Zhongli’s Talents
Zhongli’s Talents focus on giving shield to his allies and Geo damage on his enemies. Below are the talents and skills of Zhongli.
Rain of Stone
Rain of Stone is Zhongli’s normal, charged, and plunge attacks. His charged attacks use stamina and summons Stone Spears while attacking.
Dominus Lapidis
Dominus Lapidis is Zhongli’s Elemental skill. Pressing this skill will summon a Geo Pillar called the Stone Stele. The Stone Stele will last for 30 seconds, dealing Geo damage on surrounding enemies. You can also use the Stone Stele to climb up and reach high places. The Stone Stele will also resonate with other Geo constructs, making him great with other Geo characters like Albedo and the Geo Traveler. If you hold the elemental skill, Zhongli will destroy surrounding Geo energies. The skill will also create a Stone Stele and give you a shield. The scaling of the shield is based on Zhongli’s maximum HP. The shield will absorb 150% elemental and physical damage. Any character protected by the shield will also decrease the elemental resistance and physical resistance of surrounding opponents.
Planet Befall
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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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
Teachings of Gold Guide to Gold Philosophies of Gold
Slime Drops
Slime Condensate Slime Secretions Slime Concentrate
Childe Challenge Reward
Tusk of Monoceros Caeli
Ascension Materials
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
Double Geo
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
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 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
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.
