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Portrait of Layla

★★★★CryoSword

Layla

Fantastical Evening Star

A Rtawahist student who specializes in Theoretical Astrology. Heavily prone to somnambulism and locked in a grinding war with sleep deprivation, the problem of restful slumber is a most troubling one to her.

Region
Sumeru
Released
Version 3.2
GenGuru tier
B Support

Overview

  • Shielder
  • Off-field Cryo application

Layla is a Cryo shield support. Her Elemental Skill puts up the Curtain of Slumber, a shield based on her Max HP that grows stronger as it gathers Night Stars and fires them as homing Cryo Shooting Stars. Teammates who use Elemental Skills while shielded create Night Stars faster. Her Elemental Burst summons a sphere that keeps firing Cryo shots and adds more Night Stars to the shield.

Build her for HP. It raises her shield and the damage of her Shooting Stars at the same time. She works in nearly any team that wants a shield, and her steady Cryo also supports Freeze and Melt teams.

Weapons

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

  1. Key of Khaj-Nisut ★★★★★

    A huge amount of HP for both her shield and her Shooting Stars, and the team gets Elemental Mastery once its stacks are full.

  2. Favonius Sword ★★★★

    A strong 4-star. The Energy Recharge and extra particles help her and the rest of the team use their bursts.

  3. Sacrificial Sword ★★★★

    Can reset her Elemental Skill so she refreshes the shield sooner. The Energy Recharge stat also helps.

  4. The Dockhand's Assistant ★★★★

    A 4-star with HP on the main stat. A simple choice for raw shield strength.

Artifact sets

  1. Tenacity of the Millelith 4-piece

    The standard choice. Max HP for her, and an ATK buff and stronger shields for the whole party when her skill hits.

  2. Tenacity of the Millelith + Vourukasha's Glow 2-piece each

    Pure HP from two sets. Fine when someone else already carries Millelith.

Main stats and substats

Sands
HP%
Goblet
HP% or Cryo DMG Bonus
Circlet
HP% or CRIT Rate
Substats
HP% > Energy Recharge > CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > HP

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Skill Nights of Formal Focus
  2. Elemental Burst Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker

Teams

  • Xiao with Faruzan

    Layla's shield keeps Xiao from being interrupted while Faruzan and Bennett boost his damage.

  • Ayaka Freeze

    Layla adds Cryo for Freeze and a shield, freeing Ayaka from needing a dedicated healer.

  • Hu Tao double Hydro

    The shield lets Hu Tao stay at low HP safely while Xingqiu and Yelan apply Hydro for Vaporize.

Tips

  • Use her skill before swapping out so your on-field character is the one protected and creating extra Night Stars with their own skill.
  • Her shield absorbs Cryo damage especially well, which helps against Cryo-heavy bosses.

Other character guides recommend Layla as a teammate in these teams.

See every team comp, grouped by reaction.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP
11092
Base ATK
217
Base DEF
655
HP
24.0%

Talents

Normal Attack Sword of the Radiant Path
Normal Attack Performs up to 3 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 Nights of Formal Focus
Puts forth a shield known as the Curtain of Slumber, dealing AoE Cryo DMG. The Curtain of Slumber's DMG Absorption is based on Layla's Max HP and absorbs Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness. When the shield is deployed, Layla will have Cryo applied to her briefly. Night Stars and Shooting Stars While the Curtain of Slumber is active, it will create 1 Night Star that will be attached to it every 1.5s. When a character protected by this shield uses an Elemental Skill, 2 Night Stars will be created. Night Stars can be created once every 0.3s in this way. A maximum of 4 Night Stars can be accumulated at any one time. Once the Curtain of Slumber has accumulated 4 Night Stars and there are opponents nearby, these Night Stars will transform into homing Shooting Stars that will be fired off in sequence, dealing Cryo DMG to any opponents hit. If the Curtain of Slumber's duration ends or it is destroyed, the Night Stars will disappear. If they are already being fired off as Shooting Stars, these Shooting Stars will last until this wave of shots ends. New Night Stars cannot be created until the previous wave of Shooting Stars has been fired completely.
Elemental Burst Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker
Unleashes a Celestial Dreamsphere that constantly fires Starlight Slugs at opponents within its AoE, dealing Cryo DMG. When a Starlight Slug hits, it will generate 1 Night Star for nearby Curtains of Slumber. Each Curtain of Slumber can gain 1 Night Star this way every 0.5s.
Passive talent Like Nascent Light
While the Curtain of Slumber is active, the Deep Sleep effect will activate each time the Curtain gains 1 Night Star: ·The Shield Strength of a character under the effect of the Curtain of Slumber increases by 6%. ·This effect can have a maximum of 4 stacks and persists until the Curtain of Slumber disappears.
Passive talent Sweet Slumber Undisturbed
The DMG dealt by the Shooting Stars fired by Nights of Formal Focus is increased by 1.5% of Layla's Max HP.
Passive talent Shadowy Dream-Signs
When Layla crafts Character Talent Materials, she has a 10% chance to receive double the product.

Constellations

C1 Fortress of Fantasy
The Shield Absorption of the Curtain of Slumber generated by Nights of Formal Focus is increased by 20%. Additionally, when unleashing Nights of Formal Focus, she will generate a shield for any nearby party members who are not being protected by a Curtain of Slumber. This shield will have 35% of the absorption of a Curtain of Slumber, will last for 12s, and will absorb Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness.
C2 Light's Remit
When Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus strike opponents, they will each restore 1 Energy to Layla. Each Shooting Star can restore Energy to her in this manner once.
C3 Secrets of the Night
Increases the Level of Nights of Formal Focus by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Starry Illumination
When Nights of Formal Focus starts to fire off Shooting Stars, it will grant all nearby party members the Dawn Star effect, causing their Normal and Charged Attack DMG to increase based on 5% of Layla's Max HP. Dawn Star can last up to 3s and will be removed 0.05s after dealing Normal or Charged Attack DMG.
C5 Stream of Consciousness
Increases the Level of Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Radiant Soulfire
Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus deal 40% increased DMG, and Starlight Slugs from Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker deal 40% increased DMG. Additionally, the interval between the creation of Night Stars via Nights of Formal Focus is decreased by 20%.