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[yuan4i]

Hellooo! Hope ur doing well :) I wanted to ask some recommendations on how I shld build my cyno as I recently got him.. 😵‍💫

hi anon! im so happy that you asked me hehe 💕💕 i have a whole guide for you! (more under the cut!)

so starting off with 5* weapons, i really recommend his bis/sotss (staff of the scarlet sands)! the 2nd stat for it’s crit rate and cyno gains 52% of his em as a bonus atk. i personally love this weapon and i recently got it for him :D it’s really good for him <3 

next, i heard that staff of homa is also good on him! it gives crit dmg and this weapon provides an atk bonus based on 0.8% of his max hp! 

but i personally like primordial jade winged-spear because i like my crit rate! for this weapon, every time cyno hits an opponent, his atk increases by 3.2% for 6 seconds. (this stacks 7 times i think) and if he gets the max stacks, his dmg will increase by 12%. 

(those are the best 5* weapons on him but if you have any other ones, feel free to spoil him with them!) 

now, for the others/f2p/4*! i won’t go in-depth because i don’t know much about them! 

deathmatch (bp/paid) - 2nd stat : crit rate. i bought this just for cyno when i got him last year (polearms and polearm users hate me so i didn’t have a good polearm) and it’s really good! the only downside is that it’s locked behind money and the base atk is rather low :( 

white tassel (chests) - 2nd stat : crit rate. a good choice, 48% dmg boost makes a large difference, especially if players are playing cyno in an aggravate team comp.

blackcliff pole (shop/paimon’s bargains) - 2nd stat : crit dmg. a fully refined blackcliff pole with a full-stack can perform as well as an r1 primordial jade winged-spear! good for cyno, but again, i really like my crit rate. (deathmatch >>> blackcliff pole imo) 

missive windspear (event) - 2nd stat : atk. within 10s after an elemental reaction is triggered, atk is increased by 24% and em is increased by 96 at r5! the em increase is really good too!

kitain cross spear (forgeable) -  2nd stat : em. this weapon will increase his elemental skill damage by 6%. it has an em sub-stat, which is really good if you’re using cyno in an elemental reaction team.

prototype starglitter (forgeable) -  2nd stat : er. it has an er sub-stat, which is great at helping cyno recover his elemental burst energy.

(i ranked all of them in order!)

moving onto artifacts!

i’m currently running a 4p thundering fury set on my cyno! it’s said to be the best set for him, it “increases dmg caused by overloaded, electro-charged, superconduct, and hyperbloom by 40%, and the dmg bonus conferred by aggravate is increased by 20%. when quicken or the aforementioned elemental reactions are triggered, elemental skill cd is decreased by 1s. can only occur once every 0.8s.” tl;dr:  the dmg increase via electro reactions really helps and the elemental skill cd makes his skill more spam-able during his ult!

i’m currently farming gilded dreams because i got told tat his bis/sotss is better with the set (i still use thundering fury tho!) i can’t explain gilded dreams to you because i don’t use it but it definitely has something to do with em! 4p is best when running hyperblume or aggravate!! 

4p gladiator’s finale is something i’ve seen many many people use! i’ve never tried it (maybe this is a sign i should?) but it does seem really strong!  “if the wielder of this artifact set uses a sword, claymore or polearm, increases their normal attack dmg by 35%.” to sum it up, 4p gladiator’s finale increases cyno’s normal attack dmg by 35%, even in his ult/burst!

some other things i’ve seen are 2p gilded dreams + 2p thundering fury, 2p gladiator finale + 2p shimenawa reminiscence, 2p thundering fury + 2p shimenawa reminiscence/gladiator’s finale, etc! feel free to mix and match them <3

lastly, artifact stats! 

main stats - for the sands, i suggest atk or em! (it usually depends on the set. i use an em sands because i use thundering fury and not gilded dreams!) for goblet,it would be suggested to use an electro dmg bonus goblet, and circlet a crit rate/dmg recommended. (circlet also depends on the weapon. eg, crit rate weapon usually would be paired with a crit dmg circlet, and so on.) 

sub stats - crit rate/dmg, elemental mastery, atk% i say cyno’s ideal em range would be 200 - 400! (i have around 300 right now!)

(to sum the artifacts up, it all depends on what comp you want to use him in/how you want to use him! i personally think thundering fury is more viable due to the strong box. i farm gilded dreams, then take all the bad ones to thundering fury’s strong box.)

here’s my cyno incase you want a reference (it’s really not the best &lt;/3)

tl;dr - staff of the scarlet sands, primordial jade winged-spear, and staff of homa are all really good on him! if you don’t have any 5 stars, white tassel, missive windspear, deathmatch and blackcliff pole are good replacements. his artifact sets are thundering fury or gilded dreams and em is a really good stat! 

lmk if you need anything or want any more cyno guides :D