Genshin Impact Zhongli Best Build Guide – Weapons and Artifacts

Here is our complete Zhongli Best Build Guide for the Geo Archon in Genshin Impact. Find out the Best Weapons and Artifacts for him!

Zhongli is a 5-Star Polearm user in Genshin Impact. He initially appears in Chapter I: Act II – Farewell, the Archaic Lord of the Archon Quests. The Geo Archon’s current vessel, Morax, who has chosen to see the world through mortal eyes, is finally revealed to be Zhongli. After giving up his Gnosis, he retires from his role as an Archon and returns to his previous status as an Adeptus, albeit under the guise of being a human. 

He is currently employed with the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor as a consultant. Zhongli is one of the most stunning Genshin Impact characters, and because of the much-needed enhancements he received in version 1.3, he has become a rather threatening Geo DPS option. Due to his geo shield and petrification skills, Zhongli continues to shine as a support character. Here is our complete Zhongli Best Build Guide.

Zhongli Best Build Guide

Strengths

• Large AoE Geo Damage.
• Can petrify enemies with his Elemental Burst.
• Can drain Geo Element from Enemies

Weaknesses

• Low Normal Attack Damage.
• Low Elemental Particle generation.

Zhongli Talents

Rain of Stone (Normal Attack)

• Normal Attack – Performs up to 6 consecutive spear strikes.

• Charged Attack – Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, causing stone spears to fall along his path.

Plunging Attack – Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging enemies along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Dominus Lapidis (Elemental Skill)

Press

Commands the omnipresent power of the earth to solidify into a Stone Stele, standing 30 seconds, dealing AoE Geo DMG at the creation.

Hold

Causes nearby Geo energy to explode, causing the following effects:

• If their maximum number hasn’t been reached, creates a Stone Stele.
• Creates a shield of jade. The shield’s DMG Absorption scales based on Zhongli’s Max HP. Possesses 150% DMG Absorption against all Elemental and Physical DMG.
• Deals AoE Geo DMG.
• If there are nearby targets with the Geo element, it will drain a large amount of Geo element from a maximum of 2 such targets. This effect does not cause DMG.

Stone Stele

When created, deals AoE Geo DMG. Additionally, every 2 seconds, it will resonate with other nearby Geo Constructs, dealing Geo DMG to surrounding opponents. Stele creation and Resonance generate 0.5 elemental particles. The Stone Stele is considered a Geo Construct that can both be climbed and used to block attacks. Only one Stele created by Zhongli himself may initially exist at any one time.

Jade Shield

Possesses 150% DMG Absorption against all Elemental and Physical DMG. Characters protected by the Jade Shield will decrease the Elemental RES and Physical RES of opponents in a small AoE by 20%. This effect cannot be stacked.

Planet Befall (Elemental Burst)

Brings a falling meteor down to earth, dealing massive Geo DMG to opponents caught in its AoE and applying the Petrification status to them.

Petrification

Opponents affected by the Petrification status cannot move.

Zhongli Passive Talents

Arcanum of Crystal (Unlocked Automatcally)

Refunds 15% of the ores used when crafting Polearm-type weapons.

Resonant Waves (Unlocked at Ascension 1)

When the Jade Shield takes DMG, it will Fortify – Fortified characters have 5% increased Shield Strength. Can stack up to 5 times, and lasts until the Jade Shield dissapears.

Dominance of Earth (Unlocked at Ascension 4)

Zhongli deals bonus DMG based on his Max HP:

• Normal Attack, Charged Attack, and Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 1.39% of Max HP.
• Dominus Lapidis Stone Stele, resonance, and hold DMG is increased by 1.9% of Max HP.
• Planet Befall deals additional DMG equal to 33% of Zhongli’s Max HP.

Best Weapons Build for Zhongli

1. Staff of Homa

Base Attack: 46

Bonus Effect: CRIT DMG 14.4% 

Skill Effect – HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 0.8% of the wielder’s Max HP. When the wielder’s HP is less than 50%, this ATK Bonus is increased by an additional 1% of Max HP.

2. Skyward Spine

Base Attack: 48

Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge 8.0% 

Skill Effect – Increases CRIT Rate by 8% and increases Normal ATK SPD by 12%. Additionally, Normal and Charged Attacks hits on enemies have a 50% chance to trigger a vacuum blade that deals 40% of ATK as DMG in a small AoE. This effect can occur no more than once every 2s.

3. Black Tassel

Base Attack: 38

Bonus Effect: HP 10.2%

Skill Effect – Bane of the Soft (Increases DMG against slimes by 40%)

Best Artifact Build for Zhongli

1. Archaic Petra

• Gain a 15% Geo DMG Bonus.
• Upon obtaining an Elemental Shard Created through a Crystallize Reaction, all party members gain a 35% DMG Bonus for that particular element for 10s. Only one form of Elemental DMG Bonus can be gained in this manner at any one time.

2. Tenacity of the Milelith

• HP +20%
• When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.

3. Noblesse Oblige

• Elemental Burst DMG +20%.
• Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members’ ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.

Zhongli Constellation – Laps Dei

1. Rock, the Backbon of Earth (Constellation 1)

Increases the maximum number of Stone Steles created by Dominus Lapidis that may exist simultaneously to 2.

2. Stone, the Cradle of Jade (Constellation 2)

Planet Befall grants nearby characters on the field a Jade Shield when it descends.

3. Jade, Shimmering through Darkness (Constellation 3)

• Increases the Level of Dominus Lapidis by 3.
• Maximum upgrade level is 15.

4. Topaz, Unbreakable and Fearless (Constellation 4)

Increases Planet Befall’s AoE by 20% and increases the duration of Planet Befall’s Petrification effect by 2s.

5. Lazuli, Herald of the Order (Constellation 5)

• Increase the Level of Planet Befall by 3.
• Maximum upgrade level is 15.

6. Chrysos, Bounty of Dominator (Constellation 6)

When the Jade Shield takes DMG, 40% of that incoming DMG is converted to HP for the current character. A single instance of regeneration cannot exceed 8% of that character’s Max HP.

This was our Zhongli Best Build Guide. You can select the free to play weapon with ‘Refinement 5’ to increase his health and give him health artifacts ast his stats get boost due to his Ascension 4. Zhongli Works best when paired with Tartaglia as Zhongli shields his melee form. But he works best when paired with other Geo characters like Ningguang and Albedo for the Geo Resonance Bonus. He is an excellent sub-DPS character worthy of any team.

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