Genshin Impact - Ning Guang Guide | Top Build
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Geo • Catalyst
Ning Guang is in charge of building the Jade Palace, which hovers over Li Yue. This Catalyst-wielding Geo is capable of dealing massive amounts of explosive damage to a single target, dwarfing most damage dealers in the game.
Geo Characters' biggest weakness is that they go out of their way to try use Genshin Impact's elemental reactions to increase their damage. Luckily, Ning Guang is more than capable of dealing damage without the need for any boosts from her party members. This does not mean that Ning Guang is not a team player, she can protect her team with jade shields (shields), but she does not need help to do what she does best.
While Ning Guang can be built with a support role in mind, she does a very good job of specializing as a DPS character. Here's everything you need to know about how to create the best Ning Guang build in Genshin Impact.
Strengths and weaknesses of Ning Guang?
Advantages Disadvantages One of the best damage dealers of milestone travelers
- Low attack speed.
- Insufficient effectiveness when fighting a large number of monsters.
- Maximum DPS is achieved through charged attacks that consume stamina.
Effective defense of the unit against any ranged attacks.
Ability to find the main types of ore for forging on the mini-map
Ning Guang's role on the battlefield
Ning Guang is versatile and can be played as a support hero, but it is much more effective to put her in the role of a DPS damage dealer.
How to play Ning Guang
The tactics of the game are simple, but tied to the use of a jade screen. Its constant creation allows you to defend against ranged attacks, while scattering elemental skills and elemental explosions. When boosting Geo-Damage with the simultaneous triggering of all the weapon and artifact effects described above, you can get huge values.
Ning Guang's Talents:
Ability name | Ability Description |
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sparkling rain | Standard Attack. Launches gems at the target that deal Geo Damage. Gives Ning Guang one Star Jade when hit with a gem. |
Charged attack. Fires a giant gem that deals Geo Damage, which consumes a certain amount of stamina. If Ning Guang has Star Jade, then when performing a charged attack, it also shoots it, dealing additional damage. | |
Attack from above. Having accumulated the energy of the stone, it rapidly falls to the ground, attacking all enemies on the way. Upon landing, inflicts Geo area damage. | |
jade screen | Ning Guang creates a luxurious Obsidian and Gold Jade Screen, inflicting Geo Damage by area. Jade screen:
It is believed Geo design. The screen can be used to protect against enemy attacks, but it cannot be climbed. No more than one Jade Screen can exist at a time. |
Star Shards | After collecting a large number of gems, Ning Guang launches them at enemies, inflicting a huge Geo Damage. The gems themselves find their purpose. If Jade Screen is nearby, it will also launch additional gems. |
Backup plan | When Ning Guang has Star Jade, her charged attack does not consume stamina. |
Strategic reserves | Increases Geo damage bonus passed through jade screen characters by 12% for 10 seconds. |
Cornucopia | Notes ore on the minimap (iron ore, white iron ore, crystal ore, magic ore, star silver). |
Since the update came out Genshin Impact 1.3Ning Guang's damage dealt has been greatly increased. Luckily, you won't have to change the way you fight, as her playstyle stays mostly the same.
jade screen can be used not only to block enemy projectiles, you can also pass through it as Ning Guang or any of your party members to get a geo damage bonus. Try to do this before attacking with Ning Guang to maximize your base combo line. The stamina of the shield depends on Ning Guang's maximum health, so choosing the right Artifacts Genshin Impact important for creating an optimal build, but more on that later.
Best Builds for Ning Guang
The character's high level of Geo-damage must be taken into account when gathering equipment for her. Along with elemental damage, pumping the following characteristics is important:
- chance and crit power;
- attack and attack bonus.
When experiencing a shortage of HP, you can increase its level through the flower of any set of artifacts.
The most suitable weapon
number | Name | Rarity | Passive Effects |
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1 | Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds | Movement Speed +10%. Elemental Damage Bonus +8-16% (every 4 seconds). The effect stacks up to 4 times per battle. Removed in case of death or victory / end of the battle. | |
2 | Elemental Damage Bonus +12-24%. Light Attacks have a 50% chance to cause clouds to bless the enemy for 15 seconds (160-320% damage). Fires once every 30 seconds. | ||
3 | Every 6 seconds, simple attacks increase the damage of elemental and elemental explosions by 20-40%. Those, in turn, increase the power of simple strikes by the same amount. | ||
4 | Elemental reaction generated increases elemental damage bonus by 10-8% for 16 seconds. The effect can stack up to two times. |
Best Artifacts
You should aim for the artifacts that provide Ning Guang with a boost to her attacks , critical damage и offer to geographical damage . Most of the damage Ning Guang deals is through geo damage, so the artifact set Archaic stone, two-piece works well here. It might be tempting to get a four part bonus, but that only benefits the support build. Instead, you can increase Ning Guang's damage output even more with the two-piece kit. End of the Gladiator , which increases her Attack Rating by 18%.
Name | Rarity | Passive Effects |
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Geo Damage Bonus +15% Attack Power +18% | ||
Geo Damage Bonus +15% Elemental Explosion Damage +20% | ||
Shield Durability +35% When the shield is activated, normal and charged attack damage is increased by 40% |
Leveling Ning Guang
To develop the maximum power of the character, you will have to say a lot of prayers, as well as farm a large amount of resources.
Constellation "Celestial Sphere"
number | Name | <font><font>Materials</font></font> |
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1 | Gives AoE damage to simple attacks | |
2 | Breaking a screen resets its cooldown (every 6 seconds). | |
3 | Star Shard Level +3 | |
4 | The elemental resistances of nearby characters are increased by 10%. | |
5 | Level "Jade Screen" +3 | |
6 | Elemental explosions create 7 new Star Jades. |
Constellation points are activated through the "Luck of Ning Guang", obtained along with character duplicates.
Talent Leveling Materials | |||
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Talent Enhancement Materials | |||
Common Elevation Materials | |||
Weekly boss content |
Elevation
Best Squad Lineup
Continuing the theme of boosting Geo-damage and shields, in combination with Ning Guang, we recommend taking the following characters into the squad.
Character | Element | Weapon | Effects |
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Polearm | In addition to the screen, it will give another shield that is applied to all members of the squad. | ||
Sword | Restore health within the area of effect of his elemental explosion | ||
Two-handed sword | Restore health to anyone within range of his elemental blast | ||
One handed sword | Geo-damage over a very large area. |
Not sure which characters to focus on early in the game? Check out our leadership by traveler levels Genshin Impact, to find out whom and at what moment it is better to choose.