“The Way of the Evil: Analyzing the Martial Arts System and Cultural Implications of the New Characters in Genshin Impact”
In this vast land of fantasy, a figure from the homeland of ice and snow is about to descend. Her name is Silk, and she is a one-handed swordsman who manipulates the ice element. Her martial arts are quite ingenious and worthy of our in-depth exploration.
This five-star character has a complete martial arts system, and her martial arts path can be unfolded from three main aspects: the Evil Skill·Break, the Evil Skill·Flash, and the Evil Skill·Destroy. These three skills constitute her unique fighting style, like a carefully choreographed sword dance.
The Evil Skill·Break is her basic attack method, which includes three forms: normal attack, heavy attack, and falling attack. Normal attack can perform up to five consecutive sword strikes, showing the beauty of the country of ice and snow; heavy attack is to tear the enemy’s defense line in the form of crystal spear spinning, just like ice breaking on warm land, unstoppable; falling attack is to fall from the air, causing devastating blows to enemies on the ground, as if the collapse of a glacier is unstoppable.
Even more exquisite is her elemental combat skill – Extremely Evil Skill·Flash. This skill can be cast in two ways: tap and long press. When tapping, she will switch to the Seven Phases Flash mode and gain 45 points of Snake Cunning; long pressing will allow her to gain the ability to move continuously and quickly, and improve her resistance to interruption in the process. This skill reminds people of ancient dragons playing in the water, and it contains infinite power in its lightness and agility.
As for the elemental burst – Extremely Evil Skill·Destruction, it is the pinnacle of her martial arts. When she accumulates enough Snake Cunning, she can cast this finishing move, tearing the space for high-speed continuous slashing, causing devastating range damage. It is worth noting that in the Seven Phases Flash mode, the elemental burst will be replaced by the Extremely Evil Skill·Extinction, which is a special skill that can be cast without consuming Snake Cunning, and the effect is more powerful.
In terms of fixed skills, her three talents, Reason Beyond Reason, All Flows Return to Silence, and All Martial Arts, constitute her unique combat philosophy. The principle outside the principle allows her to create virtual rifts and absorb these rifts in various ways to enhance her own strength; the return of all rivers to silence obtains the dead river crossing effect from the team, further improving her combat effectiveness; the granting of all martial arts is a synergistic effect on the team, allowing other characters in the team to obtain elemental combat skill level upgrades under certain conditions.
In terms of constellations, her six major constellations are Annihilation, Falling Abyss, Sin Fate, Flowing, Wishing, and Origin. These constellations not only strengthen her various skills, but also give her more powerful combat capabilities. For example, the Annihilation constellation will summon crystal blades to attack the enemy after absorbing virtual rifts; the Falling Abyss constellation improves the damage calculation method of elemental bursts; and the Origin constellation brings the effect of the ultimate evil skill·slash, greatly enhancing her continuous output ability.
In terms of exclusive weapons, the Cang Yao she uses is a legendary one-handed sword with a basic attack power of 608 and a critical strike rate of 33.1%. The gift of the white mountain effect of this weapon allows her to obtain a significant increase in attack power after casting elemental combat skills, and can further increase critical damage under certain conditions, which coincides with the idea of ”using the weak to attack the strong” in her martial arts system.
Through an in-depth analysis of the character of Silkock, we can see that her design is not just a simple superposition of a set of ice elemental skills, but a complete martial arts system that reflects