaic Petra

2

3

Noblesse Oblige

4

4

Tenacity of the Millelith

4

Recommended Primary Stats

Sands

ATK% / HP%

Goblet

Geo DMG Bonus

Circlet

CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG

Substats Priority

1CRIT Rate

2CRIT DMG

3ATK%

4HP%

5Energy Recharge

6ATK

7HP

Talents Priority

QBurst>ESkill>NANormal Attack

**SHIELD SUPPORT** This kind of playstyle is very straightforward; stack as much HP as possible. Prioritize HP scaling polearms such as Black Tassel and artifact sets such as Tenacity of the Millelith (4) to capitalize on Zhongli's Shield. Most of the time, especially on a HP-focused Zhongli, casting Elemental Burst is a DPS loss due to the cast time, which is why you'd only want to cast Elemental Burst for the Crowd Control it offers, and not for damage. Note that if paired with Xingqiu and/or Beidou, the damage reduction from orbitals from Xingqiu's Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst and/or Beidou's Elemental Burst can be utilized on Zhongli's shield, making it basically unbreakable. **Artifact Main Stats and Substats Priority:** Crit Rate should only be considered when Zhongli is equipping Favonius Lance to reliably proc the passive. **Weapon Choices:** Favonius Lance: Use this weapon over Black Tassel if you value the team energy (Note that you need to build some amount of Crit Rate if you are running Favonius Lance to trigger the passive) **Artifact Sets:** Archaic Petra (4): Can be more useful than Tenacity of the Millelith (4) in teams that don't scale as well with ATK buffs or already have another Tenacity of the Millelith holder. Though it can be an awkward set to utilize well without extending rotation times, since the Holder of the set (Zhongli in this case) has to pickup the shard for the buff to take effect. Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City (4): Preferred over Archaic Petra if there are multiple Crystallize-compatible Elements or Geo characters that want DMG% bonus. Tenacity of the Millelith (4): This set is best in slot for Shield HP, but it's usually inconsistent against Bosses and needs good Construct placement, due to its inconsistency, it's better to use other buffing sets that are mentioned if they work for the team. Deepwood Memories (4): This set works best in Dendro reaction focused teams (Bloom/Burgeon/Hyperbloom/Spread) that prefer having Deepwood Memories on Zhongli so that they can run more damage focused sets such as Gilded Dreams / Flower of Paradise Lost instead for the highest overall damage gain. That said it means keeping the enemies near your pillar's to have good uptime on the Dendro resistance shred effect, which can be difficult with no grouping abilities in a team. Instructor (4): This set is usually only used in a few heavily reaction focused teams, such as Ganyu Melt or Hu Tao Vape, where you're maximising your damage in exchange for a weaker shield. Though Zhongli's shield is still usually more than strong enough even with fewer substat rolls to strengthen it. **BURST SUPPORT** Zhongli can be utilized as a Geo Burst damage dealer due to his short Elemental Burst cooldown (12s) and low energy cost (40 Energy). His Elemental Skill Hold Cast (Shield) scales with HP and at Ascension 4, you would unlock a talent that allows your Elemental Burst to scale with 33% of Zhongli's Max HP, making him a great source of Shield and damage. Though in certain teams without either very high investment into his damage or enough time in the rotation to burst without extending rotation times his burst can be a DPS loss. **Weapon Choices:** Favonius Lance: If the team values the particles from this weapon, then it can be better than all the other options mentioned for overall team damage (Note that you need to build some amount of Crit Rate if you are running Favonius Lance to trigger the passive) **Artifact Main Stats:** ATK sands provides more damage than HP sands, but it does have lesser Shield HP. If you want more Shield HP, you can consider running a HP sands. **Artifact Sets:** Noblesse Oblige (2) Archaic Petra (2): On lower ER requirements where Zhongli doesn't need to worry about his energy needs, this set pulls ahead of Emblem of Severed Fate (4). Noblesse Oblige (4): This set provides Zhongli more utility when casting his Elemental Burst, you can use this set on Zhongli if there is nobody else on the team who's equipping this set. Tenacity of the Millelith (4): Just like Noblesse Oblige (4), this set provides Zhongli with more utility if his Elemental Skill hits an enemy. This set also provides Zhongli with stronger shields.

Most Used Build from the Community

Weapons

1

Black Tassel

HP%

2

Favonius Lance

Energy Recharge

3

Staff of Homa

CRIT DMG

4

Deathmatch

CRIT Rate

5

Vortex Vanquisher

ATK%

Artifacts

1

Tenacity of the Millelith

4

2

Noblesse Oblige

2

Archaic Petra

2

3

Archaic Petra

4

4

Noblesse Oblige

2

Tenacity of the Millelith

2

5

Tenacity of the Millelith

2

Vourukasha's Glow

2

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Zhongli Skills

Normal Attack: Rain of Stone

Normal Attack
Performs up to 6 consecutive spear strikes.

Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, causing stone spears to fall along his path.

Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Level

1

1-Hit DMG

30.77%

2-Hit DMG

31.15%

3-Hit DMG

38.58%

4-Hit DMG

42.94%

5-Hit DMG

10.75%×4

6-Hit DMG

54.5%

Charged Attack DMG

111.03%

Charged Attack Stamina Cost

25

Plunge DMG

63.93%

Low/High Plunge DMG

127.84% / 159.68%

Dominus Lapidis

A true master of stone may carve jade and shape gold.

Every mountain, rock and inch of land is filled with the power of Geo, but those who can wield such powers freely are few and far between.

Press
Commands the power of earth to create a Stone Stele.

Hold
Causes nearby Geo energy to explode, causing the following effects:
·If their maximum number hasn't been reached, creates a Stone Stele.
·Creates a shield of jade. The shield's DMG Absorption scales based on Zhongli's Max HP.
·Deals AoE Geo DMG.
·If there are nearby targets with the Geo element, it will drain a large amount of Geo element from a maximum of 2 such targets. This effect does not cause DMG.

Stone Stele
When created, deals AoE Geo DMG.
Additionally, it will intermittently resonate with other nearby Geo constructs, dealing Geo DMG to nearby opponents.
The Stone Stele is considered a Geo construct that can both be climbed and used to block attacks.
Only one Stele created by Zhongli himself may initially exist at any one time.

Jade Shield
Possesses 150% DMG Absorption against all Elemental and Physical DMG.
Characters protected by the Jade Shield will decrease the Elemental RES and Physical RES of opponents in a small AoE by 20%. This effect cannot be stacked.

Level

1

Stone Stele/Resonance DMG

16% / 32%

Press CD

4s

Hold DMG

80%

Shield Base Absorption

1232

Additional Shield Absorption

12.8% Max HP

Shield Duration

20s

Hold CD

12s

Planet Befall

The falling meteor punishes the unjust.

Brings a falling meteor down to earth, dealing massive Geo DMG to opponents caught in its AoE and applying the Petrification status to them.

Petrification
Opponents affected by the Petrification status cannot move.

Level

1

Skill DMG

401.08%

Petrification Duration

3.1s

CD

12s

Energy Cost

40

Passive Talent

Resonant Waves

Ascension Phase 1

When the Jade Shield takes DMG, it will Fortify:
·Fortified characters have 5% increased Shield Strength.
Can stack up to 5 times, and lasts until the Jade Shield disappears.

Dominance of Earth

Ascension Phase 4

Zhongli deals bonus DMG based on his Max HP:
·Normal Attack, Charged Attack, and Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 1.39% of Max HP.
·Dominus Lapidis' Stone Stele, resonance, and hold DMG is increased by 1.9% of Max HP.
·Planet Befall's DMG is increased by 33% of Max HP.

Arcanum of Crystal

Passive

Refunds 15% of the ore used when crafting Polearm-type weapons.

Constellations

Rock, the Backbone of Earth

Constellation Lv. 1

Increases the maximum number of Stone Steles created by Dominus Lapidis that may exist simultaneously to 2.

Stone, the Cradle of Jade

Constellation Lv. 2

Planet Befall grants nearby characters on the field a Jade Shield when it descends.

Jade, Shimmering through Darkness

Constellation Lv. 3

Increases the Level of Dominus Lapidis by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Topaz, Unbreakable and Fearless

Constellation Lv. 4

Increases Planet Befall's AoE by 20% and increases the duration of Planet Befall's Petrification effect by 2s.

Lazuli, Herald of the Order

Constellation Lv. 5

Increases the Level of Planet Befall by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Chrysos, Bounty of Dominator

Constellation Lv. 6

When the Jade Shield takes DMG, 40% of that incoming DMG is converted to HP for the current character.
A single instance of regeneration cannot exceed 8% of that character's Max HP.

Stats

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