Ah Nilou my queen, I pulled her when she came out and she has been a staple for me ever since then. My favorite thing to do is actually testing whacky Nilou comps that not many others use (and don't need to be meta or anything, it's just for fun) which includes putting Childe in the Nilou team OR another meme favorite of mine is using Mona. When you have Nilou's water ring and then use Mona's special dash it looks like an angry puddle attacking the enemy. I recommend it for the fun factor alone. Now that I have Sigewinne my next project will be building her up and putting her with Nilou, Nahida and Yaoyao for a team that I call "Nilou's daycare" 😊
I’ve always wanted to try Childe on a Nilou team ever since I saw a yt short showcasing that!! (Which might’ve been part of the reason why i ultimately pulled for childe in 4.0 lol)😂
I was doing the event and Nilou reignited my love for her. I’m glad I did this because I found you! You were so easy to understand. Thank you for the guide. I will now binge watch your other guides now
@@haydenbrazer3609 right, you're dead with xq only if battle takes long. so it's smth ig, just that mono feels bad without him. as long as you're clearing floors with it, by all means, yeah.
This is literally *perfect timing*. I'm guaranteed and been wanting Nilou for my my bloom team for a while now, and seeing an updated build guide is just
this is an amazing guide! thank you so much for explaining bloom, becuase i always assumed the hydro character had to be the one that needed the most em. knowing that it both dendro and hydro that need the em, it makes so much more sense now. thank you! i'm so excited to get nilou this upcoming patch~
I love building Nilou for both bloom and then going against her kit and building her as a main DPS for vape teams lol. She does great damaged even if “that’s not her role”. Love to beat all the bosses with her lol.
@@ZeFrenchRatones for vape teams I usually have two piece heart of depth and two piece tenacity of the millelith. HP, Hydro dmg, crit dmg. I give her jade cutter as weapon. Thinking 2 piece golden troupe might be better than HoD but haven’t farmed good pieces for her. For team I put her with Xiangling, Bennett, and Kazuha.
@@user-uj6nq6mc8k Not OP, and my Nilou has changed a bit since I've done this, but I've managed to hit her burst for 350k and skill for about 44k on the HoD and Tenacity.
@@crypticcryptid4702that’s actually really impressive. I did the opposite and built her kit like normal and still did vape tests with babies on pyro cube and I only manage 120,000 and 21k on skill so it dmg is multiplied like crazy
Some people may be like “Nilou’s falling off” or “Nilou’s mid”. I don’t give a shit, she’s my wifey, always has been, so we’re pulling for her and I want to main her until Genshin Impact 2. that’s enough yappin, thanks for this video dudeeee 💜
Anyone saying nilou is mid is just kinda dumb respectfully,nilou is an amazing unit and has so much value if you're a f2p player,her only issue is massive reliance on nahida but nahida is arguebly the best unit in the game,you'll wanna pull her regardless. She has such a high floor of damage and MASSIVE AOE which really helps if you dont have nuevillette or kazuha If your nilou preforms badly its your own knowledge issue for not knowing how to play her,she's not that hard either
Genuinely super helpful guide! I started playing 3 days ago and got INSANELY lucky on my first 10x banner pull with Nilou and 2x Kaveh, and some other legendary. This vid has definitely inspired me to go ahead with the bloom build!
Nilou is the only character that makes me realize how much I miss Sumeru and love it in general. She's so nostalgic to me. Thankfully I got her and 3 copies of her weapon in just 25k primos. I really want to buy her skin but I have no money. Maybe someday 💙
I'll be pulling for her. I'm really nervous though because I'm literally on the 50/50 on my account. I'm also going to get her new outfit if I manage to get her. 😊
Dockhand Assistant is a limited 4 star weapon but so is Xiphos Moonlight, so it's also as difficult to obtain. And up till now, Xiphos has constantly been featured on the same banner as Key of Khaj Nisut.
Yup! I don't expect many people to have Xiphos' either, but at least its a lot older as a Sumeru weapon instead of a Fontaine Weapon and it also has F2P replacements that give the same amount of EM for the main stat. We really need another HP% sword outside of Dockhand and Nilou's signature 😭
@@Meowreii I agree so much we need more HP% weapons. I don't suppose the Natlan craftables will come with those but it's a missed opportunity the Fontaine ones are mostly Atk% except for the HP% Polearm. Edit: Xiphos Moonlight is once again confirmed coming in the weapon banner with Key.
Especially with the "niche reaction enablers" like Chevreusse (not as good as Nilou, but overload is a better reaction than bloom from the start), Navia (I'd argue as good as Nilou) & now Emilie who early impressions indicate will be quite good
@@DINGOlord imo none of these characters can be compared to nilou. nilou buffs a reaction meaning u just need to build em on your bloom trigger and stack hp on nilou while chevy, navia and emilie give a buff to themselfs/a party member if a correct elemental reaction is triggered. the former dont enable reactions, just further buff characters with good numbers.
@@dot2604 as the video already mentioned, bloom ownership in Nilou's team is pretty hard to pinpoint on one character due to the nature of the reaction itself (unless you use the specific team comp with only 1 dendro or 1 hydro), so you cannot just "build EM on your bloom trigger", you'll have to build EM on your bloom triggerS, meaning your whole team. People comparing Nilou with Chevreuse or Navia or Emilie is due to the fact they utilize reaction that is not inherently strong. The difference is just that for Nilou's team, only EM and HP is needed, which could be seen as easier to invest in than crit values for the other niche reaction teams. But in the end, every team needs characters with good numbers to truly shine. And just a piece of my personal thought here, Chevreuse can definitely be compared to Nilou. She utilizes a pretty trashy reaction for an immense buff for pyro/electro dps that suffers from the ICD (Yoimiya, Arlecchino and Raiden come to mind) It's refreshing to see new variants around "standard" dps, instead of just slaves to the Vaporize and Aggravate teams. I know Arlec or Raiden doesn't need Chevreuse to be broken af, but a buff is still a buff, especially if it's a good buff.
@@NickIsMe171 the investment needed for nilou teams to be good is way lower than farming dmg sets for typical dps characters. im not impressed with chevy bc she favours characters that already have good numbers.. and i still dont think shes that similar to nilou. her teams may be unconventional but the way that u build your units is still the same
@@dot2604 I wouldn't say investment for Nilou's team is that lower. Unlike hyperbloom team where you only need one dedicated full EM character, in Nilou's team you need all 4 to have considerable EM (unless you have Key of Khaj-Nisut) Farming for crits and farming for EM to me are just equally painful. Yes Chevvy may favours characters with already good numbers, but not really in a typical way. Pyro often relies on vaporize (or more uncommonly, melt) to get good numbers, and those who cannot fully utilize reaction due to ICD suffer a lot (except Arlecchino, she has good numbers on her own, though still partly thanks to Bennett) A similar situation is with Electro and Aggravate (the only true exception so far is Raiden, though she still needs C6 Sara and possibly C2 as well to be really broken) Chevvy opens up a whole new team archetype for Pyro and Electro where EM is completely not needed, lessening the hassle for investment a lot. Nilou makes bloom useful without hyperbloom or burgeon, Chevvy makes overload useful. That's why I say the comparison is still reasonable here.
For 3H1D archetype, you can also use Baizhu as a driver, in fact he's better than Alhaitham since he heals/shields and opens up the 4th slot into a non-healer unit that can buff the whole team like Yelan with elegy bow. Otherwise great vid.
This is true! Baizhu is very tanky as well with his healer build so there's a lot less pressure of dying. My only complaint with Baizhu is that he lacks any sort of meaningful AoE, with really just a 3 target attack on a 10 second cooldown on his skill. Definitely some upsides and downsides 😄
oof no tightnari mention? i know he's made for spread but he makes a ton of cores just by himself in triple hydro, been loving him again since pulling his c1 with nilou 😆
Great guide! The part on the bloom ownership was very clear and i finally undestood it, also i love trying random teams with Nilou and she's really fun!
Small note, to get the max 400% bonus damage from her A4 passive, you need to push to 75,000 hp. While maths says 74,444 is all you need, the last 9% wont be calculated unless you break the 1,000 hp requirement. Hence, 75,000 needed for maximum benefits. Tho 391% boost is already massive enough...
anyone who said Nilou fell off literally doesn't play this game. she got the opposite of Venti treatment where every abyss after her release made her more and more viable
THAT PERFECT JAPANESE PRONOUNCIATION ON TOUKABOU SHIGURE WAS THICC ALSO TY BECAUSE I WAS THIS CLOSE TO NOT PULL FOR NILOU'S SIGNATURE WEAPON,AND THEN I SAW THE DIFFERENCE, AND I WAS LIKE "oop- let me just" *credit card sound intesifies
Nilou is ❤ for me. Got her in early pity out of nowhere when she was released and from that time she is my one of the best characters, cleared my first abyss 36 stars with her bloom team ❤ nothing can replace her in bloom team 😇😇
Bro I got her by accident at 20 pity on my guaranteed and im so sad cuz i was saving for kinich but i gotta make the most of my situation so time to nilou grind
Im one of the oldest Nilou fans. Wanted her since the very first blurry 2 second leak of her skill about 3 months before her release. I remember everyone saying she will be bad because she is too niche. She clears enemies faster than my Ayaka team and that is a lot considering she is C2S1 triple crowned and 54/266 crit.
I’m building my Nilou as a DPS because I love her and I have no Dendro or Hydro DPS that are easy to build other than Nilou. My team is Sub DPS Nahida, DPS Nilou, Healer YaoYao, and Sub DPS Xingqiu. Xingqiu is C2 and YaoYao is C1 while Nilou and Nahida are both C0. Everyone is fully built except for YaoYao who is just missing an hp goblet.
I have been running a team with Nilou C2, Yelan, XQ and Kaveh C6. Almost all Bloom ownership goes to Kaveh thanks to his C6 and slowish dendro app. C2 Nilou makes the damage from Blooms and the other Hydros skyrocket and, since every1 but Kaveh is barely on the field I dont need a healer. It is one of my strongest teams, bar some scenarios like enemies with annoying shields or enemies weak only to some other element.
in tripple hydro hydro is still the trigger especially with nahida with baizhu/alhaitem it becomes more mixed if your using xq or yelan and reverts back to mostly being from the hydros when you use furina
call me a madman, but I use Hydro MC with Nilou (+ Yaoyao and Nahi). I use them interchangeably: apply the dendro, Nilou NA3, HMC Skill. I don't have any guidelines when it comes to bursts, so I just use them whenever I deem it necessary, like in abyss or boss fight.
I always loved Nilou's design, but never had the need to pull for her. Maybe I can main her in my alternate account (all f2p) but really looking forward to see her in the Summer Event!
Im a guaranteed f2p with around 10000 primos. I always wanted to use my Kaveh in the Abyss and in order to do that..well I need the queen of bloom herself, Nilou. I like Niche characters and despite not liking her at first, she’s kinda cute ngl. Maybe I’ll warm up to her after I build and play her properly. Very helpful guide, thank you :D (Now I’m gonna watch your Kaveh guide ^^)
Your guides are really great for understanding characters! Thanks to you I feel like playing some of them in teams I didn't even think of^^ Could you do an updated guide on Kaeya if you're interested? I didn't find one on your account and would love to see you explain it😊
Nilou and Kokomi has always been great on release, it's just the vast majority of players are just too short sighted to see it. Week one of Nilou release a CN TC showed that her team can clear the Ruin Serpent abyss 3* without even leveling and equipping her, she's the least investment highest return character in the game.
Huge piece of incorrect info. There is a way to make sure one person is the bloom trigger 90% of the time. The stronger AOE setup with 2hydro 2dendro. If you have Nahida as an off field dendro means your onfielder being either Koko or Barbara/Ayato or any onfield hydro with good application should not build Healing Bonus /HP or Crit Attack but EM/EM/EM. Nahida applies enough off field dendro with the assistance of another off field dendro character that most of the bloom is done by Koko since her jelly fish is faster than Nilou’s ring in conjunction with her Normal attacks she will have ownership of almost all the blooms with Nilou yoinking a minority of them.
For the 2 Hydro + 2 Dendro without a healer, could you use a shielder like kirara?? Especially because her shield can tank extra damage because dendro.
Another special case team: Nilou nahida kaveh xingqiu Where prototype amber is on nahida, kaveh full EM instructor forest regalia and xingqiu dmg reduction small heals are enough to survive.
It makes sense in lore why Nahida would work best when you want a Dendro character on your Nilou team. She was one of if not THE only playable character that still believed in her in the Archon quest.
Nilou my beloved queen i recall getting her weapon and triple crown her the moment i got her in her first banner, im happy she enables bloom to shine, the only thing im missing to be a fully nilou enjoyer is baizhu lmao it sucks i dont even have yaoyao bc i quit genshin for a while
One Nilou team that I think also worth mentioning is healerless Nilou team consisting of Nilou, Kaveh, Nahida on prototype amber and either Xingqiu or Furina. This is by far strongest Kaveh+Nilou team and it's surprisingly tanky due to Kaveh's self-sustain combined with p amber additional healing. I also like it for how well rotation of this team flows.
When Nilou reran in 3.6, I skipped her and got her weapon (huge crime, i'm sorry) instead for a certain green catgirl, basing my decision on certain "sources". I ended up getting two Nilou swords out of that, which I've determined was a sign to rectify that wrong on her return and unite a masterless weapon with its owner.
Would Barbara Nilou Dendro MC and Kirara make a good team? I don't want to build them if not but im not the best at doing teams so if anyone could tell me I would appreciate it!
It looks stupid but trust me it works. You can pair Nilou with Arlechino, Nilou ring can apply enough hydro for Arlechino to vape her normal attack (since Arlechono NA follows normal ICD) But you need to hug the enemy for Nilou's skill to "hit" the enemy It is a trick from the Genshin tournament when all the hydro applicators get banned or picked already
@@feyandhisstuff9888 I guess it is I don't know how fast Barbara can apply hydro since it got -nerfed- fixed by hoyo last time But Barbara apply wet on the active character, sometimes will be annoying when facing cryo enemy, her skill radius is pretty much non existent you gotta maintain skinship with the enemy, and also her heal doesn't work on Arlecchino
Very nice guide. Thank you! Got her C0R1, I skipped Nilou twice first for Nahida and then for Baizhu(Baizhu can be used in way more teams than Nilou) but this time I'm not letting her pass. It's been 14 months! Will keep pulling til her banner is over I might get lucky with C1
I got Nilou on my 50/50 although I didn’t want her but now I am building her f2p team with C1 Barbara and I hope it do damage than my Furina team as I don’t have a good healer for her. Sadly no Nahida for me and I think it will be the case until next year
I'm saving for Nilou cause I got bored and decided to build my Chile to achieve 1k em and just pair him with Nahida because both have insane application for multiple targets, right now tartagles chores can make like 23k and I want to see how much I can do by adding Nilou to the mix
We Don't Talk About Childe... Like literally, no one mentions him but I have been wanting to do this since Nilou came out. I haven't ever been able to get her but I should be able to this time.
Wait Wait Wait Wait... Hold on.... Sacrificial sword makes nilou unique with the aura and the moon attack at same time. Jeeezz Thats kinda cool. I have c1 nilou with her signature sword, But im gonna switch her weapon Just for fun😂
@@Rockfello His constellations only enables AFK playstyle (aka never swap to him). You just need to poke enemies with his normal attacks for him to work here. Build full EM if you want,
Super tanky which puts a lot of pressure off survivability compared to Nahida/Alhaitham, and frees up your hydro healer! Solid pick, but my only gripe with on-field Baizhu is his lack of AoE.
since most blooms are triggered by hydro, its better to keep a full EM kokomi (or barbara) onfield for more bloom damage, and Baizhu can stay offield and give buffs to these drivers for bit more bloom damage. Nilou Kokomi Baizhu Nahida is comfy and strong. 🥳
I have a couple questions: How long does Nilou's Bontiful cores effect last, 12s or 30s? Her passive info is just confusing 😅 Wich build does Nahida preffer in bloom? Full EM or her usual dmg buld?
I've benched my 2nd account, where I already have Nilou, and am considering using my guarantee on my main (and now only) to get her again. I saw the recent Natlan trailer and really want Mavuika (and maybe Kinich and Chasca) but... Nilou doesn't come around often and judging by history, Natlan will rerun its own characters multiple times before Nilou returns again. So I'll be getting my girl for my main account. I already know she runs well with Nahida and Kokomi - with either Yaoyao or Karira filling the final spot. I can't wait... though I am still sad that I may miss Mavuika if she's in the 5.0 patch. We'll see. :)
Thanks! I made sure the blubberbeast wasn't taking damage from the grass so I think it's actually ok and the pyro aura wasn't reapplied because the pyro aura was flashing to signify the aura weakened after the cryo consumed some of it. Could be wrong tho!
Something I wonder that I still don't have a clear answer to: why does dendro sometimes not reapply/vanish without a reaction? I play a bloom team with Nilou and generally I set up Nilous skill, then link enemies, then start throwing hydro at them and every time I do, Tri-Karma triggers and reapplies dendro and I can just keep doing my rotation and get multiple reactions off like this. However, there are strange occurences that have me scratch my head where Tri-Karma/dendro only applies once or twice and then it stops, while enemies are still marked and the hydro won't create blooms anymore. Why does the dendro sometimes just stop applying very quickly? I know part of the answer is when enemies aren't linked, I have seen this issue consistently with single-target battles. However, the strange thing is that it also sometimes, say 1 in 5 times, happen with groups, where dendro just vanishes and doesn't reapply unless I switch back to nahida prematurely to reapply manually.
Heyo! Fellow Nilou enjoyer here! First of all I want to say thank you for this very comprehensive video! I have a very specific question regarding artifacts. My Nilou team is Nahida, Nilou, Xingqiu, and Baizhu (or Yao Yao if i need to run baizhu on my Furina team in the abyss). Currently, my Xingqiu is running Emblem of Severed Fate, but I was wondering if it would be a significant upgrade if I swapped him to Paradise Lost with ER sands and EM goblet and circlet? Seeing as how he is my main hydro driver, on paper this sounds a lot nicer with the artifact set provides. I've tried searching it up on reddit, but not many people have talked about this. Thanks! :]
Technically you can do this because Nahida can support XQ's high rate of hydro application, but its not practical. Building XQ in the way you suggested completely locks him into Nilou teams, which is pretty bad considering he's one of the most flexible units in the game and can be used in almost any team that needs a hydro. Xingqiu and Nahida deal good damage with their standard builds, and Nilou's A4 talent will make XQ's bloom damage be decent even if he only has about 100 EM. I'd recommend sticking to his standard Emblem of Severed Fate build.
@@Meowreii Thank you! I already have a decent Emblem build so I was just wondering if I was truly bored if it would be helpful to build an alternate set for him. For example, I have an EM Wanderer's Troupe build for my Neuvillette for when I want to put him on my Nilou team for fun, haha! I kinda wish there was a way to calculate and compare how much Paradise Lost does for Nilou teams because it really seems like an underused artifact set. ^^; Thanks again! :))
Now I need to try and get Nilou I love her and even tho I want Emilie, Nilou is definitely for me. Nilou, Dendro traveller, Furina, Collei. Or if I get lucky.. I can swap traveler or collei out with Emilie
I really wanted Nilou, but I can't spare my Nahida and Kokomi + Nilou is just too wish intensive right now after all the good 5-stars that ran recently. Plus Natlan is looking like some new pyro + dendro combos rather than hydro dendro
ive been preparing to pull nilou for ages now and ive also wanted to come up with a nilou team that uses candace cause i love her and really wanted a fun team with her and came up with nilou candace yaoyao and nahida and at the end the mention of nilou candace yaoyao combo made me so happy
the event weapon’s downside of being ugly on nilou is so real honestly. i’ll be using the 2pc vourukasha’s glow not just because it’s good but because the set looks pretty on her 😭🙏
I was thinking on runnin 4x FoPL full EM Mona with her, maybe w/ sacrificial fragment to reposition her E, mainly because my Mona has stayed unused for a long time and I want to pick her up again. Dendros Yaoyao and Kirara maybe, or yaoyao and Nahida.
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She’s evaded me EVERY DARN BANNER but NLT THIS TIME. GAURENTEED AND I’M GETTING HER/MAXING EVERYTHING/GETTING THE SKIN DAY 1
Listen man, i saved 70 pulls and got c1 jean on my 50 50 (i won my last 50 50 on alhaitham & thought i could do it again) we got this 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@blainecountysherrif4542won my 50/50 on my alhaitham too, lost to diluc on furina's banner 😭 then got nilou in 18 pulls🎉
NO DONT DO IT
Meanwhile me got nilou at 43 pity when I just wanted kirara: 😢
(Good luck for your pulls man!)
I accidentally got her at 33 pity and i hated her at first for solid 10 months bc I didn't want her lol
Ah Nilou my queen, I pulled her when she came out and she has been a staple for me ever since then. My favorite thing to do is actually testing whacky Nilou comps that not many others use (and don't need to be meta or anything, it's just for fun) which includes putting Childe in the Nilou team OR another meme favorite of mine is using Mona. When you have Nilou's water ring and then use Mona's special dash it looks like an angry puddle attacking the enemy. I recommend it for the fun factor alone.
Now that I have Sigewinne my next project will be building her up and putting her with Nilou, Nahida and Yaoyao for a team that I call "Nilou's daycare" 😊
The Kindergarten
Help, im using the daycare team comp rn lol
@@ShadowBlade1994 *Kindergarden
"Nilou's Daycare" is a crazy team name 💀
I’ve always wanted to try Childe on a Nilou team ever since I saw a yt short showcasing that!! (Which might’ve been part of the reason why i ultimately pulled for childe in 4.0 lol)😂
Nilou might not be for me,(Navia lover here.) but she’ll always be nice to people who like bloom or like her. (Personality/looks.)
Navia is also very pretty so the sentiment goes both ways 🤝
yes i love navia 😭 definetly not obvious
As a nilou main, she has absolutely no personality, but I like the little strong green bombs
@@teekay7072 i hope they give her a real personality in 4.8
@@teekay7072 frrr she honestly doesn't deserve to be a five star.
I was doing the event and Nilou reignited my love for her. I’m glad I did this because I found you! You were so easy to understand. Thank you for the guide. I will now binge watch your other guides now
You forgot the one team us diehard Nilou lovers use. The on field crit Nilou. Crit Nilou, Furina, Yelan/Xingqiu, and Jean/Xianyun.
@@miyukii2507 how much crit we talking 👀
what builds do u run on each?
Doubt die hard fans like half assed teams😂.
and since u want mono hydro, bring kazuha lol. at least do that right 😂
@@johnd7760 it’s not half assed, jean/xianyun will swirl and heal which will ensure furinas buffs and prevent too much damage loss??
@@haydenbrazer3609 right, you're dead with xq only if battle takes long. so it's smth ig, just that mono feels bad without him.
as long as you're clearing floors with it, by all means, yeah.
This is literally *perfect timing*. I'm guaranteed and been wanting Nilou for my my bloom team for a while now, and seeing an updated build guide is just
this is an amazing guide! thank you so much for explaining bloom, becuase i always assumed the hydro character had to be the one that needed the most em. knowing that it both dendro and hydro that need the em, it makes so much more sense now. thank you! i'm so excited to get nilou this upcoming patch~
I love building Nilou for both bloom and then going against her kit and building her as a main DPS for vape teams lol. She does great damaged even if “that’s not her role”. Love to beat all the bosses with her lol.
Out of curiosity, how do you build your Nilou for vape teams? Like what team comps or weapon/artifact set?
@@ZeFrenchRatones for vape teams I usually have two piece heart of depth and two piece tenacity of the millelith. HP, Hydro dmg, crit dmg. I give her jade cutter as weapon. Thinking 2 piece golden troupe might be better than HoD but haven’t farmed good pieces for her.
For team I put her with Xiangling, Bennett, and Kazuha.
Hey ! I'm also curious. How much damage does your Nilou with vape teams ? She must be fun to play as a main DPS
@@user-uj6nq6mc8k Not OP, and my Nilou has changed a bit since I've done this, but I've managed to hit her burst for 350k and skill for about 44k on the HoD and Tenacity.
@@crypticcryptid4702that’s actually really impressive. I did the opposite and built her kit like normal and still did vape tests with babies on pyro cube and I only manage 120,000 and 21k on skill so it dmg is multiplied like crazy
also if you have a second dendro on your team such as yaoyao/collei you can give her the instructor set that gives whole team 120 EM
Some people may be like “Nilou’s falling off” or “Nilou’s mid”. I don’t give a shit, she’s my wifey, always has been, so we’re pulling for her and I want to main her until Genshin Impact 2.
that’s enough yappin, thanks for this video dudeeee 💜
wait wait wait… What do you mean Genshin Impact 2…???
@@Taylor-i8e That either means forever, or basically the next 2 years (if there even is Genshin Impact 2)
Anyone saying nilou is mid is just kinda dumb respectfully,nilou is an amazing unit and has so much value if you're a f2p player,her only issue is massive reliance on nahida but nahida is arguebly the best unit in the game,you'll wanna pull her regardless. She has such a high floor of damage and MASSIVE AOE which really helps if you dont have nuevillette or kazuha
If your nilou preforms badly its your own knowledge issue for not knowing how to play her,she's not that hard either
@@K1ra_245 my man 🤝
@@akairizsso like how Hi3 got a part 2?
Genuinely super helpful guide! I started playing 3 days ago and got INSANELY lucky on my first 10x banner pull with Nilou and 2x Kaveh, and some other legendary. This vid has definitely inspired me to go ahead with the bloom build!
Nilou is the only character that makes me realize how much I miss Sumeru and love it in general. She's so nostalgic to me. Thankfully I got her and 3 copies of her weapon in just 25k primos. I really want to buy her skin but I have no money. Maybe someday 💙
I'll be pulling for her. I'm really nervous though because I'm literally on the 50/50 on my account. I'm also going to get her new outfit if I manage to get her. 😊
Dockhand Assistant is a limited 4 star weapon but so is Xiphos Moonlight, so it's also as difficult to obtain. And up till now, Xiphos has constantly been featured on the same banner as Key of Khaj Nisut.
Yup! I don't expect many people to have Xiphos' either, but at least its a lot older as a Sumeru weapon instead of a Fontaine Weapon and it also has F2P replacements that give the same amount of EM for the main stat.
We really need another HP% sword outside of Dockhand and Nilou's signature 😭
@@Meowreii I agree so much we need more HP% weapons. I don't suppose the Natlan craftables will come with those but it's a missed opportunity the Fontaine ones are mostly Atk% except for the HP% Polearm.
Edit: Xiphos Moonlight is once again confirmed coming in the weapon banner with Key.
Nilou becomes a benchmark for niche characters. "Will she/he be better than nilou?" Has been a common question now.
Especially with the "niche reaction enablers" like Chevreusse (not as good as Nilou, but overload is a better reaction than bloom from the start), Navia (I'd argue as good as Nilou) & now Emilie who early impressions indicate will be quite good
@@DINGOlord imo none of these characters can be compared to nilou. nilou buffs a reaction meaning u just need to build em on your bloom trigger and stack hp on nilou while chevy, navia and emilie give a buff to themselfs/a party member if a correct elemental reaction is triggered. the former dont enable reactions, just further buff characters with good numbers.
@@dot2604 as the video already mentioned, bloom ownership in Nilou's team is pretty hard to pinpoint on one character due to the nature of the reaction itself (unless you use the specific team comp with only 1 dendro or 1 hydro), so you cannot just "build EM on your bloom trigger", you'll have to build EM on your bloom triggerS, meaning your whole team.
People comparing Nilou with Chevreuse or Navia or Emilie is due to the fact they utilize reaction that is not inherently strong. The difference is just that for Nilou's team, only EM and HP is needed, which could be seen as easier to invest in than crit values for the other niche reaction teams. But in the end, every team needs characters with good numbers to truly shine.
And just a piece of my personal thought here, Chevreuse can definitely be compared to Nilou. She utilizes a pretty trashy reaction for an immense buff for pyro/electro dps that suffers from the ICD (Yoimiya, Arlecchino and Raiden come to mind) It's refreshing to see new variants around "standard" dps, instead of just slaves to the Vaporize and Aggravate teams. I know Arlec or Raiden doesn't need Chevreuse to be broken af, but a buff is still a buff, especially if it's a good buff.
@@NickIsMe171 the investment needed for nilou teams to be good is way lower than farming dmg sets for typical dps characters. im not impressed with chevy bc she favours characters that already have good numbers.. and i still dont think shes that similar to nilou. her teams may be unconventional but the way that u build your units is still the same
@@dot2604 I wouldn't say investment for Nilou's team is that lower. Unlike hyperbloom team where you only need one dedicated full EM character, in Nilou's team you need all 4 to have considerable EM (unless you have Key of Khaj-Nisut) Farming for crits and farming for EM to me are just equally painful.
Yes Chevvy may favours characters with already good numbers, but not really in a typical way. Pyro often relies on vaporize (or more uncommonly, melt) to get good numbers, and those who cannot fully utilize reaction due to ICD suffer a lot (except Arlecchino, she has good numbers on her own, though still partly thanks to Bennett) A similar situation is with Electro and Aggravate (the only true exception so far is Raiden, though she still needs C6 Sara and possibly C2 as well to be really broken) Chevvy opens up a whole new team archetype for Pyro and Electro where EM is completely not needed, lessening the hassle for investment a lot.
Nilou makes bloom useful without hyperbloom or burgeon, Chevvy makes overload useful. That's why I say the comparison is still reasonable here.
For 3H1D archetype, you can also use Baizhu as a driver, in fact he's better than Alhaitham since he heals/shields and opens up the 4th slot into a non-healer unit that can buff the whole team like Yelan with elegy bow. Otherwise great vid.
This is true! Baizhu is very tanky as well with his healer build so there's a lot less pressure of dying. My only complaint with Baizhu is that he lacks any sort of meaningful AoE, with really just a 3 target attack on a 10 second cooldown on his skill. Definitely some upsides and downsides 😄
oof no tightnari mention? i know he's made for spread but he makes a ton of cores just by himself in triple hydro, been loving him again since pulling his c1 with nilou 😆
This is the best guide video i’ve ever seen and i’ve playing this game since 1.3
Loving her new skin. Been hooked since I first laid eyes on her over two years ago 😍😍😍😍
This is exactly what I needed to know. No one LITERALLY explained how everything works. You’re amazing. Subscribed.
Thank you for this! I already knew how to build her and her team and stuff I just really needed another nilou video to watch because I love her sm
Thanks a lot for the guide I understand so much more now!!
Great guide! The part on the bloom ownership was very clear and i finally undestood it, also i love trying random teams with Nilou and she's really fun!
Small note, to get the max 400% bonus damage from her A4 passive, you need to push to 75,000 hp.
While maths says 74,444 is all you need, the last 9% wont be calculated unless you break the 1,000 hp requirement. Hence, 75,000 needed for maximum benefits.
Tho 391% boost is already massive enough...
Very well done you explained Bloom Queen and Co. Perfectly 👍
If I wouldn't already know all of this then you taught me something new 👏
anyone who said Nilou fell off literally doesn't play this game. she got the opposite of Venti treatment where every abyss after her release made her more and more viable
this is such a great video. thank you. Nilous just been chilling in my off roster. I need to fix her.
Bro i was just pulling for navia and just for fun i pulled 1 time for nilou and got her so now im building her👍🏿
I just won the 50/50 and got nilou and I am so so excited to build her!
I learned quite a bit from this video even after watch a few others. Thank you for the info!
I thought the only people who went in depth like this was zyox and braxophone... congrats u get a sub from me
First time seeing one of your videos and i gotta say this was top tier in every way. Definitely got a new sub
This is my first video watching you and you already sold me having Kokomi c6r5 (that's my dream goal in the game)
6:38 bros cultured by the way he said the name of the sword
THAT PERFECT JAPANESE PRONOUNCIATION ON TOUKABOU SHIGURE WAS THICC
ALSO TY BECAUSE I WAS THIS CLOSE TO NOT PULL FOR NILOU'S SIGNATURE WEAPON,AND THEN I SAW THE DIFFERENCE, AND I WAS LIKE "oop- let me just"
*credit card sound intesifies
i never knew the actual hp cap for her talent, good to know mine has 75k and hits max dmg
Got 0 pity navia.. now time to grind for Nilou!
"That don't built Crit" Meanwhile me using DPS Nilou since her launch
My Neuvilette artifacts are Nilou pieces when I’m feeling freaky 🥴
DPS Nilou + Furina is completely superfluous, but fun nevertheless
So quirky and cool
I have been going back and forth since launch. She’s great in many ways
Same. I never really bothered with bloom.
@@GuranPurin so what artifacts do you run on nilou as a crit built actually lol what all do you use exactly
Nilou is ❤ for me. Got her in early pity out of nowhere when she was released and from that time she is my one of the best characters, cleared my first abyss 36 stars with her bloom team ❤ nothing can replace her in bloom team 😇😇
Bro I got her by accident at 20 pity on my guaranteed and im so sad cuz i was saving for kinich but i gotta make the most of my situation so time to nilou grind
Im one of the oldest Nilou fans. Wanted her since the very first blurry 2 second leak of her skill about 3 months before her release. I remember everyone saying she will be bad because she is too niche. She clears enemies faster than my Ayaka team and that is a lot considering she is C2S1 triple crowned and 54/266 crit.
any team clearing faster than an ayaka team is a low bar
that's the best guide of nilou i ever seen thanks really !!!
I’m building my Nilou as a DPS because I love her and I have no Dendro or Hydro DPS that are easy to build other than Nilou. My team is Sub DPS Nahida, DPS Nilou, Healer YaoYao, and Sub DPS Xingqiu. Xingqiu is C2 and YaoYao is C1 while Nilou and Nahida are both C0. Everyone is fully built except for YaoYao who is just missing an hp goblet.
Small correction, the 3.6 set IS dehyas BiS still
100k bloom explosions are way too satisfying to give up ❤
I have been running a team with Nilou C2, Yelan, XQ and Kaveh C6.
Almost all Bloom ownership goes to Kaveh thanks to his C6 and slowish dendro app. C2 Nilou makes the damage from Blooms and the other Hydros skyrocket and, since every1 but Kaveh is barely on the field I dont need a healer.
It is one of my strongest teams, bar some scenarios like enemies with annoying shields or enemies weak only to some other element.
in tripple hydro hydro is still the trigger especially with nahida with baizhu/alhaitem it becomes more mixed if your using xq or yelan and reverts back to mostly being from the hydros when you use furina
Thank you so much! Best explanation of Nilou ❤️❤️❤️
Seeing this in my reccomended after pulling Khaj-Nisut for my Nilou from the compensation ten pull
thank you for the video. I finally get her! can't wait to build her because she is so pretty XD
call me a madman, but I use Hydro MC with Nilou (+ Yaoyao and Nahi). I use them interchangeably: apply the dendro, Nilou NA3, HMC Skill. I don't have any guidelines when it comes to bursts, so I just use them whenever I deem it necessary, like in abyss or boss fight.
Great guide!. Thank you!
I always loved Nilou's design, but never had the need to pull for her. Maybe I can main her in my alternate account (all f2p) but really looking forward to see her in the Summer Event!
Im a guaranteed f2p with around 10000 primos.
I always wanted to use my Kaveh in the Abyss and in order to do that..well I need the queen of bloom herself, Nilou.
I like Niche characters and despite not liking her at first, she’s kinda cute ngl. Maybe I’ll warm up to her after I build and play her properly.
Very helpful guide, thank you :D
(Now I’m gonna watch your Kaveh guide ^^)
Your guides are really great for understanding characters! Thanks to you I feel like playing some of them in teams I didn't even think of^^
Could you do an updated guide on Kaeya if you're interested?
I didn't find one on your account and would love to see you explain it😊
Nilou and Kokomi has always been great on release, it's just the vast majority of players are just too short sighted to see it.
Week one of Nilou release a CN TC showed that her team can clear the Ruin Serpent abyss 3* without even leveling and equipping her, she's the least investment highest return character in the game.
Huge piece of incorrect info. There is a way to make sure one person is the bloom trigger 90% of the time. The stronger AOE setup with 2hydro 2dendro. If you have Nahida as an off field dendro means your onfielder being either Koko or Barbara/Ayato or any onfield hydro with good application should not build Healing Bonus /HP or Crit Attack but EM/EM/EM. Nahida applies enough off field dendro with the assistance of another off field dendro character that most of the bloom is done by Koko since her jelly fish is faster than Nilou’s ring in conjunction with her Normal attacks she will have ownership of almost all the blooms with Nilou yoinking a minority of them.
For the 2 Hydro + 2 Dendro without a healer, could you use a shielder like kirara?? Especially because her shield can tank extra damage because dendro.
I've seen many use it and it seems pretty good, if u struggle tho just give nahida the healing Catalyst
Another special case team:
Nilou nahida kaveh xingqiu
Where prototype amber is on nahida, kaveh full EM instructor forest regalia and xingqiu dmg reduction small heals are enough to survive.
My dream team comp with rotation
Nahida E < Xingque Q < Nilou E < Kaveh ....
What y'all think?
No healer needed, If kaveh is on field 😚
you forgot nahidas Q, xq's E2, etc but sure, can work smh. 😂
@@johnd7760 lol 😂😆
It makes sense in lore why Nahida would work best when you want a Dendro character on your Nilou team. She was one of if not THE only playable character that still believed in her in the Archon quest.
also, thank you for the guide(from a new Nilou owner)
Nilou my beloved queen i recall getting her weapon and triple crown her the moment i got her in her first banner, im happy she enables bloom to shine, the only thing im missing to be a fully nilou enjoyer is baizhu lmao it sucks i dont even have yaoyao bc i quit genshin for a while
I have a high EM Nahida, which given her behavior of "whenever a marked enemy is hit apply dendro" is really good at taking ownership of cores
I got her weapon back in 3.1 so i pulled for her and so far she’s a really strong character ngl
One Nilou team that I think also worth mentioning is healerless Nilou team consisting of Nilou, Kaveh, Nahida on prototype amber and either Xingqiu or Furina.
This is by far strongest Kaveh+Nilou team and it's surprisingly tanky due to Kaveh's self-sustain combined with p amber additional healing. I also like it for how well rotation of this team flows.
The only problem is that kaveh's bloom and nilou's blooms arent the same so you're losing dmg by activating them with kaveh
@@blookie309that^
poor guy, they're doing everything to force him in her teams and feel good😂
@@johnd7760 kaveh's best team is nilou bloom, but nilou's best team isnt with kaveh
@@blookie309 😂
💙❤️ I'm so excited to pull
for Nilou and Kaveh!! 💚💛
When Nilou reran in 3.6, I skipped her and got her weapon (huge crime, i'm sorry) instead for a certain green catgirl, basing my decision on certain "sources". I ended up getting two Nilou swords out of that, which I've determined was a sign to rectify that wrong on her return and unite a masterless weapon with its owner.
I have a dockhands assistant and used to use it in Furina before getting the fishing weapon
Would Barbara Nilou Dendro MC and Kirara make a good team? I don't want to build them if not but im not the best at doing teams so if anyone could tell me I would appreciate it!
yeah it would be better if you could add nahida tho
my Nilou team exactly have Candace and Yaoyao and last slot of course Nahida
It looks stupid but trust me it works.
You can pair Nilou with Arlechino, Nilou ring can apply enough hydro for Arlechino to vape her normal attack (since Arlechono NA follows normal ICD)
But you need to hug the enemy for Nilou's skill to "hit" the enemy
It is a trick from the Genshin tournament when all the hydro applicators get banned or picked already
You know in this way you can also use barbara. Will be pretty much the same tho
@@feyandhisstuff9888 I guess it is
I don't know how fast Barbara can apply hydro since it got -nerfed- fixed by hoyo last time
But Barbara apply wet on the active character, sometimes will be annoying when facing cryo enemy, her skill radius is pretty much non existent you gotta maintain skinship with the enemy, and also her heal doesn't work on Arlecchino
tried to finish my c6 Kaveh, got c1 Nilou in the process. can't complain, the art besties will continue to run over my abyss like always 🥰
Triple crowned, C1 Nilou with her weapon. I adore this girl so much
Very nice guide. Thank you!
Got her C0R1, I skipped Nilou twice first for Nahida and then for Baizhu(Baizhu can be used in way more teams than Nilou) but this time I'm not letting her pass. It's been 14 months! Will keep pulling til her banner is over I might get lucky with C1
I got Nilou on my 50/50 although I didn’t want her but now I am building her f2p team with C1 Barbara and I hope it do damage than my Furina team as I don’t have a good healer for her. Sadly no Nahida for me and I think it will be the case until next year
Didn't realize there was a Cap until rn, but I don't play her that much anyway. With Hydro Res I have 74,802 HP so I guess I'm in the green
I'm saving for Nilou cause I got bored and decided to build my Chile to achieve 1k em and just pair him with Nahida because both have insane application for multiple targets, right now tartagles chores can make like 23k and I want to see how much I can do by adding Nilou to the mix
We Don't Talk About Childe... Like literally, no one mentions him but I have been wanting to do this since Nilou came out. I haven't ever been able to get her but I should be able to this time.
Wait Wait Wait Wait... Hold on....
Sacrificial sword makes nilou unique with the aura and the moon attack at same time.
Jeeezz Thats kinda cool.
I have c1 nilou with her signature sword, But im gonna switch her weapon Just for fun😂
On-field Baizhu is underrated
Does he need any constellation to be a good driver in that team ?
@@Rockfello His constellations only enables AFK playstyle (aka never swap to him). You just need to poke enemies with his normal attacks for him to work here. Build full EM if you want,
@@AevyCh thanks for the soon reply. Cheers.
Super tanky which puts a lot of pressure off survivability compared to Nahida/Alhaitham, and frees up your hydro healer! Solid pick, but my only gripe with on-field Baizhu is his lack of AoE.
since most blooms are triggered by hydro, its better to keep a full EM kokomi (or barbara) onfield for more bloom damage, and Baizhu can stay offield and give buffs to these drivers for bit more bloom damage.
Nilou Kokomi Baizhu Nahida is comfy and strong. 🥳
I have a couple questions:
How long does Nilou's Bontiful cores effect last, 12s or 30s? Her passive info is just confusing 😅
Wich build does Nahida preffer in bloom? Full EM or her usual dmg buld?
I accidently got Verdict yet my gut still wanted Nilou, ending up completing my Bloom Bot Kaveh team.
I got her because I really like her new skin and I am now willing to learn how to use her
Are you making a sigewinne guide?? I just discovered your account and I love how you explain the characters😭😭
I've benched my 2nd account, where I already have Nilou, and am considering using my guarantee on my main (and now only) to get her again. I saw the recent Natlan trailer and really want Mavuika (and maybe Kinich and Chasca) but... Nilou doesn't come around often and judging by history, Natlan will rerun its own characters multiple times before Nilou returns again.
So I'll be getting my girl for my main account.
I already know she runs well with Nahida and Kokomi - with either Yaoyao or Karira filling the final spot. I can't wait... though I am still sad that I may miss Mavuika if she's in the 5.0 patch. We'll see. :)
Well, here's to you getting lucky so you can pull both haha
@@Meowreii That would be the best outcome, yes. Thanks. :)
So far, archons have come in the 0.2 patches but we will see
great video ! at 9:35 this is not the greatest showcase of reaction strength since the grass re-applies pyro
Thanks! I made sure the blubberbeast wasn't taking damage from the grass so I think it's actually ok and the pyro aura wasn't reapplied because the pyro aura was flashing to signify the aura weakened after the cryo consumed some of it. Could be wrong tho!
Nice info, I'm a nilou main and never thought to try sac sword. Clever
Having a C6 since her release i have never struggled with her. She has all the afformentioned substats with 70cr and 180cd.
Something I wonder that I still don't have a clear answer to:
why does dendro sometimes not reapply/vanish without a reaction?
I play a bloom team with Nilou and generally I set up Nilous skill, then link enemies, then start throwing hydro at them and every time I do, Tri-Karma triggers and reapplies dendro and I can just keep doing my rotation and get multiple reactions off like this.
However, there are strange occurences that have me scratch my head where Tri-Karma/dendro only applies once or twice and then it stops, while enemies are still marked and the hydro won't create blooms anymore.
Why does the dendro sometimes just stop applying very quickly? I know part of the answer is when enemies aren't linked, I have seen this issue consistently with single-target battles. However, the strange thing is that it also sometimes, say 1 in 5 times, happen with groups, where dendro just vanishes and doesn't reapply unless I switch back to nahida prematurely to reapply manually.
So helpful tyty !
I'm here because I just got my nilou on my 3rd and last Pull and didn't expect that i got her 😭
Heyo! Fellow Nilou enjoyer here! First of all I want to say thank you for this very comprehensive video! I have a very specific question regarding artifacts. My Nilou team is Nahida, Nilou, Xingqiu, and Baizhu (or Yao Yao if i need to run baizhu on my Furina team in the abyss). Currently, my Xingqiu is running Emblem of Severed Fate, but I was wondering if it would be a significant upgrade if I swapped him to Paradise Lost with ER sands and EM goblet and circlet? Seeing as how he is my main hydro driver, on paper this sounds a lot nicer with the artifact set provides. I've tried searching it up on reddit, but not many people have talked about this. Thanks! :]
Technically you can do this because Nahida can support XQ's high rate of hydro application, but its not practical. Building XQ in the way you suggested completely locks him into Nilou teams, which is pretty bad considering he's one of the most flexible units in the game and can be used in almost any team that needs a hydro.
Xingqiu and Nahida deal good damage with their standard builds, and Nilou's A4 talent will make XQ's bloom damage be decent even if he only has about 100 EM. I'd recommend sticking to his standard Emblem of Severed Fate build.
@@Meowreii Thank you! I already have a decent Emblem build so I was just wondering if I was truly bored if it would be helpful to build an alternate set for him. For example, I have an EM Wanderer's Troupe build for my Neuvillette for when I want to put him on my Nilou team for fun, haha! I kinda wish there was a way to calculate and compare how much Paradise Lost does for Nilou teams because it really seems like an underused artifact set. ^^; Thanks again! :))
Now I need to try and get Nilou I love her and even tho I want Emilie, Nilou is definitely for me.
Nilou, Dendro traveller, Furina, Collei.
Or if I get lucky.. I can swap traveler or collei out with Emilie
A wonderful guide for the cheapest to itemize character in all of Genshin Impact.
I really wanted Nilou, but I can't spare my Nahida and Kokomi + Nilou is just too wish intensive right now after all the good 5-stars that ran recently.
Plus Natlan is looking like some new pyro + dendro combos rather than hydro dendro
ive been preparing to pull nilou for ages now and ive also wanted to come up with a nilou team that uses candace cause i love her and really wanted a fun team with her and came up with nilou candace yaoyao and nahida and at the end the mention of nilou candace yaoyao combo made me so happy
don't forget Candace gotta be c6 to be a decent pick. i waited for so long but got her cons to use her there, now.
9:48- is it still true for other dendro charas cus nahida's skill reapplied that dendro and its 1.5 units
Well! Time to build my barbara boys
the event weapon’s downside of being ugly on nilou is so real honestly. i’ll be using the 2pc vourukasha’s glow not just because it’s good but because the set looks pretty on her 😭🙏
My Nilou has 74495 HP, running with 1K em Yao Yao, 1K em Nahida and a normal generic Xingqiu, pretty much clears every abyss ,its so overpowered.
I was thinking on runnin 4x FoPL full EM Mona with her, maybe w/ sacrificial fragment to reposition her E, mainly because my Mona has stayed unused for a long time and I want to pick her up again. Dendros Yaoyao and Kirara maybe, or yaoyao and Nahida.