Shikanoin Heizou GUIDE
Understand Shikanoin Heizou
Useful when…
- Build Declension for a stronger Heartstopper Strike; at four stacks, Conviction also increases its area.
- Use a Heartstopper Strike hit to grant other party members 80 Elemental Mastery for 10 seconds.
- Use Windmuster Kick against opponents affected by Hydro, Pyro, Cryo, or Electro for corresponding elemental follow-up damage.
- Take advantage of the party’s reduced sprinting Stamina consumption from his passive.
Heartstopper Strike and Declension
Tapping Heartstopper Strike launches an Anemo strike. Holding the skill charges energy and grants Declension, which increases the power of the next Heartstopper Strike. Declension stacks up to four times. At four stacks, Conviction makes the next strike stronger and gives it a larger area. The skill’s listed cooldown is 10 seconds. While Heizou is on the field, activating Swirl or Stellar Swirl grants one Declension stack; this effect can trigger once every 0.1 seconds. When Heartstopper Strike hits an opponent, his passive increases the Elemental Mastery of other party members by 80 for 10 seconds; Heizou is excluded.
Windmuster Kick and elemental follow-up
Windmuster Kick has a 12-second cooldown and costs 40 energy. Its Vacuum Slugger creates an Arresting Windtunnel on hit, pulling nearby objects and opponents and dealing area Anemo damage. If it hits opponents affected by Hydro, Pyro, Cryo, or Electro, it applies a Windmuster Iris that later explodes for area damage of the corresponding element. It can affect up to four opponents. A single opponent cannot be affected by Irises of different elements at the same time.
Attacks and exploration passive
His normal attack performs up to five Anemo strikes. His charged attack is a sweeping kick that costs 25 stamina, and his plunging attack deals area Anemo damage on impact. His passive decreases sprinting Stamina consumption for party members by 20%; this effect does not stack with passives that provide the exact same effect.
Upgrade tracks and materials
Heizou has separate ascension, normal-attack, Elemental Skill, and Elemental Burst upgrade tracks. Listed ascension materials include Onikabuto and Runic Fang. The level 9-to-10 example for each combat track includes Philosophies of Transience, Golden Raven Insignia, The Meaning of Aeons, a Crown of Insight, and Mora.
Related Anemo characters
Kaedehara Kazuha is a five-star Anemo sword user, Ifa is a four-star Anemo catalyst user, and Varka is a five-star Anemo claymore user. Ifa shares Heizou’s listed element and weapon category; those comparison details do not establish that Ifa shares Heizou’s stack mechanic or party Elemental Mastery buff.
Limitations and tradeoffs
- The party Elemental Mastery bonus excludes Heizou and lasts 10 seconds.
- Windmuster Iris follow-up depends on the target being affected by one of four listed elements and is limited to four opponents.
- A target cannot have Windmuster Irises of different elements at the same time.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Assuming the Elemental Mastery bonus affects Heizou himself.
- Confusing four Declension stacks, which produce Conviction, with Conviction itself.
- Expecting the Swirl passive to grant a stack while Heizou is off the field.
- Expecting one opponent to carry simultaneous Windmuster Irises of different elements.
Effects and reference details
Fudou Style Martial Arts · Normal attack
Normal Attack
Performs up to 5 fisticuffs empowered by a mighty wind, dealing Anemo DMG.
Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina and performs a sweeping kick that deals Anemo DMG.
Plunging Attack
Calling upon the surging wind, Heizou plunges towards the ground from mid-air, damaging all opponents in his path. Deals AoE Anemo DMG upon impact with the ground.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
| Effect | Level 1 | Level 1 |
|---|
| 1-Hit DMG | 37.5% | 37.5% |
| 2-Hit DMG | 36.9% | 36.9% |
| 3-Hit DMG | 51.1% | 51.1% |
| 4-Hit DMG | 14.8%+16.3%+19.2% | 14.8%+16.3%+19.2% |
| 5-Hit DMG | 61.4% | 61.4% |
| Charged Attack | 73.0% | 73.0% |
| Charged Attack Stamina Cost | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| Plunge DMG | 56.8% | 56.8% |
| Low/High Plunge DMG | 114%/142% | 114%/142% |
Heartstopper Strike · Elemental skill
Tap
Wields the swift winds to launch a Heartstopper Strike that deals Anemo DMG.
Hold
Charges energy to unleash an even stronger blow. He will obtain the Declension effect while charging, which will increase the power of the Heartstopper Strike. When the skill button is released or the skill finishes charging, he will strike forward, dealing Anemo DMG.
Declension
Increases the power of the next Heartstopper Strike. Max 4 stacks.
When you possess 4 Declension stacks, the Conviction effect will be produced, which will cause the next Heartstopper Strike to be even stronger and have a larger AoE.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
| Effect | Level 1 | Level 1 |
|---|
| Skill DMG | 227.5% | 227.5% |
| Declension DMG Bonus | 56.9%/stack | 56.9%/stack |
| Conviction DMG Bonus | 113.8% | 113.8% |
| Declension Duration | 60.0s | 60.0s |
| CD | 10.0s | 10.0s |
Windmuster Kick · Elemental burst
Leaps into the air and uses the Fudou Style Vacuum Slugger and kicks his opponent. The Vacuum Slugger will explode upon hit and create an Arresting Windtunnel that pulls in nearby objects and opponents, dealing AoE Anemo DMG.
When Vacuum Slugger hits opponents affected by Hydro/Pyro/Cryo/Electro, these opponents will be afflicted with Windmuster Iris. This Windmuster Iris will explode after a moment and dissipate, dealing AoE DMG of the corresponding aforementioned elemental type.
Vacuum Slugger can afflict a maximum of 4 opponents with the Windmuster Iris. A single opponent cannot be under the effect of Windmuster Irises of different elements at the same time.
Purchased talent coefficients at level 1 and 1. These are individual skill values; they do not represent total build damage.
| Effect | Level 1 | Level 1 |
|---|
| Fudou Style Vacuum Slugger DMG | 314.7% | 314.7% |
| Windmuster Iris DMG | 21.5% | 21.5% |
| CD | 12.0s | 12.0s |
| Energy Cost | 40 | 40 |
Paradoxical Practice
When Shikanoin Heizou activates a Swirl or Stellar Swirl reaction while on the field, he will gain 1 Declension stack for Heartstopper Strike. This effect can be triggered once every 0.1s.
Penetrative Reasoning
After Shikanoin Heizou's Heartstopper Strike hits an opponent, increases all party members' (excluding Shikanoin Heizou) Elemental Mastery by 80 for 10s.
Pre-Existing Guilt
Decreases sprinting Stamina consumption for your own party members by 20%.
Not stackable with Passive Talents that provide the exact same effects.
References and version
Game data version: 7.1
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