Shadow of Chimalya in Genshin Impact: How to Find and Defeat

The Shadow of Cimalli in local legend of Natlan and is needed to complete a combat achievement. By touching the obsidian totem pole in the Temple of the Ancestors, you can be transported to the arena to the ancient warrior of the Night Spirit.

In the guide we will tell you where to find the Shadow of Chimalya and how to defeat it. We will analyze the methods for fulfilling all the conditions of the achievement and consider the best units and tactics.

How to Get the Shadow of Chimalya Achievement in Genshin Impact

You can unlock the achievement and collect all the rewards for it by winning and fulfilling the following conditions:

• Condition for 5 Source Stones: Defeat the local legend, the Shadow of Chimalia.
• Condition for 10 Source Stones: Defeat the Shadow of Chimalya without losing any characters.
• Condition for 20 Primogems: During one quest, while Chimalya's Shade is consuming Flux creatures, destroy her elemental shield, releasing frozen Flux creatures.

Where to find the Shadow of Chimalya

The obsidian totem that teleports you to the Shadow of Chimalya challenge arena is located at the foot of the western slope in the Temple of the Ancestors. Move to the center of the location and use the northern exit from the temple to go down to the pillar.

How to defeat the Shadow of Chimalya

Hydro Incarnation Wyob is a spellcaster who rarely uses direct attacks on the active character. In combat, the enemy creates bubbles and water columns that can be frozen with Cryo attacks and used against him with charged attacks. Since the strategy is based on frequent imposition of Cryo, one or more ice damagers are needed in the squad.

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In order to complete a battle on any of the achievement conditions, you will need a Cryo character with a permanent status application. In the remaining cells of the squad, you can place Pyro heroes to create a Melting reaction or any of the most pumped up damage dealers. For a more comfortable removal of his defense, Dendro allies are suitable.

Character 1	Character 2	Character 3	Character 4	Features
Wriothesley	Ganyu	Shen He	Kazuha	Mono-Ice build with different attack ranges. Risley's strikes are used to freeze incoming bubbles, Ganyu is needed to control the entire field in the second phase. Shen He and Kazuha give buffs to allies during the offensive.
Ayaka	Nahida	Xiangling	Bennett	Ayaka is responsible for taking the enemy out of combat-ready state. Nahida, together with Pyro characters, applies Burning to the main DD when the monster is without a shield. Xiangling and Bennett provide resonance, as well as deal additional damage and buff.
Keia	Chongyun	Xiangling	Lynette	Budget build of epic characters. Keya and Chun Yun provide the main shield removal and Freeze. Lynette helps to get to the nearest water pillars to hide from the monster's strong attack. Xiangling helps with damage to Wyob without a shield.

Attacks and battle tips

Let's take a closer look at the mechanics of interaction between enemy abilities and the Cryo element to understand how to defeat the Shadow of Chimalya:

• One of the key abilities can be considered "flow creatures" that pursue the hero on the field. Upon , Hydro bubbles explode with a short delay and deal small damage. On frozen bubbles, you can use a charged attack to knock off part of Wyobu's shield.

• Sometimes the duelist creates a circle under the active character that turns into a column of water. Any column can also be frozen to hide from a strong attack.

• If you don't knock down the enemy's shield within the allotted time, multiple water pillars will appear on the arena, and the enemy will start casting a powerful spell with aiming. You can avoid the attack with the help of a frozen pillar.
• Attempting to engage the enemy at close range will interrupt the bubble cast, instead launching a spinning attack with physical damage. Focus on freezing Hydro units and charging them until the shield is broken.
• To complete the final achievement condition, you will need to reach the second phase of the battle. Destroy the enemy's shield and watch it regenerate: water drops will start appearing on the field "creating a flow" in huge quantities. The bubbles must be frozen and immediately sent to the monster with charged attacks.

• The arsenal of skills also includes a quick aimed attack, which can be easily interrupted by a reaction or several charged basic attacks. The ability does relatively little damage, so you can focus on the enemy.

Reward

For defeating the local legend in the Kingdom of Night you can get 5 source stones, and for fulfilling special conditions in subsequent battles you will earn another 30 Primogems.

We hope this guide helped you find and defeat Chimalya's Shadow in Genshin Impact. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in the comments. Read the guide for all Genshin Impact guides on our website.