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Nilou is a 5-star Hydro unit who dances for the Zubayr Theater in Genshin Impact. Here’s everything you need to know about effectively building her.

Nilou excels at being a team’s sub-DPS and consistently shines at the top of Genshin Impact’s tier list for that category. Introduced in version 3.1, Nilou is one of the many characters players encounter in the Sumeru region.

In combat, Nilou has the ability to transform Dendro Cores into Bountiful Cores, which have a higher explosion radius than the standard form. However, the damage from the Bountiful Core’s explosions requires a team healer to recover from the impact.

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If you’re looking to build Nilou, keep reading for our recommended Artifacts, weapons, and more.

Nilou abilities in Genshin Impact

Normal Attack: Dance of Samser

• Normal Attack: Perform up to 3 consecutive strikes.
• Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of stamina to perform a twirling slash.
• Plunging Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

Elemental Skill: Dance of Kaftkarsvar

Enters Pirouette state, dealing Hydro DMG to nearby opponents based on Nilou’s Max HP. While she is in the Pirouette state, Nilou’s normal attacks and elemental attacks will cause her to enter the sword dance and whirling steps stances, respectively, causing DMG she deals to be converted to Hydro DMG that cannot be overridden and that is considered elemental skill DMG.

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In these stances, Nilou’s third dance step will end the Pirouette, and has the following effects:

• Sword Dance: Unleashes a Luminous Illusion that deals Hydro DMG to opponents it touches and grants Nilou the Lunar Prayer effect. This effect converts Nilou’s normal attacks into sword dance techniques, and her final hit will unleash a Luminous Illusion.
• Whirling Steps: Nilou unleashes a Whirling Water Wheel that deals AoE Hydro DMG and creates a Tranquility Aura that follows your active character around and applies Wet to opponents within its AoE.

Nilou cannot perform charged attacks when under the effect of Pirouette or Lunar Prayer. These effects will be removed once she leaves the field or exits these states.

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Elemental Burst: Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring

Begins the dance of faraway dreams and springs that hear, causing a Lotus of Distant Waters to bloom, dealing AoE Hydro DMG based on Nilou’s Max HP and applying the Lingering Aeon effect to all opponents hit. After an interval, opponents affected by Lingering Aeon will take Hydro DMG.

Nilou Constellations in Genshin Impact

If you’re lucky enough to pull multiple copies of Nilou, here’s what buffs you will be granted from her Constellations:

• Level One – Dance of the Waning Moon: Dance of Haftkarsvar will be enhanced as follows:
  Luminous Illusion DMG is increased by 65%. The Tranquility Aura’s duration is extended by 6s.
• Level Two – The Starry Skies Their Flowers Rain: After characters affected by the Golden Chalice’s Bounty deal Hydro DMG to an opponent, that opponent’s Hydro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. After a triggered Bloom reaction deals DMG to opponents, their Dendro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. You need to have unlocked the “Court of Dancing Petals” Talent.
• Level Three – Beguiling Shadowstep: Increases the Level of Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
• Level Four – Fricative Pulse: After the third dance step of Dance of Haftkarsvar’s Pirouette hits opponents, Nilou will gain 15 Elemental Energy, and DMG from her Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring will be increased by 50% for 8s.
• Level Five – Twirling Light: Increases the Level of Dance of Haftkarsvar by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
• Level Six – Frostbreaker’s Melody: For every 1,000 points of Max HP, Nilou’s CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG will increase by 0.6% and 1.2% respectively. The maximum increase in CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG via this method is 30% and 60% respectively.

Best Nilou Artifacts in Genshin Impact

The best artifact set for Nilou is a combination of 2-piece Tenacity of the Millelith and 2-piece Vourukasha’s Glow. We recommend running this due to the double HP +20% set bonus, which is a stat you’ll want to focus on when building Nilou.

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Alternatively, you could run the 4-piece Vourukasha’s Glow if you want to keep Nilou on the field as a Main DPS. The 4-piece bonus will increase Nilou’s Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG by 10%, even when Nilou is not in use.

Best Nilou weapons in Genshin Impact

The Key of Khaj-Nisut is by far the best weapon for Nilou due to the HP bonus effect and the sword’s skill increasing HP by 20%. After hitting an opponent with an Elemental Skill, this weapon will improve Nilou’s Elemental Mastery by 0.12% of her Max HP at a max of three stacks.

Another sword option is the Freedom-Sworn, which will increase Nilou’s DMG by 10% in addition to buffing her teammates’ ATK. Following an Elemental Reaction, the Freedom-Sworn will also increase characters’ Normal, Charged, and Plunging Attack by 16% for 12 seconds.

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If you don’t have either 5-star weapon, we recommend running The Dockhand’s Assistant to improve Nilou’s Elemental Mastery and restore her energy.

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Nilou Talent Level-up and Ascension Materials

Talent level-up materials

Nilou’s talents in Genshin Impact need Teachings of Praxis, Fungal Spores, and Tears of the Calamitous God. The exact number of materials you need are as follows:

Where to farm Nilou’s Talent level-up materials

Teachings of Praxis and its upgrades

Teachings of Praxis is dropped from the Steeple of Ignorance domain in Genshin Impact. It can be found in Sumeru near Chatrakam Cave.

Fungal Spores

Fungal Spores are drops from the Fungus enemy in Genshin Impact. However, you must remember that to get Fungal Spores, you cannot use Electro or Pyro to defeat the enemies.

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Tears of the Calamitous God

This item is dropped from the Raiden Shogun boss fight in Inazuma. It is unlocked as part of Raiden Shogun’s second story quest.

Ascension materials

Nilou’s ascension materials include Varunada Lazurite Silver, Perpetual Caliber, Fungal Sports, and Padisarah. The exact number of materials you need are as follows:

Where to farm Nilou ascension materials

Varunada Lazurite Silver and its upgrades

These are dropped from the Hydro Hypostasis boss in Genshin Impact. You will find it very close to the Sangonomiya Shrine in Watatsumi Island in Inazuma.

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Perpetual Caliber

Perpetual Caliber is dropped by Aeonblight Drake in Sumeru. You can locate it close to the Devantaka Mountain in Ardravi Valley.

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Padisarah

This is a local specialty of Sumeru. The areas where it can be found in abundance are Vanarana, around Sumeru City, and the Palace of Alcazarzaray.

Nilou stats and talent priority in Genshin Impact

In this section, we will discuss the stats and talents you must focus on when building Nilou. They are as follows:

Talent priority

• Elemental Burst
• Elemental Skill

The idea with Nilou is that you do not need to level her up too much as her damage comes from Bountiful Cores. However, leveling up her skills increases her personal damage a little bit.

Stat priority

The stats you should focus on when building Nilou are:

Nilou pros and cons in Genshin Impact

The pros and cons of Nilou are as follows:

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Should you pull for Nilou in Genshin Impact?

This is a complicated question as Nilou as a two-fold unit. On one hand, she deals a lot of damage through the Bountiful Cores and Bloom reaction. She is very easy to build as all you need is stack HP%. Additionally, her usage is also very easy,

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However, Nilou does not work in any other team outside of Bloom. Her passive make her a restrictive character and there is just one team in the entire game where she can function. This is something that will push a lot of players away.

In short, if you are a new player, Nilou is a back pick for you. However, she is exceptional if you are a veteran, and looking for specialist units.

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Best Nilou team comp in Genshin Impact

We highly recommend running Nilou alongside other Hydro characters with a single Dendro user. Therefore, Nilou should act as the team sub-DPS with Nahida as the Main DPS, Xingqiu as another sub-DPS, and Kokomi as the party’s healer. You could also replace Xingqiu with Yelan if you wish to do so.

Alternatively, you could run with two Hydro and two Dendro characters if you want to use Yaoyao or Collei instead of Yelan or Xingqiu.

For more on Genshin Impact, check out our guides on banners and codes. You can also check out our character guides for Raiden Shogun, Neuvillette, and Furina.

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