by Kuki Shinobu is a 4-star character from Genshin Impact and this one is very special since it is nothing more and nothing less than the first Electro Healer we have in the game.
This gives rise to new team compositions of course, although it must also be said that he competes against some very good healers such as Bennett, Diona or Jean . He is also a rather peculiar character since he will benefit from both Life and Elemental Mastery in the face of his damage and healing from it (although lately we see more characters that benefit in some way from life, such as Yelan or Ayato).
It also stands out for being a healer, for having a constant passive Electro damage, mechanics that benefit from having low Health (note that I did not say Maximum Health) and for being a tremendous user for the Geoarmy’s Tenacity set.
KUKI SHINOBU’S WEAPON AND ELEMENT
Shinobu carries a Light Sword and in that sense to say that given the role he should play (Healer Support DPS) this is not relevant. Although it should also be mentioned that unfortunately today there are not very good Light Swords for it.
Its element is Electro, but as we have already mentioned, it is for now the only healer of said element and that gives it a plus of relevance. He will also get a lot of use out of Electro’s Elemental Reactions because it is convenient to put some Elemental Mastery points into him.
KUKI SHINOBU STATS
Kuki Shinobu ‘s stats are pretty good for a 4 star character and are very much in line with what she needs. These are the stats she has at level 90:
- Base Health: 12,289
- Base Attack: 212
- Base Defense: 751
- Life %: 24%
From the outset, comment that in this case the Attack does not matter to us at all since Kuki Shinobu benefits from Life, so that such a low Attack does not matter to us at all. Regarding the similar Defense, but in any case it must be said that to be a 4 star he does not have bad Defense, which will help him survive (which he needs in part because of how the character works).
And going to the good part, it has a very good amount of health for not being a 5 star and as I have already mentioned, it will benefit a lot from it, on top of that it also has that additional Life % that it will obtain as it goes up.
TALENTS OR SKILLS
Let’s see your talents or abilities.
NORMAL ATTACK: SHINOBU WINGED SLASH
The typical thing in the Normal Attack, has nothing special:
- Normal Attack: A quick 4-hit combo with the Light Sword.
- Charged Attack: The typical cross sword strike.
- Descending Attack: Air attack with which we will hit the ground.
Remember as always (except in Catalyst characters) that with these attacks we will cause physical damage.
ELEMENTAL ABILITY: THUNDERCLAP PURIFICATION RING
- TdE: 15 sec.
- Duration: 12 sec.
Kuki Shinobu will lose 30% of his total Life (he can never drop below 20% of his total life when activating it, basically so as not to die) and will activate a kind of Electro ring that will follow the active character (type Qiqi ‘s Elemental Ability ) and which will deal Electro Damage every 1.5s and will also heal the active character based on Shinobu’s Life.
Quite interesting since at the end of the day this will be some passive damage that will also of course apply Elemental Reactions and also a passive heal for our team. We will have to keep an eye on Shinobu, yes.
ULTI: ELEUSINIA BY NARUKAMI
- Energy Cost: 60.
- TdE: 15 sec.
- Duration: 2 – 3.5s.
We will cause Electro damage in an area several times for 2s or 3.5s (it will depend on Shinobu’s Health, if it is at 50% or less , it will last 3.5, otherwise 2s). The damage is again based on Kuki’s maximum health. Be careful because it is not little damage if we build it well, especially considering that it is a healer.
PASSIVE 1: LIBERATING DESIGN
When Shinobu’s Health is at or below 50%, Shinobu will gain a 15% Healing Bonus . Not bad for her to heal better and in the end she lowers her own life.
PASSIVE 2: SPIRITUAL RETREAT
The Ulti will be empowered by Elemental Mastery with the following effects:
- Will increase healing by 75% of Mastery.
- Will increase damage by 25% of Mastery.
Let no one be confused because this is not going to be very noticeable, Life is still more relevant .
PASSIVE 3: PERPETUAL PRAYER
Increases by 25% the rewards that we will obtain in Inazuma’s 20h expeditions. Characters who have this never hurt.
CONSTELLATIONS
This is what we will get through the Kuki Shinobu Constellations:
- C1 – Refuse Compassion : Increases the area of effect of the Ulti by 50%.
- C2 – Renegade of Fortune : Increases the duration of our electro ring from the Elemental Skill by 3s. Quite interesting this one.
- C3 – Refusal of Suffering : Increases Elemental Skill by 3 levels, can be increased up to 15 levels.
- C4 – Shun Reclusion : Whenever a character with the Electro ring active hits with a normal, charged, or downward attack, a bolt of lightning will fall on the enemy dealing Electro damage in an area (damage based on Kuki’s health, but not very high). high). It can happen once every 5 seconds.
- C5 – Renegade Flattery : Increases Ulti by 3 levels, can be increased up to 15 levels.
- C6 – Refusal of Weakness : And the last one for a change is pretty good, these are the two effects it has.
- If Shinobu would die with a hit or is at 1 Health, it will dodge the damage that would kill him. It can occur once every 60 seconds. Something similar to what happens with Hu Tao ‘s C6 .
- When Shinobu’s health drops below 25%, she gains 150 Elemental Mastery for 15 seconds. But again it can only happen once every 6o seconds.
Not bad, although they are not the typical constellations that make a character become much more powerful. The C6 sounds good and stuff but it’s a shame that it has such high requirements and waiting times.
THE BEST BUILD FOR KUKI SHINOBU (HEALER SUPPORT DPS)
We want him to be the healer of our team and at the same time be able to give all the support he can to the others and of course we will also try to improve his damage as much as possible.
BEST WEAPONS FOR KUKI SHINOBU
To this day there are no weapons that really take advantage of it, so this would be what we could put on it:
- Oath for Freedom ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: The Elemental Mastery will come in handy, the Elemental Damage Bonus as well, and we will also support our team. It seems to me her best option, but obviously if you have Kazuha , don’t even think about taking her weapon away from her.
- Primordial Jade Cutter ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: It would help us in critical balance and also provides us with % Life. But it is also true that we would waste the Attack. In the remote case that you get this Light Sword, you can put it on, but come on, many other characters like Ayato or Xingchiu will take better advantage of it .
- Iron Thorn ⭐⭐⭐⭐: Mainly for Elemental Mastery and Elemental Damage Bonus. But the same as we discussed before, if you wear it in Kazuha, don’t take it off.
- Poisonous Wish ⭐⭐⭐⭐: Reload is not that I need it too much but hey, the damage and critical chance increase on the Elemental Ability is not bad. Also if you have it, surely you have the weapon eating cobwebs (at least it happens to me). Remember that this weapon was given in one of the events of the time when Dragonthorn was added.
Another option would be Sword of Favonius , we have the problem that it does not usually need much energy, but at least it would help our team to recharge better.
BEST ARTIFACTS
As for stats on artifacts:
- Helmet or Crown : Critical Chance or Critical Damage. We’ll generally put Critical Chance on it unless you’re wielding it with a weapon that already gives it Chance or you have some killer Chance substats.
- Clock : Life %.
- Chalice : Bonus Electro Damage.
If you need it to heal more you can put Life % on Helmet or Chalice, but you should have enough with the above.
Substats you are looking for:
- Priority: Health %, Critical Chance, Critical Damage, Elemental Mastery.
- No Priority: Energy Recharge and Flat Life (the latter best avoided if possible).
- Never: Defense, Defense %, Attack, Attack %.
And as for the Artifact Set :
- Geo-Armada Tenacity :
- 2 Pieces: +20% Health.
- 4 Pieces: Hitting with an Elemental Skill will increase all sync pairs’ Attack by 20% and also their Shield protection by 30% for 3 seconds. This can only happen once every 0.5 seconds. It activates even if your character is not on the field.
It is a perfect set for her since it provides us with Life (which translates into more damage and better heals) and will also allow us to passively increase with the Elemental Ability (remember that it hits its roll) the Attack of our comrades in a twenty%.
In the event that for whatever reason you are not interested in increasing the damage of your companions by 20% (compositions where another stat matters more and so on) put 2 pieces of Tenacity and 2 of Fury of Thunder on it .
BEST TEAMMATES
These are some of the characters with which you could accompany her (we will highlight a few, there really are many):
- Eula : He would act as a healer, it would benefit him with the Tenacity bonus and he would also apply Electro passively so that Eula performs Superconductor and thus can deal more physical damage. Remember that another very good healer option for Eula is Diona .
- Electro Main DPSs : Shogun Raiden , Razor , Keching … It’s never a bad idea to carry a healer of the same element as your Main DPS and finally we have an Electro healer. Normally in these cases a Bennett would be better , but there is only one Bennett.
- Mono Electro Teams : Given his element, he would be a very good Healer for this type of composition. Watch out for a composition of Raiden, Sara (if you have her C6, otherwise you can put Yae or Fischl ), Kazuha and Shinobu.
- Taser teams: Typical Electrocharged teams, he could play the role of Healer there.
ASCENSION MATERIALS AND TALENT BOOKS
We will need the following materials to upgrade you:
- Vajrada Amethyst and Rune Fang ( Ruins Serpent ).
- Stormsense .
- Spectral Heart (material from the enemies that are like flying balls that suck because sometimes you don’t get to hit them well).
And as for Talent Books and others:
- Books of Elegance.
- Spectral Heart.
- Tear of the Goddess of Disaster ( Almighty Narukami ).
