Genshin Impact | Cyno Best Build & Weapon Guide

Cyno is a character of Genshin Impact 5.6. See Cyno's, best DPS Build guide, best weapon tier list, material, rating, tier, best team comp with Nahida, & guide for Cyno.

Table of Contents

Character Guide & Tier
Best Build
Best Weapon
Best Artifacts
Best Team Comp
Ascension & Talent Materials
How To Use Skills
Constellation & Weapon Priority
Skill Description & Details

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Cyno Tier & Review

Rarity		Element		Weapon
		Electro		Polearm
How To Get?
Obtained through Wishes (Limited Banner)
DPS	Sub-DPS		Support		Healer
A	-		-		-
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**The Tiers above are ranked in 6 levels. With SS being the highest and D the lowest.
Tiers: SS → S → A → B → C → D

** Tiers above are at Zero Constellations

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Strengths & Weakness Of Cyno

Strengths
- 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 interruption. - Fairly difficult to build since you need to balance ATK, Energy Recharge and Elemental Mastery.

▼ Details about Cyno below.

Cyno Best Build

Cyno Electro DPS Build

Weapon	Staff Of The Scarlet Sands
Substitute	1. Primordial Jade Winged-Spear 2. Staff Of Homa 3. Ballad Of The Fjords 4. White Tassel (F2P)
Best Artifact	Thundering Fury x4
Artifact Stats	Sands: Elemental Mastery Goblet: Electro DMG Bonus Circlet: Crit Rate/DMG
Priority Sub-Stats	1. Crit Rate/DMG 2. Energy Recharge 3. ATK% 4. Elemental Mastery

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%.

Cyno Best Weapon

Main DPS Build Weapons

	Weapon	Details
Best	Staff Of The Scarlet Sands	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	Primordial Jade Winged-Spear	CRIT Rate 22.1% (Lvl. 90) - Greatly boost ATK stats. - CRIT Rate sub stat makes building Cyno easier to build.
3rd	Staff Of Homa	CRIT DMG 66.2% (Lvl. 90) - Greatly increases CRIT DMG and ATK of Cyno. - Passive is not often activated but even without it Cyno should produce huge damage with this weapon.
4th	Ballad Of The Fjords	CRIT Rate 27.6% (Lvl. 90) - Decent CRIT Rate Stat stick. - Cyno is mainly used with multiple elements for reaction so the effect of the weapon is easily activated. - Elemental Mastery greatly helps with Cyno's DMG.
5th	Deathmatch	CRIT Rate 36.8% (Lvl. 90) - Great CRIT Rate substats. - Increases Defense and ATK. - ATK% Buff depends on the number of opponents.
6th	Blackcliff Pole	CRIT DMG 55.1% (Lvl. 90) - Huge Stat Stick for CRIT Damage. - Effect of weapon does not work well with Boss opponents.
F2P	White Tassel	CRIT Rate 23.4% (Lvl. 90) - Normal ATK DMG Boost. - Easy to R5 because it is a 3 star weapon. - CRIT Rate Substat is also fairly high. - Low Base Stat.

CRIT Stat Weapons Are Recommended

Cyno mostly want weapons that increase CRIT Rate and DMG. Weapons that gives additional Elemental Mastery or ATK while having a CRIT sub-stat works exceptionally well with Cyno.

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Cyno Best Artifacts

Cyno Main DPS Build

Best Artifacts For Cyno Main DPS Build

	Artifacts
Best	Thundering Fury 4-Piece
Substitute 1	Gilded Dreams 4-Piece
Substitute 2	Thundersoother 4-Piece

Artifact Stat Priority

	Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / ATK%
	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.

Cyno Best Team Comp

Premium Team For Cyno

DPS	Support	Sub-DPS	Healing
Cyno	Fischl	Furina	Baizhu
Details
- Cyno will be the main DPS in this team. - Fischl is an effective way to battery the team. - Furina will be the Sub-DPS dealing powerful Hydro DMG while providing DMG Buff. - Baizhu keeps the whole party's HP up and well while providing additional resistance to interruption for Cyno.

Best Teams For Cyno

Other Characters That Works With Cyno

Character	Sub	Details
Fischl	Raiden Shogun Dori	- Raiden Shogun is also an amazing Battery but she needs more on-field time. - With huge investment, you can also use Dori as a battery for Cyno.
Furina	Nahida Dendro Traveler Kazuha	- Nahida and Kazuha can also be amazing buffers for Cyno. You can opt to pick Nahida or Kazuha instead of Furina if you do not have a team-wide healer.
Baizhu	Jean Zhongli	- Jean is a good option when you plan to use Furina in the team. - Zhongli for shields and resistance shred for enemies. You must slot a healer if you are using Zhongli when Furina is in the team.

Free To Play Friendly Party

DPS	Sub-DPS	Reaction	Heal
Cyno	Fischl	Dendro Traveler	Barbara
Details
- This team functions the same as above but with easily obtained character.

Cyno Ascension Materials

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Materials Needed for Level Ascension

Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80
Vajrada Amethyst Sliver x 1 Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x 9 Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x 9 Divining Scroll x 18 Sealed Scroll x 30 Forbidden Curse Scroll x 12 Scarab x 108 Thunderclap Fruitcore x 26
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90
Vajrada Amethyst Sliver x 1 Vajrada Amethyst Fragment x 9 Vajrada Amethyst Chunk x 9 Vajrada Amethyst Gemstone x 6 Divining Scroll x 18 Sealed Scroll x 30 Forbidden Curse Scroll x 36 Scarab x 168 Thunderclap Fruitcore x 46

Scarab Farming Routes

Scarab Farming Route

Scarab Location & Farming Routes

Talent Materials For Cyno

Enemy Drops (Samachurls)	Domain Drops (Mon/Thur/Sun)	Big Boss Drops (Raiden Shogun Puppet)
Divining Scroll	Teachings Of Admonition	Mudra Of The Malefic General
Sealed Scroll	Guide To Admonition
Forbidden Curse Scroll	Philosophies Of Admonition

Cyno 's Recommended Talent Priority

Talent	Level Up Priority
Normal Attack: Invoker's Spear	★★★・・
Secret Rite: Chasmic Soulfarer (Elemental Skill)	★★★★・
Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness (Elemental Burst)	★★★★★

Cyno Skill Guide & How To Use Cyno

Recommended Rotation For Cyno

	Recommended Rotation
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.

Should You Pull for Cyno's Constellation Or Best Weapon?

Prioritize Cyno's Constellations

Signature VS Constellations
C2 > C1 or Staff of the Scarlet Sands

C2 is a Good Stopping Point

Cyno's early constellations, like most DPS characters, are designed in a way to increase his damage. His best early constellations that are likely to provide a noticeable increase to his damage without going to C6, which is his top constellation overall, will be his C1 and C2. The attack speed buff (from C1) helps you perform specific ability rotations easier and the sizeable Electro DMG bonus (from C2) is easily maintained throughout combat, making both nice to have if you want to vertically invest in Cyno directly.

If you do not have a 5-star Crit spear, you can still consider getting Staff of the Scarlet Sands since it's one of the decent 5-star stat sticks for other spear characters that would appreciate the Elemental Mastery or Crit Rate it provides.

Recommendation if You Have Staff of Homa or Ballad of the Fjords
C2 > C1 > Staff of the Scarlet Sands

Other Crit Spears are Competitive

Staff of Homa, Ballad of the Fjords (both at base refinement and max refinement) and the Primordial Jade Winged-Spear will all provide similar results with minimal differences between each other and versus his Signature Weapon. The Staff of the Scarlet Sands starts losing its pull value if you have any of his good alternative Crit spears, so you're likely better off pulling for Cyno's constellations or his best supports' constellations instead.

Cyno's Constellations & Effects

Rating	Constellation Effect
★★★・・	C1: Ordinance: Uncreasing Vigil After using Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness, Cyno's Normal Attack SPD will be increased by 20% for 10s. If the Judication effect of his Passive Talent Featherfall Judgment is triggered during Secret Rite: Chasmic Soulfarer, the duration of this increase will be refreshed. You need to unlock the Passive Talent "Featherfall Judgment.".
★★★★・	C2: Ceremony: Homecoming Of Spirits When Cyno's Normal Attacks hit opponents, his Electro DMG Bonus will increase by 10% for 4s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.1s. Max 5 stacks.
★★★・・	C3: Precept: Lawful Enforcer Increases the Level of Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★★★・・	C4: Austerity: Forbidding Guard When Cyno is in the Pactsworn Pathclearer state triggered by Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness, after he triggers Electro-Charged, Superconduct, Overloaded, Quicken, Aggravate, Hyperbloom, or an Electro Swirl reaction, he will restore 3 Elemental Energy for all nearby party members (except himself.) This effect can occur 5 times within one use of Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness.
★★★・・	C5: Funerary Rite: The Passing Of Starlight Increases the Level of Secret Rite: CHasmic Soulfarer by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★★★★★	C6: Raiment: Just Scales After using Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness or triggering the Judication effect of the Passive Talent "Featherfall Judgment," Cyno will gain 4 stacks of the "Day of the Jackal" effect. When he hits opponents with Normal Attacks, he will consume 1 stack of "Day of the Jackal" to fire off one Duststalker Bolt. "Day of the Jackal" lasts for 8s. Max 8 stacks. It will be canceled once Pactsworn Pathclearer ends. A maximum of 1 Duststalker Bolt can be unleashed this way every 0.4s. You must first unlock the Passive Talent "Featherfall Judgment."

Cyno's Constellation Name is Lupus Aureus

Lupus Aureus

Cyno Skills & Talents Details