Genshin Impact Nilou Build Guide

With the release of Genshin Impact Version 6.0 Patch and the introduction of the Nod-Krai region, a special Sumeru Chronicle Wish Banner have also been released to allow players to roll for returning Sumeru characters, including the amazing Nilou - the best enabler for the Bloom team.

In this guide, we will go over everything players need to know to build the best Nilou possible to use her in future Bloom centric team comps.

 

Skill Kit & Leveling Priorities

General Introduction

Nilou is a Limited 5* Character of the Hydro Element that hails from the region of Sumeru. She wields a sword as her main weapon and specializes in enabling the Bloom Elemental Reaction teams by providing the team with an off field Hydro aura that can create special Bountiful Cores that can explode earlier than normal Dendro Cores and deal more Dendro Elemental Damage to enemies than normal Dendro Cores.

Element	Weapon Type	Special Effect	Role
Hydro	Sword	Bountiful Cores (Unique)	Main DPS/ Sub DPS

Nilou Skill Kit Details & Leveling Priority

Nilou skill kit focuses mainly on her ability to enable the entire team to create special Bountiful Cores with her talent, which triggers when the entire team is filled with Dendro and Hydro Element characters.

Nilou’s main gimmick lies in her Skill and Talent, with her Skill allowing her to perform a 3 step dances, dealing Hydro Elemental damage to enemies proportional to her own Max HP and with the 3rd step of the dance providing the active character with a special Hydro Aura that can apply the Hydro mark on enemies. When allies in the party only consist of Hydro and Dendro characters, Nilou will additionally grant the party the special Golden Chalice's Bounty effect, which boost the team’s Elemental Mastery and allow the team to create Bountiful Cores. Bountiful Cores are Dendro Cores that explode much faster and deal extra Dendro Elemental Damage to enemies proportional to Nilou’s Max HP when they explode, making them the upgraded version of the normal Bloom Elemental Reaction.

Nilou’s Elemental Burst allow her to deal an instance of Hydro damage to all enemies and apply a special Hydro mark on enemies that periodically apply the Hydro Mark on enemies, making it easier for the team to create Bountiful Cores with the Bloom Elemental Reaction when she is not on the field.

Due to the fact that Nilou’s main strong point lies in her Elemental Skill and Ascension Talent, Players should Prioritize Leveling Up Her Elemental Skill First and Foremost and Unlock Her Ascension Talents As Soon As Possible. The rest of her skill kit can be leveled gradually if players want to maximize Nilou’s own damage output, otherwise, they don’t need to be leveled.

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Best Weapons & Artifact Builds

Nilou Recommended Weapons

As a Main Hydro DPS option for Bloom-centric thanks to her powerful bountiful cores effects, Nilou’s skill kit mainly scales off 2 stats: Max HP and Elemental Mastery.

Due to this, Nilou wants weapons that boost Elemental Mastery to boost the Bloom Reaction Damage output and weapons that boost her Max HP to help boost the damage output of Bountiful cores even further and keep her alive on the field longer.

The best in slot weapon for Nilou is of course, her signature weapon:

- Key of Khaj-Nisut

	Key of Khaj-Nisut (5*) Attack (542) HP (66.2%)
HP increased by 20%. When an Elemental Skill hits opponents, you gain the Grand Hymn effect for 20s. This effect increases the equipping character's Elemental Mastery by 0.12% of their Max HP. This effect can trigger once every 0.3s. Max 3 stacks. When this effect gains 3 stacks, or when the third stack's duration is refreshed, the Elemental Mastery of all nearby party members will be increased by 0.2% of the equipping character's max HP for 20s.

Some of her Best Premium Alternatives Includes:

- Freedom-Sworn

	Freedom-Sworn (5*) Attack (608) Elemental Mastery (198.5)
A part of the "Millennial Movement" that wanders amidst the winds. Increases DMG by 10% . When the character wielding this weapon triggers Elemental Reactions, they gain a Sigil of Rebellion. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s and can be triggered even if said character is not on the field. When you possess 2 Sigils of Rebellion, all of them will be consumed and all nearby party members will obtain "Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance" for 12s. "Millennial Movement: Song of Resistance" increases Normal, Charged and Plunging Attack DMG by 16% and increases ATK by 20% . Once this effect is triggered, you will not gain Sigils of Rebellion for 20s. Of the many effects of the "Millennial Movement," buffs of the same type will not stack.

Some Good F2P weapon options for Nilou includes:

- The Dockhand's Assistant

	The Dockhand's Assistant (4*) Attack (510) HP% (41.3%)
When the wielder is healed or heals others, they will gain a Stoic's Symbol that lasts 30s, up to a maximum of 3 Symbols. When using their Elemental Skill or Burst, all Symbols will be consumed and the Roused effect will be granted for 10s. For each Symbol consumed, gain 40 Elemental Mastery, and 2s after the effect occurs, 2 Energy per Symbol consumed will be restored for said character. The Roused effect can be triggered once every 15s, and Symbols can be gained even when the character is not on the field.

- Xiphos' Moonlight:

	Xiphos' Moonlight (4*) Attack (510) Elemental Mastery (165)
The following effect will trigger every 10s: The equipping character will gain 0.036% Energy Recharge for each point of Elemental Mastery they possess for 12s, with nearby party members gaining 30% of this buff for the same duration. Multiple instances of this weapon can allow this buff to stack. This effect will still trigger even if the character is not on the field.

- Iron Sting:

	Iron Sting (4*) Attack (510) Elemental Mastery (165)
Dealing Elemental DMG increases all DMG by 6% for 6s. Max 2 stacks. Can occur once every 1s.

Nilou Best Artifact Sets

For Nilou, her best artifact set is the Vourukasha's Glow

set, which boost Nilou’s Max HP stat and grants her a massive damage boost for her Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst, which further boost the damage output of her team even when she is off the field. If players don’t want to boost the damage output of Nilou herself, you can mismatch between a 2 pcs Vourukasha's Glow and 2 pcs Tenacity of the Millelith.

Vourukasha's Glow
2pcs	HP +20%
4pcs	Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst DMG will be increased by 10%. After the equipping character takes DMG, the aforementioned DMG Bonus is increased by 80% for 5s. This effect increase can have 5 stacks. The duration of each stack is counted independently. These effects can be triggered even when the equipping character is not on the field.

Tenacity of the Millelith
2pcs	HP +20%
4pcs	When an Elemental Skill hits an opponent, the ATK of all nearby party members is increased by 20% and their Shield Strength is increased by 30% for 3s. This effect can be triggered once every 0.5s. This effect can still be triggered even when the character who is using this artifact set is not on the field.

For Main Stats and Sub Stats, players should prioritize HP% and Elemental Mastery for Nilou to maximize her ability to create powerful Bountiful Cores and increase her Bountiful Core’s damage output as much as possible.

- For Nilou, players should focus on these stats:

	Main Stat	Sub Stats
Sands	HP%	- Priority #1: HP%, Elemental Mastery, Energy Regen% - Priority #2: Other Stats
Goblet	HP%
Circlet	HP%

 

Constellation Priorities

Nilou Recommended Constellations

C1 - Dance of the Waning Moon

Nilou’s 1st Constellation boost her damage output as well as improve her overall rotation by extending her effect duration, helping to improve the overall team damage output by producing much stronger and longer bountiful cores.

Rating: Highly Recommended (A Strong Improvement to Nilou and the team’s overall damage output)

C2 - The Starry Skies Their Flowers Rain

Nilou’s 2nd Constellation helps to reduce both the enemies’ Hydro and Dendro resistances by a massive amount when Nilou does her normal combo and when the team initiates Bloom or Lunar-bloom Reaction, helping to massively improve the overall damage output of the team. This Constellation is extremely crucial in various Bloom teams as it is one of the few ways to straight up reduce enemies’ resistances to boost all allies’ damage output.

Rating: Most Recommended (Massively improves the entire team’s damage output simply by doing Nilou’s normal combo, allowing Nilou-centric teams to perform exceptionally well)

C4 - Fricative Pulse

Nilou’s 4th Constellation allows Nilou to recover 15 energy whenever her combo finishes hitting the enemy and improves the damage output of Nilou’s combo. This Constellation helps to improve Nilou’s rotation and her own damage output.

Rating: Highly Recommended (Improves Nilou’s rotation and reduce her energy regen requirements as well as help to boost Nilou’s own damage output)

C6 - Frostbreaker's Melody

Nilou’s 6th constellation boosts Nilou’s critical rate and critical damage proportional to her max HP, allowing her to gain an extra 30% critical rate and 60% critical damage. This Constellation is made for players who want to use Nilou as the team’s Main On-field DPS, with her attacks being able to deal critical damage easier with these effects that can easily be fulfilled by building Nilou with high Max HP as per usual.

Rating: Highly Recommended (Makes Nilou into a main on field DPS character and helps provide her with free stat boosts).

Nilou Constellations VS Signature Weapon Pulling Priorities

In terms of pulling investment for Nilou and the balance between getting her Constellations and her signature weapon, there are certain considerations players should make:

- Nilou’s weapon is a very strong generic Sword weapon that can work on any Max HP scaling Sword user and is one of the best weapons in the game, and having it massively boost Nilou’s abilities.

- Nilou’s main constellation that players should aim for is her C2, which massively boost the team’s damage output by reducing enemies’ resistances. While other constellations are strong, it only serves to boost Nilou’s own damage output and doesn’t affect the entire team that much overall.

Therefore, with these considerations, players should invest in Nilou in this order:

C0 + R0	C0 + R1	C2 + R1	C6 + R1	C6 + R5
F2P	Low Investment	Best Investment Point	High Investment	Highest Investment

 

Best Team Recommendations

As Nilou is one of the main component to Genshin Impact’s Bloom Elemental Reaction team and her Talent requiring all party members to be of the Hydro or Dendro Element, her team options are quite limited in nature, with her teammates mainly consisting of characters that can help facilitate the Bloom Elemental Reaction and boost the team’s Bloom Reaction Damage output. Some of Nilou’s best teams are:

Nilou Bloom Elemental Reaction Teams

Nilou Bloom Elemental Reaction Teams are Nilou’s main teams as she is the premium enabler for the Bloom Elemental Reaction. There are several variety for this kind of teams, with various Dendro and Hydro characters being included to help boost the overall damage output of the team by creating Bountiful Cores:

- Critical Bloom Team:

Nilou	Lauma	Nahida	Kokomi
Sub DPS/ Hydro Enabler	Main DPS	Support/ Dendro Enabler	Sustain

The Critical Bloom team takes advantage of Lauma’s special Talent when there’s only 1 Nod-Krai character in the team, allowing her to turn all Bloom damage, which normally can’t deal critical damage, to damage with a fixed critical rate. This massively boost the damage output of the Bountiful Cores created by Nilou and help skyrockets the overall damage output of the Bloom Elemental Reaction. Nahida serves as the team’s Dendro Enabler with her strong and long lasting off field Dendro Mark and her potential C2 which boost the critical damage of Dendro-related Elemental Reactions even further. Nilou serves as the team’s off field Hydro enabler and helps Lauma to create Bountiful Cores when she is on field with her Dendro infused normal attacks. Finally Kokomi serves as the team’s main sustain option with her strong off field Hydro application and strong heals.

- Normal Bloom Team

Nilou	Kaveh	Nahida	Yelan
Sub DPS/ Hydro Enabler	Main DPS	Support/ Dendro Enabler	Sub DPS/ Hydro Enabler

This team is the normal Dendro Bloom team, with Kaveh serving as the team's main on field DPS option that can instantly detonate all Cores on the field with his skill. Nilou, Nahida and Yelan serve as off field elemental enablers for Kaveh to create as many Bountiful Cores when he is on field as possible with his normal attacks to maximize the team’s damage output.

- Nilou F2P Bloom Team

Nilou	Kaveh	Yao Yao	Xingqiu
Sub DPS/ Hydro Enabler	Main DPS	Sustain/ Dendro Enabler	Sub DPS/ Hydro Enabler

Functions similarly to the Nilou Normal Bloom Team, the Nilou F2P team substitute Nahida with a decently good off field Dendro Enabler and Sustain option in the form of Yao Yao and replace Yelan with Xingqiu for the same Hydro Application effect that triggers whenever Kaveh uses his Normal Attack while on field to create as many Bountiful Cores as possible.

Conclusion

We hope that with the help of this guide, players will have a better understanding of the best Nilou builds, skills, constellations and teams in order to fully unleash her potential in the world of Genshin Impact.