Shikanoin Heizou build guide · GenGuru: Your guru for Genshin Impact

Overview

On-field Anemo damage
Swirl driver

Heizou is a 4-star Anemo damage dealer who fights up close with Catalyst punches. His Normal Attacks deal Anemo damage, so they swirl any element already on enemies, and each Swirl he triggers on the field gives him a Declension stack for his Elemental Skill. At four stacks the skill gains Conviction and becomes a much larger, stronger hit. When the skill lands, every other party member gains Elemental Mastery, and his burst pulls enemies together and adds damage of the element they carry.

Gear him like any on-field damage dealer: Anemo goblet, crits on the circlet and Viridescent Venerer to shred enemy RES. He fits teams where off-field teammates keep an element on enemies, so his attacks can Swirl it again and again.

Weapons

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Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds ★★★★★
CRIT Rate and a growing Elemental DMG Bonus. He stays on the field long enough for the stacks to build.
Skyward Atlas ★★★★★
An ATK main stat and a bonus to all Elemental DMG. A steady 5-star choice.
The Widsith ★★★★
The strongest 4-star for raw damage. Every theme it rolls helps him: more ATK, more Elemental DMG, or more Mastery for Swirl.
Solar Pearl ★★★★
His rotation mixes Normal Attacks with skill casts, so both halves of the passive stay active. The CRIT Rate helps balance his crits.
Sacrificial Fragments ★★★★
High Elemental Mastery for stronger Swirls, and the passive can reset his skill for an extra cast.

Artifact sets

Viridescent Venerer 4-piece
The standard choice. It raises Swirl damage and lowers enemy RES to the swirled element, which helps the whole team.
Viridescent Venerer + Gladiator's Finale 2-piece each
Anemo damage plus ATK while you farm. Any set with an ATK 2-piece can replace Gladiator's Finale.

Main stats and substats

Sands: ATK% or Elemental Mastery
Goblet: Anemo DMG Bonus
Circlet: CRIT Rate or CRIT DMG
Substats: CRIT Rate > CRIT DMG > ATK% > Elemental Mastery > Energy Recharge

Talent priority

Elemental Skill Heartstopper Strike
Normal Attack Fudou Style Martial Arts
Elemental Burst Windmuster Kick

Teams

Taser
- Shikanoin Heizou
- Fischl
- Xingqiu
- Beidou
Electro and Hydro sit on enemies together, so his punches keep swirling both. All three teammates work from the bench while he stays on the field.
Pyro Swirl
- Shikanoin Heizou
- Xiangling
- Bennett
- Xingqiu
He swirls Xiangling's Pyro to shred its RES with Viridescent Venerer, and his skill hands the team Elemental Mastery for stronger Vaporize.
Electro Swirl
- Shikanoin Heizou
- Fischl
- Yae Miko
- Kuki Shinobu
Off-field Electro from Fischl and Yae gives him plenty to swirl, and Kuki heals the team between hits.

Tips

Build Declension stacks with Swirls before releasing the skill. A full-stack Conviction hit is much stronger than a quick tap.
Swirls only build stacks while he is on the field, so bring teammates that apply elements from the bench.
His ascension passive gives the other three party members Elemental Mastery whenever his skill hits, so cast it before swapping to a reaction-focused teammate.

Base stats at level 90

Base HP: 10657
Base ATK: 225
Base DEF: 684
Anemo DMG Bonus: 24.0%

Talents

Normal Attack Fudou Style Martial Arts

Normal Attack Performs up to 5 fisticuffs empowered by a mighty wind, dealing Anemo DMG. Charged Attack Consumes a certain amount of Stamina and performs a sweeping kick that deals Anemo DMG. Plunging Attack Calling upon the surging wind, Heizou plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in his path. Deals AoE Anemo DMG upon impact with the ground.

Elemental Skill Heartstopper Strike

Tap Wields the swift winds to launch a Heartstopper Strike that deals Anemo DMG. Hold Charges energy to unleash an even stronger blow. He will obtain the Declension effect while charging, which will increase the power of the Heartstopper Strike. When the skill button is released or the skill finishes charging, he will strike forward, dealing Anemo DMG. Declension Increases the power of the next Heartstopper Strike. Max 4 stacks. When you possess 4 Declension stacks, the Conviction effect will be produced, which will cause the next Heartstopper Strike to be even stronger and have a larger AoE.

Elemental Burst Windmuster Kick

Leaps into the air and uses the Fudou Style Vacuum Slugger and kicks his opponent. The Vacuum Slugger will explode upon hit and create an Arresting Windtunnel that pulls in nearby objects and opponents, dealing AoE Anemo DMG. When Vacuum Slugger hits opponents affected by Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro, these opponents will be afflicted with Windmuster Iris. This Windmuster Iris will explode after a moment and dissipate, dealing AoE DMG of the corresponding aforementioned elemental type. Vacuum Slugger can afflict a maximum of 4 opponents with the Windmuster Iris. A single opponent cannot be under the effect of Windmuster Irises of different elements at the same time.

Passive talent Paradoxical Practice

When Shikanoin Heizou activates a Swirl or Stellar Swirl reaction while on the field, he will gain 1 Declension stack for Heartstopper Strike. This effect can be triggered once every 0.1s.

Passive talent Penetrative Reasoning

After Shikanoin Heizou's Heartstopper Strike hits an opponent, increases all party members' (excluding Shikanoin Heizou) Elemental Mastery by 80 for 10s.

Passive talent Pre-Existing Guilt

Decreases sprinting Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%. Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.

Constellations

C1 Named Juvenile Casebook

For 5s after Shikanoin Heizou takes the field, his Normal Attack SPD is increased by 15%. He also gains 1 Declension stack for Heartstopper Strike. This effect can be triggered once every 10s.

C2 Investigative Collection

The pull effect of the Arresting Windtunnel created by Windmuster Kick is enhanced, and its duration is increased to 1s.

C3 Esoteric Puzzle Book

Increases the Level of Heartstopper Strike by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C4 Tome of Lies

The first Windmuster Iris explosion in each Windmuster Kick will regenerate 9 Elemental Energy for Shikanoin Heizou. Every subsequent explosion in that Windmuster Kick will each regenerate an additional 1.5 Energy for Heizou. One Windmuster Kick can regenerate a total of 13.5 Energy for Heizou in this manner.

C5 Secret Archive

Increases the Level of Windmuster Kick by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

C6 Curious Casefiles

Each Declension stack will increase the CRIT Rate of the Heartstopper Strike unleashed by 4%. When Heizou possesses Conviction, this Heartstopper Strike's CRIT DMG is increased by 32%.