Zhongli Rating and Best Builds | Genshin Impact

Zhongli is a character in Genshin Impact. Learn about Zhongli's stats, strengths and weaknesses, Japanese voice actor, and our rating of the character in this complete profile!

Zhongli Rating

Zhongli
	Rating: Rarity: ★★★★★ Element: Geo (Earth) Weapon: Polearm EN Voice Actor: Keith Silverstein JP Voice Actor: Maeno Tomoaki

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Zhongli Strengths and Weaknesses

Vs. Bosses	Vs. Mobs	Support	Exploration
Strengths
High attack speed. AoE Geo Damage Can petrify enemies with his Elemental Skill Can drain Geo Element from Enemies.

How to Use Zhongli

Petrify Enemies With Planet Befall

Zhongli's Elemental Burst, Planet Befall, summons a meteror that crashes into the battlefield petrifying all in its impact zone. This is a great crowd control technique similar to Frozen Elemental Reactions that can lock down a group of enemies giving you a chance to go all out or a window to heal up.

Balance Offense and Defense with Dominus Lapidis

Pressing Zhongli's Elemental Skill summons a Stone Stele that deals AoE Geo Damage on impact as well as pulsing Geo Damage. Similar to Geo Traveler's Elemental Skill the Stone Stele is considered a construct and can be climbed and used to block attacks creating opportunties for defensive uses.

Easily Take Out Geo Shields

Holdig Zhongli's Elemental skill causes a burst of AoE Geo Damage before creating shield that scales off of his Max HP. However, this ability will also drain Geo Element from nearby enemies. This either breaks or deals heavy damage to enemy Geo shileds or consctucts. This is skill perfect for fighting Geo Samachurls on their platforms, taking out rock shields from Hilichurl Guards or Mitachurls and, even the shield off of Lawachurls.

Best Builds for Zhongli

Zhongli DPS Builds

Physical DPS

This build focuses on Zhongli's high attack speed and maximizing the damage dealt from normal and charge attacks.

Weapon	Artifact Set
Crescent Pike	Bloodstained Chivalry x2 Gladiator's Finale x2
Set Bonus
• Physical DMG +25% • ATK+18%
Talent Priority
Normal Attack: Rain of Stone Perform up to 6 rapid strikes.

Best Artifact Stats for Physical DPS

Stat Priory	ATK(%) Physical DMG Bonus CRIT DMG
Substats	・CRIT Rate ・CRIT DMG ・Attack (%)

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Vortex Vanquisher	Bonus Stat: ATK ・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%
Primordial Jade Winged-Spear	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate % ・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%.

Zhongli Support Builds

Petrify Support

This build focuses on using Zhongli as a Burst damage support, centering around the massive Geo damage from Planet Befall and maximizing the uptime of the Petrify effect.

Weapon	Artifact Set
Skyward Spine	Archaic Petra x2 Noblesse Oblige x2
Set Bonus
• Bonus Geo DMG +25% • Elemental Burst DMG +20%
Talent Priority
Planet Befall Brings a falling meteor down to eart, dealing massive Geo DMG to opponents caught in its AoE and applying the Petrification status to them.

Best Artifact Stats for Physical DPS

Stat Priory	ATK(%) or Energy Recharge Geo DMG Bonus CRIT DMG or CRIT Rate
Substats	・Energy Recharge ・CRIT Rate ・CRIT DMG (%) ・HP(%)

Replacement Weapons

Weapon	Effect
Primordial Jade Winged-Spear	Bonus Stat: CRIT Rate % ・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%.
Favonius Lance	Bonus Stat: Energy Recharge ・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.

Best Artifact Build for Zhongli

Best Artifacts Ranked

Rating	Set	Bonuses
Best	Archaic Petra	Gain a 15% Geo DMG Bonus. Upon obtaining an Elemental Shard Created through a Crystallize Reaction, all party members gain a 35% DMG Bonus for that particular element for 10s. Only one form of Elemental DMG Bonus can be gained in this manner at any one time.
Second Best	Gladiator's Finale	ATK +18%. If the wielder of this artifact set uses a Sword, Claymore or Polearm, increases their Normal Attack DMG by 35%.
Third Best	Noblesse Oblige	Elemental Burst DMG +20%. Using an Elemental Burst increases all party members' ATK by 20% for 12s. This effect cannot stack.

List of Artifacts and Set Bonuses

Best Weapons for Zhongli

Best Weapons Ranked

Rating	Weapon	Stats (Lv.1)
Best	Vortex Vanquisher	Base Stats Base Attack: Bonus Effect: Skill Effect 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%
Second Best	Blackcliff Pole	Base Stats Base Attack: 42 Bonus Effect: CRIT DMG 12.00% Skill Effect After defeating an enemy, ATK is increased by 12% for 30s. This effect has a maximum of 3 stacks, and the duration of each stack is independent of the others.
Third Best	Prototype Grudge	Base Stats Base Attack: 44 Bonus Effect: Energy Recharge 7.5% Skill Effect After using an Elemental Skill, increases Normal and Charged Attack DMG by 8% for 12s. Max 2 stacks.

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Recommended Party Members for Zhongli

Character	Element	Weapon
Mona
	· Set up powerful Elemental Reactions and deal large amounts of damage. · Can use her decoy to safely inflict Elemental effects.
Ningguang
	· Using Zhongli's skills, Ningguang's skills will deal continuous damage. · Use Elemental Resonance to further increase damage when shields are up.
Noelle
	· Boosts defense with her recovery and shield. · Due to Elemental Resonance, Noelle's shield with increase attack power.
Bennett
	· Buffs attack power even further. · Can burn things so you don't need to change characters when exploring.

Zhongli Basic Information

Story Quest - Zhongli

Stats and Element

Rarity and Element

Stats (Lv. 20)

Required Items for Ascension

Required Items for Level 40

Required Items	Cor Lapis ×3 Prithiva Topaz Sliver ×1 Slime Condensate ×3

Required Items for Level 50

Required Items	Cor Lapis ×10 Prithiva Topaz Fragment ×3 Slime Condensate ×15 Basalt Pillar ×2

Required Items for Level 60

Required Items	Cor Lapis ×20 Prithiva Topaz Fragment ×6 Slime Secretions ×12 Basalt Pillar ×4

Required Items for Level 70

Required Items	Cor Lapis ×30 Prithiva Topaz Chunk ×3 Slime Secretions ×18 Basalt Pillar ×8

Required Items for Level 80

Required Items	Cor Lapis ×45 Prithiva Topaz Chunk ×6 Slime Concentrate ×12 Basalt Pillar ×12

Required Items for Level 90

Required Items	Cor Lapis ×60 Prithiva Topaz Gemstone ×6 Slime Concentrate ×24 Basalt Pillar ×20

Required Items for Level 100

Required Items for Talent Level-Up

Required Items for Talent Level 2

Required Items	Teachings of "Gold" ×3 Slime Condensate ×6

Required Items for Talent Level 3

Required Items	Guide to "Gold" ×2 Slime Secretions ×3

Required Items for Talent Level 4

Required Items	Guide to "Gold" ×4 Slime Secretions ×4

Required Items for Talent Level 5

Required Items	Guide to "Gold" ×6 Slime Secretions ×6

Required Items for Talent Level 6

Required Items	Guide to "Gold" ×9 Slime Secretions ×9

Zhongli Talents (Skills)

Normal Attack: Rain of Stone

Dominus Lapidis

Planet Befall

Resonant Waves

Dominance of Earth

Arcanum of Crystal

Zhongli Constellations

Rock, the Backbone of Earth	Increase the maximum number of Stone Steles created by Dominus Lapidis that may exist simultaneously to 2.
Stone, the Cradle of Jade	Planet Befall grants nearby characters on the field a Jade Shield when it descends.
Jade, Shimmering through Darkness	Increases the Level of Dominus Lapidis by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Topaz, Unbreakable and Fearless	Increases Planet Befall's AoE by 20%and increases the duration of Planet Befall's Petrification effect by 2s.
Lazuli, Herald of the Order	Increases the Level of Planet Befall by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
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.

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