Chiori Full Character Guide, Build, & Teams

Chiori is a Geo sub DPS who deals a considerable amount of Geo Damage. Updated for version Luna V.

Table of Contents
Should I pull Chiori?
Base Stats
Talent Overview
Talent Priority
Constellations
Combos
Weapons
Energy Recharge Requirement
Artifacts
Teambuilding
- Notable Teammates
  - Geo
  - Others
- Example Teams
Footnotes

Should I pull Chiori?

Pros	Cons
Can eat up a lot of the previously useless DEF% pieces on your account Very accessible F2P weapon options Very effective against Geo shields Very high frontloaded damage Pretty girls pull for pretty girls	Hard teambuilding without constellations Limited access to “good” reactions Mediocre constellations for DPS ceiling AOE similar to beta Nefer’s

Base Stats

Non-crit stats that are not 0 are rounded to the nearest integer. Any stat not listed can be assumed to be 0.

	80/90	90/90
HP	10634	11438
ATK	300	323
DEF	886	953
CRIT Rate	24.2	24.2
CRIT DMG	50.0	50.0

As a DEF-scaler, Chiori should be leveled to 90/90

Talent Overview

Normal Attack

Normal Attack
Performs up to 4 rapid strikes.

Charged Attack
Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes.

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

This is a relatively underwhelming talent before C6. Generally, Chiori does not perform normal attacks.

Elemental Skill

Dashes nimbly forward with silken steps. Once this dash ends, Chiori will summon the automaton doll “Tamoto” beside her and sweep her blade upward, dealing AoE Geo DMG to nearby opponents based on her ATK and DEF.
Holding the Skill will cause it to behave differently.

Hold
Enter Aiming Mode to adjust the dash direction.

Tamoto

Will slash at nearby opponents at intervals, dealing AoE Geo DMG based on Chiori’s ATK and DEF.
While active, if there are nearby Geo Construct(s) are created nearby, an additional Tamoto will be summoned next to your active character. Only 1 additional Tamoto can be summoned in this manner, and its duration is independently counted.

Multipliers

	Lvl 1	Lvl 6	Lvl 9	Lvl 10
Tamoto DMG%	82.08% ATK + 102.06% DEF	114.91% ATK + 143.64% DEF	139.54% ATK + 174.42% DEF	147.74% ATK + 184.68% DEF

This is Chiori’s main source of damage before C6. Chiori will summon a doll upon pressing E. However, if there is at least one Geo Construct¹ on the field (the totems created by Lunar Crystalize count as Geo Constructs), Chiori summons a second Tamoto doll. This means that her teambuilding will generally require a teammate who can summon a Geo Construct or teammates who can enable and trigger Lunar Crystalize.

Note that this talent scales off of both ATK and DEF, so both stats contribute to her damage. However, due to the fact that it scales slightly stronger with DEF (especially at high talent levels) and that her base DEF is triple her base ATK,² building DEF is generally preferred.

In addition to its damage, it also provides some nice exploration bonuses.

Elemental Burst

Twin blades leave their sheaths as Chiori slices with the clean cuts of a master tailor, dealing AoE Geo DMG based on her ATK and DEF.

A nice hit of damage. However, it is pretty unimportant before C2.

Ascension 1 Passive

Gain different effects depending on the next action you take within a short duration after using Fluttering Hasode’s upward sweep. If you (‍Press‍/‍Tap‍) the Elemental Skill, you will trigger the Tapestry effect. If you (‍Press‍/‍Tap‍) your Normal Attack, the Tailoring effect will be triggered instead.

Tapestry

Switches to the next character in your roster.
Grants all your party members “Seize the Moment”: When your active party member’s Normal Attacks, Charged Attacks, and Plunging Attacks hit a nearby opponent, “Tamoto” will execute a coordinated attack, dealing 100% of Fluttering Hasode’s upward sweep DMG as AoE Geo DMG at the opponent’s location. DMG dealt this way is considered Elemental Skill DMG.
“Seize the Moment” lasts 8s, and 1 of “Tamoto”‘s coordinated attack can be unleashed every 2s. 2 such coordinated attacks can occur per “Seize the Moment” effect duration.

Tailoring

Chiori gains Geo infusion for 5s.

When on the field, if Chiori does not either (‍Press‍/‍Tap‍) her Elemental Skill or use a Normal Attack within a short time after using Fluttering Hasode’s upward sweep, the Tailoring effect will be triggered by default.

After pressing E, Chiori will gain bonuses depending on what you do next. If you press E, you will switch to the next character in your party³, and her Tamoto doll will unleash some coordinated strikes that do the same damage as a regular Tamoto doll. If you Normal Attack or do something else, Chiori’s attacks will be infused with Geo. Generally, you should press E for the Tapestry effect⁴ before C6, as her Normal Attacks are quite weak.

However, you can also opt to trigger the Tailoring effect against the Radiant Moongecko, as its multi-layered Geo shields require consistent and fast Geo application that Chiori’s normal attacks bring.

Ascension 4 Passive

When a nearby party member creates a Geo Construct, Chiori will gain 20% Geo DMG Bonus for 20s.

A nice passive that is essentially 20% free Geo DMG Bonus

Talent Priority

E > Q >> NA⁵

Constellations

Descriptions are condensed. Good constellations are given a ⭐.

C1⭐	Tamoto gains some AOE. Geo characters can now activate the extra Tamoto and her A4	While this does not directly increase her damage, it allows for much more flexible teambuilding and access to more high-DPS teams
C2	Summon a new doll, Kinu, after using her burst. This doll can attack up to 3 times with coordinated attacks.	This is a nice damage increase. However, outside of mono-Geo teams, high-particle content, or building high ER, this cannot be utilized every rotation.
C3	Increase E by 3 levels	This is about as good a talent level increase for a sub DPS you can get.
C4⭐	After triggering her A1 and using auto-attacks, summon Kinu. You can summon up to three Kinu through this method	This is essentially the same as C2, but it triggers on E and not Q, allowing it to be triggered more often.
C5	Increase Q by 3 levels	This constellation is quite useless.
C6⭐	Chiori’s NAs after triggering the Tailoring effect from her A1 do a lot more damage. Her skill CD is also greatly reduced	They seriously do a lot more damage. However much damage you think they do, they do more.

Combos

EE	Use E twice to gain the Tapestry effect and unleash coordinated attacks from Tamoto
EN N4	Use only at C6 when her NAs actually do damage.
N2 EE	Use this with Peak Patrol Song to activate its bonuses.

Weapons

Energy Recharge Requirement

Since Chiori does not burst, there is no need to build her with Energy Recharge. However, at C2 and above, building her with around ~120% ER can be useful in some contexts.

Artifacts

Artifact Sets

2pc/2pc sets are not particularly worth using since you are losing 50% elemental skill DMG% bonus from not using 4pc Golden Troupe (or 24% Geo DMG bonus and 24% DEF from 4pc Husk). Given how many rolls worth the 4pc sets give you, you should always run a 4pc set, even if it is worse.

Main Stats

Sands	Goblet	Circlet
DEF%	Geo DMG% > DEF%	CRIT Rate/DMG

Stat Priority

CRIT > DEF% > ATK%

Teambuilding

Notable Teammates

Geo

Due to her passives requiring either a Geo construct (C0) or a Geo teammate (C1), Chiori should be paired with at least one Geo teammate. Furthermore, pairing her with at least one Geo teammate will activate Geo resonance, providing a solid DMG% buff and a Geo RES decrease.

Others

Teammates of other elements can synergize reasonably well with Chiori

Example Teams

Footnotes

At C1, the requirement is loosened to Geo Teammates or Geo Constructs
This is exaggerated to make a point. When equipped with a weapon, her base ATK does catch up (her base DEF should be higher if you are using a good weapon). However, given that DEF rolls are higher than ATK rolls (7.3% vs 5.8% for a max substat roll), the point still stands.
This is decided by the order of your party that can be seen in the party selection screen. This means that whoever is to the direct right of your Chiori in that screen will be the one switched to. However, if your Chiori is in the fourth slot, you will switch to the character in the first slot
You can still gain this effect if Chiori is the only member in the party, if you are interested in doing pre-C6 solo Chiori runs on any content.
At C6, her NAs take priority
A wheelchair is when the sub DPS/support core is doing all or a significant portion of the damage and pushing the main DPS in a “wheelchair.” In this case, Xilonen/Chiori would allow even weak main DPSes with no synergy with them (e.g., Cyno, Eula) to have high team DPS.
Make sure to run through Ningguang’s Jade Screen for the 12% Geo DMG Bonus

Uraku Misugiri	Uraku is Chiori’s signature and best-in-slot. This weapon gives Chiori a hefty amount of CRIT DMG and DEF%. Additionally, it also gives both elemental skill DMG% and normal attack DMG% depending on whether you play her on-field or off-field
Peak Patrol Song	This weapon gives Chiori a lot of DEF% and some Elemental DMG% Bonus through its passive. Furthermore, it also provides the team with DMG% Bonus.
Splendor of Tranquil Waters	Splendor gives a hefty amount of CRIT DMG and Elemental skill DMG%. However, the DMG% bonus for elemental skills only activates with Furina on the team, so it performs much worse without Furina.
Lightbearing Moonshard	A good 5* statstick with lots of CRIT DMG and some DEF% through its passive.
Cinnabar Spindle	Chiori’s best 4* weapon. However, it was only available in a limited-time event
Harbinger of Dawn	Harbinger of Dawn is an easily-accesibly 3* weapon for F2P players. It provides more CV than any weapon in the game. However, its passive requires staying above 90% HP. This shouldn’t be a problem for Chiori (since she’s off-field) unless you are using Furina or are fighting Rifthounds.
Flute of Ezpitzal	Flute of Ezpitzal is a free craftable weapon from Natlan. Though usually worse than Harbinger, it allows Chiori to be used with Furina.

Golden Troupe	Golden Troupe is generally Chiori’s BiS artifact set. It provides her with a huge amount of elemental skill DMG% bonus, which is her main source of damage
Husk of Opulent Dreams	Husk is an alternative set that gives Chiori a lot of DEF% and some Geo DMG%. However, that is not as valuable as elemental skill DMG% bonus, so Golden Troupe is generally better. The one exception is C6 Chiori, in which case Husk becomes better since it also benefits her NAs

Zhongli	Zhongli is able to provide a Geo Construct with his pillar. He also shreds enemy RES with his shield. However, his pillar is very vulnerable to breaking against more powerful enemies.
Xilonen	Xilonen can shred Geo RES and equip Scroll to buff the whole team. However, she cannot create a Geo Construct by herself. Bringing a third Geo teammate would negate most of Xilonen’s buffs before C2, so Xilonen/Chiori should generally be saved for when you have constellations
Kachina	Kachina is a free 4* who can also equip Scroll. Even though she doesn’t have RES shred like Xilonen, she does have a Geo Construct
Zibai	Zibai is a DPS who can enable the Lunar-Crystallize reaction, negating the need for a character who can create Geo Constructs.
Albedo	Albedo is a Geo sub-DPS who can create his own Geo construct. With his Hexerei buffs, his construct is much more stable than before and is less likely to be destroyed.
Navia	Navia is a Geo DPS who appreciates the extra sub-DPS that Chiori brings.
Arataki Itto	Itto is a Geo DPS who is often played in mono-Geo comps. Due to the lack of Geo-specific supports, Chiori’s sub-DPS is very valuable to him.
Ningguang	Ningguang is a Geo DPS who can create a Geo Construct and give Chiori a 12% Geo DMG Bonus.

Furina	Furina is a universal support who provides a huge amount of DMG% bonus. However, using Furina with Chiori disables using HoD on Chiori
Columbina	Columbina can enable the Lunar-Crystallized reaction to allow Chiori to run with teammates who are not able to create their own Geo constructs at C0.
Durin	Durin has decent sub-DPS and RES shred baked into his kit. If Albedo is also on the team, he can activate his Hexerei resonance to further give buffs.

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