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Kuki Shinobu Quick Character Guide

This guide is based on the Community Character Builds by the Genshin Helper Team.


Talent Priorities

Skill > Burst


Constellations

Best Constellations:

C1: To Cloister Compassion
Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite’s AoE is increased by 50%.

C2: To Forsake Fortune
Grass Ring of Sanctification’s duration is increased by 3s.

C3: To Sequester Sorrow
Increases the Level of Sanctifying Ring by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4: To Sever Sealing
When the Normal, Charged, or Plunging Attacks of the character affected by Shinobu’s Grass Ring of Sanctification hit opponents, a Thundergrass Mark will land on the opponent’s position and deal AoE Electro DMG based on 9.7% of Shinobu’s Max HP.
This effect can occur once every 5s.

C5: To Cease Courtesies
Increases the Level of Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6: To Ward Weakness
When Kuki Shinobu takes lethal DMG, this instance of DMG will not take her down. This effect will automatically trigger when her HP reaches 1 and will trigger once every 60s.
When Shinobu’s HP drops below 25%, she will gain 150 Elemental Mastery for 15s. This effect will trigger once every 60s.


Role 1: Hyperbloom

This is a Dendro team that requires a reliable Electro trigger unit to work,for which Kuki is one of the best Electro units to perform this role.

Recommended Weapons

  1. Freedom-Sworn (5✩)
  2. Xiphos’ Moonlight (4✩)
  3. Iron Sting (4✩)
    ~= Key of Khaj-Nisut (5✩)*
    ~= Toukabou Shigure [R5]* (4✩)
  4. Dark Iron Sword (3✩)
    ~= Sapwood Blade (4✩)

1) Freedom-Sworn (ATK: 608 • Elemental Mastery: 198)
[Refinement 1]
A part of the “Millennial Movement” that wanders amidst the winds.
Increases DMG by 10%.
When the character wielding this weapon triggers Elemental Reactions, they gain a Sigil of Rebellion. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s and can be triggered even if said character is not on the field.
When you possess 2 Sigils of Rebellion, all of them will be consumed and all nearby party members will obtain “Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance” for 12s.
“Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance” increases Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG by 16% and increases ATK by 20%. Once this effect is triggered, you will not gain Sigils of Rebellion for 20s.
Of the many effects of the “Millennial Movement,” buffs of the same type will not stack.

2) Xiphos’ Moonlight (ATK: 510 • Elemental Mastery: 165)
[Refinement 1]
The following effect will trigger every 10s: The equipping character will gain 0.036% Energy Recharge for each point of Elemental Mastery they possess for 12s, with nearby party members gaining 30% of this buff for the same duration. Multiple instances of this weapon can allow this buff to stack. This effect will still trigger even if the character is not on the field.

3) Iron Sting (ATK: 510 • Elemental Mastery: 165)
[Refinement 5]
Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 12% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can only occur once every 1s.

4) Dark Iron Sword (ATK: 401 • Elemental Mastery: 141)
[Refinement 1]
Upon causing an Overloaded, Superconduct, Electro-Charged, Quicken, Aggravate, Hyperbloom, or Electro-infused Swirl reaction, ATK is increased by 20% for 12s.


Recommended Artifacts

  1. Flower of Paradise Lost (4)
  2. Gilded Dreams (4)
  3. +80 EM set (2) +80 EM set (2)
  4. Thundering Fury (4)

1) 4-Pc Flower of Paradise Lost
2-Piece Bonus:
Increases Elemental Mastery by 80.
4-Piece Bonus:
The equipping character’s Bloom, Hyperbloom, and Burgeon reaction DMG are increased by 40%. Additionally, after the equipping character triggers Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, they will gain another 25% bonus to the effect mentioned prior. Each stack of this lasts 10s. Max 4 stacks simultaneously. This effect can only be triggered once per second. The character who equips this can still trigger its effects when not on the field.

2) 4-Pc Gilded Dreams
2-Piece Bonus: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80.
4-Piece Bonus: Within 8s of triggering an Elemental Reaction, the character equipping this will obtain buffs based on the Elemental Type of the other party members. ATK is increased by 14% for each party member whose Elemental Type is the same as the equipping character, and Elemental Mastery is increased by 50 for every party member with a different Elemental Type. Each of the aforementioned buffs will count up to 3 characters. This effect can be triggered once every 8s. The character who equips this can still trigger its effects when not on the field.

3) +80 EM set (2) +80 EM set (2)

4) 4-Pc Thundering Fury
2-Piece Bonus:
Electro DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece Bonus: Increases DMG caused by Overloaded, Electro-Charged, Superconduct, and Hyperbloom by 40%, and the DMG Bonus conferred by Aggravate is increased by 20%. When Quicken or the aforementioned Elemental Reactions are triggered, Elemental Skill CD is decreased by 1s. Can only occur once every 0.8s.


Artifact Main StatsArtifact Sub Stats
Sands – Elemental Mastery
Goblet – Elemental Mastery
Circlet – Elemental Mastery
Elemental Mastery*
HP%
Flat HP
Energy Recharge
*Elemental Mastery is essentially your only priority

Aim for around 850-950+ Elemental Mastery. Depending on whether you use an Elemental Mastery weapon or not.


Role 2: Aggravate

This adds flat damage to the triggering Electro attack that scales off Elemental Mastery and levels, which essentially allows Kuki’s personal damage to become relevant while also filling the role of a healer in the team.

Recommended Weapons

  1. Freedom-Sworn (5✩)*
  2. Primordial Jade Cutter (5✩)*
    ~= Key of Khaj-Nisut (5✩)*
  3. Festering Desire (4✩)
  4. Xiphos’ Moonlight (4✩)
  5. Iron Sting (4✩)
  6. Sapwood Blade (4✩)
  7. Favonius Sword (4✩)
  8. Dark Iron Sword (3✩)

1) Freedom-Sworn (ATK: 608 • Elemental Mastery: 198)
[Refinement 1]
A part of the “Millennial Movement” that wanders amidst the winds.
Increases DMG by 10%.
When the character wielding this weapon triggers Elemental Reactions, they gain a Sigil of Rebellion. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s and can be triggered even if said character is not on the field.
When you possess 2 Sigils of Rebellion, all of them will be consumed and all nearby party members will obtain “Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance” for 12s.
“Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance” increases Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG by 16% and increases ATK by 20%. Once this effect is triggered, you will not gain Sigils of Rebellion for 20s. Of the many effects of the “Millennial Movement,” buffs of the same type will not stack.

Notes: While not having the highest personal damage it makes up for it in overall team damage through its competitive buffs.

2) Primordial Jade Cutter (ATK: 542 • Crit Rate: 44.1%)
[Refinement 1]
HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 1.2% of the wielder’s Max HP.

Notes: Has the highest personal damage of any weapon on Kuki but little to no utility, which means it usually falls behind in overall team damage.

3) Festering Desire (ATK: 510 • Energy Recharge: 45.9%)
[Refinement 1]
Increases Elemental Skill DMG by 32% and Elemental Skill CRIT Rate by 12%.

4) Xiphos’ Moonlight (ATK: 510 • Elemental Mastery: 165)
[Refinement 1]
The following effect will trigger every 10s: The equipping character will gain 0.036% Energy Recharge for each point of Elemental Mastery they possess for 12s, with nearby party members gaining 30% of this buff for the same duration. Multiple instances of this weapon can allow this buff to stack. This effect will still trigger even if the character is not on the field.

5) Iron Sting (ATK: 510 • Elemental Mastery: 165)
[Refinement 5]
Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 12% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can only occur once every 1s.

6) Sapwood Blade (ATK 565 • ER 30.6%)
[Refinement 1] After triggering Burning, Quicken, Aggravate, Spread, Bloom, Hyperbloom, or Burgeon, a Leaf of Consciousness will be created around the character for a maximum of 10s. When picked up, the Leaf will grant the character 60 Elemental Mastery for 12s. Only 1 Leaf can be generated this way every 20s. This effect can still be triggered if the character is not on the field. The Leaf of Consciousness’ effect cannot stack.

7) Favonius Sword (ATK: 454 • Energy Recharge: 61.3%)
[Refinement 5]
CRIT hits have a 100% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 6s.

8) Dark Iron Sword (ATK: 401 • Elemental Mastery: 141)
[Refinement 1]
Upon causing an Overloaded, Superconduct, Electro-Charged, Quicken, Aggravate, Hyperbloom, or Electro-infused Swirl reaction, ATK is increased by 20% for 12s.


Recommended Artifacts

  1. Gilded Dreams (4)
    ~=Thundering Fury (2) +80 EM set (2) Noblesse Oblige (2)* [Choose Two]
  2. Thundersoother (4)*
  3. Thundering Fury (4)
  4. Tenacity of the Millelith (4)

2) 4-Pc Gilded Dreams
2-Piece Bonus: Increases Elemental Mastery by 80.
4-Piece Bonus: Within 8s of triggering an Elemental Reaction, the character equipping this will obtain buffs based on the Elemental Type of the other party members. ATK is increased by 14% for each party member whose Elemental Type is the same as the equipping character, and Elemental Mastery is increased by 50 for every party member with a different Elemental Type. Each of the aforementioned buffs will count up to 3 characters. This effect can be triggered once every 8s. The character who equips this can still trigger its effects when not on the field.

2) 4-Pc Thundersoother
2-Piece Bonus:
Electro RES increased by 40%.
4-Piece Bonus: Increases DMG against opponents affected by Electro by 35%.

Notes: It’s potentially your BIS set if you can maintain a constant Electro aura or near that, to be this consistent usually takes up to 3 Electro units (or possibly 2 Electro units and a Anemo unit like Kazuha or Venti swirling Electro)

3) 4-Pc Thundering Fury
2-Piece Bonus:
Electro DMG Bonus +15%
4-Piece Bonus: Increases DMG caused by Overloaded, Electro-Charged, Superconduct, and Hyperbloom by 40%, and the DMG Bonus conferred by Aggravate is increased by 20%. When Quicken or the aforementioned Elemental Reactions are triggered, Elemental Skill CD is decreased by 1s. Can only occur once every 0.8s.

5) 4-Pc Tenacity of the Millelith
2-Piece Bonus:
HP +20%
4-Piece Bonus:
When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.


Artifact Main StatsArtifact Sub Stats
Sands – Energy Recharge / Elemental Mastery
Goblet – Electro DMG
Circlet – Crit Rate / DMG
Energy Recharge
Crit Rate / DMG
Elemental Mastery
HP%
Flat HP

Role 3: Support

Outside of reaction teams where she can be a reliable trigger unit, Kuki’s damage contribution is usually insignificant. Hence her best usage case in those scenarios is building purely for utility.

Recommended Weapons

  1. Favonius Sword (4✩)*
  2. Freedom-Sworn (5✩)*
    ~= Key of Khaj-Nisut (5✩)*
  3. The Dockhand’s Assistant (4✩)*
  4. Iron Sting (4✩)

1) Favonius Sword (ATK: 454 • Energy Recharge: 61.3%)
[Refinement 5]
CRIT hits have a 100% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 6s.

Notes: The passive lets her provide energy to the rest of the team. A Crit Rate circlet or substats should be considered to reliably trigger the passive.

2) Freedom-Sworn (ATK: 608 • Elemental Mastery: 198)
[Refinement 1]
A part of the “Millennial Movement” that wanders amidst the winds.
Increases DMG by 10%.
When the character wielding this weapon triggers Elemental Reactions, they gain a Sigil of Rebellion. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s and can be triggered even if said character is not on the field.
When you possess 2 Sigils of Rebellion, all of them will be consumed and all nearby party members will obtain “Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance” for 12s.
“Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance” increases Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG by 16% and increases ATK by 20%. Once this effect is triggered, you will not gain Sigils of Rebellion for 20s. Of the many effects of the “Millennial Movement,” buffs of the same type will not stack.

Notes: In teams where Kuki can reliably trigger reactions, the teamwide buff from this weapon can make it preferable over Favonius Sword.

3) The Dockhand’s Assistant (ATK: 510 • HP: 41.3%)
[Refinement 1]
When the wielder is healed or heals others, they will gain a Stoic’s Symbol that lasts 30s, up to a maximum of 3 Symbols. When using their Elemental Skill or Burst, all Symbols will be consumed and the Roused effect will be granted for 10s. For each Symbol consumed, gain 40 Elemental Mastery, and 2s after the effect occurs, 2 Energy per Symbol consumed will be restored for said character. The Roused effect can be triggered once every 15s, and Symbols can be gained even when the character is not on the field.

Notes: Similarly to Key of Khaj-Nisut, this weapon trades utility for stronger healing.

4) Iron Sting (ATK: 510 • Elemental Mastery: 165)
[Refinement 5]
Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 12% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can only occur once every 1s.


Recommended Artifacts

  1. Tenacity of the Millelith (4)
  2. Noblesse Oblige (4)*
  3. Instructor (4) / The Exile (4)*
  4. Ocean-Hued Clam (4)*

1) 4-Pc Tenacity of the Millelith
2-Piece Bonus:
HP +20%
4-Piece Bonus:
When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.

2) 4-Pc Noblesse Oblige
2-Piece Bonus: Elemental Burst DMG +20%
4-Piece Bonus: Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members’ ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.

Notes: When using this set, make sure to build enough Energy Recharge to cast Burst off cooldown and keep good uptime on this set’s passive.

3) 4-Pc Instructor
2-Piece Bonus:
Increases Elemental Mastery by 80.
4-Piece Bonus: Upon triggering an Elemental Reaction, increases all party members’ Elemental Mastery by 120 for 8s.

Notes: Can be a cheap alternative on teams where the extra ATK% buff from Tenacity of the Millelith (4) or Noblesse Oblige (4) is not as useful.

4) 4-Pc Ocean-Hued Clam
2-Piece Bonus: Healing Bonus +15%.
4-Piece Bonus:
When the character equipping this artifact set heals a character in the party, a Sea-Dyed Foam will appear for 3 seconds, accumulating the amount of HP recovered from healing (including overflow healing).
At the end of the duration, the Sea-Dyed Foam will explode, dealing DMG to nearby opponents based on 90% of the accumulated healing.
(This DMG is calculated similarly to Reactions such as Electro-Charged, and Superconduct, but it is not affected by Elemental Mastery, Character Levels, or Reaction DMG Bonuses).
Only one Sea-Dyed Foam can be produced every 3.5 seconds.
Each Sea-Dyed Foam can accumulate up to 30,000 HP (including overflow healing).
There can be no more than one Sea-Dyed Foam active at any given time.
This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.


Artifact Main StatsArtifact Sub Stats
Sands – HP%
Goblet – HP%
Circlet – Healing Bonus / HP% / Crit Rate
HP%
Crit Rate*
Elemental Mastery / Flat HP

*Crit Rate is useful only when using Favonius Sword

Team Compositions

Aggravate Team

Kuki Shinobu: Electro Off-Field Support
Alhaitham / Nahida: Dendro DPS // Yaoyao: Off-Field Support
Yae Miko / Fischl / Raiden Shogun: Electro Off-Field DPS // Cyno: Electro DPS (if you add Dendro Support instead of DPS)
Kazuha / Venti / Sucrose: Elemental RES Shredder

Hyperbloom Team

Kuki Shinobu: Electro Off-Field Support
Alhaitham / Nahida: Dendro DPS / Yaoyao: Off-Field Support
Xingqiu / Yelan / Kokomi: Hydro Off-Field DPS // Ayato / Tartaglia: Hydro DPS (if you add Dendro Support instead of DPS)
Kazuha / Venti / Sucrose / Jean: Elemental RES Shredder

General Support Team

Kuki Shinobu: Electro Off-Field Support
Keqing (Any other Main DPS): Main DPS
Xingqiu / Yelan / Kokomi (Any other suitable characters): Off-Field DPS
Xiangling / Bennett / (Any other suitable characters): Off-Field DPS

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