Nilou Best Build, Weapon, & Team Guide for Ver. 5.8

Comprehensive Nilou guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Nilou's best build, team, kit, and materials for this 5-Star Hydro Support Sword user.

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Nilou Character Overview, Base Stats, and Tier

Character Profile

Gacha Art	Rarity
	Element	Hydro
	Weapon	Sword
	Ascend Stat	HP 28.8%
	Region	Sumeru
	Birthday	December 3
	Roles	Off-Field Support DPS
How To Get	Can only be pulled during Nilou's Limited-Time Banner (Currently not available)

Base Stats

Nilou is a 5-star Hydro character that wields a Sword in Genshin Impact. Her gameplay focuses on being a graceful on-field support and burst DPS, specializing in Hydro application and buffing allies with dance-themed abilities. Her Elemental Skill, "Dance of Lotus Rose," performs a dance that deals Hydro damage to enemies and enhances her Normal and Charged Attacks. Her Elemental Burst, "Crater Dance," unleashes a beautiful series of dance strikes that deal AoE Hydro damage and increase the party's overall damage output. Lore-wise, Nilou is a renowned dancer from Sumeru, admired for her elegance and passion, blending traditional dance with powerful Hydro magic to inspire those around her.

Nilou's Tier & Rating

In battle, Nilou is a support for Bloom Reaction and is the core of the 'Superbloom' team. Using her Skill (Tap) thrice in a row will activate her Passive's Effect that converts all Dendro Cores into Bountiful Cores that have bigger AoE and explodes faster if her teammates are only Hydro and Dendro. Her Max HP can boost the damage dealt by the Bountiful Cores.

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Roles & Playstyle Of Nilou and Its Strengths and Weakness

Bloom Support Nilou

Nilou's best role is as the Off-Field Support for Bloom teams. Her ability to boost Bloom damage and apply Hydro Off-Field make her a great support even though her Hydro application is worse compared to other Hydro Off-Fielders.

Pros and Cons of Bloom Support Nilou

Best Build for Nilou

As a Bloom Support that requires HP for her buffs, Nilou is best built full HP with an HP stat weapon and HP artifact set. She also doesn't need CRIT stats since Bloom isn't affected by CRIT. Energy Recharge is a low priority stat for Nilou because only her Elemental Skill is needed to activate her buff.

Weapon	Key of Khaj-Nisut
Best Artifact	Any HP% x 2 Any HP% x 2
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: HP% Goblet: HP% Circlet: HP%
Priority Sub-Stats	HP% > Elemental Mastery > Energy Recharge > Flat HP
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Stat Goals for Bloom Support Nilou

Bloom isn't affected by CRIT stats so you only need to focus on boosting Nilou's HP for her buff and Elemental Mastery for additional reaction damage boosting.

Nilou 's Recommended Talent Priority

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Best Weapon for Nilou

Since Nilou requires only one stat for boosting the damage dealt by Bountiful Cores, the weapons that should be used with her are the ones that can boost HP.

Premium Weapons for Nilou

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Key of Khaj-Nisut	Get from Limited Banner - Nilou's Signature Weapon. - Increases Nilou's HP by 80% as well as her Elemental Mastery based on her HP. - EM buff is shared to teammates as well.
2nd	The Dockhand's Assistant	Get from Limited Banners - Obtainable when it is on rate up on Limited Weapon Banners. - Weaker version of Key but it can still boost HP and Elemental Mastery decently. - Has Energy Restoration effect if you want to use Nilou's Burst more often.
3rd	Xiphos' Moonlight	Get from Limited Banners - Obtainable when it is on rate up on Limited Weapon Banners. - Boosts Energy Recharge based on Elemental Mastery and gives a weaker ER buff to team. Nilou's preferred teammates are Energy Hungry and any amount of added ER is good.
4th	Freedom-Sworn	Get from Limited Banner - Kazuha's Signature Weapon that is only obtainable when his banner is available. - Increases Elemental Mastery and gives a team buff that doesn't help much in Bloom teams.

Aside from Key, the only other premium weapon that boosts HP is a limited 4 star weapon. If you have neither, Elemental Mastery boosting weapons can be used for Nilou.

Free-to-Play Friendly (F2P Weapons) for Nilou

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	Iron Sting	Craftable (Forgeable) Weapon - Provides decent Elemental Mastery boost. - Increases reaction damage of Nilou.
2nd (Event)	Toukabou Shigure	Get from Limited Event - Obtainable from Version 3.3's flagship event. - EM stat stick for Nilou to boost Reaction Damage.
3rd (Loot & NPC)	Dark Iron Sword	Looted from Chests or Talk to Chen the Sharp in Liyue - EM stat stick if you don't have Iron Sting or Toukabou Shigure. - Lower ATK stat doesn't matter since Nilou only needs HP and Elemental Mastery.

Nilou's F2P options do not have an HP sword thus only Elemental Mastery swords can be used on her. However, with an upcoming region release, there could be another weapon good for Nilou in it.

Nilou Best Artifacts

Nilou's Artifact requirements are straightforward and simple. HP boosting sets are her best Artifact Sets with Elemental Mastery boosting sets second. See below for recommendations for her Artifact Sets:

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Any HP% Any HP%	★★★★★ - Since there's no 4-pc Artifact Set Effect that can boost HP, using two different HP sets work fine for Nilou.
Any EM Any HP%	★★★★ ・ - 2nd best 2-pc set effects for Nilou. - Since Elemental Mastery can help in boosting Bloom Damage, EM 2-pc can be used if you are still farming for Nilou's best set.
Flower Of Paradise Lost	★★★ ・ ・ - Good for boosting Bloom damage but not great for boosting Nilou's own buff for Bloom since it's difficult to reach 70k HP without an HP sword. - Only use if it has good HP substats and you have Key to increase Nilou's HP to 70k.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat HP Sub: HP% / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / Flat HP
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: HP% / Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / Flat HP
	Main: HP% Sub: Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / Flat HP
	Main: HP% Sub: Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / Flat HP
	Main: HP% Sub: Elemental Mastery / Energy Recharge / Flat HP

Prioritize Increasing HP over Elemental Mastery

To maximize Nilou's passive, you need 75,000 HP. Once you reached 75,000 HP, it is better to invest on EM instead of it. If you have the Key Of Khaj-Nisut, it is possible to reach 75,000HP without using 2 sets of 2-piece HP Artifacts. If that is the case, you can opt to use 2-pc HP Set and 2-pc EM Set.

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Best Team Comp Nilou

Bloom Team Comp for Nilou

Enabler	Healer	Support	Driver
Nilou	Kokomi	Collei	Nahida
Details
- Nilou is the enabler for the stronger Bloom damage. With Kokomi's Elemental Skill providing enough Hydro Application, a Dendro Driver can be used. - Hydro Resonance with Kokomi increases the HP and benefits both Hydro characters since their abilities scale on HP. - Nahida and a C4 Collei can buff Elemental Mastery to increase the base damage of the Bountiful Cores. - Nahida is the Driver since she can apply Dendro with her Normal Attacks.

While Emilie is a good pick for multiple enemy waves, Nahida is still the preferred Dendro character for Bloom due to her Elemental Mastery buff. Kokomi's powerful healing and Hydro application makes her a perfect healer for a Nilou Bloom team since the damage taken from Blooms is quite high. Collei has multiple sources of Dendro Application as a 4-star character and can buff EM when C4. She can be swapped out for Emilie if you have her.

Other Team Comps For Nilou

Free To Play Team Comp For Nilou

Team		Detail
Nilou	Collei	- F2P Bloom team for Nilou. - Collei and Dendro Traveler applies Dendro to trigger Bloom while Barbara applies Hydro with her Normal Attacks. - Barbara can be built on more HP but her Skill's passive healing and Elemental Burst should be enough if she's build on Elemental Mastery for Bloom damage.
Barbara	Dendro Traveler

Team Rotation of Nilou and Combos

Basic Nilou Team Rotation

It's best to apply Dendro before Nilou's turn to generate Cores early. You can choose to use her Elemental Burst before her Skill if she has it available. In Stygian Onslaught, there's no need to do Step 2 since characters start with 0 Energy in it.

Basics of Using Nilou (Beginner Guide)

Core for Bloom Teams

Nilou's Passive converts Dendro Cores created by Bloom reactions into Bountiful Cores that have bigger AoE and faster explosion time. Her Max HP increases the damage dealt by Bountiful Cores.

Requires Only Hydro or Dendro in Team

Nilou is one of the characters that require specific Elements on her team for her buff to work. Similar to Chevreuse, she requires that only Dendro or Hydro Characters to be in her team. Adding any other Element will deactivate her buff.

Use Elemental Skill (Tap) Thrice to Activate Passive for Bountiful Cores

While Nilou can be used as On-Field Bloom Driver, she's better as the Off-Field Support. The Tap version of her Skill creates a Hydro ring that follows the character around and applies Wet to nearby enemies.

Other Characters are Better as Bloom Driver

Since Nilou needs to be built full HP, the base damage she can give to Bloom is low. An Elemental Mastery scaling character would be able to give it a higher base damage.

Use Elemental Burst to Apply Hydro

Nilou's Elemental Burst is an AoE Hydro Attack that also marks the enemies with Lingering Aeon. Lingering Aeon deals a Hydro Attack to enemies after a set interval.

Elemental Skill, Burst and Abilities Guide for Nilou

How To Use Nilou?

Bloom Team Core Support

Nilou is a Support for Bloom Teams who greatly empowers the damage of the Bloom Reaction. Similar to Chevreuse and Escoffier, she has an Element restriction for her team so that her buffs can work.

Requires Hydro And Dendro Character Only In Team

Nilou's buffs require that only Hydro and Dendro characters to be in the team. While it prevents Anemo characters who would be helpful for gather up enemies, both Elements have good Sub-DPS for Application and Healers to offset the Bloom damage since it hits both allies and enemies.

Recommended Characters for Nilou
Nahida	- Nahida's amazing Dendro application make her a great Sub-DPS for Bloom. She can also be used as Reaction Driver if you use Xingqiu or Yelan. - She can buff Elemental Mastery as well.
Emilie	- Emilie is often used instead of Nahida in Wave battles since Nahida needs to reapply her Elemental Skill's mark to deal Dendro damage while Emilie's Lumidouce Case stays on the field. - Emilie's power is not fully used in this comp unless there is a Pyro element from the enemies.
Kokomi	- As a Hydro Catalyst user and healer, Kokomi is a very good healer and Reaction Driver for Bloom. - Using Kokomi as both healer and driver will be hard to do since her healing scales on HP while Bloom Drivers need Elemental Mastery.
Collei	- Collei is a great 4 star who has many sources to deal Dendro damage. - Her C4 allows her to buff Elemental Mastery as well.
Yaoyao	- Yaoyao is a good Dendro healer and Reaction Driver for Bloom. - Her Burst healing makes it easy full HP most of the team and it also spawns multiple Yueguis that deal Dendro damage to enemies hit by Yaoyao's Normal Attacks.
Ayato	- Ayato's Elemental Burst has a wide range and deals AoE attacks regularly. - He can be built on full EM while utilizing his Burst and Attacks to apply Hydro.

Use Elemental Skill (Tap) Thrice To Activate Buff

When all her teammates are Hydro or Dendro, Nilou's Buff to convert Dendro Cores is activated after tapping her Skill thrice. Once it goes on cooldown, the buff is active.

Passive Changes Dendro Cores Into Bountiful Cores That Has Bigger Aoe And Explosion Faster

Nilou's First Passive changes the Dendro Cores created with Bloom into Bountiful Cores that have a bigger AoE explosion and explodes earlier. Her Passive also buffs the EM of teammates when they are hit by Dendro Attacks aka the Bloom explosion that affects both allies and teammates.

Max Hp Buffs Bountiful Core's Explosion Damage

Nilou's Second Passive boosts the damage dealt by Bountiful Cores. It relies on her Max HP which makes it better to build HP on her instead of Elemental Mastery but she can still be built with EM if her HP is already 70,000.

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

Prioritize Key of Khaj-Nisut

Signature VS Constellations
Key of Khaj-Nisut > C2 > C1

Key of Khaj-Nisut Is the Only 5-star HP Substat Sword

Nilou's Bountiful Cores primarily scale off of her HP, and she can easily reach the maximum HP threshold for her Dreamy Dance of Aeons passive with her Signature Weapon, significantly increasing the damage output of her Bloom teams. It is generally recommended to prioritize the Key of Khaj-Nisut if you want Nilou to start reaching her full potential as a Bloom-oriented damage character. Additionally, it can also be used by other sword characters with similar HP-based talents.

If you would like to get her constellations, C2 will be nice to have due to the elemental shred, but hardly necessary.

Nilou's Constellations & Effects

Nilou's Constellation Name is Lotos Somno

Lotos Somno

Ascension Materials for Nilou Talents & Level

Character Level Talent

Materials Per Ascension Level

Lvl 20	Varunada Lazurite Sliver x1 Padisarah x3 Fungal Spores x3
Lvl 40	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x3 Perpetual Caliber x2 Padisarah x10 Fungal Spores x15
Lvl 50	Varunada Lazurite Fragment x9 Perpetual Caliber x4 Padisarah x20 Luminescent Pollen x12
Lvl 60	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x6 Perpetual Caliber x8 Padisarah x30 Luminescent Pollen x18
Lvl 70	Varunada Lazurite Chunk x3 Perpetual Caliber x12 Padisarah x45 Crystalline Cyst Dust x12
Lvl 80	Varunada Lazurite Gemstone x6 Perpetual Caliber x20 Padisarah x60 Crystalline Cyst Dust x24

Level 1	Default
Level 2	Teachings Of Praxis x3 Fungal Spores x6
Level 3	Guide To Praxis x2 Luminescent Pollen x3
Level 4	Guide To Praxis x4 Luminescent Pollen x4
Level 5	Guide To Praxis x6 Luminescent Pollen x6
Level 6	Guide To Praxis x9 Luminescent Pollen x9
Level 7	Philosophies Of Praxis x4 Crystalline Cyst Dust x4 Tears Of The Calamitous God x1
Level 8	Philosophies Of Praxis x6 Crystalline Cyst Dust x6 Tears Of The Calamitous God x1
Level 9	Philosophies Of Praxis x12 Crystalline Cyst Dust x9 Tears Of The Calamitous God x2
Level 10	Philosophies Of Praxis x16 Crystalline Cyst Dust x12 Tears Of The Calamitous God x2 Crown of Insight x1
Level 11	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 12	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 13	Unlocked via Constellation

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Who Is Nilou?

The Star of the Zubayr Theater

Nilou is a dancer for the Zubayr Theater, a performing arts group in Sumeru. Outside of her elegant dancing skills, she is a warm and friendly person. She was taught by a foreigner performer who was in Sumeru during the Sabzerus Festival.

Nilou Voice Actor & Their Notable Roles

English Voice Actor: Dani Chambers

Japanese Voice Actor: KANEMOTO Hisako

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