Cyno Genshin Impact character artwork
Genshin Impact Talents & Skills Guide

Cyno talents, skills, passives and Constellations

Talents & Skills Guide

Dashes forward to strike with Electro damage; during his burst the skill changes to Mortuary Rite. Enters Pactsworn Pathclearer, gaining Electro-infused attacks and enhanced Elemental Mastery.

12 ability entries1 Normal Attack1 Elemental Skill1 Elemental Burst2 Ascension Passive1 Utility Passive6 Constellation
Talent controls: Normal Attack, Elemental Skill and Elemental Burst have separate buttons. Tap, hold, recast and airborne requirements vary by talent. Passives and Constellations trigger through their listed conditions; they do not have separate activation commands. Energy, cooldown and unlock requirements appear with the talent.

Normal Attack

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Invoker's Spear
Normal Attack
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
PC: Left Mouse Button | PlayStation: Circle | Xbox: B | Mobile: Attack icon. Charged attack: hold Attack where supported; plunging attack: press Attack while airborne.

Performs up to four polearm strikes and a lunging charged attack.

Cooldown / cost: Charged Attack Stamina Cost: 25.0

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Elemental Skill

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Secret Rite: Chasmic Soulfarer
Elemental Skill
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
PC: E | PlayStation: R2 | Xbox: RT | Mobile: Elemental Skill icon. Use the tap, hold or recast variant described for this talent.

Dashes forward to strike with Electro damage; during his burst the skill changes to Mortuary Rite.

Cooldown / cost: CD: 7.5s

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Elemental Burst

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Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness
Elemental Burst
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
PC: Q | PlayStation: Triangle | Xbox: Y | Mobile: Elemental Burst icon. Requires sufficient Energy and an available cooldown.

Enters Pactsworn Pathclearer, gaining Electro-infused attacks and enhanced Elemental Mastery.

Cooldown / cost: Charged Attack Stamina Cost: 25.0; CD: 20.0s; Energy Cost: 80

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Ascension Passive

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Featherfall Judgment
Ascension Passive
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Requires the listed talent unlock or trigger.

During his burst, timing his skill with the Endseer stance strengthens Mortuary Rite and launches Duststalker Bolts.

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Authority Over the Nine Bows
Ascension Passive
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Requires the listed talent unlock or trigger.

Elemental Mastery increases Pactsworn Pathclearer attacks and Duststalker Bolt damage.

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Utility Passive

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The Gift of Silence
Utility Passive
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Requires the listed talent unlock or trigger.

Increases rewards from Sumeru expeditions lasting twenty hours.

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Constellation

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Ordinance: Unceasing Vigil
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Using the burst increases normal attack speed; correctly timed skills refresh the bonus.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 1

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Ceremony: Homecoming of Spirits
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Normal attack hits stack an Electro damage bonus.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 2

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Precept: Lawful Enforcer
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Raises Secret Rite: Chasmic Soulfarer's talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 3

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Austerity: Forbidding Guard
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

During Pactsworn Pathclearer, certain Electro reactions restore energy to teammates.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 4

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Funerary Rite: The Passing of Starlight
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Raises Sacred Rite: Wolf's Swiftness's talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 5

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Raiment: Just Scales
Constellation
Controls: PC keyboard/mouse / PlayStation / Xbox / mobile — default bindings
How it is used
Automatic effect; no separate button sequence. Unlock the corresponding Constellation level.

Using the burst and correctly timed skills creates charges that empower Duststalker Bolts.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 6

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Plan a team around these talents

Read the Elemental Skill and Burst separately from passive talents and Constellations. A listed Constellation effect should only be included in your plan when unlocked.

GetCheatBeacon's practical checklist for Cyno:

  • Which talent needs field time, and which can contribute after switching characters?
  • What Energy, cooldown or unlock requirements are listed for the effect you want?
  • Which teammate covers the gap in your current party?
  • Test a rotation you can repeat before investing further. This reference is not a ranked artifact or weapon build.

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