wtf is xiao doing at 13:27 lmaoooooo btw when i say "all 5 star weapons are good" i am excluding kokomi's weapon LOL i should specify in case it isn't obvious, I forgot about that thing. Happy holidays everyone!
Ningguang was accidentally one unit I got when I starting wishing for childe in his first banner back in 1.1. I tried her kit and was initially put off. Then I tried her as a burst dps and now she is my first triple crowned 4 star unit. Her skill and burst scalings are insane!
@@GentleSavage94 It is because geo characters are balanced with the idea that geo has no damage reactions. So they need higher mags in order to keep up with other 4 stars.
Idk about you but my nigguang have 230 crit damage and can't do a lot coz his base attack is very low . I'm very annoyed by this coz mine is 90 and don't do a lot
ningguang has been so useful now that her auto targetting has been optimised, i managed to get 80% cr to 180% cd on her with solar pearl and its amazing. She's my most well-built character. can check out my abyss runs to see her dmg :3
A quick tip if you have Constellation 6 Ningguang: Always make sure you use your charged attack after using Elemental Burst before swapping to other character because for some reason her 10 star jades will be gone once you swap back to Ningguang
Tip: (If you have C2) you can place Jade screen 3 times really fast by placing the first one directly on a construct which resets the cooldown once, after using it a second time wait for the cooldown to reach 6 seconds before using Starshatter and your C2 will proc again giving you a total of 3 Jade Screens in just 8 seconds
@@Daria-Morgendorffer that would depend on if this a single target or aoe scenario. A level 10 jade screen (crowned even without crown) is the biggest spike of aoe damage she gets. Her star jades are sometimes inconsistent and you will be missing damage for it if it breaks on any surface. I think the energy she gets back from what the comment said is pretty useful though. If not for herself she can funnel some to the other geo characters.
@@Daria-Morgendorffer Unfortunately, Ningguang’s C2 has a 6 second CD, so if you use your burst right away, it won’t proc and you’ll end up with the full 12 second CD.
@@terrylap6132 you can do the same thing just reversed the order so screen burst wait 6 seconds screen twice Pretty much the same but you can burst again sooner
I love when a character works well as main-dps and quickswap, especially if it's worth using some normals/charged in quickswaps like Ning and Ayaka. This feels especially good cause it lowers the opportunity cost of waiting for energy particles, you can just do some good normals/charged attacks in that time. I hope we see less pure field-time eaters and more flexible characters that work well when swapping a lot, Sucrose is another cool example of a character that can work super well on/off the field or kinda in between.
In regards to her team composition i do believe that she might work well with Itto in case you don't have a Mona , she could also buff geo damage when passing through her construct + thrilling tales before switching to Itto
Not to mention as a Geo battery… using her with albedo and zhongli I always have all their bursts all cd all the time. Itto with an energy cost of 80 could definitely use the extra Geo particles
I think both can be viable at your preferred amount of investment into Ningguang, but not the most ideal as she is mostly made to be a DPS/burst supp and not as much a buffer. So it's up to you to weigh the opportunity cost of losing out on burst dmg vs gaining the thrilling tales buff. Certainly if you just want a low investment buffer, then it works, but I'm betting that if you invest in her, that the burst support role will end up in more DPS for your entire team.
@@KetteiThe7th_ I run her now with Itto she’s actually a good battery cause her jade screen generates 4 geo particles and honestly if you give Itto at least like 140 ER he gets his thing back quick I usually go Itto E then switch to her and E switch back to give Itto the particles and switch back to her lol but it definitely works and probably better with Sac Frag
Yeah, I have both her and Zhongli on my current Itto team, she is a great battery and also can deal her own damage when Itto is off his Burst. It's like having two Aces.
I appreciate you making a guide for older characters like qiqi and Ningguang who have received benefits from the new Abyss/Geo and healer meta! As a Noelle main I would love an updated Noelle guide (i've already built her but there's always something new to find out in a Mr socks video)
Exactly! But i dont have a C6 noelle so i use hutao xinqiu, and when hutao E on cd, ningguang to autoatk. Noelle is the perfect glue here as she gives me a shield, a balanced heal (as hutao can be overhealed) and geo resonance.
@@drphanindraprasadbaral9695 Nice I've used that team too, with albedo instead of Ning, Noelle's emergency shield is really nice! Now I use her as a DPS but she really helped me in the shielder role too
do any of y'all run a ning team with noelle? she feels a bit clunky cos of her burst, but don't wanna start saving for yet another geo (zhongli being saved for)
She was my first 4* gacha char and the second dps in the game after xiangling. I got her c6, still love and use her. Also, Ninguang is super useful to farm the wolf boss (actually, all wolf bosses including andrius))
She was the character I wanted the most, but the second-to-last 4* I didn't have until the keqing banner like 10 months ago. Got her to c6 on that banner, though. My first was beidou, who I liked at first, then didn't like, then began liking again, but barely ever use because only being able to counter every 7 seconds feels clunky and she doesn't fit any of my teams. But now Yun Jin is going to solve that problem by effectively being a second counter charge.
Neat thing you can do with Ninguang that Zy0x Didn't Mention: In a Geo Team where you have someone else as your Main Attacker (Like Itto or something) You can actually Turn her into your Healer. (For what little is needed in a Geo Team with their shields) All you have to do is Give her the Prototype Amber Catalyst that you Craft, And Change nothing else about her Build... That thing will 100% Guarantee that her Energy will be Filled On cooldown (Which is the Shortest it can be for any character at 12s), And Make it so that you heal your Entire Team by 12-18% of their Max HP every time you Burst (Which again, is every 12s). If you add in her Passive that Boosts Geo Damage when you walk through her Veil, and her C4 which increases Elemental resistances to anyone Near her Veil by 10% (May not seem like much but add that on top of various Geo shields and it adds up to making a much tankier team), She can actually end up giving you a Bunch of Different Benefits from Off Field. Also she can Keep the Noblesse Buff up permanently on her own like this if you swap to her on time. Just be careful not to Try and place her Veil while you're too close to a LARGE enemy, some enemies prevent you from placing Geo Constructs on their location, and hers is pretty Big, and she Looses out on a lot if that thing isn't properly placed, like Half of the Burst Attacks, And the Geo Damage Buff and that Elemental res Buff... Oh also, this is Minor and everybody probably know it, but I have to mention it because it wasn't mentioned in the video: Her Non-Combat Passive is REALLLY useful when looking for Weapon upgrade Materials! Marks out the nearest Rocks that can be Mined on the Minimap, if you haven't used her for that, you have no Idea how Much Raw Material you can find thanks to this!
:0 i might have to do a team for item collecting, yanfei for liyue mats, ninguang for weapons, aloy for animals, and childe for childe. Lol But ya… i dont have sayu for butterfies lol
I did this when i first got her, before i knew the solar pearl existed, she like never left the field, but that was also world level 3 or so, but it was fun
The moment I got Ningguang during November 2020, I just fully fell in love with her. I remember screaming when I accidentally pressed E and she one-shotted a whole hilichurl camp and said "It's official. I love you Ningguang. Okay, I'm maining you." She's my second favorite character in the game (Venti being first) because of both her characterization and gameplay. I have never abandoned her and have been using her for most of the things until now (Alongside Xiao) and I can confidently say that she's a fun character to use when my mouse isn't broken and she's absolutely nuts for a 4 star character. My stats on her right now isn't the best but wow, she's an actual monster as a dps. I hope this video provides some new things for me because I really want to use her full potential, especially now that I'm using her more than Xiao. Ningguang Nation, even though I know we're smol, rise up! Also, I recently got her C6 (Finally, after being denied of getting it since Keqing's banner) and its so much fun seeing her with so many jades that almost always misses the Golden Wolf Lord for some reason >:( It's very fulfilling and really nice though since full constellations just made her damage way too big for overworld -
So I started playing Genshin when Raiden Shogun’s banner came out, and I had to push through the main story to finally get access to her mats. Since Shogun was my main DPS I was screwed trying to fight the Electro Oceanid, until a buddy suggested investing into Ningguang to beat it. After getting her to a decent level she wiped the floor with that Thunder Chicken, and I always keep her in my back pocket after all this time. So I’m happy to see a new guide for her after all this time!
@@jebishpokhrel302 My main Raiden team is Shogun, Xingqiu, Kokomi, and Kujo Sara. It's not the best but it's who I always seem to come back to. For fighting Thunder Manifestation I bring Ningguang, Xingqiu, Kokomi, and Noelle. It's kind of stacked with healing, but it's what I had at the time.
Ar58 still Ningguang is my one of main dps that i use for most of the content. Especially spiral abyss 😍. Build: C6 Ningguang, R1 Skyward Atlas, 2petra & 2glad, 9/12/12 talentlvl, 2224 atk with 60/151 ratio and 124 ER.
FYI the most optimal combo (damage per second wise) is 1-2 normal attacks -> 1 charged attack -> 1-2 normals -> 1 charged (spamming 1 normal then 1 charged is the best but it isnt always possible if the enemy is too far since it takes time for the normal to hit the enemy and generate a star jade). u dont wanna do 3 normals -> 1 charged -> 3 normals -> 1 charged cuz ur charged attack is just so powerful u need to get as many out there as possible.
@@Mehieddin7 I didn't say ningguang was the most powerful human. Ningguang is powerful because of her connections and money that even the fatui doesn't want to mess with her. And did you forget about her scene against osial?
apparently she was meant to be a 5*, but back then there were few 4* available (or too many 5*, I forgot which one) so devs decided to made her into 4* for easier access.
@@Mehieddin7 She is though. Its just that in LORE there are people who are powerful than her of course. But when the op says she is strong, your mind immediately focus on who is powerful than her, and forget that there are people who are way more weaker than her.
in some teams her best artifact set is 4p petra, those 35% elemental damage is REALLY GOOD for example i sometimes use her with baal... as ning benet sucrose baal... sucrose has hakushin ring... basic rotations is straight forward - baal E, benet Q, and then either ning EQE against single target, or ning normal + take shard, sucrose Q (infuse electro), baal Q - so thats benet buff, + sucrose infuse + haku ring + 4p petra + electro shread (overall 75% electro damage bonus, + benet, + 40% resist shread) is more difficult to use this in other teams but still possible
I have always been and still is a ningguang main dps person and two things to point out specially for those who want to build her up are as follows: 1. Practice her charge attack. Get used to it. It can feel clunky at first so you need practice to reliably use it always 2. It can be annoying how her jade screen will "shatter" and not remain when using it and it hits an enemy on formation. Given how important jade screen is (15% geo buff on passing, interaction with burst) there are actually times when it is better to place the screen say behind you or on the side instead of letting it straight up hit a boss and shatter immediately. Have fun and enjoy your time with the geo queen! 🙂
Jade screen Geo bonus is 12%... you should be assamed to call yourself a Ningguang main. I have her for 3 weeks and know that. Geo resonance gives 15% Geo dmg bonus..
She was my main when she first came out but i haven't played her for a long time and need to get used to the attacking again. Better start practicing so i can play when i get her skin
At first I didnt want to build nigguang but I got her c6 and also got memories of dust, I dont regret building her she’s just so flexible and fun to use and also really strong and easy to build, we love our queen💕💕
Me too, got a C6 Ningguang and MoD, once I tried her I loved her elegant design and playstyle! Hits like a truck too. I pair her with Albedo (their bursts are up all the time) and Diona for shields.
You've earned my sub, your guides are great! Unfortunately, Ningguang falls into the category that seems to plague most games: if it isn't the highest rarity tier, it's no good. Genshin has proven time and time again that all characters are viable regardless of rarity, though granted that it took a few patches for Ning to really take off. Patch 2.3 really shifted the meta IMO. Now, purely dedicated healers (Barbara, Qiqi, Kokomi) can contribute to heavy sub-DPS while not giving up their established roll, Geo characters hit like trucks on 'roids, and suddenly we have so many more build options for established characters. Can't wait to see what 2.4 and beyond will bring. Could you do an Amber video? I've found that a pure ATK/CRIT build on her yields surprising results and while her kit is wonky, she is definitely worthy of some more TLC. Cheers!
Ningguang was my favourite immediatly when i saw her and read her kit. She's also triple crowned with an R5 Solar pearl and i've had to spend every last primogem drop with a total of 176 wishes to get Zhong Li to complement her kit to the T. Unfortunately i've not had any luck with her geo artifact domain. i've recently been going back to it again. But i'm nearing my 3rd month now and i still dont have the great archaic petra artifacts on her :(. a/e she's awesome :D
One thing you should try if you can is use Ei and Ningguang in the same team makes her so much fun to use with her attacks making crystals and electro dmg so you can never run out of shield as long as ei has her skill up lol
I'm very new to the game and a casual (characters around lvl 60 currently) so I build with what I have, but I really enjoy 4 piece Exile on Ningguang. She uses burst very often which means constant energy regen on off-field units, and then when I bring them out it's just free bursts
I just want to add that with Ningguang you want to avoid having many geo constructs. Her stones will shatter when they collide with either stone constructs or the end of the map in abyss or domains and her dps just crumbles.
Fun fact! Only Ninggunang (for now), Catalyst Char who doesn't show her weapon (book or something) when she do Normal Attack or Charge Attack animation. Why? Maybe she doesn't need it...😂😂
Ever since I got her 6th cons I've been maining her, a few months ago, I use her in the abyss with Zhong and Benny+XL and Ayaka freeze team on the other side, 36* each time and even in open world it's like the best party, Zhongli and her makes mining so easy with the indicator on the map, she blows rocks very efficiently but then ZL just destroys them with his held E. 40K+ HP Geo Cup Zhong with ToM, I use his Q after Benny's one, then XL burst with 4 EoSF R5 Catch can tick at 50k then Ning's burst while Benny's Q is still up, it's awesome.
I'm personally loving using Ningguang with on Itto Team alongside Gorou for his bonus. Gorou is able to buff her damage a little more and while Itto is on his downtime with his burst I usually swap into ning and get a quick rotation with her burst and charged attacks and it's enough to start my itto/gorou cycle again.
Something interesting, if I look at genshin optimizer's theorycrafting tab for my ningguang, swapping from 2x archaic petra + 2x gladiator to 2x shimenawa + 2x gladiator, with the same substats etc as I have, would buff her. Meaning that actually 2x the 2p ATK% sets is better than that once with geo% from petra. I thought elemental damage scaled higher though. But it may have to do with my substats and weapon choice, idk. Thought it was interesting so I decided to report it here xD After all, I expected petra to come out better.
Even though Ning's supposed to be really good this Abyss cycle, the gameplay you showed for 12-2-2 is why I found her to be not so great to use on the contrary, at least on the 2nd half: if you place your E directly or near the center of the Kenkis, your jade screen gets destroyed immediately and you don't get to pass through them for the buff or more importantly boost your burst with them. It feels so bad using your burst at half power with the lack of the screen. If you aim your E away from the Kenkis so that you can safely place the screen, it's a DPS loss since Ning's E does a lot of damage. I wish they'd change or greatly reduce the collision box of the jade screens or just allow them to clip enemies completely.
Ninqueen was my first triple crowned character and my main dps for the biggest part of my time in the game since its release. Since 2.0 came out I have started swapping characters here and there, trying different team combinations while I try to farm better artifacts (as long as my sanity allows it).
Some time after Zhongli was released and promoted (before his overhaul), I really liked his kit, but lets face it, I was a simp for such style. After I fully built my Zhongli, Albedo was my next target, and then Noelle was perfected after that. At this point, I craved a fully perfected Geo team. I ended up never getting a single Ningguang until Xiao's event where I was able to obtain her for free. Free Ningguang was my first, but I never had any doubt in the Geo Supremacy, even back when Zhongli was subpar trash (according to everyone else). Ningguang continues to carry through quite a bit of Spiral Abyss. Pretty underrated DPS, especially considering that Geo is a great all-rounder element where you don't need to worry too much about enemy resistances, vulnerabilities, reactions, etc. Where people devote everything to Swirl, Overloaded, and Melt, my strategy was always "I cast Rock", and it has rarely failed me. Super delighted that they're bringing in more Geo characters, thrilled that Ningguang is receiving attention under the spotlight.
thank you so much for your guide mr socks, as always very detailed (especially for her animation cancelling, i'm grateful you covered this matter) and helpful 🙏 please have a good rest!!
@@naufalnoorizan1763 my main DPS now is Ningguang with Rosaria as the Sub-DPS.. They are both insane damage dealer. I go to melee attack using Rosario while waitng for burst cooldown of Ningguang.
I've been wanting to build Ningguang for a long time now, but with the new skin I have a good excuse to build her, can you do the animation cancelling on mobile?
her upcoming skin has tempted me to build her, and of course you have a guide ready as soon as I even think about her haha thanks as always Mr. Zy0x :)
My first character, got her a 5 star weapon as well as good artifacts. Seems I'll need to come back to her for this abyss, although that albedo and that Zhongli do help out a lot, maybe I'll start building them
I ended up pulling Memory of Dust while pulling for Polar Star so with that alongside the Spiral Abyss and the Wolflord, I’m forced to put in effort into Ningguang😭😭 With MoD’s description, it should also work if you’re using Noelle rather than Zhongli, right?
Thank you so much for this video 🙏 I’m trying to triple crown her right now. Also I can’t wait for a shenhe build when she comes out and hope you get her if you want her 😊
So I'm just now getting to Ninnguang, can I pair her as a support for Navia? I don't "need" to since Navia is amazing on her own but is this an option?
Since my Gorou is only C2, I'm probably gonna raise my Ningguang and give her Prototype Amber for some heals in mono Geo comp lol. It's about time to build her since she's been C6 for quite a while now
Ideal Ning party for me would be her, Albedo, Zhongli, and Barbara. Bennett's being used on national team. Since I don't have albedo, I just use the next best character that deals off field damage, the thunder fish
overall really good guide, one thing I have to disagree is the weapon recommendation, personally I do think memory of dust is the best out of the three (the complete opposite lol) if you have zhongli or even noelle, and I think in comparison dust just has a higher damage potential out of the three even though it would require better luck for artifact farming
So Ningguang's C1 makes her one of the few catalyst users who can maintain field presence without serious interruption. Which in turn makes her a better DPS so saying "her normal attacks aren't the biggest part of her kit" is something said by someone like Zy0x who prefers her as a Burst Dmg Dealer.
Coincidentally Ningguang will have a new skin!!! Latest leak shows Ningguang in a blue elegant dress in time. Just wow! Hoping it'a free and probably given during Lanter rite.
your guides are helpful not just for me but for other people! i appreciate the amount of effort you put into your videos in order to help the community. keep up the good work!!!
I use Ningguang most of the time but fighting against the Golden Wolflord is a pain in the butt when using Ningg's Q, since all the gems fly with no direction and non of them hits the target, hope they can solve that soon
01:40 "you want to use your burst while your Jade screen Is active" Proceeds to destroy the Jade screen against zhongli's pillar and then burst...good job mr.socks lmao
One of the best things about Ningguang especially with constellations is that she's an incredible battery for Noelle. And not only that, she is the ranged single target antithesis to Noelle's melee AOE. But deliberately blowing up her Jade curtain generates so much particles it's crazy.
Ik I am two weeks late but focus on the damn game and increase ur lvl dont see these character builds now(though u could do whatever u want am not forcing u)
i didnt main ningguang because of the spiral abyss i just used to main every new character i got my one day i got ning and ever since i still main her ;w;
Ninguang main here. 15:30 during the whole video you're forgetting the fact, that after passing through her screen characters get 15% geo damage bonus, which makes her a great option for mono geo team. Also, I would like to point out that geo travaler isn't probably the best option since his elemental skill can block some of her burst's projectiles. Trust me, I suffered enough with this, it is annoyung af
For the longest time, I thought you need the screen AND max jade stacks to maximize her Burst dmg. I didn't play much Ning, so I'm only realizing she only needs the screen. I'm planning on building her now. Any tips? I intend to give her an R1 Widsith (Mona's using the R5) or an R5 Dodoco Tales. Also 2pc Petra + 2pc Glad/Shimenawa, w mainstats of Atk%, Geo Dmg Bonus, and Crit Rate.
