Zhongli

Geo Support (Burst Support - Shielder)

Disclaimer: the guide assumes that you already know how Zhongli kit works and will provide mid/advanced tips.

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BUILDS

• Burst Support. Utility + Shield + Burst damage. You will look for high investment and offensive stats (full weapon chart below).

• Shield bot. You only care about your shield. HP on all your artifacts, Favonius or Black Tassel/Homa for extra HP.

• Geo DPS. Offensive stats (same as Burst build), makes use of his pillar resonating with other Geo constructs to deal damage.

• Main DPS. Not treated in this guide.

ARTIFACT SETS

• 4 Tenacity. Triggering this set is not as straight forward and easy as it looks (especially at C0). It's easy for a solo pillar to miss and not grant the Tenacity buff so it works best in a team with more Geo constructs resonating or C1. If you can make it work it's his best supporting option.

• 2 piece flex (Noblesse, Archaic, Tenacity, Shime, ecc) is ideal for Burst support. Zhongli is very versatile and doesn't need to be forced into a set.

• 4 Noblesse. A great option for Burst Support, it also lines up perfectly with his Burst cooldown. Remember that it does not stack so only 1 Noblesse per team.

• 4 Emblem. Another good option for Burst Support, remember to not build any unnecessary ER, good offensive stats are better.

MAIN/SUB STATS

• Burst Support wants either Atk or HP Sands, Geo Goblet and Crit rate/dmg Circlet. Substats should prioritize Crit, Atk and HP while having enough ER (usually around 120 is enough but it highly depends on circumstances).

• Shield bot only cares about HP.

WEAPONS

Assumptions

• 2 Noblesse + 2 Archaic Petra

• 80/90 C0 Zhongli with level 8 Talents

• LV 90 enemy

• 60/120 Crit (balanced according to weapon stats)

• Mid/high investment substats (with some HP% and Atk%)

• Geo Goblet and Crit Circlet

• No external factors (except his shield shred)

• Burst support (Atk sands)

• Burst support (HP sands)

• Shield bot

The only weapons considered are Fav for team energy or Black Tassel and Homa for bonus HP. Black Tassel offers more HP than R5 Homa. You can go for damage options but in this build it won't matter much.

TEAMS

Teams are very straight forward as he goes well almost everywhere and doesn't have energy problems with a 40 cost Burst. He is great at enabling risky carries like Xiao, Hu tao, Ganyu, etc to do their combos without being interrupted or damaged while providing a 20% res shred and carrying utilities/buffs. He's also amazing in Geo teams since relying on Crystalize to activate the Resonance is not a great option.

He is not a good fit in Freeze teams and can sometimes be viewed as a "dps loss" in very meta and optimized teams, where there is no need for a shield and a more offensive unit is preferred.

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