Zhongli
Zhongli is the number-one shielder, turning any team into a fully safe one while also cutting enemy elemental and physical RES by 20%. Since everything scales off HP, farm HP%/HP%/HP% artifacts and never touch ATK. The excellent f2p weapon is the 3-star Black Tassel (the most HP in the game), so there's no need to pull for Staff of Homa. His RES-shred burst works fine at low levels, so prioritize Skill for a thicker shield. A small investment that buys you comfort for the rest of your account's life.
Zhongli Build
Black Tassel
Staff of Homa
Favonius Lance
Vortex Vanquisher
Prototype Starglitter
Tenacity of the Millelith
Vourukasha's GlowPriority substats: HP% › Energy Recharge › CRIT Rate
E >> Q > NA — Skill decides shield strength so max it first; Burst second, Normal Attacks skipped.
Teams for Zhongli
Zhongli's shield keeps Hu Tao safe at low HP while shredding RES, and Yelan sets up Vaporize.
Zhongli swaps in for Bennett when a hard shield is needed, letting the team stand still and deal damage safely.
Zhongli's talents
Rain of Stone
Performs up to 6 consecutive spear strikes.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to lunge forward, causing stone spears to fall along his path.
Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Dominus Lapidis
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Commands the power of earth to create a Stone Stele.
Hold
Causes nearby Geo energy to explode, causing the following effects:
·If their maximum number hasn't been reached, creates a Stone Stele.
·Creates a shield of jade. The shield's DMG Absorption scales based on Zhongli's Max HP.
·Deals AoE Geo DMG.
·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. This effect does not cause DMG.
Stone Stele
When created, deals AoE Geo DMG.
Additionally, it will intermittently resonate with other nearby Geo constructs, dealing Geo DMG to nearby opponents.
The Stone Stele is considered a Geo construct that can both be climbed and used to block attacks.
Only one Stele created by Zhongli himself may initially exist at any one time.
Jade Shield
Possesses 150% DMG Absorption against all Elemental and Physical DMG.
Characters protected by the Jade Shield will decrease the Elemental RES and Physical RES of opponents in a small AoE by 20%. This effect cannot be stacked.
A true master of stone may carve jade and shape gold.
Planet Befall
Petrification
Opponents affected by the Petrification status cannot move.
The falling meteor punishes the unjust.
Resonant Waves
·Fortified characters have 5% increased Shield Strength.
Can stack up to 5 times, and lasts until the Jade Shield disappears.
Dominance of Earth
·Normal Attack, Charged Attack, and Plunging Attack DMG is increased by 1.39% of Max HP.
·Dominus Lapidis' Stone Stele, resonance, and hold DMG is increased by 1.9% of Max HP.
·Planet Befall's DMG is increased by 33% of Max HP.
Arcanum of Crystal
Zhongli constellations
Increases the maximum number of Stone Steles created by Dominus Lapidis that may exist simultaneously to 2.
Planet Befall grants nearby characters on the field a Jade Shield when it descends.
Increases the Level of Dominus Lapidis by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
Increases Planet Befall's AoE by 20% and increases the duration of Planet Befall's Petrification effect by 2s.
Increases the Level of Planet Befall by 3.
Maximum upgrade level is 15.
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.
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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