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Genshin Impact Shenhe guide - Best build, strengths and weaknesses

Genshin Impact Shenhe guide - Best build, strengths and weaknesses
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Welcome to Pocket Gamer’s Genshin Impact Shenhe Guide! Shenhe is a disciple of the cloud retainer and a gifted warrior. Possessing a strong will and constitution, as well as an inherent talent for the adepti arts, Shenhe stands out as a gifted and powerful warrior and one of the cloud retainers' most accomplished pupils.

Since childhood, Shenhe has had violent homicidal tendencies, a growing bloodlust, and a fate destined to bring harm and calamity to herself and those around her. She was bound in red rope to quell her violent instincts, but as a result, this has left her cold and inexpressive, hindering her emotions and leaving her indifferent to mortal life. In this Shenhe guide, you will find the following features:

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Shenhe Character Appearance

 

GENSHIN IMPACT SHENHE ELEMENT / TIER / RARITY / WEAPON

Cyro / A Tier / 5* Rarity / Polearm

In Genshin Impact, Shenhe is an excellent sub-DPS or Support Polearm user who can deal good Cryo damage whilst also providing some hefty buffs to her party’s Cryo damage thanks to her unique icy Quill effect.

How to get Shenhe

Shenhe can be obtained from her featured banner, The Transcendent One Returns, which is currently inactive. She cannot be acquired in the standard wish banner at this time.

GENSHIN IMPACT SHENHE COMBAT INFO (STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES)

Strengths

  • Her Icy Quill effect provides some high DMG buffs for Cryo party members
  • Shenhe’s constellations and passives further enhance her DMG buff and support capabilities
  • She has good utility thanks to her elemental burst, which reduces Phys and Cryo resistance

Weaknesses

  • She requires very specific team compositions to be at her most effective
  • High energy cost for her Elemental Burst

BEST BUILD FOR SHENHE IN GENSHIN IMPACT

Shenhe is at her best when she is using her support and utility within the right party, but can still deal decent damage. To get the most out of Shenhe in your team, equip her with the Calamity Queller polearm for increased elemental DMG and an additional ATK bonus after using your Elemental Skill that doubles when she is out of the field. Pair this with the Noblesse Oblige Artifact full set to get an increase in Elemental Burst DMG and a teamwide ATK buff that altogether gives a huge boost to Shenhe and her team's damage.

SHENHE - BEST WEAPONS AND ARTIFACTS

Noblesse Oblige

Energy Recharge / Brust DMG% / Team ATK% Set Bonuses

(2) Gain a 20% Burst DMG Bonus.
(4) After using an Elemental Burst, all teammates get +20% ATK. Lasts 12s, and does not stack.

How to Obtain: Clear Pool and Mountain Cavern Domain Reward.

Calamity Queller

Base Attack: 49
Rating: 5*
Bonus Effect: ATK 3.6%

Skill: Extinguishing Precept Gain 12% All Elemental DMG Bonus. Obtain Consummation for 20s after using an Elemental Skill, causing ATK to increase by 3.2% per second. This ATK increase can stack 6 times. When the character equipped with this weapon is not on the field, Consummation's ATK increase is doubled. How to Obtain: Gacha.

BEST PARTY MEMBERS TO MATCH SHENHE

Premium (Gacha) Team

In Genshin Impact, Shenhe is a go-to choice for Support thanks to her Cryo damage buff and ability to decrease enemy Physical and Cryo resistance. Ayaka should be your first choice for Main DPS, with her already high Cryo damage even stronger thanks to Shenhe’s Icy Quills buff. Diona will provide healing and shielding thanks to her Elemental Skill, and can take advantage of Shenhe’s buff for some high damage output. Kazuha is a great choice for crowd control and reaction damage, gaining a hefty elemental damage buff for both himself and the party thanks to his Elemental and Burst Skills and triggering some high damage with swirl reactions.

F2P Team

Shenhe loses some of her utility and support in this group, instead taking the Sub-DPS role. Xiangling will use her Pyro skills to deal high damage and trigger Melt reactions. Amber will provide crowd control with her Skill and Pryo resonance for some additional damage and make good use of her Burst for high damage melts. Barbara will take on the healing duties whilst also freezing enemies for more crowd control and potential reaction damage.

TALENTS / SKILLS / PASSIVE

Dawnstar Piercer - Normal Attack

Normal Attack: Perform up to 5 consecutive spear strikes.

Charge Attack: Drains a certain amount of Stamina and lunges forward, dealing damage to enemies along the way. Plunging Attack: Plunges down from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact. 1-Hit DMG: 43.2%
2-Hit DMG: 40.2%
3-Hit DMG: 53.3%
4-Hit DMG: 26.3%
5-Hit DMG: 65.6%

Charged Attack DMG - 110.6%
Charged Attack Stamina Cost - 25
Plunge DMG - 63.9%
Low/High Plunge DMG - 127.8% / 159.68%

Spring Spirit Summoning - Elemental Skill

The frosted dew, silvery and dense, shall exorcise all demons. Grants all nearby party members the Icy Quill effect and deals Cryo DMG in different ways based on whether it is tapped or held.

Press

Rushes forward together with the Talisman Spirit, dealing Cryo DMG to opponents along the path.

Hold

Commands the Talisman Spirit to deal AoE Cryo DMG.

Icy Quill

When Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attacks, Elemental Skills, and Elemental Bursts deal Cryo DMG to opponents, the DMG dealt is increased based on Shenhe's current ATK.

The Icy Quill's effects will be cleared once its duration ends or after being triggered a certain number of times. When held rather than tapped, the Icy Quill's effect lasts longer and can be triggered more times. When one Cryo DMG instance strikes multiple opponents, the effect is triggered multiple times based on the number of opponents hit. The number of times this effect is triggered is calculated independently for each party member with the Icy Quill.

Skill Attributes:

Press DMG - 139%
Hold DMG - 188.8%
DMG Bonus - 45.7% ATK
Press/Hold Duration - 10s / 15s
Press/Hold trigger Quota - 5 / 7
Press CD - 10s
Hold CD - 15s

Divine Maiden's Deliverance - Elemental Burst

Unleashes the power of the Talisman Spirit, allowing it to roam free in this plane, dealing AoE Cryo DMG. The Talisman Spirit then creates a field that decreases the Cryo RES and Physical RES of opponents within it. It also deals periodic Cryo DMG to opponents within the field.

Skill Attributes:

Skill DMG - 101%
RES Decrease - 6%
DoT - 33.1%
Duration - 12s
CD - 20s
Energy Cost - 80

Deific Embrace - 1st Ascension Passive

An active character within the field created by Divine Maiden's Deliverance gains 15% Cryo DMG Bonus.

Spirit Communion Seal - 4th Ascension Passive

After Shenhe uses Spring Spirit Summoning, she will grant all nearby party members the following effects:

Press: Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG is increased by 15% for 10s.

Hold: Normal, Charged, Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 15% for 15s.

Precise Comings And Goings - Unlocked Automatically

Gains 25% more rewards when dispatched on a Liyue Expedition for 20 hours.

TALENT LEVELING MATERIALS

Gained from Enemy Drop (Whopperflower)

  • Whopperflower Nectar
  • Shimmering Nectar
  • Energy Nectar

Acquired From Domains (Tuesday/Friday/Sunday)

  • Teachings of Prosperity
  • Guide to Prosperity
  • Philosophies of Prosperity

Obtained After Defeating Bosses (Signora Challenge)

  • Hellfire Butterfly

CONSTELLATIONS

Clarity Of Heart

Spring Spirit Summoning can be used 1 more time.

Centered Spirit

Divine Maiden’s Deliverance lasts for 6 seconds longer. Active characters within the skill’s field deal 15% increased Cryo Critical Hit Damage.

Seclusion

Increases the level of Spring Spirit Summoning by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Insight

When characters under the effect of Icy Quill applied by Shenhe trigger its Damage Bonus effects, Shenhe will gain a Skyfrost Mantra stack:

  • When Shenhe uses Spring Spirit Summoning, she will consume all stacks of Skyfrost Mantra, increasing the Damage of that Spring Spirit Summoning by 5 percent for each stack consumed.

  • Max 50 stacks. Stacks last for 60 seconds.

Divine Attainment

Increases the level of Divine Maiden’s Deliverance by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.

Mystical Abandon

When characters trigger Icy Quill’s effects using Normal and Charged Attack Damage, it does not count toward the Trigger Quota.

ASCENSION COSTS

Phase 1

  • Lv.20→Lv.40
  • Mora Cost: 20,000
  • Qingxin x3
  • Shivada Jade Sliver x1
  • Whopperflower Nectar x3

Phase 2

  • Lv.40→Lv.50
  • Qingxin x 10
  • Shivada Jade Sliver x3
  • Whopperflower Nectar x15
  • Drahonheir’s False Fin x2

Phase 3

  • Lv.50→Lv.60
  • Qingxin ×20
  • Shivada Jade Fragment ×6
  • Shimmering Nectar ×12
  • Dragonheir's False Fin ×4

Phase 4

  • Lv.60→Lv.70
  • Qingxin ×30
  • Shivada Jade Chunk ×3
  • Shimmering Nectar ×18
  • Dragonheir's False Fin ×8

Phase 5

  • Lv.70→Lv.80
  • Qingxin ×45
  • Shivada Jade Chunk ×6
  • Energy Nectar ×12
  • Dragonheir's False Fin ×12

Phase 6 (MAX)

  • Lv.80→Lv.90
  • Qingxin ×60
  • Shivada Jade Gemstone ×6
  • Energy Nectar ×24
  • Dragonheir's False Fin ×20

Base Stats

At Level 1, Shenhe starts with 1,011 HP, 24 ATK, and 65 DEF.

Wishes / Availability

Shenhe is currently not available, as her featured banner The Transcendent One Returns has ended. She is currently not featured in the Standard Wish banner.

Thanks for reading our guide to Shenhe! If you want to check out how Shenhe compares to other characters, you should check out our Genshin Impact character tier list!

Matt Fuller
Matt Fuller
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