Genshin Impact Skirk’s kit: Ultimate Cyro DPS star

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Her skills and talents
The enigmatic swordswoman from the Abyss, Skirk, is all set to make her debut as a 5-star Cryo Sword character in Genshin Impact Version 5.7.
Skirk’s Kit has already been leaked via beta testing and shared by sources like Eurogamer and esports.gg and it seems amazing.
Her kit has the potential to reshape the Cryo meta, challenging top DPS troops such as Ayaka. Skirk is turning up to be a must-have, thanks to its pre-farmable materials and collaboration with Escoffier.
Skirk’s Kit: Cryo sword mastery
Normal Attack: Havoc Sunder
She delivers rapid five-sword strikes, with her Charged Attack hurling a Cryo-infused spear for AoE damage, mimicking her mentor, “The Foul.”
In Seven-Phase Flash mode, assaults acquire greater AoE and Cryo infusion that other components cannot counteract.
Elemental Skill: Havoc Warp
- Tap: Grants 45 Serpent’s Subtlety points and activates Seven-Phase Flash mode, which increases Normal and Charged Attack damage with Cryo infusion and water-sprinting abilities in Genshin Impact.
- Hold: Enters a high-speed movement state with increased interruption resistance and consumes Serpent’s Subtlety. Recast to the end. Absorbs Void Rifts for 8 Subtlety Points apiece.
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Elemental Burst: Havoc Ruin / Extinction
Skirk’s burst skill uses Serpent’s Subtlety instead of Energy. With 50+ Subtlety, Havoc: Ruin releases quick AoE Cryo cuts, with damage scaling up to 12 more Subtlety points.
In Seven-Phase Flash, it becomes Havoc: Extinction, costing no Subtlety and granting the All Shall Wither effect, which increases Normal Attack damage every hit (up to 10 stacks) until the mode finishes.
Passive Talents
Here are the leaked passive talents of her:
- Mutual Weapons Mentorship: Increases the party’s Elemental Skill levels by one if it includes Hydro and Cryo characters (at least one of each).
- Reason Beyond Reason: When party members use Freeze, Superconduct, Cryo Swirl, or Cryo Crystallize, up to three Void Rifts appear near foes (2.5 seconds cooldown). She absorbs Rifts using Charged Attacks, Havoc: Extinction, or quick movement, acquiring Subtlety.
- Return to Oblivion: When Hydro or non-Skirk Cryo teammates do elemental damage, gain up to three Death’s Crossing stacks (20 seconds each). Each layer increases Seven-Phase Flash’s normal attack damage (110%/120%/170%) and burst damage (105%/115%/160%).
Constellations
- C1 – Far to Fall: Void Rift absorption summons a crystal blade with 500% ATK as Cryo Charged Attack damage.
- C2 – Into the Abyss: Adds 12 Subtlety post-Skill, increases Burst damage cap by 12 Subtlety points, and increases Seven-Phase Flash Normal Attack damage by 60%.
- C3 – Serendipitous Sin: Increases Burst level by three (maximum 15).
- C4 – Fractured Flow: Death’s Crossing layers boost ATK by 10%/20%/50%.
- C5 – Wish Ender: Increases Skill Level by 3 (Maximum 15).
- C6: To The Source Absorbing a Void Rift yields Havoc: Sever stacks (up to three in 15 seconds). Consumed during Burst for 600% ATK Cryo damage per stack, or in Seven-Phase Flash for coordinated attacks (150% ATK) on the third and fifth Normal Attacks, or damage reduction (80%).
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