Xiangling
Roles
Off-Field DPS
On-Field DPS
Support: Buffer (C6), Debuffer (C1)
Character Breakdown
Elemental Skill summons Gouba, an NPC that deals four instances of Pyro DMG over a few seconds and will remain on the field even without Xiangling.
A4 causes Gouba to drop to a chili upon disappearing. The chili buffs the ATK of any character that collects it by 10%.
Elemental Burst creates a Pyro whirlwind that circles around your character, dealing Pyro DMG whenever it comes in contact with an enemy. Like her Elemental Skill, it persists even when Xiangling is not on the field.
Additional Notes
Elemental Burst snapshots any character buffs Xiangling receives when activating the ability for its entire duration.
Elemental Skill is not very good at generating Elemental Particles, and her Elemental Burst has a very high cost. Xiangling is almost always paired with a Pyro Energy Battery (typically Bennett) for this reason.
Xiangling’s kit makes her an exceptional duo with almost any Cryo or Hydro characters, enabling consistent Melts or Vaporize reactions from her constant Pyro application.
C1 debuffs Pyro RES on enemies when they are hit by Guoba's attacks.
C4 increases the duration of her Elemental Burst. This greatly increases her total DMG output.
C6 buffs the entire team's Pyro DMG when her Elemental Burst is active.
The buff does not apply to Xiangling as her Elemental Burst snapshots and only activates after it's been cast.
Works Well With
Ganyu and Xiangling is a standard pairing for Melt Elemental Reactions, Xiangling’s frequent Pyro application can enable Ganyu’s Charged Attacks to consistently Melt for large amounts of DMG.
While Tartaglia is played as the On-Field DPS character when paired with Xiangling, he effectively ends up applying Hydro constantly on enemies and causing Xiangling’s abilities to trigger Vaporize Elemental Reactions.
Childe and Xingqiu apply so much Hydro that all of Xiangling’s abilities can consistently Vaporize for 1.5x more DMG off of them.
Bennett acts as both an Energy Battery and as a buffer for Xiangling, giving her a large ATK both buff from his Elemental Burst and from Pyro Resonance which will snapshot into Xiangling’s Elemental Burst.
As with all Elemental DMG DPS characters, Anemo supports and Zhongli works well by reducing the enemies' Elemental RES with Viridescent Venerer 4-set or Zhongli's Jade Shield. Anemo characters often also supply useful Crowd Control abilities or other buffs.
Does Not Work Well With
Xiangling is generally not useful in teams that focus on Physical DMG as she does not help with providing Superconduct.
These Pyro On-Field DPS characters typically want to create Vaporize and Melt Reactions, and while Xiangling can provide some decent buffs for her from Constellations, Xiangling will end up overwhelming the Hydro or Cryo application from your other Support characters when used alongside these Pyro characters.
Teams
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This team focuses on enabling Ganyu to deal massive DMG through Melt reactions provided from Xiangling’s Pyro application.
Bennett acts as an Energy Battery in order to recharge Xiangling's Elemental Burst.
This team will have Xiangling dealing the bulk of its DMG with the Hydro character applying Hydro to the enemy and allowing Xiangling’s Elemental Burst to Vaporize.
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