Genshin Shikanoin Heizou Build & Weapon

Shikanoin Heizou Guide for Genshin Impact 4.6. See Shikanoin Heizou's, talent & boss materials, best weapon, tier, & artifacts, & best build for Shikanoin Heizou.

Table of Contents

Character Guide & Tier
Best Build
Best Weapon
Best Artifacts
Best Team Comp
Ascension & Talent Materials
How To Use Skills
Should You Get & Constellation Guide

Shikanoin Heizou Articles
Best Build & Weapon			Best Teams
Hangout Events			Story & Voicelines

Shikanoin Heizou Tier & Review

Rarity		Element		Weapon
		Anemo		Catalyst
How To Get?
Obtained through Wishes
DPS	Sub-DPS		Support		Healer
C	C		D		-
▶All Character Tier List

**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 Shikanoin Heizou

Strengths
- Amazing DPS that can consistently trigger Swirl. - Can provide decent Crowd Control and works well with various elements.
Weakness
- Normal Attacks are weak without triggering Swirl. - Fairly long cooldown of Elemental Skill making it a bit inconsistent.

Shikanoin Heizou Best Build

Shikanoin Heizou Is Best Built As An Anemo DPS

Heizou's kit mainly deals DMG with raw Anemo DMG through his Elemental Skill. Using weapons and artifacts that furthers that damage is ideal for Heizou. For details of guide and F2P options, check the chart below:

Shikanoin Heizou Swirl DPS Build

Weapon	Skyward Atlas
Substitute	1. Kagura's Verity 2. The Widsith 3. Mappa Mare (F2P)
Best Artifact	Viridescent Venerer x4
Artifact Stats	Sands: ATK% / EM Goblet: Anemo DMG Bonus / EM Circlet: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / EM
Priority Sub-Stats	1. CRIT DMG 2. CRIT Rate 3. Elemental Mastery 4. ATK%

The classic DPS build of ATK/Anemo/CRIT works well with increasing the damage of Heizou.

Shikanoin Heizou Best Weapon

Weapon That Increases ATK Stats Works Well With Heizou

Heizou relies on Swirl to gain stacks for Elemental Mastery buff but his damage is mostly from raw Anemo DMG. Weapon that gives ATK and CRIT Stats works well with Heizou because of this. For ranking, and F2P options, check the list below:

Weapon Comparison & Ranking For Swirl DPS Heizou

	Weapon	Details
Best	Skyward Atlas	ATK 33.1% (Lvl. 90) - Elemental DMG Bonus increase from Weapon Skill buffs Heizou's overall damage - Great DMG from ATK Buff of weapon.
2nd	Kagura's Verity	CRIT DMG 66.2% (Lvl. 90) - Amazing CRIT DMG Stat. - Increases the DMG when using Elemental Skill.
3rd	The Widsith	CRIT DMG 55.1% (Lvl. 90) - High Crit DMG sub-stat makes building CR/CD easy - All of Widsith's Weapon Skill effects (ATK increase, EMG DMG increase, or Elemental Mastery increase) benefit Heizou. - The DMG is RNG and has a pretty long cooldown. Best if you use Heizou as Sub-DPS.
4th (F2P)	Mappa Mare	Elemental Mastery 110 (Lvl. 90) - Free to Play option - Elemental Mastery is the great for Swirls.
5th	Solar Pearl	CRIT Rate 27.6% (Lvl. 90) - Amazing CRIT Rate - Increases Normal ATK DMG, Elemental Skill and Burst.

CR/CD/ATK/EM Sub-Stat Weapon Is Also Recommended

Most of the DMG of Heizou comes from Swirls and Elemental Skill. Maximize the damage of it by increasing CRITs, ATK and EM.

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Shikanoin Heizou Best Artifacts

Artifact Sets That Increases Anemo DMG & ATK Is Good For Heizou

When building Shikanoin Heizou, it is important to increase his personal damage which scales from ATK and Anemo DMG.

Best Artifact Sets For Swirl DPS Heizou

	Artifacts
Best	Viridescent Venerer [4-Piece]
Substitute 1	Desert Pavilion Chronicle [4-Piece]
Substitute 2	Viridescent Venerer [2-Piece] 2-Set Piece [2-Piece]

Artifact Stat Priority

	Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate / Elemental Mastery / ATK%
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate / Elemental Mastery / ATK%
	Main: ATK% Sub: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate / Elemental Mastery / ATK%
	Main: Anemo DMG Bonus / Elemental Mastery Sub: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate / Elemental Mastery / ATK%
	Main: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate / Elemental Mastery Sub: CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate / Elemental Mastery / ATK%

Increase ATK, Anemo DMG & CRIT Stats

For main-DPS or Skill Focused DPS Heizou, you can use the classic build of ATK-Anemo-CRIT to increase the raw Anemo DMG.

Shikanoin Heizou Best Team Comp

Best Team Comp For Heizou

Heizou can easily deal swirl damage. He is a melee catalyst user with swift normal attacks that can trigger elemental reactions periodically. He works well with Elements that is easily swirled such as Pyro and Electro.

Main DPS	Sub-DPS	Support	Heal
Shikanoin Heizou	Yelan	Fischl	Bennett
Details
- Since Heizou can easily deal swirl damage with normal attacks, he is very flexible especially for synergy with off-field DPS. - Yelan will work well with Heizou especially since her Elemental Burst stays on-field and is triggered with Normal Attacks - Fischl's Elemental Skill will consistently apply Electro and with the right rotations, have an almost 100% up time - Bennett provides heal & additional attack stat for the whole team while inside the AOE of his elemental burst.

Other Characters That Works With Shikanoin Heizou

Character	Sub	Details
Fischl	Yae Miko Raiden Shogun	- Yae Miko and Raiden are also excellent Electro off fields.
Yelan	Furina Xingqiu Kokomi	- Xingqiu is the best replacement, but if you don't have him, you can use Kokomi or Barbara instead
Bennett	Jean	- Jean can provide healing and resonance with Heizou. At C4, she can also reduce Anemo Res that is very helpful for Heizou.

Free To Play Friendly Party

Damage	Damage	Damage/Buff	Heal
Shikanoin Heizou	Fischl	Xiangling	Barbara
Details
- Heizou, as the main DPS, can deal swirl damage periodically which inflicts additional damage. - Fischl provides consistent off-field Electro DPS and can produce either swirl-electro or overload elemental reaction. - Xiangling's Guoba gives additional ATK & her elemental burst is great for off-field Pyro DPS. She can also be acquired for free when you finish Abyss 3-3. - Barbara, as a free hero, should be the go-to healer. When equipped with Thrilling Tales of Dragon Slayers, she can provide additional ATK to the next character that will be switched.

Shikanoin Heizou Ascension Materials

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Materials Needed for Level Ascension

Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80
Vayuda Turquoise Sliver x 1 Vayuda Turquoise Fragment x 9 Vayuda Turquoise Chunk x 9 Treasure Hoarder Insignia x 18 Silver Raven Insignia x 30 Golden Raven Insignia x 12 Onikabuto x 108 Runic Fang x 26
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90
Vayuda Turquoise Sliver x 1 Vayuda Turquoise Fragment x 9 Vayuda Turquoise Chunk x 9 Vayuda Turquoise Gemstone x 6 Treasure Hoarder Insignia x 18 Silver Raven Insignia x 30 Golden Raven Insignia x 36 Onikabuto x 168 Runic Fang x 46

Onikabuto Locations & Farming Route



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Onikabuto Location & Farming Route

Talent Materials For Shikanoin Heizou

Enemy Drops (Treasure Hoarder)	Domain Drops (Mon/Thur/Sun)	Big Boss Drops (Raiden Shogun Boss)
Treasure Hoarder Insignia	Teachings Of Transience	The Meaning Of Aeons
Silver Raven Insignia	Guide To Transience
Golden Raven Insignia	Philosophies Of Transience

Shikanoin Heizou 's Recommended Talent Priority

Talent	Level Up Priority
Normal Attack: Fudou Style: Martial Arts	★★★★・
Heartstopper Strike (Elemental Skill)	★★★★★
Windmuster Kick (Elemental Burst)	★★★★・

Shikanoin Heizou Skill Guide & How To Use Shikanoin Heizou

Recommended Rotation For Heizou

	Recommended Rotation
1	Use the off-field skills of other characters in the team.
2	Switch to Heizou and trigger 4 Swirls or until you maximize the Declension Stack.
3	Use Elemental Skill.
4	Repeat number 1.
*	Use Elemental Burst to gather enemies at the start of battle or everytime it is active.

Uses Of Shikanoin Heizou's Elemental Skill

Great For Quickly Increasing Short-Span Damage

The Elemental Skill is one of the highest damage source in Heizou's Kit. Similar to the Elemental Burst of Childe andHu Tao it provides a sudden increase in his DPS for it is a one shot attack that has a high multiplier.

Declension & Conviction Buff Increases Its Power & Casting Speed

One Stack	Full Stack

▲The Amount of Glowing Arrow = Amount of Declension Stack. Maximum of 4 Stacks.

Elemental Skill is powered up by Declension & Conviction Buff. The amount of increase in multiplier is dependent on the Talent level of the Elemental Skill.

How To Gain Declension Stack?

Declension Stack can be gained in two ways: long pressing the skill button and triggering Swirl reaction using Heizou. The latter is recommended because charging the Elemental Skill leaves you vulnerable from attacks for a long period of time.

Using Normal attacks can easily trigger swirl if paired with an off-field character. Because of internal cooldown of reactions, Heizou will trigger swirl roughly after every three hits.

What Is Conviction DMG Bonus

▲If there are 4 Declension stack, it means that Conviction is activated.

When there are 4 Declension Stacks, Conviction will automatically trigger. This makes the Elemental Skill be casted with wider AoE and more power.

Elemental Skill Also Provides Elemental Mastery For The Team

Once you unlocked Penetrative Reasoning, using Elemental Skill will buff the team's Elemental Mastery. This is great if you are using Heizou as a Sub-DPS. This will also increase the damage from reactions that is not produced by Heizou.

Uses Of Shikanoin Heizou's Elemental Burst

Gathers Small Enemies In One Spot

The main use of Elemental Burst of Shikanoin Heizou is to gather mobs into one location enabling an easier start of a combo. This is also great when using Heizou as Sub-DPS / Support

Deals Powerful Anemo & Other Elemental Damage

The Elemental Burst also deals powerful Anemo Explosion that is followed by another explosion from the Swirled Element. Because of this skill, pairing Heizou with an off-field character will easily double the damage he provides.

Shikanoin Heizou Wish & Constellation Guide

Should You Get Or Wish For Shikanoin Heizou?

Pull If You Need An On-Field DPS & Have Characters With Off-Field DPS Capabilities

Heizou is an amazing on-field DPS and can produce high amounts of Anemo Damage on his own. However, with supports, additional damage from Swirl makes him a top class DPS. If you use powerful Sub-DPS such as Xiangling or Fisch, it is recommended to use Heizou as the main DPS.

Best Constellation For Shikanoin Heizou

Rating	Constellation Effect
★・・・・	C1: Named Juvenile Casebook For 5s after Shikanoin Heizou takes the field, his Normal Attack SPD is increased by 15%. he also gains 1 Declension stack for Heartstopper Strike. This effect can be triggered once every 10s.
★★・・・	C2: Investigative Collection The pull effect of the Arresting Windtunnel created by Windmuster Kick is enhanced, and its duration is increased to 1s.
★★★★・	C3: Esoteric Puzzle Book Increases the Level of Heartstopper Strike by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★★★・・	C4: Tome Of Lies The first Windmuster Iris explosion in each Windmuster Kick will regenerate 9 Elemental Energy for Shikanoin Heizou. Every subsequent explosion in that Windmuster Kick will each regenerate an additional 1.5 Energy for Heizou. One Windmuster Kick can regenerate a total of 13.5 Energy for Heizou in this manner.
★★・・・	C5: Secret Archive Increases the the Level of Windmuster Kick by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
★★★★★	C6: Curious Casefiles Each Declension stack will increase the CRIT Rate of the Heartstopper Strike unleashed by 4%. When Heizou possesses Conviction, this Heartstopper Strike's CRIT DMG is increased by 32%.

Constellation 2 For Better Crowd Control

At constellation 2, Heizou is able to gather the crowd consistently enabling him to combos easier.

Constellation 6 Greatly Boost His DPS Potential

Constellation 6 greatly increases the personal damage of Heizou because of the Crit Damage and Rate buff it provides.

Characters With Same Role As Shikanoin Heizou　

Best Characters With Same Role

DPS
Alhaitham SS	Arlecchino SS	Neuvillette SS	Ayaka S
Childe S	Hu Tao S	Lyney S	Navia S
Raiden Shogun S	Tighnari S	Wanderer S	Wriothesley S
Xiao S	Ayato A	Cyno A	Diluc A
SUB DPS
Furina SS	Nahida SS	Xiangling SS	Xingqiu SS
Yae Miko SS	Yelan SS	Fischl S	Kuki Shinobu S
Raiden Shogun S	Albedo A	Ayato A	Beidou A
Chiori A	Collei A	Dendro Traveler A	Ganyu A
Support
Baizhu SS	Bennett SS	Furina SS	Kazuha SS
Kokomi SS	Nahida SS	Raiden Shogun SS	Zhongli SS
Diona S	Jean S	Kuki Shinobu S	Mona S
Nilou S	Sucrose S	Xianyun S	Xingqiu S

Character Tier Lists

Tier Lists
Best Character Tier List	Reroll Tier List
Best Teams For Each Character	Meta Team Comps

All Characters

Characters By Rarity
★5			★4
Characters By Roles
DPS List		Support List		Healer List
Characters By Element
Pyro	Hydro		Anemo		Electro
Dendro		Cryo		Geo
Characters By Nation
Mondstadt		Liyue		Inazuma
Sumeru		Fontaine		-

All Playable Characters

★5 Star Characters
Albedo	Alhaitham	Aloy	Anemo Traveler
Arlecchino	Ayaka	Ayato	Baizhu
Childe	Chiori	Clorinde	Cyno
Dehya	Dendro Traveler	Diluc	Electro Traveler
Emilie	Eula	Furina	Ganyu
Geo Traveler	Hu Tao	Hydro Traveler	Itto
Jean	Kazuha	Keqing	Klee
Kokomi	Lyney	Mona	Nahida
Navia	Neuvillette	Nilou	Qiqi
Raiden Shogun	Shenhe	Sigewinne	Tighnari
Venti	Wanderer	Wriothesley	Xianyun
Xiao	Yae Miko	Yelan	Yoimiya
Zhongli	-	-	-
★4 Star Characters
Amber	Barbara	Beidou	Bennett
Candace	Charlotte	Chevreuse	Chongyun
Collei	Diona	Dori	Faruzan
Fischl	Freminet	Gaming	Gorou
Kaeya	Kaveh	Kirara	Kujou Sara
Kuki Shinobu	Layla	Lisa	Lynette
Mika	Ningguang	Noelle	Razor
Rosaria	Sayu	Sethos	Shikanoin Heizou
Sucrose	Thoma	Xiangling	Xingqiu
Xinyan	Yanfei	Yaoyao	Yun Jin

The Traveler

The Traveler & Their Elements
Pyro			Hydro			Anemo			Electro
Dendro				Cryo				Geo

Unreleased Characters

Ajaw	Capitano	Chasca
Citlali	Columbina	Dainsleif
Dottore	Egeria	Hroptatyr
Iansan	Kachina	Kinich
Mavuika	Mualani	Nicole
Ororon	Pantalone	Pierro
Pulcinella	Rerir	Rhinedottir
Sandrone	Skirk	Surtalogi
Tsaritsa	Varka	Vedrfolnir
Xbalanque	Xilonen	-