 | Name | Skirk |
| Title | Void Star | |
| Occupation | Cosmic Calamity | |
| Association | SCOURGE | |
| Rarity |  | |
| Weapon |  Sword | |
| Element |  Cryo | |
| Day of Birth | 5 | |
| Month of Birth | 11 | |
| Vision (Introduced) | Cryo | |
| Constellation (Introduced) | Crystallina | |
| Chinese Seuyu | 谢莹 | |
| Japanese Seuyu | 能登麻美子 | |
| English Seuyu | Cat Protano | |
| Korean Seuyu | Seo Da-hye | |
| Description | A visitor who once appeared in an Abyssal rift and the Primordial Sea, this solitary warrior mentored Tartaglia in the martial arts. | |
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Stats
| Lv | HP | Atk | Def | CritRate% | CritDMG% | Bonus CritDMG% | Materials | Total Materials |
| 1 | 967 | 27.93 | 62.76 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | ||
| 20 | 2508 | 72.45 | 162.8 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | 1033 20000 | 103320000 |
| 20+ | 3336 | 96.4 | 216.62 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | ||
| 40 | 4992 | 144.24 | 324.13 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 0% | 32101540000 | 1013186000032 |
| 40+ | 5581 | 161.25 | 362.36 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 9.6% | ||
| 50 | 6421 | 185.53 | 416.9 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 9.6% | 64201260000 | 103318120K9612 |
| 50+ | 7206 | 208.21 | 467.89 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | ||
| 60 | 8055 | 232.73 | 522.99 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | 38301880000 | 106318200K914303 |
| 60+ | 8644 | 249.75 | 561.23 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | ||
| 70 | 9501 | 274.49 | 616.83 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 19.2% | 6124512100K | 1010818300K92630912 |
| 70+ | 10089 | 291.51 | 655.07 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 28.8% | ||
| 80 | 10956 | 316.53 | 711.3 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 28.8% | 6206024120K | 1016818420K946309366 |
| 80+ | 11544 | 333.55 | 749.54 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 38.4% | ||
| 90 | 12417 | 358.77 | 806.21 | 5.0% | 50.0% | 38.4% |
Skills
Active Skils
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Performs up to 5 consecutive attacks. Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to hurl a spinning crystal spear, dealing DMG to opponents ahead. Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Imitates the combat style of "The Foul." Produces different effects depending on whether you Tap or Hold. Skirk gains 45 Skirk gains 45 Serpent's Subtlety and will continuously move at high speed. Her interruption resistance is increased in this state. During this time, Skirk can control her movement direction and move atop water. She can also use this Skill again to end rapid movement prematurely. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Skirk's Elemental Burst is not reliant on Elemental Energy but instead on When Skirk has at least 50 Serpent's Subtlety, she can expend all her Serpent's Subtlety to unleash her Elemental Burst, ripping the space before her apart and using rapid consecutive slashes that deal When Skirk is in A special Elemental Burst that can be used even without consuming Serpent's Subtlety. After using it, Skirk will gain the "All Shall Wither" effect, which will last until Seven-Phase Flash ends. After unlocking the Passive Talent While "All Shall Wither" is active, every 0.1s, after Skirk's Normal Attack hits an opponent, that Normal Attack will deal increased DMG. If she absorbed any Void Rifts while using This effect will be canceled when it has triggered 10 times. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Passive Skills
 | Mutual Weapons Mentorship |
| When all party members are either |
 | Reason Beyond Reason |
| When nearby party members trigger Frozen, Superconduct, Cryo Swirl, or Cryo Crystallize reactions against opponents, a Void Rift will be created near this opponent. This effect can be triggered once every 2.5s. 3 Void Rifts created by Skirk herself can exist on the field at once. Skirk can use the following methods to absorb nearby Void Rifts: · When she hits an opponent with a Charged Attack in her · When she uses the special Elemental Burst · When she Holds her Elemental Skill Each Rift absorbed will grant her 8 |
 | Return to Oblivion |
| When nearby Each character can grant Skirk at most 1 "Death's Crossing" stack by this means. Each "Death's Crossing" stack increases the Normal Attack DMG dealt by Skirk in |
Constellations
 | Far to Fall |
| Enhances the effects of the Passive Talent You must first unlock the Passive Talent Reason Beyond Reason. |
 | Into the Abyss |
| After unleashing her Elemental Skill When using her Elemental Burst Additionally, within 12.5s after Skirk unleashes the special Elemental Burst |
 | Serendipitous Sin |
| Increases the Level of Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
 | Fractured Flow |
| Enhances the effects of the Passive Talent You must first unlock the Passive Talent Return to Oblivion. |
 | End of Wishes |
| Increases the Level of Maximum upgrade level is 15. |
 | To the Source |
| Each Void Rift Skirk absorbs via the effects of the Passive Talent You must first unlock the Passive Talent "Reason Beyond Reason." · When Skirk uses the Elemental Burst · When she uses Normal Attacks while in Seven-Phase Flash mode, 1 · When Skirk takes DMG while in Seven-Phase Flash mode, 1 |
Skill Ascension
Related Items
| Icon | Name | Rarity | Family | Recipe |
 | Skirk: Lone Shadow | 4 | Namecard | |
 | Skirk | 1 | Homeworld, Companion, Exterior Furniture, Companion, Furniture, Character In-Residence | |
 | Shattered Star | 1 | Costume | |
 | "Abyssal Bounty" | 1 | Crafted Item, Special Food | |
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Gallery
Sounds
Quotes
Audio Language:
| Title | VoiceOver |
| Hello | |
| Chat: The Abyss | |
| Chat: Meditation | |
| Chat: Final Destination | |
| When It Rains | |
| When Thunder Strikes | |
| When It Snows | |
| When the Wind Is Blowing | |
| Good Morning | |
| Good Afternoon | |
| Good Evening | |
| Good Night | |
| About Skirk: Reading | |
| About Skirk: Bladework | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Us: Training | |
| About Us: Goals | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| About the Power of the Abyss | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| Something to Share | |
| Interesting Things | * Complete "Whispers Betwixt Stars and Night" |
| About Surtalogi | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Alice: Promise | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Alice: Gratitude | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Dainsleif | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Dori | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Tartaglia | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| About Neuvillette | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About The Will of the Moon | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| About Nicole | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| More About Skirk: I | |
| More About Skirk: II | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 3 |
| More About Skirk: III | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| More About Skirk: IV | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 5 |
| More About Skirk: V | * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| Skirk's Hobbies | * Complete "Whispers Betwixt Stars and Night" |
| Skirk's Troubles | |
| Favorite Food | |
| Least Favorite Food | |
| Receiving a Gift: I | |
| Receiving a Gift: II | |
| Receiving a Gift: III | |
| Birthday | |
| Feelings About Ascension: Intro | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 1 |
| Feelings About Ascension: Building Up | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 2 |
| Feelings About Ascension: Climax | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 4 |
| Feelings About Ascension: Conclusion | * Unlocks at Ascension Phase 6 |
| Elemental Skill: I | |
| Elemental Skill: II | |
| Elemental Skill: III | |
| Elemental Skill: IV | |
| Elemental Skill: V | |
| Elemental Burst: I | |
| Elemental Burst: II | |
| Elemental Burst: III | |
| Elemental Burst: IV | |
| Elemental Burst: V | |
| Opening Treasure Chest: I | |
| Opening Treasure Chest: II | |
| Opening Treasure Chest: III | |
| Low HP: I | |
| Low HP: II | |
| Low HP: III | |
| Ally at Low HP: I | |
| Ally at Low HP: II | |
| Fallen: I | |
| Fallen: II | |
| Fallen: III | |
| Light Hit Taken: I | |
| Heavy Hit Taken: I | |
| Joining Party: I | |
| Joining Party: II | |
| Joining Party: III |
Stories
| Title | Text |
| Character Details | Her existence is like an unproven rumor... Sometimes, past the stroke of midnight, a taverngoer will swear he had glimpsed her, waving hands painting a story of a person that nobody could be sure ever was. For a very long time, Skirk has journeyed through Teyvat like a shadow, avoiding anything more than brief contact with others, only gathering intel when absolutely necessary. It wasn't until very recently that there came to be one who could claim to know her... "Oh, my master? Haha, she's the type to keep to herself." "And, let's see... She's an alright cook. Could've been the creatures in that space tasting a little off in general, of course." "We initially agreed to swing by my place after leaving. I wanted to let her try my family's homemade sausages this year. It's a real shame she couldn't make it..." "But enough of that. After all, what matters most about my master is her strength... and the sheer arrogance she has to go with it!" "Hmm? Oh, no, I know what I said. I'm not being ironic, and I mean no insult." "As I, Tartaglia, grow stronger every day, I get the chance to know my master's strength anew with each and every sunrise." "When we first started my training, she only needed one hand to beat me. That was undoubtedly her arrogance shining through. But when facing a weak opponent, I believe that arrogance is an aesthetic unto itself." "To crush them outright would be unbecoming, yet to feign humility, only to turn the tables later on? That, dear comrade, would be far too deliberate." In the present day, this "review" of Skirk reached her ears while she was drinking in a tavern. She furrowed her brow. "As I've said before, I still communicate normally with those who possess some measure of skill. And the food in the Abyssal rift only tasted off to him because he's an ordinary human." "And about training — I don't really care how many hands I use, but I do care how many he'll have left when I'm done teaching." "He still needs to live in Teyvat, so he can't just make new limbs for himself with Abyssal energy like I can." "Arrogance and carelessness are both dangerous things. It's good that he wants to improve, rather than to show off." "Otherwise, I'd start worrying about finding his corpse in some strange nook or cranny." |
| Character Story 1 | "Let's go. She's not going to make it." "But, our orders were to..." The young child held on to her broken, bloody arm, and watched the two figures before her through blurry eyes. In the end, the one who seemed to be in charge bade the other to stop talking. They turned around, then vanished into the distance. Not long ago, her people had learned that the universe held more civilizations than they ever imagined. In the past, the chance to interact with those beyond their world had been limited to a wizened, scholarly few. Just a few months ago, the leaders had announced that trade relations were amicable. So why...? Beams cracked and splintered under tongues of flame. In the infernal maw the little girl lay, suffocated by smoke, heat, and blood loss. As the debris and charred wood that buried her were dug away, she heard a sound... Something squeaking. Her eyelids had been crusted shut with dried blood. But even so blinded, she could sense the light's intrusion. And she could hear footsteps crunching on scorched terrain, each footfall shattering the broken bricks beneath it. The newcomer easily freed the little girl from the wreckage restraining her. Then, placing one massive hand on her shoulder, they yanked her out. The pain of being pulled so suddenly made her think that all her limbs had been torn off at once. She cried — and as tears forced their way through her eyelids, they washed away the coagulated blood. She was surprised to find that she was still hydrated enough to cry. But the feeling lasted barely a moment. The next thing she knew, the agony sent her spiraling into unconsciousness. She was surprised to wake up again. She had not thought she would be granted the mercy of opening her eyes a second time. Though her vision still swam, she could make out a bonfire, and the tall man who sat before it cross-legged. Off to the side, a hulking rat-like beast cowered in the shadows, inky eyes mirroring the fire's wild flicker. "Awake, then? Don't waste your breath on asking questions unrelated to your survival." The man did not so much as glance her way. He continued to tend the bonfire with his blade. "So. Do you want to die, or do you want to live?" She wanted to ask him why she was still alive at all. She wanted to ask who he was. But he had warned her not to waste her breath. So the girl simply turned her gaze to the starry sky and nodded. Having received her answer, the man plucked his sword from the embers, and slew the rat-like beast in one swing. He cut the meat from its legs, skewered the chunks using his weapon, and cooked them over the open fire. At last, he stood up — something he seldom did — and shoved the meat between her teeth. Bland as it was, the oiliness of the fat was more than a feast for the starving girl. At the very least, he didn't ask her to feed herself. It seemed he understood that her limbs were ruined beyond repair. * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 2 |
| Character Story 2 | Once the girl's wounds had stabilized, the man allowed her to ask some trivial questions. "Are you also one of the survivors?" "I am not." "Then why can I understand you?" "There is only one state of chaos, and only one definition of the void. Order, by contrast, can be assembled a thousand different ways." "The people of your planet once relied on their great adaptability to make contact with the Abyss, and even after death, the lingering power they carried retains some... trace records of this. That power is similar in essence to my own." "So I wove together the dying echoes of countless souls, and spent quite some time learning from them — half a day or so, I believe." "Just to learn our language? Then, my father and mother..." "Are dead. Devoured as meager meat for strength — gulped down like scraps." The man answered the second question, then continued: "At first, I believed those people went through the trouble of eradicating all life on this planet because there was something worth destroying. Some incredible technology with which the Abyss might be wielded, perhaps." "But I was mistaken. Your methods are crude, your technologies primitive. One might think your civilization lacked even one individual who possessed any ambition — or strength — in all its history." "You...!" "Are you not the same? Did you not eat the flesh of the creature that dug you out of the ruins?" "Though, I should mention I brought it here from another planet, since all life on yours is extinct." "I doubt I will even find a single species adept at looking for things here." The girl wanted to say something, but no words rose to her lips. Instead, she decided to ask something else. "Why am I still alive?" "Your civilization coexisted with the Abyss. Though none ever used it directly, each and every one of you was tainted in some way." "This strengthened your constitutions slightly. Had an ordinary human been in your place, they would have been suffocated, roasted, then crushed by the collapsing ceiling." "So you can use this power to get stronger?" The man's eyes glinted in the firelight, a perceptible change within them. "Do you wish to become stronger?" The girl nodded. "Even if it costs you everything? Even if you are judged and damned for using foul means to emerge victorious... Do you still wish to become stronger?" The girl answered, her words blown away by the winds sweeping that desolate planet. * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 3 |
| Character Story 3 | She was now called Skirk. Her severed tendons and shattered bones were restored by the man known as "The Foul." But this was no cause for celebration. For the man made her wield a blade every day and train until her limbs were ruined anew. It was as though he simply wanted her to feel pain. Every day, after training, her broken body would be restored yet again. She traveled across the universe with "The Foul," bearing witness to the trail of enemy graves he left in his wake. A weapon forged using the pooled resources of an entire star system. A god manifested by the unity of a whole civilization's beliefs. The mightiest warrior among billions... He buried them all. And as Skirk grew from the strength to strength, a revelation came upon her: Nobody had ever forced her master to use the true extent of his power. If it was a wicked beast, he ate its flesh. If it was a god or a machine, he absorbed its energy. If it was a warrior or mage, he played with his food — forcing them to use every trick in their book, then cutting them down once he tired of the charade. To her master, this was what it meant to "devour." Skirk's limbs were replaced with Abyssal phantasms. Never again would they hurt. Her pain receptors, having been overloaded and utterly numbed over the long years, would never again fire a signal. Pain was simply a biological avoidance mechanism. So, Skirk knew what her body was telling her: She was very strong. Few things could now pose a threat to her. This gave her some confidence. One day, she decided to dredge up the question she'd been waiting to ask all this time: "Why did you save me back then?" * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| Character Story 4 | "It was a spontaneous impulse, nothing more." Her master, whose true name was Surtalogi, replied thusly. "I may be the greatest calamity in the whole universe at this moment. Do you believe that?" "There is no need to discuss my belief in the matter, Master. Those that once doubted are now but dust in the void." "Hmph. Strength is what I have always pursued — the kind that lets one tear through every lie and manipulation." "But... having come this far, I find myself struck by one worry..." "...That I might someday get bored." Skirk listened quietly. She couldn't fathom that the life of such a universe-shaking villain could be "boring." "After seeking the strongest warriors the universe has to offer, there may no longer be any further strength for me to seek." "How did that story go again? 'Distance is measured by the heart, and my heart is slightly larger than the universe.'" "Once the whole universe becomes my front lawn, all I shall see from then on will be two anthills waging pint-sized war... I shall be in my prime then — and at my most weary." Of course, Surtalogi was not one for reading stories. This quote only came to mind because, some time ago, he had come across a scrap drifting through the universe, one carrying the scent of his homeland. He took one look at the title and preface before throwing it away. It just so happened that those introductory words contained the aforementioned passage. "So, the thought came to me of taking disciples, then waiting for them to mature before seeking them out for my amusement. You are the first of them." "And once you leave, I will see you as my student no longer." "I will strip you of everything: That which I gave you, that which you have claimed for yourself, even the unrelated miscellany around you... all will be reduced to ruin." Skirk knew none of this was some untruth meant to spur her on. Between her and Surtalogi, there was no deep master-student bond, no great care or far-reaching intent. Everything Surtalogi said, he meant at face value. One day, they would surely fight to the death. There are many paths one can take in the world, but once you step on one, the alternatives wither away. From that day onward, it was like a blade had descended from nowhere and now hung above Skirk's head. Her destiny, her life... All of it now melded together and crystallized into a singular goal: "Getting stronger." * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 5 |
| Character Story 5 | "Master, since you mentioned that your group once divided enough Abyssal power amongst yourselves to overturn an entire world — or at least a sixth of it..." "How is it that you are now many times stronger than an entire world, even when alone?" "Did I save an idiot back then?" "Listen well. When the fruit of a tree dies, its seeds are sown in the rotten soil. Naturally, these seeds may grow into stronger trees that bear harvests a hundred, or even a thousand times richer." "Even if only one or two survivors escape a doomed world, their will alone can become strong enough to reforge the very world they lost." With their parting imminent, Skirk no longer bothered to feign reverence or obedience. Fear only serves as a spur for the weak. But when you grow stronger, unconquered fear will become naught but a shackle. In the end, she resolved to bid her master farewell. She headed back to Surtalogi's homeland, to the world known as "Teyvat." She wanted to find that mother-tree. The tree that had borne corrupt fruit, whose tainted seed had grown into a truly formidable arbor. From that moment on, a great darkness had loomed over the whole forest — the shadow her master cast over the universe at large. All across the sea of stars, other civilizations that saw her naturally regarded her as an ally of "The Foul." Every community she encountered during her travels took her for a member of the "Cosmic Calamity," and kept their distance in wary defense. ...Except for Teyvat, where the one who supervised its borders lowered her guard after talking to Skirk. Upon the establishment of an agreement, she granted the latter limited passage within the world. "You do not belong there. It is not your home." The words of The Foul remained etched in her heart, never to fade away. But what if a wish, flung at a shooting star as it passed in fire-fraught trails, could stitch even the faintest thread between it and the world? * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
| Her Answer | "Even if it costs you everything? Even if you are judged and damned for using foul means to emerge victorious... Do you still wish to become stronger?" What was Skirk's answer, back then? The one that had been blown away by the wind? Perhaps, even if the answer were a fleeting "Yes," it would have changed nothing of what came after. But that had not been her reply. She was just a little girl, her mind yet unburdened by craft or cunning. She longed only to thank — and to beg forgiveness from — the first life given to nourish her growth. "Maybe the big rat and I could have been best friends." ...But I ate it. To The Foul, this utterance gained a second meaning: "I have turned my back even on the one who saved me from the ruins. What remains, then, that I cannot discard?" None can say how much of the exchange was colored by self-indulgence or misunderstanding, and how much of it was intentional. But beyond this, there may have been some misunderstandings between the two that neither had expected. "Well then. Since I was the one who saved you that day, will you also kill me one day in pursuit of strength?" The Foul was stirred to expectation by his own words, but in her despair, the little girl did not notice. * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 4 |
| The Seven-Shifting Serpent | The "Seven-Shifting Serpent" is a little trick that The Foul passed down to Skirk. It was originally known as "Chaos Permeation," a minor spell developed by Khaenri'ah's Universitas Magistrorum, and it was made to mock Teyvat's wielders of elemental power. Users of this spell could use Abyssal energy to evoke effects similar to the Elements. The underlying principle was analogous to using the Abyss to permeate reality, creating specific forms of negative pressure to thereby call upon the flow of a corresponding Element's energy. To Khaenri'ah, "Chaos Permeation" was a mere party trick employed in performances and parades. As a warrior, The Foul knew nothing of this technique at first. But as his understanding of Abyssal power deepened, he came to master it almost instantly. While ordinary performers could spend months practicing the shifting of a single Element just to scrape by as street entertainers, The Foul was able to effortlessly cycle through all seven on his first attempt. He passed this technique down to Skirk, but not so she could fall back on performances if she was strapped for Mora. After all, demonstrating mastery of Abyssal techniques across the seven surface nations was something only a glutton for punishment would do. "In my homeland, the Seven Elements represent the natural order of things. So if you wish to conceal your power for longer, disguise it using this trick." * Unlocks at Friendship Lv. 6 |
267 responses to “Skirk”
Since her Void Rifts spawn under the Superconduct reaction, what’s a meme Superconduct comp for her?
While you fight an enemy has electro aura, you can not make freeze reaction, so the superconduct is here to fix this problem.
Dilemma:
I’m basically trying to decide how to finalize the build without falling back into endless farming — because honestly, I’m sick of it.
I have two options for artifact creation:
3 Elixirs → Craft an on-set Crit DMG Circlet
OR
4 Elixirs → Craft an on-set Cryo DMG Goblet
I could craft both of them in a week.
But:
If I go for the Circlet, I’d pick Crit Rate and ATK% as the two locked substats. But I already have a strong off-set Crit DMG Circlet with good stats, so unless the crafted one rolls extremely well, it’s basically pointless.
Also, using an on-set Circlet would require me to switch to an off-set Goblet, and all my off-set Cryo Goblets are mediocre at best. The only good ones I have are ATK%.
So in that case, I’d just be swapping the roles (on-set vs off-set) between my current Goblet and Circlet, without gaining anything significant. Pretty much a waste.
On the other hand…
If I use 4 Elixirs for a Cryo Goblet, I can lock Crit Rate and ATK% as substats. That gives me a shot at a stronger upgrade — and allows me to choose between Cryo DMG or ATK% Goblet depending on team comp, keeping the solid off-set Circlet I already own.
My current build:
On-set:
1. Flower – 14.4% Crit Rate / 15.5% Crit DMG / 9.9% ATK%
2. Feather – 11.3% Crit Rate / 26.4% Crit DMG
3. Sands (ATK%) – 13.6% Crit Rate / 7.8% Crit DMG
On-set Goblet:
4. ATK% Goblet – 3.1% Crit Rate / 14.8% Crit DMG (crap, and ATK not Cryo)
(I’m considering using the upcoming substat reroll system on this one when it drops.)
Off-set Circlet:
5. Crit DMG Circlet – 13.2% Crit Rate / 5.8% ATK%
If you’re using your elixirs, you have no reason not to use make an onset goblet with both Crit Rate AND Crit Damage. Even if you’re using Furina, I feel like you’d still want cryo damage over atk%. An onset elemental goblet with double crit is just too rare to pass up
Im so disappointed with her visuals, bweugh cosmic fish-slop. I wish i could have my Kiss-Shot Acerola-Orion Heart-Under-Blade, Skirk design instead of this… Cum looking thing…
oh hell naw dog, the only bad thing is that she looks bit too much like hsr, except that she looks really good, way better design than many existing characters
I just dont like the theme, and i saw her fisrst design iterations that were cooler. Cosmic insect fabrics and materials look of hoyo is… questionable, they do a plastic or rumbber looking thing sprincle it with glitter and call it the “Abyss eldrich cosmic” or whatever… Its like hoyos perseption of eldrich horror is a petite woman with basic features or white hair every time. The fish animations ruin it the most for me, i could’ve beared the model in itself.
If it looked like any of the insect looking armors aka Astalos from Mosnter hunter it would be cool, but this is like “cosmic insect fabrics” but somehow as a moe-weeb underwear.
Yeah the nonsensical structure of it and how it looks like a girly mini-pajamas with such a light and see-through fabric. If to hoyo a cosmos some kinda inbetween of worlds, and the night and dreams theme is the same then im not vibing with this idea.
Also too much sea creatures for my taste to represent cosmos ATM, i hope they dont make it just an underwater abyss but with glitter, if we ever going in there.
me when i watch too much porn
Go jerkoff, stop projecting.
Is there gonna be an v6 update on Skirk or v5 is the final version?
Is there gonna be v6 update on skirt or the v5 is the final ? 😭
my team will be citlali ttds cinder city
shenhe
furina
ganyu or yelan
since I dont have escoffier 💔
So she’s not as niche as Nilou. Can I use her with some supps like Mavuika, Xilonen, Kazuha, Furina and Benny for Melt Skirk?
tf are you talking about
are you blind to all the discussions happened in this page?
she remains niche to frozen and heavily demanding escoffier
otherwise you lose over 40% damage
bro calm down… yes there’s a clear direction towards the tailoring of her kit and playstyle however the descriptions clearly made it obvious that you can play her with any reaction. the strict rule is only tied to her teammates’ elements. instead of acting like an overconfident sheep, how about you actually read her kit and analyze for yourself
It’s written in her kit right there, her passive directly drops her damage, team skill levels, and rifts produced the less cryo/hydro you have on the team. So it’s less ‘tailoring of her kit’ and more a hard requirement to run freeze to be effective in high end stuff. Otherwise with the teammates you suggest she’s just some kind of glorified reverse melt normal attack bot in which you’re also adding an EM stat that she needs. It’s just not good.
Yes you can.
Don’t listen to those that say otherwise.
Her kit makes a freeze team Not useless, that’s it.
You can use her however you want.
If you’re willing to read a reply then may as well read her whole kit above and the discussion here.
yes, you can use her in any team, although generally speaking freeze would come out on top but generic melt team comps wouldn’t be too far behind in that aspect. this is the reason why they directly stated every cryo related reaction to work with her talent passive other than just freeze.
skirk isn’t as restrictive as everyone says she is, at least if you think about it.
although let me put it out there that freeze team is probably still by far the best however other teams would still come close with all things considered. let me explain.
unlike kinich, she’s not gated by reactions because kinich’s whole playstyle is centered around filling up his bar which only gets impacted by burning or burgeon. her kit clearly states that she synergizes with every cryo related reactions, although has clear favoritism towards ally ELEMENTS but not reactions strictly speaking.
what restricts her are two things in her passive but also an indirect factor as well, which I will touch upon later: 1st one indicating that her elemental skill gains 1 level if her team only consists of hydro and cryo which honestly isn’t a big deal if you miss out on it because kazuha dmg buff and res shred for instance far outshines one measly level up.
3rd passive can only be activated by hydro and cryo users which starts from 110% to 170% for skill and 105% to 160% for burst.
the buff is significant indeed however you realistically only need one other hydro or cryo to achieve those whopping 110%/105% dmg bonuses and can use other characters or reactions to make up for the difference lost easily with characters like xilonen, kazuha and bennett. on the other note melt is still absurdly stronger than freeze.
with all this being said this makes up for the loss in maximum potential. good design choice if you ask me because all they did was overadjust her scalings because they wanted to justify freeze teams being able to dish out high dmg because other competitions were just the obvious choice generally speaking. if anything she’s not restrictive but more flexible because she can make both melt/vape teams and freeze work on a similar level and potentially better, but take that with a grain of salt.
almost forgot but the indirect factor to the restriction is escoffier. skirk by herself can survive outside of freeze teams but escoffier is a different matter. if you wanna opt outside of freeze teams then probably avoid using escoffier.
Wise words.
She’s not niche.
She’s designed to compensate for the loss of damage of a freeze team due to the lack of elemental reactions.
After some calculation it looks like the design is exactly that (while still favouring freeze). Assuming 3 hits/2.5s ICD on all attacks, she can melt around 1/3 of her damage. If she has 2 Death’s Crossing stacks by including a pyro teammate, around 200 EM will make up for the loss of a stack, which is generally what a normal reaction DPS would want.
You will lose a number of teammates though: Escoffier is self-explanatory, and any hydro (other than Dahlia) might steal pyro aura.
You are also more or less stuck with Mavuika if going solo pyro, since Xiangling will either have serious energy issues or deal no damage because everything went to ER.
It *is* possible to use Bennett for pyro application and melt Skirk’s ult (I think).
Adding more non-blue teammates means higher EM breakpoint, ~400 for 1 stack and ~700 for 0 stack.
Each “Death’s Crossing” stack increases the Normal Attack DMG dealt by Skirk in Seven-Phase Flash mode to 110%/120%/170% of its original DMG and the DMG dealt when using her Elemental Burst Havoc: Ruin to 105%/115%/160% of its original DMG.
meaning you get 10%/20%/70% and 5%/15%/60% damage bonuses for each additional hydro, cyro char right?
they’re actually base dmg multiplier not the typical dmg bonus
Her A4 passive is a base damage multiplier, not a DMG bonus as one might get from goblets. Therefore she only gets 10% stronger with a single stack. It is possible to make up via melt, but unfortunately Skirk’s damage comes in multiple hits (with very likely normal ICD, since she isn’t designed to deal reaction damage), which hinders melting. Her A1 triggers on everything except for melt.
Multipliers are not the only thing that affects what playstyle a character favours. Take Ayaka for an example: nothing in her kit directly restricts her to freeze; however, she does heavily prefer freeze. This is due to her burst dealing damage in 20 hits with normal ICD – meaning only just over 1/3 of her damage can be melted, and said burst also pushing small enemies away if they are not frozen.
This does discourage, but by no means forbid, Skirk to be in a non-freeze team. Unlike Nilou or Chev, Skirk does not stop functioning outside of her preferred team. Teammates with sufficiently strong buffs or personal damage, or possessing required utilities, will work just fine if they are needed to beat some challenge.
noticed how some people pointed out that the passive is a base dmg multiplier and not a dmg bonus multiplier which is an oversight on my end. good thing you guys were here to correct me, but that by itself doesn’t bury my take necessarily… and then we get to the part where you mention ICD which I didn’t fully take into account for. yes valid concern but considering the player isn’t using any characters that buffs her attack speed, I still think melt could be a viable option other than freeze. however if characters like chongyun and dahlia are used then I suppose that there’s no point in comparing the two team comps because freeze 100% beats melt in that aspect.
feel free to call it cope but outside of normal attack spam teams I still would like to hold on to the belief that melt might work. at least until we’re able to test it out 🥲
what a delusional comment section, in what world would a few melt procs make up for a 70% base dmg multiplier, and we havent even begun taking coffe shred and furina fan fare. with how the kits work your at max buff all the time from the looks of it. How is melt going to overcome this diff. thank god this conversation is quarantined here in a forum with peeps who dont have may more brain cells to loose
the copium is strong here
It’s not that there won’t be enough pyro aura, but rather that Skirk fares poorly at taking advantage of melt. Consider a simplified situation:
– Skirk hits an enemy a few times. Both NA and burst playstyles deal damage in multiple hits so non of Skirk’s damage can be fully melted. Even her CA is 3 hits.
– Assuming a 3 hits/2.5s ICD on all of her attacks, on average only 33% of her damage can be melted. Realistically 50% damage of a full NA chain can be melted, with half of that coming from the last hit. This means like Yoimiya, breaking the chain can result in significantly less damage. Her burst is worse in this aspect, as the strongest final hit cannot be melted.
– Melt provides a 1.5x multiplier. EM provides another, which is independent and multiplied with everything else.
– To make up for having only 2 A4 stacks (instead of 3), which is to deal 40% more damage, the 33% that does gets melted needs enough EM, that the 33% becomes 73% (compared to the 100% before melt). There will need to be 47% extra melt damage from EM, which means having around 280 EM. In the case of a perfect NA chain (50% melt), the EM breakpoint would be around 100.
– With less hydro/cryo teammates, Skirk will need even more EM, up to 400~800. By this point the loss of ATK and Crit from building EM already bodes ill for melt.
Without considering teammates (and her skill+1 passive, which affects the whole team), Skirk (in a vacuum) needs quite a bit of EM for melt to catch up with freeze at all, at the cost of other stats and synergizing teammates that she originally had access to with freeze.
While you might say there are reaction DPSs with normal ICD, their kits contain nothing that makes them do just as well (if not better and easier) reaction-less.
i feel soo sorry for the people who waste their primos on escoffier, especially if you already had xilonen.
xilonen does everything she does but better. dont worry ill pray for you
why you coping so hard
don’t worry, you’ll get lucky on next Escoffier banner
I haven’t pull for Escoffier nor I will for Skirk, but what you are saying is fundamentally wrong.
First of all, they are two characters with different roles: Xilonen is a support, Escoffier is a sub-DPS with some added support traits.
Second, they do a similar job in the right team, you can easily do the math on Aspirine like I did: assuming both teams having
– Neuvillette C0 with 35k HP, max lvl triple crown, full proc R1 Tome, full proc 4pz Marechaussee, 344% crit damage
– Furina C0, lvl 10 burst
On the first team with
– Kazuha C0, 900 EM, VV, R1 Freedom-Sworn
– Xilonen C0, 3k DEF, R1 Peak Patrol, lvl 10 skill, 4pz Cinder City
Neuvullette deals 101k with charged and 137k with burst
On the second team with
– Escoffier C0, R1 Symphony (doesn’t effect Neuvi charged and burst), full passive talent 2 proc (-55% hydro+cryo DEF), no support artifacts
– Citlali C0, 900 EM, R1 Offering, 4pz Cinder City
Neuvullette deals 93k with charged and 129k with burst.
If we want to give Escoffier some support traits instead of sub-DPS, then let’s assume she has about 3k ATK and 4pz Days Past: she’d proc a >13k healing every second for 6s after burst and with this bonus, Neuvillette damage increases to 105k for charged and 134k for burst.
As you see, they are pretty darn close, aren’t they.
bro is using a team that doesn’t need escoffier like bro she has a 100% up time on her 55% ice ress sherd also is like the best support for skirk who looks mid without her xilonen C2 is in her C1 also need like 3 seconds to do her skill and burst I freaking own both and xilonen feels like a downgrade for freeze teams
I have both of them. I don’t consider Escoffier as waste of primogems because she makes Freeze so much better than before and I really enjoy playing with that reaction. Escoffier can also give very good Cryo application but Xilonen can’t so she’s good that way, too.
team wide healing:
Xilonen has less res shread, doesn’t do 1% of the personal damage Escoffier does, doesn’t have team wide healing and doesn’t apply cryo
skirk needs all party members being cryo/hydro to make better use of the passive talent
while your copium crying this, skirk passive talent is screaming for espresso.
dude, have you read skirk’s skill ? skirk will be much weaker if she doesn’t play with hydro and cryo teammates. =)
Me when I salt so I’ll be grape fruit instead.
The hard truth is you need to touch grass young chubby ubby.
If I play her with Furina and Escoffier, MHunter artifacts stay as the BiS, right?
no it’s maiden beloved
it’s top 2 set with furina for her (if you don’t have a sign or crit rate weapon)
her own bis set is better even with Furina in there
No