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Portrait of Nilou

★★★★★HydroSword

Nilou

Dance of Lotuslight

The star of the Zubayr Theater. She is full of warmth and innocence, and her dances are lively and elegant.

Region
Sumeru
Released
Version 3.1
GenGuru tier
S Support

Overview

  • Bloom team enabler
  • Off-field Hydro support

Nilou is made for one kind of team: every member Hydro or Dendro, with at least one of each. In that team, finishing the third dance step of her Elemental Skill gives the whole party Golden Chalice's Bounty, which turns Bloom (and Lunar-Bloom) into Bountiful Cores. These cores burst almost at once and cover a larger area, so they hit enemies quickly and rarely sit around to hurt your own party. Her second passive makes the cores hit harder for every 1,000 Max HP she has above 30,000.

That is why she is built almost entirely for HP. Her own Hydro hits also scale with Max HP, but the real reason to raise her HP is the Bountiful Core bonus. Outside a pure Hydro and Dendro team her passive switches off, so she is rarely used anywhere else.

Weapons

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

  1. Key of Khaj-Nisut ★★★★★

    Her signature sword. A huge HP stat, and once its stacks build it gives the whole party Elemental Mastery based on her HP, which raises everyone's Bloom damage.

  2. Primordial Jade Cutter ★★★★★

    Gives HP and CRIT Rate. The HP is what matters for her passive.

  3. The Dockhand's Assistant ★★★★

    A 4-star with an HP main stat, which is exactly what her passive wants.

  4. Iron Sting ★★★★

    Craftable at the Blacksmith. Its Elemental Mastery helps when Nilou herself triggers Bloom, though it adds no HP.

  5. Sapwood Blade ★★★★

    Craftable at the Blacksmith. Gives Energy Recharge, and the leaf it drops gives Elemental Mastery to whoever picks it up.

Artifact sets

  1. Tenacity of the Millelith 4-piece

    HP from the two-piece, and the four-piece raises party ATK when her skill hits. The usual first choice.

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

    Two HP two-pieces. Just as good for her passive and easier to fill with good substats.

Main stats and substats

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

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Skill Dance of Haftkarsvar
  2. Elemental Burst Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring

Teams

  • Nilou Bloom

    Nahida applies Dendro from off the field and keeps Bloom going. Furina adds Hydro and a party damage buff, and Baizhu heals and adds more Dendro.

  • Double Dendro Bloom

    Kirara shields and Yaoyao heals, so the team is forgiving to play. Both add Dendro to keep Bloom going.

  • Budget Bloom

    All 4-stars that meet her Hydro and Dendro rule. Collei and Kirara add Dendro and Barbara keeps everyone healed.

  • Lunar-Bloom with Nefer

    Every member is Hydro or Dendro, so her passive still works. Lauma and Columbina turn Bloom into Lunar-Bloom, Nefer spends the Verdant Dew it builds on her Charged Attacks, and from C2 that Lunar-Bloom damage also lowers enemy Dendro RES.

Tips

  • Check the team before you start. A single character of another element switches her main passive off.
  • Pressing the skill again for Whirling Steps ends the dance with a Tranquility Aura that follows your active character and keeps enemies Wet, which helps Bloom happen more often.
  • Put Elemental Mastery on the teammates who trigger most of the Bloom, not on Nilou. She wants HP everywhere.

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

See every team comp, grouped by reaction.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP
15185
Base ATK
230
Base DEF
729
HP
28.8%

Talents

Normal Attack Dance of Samser
Normal Attack Performs up to 3 consecutive sword strikes. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to perform a twirling slash. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Elemental Skill Dance of Haftkarsvar
Enters the Pirouette state, dealing Hydro DMG to nearby opponents based on Nilou's Max HP. While she is in the Pirouette state, Nilou's Normal Attacks and Elemental Skill will cause her to enter the Sword Dance and Whirling Steps stances respectively, causing DMG she deals to be converted to Hydro DMG that cannot be overridden and that is considered Elemental Skill DMG. In these stances, Nilou's third dance step will end Pirouette, and has the following effects based on the type of said dance step: ·Sword Dance: unleashes a Luminous Illusion that deals Hydro DMG to opponents it touches and grants Nilou the Lunar Prayer effect. This effect converts Nilou's Normal Attacks into Sword Dance techniques, and her final hit will unleash a Luminous Illusion. ·Whirling Steps: Nilou unleashes a Whirling Water Wheel that deals AoE Hydro DMG and creates a Tranquility Aura that follows your active character around and applies Wet to opponents within its AoE. Nilou is unable to perform Charged Attacks when under the effect of Pirouette or Lunar Prayer. These effects will be removed once she leaves the field.
Elemental Burst Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring
Begins the dance of faraway dreams and springs that hear, causing a Lotus of Distant Waters to bloom, dealing AoE Hydro DMG based on Nilou's Max HP and applying the Lingering Aeon effect to all opponents hit. After an interval, opponents affected by Lingering Aeon will take Hydro DMG.
Passive talent Court of Dancing Petals
When all characters in the party are all Dendro or Hydro, and there are at least one Dendro character and one Hydro character: The completion of the third dance step of Nilou's Dance of Haftkarsvar will grant all nearby characters the Golden Chalice's Bounty for 30s. Characters under the effect of Golden Chalice's Bounty will increase the Elemental Mastery of all nearby characters by 100 for 10s whenever they are hit by Dendro attacks. Also, triggering the Bloom or Lunar-Bloom reaction will create Bountiful Cores instead of Dendro Cores. Such Cores will burst very quickly after being created, and they have larger AoEs. Bountiful Cores cannot trigger Hyperbloom or Burgeon, and they share an upper numerical limit with Dendro Cores. Bountiful Core DMG is considered DMG dealt by Dendro Cores produced by Bloom. Should the party not meet the conditions for this Ascension Talent, any existing Golden Chalice's Bounty effects will be canceled.
Passive talent Dreamy Dance of Aeons
Every 1,000 points of Nilou's Max HP above 30,000 will cause the DMG dealt by Bountiful Cores created by characters affected by Golden Chalice's Bounty to increase by 9%. The maximum increase in Bountiful Core DMG that can be achieved this way is 400%.
Passive talent White Jade Lotus
When Perfect Cooking is achieved on Food with Adventure-related effects, there is a 12% chance to obtain double the product.

Constellations

C1 Dance of the Waning Moon
Dance of Haftkarsvar will be enhanced as follows: ·Luminous Illusion DMG is increased by 65%. ·The Tranquility Aura's duration is extended by 6s.
C2 The Starry Skies Their Flowers Rain
After characters affected by the Golden Chalice's Bounty deal Hydro DMG to an opponent, that opponent's Hydro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. After dealing Bloom or Lunar-Bloom DMG to opponents, their Dendro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. You must first unlock the Ascension Talent "Court of Dancing Petals."
C3 Beguiling Shadowstep
Increases the Level of Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Fricative Pulse
After the third dance step of Dance of Haftkarsvar's Pirouette hits opponents, Nilou will gain 15 Elemental Energy, and DMG from her Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring will be increased by 50% for 8s.
C5 Twirling Light
Increases the Level of Dance of Haftkarsvar by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Frostbreaker's Melody
For every 1,000 points of Max HP, Nilou's CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG will increase by 0.6% and 1.2% respectively. The maximum increase in CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG via this method is 30% and 60% respectively.