Kuki Shinobu
Kuki is one of the most worthwhile 4-stars in the game, practically free power for any Hyperbloom team. She heals reliably and triggers huge Electro reactions, and she's dead simple to build: just stack Elemental Mastery on all three main stats. No 5-star weapon needed, the 4-star Iron Sting or Xiphos' Moonlight is more than enough. Farm a 4pc Flower of Paradise Lost first, or run Gilded Dreams if you don't have it. Anyone into Dendro teams should raise her early.
Kuki Shinobu Build
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1
Freedom-Sworn Best -
2
Xiphos' Moonlight -
3
Iron Sting -
4
Favonius Sword -
5
Toukabou Shigure
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4pc
Flower of Paradise Lost -
4pc
Gilded Dreams
Priority substats: Elemental Mastery › Energy Recharge › HP%
Character Level >> E > Q — in Hyperbloom her damage only scales off EM, so leveling matters most; the Electro-applying Skill beats the Burst.
Teams for Kuki Shinobu
Nahida applies thick Dendro, Xingqiu and Yelan keep triggering Bloom, and Kuki detonates rapid Hyperbloom hits.
Alhaitham and Nahida keep Aggravate running, while Kuki adds extra off-field Electro-Charged damage and safe healing.
Kuki Shinobu's talents
Shinobu's Shadowsword
Performs up to 4 rapid strikes.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes.
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Sanctifying Ring
Grass Ring of Sanctification
Follows your current active character around. Deals Electro DMG to nearby opponents every 1.5s and restores HP for active character(s) within the ring's AoE based on Kuki Shinobu's Max HP.
The HP consumption from using this skill can only bring her to 20% HP.
"Band the Naku Weed into a loop around your waist, and it shall exorcise evil."
Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite
If Shinobu's HP is less than or equal to 50% when this skill is used, the field will last longer.
This was originally a technique used in weeding and in ritual prayers for the yearly harvest, but Shinobu has not forgotten it, though her career as a shrine maiden may have ended.
Breaking Free
Heart's Repose
·Healing amount will be increased by 75% of Elemental Mastery.
·DMG dealt is increased by 25% of Elemental Mastery.
Protracted Prayers
Kuki Shinobu constellations
Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite's AoE is increased by 50%.
Grass Ring of Sanctification's duration is increased by 3s.
Increases the Level of Sanctifying Ring by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
When the Normal, Charged, or Plunging Attacks of the character affected by Shinobu's Grass Ring of Sanctification hit opponents, a Thundergrass Mark will land on the opponent's position and deal AoE Electro DMG based on 9.7% of Shinobu's Max HP.
This effect can occur once every 5s.
Increases the Level of Gyoei Narukami Kariyama Rite by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
When Kuki Shinobu takes lethal DMG, this instance of DMG will not take her down. This effect will automatically trigger when her HP reaches 1 and will trigger once every 60s.
When Shinobu's HP drops below 25%, she will gain 150 Elemental Mastery for 15s. This effect will trigger once every 60s.
Sources: keqingmains.com, genshin-builds.com · Reflects patch 6.7 (2026-07-06) — the meta store re-ranks every patch, never edited by hand.
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