Shenhe Genshin Impact character artwork
Genshin Impact Talents & Skills Guide

Shenhe talents, skills, passives and Constellations

Talents & Skills Guide

Grants Icy Quill, which adds damage to Cryo hits based on Shenhe's attack; press and hold have different effects. Creates a Cryo field dealing periodic damage and reducing enemy Cryo and Physical resistance.

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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Dawnstar Piercer
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 five spear strikes.

Cooldown / cost: Charged Attack Stamina Cost: 25.0

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Elemental Skill

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Spring Spirit Summoning
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.

Grants Icy Quill, which adds damage to Cryo hits based on Shenhe's attack; press and hold have different effects.

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Elemental Burst

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Divine Maiden's Deliverance
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.

Creates a Cryo field dealing periodic damage and reducing enemy Cryo and Physical resistance.

Cooldown / cost: CD: 20.0s; Energy Cost: 80

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Ascension Passive

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Deific Embrace
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.

Characters inside the burst's field gain 15% Cryo damage bonus.

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Spirit Communion Seal
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.

Pressing the skill buffs teammates' skill and burst damage; holding buffs normal, charged and plunging attacks.

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Utility Passive

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Precise Comings and Goings
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.

Awards extra rewards on twenty-hour Liyue expeditions.

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Constellation

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Clarity of Heart
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.

Adds one charge to Spring Spirit Summoning.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 1

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Centered Spirit
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.

Extends the burst field by six seconds and increases Cryo critical damage of characters within it.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 2

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Seclusion
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.

Increases Spring Spirit Summoning's talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 3

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Insight
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.

Icy Quill damage grants Skyfrost Mantra stacks that increase the next skill's damage.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 4

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Divine Attainment
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.

Increases Divine Maiden's Deliverance's talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 5

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Mystical Abandon
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.

Icy Quill triggered by normal and charged attacks does not count toward the trigger quota.

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 Shenhe:

  • 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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