Kirara is a 4-Star Dendro Sword character in GenshinImpact who provides shielding and Dendro application. Our Kirara build guidewill focus on her Best Artifacts, Team Comps, Ascension Materials and More.
Last updated on Jun 05, 2024 at 11:00by Shikhu
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Julia GuEN Voice Actor
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1.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Strengths
- Great on-field Dendro application.
- Remaining shield DMG absorption will stack on top of a new shield when created.
- Unique mobility from her Elemental Skill.
Weaknesses
- Only DMG buff she provides to the team comes from her C6.
- While good on-field application, Kirara severely lacks off-field Dendro application.
2.
Kirara Shield Support Build
BiS Weapon | Key of Khaj-Nisut |
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Best Artifacts |
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Main Stats |
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Substat Priority |
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Talent Priority |
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Key of Khaj-Nisut is Kirara's best weapon, helping to maximiseher shield strength and also increasing Elemental Mastery for the party.Other good weapons include Sapwood Blade and The Dockhand's Assistant.Alternatively, Favonius Sword is an option to ease Energy Rechargerequirements however Kirara does not have extremely high requirements thatmay force an Energy generating weapon unlike some characters.
Kirara's best artifact set can depend. Deepwood Memories is anincredibly useful artifact set for Dendro teams andsomeone in the team should wear it, ideally a support character. That beingsaid, Kirara can not easily guarantee full uptime on Deepwood's effects.
Outside of that run either 2 Piece Vourukasha's Glow and Tenacity of the Millelith to maximise shield strength or you canuse Instructor for the Elemental Mastery buffs.
With regards to substats, Kirara wants enough Energy Recharge toconsistently burst and HP % for her shield strength. This will be around150 - 170% if she is the only Dendro character, or around 120% ifthere are 2 Dendro characters.
3.
Combos and How to Play Kirara
Kirara's Elemental Skill Meow-teor Kick has differenteffects and gameplay benefits depending on if you press or hold the Skill.
- Press deals Dendro DMG in front ofKirara while generating a Shield called a "Shield of Safe Transport" basedon her HP.
- Hold creates a Shield of Safe Transport andturns Kirara into a Urgent Neko Parcel which dealsDendro DMG to opponents when she collides with them. With Bewitching, Betwitching Tails (A1), the Parcel state willalso create up to 3 additional shields.
Any Shield of Safe Transport generated can stack with the remaining DMGabsorption of the current shield that she has.
Urgent Neko Parcel has a few limitations which may beworth keeping in mind. Kirara must be moving to actually deal DMG andapply Dendro and will also consume stamina faster whileclimbing. She also can not perform Plunging Attacks in this state.Kirara will automatically leave the Parcel state if she opens a wind glider orfalls too fast.
4.
Kirara's Best Team Comps
Kirara is often played in Dendro teams such asQuicken, Hyperbloom andBloom teams.
Alternatively, Kirara can also beplayed in more general teams where she simply focuses on shielding.Because she has low off-field Dendro application, she will rarelyinterfere in other Elemental Reactions.
4.1.
Sethos Aggravate Teans
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS | Support |
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Sethos | Fischl |
| Kirara |
Kirara can be a great teammate for Sethos with hershielding making Charged Attacks easier for Sethos. Characters such asSucrose and Kaedehara Kazuha help massivelywith both crowd control and grouping for Charged Attacks.
4.2.
Nilou Bloom Team
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS | Support |
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| Nilou | Sangonomiya Kokomi | Kirara |
In this Nilou-centric team, Kirara provides bothshielding and Dendro application. That being said, she willnot apply enough Dendro on her own. Characters such asNahida and Alhaitham help to provide enoughDendro application. Sangonomiya Kokomi is the best supportive optiondue to having great Hydro application as well as powerfulhealing to support the Bloom reaction damage.Barbara can be used in a more budget situation orXingqiu who has increased Hydro application but muchweaker defensive utility.
4.3.
Quicken Kirara Team
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS | Support |
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Tighnari | Yae Miko | Nahida | Kirara |
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Support | Support |
Keqing | Fischl |
| Kirara |
Kirara often pairs well with DPS such as Tighnari andKeqing who adopt a more quickswap-style gameplay due to Kirara's12s cooldown on her shielding. The first example focusing more onAggravate while the second teaminstead focuses more on Spread.
4.4.
Hyperbloom Kirara Teams
Main DPS | Sub DPS | Sub DPS | Support |
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Alhaitham |
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| Kirara |
Hyperbloom team compositions can be great for Kirara.That being said, she does not provide enough Dendro applicationon her own and therefore requires another Dendro character to assist withElemental reactions. Characters such as Alhaitham or anon-field Nahida help with this. Kuki Shinobuis generally the best Electro characterfor Hyperbloom reactions although the healing may notbe needed. This allows you to run Raiden Shogun in this teamand Kuki in a different team.
5.
Kirara's Ascensions, Talents and Constellations
Kirara's AscensionsKirara's TalentsKirara's Constellations
5.1.
Kirara's Ascension Passives and Materials
Unlock | Ascension Passive | Explanation |
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With Character | Cat's Creeping Carriage | When Kirara is in the party, animals who produce Fowl, Raw Meat, or Chilled Meat will not bestartled when party members approach them. |
1st Ascension | Bewitching, Betwitching Tails | Every 1,000 Max HP Kirara possesses will increase the DMG dealt by Meow-teor Kick by 0.4%, and the DMG dealt by Secret Art: Surprise Dispatch by 0.3%. |
4th Ascension | Pupillary Variance | When Kirara is in the Urgent Neko Parcel state of Meow-teor Kick, eachimpact against an opponent will grant her a stack of Reinforced Packaging.This effect can be triggered once for each opponent hit every 0.5s. Max 3stacks. When the Urgent Neko Parcel state ends, each stack of ReinforcedPackaging will create 1 Shield of Safe Transport for Kirara. The shieldsthat are created this way will have 20% of the DMG absorption that theShield of Safe Transport produced by Meow-teor Kick would have. If Kirarais already protected by a Shield of Safe Transport created by Meow-teorKick, its DMG absorption will stack with these shields and its durationwill reset. |
Kirara requires a range of materials to ascend to the 6th ascension.Starting from the second ascension she gains HP as she levels,giving a total of 24% Bonus STAT at the final ascension.The total cost to upgrade all ascensions is:
Source | Quantity |
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Mora | 420,000 Mora |
Boss Material | 46x Evergloom Ring |
Ascension Material |
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Local Specialty | 168x Amakumo Fruit |
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5.2.
Kirara's Talents
Listed below is each talent and a simplified explanation of how they work.
Type | Talent Name | Brief Explanation |
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Normal | Normal Attack: Boxcutter | Normal Attack is 4 strikes, Charged Attack is 3 strikes. Bothattacks use her claws in the animations but offer no gameplay benefits.Plunging Attack is normal for a sword character. |
Elemental Skill | Meow-teor Kick | Has different effects depending on if pressed or held:
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Elemental Burst | Secret Art: Surprise Dispatch | Deals AoE Dendro DMG, exploding into 6 CatGrass Cardamoms. These explode when they touch opponents or after 12s. |
To upgrade a single talent to level 10, it costs:
Source | Quantity |
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Mora | 1,625,500 Mora |
Special Material | 1x Crown of Insight |
Boss Material | 6x Everamber |
Domain Material |
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5.3.
Kirara's Constellations
Kirara's best constellations are Steed of Skanda (C4)and Countless Sights to See (C6). This is because theyhelp to improve her supportive role. C4 provides some off-fieldDendro application while C6 helps to buff the Elemental DMGof your party.
# | Name | Explanation |
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C1 | Material Circulation | Every 8,000 HP generates an additional Cat Grass Cardamom with aMaximum of 4. Meaning 32,000 HP is required to fully utilise this. |
C2 | Perfectly Packaged | When in her Urgent Neko Parcel state, Kirara grantsshields when she crashes into other party members. These shieldslast 12s and absorb additional Dendro DMG. |
C3 | Universal Recognition |
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C4 | Steed of Skanda | When characters protected by Kirara's Shield hit opponents with Normal,Charged and Plunging Attacks. A Cat Grass Cardamom will explode on theenemy, applying Dendro and dealing DMG. |
C5 | A Thousand Miles in a Day |
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C6 | Countless Sights to See | All nearby party members will gain 12% All Elemental DMG Bonus within15s after Kirara uses her Elemental Skill or Burst. |
5.4.
Changelog
- 05 Jun. 2024: Reviewed for 4.7. Added Sethos Team.
- 01 Mar. 2024: Guide added.
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