(This chapter is a skill introduction. Skipping it won't affect later reading. Friends who don't want to read can skip directly.)
Birthday: January 1st
(Zhongli isn't the last day of the year? Then Guizhong's birthday being the first day of the year is normal too, right?)
Affiliation: Guili Assembly, Liyue
Role: Off-field support damage booster
Element: Geo
Constellation: Glaze Lily Constellation
(If I remember correctly, Genshin Impact shouldn't have this constellation yet. If it does, let me know and I'll change it.)
Weapon Type: Catalyst
Normal Attack · Flying Sand and Walking Stones
Normal Attack
Continuously fires sand grains, dealing up to five hits of Geo damage.
Charged Attack
Consumes stamina. After a short chant, generates quicksand beneath the enemy, pulling them in while dealing Geo damage.
Plunging Attack
Transforms into flying sand and plunges from mid-air to strike the ground, attacking enemies along the path. Upon landing, returns to human form and deals AoE Geo damage.
Elemental Skill · Dust Sand Creation
Cooldown: Short press 5s, long press 8s
Releases a sand-and-stone curse seal nearby, dealing AoE Geo damage and applying Geo Storm Seal to hit enemies, while creating one Dust Lord Creation.
Long press releases in a different way.
(Yes, it's borrowed from Nahida's E skill.)
(But I think Geo Storm Seal doesn't sound good, and I couldn't think of anything else for now, so I'll just put it out first.)
(Friends with good ideas can suggest—I will consider adopting and modifying.)
Long Press
Guizhong assembles a simple Guizhong mechanism and enters aiming mode. Selects enemies within a certain range and increases Guizhong's interruption resistance in this state.
(Guizhong: My lord, the times have changed!)
After aiming mode ends, deals Geo damage to selected enemies, applies Geo Storm Seal, and creates one Dust Lord Creation.
Aiming lasts 5s, up to 8 enemies can be selected.
Geo Storm Seal
Enemies in Dust World Bond state will connect to each other within a certain distance and be treated as Geo constructs.
When triggering Crystallize reactions on enemies in Dust World Bond state, or after taking resonance damage, Guizhong will release Myriad Blades of Furious Sand based on her ATK, dealing Geo damage to the enemy and their connected targets.
Dust World Bond on field cannot exceed 8, lasts 25s.
Myriad Blades of Furious Sand can only be released once in a short time, trigger interval 2.5s.
Dust Lord Creation
Deals AoE Geo damage upon creation.
While existing, continuously deals Geo damage to nearby enemies and resonates with nearby Geo constructs to produce Primordial Geo Resonance, dealing AoE Geo damage.
Initially only one Dust Lord Creation can exist on field, lasts 20s.
(Resonance range is larger than Albedo's flower. Reviving resonance meta glory—Guizhong and I are duty-bound!)
(As fellow Geo god, having similar Geo constructs is reasonable, right?)
Elemental Burst · Dust Lord Blessing
Energy: 60, Cooldown: 15s
The god renowned for wisdom unfolds the Dust Lord Domain, bestowing blessings upon her subjects.
Cannot activate if no Dust Lord Creation is on field.
When domain unfolds, deals intermittent Geo damage to enemies on field and provides DMG Bonus to party members based on Guizhong's ATK. For every 100 ATK, party members gain 1%~1.5% (Lv.1 to Lv.10) DMG Bonus. This effect can increase DMG by up to 50%, lasts 15s.
Passive Talent 1 · Blessing of Myriad Paths
After releasing Dust Lord Blessing, extends Dust Lord Creation duration and converts Dust Lord Domain elements based on elements the Dust Lord Creation contacts.
Element Conversion
During Dust Lord Domain duration, converts to corresponding element based on elements contacted by Dust Lord Creation (Hydro / Pyro / Electro / Cryo), gaining different buffs:
Hydro: Attacks slow enemies by 50%
Pyro: Increases interruption resistance
Electro: Elemental Skill CD reduced by 20%
Cryo: Attacks reduce enemy toughness
Passive Talent 2 · Flow of a Thousand Sands
After releasing Dust Lord Blessing, gains the following buffs based on damage types produced in domain:
Anemo DMG: Increases domain range and extends domain duration by 5s
Geo DMG: Reduces Geo RES of enemies in domain by 40%
Passive Talent 3 · Ingenious Use of Creations
When forging Catalyst or Bow weapons, returns 25% of corresponding ores.
(Bug-level life talent. It's fine for Jun Bai and Yiya to have it—later original characters' life talents will only be ones that have already appeared.)
Constellations:
C1 · Adeptus Mechanism: Dust Lord Creation count +1
C2 · Matchless Under Heaven: Enemies in Geo Storm Seal state gain the following: Geo construct resonance damage can crit, CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG equal to Guizhong's CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG.
(Meaning C2 can trade support ability for Guizhong to gain on-field carry ability)
C3 · Wielding Power in All Directions: Dust Lord Blessing skill level +3
C4 · Ten Thousand Waters and Thousand Mountains: Dust Lord Domain can perform two element conversions, gaining two buffs.
C5 · Ingenious Application: Dust Sand Creation skill level +3
C6 · I Too Am a God: Guizhong increases her own CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG based on her ATK. For every 100 ATK, Guizhong gains 1.5% CRIT Rate and 3% CRIT DMG. This effect can increase up to 60% CRIT Rate and 100% CRIT DMG.
[Guizhong (rolling up sleeves): Let me show you pulling up a weeping willow by the roots!]
Signature Weapon · Chains of the Mortal World (heavily modified version)
(Guizhong is still here—upgrading her own signature weapon, no problem right? No problem!)
(Lv.90) Base ATK: 741
(Lv.90) ATK: 16.5%
Weapon Type: Catalyst
Rarity: 5★
The key that unlocks divine wisdom
Elemental Energy Recharge increased by 20%. After releasing Elemental Skill, if an Elemental Reaction is triggered, all party members gain increased corresponding Elemental DMG (20%/25%/30%/35%/40%).
Upon releasing Elemental Burst, gains [Divine Wisdom]. ATK increases by (2%/3%/4%/5%/6%) per second, this effect can stack up to 3 times.