Jiu NiangziBuild and Guide

Introduction

Jiu Niangzi is a 6✦ rarity character from the Mineral afflatus who deals Reality damage and belongs to the Damage class.

The first limited character, Jiu Niangzi gains [Liquor] stacks from different types of allied buff, counter, and channel statuses—some of which she can generate herself. Her incantations consume these [Liquor] stacks to perform powerful follow-up attacks. Jiu's Ultimate, "Baijiu and Mayhem," is a mass attack that gets stronger against fewer enemies and gains 100% Penetration Rate at 6 [Liquor] stacks. Maintaining Jiu Niangzi's [Liquor] stacks is vital for increasing her damage output, so make sure to team her up with characters who can grant many unique buffs.

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Last updated

Jiu Niangzi profile was last updated on November 14th, 2024.

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Profile

Review

Stats & Build

Synergy & Teams

Lore

Specialties

Burst DMG

DPS

Follow-up Attack

Skills

Baijiu and Mayhem

Mass attack. Deals 350% Reality DMG. If less than 3 enemies are present, adds Reality DMG +100% for each missing enemy (up to +200%). If holding 6 or more [Liquor] before casting, spend 6 [Liquor] to grant Penetration Rate +100% to this attack. If holding less than 6 stacks of [Liquor] before casting, gain 6 stacks of [Liquor] and 2 stacks of [Cheers].

"Ф Drink up! Three thousand more cups for you!"

Liquor:

Jiu Niangzi's next damage incantation is enhanced (stackable, undispellable).

Cheers:

When casting [Bottoms Up], increase both the minimum and maximum number of [Liquor] consumed by 1stack. Consume all [Liquor] if there are not enough stacks (-1 stack after trigger).

Bottoms Up

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 160% Reality DMG. While in [Liquor] status, randomly consumes 1-3 stacks of [Liquor] for a follow-up attack. Deals Reality DMG +60% for every stack of [Liquor] consumed (Chance to consume 1/2/3 stacks of [Liquor]: 20%/40%/40%).

"Ф A tradition to show camaraderie."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 240% Reality DMG. While in [Liquor] status, randomly consumes 1-3 stacks of [Liquor] for a follow-up attack. Deals Reality DMG +60% for every stack of [Liquor] consumed (Chance to consume 1/2/3 stacks of [Liquor]: 20%/40%/40%).

"Ф A tradition to show camaraderie, most of the time."

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[Attack]

1-target attack. Deals 400% Reality DMG. While in [Liquor] status, randomly consumes 1-3 stacks of [Liquor] for a follow-up attack. Deals Reality DMG +60% for every stack of [Liquor] consumed (Chance to consume 1/2/3 stacks of [Liquor]: 20%/40%/40%).

"Ф A tradition to show camaraderie, even if not so friendly."

Liquor:

Jiu Niangzi's next damage incantation is enhanced (stackable, undispellable).

Baijiu Ladle

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[Channel]

Self-Channel. Gains 3 stacks of [Liquor] and 1 stack of [Cheers]. Enters [Tipsy] status for 1 round.

"Ф A fermented drink."

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[Channel]

Self-Channel. Gains 6 stacks of [Liquor] and 1 stack of [Cheers]. Enters [Tipsy] status for 1 round.

"Ф A fermented drink made from spring water and yeast."

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[Channel]

Self-Channel. Gains 9 stacks of [Liquor] and 2 stacks of [Cheers]. Enters [Tipsy] status for 1 round.

"Ф A fermented drink made from spring water and yeast, with a lingering taste of the past."

Liquor:

Jiu Niangzi's next damage incantation is enhanced (stackable, undispellable).

Cheers:

When casting [Bottoms Up], increase both the minimum and maximum number of [Liquor] consumed by 1stack. Consume all [Liquor] if there are not enough stacks (-1 stack after trigger).

Tipsy:

When this Channel status is active at the start of the round, cast [Bottoms Up] of the corresponding Baijiu Ladle rank on the enemy with the lowest HP percentage (when channeling, cannot act. Removed after being attacked by an Ultimate).

Inheritance

Contemplation

Insight I

When entering battle, gain 3 stacks of [Liquor]. At the end of the round, gain [Liquor] based on [Stats Up], [Pos Stats], [Counter], [Shield] and [Channel] active on all allies (gain 1 stack of [Liquor] for every 4 different types of these statuses, up to a maximum of 3 stacks; round down if there are not enough statuses present).

Materials

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Page of Mineral Wealthx6
Spell of Banishingx6
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Contemplation

Insight II

ATK +5% when the caster enters battle.

Materials

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Scroll of Mineral Wealthx10
Perpetual Cogx5
Biting Boxx5

Contemplation

Insight III

At the start of the round, if in [Liquor] status, grant 1 effect from [Collection of Buffs] to self for 2 rounds.

Materials

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Tome of Mineral Wealthx16
Wyrmling Skeletonx6
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Special effects

Liquor:

Jiu Niangzi's next damage incantation is enhanced (stackable, undispellable).

Collection of Buffs [Jiu Niangzi]:

There are 4 effects: DMG Taken Reduction +20%, DMG Heal +20%, Incantation Might +20%, Ultimate Might +20%. Prioritizes effects not yet applied.

Euphoria

Jiu Niangzi doesn't have an Euphoria update yet. If it will be released, we will add it here.

Portray

Jiu Niangzi Portray

Portray details

Lv. 1:

Baijiu and Mayhem: Reality DMG dealt is increased to 400%. Extra Reality DMG dealt is increased to +150% for each missing enemy (up to +300%).

Lv. 2:

Bottoms Up: For each stack of [Liquor] consumed, Reality DMG dealt is increased to 90%.

Lv. 3:

Contemplation: Random [Collection of Buffs] effects granted to self is increased to 2 types.

Lv. 4:

Bottoms Up: Maximum stacks of [Liquor] consumed is increased to 4, and the chance of consuming 1/2/3/4 stacks of [Liquor] is increased to 5%/15%/40%/40%.

Lv. 5:

Contemplation: [Collection of Buffs]'s effects are increased to 25% each. At the end of the round, now for every 3 different types of statuses possessed, grant 1 stack of [Liquor] to self (now gain up to 5 stacks).

Gallery

Insight 0

Insight 2

Review

Jiu Niangzi is a 6-star Arcanist of the Mineral Afflatus and also the first “True Limited” character released, meaning she will not enter the standard pool unlike other characters.

Jiu Niangzi's main gimmick is her consistent attack and high damage output. Her first incantation, called “Bottoms Up” deals damage with a follow-up attack attached that deals an amount of damage based on the amount of [Liquor] stacks consumed (done so randomly).

Her other skill, "Baijiu Ladle”, is the first Channel effect to be introduced, grants Jiu [Liquor] and [Cheers], and applies [Drunk] to her. There are a lot of terms here, but [Cheers] just increases the amount of [Liquor] consumed for her next “Bottoms Up” and [Drunk] causes her to automatically cast “Bottoms Up” if she's still in its Channel at the end of the round.

Her Ultimate: “Baijiu and Mayhem” is a Mass attack that deals increasingly more damage the fewer enemies are present. In addition, if Jiu has more than 6 [Liquor] stacks before casting the Pen Rate of this attack is increased by 100%, meaning that she can hit through any Reality DEF (but not through effects like Dodge or Reality DMG Immunity).

Gameplay

Sits around lazily and deals damage.

Offensively (and undeniably), Jiu Niangzi is a powerhouse in terms of damage output. It's very easy to deal a lot of damage with her, with [Liquor] and [Cheers] providing a really consistent high base damage on her incantations. Under [Cheers] a rank 1 “Bottoms Up” has a BASE mod of 280%, jumping to 360% at rank 2 and 520% at rank 3, another 120% can be added on top depending on the [Liquor] consumed beyond the min of 2.

Consistency is Jiu's most important keyword, with her gaining a solid amount of [Liquor] from buffers or even her own Insight 3 which generates a few random buffs for herself. It's a shame that 2 out of the 4 possible buffs here are defensive, -DMG Taken and +DMG Heal are fine, but usually you'll be running a Sustain unit, meaning you have a 50/50 to win every round to optimize damage.

There's not much else to say here, she sits in your team casting “Bottoms Up” every turn. If you're looking for a character that engages you as a player, Jiu Niangzi is not the pick. Though she does herald a kind of shift in character power in the game overall, characters that match her (and are more exciting than her) have already released on CN.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Excels at reliable and high continuous damage instead of high burst damage. Excellent at ST damage due to how much she spams her Skill 1 and how her Ultimate functions against fewer targets.
Every non-Ultimate attack she does has a Follow-Up Attack attached to it, meaning she can be paired with characters that want allies to attack a lot or those that like Follow-Up Attacks.
Extremely simple to use

Cons

Her playstyle is rather boring, she just AFKs and attacks and that's all she does; there's no mechanic to balance, gimmick to keep track of, it is just clicking the button to deal damage.
True Limited character, meaning she won't ever be available from the standard pool, unlike most other characters in the game.

Ratings

Overall

Overall (Euphoria)

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