Xilonen in Genshin Impact: Best Build Guide

IN Genshin Impact Xilonen is 5 star character, related to the Geo element and using a one-handed sword in battles. In a team, she can play the role of a support, healer and damage dealer (under certain conditions). In this guide, you can learn about her best build, weapon And artifacts, as well as the units recommended with it.

Note: Nanatzkayana Name Engraver has not yet been officially released, so the information provided here is based on information obtained during beta testing. We will update the guide if necessary when the heroine is released in the game.

Main features of Xilonen

How to get Shilonen

In the first phase of update 5.1, this Blacksmith girl from Natlan will appear in banner, which will increase the chance of its drop. In the future, this character can only be obtained through Prayers. Unfortunately, HoYoverse has never held an event in which the reward would be a 5-star event fighter, so it is definitely not possible to get the Nanatzkaian Name Engraver for free.

Progression of Shilonen characteristics

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

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

Shilonen's abilities

When performing a normal attack "The Roar of Ehecatl" The heroine performs up to 3 strikes in a row, and when charged, she spends a small amount of stamina and attacks in front of her. When performing a strike while falling, she quickly rushes to the ground, hitting all enemies in her path, and after landing, she deals damage to the area. The damage from strikes while falling depends on defense, not attack.

When the heroine goes into a state Blessings of the Night Spirit, she activates Roller Blades, causing her normal attack to perform up to 4 roller strikes. However, she loses the ability to perform charged strikes. In this mode, normal and falling attacks are dependent on defense and deal Geo damage (cannot be cancelled by other infusions) with the Night Spirit characteristic.

Explanation: If we take the standard set of attacks, they are unremarkable blows for most swordsmen, which you are unlikely to use outside of the elemental skill. After using it, the heroine begins to hit enemies with skates, inflicting pure Geo damage. The damage indicators are quite average (compared to top DDs), so it is, of course, possible to make her an active damage dealer, but it is not recommended (especially without C6).

After using an elemental skill "Scratch Youal" The heroine dashes forward, dealing a forward strike with Geo damage that scales with defense, gaining 45 Night Spirit and entering the Night Spirit's Blessing state, granting her Roller Blades.

At the same time, the engraver receives 3 samplers, which, depending on the elemental types of other team members, create different sound canvases and reduce the corresponding elemental resistance of nearby enemies when they are in active mode.

The starting sample of all three samplers is Geo, and for each ally with the Pyro, Hydro, Cryo, or Electro attributes, 1 Geo sample is transformed into the corresponding element.

When the heroine is under the effect of the Night Spirit's Blessing, her Geo Original Sample is always active. With the passive "Echo of Netotiliztli", the Blacksmith girl is able to restore her Night Spirit points. When their number reaches the maximum value, she spends all these points and activates three existing Original Samples for 15 seconds. While the Original Samples are active, the resistance of the corresponding elements of the enemies decreases. The effects of samples of the same element do not stack. They can be activated even if Shilonen is not on the battlefield.

Let's add that after entering the state of blessing, the heroine begins to continuously spend Night Spirit points. If they run out (it will no longer be possible to create new ones using the passive) or the skill is used again, the current blessing will immediately end. It has the following properties:

• Switches to Roller Blade mode, which increases the character's movement and climbing speed, and while climbing, she will be able to perform high-speed jumps in ocelot form.
• When the heroine is in a blessed state, her Night Spirit points last for a maximum of 9 seconds. Once this limit is exhausted, her points will be immediately spent.

Explanation: Shilonen's key ability, so let's look at it in as much detail as possible. Once you activate it, you'll get 45 Night Spirit points, but for SAPPORTA you will need 90 units, which you can get with the passive talent "Echo of Netotiliztli", taking at least 2 heroes of the Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo elements (the same ones will do), and performing 2 normal attacks on the enemy. The gif below shows the corresponding process with filling the scale.

As a result, 3 Shilonen samplers will be activated for 15 seconds, and the number of Night Spirit units will be reset to 0 and the heroine will exit the state of blessing. When these samplers are working, all enemies within a 10-meter radius of the active fighter will have their resistance to the elements specified in the samplers reduced. At the same time, the original Geo sampler will remain active, which is useful for the heroine as a damage dealer. Note that at skill level 10, enemy resistance will drop by 36% (for comparison, Viridescent Venerer on Kazuha gives 40%, but is applied less conveniently and lasts less).

Fortunately, you won't have to guess which sampler is currently active, as a special scale with three triangles will immediately appear to the left of the heroine. Initially, they will be painted yellow (Geo), but if there are heroes of the Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo element in the squad, these figures will be repainted in the corresponding colors (red, blue, purple or light blue). For example, in a team with 2 Pyros and 1 Cryo ally, 2 samplers will be red and 1 will be blue. Dendro, Anemo and Shilonen herself are not taken into account, and the same samplers do not sum up resistance cuts, that is, 2 Pyro triangles will not give you a 72% drop in resistance to Pyro.

Now let's look at the option with DAMAGER . It is possible due to the state of blessing, in which normal attacks begin to deal Geo damage. At the same time, this mode ends in three cases: when the points of the Night Spirit run out, the heroine leaves the battlefield, or she gains 90 units of Night Spirit.

Let's remember that the last option occurs if there is more than one Pyro, Hydro, Cryo or Electro hero in the team, that is, in such a team the blessing will disappear immediately after 2 normal hits of Shilonen, which, of course, is unacceptable if you plan to use her as a main DD. Therefore, you will definitely need to take Dendro, Anemo or Geo sub-DD and supports with her.

In this case, instead of cutting the resistance of other elements, she will receive a 30% bonus to damage from normal attacks and falling strikes. Note that the reduction in Geo resistance will continue to work, but only while the Blacksmith girl is on the battlefield. At the same time, the blessing itself can last no more than 9 seconds (can be extended in Natlan with the help of phlogiston). We will add that the countdown of the skill's cooldown begins only after the blessing state ends, so you will have to use other heroes for 7 seconds until the cooldown is over.

Elemental Burst "In the Rhythm of the Ocelot" gives the heroine the ability to deal Geo damage to an area, depending on defense. Plus, the following effects can be activated:

• If she has at least two Elemental Conversion Source Samples, she will begin to periodically heal active characters in proportion to her defense.
• If she has less than two Source Samples that have undergone Elemental Conversion, she will deal two more AoE hits that deal Geo damage.

Explanation: This one is pretty simple. As a buffer (when there are at least 2 Pyro, Electro, Cryo or Hydro heroes in the squad), her ult will not only deal damage, but also heal the active unit for 12 seconds at 1.5 second intervals for 187.2% + 1102 (at level 10 of the ability). An extremely important skill for a support, turning Shilonen into a good healer as well.

As a damage dealer (when there are less than 2 Pyro, Electro, Cryo or Hydro heroes in the squad) it simply deals increased damage (the total amount will be 1519% at the ult's level 10). The indicators are not bad, however, normal attacks under the blessing will still be more effective. So the ult for main DD will simply be a pleasant addition to the overall DPS, nothing more.

It is also impossible not to mention the extremely useful passive talents of the engraver. The first of them is called "Echo of Netotiliztli" and can grant the following effects when Shilonen is in the Night Spirit's Blessing state:

• If Shilonen has at least two Original Samples that have undergone Elemental Conversion, she gains 35 Night Spirit when she hits an enemy with her normal attack and a falling attack. The effect can occur once every 0.1 seconds.
• If she has less than two Source Samples that have undergone Elemental Conversion, her normal attack and falling attack damage are increased by 30%.

Explanation: It is she who determines whether she becomes a support or a damage dealer. That is, if there are less than two Pyro, Hydro, Cryo or Electro heroes in the team, then she simply gets a 30% bonus to the damage of normal attacks and attacks in the Fall. If there are at least two such characters in the squad, then she gets the opportunity to get additional Night Spirit points with two simple attacks, thereby gaining 90 units and activating samplers that cut off resistances.

Second - Portable word reservation - Activates an effect similar to her Night Spirit Flash when the heroine is in a blessed state and has 90 Night Spirit points. Plus, when team members perform a flash, Shilonen's defense increases by 20% for 15 seconds.

Explanation: With it, you can guarantee the activation of the energy recovery effect from the artifact set "Scroll of the Hero of the Burnt City" if you play as a support (remember that he immediately gains 90 points). The second part of the passive will allow you to further increase your defense if there are other Natlanians in the team.

As for the third passive "Gift of the Night Realm: Blessing of the Forge's Fire" , when Shilonen is in areas of Natlan with phlogiston mechanics, she can use Night Spirit Transfer. When the active character uses sprint, climbs, is in the movement state of some talents, or is at a certain height in the air, when switching to Shilonen, the following effect is activated: the heroine, appearing on the field, enters the state of Night Spirit Blessing and gains 20 Night Spirit points. In this case, the time limit of Shilonen's Night Spirit points is 4 seconds. If this limit is exceeded, Shilonen's Night Spirit points are instantly depleted. If Scratch Yowal is used during this limit, the time limit of Night Spirit points will be increased by 9 seconds. Night Spirit Transfer can be activated by your squad once every 10 seconds.

Additionally, in Natlan, while climbing while in Night Spirit's Blessing, Shilonen will not consume stamina.

Explanation: In short, this passive will allow you to move around Natlan faster. You can even skate on vertical surfaces.

The heroine also has a special innate passive "Procession of Tepehuitl" , which restores 15 units of phlogiston when the Night Spirit transmission is activated.

Constellations Shilonen

To open them, you need to accumulate the character's Luck, which is given when duplicates of the heroine fall out, which, of course, is random. Given the small 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, Shilonen plays the role of a buffer/healer without any problems.

The table below provides a list of all constellations with their descriptions and benefits for the character.

If you decide to try your luck, we recommend that you stop at C1 and C2 , which allow you to significantly strengthen the heroine both as a support and as a damage dealer. However, if you have to choose between the first Constellation and a signature weapon, we advise you to choose the second option, as it will bring much more benefit, especially to the buffer.

How to play as Shilonen

Much here depends on what role you plan to assign to Shilonen - support or damage dealer. Below we will analyze both options so that you roughly understand what's what.

Support

A perfect role for Shilonen, and incredibly easy to use, as all you have to do is have at least two Pyro, Electro, Cryo, or Hydro heroes on your team, then press the skill button on the battlefield and perform two normal attacks to reduce the resistances of nearby enemies for 15 seconds.

Besides everything else, you can easily heal your active character using the heroine's Elemental Burst . If you take a weapon to Obtaining Energy, then you can use the ult every rotation. Thus, you do not even have to take a healer into the squad, since the Blacksmith girl can close this position.

We will add that it is highly recommended to equip the heroine with the artifact set "Scroll of the Hero of the Burnt City", which gives a significant elemental damage bonus to allies, but requires a slight change in rotation. You will have to apply Pyro, Electro, Cryo or Hydro statuses to enemies before Shilonen enters the battlefield so that she can summon the Elemental Reaction: Crystallize and thereby activate the passive of the set.

By the way, it is because of this condition that you will have to take at least one hero of the above elements even in a Geo mono pack with Shilonen, otherwise you will not see the bonus from the set. Plus, if you want to create such a squad, you will definitely need to open C2, because only with it the Geo sample will always be active.

As for the ease of play, in some teams there will be no problems (for example, with Arlecchino), while in others you will have to perform a couple of additional body movements. In any case, it is much more comfortable than with Kazuha, who often has difficulties with double Dispersion or spreading a specific element.

So, if we sum up all this information, the optimal rotation for Shilonen would look like this:

1. If you are wearing the Scroll of the Burnt City Hero, be sure to attack enemies with a Pyro, Hydro, Cryo or Electro hero (preferably a main DD or a character with the same element) to inflict the corresponding status on them.
2. Switch to Shilonen and use her elemental skill to enter the blessing state and perform a Geo Strike, which will close the Elemental Reaction: Crystallize reaction and activate the passive of the above artifact set.
3. Perform 2 normal attacks or falling attacks on enemies to gain 90 Night Spirit and activate Samplers, reducing your allies' elemental resistances to enemies.
4. Switch back to the main damage dealer to deal the bulk of the damage to your enemies.
5. You can use Elemental Burst when ready or for emergency healing of the active character.

Damager

Here, everything is much more difficult. Firstly, we repeat once again that there should not be more than one Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo character in the team, otherwise you will not be able to get a bonus to the damage of normal attacks, so you will definitely have to take Geo, Anemo and/or Dendro heroes in the team. Secondly, you will have to carefully balance her stats, since you will have to pay attention not only to defense, but also to crits.

Thirdly, without C1, C2 and C6, Shilonen's overall damage output will be mediocre at best, so it's up to you to decide if you're willing to spend the time and money to get a Geo DD (C6) that has damage comparable to the current top DPS without constellations.

You will still have to play through the elemental skill - you need to activate the E-type, and then deal increased Geo damage to enemies with regular attacks for 9 (13 or 15) seconds. After that, wait until the E-type cooldown is over and repeat the procedure. When using the Scroll of the Burnt City Hero, you must first attack enemies with a Pyro, Hydro, Cryo or Electro character.

Also, don't forget that you'll have to dash to dodge enemy attacks, which speed up the consumption of Night Spirit points, and therefore Geo Infusion may last even less than 9 (15) seconds. Or you can try playing without dodging, but then you'll have to take a good healer/shielder in your squad.

Overall, the optimal rotation for Shilonen in this case would look like this:

1. If you wear the Scroll of the Burnt City Hero, then be sure to attack enemies with a Pyro, Hydro, Cryo or Electro hero (preferably a main DD or a character with the same element), and also use the skills of your sub-DDs and supports that act from the pocket.
2. Switch to Shilonen, activate her skill and start hitting enemies for 9 (13 or 15) seconds, activating the Elemental Reaction: Crystallize and dealing increased Geo damage to them.
3. After the blessing state ends, you will have 7 seconds to use your sub-DD and support abilities again, after which you can switch to Shilonen again and use her ability.
4. Use the ult when ready. It deals average damage, so it will simply be a nice bonus to the heroine's overall DPS.

Advantages and disadvantages of Shilonen

Using her unique abilities, this heroine can significantly strengthen her allies. Her advantages also include:

• An extremely useful buffer that can significantly reduce enemy resistance to Geo, Pyro, Hydro, Cryo, and Electro, making it a great addition to any damage dealer of the above attributes. In terms of usefulness, it's not inferior to Kazuha with Emerald Shadow or Zhongli with Archaic Stone.
• She is capable of not only buffing allies, but also healing them with her elemental explosion, thereby covering the healer's position.
• It has a relatively simple gameplay that does not require learning complex combinations and choosing the right moments for optimal rotation, so it is suitable for beginners.
• Has high base defense, which also gets a bonus when elevated. Let us remind you that the effectiveness of all Shilonen's abilities depends on this parameter.
• An extremely simple build if Shilonen is used as a support - just maximize her defense and increase Obtaining Energy a bit to use her ult more often.
• He is an excellent carrier of the artifact set Scroll of the Hero of the Burnt City, giving an additional bonus to damage, both to himself and to his allies.
• She can perform well as a support without constellations, which will certainly please F2P players. At the same time, C2 can give a significant bonus to her abilities as a support character.
• Makes exploring the game world much easier, as when the skill is activated, she begins to roller skate, which significantly increases her movement speed and allows her to quickly climb vertical surfaces. This will be especially useful in Natlan.

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

• Shilonen can be turned into a damage dealer, but this will require significant investment from you. Ideally, you will need to open the 6th constellation, as well as properly balance the characteristics (pay attention to crit. damage and crit. hit chance) and assemble a suitable squad, which will have less than two Hydro, Pyro, Cryo or Electro characters. At the same time, the heroine will still be inferior to the top main DDs.
• If you only use her as a support, almost half of her abilities become useless to her. This fact alone can be a bit annoying.
• When using the Burnt City Hero Scroll set, it is necessary to apply Pyro, Electro, Hydro, and Cryo statuses to enemies in order to close the Elemental Reaction: Crystallize with Shilonen. Some may find this necessity boring.
• To build a mono Geo pack, C2 is required so that the Geo sample is active all the time.
• She is capable of healing only one active character, and the healing itself is stretched out over time, so it is difficult to classify her as one of the best healers in the game.

Best build for Shilonen

The best weapon

When choosing a one-handed sword, priority should be given to those items that increase defense or Obtaining Energy. If you plan to make it a damage dealer, you can also take a weapon for critical damage or a chance of inflicting critical hits. The table below shows the most interesting options.

Best Artifacts

We recommend choosing sets that can increase Shilonen's defense and Obtaining Energy , as well as give her additional buffs for the team or increase Geo damage (for a damage dealer). The table below shows the best options.

As for main characteristics of artifacts , then take the hourglass for defense (or Obtaining Energy when there is a shortage of it), the cup (bowl) - for defense (or Geo damage for the damager), and the crown (hat) - for defense or healing bonus (or for crit chance / crit damage in a ratio of 1 to 2 for the damager). The priority of choosing secondary parameters is as follows: Obtaining Energy, crits (for the damager or the sword of Favonius) and defense.

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

• Defense: 2500+
• Obtaining Energy: 160-180% will be enough to use Elemental Burst every rotation even without another Geo character in the team.
• Critical Hit Chance/Crit Damage (for Damage Dealer): 60%+/120%+

Best Teams for Shilonen

So, we have already noted above that Shilonen can be put in the role of support in almost any team where the main DD belongs to the Pyro, Cryo, Hydro, Electro or Geo elements. In the latter case, however, it should be taken into account that without C2, you cannot take two additional Geo characters into the squad at once, otherwise the resistances will not be cut.

Also, even with the 2nd constellation, it is not recommended to create a full mono Geo pack when using the Scroll of the Hero of the Burnt City, otherwise you will not be able to activate the passive of the set. The squad must have at least one Pyro, Cryo, Hydro or Electro character.

If we talk about Shilonen as a damage dealer, then everything is much more difficult here, because the team should not have more than two Pyro, Cryo, Hydro, Electro heroes, so you will have to replace the missing fighters with Geo, Dendro and / or Anemo characters. Fortunately, the heroine combines well with Kazuha. Plus, you can give her Bennett as a company. The table below shows all the optimal options.

Shilonen upgrade

How to improve skills

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

• Teachings, instructions and philosophies about "The Burning" - obtained on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays in the dungeon "Blazing Ruins".
• Sentry’s Wooden Whistle, Warrior’s Metal Whistle , and Saurian-Crowned Warrior’s Golden Whistle - Dropped by Saurian-like tribe warriors, purchased with Starglitter, or crafted with Alchemy.
• Mirror of Mushin - Drops from the weekly boss Shouki no Kami, the Prodigal.
• Crown of Insight - can be obtained during events, as well as by upgrading the Sacred Sakura, the Permafrost Tree, the Dream Tree, the Fontaine: Lucine Fountain and the Tona Fire.

If we talk about priority of talent development , then the first thing you should do is increase the heroine's elemental skill, since it is on it that the indicators of cutting enemy resistances will depend. Then you can pump up the Elemental Burst so that the heroine can more effectively heal allies. If you plan to use Shilonen only as a support, then you can skip pumping up normal attacks.

How to elevate a character

Be prepared to search and collect a large number of different materials. Their list and methods of extraction are given below.

Prithiva topaz can be obtained from Geo hypostasis , Golden wolf leader , Snake of Ruins , Infinite mechanical array , Experimental field generator , Ancient Geovishap , Lupus borealis And Azhdah . Mystic Well Cores with gold inscription are dropped by the Mystic Well Automaton: Configurator. The Brilliant Chrysanthemum is a native Natlanian curiosity. in a separate guide We have indicated its location.