Kinich in Genshin Impact: guide & build 🍃

Detailed guide to Kinich in Genshin impact with recommendations for selecting complete sets of artifacts and their combinations, a rating of the best weapons, including available analogues, and we will also tell you how Kinich’s skills work and which constellations are worth opening. We will provide examples of units for use in different positions, and indicate the optimal rotation to extract maximum effectiveness in battle. Let's list everything that Kinich needs to upgrade.

Kinich is a classic main damage dealer who attacks enemies with Dendro element. Inside the battle, the hero dynamically moves around the battlefield and deals constant damage to the target during ring attacks. As one of the representatives of Natlan, Kinich has special mechanics for interacting with the Night Spirit.

History of Kinich (biography)

Kinich is a saurian hunter who travels everywhere with his pet dragon named Cuhul Ahab. The young man often receives negative feedback because of his work, because in Natlan, people and dragons live in peace, so many are distrustful of hunters and even despise them. Nevertheless, Kinich is only concerned about paying for the orders given to him.

The laconicism of the young man, who does not even want to argue with his ill-wishers, is compensated by Cuchul Ahab, who considers Kinich his servant. Although the pixelated dragon says he wouldn't mind getting rid of him, they are still inseparable and work together everywhere.

How to get Kinich in Genshin Impact

You can only get Kinich while performing character banner prayers during the second half of update 5.0. September 17 to October 8 2024 year.

In order not to miss the rerun of Kinich or other heroes of Natlan, follow the regularly updated banner schedule.

Characteristics of Kinich: what increases with elevation

Key characteristics of Kinich - critical damage. This stat increases as the hero rises and reaches its peak value at level 90, in parallel with it other indicators rise: HP, attack power and defense. You can find the exact values ​​of the basic characteristics in the table:

After ascending to the maximum level, the base increase in crit. damage will be 88,4%.

Kinich's abilities

Kinich is a Dendro damage dealer who deals damage while using his skill and ultimate skill. Possessing powerful elemental damage with almost constant infusion, she prefers combinations with the Pyro element (Blooming or Burning) due to her passive skill. Like all Natlan heroes, Kinich is endowed with special mechanics of the fire region - Blessing of the Night Spirit. The unique status accumulates up to 20 charges and is used for an enhanced skill.

Night Spirit - a special status available to heroes from the Pyro Kingdom, which allows you to enhance your combat abilities, movement, or activate special character mechanics.

• Blessing of the Night Spirit: activated during the use of the hero's E-Shki, including a unique ability for each of Natlan's Characters. The Blessing has charges, as well as a unique way of storing and using them.
• Night Spirit Flash: Triggered when dealing elemental damage to enemies if at least one hero from Natlan is present. The more heroes from the Piro region in the squad, the shorter the interval between Flash activations.
• Transfer of the Night Spirit: mechanics directly affect the hero’s movement within Natlan or in special zones. When using any alternative movement other than walking (sprinting, flying or moving on water) and switching to a Fire Region character, he enters the Transfer state. The effect can be activated by interacting with special wonders of Natlan and the environment.

In the following paragraphs, we will analyze in more detail all of Kinich’s skills and what skills should be emphasized during leveling. Let's take a closer look at passive abilities and highlight the best constellations.

Basic skills (active skills)

• Night sun style (normal, charged and fall attack)

Source of damage: attack power stat.

Normal attack: Makes up to 3 circular strikes in front of you.

Charged attack: Spending a small percentage of stamina, throws the sword in the direction of opponents.

Attack in the fall: Rushes downwards, hitting enemies in the area. Upon landing, it deals damage in a small radius.

• Hunter Kron: Riding on the Heights (elemental skill)

Base cooldown when used on an enemy: 18 sec.

Cooldown time when there are no enemies: 10 sec.

Required Night Spirit points to activate the shot: 20.

Source of damage: attack power stat.

If there is no target nearby to attack, throws a hook in a given direction and flies into the air. With this maneuver, the reload time is reduced by 60% (instead of 18 seconds - 6 seconds)

• If Kinich is in Natlan, this move can be used twice in a row. The second time you use the E, Ahab is summoned and Kinich hovers in the air, holding onto him while he chooses the direction of his next jump.
• In other regions, the hook can be thrown a maximum of once, after which it will go into recharge.

If there is an enemy, Kinich is attached to him with a hook and enters a state Blessing of the Night Spirit with 0 points. After activating the status, once per second the hero receives 2 points and creates blind spot, highlighted in green. Also, the zone can be created after a shot from the Scalebreaker. When entering it, Kinich receives 4 Night Spirit points, and the field disappears.

Under the influence of a special status, he can perform 2 types of attacks:

1. After latching onto an enemy, Kinich moves in a circle (clockwise or counterclockwise) and deals damage to the enemy Dendro, which is considered skill damage. The activation itself grants the hero 3 Night Spirit points.
2. While accumulating Night Spirit points, a filling pixel bar appears next to Kinich. When the maximum value of 20 points is accumulated, the hero can use a strengthened shot with Scalebreaker by pressing the E button. Try to activate the elemental skill when the bar is completely filled and the E button is highlighted in green.

   

   

3. During a long press, there is also the opportunity to make an aimed shot, after which Kinich will try to latch onto the attacked enemy.

If the connection is broken due to excessive distance or for any other reason, using a normal attack, Kinich will try to latch on to the nearest target. If the clutch is successful, it will perform a cycle of normal ring attacks.

• Glory to the Dragon Majesty (explosion of elements)

Power consumption: 70 units

Rollback time: 18 sec.

Duration: 15 sec.

Source of damage: attack power stat.

Summons a pixelated figure of a dragon, which alternately drops projectiles on enemies and attacks with a laser, causing Dendro damage to the main enemy and adjacent targets. If during the activation of the ultimate ability Kinich was under the influence Blessings of the Night Spirit, then this state will extend it by 1,7 seconds.

The order of leveling talents

Elemental Skill (E) > Elemental Burst (Q) > Normal Attacks

The emphasis should be on E-shka and Q. Kinich uses regular attacks in rotation, but the bulk of the damage does not come from them.

1. Elemental Skill - is the main source of damage and has a direct connection with the mechanics of the Blessing of the Night Spirit. The damage inflicted on the enemy during ring attacks and Scalebreaker depends on the internal percentages of this ability, which increase with the level.
2. Explosion of the elements - an additional source of damage over a small area, attacking enemies and covering reactions. Provides damage during Kinich's periodic ring attacks.
3. Normal attacks - can be promoted to level 6 or 8, but coronation is not necessary.

Passive skills

All Kinich's passive skills:

Constellations

List of Kinich constellations from C1 to C6:

The best constellations of Kinich are C1, C2 и С6.

• first constellation gives a significant boost to the damage of an already strong shot if there is a sufficient amount of crit. chance. The bonus movement speed will not only allow you to quickly reach the enemy’s blind spot and earn Night Spirit points, but also maintain an acceptable distance from a moving target.
• Second constellation provides a reduction in resistance to the type of main damage inflicted by Kinich, and will allow you to deal more effectively with the target. Another buff for Scaleslayer will increase its radius and incoming damage.
• sixth constellation has enormous damage potential that spreads to adjacent targets. The high percentage of damage, depending on the strength of Kinich’s attack, will be enhanced by the previous constellations and passive talent, and will also extend to ricochet, allowing you to significantly reduce the health of two opponents at once. In addition, when activating the sixth const, the presence of C4 is implied, which allows you to quickly accumulate energy for another source of Dendro damage in the form of a summoned pixel dragon.

How to play as Kinich

If the necessary conditions are met, Kinich is on the battlefield for the vast majority of the time. Therefore, as allies, he needs characters who are able to damage from the "pocket": leave zones of elemental damage and summon damage-dealing creatures for the subsequent exit of the main combat unit. It is necessary to remember the system of accumulation of Night Spirit points to maintain the boost during rotation.

Let's take a closer look at the sequence of abilities within the battle.

Rotation

Procedure:

Sub-DD and Support rotations needed > Elemental skill (E) cast for Kinich > 2 Normal attacks (NA) > Elemental skill (E) cast for Kinich (repeat until exiting stance) > Elemental Burst (Q) when energy is built up.

Let's take a closer look at the rotation:

1. As a rule, the support and buffers open the battle with the subsequent transition to the sub-dd. Activate the abilities of Pyro, Dendro and Hydro sub-dd.
2. After using all the necessary effects for other characters, you should switch to Kinich. The main source of damage is his skill, with which the hero attaches to the target and begins to move in a given circle. Attack for him, alternating 2 normal hits and activating the elemental skill at the moment when the scale is completely filled, and the E-button itself begins to glow green.

   

   

   

3. Once all the auxiliary skills of your allies have stopped affecting enemies, it is worth switching to them and updating your rotation.
4. Depending on how fast Kinich's Elemental Explosion builds up, you can use this ability as needed. Either start the rotation for Kinich and switch to the skill, or leave it as an additional source of damage to create cores when reacting with Hydro and then exploding Pyro.

Advantages and disadvantages of Kinich

Let's look at the pros and cons of Kinich, which may influence the decision to knock him out:

Leveling up Kinich

Let's look at all the materials for pumping Kinich to the maximum level and increasing the level of abilities:

Elevations

To raise Kinich to level 90, the following resources and wonders are required:

• Shards/Fragments/Pieces and the final form of the Nagadus precious emerald - can drop from such world bosses as feathered mold, Dendro hypostasis, Voracious Mountain King Yumkasaurus and weekly elite enemy Apepa Oasis Guardian.
• Saurian Paw — a curiosity of Natlana, mainly located in the Sulfur Veins location.
• Overripe flame grenade — a reward for defeating the boss Voracious Mountain King Yumkasaurus, obtained when collecting for weak resin.
• Young fang and adult/tyrant fang - obtained from the saurians of Natlan.
• 420 000 Mora and 421 hero experience.

Talents

To raise the level of Kinich's talents, you will need certain materials:

• Teachings, guidelines and philosophies about "Burning" - scrolls for leveling up heroes' talents from the dungeon "Fiery Ruins". Access to them is open in Tuesday, Friday, и Sunday.
• Young fang and adult/tyrant fang - reward for eliminating the Wanderers saurians Natlana.
• Denial and verdict - material dropped after defeating the weekly boss "Servant".
• Crown of Insight — a resource for increasing talents to level 10.
• 1 moras.

Best Kinich Builds in Genshin Impact

Kinich acts as the main damage dealer, who needs to stay on the battlefield for an overwhelming amount of time to collect Night Spirit points and then use them. The main source of damage is the elemental skill, which deals both periodic Dendro damage during ring shots and explosive damage when using Scaleslayer. Nevertheless, quite often he uses ordinary attacks, alternating them with E-shka. One of the most important mechanics is interaction with the Blessing of the Night Spirit, which gives Kinich a significant boost, but also imposes conditions for maintaining status.

Recommended characteristic values

All Kinich's abilities have scales from attack power, so first of all you should pay attention to this stat. There is no need for elemental mastery, but crits for this hero are welcome in the same way as for other classic damage dealers. Energy recovery, typed in sub-stats, will be useful, but you should not place too much emphasis on them. The attached table shows the recommended stat values ​​for artifacts on Kinich:

Artifact	Main characteristic	additional characteristics
Flower of Life	HP (permanent)	Crete. damage %, Crit chance hits %, Attack Power % Energy recovery %.
Feather of Death	Attack Power (Permanent)	Crete. damage %, Crit chance hits %, ATK
The sands of Time	Attack Power %	Crete. damage % Crit chance. hits % Energy Recovery % Attack Power %
space cup	Bonus Dendro Damage% (main)	Crete. damage %, Crit chance hits %, Energy recovery/Attack power%,
Crown of Mind	Crete. Damage/Crit Chance hits%	Crete. damage/chance Attack Power % Energy Recovery %

The optimal value of characteristics for a comfortable game on the hero:

• Attack Power: from 1300-1800 units. depending on the equipped weapon. The figure may be higher.
• Crete. chance: from 55%-60% and above, depending on the amount of crit gained. damage
• Crit damage: starting from 120% or more while maintaining critical. chance in an acceptable value and ratio 1:2.
• Energy recovery: 100-120% (with an additional Dendro hero in the squad) or 130-140% (without an ally with the Dendro element).

Best weapon

When choosing a weapon for Kinich, you should lean towards balancing such characteristics as Crete. damage or Crete. chance, depending on the missing indicators. Then we can consider analogues with energy recovery or attack power, which will also play an important role in the dynamic battle.

It is also necessary to take into account passive equipment skills that provide buffs to certain types of damage. The best choice would be to enhance the elemental skill. Signa Kinicha, Fang of the Mountain King, is noticeably stronger than his analogues, but still the difference is not critical, and the hero will perform well with other alternatives.

Name	Passive	Recommendations
Fang of the Mountain King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 50-740 Crete. chance: 2-11%	When hit by an elemental skill, the owner receives 1 level of Crown Favor. The effect can occur once every 1 seconds. After a squad member activates the Burn or Bloom reaction, the character equipped with the weapon gains 0,5 levels of Crown Favor. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds. and work even when the hero is not on the battlefield. Cron's Favor: Increases elemental skill and elemental burst damage by 1% for 2 sec. and folds up to 10 times. The duration of each level is calculated separately.	Despite the relatively small indicative crit. chance, Kinich's signature weapon has an impressive attack power and enhances the hero's main sources of damage. However, it is worth paying attention to the conditions under which the maximum level of the buff is reached, requiring you to combine elemental heroes Pyro and Hydro to obtain a 60% boost to elemental explosion and skill.
A Thousand Dazzling Suns ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Basic attack: 49-741 Crete. chance: 2.4%-11%	After activating E or ult, gives the effect of Burning Radiance, which increases critical damage by 20%-40%, and the attack power by 28%-56% for 6 sec. once every 10 sec. Hitting enemies with normal or charged attacks while Searing Radiance is active extends the duration of the effect by 2 sec. This extension can occur once every 1 sec, up to a maximum of 1 sec. Searing Radiance's effects are increased by 50%-75%, if the weapon's wielder is in the Blessing of the Sacred Flame state. The effect works even from the "pocket".	A universally strong sword, top 2 after the signature. Kinich easily implements all conditions, and the high base attack will come in handy when playing without a buffer for this stat.
Beacon of the Reed Sea ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 46-608 Crete. chance: 7-33%	After hitting an enemy with an elemental skill, attack power is increased by 20% for 8 seconds. Taking damage increases attack power by 20% for 8 seconds. These effects work even if the character is not on the battlefield. Additionally, if the equipped character is not protected by a shield, their max. HP will increase by 32%.	Not a bad option due to the increase in crit. chance. Increasing the attack power brings the analogue a little closer to Kinich’s signature weapon, but has slightly less potential.
Dragonbone sword ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 42-510 Crete. chance: 6-27%	Every 4 sec. increases the damage dealt by a character by 6% and the damage he receives by 3% while he is on the battlefield. The effect stacks up to 5 times, is not reset when changing characters, but when receiving damage it is reduced by 1 level.	Equipment option for purchasing the Battle Pass with the critical crit required for Kinich. chance. The passive effect of the weapon, with minimal inconvenience, provides the hero with a buff to deal damage using a skill and an elemental explosion.
Earth shaking (P5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 43-565 ATK: 6-27%	After a party member activates a Pyro-related reaction, the equipped character's Elemental Skill damage is increased by 16% for 8 sec. This effect works even when the character is not on the battlefield.	An epic weapon from Natlan that increases Kinich's attack power. A good option for playing inside a priority squad with Pyro elements that cause Burn or Bloom reactions. Directly affects the hero's main source of damage, making the four-star option quite attractive.
Wolf death ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 46-608 ATK: 10-49%	Increases attack power by 20%. When hitting a target with HP less than 30%, increases the attack power of all squad members by 40% for 12 sec. Can occur no more than once every 1 seconds.	An excellent option if you managed to find a balance between the values ​​of the crit characteristics. damage and chance. The full power of the equipment will be revealed only when Flares are activated and during the use of Scalebreaker from the Pact of the Fire Spirit passive.
unforged ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Basic attack: 46-608 Attack Power: 10.8%-49.6%	Increases shield strength by 20% ~ 40%. On hit, increases attack power by 4% ~ 8% within 8 sec. The effect stacks up to 5 times and occurs every 0.3 seconds. While protected by a shield, this effect's attack power bonus is increased by 100%.	To be fully utilized, it requires a shielder in the team, so it works best in teams with Toma, Kirara, or Bai Zhu. It provides a lot of attack power, but without the passive with a shield, it is inferior to Earthshaker R5 and Wolf's Bane R1.
Heavenly greatness ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Basic attack: 48-674 Energy recovery: 8%-36.8%	Increases damage dealt by 8% ~ 16%. After activating an elemental blast, hits from normal or charged attacks launch an intangible blade that deals 80% ~ 160% damage to all enemies in its path. Lasts 20 seconds. or 8 intangible blades.	The weapon's secondary stat grants energy regeneration, but this is offset by its high base attack. The passive ability requires activating Elemental Burst at the start of the rotation, before activating E-Hook.
Talking Mace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Basic attack: 44-565 Crete. chance: 4-18%	Increases attack power by 16% for 15 sec. after receiving the Pyro effect. This effect can occur once every 12 sec. After receiving Hydro, Cryo, Electro or Dendro effects, bonus elemental damage for 15 sec. increases by 12%. Can occur once every 12 seconds.	The gear provides a nice boost to attack power and crit chance, and has a passive boost to elemental damage when the conditions are met. These are easy to accomplish when playing with Bennett or when dealing with elemental enemies like slimes.
Magic Super Sword of the Supreme Overlord ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 44-565 Energy recovery: 6-30%	Increases attack power by 12%. But that's not all! Supporting the Melusines of Merousi Village, whom you helped, fills you with power! Depending on their number, attack power can additionally increase by a maximum of 12%.	This equipment gives a good bonus to attack power and provides energy recovery, which will allow you to use elemental explosions more often. Weapons are not a priority and can be used as a temporary measure for Kinich.
Blackcliff Slasher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 42-510 Crete. damage: 12-55%	After eliminating an enemy, attack power increases by 12%, the effect lasts 30 seconds and can stack up to 3 times. The duration of additional effects does not depend on each other.	An epic weapon redeemable in the store for Wandering Evenstarlight. It is relatively easy to acquire copies of equipment and achieve maximum awakening rank and achieve the maximum increase in attack power. Gives a good bonus to crit. damage to Kinich. Suitable for critical values. chance is above 50%.
wave shadow ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 42-510 ATK: 9-41%	After receiving healing, attack power is increased by 24% for 8 sec. The effect works even when the character is not on the battlefield.	It can give a good bonus to attack power, but it will require a healer in the squad to fulfill the conditions of the passive effect.
Verdict ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ATK: 48-674 Crete. chance: 4-22%	Attack power increases by 20%. When party members pick up elemental shards created by the Crystal reaction, the equipped character receives 1 Seal, which increases elemental skill damage by 18%. The seal is valid for 15 seconds. You can have 2 Seals at the same time. All Seals of the equipped character will disappear after 0,2 seconds. after dealing damage with his elemental skill.	A specific weapon option that is worth considering due to the increase in crit. chance and attack power. A prerequisite is the presence of a Geo character and heroes to create a Crystal reaction, such as Hydro and Pyro. Unfortunately, Kinich himself is not able to close the reaction with Geo, since Dendro does not interact with the stone element in any way. While using the skill, Kinich's ring attacks count as using the skill, so the Seal charges will disappear immediately after picking up the crystals and will strengthen the blow produced at that moment.
Mailed Flower ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 44-565 Elemental Mastery: 24-110	After hitting an enemy with an elemental skill or activating an elemental reaction, for 8 sec. Attack power increases by 12%, and elemental mastery increases by 48 units.	Has a good basic attack for an epic weapon, although this option should only be considered in teams from Stimulation and while maintaining a good value of critical damage and critical chance in artifacts. However, it is better to lean towards choosing stronger analogues.
Katsuragikiri Nagamasa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 42-510 Energy recovery: 10-45%	Increases elemental skill damage by 6%. When an elemental skill hits an enemy, the character loses 3 energy units, but recovers 3 energy units every 2 seconds. over the next 6 seconds. The effect can occur once every 10 seconds. The effect can work even when the character is not on the field.	Crafted weapons based on a recipe from Inazuma. When using it, a second Dendro character in the squad may be required to operationally use the superpower, but otherwise, the passive skill has an effect on the source of Kinich's damage. An accessible equipment option for which it is easy to obtain awakenings if you have the materials and achieve a greater increase in skill damage.
Forest Regalia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base attack power: 44-565 Energy recovery: 6-30%	Activating the statuses Burning, Stimulation, Aggravation, Growth, Budding, Vegetation and Flowering creates a Seed of Consciousness next to the character, which lasts for 10 seconds. The elemental mastery of the character who picks it up increases by 60 units. for 12 sec. A consciousness seed can appear once every 20 sec. This effect works even if the equipped character is not on the battlefield. The effect of the Seed of Consciousness does not stack.	Crafted equipment based on a recipe from Sumeru. This type of weapon will be useful for the entire squad thanks to its passive talent, which provides additional elements of elemental mastery. It is worth making sure that there are no two of these swords in the squad, because the passive buff from reactions does not stack.

Best Artifacts

Artifacts obtained for Kinich should increase attack power и elemental damage. Fully equipped, you should find an increase Crete. chance.

Let's consider possible options for artifacts and their combinations:

Name	Description	Recommendations
Obsidian Tome ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 parts: While in the Night Spirit's Blessing state, the equipped character's damage increases by 15%. 4 parts: When an equipped character spends 1 Night Spirit point while on the battlefield, crit. the chance increases by 40% and lasts 6 seconds. The effect activates once every 1 second.	Kinich's signature set, tied to the special mechanics of Blessing. When using his enhanced skill, the hero loses all 20 points, which can cause problems. However, with the rapid accumulation of the required stacks of Spirit, the next hit by Scaleslayer will have an increased crit. chance. Also, the effect of increased critical hit hits extends to ring strikes and elemental explosions. Both a full set and a combination of 2 parts look good.
Unfinished Dreams ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 parts: Attack power increases by 18% 4 parts: After an equipped character leaves the battlefield for 3 seconds, their outgoing damage is increased by 50%. If there are no nearby enemies with the Burning status while in battle, the character loses 10% per second of the mentioned buff until the value reaches 0%. When there are enemies with the Burning status, the damage increases by 10% per second until it reaches a maximum of 50%. The effect works even when the character is not on the battlefield.	An excellent equipment option for playing within a team designed for the Burning reaction. Pressing a full rotation from support, sub-dead and all the way to Kinich himself will allow you to leave the battlefield for the required 3 seconds and get the maximum value of the buff. Unfortunately, the full set will not work for character combinations other than those with Dendro and Pyro, due to the need to perform a certain reaction.
golden troupe ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	2 parts: Increases elemental skill damage by 20% 4 parts: Increases elemental skill damage by 25%. When the character is not on the battlefield, elemental skill damage is increased by an additional 25%. After 2 sec. after entering battle, the effect disappears.	Increases damage from Kinich's main damage source. While it is impossible to fulfill all the requirements of this set to get the maximum damage boost, it remains an excellent option in either a 2-piece or 4-piece combo.
Deepwood Memories ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 parts: Dendro damage bonus 15%. 4 parts: Being hit by an elemental skill or elemental blast lowers Dendro's enemy resistance by 30% for 8 seconds. This effect works even if the character equipped with these artifacts is not on the battlefield.	Both the full set and 2 parts are good, giving an increase to Kinich’s main type of damage. When performing ring attacks, the damage dealt by such attacks is counted as skill damage, so the target attacked will have reduced resistance to incoming damage.
Gladiator’s Finale Deepwood Memories golden troupe	2 parts: Increases attack power by 18%. 2 parts: Dendro's damage bonus is increased by 30%. 2 parts: Elemental skill damage increases by 30%	Until a full-fledged set with optimal characteristics appears, you can use combinations of different sets in 2 parts. Any kit that provides a corresponding increase is suitable for increasing attack power.
Gambler ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	2 parts: Increases elemental skill damage by 20%. 4 parts: Defeating an enemy has a 100% chance of restoring the cooldown of an elemental skill. The effect can occur once every 15 seconds.	A good equipment option at the start of the game, which has an increased buff for the damage caused by Kinich’s skill. At the middle stage of the game, it is recommended to replace them with stronger analogues, such as the Golden Troupe.
Berserk ⭐️⭐️⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️	2 parts: Increases crit. 12% chance. 4 parts: Increases critical chance. hits by 24% when HP is below 70%.	This set will help solve the problem with balancing stats at the initial stage of the game. Both 2 parts and the full set look good, but to get the maximum buff you have to give up shielders and play carefully with healers to keep your health below 70%.

Units for Kinich

Kinich is the main combat unit around which the future squad is built. The hero stays on the battlefield for the vast majority of time to accumulate Night Spirit points and deal Dendro damage. Due to its passive, Cost of Desolation favors heroes with Pyro and Hydro as additional support for the Bloom reaction.

Heroes of a different element can be added to the squad due to Natlan's internal mechanics with the activation of Night Spirit Flare. The buff received from this status directly depends on the number of characters from the Pyro region.

Best characters

The following paragraphs present the best characters for a squad with Kinich and break them down into different positions.

Sub-dd

Additional damage dealers that cover reactions or provide a bonus source of damage.

Character	Element	Weapon	Effects
Emilia	Dendro	A spear	An excellent Dendro applicator for playing through Burning. The heroine herself receives certain buffs for her skill and provides additional Dendro area damage.
Nahida	Dendro	Catalyst	Deals stable Dendro damage, can wear the Sleeping Forest set to cut resistances to this element. However, in teams from Burning, it activates ticks from E-ka quite rarely, so if you use it, then for Bloom or Stimulate.
Collei	Dendro	Bow	Budget replacement for Nahida. The ult lasts a little, but Collei perfectly pumps up energy and gives a lot of status.
Mavuika	Pyro	Two-handed sword	A great partner for Kinich. Will give Pyro damage from the pocket and a buff to the active character, which will increase Kinich's damage with E-ka. Due to the Burning mechanic, rare ticks with E-ka will not be a problem.
Xiangling	Pyro	A spear	Best applicator for Burning and Blooming reactions. If you take a team from pure Burning, then there is no point in adding elemental mastery to its stats. However, when used in a Blossom squad, it is worth getting at least 200 of this stat to get more damage from bud explosions.
Ember	Pyro	Bow	At C0, Amber is more of a main DD for beginners, but if there are constellations, she can act as a sub-DD with a focus on burst and deal damage from her bunnies (E-shki).
Dehya	Pyro	Two-handed sword	Within the field created by Dehya, resistance to interruption increases and periodic waves of Pyro damage are caused. It is possible to transfer strong attacks from bosses and elite enemies to the heroine, but the elemental status from her is not very stable, and ideally you should take another fire applicator for reactions.
Pyro GG	Pyro	One handed sword	Pyro the Traveler is a handy support for Kinich, as he can cast Burning, buff it during Night Spirit's Blessing, and also wear the Scroll of the Burnt City Hero artifact set.
Furina	Hydro	One handed sword	An excellent addition for the squad through the Bloom reaction with additional Hydro damage from creatures summoned by Furina. When playing with her, keep an eye on the party's HP, and ideally, substitute a reliable healer for a set of fanfare.
Mona	Hydro	Catalyst	Hydro buffer with very low elemental status. On the ultimate skill, it increases incoming damage and can trap some enemies.
Ye Lan	Hydro	Bow	Deals damage in conjunction with Kinich's regular attacks and passively increases his personal damage from his ultimate.
Xingqiu	Hydro	One handed sword	Performs a function similar to Ye Lan. Does not buff, but instead can slightly increase survivability due to a small healing after the end of the ultimate.
Kachina	Geo	A spear	Kachina can act as an additional source of damage and support through the Scroll of the Burnt City Hero set, having a connection with Kinich based on Night Spirit Flash.

Sapports

Support characters that restore health or provide shields.

Character	Element	Weapon	Effects
Bai Zhu	Dendro	Catalyst	Effectively restores health, gives resistance to interruption and enhances Dendro reactions. As a bonus, Kinichu will be given an easy recovery of energy.
Yao Yao	Dendro	A spear	Restores HP to the unit and closes caused reactions. The inconvenience of use lies in the explosion of elements, where in order to maintain the change of summoned creatures it is necessary to leave the heroine on the battlefield.
Kirara	Dendro	One handed sword	Supports the team with a shield, elemental status and closes Dendro's resonance. Due to the Burning mechanics, healers are better for Kinich, but a cat girl can also be used if she is already leveled up or there are no alternatives.
Thoma	Pyro	A spear	Covers a Pyro ally with a shield and can cover reactions due to periodic damage from an elemental explosion. It is recommended to build Touma into Elemental Mastery for more damage if playing in Bloom.
Bennett	Pyro	One handed sword	Bennett's field, which restores health, also gives a buff to attack power. A short cooldown of an elemental skill will allow you to once again close the Burning or Bloom reaction.
Barbara	Hydro	Catalyst	Looks good within the team through Bloom. Barbara's convenience lies in the fact that the healing skill hangs on the character himself and does not have to respect the boundaries of the healing field. However, there may not be enough radius to create a reaction, so you will have to maintain close range with the enemy.
Kokomi	Hydro	Catalyst	Kokomi's skill has a relatively small radius and periodically heals the ally inside. However, the jellyfish present on the field will be able to impose Hydro status on the enemy, and using the girl’s elemental explosion will quickly restore the health of the entire squad.
Sijwin	Hydro	Bow	Sijwin can act as a hero to restore HP and hold off enemies. The heroine has a skill accumulation mechanic that is inconvenient for dynamic battles and has a long cooldown time. You need to stand in one place for some time, charging the skill, so that the bubble reaches its peak value.
Zhongli	Geo	A spear	The geo element does not interact in any way with Dendro and his reactions, however, Zhongli specifically can be useful due to cutting resists. Also, if you play with strong elemental Pyro sub-dds, it makes sense to equip Geo Archon with a set archaic stoneto further strengthen them.

Top Teams

Next, let's look at variations of units with a combination of different elements.

Units from Burning

Teams based on combinations of Dendro and Pyro elemental characters to trigger a reaction with periodic damage from Burning. For such teams, you can arm yourself with a set of artifacts Unfinished Dreams.

Please note that in teams from Gorenie, where there are no Hydro characters and other reactions, E-shki with tiki Nahida occur quite rarely, since Kinich's strikes on a burning enemy are considered an extension of an existing reaction, rather than the creation of a new one. Therefore, Nahida is much less valuable to Kinich than to most other Dendro heroes, and can be placed in another squad.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Kinich	Emilia Nahida Collei	Xiangling Mavuika Pyro GG	Bennett	A strong squad for playing through the Combustion reaction. Xiangling gets the energy needed for the ult from Bennett, and Kinich gets it from Emilia, Kolleia, or Nahida depending on the squad's build. Mavuika does not need to activate the ult in this team, but Kinich himself will help with this if necessary. Overall, any of the heroes will perfectly support the main DD on the field.
Kinich	Dehya Mavuika	Thoma	Bai Zhu Yao Yao	A less practical unit to use, with most of the damage coming from Kinich and Toma's reactions. With Dehya, there's more survivability, but less overall damage than with Pyro Archon.
Kinich	Kachina Shilonen Zhongli	Xiangling Mavuika	Bennett	A team with Pyro Resonance and a strong Xiangling/Mawuiki, which can and should be strengthened with a support set placed on a Geo character. Any Geo character can be this, but it is better to use Zhongli, Shilonen or Kachina for the artifact buff.
Kinich	Venti Kazuha	Xiangling Pyro GG	Bennett	Already known team through Burning with the addition of characters that may be useful in the Twisted Abyss or another type of challenge. Venti and Kazuha are able to pull a group of opponents to one point and simplify the task of elimination. The closer the enemies are to each other, the easier it is for Kinich to transfer his skill from one target to another to resume the chain of ring blows.
Kinich	Ember Collei	Xiangling Pyro GG	Bennett	A free version of the squad, where all the heroes can be obtained for completing the Abyss or the plot. When choosing between Collei or Amber, it is better to prefer the first one in order to activate Dendro resonance; moreover, at C0 Amber is significantly less useful.

Troops from Bloom

Units from a combination of Dendro and Hydro with the creation of buds on the field, which are subsequently exploded by an ally Pyro.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Kinich	Furina Xingqiu Ye Lan	Xiangling DehyaMavuika	Bennett	To perform the Bloom reaction, three elements must interact. Any of the listed Hydro sub-DDs can provide a stable Hydro status, and Xiangling has a powerful elemental explosion. Kinich attacks the enemy with Dendro. After activating the main damager's ultimate, an additional source of periodic Dendro damage appears to perform the reaction. Dehya or Mavuika has less potential than Xiangling, but can be used during ability cooldowns and strengthen the active character.
Kinich	Mona	Xiangling Mavuika	Barbara Sijwin Kokomi	Within the presented squad, Mona is considered as a buffer and applicator. Unfortunately, the heroine is not able to maintain a stable Hydro status, so water supports will help her with this. When using Barbara, there may also be difficulties in maintaining distance, and Sijwin has problems with the duration of the skill. Xiangling has a hard time gaining energy for the ultimate, so this stat should remain at the 210% bar for stable use of the elemental explosion. If you use Mavuika, this problem will not arise.
Kinich	Furina	Thoma	Bai Zhu Yao Yao	Reactions are closed using damage procs from Touma's shield. The skill has a long cooldown time, so you should improve not only your elemental mastery, but also your energy recovery. Dendro supports help create cores that will subsequently be exploded during interaction with the shield. The skills of all the heroes do not limit Kinich in his movement, except for Toma’s barrier, because of which he will sometimes have to reduce the distance and step on the cannonballs in time.
Kinich	Ember	Xiangling	Sijwin Kokomi	Variant of the command from Blossom with Pyro resonance. Relevant in the absence of Dehya and in the presence of const on Amber, which allow you to turn her from a primary to a secondary damage dealer from an elemental skill. It can also be used on C0, but the benefit of Amber specifically in this case is minimal.

Alternative squads

At this point, we will consider options for squads that contain heroes with less synergy with Kinich or with the participation of other elements. The character's passive skill requires him to play through the Burn or Bloom reaction to consistently deal damage and use Scalebreaker. We do not recommend considering units with Stimulation, pure Budding and Vegetation, since the character’s combat potential will significantly decrease, but we will give a list of the most efficient of them.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Kinich	Nile	Furina Xingqiu Ye Lan	Bai Zhu Yao Yao	Although Kinich is the main DD in this squad, most of the rotation depends on Neelu and her interaction with the created cores. The main task will be to obtain a field that spreads Hydro status to enemies and switch to Kinich in time to subsequently create cores, which the girl will subsequently explode.
Kinich	Nahida Emilia	Xingqiu Ye Lan	Shinobu Dory	This detachment is built on creating an area that does not restrict Kinich’s movement. Nahida can provide a significant buff, while Emilia's elemental burst from Ye Lan or Xingqiu will spread the cores. When Kinich steps on them while under the effect of Kuki's skill, the created buds will explode and damage the enemy.
Kinich	Nahida Collei	Fischl Yae Miko	Zhongli	The predominant reaction in the presented group is Stimulation, during the interaction of Electro and Dendro elements. The damage received depends both on Kinich's elemental mastery when the Aggravation reaction is triggered, and on the value of this stat for girls. It is recommended to increase this characteristic and acquire an appropriate set of artifacts to enhance reactions.
Kinich	Xingqiu Ye Lan	Fischl Yae Miko	Bai Zhu Kirara	A team from Vegetation with two strong sub-dams, against the background of which Kinich’s reduced effectiveness will not have such a noticeable impact on the success of closing content. Bai Zhu is not critical, but is highly recommended as his Dendro Reaction buff works very well in this team.
Kinich	Kazuha	Fischl Yae Miko	Bennett	A tricky combination that allows you to play through Stimulation with Electro sub-dd, without losing all the advantages of Kinich’s passive. To implement it, the presence of Kazuha is necessary. Inflate it with E-shkoy Electro, and color it with ult Pyro. This way you will get permanent Pyro status on enemies whose quality is almost as good as the “natural” status from Pyro sub-dd.

In some cases, Kinich can be used as a sub-DD for teams with Electro main-DD, using the set Scroll of the Hero of the Burnt City and through it giving a buff of 40% affix to damage. However, for such units there are often more profitable alternatives in the form of Nahida, Kazuhi, Zhongli in the set archaic stone and other ways to get an elemental damage boost. We do not recommend using Kinich as a sub-DD for Electro, unless there are no supports or other Dendo heroes on the account.

Сonclusion

Kinich is the legendary elemental hero Dendro, who wields a two-handed weapon. It stands out for its dynamic gameplay and enormous mobility, which is felt even outside of combat. As the character Natlan, he is endowed with special mechanics for interacting with the Night Spirit, which improves the hero’s movement throughout the territory of the Piro region. The Special Blessing introduces new conditions that must be met to deal consistent damage.

The main and extremely obvious inconvenience of Kinich is the small set of heroes for interaction and the inability to build really strong teams with reactions other than Burning and Blooming. Other units can still be seen on certain floors of the Twisted Abyss and work effectively on enemies in the open world. However, with them, the rate at which the Night Spirit gains points will significantly decrease, which will affect the frequency of using Scalebreaker with an active skill, and, accordingly, will negatively affect the damage of Kinich himself.

We hope the guide helped you put together the best build for Kinich in Genshin Impact. If you have questions, be sure to share them in the comments. Read others guides on characters to create strong teams, you can also familiarize yourself with the options best squads.

What is better for Kinich: signal or c1?

The choice between a signature weapon and the first const for Kinich largely depends on the pack chosen for him and the availability of alternatives when choosing a weapon.

• С Kinich's signature it is easier to obtain the necessary characteristics and balance the overall assembly, subject to the maximum level of pumping. The weapon has passive conditions, which are quite difficult to comply with outside of commands with Burning or Bloom. Since Kinich is primarily played within teams with these reactions, such conventions will not cause acute problems due to the quick gain of Night Spirit points. A noticeable buff to ATK, skill damage and elemental explosion will be pleasant bonuses for the hero. However, when trying to play within other squads, difficulties may arise.
• first constellation gives Kinich a guaranteed boost for Scaleslayer in the form of 100% crit. damage and increased movement speed. The only condition is to jump after using the skill, which is not difficult to do. The boost has no specific connection to reactions and increases Kinich's overall mobility, which helps him maintain distance from moving targets. It makes sense to take C1 if you have top 2-3 weapons from our list or want to play Kinich through Stimulation or with Nilu.

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