Nilou

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Nilou

Dance of Lotuslight

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Wish
In-Game

Quality	Weapon
	Sword

Element	Model Type
Hydro	Medium Female

Character Roles
Off-Field DPS Support

Bio
Voice Actors

Additional Titles
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Star of Zubayr Theater

Playable Characters

Nilou is a playable Hydro character in Genshin Impact.

A dancer under the Zubayr Theater, Nilou's dancing is but elegant and graceful — however, outside the stage's spotlight, she's just like any girl her age; warm, smiling, and friendly.

Gameplay Info

Ascensions and Stats

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Ascension Phase	Level	Base HP	Base ATKBase ATK	Base DEF	HPHP
0✦	1/20	1,182.12	17.88	56.72	—
0✦	20/20	3,066.41	46.37	147.13	—
Ascension Cost (0 → 1) 20,000 1 3 3
1✦	20/40	4,079.97	61.69	195.76	—
1✦	40/40	6,104.94	92.31	292.92	—
Ascension Cost (1 → 2) 40,000 2 3 10 15
2✦	40/50	6,825.10	103.20	327.48	7.2%
2✦	50/50	7,852.35	118.74	376.76	7.2%
Ascension Cost (2 → 3) 60,000 4 6 20 12
3✦	50/60	8,812.57	133.25	422.84	14.4%
3✦	60/60	9,850.47	148.95	472.64	14.4%
Ascension Cost (3 → 4) 80,000 8 3 30 18
4✦	60/70	10,570.63	159.84	507.19	14.4%
4✦	70/70	11,617.98	175.68	557.44	14.4%
Ascension Cost (4 → 5) 100,000 12 6 45 12
5✦	70/80	12,338.14	186.56	592.00	21.6%
5✦	80/80	13,397.32	202.58	642.82	21.6%
Ascension Cost (5 → 6) 120,000 20 6 60 24
6✦	80/90	14,117.48	213.47	677.37	28.8%
6✦	90/90	15,184.93	229.61	728.59	28.8%

Total Cost (0✦ → 6✦)

420,000 Mora

46 Perpetual Caliber

1 Varunada Lazurite Sliver

9 Varunada Lazurite Fragment

9 Varunada Lazurite Chunk

6 Varunada Lazurite Gemstone

168 Padisarah

18 Fungal Spores

30 Luminescent Pollen

36 Crystalline Cyst Dust

Talents

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Name

Type

Dance of Samser

Normal Attack

Description
Advanced Properties
Attribute Scaling
Preview

Normal Attack
Performs up to 3 consecutive sword strikes.

Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to perform a twirling slash.

Plunging Attack
Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.

	Gauge Units	Internal Cooldown		Poise Damage	Stagger Effect			Blunt
	Gauge Units	TagTag	TypeType	Poise Damage	S. L.S. L.Stagger Level	H. F.H. F.Horizontal Force	V. F.V. F.Vertical Force	Blunt
Normal Attack 1-Hit	1U	Normal Attack	2.5s/3 Hits	52.64	Heavy	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 2-Hit	1U			47.55	Heavy	200	0	✘
Normal Attack 3-Hit	1U			73.6	Heavy	200	0	✘
Charged Attack 1-Hit	1U			60	Light	200	0	✘
Charged Attack 2-Hit	1U			60	Air	655	800	✘
Plunging Attack Collision	0U	No ICD		25	Light	200	0	✘
Low Plunge	1U	No ICD		100	Heavy	800	0	✘
High Plunge	1U	No ICD		150	Air	0	800	✔

Talent Levels past 10 require Normal Attack Level Increase methods, such as Constellations and Passives.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
1-Hit DMG (%)	50.31	54.4	58.5	64.35	68.44	73.12	79.56	85.99	92.43	99.44	106.46
2-Hit DMG (%)	45.44	49.14	52.84	58.12	61.82	66.05	71.86	77.67	83.48	89.82	96.16
3-Hit DMG (%)	70.35	76.08	81.81	89.99	95.71	102.26	111.26	120.26	129.26	139.07	148.89
Charged Attack
Charged Attack DMG	50.22 + 54.44	54.31 + 58.87	58.4 + 63.3	64.24 + 69.63	68.33 + 74.06	73 + 79.13	79.42 + 86.09	85.85 + 93.05	92.27 + 100.01	99.28 + 107.61	106.29 + 115.21
Charged Attack Stamina Cost	20
Plunging Attack
Plunge DMG	63.93	69.14	74.34	81.77	86.98	92.92	101.1	109.28	117.46	126.38	135.3
Low Plunge DMG	127.84	138.24	148.65	163.51	173.92	185.81	202.16	218.51	234.86	252.7	270.54
High Plunge DMG	159.68	172.67	185.67	204.24	217.23	232.09	252.51	272.93	293.36	315.64	337.92

Dance of Haftkarsvar

Elemental Skill

Description
Gameplay Notes
Advanced Properties
Attribute Scaling
Preview

Enters the Pirouette state, dealing Hydro DMG to nearby opponents based on Nilou's Max HP.
While she is in the Pirouette state, Nilou's Normal Attacks and Elemental Skill will cause her to enter the Sword Dance and Whirling Steps stances respectively, causing DMG she deals to be converted to Hydro DMG that cannot be overridden and that is considered Elemental Skill DMG.

In these stances, Nilou's third dance step will end Pirouette, and has the following effects:

Sword Dance: unleashes a Luminous Illusion that deals Hydro DMG to opponents it touches and grants Nilou the Lunar Prayer effect. This effect converts Nilou's Normal Attacks into Sword Dance techniques, and her final hit will unleash a Luminous Illusion.
Whirling Steps: Nilou unleashes a Whirling Water Wheel that deals AoE Hydro DMG and creates a Tranquility Aura that follows your active character around and applies Wet to opponents within its AoE.

Nilou is unable to perform Charged Attacks when under the effect of Pirouette or Lunar Prayer. These effects will be removed once she leaves the field.

The cooldown starts immediately after the first input.
When Skill DMG hits at least one enemy, it generates 1.5 Elemental Particles.
When Sword Dance, Whirling Steps, Luminous Illusion, or Water Wheel during the Pirouette state hits at least one enemy, it generates 1 Elemental Particle.
The state Nilou enters with her third dance step in the Pirouette state is unaffected by her first two dance steps.
Tranquility Aura will apply Hydro in a 2.5 m radius every 0.5 seconds. Due to its Internal Cooldown, it can only apply Wet to the same target once every 2 seconds.
While under the Pirouette or Lunar Prayer effects, Nilou's Interruption Resistance is increased. If a Sword Dance or Water Wheel attack is used under these states, Interruption Resistance will be increased even further.
While under the Pirouette or Lunar Prayer effects, Nilou's Normal Attack string will not be reset.

Passive Effects

Passive Talent 1, Court of Dancing Petals: When there are at least one Dendro character and one Hydro character in the party and no characters of any other elements, then upon completion of the third dance step of Nilou's Dance of Haftkarsvar, all nearby characters gain the Golden Chalice's Bounty for 30s. This effect increases the Elemental Mastery of all nearby characters by 100 for 10s when affected characters are hit by Dendro attacks and also causes them to create Bountiful Cores instead of Dendro Cores upon triggering the Bloom reaction. Bountiful Cores deal the same kind of damage as Dendro Cores but burst very quickly, have larger AoEs than Dendro Cores do, and cannot trigger Hyperbloom or Burgeon.
- Court of Dancing Petals is also affected by Nilou's Passive Talent 2, Dreamy Dance of Aeons: "Every 1,000 points of Nilou's Max HP above 30,000 will cause the DMG dealt by Bountiful Cores created by characters affected by Golden Chalice's Bounty to increase by 9%. The maximum increase in Bountiful Core DMG that can be achieved this way is 400%."
- Court of Dancing Petals is also affected by Nilou's Constellation Level 2, The Starry Skies Their Flowers Rain: "After characters affected by the Golden Chalice's Bounty deal Hydro DMG to an opponent, that opponent's Hydro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. After a triggered Bloom reaction deals DMG to opponents, their Dendro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. You need to have unlocked the 'Court of Dancing Petals' Talent."

Constellation Effects

Constellation Level 1, Dance of the Waning Moon: Increases Luminous Illusion DMG by 65%, and extends the Tranquility Aura's duration by 6s.
Constellation Level 4, Fricative Pulse: "After the third dance step of Dance of Haftkarsvar's Pirouette hits opponents, Nilou will gain 15 Elemental Energy, and DMG from her Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring will be increased by 50% for 8s."
Constellation Level 5, Twirling Light: Increases this talent's level by 3, up to a maximum of 15.

	Gauge Units	Internal Cooldown		Poise Damage	Stagger Effect			Blunt
	Gauge Units	TagTag	TypeType	Poise Damage	S. L.S. L.Stagger Level	H. F.H. F.Horizontal Force	V. F.V. F.Vertical Force	Blunt
Skill DMG	1U	Elemental Skill	2.5s/3 Hits	55.64	Heavy	200	0	✘
Sword Dance 1-Hit	1U			52.64	Heavy	200	0	✘
Sword Dance 2-Hit	1U			47.55	Heavy	200	0	✘
Luminous Illusion	1U			90.31	Heavy	200	0	✘
Whirling Steps 1-Hit	1U			54.64	Heavy	200	0	✘
Whirling Steps 2-Hit	1U			66.43	Heavy	200	0	✘
Water Wheel	1U			85	Heavy	800	0	✘
Tranquility Aura	1U	Tranquility Aura	1.9s/4 Hits	0	Mute	0	0	✘

Talent Levels past 10 require Elemental Skill Level Increase methods, such as Constellations and Event bonuses.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Skill DMG (% Max HP)	3.34	3.59	3.84	4.17	4.42	4.67	5.01	5.34	5.68	6.01	6.34	6.68	7.1
Sword Dance/Whirling Steps 1-Hit DMG (% Max HP)	4.55/3.26	4.89/3.51	5.24/3.75	5.69/4.08	6.03/4.32	6.37/4.57	6.83/4.89	7.28/5.22	7.74/5.55	8.19/5.87	8.65/6.2	9.11/6.52	9.67/6.93
Sword Dance/Whirling Steps 2-Hit DMG (% Max HP)	5.14/3.96	5.53/4.26	5.92/4.55	6.43/4.95	6.82/5.25	7.2/5.54	7.72/5.94	8.23/6.34	8.75/6.73	9.26/7.13	9.77/7.52	10.29/7.92	10.93/8.42
Luminous Illusion/Water Wheel DMG (% Max HP)	7.17/5.06	7.71/5.44	8.24/5.82	8.96/6.33	9.5/6.71	10.04/7.09	10.75/7.59	11.47/8.1	12.19/8.6	12.9/9.11	13.62/9.62	14.34/10.12	15.23/10.76
Pirouette Duration	10s
Lunar Prayer Duration	8s
Tranquility Aura Duration	12s
CD	18s

Dance of Haftkarsvar Sword Dance Preview

Dance of Haftkarsvar Whirling Steps Preview

Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring

Elemental Burst

Description
Gameplay Notes
Advanced Properties
Attribute Scaling
Preview

Begins the dance of faraway dreams and springs that hear, causing a Lotus of Distant Waters to bloom, dealing AoE Hydro DMG based on Nilou's Max HP and applying the Lingering Aeon effect to all opponents hit.
After an interval, opponents affected by Lingering Aeon will take Hydro DMG.

Constellation Effects

Constellation Level 3, Beguiling Shadowstep: Increases this talent's level by 3, up to a maximum of 15.

	Gauge Units	Internal Cooldown		Poise Damage	Stagger Effect			Blunt
	Gauge Units	TagTag	TypeType	Poise Damage	S. L.S. L.Stagger Level	H. F.H. F.Horizontal Force	V. F.V. F.Vertical Force	Blunt
Activation Knockback	—	No ICD		400	Heavy	800	0	✘
Skill DMG	1U	No ICD		150	Heavy	200	0	✘
Lingering Aeon DMG	1U	No ICD		100	Heavy	200	0	✘

Talent Levels past 10 require Elemental Burst Level Increase methods, such as Constellations and Event bonuses.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
Skill DMG (% Max HP)	18.43	19.81	21.2	23.04	24.42	25.8	27.65	29.49	31.33	33.18	35.02	36.86	39.17
Lingering Aeon DMG (% Max HP)	22.53	24.22	25.91	28.16	29.85	31.54	33.79	36.04	38.3	40.55	42.8	45.06	47.87
CD	18s
Energy Cost	70

Dance of Abzendegi Distant Dreams, Listening Spring Preview

Court of Dancing Petals

1st Ascension Passive

Description
Gameplay Notes
Preview

When all characters in the party are all Dendro or Hydro, and there are at least one Dendro character and one Hydro character:
The completion of the third dance step of Nilou's Dance of Haftkarsvar will grant all nearby characters the Golden Chalice's Bounty for 30s.
Characters under the effect of Golden Chalice's Bounty will increase the Elemental Mastery of all nearby characters by 100 for 10s whenever they are hit by Dendro attacks. Also, triggering the Bloom reaction will create Bountiful Cores instead of Dendro Cores.
Such Cores will burst very quickly after being created, and they have larger AoEs.
Bountiful Cores cannot trigger Hyperbloom or Burgeon, and they share an upper numerical limit with Dendro Cores. Bountiful Core DMG is considered DMG dealt by Dendro Cores produced by Bloom.
Should the party not meet the conditions for this Passive Talent, any existing Golden Chalice's Bounty effects will be canceled.

In Co-Op Mode, this passive also factors in characters outside Nilou's party.

Passive Effects

Passive Talent 2, Dreamy Dance of Aeons: "Every 1,000 points of Nilou's Max HP above 30,000 will cause the DMG dealt by Bountiful Cores created by characters affected by Golden Chalice's Bounty to increase by 9%. The maximum increase in Bountiful Core DMG that can be achieved this way is 400%."

Constellation Effects

Constellation Level 2, The Starry Skies Their Flowers Rain: "After characters affected by the Golden Chalice's Bounty deal Hydro DMG to an opponent, that opponent's Hydro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. After a triggered Bloom reaction deals DMG to opponents, their Dendro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. You need to have unlocked the 'Court of Dancing Petals' Talent."

Dreamy Dance of Aeons

4th Ascension Passive

Description
Gameplay Notes

Every 1,000 points of Nilou's Max HP above 30,000 will cause the DMG dealt by Bountiful Cores created by characters affected by Golden Chalice's Bounty to increase by 9%.
The maximum increase in Bountiful Core DMG that can be achieved this way is 400%.

Nilou must have at least 74,444.44... Max HP to achieve the maximum increase in Bountiful Core DMG.
- Genshin Impact's internal calculation of stats preserves decimals, but the stats displayed to the player are always rounded down to the nearest integer. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the maximum buff with a displayed Max HP of 74,444 and not 74,445, as long as the true value exceeds 74,444.44...
- The DMG gain from the passive is linear to Nilou's Max HP above 30,000 and not stepwise at every 1,000 points of Max HP, hence why 75,000 Max HP is not required for the maximum increase in Bountiful Core DMG.

White Jade Lotus

Utility Passive

Description
Gameplay Notes

When Perfect Cooking is achieved on Food with Adventure-related effects, there is a 12% chance to obtain double the product.

If this talent activates while Nilou cooks Padisarah Pudding, it is possible to double the amount of her special dish, Swirling Steps.
The following Talent is identical to this talent:
- Light Nourishment (Yun Jin)

Talent Upgrade

Talent Level (Ascension)	Materials [Subtotal]
1 → 2 (2✦)	12,500[12,500] 6[6] 3[3]
2 → 3 (3✦)	17,500[30,000] 3[3] 2[2]
3 → 4 (3✦)	25,000[55,000] 4[7] 4[6]
4 → 5 (4✦)	30,000[85,000] 6[13] 6[12]
5 → 6 (4✦)	37,500[122,500] 9[22] 9[21]
6 → 7 (5✦)	120,000[242,500] 4[4] 4[4] 1[1]
7 → 8 (5✦)	260,000[502,500] 6[10] 6[10] 1[2]
8 → 9 (6✦)	450,000[952,500] 9[19] 12[22] 2[4]
9 → 10 (6✦)	700,000[1,652,500] 12[31] 16[38] 2[6] 1[1]

Total Cost (1 → 10 for one talent)

1,652,500 Mora

6 Fungal Spores

22 Luminescent Pollen

31 Crystalline Cyst Dust

3 Teachings of Praxis

21 Guide to Praxis

38 Philosophies of Praxis

6 Tears of the Calamitous God

1 Crown of Insight

Constellation

Jump: Level 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5Level 6

Icon	Name	Level
	Dance of the Waning Moon	1
Dance of Haftkarsvar will be enhanced as follows: Luminous Illusion DMG is increased by 65%. The Tranquility Aura's duration is extended by 6s.
	The Starry Skies Their Flowers Rain	2
After characters affected by the Golden Chalice's Bounty deal Hydro DMG to an opponent, that opponent's Hydro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. After a triggered Bloom reaction deals DMG to opponents, their Dendro RES will be decreased by 35% for 10s. You need to have unlocked the "Court of Dancing Petals" Talent.
	Beguiling Shadowstep	3
Increases the Level of Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
	Fricative Pulse	4
After the third dance step of Dance of Haftkarsvar's Pirouette hits opponents, Nilou will gain 15 Elemental Energy, and DMG from her Dance of Abzendegi: Distant Dreams, Listening Spring will be increased by 50% for 8s.
	Twirling Light	5
Increases the Level of Dance of Haftkarsvar by 3. Maximum upgrade level is 15.
	Frostbreaker's Melody	6
For every 1,000 points of Max HP, Nilou's CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG will increase by 0.6% and 1.2% respectively. The maximum increase in CRIT Rate and CRIT DMG via this method is 30% and 60% respectively.

Each Constellation activation requires one Nilou's Stella Fortuna.

Availability

Character Event Wishes

Nilou has been promoted or featured with a drop-rate boost in 3 Event Wishes:

Wish	Featured	Duration	Version
Twirling Lotus 2022-10-14	Nilou Nilou Barbara Barbara Beidou Beidou Xiangling Xiangling	October 14, 2022 – November 1, 2022	3.1
Twirling Lotus 2023-04-12	Nilou Nilou Kuki Shinobu Shinobu Kuki Shinobu Dori Dori Layla Layla	April 12, 2023 – May 2, 2023	3.6
Twirling Lotus 2024-07-17	Nilou Nilou Kirara Kirara Kaveh Kaveh Ningguang Ningguang	July 17, 2024 – August 6, 2024	4.8

Chronicled Wishes

Nilou has not been included in any Chronicled Wishes.

Other Languages

Language	Official Name
English	Nilou
Chinese (Simplified)	妮露 Nīlù
Chinese (Traditional)	妮露 Nílù
Japanese	ニィロウ Niirou
Korean	닐루 Nillu
Spanish	Nilou
French	Nilou
Russian	Нилу Nilu
Thai	Nilou
Vietnamese	Nilou
German	Nilou
Indonesian	Nilou
Portuguese	Nilou
Turkish	Nilou
Italian	Nilou

Change History

Introduced in Version 3.0 • Released in Version 3.1

[Edit History]

Version 4.2

Updates to character voice-overs:
- Updates for Japanese:
  - "About Cyno":
    - Old: 教令院の人とは、あまり関わり合いたくないの。だって、彼らは歌や舞といった芸術にいい印象を持っていないから。どうやって退屈をしのいでるんだろうっていつも思うんだ。えっ…セノの場合は、「七聖召喚」をやってるの？なんだか変な感じがするね…
    - New: 教令院の人とは、あまり関わり合いたくないの。だって、彼らは歌や舞といった芸術にいい印象を持っていないから。どうやって退屈をしのいでるんだろうっていつも思うんだ。えっ…セノさんの場合は、「七聖召喚」をやってるの？なんだか変な感じがするね…

Version 3.6

Updates to character voice-overs:
- Updated audio and text for English:
  - "About Us - Going on Adventures"
    - Old: I've never left Sumeru City, but... I want to go on adventures with you. Going to new places will be fine as long as I can adjust... Umm, quick question: Inazuma's beaches won't have huge sandworms that'll suddenly jump out at us, right?
    - New: I've never left Sumeru City, but... I want to go on adventures with you. Going to new places will be fine as long as I can adjust... Umm, quick question: Inazuma's beaches won't have huge Wenut that'll suddenly jump out at us, right?

Version 3.1