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Portrait of Shenhe

★★★★★CryoPolearm

Shenhe

Lonesome Transcendence

An adepti disciple with a most unusual air about her. Having spent much time cultivating in isolation in Liyue's mountains, she has become every bit as cool and distant as the adepti themselves.

Region
Liyue
Released
Version 2.4
GenGuru tier
A Support

Overview

  • Cryo damage buffer
  • Cryo and Physical RES shred

Shenhe is a support for Cryo damage dealers. Her Elemental Skill hands every party member Icy Quill stacks, and each Cryo hit that uses a stack gains flat damage based on Shenhe's own ATK. Her Elemental Burst lowers the Cryo and Physical RES of enemies standing in its field and gives the active character a Cryo DMG Bonus. She does little damage on her own, so build her almost entirely for ATK, with enough Energy Recharge to have the burst up every rotation.

She shines when your carry lands many separate Cryo hits in a short window, because every hit spends a stack and gets the full bonus. Tap the skill when the carry deals skill and burst damage, and hold it when the carry relies on Normal, Charged or Plunging Attacks, since the hold gives more stacks that last longer.

Weapons

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

  1. Calamity Queller ★★★★★

    Her signature polearm. The ATK bonus doubles while she is off the field, which is exactly where she waits between skill casts.

  2. Engulfing Lightning ★★★★★

    Turns her Energy Recharge into ATK and adds more Energy Recharge on top, so it covers both of her needs at once.

  3. Skyward Spine ★★★★★

    Plenty of Energy Recharge from the main stat. A solid pick if you own it and struggle to keep her burst ready.

  4. Favonius Lance ★★★★

    A 4-star that generates energy for her and the team. Good when your burst rotation feels tight.

  5. "The Catch" ★★★★

    Free from fishing and easy to refine fully. High Energy Recharge plus a bonus to her burst.

  6. Missive Windspear ★★★★

    A 4-star with a large ATK main stat, and its passive adds more ATK after any reaction, which Freeze teams trigger constantly.

Artifact sets

  1. Noblesse Oblige 4-piece

    Raises the whole party's ATK after her burst. Her own burst damage matters little, so this is about the team buff.

  2. Gladiator's Finale + Shimenawa's Reminiscence 2-piece each

    Two ATK bonuses stacked. Pick this when someone else on the team already wears Noblesse Oblige. Any two sets with an ATK 2-piece work the same way.

  3. Tenacity of the Millelith 4-piece

    Another team ATK buff that triggers when her skill hits. Use it only if nobody else on the team wears it.

Main stats and substats

Sands
ATK% or Energy Recharge
Goblet
ATK%
Circlet
ATK%
Substats
ATK% > Energy Recharge > ATK

Talent priority

  1. Elemental Skill Spring Spirit Summoning
  2. Elemental Burst Divine Maiden's Deliverance

Teams

  • Ayaka Freeze

    Ayaka's burst lands a huge number of Cryo hits, and each one spends an Icy Quill stack. Kokomi keeps enemies wet so they stay Frozen, and Kazuha groups them.

  • Skirk Freeze

    An all Hydro and Cryo team, so Skirk's passive raises everyone's Elemental Skill level. Shenhe also counts as a Cryo teammate toward Skirk's damage boost.

  • Ganyu Freeze

    Hold the skill before Ganyu starts so her Charged Attacks and burst hits draw on Icy Quill. Mona supplies Hydro and Venti groups enemies.

Tips

  • Hold the skill for carries built around Normal, Charged or Plunging Attacks, and tap it for carries that deal skill and burst damage. Her ascension passive buffs a different attack type for each version.
  • Icy Quill triggers once for every enemy a hit strikes, so stacks run out faster against groups. Recast the skill whenever it is off cooldown instead of saving it.
  • Use her burst before your carry starts its damage window, so the RES shred and Cryo DMG Bonus are already in place.
  • Every point of ATK on Shenhe raises the bonus she gives, so take ATK% over crits on every piece.

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

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See every team comp, grouped by reaction.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP
12993
Base ATK
304
Base DEF
830
ATK
28.8%

Talents

Normal Attack Dawnstar Piercer
Normal Attack Performs up to 5 consecutive spear strikes. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, dealing damage to opponents along the way. Plunging Attack Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Elemental Skill Spring Spirit Summoning
The frosted dew, silvery and dense, shall exorcise all demons. Grants all nearby party members the Icy Quill effect and deals Cryo DMG in different ways based on whether it is pressed or held. Press Rushes forward together with a Talisman Spirit, dealing Cryo DMG to opponents along the path. Hold Commands the Talisman Spirit to deal AoE Cryo DMG. Icy Quill When Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks, Elemental Skills, and Elemental Bursts deal Cryo DMG to opponents, the DMG dealt is increased based on Shenhe's current ATK. The Icy Quill's effects will be cleared once its duration ends or after being triggered a certain number of times. When held rather than pressed, the Icy Quill's effect lasts longer and can be triggered more times. When one Cryo DMG instance strikes multiple opponents, the effect is triggered multiple times based on the number of opponents hit. The number of times the effect is triggered is calculated independently for each party member with the Icy Quill.
Elemental Burst Divine Maiden's Deliverance
Unleashes the power of the Talisman Spirit, allowing it to roam free in this plane, dealing AoE Cryo DMG. The Talisman Spirit then creates a field that decreases the Cryo RES and Physical RES of opponents within it. It also deals periodic Cryo DMG to opponents within the field.
Passive talent Deific Embrace
An active character within the field created by Divine Maiden's Deliverance gains 15% Cryo DMG Bonus.
Passive talent Spirit Communion Seal
After Shenhe uses Spring Spirit Summoning, she will grant all nearby party members the following effects: · Press: Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG increased by 15% for 10s. · Hold: Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack DMG increased by 15% for 15s.
Passive talent Precise Comings and Goings
Gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on a Liyue Expedition for 20 hours.

Constellations

C1 Clarity of Heart
Spring Spirit Summoning can be used 1 more time.
C2 Centered Spirit
Divine Maiden's Deliverance lasts for 6 seconds longer. Active characters within the skill's field deal 15% increased Cryo CRIT DMG.
C3 Seclusion
Increases the Level of Spring Spirit Summoning by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C4 Insight
When characters under the effect of Icy Quill applied by Shenhe trigger its DMG Bonus effects, Shenhe will gain a Skyfrost Mantra stack: · When Shenhe uses Spring Spirit Summoning, she will consume all stacks of Skyfrost Mantra, increasing the DMG of that Spring Spirit Summoning by 5% for each stack consumed. · Max 50 stacks. Stacks last for 60s.
C5 Divine Attainment
Increases the Level of Divine Maiden's Deliverance by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
C6 Mystical Abandon
When characters trigger Icy Quill's effects using Normal and Charged Attack DMG, it does not count toward the Trigger Quota.