The five-star Cryo character Shenhe has been proven to boost Cryo Damage with her Elemental Skill while lowering the Cryo Resistance of enemies with her Burst. Even with all these buffs tailored towards a Cryo Support playstyle, she has many things that make her excel as a Physical DPS. Looking at different Artifacts and team compositions, Shenhe has been proven to be a good Physical attacker.
Lowering Physical Resistance
Shenhe naturally has the ability to lower enemyPhysical Resistancewith the use of her Elemental Burst,Divine Maiden’s Deliverance. After using it, a large field erupts from theTalisman Spiritthat she spawns that lowers both Cryo and Physical Resistance of all opponents inside. This issix percentat Talent Level 1 and15percentat Talent Level 10. Gathering enemies inside area of effect Elemental Bursts like Shenhe’s can be done easily with the help of anAnemocharacter such asSucroseorKazuha.
Paired with anElectrocharacter, Shenhe can procSuperconducton enemies to even further lower their Physical Resistance by40 percent. Superconduct will do a fair amount of Cryo Damage as well, which is further increased by her naturally high Attack and her Elemental Burst.RaidenandBeidoucan apply Electro quickly and reliably while dealing massive amounts of damage.Fischlis a good Electro applicator as well but won’t deal as much damage as a Support character.
ZhongliandRosariaare also very good options for any Physical DPS team. Zhongli’s Elemental Skill,Dominus Lapidus, will cause aJade Shieldto be created that lowers the Elemental and Physical Resistance of all enemies near it by20 percent. Rosaria’s debuffs only apply atConstellationSixas she unlocks the ability to lower Physical Resistance as well. This causes her Elemental Burst,Rites of Termination, to lower the Physical Resistance of all enemies hit by it by20 percent. Rosaria also serves as a good source of Energy so Shenhe can keep using her Elemental Burst as much as possible off cooldown.
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Artifacts For Physical DPS
For a Physical DPS build,Crit Rate,Crit Damage,Physical Damage,Attack, andAttack percentare all important to provide the most damage possible. Getting Crit Damage to over150 percentand Crit Rate to over50 percentcan be a challenge so sacrificing Physical Damage for a better Crit ratio may end up happening. Even with these setbacks, Shenhe’s Normal and Charged Attacks will deal lots of damage for players wanting to use her as their main DPS.
Hybrid Artifacts
There are quite a few Artifacts that Shenhe can use to increase her Physical Damage output.Pale FlameandBloodstained Chivarly’s 2-Piece Set Bonuses both increase Physical Damage by25 percentfor a total of50 percentif equipped together. As the bonus is high, this can remove the need for a Physical Damage percent Goblet, making players able to go for an Attack percent Goblet instead.
Gladiator’s FinaleandShimenawa’s Reminiscence2-Piece Set Bonuses both increase the Attack stat by18 percentfor a total of36 percentif equipped together. Mixing and matching these sets can be good to use for Shenhe as she is able to put these stat bonuses to good use. Holding her Elemental Skill,Spring Spirit Summoning, will increase her Normal and Charged Attacks by15 percentwhile also increasing Cryo Damage from all sources thanks to herIcy Quills.
Gladiator’s Finale
The four-pieceGladiator’s Finaleset increases Attack by18 percentas well as increases Shenhe’s Normal Attack Damage by35 percent. This is the most straightforward set to use and farm for and provides a surprisingly high amount of damage potential. This bonus damage is additive and is multiplicative along with all other damage bonuses to the total damage output of Shenhe’s Normal and Charged Attacks.
Shimenawa’s Reminiscence
While Shenhe’s Elemental Burst is necessary to further decrease opponents Physical Resistance, the bonus from a four-pieceShimenawa’s Reminiscenceshould not be underestimated. A full set will increase Shenhe’s Attack by18 percentand increase her Charged Attack Damage by50 percentfor 10 seconds after using her Elemental Skill in exchange for15 energy. The loss in energy makes using Shenhe’s Elemental Burst unlikely but trading a maximum of 15 percent Physical Resistance reduction for 50 percent Charged Attack Damage might be more than worth it.
Pale Flame
Because of Shenhe’s Elemental Skill’s cooldown of 10/15 seconds depending on if she taps or holds it, the four-piece bonus for this set is impossible to achieve. If the bonus fromIcy Quillswere to count as Shenhe using her Elemental Skill, then this set could easily be her best, however, it does not and therefore is not a good option for her.
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Weapons
Several weapons cater to using Shenhe as a Physical DPS and can be categorized by how expensive they are.
While Eula can out DPS Shenhe in most instances, Shenhe can scratch that Physical DPS itch that players who didn’t pull Eula may have. She is fun as both a Cryo Support or a Physical DPS and players should play her in whatever option is the most fun to them.
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