Kinich in Genshin Impact: guide & build

В Genshin impact Saurian Hunter Kinich is a Dendro damage dealer who takes the lead role in his party and spends a lot of time on the battlefield. Unlike most DPS heroes of this element, he does not need Elemental Mastery or Electro allies, preferring to play through Combustion or Bloom.

His primary button is an elemental skill, which allows him to move dynamically around the battlefield and constantly hit his target with ring attacks. This style of combat improves survivability, but worsens synergy with s whose abilities are tied to a specific location. In addition, being a representative of Natlan, he has a mechanic for interacting with the Night Spirit, which has a positive effect on world exploration.

Rating	S-position in dash list
Rarity	⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
when added to the game	Patch 5.0
How to get a character	character event prayer
Element	Dendro
Weapon	two-handed
Gender	Male
To which group does	Descendants of the Crowns
constellation name	Chimera Alebrije
Home region	Huitztlan
Birthday	11 November
Zodiac sign	Scorpio
Age	23-25 years
Growth	165-170 see
special dish	Dragon Reward
Voice actors	English Voice Actor – John Patneude and Abby Espiritu (Ahab) Japanese Voice Actor – Sugiyama Noriaki and Takeuchi Junko (Ahab) Chinese Voice Actor – Banma and Mi Yang (Ahab) Korean Voice Actor – Kang Seong-woo and exfoliation (Ahab)

History (biography)

Kinich is a Saurian hunter who travels with his pet dragon named Kuhul Ahab. He often receives negative for his work, as in Natlan, humans and dragons live in peace, so many people distrust hunters and even despise them. However, all he cares about is getting paid for the tasks he is given.

The hunter's taciturnity, unwilling to even argue with his ill-wishers, is compensated by Kuhul Ahab, who considers him his servant. Although the pixel dragon says that he would not mind getting rid of him, they are still inseparable and act together everywhere.

How to get Kinich in Genshin Impact

Kinich can only be knocked out during the prayers of the banner of the character "Seeker of Fire Secrets", which takes place in the second half updates 5.6 с May 27 to June 17 2025 year.

In order not to miss the rerun of Kinich or other heroes of Natlan, follow the regularly updated banner schedule.

Characteristics: what increases with elevation

Key Characteristics - critical damage. This stat increases as you level up and reaches its peak at level 90, and other stats also increase at the same time: HP, ATK, and defense.

You can see the exact values ​​of the basic characteristics in the table:

Level of	HP	Basic Attack	DEF	Crete. damage
1	1001	25	62	0
20	2597	67	161	0
40	5170	133	322	0
50	6649	171	414	9,6%
60	8341	215	520	19,2%
70	9838	254	613	19,2%
80	11345	293	707	28,8%
90	12858	332	801	38,4%

After reaching the maximum level, the base increase to K/U will be 88,4%.

Abilities

Kinich does most of his damage while using his E and ultimate. When switching to a stance, he prefers combinations with the Pyro element (Bloom or Burn) due to his ive skill-seya. Like all Natlan heroes, the Saurian Hunter is endowed with a special fire region mechanic - Blessing of the Night Spirit. The unique status accumulates up to 20 charges and is used for an enhanced skill.

Night Spirit — a special status available to heroes from the Pyro Kingdom that allows them to enhance their combat abilities, movement, or activate special companion mechanics.

• Blessing of the Night Spirit: Activates when using E-Shka, including a unique ability for each of Natlan's heroes. Blessing has charges, as well as a unique way to accumulate and use them.
• Night Spirit Flash: Triggered by having at least one Natlan hero. The more Pyro heroes in the party, the shorter the interval between Flash activations.
• Transfer of the Night Spirit: mechanics directly affect the hero's movement inside Natlan or in special zones. When using any alternative movement other than walking (sprint, flight or movement on water) and switching to a companion of the fire region, the latter enters the Transfer state. The effect can be activated by interacting with special Natlan curiosities and the environment.

Basic skills (active skills)

In the following paragraphs, we will examine in more detail all of Kinich's abilities and what skills should be emphasized during leveling. We will examine in detail the ive abilities and highlight the best constellations.

ive skills

All ive abilities are activated as you level up.

The order of leveling talents

Elemental Skill (E) > Elemental Burst (Q) > Normal Attacks

The emphasis should be on E and Q. Normal attacks are used in rotation, but the bulk of the damage does not come from them.

1. Elemental Skill - The damage of ring strikes and Scalebreaker depends on the internal percentages of this ability, which increase with the level.
2. Explosion of the elements - hits enemies in a small area and gives an additional status, but the numbers from it are lower.
3. Normal attacks - can be upgraded to level 6 or 8, but there is no need for coronation.

Constellations

The best constellations of Kinich are C1, C2 и С6.

• First consta Gives a significant boost to an already powerful shot if you have enough critical chance. The bonus movement speed will not only allow you to reach the enemy's blind spot faster and earn Night Spirit points, but also maintain an acceptable distance from a moving target.
• Second Const. Provides a reduction in elemental resistances and will allow you to deal with your target more effectively. Another buff for Scalebreaker will increase its radius and incoming damage.
• Sixth Consta has a huge combat potential, spreading to adjacent targets. High percentage of damage, depending on the ATK stat, will be enhanced by the preceding constellations and ive talent, and will also spread to the ricochet, allowing you to significantly lower the health of two opponents at once.

How to play as Kinich

If the necessary conditions are met, the hero is on the battlefield for the vast majority of time. Therefore, as allies, he needs characters who are able to deal damage from the pocket and provide him with maximum comfortable conditions in battle. In addition, it is important to the Night Spirit points accumulation system to maintain the boost during rotation.

Let's take a closer look at the sequence of abilities within the battle.

Rotation

Procedure:

Necessary rotations for sub-DD and s > Use elemental skill (E) > 2 Normal Strikes (NA) > Use elemental skill (E) (repeat until exiting stance) > Elemental Burst (Q) when energy is built up.

Let's take a closer look at the rotation:

1. As a rule, the and buffers open the battle with the subsequent transition to the sub-dd. Activate the abilities of Pyro, Dendro and Hydro sub-dd.
2. After using all the necessary effects for allies, you should switch to Kinich. The main source of damage is his skill, with which the hero attaches to the target and begins to move in a given circle. Hit for him, alternating 2 normal hits and activating the button at the moment when the scale is completely filled and it begins to glow green.

   

3. Once all your allies' utility abilities have stopped affecting your enemies, it's time to switch to them and refresh your rotation.
4. Depending on the rate of accumulation of the elemental explosion, you can activate this ability as needed. Either start the rotation for this companion and switch to E, or leave it as an additional source of damage to create cores when reacting with Hydro with a subsequent explosion of Pyro.

Advantages and disadvantages

Let's look at the pros and cons that may influence the decision to knock it out:

Advantages	Disadvantages
Convenient movement. He can use his hook not only during combat, but also to move around the world. It makes it easy to climb high places and interact with the natural component of Natlan, and the special mechanic of the Night Spirit Transfer will allow you to move faster through new territory if the conditions are met.	Can be difficult to learn for beginners. The main damage is inflicted during the use of your elemental skill. To do this, you need to maintain a certain distance and move in a circle, accumulating Night Spirit points. Rotation of use is simple in theory, but in practice, within the framework of a dynamic battle, it can cause difficulties and requires the player to have due dexterity.
Increase in K/U when elevated. During the Ascension stages, one of the key characteristics increases, which directly affects the DPS indicator, simplifying the selection of equipment.	A small set of heroes for synergy within the team. The ive talent that grants the Desolation status practically obliges you to build a squad based on the reactions of Burning or Blooming to quickly gain Night Spirit points, since the frequency of using the most powerful attack - Scalebreaker - depends on them.
Strong constellations and a large selection of alternative weapons. C1, C3 and C6 will allow you to strengthen the hero's key skill. Already with the first constellation, incoming damage will increase significantly. However, the hero shows himself well even without constellations. Despite minor inconveniences when using weapons other than the signal, he does not experience any particular problems during the game with epic analogues that can be created or knocked out.	Solo target. Shows high numbers, but mostly only for single targets. In a battle against a group of enemies, difficulties may arise.

Leveling

Let's look at all the materials for leveling up to the maximum level and increasing the level of abilities:

Elevations

To level up to 90, you need the following resources and curiosities:

• Shards/fragments/pieces and final form of the precious Nagadus emerald - are knocked out by world and weekly bosses.
• Saurian Paw — a curiosity of Natlana, mainly located in the Sulfur Veins location.
• Overripe flame grenade — a reward for defeating the boss Voracious Mountain King Yumkasaurus, obtained when collecting for weak resin.
• Young fang and adult/tyrant fang - obtained from the saurians of Natlan.
• 420 000 hero experience.

Talents

To level up talents you will need certain materials:

• Teachings, guidelines and philosophies about "Burning" - scrolls for leveling up heroes' talents from the dungeon "Fiery Ruins". Access to them is open in Tuesday, Friday, и Sunday.
• Young fang and adult/tyrant fang - reward for eliminating the Wanderers saurians Natlana.
• "Servant".
• Crown of Insight — a resource for increasing talents to level 10.
• 1 moras.

Best Kinich Builds

Kinich is the main damage dealer, who needs to be on the battlefield for the vast majority of time to gain Night Spirit points and then use them. The main numbers come from using E-type, which includes both ring shots and Scalebreaker.

However, he uses regular attacks quite often, alternating them with the elemental skill. One of the most important mechanics is the interaction with the Blessing of the Night Spirit, which gives a significant boost, but also puts forward conditions for maintaining the status.

Recommended characteristic values

All abilities have scales from attack power, so when building Kinich, you should pay attention to this stat first. There is no need for elemental mastery, but crits for this hero are welcome in the same way as for other classic damage dealers. Energy recovery, typed in sub-stats, will come in handy, but you shouldn't put too much emphasis on them. The attached table shows the recommended values ​​of the characteristics:

The optimal value of characteristics for a comfortable game on the hero:

• ATK: from 1300-1800 units. depending on the equipped weapon. The figure may be higher.
• Crete. chance: from 55%-60% and higher, depending on the amount of K/U collected.
• Crit damage: starting from 120% and more while maintaining the K/W ratio at an acceptable value and a ratio of 1:2.
• Energy recovery: 100-120% (with an additional Dendro hero in the squad) or 130-140% (without an ally with the Dendro element).

Best weapon

When choosing a weapon, you should lean towards balancing characteristics such as: K/U or K/Sh, depending on the missing indicators. Then we can consider analogues with energy recovery or ATK, which will also play an important role in the dynamic battle.

It is also necessary to take into the ive effects of equipment that provide buffs to certain types of damage. The best choice would be to enhance the elemental skill. Signa is noticeably stronger than its analogues, but the difference is still not critical, and the hero will show himself well with other alternatives.

Name	ive	Recommendation
Fang of the Mountain King ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 50-740 Crete. chance: 2-11%	When hit by an elemental skill, the owner receives 1 level of Crown Favor. The effect can occur once every 1 seconds. After a squad member activates the Burn or Bloom reaction, the character equipped with the weapon gains 0,5 levels of Crown Favor. This effect can occur once every 3 seconds. and work even when the hero is not on the battlefield. Cron's Favor: Increases elemental skill and elemental burst damage by 1% for 2 sec. and folds up to 10 times. The duration of each level is calculated separately.	Despite the relatively small critical chance, Kinich's signature has an impressive ATK value and enhances the hero's main sources of damage.
A Thousand Dazzling Suns ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Base stat: 49-741 Crete. chance: 2.4%-11%	After activating E or ult, gives the effect of Burning Radiance, which increases critical damage by 20%-40%, and the attack power 28%-56% for 6 sec. once every 10 sec. Hitting enemies with normal or charged attacks while Searing Radiance is active extends the duration of the effect by 2 sec. This extension can occur once every 1 sec, up to a maximum of 1 sec. Searing Radiance's effects are increased by 50%-75%, if the weapon's wielder is in the Blessing of the Sacred Flame state. The effect works even from the "pocket".	A universally strong sword, top 2 after the signature. Saurian Hunter easily implements all conditions, and the high base will come in handy when playing without a buffer for this stat.
Beacon of the Reed Sea ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 46-608 Crete. chance: 7-33%	After hitting an enemy with an elemental skill, attack power is increased by 20% for 8 seconds. Taking damage increases attack power by 20% for 8 seconds. These effects work even if the character is not on the battlefield. Additionally, if the equipped character is not protected by a shield, their max. HP will increase by 32%.	Not a bad option due to the increase in crit. chance. Increasing ATK brings the analogue a little closer to the signal, but has slightly less potential.
Dragonbone sword ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 42-510 Crete. chance: 6-27%	Every 4 sec. increases the damage dealt by a character by 6% and the damage he receives by 3% while he is on the battlefield. The effect stacks up to 5 times, is not reset when changing characters, but when receiving damage it is reduced by 1 level.	Equipment option for purchasing a Battle with the required crit chance. The ive effect of the weapon, with minimal inconvenience, provides the hero with a buff using skill and elemental explosion.
Earth shaking (P5) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 43-565 ATK: 6-27%	After a party member activates a Pyro-related reaction, the equipped character's Elemental Skill damage is increased by 16% for 8 sec. This effect works even when the character is not on the battlefield.	An excellent option if you managed to find a balance between the values ​​of the K/U and K/Sh characteristics. The full power of the equipment will be revealed only when activating Flashes and during the use of Scalebreaker with the ive Pact of the Fire Spirit.
unforged ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Base stat: 46-608 Attack Power: 10.8%-49.6%	Increases shield strength by 20% ~ 40%. On hit, increases attack power by 4% ~ 8% within 8 sec. The effect stacks up to 5 times and occurs every 0.3 seconds. While protected by a shield, this effect's attack power bonus is increased by 100%.	To be fully realized, it requires a shielder in the team, so it shows itself best in squads with Toma, Kirara or Bai Zhu. It gives a lot of ATK stat, but without performing the ive with a shield, it is inferior to Earthshaker R5 and Wolf's Bane R1.
Heavenly greatness ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Base stat: 48-674 Energy recovery: 8%-36.8%	Increases damage dealt by 8% ~ 16%. After activating an elemental blast, hits from normal or charged attacks launch an intangible blade that deals 80% ~ 160% damage to all enemies in its path. Lasts 20 seconds. or 8 intangible blades.	The weapon's second stat gives energy regeneration, but this is compensated by the high base. The ive ability requires activating the elemental burst at the beginning of the rotation, before activating the E-hook.
Talking Mace ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 44-565 Crete. chance: 4-18%	Increases attack power by 16% for 15 sec. after receiving the Pyro effect. This effect can occur once every 12 sec. After receiving Hydro, Cryo, Electro or Dendro effects, bonus elemental damage for 15 sec. increases by 12%. Can occur once every 12 seconds.	The gear provides a decent boost to ATK and crit chance, and has a ive elemental damage boost when the conditions are met. These are easy to achieve when playing with Bennett or when interacting with elemental enemies like slimes.
Magic Super Sword of the Supreme Overlord ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 44-565 Energy recovery: 6-30%	Increases attack power by 12%. But that's not all! ing the Melusines of Merousi Village, whom you helped, fills you with power! Depending on their number, attack power can additionally increase by a maximum of 12%.	This equipment gives a good bonus to ATK and provides energy recovery, which will allow you to use the elemental explosion more often. The weapon is not a priority and can be used as a temporary measure.
Blackcliff Slasher ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 42-510 Crete. damage: 12-55%	After eliminating an enemy, attack power increases by 12%, the effect lasts 30 seconds and can stack up to 3 times. The duration of additional effects does not depend on each other.	An epic weapon that can be purchased in the shop for Stray Starlight. Provides a nice bonus to K/U and is suitable for K/S values ​​above 50%.
wave shadow ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 42-510 ATK: 9-41%	After receiving healing, attack power is increased by 24% for 8 sec. The effect works even when the character is not on the battlefield.	It can give a good bonus to ATK, but it will require a healer in the squad to fulfill the conditions of the ive effect.
Verdict ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Base stat: 48-674 Crete. chance: 4-22%	Attack power increases by 20%. When party pick up elemental shards created by the Crystal reaction, the equipped character receives 1 Seal, which increases elemental skill damage by 18%. The seal is valid for 15 seconds. You can have 2 Seals at the same time. All Seals of the equipped character will disappear after 0,2 seconds. after dealing damage with his elemental skill.	A specific weapon variant that is worth considering due to the increase in crit chance and ATK. A prerequisite is the presence of a Geo ally and heroes to create a Crystal reaction, such as Hydro and Pyro. Unfortunately, the Saurian Hunter itself is unable to close the reaction with Geo, since Dendro does not interact with the stone element in any way. While using the skill, ring attacks are considered an E-shot, so the Seal charges will disappear immediately after picking up the crystals and will strengthen the attack made at that moment.
Mailed Flower ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 44-565 Elemental Mastery: 24-110	After hitting an enemy with an elemental skill or activating an elemental reaction, Attack Power increases by 8% and Elemental Mastery increases by 12 for 48 seconds.	Has a good base for an epic weapon, although this option should only be considered in teams from Stimulation and while maintaining a good value of K/U and K/Sh in artifacts. However, it is better to lean towards choosing stronger analogues.
Katsuragikiri Nagamasa ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 42-510 Energy recovery: 10-45%	Increases elemental skill damage by 6%. When an elemental skill hits an enemy, the character loses 3 energy units, but recovers 3 energy units every 2 seconds. over the next 6 seconds. The effect can occur once every 10 seconds. The effect can work even when the character is not on the field.	Crafted weapon according to the recipe from Inazuma. When using it, you may need a second Dendro companion in the squad for the prompt use of superpowers. An affordable equipment option for which it is easy to obtain awakenings if you have materials and achieve a greater increase in the numbers from the E-shka.
Forest Regalia ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Base stat: 44-565 Energy recovery: 6-30%	Activating the statuses Burning, Stimulation, Aggravation, Growth, Budding, Vegetation and Flowering creates a Seed of Consciousness next to the character, which lasts for 10 seconds. The elemental mastery of the character who picks it up increases by 60 units. for 12 sec. A consciousness seed can appear once every 20 sec. This effect works even if the equipped character is not on the battlefield. The effect of the Seed of Consciousness does not stack.	Crafted equipment based on a recipe from Sumeru. This type of weapon will be useful for the entire squad thanks to its ive talent, which provides additional elements of elemental mastery. It is worth making sure that there are no two of these swords in the squad, because the ive buff from reactions does not stack.

Best Artifacts

Artifacts obtained on Kinich should increase ATK и elemental damage. Fully equipped, you should find an increase Crete. chance. Possible variants of artifacts and their combinations:

Detachments

This character is the main combat unit around which the future squad is built. The hero is on the battlefield the vast majority of the time to accumulate Night Spirit points and deal damage to Dendro. Due to his ive "Price of Desolation", he prefers allies with the Pyro element and Hydro, which act as additional for the Bloom reaction. Companions of another element can be added to the squad due to the internal mechanics of Natlan with the activation of the Night Spirit Flash.

Best characters

The following points present the best allies that would ideally complement Kinich's team, broken down into different positions.

Sub-dd

Additional damage dealers that help out of pocket.

Sapports

characters that restore health or provide shields.

Top Teams

Next, let's look at variations of units with a combination of different elements.

Units from Burning

Teams based on combinations of Dendro and Pyro elements to trigger the Burning reaction. For such groups, you can collect Kinich in the artifact set Unfinished Dreams.

Please note that in teams from Gorenie, where there are no Hydro characters and other reactions, E-shki with tiki Nahids occur quite rarely, since attacks on a burning enemy are considered an extension of an existing reaction, rather than the creation of a new one. Therefore, Nahida is valued much less than for most other Dendro heroes, and can be placed in another squad.

Troops from Bloom

Units from the combination of Dendro and Hydro with the creation of buds on the field, which are subsequently exploded by a Pyro ally.

Alternative squads

In this section, we will consider squad options that include heroes with less synergy or with the participation of other elements. The ive ability obliges him to play through the reaction of Burning or Blooming for stable numbers and the use of Scalebreaker. We do not recommend considering squads with Stimulate, pure Budding and Vegetation, since the combat potential will be significantly reduced, but we will give a list of the most efficient of them.

In some cases, Saurian Hunter can be used as a sub-DD for teams with Electro main DD, using the set archaic stone and other ways to get an elemental damage boost. We do not recommend using this hero as a sub-DD for Electro, unless there are no s or other Dendro companions on the .

Is it worth hitting?

Kinich stands out for his dynamic gameplay and great mobility, which is felt even outside of combat. As a companion from Natlan, he is endowed with a special mechanic of interaction with the Night Spirit, improving the hero's movement across the Pyro region. Special Blessing introduces new conditions that must be followed to inflict stable damage.

The main and very obvious disadvantage is the small set of heroes for interaction and the impossibility of building really strong teams with reactions other than Burning and Blooming. Other squads can still be considered on certain floors of the Spiral Abyss and work effectively on enemies in the open world. However, with them, the speed of gaining Night Spirit points will be significantly reduced, which will affect the frequency of using Scalebreaker with the skill active, and, accordingly, will negatively affect the damage.

We hope the guide helped you put together the best build for Kinich in Genshin Impact. If you have questions, be sure to share them in the comments. Read others best squads.

Which is better: Signal or C1?

The choice between the signal and the first const largely depends on the pack chosen for the hero and the availability of alternatives when choosing a weapon.

• Signature weapons Kinicha Fang of the Mountain King allows you to more easily get the necessary characteristics and balance the overall build, provided that the level of pumping is maximum. The equipment has conditions in the ive, which are quite difficult to comply with outside of teams with Burning or Blooming. Since the Saurian Hunter is mainly played inside teams with these reactions, due to the rapid accumulation of Night Spirit points, such conventions will not cause acute problems, but difficulties may arise when trying to play inside other squads.
• First consta Provides a guaranteed boost for Scalebreaker in the form of 100% critical damage and increased movement speed. The only requirement is to jump after using the skill, which is easy to do. The boost is not specifically tied to reactions and increases overall mobility, helping to maintain distance from moving targets. It makes sense to take C1 if you have the top 2-3 weapons from the list or want to play through Stimulation or with Nila.

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