Cyno is a character in Genshin Impact 3.4 that uses Electro Polearm. See best builds, teams, weapons, skills, weapon, artifacts, talent materials, rating for & tier!
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Cyno Build & Team | Cyno Lore & Voiceline |
Cyno Tier

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How To Get? | |||||||||||
Obtained through Wishes (Limited Banner) | |||||||||||
Character Tier | Reroll Tier | ||||||||||
S ▶Character Tier | S ▶Reroll Tier | ||||||||||
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Strengths & Weakness Of Cyno
Strengths |
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- Increases damage with Elemental Mastery making him great for reactions. - Quick and easy to use attack with sufficient AoE for group battles. - Very long up-time of Elemental Burst. |
Weakness |
- Very low resistance making him prone to disruption. - Fairly difficult to build since you need to balance ATK, Energy Recharge and Elemental Mastery. |
Cyno's Tier Poll
Cyno Best Build
Cyno Electro DPS Build
Recommended Weapon
Weapon | Details |
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![]() | CRIT Rate 44.1% The equipping character gains 52% of their Elemental Mastery as bonus ATK. When an Elemental Skill hits opponents, the Dream of the Scarlet Sands effect will be gained for 10s: The qequipping character will gain 28% of their Elemental Mastery as bonus ATK. Max 3 stacks. |
Weapon Substitute | |
![]() | CRIT Rate 22.1% On hit, increases ATK by 3.2% for 6s. Max 7 stacks. This effect can only occur once every 0.3s. While in possession of the maximum possible stacks, DMG dealt is increased by 12%. |
![]() | CRIT Rate 36.8% If are there at least 2 enemies nearby, ATK increased by 16% and DEF increased by 16%. If there are less than 2 enemies nearby, ATK is increased by 24%. |
![]() | CRIT DMG 55.1% After defeating an enemy. ATK is increased by 12% for 30s. This effect has a maximum of 3 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others. |
![]() | Crit Rate 23.4% Increases Normal Attack DMG by 24% |
Recommended Artifacts
Artifact | |
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Best | ![]() 4-Piece |
Substitute 1 | ![]() 4-Piece |
Substitute 2 | ![]() 4-Piece |
Recommended Artifact Stats
![]() | Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
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![]() | Main: Flat ATK Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
![]() | Main:Elemental Mastery / ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
![]() | Main: Electro DMG Bonus Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
![]() | Main: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
Choose The Artifact With Best Sub-Stats
While Thundering Fury seems to deal most damage, Substats would be a more important factor in this build. Choose the artifact with better stats.
Character Build ForumCyno Best Weapon
Main DPS Build Weapons
Weapon | Details | |
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Best | ![]() | CRIT Rate 44.1% (Lvl. 90) - Signature weapon of Cyno. - Increases CRIT Rate significantly. - Increases ATK with Elemental Mastery making it easy for you to focus on EM. - |
2nd | ![]() | CRIT Rate 22.1% (Lvl. 90) - Greatly boost ATK stats. - CRIT Rate sub stat makes building Cyno easier to build. |
3rd | ![]() | CRIT Rate 36.8% - Great CRIT Rate substats. - - ATK% Buff depends on the number of opponents. |
4th | ![]() | CRIT DMG 55.1% - Huge Stat Stick for CRIT Damage. - Effect of weapon does not work well with Boss opponents. |
F2P | ![]() | CRIT Rate 23.4% - Normal ATK DMG Boost. - Easy to R5 because it is a 3 star weapon. - CRIT Rate Substat is also fairly high. - Low Base Stat. |
Aim For 150+ Elemental Mastery
When you are using Cyno, you will often deal reactions with other members of the team. Having a fairly high Elemental Mastery is great to because of this. After achieving Elemental Mastery, you can focus on CRIT Rate, DMG and ATK%.
All Weapon ListCyno Best Artifacts
Cyno Main DPS Build
Best Artifacts For Cyno Main DPS Build
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Best | ![]() 4-Piece |
Substitute 1 | ![]() 4-Piece |
Substitute 2 | ![]() 4-Piece |
Artifact Stat Priority
![]() | Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
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![]() | Main: Flat ATK Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
![]() | Main:Elemental Mastery / ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
![]() | Main: Electro DMG Bonus Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
![]() | Main: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK% |
Choose The Artifact With Best Sub-Stats
While Thundering Fury seems to deal most damage, Substats would be a more important factor in this build. Choose the artifact with better stats. Elemental Mastery is also an important stat to gather since most of the damage of Cyno comes from Electro reactions.
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Cyno Best Team Comp
Premium Team For Cyno
DPS | Support | Support | Healing |
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- Cyno will be the main DPS in this team. - Fischl is an effective way to battery the team. - Dendro Traveler will boost the Electro damage of Cyno through reactions. - Kokomi can heal the team and can also help with damage through Dendro Cores. |
Other Characters That Works With Cyno
Character | Sub | Details |
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![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | - Raiden Shogun is also an amazing Battery but she needs more on-field time. - You can also put characters that boost damage such as Kazuha or Zhongli. When doing this, it is preferred to have another Electro Teammate. |
![]() | ![]() ![]() | - Collei or Dendro Traveler is a great replacement for Nahida though they are very Burst Reliant for Off-fields. |
![]() | ![]() ![]() | - Any healer can work well with Cyno. Electro healers, however, can give a much needed Electro Resonance. |
Free To Play Friendly Party
DPS | Sub-DPS | Reaction | Heal |
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- This team functions the same as above but with easily obtained character. |
Cyno Guide - How To Use Cyno?
Recommended Rotation For Cyno
Recommended Rotation | |
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1 | Use off-field supports. |
2 | Switch to Cyno and use Elemental Burst. |
3 | Use a combination of Normal Attack and skill to deal damage. |
4 | After the Elemental Burst end, switch back to no. 1 |
Uses Of Cyno's Elemental Skill

Deals Electro Damage In A Small AoE
Extends Duration The Cooldown Of Elemental Burst
When used during Cyno's Elemental Burst, Elemental Skill will extend the duration of Elemental Burst. Using Elemental Skill to extend the Cooldown can reduce the downtime of Burst to 3 seconds if you have enough Energy Recharge.
Uses Of Cyno's Elemental Burst

Imbue All Attacks With Electro Damage
While his Elemental Burst is active, all of Cyno's Normal, Charged, and Plunge attacks will be imbued with Electro. Combine with different setups in order to deal continuous Electro reactions before it expires!
Resistance To Electro-Charged DMG and Boost Elemental Mastery
You will get a bonus of 100 EM during the Elemental Burst of Cyno. This makes Cyo an amazing character for Electro reaction focused teams.
Shortens The Cooldown Of Elemental Skill

While Elemental Burst is active, the Elemental Skill animation and AoE is wider and changes the cooldown of it from 7 seconds to 3 seconds.
Cyno Ascension Materials
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Materials Needed for Level Ascension
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80 |
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Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90 |
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Scarab Farming Routes
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Talent Materials For Cyno
Enemy Drops (Samachurls) | Domain Drops (Mon/Thur/Sun) | Big Boss Drops (Raiden Shogun Puppet) |
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Cyno 's Recommended Talent Priority
Talent | Level Up Priority |
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Normal Attack: Invoker's Spear | ★★★・・ |
Secret Rite: Chasmic Soulfarer (Elemental Skill) | ★★★★・ |
Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness (Elemental Burst) | ★★★★★ |
Should You Get Or Wish For Cyno?
Pull For An Easy To Use Electro DPS

Cyno is an excelent DPS that is able to quickly deal electro damage with his Elemental Skill and Normal attacks. It is recommended to pull for Cyno if you like to main an Electro DPS.
Best Constellation For Cyno
Constellation 2 For Boost In Damage
Constellation 2 can boost the Electro DMG Bonus of Cyno allowing him to deal more fatal damage to enemies.
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