Layla
Layla is the most beginner-friendly 4-star shielder around: one press of her Skill gives a shield that lasts the whole fight, plus steady Cryo to enable Freeze or Melt teams. Don't bother chasing CRIT, she scales off HP, so farm Tenacity of the Millelith with HP% pieces and just enough Energy Recharge for her Burst. If you can't pull Key of Khaj-Nisut, the free Favonius Sword works great. Cheap, sturdy, press once and forget.
Layla Build
Key of Khaj-Nisut
Primordial Jade Cutter
The Dockhand's Assistant
Favonius Sword
Harbinger of Dawn
Tenacity of the Millelith
Vourukasha's GlowPriority substats: Energy Recharge › HP% › CRIT DMG / CRIT Rate
E > Character Level > Q — the Skill sets her shield strength so level it first, character level raises her HP pool, and the Burst comes last.
Teams for Layla
Layla shields while applying Cryo to feed reactions, Shenhe buffs Cryo damage, and Kazuha groups enemies and shreds RES for Ganyu to unload damage.
Layla's talents
Sword of the Radiant Path
Performs up to 3 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.
Nights of Formal Focus
The Curtain of Slumber's DMG Absorption is based on Layla's Max HP and absorbs Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness. When the shield is deployed, Layla will have Cryo applied to her briefly.
Night Stars and Shooting Stars
While the Curtain of Slumber is active, it will create 1 Night Star that will be attached to it every 1.5s. When a character protected by this shield uses an Elemental Skill, 2 Night Stars will be created. Night Stars can be created once every 0.3s in this way. A maximum of 4 Night Stars can be accumulated at any one time.
Once the Curtain of Slumber has accumulated 4 Night Stars and there are opponents nearby, these Night Stars will transform into homing Shooting Stars that will be fired off in sequence, dealing Cryo DMG to any opponents hit.
If the Curtain of Slumber's duration ends or it is destroyed, the Night Stars will disappear. If they are already being fired off as Shooting Stars, these Shooting Stars will last until this wave of shots ends.
New Night Stars cannot be created until the previous wave of Shooting Stars has been fired completely.
"She and I are like two master artisans who have never met, yet who sit at the same cushioned seat, embroidering the same dream-flower."
Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker
When a Starlight Slug hits, it will generate 1 Night Star for nearby Curtains of Slumber. Each Curtain of Slumber can gain 1 Night Star this way every 0.5s.
"Sleep now, sleep now; and may many destinies be revealed before your slumbering eyes, within your star-paved dreams."
Like Nascent Light
·The Shield Strength of a character under the effect of the Curtain of Slumber increases by 6%.
·This effect can have a maximum of 4 stacks and persists until the Curtain of Slumber disappears.
Sweet Slumber Undisturbed
Shadowy Dream-Signs
Layla constellations
The Shield Absorption of the Curtain of Slumber generated by Nights of Formal Focus is increased by 20%.
Additionally, when unleashing Nights of Formal Focus, she will generate a shield for any nearby party members who are not being protected by a Curtain of Slumber. This shield will have 35% of the absorption of a Curtain of Slumber, will last for 12s, and will absorb Cryo DMG with 250% effectiveness.
When Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus strike opponents, they will each restore 1 Energy to Layla. Each Shooting Star can restore Energy to her in this manner once.
Increases the Level of Nights of Formal Focus by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
When Nights of Formal Focus starts to fire off Shooting Stars, it will grant all nearby party members the Dawn Star effect, causing their Normal and Charged Attack DMG to increase based on 5% of Layla's Max HP.
Dawn Star can last up to 3s and will be removed 0.05s after dealing Normal or Charged Attack DMG.
Increases the Level of Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Shooting Stars from Nights of Formal Focus deal 40% increased DMG, and Starlight Slugs from Dream of the Star-Stream Shaker deal 40% increased DMG.
Additionally, the interval between the creation of Night Stars via Nights of Formal Focus is decreased by 20%.
Sources: keqingmains.com · Reflects patch 6.7 (2026-07-06) — the meta store re-ranks every patch, never edited by hand.
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