Zhiming - Ethereal Enigma

Overview:

Zhiming is a A Water element main DPS. Without pairing with S-Rank Heimdall, her damage output at low investment is not particularly remarkable and she feels very clunky to play. Only at high investment does her damage become fierce.

Her Exclusive Functor is essential, without it, gameplay feels clunky and various rotations fail to connect. After pairing with S-Rank Heimdall, her low-investment strength rises sharply; it can be said that S-Rank Heimdall saved low-investment Zhiming.

Her support capability is currently only perfectly compatible with Gengchen and Poseidon, so she is also not recommended for use as a support.

If you plan to pull for her, it is recommended to start with her at SS rank and her exclusive functor, along with a single S-Rank Heimdall. Otherwise, you won’t be able to utilize most of Zhiming’s capabilities.

Due to her reliance on S-Rank Heimdall, if a stronger Water character who also needs her as a support is released in the future, she may lose her spot in teams.

Her AI performance is decent; it knows how to play her but is not as fast as manual control.

Sigil Recommendations:

• Slots 1, 3, 5: [Undercurrent of the Depths].
• Slots 2, 4, 6: [Acheron's Obol].
• Omega Sigils:
  • Slot 5 6: Replace with [Sword of Roland] or in some situations, [Ruler of the Heavens].

Sigil Enchants:

• Prioritize [Fierce Assault] and [Berserk], followed by [Enraged]. Because her Aether Codes and Sigils already provide a large amount of Crit DMG and Zhiming has a very high number of damage instances, the priority of [Berserk] is higher than [Enraged]. If you feel her Ultimate Skillchain is not recharging fast enough, you can consider getting about two [Loopback] enchants.

Aether Code Recommendations:

• Standard DPS Build: Use Red 3 Aether Code (Deity Zhenwu).

• Support: Use Blue 3 Aether Code (Water Guardian). If the Water-element damage dealer you are supporting doesn’t do enough damage, it’s better to just use the Red line yourself.

  The Yellow line is for specific short battles and is generally not used, so it’s not recommended.

Warp Recommendations:

• Slots 1 & 2: [Power UP: Melee], [The Executioner], and [The Judge].
  • If your teammates are highly invested, you won’t need [The Judge]; you can use two [The Executioner] instead
• Slots 3 & 4: [EM Flux] and [Telepathize Forcefield I].
• Slots 5 & 6:
  • [Evolution Particle III] is mandatory.
  • For the remaining two slots, you can choose [Kinetic Mod] or [Armor Breaker] based on the situation.
  • At SSS or above, you can replace one [Evolution Particle III] with a level 3 [Divine Sense] to speed up her start.

Signature Functor (Otherworlder - Xuangui):

• Essential: The exclusive functor is basically mandatory. It provides high stats and optimizes her mechanics. Without the exclusive functor, playing her is awkward, and she struggles to recover Divine Grace.

Stat Boost Priority:

• It is recommended to only upgrade Skill 3. The other skills are mostly useless and can be upgraded or not.

Team Recommendations:

• Core Teammate: Currently, she is locked in a team with S-Rank Heimdall for their Ultimate Skillchain.
• Third Member:
  • Priority: Skuld for optimal support.
  • Suboptimal replacement: Gengchen, Teams that originally used Gengchen can generally switch to Skuld, and with Skuld, Zhiming’s strength is even higher.

Tips:

• Both Skill 1 and Skill 2 can have their ending animation canceled with a dodge.

• Normal attacks recover Divine Grace during their startup animation, so you can use a skill after a normal attack to cancel its ending animation to instantly recover and consume Divine Grace.

• During her Calculation state, do not, under any circumstances, dodge. Wait until you have used her skills before dodging, or you will lose the entire Calculation state.