Genshin Impact: Shenhe Build; She’s Stronger Than You Thought She Was

Attack sands, elemental damage goblet, crit circlet. Nearly every character in Genshin Impact follows this ubiquitous artifact setup. In many cases, artifacts gathered from domain runs that don’t have these as their main stats are almost always seen as ready for the trash bin.

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  • All but the most staunch support units will even use this set, as there is no denying the benefits that it provides to nearly every character in the game. It’s a proven setup, and it should be apparent that in gaming, some stats are just going to be more valuable and better than others.
  • Sometimes, though, a unit which many people discounted as niche can shine when players experiment with different builds, and every once in a while, one of those builds can shine brighter than expected. Shenhe is one of those cases. 

So what do we do?

  • Shenhe is in a strange spot in Genshin, where she is a niche buffing support unit exclusively useful to cryo units, who already dominate the metagame. Her skill increases other cryo units’ damage, but she does it by having that buff scale off of her own attack stat. This is a bit weird, since usually there’s not much incentive to stack stats into attack on a unit that sees very little field time, and spends even less time you know, attacking.
  • Despite this, Shenhe can see sky-high attack stats when built correctly, and they all funnel into her skill to boost the damage of your preferred cryo DPS character. So what do we do? We do what we’re not usually supposed to, and we fire everything at Shenhe’s attack stat like a massive attack-stat-based missile salvo. 
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Cold Shoulder Check

  • Main stat attack sands? Of course! Main stat attack goblet? Sounds wrong, but we’re doing it! Even more attack on the circlet? Yes, that’s right, even more, attack stats. It feels weird, but sometimes you just have to buck the established trends if you want to get the most out of something, so this is what Shenhe should be doing.
  • Focus on getting some energy recharge in your artifact substats to keep Shenhe’s burst up, and if you’re lucky with your artifact rolls, a little crit wouldn’t hurt, either. Most importantly, though, keep pumping that attack, hopefully past the 3000 mark or even higher, and your Shenhe will help bring a surprisingly cold shoulder check that your enemies weren’t expecting. 

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