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Genshin Impact Talents & Skills Guide

Zhongli talents, skills, passives and Constellations

Talents & Skills Guide

Creates a Stone Stele or a Jade Shield with a held cast. Summons a meteor that deals Geo damage and petrifies targets.

12 ability entries1 Normal Attack1 Elemental Skill1 Elemental Burst2 Ascension Passive1 Passive Talent6 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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Rain of Stone
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.

Uses six polearm hits, a stamina-cost thrust with falling stone spears, and an area plunge.

Cooldown / cost: Charged Attack Stamina Cost: 25.0

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Elemental Skill

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Dominus Lapidis
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.

Creates a Stone Stele or a Jade Shield with a held cast.

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Elemental Burst

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Planet Befall
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.

Summons a meteor that deals Geo damage and petrifies targets.

Cooldown / cost: CD: 12.0s; Energy Cost: 40

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Ascension Passive

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Resonant Waves
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.

When the Jade Shield takes damage, shield strength increases by 5%, stacking to 25%.

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Dominance of Earth
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.

Maximum HP increases Zhongli's normal attack, skill and burst damage by talent-specific amounts.

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Passive Talent

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Arcanum of Crystal
Passive Talent
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.

Crafting a polearm refunds 15% of the ore consumed.

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Constellation

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Rock, the Backbone of Earth
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.

Allows two Stone Steles from Dominus Lapidis to exist simultaneously.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 1

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Stone, the Cradle of Jade
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.

Planet Befall grants nearby characters a Jade Shield.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 2

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Jade, Shimmering through Darkness
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 Dominus Lapidis talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 3

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Topaz, Unbreakable and Fearless
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 Planet Befall's area by 20% and petrification duration by two seconds.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 4

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Lazuli, Herald of the Order
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 Planet Befall talent level by three.

Requirements / unlock: Constellation 5

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Chrysos, Bounty of Dominator
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.

Converts 40% of Jade Shield damage taken into healing, limited to 8% of the active character's maximum HP per instance.

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 Zhongli:

  • 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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