Xilonen Best Build Guide

Comprehensive Xilonen guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Xilonen's best build, team, signature weapon, constellation, kit & materials for this 5-Star Geo Support Sword user!

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Xilonen Character Overview, Base Stats, and Tier

Character Profile

Gacha Art	Rarity
	Element	Geo
	Weapon	Sword
	Ascend Stat	DEF 36.0%
	Region	Natlan
	Birthday	March 13
	Roles	Off-Field Support Survivability
How To Get	Can only be pulled during Xilonen's Limited-Time Banner (Currently not available)

Base Stats

Xilonen is a 5-star Geo Character that wields a Sword in Genshin Impact. She is a support character that decreases the Elemental Resistance of Enemies, she need to use Normal attack to gain Nightsoul Points to match with her team's Elements to reduce the enemy's resistance based on her team's element. She can also be a Sub-DPS or a healer depending on the Team's element. Lore-wise, Xilonen is a Blacksmith of the Nanatzcayan, specially skilled at finding good balance between the heavy responsibilities of her job and living well.

Xilonen's Tier & Rating

What Kind of Character is Xilonen?

In battle, Xilonen is mainly played as an Off-Field Geo Support that provides both healing and Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo Elemental Resistance (RES) shred for the party. In order to shred these resistances, Xilonen needs to completely fill her Nightsoul bar with Nightsoul points, which she can do by using her Skill before Normal Attacking twice.

Xilonen's slot in some meta teams have started to become contested following the release of specialized supports. This can be seen in a Mavuika Melt team were Xilonen can be replaced by C6 (or lower) Iansan and produce better results, or in Mualani's team where her place is contested by Mona after finishing her Witch's Homework task. Regardless, she remains a flexible support due to her generalist abilities.

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Roles & Playstyle Of Xilonen and Its Strengths and Weakness

Best Build for Xilonen

Xilonen's best build will typically depend on the team she's placed in and what the other supports in the party have currently equipped. See below for recommendations:

Weapon	Peak Patrol Song
Best Artifact	Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City x4 └ Use Archaic Petra or Instructor if someone else is already holding this set.
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: Energy Recharge or DEF% Goblet: DEF% Circlet:DEF% or CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword)
Priority Sub-Stat	Energy Recharge > CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) > DEF%
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Stat Goals For Off-Field Support Xilonen

Xilonen wants to be able to have some ER% rolls on her pieces to ensure she can reliably provide healing for the team whenever needed, or every rotation if, for example, any of her equipment requires her to use Burst to trigger an effect. Beyond that, her stats goals are relatively easy to reach. She won't need CRIT Rate if you aren't using the Favonius Sword, and has no real DEF% threshold that needs to be met unless you have her Signature Weapon.

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Best Weapon for Xilonen

Xilonen prefers weapons that increase the utility or support she provides to a team. See below for the recommendations:

Premium Weapons for Off-Field Support Xilonen

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Peak Patrol Song	Get from Limited Banner - Xilonen's signature weapon that was tailor-made for her, it provides a substantial amount of DEF and lets her deal non-negligible personal damage. - Gives the team an Elemental DMG bonus buff for every 1,000 DEF she has, further increasing her value as a support. - Doesn't provide means of generating Energy, so you'd need higher Energy Recharge rolls on her artifacts to compensate.
2nd	Favonius Sword	Get from Banners - Energy Recharge secondary stat lets Xilonen use her Burst every rotation if the team needs it. - The passive grants a chance to Energy particles on a CRIT hit, which can be useful for other characters on the team since you can swap out of Xilonen before she catches the particles and let someone else get the Energy instead. - Xilonen needs to have a decent amount of CRIT Rate to be able to trigger the passive. - Best at R5 since it now guarantee that a particle will be generated on a CRIT, rather than have it based on chance.
3rd	Freedom-Sworn	Get from Limited Banner - Xilonen doesn't need the Elemental Mastery this sword gives, but her kit isn't going to be extremely particular with specific stat breakpoints either, which makes this sword a viable option. - Usable if the team can benefit off of the buffs that increase Normal, Charged and Plunging Attack damage. - No Energy producing means, so you will also need to compensate with higher ER rolls on her artifacts if you want to use her Burst every rotation.

Xilonen's weapon options have clear outliers due to the lack of options that truly synergize with her kit, apart from her Signature Weapon itself. If you don't have any of the above, you can make do with any sword that has a Energy Recharge% or DEF% secondary stat, with ER weapons being the more valuable choice overall.

Free To Play Friendly (F2P Weapons) for On-Field DPS Varesa

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	Skyrider Sword	Get from Banners or NPC Dialogue Reward - A 3-star sword with an Energy Recharge secondary stat that you have easy access to if you continue to spend Wishes on Banners. - You can use this as a stop-gap measure until you're able to secure a better option for Xilonen.
2nd	Flute of Ezpitzal	Natlan Forgeable (Craftable) Weapon - A DEF% secondary stat sword, which helps increase Xilonen's healing and personal DMG. - Passive also grants DEF% after using Skill, providing for a substantial increase in this stat overall. - No Energy-related buffs, so Xilonen may have a harder time accommodating her Burst every rotation if you don't compensate it with high ER rolls on her artifacts.

For Free-to-Play options, you can get by using the 3-star weapon, Skyrider Sword, due to it's Energy Recharge secondary stat. But generally, any ER% or DEF sword will be serviceable until you're able to get a better weapon for Xilonen.

Xilonen Best Artifacts

Similar to her weapon options, Xilonen favors artifact sets that add more to what she offers to the team as a supportive character. See the recommendations below:

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Scroll of the Hero of Cinder City	★★★★★ - Being a character from Natlan, Xilonen can give teams access to the full 4-piece buff from this set, which is a hefty amount of DMG% for the Element that she Xilonen triggers a reaction with. - The 2-piece set also makes it easier for Xilonen to fully charge her Burst when she's with paired with other Natlan characters in a team. - DMG% isn't good for teams that can't make use of the buff, such as every Lunar Reaction teams.
Instructor	★★★・・ - In the event someone else in the party already has the Scroll set equipped, you can have Xilonen equip an alternate buffing set such as Instructor instead. - Provides Elemental Mastery after Xilonen triggers any reaction. └ This is especially good for certain reaction-based teams, such as Melt or Vaporize.
Archaic Petra	★★★・・ - Another alternative artifact choice if the Scroll set buff is already being triggered by a different Natlan character. - This set provides a similar DMG% bonus to all teammates, provided the equipping character picks up a Crystallize Shard or shield. - It's best to ensure the enemy has enough element applied to them before using Xilonen's Skill into Normal Attack (x2) combo in order to reliably get a Crystallize Shard.
Noblesse Oblige	★★★・・ - This set follows the same logic as the Instructor set wherein it can be a viable choice for Xilonen to use if Scroll is already equipped by another teammate, since two Scroll sets do not stack. - Gives an ATK buff after the holder uses their Burst, which means Xilonen would need more ER% rolls on her artifacts since this set doesn't help with Energy gain.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) / Energy Recharge% / DEF%
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) / Energy Recharge% / DEF%
	Main: Energy Recharge or DEF% Sub: CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) / Energy Recharge% / DEF%
	Main: DEF% Sub:CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) / Energy Recharge% / Flat DEF
	Main: DEF% or CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword) Sub: Energy Recharge% / DEF% / CRIT Rate (for Favonius Sword)

Energy Recharge Is Still Important

While her Burst doesn't offer much apart from only healing the On-Field character, it's still recommended to have Xilonen built with enough Energy Recharge to use every rotation, especially on a team where she may be the only sustain option.

This doesn't have to be a focus in teams where she won't be using her Burst often however, such as in Arlecchino teams. But apart from ER%, having some DEF% rolls is also appreciated, but not necessary unless you have her Signature Weapon whose passive buff scales off of her DEF stat.

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Best Team Comp Xilonen

Mavuika Melt Team

DPS	Support	Sub-DPS	Support
Xilonen	Mavuika	Citlali	Bennett
Details
- As of the current version, Mavuika is considered among the best, if not the best, On-Field DPS in the game due to her high damage output potential, both at base and after executing optimized combos. - Xilonen is among her best pairings due to how easily her Skill into Normal Attack (x2) charges Mavuika's Fighting Spirit for her Burst. - Citlali is the main Cryo applicator and compounds Pyro RES shred alongside Xilonen's. - Bennett tops off the team with a generous ATK% buff and larger instances of healing that, when coupled with Xilonen's, results in a pretty strong sustain for the whole team.

While Xilonen's slot in a Mavuika team has since been contested by a high constellation Iansan, it's still one of the more meta team comps in the game due to the damage base and ceiling. which very few more recent teams can really compete with.

Xilonen's synergy with the Pyro Archon goes beyond her RES shred, of course, since Xilonen is one of the few Natlan supports that can quickly charge up Mavuika's Fighting Spirit for her to use her Elemental Burst, which is where a majority of Mavuika's damage comes from.

Other Team Comps For Xilonen

Mualani Vaporize Team

Team		Detail
Xilonen	Mualani	- Mualani has a relatively solid synergy with Xilonen thanks to one of her ascension passives counting towards Mualani's passives as well, which increases the damage of her Elemental Burst. - Mavuika is viable Pyro applicator for Mualani that also has a decaying DMG% buff after Mavuika uses her Burst, while Sucrose provides EM buffs and further RES shred with Viridescent Venerer.
Mavuika	Sucrose

F2P Friendly Team Comp

Team		Detail
Xilonen	Kaeya	- A F2P-friendly team comp using free or easily obtainable characters. - Xilonen acts as the main sustain and RES Shredder for On-Field DPS Gaming, who drains his HP with every Skill use. - Rosaria and Kaeya provide enough Cryo application to ensure Gaming is the one triggering the Melt reaction, rather than the other way around.
Gaming	Rosaria

Team Rotation of Xilonen and Combos

Basic Team Rotation for Off-Field Support Xilonen

Xilonen needs to do the Normal Attack (x2) part of her combo to activate her RES shred, but using her Burst is entirely optional, especially if the team you're using doesn't need the healing from it anyway.

Basics Of Using Xilonen

Xillonen's role in a team is to be the Off-Field Geo Support that shreds the Elemental resistance of enemies to specific elements. Since she's a character from Natlan, Xilonen also generates and consumes Nightsoul points, which is tied to her Elemental RES shred.

Nightsoul Point Mechanics

All characters from Natlan integrate a special mechanic called Nightsoul points into their kit. After activating a certain ability or attack, a certain number of points are generated, indicated by a special bar beside the character.

Once the bar is filled, they enter a special state called Nightsoul Blessing and receive buffs that're unique to each character. For Xilonen, her Nightsoul Blessing state activates her Elemental RES shred for Pyro, Hydro, Electro and Cryo (PHEC) depending on the corresponding elements of her party members.

RES Shred Is Dependent on Teammates

Xilonen makes use of a resource called Source Samples to determine which element's resistance she'll shred. She will always start with a Geo sample active after her using her Skill. These samples will be converted into a Pyro, Hydro, Electro or Cryo (PHEC) sample depending on the elements of her teammates.

Xilonen can only shred the specific elemental RES that match the samples she activates, which happens after she fills her Nightsoul bar completely.

Use Skill and Normal Attack to Activate Shred

After Xilonen uses her Skill, she goes into Blade Roller mode and gains 45 Nightsoul points. One of her passives makes it so that, as long as she has at least 2 PHEC Source Samples, she can gain 35 points either through a Normal or Plunging Attack every 0.1 seconds. Her RES shred is triggered after restoring at least 90 Nightsoul points (full bar), which can be easily achieved by using her Skill and then doing two Normal Attacks in quick succession.

If she doesn't have 2 PHEC Source samples, the damage dealt by her Normal and Plunging Attacks are buffed instead.

Note!	Two teammates of the same element will result in two identical samples, e.g. if there are two Hydro characters in the team, Xilonen will have two Hydro source samples.

Skill Can Be Used for Travel

Like most Natlan characters, Xilonen is also equipped with exploration mechanics that match her tribe's Saurian, the Tepetlisaur. She activates her Blade Roller mode or state after pressing her Skill, enhancing her movement and climbing speed, as well as enabling her to dash across walls or steep structures.

Her travel speed in this form is significantly faster than the base dashing in game. She's also able to perform long leaps while climbing, briefly transforming into an Ocelot as she does so.

Elemental Burst Is For Sustain or Sub-DPS

When Xilonen has at least 2 PHEC source samples, her Burst will take on a healing effect on the active character, which scales with her defense (DEF) stat. Conversely, if she has less than 2 PHEC source samples, the Burst will instead deal AoE Geo DMG based on her DEF. In teams where she is the primary source sustain, Xilonen will need to be built with enough Energy Recharge to use her Burst on demand.

Elemental Skill, Burst and Abilities Guide for Xilonen

How To Use Xilonen?

A Top Class Support That Excels On Debuffing Enemies And Buffing Allies

Xilonen is a support that is able to debuff enemies, heal and buff teammates. She can easily inflict elemental shred debuff to enemies with elemental skill and has access toScroll Of The Hero Of Cinder City Set allowing her to be a competitive buffer to Kazuha.

	Xilonen	Chasca
Res Shred	36% /15 sec. (Lvl. 10) AoE	40% / 10sec On Hit
DMG Buff	40% / 15 sec Crystalized Element	36% / 8 sec ( 900 EM) Swirled Element
Healing	On-field Character	-
CC	-	Focused around character
Others	Nightsoul Burst support, Geo Resonance, Natlan Exploration	Sub DPS from Burst, Elemental Infliction (of Swirled Element), Air Jump

Use Elemental Skill then Normal Attack 2 times to activate Resistance Shred

▲Res Shred. 36% (Lvl. 10 Talent), 15 seconds effect time.

While Xilonen is at Nightsoul State and maximizing the Nightsoul points will debuff the enemies around her. To maximize the Nightsoul Points, you need to have 2 or more Pyro / Cryo / Electro / Hydro and hit enemies with Xilonen's Normal Attack 2 times. So make sure to use Elemental Skill then two normal attacks.

Can Give A Maximum Of 3 Debuffs

▲Samples shows the debuffs activated.

Sample Team	Debuffs That Will Activate
	Pyro / Hydro / Electro Debuff
	Geo / Pyro Debuff
	Geo / Pyro / Hydro Debuff
	Geo (Only when in Nightsoul's Blessing state is active.

Xilonen can shred a maximum of 3 Elements. Another good thing about this is it activates even after switching and does not consider the number of enemies making it an excellent damage booster. However to max Nightsoul Points which cannot be done when there are less than 2 Pyro/Hydro/Electro/Cryo characters in the team. When not activated, only Geo Resistance shred will activate.

Elemental Burst Healing Is Excellent At Keeping The Team Alive

When you activate Elemental Burst when there are 2 or more Pyro/Hydro/Electro/Cryo in the team, the on-field character will be continuously healed. The healing scales from Xilonen's DEF and has high scalings. The healing has multiple ticks allowing you to sustain the team easily. This allows Xilonen to be a debuffer and a healer for various teams.

Amazing With Natlan Characters Because Of Nightsoul Burst

Upon maxing out Xilonen's Nightsoul Points, a Nightsoul Burst will occur. This allows you to ignore the cooldown and additionally trigger Nightsoul Burst. This will greatly boost the damage of Natlan Characters which mostly get buff from the effect of Nightsoul Burst. This will also increase the Defense of Xilonen.

When There Is Only 1 Pyro / Cryo / Hydro / Electro Characters, Xilonen Can Be A Main DPS

When there are less than 1 Pyro / Cryo / Hydro / Electro on the field, the effect of Nightsoul Blessings and Nightsoul Burst focuses more on Xilonen's damage. Since Xilonen scales from DEF, she can be used in Geo comps with Gorou as a Main Attacker.

Amazing At Climbing Valleys And Walls

While at Nightsoul State, Xilonen is able to climb walls and cliffs at a very high pace. This is a lot faster than Kirara or Kachina making Xilonen a valuable character for exploration.

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

Prioritize Xilonen Constellations

Signature VS Constellation
C2 > Peak Patrol Song

C2 is a Good Stopping Point for Support Xilonen

Xilonen's C2 opens up her team options by allowing double geo teams to run her as a supportive unit, which isn't possible at C0. It also provides additional buffs to her party members based on their element, making it a strong constellation overall.

Xilonen's Constellations & Effects

Xilonen's Constellation Name is Panthera Ocelota

Panthera Ocelota

Ascension Materials for Xilonen Talents & Level

Character Level Talent

Materials Needed for Level Ascension

Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 80
Prithiva Topaz Sliver x 1 Prithiva Topaz Fragment x 9 Prithiva Topaz Chunk x 9 Sentry's Wooden Whistle x 18 Warrior's Metal Whistle x 30 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle x 12 Brilliant Chrysanthemum x 108 Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core x 26
Materials Needed To Get To Lvl. 90
Prithiva Topaz Sliver x 1 Prithiva Topaz Fragment x 9 Prithiva Topaz Chunk x 9 Prithiva Topaz Gemstone x 6 Sentry's Wooden Whistle x 18 Warrior's Metal Whistle x 30 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle x 36 Brilliant Chrysanthemum x 168 Gold-Inscribed Secret Source Core x 46

Level 1	Default
Level 2	Teachings Of Kindling x3 Sentry's Wooden Whistle x6
Level 3	Guide To Kindling x2 Warrior's Metal Whistle x3
Level 4	Guide To Kindling x4 Warrior's Metal Whistle x4
Level 5	Guide To Kindling x6 Warrior's Metal Whistle x6
Level 6	Guide To Kindling x9 Warrior's Metal Whistle x9
Level 7	Philosophies Of Kindling x4 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle x4 Mirror Of Mushin x1
Level 8	Philosophies Of Kindling x6 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle x6 Mirror Of Mushin x1
Level 9	Philosophies Of Kindling x12 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle x9 Mirror Of Mushin x2
Level 10	Philosophies Of Kindling x16 Saurian-Crowned Warrior's Golden Whistle x12 Mirror Of Mushin x2 Crown of Insight x1
Level 11	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 12	Unlocked via Constellation
Level 13	Unlocked via Constellation

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Xilonen Skills & Talents Details

Who Is Xilonen?

Xilonen Is A Renowned Smith In Natlan

Xilonen's skill with the forge is so well-known that even the Pyro Archon purchases her sunglasses from her. She's so meticulous in her work that she has her customers answer a form to detail exactly what they want.

Created Kachina's Turbo Twirly

Kachina shares in her voice line about Xilonen that it was the renowned smithy that created her Turbo Twirly! Other things Xilonen have forged includes Mavuika's sunglasses and Xilonen's own unique earphones.

Known Bearer Of An Ancient Name

Xilonen is one of the many warriors that holds an Ancient Name in Natlan. When the tribes and their representatives were mentioned during the Archon quest, Xilonen was mentioned as the representative of the Children of the Echoes.

Xilonen Voice Actor & Their Notable Roles

Japanese Voice Actor: Fairouz Ai

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