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Portrait of Kuki Shinobu

★★★★ElectroSword

Kuki Shinobu

Mender of Tribulations

The capable and reliable Arataki Gang deputy leader. Please note: capable and reliable are not appellations for the "Arataki Gang," but for their deputy leader in specific.

Region
Inazuma
Released
Version 2.7
GenGuru tier
S Support

Overview

  • Hyperbloom trigger
  • Healer

Kuki Shinobu is a 4-star Electro sword user. Her skill creates the Grass Ring of Sanctification, which follows the active character, hits nearby enemies with Electro and heals. Her burst is a field of Electro damage based on her Max HP. Her healing and her ring damage both get bonuses from Elemental Mastery.

Her best use is triggering Hyperbloom. The ring turns Dendro cores into Hyperbloom without her being on the field, and Hyperbloom damage scales with the Elemental Mastery of the character who triggers it. Build her for as much Elemental Mastery as you can while keeping enough Energy Recharge, and she keeps the team healthy at the same time.

Weapons

Best first. Every sword on this list links to its page.

  1. Freedom-Sworn ★★★★★

    The highest Elemental Mastery stat on any sword, which raises her Hyperbloom damage. Its flat damage bonus does not apply to Hyperbloom, so the main stat is what counts.

  2. Key of Khaj-Nisut ★★★★★

    Gives HP and converts some of her HP into Elemental Mastery. Strong for her if you have it.

  3. Xiphos' Moonlight ★★★★

    Elemental Mastery plus Energy Recharge for her, and a share of the Energy Recharge for the team.

  4. Iron Sting ★★★★

    A craftable sword with an Elemental Mastery main stat. The easiest good option.

  5. Toukabou Shigure ★★★★

    Another 4-star sword with Elemental Mastery as its main stat. About as useful as Iron Sting.

Artifact sets

  1. Flower of Paradise Lost 4-piece

    Directly increases her Hyperbloom damage and stacks further as she triggers it.

  2. Gilded Dreams 4-piece

    A lot of Elemental Mastery in teams with Dendro and Hydro characters. Close to Flower of Paradise Lost.

  3. Gilded Dreams + Flower of Paradise Lost 2-piece each

    Two Elemental Mastery 2-pieces. Easy to put together from pieces you already have.

Main stats and substats

Sands
Elemental Mastery
Goblet
Elemental Mastery
Circlet
Elemental Mastery
Substats
Elemental Mastery > Energy Recharge > HP%

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Skill Sanctifying Ring
  2. Elemental Burst Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite

Teams

  • Alhaitham Hyperbloom

    Alhaitham fights on the field while Xingqiu makes cores and Kuki's ring turns them into Hyperbloom.

  • Nahida Hyperbloom

    Two Hydro characters create lots of cores, and Kuki is the only Electro source, so all the Hyperbloom damage is hers.

  • Budget Hyperbloom

    Uses free and early 4-star characters. Play the Dendro Traveler, whose burst applies Dendro off the field alongside Collei.

Tips

  • Her skill costs some of her own HP but never drops her below 20%. Staying at or below half HP turns on her Healing Bonus passive.
  • The ring follows the active character, so keep your on-field character close to enemies and Dendro cores.
  • Build only enough Energy Recharge to have her burst when you want it. Many teams rely on her skill and treat the burst as a bonus.
  • Hyperbloom damage normally cannot crit, so crit stats do little for her in these teams.

Other character guides recommend Kuki Shinobu as a teammate in these teams.

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See every team comp, grouped by reaction.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP
12289
Base ATK
212
Base DEF
751
HP
24.0%

Talents

Normal Attack Shinobu's Shadowsword
Normal Attack Performs up to 4 rapid strikes. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Elemental Skill Sanctifying Ring
Creates a Grass Ring of Sanctification at the cost of part of her HP, dealing Electro DMG to nearby opponents. Grass Ring of Sanctification Follows your current active character around. Deals Electro DMG to nearby opponents every 1.5s and restores HP for active character(s) within the ring's AoE based on Kuki Shinobu's Max HP. The HP consumption from using this skill can only bring her to 20% HP.
Elemental Burst Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite
Stabs an evil-excoriating blade into the ground, creating a field that cleanses the area of all that is foul, dealing continuous Electro DMG to opponents within its AoE based on Shinobu's Max HP. If Shinobu's HP is less than or equal to 50% when this skill is used, the field will last longer.
Passive talent Breaking Free
When Shinobu's HP is not higher than 50%, her Healing Bonus is increased by 15%.
Passive talent Heart's Repose
Sanctifying Ring's abilities will be boosted based on Shinobu's Elemental Mastery: ·Healing amount will be increased by 75% of Elemental Mastery. ·DMG dealt is increased by 25% of Elemental Mastery.
Passive talent Protracted Prayers
Gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on an Inazuma Expedition for 20 hours.

Constellations

C1 To Cloister Compassion
Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite's AoE is increased by 50%.
C2 To Forsake Fortune
Grass Ring of Sanctification's duration is increased by 3s.
C3 To Sequester Sorrow
Increases the Level of Sanctifying Ring by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 To Sever Sealing
When the Normal, Charged, or Plunging Attacks of the character affected by Shinobu's Grass Ring of Sanctification hit opponents, a Thundergrass Mark will land on the opponent's position and deal AoE Electro DMG based on 9.7% of Shinobu's Max HP. This effect can occur once every 5s.
C5 To Cease Courtesies
Increases the Level of Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 To Ward Weakness
When Kuki Shinobu takes lethal DMG, this instance of DMG will not take her down. This effect will automatically trigger when her HP reaches 1 and will trigger once every 60s. When Shinobu's HP drops below 25%, she will gain 150 Elemental Mastery for 15s. This effect will trigger once every 60s.