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The best Genshin Impact Kuki Shinobu buildLearn how to put together the best possible Shinobu build in Genshin Impact
Learn how to put together the best possible Shinobu build in Genshin Impact
Want to learn how to create the best build for Kuki Shinobu in Genshin Impact?Kuki Shinobu has the distinction of beingGenshin Impact’s 50th playable character, introduced in Phase II of Version 2.7 (June 2022). In-story you might already recognise her asArataki Itto’s second-in-command of the Arataki Gang, where she generally keeps her headstrong boss and his less critically capable trio of minions in line.
On a practical level, Shinobu is Genshin’s first 4-star Electro sword character, giving you a more accessible and permanent alternative to trying against miniscule odds to pull Keqing from the gacha or switching the Traveler’s element in order to try out this combo. Most importantly, though, Shinobu is a rare Electro character built specifically for support, and takes the cake as the game’s first Electro healer. Read on for details of the best build we’ve seen for Kuki Shinobu, including her best weapons, artifacts, party members, and more.
Character Demo - “Kuki Shinobu: Jack of All Trades” | Genshin ImpactWatch on YouTube
Character Demo - “Kuki Shinobu: Jack of All Trades” | Genshin Impact
How to build Kuki Shinobu for a healer/sub-DPS role in Genshin Impact
Best weapon: Sacrificial Sword
Alternative:Lion’s Roar
Since Shinobu is a 4-star character and her DPS capacities are mainly focussed around her elemental talents, I haven’t recommended equipping her with a 5-star sword. Instead, she’ll do quite nicely with one of a couple of 4-star swords that make the most of her elemental attacks. My top pick is theSacrificial Sword, which at its base level has a 40% chance to end the cooldown of Shinobu’s enviable Elemental Skill whenever the latter is triggered (up to once every 30 seconds).
Best artifacts: Ocean-Hued Clam 4-piece set
Alternative:Maiden Beloved 4-piece set
Because Shinobu’s best talent scales off of her max health, your artifact selection should focus on upping her HP and healing as much as possible. There are actually quite a few 1- to 3-star sets that will do in a pinch — try a mix of Traveling Doctor and Adventurer if you’re really stuck for good stuff — but since I’m here to recommend her best possible loadout, I’m going to focus on higher-tier gear.
Naturally, you want the stats on these artifacts to further enhance Shinobu’s max HP first and foremost, although it’s a good idea to use the substats to improve her elemental attacks as well if you’re making the most of her potential in a mixed healer/sub-DPS build. Here’s an example of the stats to aim for on each piece:
Talent priority: Sanctifying Ring (Elemental Skill)
Secondary:Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite (Elemental Burst)
Without a doubt, Shinobu’s linchpin talent is her Elemental SkillSanctifying Ring, since it deals decent damage to enemies while healing both Shinobu and her party members at the same time. Her Elemental BurstGyoei Narukami Kariyama Riteis also decent, working well with her Elemental Skill and propping up any sub-DPS/Electro support duties you want her to perform. Unsurprisingly, her normal attacks are not quite so flashy, and should be the last ones you focus on levelling up no matter what exact role you’re planning for her on your team.
Below is a run-down of each one of Shinobu’s talents and what they do:
Party composition
With a 5-star DPS:
With a 4-star DPS:
Of course, with Itto being a 5-star event-exclusive character, many players won’t have him. Unfortunately there aren’t many 4-star Geo DPS alternatives available, andNingguang(the best among them) doesn’t quite have the synergy with Shinobu and Gorou that Itto enjoys. Therefore, if you’re building a 4-star and/or F2P-focused team around Shinobu, you might want to consider throwing the whole Geo meta out the window and trying something else.
While it lacks the immediate crushing power you’ll get from the Geo team, you can have a lot of fun with Shinobu on a team primarily made up of Cryo characters, where she makes a great replacement for Diona as a healer thanks to her improvedelemental reactionsand self-powered damage potential. The sample composition I’ve recommended above teams up Shinobu with the 4-star Cryo DPS duo ofRosariaandChongyun, and rounds out with 4-star Hydro DPSXingqiu, allowing you to stop opponents in their tracks, wear down their defences, and deal them continuous AoE damage with the combined power of the Freeze, Superconduct, and Electro-charged reactions.
How to level up Kuki Shinobu in Genshin Impact
Ascension Materials
To fully ascend Shinobu, you will need the following materials:
Talents
To fully level up any one of Shinobu’s three active talents, you’ll need to collect the following materials:
Constellations
Below is a full list of Shinobu’s Constellations:
How to get Kuki Shinobu in Genshin Impact
As of Version 2.8, Kuki Shinobu has joined Genshin Impact’s standard wish pool. This means that, like all 4-star characters, you have a chance of pulling her any time you wish on the Wanderlust Invocation banner, Weapon Event Wish banner, orCharacter Event Wish banner. She’ll also occasionally feature with boosted drop rates on the latter.
