Zhongli: Hold the Skill for the Shield
Hold Zhongli's skill until the shield forms, then swap off. Tap only when you deliberately want the pillar. His burst is a petrify, not the team's damage plan.
Hold, tap, and the meteor
Dominus Lapidis has two casts. Tap raises a Stone Stele. The stele pulses Geo at nearby enemies. Hold spends more time and creates the Jade Shield, which scales with his max HP, and it also summons the stele if one is not already down. The shield is why he is on the team. A tap in a hurry gives you a pillar and no shield.
Planet Befall drops a meteor and petrifies enemies who are not immune. Petrify is a stop, useful when a lawachurl is mid-swing or a lectors are about to teleport. It also costs a lot of energy. If the shield is already up and the enemy is not threatening a one-shot, skip the burst and spend that time on the damage dealer's skill.
When the pillar ruins a reaction
The stele's Geo pulse consumes Hydro, Pyro, Electro, and Cryo on the enemy. In a Vaporize team that is a stolen aura. Hold the skill at the edge of the fight so the stele stands away from the enemy Xiangling is hitting, or break the stele if it is already pulsing the wrong target. The shield does not require the stele to keep ticking. Once the jade is on you, you can leave the pillar behind.
Against a Geo shield or a Geo-hungry enemy, the same pulse is the point. Tap or hold so the stele sits next to the shield, and let it chip. Zhongli is not one build for every chamber. Move the pillar on purpose.
HP, and almost nothing else
HP sands, HP goblet, HP circlet if the shield is breaking. A crit circlet is for a burst build you are not playing when the team already has a real damage dealer. Black Tassel is a three-star polearm with HP percent and it is enough for a shield bot. Favonius Lance if the team is short on particles and you are actually casting the burst. Four-piece Tenacity of the Millelith adds attack to the party when the stele hits. If you placed the stele out of range on purpose, that set bonus is also out of range. Use two-piece HP sets instead.
Level the skill. The shield's HP ratio is on that talent. The burst is optional levels. His normal attack stays at one.
Skills
| Button | Use |
|---|---|
| Skill, hold | Jade Shield based on max HP |
| Skill, tap | Stone Stele and a Geo pulse |
| Burst | Planet Befall petrifies |