Top Builds for Zhongli in Genshin Impact

Planet Befall is Zhongli's Elemental Burst and using this will summon a meteor that will deal Geo damage on your enemies. Aside from this, the meteor will petrify your opponents. Petrified opponents will not be able to move. Resonant Waves Resonant Waves increase the strength of your shield by 15%.

Resonant Waves is the 1st Ascension Phase passive of Zhongli. Unlocking this will give the fortify effect on shielded characters. Fortify will increase the Shield strength of the Jade Shield by 5%. Dominance of Earth You can unlock the Dominance of Earth passive on Ascension Phase 4.

One of the most powerful passives that Zhongli has is the Dominance of Earth. You can unlock this passive on Ascension Phase 4. This passive will let Zhongli deal bonus damage based on his Max HP. Because of this passive, Zhongli can deal more damage when he has a lot of HP. The damage of his attacks will increase by 1.39%, scaling off his Max HP.

Dominus Lapidis will also increase the damage of the Stone Stele by 1.9% of his maximum HP. Lastly, Planet Befall will deal an additional 33% damage based on Zhongli's Max HP. Arcanum of Crystal Arcanum Crystal is the utility passive of Zhongli.

Whenever you are using Zhongli for crafting Polearm weapons, 15% of the ores you use will be refunded to you. Best Builds for Zhongli Zhongli can be used as a support or DPS. For the support build, you want to focus on increasing the strength of the Jade Shield. For the DPS, you have the option to go for Geo or Physical damage build. Support Build Weapons Staff of Homa The Staff of Homa gives you the Reckless Cinnabar effect.

The Staff of Homa is a five-star polearm that can be obtained from Wishes. This weapon has a secondary stat type of CRIT Damage and gives the Reckless Cinnabar effect. The Reckless Cinnabar increases your HP by 20% and will give an attack bonus based on the character's maximum HP. The attack bonus will increase by 1% whenever the character is below 50% HP. Prototype Starglitter Prototype Starglitter is a four-star craftable weapon for Zhongli.

The Prototype Starglitter is a craftable weapon that has an Energy Recharge Substat. This four-star weapon has the Magic Affinity effect, which increases your normal and charged attack damage by 8% whenever you use an Elemental Skill. Below are the required materials to forge this weapon. 1 x Northlander Polearm Billet 50 x Crystal Chunk 50 x White Iron Chunk 500 x Mora Black Tassel The Black Tassel is a good weapon for Zhongli despite being a 3-star because of its HP sub stat.

You may be surprised to find a three-star weapon as a recommendation for Zhongli. However, this three-star weapon has an HP sub stat, which makes it great for Zhongli. You can also obtain this weapon simply by talking to Orban, the Weaponsmith. DPS Build Weapons Skyward Spine The Skyward Spine increases Zhongli's AoE damage and energy recharge.

The Skyward Spine is another five-star weapon that is great for Zhongli. This weapon has an energy recharge sub-stat and gives you the Black Wing effect. The Black Wing effect will increase the CRIT rate of your character by 8%. This effect also increases the attack speed of your normal attacks by 12%.

Whenever you use normal and charged attacks, you have a 59% chance to summon a vacuum blade that uses 40% of your attack as extra damage on surrounding enemies. Deathmatch The deathmatch can be obtained by buying the Battle Pass in Genshin Impact.

Deathmatch is a four-star weapon that is a great choice if you are building Zhongli as a DPS. This four-star weapon will increase your attack and defense by 16% if there are two or more enemies nearby. If there is only one enemy, the weapon will increase your attack by 24%. Zhongli's Artifact Set When it comes to sub stats, you should focus on getting HP for Zhongli. Zhongli's geo damage bonus and shield scale off his HP, making artifacts with HP sub stat great for him. 2 Archaic Petra / 2 Noblesse Oblige The Archaic Petra set increases your Geo damage by 15%.

If you want to build Zhongli as a Geo Damage support, you can use two pieces of Archaic Petra and two Noblesse Oblige. Two pieces of Archaic Petra will give you a Geo Damage Bonus of 15%. Adding two pieces of Noblesse Oblige will increase Zhongli's Elemental burst by 20%, making it great for a Geo Sub DPS build. 4 Tenacity of Millelith The Tenacity of the Millelith artifact set will increase your maximum HP.

The Tenacity of Millelith is one of the newer artifact sets added into the game. You can obtain this artifact set on the Ridge Watch domain. Two pieces of this set will increase your HP by 20%. Four pieces of Tenacity of Millelith will increase the ATK of all surrounding party members by 20% whenever an elemental skill hits an enemy.

The shield strength of surrounding party members will also increase by 30% whenever your elemental skill hits an enemy. The effect can happen every 0.5 seconds. Talent Upgrade Materials Daily Domain Drops every Wed/Sat/Sun The Teachings of Gold will level up Zhongli's talents. Teachings of Gold Guide to Gold Philosophies of Gold Slime Drops Defeating Slime enemies will give you Slime Condensate. Slime Condensate Slime Secretions Slime Concentrate Childe Challenge Reward You can get the Tusk of Monoceros Caeli in the Golden House Domain. Tusk of Monoceros Caeli Ascension Materials Ascending Zhongli will remove his level cap. Lv.20 3 Cor Lapis 1 Prithiva Topaz Sliver 3 Slime Condensate Lv.40 10 Cor Lapis 3 Prithiva Topaz Fragment 15 Slime Condensate 2 Basalt Pillar Lv.50 20 Cor Lapis 6 Prithiva Topaz Fragment 12 Slime Secretions 4 Basalt Pillar Lv.60 30 Cor Lapis 3 Prithiva Topaz Chunk 18 Slime Secretions 8 Basalt Pillar Lv.70 45 Cor Lapis 6 Prithiva Topaz Chunk 12 Slime Concentrate 12 Basalt Pillar Lv.80 60 Cor Lapis 6 Prithiva Topaz Gemstone 24 Slime Concentrate 20 Basalt Pillar Team Compositions Zhongli uses a Meteor in his Elemental Burst. Double Geo Having two Geo Characters in your team will increase the strength of Zhongli's shield.

Zhongli works well with another Geo character like Albedo. Two Geo characters will create the Enduring Rock elemental resonance which increases the strength of your shield by 15%. The resonance will also increase your damage by 15% and hitting enemies will lower their resistance to Geo damage by 20%. You can add Fischl and Xingqiu to this team to create an Electro-charged reaction, which helps with energy recharge. Superconduct Team Adding Zhongli to Ganyu's team will give her more survivability on the field.

Zhongli also works well with Ganyu and Diona. Ganyu is a great DPS but she can be susceptible to attacks. Adding Zhongli's shield can help her stay in the field for longer, dealing extra damage. Diona can work as your healer and Fischl will create a superconduct reaction, giving you extra AoE damage. Double Pyro Having two pyro characters in your team will increase your attack by 25%.

Having two Pyro characters and two Geo characters on your team will help you dish out the maximum damage due to the elemental resonance. Albedo and Zhongli will act as damage supports and Bennett will act as your healer. You can either add Xinyan or Xiangling for your main DPS. Xiangling can help you get Energy Recharge so you can constantly use your skills. Summary Tartaglia and Xiangling as shown in Zhongli's Trailer.

Zhongli is a powerful five-star character that is great as a support or a sub-DPS. He creates geo constructs that your characters can climb on, and he gives powerful shields to your characters. His geo damage bonus and shields are based on his HP, which is why you should focus on the HP Sub stat when building him.