Clorinde in Genshin Impact: guide to the best builds

In Genshin Impact Clorinda is 5 star character, belonging to the Electro element and using a one-handed sword in battle. In a team, she can serve as the main damage dealer. In this guide you can learn about her best builds, weapons and artifacts, as well as recommended units with her

Note: Judicial Duelist from Fontaine has not yet been officially released, so the data presented here is based on information received as part of the beta testing. If necessary, we will update the guide when the heroine appears in the game.

Main features of Clorinde

How to get Clorinda

In the first phase of update 4.7, this swordsman will appear in the banner, which will increase its drop rate. In the future, it will be possible to obtain this character only with the help of Prayers. Unfortunately, HoYoverse has never held an event where the reward would be a 5-star fighter, so you definitely won’t be able to get a duelist for free.

Clorinda's stat progression

The table below shows how a character's base stats change as they level up.

The standard critical damage and critical hit chance are 50% and 5% respectively.

Advantages and disadvantages of Clorinda

Using her unique abilities, this heroine can inflict significant Electro damage to both single and multiple targets while on the battlefield. Its advantages also include:

• A powerful hypercarry, capable of being on the battlefield most of the time without any problems, inflicting Electro damage on enemies thanks to the appropriate infusion, which significantly simplifies the creation of elemental reactions.
• She uses not only a sword, but also a musket in battle, which allows her to attack enemies even from a medium distance, avoiding many enemy attacks.
• Pairs perfectly with characters whose elements interact with Electro, especially with Dendro heroes, since activation of Electro reactions increases the damage from normal attacks and the heroine’s ults.
• She has high survivability, since she not only has a relatively high base health value, but is also able to independently heal herself after using an elemental skill. For this reason, there is less need for a healer or shielder than other damage dealers. The vacated slot can be filled with another buffer or sub-DD.
• Her gameplay is based on the Life Debt, which she can independently assign to herself. Despite the apparent complexity of this mechanic, the gameplay for Clorinda is relatively simple, so even beginners can easily get used to it.
• Shots from a musket have a piercing effect, meaning the bullets deal damage to all enemies standing in front of the duelist, not just those directly in front of her. This makes it easier to destroy large enemy groups.
• Clorinda receives a bonus to her crit chance when elevated and the “Lawful Reward” passive is active, so less attention can be paid to this characteristic, trying mainly to increase critical damage and attack power.
• The Elemental Burst is relatively inexpensive and is not Clorinda’s main source of damage, so you can avoid spending resources on increasing energy recovery by activating the ultimate only once every two rotations.
• Despite only having one sword that uses the Life Debt mechanic, Clorinda has a fairly large selection of weapons, including some good free options.
• Makes farming easier local curiosities of Fontaine thanks to his passiveness.

However, it is still impossible to call Clorinda an ideal character, since she also has her drawbacks:

• It is not yet known exactly how the Dark-Tearing Flame passive works. It is possible that 3 different elemental reactions are required to accumulate buff stacks. In this case, you will have to carefully select characters for the squad with the heroine. It will be easiest to play in packs with Dendro and Hydro heroes.
• While the elemental skill is active, all outgoing healing from other characters or food does not work, but turns into Life debt. You will have to remove the heroine from this state if you are not sure that you will have time to cure her with Pierce of the Night.
• It is highly advisable to unlock at least the first Constellation for her, which can significantly increase her damage.

Clorinda's abilities

When performing a normal attack "Oath of the Twilight Court" the heroine carries out up to 5 quick swings of the sword, and when charged, performs a fan-shaped shot from a musket, spending a small amount of stamina. When performing a fall strike, she quickly rushes to the ground, hitting all opponents in the way, and after landing, she deals damage in an area.

Explanation: Normal, unremarkable attacks for swordsmen, which you are unlikely to use outside of the effect of an elemental skill.

After using an elemental skill "Hunting the Darkness" the heroine switches to Night Watch mode, starting to attack enemies not only with a blade, but also with a musket. Her normal strikes transform into Furious Hunt musket shots, dealing Electro damage that cannot be countered by other infusions. In doing so, she loses the ability to use charged attacks.

Depending on the Life Debt indicator, Furious Hunt attacks have different effects: when it is higher than or equal to 100% of the heroine’s maximum health, the duelist fires a musket, and if below, the shots increase Life Debt in proportion to her maximum HP, and the bullets can pierce opponents.

The elemental skill turns into Night Pierce, when activated, Clorinda dashes forward and deals Electro damage (considered the damage of normal attacks). The effect of this attack also depends on the current Life Debt value:

• If it is 0%, then the heroine simply dashes.
• If it is less than 100% of maximum health, then the heroine regenerates HP in proportion to the Life Debt indicator, and the damage and damage radius of the subsequent Pierce of the Night increases.
• If it is equal to or greater than 100% of maximum health, the swordswoman will activate Night's Pierce: Pact, increasing HP recovery, as well as increasing the damage and range of the subsequent Night's Pierce.

When Clorinda is in Night's Watch mode, she is not affected by healing from dishes or allies, as they transform into Life Debt. This condition ends as soon as the duelist leaves the battlefield. Let's add that when Furious Hunt shots hit enemies, they periodically summon the Blade of Turbulent Waters, which deals damage to Ushii.

Explanation: When the Night's Watch is activated, pressing the normal strike button will result in a musket fire, and the skill button will result in a blade thrust. In this case, both attacks will deal Electro damage. Shots will give 35% of Life Debt from the heroine's maximum health until its value exceeds 100%, and swinging a sword will remove all Life Debt, cause damage and heal the swordswoman.

So you need to make sure to perform three musket shots (normal attacks) to get =>100% Life Debt, and then lunge with your blade (elemental skill) for maximum damage with increased area of ​​effect and get the most healing. In 7.5 seconds (the duration of the Night Watch) you will be able to complete about 4-5 combinations.

Ignore the relatively low multipliers for these attacks, as they increase significantly when activating the Dark Rending Flame passive, which we'll talk about in more detail below. In general, it is the E-shka that is Clorinda's main source of damage.

Elemental Burst "Last Rays of Light" allows the heroine to receive Life Debt in proportion to her maximum health, and then inflict huge Electro damage in the area.

Explanation: The ult can deal quite a lot of damage (hits 5 times), especially when paired with a passive, but it still won’t replace the E-shka, so it will simply be a nice addition to Clorinda’s damage. You don’t have to try to use it every rotation and don’t waste precious resources on increasing energy recovery.

Starting from the 7th level, it immediately gives 102% of Life Debt, so in rotation it can replace 3 regular hits, that is, after using it during the action of the Night Watch, it is recommended to immediately press the skill button.

It is also impossible not to mention the extremely useful passive talents of the judicial duelist. The first one is called "The Darkness-Tearing Flame". It increases the damage from normal attacks and ults of the heroine for 15 seconds by 20% of her attack power when a team member activates Electro Reaction on an enemy. The bonus can stack up to three times, with a separate timer for each buff. Maximum damage can increase to 1800 units.

Explanation: The passive is active in Night's Watch mode and can provide a 60% increase to the damage multiplier. Consider a normal rotation that includes approximately 28 attacks (5 lunges, 18 shots and an ult): the increase in their damage will be 1680%. Thus, this talent almost doubles the total damage from one Night's Watch. Requires 3000 strength to receive the maximum bonus.

However, all this will only work if you collect 100% Life Debt before performing a lunge and are able to close Electro reactions in time by taking the right characters into your squad. If any reactions are suitable, then there should be no big problems with this, but if they have to be different, then this will be noticeably more difficult.

Second - Legal reward – increases the chance of a critical hit by 10% for 15 seconds when decreasing or increasing Life Debt, if its value is equal to or above 100%. The bonus can stack up to two times and each buff has a separate time counter. While in Night's Watch state, the percentage of healing converted to Life Debt increases to 100%.

As for the third passive "The Prey of the Night's Watch", then it simply shows the location of the nearest Fontaine curiosities on the mini-map.

Constellations of Clorinda

To open them, you need to accumulate the character’s Luck, which is given out when duplicates of the heroine appear, which, of course, is random. Given the low chance of getting 5-star characters, you will need to spend a lot of time and money to unlock all the constellations. However, even without them, Clorinda performs well as a main DD.

If you decide to try your luck, we recommend that you stop on C1 and C2, which will significantly enhance the duelist’s normal attacks in the Night’s Watch mode. However, its gameplay will not change in any way, so you won’t have to get used to the new rotation. Let us add that if you have a choice between Constellation 1 and a signature weapon, then we advise you to choose the first option, since it will be more useful.

Here is the complete list of constellations:

1. And so I pass the curtain of shadow from the candle - in the Night Watch state, when damage is dealt with a normal attack, the Shadow of the Night Watch appears, which carries out two joint attacks that deal Electro damage in the amount of 30% of the heroine’s attack power. The effect occurs once every 1.2 seconds.
2. And now we are face to face with the danger of a long night - enhances the passive “Flame Tearing the Darkness”. It now increases damage from normal hits and ultimates by 30% and increases resistance to interruption by 70% when reaching 3 levels of the effect. The maximum damage can increase to 2700 units.
3. I pledge to remember the oath of daylight - the skill level increases by three. Maximum level: 15th. A very useful constellation that significantly increases the heroine’s overall damage.
4. Remember tears, life and love - for 1% of the heroine's current Life Debt, increases the damage from her ultimate by 2%. Maximum it can grow by 200%.
5. Remember that Dawn will come - the level of the ult increases by three. Maximum level: 15th.
6. Therefore, I will never lose hope - increases the chance of crit by 10% for 12 seconds, and critical damage by 70% after activating an elemental skill. When the heroine is about to be hit by an enemy or she uses Night Pierce: Pact, a Shadow of a bright candle appears, which deals Electro damage equal to 200% of Clorinda's attack power to the enemy. The effect can occur no more than once every 1 second. In Night's Watch mode, the duelist takes 80% less damage and has increased resistance to interruptions.

How to play as Clorinda

As you probably already understood, there is nothing complicated in the gameplay of the duelist, even despite the use of the Life Debt mechanics, which are still new to many players. Her gameplay is built around her elemental skill and Night's Watch mode, which gives her an Electro Infusion and can inflict Life Debt on herself.

At the beginning, Life Debt is 0%, and you will need to make sure to bring it to at least 100%. This can be done by performing three shots (regular attacks) or activating an ultimate (if it is pumped to level 7 and above). If you have a healer on your team, you can use his healing ability to reduce the number of simple hits to two.

Note: Don't forget that musket shots can pierce enemies (when Life Debt is below 100%) and deal increased damage as a result, so when fighting large groups of enemies, try to stand so that the enemies are standing in a row.

After accumulating Life Debt, you need to reset it by simply pressing the elemental skill button. Thus, you will deal increased damage and heal the heroine. Then just continue doing these steps in a circle.

Remember also about the first passive, which gives a bonus to damage when closing Electro reactions. If we are talking about three different reactions, then the easiest way to fulfill this condition will be with Stimulation, since it includes two combinations: Aggravation and Growth, and they can be closed at the same time.

Overall, Clorinda's optimal rotation would look like this:

1. Use the abilities of supports and secondary damage dealers working from the pocket to buff the main damage dealer and apply elemental statuses to enemies.
2. Select Clorinda and use her ult when ready to deal damage, immediately gain Life Debt and cover possible Electro reactions that will increase the damage from normal hits.
3. Activate an elemental skill to enable Night Watch mode. If you used your ult before, you can immediately use E-shka again to perform the Night Pierce: Pact attack. Otherwise, first make 3 normal attacks (musket shots), and only then activate the skill.
4. While the Night's Watch is active (7.5 seconds), perform a combination of E-shka and three normal attacks about 4-5 times. Then start the rotation from the beginning.
5. If you do not invest resources in pumping up energy recovery, then most likely you will only be able to perform an Elemental Burst once every 2 rotations. Otherwise, use it in every rotation.

Best builds for Clorinda

Best weapon

When choosing a one-handed sword, priority should be given to those that increase critical damage, chance of critical hits, attack power and elemental damage. The table below presents the most interesting options.

Best Artifacts

As in the case of one-handed swords, we recommend taking artifacts that can increase crits and attack power, as well as enhance regular attacks. The table below shows the best options.

Concerning main characteristics of artifacts, then take the hourglass for attack%, ​​the cup (chalice) for the Electro damage bonus, and the crown (hat) for crit. chance/crit. damage in a ratio of 1 to 2. The priority for choosing secondary parameters is as follows: critical damage, Obtaining Energy, attack% and crit chance.

If we talk about the optimal indicators of the heroine’s attributes, they look like this:

• Attack power: preferably 3000 units to fully implement the passive talent
• Critical hit chance: 60-70%
• Critical Damage: 120-140%
• Obtaining Energy: at least 110-120%

Best commands for Clorinda

Clorinda can heal herself, so she doesn't need a Traveling Doctor or shieldman in her party, but her allies may need one. In addition, a powerful pocket healer can help the duelist gain Life Debt faster, for example, not in 3 shots, but in only 2, which will allow her to perform more attacks in one Night's Watch action.

On the other hand, instead of a healer, you can take another buffer or sub-DD, which can give the team more damage than Clorinda’s additional attacks. So decide for yourself what is more important to you - increasing the survivability of the squad or increasing its overall damage.

Let's add that Clorinda is aimed at playing through Electro reactions due to her passive. It is not yet known whether she requires different reactions or whether one is sufficient. In the first case, the best option would be to build a team for Aggravation or Vegetation, and in the second, Overload can be added to this list (Chevreuse is required in the team). The table below shows all the best options.

How to improve your skills

You have to search and collect a wide variety of materials, namely:

• Teachings, guidelines and philosophies about “Justice” - obtained on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays in the dungeon "Pale Forgotten Glory".
• Transoceanic Pearl, Transoceanic Chunk and Xenochromatic Crystal - drop from foreigners Fontmer, bought with Starglitter or created using Alchemy.
• Everamber - Dropped by weekly boss Guardian of Apep’s Oasis.
• Crown of Insight - can be obtained during events, as well as by upgrading the Sacred Sakura, the Permafrost Tree, the Tree of Dreams and the Fontaine: Lucine Fountain.

If we talk about priority of upgrading talents, then the first step is to increase the heroine’s elemental skill, and then take on the Elemental Burst (at least to level 7). You don’t have to upgrade regular attacks, since you will rarely use them outside of the effect of the skill anyway.

How to level up a character

Get ready to search and collect a lot of different materials. Their list and methods of extraction are given below.

You can get Vajrad amethysts from Electro hypostasis , Dvalina , Ancient Geovishap , Azhdakhi, Manifestations of thunder And Electro fern. They are also sold in the gift shop and drop from Seahorse of a thousand-year-old pearl, from which you can also get Horns of Fontmer. Darkstars are a local curiosity of Fontaine. In separate guide we have indicated their location.