Shikanoin Heizo in Genshin Impact - a guide to the best builds

Shikanoin Heizo in Genshin Impact – 4⭐ An Anemo Catalyst, a young detective from the Tenrou Commission, has extensive investigative experience that his colleagues rely on. Thanks to his insight and unconventional approach, he easily solves even the most complex cases. However, he puts his own interests above others. This is why he often gets into trouble and has a bad reputation among the residents of Inazuma.

Study this guide to understand how Heizo's abilities work, how to use them effectively, and to find the most suitable weapons, artifacts, and unit.

How to get Heizou in Genshin Impact

You can get Heizo with an increased chance in the temporary banner of the first half of update 2.8. In one banner with him will be the legendary character Kazuha.

Strengths and weaknesses of Heizo

The main advantages of the detective:

• often casts Elemental Burst at a low cost (40 total energy);
• along with the elevation, the Anemo damage bonus increases;
• distributes elemental mastery to all party members;
• provides control of a group of enemies;
• easy to assemble and learn.

The main disadvantages that are also important to consider:

• during prolonged use, the E-shki becomes an open target;
• to deal maximum damage, you need to accumulate levels (stacks).

Heizo's abilities and talents

Heizo is the first character whose combat animations look completely new. In combat, he uses a hand-to-hand technique, while the catalyst imbues his strikes with the Anemo element.

Normal Attack: Deals up to 5 hits, dealing Anemo damage.

Charged Attack: Deals increased damage with a more powerful strike. It costs 25 stamina to use.

Elemental Skill: A short press performs an Anemo-elemental strike. A long press charges up to 4 stacks of the Deflection effect to deal more damage. After releasing the button or fully charging the skill, the hero will strike forward, dealing Anemo damage.

At the 4th stack, an additional True Opinion bonus is added , increasing the power and range of your next E-type skill. If you don't use an elemental skill within 60 seconds, the bonus buff will disappear.

Elemental Burst: Rise into the air and create a hurricane with a kick. The hurricane has the following properties:

• pulls nearby enemies and objects;
• deals AoE Anemo damage;
• if the affected enemy has the Hydro, Cryo, Pyro, or Electro status, the hurricane applies a mark. After a certain time, it explodes and deals additional damage to the absorbed element;
• For one use of the ult, you can only mark 4 enemies. Also, the same opponent cannot receive the mark of different elements.

Passive Talents:

Constellations of Heizo and which one is worth knocking out

Obtaining copies of a character allows you to activate its constellations. Consider the bonuses they give.

Each constellation of the detective is targeted for its own buff and gives very nice effects. Nevertheless, it’s not worth specifically knocking out constants for a 4⭐ character, since over time they will accumulate anyway.

Resources for leveling Heizo and the priority of enhancing talents

Elevation materials

To raise Shikanoin Heizo to the maximum level, you will need:

List of items and methods of obtaining:

• Ruin Fang – farmed from the weekly boss Serpent of the Ruins;
• Seal of the Treasure Thieves/Silver Crow/Golden Crow - dropped from Treasure Thieves;
• Turquoise Wayuda shard/fragment/piece/precious - can be obtained from the bosses Storm Terror, Magu Kenki, Anemo Hypostasis. With the help of the alchemy table, you can craft pieces of another element for Nitrogen Dust (purchased in the Paimon store).
• Onikabuto - You can find a curiosity on the islands of Inazuma.

Talent Materials

To pump talents, prepare:

List of items and methods of obtaining:

• About "Frailty" teachings/indications/philosophy - given as a reward for passing tests in the Violet Hall dungeon;
• The Meaning of Aeons - drops from the weekly boss Puppet Raiden;
• Crown of Insight - issued for completing event tasks, as well as pumping the Permafrost tree and Sacred Sakura.

Talent development priority

When leveling talents, it is important to rely on the role of Heizo in the squad:

• basis of the group - it is the E-shka that does the main damage, so it should be downloaded first. Then the ult and at the very end the normal attacks. E-shka, if desired, can be crowned, and the rest of the skills can be left at level 9;
• support - everything, as in the first case, with the exception of normal attacks. You don't need to download them.

Best builds for Heizo in Genshin Impact

Best Artifacts

The selection of artifacts is important to do based on the available stats, and not bonuses from the full set. Assembling a detective is easy, since all of the sets listed below can be mixed with each other using 2 parts.

The	Icon	Rarity	Set bonuses
Viridescent Venerer		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items: +15% Anemo Damage Bonus 4 items: +60% Dispel reaction damage. When interacting with another element, reduces the enemy's resistance to the corresponding element by 40% for 10 seconds. The perfect set for Anemo characters and Heizo in any role is no exception. In addition to its own gain, it will allow you to deal more damage to teammates.
Noblesse Oblige		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items: +20% ult damage 4 items: After using the ult, the attack power of all party members is increased by 20% for 12 seconds. The effect does not stack. Standard choice for a support character. If no one in the squad is using this set yet, you can give it to Heizo.
Wanderer's Troupe		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items: +80 MS In both versions of the role in the squad, it is better to use only 2 items to gain elemental mastery. In the early stages can be replaced by 4⭐ Instructor.
Gladiator’s Finale Shimenawa's Reminiscence Echoes of an Offering Vermillion Hereafter		⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items: +18% attack power. If there is no full set with good stats, any 2 pieces from these sets will be a good option to increase attack stat.
Berserker		⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items: +12% crit chance; 4 items: +24% Crit Chance while below 70% Health. A versatile starter.
Gambler		⭐⭐⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐	2 items: +20% E-shki damage 4 items: After defeating the enemy, instantly restores the cooldown of the E-shki. You can restore the rollback once every 15 seconds. Another starting option to replace in the future.

Selection of stats in artifacts

Heizo's own damage is calculated from attack power, which is useful when fighting bosses. To enhance reactions, it is better to download MS, such an assembly is especially good in battles with groups of opponents.

Artifact	Main stat	Additional stats
Flower of Life	HP	Attack Power% Crete. damage or Crit Chance. hits Elemental Mastery Energy recharge
Plume of Death	ATK	Attack Power% Crete. damage or Crit Chance. hits Elemental Mastery Energy recharge
Sands of Eon	Attack Power% or MS	CRIT DMG Crit Rate Attack Power% Elemental Mastery or Energy Recovery
Goblet of Eonothem	Bonus Anemo Damage or MS	CRIT DMG Crit Rate Attack Power% or Elemental Mastery Energy recharge
Circlet of Logos	Crete. damage/crit chance hits or MS	CRIT Rate and DMG Attack Power% Elemental Mastery Energy recharge

To use the ult on the rollback, it is enough to collect 120-130% energy recovery.

Best Weapons

Weapon	What does the character look like	Rarity	Main characteristics	Passive Bonus
Lost Prayer to the Sacred Winds		⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 46 – 608 Crit chance. hits - 7.2% - 33.1%	Passive: +10% movement speed. Every 4 sec. during combat increases the elemental damage bonus by 8% - 16% (up to a maximum of 4 times). The effect disappears after the death of the character or the end of the battle. A great option with a huge attack and a useful passive for Heizo as the backbone of the group.
Skyward Atlas		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 48-674 Attack Power 7.2%-33.1%	Passive: +12%–24% Elemental Damage Bonus. A hit with normal attacks has a 50% chance to summon a blessing of the clouds that deals 160% – 320% damage to surrounding enemies over 15 seconds. The effect occurs no more than once every 30 seconds. The best option that is not tied to a role. The passive works constantly, and in addition to increasing the damage of Heizo himself, it deals additional damage to enemies.
The Widsith		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 41 – 454 Crete. damage 12% – 55.1%	Passive: When switching a character, one of the random bonuses appears, which lasts 10 seconds: + 60% - 120% attack power; + 48% - 96% elemental damage; + 240–480 to MS. The bonus can occur once every 30 seconds. Very nice additional characteristic for crits and passive. Each of the possible buffs will be useful for Heizo, so do not worry about the randomness of their appearance.
Sacrificial Fragments		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 41–454 Elemental Mastery 48–221	Passive: 40%-80% chance to instantly restore E-Shot's cooldown when hit with E-Shot. Occurs every 30-16 seconds.  A good and versatile option that will allow you to use the strongest detective skill even more often and gain energy for the Elemental Explosion faster.
Mappa Mare		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 44–565 Elemental Mastery 24–110	Passive: Creating reactions increases elemental damage bonus by 8% - 16% for 10 sec. The effect stacks up to 2 times. A free cannon that can be crafted using alchemy. Useful bonuses that are easy to constantly maintain. Especially when you consider that Heizo's skills are built on the challenge of reactions.
Solar Pearl		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 42–510 Crit chance. hits 6% - 27.6%	Passive: After hitting an enemy with a normal attack, the damage of E-shki and ult is increased by 20% - 40% for 6 seconds. Hitting with E-Shake and Ult increases normal attack damage by 20%-40% for 6 seconds.  A good option from BP, but quite expensive and long enough to increase the rank. To increase the damage from the passive requires you to constantly keep in mind the activation conditions.
Eye of Perception		⭐⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 41–454 Attack Power 12% – 55.1%	Passive: On hit with a normal or charged attack, there is a 50% chance to summon an eye of consciousness that deals 240%–360% damage from attack power. The effect passes from enemy to enemy up to 4 times and occurs no more than once every 12 seconds.  If there is no alternative, this catalyst can be supplied. Crits and elemental damage bonus will have to be obtained in artifacts.
Twin Nephrite		⭐⭐⭐	Basic Attack 40–448 Crit chance. hits 3.4%–15.6%	Passive: After defeating an enemy, movement speed and attack power are increased by 12% - 20% for 15 seconds.  The starting option, which must be used strictly with all awakening ranks. Since it's a XNUMX-star cannon and drops from chests, it's easy to collect copies.

Characters and team composition for Heizo in Genshin Impact

Character	Element	Weapon	Why is it suitable
Yae Miko	Electro	Catalyst:	Thanks to the skills, it will constantly broadcast the status of Electro and cause solid damage. Excellent sup-dd in a team with Heizo.
Fischl	Electro	Bow	Raven Oz is on the battlefield almost all the time and hangs Electro status, even if Fischl is not active.
Bay Doe	Electro	Claymore	Can be a support for Heizo or a main damage dealer where Heizo buffs her damage.
Zhongli	Geo	Polearm	Fits great in most groups to increase survivability and reduce enemy resistance.
Diona	Cryo	Bow	It can perform several functions in the squad: pour energy, give characters a shield, replenish HP, buff the squad with set bonuses, weapons, and distribute MS.
Rosaria	Cryo	Polearm	Additional source of crit chance. hits and cryo statuses.
Kokomi	Hydro	Catalyst:	Hydro reactor and effective healer.
Barbara	Hydro	Catalyst:	Free healer and buffer with Epic of Dragonslayers.
Xingqiu	Hydro	One-handed sword	Able to passively cast Hydro on enemies and deal good damage.
Yelan	Hydro	Bow	Skills similar to Xing Qiu's abilities, additionally buffs the active character's damage due to the passive talent.
Mona	Hydro	Catalyst:	The skill will collect enemies in a heap, providing additional control. Thanks to Omen and the Epic of the Dragonslayers, it will disperse the damage.
Diluc	Pyro	Claymore	He will act as the main damage dealer, to whom Heizo will give a skill to increase the damage of reactions. Can be replaced with any Pyro dd.
Bennett	Pyro	One-handed sword	Top support that distributes additional attack power.
Thoma	Pyro	Polearm	Provides a shield and inflicts Pyro status. Paired with the second Pyro, the character will increase attack power due to resonance.
Jean	Anemo	One-handed sword	It will provide Anemo with resonance and an additional coupler, generate energy particles for Heizo and heal the squad.
Xiangling	Pyro	Polearm	A powerful ult that looks great with Heizo's ult.

Team samples

The backbone of the group	Sap-dd	Support	Hill/Shield/Support	Group features
Heizou	Fischl	Xiangling	Barbara	Heizo will deal the main damage, while Fischl will passively hang the Electro status and deal good additional damage. Xiang Ling will be able to buff with a pepper and create an overload reaction. It is recommended that Barbara give the Epic of the Dragonslayers so that in addition to healing and applying the Hydro status, she can buff the active character.
Heizou	Fischl	Bay Doe	Kokomi	Electro Resonance will allow you to use Bei Dou's Elemental Burst more often. Kokomi will provide healing and will inflict Hydro status to trigger reactions. Fischl will create additional energy particles and hang Electro status with a skill.
Heizou	Xiangling	Yelan	Bennett	Heizo also looks great in one of the most popular and powerful packs.
Heizou	Yae Miko	Thoma	Bennett	A team with Pyro Resonance starring Heizo and dispelling the elements. It works well with sapp-dds capable of dealing elemental damage from the pocket, and Yae miko has a fast cooldown of skills and is great in tandem with Heizo. Tom is needed to create shields and close the resonance. Bennet will buff the attack and provide a heal.
Heizou	Mona	Jean	Bennett	An unkillable team where Heizo needs little to no recovery.
Diluc	Heizou	Xingqiu	Bennett	Dilyuk (can be replaced with Klee, Yan Fei) under the ult of Xing Qiu and Bennett will deal the main damage. Heizo will pull the enemies and distribute the MC to increase the reactions.
Ganyu	Heizou	Mona	Diona	Squad through freezing. Mona is an excellent reactor, will give additional control and increase damage thanks to Omen. Dione will serve as a battery for Gan Yu.
Hu Tao	Heizou	Xingqiu	Zhongli	Heizo will pull in enemies and grant Elemental Mastery for even more powerful Pyro and Hydro reactions. Jun Li will give shields, cut resistors and provide additional control by turning enemies into statues for a while.

How to play Heizou

To unlock the young detective's potential, it's important to understand that he primarily deals damage with his elemental skill , which has significant multipliers. However, building stacks by long-pressing E isn't the most effective approach, as charging makes him vulnerable to enemy attacks and wastes time that could otherwise be used to deal damage.

His passive talent helps avoid downtime. Since Heizo carries a catalyst and has constant access to an element, he can easily trigger reactions. To maximize damage, use the following rotation :

1. hit an enemy with a normal attack that causes a dispel and grants 1 level;
2. attack with a charged attack to get level 2;
3. apply an ult that will add 3 levels;
4. to get level 4, you can use a long press of the E-shki, but it is better to use a normal attack;
5. activate the E-shka with the maximum bonus.

Is it worth it to knock out Heizo

Heizo is an easy-to-learn character with strong abilities that will make it easier for beginners to use him. The basis of the gameplay for him is the collection of stacks and the use of skills. To try out their work, before knocking out a character, we recommend that you go through a test run. This will help to get to know his mechanics better and finally make sure whether this character is needed on the account.