Xiangling is certainly not the most powerful and aggressive character in the game Genshin Impact, but this little guy can play many roles – he is an excellent support in moments of intense combat, and the main damage dealer – if you choose the right equipment. The main advantage of this character is that you do not need to pray for him, because he sits and waits for his time on a mission.
Genshin Impact Xiangling Character Overview
Sweet and modest Xiang Ling pleases everyone in the world with her aromatic and delicious dishes, of course, she is a natural-born chef who works in one of the restaurants, sometimes using her skillful fire skills in cooking.
Xiangling is unlocked after adventure level 20. She is located in the so-called Twisted Abyss, and before she ends up in a large magical family, she will have to complete a simple but similarly named quest.
Well, Xiangling, like many characters in Genshin Impact, is a fire elementalist – Pyro. She prefers to fight enemies exclusively from a close range, attacking enemies with powerful waves of damage over and over again.
Character Advantages
Among the most important advantages of Xiangling, it is worth noting, of course, the high attack speed and powerful group damage in the area if you use the elemental skill. In addition to attack skills, Xiangling has a rather interesting and long-lasting ult, which does not cancel its effect if you change the game character, but will continue to work until its time ends.
Disadvantages of Xiangling
Xiangling’s main weakness is her annoying but very cute pet, Goba. It is almost impossible to target enemies with it properly, so when charging it just flies past enemies randomly, and does not deal pyro damage constantly, as many other heroes’ pets do.
Features and skills
The developers worked hard on the characters’ abilities, making each ability unique and different from others.
Active Skill – Kung Dough
Xiangling’s simple and straightforward active skill is the use of “Kung Dough”, in which the hero deals about 5 hits with a simple polearm. This is how the skill works if it is not charged. However, if the charge is full, the character will make a small dash and attack all enemies fighting her nearby. The beauty of this skill is its high penetration ability – it is rare that the character’s basic attacks can deal such crazy damage.
Goba’s Attack
Goba is a cute little bear who will always help his companion in battle if she summons him with her second ability. The battle bear approaches enemies and breathes fire on them for 10 active seconds, after which he moves away until the next reload.
Tip: Goba the bear can also take part in elemental reactions, such as water or freezing. So, in combination with Cryo and Hydro attacks, Goba can create melting or evaporation effects, which means it’s time for physics experiments!
Firewhirlwind – Ultimate
Fire Whirlwind is a large Pyro ability that deals decent damage in an area. It acts like a tornado, but without attraction. Enemies caught in the ultimate’s zone of effect receive fire damage for several seconds in a row. The character can be changed to another at this point, thereby creating almost all possible elemental reactions – melting, evaporation, overload.
People’s Choice – Passive Skill
If Xiang Ling cooks a Brave dish perfectly, she will instantly gain a 12% chance of cooking the same dish.
All of Xiangling’s abilities are somehow related to her element – fire. They can also be used in temples for puzzles, in riddles to light a fire for cooking, and even in dungeons where it is damp and dark.
How to play as Xiangling character
Xiangling is a versatile fighter, effective both as a support and an attacker. Armed with a polearm, she is capable of finishing off enemies combo after combo with just one basic ability. Her Pyro skills only add to her damage to enemies over a decent area. But few people know that Pyro skills, for example, of the same Gobu, can be used as a defense against aggressive attacks of enemies.
Xiangling is a very agile and fast character, especially when she has all her skills charged. Even her basic skill allows her to dash and confuse enemies, be they mobs or Hilichurls.
Graceful in battle and skilled in cooking, these are Xiangling’s main characteristics.
In combat, it is best to quickly alternate skills and characters for powerful damage and elemental reactions.
In the game for this hero, it is worth paying special attention to the search for food. The more ingredients in the arsenal of the little chef – the more time for culinary practice, and sometimes this can be very important, because some dishes add all sorts of advantages and even resurrect from the dead.
Best Xiangling Builds
As discussed earlier, Xiangling can be both a support and a main damage dealer.
The set of trinkets for both builds is almost universal, because the main part is in positioning. If Xiangling is the main damage dealer, she should be fast and organize the battle, but if she is collected in support, she should be kept aside and called into battle when the enemies are already slightly weakened.
- – “Spear of Favonius” restores energy well and gives preferential energy for critical hits;
- – “Heavenly Axis” slightly increases attack speed, gives a small bonus to energy recovery, and increases critical strike chance;
- – “Khoma’s Staff” is an ideal weapon for both energy recovery and penetration;
- – “Jade Kite” greatly increases the chances of dealing critical damage.
If this weapon is not yet available to Xiangling, it can be replaced with any other, the main thing is that it gives a chance of critical damage and an advantage in energy recovery in order to use the hero’s main skills faster.
After the weapon, all attention is focused on the desired artifact, and the top suitable ones look like this:
- – “Burning Scarlet Witch” – energy restoration and compatibility with Pyro characters in the form of debuffs on enemy burning and buffs on elemental reactions. Lies in the dungeon “Hidden Palace of Uvan” and waits to be found;
- – “Ancient Nobility Ceremony” – gives an advantage to elemental damage and increases the chances of critical damage. You can get this trinket in the dungeon “Clear Water and Mountain Cave”;
- – “Blood Knight” – a top artifact for a damage dealer, giving 25% physical damage, increases endurance after defeating opponents. Languidly awaits its time in the same dungeon where the “Ceremony of the Ancient Nobility” is located;
- – “Gladiator’s End” – increases the main damage of skills to 18%. Drops after defeating bosses.
Detachments under Xiangling
- Xiangling – Main Damage Dealer:
– Fischl, Bennett, Qi Qi, Xiangling, Mona. She is the main damage dealer, the rest are cover and support;
- Xiangling – Additional Damage Dealer or Support:
– Ke Qing, Diluc, Xiangling, Fischl, Barbara, Venti. Diluc and Xiangling are the main damage dealers, the rest are for cover and creating elemental reactions.
How to properly level up Xiangling
Before you start upgrading Xiangling’s skills and actively fighting mobs, it’s worth paying attention to her talents, which, by the way, are very useful.
- “Appearances Can Be Deceiving” – Enemies hit by Goba’s damage receive a 15% fire resistance debuff for 6 seconds. You can pump this first, especially if you can land good hits with Goba;
- “Fuel on the Fire” – The last hit in a combo gives the enemy the Pyro effect, after which the enemy will explode after a few seconds;
- “Frying in Oil” – Increases the damage of the “Firestorm” ability;
- “On a small fire” – continues the action of the ult by 40%. Pump either first or second, a very important talent in combat;
- “Goba is angry” – adds an advantage to Goba’s attack;
- “Empowered Firestorm” – Adds 15% pyro damage to all squad members. Excellent and very important talent for group play, where Xiangling is the main fighter.
If you upgrade your skills, then of course you should start with the ult and passives, because they are very important for the main fight, and many forget about them. The same “Spiciness”, where Goba leaves behind a chili pepper that gives a 10% advantage in attack for up to 10 seconds, or “Crossfire”, the same panda. This ability gives 20% to his ability and, accordingly, adds damage and time to create elemental reactions.
Next, it’s better to switch your attention to the basic attack, and lastly, you should work on Goba’s ability.
To level up Xiangling’s elevations, you should stock up on everything related to Agnidus – fragments, shards, pieces. You should also carefully look for the flaming seed (you need a lot of them), as well as a bunch of sky-high peppers. Additional material will be everything that falls from slimes when they are defeated – slime, concentrate, secretions, in general – you will have to store everything from slimes.
To level up talents, we recommend a lot of slime, slime secretions, and slime concentrate, the doctrine of “Diligence”, philosophy and the instruction of “Diligence”, the rarest Dvalin’s Claw (it can be obtained by defeating bosses or using the Alchemist), and the “Crown of Insight”. Fortunately, it only needs to be obtained once, but it is also difficult to do, since the events for obtaining the crown are usually temporary. Oh, and for talents, you also need Mora, but it is definitely not a problem to get.
Secrets and tips
Xiangling in Genshin Impact is a beautiful and cute player who crushes all enemies with her spear, dealing incredible damage to them time after time. In addition, Xiangling is an excellent support, adding fire support to the main characters when it is needed immediately. Xiangling’s ultimate ability works without it, so you can change it as many times as you want.
Tip: A squad formed under Xiangling should include Cryo, Hydro, Pyro, or even Electro heroes to create elemental reactions.
Best allies for Xiangling:
- Cryo: Qi Qi, Keya, Rosaria;
- Hydro: Barbara, Mona;
- Pyro: Diluc, Bennett, Amber;
- Electro: Fischl, Lisa.
Xiangling can easily maneuver between enemies, now and then dealing them with spear strikes or fire damage. The clumsy but useful Goba bear, if aimed correctly, can help bring victory to the party, finally hitting Pyro with damage to all enemies in his path.
Xiangling is a useful character with a cool fire element. Thanks to her universal position in battle, she becomes a regular in almost all combat squads. Her versatility lies not only in her position, but also in her ability to attack both close and from afar. Basic spear skills – here only Zhongli can become a worthy rival for her in strength. Pyro skill and “Guoba Attack” – Xiangling herself at a distance, looks at enemies dancing in the fire. Her skills, combined with the pumping of “Cook’s Ladle”, make her super-strong and almost indestructible. The stronger Xiangling’s fire skills are, the stronger and more devastating she fights.