However, higher personal damage from using his Burst may be outweighed by lower overall team DPS in teams where Zhongli is acting as a driver. Zhongli’s Burst can also be a DPS gain in terms of his personal damage when he is built as an on-field DPS (especially with a more Hybrid-leaning orientation) and is using a weapon other than Crescent Pike. Vaporize Yoimiya rotations with Xingqiu). This allows him to forgo a Hold Skill for the higher damage Burst at the cost of only slightly more field time.Įven without C2, Zhongli’s Burst can be used for damage if there is sufficient downtime in a rotation (e.g. Zhongli’s C2 makes his Burst worthwhile in virtually all scenarios because it grants Zhongli his shield. As a result, his Burst is generally not worth using. Accounting for this, the multipliers on his Burst are much less exciting. While its multipliers and AoE seem impressive, it has a staggering 2.33 second animation time. Zhongli’s Burst is notorious in the community as a DPS loss, and this is usually true. Coupled with the difficulty of keeping an enemy within the small AoE, this means that Zhongli has unreliable Energy generation. Stele creation and resonance tick damage have a 50% chance of generating an Elemental Particle. At C0, only one Stele exists at a time, but at C1, two may simultaneously co-exist. Zhongli’s Stone Stele stays for 30 seconds and can be broken by enemy attacks. It is one of the rare sources of Geo RES Shred (and one of the few sources of Anemo and Physical RES Shred) available at the time of writing. While holding down his Skill, Zhongli’s own Interruption Resistance is greatly increased. When held, Zhongli’s Skill releases a burst of Geo damage and generates a shield. 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 tapped, Zhongli places a Stone Stele, a climbable Geo Construct that deals ticks of AoE Geo damage. This is the most significant part of Zhongli’s kit. Characters protected by the Jade Shield will decrease the Elemental RES and Physical RES of opponents in a small AoE by 20%. Possesses 150% DMG Absorption against all Elemental and Physical DMG. Only one Stele created by Zhongli himself may initially exist at any one time. The Stone Stele is considered a Geo construct that can both be climbed and used to block attacks. Additionally, it will intermittently resonate with other nearby Geo constructs, dealing Geo DMG to surrounding opponents. 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.

The shield’s DMG Absorption scales based on Zhongli’s Max HP. If their maximum number hasn’t been reached, creates a Stone Stele.Causes nearby Geo energy to explode, causing the following effects:

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