Genshin Impact | Flins Release Date, Best Build, & Weapon Guide for Ver. 6.0

Pre-release Flins guide for Genshin Impact. Learn Flins' best build, team, and kit for this 5-star Electro DPS Polearm user from Nod-Krai!

This article assumes that Flins scales to similar stats as Ineffa.

Flins Character Overview

Flins is a 5-star Electro characters that wields a Polearm in Genshin Impact. His gameplay focuses on being an On-Field DPS, specializing in applying Electro and dealing damage with Lunar-Charged Reactions. His Elemental Skill enhances his Normal and Charged Attacks while his Elemental Burs unleashes the power within his lamp to deal powerful Electro Damage that is considered Lunar-Charged damage.

Lorewise, Flins is a Lightkeeper from Nod-Krai and fights against the Wild Hunt, a group of Abyssal monsters that encroach on Nod-Krai.

Best Build for Flins

Flins Works Best When Built On ATK & CRIT Stats

Weapon	Bloodsoaked Ruins
Best Artifact	Any ATK% set x2 Any ER set x2
Artifact Main Stats	Sands: ATK% Goblet: ATK% Circlet: CRIT Rate or DMG
Priority Sub-Stat	CRIT Rate = CRIT DMG > ATK% > Energy Recharge
Recommended Team

Stat Goals For DPS Flins

When building Flins as a DPS, his current best set is 2-pc ATK% and 2-pc Energy Recharge. This is due to his unique gameplay of spamming Elemental Bursts to deal Direct Lunar-Charged Damage. He also doesn't need Electro DMG Bonus for a mainstat since Lunar-Charged isn't affected by it. The stats you need to build on him is ATK, CRIT Stats and Energy Recharge..

New Nod-Krai Artifact Set Could Be His Best-In-Slot Set

Since Inazuma's release, new Nation releases often come with Artifact Sets that are also the BiS for the new characters. Flins is a new character for 6.0 which could mean the new Artifact Domain may have a better Artifact Set effect for him.

Best Weapon for Flins

Flins' scaling on ATK means his best weapons are CRIT and ATK stat sticks. For both Lunar-Charged and Electro DPS builds, his weapon options are the same for Premium and F2P weapons.

Premium Weapons for Flins

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best	Bloodsoaked Ruins	Get from Limited Banner - Flins' Signature Weapon.
2nd	Staff Of The Scarlet Sands	Get from Limited Banner - Signature Weapon of Cyno that's obtainable when his Banner is available. - While Flins scales on ATK for his damage, building Elemental Mastery is recommended for him since it can help reach the needed EM for Lunar-Charged's damage bonuses.
3rd	Fractured Halo	Get from Limited Banner - Signature Weapon of Ineffa that's obtainable when her Banner is available. - Since Flins does not create a shield, this weapon serves mostly as a CRIT DMG and ATK stat stick for him.
4th	Lumidouce Elegy	Get from Limited Banner - Signature Weapon of Emilie that's obtainable when her Banner is available - Good stat stick for CRIT Rate and ATK.
5th	Staff Of Homa	Get from Limited Banner - Signature Weapon of Hu Tao that's obtainable when her Banner is available. - Stat stick for CRIT DMG and Attack. The extra HP% is welcome since Flins is an On-Field DPS who may have to take hits when failing to dodge or when the shield breaks.
6th	Primordial Jade Winged-Spear	Get from Banners - Standard Weapon banner that can be obtained from Limited Weapon and Standard Banners. - Mostly acts as a CRIT Rate stat stick and has a ramping ATK buff. - Needs multiple hits on enemies to activate the Damage Dealt buff.
7th	Deathmatch	Get from Battle Pass - CRIT Rate stat stick that can increase Flins' Attack greatly depending on the amount of enemies are on the field.

Flins' best weapon is likely his Signature Weapon and if he does scale similarly like Ineffa, who needs both ATK and Elemental Mastery, his other Premium Weapon options are likely to be CRIT and ATK stat sticks.

Free To Play Friendly (F2P Weapons) for Flins

	Weapon	How to Get Rating
Best F2P	Tamayuratei No Ohanashi	Get from Limited Event - Obtained from Version 5.4's flagship event. - Energy Recharge stat is good for more Elemental Bursts cast to deal more Direct Lunar-Charged Damage.
2nd (Event)	Missive Windspear	Get from Limited Event - Obtained from Version 3.1's flagship event. - Greatly increases ATK and Elemental Mastery. - For Electro DPS build, this weapon is better to use compared to Tamayuratei No Ohanashi.

The F2P weapon options for Flins are ATK or Elemental Mastery Stat Sticks for increasing his damage dealt. Nod-Krai will release with new Craftable Weapons in which the Polearm might suit Flins' gameplay.

Flins Best Artifacts

Assuming Flins scales similarly like Ineffa and him being an On-Field DPS, it's likely that the Artifact Sets good for him are ATK boosting sets. For Lunar-Charged DPS, he doesn not need Electro Damage but for Electro DPS build, Flins will need it. See the recommendations below:

Lunar-Charged DPS Electro DPS

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Any ATK% set Any ER set	★★★★★ - Flins' playstyle looks to be that of an Elemental Burst spammer similar to Varesa and having both ATK and ER boosting Artifacts can help in boosting two stats he needs in order to deal more Direct Lunar-Charged Damage.
Gilded Dreams	★★★★ ・ - 2nd Best Set for boosting Flins' ATK and EM for Lunar-Charged Damage.
Any ATK% set x2 Any ATK% set x2	★★★ ・ ・ - 2nd Best 2-pc Artifact Sets for Flins. - While having too much Attack can be detrimental, Electro Damage doesn't boost his Lunar-Charged damage and it's recommended to focus more on his ATK instead of Elemental Mastery since Flins can boost his EM with his Attack stat.

Recommended Artifact Stats

	Main: Flat HP Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK% / Energy Recharge
	Main: Flat ATK Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK% / Energy Recharge
	Main: ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK% / Energy Recharge
	Main: ATK% Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / Energy Recharge
	Main: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG Sub: CRIT Rate / CRIT DMG / ATK% / Energy Recharge

For Sub-Stats, Focus on ATK and CRIT stats then Energy Recharge

While Energy Recharge is important on Flins due to his playstyle of spamming Elemental Bursts, he still needs ATK and CRIT Stats to boost his damage. Additionally, Flins is an Electro character and Electro Resonance gives him more Energy gained so you can focus on his other stats first before Energy Recharge.

Artifact	Recommendation Details
Gilded Dreams	★★★★★ - Best generalist set for boosting Flins' damage as Electro DPS. - Additional EM boosts Lunar-Charged Damage (if there is a Hydro Sub-DPS on the team) and normal Electro Reaction Damage.
Marechaussee Hunter	★★★★ ・ - 2nd best set for Flins if using Furina on the team. - Can have better performance than Gilded Dreams since Furina can boost Flins' Normal/Charged Attack damage.
Thundering Fury	★★★ ・ ・ - Electro DPS generalist set that is decent on Flins but is outdone by direct stat boosting sets.

Recommended Artifact Stats

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

For Sub-Stats, Focus on ATK and CRIT stats then Elemental Mastery

When building Flins as an Electro DPS, it's best to focus on his ATK and CRIT Stats then his Elemental Mastery. Flins' Elemental Burst deals Lunar-Charged Damage which is noticeably weaker since it only scales on his Attack and CRIT Stats so Energy Recharge can be on a lower stat priority.

New Artifact Set Could Be His BiS

Similar to how Natlan DPS characters and their BiS Artifact Sets are, Flins' actual Best in Slot Artifact set could be one of the new sets coming with Nod-Krai's release.

Best Team Comp for Flins

Lunar-Charged Team Comp for Flins

DPS	Shielder	Support	Sub-DPS
Flins	Ineffa	Sucrose	Xingqiu
Details
- Flins can be paired with Ineffa since Ineffa can boost Lunar-Charged Damage dealt by the team. - Sucrose is the best Anemo Support for Lunar-Charged due to her EM buff and ability to hold VV to shred the Elemental Resistances of enemies. - Xingqiu can generate a lot of Energy Particles and hold Favonius Sword to ensure his Burst uptime even as solo Hydro.

As a dedicated Lunar-Charged Support who can also provide Shields, Ineffa is one of Flins' best slot-in for his teams. She can also contribute to the team's damage since she is also a Sub-DPS character. Sucrose is the best VV holder for Lunar-Charged since her teamwide Elemental Mastery buff can greatly alleviate the EM requirements for the team. Xingqiu can be switched out for Aino for Hydro Sub-DPS.

Other Team Comps For Flins

Free To Play Team Composition For Flins

Team		Detail
Flins	Aino	- F2P Lunar-Charged team comp for Flins. - Aino is used as 2nd Nod-Krai character for maximizing Flins' kit and as Hydro Sub-DPS for Lunar-Charged reactions. - Fischl is used to lessen the ER requirements of Flins and triggering more Lunar-Charged.
Sucrose	Fischl

Basics of Using Flins (Beginner Guide)

DPS for Lunar-Charged and Enables Lunar-Charged Reactions

Flins is a DPS that can deal Direct Lunar-Charged Damage through his Elemental Burst. Just like Ineffa, he converts the team's Electro-Charged Reactions into Lunar-Charged.

Use Elemental Skill to Infuse Flins' Normal/Charged Attacks with Electro

Flins' Elemental Skill infuses his Normal and Charged Attacks with Electro, making him a Reaction Driver as well. Assuming based on the trend of other Infusion characters, Flins' multipliers for his Electro Infused Attacks might be in his Elemental Skill instead of his Normal Attack Skill.

Elemental Skill also Changes his Elemental Burst

A similar character with this ability is Varesa who can change her Elemental Skill when you achieve the conditions needed. It appears that Flins changes his when his Elemental Skill is cast and the special Elemental Burst has fewer Attacks but a shorter cooldown.

Elemental Burst Deals Direct Lunar-Charged Damage

Flins' Elemental Burst deals Lunar-Charged Damage directly without needing the reaction. This makes any Lunar-Charged damage boosting Skills or Equipment able to boost it aside from Flins' own ATK stat.

Special Elemental Burst Has Fewer Hits But Lower Cost & CD

Flins changes his Elemental Burst after using his Elemental Skill. The special Elemental Burst has a lower Energy Cost and lower cooldown as well. However it has a lower amount of hits, making it weaker but more spammable.

Elemental Skill, Burst and Abilities Guide for Flins

How To Use Flins' Skills & Passives?

Electro DPS For Lunar-Charged

Flins is an Electro DPS who can deal Direct Lunar-Charged Damage. His ability to infuse his Attacks with Electro also make him a great Reaction Driver for Lunar-Charged.

Use Elemental Skill To Gain Infusion And Change Elemental Burst

Flins' Elemental Skill infuses his Normal/Charged Attacks with Electro and changes his Elemental Burst. The Special Elemental Burst has lower Energy cost and lower CD but also has fewer hits dealt to enemies.

Special Elemental Burst For Direct Lunar-Charged Damage

Flins' Special Elemental Burst should be the one used instead of the Normal version since it's an instant cast and does not take up time in rotations. Additionally, it can be used more frequently and has a lower Energy cost, allowing Flins to deal more Direct Lunar-Charged Damage.

Also Enables Lunar-Charged Reactions Like Ineffa

Flins shares a similar Passive with Ineffa that converts all Electro-Charged Reactions triggered to be changed into Lunar-Charged. This makes him the second character to enable Lunar-Charged.

Use A Viridescent Venerer Holder Instead Of A Scroll Set Holder

Due to how Lunar-Charged works, Electro Damage buffs doesn't affect its damage but the Enemy Resistance to Electro does. As such, a Support with Viridescent Venerer should be used instead of a Scroll set holder to boost Lunar-Charged damage.

Flin - Affiliation & Profile

Flins' Profile Details

Flins' Voice Actor - Notable Roles

Nakamura Yuichi Notable Roles

Flins - Voicelines About Him

Ineffa	About Flins: Flins... Insufficient data. According to the little information I have, he is a member of the Lightkeepers who watch over the cemetery in the north of Nod-Krai.

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