『 Table Of Content 』
1. Informations about Zhongli & Rating
2. Zhongli's Strenght and Weakness
3. Talents & their prorities
4. Constellations
5. Playstyles and their Overview
6. Best Weapons
7. Best Artifacts & their substats
8. Team for Zhongli
9. Links
▲ Informations About Zhongli & Rating
Zhongli is a 5-Star Geo Polearm character set to be a Sub DPS or Support, scaled by HP. He has powerful shield that grants a debuff to enemies, as well as a powerful burst that can petrify enemies after dealing massive damage. His Overall Rating is SS.
➝ RANKINGS
• Sub-DPS - A
• Support - SS
• Exploration - S
• Reroll - SS
▲ Zhongli's Strenght and Weakness
➝ STRENGHT
• Large AoE Geo Damage.
• The strongest shield in-game that can withstand through most enemy attacks, for example: Azdaha or Dvalin
• Can petrify enemies with his Elemental Burst.
• His Geo Construct can resonate without other Geo Constructs, which can lead to dealing damage in a wide area.
• 20% Universal Resistance Shred contributes to team damage significantly.
• A character who slots in many teams
➝ WEAKNESS
• Low Elemental Particle generation.
• Low Normal Attack Damage.
▲Talents & their prorities
➝ Normal Attack: Rain of Stone
Description:
Normal Attack - Performs up to 6 consecutive spear strikes.
Charged Attack - Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, causing stone spears to fall along his path.
Plunging Attack - Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
• His Normal Attacks are notable for being one of the fastest in the game, with many multi-hits. This makes him a good driver and an excellent Crescent Pike user.
• His Charged Attack can be easily canceled everytime.
➝ Elemental Skill: Dominus Lapidis
Press - Commands the power of earth to create a Stone Stele.
Hold -
• Causes nearby Geo energy to explode, causing the following effects:
• If their maximum number hasn’t been reached, creates a Stone Stele.
• Creates a shield of jade. The shield’s DMG Absorption scales based on Zhongli’s Max HP.
• Deals AoE Geo DMG.
If there are nearby targets with the Geo Element, it will drain a large amount of Geo Element from a maximum of 2 such targets. This effect does not cause DMG.
Stone Stele - When created, deals AoE Geo DMG. Additionally, it will intermittently resonate with other nearby Geo constructs, dealing Geo DMG to surrounding opponents. The Stone Stele is considered a Geo construct that can both be climbed and used to block attacks.
Only one Stele created by Zhongli himself may initially exist at any one time.
Jade Shield - Possesses 150% DMG Absorption against all Elemental and Physical DMG. Characters protected by the Jade Shield will decrease the Elemental RES and Physical RES of opponents in a small AoE by 20%. This effect cannot be stacked.
• When tapped, Zhongli places a Stone Stele, a climbable Geo Construct that deals AoE Geo damage. While each tick doesn’t deal much damage, they can resonate with other Geo Constructs, increasing their reach and allowing damage to stack up quickly over a large area.
• When you hed the elemental skill button, his Skill releases a burst of Geo damage and generates a shield. While holding down his Skill, Zhongli’s own Interruption Resistance is greatly increased.
• Zhongli’s Stone Stele stays for 30 seconds and can be broken by enemy attacks. At C0, only one Stele exists at a time, but at C1, two may simultaneously co-exist.
➝ Elemental Burst: Planet Befall
Brings a falling meteor down to earth, dealing massive Geo DMG to opponents caught in its AoE and applying the Petrification status to them.
Petrification - Opponents affected by the Petrification status cannot move
• Zhongli brings down a falling meteor that deals Geo Damage in a large AoE and applying Petrification on his enemies, making them unable to move for a short time.
• Due to the long cast animation of this burst, it can often be a DPS loss. C2 minimizes this problem as it allows foregoing a Hold Skill to instead generate his shield with Burst.
➝ Resonant Waves
When the Jade Shield takes DMG, it will Fortify:
• Fortified characters have 5% increased Shield Strength.
• Can stack up to 5 times, and lasts until the Jade Shield disappears.
➝ Dominance of Earth
Zhongli deals bonus DMG based on his Max HP:
• Normal Attack, Charged Attack, and Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 1.39% of Max HP.
• Dominus Lapidis' Stone Stele, resonance, and hold DMG is increased by 1.9% of Max HP.
• Planet Befall's DMG is increased by 33% of Max HP.
➝ Arcanum of Crystal
Refunds 15% of the ores used when Forging Polearm-type weapons.
➝ Prorities
with burst: BURST > ELEMENTAL SKILL > NORMAL ATTACKS
without burst: ELEMENTAL SKILL >>> BURST = NORMAL ATTACKS
• In teams where Zhongli uses his Burst, it serves as a large portion of his damage and also scales better with Talent Levels. However, as his resonance tick damage is significant and his shield is a powerful source of RES Shred and protection, it is usually best to level it in tandem with his Burst.
• In teams where Zhongli doesn’t use his Burst, his Skill becomes the only important Talent to level. The focus on Geo DMG in this playstyle means his Normal Attacks tend to be lackluster and not worth using.
▲ Constellations
➝ C1: Rock, the Backbone of Earth (second-most valuable Constellation)
Increases the maximum number of Stone Steles created by Dominus Lapidis that may exist simultaneously to 2.
• C1 makes it easier to maintain uptime for Tenacity of the Millelith and Pale Flames passives.
• It indirectly buffs his Energy generation, and it increases damage in Hybrid and Microwave teams, C1 doesn’t increase Zhongli’s Energy generation directly, as the Particle generation cooldown is shared between the two Steles. Despite this, C1 increases the reliability of his Energy generation by increasing Stele AoE coverage and lowering the chance of all Steles being destroyed by enemies.
➝ C2: Stone, the Cradle of Jade (Most valuable Constellation)
Planet Befall grants nearby characters on the field a Jade Shield when it descends.
• This Constellation simplifies his rotations by summoning a shield on Burst cast, allowing him greater flexibility in adjusting his Steles’ position while maintaining 100% shield uptime. This fixes its main problem at C0, that it can be a DPS loss in many teams.
• The shield summoned by his Burst will also protect Co-Op teammates, giving Zhongli a rare Co-Op shielding ability.
Makes elemental burst worth using
➝ C3: Jade, Shimmering through Darkness
Increases the Level of Dominus Lapidis by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
➝ C4: Topaz, Unbreakable and Fearless
Increases Planet Befall’s AoE by 20% and increases the duration of Planet Befall’s Petrification effect by 2s.
➝ C5: Lazuli, Herald of the Order
Increases the Level of Planet Befall by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
• synergistic with C2.
➝ C6: Chrysos, Bounty of Dominator
When the Jade Shield takes DMG, 40% of that incoming DMG is converted to HP for the current character. A single instance of regeneration cannot exceed 8% of that character’s Max HP.
• It is helpful but redundant, given Zhongli’s frankly excessive shield health. Most of the time it is a quality of life upgrade, but the HP regeneration can be detrimental in
Hu Tao teams.
▲ Playstyles and their Overview
Zhongli builds can be divided into the following based on the distribution of damage between his Normal Attacks, Skill, and Burst: Shield, Burst Support, , Psychical DPS, Hybrid DPS, and Geo DPS (microvawe).
(photo from keqingmains.com)
Values might differ based on playstyle.
➝ Shield
Shield playstyle focuses on two things: maximizing Zhongli’s shield’s strength by building HP, and maintaining shield uptime to utilize its Universal RES Shred and other supportive utility. Zhongli is on top of having the strongest shield in the game, it doesn’t require Energy and can easily be maintained for 100% uptime.
•This build only requires HP% artifact stats, a 3-Star weapon, and only requires investment into one Talent.
➝ Burst Support
It is recommended to use his Burst in teams where there is sufficient downtime to accommodate his Burst. Furthermore, at C2 or above, or if players have high investment into Zhongli, this build can actually be better of the Shield build. When these conditions are met, his Burst damage can become fairly significant. This build becomes especially strong in teams that can have the time to accommodate his Burst animation.
•The Burst Support build is sometimes referred to in the community as a Hybrid build.
➝ Physical DPS Zhongli
Physical DPS Zhongli is an unorthodox build where Zhongli is primarily used in battle to deal Physical DMG.
• Teams for Physical DPS Zhongli’s are using him as a driver for strong off-field units, while others focus on maximizing his own personal damage.
➝ Hybrid DPS
Hybrid DPS Zhongli is an offshoot of Physical DPS Zhongli - their playstyles are quite similar, with comparable stat optimizations, weapon and artifact set recommendations, as well as identical attack string combos.
• The one major distinction between these builds comes from Hybrid DPS utilizing both his Physical and Geo damage, spreading his damage distribution equally across his kit.
➝ Geo DPS Zhongli: Microwave
Zhongli’s Stone Stele can be problematic in many teams because of its tendency to interfere with Elemental Reactions. However, it becomes a significant asset when invested into and made use of - this is done so in a unique team core known as “Microwave”, which uses Geo Traveler’s numerous constructs to strategically generate multiple Stele resonance pulses. Both Zhongli and Geo MC offer high damage over time and Energy generation. As such, they can be used as an off-field DPS mechanic for other carries, or be played as a Quickswap composition to abuse the high multipliers and low cooldowns.
・Typically, it is not worth to use Zhongli's Elemental burst. However on rotation that allow it or at C2, it can be worth to swap Zhongli to a burst support build
▲ Best Weapons
➝ Staff Of Homa
・HP increased by 20%. Additionally, provides an ATK Bonus based on 0.8% of the wielder’s Max HP. When the wielder's HP is less than 50%, this ATK Bonus is increased by an additional 1% of Max HP. The weapon can be obtained by limited weapon gacha banner.
➝ Primordial Jade Winged-Spear
・On hit, increases ATK by 3.2% for 6s. Max 7 stacks. This effect can only occur once every 0.3s. While in possession of the maximum possible stacks, DMG dealt is increased by 12%. The weapon can be obtained by wishing on standard or limited weapon banner.
➝ Lithic-Spear
・For every character in the party who hails form Liyue, the character who equips this weapons gains 7% ATK increase and a 3% CRIT Rate increase. This effect stacks up to 4 times. Obtained by wishing on any banner.
➝ Calamity Queller
・Gain a 12% Elemental DMG Bonus. Obtain Consummation for 20s after using an Elemental Skill, causing ATK to increase by 3.2% per second. This ATK increase has a maximum of 6 stacks. When the character equipped with this weapon is not on the field, Consummation's ATK increase is doubled. Obtained by wishing on limited weapon banner.
➝ Vortex Vanquisher
・Increases Shield Strength by 20%. Scoring hits on opponents increases ATK by 4% for 8s. Max 5 stacks. Can only occur once every 0.3s. While protected by a shield, this ATK increase effect is increased by 100%. Obtained by wishing on limited weapon banner.
➝ The Catch
・Increases Elemental Burst DMG by 16% and Elemental Burst CRIT Rate by 6%. Obtained from the Inazuma Fishing Assocation.
➝ Black Tassel
・Increases DMG against slimes by 40%. Obtained by wishing on any banner.
Use the weapon for as much Shield HP as possible
➝ Black Tassel
・CRIT Hits have a 60% chance to generate a small amount of Elemental Particles, which will regenerate 6 Energy for the character. Can only occur once every 12s. Obtained by wishing on any banner,
All weapons expect Black Tasell can be used if opting into using Zhongli's Elemental Burst
▲ Best Artifacts & their substats
・SANDS: HP%/ATK
・GOBLET: HP%/Geo%
・CIRCLET: HP%/CRIT%
➝ SUBSTAT
ENERGY RECHARGE% (ONLY IF BURSTING) > HP%/FLAT HP > CRIT% > ATK%
・If opting into using Zhongli's Elemental Burst focus on ER% Subs.
・For Max. Shield HP%, go for full HP%
・Swapping Protity for DMG is Goblet > Sands
・Focus on Main stat over set bonus. Any 2pc combo of the listed sets can be used.
・4pc insctructor can be used too.
・Typically, it is not worth to use Zhongli's Elemental burst. However on rotation that allow it or at C2, it can be worth to swap Zhongli to a burst support build
▲ Teams
・More recommended:
Eula/Fischl/Chongyun
Jean/Xiao/Albedo
Xingqiu/Hu Tao/Kazuha
Ganyu/Xiangling/Bennet*
***o/Gorou/Albedo
Heizou/Fischl/Kaeya
There are some link to more more written build for Zhongli's playstyle;
Zhongli build: Psychical DPS, Shield Support Build, Burst DPS
Link for my guides:
Genshin Characters Guide:
Genshin Mechanics Guide:
Honkai Impact Mechanics & Glossary Guide:
Multiplier & Advanced QTE & Switching Techniques
Navigation & Battle Mechanics & Boosting Valkyrje & Game Progression (Mostly for begginers)
