Nilou Build, Weapons, & Artifacts

Find Nilou Build, Weapons, and Artifacts that are suitable for Nilou here.

Nilou Stats

Genshin Impact Character: Nilou - zilliongamerNilou

  • Rarity: 5 Stars
  • Elemental: Hydro
  • Weapon: Sword

Best Weapons For Nilou

Best 3 Stars Sword Weapons

For newbies, you can't find 4-5 stars weapons at low AR. If you just got Nilou as your first 5 stars character you can also use these 3 stars weapons to maximize Nilou damage which can help you kill monsters faster. Since Nilou has better damage on her Elemental Skill, we will focus on Sword which provides a Normal Attack boost and some ATK% or Crit Rate.

Harbinger of Dawn (Best)

Harbinger of Dawn Genshin Impact Sword Weapons - zilliongamer

  • With a great Crit DMG and Increase Crit Rate when HP is above 90% which is really great for Low level AR players. This is the best 3 stars weapon for Nilou.

Best 4 Stars Weapons

When you get higher AR you will start getting 4 stars weapons. They are P2P or Craft weapons to use if you don't want to do gacha. However, there are few weapons that are suitable for Nilou play style. Here we are looking for Elemental Skill DMG, ER, Crit Rate, and EM in these weapons.

Deathmatch(Best)

Fastering Desire Genshin Impact Sword Weapons - zilliongamer

  • With huge Elemental DMG stats and CRIT buff on passive this is the best 4 stars weapon that perfect for Nilou if you don't have her signature weapon. 

Sacrificial Sword

Sacrifical Sword Genshin Impact Sword Weapons - zilliongamer

  • With Energy Recharge you will get to use Elemental Skill Faster and with 40-80% chance to end CD. You are able to use elemental skills more than once.

Xiphos Moonlight

Xiphos' Moonlight | Genshin Impact - zilliongamer

  • This sword is a very support weapon that buff party member ER and EM and also give you Elemental Mastery as main stats.

Favonius Sword

Favonious Sword Genshin Impact Sword Weapons - zilliongamer

  • This sword can generat Elemental Particle which is really great to get elemental skill faster. this also a good sword for support Nilou.

Best 5 Stars Weapons

The only way to get a 5-star weapon for Nilou is by wishing. It will randomly drop when you are doing wish if you are a lucky one. There are some 5-star weapons that also fit him if you lost pity on her signature weapons. So we pick these weapon base on HP followed by EM or CRIT Rate or DMG Passive.

Key of Khaj Nisut

Key of Khaj Nisut | Genshin Impact - zilliongamer

  • Because of the main stats as HP, this willl be the best weapon for Nilou since HP is very benefitcial for her elemental skill with the passive.

Freedom Sworn

Freedom Sword | Genshin Impact - zilliongamer

  • Has a huge Elemental Mastery and with increased DMG passive. This will be a really good alternative weapon for Nilou.

Haran Geppaku Futsu

Haran Geppaku | Genshin Impact - zilliongamer

  • This weapon passive will give you elemental damage and normal attack to nearby party member.

Primordial Jade Cutter

Primordial Jade Cutter Genshin Impact Sword Weapons - zilliongamer

  • This will be great for DPS build since it has HP increased and give bonus ATK base on 1.2-24%.

Best Artifacts For Nilou

Here is the best artifacts list for Nilou from best to good.

Tenacity of the Millelith

Tenacity of the Millelith Genshin Impact Artifacts - zilliongamer

  • This artifact will give you additional 20% ER and increased ATK DMG and also stacks up once every 0.3s. This is the best artifact for Nilou so far.

Heart of Depth

Hearth of Depth Genshin Impact Artifacts - zilliongamer

  • This artifacts will give huge amount Hydro DMG which give ton of damage with Elemental Skill and Burst.

Best Build For Nilou

Best DPS Build

Here is the best Electro DPS build for Nilou. Ther build focus on Nilou Elemental burst which is based on her weapon with high crit rate, so we can use some artifact that provides some EM, Electro Bonus and ATK to be able to output maximize DMG.

Weapons

Primordial Jade Cutter Genshin Impact Sword Weapons - zilliongamerPrimordial Jade
Cutter

Haran Geppaku | Genshin Impact - zilliongamerHaran Geppaku
Futsu

Fastering Desire Genshin Impact Sword Weapons - zilliongamerFestering Desire

Artifacts

Tenacity of the Millelith Genshin Impact Artifacts - zilliongamerTenacity of The Millelith(4P)
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Hearth of Depth Genshin Impact Artifacts - zilliongamerHeart of Depth(4P)

Best DPS Build Stats

For best Electro DPS artifacts sub stats are HP, Energy Recharge, and Elemental Mastery because we need to output her DMG with her elemental skill.

Main Stats

  • HP
  • ATK
  • HP%
  • Hydro DMG
  • CRIT DMG/Rate

Using HP% Sands will give more DMG to Nilou.

Sub Stats

  • HP%
  • EM
  • ER
  • CRIT Rate/DMG

Try to look for good HP and ER sub-stats artifacts, which will boost Nilou Elemental DMG.

Best Support Build

Here is the best Electro DPS build for Nilou. Ther build focus on Nilou Elemental burst which is based on her weapon with high crit rate, so we can use some artifact that provides some EM, HP and ER to be able to output maximize DMG.

Weapons

Key of Khaj Nisut | Genshin Impact - zilliongamerKey of Khaj Nisut

Freedom Sword | Genshin Impact - zilliongamerFreedom Sworn

Xiphos' Moonlight | Genshin Impact - zilliongamerXiphos's Moonlight

Artifacts

Tenacity of the Millelith Genshin Impact Artifacts - zilliongamerTenacity of The Millelith(2P) (Best)
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Wanderer's Troupe Genshin Impact Artifacts - zilliongamerWanderer Troupe(2P)

Best Support Build Stats

For best Electro DPS artifacts sub stats are HP, Energy Recharge, and Elemental Mastery because we need to output her DMG with her elemental skill.

Main Stats

  • HP
  • ATK
  • HP%
  • HP%
  • HP%

Using HP% Sands will give more DMG to Nilou.

Sub Stats

  • HP%
  • EM
  • ER
  • CRIT Rate/DMG

Try to look for good HP and ER sub-stats artifacts, which will boost Nilou Elemental DMG.

End of Nilou Build Guide

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